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The 1985 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. [1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park , Pennsylvania.
The Penn State Nittany Lions football have competed in 55 bowl games compiling a record of 32–21–2 (.600). The Nittany Lions hold a 18–8–1 (.685) record in the major bowls ( Rose , Orange , Sugar , Fiesta , Peach , and Cotton ).
This is a list of seasons completed by the Penn State Nittany Lions football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Since the team's creation in 1887, the Nittany Lions have participated in 1,368 officially sanctioned games, including 52 bowl games.
Here's what to know about the series history between Penn State and USC, including all-time meetings and head-to-head records, ahead of Saturday's game:
The next poll featured No. 1 Penn State, No. 2 Iowa, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Miami, and No. 5 Michigan. November 28–30: No. 1 Penn State, No. 2 Iowa, and No. 5 Michigan had finished their schedules. No. 3 Oklahoma, already assured of the Big 8 title, shut out No. 17 Oklahoma State 13–0, while No. 4 Miami dominated Notre Dame 58–7.
The first contest, held on August 29, 1983, was the first regular-season college football game to be played in the month of August. [1] The game featured the defending national champions Penn State Nittany Lions and the pre-season No. 1 ranked team, the Nebraska Cornhuskers .
The 1985–86 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1985 and January 1986 to end the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 18 team-competitive games, [ 1 ] and two all-star games, were played.
Penn State defeated the Miami Hurricanes, 14–10, in the 1987 Fiesta Bowl to win Paterno's second consensus national championship. [1] The team was named national champion by AP, Billingsley, FB News, FW, Matthews, NCF, NFF, Sporting News, UPI, and USA/CNN, while named co-champion by FACT, Sagarin (ELO-Chess). [2]