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The 2011 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season.The team was coached by Joe Paterno for the first nine games until he was fired in the wake of the Penn State sex abuse scandal, with defensive coordinator Tom Bradley taking over as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.
Under Paterno, Penn State played as an Independent from 1966 to 1992, [25] and he continued to coach them when they joined the Big Ten Conference in 1993–2011. [25] He also served as Penn State's athletic director from 1980 to 1982. His final record is 409–136–3. [29]
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.
Penn State offers a program of "team sports," programs that have not been granted full varsity status but are members of the Athletic Department and receive greater support than club sports. Penn State team sports "compete nationally at the highest level." [45] Rugby (men's and women's) has been a team sport since 2005. Ice Hockey (men's and ...
The following were named First Team All-America (by either the American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, The Sporting News, Walter Camp Football Foundation, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, Rivals.com, or Scout.com) while playing American football at Penn State University:
2011 Pittsburgh Panthers football team; 2011–12 Penn Quakers men's basketball team; 2011 Penn Quakers football team; 2011 Penn State Nittany Lions football team; 2011 Philadelphia Wings season; 2010–11 Philadelphia 76ers season; 2011–12 Philadelphia 76ers season; 2011 Philadelphia Eagles season; 2011–12 Philadelphia Flyers season
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The 2011 Big Ten Conference football season is the 116th for the Big Ten.The conference started its season on Saturday, September 3, as each of the conference's teams began their respective 2011 season of NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition.