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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.
On January 11, 2014, Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin was hired as the 16th Penn State head football coach. [44] He is the first African American head football coach at Penn State. [45] In Franklin's first year, the NCAA lifted Penn State's postseason ban and the Nittany Lions were bowl eligible.
Although Penn State began competing in intercollegiate football in 1887, [1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1970. Records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists. These lists are dominated by more recent players for several ...
The Nittany Lions hold a 17–8–1 record in the major bowls (Rose, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta, Peach, and Cotton). Coach Joe Paterno was responsible for most of these bids and victories, compiling more wins, 24, and appearances, 37, than any other coach in college football history, with a bowl record of 24–12–1 (.662). Paterno also had a ...
The Nittany Lions entered the year with lofty expectations, ... Why Tyler Warren is a Penn State football record-breaker. 'He's an assassin.' Penn State football schedule 2024.
Penn State has won the prestigious Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, awarded for Eastern football supremacy, a record 29 times as of 2013. Penn State has also been named the ECAC FBS Team of the Year for a record 13th time. Penn State won consensus National Championships in 1982 and 1986, both under Paterno.
Winningest college football teams ever. Here are the top 10 most winningest teams in college football history among current Division I FBS programs: 1. Michigan (1,011 wins) 2. Ohio State (975 ...
The first College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup doesn't lack for intrigue. No. 3 seed Boise State is returning to the site of three of the program's biggest victories - the Fiesta Bowl ...