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Penn State team in 1903. The first recorded game in Penn State football history occurred on November 12, 1881, when Penn State traveled to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania to play Bucknell, known until 1886 as the University at Lewisburg.
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.
Penn State had started the 1999 season 9–0 and were ranked as high as second in the AP poll until a 24–23 loss to Minnesota in week ten. Prior to the game against Penn State, Michigan had started the season 5–0 before suffering consecutive losses to Michigan State and Illinois. However, the Wolverines had won two games on the bounce to ...
The last time Penn State football hosted Big Ten rival Illinois at Beaver Stadium, the longest game in college football history broke out.. On Oct. 23, 2021, the Fighting Illini outlasted the ...
Perhaps the most influential White Out was Penn State's 24–21 upset win over No. 2 Ohio State in 2016, which is regarded by many as the best game in Penn State football history. [4] The pivotal play, Grant Haley's blocked field goal return in the 4th quarter, was voted as the best Penn State play of the century. [5]
A low-scoring game comes down to the very end with the Irish pulling it out. Notre Dame 23, Penn State 16. Erick Smith. James Franklin's history against elite teams is well-documented. Penn State ...
Minnesota and Penn State had never played a game prior to the later team's entrance into the Big Ten in 1993. [6] The long-independent Nittany Lions were matched with the Golden Gophers for their first-ever in-conference game, and their first game of the 1993 season, on September 4 at Beaver Stadium.