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The team was led by James Franklin in his tenth year as Penn State's head coach. [1] The Penn State Nittany Lions football team drew an average home attendance of 108,409 in 2023, the second highest in college football. [2]
In 2002, Penn State set an NCAA record for most fans to ever watch a college football team over the course of a single season at home. Beaver Stadium hosted 8 games in 2002, and averaged 107,239 per game totaling what was at the time an NCAA record of 857,911 in total home attendance.
The Penn State Nittany Lions football team drew an average home attendance of 108,379 in 2024. Following a 44–7 win against Maryland, and a 13–10 Michigan win over Ohio State in the final week of the regular season, the Nittany Lions clinched their first Big Ten Championship appearance since 2016, which they lost against the Oregon Ducks.
The Nittany Lions' top-five match-up with Ohio State drew the most fans ever to watch game in Beaver Stadium. How many? See how Beaver Stadium set a Penn State football attendance record vs. Ohio ...
Beaver Stadium record-breaker: See how Beaver Stadium set a Penn State football attendance record vs. Ohio State Penn State, though, is a longshot to make the Big Ten Championship game.
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.
Historically, Penn State played as an independent from 1887 through 1890, then in 1891 as a member of the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Football Association Penn State won the PIFA championship with a 4–1–0 PIFA record, losing only to Bucknell (Bucknell's record was 3–1–1). The PIFA dissolved prior to the 1892 season.
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.