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The 2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2009 college football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. Penn State had the highest graduation rate among all of the teams on the Associated Press Top 25 poll ...
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.
The Lathrop K. Leishman Trophy honoring the 2009 Champion was created by Tiffany. Penn State was the only team in 2008 to score more than 7 points against USC in the second half. This marked USC head coach Pete Carroll's fifth appearance and Penn State head coach Joe Paterno's second appearance in the Rose Bowl Game. [3]
The Penn State Nittany Lions football have competed in 53 bowl games compiling a record of 31–20–2 (.608). The Nittany Lions hold a 17–8–1 record in the major bowls ( Rose , Orange , Sugar , Fiesta , Peach , and Cotton ).
The 2017 meeting saw Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley score three rushing touchdowns as the Lions secured a dominant 42–13 victory. [42] The Wolverines avenged this loss with a blowout 42–7 win the next year. [43] Penn State went on to win the next two meetings in 2019 and 2020. However, the 2021 season saw Michigan rise in the rankings.
Penn State football will play today for a place in the Big Ten Championship Game, after all. The Nittany Lions (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten) haven't owned an easy path to playing for its first league title ...
Penn State football vs. Maryland score updates 0:02 4Q: Penn State 44, Maryland 7. Beau Pribula sends Penn State off with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Tyseer Denmark.
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.