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"Fight On, State" is the official fight song of The Pennsylvania State University. [1] It is most widely known for being played by the Penn State Blue Band after scores at football games, and during the band's pregame show. It is written specifically to be played after a touchdown, as it slows down quickly toward the end of the song, then stops.
"The Nittany Lion" was written by Penn State graduate and former Glee Club member James Leyden between 1922 and 1924. Professor Hummel Fishburn and Blue Band Bandmaster Tommy Thompson assisted Leyden in finishing the song, which was premiered at a pep rally the night before a football game to instant popularity.
His roommate, Albert A. Hansen, published the song in the fall semester of 1913. The Blue Band played an arrangement of the song as early as 1915. During a Penn State Nittany Lions football game at Beaver Field against Lehigh University, students held aloft blue and white streamers and alternated the colors with the beats of the song; the novel ...
Penn State football coach Hugo Bezdek shakes hands with the Nittany Lion in the 1920s. The mascot was the creation of Penn State senior H. D. "Joe" Mason in 1904. While on a trip to Princeton University, Mason had been embarrassed that Penn State did not have a mascot. Mason did not let that deter him: he fabricated the Nittany Lion on the spot ...
Penn State players, including Hakeem Beamon (51) and Amin Vanover (15) run onto the field to help carry off injured running back Cam Wallace (26) in the second half of an NCAA football game ...
Penn State Nittany Lions running back Nicholas Singleton is tackled to the ground during the football game against Illinois at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. The Nittany Lions won 21-7.
When SEC football fans flip to ABC to watch their favorite teams play beginning this season, they’ll be greeted with a familiar tune.. On Thursday, ESPN unveiled the theme song for the SEC on ...
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