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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.
Penn State did not field teams from 1882 through 1886. Penn State played its first season in 1887, [7] but had no head coach for their first five years, from 1887 to 1891. [7] The teams played its home games on the Old Main lawn on campus in State College, Pennsylvania. They compiled a 12–8–1 record in these seasons, playing as an ...
The following is a list of Pennsylvania state high school football championships sanctioned by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) since 1988. [1] This list is organized by the six classes the schools are organized by: Class A (1A), Class AA (2A), Class AAA (3A), Class AAAA (4A), Class AAAAA (5A) and Class AAAAAA (6A).
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 record of 13–4–0 (.765) in "major" bowls.
Penn State has been represented in at least one of the teams participating in the Super Bowl 37 of the 41 times the championship game has been played. [25] A report indicated that Penn State's football program ranks 12th nationwide in terms of economic contributions to each program's university, athletic department, conference, and community.
The 1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. [1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania .
ITV also resurrects The Big Match as the title for its football coverage. 12 December – ITV launches ITV2 and part of its schedule is for additional sports coverage. Among the output is a Saturday afternoon scores service called Football First. This is ITV's first results programme for six years. 1999. ITV makes a brief return to snooker when ...
Maryland punted, and on the punt, was called for a kick-catch interference penalty, giving Penn State the ball at their own 36 yard line. Despite an early false start penalty, a fumble that they did manage to recover, and a sack, Penn State converted a 3rd down and 23 play with a long pass to Geno Lewis, but stalled thereafter.