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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.
2009 Mark Rubin: St. Louis Rams: WR — Jordan Norwood † Philadelphia Eagles: WR Super Bowl Champion (Super Bowl 50) 2010 Dennis Landolt: New York Giants: T — 2011 Brett Brackett: Miami Dolphins: TE — Ollie Ogbu: Indianapolis Colts: DT — 2012 Stephfon Green: Detroit Lions: RB — D'Anton Lynn: New York Jets: CB — Derek Moye ...
The eyes of the football world have been on Drew Allar since the prolific quarterback prospect out of Medina passed on playing for the Ohio State Buckeyes to commit to the Penn State Nittany Lions ...
The 2009 NFL draft was televised by both NFL Network and ESPN and was the first to have cheerleaders. The Detroit Lions , who became the first team in NFL history to finish a season at 0–16 , used the first selection in the draft to select University of Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford .
New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien was hired as the 15th head football coach at Penn State, taking over the Nittany Lions football program in January 2012. [39] Early in O'Brien's tenure, the NCAA sanctioned Penn State with a four-season postseason ban and a loss of 40 scholarships due to the child sex abuse scandal. [40]
During the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Ohio State won its fourth consecutive Big Ten championship while co-champion Penn State won its second in four years. [3] [4] Although the two teams tied with 7–1 conference records, Penn State earned the conference's automatic Bowl Championship Series selection due to a head-to-head victory. [4]
Despite the win against Penn State, Michigan would go on to lose three of their remaining five games and finished the season with a 5–7 record. Franklin’s first season as head coach of Penn State ended with a 7–6 record. The season concluded with a 31–30 overtime win against Boston College at the 2014 Pinstripe Bowl. [33]