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The Nittany Lion mascot pumps up the crowd at the 2005 Penn State Nittany Lions football game versus Cincinnati at Beaver Stadium. Eastern mountain lions had roamed on nearby Mount Nittany until the 1880s. [2] The name "Mount Nittany" derives from the Algonquian word meaning "single mountain."
The first Nittany Lion mascot costume a student sported in 1921 was of an African lion, mane and all, which came from a campus theater production of "Androcles and the Lion." Shortly after that ...
The Penn State Nittany Lions are the athletic teams of Pennsylvania State University, except for the women's basketball team, known as the Lady Lions. The school colors are navy blue and white. [2] The school mascot is the Nittany Lion. The intercollegiate athletics logo was commissioned in 1983. [3]
The Nittany Lions traveled to Nebraska to take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers where the Nittany Lions comeback fell short and lost 23–30. The Nittany Lions fought the Iowa Hawkeyes but lost 21–41 giving Penn State its first ever 0–5 start in its history. The Nittany Lions, determined to win, traveled to Ann Arbor to defeat the Michigan ...
A Nittany Lion mascot bobblehead -- the first of its kind according to the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum -- is commemorating Penn State wrestling's 11th national title in 13 years.
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Penn State Abington, known athletically as the Nittany Lions, is a full member of the NCAA Division III and participates in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). Penn State Abington sponsors 13 intercollegiate sports.
Tomezsko Classroom Building. The Penn State–Brandywine athletic teams are called the Nittany Lions. The campus competes as a member of the Division III ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing within the United East Conference since joining in the 2024–25 academic year. [3]