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In 1988 the Penn State football helmet took on its final form. The dark gray facemask was replaced with a blue facemask, matching the stripe down the middle of the helmet, and this has been Penn ...
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.
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 ...
Sources are unsure as to who first designed air bladders for football helmets but Dr. Richard Schneider of the University of Michigan Hospital is reported to have believed that air was the most effective way to protect against blunt force. With this theory in mind, he invented an inflatable bladder for use inside a football helmet.
Unfortunately, at least on the football field, Penn State hasn’t gotten the chance to prove Mason’s fateful words true. The Nittany Lions and Princeton haven’t played in football since 1900.
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’s defense didn’t need any help from the offense in beating SMU on Saturday. The No. 6 Nittany Lions intercepted SMU QB Kevin Jennings three times in the first half and returned two ...
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