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The Lions enter Week 13 of the 2024 college football season with an 88.8% chance of making the CFP — the sixth-best odds in college football, according to ESPN's College Football Power Index.
The Nittany Lions came into the game averaging 217.8 yards rushing per game, while USC allowed 158.6 yards per game. Yet Penn State rushed for only 118 yards, led by Allen's 56 yards on 16 carries.
It looked dicey for a bit after Indiana tied the game at 24-24 late in the fourth, but Penn State pulled out a 33-24 win. Here's how:
The 2024 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Nittany Lions were led by head coach James Franklin [1] in his 11th year leading the program. Their home stadium is Beaver Stadium in College Township, Pennsylvania, with a ...
The Nittany Lions hold a 18–8–1 (.685) record in the major bowls (Rose, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta, Peach, and Cotton). 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 ...
The NACDA Director's Cup is a list compiled by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics that charts institutions' overall success in college sports. Penn State's highest finish came in the 1998–99 standings when the Nittany Lions finished 3rd. [5]
Penn State took a bit longer to get its first win of the 2024 season than anticipated, due to a weather delay. But the No. 8 Nittany Lions asserted themselves in the second quarter on their way to ...
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 ]