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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 ...
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]
In Franklin's first year, the NCAA lifted Penn State's postseason ban and the Nittany Lions were bowl eligible. The Nittany Lions were named to the Pinstripe Bowl where they won against Boston College on December 27, 2014, at Yankee Stadium. [46] To start off the 2015 season, Penn State lost to Temple 27–10, its first loss to the Owls since 1941.
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Shortly after that student graduated, Penn State went nearly two full decades without a costumed Nittany Lion until 1939, when a costume much more closely resembling a mountain lion debuted and ...
The 2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football team will represent Pennsylvania State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team is expected to be led by head coach James Franklin in his 12th year. They will play their home games at Beaver Stadium located in State College, Pennsylvania.
Penn State figured out its signature look right off the bat with its helmet, as displayed by one of the all-time greats, [autotag]Lenny Moore[/autotag], in the above photo from 1955.
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