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The 1969 Orange Bowl was the 35th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, January 1.The final game of the 1968–69 bowl game season, it matched the independent third-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions and the #6 Kansas Jayhawks of the Big Eight Conference.
The 1969 All-East football team consists of American football players chosen by various selectors as the best players at each position among the Eastern colleges and universities during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season.
The 1969 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. Despite posting its second consecutive undefeated, untied season, the Nittany Lions did not have a shot at the national championship.
Conf Overall Team W L T W L T; No. 2 Penn State 11 – 0 – 0 Rutgers – 8 – 2 – 0 West Texas State – 8 – 2 – 0 No. 5 Notre Dame 7 – 2 – 1 Florida State – 8
Fusina capped an outstanding career at Penn State by winning the 1978 Maxwell Award, All-America honors, and was the runner-up in the Heisman Trophy balloting. He led the Nittany Lions to a 29–3 (.906) mark as a starter, including an 11–0 regular season in 1978. [1] He passed for 1,859 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Yards Name High School Class Years; 1 13,719 Stone Saunders Bishop MDevitt 5A 2021-24 2: 13,567: Alex Erby: Steel-High: 1A: 2020-2023: 3: 11,084: Brett Brumbaugh: South Fayette
Penn State finished second in the AP poll that year. With Burkhart graduated, Parsons moved up to second string behind Cooper on a stacked squad that featured future NFL stars Franco Harris and Lydell Mitchell in the backfield. With the veteran Burkhart gone, and only Cooper and Parsons at the helm, Penn State slipped to 7–3 in 1970.
The 1966 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Penn State University during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. [1] It was Joe Paterno 's first season as head coach of Penn State.