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The 1973 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season.Penn State's third undefeated season under Joe Paterno was led by John Cappelletti who would become the first Penn State player to win the Heisman Trophy.
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.
The 1973 NCAA Division I football season was the first for the NCAA's current three-division structure. Effective with the 1973–74 academic year, schools formerly in the NCAA "University Division" were classified as Division I (later subdivided for football only in 1978 (I-A and I-AA) and renamed in 2006 into today's Division I FBS and FCS ).
'One of those magical years': A look back on the 1973 Glencoe state championship football team before they are honored this Friday by the school.
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.
John Raymond Cappelletti (born August 9, 1952) is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1973.
Penn State wore this helmet, prior to the days of the facemask, from 1949 through 1956 and the overall concept of the design has never been messed with. 1957-1961: Numbers added to helmet AP Photo ...
Two human polls comprised the 1973 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship , instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies.