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The Nittany Lion is the eastern mountain lion mascot of the athletic teams of the Pennsylvania State University, known as the Penn State Nittany Lions. Created in 1907, the "Nittany" forename refers to the local Mount Nittany , which overlooks the university.
The first Nittany Lion mascot costume a student sported in 1921 was of an African lion, mane and all, which came from a campus theater production of "Androcles and the Lion." Shortly after that ...
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]
The Nittany Lion Shrine is a large mountain lion sculpture carved by Heinz Warneke located at the University Park campus of Pennsylvania State University. History
In the mid-1970s, according to Penn State historian Lou Prato, the Nittany Lions’ cheerleaders were awed when making road trips with the team to Ohio State and USC, both of which used call-and ...
The Nittany Lions are facing a Notre Dame team that has a similar identity to themselves. Penn State vs. Notre Dame: Final thoughts & analysis of PSU’s CFP semifinal vs. Fighting Irish Skip to ...
The Blue Band performs "The Nittany Lion" and makes its way from its "PSU" formation to roll into spelling "LIONS" as it marches across the field. Once reaching the other side, the band reverses the "LIONS" to be readable to the east side of the stadium, while playing "Fight On, State". This is known as the "trademark drill" of the Blue Band.
In fact, the Nittany Lions’ wrestling schedule was set up to have no competition after the Hofstra dual last weekend for this reason. Eleven current Penn State wrestlers, along with nine others ...