NITTANY LION HISTORY PENN STATE FOOTBALL 2013 ➤ 1991
Won 11, Lost 2
Coach: Joe Paterno Captains: Mark D’Onofrio, Sam Gash, Keith Goganious, Al Golden, Darren Perry, Terry Smith A 28 W [7] Georgia Tech [8]*. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-22 77,409 (E. Rutherford, N.J., Giants Stadium) S 7 W [5] Cincinnati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81-0 94,000 S 14 L [5] at Southern California*. . . . . . . . . 10-21 64,758 S 21 W Brigham Young* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-7 96,304 S 28 W [10] Boston College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-21 95,927 O 5 W [12] at Temple (Veterans Stadium). . 24-7 43,808 O 12 L [9] at Miami (Fla.) [2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-26 75,723 O 19 W [10] Rutgers (Homecoming). . . . . . . 37-17 95,729 O 26 W [8] West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-6 96,445 N 9 W [8] at Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-7 57,416 (Baltimore, Memorial Stadium) N 16 W [8] Notre Dame [12]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-13 96,672 N 28 W [6] at Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-20 52,519 J 1 W [6] Tennessee [10] (Fiesta Bowl). . . . 42-17 71,133 Wire Service Rankings: AP 3rd, UPI 3rd, USA Today/CNN 3rd
➤ 1992
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Won 7, Lost 5
Coach: Joe Paterno Captains: John Gerak, Reggie Givens, O.J. McDuffie, Brett Wright S 5 W [8] at Cincinnati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-20 29,099 S 12 W [10] Temple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-8 94,892 S 19 W [10] Eastern Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . 52-7 94,578 S 26 W [9] Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-13 95,891 O 3 W [8] at Rutgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-24 61,562 (E. Rutherford, N.J., Giants Stadium) O 10 L [7] Miami (Fla.) [2]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-17 96,704 O 17 L [9] Boston College (Homecoming) . . 32-35 96,130 O 24 W [14] at West Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-26 66,663 O 31 L [14] at Brigham Young. . . . . . . . . . . . 17-30 66,016 N 14 L [22] at Notre Dame [8]. . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17 59,075 N 21 W [23] Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-13 91,000 J 1 L [21] Stanford [13] (Blockbuster Bowl). . 3-24 45,554 Wire Service Rankings: UPI 24th, USA Today/CNN 24th
Penn State begins play in the Big Ten Conference. ➤ 1993
Won 10, Lost 2; 6-2, 3rd
Coach: Joe Paterno Captains: Lou Benfatti, Mike Malinoski, Brian O’Neal, Lee Rubin S 4 W [17] Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-20 95,387 S 11 W [15] Southern California . . . . . . . . . . 21-20 95,992 S 18 W [14] at Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-0 70,397 S 25 W [9] Rutgers*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-7 95,092 O 2 W [9] at Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-7 42,008 O 16 L [7] Michigan [18]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-21 96,719 O 30 L [12] at Ohio State [3]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24 95,060 N 6 W [19] Indiana [13] (Homecoming). . . . 38-31 91,000 N 13 W [16] Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-14 90,000 N 20 W [14] at Northwestern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-21 30,355 N 27 W [14] at Michigan State [24] . . . . . . . . 38-37 53,482 J 1 W [13] Tennessee [6] (Citrus Bowl). . . . 31-13 72,456 Wire Service Rankings: AP 8th, UPI 7th, USA Today/CNN 7th
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➤ 1994
Won 12, Lost 0; 8-0, 1st
➤ 1998
Won 0, Lost 3; Big Ten 0-3
Coach: Joe Paterno Captains: Kerry Collins, Brian Gelzheiser, Bucky Greeley, Willie Smith, Vin Stewart S 3 W [9] at Minnesota*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-3 51,134 S 10 W [9] Southern California [14]. . . . . . . . 38-14 96,463 S 17 W [8] Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-21 95,834 S 24 W [6] Rutgers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-27 95,379 O 1 W [5] at Temple (Franklin Field). . . . . . . 48-21 38,410 O 15 W [3] at Michigan [5]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-24 106,832 O 29 W [1] Ohio State [21] (Homecoming). . . 63-14 97,079 N 5 W [1] at Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-29 47,754 N 12 W [2] at Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-31 72,364 N 19 W [2] Northwestern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-17 96,383 N 26 W [2] Michigan State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59-31 96,493 J 2 W [2] Oregon [12] (Rose Bowl). . . . . . . 38-20 102,247 Wire Service Rankings: AP 2nd, UPI 2nd, USA Today/CNN 2nd
Coach: Joe Paterno Captains: Shawn Lee, Joe Nastasi, Brad Scioli, Floyd Wedderburn S 5 W [13] Southern Mississippi [21]. . . . . . 34-6 96,616 S 12 W [9] Bowling Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-3 96,291 S 19 W [8] at Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-13 56,743 O 3 L [7] at Ohio State [1]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28 93,479 O 10 W [11] at Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-17 40,546 O 17 W [12] Purdue (Homecoming). . . . . . . . 31-13 97,034 O 31 W [20] Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-0 96,508 N 7 L [9] at Michigan [22]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-27 111,019 N 14 W [19] Northwestern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-10 96,382 N 21 L [16] at Wisconsin [13]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24 78,964 N 28 W [23] Michigan State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-28 96,358 J 1 W [22] Kentucky (Outback Bowl). . . . . . 26-14 66,005 Wire Service Rankings: AP 17th, ESPN/USA Today 15th 12 games played; 9-3 on-field record. Wins vacated by NCAA.
➤ 1995
➤ 1999
Won 9, Lost 3; 5-3, 3rd
Coach: Joe Paterno Captains: Todd Atkins, Bobby Engram, Jeff Hartings, Terry Killens S 9 W [4] Texas Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-23 96,035 S 16 W [7] Temple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-14 95,926 S 23 W [6] at Rutgers*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59-34 58,870 (E. Rutherford, N.J., Giants Stadium) S 30 L [6] Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17 96,540 O 7 L [12] Ohio State [5]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-28 96,655 O 14 W [20] at Purdue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-23 60,445 O 21 W [19] at Iowa [18]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-27 70,397 O 28 W [16] Indiana (Homecoming). . . . . . . . 45-21 96,391 N 4 L [12] at Northwestern [6]. . . . . . . . . . . 10-21 49,256 N 18 W [19] Michigan [13]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-17 80,000 N 25 W [14] at Michigan State. . . . . . . . . . . . 24-20 66,189 J 1 W [15] Auburn [12] (Outback Bowl). . . . 43-14 65,313 Wire Service Rankings: AP 13th, UPI 12th, USA Today/CNN 12th
➤ 1996
Won 11, Lost 2; 6-2, 3rd
Won 0, Lost 3; Big Ten 0-3
Coach: Joe Paterno Captains: Brandon Short, Kevin Thompson A 28 W [3] Arizona [4] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-7 97,168 S 4 W [2] Akron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-24 95,192 S 11 W [2] Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-17 96,127 S 18 W [3] at Miami (Fla.) [8]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-23 74,427 S 25 W [2] Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-24 96,416 O 9 W [2] at Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-7 66,398 O 16 W [2] Ohio State [18]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-10 97,007 O 23 W [2] at Purdue [16]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-25 68,355 O 30 W [2] at Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-7 50,014 N 6 L [2] Minnesota (Homecoming). . . . . . 23-24 96,753 N 13 L [6] Michigan [16]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-31 96,840 N 20 L [13] at Michigan State [15] . . . . . . . . 28-35 74,231 D 28 W [13] Texas A&M [18] (Alamo Bowl)*. . 24-0 65,380 Wire Service Rankings: AP 11th, ESPN/USA Today 11th 13 games played; 10-3 on-field record. Wins vacated by NCAA.
➤ 2000
Won 0, Lost 7; Big Ten 0-4
Coach: Joe Paterno Captains: Kim Herring, Brandon Noble, Wally Richardson, Barry Tielsch A 25 W [11] Southern California [7]. . . . . . . . 24-7 77,716 (E. Rutherford, N.J., Giants Stadium) S 7 W [7] Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-7 95,670 S 14 W [6] Northern Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-0 95,589 S 21 W [5] Temple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-0 24,847 (E. Rutherford, N.J., Giants Stadium) S 28 W [3] at Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-20 79,607 O 5 L [4] at Ohio State [3]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38 94,241 O 12 W [10] Purdue (Homecoming). . . . . . . . 31-14 96,653 O 19 L [10] Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21 96,230 O 26 W [17] at Indiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-26 37,354 N 2 W [15] Northwestern [11]. . . . . . . . . . . . 34-9 96,596 N 16 W [11] at Michigan [16] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-17 105,898 N 23 W [7] Michigan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-29 96,263 J 1 W [7] Texas [20] (Fiesta Bowl)*. . . . . . . 38-15 65,106 Wire Service Rankings: AP 7th, USA Today/CNN 7th
Coach: Joe Paterno Captains: James Boyd, Rashard Casey, Mike Cerimele, Justin Kurpeikis A 27 L [22] Southern California [15]. . . . . . . . 5-29 78,902 (E. Rutherford, N.J., Giants Stadium) S 2 L Toledo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24 94,296 S 9 W Louisiana Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-7 94,555 S 16 L at Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-12 61,221 S 23 L at Ohio State [14] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-45 98,144 S 30 W Purdue [19]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-20 96,023 O 7 L at Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-25 44,439 O 21 W Illinois (Homecoming). . . . . . . . . . . . 39-25 96,475 O 28 W at Indiana*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-24 43,122 (Indianapolis, RCA Dome) N 4 L Iowa (2 OT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-26 95,437 N 11 L at Michigan [20]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-33 110,803 N 18 W Michigan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-23 96,070 12 games played; 5-7 on-field record. Wins vacated by NCAA.
➤ 1997
➤ 2001
Won 9, Lost 3; 6-2, 3rd
Coach: Joe Paterno Captains: Aaron Collins, Matt Fornadel, Mike McQueary, Phil Ostrowski S 6 W [1] Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-17 97,115 S 13 W [1] Temple. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-10 96,735 S 20 W [1] at Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-21 39,826 O 4 W [2] at Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-6 51,523 O 11 W [2] Ohio State [7]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-27 97,282 O 18 W [1] Minnesota (Homecoming). . . . . . 16-15 96,953 N 1 W [2] at Northwestern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-27 47,129 N 8 L [2] Michigan [4]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34 97,498 N 15 W [6] at Purdue [19]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-17 52,156 N 22 W [6] Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-10 96,934 N 29 L [4] at Michigan State. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-49 73,623 J 1 L [11] Florida [6] (Citrus Bowl). . . . . . . . 6-21 72,940 Wire Service Rankings: AP 16th, ESPN/USA Today 17th
Won 0, Lost 6; Big Ten 0-4
Coach: Joe Paterno Captains: John Gilmore, Bob Jones S 1 L Miami (Fla.) [2]*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33 109,313 S 22 L Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18 107,253 S 29 L at Iowa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-24 69,422 O 6 L Michigan [15]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-20 107,879 O 20 W at Northwestern [22]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-35 42,512 O 27 W Ohio State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-27 108,327 N 3 W Southern Mississippi (Homecoming). . 38-20 106,158 N 10 L at Illinois [15]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-33 70,904 N 17 W Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-14 106,527 N 24 W at Michigan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-37 72,658 D 1 L at Virginia (1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-20 57,005 (1) Postponed from Sept. 13. 11 games played; 5-6 on-field record. Wins vacated by NCAA.
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