2013 PENN STATE FOOTBALL YEARBOOK

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STUDENT SECTION PENN STATE FOOTBALL 2013

“THE NATION’S NO. 1 STUDENT SECTION.” ESPN THE MAGAZINE, 2008 Hailed by Penn State players, feared by opponents and always a loud and enthusiastic factor. LOUD & PROUD: 48-10 ON-FIELD* RECORD AT HOME SINCE 2005 (BEAVER STADIUM IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE NATION’S TOUGHEST VENUES FOR OPPOSING TEAMS)

3-MINUTE SELLOUTS

(PENN STATE STUDENTS SWALLOWED UP MORE THAN 15,000 FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR SEASON TICKETS IN ABOUT THREE MINUTES FROM THE START OF EACH SALE IN 2008)

22-MINUTE SELLOUT

(PENN STATE 2013 FRESHMEN claimed THEIR ENTIRE SEAT ALLOTMENT of 5,000-PLUS tickets in JUST 22 MINUTES)

59-MINUTE SELLOUT

(IN 2007, 21,000-PLUS STUDENT SEASON TICKETS SOLD OUT IN AN UNPRECEDENTED 59 MINUTES)

NEARLY 90,000 SEASON TICKET-HOLDERS

(PENN STATE’S SEASON TICKET BASE IS AMONG THE LARGEST IN THE NATION AT NEARLY 90,000)

108,917 RECORD HOME ATTENDANCE AVERAGE

(THE SECOND-HIGHEST IN THE NATION IN 2007, TOPPED BY ELECTRIC THRONGS OF 110,000-PLUS FOR THE PRIME TIME battles WITH NOTRE DAME AND OHIO STATE) *All wins from 1998-2011 vacated by NCAA.


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