| Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions | ![]() |
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| Location: | State College, PA | |||||||||||||
| Color: | Blue, White | |||||||||||||
| Stadium: | Beaver Stadium (107,282 / grass) | |||||||||||||
| Famous Fight (School) Songs: | Fight On State | |||||||||||||
| Head Coach: | Joe Paterno (Brown) | from "College Animated Flags" | ||||||||||||
| All-Time Results /Started: | 756-331-41 (.688) /1887 | |||||||||||||
| Current Results | 3-9 (Big Ten 1-7) | ![]() |
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| National Poll Champions | (AP): | 2 (1982,1986) | ||||||||||||
| (Coaches): | 2 (1982,1986) | |||||||||||||
| BIg Ten Titles: | 1 (1994) | |||||||||||||
| All-Time Bowl Results: | 23-12-2 (.649) | |||||||||||||
| Current Bowl Appearance: | 2003 Capital One | from "The Helmet Project" | ||||||||||||
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| Annual Rivalries | ||||||||||||||
| vs. Michigan St. | |||
| Trophy: Land Grant Trophy |
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| First meeting: 1914 | |||
| Consecutive since: 1993 | |||
| Series Record: 9-11-1 | |||
| Current 10 yrs: 7-3 | |||
| '94 | W | 59-31 | |
| '95 | W | 24-20 | |
| '96 | W | 32-29 | |
| '97 | 14-49 | L | |
| '98 | W | 51-28 | |
| '99 | 28-35 | L | |
| '00 | W | 42-23 | |
| '01 | W | 42-37 | |
| '02 | W | 61-7 | |
| '03 | 10-41 | L | |
Other great rivalry
| vs. Pittsburgh | vs. Ohio State | |||||||
| Trophy: --- | Trophy: --- | |||||||
| First meeting: 1893 | First meeting: 1912 | |||||||
| Consecutive since: ------ | Consecutive since: 1993 | |||||||
| Series record: 50-42-4 | Series record: 10-9 | |||||||
| Current 10 yrs: 3-1 | Current 10 yrs: 4-6 | |||||||
| '94 | W | 63-14 | ||||||
| '95 | 25-28 | L | ||||||
| '96 | 7-38 | L | ||||||
| '97 | W | 34-17 | '97 | W | 31-27 | |||
| '98 | W | 20-13 | '98 | 9-28 | L | |||
| '99 | W | 20-17 | '99 | W | 23-10 | |||
| '00 | 0-12 | L | '00 | 6-45 | L | |||
| '01 | W | 29-27 | ||||||
| '02 | 7-13 | L | ||||||
| '03 | 20-21 | L | ||||||
*Other Trophy Series
Minnesota - Penn St. (Governor's Victory Bell)
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