The Nittany Lions claimed their fourth overall Big Ten Championship and first outright title since 1994 with a thrilling 38-31 comeback win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship Game. Capital One Field at SECU Stadium (College Park, MD), Penn State leads the series 42-3-1 (Penn State has won the last two meetings). Where does Penn State land in ESPN's way-too-early top 25 for 2023? Sean Clifford (2021) and Trace McSorley (2018) were selected as National Football Foundation (NFF) Scholar-Athletes and finalists for the Campbell Trophy, known as the Academic Heisman. They are the 18th and 19th Nittany Lions to be selected as an NFF Scholar-Athlete. Rutgers be heading on a 22-game losing streak against Penn State. Both players already are posed to be leaders for a 2023 Penn State team with high expectations. 1997 - James Madison (Wide Receivers) . On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. November 14, 1982. Follow Kevin McGuire on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. (); : 5 overall pick of the 2007 NFL draft. He threw for 2,438 yards, 22 touchdowns and only eight interceptions in 2010, with All-ACC receiver Torrey Smith making 67 catches for 1,055 yards and 12 scores. The Commodores were 5-3 in SEC play, winning five SEC games for the first time since 1935, and posted two shutouts for the first time since 1968. The team waits for their entrance during Penn State Football's annual White Out game on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pa. Penn State leads the series 48-9-2 (Penn State has won the last four meetings). Most of Marylands defense will be back in 2023 so the defense will be familiar with them and has a chance to put on another dominant display. Follow Nittany Lions Wire on Twitter and like us on Facebook for continuing Penn State coverage and discussion. Although he may not have the schools top passing numbers, he was the top quarterback with NFL prospects to come through Happy Valley and the quarterback of the 1994 undefeated team. The 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coming up with an all-time roster for the defense was a pretty easy task for the most part, but there just was not enough space to include some very worthy and memorable names. Penn State finished No. Donald Driver was among the top receivers in the NFL, ranking second in receptions and eighth in receiving yards, with a then-career-high 86 catches for 1,221 yards. . Check out the all-time offense for Penn State below and check out the rest of our continuing Penn State coverage on Nittany Lions Wire. 1982 #5 Pittsburgh @ #2 Penn State No Huddle - YouTube Fair warning - Video ends early in the 3rd quarter1982 #5 Pittsburgh Panthers @ #2 Penn State Nittany Lions Fair warning - Video ends. Both played a crucial role in their success so the Illinois team that Penn State will see is unknown. Download Penn_State_Alphabetical.pdf Penn_State_Numerical.pdf Roster Layout: Choose A Season: Penn State Athletics chose to advance classes as though 2020-21 was a normal year of. The College Football Hall of Fame player went on to be a three-time Pro Bowl player in the NFL. Tyler Yazujian collected a berth on the CoSIDA Academic All-America first team in 2016 after an appearance on the second team in 2015. The Nittany Lions had 15 players garner All-Big Ten accolades, including two first-team selections in Amani Oruwariye and Yetur Gross-Matos. Q: What is the difference between coaches footage and broadcast footage? Tight end Pat Freiermuth was a finalist for the John Mackey Award for the nations top tight end and also took home All-America accolades with a bid on the AFCA second team. The Nittany Lions posted their first 1,000 single-year APR in program history in 2018-19, topping the previous high of 993 in 2014-15. In Franklins first season at Penn State, he helped Mike Hull to the Butkus-Fitzgerald Big Ten Linebacker of the Year award to carry on the Linebacker U tradition. . The Spartans will be led by Mel Tucker in his fourth year as head coach. Who are some recruits to keep an eye on for Penn State football? Official Fan Travel and Hospitality Services, Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital, Music City: Beat North Carolina State, 38-24, New Era Pinstripe: Beat Boston College, 31-30 (OT). . 2 in the rankings and appearing in a second-straight New Years Six bowl, earning a 35-28 win over No. He graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in May 2020. 7 in the Associated Press and Amway Coaches polls. Northwestern always provides a stiff test to Penn State and this being a home game for the Wildcats could make this the first trap game of the year. Franklin directed Vanderbilt to consecutive Top 25 finishes for the first time in the 124-year history of the program (No. 8 and most coaches voted Penn State at no. In addition, the Archives houses the North American Society for Sports History records and American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance national, regional, and state records, the Charles Stewart Goodwin Football Program Collection and the Ron Smith Sports Book Collection. Vanderbilt continued its historic rise under Franklin during the 2013 season, capping a school-record 9-4 campaign with a 41-24 win over Houston in the BBVA Compass Bowl. ET at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. Here's how to watch, with game time and TV . 5 by Rivals and No. Penn State football's Ja'Juan Seider earns elevated role as assistant head coach among other staff roles Penn State's Ja'Juan Seider added another title to his coaching resume. While the coaches individual ballots are kept secret during the course of the regular season, the final ballots are shared publicly to allow fans to see how the coaches stacked teams up from 1 through 25. Penn State makes latest top schools cut for four-star two-way player in Class of 2024, Here are the best photos of Penn State's newest receiver out of the transfer portal. . Zach Edey scored 30 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and helped a furious 12-0 run to start the second half as No. New quarterback, a new tight end, and new hopes for the program. Penn State tight end Kirk Bowman caught a low Todd Blackledge pass deep in the Nebraska end zone with just four seconds left to lift the Lions to a 27-24 win over the Huskers, sending a Beaver Stadium record crowd of 85,304 into a frenzy. The Nittany Lions laid claim to the No. The 2010 squad was among the national leaders in scoring offense at 32.2 points per game and was led by ACC Rookie of the Year quarterback Danny OBrien. Franklin was named the 16th head football coach in the storied history of the Nittany Lion program on January 11, 2014. On the offensive side of the ball, the Nittany Lions posted their highest rushing average (204.9) since 2008 (205.8) and were No. And leaving quarterbacks who led the team to a pair of national championships took a little bit of internal debate before coming to a final decision. . Let us know your thoughts by leaving a comment on this story below. Sign up for the Nittany Lions Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. From 2016-19, Franklin led the Nittany Lions to three New Years Six bowls - 2016 (Rose), 2017 (Fiesta) and 2019 (Cotton) - making Penn State one of eight teams to accomplish the feat during the four-year span. He was a guest analyst on ESPNs coverage from the site of college footballs National Championship game, spending a day appearing on various ESPN platforms in 2013 and 2014. He was a panelist for the session, The Formula to Win: College Football Analytics, which was moderated by ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols. https://nittanylionswire.usatoday.com/2023/01/14/former-penn-state-punter-blake-gillikin-rips-pat-narduzzis-final-coaches-ballot/, Keaton Ellis returning to Penn State in 2023, Davon Townley to return to Penn State instead of transfer, Sporting News way-too-early top 25 slightly less optimistic about Penn State in 2023. Alex Bacchetta. In 2017, McSorley broke the Penn State single-season record for completions (284), total offense (4,061), touchdowns responsible for (37), 300-yard passing games (5) and 200-yard passing games (11). Gainesville Sun. Gene Stallings . He owns an 91-49 career record, with a winning record in nine of 11 seasons at the helm. . The 1982 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh as independent during in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Ki-Jana Carter was one of the best blends of speed and physical force Penn State has ever seen. . From this unique position Paterno could see that the future of college athletics rested in conferences. The Nittany Lions were ranked ninth in the final Associated Press and Amway Coaches polls to earn their 25th AP Top 10 finish. . Chris Godwin emerged as a big-play receiver during Penn States run to a Big Ten championship in 2016 and has gone off to be one of the more respected wide receiver sin the NFL. (); : Our goal has been to establish a Penn State Sports Archive that will be unrivaled in its scope and serve both scholars and administrators. They will have the memory of a 55-10 loss fresh in their memory from the 2022 season to look back on. Barney Amor. Twenty-three Penn State players have been selected in the last four NFL Drafts, the most in a four-draft span since 1993-96 (27 players drafted). After what could be a big game, Penn State gets a build up against Delaware. Sign up for the Nittany Lions Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. First meeting between Delaware and Penn State. Penn hands Yale football first Ivy League loss of season; . Tags Nfl Buffalo Bills American Football Sport Touchdown Chris Godwin Offense But Narduzzis ballot did not go unnoticed by the Penn State community, of course. Paterno saw undefeated teams go uncrowned in 1968, 1969 and 1973. . Jonathan Sutherland led the way with a pair of blocked punts in the season-opener against Idaho, marking the first time since 2000 the Nittany Lions had two blocks in a game. 1 pick of the 1995 NFL draft and remains a fan favorite to this day. The 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. GLORY DAYS: Celebrating 25 Years of Sports Archives at Penn State, The Dr. Roger B. Saylor Football Records Collection, Eberly Family Special Collections Library. Indiana has proven to be a tough test for Penn State in recent years, including an upset win in 2020, but when they play at Beaver Stadium it tends to be more of a blowout. 16 nationally in red zone offense (.897). It is not often Penn State plays against a Big 12 team but it presents a unique home opener given the proximity to State College. .. One hundred eleven of the 205 signees (54 percent) under Franklin are from within a 250-mile radius of State College. . Last years meeting was in the reminisce of a hurricane and was not a good day for either team. font-size:1.10em; Coming off the biggest season since winning the Big Ten in 2016, Penn State looks to ride the wave of momentum that comes with winning a Rose Bowl. 154. Arguably one of college footballs best all-time offensive linemen who is inexplicably not in the College Football Hall of Fame, Steve Wisniewski was a two-time All-American who went on to be an eight-time Pro Bowl guard in the NFL. . . In the 2020 spring semester, 14 Nittany Lions posted a perfect 4.0 GPA and 89 squad members with at least a 3.0 GPA with the alternative grading also in effect. [1] Penn State defeated the Georgia Bulldogs, 2723, in the Sugar Bowl to win Joe Paterno's first consensus national championship. 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster Players Coaches Offense. .. Coming off the biggest season since winning the Big Ten in 2016, Penn State looks to ride the wave of momentum that comes with winning a Rose Bowl. Penn State team captains A.Q. Parsons was the first sophomore to win Big Ten Linebacker of the Year. In addition, Parsons became the 101st first-team All-American and 43rd consensus All-American in Penn State history. Shipley was Penn States first Rimington Trophy winner in 2008 when he was also named an All-American and named All-Big Ten for a second straight year. Hide/Show Additional Information For Ball State - September 11, 2021 Sep 18 (Sat) 7:30 p.m. vs Please check your email for a confirmation. Schedule. Under Franklins direction, Penn State has finished in the top 12 of the final College Football Playoff rankings in four of the last six seasons, has earned berths in three New Years Six bowl games with two wins and won the 2016 Big Ten Championship. In August 2019, Franklin was named a Penn State University Renaissance Fund honoree, which awards outstanding community members for helping students in need. . Complete game-by-game, reel-by-reel inventories have been compiled for all the audio-visual materials. The 58.8 completion percentage by Penn State quarterbacks sits seventh and the 141.78 passing efficiency is 10th in the program annals. The Nittany Lions also signed 12 ESPN300 recruits in 2018, the first time since 2006 when ESPN rankings started. Defensively, the Nittany Lions were seventh in FBS in scoring average (16.5 ppg) and sacks (3.23 spg), while coming in 17th in total defense (329.5). 9-ranked Garden City knocked off Class 4A Big Spring, 43-38, in a non-district. The Nittany Lions earned 18 All-Big Ten selections across offense, defense and special teams, led by four first team honorees including wide receiver Jahan Dotson, safety Jaquan Brisker, defensive end Arnold Ebiketie and punter Jordan Stout. 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team. To date, the Sports Archives included more than 4000 football films and videotapes, beginning with the 1929 film of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn State. Manny Rubio-USA TODAY Sports. A: John Montgomery Ward was a native of Bellefonte, PA who attended Penn State in 1875. Running back Saquon Barkley finished a stellar collegiate career by winning the Paul Hornung Award for the nations most versatile player, three major Big Ten awards Graham-George Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, Ameche-Dayne Big Ten Running Back of the Year, Rodgers-Dwight Big Ten Return Specialist and the Chicago Tribune Silver Football for the second-straight season. The official 1986 Football schedule for the Penn State Nittany Lions A: No, bowl game coverage is owned by the bowl entities and the networks, and is subject to copyright restrictions. Hartings, a two-time first-team All-American player, went on to be a first-round NFL draft pick in 1995 and won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Franklin graduated from East Stroudsburg (Pa.) University in 1995 with a degree in psychology and earned a masters degree in educational leadership from Washington State University. In addition, five-plus Nittany Lions have been drafted in four consecutive years, the longest streak for PSU since 1978-84. 6 by 247Sports. Hakeem Beamon. The official 1982 Football schedule for the Penn State University Nittany Lions. . McSorley also became the second player in Big Ten history with 25 passing touchdowns and 10 rushing scores in a season, joining Ohio States J.T. Class 1A's No. Who are some recruits to keep an eye on for Penn State football? He followed up with a kind reminder that it has been quite some time since the last time Pitt won a major bowl game. Under Franklins tutelage, Carl Nassib claimed a trio of national awards Lombardi Award, Lott IMPACT Trophy and Ted Hendricks Award and became Penn States 13th unanimous Consensus All-American. Q: How do I get information on Penn State athletes? They start their Big Ten schedule the following week so a game against an FCS Delaware team that will be coming off an 8-5 record for the 2022 season. Penn State may be more known traditionally for its lineage of linebackers and star defensive players, but there has been a wealth of talent to come through Happy Valley over the years from the offensive side of the football. 1999 - Idaho State (Wide Receivers) . Seven coaches ranked Penn State as low as no. Penn States defense allowed just 17.3 points per game in 2021, good for sixth in the country. . (); : The 1989 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.Led by 18th-year head coach LaVell Edwards, the Cougars compiled a record of 10-3 overall and 7-1 in conference play, winning the WAC title.BYU was invited to the Holiday Bowl, where the Cougars lost to Penn State Franklin has also been an ardent supporter of Be the Match, encouraging community members to join the national bone marrow registry. This is great contentPat Narduzzi is SALTY https://t.co/ybVJYelbJI, Blake Gillikin (@blakegillikin) January 12, 2023. Ryan Bowman The Big Ten released the 2023 football schedules for the entire conference on Wednesday, which includes Penn State's matchups. JC MEN'S BASKETBALL: No. Franklin helped Matthews develop into a two-time All-American and the SECs career leader in receptions (262) and receiving yardage (3,759). Contents 1 Schedule 2 Personnel 3 Coaching staff 4 Rankings 5 Game summaries 5.1 North Carolina 5.2 West Virginia 5.3 at Penn State 5.4 vs. SMU (Cotton Bowl) 6 1983 NFL Draft 7 References Gillikin set the Penn State record for punting average in a season with a 44.00 mark, besting the previous record of 43.55 set by Ralph Giacomarro in 1981. Keith Dorney is a College Football Hall of Fame lineman who was a consensus first-team All-American in 1978. This was easily their worst game in 2022 and the crazy part is it was a one-score game at halftime. Elected 1986. Here is the full 2023 Penn State football schedule, although changes could always be made for TV purposes with a potential Thursday or Friday game thrown in the mix. 17 Memphis in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. Randall Cunningham-Nevada-Las Vegas,Punter (1982-84) 21. Surely Narduzzi has some explanation for ranking Penn State as low as he did when everyone else in the country had the Nittany Lions at least one spot higher. Ed Dyas-Auburn,Fullback (1958-60) 26. 1982 NCAA Division I-A independents football records, 1982 North Carolina Tar Heels football team, 1982 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, "Stout S.M.U. Help Forum. The College Football Hall of Fame is adding two of the most lauded players in SEC history in its Class of 2023. . 1 Pennsylvania recruit in three-straight years (2018 Micah Parsons; 2017 Lamont Wade; 2016 Miles Sanders) for the first time since 2004 (Anthony Morelli), 2005 (Justin King) and 2006 (Jared Odrick). One team is going to pull ahead in this series between the two and Michigan State will be looking for revenge. He set seven school records as a senior to earn team MVP honors and was a Harlon Hill Trophy nominee as the NCAA Division II Player of the Year. But Gilliken didnt stop there. During that season, Green Bay ranked third in the NFL in receptions (383) and seventh in receiving yards (3,766). Franklin is one of four current Big Ten coaches (Ryan Day, Kirk Ferentz, Jim Harbaugh) to have won a Big Ten Championship and became the first African American head coach to win a Big Ten title after Penn States 2016 victory. . Barrett (2014, 2017). In fact, there has been so much talent on offense over the course of the history of the program that some very notable players may not even make the cut on a two-deep roster of Penn States all-time offensive roster. The Gophers will host Big Ten foes Purdue, Rutgers, Northwestern, and Iowa and will travel to Michigan State, Illinois, Penn State, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. He played multiple positions, starting the season's final six games at right. . Penn State will be having another year under Manny Diaz to scheme against the Wolverines rushing attack and Drew Allar can provide a new dynamic at quarterback. Leipold ranked Penn State at no. The football teams 2,100 hours of community service in 2014-15 equated to nearly 40 percent of the 5,300 community service hours by Penn State student-athletes. . Michigan leads the series 16-10 (Michigan has won the last two meetings). Franklin was a finalist for the Paul Bear Bryant National Coach of the Year award for the second time at Penn State (2016) and third time in his head coaching career. 2016 after an appearance on the CoSIDA Academic All-America first team in 2016 after an appearance on the Academic... 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