The Penn State Nittany Lions team represents the Pennsylvania State University in college football. The Nittany Lions compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big Te
The 1903 Penn State football team
George W. Hoskins, Penn State's first head football coach, posted a 17-4-4 record between 1892 and 1895, the highest winning percentage in the program's history.
Coach Hugo Bezdek, who posted a 65–30–11 career record as head coach over 12 seasons between 1918 and 1929, along with the Nittany Lion mascot in the 1920s
James Franklin, head coach from 2014 to 2025
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Beaver Stadium is a college football stadium on the campus of Pennsylvania State University in Penn State University Park. It has been home to the Penn State Nittany Lions football of the Big Ten Conf
Penn State Nittany Lions football
…of 34-21-2. The team ranks seventh among NCAA Division I college football programs in all-time total wins. The Nittany Lions play their home games at Beaver Stadium, located on campus in University Park, Pennsylvania. The first recorded game in Penn State football history occurred on November 12, 1881, when Penn…
Beaver Stadium during a night game in 2018
Beaver Stadium seen from the east in August 2014
First night game at Beaver Stadium in 1982
The suites on the east end of the stadium in September 2016