During that season, Green Bay ranked third in the NFL in receptions (383) and seventh in receiving yards (3,766). Details and exceptions. The official 1986 Football schedule for the Penn State Nittany Lions Kaytron Allen. In February 2015, Franklin was the lone college head coach among the speakers and panelists at the prestigious MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston. Kwalick was also the first Penn State player to become a two-time All-American player. For a school rich in running back history, Lydell Mitchell may still be the best the program has ever seen. Penn States all-time leading receiver was another key player in the 1994 undefeated season. The engaging and enthusiastic Franklin is a popular speaker and media interview subject. Franklin began his coaching career as the wide receivers coach at Kutztown (Pa.) University (1995) and was a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, East Stroudsburg (Pa.) University in 1996, working with the secondary. Sign up for the Nittany Lions Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. . Penn State 68-63 Ohio State Missy Masley, Penn State Hinkle Fieldhouse . Ohio State leads the series 23-14 (Ohio State has won the last six meetings). You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. A program-record 10 Nittany Lions were named 2020-21 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars, besting the previous mark of nine set a year earlier. { The 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head Coach: Mike McCarthy. Last years meeting was in the reminisce of a hurricane and was not a good day for either team. Penn State allowed just 11 passing touchdowns on the year, ranking fourth in the nation, while allowing 199.8 passing yards per game, ranking 23rd. He followed up with a kind reminder that it has been quite some time since the last time Pitt won a major bowl game. The Nittany Lion defense allowed opponents only a 66.7 conversion rate in the red zone, which ranked third nationally. padding-bottom:5px; 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. Rutgers be heading on a 22-game losing streak against Penn State. The 58.8 completion percentage by Penn State quarterbacks sits seventh and the 141.78 passing efficiency is 10th in the program annals. 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. . 8 overall pick of the Houston Oilers. In 2015, Franklin joined the FOX studio crew for pregame, halftime and postgame coverage of the Big Ten Championship Game. Penn State was also 11th in tackles for loss (7.8). In 2016, Franklin secured the No. Franklin coached quarterback Josh Freeman and oversaw an offense that produced a 3,000-yard passer (Freeman), 1,500-yard receiver (All-American wide receiver Jordy Nelson) and 1,000-yard rusher (James Johnson) during the 2007 season, a first in school history. It also marked the first time Penn State as a program went to three New Years Six bowls in four years since 1980-83 (1980 Fiesta, 1982 Fiesta ,1983 Sugar). . 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. He was the first Penn State quarterback to win all-conference honors since Daryll Clark in 2009. Gene Stallings . . Penn hands Yale football first Ivy League loss of season; . Franklin guided the Lions to a 4-0 start, joining Harlow as the only first-year Penn State coaches to win their initial four games. . Franklin has secured top-25 recruiting classes each of his last 10 seasons, including a top-5 class at Penn State in 2018 and the sixth-ranked class in 2022. This week saw the final USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll released following Georgias national championship romp over TCU in the College Football Playoff national championship. 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. Penn State earned its third 11-win season in the last four years with an 11-2 record, including a win over No. . Tight end Pat Freiermuth was selected as the Kwalick-Clark Big Ten Tight End of the Year, becoming Penn States first tight end to win the award. Penn State had a program-record 38 student-athletes claim Academic All-Big Ten honors in the fall of 2021, besting the previous mark of 35 set by Franklins squad in 2017. Simply put, Kerry Collins is the best all-around quarterback in Penn State program history. In February 2015, the Nittany Lions highly-regarded class of 25 signees was ranked in the top 15 nationally by the four major recruiting services. The official 1982 Football schedule for the Penn State University Nittany Lions. 5 overall pick of the 2007 NFL draft. One hundred eleven of the 205 signees (54 percent) under Franklin are from within a 250-mile radius of State College. Manny Rubio-USA TODAY Sports. Penn State football all-time roster: Offensive starters and backups Teams Big Ten Iowa Michigan Michigan St. Nebraska Ohio St. Rutgers Wisconsin SEC Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia. Fifty-two squad members compiled at least a 3.0 GPA in the fall of 2019, which was the second-highest semester total in program history. Minnesota announced its 2022 football schedule on January 12, 2022. . [1] Penn State defeated the Georgia Bulldogs, 2723, in the Sugar Bowl to win Joe Paterno's first consensus national championship. 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. . The Spartans will be led by Mel Tucker in his fourth year as head coach. His famous catch against Michigan was so good he got it tattooed on his body. Sadly they wont have the film to watch of their last win against the Nittany Lions since it occurred in 1988. The 2020 recruiting class finished No. Naturally, you have to start building Penn States offensive line with him. padding-top:5px; From 2016-19, Franklin led Penn State to 42 wins, the most in program history for the Big Ten era in a four-year span, and 28 league wins, a program record. Parsons was also selected as the Big Ten Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year to become the third Nittany Lion to claim the award, joining Mike Hull (2014) and Michael Mauti (2012). Michigan leads the series 16-10 (Michigan has won the last two meetings). He then was the wide receivers coach at James Madison (1997), a graduate assistant (tight ends) at Washington State in 1998 and the wide receivers coach at Idaho State (1999). Defensive end and second-team All-American Arnold Ebiketie paced the Big Ten with 17.0 tackles for loss and was second among Power Five defensive linemen in tackles for loss and tied for seventh in sacks. From this unique position Paterno could see that the future of college athletics rested in conferences. Where does Penn State land in ESPN's way-too-early top 25 for 2023? August 24, 2022 12:45 pm ET. The Nittany Lions were ranked ninth in the final Associated Press and Amway Coaches polls to earn their 25th AP Top 10 finish. Print; Grid; Text; Choose A Location: Go; Season. Penn States No. Franklin has guided the Nittany Lions to an 86 percent graduation success rate, a perfect single-year 1,000 APR for the 2018-19 school year and record-breaking performances in the classroom. In what has become a regular late-season meeting, this could prove as a good launching pad into the postseason for Penn State. Pitts last major bowl victory was the 1982 Sugar Bowl against Georgia to spoil Georgias national championship hopes. ); The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. 7, with a handful of ballots going as high as no. Penn States defense allowed just 17.3 points per game in 2021, good for sixth in the country. This article about a sports team in Pennsylvania is a stub. The 1992 Fiesta Bowl MVP led the NFL in receptions in 1998. Vanderbilt had posted four nine-win seasons in program history, with Franklins last two teams comprising half of the total. Franklin guided Penn State to back-to-back New Years Six bowls in 2016 (Rose) and 2017 (Fiesta) for the first time since 1985 (Orange) and 1986 (Fiesta). James Franklin, a 27-year football coaching veteran, was appointed Penn State's 16th head football coach on January 11, 2014 and enters his 12th season . 1982 1982 Penn State Year 1982 National Champion Biography Penn State defeated SEC Champion Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, marking the Nittany Lions' first MacArthur Bowl. 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. Reminder: If you were born 41 years ago today, you still havent witnessed Pitt win a NY6 bowl in your lifetime. Penn State will be debuting a new offense as well in this matchup, just with some higher ranked players. 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. Barney Amor. Alabama /Arkansas /Auburn /Clemson / Colorado / Florida /Georgia /Iowa /LSU /Michigan /Michigan State /Nebraska /North Carolina /Notre Dame /Ohio State /Oklahoma /Oregon / Rutgers /Tennessee /Texas /Texas A&M /USC /Wisconsin. GLORY DAYS: Celebrating 25 Years of Sports Archives at Penn State, The Dr. Roger B. Saylor Football Records Collection, Eberly Family Special Collections Library. Head Coach: . Franklin and his staff organized a top-25 recruiting class in short order after being hired at Penn State in January 2014. Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-USA TODAY Sports. Official Fan Travel and Hospitality Services, 2023 Blue-White Game presented by Highmark, Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital. Iowa has really revamped its offense after possibly the most disappointing display of that side of the ball the country saw in 2022. Please check your email for a confirmation. Some of the sports featured in the archives are: Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Bowling Boxing Cross-Country Diving Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Ice Hockey Ice Skating Lacrosse 5 and was the only coach in the poll to do so. With wins over No. Franklin graduated from Neshaminy High School in Langhorne. Franklin continued in that role under new head coach Ralph Friedgen in 2002 and 2003 and helped the Terps to three consecutive 10-win seasons, including an appearance in the 2002 FedEx Orange Bowl. 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. Who are some recruits to keep an eye on for Penn State football? . He was one of the first pitchers to throw a curve ball, and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964. 1997 - James Madison (Wide Receivers) Penn State finished the season No. Conversely, Kansas head coach Lance Leipold had Penn State ranked the highest on his final coaches poll ballot of the year. The 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. "Pitt Rallies Late, Nips W. The series is a draw with a record of 18-18-1 (Penn State won the last meeting). Clifford and Smith are the fourth and fifth overall winners of the award in Penn State history. Jan. 11, 2023. In August 2019, Franklin was named a Penn State University Renaissance Fund honoree, which awards outstanding community members for helping students in need. Penn State football roster and portal tracker: The latest updates with the offseason underway. Let us know your thoughts by leaving a comment on this story below. Among the season records he set were for total offense (3,128 yards), passing yards (2,586) and touchdown passes (19). JC MEN'S BASKETBALL: No. James Franklin, a 27-year football coaching veteran, was appointed Penn States 16th head football coach on January 11, 2014 and enters his 12th season as a collegiate head coach. Sports historians and enthusiasts will find in these collections many opportunities for research. The Sports Archives also maintains extensive collections of the personal papers of such coaches as Hugo Bezdek, Charles Rip Engle and Tom Tait. [1] Penn State defeated the Georgia Bulldogs, 27-23, in the Sugar Bowl to win Joe Paterno's first consensus national championship. The Nittany Lions also signed 12 ESPN300 recruits in 2018, the first time since 2006 when ESPN rankings started. 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. . Fries, a fifth-year senior, was Penn State's most experienced player, having started 42 games over four seasons. A: When asking for information on individual athletes, please provide the name, the sport and the years he/she participated in. . 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. The Nittany Lions paced the Big Ten in first downs (223) and were second in total offense (430.3). Hakeem Beamon. Franklin led Vanderbilt to a bowl game in each of his three seasons in Nashville, with the last two years resulting in wins over NC State (Music City Bowl) and Houston (BBVA Compass Bowl). November 14, 1982. Mike Munchak may have been more recognized for his success in the NFL but he was a second-team All-American at Penn State and went on to be a No. 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. Q: Can I get a photograph of a PSU athlete? 1996 - East Stroudsburg (GraduateAssistant/Secondary) 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. 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. 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. 23/20 2012). In addition, McSorley set eight season records during his time in the Blue & White - passing yards, passing touchdowns, completions, 200-yard passing games, 300-yard passing games, rushing touchdowns by a quarterback, total offense yards, touchdowns responsible for - and the game record for yards of total offense. Look for that to be a repeat performance that fits the history between these two teams. 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Smith, 8-yard TD pass from Karcher, Johnston kick good (ND 70), PSU Blackledge, 1-yard TD run, Gancitano kick good (TIE 77), PSU Gancitano 41-yard field goal (PSU 107), PSU Gancitano 29-yard field goal (PSU 137), ND Pinkett, 93-yard TD kickoff return, Johnston kick good (ND 1413), PSU Warner, 48-yard TD pass from Blackledge, pass failed (PSU 1914), PSU Safety, Pinkett tackled by Ashley in end zone (PSU 2114), PSU Gancitano 27-yard field goal (PSU 2414), This page was last edited on 1 January 2023, at 09:43. 1 Purdue rallied to defeat Penn State 76-63 before a sold-out crowd at the Palestra on . Over the last 20 games during the 2012-13 seasons, the Commodores 16-4 record was second-best in the SEC to Alabamas 17-3 mark. The Big Ten did not begin sponsoring women's basketball until the 1982-83 basketball season. Columnist Susan Campbell recalls the glory days of the mall, and how the shrinking middle class has made it harder for them to survive. .. In his first 11 years as a head coach, Franklin mentored 90 players who have gone on to the NFL ranks. 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. https://nittanylionswire.usatoday.com/lists/penn-state-football-all-time-roster-offensive-starters-and-backups/. 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. 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 Dick Raphael-USA TODAY Sports. Penn State posted its fourth-straight top 12 finish in the final CFP rankings, coming in 10th. 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. 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. Franklin was inducted into the East Stroudsburg Athletics Hall of Fame October 15, 2016. In 2000, Franklin was named the wide receivers coach at Maryland under head coach Ron Vanderlinden, who would go on to coach the Penn State linebackers from 2001-13. width:50px; 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.