List of Penn State Nittany Lions football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Penn State Nittany Lions football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Since the team's creation in 1881, the Nittany Lions have participated in more than 1,100 officially-sanctioned games, including 43 bowl games.

For most of its existence, Penn State competed as an independent. In 1993, Penn State joined the Big Ten Conference, where it has been a member ever since.

Seasons

Coaching record

List of coaches and their record (win-loss-ties):

• Uncoached era: 12–8–2
• George Hoskins: 17–4–4
• Samuel Newton: 12–14–0
• Sam Boyle: 4–6–1
• Pop Golden: 16–12–1
• Dan Reed: 5–3–0
• Tom Fennell: 33–17–1
• Jack Hollenback: 5–2–1
• Bill Hollenback: 28–9–4
• Dick Harlow: 20–8–0
• Hugo Bezdek: 65–30–11
• Bob Higgins: 91–57–11
• Joe Bedenk: 5–4–0
• Rip Engle: 104–48–4
• Joe Paterno: 409–136–3
• Tom Bradley: 1-3-0

Notes

1. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[3]
2. ^ Joe Paterno was fired in the wake of the Penn State sex abuse scandal on November 9, 2011, and defensive coordinator Tom Bradley was named the interim head coach in his place.^[4][5][6]

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