American college football season
The 1975 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season.[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 6 | at Temple | No. 6 | | | W 26–25 | 57,112 | |
September 13 | Stanford | No. 10 | | | W 34–14 | 61,325 | |
September 20 | at No. 3 Ohio State | No. 7 | | | L 9–17 | 88,093 | |
September 27 | at Iowa | No. 12 | | | W 30–10 | 52,780 | |
October 4 | Kentucky![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 10 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| | W 10–3 | 60,225 | [2] |
October 11 | No. 10 West Virginia | No. 9 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA (rivalry)
| | W 39–0 | 59,658 | [3] |
October 18 | at Syracuse | No. 9 | | | W 19–7 | 28,153 | |
October 25 | Army | No. 9 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| | W 31–0 | 59,381 | |
November 1 | at No. 14 Maryland | No. 9 | | | W 15–13 | 59,973 | [4] |
November 8 | NC State | No. 8 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| | L 14–15 | 59,536 | [5] |
November 22 | at No. 17 Pittsburgh | No. 10 | | ABC | W 7–6 | 46,846 | |
| vs. No. 4 Alabama | No. 8 | | ABC | L 6–13 | 75,212 | [6][7] |
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1975 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured Redshirt Roster |
Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1976 NFL draft.
- ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- ^ "Defense carries Penn State". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 5, 1975. Retrieved October 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Penn State destroys error-prone Mountaineers". Beckley Post-Herald & Register. October 12, 1975. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Penn State victory string over Maryland still intact". The News and Observer. November 2, 1975. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lions upset, 15–14, as Bahr misfires". The Pittsburgh Press. November 9, 1975. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tide breaks the drought on 13–6 win over Lions". The Ledger. Associated Press. January 1, 1976. p. 2B. Retrieved August 25, 2014 – via Google News Archives.
- ^ "Bear finds winning secret". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. January 1, 1976. p. 16. Retrieved August 25, 2014 – via Google News Archives.
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