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. 2022 Penn State Nittany Lions Football Roster. Overall 11-2; PCT . 6 by 247Sports. The 1982 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season . During that season, Green Bay ranked third in the NFL in receptions (383) and seventh in receiving yards (3,766). Sign up for the Nittany Lions Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. Franklin has 27 years of coaching experience at the collegiate and NFL level. Alex Bacchetta. Tags Nfl Buffalo Bills American Football Sport Touchdown Chris Godwin Offense Retrieved December 15, 2014. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Wide receiver DaeSean Hamilton ended his Penn State career as the programs career receptions leader (214) and second in school history in receiving yards (2,842). 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). Columnist Susan Campbell recalls the glory days of the mall, and how the shrinking middle class has made it harder for them to survive. Consensus national champion Sugar Bowl champion. November 14, 1982. They will have the memory of a 55-10 loss fresh in their memory from the 2022 season to look back on. The Nittany Lion defense allowed opponents only a 66.7 conversion rate in the red zone, which ranked third nationally. . Greg Pickel 01/04/23. 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. McSorley was named the Grange-Griffin Big Ten Championship Game MVP, as well as earning Maxwell Club Tri-State Player of the Year and All-Big Ten second-team honors. Steve Suhey is in the College Football Hall of Fame after earning MVP honors in the 1948 Cotton Bowl and is said to be credited with helping to originate the schools storied We are Penn State chant. 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. In 2019, punter Blake Gillikin took home CoSIDA Academic All-America first-team honors for the second-straight year to become the 12th two-time first-team selection in Penn State history. Prior to Franklins arrival, the Commodores average class rank was 64.6 since 2000 (based on 247Sports composite). Schedule. The 2020 recruiting class finished No. (); : 6-ranked recruiting class in 2022 had an average star rating of 3.76 and featured 16 signees who were rated with four stars or higher. Vanderbilt had posted four nine-win seasons in program history, with Franklins last two teams comprising half of the total. 1-ranked recruits in their respective states (Brandon Smith, Adisa Issac, Sal Wormley). 154. It was Penn States highest finish in the polls since 2005. 2 in the rankings and appearing in a second-straight New Years Six bowl, earning a 35-28 win over No. The Nittany Lions posted their third-straight season with at least nine wins in 2018 with a 9-4 overall record. Penn States defense allowed just 17.3 points per game in 2021, good for sixth in the country. But we probably have a good guess as to why Narduzzi voted the way he did. Our goal has been to establish a Penn State Sports Archive that will be unrivaled in its scope and serve both scholars and administrators. The 2018 recruiting class was ranked No. 17 Memphis in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. Sports historians and enthusiasts will find in these collections many opportunities for research. The defense led the way for the Nittany Lions in 2018, finishing in the top 20 in team passing efficiency (8th; 106.10), red zone defense (11th; .750), passing yards allowed (15th; 181.5) and third down conversion defense (19th; .336). Nassib also led the nation in sacks with a school-record 15.5. In February 1982 during the 1981-82 season, the conference held a tournament at Michigan State in which Ohio State defeated Illinois 69-66 in the championship game. ); : 9, which is still a solid final ranking for the Nittany Lions. The Nittany Lions laid claim to the No. . The 2019 class featured a pair of 247Sports five-star recruits and three No. Please check your email for a confirmation. 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions Head Coach: Joe Paterno (17th season) Stadium: Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA Record: 11-1 Previous: 1981 Next: 1983 . 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. (); : 4 by ESPN.com, the highest finish in program history. Keith Dorney is a College Football Hall of Fame lineman who was a consensus first-team All-American in 1978. padding:right:5px; November 13 was a . . The official 2022 Football Roster for the University of Pennsylvania Quakers . . . Shipley (57) Derrick WIlliams (2) and Josh Gaines (47) walk onto the field together for their NCAA college football game against Illinois. Dotson also finished the year averaging 24.6 yards per punt return, a school record. Bernie Kachinko was named as the head coach for the inaugural varsity men's volleyball program at King's College prior to the 2019-2020 season and completed his In 2006, he helped the Wildcats to their first winning season in four years. 5 overall pick of the 2007 NFL draft. Hakeem Beamon. Look for that to be a repeat performance that fits the history between these two teams. Gene Stallings . The series is a draw with a record of 18-18-1 (Penn State won the last meeting). Follow Kevin McGuire on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. The Penn State head coachs inaugural season began with a final-play 26-24 victory over UCF in Dublin, Ireland, in Penn States first-ever international game and ended with a comeback, a 31-30 overtime win over Boston College in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium. But should Houston fans trust. 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). Gillikins two first-team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors increased Penn State footballs total to 67 honorees, which ranks second in Division I football history (FBS and FCS). In addition, five-plus Nittany Lions have been drafted in four consecutive years, the longest streak for PSU since 1978-84. 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 Franklin returned to Maryland in 2008 as the Terps assistant head coach and offensive coordinator. }, 2014-current - Penn State (HeadCoach) Join the conversation today. 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. Pos. In his first 11 years as a head coach, Franklin mentored 90 players who have gone on to the NFL ranks. The Nittany Lions sent nine players to senior all-star games, which is the most since 2003 when nine student-athletes were in postseason games (Senior Bowl: Allen, Gesicki, Hamilton, Christian Campbell; East-West Shrine Bowl: Hamilton, Jason Cabinda, Curtis Cothran, Parker Cothren, Grant Haley; NFLPA Collegiate Bowl: Troy Apke). 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. Quarterback Trace McSorley capped his Penn State career as the programs career holder for passing yards (9,899), completions (720), 300-yard passing games (10), 200-yard passing games (28), rushing yards by a quarterback (1,697), rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (30), passing touchdowns (77), total offense yards (11,596), touchdowns responsible for (107), wins as a starting quarterback (31) and consecutive games with a touchdown pass (34). . Both played a crucial role in their success so the Illinois team that Penn State will see is unknown. (); : 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. Texas A&M, Alabama, 1945-1982 (at Alabama 1958-82). Penn State leads the series 48-9-2 (Penn State has won the last four meetings). The Nittany Lions +14.4 scoring improvement in 2016 ranked fourth in FBS and second among Power 5 schools. Barkley was selected as the Graham-George Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, Ameche-Dayne Big Ten Running Back of the Year and Chicago Tribune Silver Football winner for the conferences top player. The engaging and enthusiastic Franklin is a popular speaker and media interview subject. Third-team All-America wide receiver Jahan Dotson was a Biletnikoff Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year semifinalist and finished his stellar career third all-time at Penn State in career receiving touchdowns (23) and fourth in receptions (175) and receiving yards (2,620). 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. Franklin also worked with Donovan McNabb of the Philadelphia Eagles (1999) and Minnesota Vikings (2008) in the NFL program. Penn State defeated the Georgia Bulldogs, 27-23, in the Sugar Bowl to win Joe Paterno's first consensus national championship. . 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. 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. In what has become a regular late-season meeting, this could prove as a good launching pad into the postseason for Penn State. The Gophers will host Big Ten foes Purdue, Rutgers, Northwestern, and Iowa and will travel to Michigan State, Illinois, Penn State, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. . At a softer spot in their schedule, the Lions chipped away, winning four straight and moving back up to #5. After winning the national title in 1982, the Nittany Lions had slipped off the radar for two years. 2006-07 - Kansas State (OffensiveCoordinator/Quarterbacks) border-bottom:3px solid #091F40; 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. Its true. But Narduzzi's ballot did not go unnoticed by the Penn State community, of course. Broadcast footage is in color and has announcers giving play-by-play commentary. The Spartans will play their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan . 2000-04 - Maryland (WideReceivers/RecruitingCoordinator) Baltimore Colts running back Norm Buliach follows the blocking of Glenn Ressler (62) during the 1970 AFC Divisional Playoff Game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Franklins squads won two New Years Six bowl games in a three-year span (2017-19), making the Nittany Lions one of seven teams to do so. 1 Purdue rallied to defeat Penn State 76-63 before a sold-out crowd at the Palestra on . 9-ranked Garden City knocked off Class 4A Big Spring, 43-38, in a non-district. All eyes will be on him as well as star running back Nick Singleton and playmaking linebacker Abdul Carter. 1: AP: No. But since then, Pitt is 0-4 in games that make up todays New Years Six. First meeting between Delaware and Penn State. 1982 Football Schedule. . The 1992 Fiesta Bowl MVP led the NFL in receptions in 1998. With a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Lamont Wade vs. Illinois and an 81-yard punt return for a score by Dotson vs. Michigan State, PSU was one of four Power Five schools in 2020 to have a kick and punt return for a TD. Franklins victories in the Fiesta Bowl, Pinstripe Bowl, Music City Bowl and Birmingham Bowl (formerly the Compass Bowl) marked the first time in each bowls history an African American head coach earned the win. Trace McSorley followed James Franklin from Vanderbilt to Penn State and was a key component of a stretch that resulted in a Big Ten championship, the schools all-time passing record, and a victory in the Fiesta Bowl. Penn State was also 11th in tackles for loss (7.8). . Please check your email for a confirmation. The journey to all of that starts in 2023 so what better time than now to look ahead to the 2023 schedule for coach James Franklin and the Nittany Lions? . Franklins recruiting classes in the last five years have been ranked an average of 12.0 nationally. . American Football Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. 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. Stout, a Ray Guy Award finalist, set Penn States school record for career punt average (44.54) and season punt average (46.01) and became the second specialist in Big Ten history to earn Special Teams player of the Week in a season four times. Complete game-by-game, reel-by-reel inventories have been compiled for all the audio-visual materials. Penn was one of three co-champions of the Ivy League . 8 and most coaches voted Penn State at no. 5 by Rivals and No. Oweh and Toney became the first Penn State defensive end duo to receive first team honors since Courtney Brown and Brad Scioli in 1998. The 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. He graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in May 2020. . Penn State football recruiting: 10 thoughts on commits, targets before signing day Audrey Snyder 16 As Penn State football Rose Bowl prep begins, roster stays mostly intact this time. On the offensive side of the ball, the Nittany Lions posted their highest rushing average (204.9) since 2008 (205.8) and were No. The Penn State defense was a permanent fixture in the oppositions backfield, leading the country in sacks (3.62) for the second time in the last four years and ranking fourth in tackles for loss (8.2). 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions Roster Previous Year Next Year Record: 11-1 (3rd of 113) ( Schedule & Results ) Rank: 1st in the Final AP poll Conference: Ind Coach: Joe Paterno (11-1) Points For: 395 Points/G: 32.9 (5th of 113) Points Against: 196 Opp Pts/G: 16.3 (22nd of 113) SRS: 23.10 (1st of 113) SOS: 10.27 (3rd of 113) Franklin was among five finalists for the Bear Bryant National Coach of the Year award in 2012. After what could be a big game, Penn State gets a build up against Delaware. . After giving up after one season on their first two hires, Texans CEO Cal McNair and GM Nick Caserio will try again. Penn hands Yale football first Ivy League loss of season; . Penn State leads the series 22-2 (Penn State has won the last two meetings). Season Stats | Roster Date Opponent Location Result Recap Notes Stats Photos Video 9/11/82 at Ki-Jana Carter was one of the best blends of speed and physical force Penn State has ever seen. 20. Randall Cunningham-Nevada-Las Vegas,Punter (1982-84) 21. 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. Franklin and his staff organized a top-25 recruiting class in short order after being hired at Penn State in January 2014. [1] Copyright 2023 The Pennsylvania State University. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. A total of 56 Nittany Lions earned a 3.0 GPA or higher during the 2015 fall semester, which set a school record. . Franklins 24 wins tied Dan McGugin for the most by a Vanderbilt coach in his first three seasons. He owns an 91-49 career record, with a winning record in nine of 11 seasons at the helm. Joe Paterno was serving double duty as head football coach and athletic director. The Class of 2016 at Penn State finished in the top 20, ranking as high as 18th by ESPN, and featured a pair of five-star recruits. "Pitt Rallies Late, Nips W. Franklin directed Vanderbilt to consecutive Top 25 finishes for the first time in the 124-year history of the program (No. [1] Penn State defeated the Georgia Bulldogs, 2723, in the Sugar Bowl to win Joe Paterno's first consensus national championship. Franklin graduated having broken or tied 23 school records. 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. Nine Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1983 NFL Draft. Contents 1 Schedule 2 Personnel 3 Game summaries 3.1 Michigan 3.2 Purdue 3.3 Michigan State 3.4 Miami (FL) 3.5 Arizona 3.6 Oregon 3.7 Navy 3.8 at Pittsburgh 3.9 Penn State 3.10 at Air Force 3.11 at USC One of two losses for the Nittany Lions last year came against the Buckeyes. Franklin helped Matthews develop into a two-time All-American and the SECs career leader in receptions (262) and receiving yardage (3,759). The Nittany Lions won 45-17. Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports, Penn State leads the series 31-2 (Penn State has won the last 16 meetings). . The 1982 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh as independent during in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. A program-record 10 Nittany Lions were named 2020-21 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars, besting the previous mark of nine set a year earlier. Penn State football roster and portal tracker: The latest updates with the offseason underway. Who are some recruits to keep an eye on for Penn State football? The Nittany Lions paced the Big Ten in first downs (223) and were second in total offense (430.3). 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. . Both players already are posed to be leaders for a 2023 Penn State team with high expectations. A: When asking for information on individual athletes, please provide the name, the sport and the years he/she participated in. For a school rich in running back history, Lydell Mitchell may still be the best the program has ever seen. 2011-13 - Vanderbilt (HeadCoach) Atranscript of John Cappellettis Heisman Trophy Award speechis available on this website, and a portion of his speech is available on VHS. Reminder: If you were born 41 years ago today, you still havent witnessed Pitt win a NY6 bowl in your lifetime. 8 in the Associated Press and Amway Coaches polls and 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. Hide/Show Additional Information For Ball State - September 11, 2021 Sep 18 (Sat) 7:30 p.m. vs You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. In 2016, Franklin was honored as Sporting News National Coach of the Year and the Woody Hayes National Coach of the Year, as well as the Dave McLain Big Ten Coach of the Year and Associated Press Big Ten Coach of the Year. 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). But should Houston fans trust. 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 archives also have files on the many Penn Staters who have participated in the Olympics, either in competition, or in supporting roles. Quarterback Sean Clifford (2021) and linebacker Brandon Smith (2017) were selected to the Allstate AFCA Good Works team for their selflessness and community service. 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 . . Joyner went on to eventually serve as an interim athletics director. 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. Check out our other College Wire all-time lineups: Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. . This article about a sports team in Pennsylvania is a stub. The collections include biographical information about many of the athletes who have helped make Penn State a sports power, media guides and press kits for all Penn State sports (including intramurals and club sports) and material related to many special events, and historical records concerning the rise of womens intercollegiate athletics and the impact of Title IX. display:inline-block; With Franklins emphasis on safety, along with the precautions he, the coaching staff, medical team and support staff established, the Nittany Lions were one of only two Big Ten teams to play all nine of its scheduled games during a shortened 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 2011 bowl berth was Vanderbilts second since 1983 and running back Zac Stacy broke the Commodores season record with 1,193 rushing yards. 12-06-1982: 17: Penn State: 10: Jimmy Garoppolo: QB: 6-2: 225: 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. 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. The Nittany Lions overcame a 14-point deficit late in the third quarter, tying the largest comeback in Penn States bowl history. A: No, bowl game coverage is owned by the bowl entities and the networks, and is subject to copyright restrictions. In 2015, Franklin joined the FOX studio crew for pregame, halftime and postgame coverage of the Big Ten Championship Game. Details and exceptions. 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 had an emergence of true freshmen skill players on offense in running backs Keyvone Lee and Caziah Holmes, wide receivers Parker Washington and KeAndre Lambert-Smith, and tight end Theo Johnson, with true freshmen accounting for 1,486 of Penn States 3,873 yards (38 percent), marking a school record for most combined scrimmage yards by true freshmen in a single season. Penn State was ranked in the AP Top 25 for the 63 consecutive polls in which it was eligible from 2016-20, marking the third-longest streak in program history and longest streak since 1993-2000 when PSU was ranked for 121-straight weeks. 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. The 2022 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference for the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 11 Chaps overcome miscues in gutsy win Maybe in the past, the Midland . Last years meeting was in the reminisce of a hurricane and was not a good day for either team. Perhaps the toughest may have been the omission of one of Penn States more recent offensive stars, running back Saquon Barkley. . Michigan leads the series 16-10 (Michigan has won the last two meetings). 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team. 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