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American college football season
The 1988 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the
Pennsylvania State University in the
1988 NCAA Division I-A football season.
[1] The team was coached by
Joe Paterno and played its home games in
Beaver Stadium in
University Park, Pennsylvania.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 10 | 7:00 p.m. | at
Virginia | No. 18 | | | W 42–14 | 45,000 |
[2] |
September 17 | 1:00 p.m. |
Boston College | No. 16 | | | W 23–20 | 84,000 | |
September 24 | 1:00 p.m. |
Rutgers | No. 15 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| | L 16–21 | 85,531 | |
October 1 | 7:00 p.m. | at
Temple | | | | W 45–9 | 66,592 | |
October 8 | 12:10 p.m. |
Cincinnati | | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| | W 35–9 | 85,693 | |
October 15 | 7:20 p.m. |
Syracuse | | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA (
rivalry)
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ESPN | L 10–24 | 85,916 | |
October 22 | 2:30 p.m. | at
Alabama | | |
CBS | L 3–8 | 75,808 |
[3] |
October 29 | 2:40 p.m. | at No. 7
West Virginia | | | CBS | L 30–51 | 66,811 |
[4] |
November 5 | 1:00 p.m. |
Maryland | | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA (
rivalry)
| | W 17–10 | 78,000 |
[5] |
November 12 | 3:00 p.m. |
Pittsburgh | | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA (
rivalry)
| ESPN | L 7–14 | 85,701 | |
November 19 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 1
Notre Dame | | | CBS | L 3–21 | 59,075 | |
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Roster
1988 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
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Injured
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Redshirt
Roster
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NFL Draft
Six Nittany Lions were drafted in the
1989 NFL Draft.
References
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"Penn State Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from
the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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"Brown leads PSU to rout of Virginia". The Times Leader. September 11, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Drenched in red, Penn State leaves Alabama". The Morning Call. October 23, 1988. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Mountaineers bury Nittany Lions". The Orlando Sentinel. October 30, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Penn State overcomes Maryland". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 6, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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