The Digital Collegian - Penn State Football

Joe Paterno became the nation's winningest Division I coach with his 324th win, a 29-27 victory over Ohio State on Oct. 27, 2001, breaking the record set by Bear Bryant at Alabama. JoPa finished the 2001 season with 327 wins...just four victories ahead of Florida State's Bobby Bowden.
Under Paterno, Penn State has earned seven undefeated, untied regular-seasons, the most of any school in the nation. Five of those 7 teams ('68, '69, '73, '86 and '94) won their bowl games and finished undefeated and untied. Only one of those teams (1986) was named National Champions.
Beaver Stadium has expanded to a capacity of 107,282 fans beginning the 2002 season.
Since 1960, 241 Nittany Lions have been drafted into professional football...214 since JoPa became head coach.
Penn State earned National Championships in 1982 and 1986. Six other Penn State teams have finished at either #2 or #3 in the polls.
Penn State won its first Big Ten Championship in 1994 and was recognized as the first conference team to have a 12-0 record.
Penn State has appeared in 36 bowl games, winning 23, losing 11 and tying 2.
Penn State is only the third team to have the top 2 picks (Courtney Brown and LaVar Arrington) in the NFL draft since its inception in 1967...the others being Michigan State (1967) and Nebraska (1984).
Penn State has the highest four-year graduation rate for football players among Big Ten schools.
Penn State played its first intercollegiate football game in 1887.
The Nittany Lions registered an NCAA record 49 straight nonlosing seasons between 1939 and 1987.
The Nittany Lions have won the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, symbolic of Eastern football supremacy, 25 times.
Major Award Winners:
    Heisman Trophy - John Cappelletti, 1973
    Biletnikoff Award - Bobby Engram, 1995
    Lombardi Award - Bruce Clark, 1979
    Maxwell Award - Richie Lucas, 1959; Glenn Ressler, 1964; Mike Reid, 1969; John Cappelletti, 1973; Chuck Fusina, 1978; Kerry Collins, 1994
    Davey O'Brien Award - Todd Blackledge, 1982; Kerry Collins, 1994
    Outland Trophy - Mike Reid, 1969
    Chevrolet Offensive Player of the Year - John Cappelletti, 1973; Kerry Collins, 1994
    Chevrolet Defensive Player of the Year - Mike Hartenstine, 1974; Bruce Clark, 1978
    Chevrolet Coach of the Year - Joe Paterno, 1978
    Butkus Award - LaVar Arrington, 1999
    Chuck Bednarik Award - LaVar Arrington, 1999