American college football season
The 1992 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1992 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. This was Penn State's final season as an Independent as they would join the Big Ten in 1993.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | at Cincinnati | No. 8 | | | W 24–20 | 29,099 | |
September 12 | 1:00 p.m. | Temple | No. 10 | | | W 49–8 | 94,892 | |
September 19 | 1:00 p.m. | Eastern Michigan | No. 10 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| | W 52–7 | 94,578 | |
September 26 | 1:00 p.m. | Maryland | No. 9 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA (rivalry)
| | W 49–13 | 95,891 | [2] |
October 3 | 6:00 p.m. | at Rutgers | No. 8 | | | W 38–24 | 72,203 | |
October 10 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 2 Miami (FL) | No. 7 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| ABC | L 14–17 | 96,704 | |
October 17 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 20 Boston College![dagger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 9 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA
| ABC | L 32–35 | 96,130 | |
October 24 | 3:30 p.m. | at West Virginia | No. 14 | | ABC | W 40–26 | 66,663 | [3] |
October 31 | 2:00 p.m. | at BYU | No. 14 | | | L 17–30 | 66,016 | |
November 14 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 8 Notre Dame | No. 22 | | NBC | L 16–17 | 59,075 | |
November 21 | 4:00 p.m. | Pittsburgh | No. 23 | - Beaver Stadium
- University Park, PA (rivalry)
| ESPN | W 57–13 | 91,000 | |
| 1:30 p.m. | vs. No. 13 Stanford | No. 21 | | CBS | L 3–24 | 45,554 | |
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1992 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
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
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Eight Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1993 NFL draft.
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Culture & lore | |
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People | |
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National championship seasons in bold |