1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 17th-year head coach Joe Paterno, the Nittany Lions compiled a record of 11–1. Penn State defeated the Georgia Bulldogs, 27–23, in the Sugar Bowl to win Paterno's first consensus national championship. The team was selected national champion by AP, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Litkenhous, Matthews, NCF, NFF, The New York Times, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), Sporting News, UPI/coaches, and USA/CNN, while named co-champion by Helms.

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

Temple

Maryland

Rutgers

#2 Nebraska

#4 Alabama

Syracuse

#13 West Virginia

Boston College

North Carolina State

vs #13 Notre Dame

Officials

No. 5 Pittsburgh

Officials

vs No. 1 Georgia (1983 Sugar Bowl)

Officials

Roster

Awards

• Todd Blackledge

:Davey O'Brien Award

• Joe Paterno

:Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year

• Pete Speros

:Nittany Lion of the Year

NFL draft

Nine Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1983 NFL draft.

Media

Radio

References