1989 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1989 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University as an independent during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 24th-year head coach Joe Paterno, the Nittany Lions compiled a record of 8–3–1. Penn State was invited to the Holiday Bowl, where the Nittany Lions defeated BYU. The team played home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Game summaries

Virginia

Temple

Boston College

At Texas

vs Rutgers

At Syracuse

Alabama

West Virginia

At Maryland

Notre Dame

At Pittsburgh

Holiday Bowl (vs BYU)

Personnel

NFL draft

Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1990 NFL draft.

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