1980 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1980 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Fiesta Bowl, W 31–19 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 8
1980 record	10–2
Head coach	Joe Paterno (15th year)
Defensive coordinator	Jerry Sandusky
Home stadium	Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 83,770)

1980 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Pittsburgh		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
#5 Florida State		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
#8 Penn State		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
#9 Notre Dame		–		–		9	–	2	–	1
#18 Miami		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Navy		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
UNLV		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Tulane		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		–		5	–	4	–	1
North Texas State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Villanova		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		6	–	6	–	0
Louisville		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Richmond		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Illinois State		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Army		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Holy Cross		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Memphis		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
William & Mary		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–		1	–	9	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1980 college football season.^[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	Colgate	No. 18	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA		W 54–10	78,926
September 20	at Texas A&M	No. 12	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPN (tape delay)	W 25–9	66,234
September 27	No. 3 Nebraska	No. 11	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ABC	L 7–21	84,585
October 4	at No. 9 Missouri	No. 17	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ESPN (tape delay)	W 29–21	75,298
October 11	at Maryland	No. 14	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD (Rivalry)		W 24–10	48,123
October 18	Syracuse	No. 12	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Rivalry)		W 24–7	84,000
October 25	at West Virginia	No. 13	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Rivalry)		W 20–15	49,000
November 1	Miami (FL)	No. 13	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	TCS	W 27–12	83,661
November 8	North Carolina State	No. 10	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA		W 21–13	83,847
November 15	at Temple	No. 9	Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, PA		W 50–7	49,313
November 28	No. 4 Pittsburgh	No. 5	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Rivalry)	ABC	L 9–14	82,459
December 26	vs. No. 11 Ohio State	No. 10	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl/Rivalry)	NBC	W 31–19	66,738
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

1980 Fiesta Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	6	13	0	0	19
• Penn State	7	3	7	14	31

Scoring summary

1	PSU	Curt Warner 64-yard run (Herb Menhardt kick)	PSU 7-0

1	OSU	Doug Donley 23-yard pass from Art Schlichter (kick failed)	PSU 7-6

2	OSU	Gary Williams 13-yard pass from Art Schlichter (kick failed)	OSU 7-12

2	OSU	Doug Donley 19-yard pass from Art Schlichter (Bob Atha kick)	OSU 7-19

2	PSU	Herb Menhardt 38-field goal	OSU 10-19

3	PSU	Todd Blackledge 3-yard run (Herb Menhardt kick)	OSU 17-19

4	PSU	Jonathan Williams 4-yard run (Herb Menhardt kick)	PSU 24-19

4	PSU	Booker Moore 37-yard run (Herb Menhardt kick)	PSU 31-19

Seven Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1981 NFL Draft.

Round	Pick	Overall	Name	Position	Team
1st	28	28	Booker Moore	Running back	Buffalo Bills
3rd	2	58	Bill Dugan	Offensive guard	Seattle Seahawks
6th	9	147	Pete Kugler	Nose tackle	San Francisco 49ers
6th	10	148	Larry Kubin	Linebacker	Washington Redskins
7th	20	186	Brad Scovill	–	Seattle Seahawks
8th	21	214	Gene Gladys	–	New Orleans Saints
11th	13	289	Frank Case	Defensive end	Kansas City Chiefs

Penn State Nittany Lions football

Venues	Old Main lawn (until 1891) Beaver Field (1892–1908) New Beaver Field (1909–1959) Beaver Stadium (1960–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Maryland Michigan State Minnesota Ohio State Pittsburgh Syracuse West Virginia

Culture & lore	Nittany Lion "Fight On, State" Penn State Blue Band Uplifting Athletes Joe Paterno statue Something for Joey 1982 Nebraska game child sex abuse scandal

People	Head coaches All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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