PSU vs Auburn In 2021-22
From GoPSUSports.com / UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. – Penn State Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour and Auburn Director of Athletics Jay Jacobs announced the first-ever regular season gridiron meetings between the two traditional powers, set for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. The Tigers will visit Beaver Stadium on Sept. 18, 2021 and the Nittany Lions will travel to Jordan-Hare Stadium on Sept. 17, 2022. The teams have met twice before in bowl games, with Penn State posting a 43-14 win in the 1996 Outback Bowl and Auburn earning a 13-9 victory in the 2003 Capital One Bowl. “We are thrilled to…
Sam Ficken Invited To NFL Minicamp
Sean Fitz from Lions 247 is reporting former Penn State kicker Sam Ficken is visiting an NFL minicamp this week for a tryout. (Ficken Photo Credit-Lions 247) Click here for more information.
PSU Football Kickoff Times Announced For Kent State and Temple
GoPSUSports.com/UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State Football schedule continues to fill out as two more game times were announced. The Nittany Lions open the 2016 season in Beaver Stadium against Kent State Sept. 3 at 3:30 p.m. on the Big Ten Network and Penn State will host Temple Sept. 17 at noon on BTN in the Stripe Out game. Previously announced, the Nittany Lions visit Pittsburgh Sept. 10 at noon and Penn State hosts Maryland for Homecoming Oct. 8 at noon, Ohio State for the Penn State White Out Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. and Iowa for Seats for…
Two Penn Staters Elected To Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame
GoPSUSports.com/UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. – Penn State field hockey All-American and head coach Char Morett-Curtiss and football standout kicker Craig Fayak will be inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame as part of the group’s 54th annual ceremony. The induction celebration will take place on Saturday, October 22 at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie. “I’m very honored and humbled to be selected into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame,” said Morett-Curtiss. “This is special for me as Penn State coaches Russ Rose and Joe Paterno are previous inductees. The years I’ve been on the ballot, which gives me a…
Former PSU Golfer T.J. Howe Qualifies for U.S. Open
GoPSUSports.com/UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.– Former Penn State men’s golf student-athlete Travis (T.J.) Howe qualified for his first U.S. Open on Monday during sectional qualifying, while three other Nittany Lion narrowly missed the cut. Howe, who played Penn State from 2007-11, shot a seven-under par 137 to place second at the Royal Oaks Country Club in Vancouver, Wash. He earned one of three spots among the 55 competitors at Royal Oaks for the 116th U.S. Open, to be held June 16-19 at Oakmont Country Club in suburban Pittsburgh. Originally from Osceola, Pa., Howe won the U.S. Open local qualifier May 19 at…
3 PSU players on 2017 CFB HOF Ballot
GoPSUSports.com/University Park, PA – A trio of standouts who were instrumental in helping Penn State post undefeated and championship seasons are among the candidates under consideration for the National Football Foundation’s College Hall of Fame. First-team All-Americans Kerry Collins, D.J. Dozier and Steve Wisniewski have been selected for the national ballot for the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2017. They have an opportunity to join 18 former Nittany Lion players and five Penn State coaches who have been inducted into the Hall. Linebacker Shane Conlan was inducted into the Hall in 2014 and running back Curt Warner was enshrined in the…
Penn State-Georgia Taxslayer Bowl
GoPSUSports.com/UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. – Penn State returns to a Florida bowl for the first time since the 2010 season when the Nittany Lions take on Southeastern Conference foe Georgia in the 71st annual TaxSlayer Bowl on Saturday, January 2 at noon. The game will air on ESPN. The Nittany Lions last played in a Florida bowl in the 2011 Outback Bowl. The Nittany Lions and the Bulldogs were selected today for just their second all-time meeting and the 46th all-time bowl appearance for Penn State. The only other meeting between the teams came in the 1983 Sugar Bowl when the…
