1991 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1991 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Fiesta Bowl, W 42–17 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
1991 record	11–2
Head coach	Joe Paterno (26th year)
Offensive coordinator	Fran Ganter
Defensive coordinator	Jerry Sandusky
Home stadium	Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 93,967)

1991 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
#9 East Carolina		–		11	–	1	–	0
#4 Florida State		–		11	–	2	–	0
#3 Penn State		–		11	–	2	–	0
#21 Tulsa		–		10	–	2	–	0
Louisiana Tech		–		8	–	1	–	2
#13 Notre Dame		–		10	–	3	–	0
Akron		–		5	–	6	–	0
Memphis		–		5	–	6	–	0
Army		–		4	–	7	–	0
Cincinnati		–		4	–	7	–	0
Southern Miss		–		4	–	7	–	0
South Carolina		–		3	–	6	–	2
Southwestern Louisiana		–		2	–	8	–	1
Louisville		–		2	–	9	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		2	–	9	–	0
Arkansas State		–		1	–	10	–	0
Navy		–		1	–	10	–	0
Tulane		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1991 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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	vs. No. 8 Georgia Tech	No. 7	Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic)	Raycom	W 34–22	77,409
September 7	Cincinnati	No. 5	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	Prime	W 81–0	94,000
September 14	at USC	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 10–21	64,758
September 21	BYU	No. 12	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ABC	W 33–7	96,304
September 28	Boston College	No. 10	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA		W 28–21	95,927
October 5	at Temple	No. 12	Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, PA		W 24–7	43,808
October 12	at No. 2 Miami (FL)	No. 9	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL	ABC	L 20–26	75,723
October 19	Rutgers	No. 10	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA		W 37–17	95,729
October 26	West Virginia	No. 8	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 51–6	96,445
November 9	at Maryland	No. 9	Memorial Stadium • Baltimore, MD (Rivalry)		W 47–7	57,416
November 16	No. 12 Notre Dame	No. 8	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ABC	W 35–13	96,672
November 28	at Pittsburgh	No. 6	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA (Rivalry)	ABC	W 32–20	52,219
January 1, 1992	vs. No. 10 Tennessee	No. 6	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	NBC	W 42–17	71,133
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Gerry Collins 27 Rush, 99 Yds
Penn State's defense sacked Ty Detmer six times and held BYU to single digits for first time since 1986

Nine Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1992 NFL Draft.

Round	Pick	Overall	Name	Position	Team
2nd	6	34	Mark D'Onofrio	Linebacker	Green Bay Packers
2nd	18	46	Tony Sacca	Quarterback	Phoenix Cardinals
3rd	18	74	Paul Siever	Offensive guard	Washington Redskins
3rd	27	83	Keith Goganious	Linebacker	Buffalo Bills
8th	7	203	Darren Perry	Free safety	Pittsburgh Steelers
8th	9	205	Sam Gash	Running back	New England Patriots
8th	13	209	Andre Powell	Linebacker	Miami Dolphins
8th	27	223	Leonard Humphries	Cornerback	Buffalo Bills
11th	28	308	Terry Smith	–	Washington Redskins

↑ "Penn State Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
↑ Gainesville Sun. 1991 Sept 22. Retrieved 2015-Dec-03.

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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