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American college football season
1989 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Independent Coaches No. 14 AP No. 15 1989 record 8–3–1 Head coach Joe Paterno (24th season)Offensive coordinator Fran Ganter Defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky Home stadium Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 83,370)Seasons
The 1989 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1989 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 September 9 Virginia No. 12 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA L 6–1485,956
September 16 Temple Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry ) W 42–384,790
September 23 Boston College Beaver Stadium University Park, PA W 7–385,651
September 30 at Texas W 16–1275,232
October 7 at Rutgers Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ W 17–057,688
October 14 at Syracuse No. 23 ESPN W 34–1249,876
October 28 No. 6 Alabama No. 14 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry ) CBS L 16–1785,975
November 4 No. 13 West Virginia No. 16 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry ) ESPN W 19–985,911
November 11 at Maryland No. 13 Memorial Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry )T 13–1361,215
November 18 No. 1 Notre Dame No. 17 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA CBS L 23–3486,016
November 25 at No. 19 Pittsburgh No. 22 Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry )CBS W 16–1357,158
vs. No. 19 BYU No. 18 ESPN W 50–3961,113
HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster [ ]
1989 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
NFL Draft [ ]
Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1990 NFL Draft .
Round
Pick
Overall
Name
Position
Team
1st
2
2
Blair Thomas
Running back
New York Jets
2nd
21
46
Andre Collins
Linebacker
Washington Redskins
7th
15
180
David Szott
Offensive guard
Kansas City Chiefs
8th
3
196
Roger Duffy
Offensive guard
New York Jets
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
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