

We've lost to two good football teams playing on the road. To date, the Sports Archives included more than 4000 football films and videotapes, beginning with the 1929 film of the University of Pennsylvania and Penn State. Players to watch: QB Rob Bolden, RB Evan Royster, MLB Chris Colasanti, S Nick Sukay.ĭid you know? Beaver Stadium has expanded seven times since Paterno became head coach in 1966, from a capacity of 46,284 to 107,282. Temple 22-13, lost to Iowa 24-3.Ĭoach: Joe Paterno, 397-131-3 in 45th season at the school and overall. So far: Defeated Youngstown State 44-14, lost to Alabama 24-3, def. John Supinie can be reached at look at Penn State We start putting Newsome in there and the other kid (Bolden) starts looking over his shoulder.'' "You hate to do that with a young quarterback. And he's having a tough time with some other things, as far as what's expected of him in certain situations.

"He's not quite right now he's gotten by with his athletic ability. "Kevin's got to spend a little more time doing his homework,'' Paterno said. 18, 1947, Penn State held Syracuse to minus-107 yds rushing in a 40-0 win.

Right now, we're struggling.''Ī change to backup quarterback Kevin Newsome, who was the heir apparent in the spring and presason, doesn't appear to interest Paterno. It's what can we execute when we get down there (in the red zone), what we're capable of doing. Dallas Times Herald, November 25 and 27, DecemDallas Morning News, November 27, December 21, 1947. Ohio State footballs all-time history in the Rose Bowl. "They have some options we don't have right now because we have a quarterback that's a true freshman. The Indiana Hoosiers defeated the Penn State Nittany Lions 36 to 35. "They have a quarterback who can run,'' Paterno said. Both Illinois and Penn State are struggling on offense - the Illini are 11th in total offense in the Big Ten at 332 - and Illinois also starts a rookie quarterback with redshirt freshman Nathan Scheelhaase. Rob Bolden was named the Penn State starting quarterback on Sept. With a makeshift line and the first true freshman quarterback to start a season opener for Paterno, Penn State ranks 10th in the Big Ten in rushing offense (138.2 yards per game), 10th in total offense (355.2) and 11th in scoring offense (19.2 points per game). Penn State dropped a pair of decisive 24-3 losses to top-ranked Alabama and Iowa, when the Hawkeyes were ranked No. One thing that's changed this year is Penn State's inability to score. Suhey is primarily a blocker, rushing for six yards on three carries and catching three passes for 23 yards in the first five games. I don't think he's changed much throughout the years.'' There aren't many players around the country who can say they played for the same college coach as their father. As legend has it, when Paterno came to Penn State as an assistant to Rip Engle in 1950, he rented a bedroom in the Suhey home. Suhey's mother, Donna, is also a Penn State graduate. A cousin, Kevin Suhey, was a backup quarterback and special teams player from 2005 to 2007. His Still Life with Ace of Hearts taken in 1947 and published in the Febru.
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It looks like they're doing so, since aside from the Penn State series, the Mountaineers recently agreed to a series with Virginia Tech.Two of Suhey's uncles played for the Nittany Lions in the 1970s. 14 Objects in Penn’s Award Winning Still LifePenn’s first assignments for Vogue were still lifes. West Virginia is doing a bit of the same as well, with athletic director Oliver Luck saying that the Mountaineers want to get their old rivals back on the schedule. UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.

Penn State has been reconnecting with some of its old rivals recently, and is scheduled to now play Pitt, Syracuse and West Virginia over the next decade. Penn State holds a commanding 48-9-2 series lead, but past history will have little to do with how the programs are playing in 2020. The Nittany Lions and Mountaineers played every year between 19, but the series went on hiatus when Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1993. Autzen, a 1943 University of Oregon graduate whose Autzen Foundation donated 250,000 in the 1960s for the construction of a new stadium at the school. Fast facts: Autzen Stadium was named after Thomas J. More: For more on Penn State, read Black Shoe Diaries For more on WVU, try The Smoking Musket College: Oregon - Conference: Pac 12 - Capacity: 54,000 - Opened: 1967.
