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^"Penn State holds off pesky Maryland". The Grand Island Independent. October 7, 1984. Retrieved January 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Pooped out, Bama hot weather wilt Penn State, 6–0". The Pittsburgh Press. October 14, 1984. Retrieved February 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^"West Va. defeats Penn St". The Sunday News. October 28, 1984. Retrieved January 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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1984, penn, state, nittany, lions, football, team, represented, pennsylvania, state, university, 1984, ncaa, division, football, season, team, coached, paterno, played, home, games, beaver, stadium, university, park, pennsylvania, 1984, penn, state, nittany, l. The 1984 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1984 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 1984 Penn State Nittany Lions footballConferenceIndependentRecord6 5Head coachJoe Paterno 19th season Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter 1st season Offensive schemePro styleDefensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky 8th season Base defense4 3Home stadiumBeaver StadiumSeasons 19831985 1984 Major eastern college football independents records vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TWest Virginia 4 2 0 8 4 0Penn State 3 2 0 6 5 0No 5 Boston College 3 2 0 10 2 0Rutgers 3 2 0 7 3 0Temple 2 2 0 6 5 0Pittsburgh 1 3 0 3 7 1Syracuse 1 4 0 6 5 0 Lambert Trophy WinnerRankings from AP Poll1984 NCAA Division I A independents football records vte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNo 5 Boston College 10 2 0No 11 South Carolina 10 2 0Army 8 3 1Rutgers 7 3 0No 17 Florida State 7 3 2Virginia Tech 8 4 0West Virginia 8 4 0No 18 Miami FL 8 5 0Notre Dame 7 5 0Southwestern Louisiana 6 5 0Penn State 6 5 0Syracuse 6 5 0Temple 6 5 0Memphis State 5 5 1Navy 4 6 1Southern Miss 4 7 0Pittsburgh 3 7 1Tulane 3 8 0Cincinnati 2 9 0East Carolina 2 9 0Louisville 2 9 0Rankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Schedule 2 Roster 3 Post season 3 1 NFL Draft 4 ReferencesSchedule editDateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSourceSeptember 81 30 p m RutgersNo 11Beaver StadiumUniversity Park PAW 15 1284 409September 152 05 p m at No 5 IowaNo 12Kinnick StadiumIowa City IAW 20 1766 145September 221 30 p m No 8 I AA William amp MaryNo 7Beaver StadiumUniversity Park PAW 56 1884 704September 2912 20 p m vs No 2 TexasNo 4Giants StadiumEast Rutherford NJESPNL 3 2876 883October 612 20 p m MarylandNo 11Beaver StadiumUniversity Park PA rivalry ESPNW 25 2485 486 2 October 132 30 p m at AlabamaNo 11Bryant Denny StadiumTuscaloosa AL rivalry L 0 660 210 3 October 201 30 p m Syracuse nbsp No 19Beaver StadiumUniversity Park PA rivalry W 21 385 850October 277 45 p m at No 18 West VirginiaNo 19Mountaineer FieldMorgantown WV rivalry L 14 1764 879 4 November 33 50 p m No 9 Boston CollegeBeaver StadiumUniversity Park PAABCW 37 3085 690November 1712 20 p m at Notre DameNotre Dame StadiumNotre Dame IN rivalry ESPNL 7 4459 075November 241 00 p m PittsburghBeaver StadiumUniversity Park PA rivalry L 11 3185 499 nbsp HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern timeRoster edit1984 Penn State Nittany Lions football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassRB 42 D J Dozier FrG 54 Mitch Frerotte SoC 58 Nick Haden SrFB 27 John Hornyak SoFB 44 Tim Manoa SoG 59 Dan Morgan SoRB 29 Tony Mumford SrC 56 Keith Radecic SoWR 6 Ray Roundtree FrQB 14 John Shaffer SoRB 35 Steve Smith So Defense Pos Name ClassLB 95 Rogers Alexander JrLB 31 Shane Conlan SoLB 53 Don Graham SoS 22 Ray Isom SoLB 55 Tim Johnson SoDB 43 Mike Zordich Jr Special teams Pos Name ClassPK 10 Massimo Manca So Head coachJoe PaternoCoordinators assistant coachesJohn Bove Tom Bradley Randy Crowder Fran Ganter Nick Gasparato Bob Phillips Jerry Sandusky Jim WilliamsLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible nbsp Injured nbsp RedshirtRosterPost season editNFL Draft edit Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1985 NFL Draft Round Pick Overall Name Position Team6th 6 146 Stan Short Offensive guard Detroit Lions7th 24 192 Nick Haden Center Los Angeles Raiders9th 22 246 Chris Sydnor Running back Defensive back Los Angeles Raiders12th 20 328 Tony Mumford Running back New England PatriotsReferences edit Penn State Yearly Results 1980 1984 College Football Data Warehouse David DeLassus Archived from the original on August 5 2015 Retrieved July 26 2015 Penn State holds off pesky Maryland The Grand Island Independent October 7 1984 Retrieved January 30 2024 via Newspapers com Pooped out Bama hot weather wilt Penn State 6 0 The Pittsburgh Press October 14 1984 Retrieved February 19 2021 via Newspapers com West Va defeats Penn St The Sunday News October 28 1984 Retrieved January 29 2024 via Newspapers com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1984 Penn State Nittany Lions football team amp oldid 1215739796, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,