1968 Season
| 1968 Penn State Nittany Lions football | |||
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| Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy | |||
| Orange Bowl, defeated Kansas, 15–14 | |||
| Conference | Independent | ||
| Ranking | |||
| Coaches | #3 | ||
| AP | #2 | ||
| 1968 record | 11–0 | ||
| Head coach | Joe Paterno | ||
| Captain | John Kulka | ||
| Captain | Mike Reid | ||
| Captain | Steve Smear | ||
| Home stadium | Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 46,284) |
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The 1968 team was Paterno's first perfect season. Despite going 11–0, the Nittany Lions finished behind 9–0 Ohio State and 9–0–1 USC in both polls.
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 21, 1968 | Navy | #10 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 31–6 | 49,273 | |||
| September 28, 1968 | Kansas State | #4 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 25–9 | 45,024 | |||
| October 5, 1968 | at West Virginia | #3 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | W 31–20 | 34,500 | |||
| October 12, 1968 | at UCLA | #3 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | ABC Regional | W 21–6 | 35,772 | ||
| October 26, 1968 | at Boston College | #4 | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | W 29–0 | 25,272 | |||
| November 2, 1968 | Army | #4 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 28–24 | 49,653 | |||
| November 9, 1968 | Miami (FL) | #4 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 22–7 | 50,132 | |||
| November 16, 1968 | at Maryland | #3 | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | W 57–13 | 30,000 | |||
| November 23, 1968 | at Pittsburgh | #3 | Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | W 65–9 | 31,224 | |||
| December 7, 1968 | Syracuse | #3 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | ABC National | W 30–12 | 41,393 | ||
| January 1, 1969 | vs. #6 Kansas | #3 | Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) | NBC | W 15–14 | 77,719 | ||
Read more about this topic: Penn State Nittany Lions Football Under Joe Paterno (as An Independent)
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