1971 Season
| 1971 Penn State Nittany Lions football | |||
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| Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy | |||
| Cotton Bowl Classic, defeated Texas, 30–6 | |||
| Conference | Independent | ||
| Ranking | |||
| Coaches | #11 | ||
| AP | #5 | ||
| 1971 record | 11–1 | ||
| Head coach | Joe Paterno | ||
| Captain | Dave Joyner | ||
| Captain | Charlie Zapiec | ||
| Home stadium | Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 48,284) |
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Seasons
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| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 18, 1971 | at Navy | #14 | Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD | W 56–3 | 26,855 | |||
| September 25, 1971 | at Iowa | #12 | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA | ABC Regional | W 44–14 | 44,303 | ||
| October 2, 1971 | Air Force | #9 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 16–14 | 50,459 | |||
| October 9, 1971 | Army | #9 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 42–0 | 49,887 | |||
| October 16, 1971 | at Syracuse | #9 | Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 31–0 | 41,382 | |||
| October 23, 1971 | TCU | #7 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 66–14 | 51,896 | |||
| October 30, 1971 | at West Virginia | #6 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | W 35–7 | 37,000 | |||
| November 6, 1971 | Maryland | #6 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 63–27 | 50,144 | |||
| November 13, 1971 | NC State | #5 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 35–3 | 50,477 | |||
| November 20, 1971 | at Pittsburgh | #6 | Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | W 55–18 | 39,539 | |||
| December 4, 1971 | at #12 Tennessee | #5 | Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN | ABC National | L 11–31 | 59,542 | ||
| January 1, 1972 | vs. #12 Texas | #10 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | CBS | W 30–6 | 72,000 | ||
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