1974 Season
| 1974 Penn State Nittany Lions football | |||
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| Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy | |||
| Cotton Bowl Classic, defeated Baylor 41–20 | |||
| Conference | Independent | ||
| Ranking | |||
| Coaches | #7 | ||
| AP | #7 | ||
| 1974 record | 10–2 | ||
| Head coach | Joe Paterno | ||
| Captain | Jack Baiorunos | ||
| Captain | Jim Bradley | ||
| Home stadium | Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 57,723) |
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| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 14, 1974 | #20 Stanford | #8 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | ABC National | W 24–20 | 58,200 | ||
| September 21, 1974 | Navy | #8 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | L 6–7 | 42,000 | |||
| September 28, 1974 | at Iowa | #19 | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA | W 27–0 | 46,500 | |||
| October 5, 1974 | at Army | #15 | Michie Stadium • West Point, NY | W 21–14 | 41,221 | |||
| October 12, 1974 | Wake Forest | #15 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 55–0 | 56,500 | |||
| October 19, 1974 | Syracuse | #11 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 30–14 | 59,100 | |||
| October 26, 1974 | at West Virginia | #10 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | W 21–12 | 34,500 | |||
| November 2, 1974 | #15 Maryland | #10 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | ABC Regional | W 24–17 | 60,125 | ||
| November 9, 1974 | at NC State | #7 | Carter Stadium • Raleigh, NC | L 7–12 | 47,700 | |||
| November 16, 1974 | Ohio | #11 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 35–16 | 58,700 | |||
| November 28, 1974 | at #18 Pittsburgh | #10 | Three Rivers Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | ABC National | W 31–10 | 48,895 | ||
| January 1, 1975 | vs. #12 Baylor | #7 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | CBS | W 41–20 | 67,500 | ||
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