1982 Season
| 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football | |||
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| National Champions | |||
| Sugar Bowl, defeated Georgia | |||
| Conference | Independent | ||
| Ranking | |||
| Coaches | #1 | ||
| AP | #1 | ||
| 1982 record | 11–1 | ||
| Head coach | Joe Paterno | ||
| Offensive coordinator | Dick Anderson | ||
| Defensive coordinator | Jerry Sandusky | ||
| Home stadium | Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 83,770) |
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Penn State defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 27–23 in the 1983 Sugar Bowl to win Paterno's first consensus national championship.
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 4, 1982 | Temple | #8 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | ESPN (tape delay) | W 31–14 | 80,000 | ||
| September 11, 1982 | Maryland | #7 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 39–31 | 84,597 | |||
| September 18, 1982 | Rutgers | #8 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 49–14 | 83,268 | |||
| September 25, 1982 | #2 Nebraska | #8 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | CBS National | W 27–24 | 85,304 | ||
| October 9, 1982 | at #4 Alabama | #3 | Legion Field • Birmingham, AL | CBS Regional | L 21–42 | 76,821 | ||
| October 16, 1982 | Syracuse | #8 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 28–7 | 84,762 | |||
| October 23, 1982 | at #13 West Virginia | #9 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | W 24–0 | 60,958 | |||
| October 30, 1982 | at Boston College | #8 | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | W 52–17 | 33,205 | |||
| November 6, 1982 | NC State | #7 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 54–0 | 84,837 | |||
| November 13, 1982 | at #13 Notre Dame | #5 | Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | ABC Regional | W 24–14 | 59,075 | ||
| November 26, 1982 | #5 Pittsburgh | #2 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | ABC National | W 19–10 | 85,522 | ||
| January 1, 1983 | vs. #1 Georgia | #2 | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | ABC National | W 27–23 | 78,124 | ||
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