1975 Season
| 1975 Penn State Nittany Lions football | |||
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| Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy | |||
| Sugar Bowl, lost to Alabama 13–6 | |||
| Conference | Independent | ||
| Ranking | |||
| Coaches | #10 | ||
| AP | #10 | ||
| 1975 record | 9–3 | ||
| Head coach | Joe Paterno | ||
| Captain | Greg Buttle | ||
| Captain | John Quinn | ||
| Captain | Tom Rafferty | ||
| Home stadium | Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 57,723) |
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| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 6, 1975 | at Temple | #6 | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | W 26–25 | 57,112 | |||
| September 13, 1975 | Stanford | #10 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 34–14 | 61,325 | |||
| September 20, 1975 | at #3 Ohio State | #7 | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH | L 9–17 | 88,093 | |||
| September 27, 1975 | at Iowa | #12 | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA | W 30–10 | 52,780 | |||
| October 4, 1975 | Kentucky | #10 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 10–3 | 60,225 | |||
| October 11, 1975 | #10 West Virginia | #9 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 39–0 | 59,658 | |||
| October 18, 1975 | at Syracuse | #9 | Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY | W 19–7 | 28,153 | |||
| October 25, 1975 | Army | #9 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 31–0 | 59,381 | |||
| November 1, 1975 | at #14 Maryland | #9 | Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD | W 15–13 | 59,973 | |||
| November 8, 1975 | NC State | #8 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | L 14–15 | 59,536 | |||
| November 22, 1975 | at #17 Pittsburgh | #10 | Three Rivers Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | ABC National | W 7–6 | 46,846 | ||
| December 31, 1975 | vs. #4 Alabama | #8 | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | ABC National | L 6–13 | 75,212 | ||
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