1986 Season
| 1986 Penn State Nittany Lions football | |||
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| National Champions | |||
| Fiesta Bowl, defeated Miami | |||
| Conference | Independent | ||
| Ranking | |||
| Coaches | #1 | ||
| AP | #1 | ||
| 1986 record | 12–0 | ||
| Head coach | Joe Paterno | ||
| Offensive coordinator | Fran Ganter | ||
| Defensive coordinator | Jerry Sandusky | ||
| Home stadium | Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 83,370) |
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Penn State defeated the Miami Hurricanes 14–10 in the 1987 Fiesta Bowl to win Paterno's second consensus national championship.
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 6, 1986 | Temple | #6 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 45–15 | 85,732 | |||
| September 20, 1986 | at Boston College | #5 | Sullivan Stadium • Foxborough, MA | ESPN | W 26–14 | 42,329 | ||
| September 27, 1986 | East Carolina | #7 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 42–17 | 84,774 | |||
| October 4, 1986 | Rutgers | #5 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 31–6 | 84,000 | |||
| October 11, 1986 | Cincinnati | #5 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 23–17 | 84,812 | |||
| October 18, 1986 | Syracuse | #6 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 42–3 | 85,512 | |||
| October 25, 1986 | at #2 Alabama | #6 | Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL | ABC National | W 23–3 | 60,210 | ||
| November 1, 1986 | at West Virginia | #2 | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN | W 19–0 | 59,184 | ||
| November 8, 1986 | Maryland | #2 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 17–15 | 85,561 | |||
| November 15, 1986 | at Notre Dame | #3 | Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | ABC National | W 24–19 | 59,075 | ||
| November 22, 1986 | Pittsburgh | #2 | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | W 34–14 | 85,722 | |||
| January 2, 1987 | vs. #1 Miami | #2 | Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl) | NBC | W 14–10 | 73,098 | ||
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