List of Penn State Nittany Lions football seasons



This is a list of seasons completed by the Penn State Nittany Lions football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Since the team's creation in 1881, the Nittany Lions have participated in more than 1,100 officially-sanctioned games, including 43 bowl games.

For most of its existence, Penn State competed as an independent. In 1993, Penn State joined the Big Ten Conference, where it has been a member ever since.

On July 23, 2012, NCAA President Mark Emmert ordered all victories from 1998-2011 vacated as part of multiple penalties levied against the university in response to the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.

Coaching record
List of coaches and their record (win-loss-ties):
 * Uncoached era: 12–8–2
 * George Hoskins: 17–4–4
 * Samuel Newton: 12–14–0
 * Sam Boyle: 4–6–1
 * Pop Golden: 16–12–1
 * Dan Reed: 5–3–0
 * Tom Fennell: 33–17–1
 * Jack Hollenback: 5–2–1
 * Bill Hollenback: 28–9–4
 * Dick Harlow: 20–8–0
 * Hugo Bezdek: 65–30–11
 * Bob Higgins: 91–57–11
 * Joe Bedenk: 5–4–0
 * Rip Engle: 104–48–4
 * Joe Paterno: 298–136–3 (111 wins vacated)
 * Tom Bradley: 0-3-0 (1 win vacated)