The Penn State Nittany Lions college football team is the football team of Pennsylvania State University in NCAA college football games. First formed in 1887, the team has played 131 college ...

What makes a lion "Nittany," anyway? According to the Penn State website, before 1904, the school didn't even have a mascot, save for a work mule named "Old Coaly" that helped in construction ...

The Penn State Nittany Lions are a storied college football program, but in 2021 they stretched to showcase just how storied ...

Penn State’s longtime mascot is a common mountain lion, the kind that roamed the mountains near the school’s State College campus until the late 19th century. One of the Nittany Lions ...

The reality of the Nittany Lion isn’t nearly as exotic or mysterious as its name might indicate. Penn State’s longtime mascot is a common mountain lion, the kind that roamed the mountains near the ...

Here’s everyone that has entered the portal from Penn State thus far, according to multiple reports. Check back for updates. Notes: Cross was the first Nittany Lion to enter the portal ...

Penn State needs a new defensive coordinator for the third time in four years, as Tom Allen leaves for Clemson after one season with the Nittany Lions. The program is primed to approach 2025 ...

Penn State's setbacks on the grand stage seem to be the only hole in an otherwise outstanding 11-year stretch under head coach James Franklin. The Nittany Lions lost to Notre Dame in heartbreaking ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State Nittany Lion senior+ Greg Kerkvliet has been named Big Ten Wrestler of the Week for the week ending Jan. 12, 2025. It is Kerkvliet’s first award of the year ...