The 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented
Pennsylvania State University during the
1982 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season was the last for Paul "Bear" Bryant as head coach at Alabama, retiring with in
The Penn State Nittany Lions won their first consensus national championship, closing out an season by defeating Georgi ...
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Penn State defeated the
Georgia Bulldogs, 27–23, in the
Sugar Bowl to win Joe Paterno's first consensus
national championship. The team was selected national champion by
AP,
Billingsley,
DeVold,
Dunkel
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Football Research,
FW,
Litkenhous
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The New York Times
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Poling,
Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess),
Sporting News,
UPI/coaches, and USA/CNN, while named co-champion by
Helms.
Schedule
Roster
Rankings
AP Poll
UPI Poll
Game summaries
Temple
Maryland
Rutgers
#2 Nebraska
#4 Alabama
Syracuse
#13 West Virginia
Boston College
North Carolina State
#13 Notre Dame
#5 Pittsburgh
#1 Georgia (Sugar Bowl)
Awards
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Todd Blackledge
Todd Alan Blackledge (born February 25, 1961) is a former American football quarterback in both the NCAA and National Football League. In college, he led the Penn State Nittany Lions to a national championship. A member of the famed Class of 19 ...
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Davey O'Brien Award
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Joe Paterno
Joseph Vincent Paterno (; December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012), sometimes referred to as JoePa, was an American college football player, athletic director, and coach. He was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2 ...
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Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year
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Pete Speros
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Nittany Lion of the Year
NFL Draft
Nine Nittany Lions were drafted in the
1983 NFL Draft.
Media
Radio
References
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