Penn State Nittany Lions football

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NCAA Division I FBS football program college football team

Penn State Nittany Lions football is the college football program of Pennsylvania State University, a historically prominent Big Ten team known for its large fan base, storied traditions, and success under longtime coach Joe Paterno.

Aliases (2)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA Division I FBS football program → college football team →
band	Penn State Blue Band →
BigTenTitleSeason	1994 → 2005 → 2008 → 2016 →
claimedNationalTitles	2 →
colors	blue and white →
conference	Big Ten Conference →
conferenceTitle	Big Ten Conference champion →
division	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision →
fightSong	Fight On, State → The Nittany Lion →
formerConference	Independent →
formerHeadCoach	Joe Paterno →
governingBody	National Collegiate Athletic Association →
hasLargeFanBase	true →
headCoach	James Franklin →
headCoachStartYear	2014 →
historicallyProminentProgram	true →
homeGamesPlayedAt	Beaver Stadium →
homeStadium	Beaver Stadium →
JoePaternoRole	longtime head coach →
JoePaternoTenureEnd	2011 →
JoePaternoTenureStart	1966 →
joinedBigTen	1993 →
location	University Park, Pennsylvania →
mascot	Nittany Lion →
nationalChampionship	1982 consensus national championship → 1986 consensus national championship →
NCAAdivision	Football Bowl Subdivision →
notableTradition	We Are Penn State chant → White Out game → team entrance to Zombie Nation →
rival	Michigan State Spartans football → Michigan Wolverines football → Ohio State Buckeyes football → Pittsburgh Panthers football →
shortName	Penn State →
sport	American football →
stadiumCapacity	over 106000 →
stadiumOpened	1960 →
state	Pennsylvania →
studentSection	Nittanyville →
trophyGame	Land Grant Trophy →
trophyOpponent	Michigan State Spartans football →
university	Pennsylvania State University →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Michigan State Spartans football → Ohio State Buckeyes football → Rutgers Scarlet Knights football → Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball ("Penn State Nittany Lions men's basketball") → Syracuse Orange football → Temple Owls football →	rival
Jack Ham → Jeff Hostetler → Lenny Moore →	collegeTeam
Hugh Rodham ("Penn State Nittany Lions football program") →	educatedAt
Franco Harris →	memberOfSportsTeam
Jack Ham →	playedFor
Michigan State Spartans football →	trophyGameOpponent