The 2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by third-year head coach James Franklin and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. They were a member of the Big Ten East Division of the Big Ten Conference. They started 2-2, and after losing to the Michigan Wolverines, they won nine straight conference games and defeated the Wisconsin Badgers in the Big Ten Championship Game. They represented the Big Ten in the 2017 Rose Bowl, losing to USC.
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Background
Previous season
During the previous season the Nittany Lions started the year with a 5-1 record and 2-0 in Big Ten play. Then on October, 17 they lost to Number 1 ranked Ohio State. After which they won their next two games including an 39-0 rout over Illinois. Following the rout the Nittany Lions finished the year 0-4 including losses to Number 6 Michigan State and Number 14 Michigan and a bowl game loss to Georgia.
2016 NFL Draft
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Schedule
Penn State announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Nittany Lions hosted Big Ten foes Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Ohio State, and traveled to Indiana, Michigan, Purdue, and Rutgers.
The team hosted two of the three non-conference games against the Kent State Golden Flashes from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Pittsburgh Panthers from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and the Temple Owls from the American Athletic Conference (AAC).
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Rankings
Game summaries
Kent State
Pittsburgh
Temple
#4 Michigan
Minnesota
Maryland
#2 Ohio State
Purdue
Iowa
Indiana
Rutgers
Michigan State
#6 Wisconsin (Big Ten Championship Game)
#9 USC (Rose Bowl)
Roster
Awards and honors
Players
Coaches
References
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