2024 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

2024 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Fiesta Bowl champion
Big Ten Championship Game, L 37–45 vs. Oregon
CFP First Round,
W 38–10 vs. SMU
Fiesta Bowl (CFP Quarterfinal),
W 31–14 vs. Boise State
Orange Bowl (CFP Semifinal),
L 24–27 vs. Notre Dame
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
CFPNo. 4
Record13–3 (8–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndy Kotelnicki (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJa'Juan Seider (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorTy Howle (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro spread
Defensive coordinatorTom Allen (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorAnthony Poindexter (4th season)
Base defense4–2–5
Captains
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Oregon y$^   9 0     13 1  
No. 4 Penn State y^   8 1     13 3  
No. 8 Indiana ^   8 1     11 2  
No. 6 Ohio State ^   7 2     13 2  
No. 20 Illinois   6 3     10 3  
Iowa   6 3     8 5  
Michigan   5 4     8 5  
Minnesota   5 4     8 5  
USC   4 5     7 6  
Rutgers   4 5     7 6  
Washington   4 5     6 7  
Nebraska   3 6     7 6  
Michigan State   3 6     5 7  
UCLA   3 6     5 7  
Wisconsin   3 6     5 7  
Northwestern   2 7     4 8  
Maryland   1 8     4 8  
Purdue   0 9     1 11  
Championship: Oregon 45, Penn State 37
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of January 16, 2025
Rankings from CFP rankings

The 2024 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Nittany Lions were led by head coach James Franklin[1] in his 11th year leading the program.

Their home stadium is Beaver Stadium in College Township, Pennsylvania, with a mailing address of University Park, Pennsylvania. The Penn State Nittany Lions football team drew an average home attendance of 108,379 in 2024.

Following a 44–7 win against Maryland, and a 13–10 Michigan win over Ohio State in the final week of the regular season, the Nittany Lions clinched their first Big Ten Championship appearance since 2016, which they lost against the Oregon Ducks. However, Penn State still clinched their first ever appearance in the College Football Playoff. In the playoff, they defeated No. 11 seed SMU 38–10 in the first round at home, then the No. 3 seed Boise State 31–14 in the Fiesta Bowl. They then faced No. 7 seed Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl for a spot in the CFP National Championship, but gave up sixteen unanswered points as they fell 24–27. The team concluded with a record of 13–3, making this Penn State's first ever 13-win season.

  1. ^ "James Franklin - Football Coach". Penn State Athletics. Retrieved December 20, 2023.

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