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1992 Fiesta Bowl

The 1991 IBM OS/2 Fiesta Bowl, was a post-season college football bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Tennessee Volunteers, played January 1, 1992 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

1999 Alamo Bowl

The 1999 edition of the Alamo Bowl featured the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Texas A&M Aggies.

Adam Taliaferro

Adam Taliaferro (born January 1, 1982, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania), is a former American football player whose recovery from a paralyzing spinal cord injury sustained while playing cornerback for the Penn State Nittany Lions gained national media attention.

Aleesha Barber

Barber is also a member of the track and field team for the Penn State Nittany Lions, and a management graduate at Penn State University in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Burleigh Cruikshank

The 1913 team played Yale to a scoreless tie, defeated Grove City College by a score of 100-0, and broke the Penn State Nittany Lions' 19-game winning streak with a 17-0 victory.

Penn State Ice Pavilion

Before Pegula Ice Arena opened in 2013, the Ice Pavilion was home to the Penn State Nittany Lions men's and women's ice hockey teams, also known as the Icers.


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Penn State Nittany Lions baseball

The Penn State Nittany Lions baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.