Penn State Nittany Lions Head-to-Head Results

Seasons: 132 (1889 to 2025)

Record (W-L-T): 928-410-37

Conferences: Big Ten, Ind

Conf. Championships: 4

National Championships: 1911, 1912, 1982 and 1986

Bowl Record: 54 Bowls, 32-20-2, .611 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 51 Times (Preseason), 46 Times (Final), 717 Weeks (Total), 21 Weeks at #1

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 7 Times (Final), 42 Weeks (Total)

Heisman Winners: John Cappelletti (1973)

Stadium: Beaver Stadium (cap. 107,282)

Location: University Park, Pennsylvania

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Major Opponents

123 Teams

Major Opponents Table
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
1	Air Force	1962	1973	3	3	0	0	1.000	55	29	26	18.3	9.7	8.7
2	Akron	1999	2017	6	6	0	0	1.000	256	60	196	42.7	10.0	32.7
3	Alabama	1959	2011	15	5	10	0	.333	188	254	-66	12.5	16.9	-4.4
4	Appalachian State	2018	2018	1	1	0	0	1.000	45	38	7	45.0	38.0	7.0
5	Arizona	1999	1999	1	1	0	0	1.000	41	7	34	41.0	7.0	34.0
6	Arizona State	1977	1977	1	1	0	0	1.000	42	30	12	42.0	30.0	12.0
7	Arkansas	2021	2021	1	0	1	0	.000	10	24	-14	10.0	24.0	-14.0
8	Army	1899	2015	26	14	10	2	.577	470	356	114	18.1	13.7	4.4
9	Auburn	1995	2022	4	3	1	0	.750	121	59	62	30.3	14.8	15.5
10	Ball State	2021	2021	1	1	0	0	1.000	44	13	31	44.0	13.0	31.0
11	Baylor	1974	1974	1	1	0	0	1.000	41	20	21	41.0	20.0	21.0
12	Boise State	2024	2024	1	1	0	0	1.000	31	14	17	31.0	14.0	17.0
13	Boston College	1949	2014	24	20	4	0	.833	684	423	261	28.5	17.6	10.9
14	Boston University	1951	1961	8	8	0	0	1.000	257	66	191	32.1	8.3	23.9
15	Bowling Green	1987	2024	3	3	0	0	1.000	127	49	78	42.3	16.3	26.0
16	Brigham Young	1989	1992	3	2	1	0	.667	100	76	24	33.3	25.3	8.0
17	Bucknell	1889	1946	22	15	7	0	.682	426	131	295	19.4	6.0	13.4
18	Buffalo	2007	2019	3	3	0	0	1.000	117	51	66	39.0	17.0	22.0
19	California	1961	1966	4	3	1	0	.750	106	73	33	26.5	18.3	8.3
20	Carlisle	1896	1909	6	1	4	1	.250	27	97	-70	4.5	16.2	-11.7
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
21	Carnegie Mellon	1910	1924	3	3	0	0	1.000	93	7	86	31.0	2.3	28.7
22	Central Florida	2002	2014	4	3	1	0	.750	121	95	26	30.3	23.8	6.5
23	Central Michigan	2005	2022	2	2	0	0	1.000	73	17	56	36.5	8.5	28.0
24	Cincinnati	1981	2005	9	8	1	0	.889	332	94	238	36.9	10.4	26.4
25	Clemson	1987	2025	2	1	1	0	.500	32	45	-13	16.0	22.5	-6.5
26	Colgate	1911	1980	14	9	4	1	.679	266	181	85	19.0	12.9	6.1
27	Colorado	1969	1970	2	1	1	0	.500	40	44	-4	20.0	22.0	-2.0
28	Columbia	1933	1934	2	0	2	0	.000	7	47	-40	3.5	23.5	-20.0
29	Cornell	1897	1943	12	4	7	1	.375	98	187	-89	8.2	15.6	-7.4
30	Dartmouth	1917	1920	3	1	2	0	.333	34	36	-2	11.3	12.0	-0.7
31	Dickinson	1896	1907	12	9	3	0	.750	167	30	137	13.9	2.5	11.4
32	East Carolina	1985	1986	2	2	0	0	1.000	59	27	32	29.5	13.5	16.0
33	Eastern Michigan	1992	2013	3	3	0	0	1.000	131	20	111	43.7	6.7	37.0
34	Florida	1962	2010	3	0	3	0	.000	37	75	-38	12.3	25.0	-12.7
35	Florida International	2007	2025	2	2	0	0	1.000	93	0	93	46.5	0.0	46.5
36	Florida State	1967	2005	3	1	1	1	.500	60	64	-4	20.0	21.3	-1.3
37	Fordham	1946	1953	3	3	0	0	1.000	171	21	150	57.0	7.0	50.0
38	Franklin & Marshall	1891	1891	1	1	0	0	1.000	26	6	20	26.0	6.0	20.0
39	Furman	1958	1958	1	1	0	0	1.000	36	0	36	36.0	0.0	36.0
40	Georgetown	1950	1950	1	1	0	0	1.000	34	14	20	34.0	14.0	20.0
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
41	Georgia	1982	2015	2	1	1	0	.500	44	47	-3	22.0	23.5	-1.5
42	Georgia State	2017	2017	1	1	0	0	1.000	56	0	56	56.0	0.0	56.0
43	Georgia Tech	1921	1991	7	4	3	0	.571	119	96	23	17.0	13.7	3.3
44	Harvard	1913	1932	5	0	3	2	.200	47	122	-75	9.4	24.4	-15.0
45	Haverford	1891	1891	1	1	0	0	1.000	58	0	58	58.0	0.0	58.0
46	Holy Cross	1954	1963	9	9	0	0	1.000	317	73	244	35.2	8.1	27.1
47	Houston	1964	2011	3	2	1	0	.667	69	51	18	23.0	17.0	6.0
48	Illinois	1954	2024	28	22	6	0	.786	825	426	399	29.5	15.2	14.3
49	Indiana	1993	2025	28	25	3	0	.893	985	592	393	35.2	21.1	14.0
50	Iowa	1930	2025	33	18	15	0	.545	799	578	221	24.2	17.5	6.7
51	Kansas	1968	1968	1	1	0	0	1.000	15	14	1	15.0	14.0	1.0
52	Kansas State	1968	1969	2	2	0	0	1.000	42	23	19	21.0	11.5	9.5
53	Kent State	1965	2024	7	7	0	0	1.000	263	39	224	37.6	5.6	32.0
54	Kentucky	1975	2018	6	3	3	0	.500	116	90	26	19.3	15.0	4.3
55	Lafayette	1889	1927	8	6	2	0	.750	149	63	86	18.6	7.9	10.8
56	Lehigh	1889	1921	11	6	4	1	.591	126	193	-67	11.5	17.5	-6.1
57	Louisiana State	1973	2009	2	2	0	0	1.000	35	26	9	17.5	13.0	4.5
58	Louisiana Tech	2000	2002	2	2	0	0	1.000	116	24	92	58.0	12.0	46.0
59	Louisville	1996	1997	2	2	0	0	1.000	81	28	53	40.5	14.0	26.5
60	Marquette	1957	1958	2	2	0	0	1.000	60	15	45	30.0	7.5	22.5
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
61	Maryland	1917	2024	48	44	3	1	.927	1578	553	1025	32.9	11.5	21.4
62	Massachusetts	2014	2023	2	2	0	0	1.000	111	7	104	55.5	3.5	52.0
63	Memphis	2019	2019	1	1	0	0	1.000	53	39	14	53.0	39.0	14.0
64	Miami (FL)	1961	2001	13	7	6	0	.538	250	218	32	19.2	16.8	2.5
65	Michigan	1993	2023	27	10	17	0	.370	571	681	-110	21.1	25.2	-4.1
66	Michigan State	1925	2025	38	20	17	1	.539	1020	943	77	26.8	24.8	2.0
67	Minnesota	1993	2024	17	11	6	0	.647	458	325	133	26.9	19.1	7.8
68	Mississippi	2023	2023	1	0	1	0	.000	25	38	-13	25.0	38.0	-13.0
69	Missouri	1959	1980	4	3	1	0	.750	66	53	13	16.5	13.3	3.3
70	Navy	1897	2012	37	19	17	1	.527	566	426	140	15.3	11.5	3.8
71	Nebraska	1920	2025	19	9	10	0	.474	384	383	1	20.2	20.2	0.1
72	Nevada	2025	2025	1	1	0	0	1.000	46	11	35	46.0	11.0	35.0
73	New York University	1927	1941	4	2	1	1	.625	80	20	60	20.0	5.0	15.0
74	North Carolina	1943	1943	1	0	1	0	.000	0	19	-19	0.0	19.0	-19.0
75	North Carolina State	1920	1982	19	17	2	0	.895	518	192	326	27.3	10.1	17.2
76	Northern Illinois	1996	1996	1	1	0	0	1.000	49	0	49	49.0	0.0	49.0
77	Northwestern	1993	2025	22	16	6	0	.727	650	394	256	29.5	17.9	11.6
78	Notre Dame	1913	2024	20	9	10	1	.475	359	409	-50	18.0	20.5	-2.5
79	Ohio	1967	2022	7	6	1	0	.857	253	99	154	36.1	14.1	22.0
80	Ohio State	1956	2025	40	13	27	0	.325	735	989	-254	18.4	24.7	-6.4
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
81	Oklahoma	1972	1985	2	0	2	0	.000	10	39	-29	5.0	19.5	-14.5
82	Oregon	1960	2025	6	3	3	0	.500	171	136	35	28.5	22.7	5.8
83	Oregon State	2008	2008	1	1	0	0	1.000	45	14	31	45.0	14.0	31.0
84	Pennsylvania	1896	1958	43	18	21	4	.465	413	488	-75	9.6	11.3	-1.7
85	Pittsburgh	1905	2019	93	47	42	4	.527	1532	1316	216	16.5	14.2	2.3
86	Princeton	1896	1900	5	0	5	0	.000	0	116	-116	0.0	23.2	-23.2
87	Purdue	1951	2024	21	17	3	1	.833	604	368	236	28.8	17.5	11.2
88	Rice	1962	1963	2	2	0	0	1.000	46	14	32	23.0	7.0	16.0
89	Rutgers	1918	2025	35	33	2	0	.943	1081	442	639	30.9	12.6	18.3
90	San Diego State	2015	2015	1	1	0	0	1.000	37	21	16	37.0	21.0	16.0
91	Sewanee	1932	1932	1	1	0	0	1.000	18	6	12	18.0	6.0	12.0
92	South Carolina	1940	1941	2	2	0	0	1.000	31	12	19	15.5	6.0	9.5
93	South Florida	2005	2005	1	1	0	0	1.000	23	13	10	23.0	13.0	10.0
94	Southern California	1922	2024	11	5	6	0	.455	247	254	-7	22.5	23.1	-0.6
95	Southern Methodist	1947	2024	3	2	0	1	.833	77	44	33	25.7	14.7	11.0
96	Southern Mississippi	1998	2001	2	2	0	0	1.000	72	26	46	36.0	13.0	23.0
97	Stanford	1973	1992	5	4	1	0	.800	96	76	20	19.2	15.2	4.0
98	Swarthmore	1889	1889	1	1	0	0	1.000	20	6	14	20.0	6.0	14.0
99	Syracuse	1922	2013	71	43	23	5	.641	1367	836	531	19.3	11.8	7.5
100	TCU	1953	1978	4	3	1	0	.750	158	55	103	39.5	13.8	25.8
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
101	Temple	1931	2016	45	40	4	1	.900	1304	444	860	29.0	9.9	19.1
102	Tennessee	1971	2006	5	3	2	0	.600	125	99	26	25.0	19.8	5.2
103	Texas	1971	1996	5	3	2	0	.600	100	78	22	20.0	15.6	4.4
104	Texas A&M	1979	2007	4	3	1	0	.750	87	53	34	21.8	13.3	8.5
105	Texas Tech	1995	1995	1	1	0	0	1.000	24	23	1	24.0	23.0	1.0
106	Toledo	2000	2000	1	0	1	0	.000	6	24	-18	6.0	24.0	-18.0
107	Tulane	1979	1979	1	1	0	0	1.000	9	6	3	9.0	6.0	3.0
108	UCLA	1963	2025	8	3	5	0	.375	164	184	-20	20.5	23.0	-2.5
109	Utah	2022	2022	1	1	0	0	1.000	35	21	14	35.0	21.0	14.0
110	Utah State	1977	1977	1	1	0	0	1.000	16	7	9	16.0	7.0	9.0
111	Vanderbilt	1957	1957	1	0	1	0	.000	20	32	-12	20.0	32.0	-12.0
112	Villanova	1905	1951	8	4	3	1	.563	165	73	92	20.6	9.1	11.5
113	Virginia	1954	2012	7	4	3	0	.571	173	93	80	24.7	13.3	11.4
114	Virginia Military Institute	1959	1959	1	1	0	0	1.000	21	0	21	21.0	0.0	21.0
115	Wake Forest	1974	1974	1	1	0	0	1.000	55	0	55	55.0	0.0	55.0
116	Washington	1921	2024	4	4	0	0	1.000	104	51	53	26.0	12.8	13.3
117	Washington & Jefferson	1912	1917	3	1	2	0	.333	30	24	6	10.0	8.0	2.0
118	Washington State	1947	1948	2	2	0	0	1.000	34	6	28	17.0	3.0	14.0
119	West Virginia	1909	2024	57	46	9	2	.825	1559	701	858	27.4	12.3	15.1
120	West Virginia Wesleyan	1915	1916	2	2	0	0	1.000	67	0	67	33.5	0.0	33.5
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
121	William & Mary	1922	1957	3	3	0	0	1.000	83	43	40	27.7	14.3	13.3
122	Wisconsin	1953	2024	21	12	9	0	.571	442	410	32	21.0	19.5	1.5
123	Yale	1899	1906	7	0	7	0	.000	0	148	-148	0.0	21.1	-21.1

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