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Are Temple and Penn State rivals? ›

The big game

This historical rivalry between both teams has lasted for nearly a century and since 1941 had been in Penn States favor.

The Penn State Nittany Lions team represents the Pennsylvania State University in college football.

Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1991, after being a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference from 1976-79 and 1982-91.

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Ohio State is probably who most Penn State football fans would consider their No. 1 rival. They have played every season since the Nittany Lions joined the Big Ten in 1993. The teams have competed a total of 38 times, which is good for sixth most in Penn State history.

The school's men's basketball team is part of the Big Five, the traditional designation for the rivalries between the Owls and their Philadelphia rivals: Penn, Saint Joseph's, Villanova, and La Salle. Temple considers the rivalry with St. Joe's to be the most intense, especially in basketball.

The university originated with the charter of the Farmers' High School in 1855. Instruction, which was centred on agriculture, began in 1859. The school was renamed the Agriculture College of Pennsylvania in 1862 and was designated the commonwealth's land-grant college the next year.

The acceptance rate at Penn State is 55.2%.

This means the school is moderately selective. The school expects you to meet their requirements for GPA and SAT/ACT scores, but they're more flexible than other schools. If you exceed their requirements, you have an excellent chance of getting in.

The Nittany Lions have won NCAA titles in men's and women's fencing, women's soccer, women's volleyball and wrestling since the 2012 fall semester. Also over the past five years, Penn State has won 31 Big Ten championships to rank third in the conference, just edged by Michigan (34) and Ohio State (32).

The Nittany Lion is one of the oldest mascots in American collegiate athletics. There has been a Nittany lion mascot for our athletic events since 1921. If you see the Nittany Lion at a Penn State match, feel free to say “hello,” give him a “high five” or have your picture taken with him.

Has Penn State ever won a national championship? ›

Penn State Football was has achieved numerous successes. It has won two consensuses National Championships, Big Ten Conference championships with Big Ten Conference Championships, 13 undefeated seasons, etc.

Duke held conversations with Penn State president John Oswald and coach Joe Paterno and found there was mutual interest in a path for Big Ten membership. At the time, Paterno preferred an all-sports Eastern conference, but he was rebuffed in the ensuing years.

The Penn–Princeton football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Penn Quakers and Princeton Tigers.

Among that group of schools that could be considered a rival to Penn State is West Virginia. A fellow flagship university from a bordering state, the Mountaineers were a fixture of the Nittany Lions' schedule last century.

University of Michigan and Ohio State University – ESPN calls the Michigan–Ohio State rivalry the greatest sports rivalry of the 20th century. According to legend, its history can be traced back to the Toledo War.

Temple 27-10 Penn State (Sep 5, 2015) Final Score - ESPN.