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1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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Conference
  
Independent

AP
  
No. 1

Offensive coordinator
  
Dick Anderson

Coaches
  
No. 1

1982 record
  
11–1

Head coach
  
Joe Paterno (17th year)

The 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Penn State defeated the Georgia Bulldogs, 27–23, in the Sugar Bowl to win Paterno's first consensus national championship.

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Awards

  • Todd Blackledge
  • Joe Paterno
  • Pete Speros
  • NFL Draft

    Nine Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1983 NFL Draft.

    References

    1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team Wikipedia