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1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

American college football team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ20710165 ↗
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The 1998 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 33rd-year head coach Joe Paterno, the Nittany Lions compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing fifth in the Big Ten. Penn State was invited to the Outback Bowl, where the Nittany Lions defeated Kentucky. The team played home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

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Two Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1999 NFL draft.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998, 1999—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Penn, State and Nittany can be independently traced.
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