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This Week’s Trivia Question 11/15:
Purdue QB and Super Bowl MVP and future NFL Hall of Famer Drew Brees started 3 games against Penn State. What was his record in those three starts against PSU?
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Trivia Question August 30th:
In the late 1970s through the mid-1980s the Love Boat TV show featured guest stars each week. Which former Penn State player was the only former Nittany Lion to be a guest star on the Love Boat?
Answer: Rosey Grier
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Trivia Question 9/20:
Between 1979 & 1992 Penn State played home-and-home games against Texas A&M, Texas, Nebraska, USC, Alabama & Notre Dame—notably 10 years straight against Alabama and 12 years against Notre Dame. During that 12-game stretch against Notre Dame what was Penn State’s record against the Fighting Irish?
Answer: Penn State went 8-4 in those 12 games against Notre Dame
This Week’s Trivia Question 10/25:
What year was the last time a Top-10 Penn State team played Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium & what was the result?
2008 Penn State Won 48-7
Trivia Question September 6th:
This week’s guest Matt McGloin started several games in NFL stadiums as a college QB and a pro. Which was the first NFL stadium he started a game in?
In 2010 Penn State played Indiana at FedEx Field—the home of the Washington NFL franchise. Matt McGloin started that game making it his first start in an NFL stadium.
This Week’s Trivia Question 9/27:
Illinois dedicated Memorial Stadium in 1924 against Michigan. Red Grange accounted for 6 TDs in that game. Which Penn State QB tied that Memorial Stadium record by throwing and running for 6 TDs in one half at Illinois?
Answer: Michael Robinson threw for 4 TDs & ran for 2 TDs in the first half alone at Illinois in 2005.
This Week’s Trivia Question 10/11:
In the first New Year’s Day Fiesta Bowl on January 1, 1982, Penn State held this USC Heisman Trophy Winning running back to just 85 yards on 30 carries and forced two fumbles in a 26-10 win over the Trojans. Who was that running back?
Answer: Marcus Allen
This Week’s Trivia Question 11/8:
Penn State and Washington have played twice in Bowl games with PSU winning both. PSU won the 2017 Fiesta Bowl over UW—what bowl and year was the other PSU Bowl win over the Huskies?
Answer: The 1983 Aloha Bowl—Penn State won 13-10.
This Week’s Trivia Question 11/1:
The last 5 years Penn State has started a QB from Ohio against Ohio State. When was the last time a Penn State starting QB from Ohio started a Penn State win over the Buckeyes?
Answer: 2008 —Daryll Clark from Youngstown, OH was the starting QB
Trivia Question 9/13:
In the 1970s & 80s it was customary during long Penn State football practices to take a break to hydrate. Besides water, what other beverage was served to the players?
Answer: In the 1970s and 1980s Penn State took “Coke Breaks” during practice. Players could grab a 10-ounce ice-cold glass bottle of Coca-Cola.
This Week’s Trivia Question 10/4:
On October 7, 1967 #4 UCLA led by Heisman Trophy Winning QB Gary Beban won at PSU 17-15—the last time UCLA came to Penn State. Penn State would not lose another game until September 26, 1970—a span of almost 3 years (1,085 days). How lomg was that unbeaten streak for Penn State ?
Answer: 31 games
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This Week’s Trivia Question 10/18:
This Week we’re talking Tight Ends because of Penn State’s Tyler Warren. Which Penn State tight end finished 4th in the Heisman balloting becoming the first tight end in the modern era to finish in the Top 5 in Heisman voting ?
Answer: Ted Kwalick