1968 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1968 Penn State Nittany Lions represented Pennsylvania State University in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. The 1968 team was Paterno's first perfect season. Despite going 11–0, the Nittany Lions finished behind 10–0 Ohio State in the final AP Poll (conducted after bowl season), and behind Ohio State and 9–0–1 USC in the final Coaches Poll (conducted before bowl season).

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21		Navy	No. 10	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA		W 31–6	49,273
September 28		Kansas State	No. 4	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA		W 25–9	45,024
October 5		at West Virginia	No. 3	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)		W 31–20	34,500	[1]
October 12		at UCLA	No. 3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 21–6	35,772
October 26		at Boston College	No. 4	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		W 29–0	25,272
November 2	1:00 p.m.	Army	No. 4	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA		W 28–24	49,653
November 9		Miami (FL)	No. 4	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA		W 22–7	50,132
November 16		at Maryland	No. 3	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)		W 57–13	30,000	[2]
November 23		at Pittsburgh	No. 3	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)		W 65–9	31,224
December 7		Syracuse	No. 3	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	ABC	W 30–12	41,393
January 1, 1969		vs. No. 6 Kansas	No. 3	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	NBC	W 15–14	77,719
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Five Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft.

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