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 Joe Paterno's first consensus national championship. The team was selected national champion by AP, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Litkenhous, Matthews, NCF, NFF, The New York Times, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), Sporting News, UPI/coaches, and USA/CNN, while named co-champion by Helms.

Schedule

Roster

Rankings

Game summaries

Temple

Maryland

Rutgers

#2 Nebraska

#4 Alabama

Syracuse

#13 West Virginia

Boston College

North Carolina State

#13 Notre Dame

#5 Pittsburgh

#1 Georgia (Sugar Bowl)

Awards

NFL Draft

Nine Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1983 NFL draft.

Media

Radio