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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 12-03-2018, 10:31 PM:

Penn State and Kentucky have played five times, with all five meetings coming during the Paterno era at PSU. The two schools played a four-year home-and-home series from 1975 to 1978, with Kentucky winning in Lexington in 1976 and at Happy Valley in 1977. That was the last Kentucky team to win 10 games in a season, which the current squad would do with another bowl win. The two teams faced off in the 1998 Outback Bowl, Couch’s final game at Kentucky, which UK led early, but Penn State rallied in the second half to win 26-14.

Penn State is 19-21 all-time against the SEC (including games when Georgia Tech was in the SEC, but not pre-SEC games against South Carolina, Missouri, etc.), with plenty of big bowl moments included. Most notably, Penn State lost to Alabama 14-7 in the Sugar Bowl with a national title on the line back on Jan. 1, 1979. Penn State is coached by none other than James Franklin, the former Vandy head coach who rolled up wins and enemies during a short but successful run in Nashville.

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