Teams that Penn State Football have never played or beaten

By Joey Lovell | Jul 11, 2023

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 02: Zane Durant #28 of the Penn State Nittany Lions celebrates sacking Bryson Barnes #16 of the Utah Utes during the fourth quarter in the 2023 Rose Bowl Game at Rose Bowl Stadium on January 02, 2023 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) /

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Conference USA

Out of the 11 schools that make up C-USA, the Nittany Lions have only played three of them. That means Penn State football has yet to face the 49’ers of Charlotte, the Burrowing Owls of FAU, the Lightning of Middle Tennessee State, the Mean Green of North Texas, UAB Blazers, UTEP Miners, UTSA Roadrunners, Liberty Flames, or the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. We’re probably not going to play W. Kentucky anytime soon after WR Mitchell Tinsley defected from there to Happy Valley last season.

Sep 24, 2022; Evanston, Illinois, USA; Miami (Ohio) Redhawks celebrate their win against the Northwestern Wildcats at Ryan Field. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-USA TODAY Sports /

Mid-American Conference

Miami, Ohio: I actually had to double-check this myself, as I thought we had played the Red Hawks at one point. This is a team that has a legitimate shot at appearing on a future Penn State schedule.

Western Michigan: Ditto for the Broncos. They are usually decent enough to not drastically kill Penn State’s SOS while being “easy” enough to guarantee a win. Obviously, the unexpected can happen (2000 Toledo), but more often than not Penn State is going to win those games.

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