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- Penn State won five of its last seven games after an 0-4 start to finish with a 5-6 record, just the third losing season in Joe Paterno's 36 seasons.
- The NCAA Division I-A leader in career victories, Joe Paterno has a 327-96-3 record through 36 seasons.
- Today's game was Joe Paterno's 426th as head coach, moving him into third place in games coached among major college coaches.
- Penn State has had back-to-back losing seasons for the first time since 1931-32.
- Penn State has a 23-12-1 record in its final game of the season under Joe Paterno.
- Penn State will not play in a bowl game in consecutive seasons for the first time since not playing in the post-season from 1963-66.
- The Nittany Lions had a season-high five turnovers. The previous high was four at Illinois.
- The Lions lost a fumble for the first time since the Michigan game (six games without losing one)
- The Lions were held scoreless in the second half for the first time the Michigan game.
- Penn State broke its record for pass attempts in a season with 361. The previous record was 355 in 2000 (12 games). The 11-game season record was 343 in 1995.
- Junior WR Bryant Johnson finished the season with 51 receptions, good for fifth place on the PSU season list.
- Bryant Johnson finished with 866 receiving yards, good for seventh place on the PSU season list.
- Senior fullback Mick Blosser scored his first career receiving touchdown
- The Lions have won 31 of 37 non-conference games since 1993.
- Penn State had its four-game winning streak vs. ACC teams snapped. The Lions are 61-11-2 vs. ACC teams, including a 39-7-2 mark under Joe Paterno.
- Only 13 of the 47 players on the two-deep are seniors. Sixteen starters return for the 2002 season (including the kicker and punter), which opens August 31, when the Lions host Central Florida.