UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The 21,000-seat Penn State Student Section once again sold out in short order this week, highlighted by the senior (22 minutes), junior (17 minutes), sophomore (19) and freshmen (17) classes. The Penn State Student Section has consistently sold out for four decades, showing the passion and dedication of Penn State students year-in and year-out.
Students looking forward to being part of what ESPN The Magazine called, "The Nation's No. 1 Student Section," will be a part of a home schedule that features seven home games in 2022. Penn State kicks off the season on Sept 10 against Ohio and will return on Sept. 24 against Central Michigan to close out the non-conference slate. The Nittany Lions will host Northwestern on Oct. 1, Minnesota on Oct. 22 and Ohio State on Oct. 29. Penn State will close out the home schedule with contests against Maryland on Nov. 12 and Michigan State on Nov. 26.
The Nittany Lions open the 2022 campaign on Sept. 1 at Purdue. Kickoff is slated for 8 p.m. on FOX.
A total of 38 lettermen are returning for Penn State in 2022. The Nittany Lions return 12 starters – six on offense, five on defense and one on special teams. PSU will face nine teams who participated in a bowl game during the 2021 campaign.
For more information on joining the Nittany Lion Club and reserving new season tickets for the 2022 Penn State Football season presented by PSECU, as well as club seating in Beaver Stadium, fans can visit www.PSUnrivaled.com, call 1-800-NITTANY weekdays from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
More than 5,090 new season tickets have already been sold for the 2022 campaign.
