709). Counting his three years at Vanderbilt, he is 124-56 (.689) as a head coach. Only Rip Engle (104-48-4, 19509-65) and Joe Paterno (409-136-3, 1966-2011) have more wins among Penn State’s 16 ...

Meanwhile, Penn State's fortunes were on the rise, as Rip Engle was succeeded by Joe Paterno, who built the Nittany Lions into a true college football powerhouse. As the 70s rolled on into the 80s ...

Franklin needs only to reach 105 wins to pass Rip Engle for second all-time at Penn State. These are emotional checkpoints more than anything else. Still, it would be fitting if Franklin entered ...

Robinson was a three-year letterman under head coach Rip Engle and played on both sides of the ball (he spent most of 1959 on the freshman team). There is some confusion among modern-day fans ...

In March 1991, a major ice storm struck the small town where I lived in rural Indiana. This seems like something that isn’t notable at all for a post about the history between Penn State and UCLA.