The 2015 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by second year head-coach James Franklin and played its home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. They were a member of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place in the East Division. They were invited to the TaxSlayer Bowl where they lost to Georgia.
Schedule
Roster
Staff Position Name Alma materHead coach James FranklinEast Stroudsburg (1994)Defensive coordinator/SafetiesBob ShoopYale (1988)Offensive coordinator/tight endsJohn DonovanJohns Hopkins (1997) Linebackers/co-Defensive coordinator/assistant head coachBrent Pry Buffalo (1993)Running backs/Special teams coordinatorCharles HuffHampton (2005)Quarterbacks/Passing Game CoordinatorRicky RahneCornell (2002)Wide receivers/offensive Recruiting coordinatorJosh GattisWake Forest (2006)Cornerbacks/defensive Recruiting coordinatorTerry SmithPenn State (1991) Offensive line/Run Game Coordinator Herb Hand Hamilton College (1990) Defensive lineSean SpencerClarion (1995) Strength and Conditioning Dwight Galt Maryland (1981) Graduate Assistant Joe Brady IV College of William & Mary (2013) Graduate Assistant Tommy Galt Maryland (2009) Graduate Assistant Andrew Jackson LIU Post (2011) Graduate Assistant Ryan Smith College of William & Mary (2014)
Game summaries
Temple
This was Penn State's first loss to Temple since 1941.
Buffalo
Rutgers
San Diego State
Army
Indiana
Ohio State
Maryland
Illinois
Northwestern
Michigan
Michigan State
Georgia
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