The Penn State Nittany Lions are looking to stamp their ticket to the National Championship Game on Thursday night in Miami. With 13 wins for the first time in program history, the Nittany Lions will face Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl.

The desire to run it back in 2025 will set high expectations — the highest of any of James Franklin's Penn State teams.

Penn State football has a few culprits for Thursday's heartbreaking Orange Bowl loss to a gritty Notre Dame team

Penn State’s 2024 season has come to a disappointing close with a loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl. Now it’s time to turn the page and look at the good, the bad and the ugly of the current state of Penn State football.

Mitch Jeter hit a go-ahead 41-yard field goal with seven seconds left, which was set up by a Christian Gray interception at the Penn State 42-yard line with 33 seconds left to play.

Notre Dame beat Penn State 27-24, in the Orange Bowl Thursday night, Jan. 9, 2025 before a sellout crowd of 66,881 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. The Irish will be in their first title game since 2012. Coach Marcus Freeman will be the first Black head coach to take his team to the national title game.

The Penn State Nittany Lions are often considered one of the blue bloods of college football. It's hard to not think about Happy Valley, about Beaver Stadium, a

Penn State fell to Notre Dame, 27-24, on a field goal with eight seconds remaining at the Orange Bowl in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

The Penn State Nittany Lions represent Pennsylvania State University in college football under NCAA Division I. The Nittany Lions have completed 131 college football seasons, as of January 2025 ...

It's Penn State vs Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal. Follow along for live score and game updates from the Orange Bowl:

Jan 9, 2025; Miami, FL, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish linebacker Jack Kiser (24) defensive lineman Howard Cross III (56) Notre Dame Fighting Irish safety Xavier Watts (0) and quarterback Riley Leonard (13) celebrate deafening the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium. / Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

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