| 139,000: |
Square feet in Paterno Library (opened in 1999) |
| 1,077: |
Penn State lettermen since 1966 |
| 888: |
Number of coaching changes in FBS/Div. I-A since 1966 |
| 701: |
Games coached as Penn State assistant or head coach
(missed three games) |
| 548: |
Games as head coach (second all-time) |
| 513: |
Wins as member of staff (703 games; 512-164-7) |
| 409: |
Career wins as a head coach (409-136-3) |
| 400: |
Earned 400th win vs. Northwestern (35-21) on Nov. 6, 2010 |
| 324: |
Broke Division I-A career wins mark with 324th win vs. Ohio State (29-27) on Oct. 27, 2001 |
| 300: |
Earned 300th win vs. Bowling Green (48-3) on Sept. 12, 1998 |
| 260: |
Academic All-Big Ten selections (since 1993, most in the Big Ten) |
| 254: |
Nittany Lions who have made NFL rosters to date |
| 250: |
Earned 250th win at Iowa (31-0) on Sept. 18, 1993 |
| 247: |
Nittany Lions drafted by NFL teams |
| 231: |
Wins in Beaver Stadium as head coach (231-54) |
| 200: |
Earned 200th win vs. Bowling Green (45-19) on Sept. 5, 1987 |
| 162: |
Wins since Penn State joined Big Ten in 1993 |
| 150: |
Earned 150th win at Pittsburgh (48-14) on Nov. 28, 1981 |
| 100: |
Earned 100th win vs. NC State (41-20) on Nov. 6, 1976 |
| 84: |
Football Graduation Success Rate (2011 NCAA report) |
| 69: |
Length of his game-winning punt return for Brown vs. Holy Cross in 1949. |
| 66: |
Different stadiums coached in as head coach |
| 65: |
First team All-Americans (78 selections overall) |
| 62: |
Years on Penn State staff |
| 50: |
Earned 50th win vs. Maryland (63-27) on Nov. 6, 1971 |
| 47: |
Academic All-Americans |
| 46: |
Years as head coach |
| 41: |
Shutouts by Penn State |
| 37: |
First team Academic All-Americans |
| 37: |
Bowl trips as head coach (all-time leader) |
| 36: |
Paterno’s jersey number as QB-DB at Brown |
| 35: |
Teams ranked in the final Top 25 |
| 33: |
First round NFL draft choices |
| 31: |
Longest unbeaten streak (30-0-1; 1967-70) |
| 26: |
Father-son combinations coached since 1966 |
| 24: |
Bowl victories (all-time leader) |
| 23: |
Teams ranked in the final Top 10 |
| 23: |
Winning streak from 1968-70 |
| 21: |
Number of teams with at least 10 wins |
| 18: |
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winners |
| 17: |
Paterno Grandchildren |
| 17: |
New Year’s Day bowl wins |
| 16: |
National Football Foundation Hall of Fame Scholar-Athletes |
| 9: |
Number of U.S. presidents since Paterno became coach in 1966 |
| 8: |
Number of Paterno’s players in College Football Hall of Fame |
| 7: |
Years had a team ranked No. 1 |
| 5: |
Paterno Children |
| 5: |
Unbeaten, untied seasons |
| 4: |
million dollars, which he and Sue have given to Penn State to endow scholarships, professorships and assist in facilities projects |
| 2: |
National Championships |
| 1: |
First win was 15-7 over Maryland on Sept. 17, 1966 before a Beaver Stadium crowd of 40,911 |
No. 1 in wins … $4 million in donations to Penn State … 548 games as a head coach … There is a multitude of numbers associated with Coach Joe Paterno. Following are just some of them, from a story in the November 2011 AlumnInsider story, run after Paterno’s 409th—and last—win.