Penn State entered the 2020 school football season as team No. 8 in the Associated Press poll, however, the Nittany Lions now recorded the first 0-5 start in the show’s history after falling home to the Iowa Hawkeyes, 41-21 on Saturday.
By Brett McMurphy of Stadium, PSU also relies on its first missed season since 2004, when the team was 4-7. The Nittany Lions’ most productive imaginable result this year is 3-5 with 3 regular-season games to play.
Penn State’s 15-game winning streak is the fourth-longest streak in the FBS I Division through McMurphy.
Penn State’s football history dates back to 1887. The Nittany Lions have had 18 seasons lost, adding 2020.
PSU entered this season with high hopes despite some vital beginnings, adding the defensive ending Yetur Gross-Matos (NFL draft) and supporter Micah Parsons (retirement).
However, the season turned into a crisis after a very good 36-35 loss to Indiana that ended with Hoosiers quarterback Michael Penix Jr.
The PSU performed a respectable function opposite the No. 3 Ohio state the following week, 38-25. General Jahan Dotson broke up with three touchdowns.
However, the PSU that game with a 35-19 home defeat to Maryland and a 30-23 away defeat to Nebraska.
In the last game, Will Levis replaced Sean Clifford as quarterback, while PSU lost 27-6 at half-time.
On Saturday, the Nittany Lions led 7-3, allowing 21 problems at the time of the fourth to lead 24-7 in the semi-finals. Dotson’s runner allied with eight receptions for 139 yards and a touchdown, the PSU had no reaction to Iowa’s 175-yard line. four-point violation.
The PSU will do its season with matches opposed to Michigan, Rutgers and Michigan State.