We had lots of great defenses, and probably any of our teams 1968 to 1972 teams may have been best, but I am curious as to your perspectives?
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1969. Three College Football Hall of Fame players....Reid, Onkotz, and Ham. Held 7 of 12 opponents to a touchdown or less. In Orange bowl held a Missouri team that was averaging over 33 points a game to 3, while intercepting 7 passes and recovering 2 fumbles. Missouri had more interceptions than completions (6). It was also the only defense in college football history with a starter who later won a Grammy Award (Mike Reid for writing Stranger in My House, sung by Ronnie Milsap, in 1984).We had lots of great defenses, and probably any of our teams 1968 to 1972 teams may have been best, but I am curious as to your perspectives?
We had lots of great defenses, and probably any of our teams 1968 to 1972 teams may have been best, but I am curious as to your perspectives?
1969. Three College Football Hall of Fame players....Reid, Onkotz, and Ham. Held 7 of 12 opponents to a touchdown or less. In Orange bowl held a Missouri team that was averaging over 33 points a game to 3, while intercepting 7 passes and recovering 2 fumbles. Missouri had more interceptions than completions (6). It was also the only defense in college football history with a starter who later won a Grammy Award (Mike Reid for writing Stranger in My House, sung by Ronnie Milsap, in 1984).
We had lots of great defenses, and probably any of our teams 1968 to 1972 teams may have been best, but I am curious as to your perspectives?
67-68-69. 30 wins/tie in a row.
The 1947 defense allowed less than one yard per rush (0.64 per carry) and only 17 rushing yards per game, both NCAA records
1969 was great, 1986 was great, but don't forget 1971. They gave up 31 points in their only loss, but there was an int. run back, a kickoff run back, and I think a punt was run back. They held Texas to 6 points in the bowl game, a game that really made Penn State's reputation as a national power.We had lots of great defenses, and probably any of our teams 1968 to 1972 teams may have been best, but I am curious as to your perspectives?
Also had one of the greatest names for a football player...Steve Smear. Reid and Smear were monsters at DT and hard to beat Denny Onkotz and Jack Ham at LB. Smear had a nice career in the CFL. Onkotz was one of the best college LB's I've ever seen. Too bad he got hurt pretty early in his NFL career.1969. Three College Football Hall of Fame players....Reid, Onkotz, and Ham. Held 7 of 12 opponents to a touchdown or less. In Orange bowl held a Missouri team that was averaging over 33 points a game to 3, while intercepting 7 passes and recovering 2 fumbles. Missouri had more interceptions than completions (6). It was also the only defense in college football history with a starter who later won a Grammy Award (Mike Reid for writing Stranger in My House, sung by Ronnie Milsap, in 1984).