No non-Big Ten opponent has beaten Joe Paterno's team more often than Alabama. No one has burned the Nittany Lions to their soul the way Alabama has.
Barry Krauss stopped Mike Guman in the 1979 Sugar Bowl's famous goal-line stand. The hit denied Guman the end zone and Joe Paterno his first national title.
The Nittany Lions won the title in '82 with one loss. It came to Alabama.
In the Tide's last trip to State College in 1989, Penn State lined up for a chip-shot FG to win the game, only to see Alabama's Thomas Rayam block it.
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