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A few that come to mind...
1975 and 1976 (S)Pitt at Three Rivers Stadium
1983 Nebraska (Meadowlands)
1984 Texas (Meadowlands)
1991 Georgia Tech (Meadowlands)
1994 Temple (Franklin Field) * Was there and it was 90% PSU fans.
1996 USC (Meadowlands)
1996 Temple (Meadowlands)
2000 USC (Meadowlands)
Maryland a few times at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore
Indiana a few years back in DC
Anyone have any that I missed? Thanks
 
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WSTLion87 said:
A few that come to mind...
1975 and 1976 (S)Pitt at Three Rivers Stadium
1983 Nebraska (Meadowlands)
1984 Texas (Meadowlands)
1991 Georgia Tech (Meadowlands)
1994 Temple (Franklin Field) * Was there and it was 90% PSU fans.
1996 USC (Meadowlands)
1996 Temple (Meadowlands)
2000 USC (Meadowlands)
Maryland a few times at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore
Indiana a few years back in DC
Anyone have any that I missed? Thanks
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1983 on national tv @ the Meadowlands one of the Nebraska cheerleaders during lift cheers, their libia minor & major burst thru their cheerleader panties. An incredible site on national television.
 
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2014 vs UCF in Ireland
2013 vs Syracuse at Meadowlands
 
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I'm not exactly sure what definition you're using for neutral site. I wouldn't consider playing Temple @ Franklin Field as a neutral site. Not including the games you listed in your post, if you're listing any games at stadiums other than where either PSU or the other team normally played their home games, some others:

1975: Temple, @ Franklin Field
1977: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1979: Syracuse, @ Giants Stadium
1983: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1983: Boston College, @ Sullivan Stadium (Foxborough, MA)
1985: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1985: Cincinnati, @ Riverfront Stadium
1986: Boston College, @ Sullivan Stadium
1987: Boston College, @ Sullivan Stadium
1987: Maryland, @ Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
1989: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1989: Maryland, @ Memorial Stadium
1991: Maryland, @ Memorial Stadium
1992: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1995: Rugers, @ Giants Stadium
2000: Indiana, @ RCA Dome (Indianapolis, IN)
2010: Indiana, @ FedEx Field (Landover, MD)
2013: Syracuse, @ MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)
2014: UCF, @ Croke Park (Dublin, Ireland)
2015: Maryland, @ M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore, MD)

I think that's all of them since 1968 (including your list), but I may have missed 1 or more.
 
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At least once in the 80s at Schaefer Stadium vs. BC
2000 @ RCA/Hoosierdome vs. Indy
1978 Temple at the Vet. Might have been more than once.
Also at Three Rivers in 2000 vs. Pitt
 
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Most of the games vs Bucknell in the 1890s were played in Williamsport.

On November 25, 1897, we played Dickinson, aka Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, in Sunbury, PA and lost 0-6. We played them several times in the 1890s & 1900s and Penn State may not count them as official games as they were not a college at the time, but a prep school for Dickinson College in Carlisle. Williamsport Dickinson Seminary would eventually become a JuCo before becoming Lycoming College after WWII.
 
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lionJC said:
Temple at the Vet for several games
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From about 1975, Temple played their home games at either the Vet or Franklin Field. The Vet was their primary home venue.
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According to Wikipedia, Temple moved to the Vet for their home games in 1978. They would play at Franklin Field if there was a conflict with the Phillies.
 
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manatree said:
Most of the games vs Bucknell in the 1890s were played in Williamsport.

On November 25, 1897, we played Dickinson, aka Williamsport Dickinson Seminary, in Sunbury, PA and lost 0-6. We played them several times in the 1890s & 1900s and Penn State may not count them as official games as they were not a college at the time, but a prep school for Dickinson College in Carlisle. Williamsport Dickinson Seminary would eventually become a JuCo before becoming Lycoming College after WWII.
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They never opened the gates till an hour before the game. I couldn't get my horse and buggy into the parking lot early enough to smoke my meat!
 
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WSTLion87 said:
A few that come to mind...
1975 and 1976 (S)Pitt at Three Rivers Stadium
1983 Nebraska (Meadowlands)
1984 Texas (Meadowlands)
1991 Georgia Tech (Meadowlands)
1994 Temple (Franklin Field) * Was there and it was 90% PSU fans.
1996 USC (Meadowlands)
1996 Temple (Meadowlands)
2000 USC (Meadowlands)
Maryland a few times at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore
Indiana a few years back in DC
Anyone have any that I missed? Thanks
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MD at Ravens Stadium in 2015.
 
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Tom McAndrew said:
I'm not exactly sure what definition you're using for neutral site. I wouldn't consider playing Temple @ Franklin Field as a neutral site. Not including the games you listed in your post, if you're listing any games at stadiums other than where either PSU or the other team normally played their home games, some others:
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To me a true neutral site game would be when neither team controls ticket distribution. The Pitt games at Three Rivers wouldn't make the cut. Nor would Maryland at Memorial Stadium (or M&T), Rutgers at Giants Stadium, Boston College at Sullivan Stadium, Cincinnati at Riverfront, or Indiana at RCA Dome (or FedEx). All those games were moved to a different venue for financial reasons but the home team still controlled the tickets.

EDIT: Although to be fair about the IU game at FedEx.... Even though it was officially an Indiana home game complete with all the home team scoreboard graphics, etc., IU was paid a large sum to move the game and thus may have ceded ticket distribution to someone else. It would have made sense since most tickets were bought by Penn State fans.
 
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Bkmtnittany1 said:
They never opened the gates till an hour before the game. I couldn't get my horse and buggy into the parking lot early enough to smoke my meat!
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The lots were unpaved, and it had rained the night before and all the horse and buggys got stuck in the mud. Several women got mud on their bloomers, which they tried to resolve by lifting up their skirts and exposed an ankle, causing civil unrest. The Pennsylvania State Police swooped down in their hot air balloon during all the commotion, scaring the horses, who then bolted from the stadium lots, leaving carnage in their wake.

Joe was not made aware of this until a Grad Assistant informed him on the carriage ride back to State College.
 
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NittPicker said:
To me a true neutral site game would be when neither team controls ticket distribution. The Pitt games at Three Rivers wouldn't make the cut. Nor would Maryland at Memorial Stadium (or M&T), Rutgers at Giants Stadium, Boston College at Sullivan Stadium, Cincinnati at Riverfront, or Indiana at RCA Dome (or FedEx). All those games were moved to a different venue for financial reasons but the home team still controlled the tickets.
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I was at both MD games, at Memorial Stadium and Raven Stadium, and neither were "neutral" the site may have been but not the crowd. It was all PSU both times.
 
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I don't have a problem with the neutral site games if it's against a name opponent; kind of like the games played in ATL to start the season, and the Cowboy Classic in Jerry World (what happened to that by the way)?

If PSU could keep 7 home games, and give up an away Non Con game for a neutral site game against a name (P5) opponent, I would be all for it.
 
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Tom McAndrew said:
I'm not exactly sure what definition you're using for neutral site. I wouldn't consider playing Temple @ Franklin Field as a neutral site. Not including the games you listed in your post, if you're listing any games at stadiums other than where either PSU or the other team normally played their home games, some others:

1975: Temple, @ Franklin Field
1977: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1979: Syracuse, @ Giants Stadium
1983: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1983: Boston College, @ Sullivan Stadium (Foxborough, MA)
1985: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1985: Cincinnati, @ Riverfront Stadium
1986: Boston College, @ Sullivan Stadium
1987: Boston College, @ Sullivan Stadium
1987: Maryland, @ Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
1989: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1989: Maryland, @ Memorial Stadium
1991: Maryland, @ Memorial Stadium
1992: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1995: Rugers, @ Giants Stadium
2000: Indiana, @ RCA Dome (Indianapolis, IN)
2010: Indiana, @ FedEx Field (Landover, MD)
2013: Syracuse, @ MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)
2014: UCF, @ Croke Park (Dublin, Ireland)
2015: Maryland, @ M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore, MD)

I think that's all of them since 1968 (including your list), but I may have missed 1 or more.
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šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø I hated Giants stadium and the new building sucks just as bad, just in a different way.
No more wind issues but itā€™s ugly with no appealing attributes
 
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psuro said:
The lots were unpaved, and it had rained the night before and all the horse and buggys got stuck in the mud. Several women got mud on their bloomers, which they tried to resolve by lifting up their skirts and exposed an ankle, causing civil unrest. The Pennsylvania State Police swooped down in their hot air balloon during all the commotion, scaring the horses, who then bolted from the stadium lots, leaving carnage in their wake.

Joe was not made aware of this until a Grad Assistant informed him on the carriage ride back to State College.
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And Clifford played like sh*t!
 
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WSTLion87 said:
A few that come to mind...
1975 and 1976 (S)Pitt at Three Rivers Stadium
1983 Nebraska (Meadowlands)
1984 Texas (Meadowlands)
1991 Georgia Tech (Meadowlands)
1994 Temple (Franklin Field) * Was there and it was 90% PSU fans.
1996 USC (Meadowlands)
1996 Temple (Meadowlands)
2000 USC (Meadowlands)
Maryland a few times at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore
Indiana a few years back in DC
Anyone have any that I missed? Thanks
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Couldn't find the '91 game at Memorial Stadium but this one did pop up....
 
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manatree said:
According to Wikipedia, Temple moved to the Vet for their home games in 1978. They would play at Franklin Field if there was a conflict with the Phillies.
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Thanks for looking that up. They played their bigger home games at either Franklin Field or the Vet from about 1975 on, so I guessed they had made the change by then. Old Temple Stadium was in fairly poor condition by then, iir. Still, I'm not sure I would classify those games as truly neutral sites given that Temple used those facilities as their home field for a couple games each season.

They were trying to become a major program in the mid-70s, as was Rutgers, so the old stadium was not going to cut it for bringing in the schools they wanted to play. They were trying to make their schedules consist of mostly or only major programs of the time, vs. the 2 or maybe 3 they played per season prior to that. They played West Virginia in the early 70s most seasons, even upsetting them around '71 or '72 at old Temple Stadium. But mid-decade, they got PSU on the schedule, and then Pitt, and was fully intent on becoming a major program.

We had a couple of way-too-close calls with them in '75 and '76, playing both in Phila. Pitt had an easier time of them, again iir. Wayne Hardin was a terrific coach, who had coached at Navy prior to coming to Temple. He coached Heisman winners Joe Bellino and Roger Staubach. In '79, they earned a trip to the first-ever Garden State Bowl, and beat up a decent Cal team. It was a finesse vs. street fighters type of game, and Temple came out swinging and took it to them pretty well.
 
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step.eng69 said:
1983 on national tv @ the Meadowlands one of the Nebraska cheerleaders during lift cheers, their libia minor & major burst thru their cheerleader panties. An incredible site on national television.
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That was my first game as a student... how in the world did i miss that
 
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Tom McAndrew said:
I'm not exactly sure what definition you're using for neutral site. I wouldn't consider playing Temple @ Franklin Field as a neutral site. Not including the games you listed in your post, if you're listing any games at stadiums other than where either PSU or the other team normally played their home games, some others:

1975: Temple, @ Franklin Field
1977: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1979: Syracuse, @ Giants Stadium
1983: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1983: Boston College, @ Sullivan Stadium (Foxborough, MA)
1985: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1985: Cincinnati, @ Riverfront Stadium
1986: Boston College, @ Sullivan Stadium
1987: Boston College, @ Sullivan Stadium
1987: Maryland, @ Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
1989: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1989: Maryland, @ Memorial Stadium
1991: Maryland, @ Memorial Stadium
1992: Rutgers, @ Giants Stadium
1995: Rugers, @ Giants Stadium
2000: Indiana, @ RCA Dome (Indianapolis, IN)
2010: Indiana, @ FedEx Field (Landover, MD)
2013: Syracuse, @ MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)
2014: UCF, @ Croke Park (Dublin, Ireland)
2015: Maryland, @ M&T Bank Stadium (Baltimore, MD)

I think that's all of them since 1968 (including your list), but I may have missed 1 or more.
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Tom, Thank you for all your help! Also, Michigan State this November in Detroit. Playing in Detroit makes me much less nervous than playing in East Lansing... That place has WEIRD things happen! (Four-hour weather delays... Downpours... Snowstorms)
 
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psuro said:
The lots were unpaved, and it had rained the night before and all the horse and buggys got stuck in the mud. Several women got mud on their bloomers, which they tried to resolve by lifting up their skirts and exposed an ankle, causing civil unrest. The Pennsylvania State Police swooped down in their hot air balloon during all the commotion, scaring the horses, who then bolted from the stadium lots, leaving carnage in their wake.

Joe was not made aware of this until a Grad Assistant informed him on the carriage ride back to State College.
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Post of the year.
 
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psuro said:
The lots were unpaved, and it had rained the night before and all the horse and buggys got stuck in the mud. Several women got mud on their bloomers, which they tried to resolve by lifting up their skirts and exposed an ankle, causing civil unrest. The Pennsylvania State Police swooped down in their hot air balloon during all the commotion, scaring the horses, who then bolted from the stadium lots, leaving carnage in their wake.

Joe was not made aware of this until a Grad Assistant informed him on the carriage ride back to State College.
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At 74 yrs old, the ankle exposure back then sounds like my 5 minutes in heaven.
If only I could relive my youth. šŸ˜
 
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step.eng69 said:
1983 on national tv @ the Meadowlands one of the Nebraska cheerleaders during lift cheers, their libia minor & major burst thru their cheerleader panties. An incredible site on national television.
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Here ya go. Try to find it...

 
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