Florida vs. Penn State

Florida and Penn State first met in 1962 and have played 3 times; Florida leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Florida 3–⁠0, and Florida has won the last 3.

Florida wins
3
Penn State wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1962
Longest streak
3 Florida
Current streak
3 Florida
Last 10 meetings
Florida 3–⁠0
Most recent
2010

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠0
1990s1–⁠0
2010s1–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: Florida 1, Penn State 0
Average margin
12.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
Neutral sites
3–⁠0 Florida first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Florida and Penn State, 1962 on1300150017001900197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Fred Taylor Florida1997
Tommy Shannon Florida1962
Dave Robinson Penn State1962

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Jan 1, 2011Florida 37, Penn State 24Raymond James StadiumOutback Bowl
Jan 1, 19986Florida 21, 11Penn State 6Neutral siteCitrus Bowl
Dec 29, 1962Florida 17, 9Penn State 7Neutral siteGator Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.