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Penn State quiz: Do you know your Joe Paterno trivia?

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Penn State coach Joe Paterno looks on during his weekly NCAA college football news conference in State College, Pa. on Tuesday, Sept. 6. Penn State hosts No. 3 Alabama on Saturday, Sept. 10.

Nobody is more of a coaching institution than Penn State’s Joe Paterno, who is in his 46th year as the school’s head football coach, and his 62nd year on the football coaching staff altogether. His 408 coaching victories place him in a tie for the most in the major-college ranks with the late Eddie Robinson of Grambling, with a handful of games still left to play this season. To find out if you really know Joe, take this quiz:

  • By Ross Atkin

1. Since 2006, Penn State’s football team has led the nation with more of these than any other major college program?

Academic All-Americans

Touchdowns

Alumni in the National Football League

Sportsmanship awards
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