The 2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2007 college football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.
On July 23, 2012, all nine wins in the season were vacated as a result of NCAA punishments handed down in the wake of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.
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