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Penn State vs Texas Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Penn State and Texas.

PROGRAM ONEPenn State3 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD3–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOTexas2 recorded wins
5Recorded meetings
1971Earliest documented
1996Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

5 games
  1. 1971
    Penn State30 — 6Texas
    Jan 1, 1972Penn State won
  2. 1984
    Penn State3 — 28Texas
    Sep 29, 1984Texas won
  3. 1989
    Penn State16 — 12Texas
    Sep 30, 1989Penn State won
  4. 1990
    Penn State13 — 17Texas
    Sep 8, 1990Texas won
  5. 1996
    Penn State38 — 15Texas
    Jan 1, 1997Penn State won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1996Penn State vs Texas38–15Penn State won
1990Penn State vs Texas13–17Texas won
1989Penn State vs Texas16–12Penn State won
1984Penn State vs Texas3–28Texas won
1971Penn State vs Texas30–6Penn State won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.