Prior to this year’s Citrus Bowl, Kentucky and Penn State have met five times, starting with a four-game series from 1975 through 1978. The two teams split the four games. They met again in the Outback Bowl at the end of the 1998 season. Penn State won that postseason meeting to take a 3-2 lead in the series.
Oct. 4, 1975: Penn State 10, Kentucky 3
The two schools signed a four-year, home-and-home contract that began with this game at University Park in 1975. Joe Paterno’s Nittany Lions entered the game ranked 10th in the country and held on for a 10-3 win over Fran Curci’s Wildcats before a crowd of 60,225 at Beaver Stadium.