University Park, Pa. — Penn State fans will have the opportunity to purchase single game tickets for the upcoming football season starting on Monday, July 26. The sale will begin at 10 a.m. exclusively at www.GoPSUSports.com.
Tickets are available for all seven games in Beaver Stadium, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary as home of the Nittany Lions. There is a limit of two tickets for the Oct. 9 Homecoming contest with Illinois (noon) and the Oct. 30 primetime clash with Michigan (8 p.m.).
Tickets are available for the Nittany Lions’ Big Ten home games with Northwestern (Nov. 6) and the Senior Day contest with Michigan State (Nov. 27). Penn State opens its 124th season by hosting Youngstown State on Sept. 4 (noon) and also entertains Kent State (Sept. 18, noon) and Temple (Sept. 25, TBA) prior to opening its 18th Big Ten season.
Should any tickets remain after Aug. 1, single game tickets can purchased via phone starting at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 2, as well as on www.GoPSUSports.com. Fans should call (814) 865-5555 weekdays from 10 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
All tickets made available will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis until no tickets remain.
Nearly 93,000 public and student tickets having been sold for the upcoming campaign, with approximately 95 percent of 2009 season ticket holders renewing their seats for this season.
The anticipation of the upcoming season has also resulted in a strong demand for tickets to the Nittany Lions’ five away games, with four already sold out. Penn State’s allotment for the following games is exhausted: Alabama (Sept. 11), Iowa (Oct. 2), Minnesota (Oct. 23) and Ohio State (Nov. 13).
Tickets are available for the Nittany Lions’ fifth game away from Happy Valley, the Nov. 20 contest with Indiana at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Penn State will be playing in metropolitan Washington, D.C. for the first time since the 1993 season. All ticket orders for the game can be made at www.GoPSUSports.com/tickets or by calling 814-865-5555 weekdays from 10:00 a.m.-4 p.m.
Penn State is 51-13 (79.7) since the start of the 2005 season, tied for the nation’s No. 7 winning percentage over that span, under Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno. The Nittany Lions return 36 letterwinners for this season, including 13 starters, as well as 10 players that have starting experience.