FILE – This Jan. 3, 2006 file photo shows Penn State coach Joe Paterno following a 26-23 win over Florida State in triple overtime at the Orange Bowl at Dolphins Stadium in Miami.

MIAMI (AP) — The longest game in Joe Paterno’s 40-year head coaching career had been over for half an hour when he emerged from the victorious Penn State locker room.

Penn State is heading to the Orange Bowl for the sixth time in program history. Here is a quick look at past results. ... Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden.

Thursday's College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl will be Penn State's sixth appearance at the New Year's Six bowl, and its first since 2006 when it was coached by Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno's 2005 team, which won its first Big Ten title since 1994, outlasted Bobby Bowden and Florida State 26-23 in three overtimes. Penn State won back-to-back Orange Bowls in 1969 (15-14 ...

FILE – This Jan. 3, 2006 file photo shows Penn State coach Joe Paterno following a 26-23 win over Florida State in triple overtime at the Orange Bowl at Dolphins Stadium in Miami.

Penn State is 4-1 all-time in the Orange Bowl. The only setback cost Penn State a national championship at the end of the 1985 season when the Nittany Lions were handed their only loss of the ...

The game also featured longtime head coaches Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden, the last time the two coaches faced each other. Penn State’s first appearance in the Orange Bowl came back in 1969 when ...