Big Ten-Era Comeback Wins

List of games in the Big Ten era when Penn State trailed at halftime and came back to win the game.

Date Site Team Half Score Margin Final

12/5/1992 H-RH Mt. St. Mary's 30-27 -3 60-55 12/28/1992 A Toledo 36-29 -7 69-60 3/3/1993 A Wisconsin 28-20 -8 62-58 11/29/1993 H-RH Vermont 43-33 -10 80-72 2/23/1994 RH Iowa 40-36 -4 89-80 3/2/1994 H-RH Northwestern 30-24 -6 73-71 3/15/1995 H-RH Miami (Fla.) (NIT) ^ 33-20 -13 62-56 3/23/1995 A Iowa (NIT) 34-31 -3 67-64 12/30/1995 N Bradley 32-31 -1 75-72 2/3/1996 A Iowa 42-37 -5 95-87 (OT) 2/22/1996 H Michigan 34-28 -6 67-57 11/23/1996 H Mt. St. Mary's 24-20 -4 64-57 12/7/1996 H Tennessee 16-14 -2 42-41 (OT) 1/22/1997 A Northwestern 39-36 -3 71-69 11/24/1997 A Loyola (Md.) 45-39 -6 90-82 12/20/1997 H Bucknell 35-27 -8 91-75 1/10/1998 H Minnesota 40-30 -10 75-68 1/16/1998 H Ohio State 42-27 $ -15 90-81 2/28/1998 A Ohio State 39-36 -3 89-85 12/21/1998 H Bucknell 26-20 -6 62-58 2/27/1999 H 10 Ohio State 39-38 -1 98-85 11/25/2000 A 22 Kentucky 39-37 -2 73-68 1/10/2001 A Ohio State 40-37 -3 78-75 1/13/2001 H Northwestern 38-30 -8 73-66 1/31/2001 H 6 Illinois 48-44 -4 98-95 (OT) 3/8/2001 N Michigan (BTT) 42-37 -5 82-80 3/18/2001 N 6 North Carolina 40-39 -1 82-74 11/21/2001 H Lafayette 31-27 -4 75-66 12/14/2002 H Northeastern 33-29 -4 79-67 1/4/2003 H Buffalo 38-29 -9 68-60 3/8/2003 H Indiana 35-32 -3 74-66 12/20/2003 H St. Francis (N.Y.) 36-32 -4 68-64 1/3/2004 H Bucknell 26-25 -1 58-46 1/7/2004 H Minnesota 45-38 -7 75-72 11/27/2004 H Sacred Heart 30-29 -1 69-61 1/22/2005 H Northwestern 28-27 -1 65-62 11/19/2005 H Cornell 29-27 -2 66-54 12/7/2005 H UMKC 28-26 -2 75-71 1/11/2006 A Northwestern 34-40 -4 65-61 2/4/2006 A 6 Illinois 39-25 -14 66-65 2/15/2006 H Indiana 35-31 -4 71-68 12/13/2006 H Long Island 29-28 # -1 66-45 12/8/2007 H Seton Hall 52-42 -10 89-86 (OT) 1/2/2008 A Northwestern 35-34 -1 79-68 12/31/2008 H Northwestern 25-21 -4 61-57 1/24/2009 H Iowa 29-22 -7 63-59 3/5/2009 H 23 Illinois 34-32 -2 64-63 2/2/2009 N Baylor (NIT) 29-25 -4 69-63 11/30/2009 A Virginia 27-21 -6 69-67 11/12/2010 H Lehigh 27-21 -6 70-68 12/4/2010 H Duquesne 33-30 -3 77-73 1/8/2011 H 18 Michigan State 36-31 -5 66-62 1/29/2011 H 17 Wisconsin 29-20 -9 56-52 11/30/2011 A Boston College 29-26 -3 62-54 12/21/2011 H Cornell 31-30 -1 74-67 11/16/2012 N Providence 16-14 -2 55-52 (OT) 2/27/2013 H 4 Michigan 39-36 -3 84-78 11/23/2013 H Bucknell 22-16 -6 60-57 11/19/2013 H La Salle 42-40 -2 79-72 12/22/2013 H Mt. St. Mary's 46-37 -9 92-82 1/23/2014 H Nebraska 29-22 -7 58-54 1/29/2014 A Ohio State 35-31 -4 71-70 2/12/2014 A Indiana 36-30 -6 66-65 2/27/2014 H Ohio State 28-26 -2 65-63 11/21/2014 N Cornell 37-28 -9 72-71 11/25/2014 H Akron 45-32 -13 78-72 12/2/2015 A Boston College 30-29 -1 67-58 12/19/2015 A Drexel 27-34 -7 63-57 1/2/2016 H Minnesota 36-32 -4 86-77 2/6/2016 H Indiana 34-33 -1 68-63 11/26/2016 A George Washington 23-32 -9 74-68 1/14/2017 H Minnesota 22-32 -10 52-50 11/15/2017 H Montana 29-24 -5 70-57 3/14/2018 H Temple (NIT) 29-24 -5 63-57 3/20/2018 A Marquette (NIT) 46-44 -2 85-80 11/27/2018 H 13 Virginia Tech 37-35 -2 63-62 12/15/2018 A Duquesne 39-32 -7 73-67 3/10/2019 H Illinois 32-31 -1 72-56 11/23/2019 H Yale 31-21 -10 58-56 12/14/2019 H Alabama 40-34 -6 73-71 1/30/2021 H 14 Wisconsin 34-31 -3 81-71 3/7/2021 A Maryland 33-23 -10 66-61 3/10/2021 N Nebraska (BTT) 37-23 -14 72-66 1/5/2022 A Northwestern 34-29 -5 74-70 1/31/2022 H Iowa 34-32 -2 90-86 (2OT) 2/25/2022 H Northwestern 28-22 -6 67-60 3/9/2022 N Minnesota (BTT) 28-24 -4 60-51 3/10/22 N Ohio State (BTT) 33-24 -9 71-68

$ – largest halftime deficit Penn State overcame to gain a victory # – largest margin of victory after trailing at halftime ^ Penn State trailed 48-28 with 14:07 left. Numerals in front of opponent indicates opponent's Associated Press poll ranking as of the date of the game.

Sites: H-RH indicates Rec Hall at University Park. H indicates Bryce Jordan Center.