Paterno will not coach PSU Saturday against Temple

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11/09/2006 - University Park, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Penn State Nittany Lions will be without head coach Joe Paterno on the sidelines for just the third time in his career when his squad hosts the Temple Owls on Saturday.

Paterno went over the game plan with his coaching staff from his hospital room on Thursday before informing them he would not coach on Saturday.

"You guys know what you're doing, and what we've mapped out," Paterno told his staff. "I don't need to be there creating a distraction. Enough on me; let's get back to football."

Paterno suffered a tibial plateau fracture of his left leg and tore the medial collateral ligament and posterior cruciate ligament in his knee last Saturday when Wisconsin defender DeAndre Levy's helmet drove into his knee following a pass to tight end Andrew Quarless early in the third quarter of Penn State's 13-3 loss.

He then had surgery on the leg on last Monday. The procedure was performed by Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli, who recommended Paterno not be on the field Saturday as to not jeopardize his recovery.

This will be just the third game Paterno will miss in his 57 years at Penn State and just his second as the school's head football coach. Paterno missed a 1955 game at Army when he was an assistant coach due to the death of his father.

Then as a head coach, Paterno did not attend a 1977 game against Syracuse because his son David was involved in a serious trampoline accident the day before the game.

Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley and offensive coordinator Galen Hall were informed to talk out any in-game decisions that may arise, with Bradley holding the final say if an agreement can't be reached because, "he's been around the longest," Paterno said.

After Temple, the Nittany Lions have just one regular season game remaining, a November 18th tilt against Michigan State. Paterno's status for that game will be determined next week.

Paterno is 360-121-3 in his 41 years as the Nittany Lions head football coach.

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