Gallery # 6:
PSU Winter Sports




In 1978, Central Counties Bank started issuing
buttons for men's basketball home games only.
This continued through the 1982 season.
The next year a single button was issued for the entire
1983 men's basketball season.

In 1979 and 1980, Central Counties Bank issued
buttons for women's home basketball games only.
In 1981 through 1983, only single buttons were issued
for those women's basketball seasons.

In 1980, a single button was issued for both
the wrestling and the ice hockey teams.
This continued through the 1983 season.

Confused?

Check out the following tables:





Penn State Men's Basketball Buttons

Central Counties Bank 1978-1983


Year

Slogan

Image

1978

(home games only)


  1) Drain Ur-Sinus

  2) Skin-ya, West Virginia

  3) Try Close-Up

  4) We Try Harter

  5) TTIP PITT

  6) Nail Polish

  7) Catamounts to Nothing

  8) Deck the Dukes

  9) Slash the Flash

10) Runnova Villanova

11) Harter Slept Here

12) Navys Gravy

13) Knife the Knights


1978psumensbasketball.bmp

1979

(home games only)


  1) Upset the Teepees

  2) Daze the Knights

  3) Whip the Mules

  4) Squeeze the Orange

  5) Stuff the Owls

  6) Deck Duquesne

  7) Basket the Chickens

  8) Lance the Knights

  9) Make Hopkins Jump

10) Poor Richmond

11) Vaporize Ursinus

12) Lick the Hicks

13) Massacre UMASS

14) Plaster Pitt


1979psumensbasketball.bmp

1980

(home games only)


  1) Shoe the Mustangs

  2) Bonnies Are Gonnies

  3) Mash Morris

  4) Ring Their Bell

  5) Stuff NPuff

  6) Bad News Bears

  7) Slam Dunk Navy

  8) Needle the Rams

  9) Dog Gone

10) Hang the Hillbilly

11) Paste the Raiders

12) Skin the Cat

13) Ruff Up Rider

14) Sleigh the Huskies


1980psumensbasketball.bmp

1981

(home games only)


  1) Southern Fried Chicken

  2) Sit on Pitt

  3) Hold Those Tigers

  4) Topple the Titans

  5) Battle the Braves

  6) Squeeze and Freeze

  7) Mush the Huskies

  8) Boot the Hoots

  9) Tan Florida

10) Wham the Rams

11) Pop the Corn

12) Defoliate Indiana State

13) Bust the Broncs

14) Charge the Vikings


1981psumensbasketball.bmp

1982

(home games only)


  1) No Reservation

  2) Beat Bama

  3) Sink The Colonials

  4) Bounce The Bonnies

  5) 3 Tears, Mountaineers

  6) Make Niagra Foul

  7) This Games Hours

  8) Rock Navys Boat

  9) See Ewe Later

10) Down The Dukes

11) Curb The Terriers

12) Daze The Knights

13) Narrow Widener

14) Press Textile


1982psumensbasketball.bmp

1983

(single season button)


Nittany Hoopla


1983psumensbasketball.bmp




he Stampede

Penn State Women's Basketball Buttons

Central Counties Bank 1979-1983


Year

Slogan

Image

1979

(home games only)


 1) Nail the Engineers

  2) Peck the Hens

  3) Bag the Leopards

  4) Scalp the Red Raiders

  5) Lose the Explorers

  6) Sting the Yellow Jackets

  7) Butt the Rams

  8) Lasso the Broncos

  9) Ground the Eagles

10) Stuff the Owls

11) Vanquish the Warriors

12) Shrink Big Red

13) Swat the Flyers

14) Boston: Bull!

15) Cage the Cats

16) Fire the Bullets

17) Deny Lehigh



1979psuwomensbasketball.bmp

1980

(home games only)


1) Saddle the Broncs

2) Sting Lycoming

3) Make Em Puff

4) Bullet Proof

5) Steam Over Engineers

6) Harness the Huskies

7) Batter the Rams

8) Make Del-Aware

9) Humble the Hawks

10) Dazzle the Dutchmen

11) Lay Up Lafayette

12) Youre Through, CMU

13) Bounce Big Red

14) Ruff Em Up

15) Cage the Leopards

16) Paste Colgate

17) Pester West Chester

18) MakeEm Gravel


1980psuwomensbasketball.bmp

1981

(single season button)


1) GO LADY LIONS (white)

2) GO LADY LIONS (blue)


Could be from 1981 or 1982.

Actual size: 1-3/4" diameter.

Shown in both color versions.



1981psuwomensbasketball.bmp

1982

(single season button)

1) LOVE A LADY LION (large)

2) LOVE A LADY LION (small)


Could be from 1981 or 1982.

Actual sizes: 2-1/4" and 1-3/4".

Only one color version.


1982psuwomensbasketball.bmp

1983

(single season button)


On the Stampede


1983psuwomensbasketball.bmp





Penn State Wrestling & Ice Hockey Buttons

Central Counties Bank 1980-1983


Year

Wrestling

Ice Hockey

1980

(single season button)

1980psuwrestling.bmp
1980psuhockey.bmp

1981

(single season button)

Slogan unknown

?


1981psuhockey.bmp

1982

(single season button)

Slogan unknown

?


1982psuhockey.bmp

1983

(single season button)

1983psuwrestling.bmp
1983psuhockey.bmp





In 1984, Mellon Bank had just assumed the
button program and sure did simplify things.
A single winter sport button would now be issued
for all 4 winter sports and in 1997, women's volleyball
was added as the 5th winter sport:



 

 

Penn State Winter Sports


Mellon Bank 1984-2001

Citizens Bank 2002-2011


Year

Men's
Basketball

Women's
Basketball

Wrestling

Ice Hockey

Women's Volleyball

(starting 1997)

1984

Slogan unknown

?

Not issued

1985

#1 Hoop Group

We're On The Ball

PSU On Ice Is Nice

Not issued

1986

Not issued

1987

PSU Roundball Mania

Lady Lion HoopShoot

Not issued

1988

PSUper Hoopers

Lady Lion Hoopin' Fine in "89"

Not issued

1989

Not issued

1990

Not issued

1991

Not issued

1992

Not issued

1993

Not issued

1994

Not issued

1995

Not issued

1996

Not issued

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011