Timeline: Jerry Sandusky Scandal and Joe Paterno Firing

Sep 17, 1966

Joe Paterno coached his first Penn State football game as head coach

Paterno won his first football game as head coach against Maryland 15-7.
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Source: Sports References

Sep 20, 1969

Jerry Sandusky coached his first game as Penn State's defensive line coach

Penn State played Navy and won 45-22.
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Source: Sports References

Nov 8, 1990

Presdient George Bush announced The Second Mile as the country's 294 "point of light"

The Second Mile</a></a></a></a> — a charitable organization for underprivelaged children — was founded by Sandusky in 1977.
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Source: Deadspin

Jan 1, 1998

Sandusky announced Victim No. 4 as a member of his family party for the Outback Bowl

Sandusky brought the boy he allegedly abused to the Outback Bowl game between Georgia and Wisconsin.
Source: ESPN

Mar 1, 2002

Then-graduate assistant Mike McQueary witnessed Sandusky raping a boy in the shower, identified as victim No. 2

The first Victim was reported in 1994, but Mike McQueary was the first to witness sexual abuse in 2002.
Photo By Sports Illustrated
Source: The Huffington Post

Nov 5, 2011

Jerry Sandusky was arrested for sex charges and released on $100,000 bail

Jerry Sandusky was charged on 40 counts for sex charges including sexual intercourse, indecent assault, and endangering the welfare of a child.
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Source: Witf

Nov 6, 2011

The Second Mile released its first statement about the Sandusky scandal

Officials of The Second Mile claim none of the alleged sex charges occurred within the perimiters of their program.
Photo by The Second Mile
Source: The Second Mile