It’s Super Bowl week, folks.

Since the inception of the Super Bowl in 1967, at least one Nittany Lion has played in every Super Bowl excluding just five. This Sunday, Penn State alumni will be representing both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, which guarantees that one Penn Stater will become a Super Bowl champion.

Offensive lineman Hunter Nourzad is the only Penn Stater with the Chiefs, while the Eagles have three Penn Staters on their roster. For the Eagles, running back Saquon Barkley, wide receiver Jahan Dotson, and cornerback Tariq Castro-Fields will represent the blue and white in the big game.

Barkley has been a huge catalyst in the Eagles’ run to the Super Bowl this season with 2,005 rushing yards in the regular season and 15 touchdowns. During the playoffs, he has recorded 442 yards and five scores on the ground through three playoff games. Barkley needs 30 more yards to break the single-season rushing record including playoffs and will have to play a critical factor if the Eagles are going to win the Super Bowl.

With Barkley having a great chance of winning Super Bowl MVP on Sunday, it’s the perfect time to look back on the only Penn Stater to have been named Super Bowl MVP.

In Super Bowl IX, Franco Harris served as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ star running back against the Minnesota Vikings in New Orleans, Louisiana.

That year, Harris recorded 1,006 rushing yards and scored six touchdowns in a 14-game regular season. Heading into the Super Bowl, he rushed for 185 yards and scored five touchdowns in two playoff games.

During that Super Bowl, both teams got off to a slow start in the first quarter as neither team scored, according to Pro Football Reference. Harris only rushed for 26 yards on seven carries during the quarter. The second quarter was almost like the first, as both teams struggled to score. However, the first score of the game came in this quarter with a safety in favor of the Steelers.

Harris struggled to make an impact during the first half. However, after rushing for 12 yards on four carries during the second quarter, his last carry of the quarter was a big one. With 56 seconds left in the half, Harris broke loose for 25 yards from the Steelers’ 9-yard line to the 34-yard line. Even though the drive didn’t result in a score, this gave Pittsburgh momentum heading into the second half with the Steelers leading 2-0 over the Vikings.

Unlike the first half, the Steelers got off to a fast start in the second half. After recovering a fumble on the Vikings’ kickoff return at the beginning of the third quarter, the Steelers capitalized on this opportunity with Harris scoring the first touchdown of the game on a 9-yard run. This gave the Steelers a 9-0 lead.

That turned out to be the only score that occurred in the third quarter. Harris had recorded 22 carries for 120 yards along with a touchdown as the Steelers held a nine-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.

During the fourth quarter, Harris had his first miscue of the game as he fumbled the ball, which was recovered by the Vikings. Even though the Vikings couldn’t capitalize on the fumble, the game got tight as the Vikings scored a touchdown on the next possession on a blocked punt. This trimmed the deficit to three points as they missed the extra point with almost 10 minutes left.

On the next possession, the Steelers ran out about seven minutes of the clock, which ended with them scoring a touchdown to take a 16-6 lead. With the Steelers running the ball a lot, Harris had six carries for 14 yards in this drive and even though he didn’t score, he made his presence known.

After the Vikings threw an interception on the next drive, the Steelers tried to run out the clock by running the ball as much as possible. Harris had three carries for 18 yards in this final drive and the team trimmed the clock to 37 seconds left. The Vikings ran two more plays in the final drive and the Super Bowl ended with the Steelers winning their first Super Bowl 16-6.

Harris was named Super Bowl MVP for his historic performance. He finished the day with 158 rushing yards on 34 carries and scored a touchdown. To this day, Harris holds the record for most rushing yards by a fullback in a Super Bowl.

Barkley will aim to add his name alongside Harris as Penn Staters to have won Super Bowl MVP when the Eagles take on the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX. The game will kick off at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 9, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.