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Two of the giants in college football coaching now have something else in common -- 300 career wins.

Former Alabama coach Bear Bryant won his 300th game on Oct. 3, 1980 with a 45-0 pasting of Kentucky in Birmingham. He said at the time, "I was surprised and delighted when one of our captains presented me with the game ball. I'm going to give it to the University. We'll put the score on it and put in the trophy room ... 50 years from now the players can bring their kids by and say they were part of it."

Paterno had these thoughts in August, 1998 before getting his 300th win. "I never thought I would get to 100 to be honest with you. I never thought I would stay in coaching that long. I think anybody who figures on staying in it as long as I have has got to be a little kooky, and maybe that explains it. I have had a great trip. The hard part I have responding to questions such as that is the fact that there is a tremendous tendency to overlook a group of coaches and a bunch of great athletes who have been a part of this thing and the administration has been so supportive through the years. I hate to have people zero in as if this is a personal achievement because it is a program achievement. In that sense, that is great."

But, a month later on Sept. 12, 1998, an emotional Paterno spoke to his players who formed a circle around him and to the 96,000 plus fans who remained in Beaver Stadium after he reached the special milestone.

"I'm so overwhelmed. I can't tell you how filled up I am with memories, people, all the years."

"I've loved every minute of my 48 years at Penn State."

"I've savored every moment over the years."

"I love every one of you. We are ......"

The crowd responded "Penn State."

Ever the coach, Paterno returned to the microphone a few seconds later to say, "One more thing. Now we get to play Pitt."

	Joe Paterno	Bear Bryant	Glenn Pop Warner	Amos Alonzo Stagg	John Gagliardi	Eddie Robinson
Date of birth	Dec. 21, 1926	Sept. 11, 1913	April 5, 1871	Aug. 16, 1862	Nov. 1, 1926	Feb. 13, 1919
Where born	Brooklyn, N.Y.	Moro Bottoms, Ark.	Springville, N.Y.	West Orange, N.J.	Trinidad, Colo.	Jackson, La.
Alma Mater	Brown, 1951	Alabama, 1936	Cornell, 1895	Yale, 1888	Colorado College, 1949	Leland (La.), 1941
Years in coaching	34th year	38 years	44 years	57 years	51st year	55 years
All-time record	307-80-3	323-85-17	319-106-32	314-199-35	353-105-11	408-165-15
Winning %	79.1	78.0	73.3	60.5	76.4	70.7
School Where Coaching For 300th Win	Penn State	Alabama	Temple	Pacific	St. John's (Minnesota)	Grambling
Game # When 300th win came	380th game	393rd game	415th game	507th game	405th game	411th game
Against what opponent	Bowling Green	Kentucky	Villanova	St. Mary's (Calif.)	Bethel College	Florida A & M
Game date	Sept. 12, 1998	Oct. 3, 1980	Nov. 24, 1934	Nov. 6, 1943	Oct. 16, 1993	Sept. 25, 1982
Game score	48-3	45-0	22-0	19-7	77-12	43-21
Game location	State College, Pa.	Birmingham, Ala.	Philadelphia, Pa.	Stockton, Calif.	at Bethel in St. Paul, Minn.	Tallahassee, Fla.
Age when 300th win came	71	67	63	81	66	63

Paterno and John Gagliardi are active coaches, born in the same year, and are still building their win-loss portfolios. Gagliardi's Johnnies compete in Division III.