Military Appreciation Day at Penn State will be a chance for the school to honor one of its own.
The Nittany Lions will mark the life of Lieutenant Michael Murphy, who died in Afghanistan in 2005, with a special coin that will be used for the pregame coin toss against Temple on Saturday.
The coin being flipped for the Military Appreciation Day toss memorializes Penn Stater Lt Michael Murphy #VeteransDay pic.twitter.com/JfcIN8Yd0b
— Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) November 11, 2014
Murphy, a United States Navy SEAL officer, was awarded the Medal of Honor. He graduated from Penn State in 1998 with degrees in political science and psychology.