Penn State Honors Joe Paterno in Video Tribute During Temple Game

The Penn State Nittany Lions honored the legacy of former head coach Joe Paterno in a video during the first half of Saturday's game against Temple.

DKPittsburghSports.com's Audrey Snyder captured footage of the tribute that played on the videoboard at Beaver Stadium:

Jan Murphy of the Patriot-News relayed another video that showed fans in attendance giving a standing ovation:

David Wharton of the Los Angeles Times passed along a statement from athletic director Sandy Barbour, who said Penn State planned a tribute that would "focus on the commitment [Paterno] had to student-athletes and academics, as well as highlights of the 1966 game."

Paterno made his head coaching debut for the Nittany Lions in 1966, with Saturday serving as the 50th anniversary of his first stint on the sideline in State College.

In 2011, Paterno was fired following 45 years at the helm after former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was arrested on charges of child abuse.

According to the New York Times' Joe Drape, a graduate assistant with the football team alerted Paterno that he had witnessed Sandusky sexually abusing a boy in a shower at the school's football facility in 2001. According to Drape, Paterno did not report the attack to police.

Shortly after Paterno was fired by the Penn State board of trustees, it was revealed he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. He died in January 2012.

Five months later, Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys. He was subsequently sentenced to 30-60 years in prison.

In August, Sandusky, 72, returned to court when he initiated an appeal of the sentence that figures to span the remainder of his life.