Joe Paterno, who built a legacy through 46 celebrated years as head football coach at Penn State University only to see it shaken by a child sex abuse scandal involving a longtime top assistant coach, has died of complications from lung cancer. He was 85.

"He fought hard until the end, stayed positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed his life had been," his family said in a statement announcing his death Sunday. "He was a man devoted to his family, his university, his players and his community."

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Here's a look at some of Paterno's milestone wins:

September 17, 1966: Paterno wins in his first game as head coach at Penn State after 16 years as an assistant. The Nittany Lions beat Maryland, 15-7. In Paterno’s first season, the team goes 5-5. The team doesn’t finish at or worse than .500 again until 1988, when it falls to 5-6.

January 1, 1969: Quarterback Chuck Burkhart scores with 15 seconds left in the Orange Bowl to bring Penn State within one point of Kansas. Paterno elects to go for the two-point conversion rather than kicking the extra point and settling for a tie. The first attempt fails but is waived off when Kansas is penalized for having too many men on the field. The second attempt is successful, giving Penn State a 15-14 win and Paterno his first of two consecutive and five overall undefeated seasons.

January 1, 1983: No. 2 Penn State never trails in beating top-ranked Georgia 27-23 in the Sugar Bowl. The win gives Paterno his first national championship.

January 2, 1987: No. 2 Penn State beats No. 1 Miami, 14-10. In a winner-take-all Fiesta Bowl. A red-zone stop by the defense in the final minute gives Paterno his second national championship in five years.

January 2, 1995: Penn State beats Oregon, 38-20, in the Rose Bowl. The win makes Paterno the first and only coach to have won the four big New Year’s Day bowls (Rose, Sugar, Cotton and Orange.) Penn State finished the season undefeated and ranked second in the polls and won its first of three Big Ten championships under Paterno. Nebraska also was undefeated and won the national championship.

October 27, 2001: Penn State beats Ohio State, 29-27. For Paterno, it is career victory No. 324, and he passes the late Paul “Bear” Bryant for most wins among major college coaches.

May 16, 2006: Paterno is elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.

November 6, 2010: Paterno earns career victory No. 400 when Penn State beats Northwestern, 35-21. The Nittany Lions had trailed 21-0. He is the first FBS coach to reach that mark.

October 29, 2011: Win No. 409 moves Paterno past Eddie Robinson among Division I coaches.

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