STATE COLLEGE, PA. -- Injured Penn State coach Joe Paterno cannot coach from the sideline Saturda... Injury benches Paterno...

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STATE COLLEGE, PA. -- Injured Penn State coach Joe Paterno cannot coach from the sideline Saturday against Temple, but may still run the team from the press box, a team doctor said yesterday.

Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli said the 79-year-old Paterno remained hospitalized and the coach would not return to practice this week. The doctor called Paterno's release from the hospital a "day-to-day" decision and said the coach might be able to put weight on the leg in about six weeks.

Paterno has missed only one game in his 41-year head-coaching career -- in 1977 after his son, David, was involved in an accident. He also missed one game as an assistant.

The doctor, though, said he expects Paterno back next season and even allowed for the possibility that the coach could be on the sideline for a bowl game as long as he was off his feet.

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