how many passing yards does penn state allow per game

The Penn State Nittany Lions have 177.56 opponent passing yards per game played all-time.

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Data note: Opponent Passing Yards: team season data complete from 1956

	TEAM	OPP YDS/GP	OPP YDS	GP	SEASON	OPP CMP	OPP ATT	OPP PCT	OPP AVG	OPP TD	OPP INT	OPP RTG	OPP TD%	OPP INT%
1	Penn State	48.22	434	9	1956	30	111	27.0	3.9	2	18	33.4	1.8	16.2
2	Penn State	119.44	1,075	9	1957	61	147	41.5	7.3	8	11	105.9	5.4	7.5
3	Penn State	88.1	881	10	1958	62	176	35.2	5.0	3	27	52.2	1.7	15.3
4	Penn State	108	1,080	10	1959	73	183	39.9	5.9	4	22	72.6	2.2	12.0
5	Penn State	105.33	948	9	1960	72	155	46.5	6.1	4	14	88.3	2.6	9.0
6	Penn State	107.9	1,079	10	1961	85	175	48.6	6.2	11	14	105.1	6.3	8.0
7	Penn State	122.1	1,221	10	1962	93	203	45.8	6.0	8	20	89.6	3.9	9.9
8	Penn State	107.4	1,074	10	1963	92	201	45.8	5.3	6	15	85.6	3.0	7.5
9	Penn State	79.9	799	10	1964	69	183	37.7	4.4	6	17	66.6	3.3	9.3
10	Penn State	116.4	1,164	10	1965	100	195	51.3	6.0	5	13	96.6	2.6	6.7
11	Penn State	132.8	1,328	10	1966	101	238	42.4	5.6	9	19	85.8	3.8	8.0
12	Penn State	171	1,710	10	1967	130	272	47.8	6.3	10	25	94.4	3.7	9.2
13	Penn State	173.9	1,739	10	1968	133	288	46.2	6.0	9	25	89.9	3.1	8.7
14	Penn State	96.2	962	10	1969	86	211	40.8	4.6	3	24	61.0	1.4	11.4
15	Penn State	164.8	1,648	10	1970	123	240	51.2	6.9	7	26	96.9	2.9	10.8
16	Penn State	139.27	1,532	11	1971	133	282	47.2	5.4	10	28	84.6	3.5	9.9
17	Penn State	179.55	1,975	11	1972	148	303	48.8	6.5	13	17	106.5	4.3	5.6
18	Penn State	127.73	1,405	11	1973	113	262	43.1	5.4	7	19	82.5	2.7	7.3
19	Penn State	143.09	1,574	11	1974	112	252	44.4	6.2	8	14	96.3	3.2	5.6
20	Penn State	109.73	1,207	11	1975	97	225	43.1	5.4	3	13	81.0	1.3	5.8
21	Penn State	143.64	1,580	11	1976	111	249	44.6	6.3	7	17	93.5	2.8	6.8
22	Penn State	172.82	1,901	11	1977	143	285	50.2	6.7	7	17	102.4	2.5	6.0
23	Penn State	149.45	1,644	11	1978	141	321	43.9	5.1	6	28	75.7	1.9	8.7
24	Penn State	145	1,595	11	1979	110	247	44.5	6.5	8	14	98.1	3.2	5.7
25	Penn State	140.36	1,544	11	1980	126	266	47.4	5.8	7	17	92.0	2.6	6.4
	Average	177.56	1594.1	9.0		135.3	256.0	52.9	6.2	8.5	12.5	106.1	3.2	4.9
	Total	177.56	143,465	808		12,178	23,040	52.9	6.2	746	1,128	106.1	3.2	4.9

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More Penn State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,079

Becht

RUSH

493

Hansen

REC

635

Sowell

Team Rankings

PPG

28.9

66th

OPP PPG

19.3

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

150.9

87th

PASS YDS/G

244.7

51st

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Northwestern	3-3	6-3
10	Minnesota	3-3	5-4
11	Penn State	2-4	5-4
12	Washington	2-4	5-4
13	Michigan	2-4	5-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	MINN	@	PSU	7:00 PM
Sat 11/21	RUTG	@	PSU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/28	PSU	@	MD	1:00 PM

Last Game

Penn State

5 - 4

Final

Washington

5 - 4

Sat 7 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

28

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

517.0

516.6

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	5	5	.500
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	3	.700
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333