penn state player most passing completions in a game regular season and playoffs

Sean Clifford and Matt McGloin are tied for the most completions for Penn State in a regular-season or postseason game, with 35 completions.

	NAME	CMP	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Sean Clifford S. Clifford	35	10/30/2021	PSU	@	OSU	52	67.3	361	6.9	1	1	128.1	1.9	1.9	4	22
2	Matt McGloin M. McGloin	35	10/6/2012	PSU	vs	NW	51	68.6	282	5.5	2	0	128.0	3.9	0.0
3	Christian Hackenberg C. Hackenberg	34	12/27/2014	PSU	vs	BC	50	68.0	371	7.4	4	0	156.7	8.0	0.0	2	14
4	Wally Richardson W. Richardson	33	9/30/1995	PSU	vs	WIS	48	68.8	259	5.4	1	0	121.0	2.1	0.0
5	Sean Clifford S. Clifford	32	10/29/2022	PSU	vs	OSU	47	68.1	371	7.9	3	3	142.7	6.4	6.4	3	18
6	Trace McSorley T. McSorley	32	12/30/2017	PSU	vs	WASH	41	78.0	342	8.3	2	2	154.5	4.9	4.9	1	1
7	Christian Hackenberg C. Hackenberg	32	8/30/2014	PSU	@	UCF	47	68.1	454	9.7	1	2	147.7	2.1	4.3	2	17
8	Trace McSorley T. McSorley	31	9/23/2017	PSU	@	IOWA	48	64.6	284	5.9	1	1	117.0	2.1	2.1	3	7
9	Christian Hackenberg C. Hackenberg	31	10/25/2014	PSU	vs	OSU	49	63.3	224	4.6	1	2	100.2	2.0	4.1	5	35
10	Drew Allar D. Allar	30	10/12/2024	PSU	@	USC	43	69.8	391	9.1	2	3	147.5	4.7	7.0	0	0
11	Christian Hackenberg C. Hackenberg	30	10/5/2013	PSU	@	IND	55	54.5	340	6.2	3	0	124.5	5.5	0.0	1	5
12	Daryll Clark D. Clark	29	9/5/2009	PSU	vs	AKR	40	72.5	353	8.8	3	1	166.4	7.5	2.5
13	Zack Mills Z. Mills	29	10/9/2004	PSU	vs	PUR	49	59.2	293	6.0	1	0	116.1	2.0	0.0
14	Sean Clifford S. Clifford	28	9/18/2021	PSU	vs	AUB	32	87.5	280	8.8	2	1	175.4	6.3	3.1	0	0
15	Sean Clifford S. Clifford	27	11/6/2021	PSU	@	MD	47	57.4	363	7.7	3	0	143.4	6.4	0.0	3	16
16	Sean Clifford S. Clifford	27	11/7/2020	PSU	vs	MD	57	47.4	340	6.0	3	2	107.8	5.3	3.5	7	57
17	Matt McGloin M. McGloin	27	10/27/2012	PSU	vs	OSU	45	60.0	327	7.3	2	1	131.3	4.4	2.2
18	Matt McGloin M. McGloin	27	9/1/2012	PSU	vs	OHIO	48	56.3	260	5.4	2	1	111.3	4.2	2.1
19	Zack Mills Z. Mills	27	11/1/2003	PSU	vs	OSU	42	64.3	253	6.0	1	1	118.0	2.4	2.4
20	Rashard Casey R. Casey	27	11/4/2000	PSU	vs	IOWA	51	52.9	302	5.9	1	1	105.2	2.0	2.0
21	Rocco Becht R. Becht	26	10/2/2026	PSU	@	NW	41	63.4	243	5.9	1	2	111.5	2.4	4.9	1	7
22	Sean Clifford S. Clifford	26	9/27/2019	PSU	@	MD	31	83.9	398	12.8	3	1	217.2	9.7	3.2	0	0
23	Trace McSorley T. McSorley	26	11/4/2017	PSU	@	MSU	47	55.3	381	8.1	3	3	131.7	6.4	6.4	3	13
24	Matt McGloin M. McGloin	26	10/20/2012	PSU	@	IOWA	38	68.4	289	7.6	2	0	149.7	5.3	0.0
25	Drew Allar D. Allar	25	11/4/2023	PSU	@	MD	34	73.5	240	7.1	4	0	171.6	11.8	0.0	0	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

1,397

Becht

RUSH

232

Peoples

REC

359

Sowell

Team Rankings

PPG

30.5

66th

OPP PPG

18.5

36th

RUSH YDS/G

141.7

105th

PASS YDS/G

251.2

54th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
14	Michigan	0-2	3-2
15	Rutgers	0-2	1-4
16	Penn State	0-3	3-3
17	Maryland	0-3	2-4
18	Michigan State	0-3	2-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	PSU	@	MICH	3:30 PM
Sat 10/31	PUR	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	PSU	@	WASH	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	MINN	@	PSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/21	RUTG	@	PSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

USC

6 - 1

Final

Penn State

3 - 3

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

838

Burgess

835

Riley

828

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Stokes

18

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

554.8

533.8

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

303.5

299.4

295.5

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	San Diego State	2	4	.333
4	Fresno State	4	2	.667
5	Texas State	3	3	.500
6	Utah State	2	4	.333
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Iowa	5	1	.833
7	Nebraska	5	1	.833
8	Minnesota	4	2	.667
9	Purdue	3	4	.429
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Washington	4	3	.571
14	Michigan	3	2	.600
15	Rutgers	1	4	.200
16	Penn State	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	Army	3	2	.600
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Temple	2	4	.333
10	South Florida	4	2	.667
11	Navy	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
7	Louisiana	4	2	.667
8	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333