penn state return touchdowns alltime including playoffs

The Penn State Nittany Lions have 116 touchdowns on returns in the regular season and postseason all-time.

	TEAM	RET TD	SEASON	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Penn State		1977	11	19	373	19.6	33.9	0	32	422	13.2	38.4	5
2	Penn State		1978	11	20	418	20.9	38.0	0	46	591	12.8	53.7	3
3	Penn State		1979	11	34	803	23.6	73.0	1	28	191	6.8	17.4	0
4	Penn State		1980	11	22	586	26.6	53.3	2	42	328	7.8	29.8	1
5	Penn State		1981	11	27	453	16.8	41.2	0	26	246	9.5	22.4	0
6	Penn State		1982	11	25	520	20.8	47.3	0	38	500	13.2	45.5	1
7	Penn State		1983	12	42	718	17.1	59.8	0	32	324	10.1	27.0	1
8	Penn State		1984	11	33	621	18.8	56.5	0	30	162	5.4	14.7	0
9	Penn State		1985	11	25	569	22.8	51.7	0	34	305	9.0	27.7	0
10	Penn State		1986	11	30	738	24.6	67.1	1	47	375	8.0	34.1	0
11	Penn State		1987	11	41	713	17.4	64.8	0	44	396	9.0	36.0	2
12	Penn State		1988	11	41	766	18.7	69.6	0	29	253	8.7	23.0	2
13	Penn State		1989	11	30	534	17.8	48.5	0	32	396	12.4	36.0	2
14	Penn State		1990	11	25	685	27.4	62.3	0	49	536	10.9	48.7	0
15	Penn State		1991	12	30	542	18.1	45.2	0	47	440	9.4	36.7	0
16	Penn State		1992	11	32	640	20.0	58.2	0	33	497	15.1	45.2	1
17	Penn State		1993	11	31	645	20.8	58.6	0	38	546	14.4	49.6	0
18	Penn State		1994	11	28	574	20.5	52.2	0	28	340	12.1	30.9	1
19	Penn State		1995	11	42	814	19.4	74.0	0	32	300	9.4	27.3	0
20	Penn State		1996	12	30	610	20.3	50.8	0	40	364	9.1	30.3	3
21	Penn State		1997	11	43	886	20.6	80.5	0	31	199	6.4	18.1	0
22	Penn State		1998	11	26	434	16.7	39.5	0	45	476	10.6	43.3	1
23	Penn State		1999	12	39	826	21.2	68.8	0	53	577	10.9	48.1	2
24	Penn State	2	2000	12	43	896	20.8	74.7	0	27	122	4.5	10.2	0
25	Penn State	4	2001	11	35	712	20.3	64.7	1	25	311	12.4	28.3	3
	Average	3.5		8.6	22.9	463.1	20.3	43.9	0.2	24.7	239.9	9.7	22.7	0.7
	Total	116		591	1,280	25,931	20.3	43.9	9	1,381	13,435	9.7	22.7	37

Unlock 2x data

StatMuse has team, season-level data for touchdown returns going back to the 1977 season.

More CFB News

Missouri jumped Florida in AP Top 25 but some voters couldn't get past the Gators' win over Ole Miss

Oct 5, 2026

Oklahoma facing QB questions heading into rivalry week against No. 1 Texas

Oct 4, 2026

Texas Tech returns to CFP bracket based on AP Top 25 and BYU would get home field for opener

Oct 4, 2026

Missouri jumps to No. 14, sends Florida plummeting in the AP Top 25; SEC has 5 teams in the top 10 and Pitt cracks poll

Oct 4, 2026

Missouri makes big jump to No. 14 in AP Top 25 with rout of Gators; Texas No. 1 for 4th week in row

Oct 4, 2026

Weaver throws 2 TD passes, San Jose State wins 6th straight against Hawaii, 20-16

Oct 4, 2026

More Penn State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,108

Becht

RUSH

212

Peoples

REC

344

Howard

Team Rankings

PPG

32.0

63rd

OPP PPG

16.0

27th

RUSH YDS/G

156.4

82nd

PASS YDS/G

243.6

65th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
11	Purdue	1-1	2-3
12	Michigan	0-2	3-2
13	Penn State	0-2	3-2
14	Washington	0-2	3-2
15	Illinois	0-2	2-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	USC	@	PSU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	PSU	@	MICH	1:00 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

Last Game

Penn State

3 - 2

Final

Northwestern

3 - 1

Fri 2 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200