The Penn State Nittany Lions connected for 975 yards in 1956.

	TEAM	YDS	SEASON	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Penn State	975	1956	9	64	131	48.9	7.4	108.3	9	11	117.3	6.9	8.4
2	Penn State	1,187	1957	9	90	185	48.6	6.4	131.9	11	8	113.5	5.9	4.3
3	Penn State	841	1958	10	70	164	42.7	5.1	84.1	6	10	85.6	3.7	6.1
4	Penn State	1,164	1959	10	77	161	47.8	7.2	116.4	7	9	111.7	4.3	5.6
5	Penn State	914	1960	9	68	147	46.3	6.2	101.6	10	11	106.0	6.8	7.5
6	Penn State	1,391	1961	10	81	171	47.4	8.1	139.1	11	9	126.4	6.4	5.3
7	Penn State	1,344	1962	10	111	201	55.2	6.7	134.4	13	8	124.8	6.5	4.0
8	Penn State	1,284	1963	10	100	190	52.6	6.8	128.4	11	6	122.2	5.8	3.2
9	Penn State	915	1964	10	76	165	46.1	5.5	91.5	2	6	89.4	1.2	3.6
10	Penn State	1,304	1965	10	99	213	46.5	6.1	130.4	6	15	93.1	2.8	7.0
11	Penn State	1,354	1966	10	84	201	41.8	6.7	135.4	7	9	100.9	3.5	4.5
12	Penn State	1,735	1967	10	111	231	48.1	7.5	173.5	13	9	121.9	5.6	3.9
13	Penn State	1,286	1968	10	96	198	48.5	6.5	128.6	8	7	109.3	4.0	3.5
14	Penn State	1,025	1969	10	84	168	50.0	6.1	102.5	1	11	90.1	0.6	6.5
15	Penn State	1,103	1970	10	86	181	47.5	6.1	110.3	8	14	97.8	4.4	7.7
16	Penn State	1,648	1971	11	103	179	57.5	9.2	149.8	18	10	156.9	10.1	5.6
17	Penn State	2,195	1972	11	123	237	51.9	9.3	199.5	18	9	147.2	7.6	3.8
18	Penn State	1,552	1973	11	93	183	50.8	8.5	141.1	14	7	139.7	7.7	3.8
19	Penn State	1,381	1974	11	99	192	51.6	7.2	125.5	12	6	126.4	6.3	3.1
20	Penn State	1,091	1975	11	79	166	47.6	6.6	99.2	3	5	102.7	1.8	3.0
21	Penn State	1,610	1976	11	116	237	48.9	6.8	146.4	11	16	107.8	4.6	6.8
22	Penn State	2,286	1977	11	147	257	57.2	8.9	207.8	17	10	146.0	6.6	3.9
23	Penn State	1,963	1978	11	143	258	55.4	7.6	178.5	13	14	125.1	5.0	5.4
24	Penn State	1,337	1979	11	106	215	49.3	6.2	121.5	8	13	101.7	3.7	6.0
25	Penn State	1,332	1980	11	97	210	46.2	6.3	121.1	10	15	100.9	4.8	7.1

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More Penn State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,664

Becht

RUSH

278

Hansen

REC

510

Sowell

Team Rankings

PPG

28.7

76th

OPP PPG

18.9

35th

RUSH YDS/G

130.7

128th

PASS YDS/G

253.4

49th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
14	Rutgers	1-2	2-4
15	Washington	1-3	4-3
16	Penn State	0-4	3-4
17	Maryland	0-4	2-5
18	Michigan State	0-4	2-5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	PUR	@	PSU	4:15 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
Sat 11/28	PSU	@	MD	1:00 PM

Last Game

Penn State

3 - 4

Final

Michigan

4 - 2

Sat 17 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

2,007

Sayin

Rush Yards Leaders

867

Roberts

838

Burgess

837

Bishop

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

796

Myers

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

20

Weigman

19

Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

14

Hawkins

13

Baugh

13

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

9

Duff

QB Rating Leaders

203.9

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Stevens

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

48.5

43.0

42.9

42.7

42.2

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.2

12.9

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

559.5

533.8

527.0

517.7

512.6

Rush Yards Rankings

357.5

343.0

303.5

298.5

272.4

239.8

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

347.0

333.0

329.5

325.2

323.1

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

24.0

22.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	6	0	1.000
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	2	.667
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	4	2	.667
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Kansas State	4	2	.667
11	Arizona State	3	3	.500
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	3	.500
14	West Virginia	4	3	.571
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	6	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	6	1	.857
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	1	.833
6	Northwestern	5	1	.833
7	Minnesota	4	2	.667
8	Oregon	4	2	.667
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	2	.667
13	Illinois	3	3	.500
14	Rutgers	2	4	.333
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	5	.286

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	1	.857
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	5	2	.714
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	5	2	.714
8	Mississippi State	4	2	.667
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	2	.667
11	Oklahoma	3	3	.500
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	3	.571
14	South Carolina	3	3	.500
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	6	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	5	1	.833
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	2	.714
8	California	3	4	.429
9	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
10	Virginia	4	3	.571
11	Georgia Tech	2	4	.333
12	Duke	4	2	.667
13	Boston College	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	Stanford	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
3	Air Force	5	1	.833
4	Wyoming	4	3	.571
5	San Jose State	4	3	.571
6	UNLV	4	3	.571
7	Nevada	2	4	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	6	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	1	6	.143

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	5	2	.714
2	Western Michigan	5	2	.714
3	Eastern Michigan	4	4	.500
4	Buffalo	4	3	.571
5	Bowling Green	2	5	.286
6	Toledo	5	2	.714
7	Miami (OH)	4	3	.571
8	Kent State	2	5	.286
9	Central Michigan	3	4	.429
10	Ball State	2	5	.286
11	UMass	4	3	.571
12	Akron	1	6	.143
13	Sacramento State	1	6	.143

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	4	2	.667
3	Army	4	2	.667
4	Memphis	5	2	.714
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	4	2	.667
7	East Carolina	3	3	.500
8	Tulane	3	3	.500
9	Charlotte	1	6	.143
10	Temple	2	5	.286
11	South Florida	5	2	.714
12	Tulsa	4	3	.571
13	Navy	2	4	.333
14	Rice	1	6	.143

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
4	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	0	1.000
2	Louisiana Tech	4	2	.667
3	South Alabama	4	3	.571
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	Louisiana	5	2	.714
6	Appalachian State	4	2	.667
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	3	.500
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	5	.286
12	Southern Miss	1	5	.167
13	Louisiana-Monroe	0	6	.000
14	Marshall	4	3	.571