#5 Penn State Nittany Lions

The Penn State Nittany Lions were 10-1 in 1977. They emerged victorious over the Arizona State Sun Devils, 42 to 30, in the Fiesta Bowl on December 25, 1977.

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sun 12/25	@	ASU	W 42-30
Sat 11/26	@	PITT	W 15-13
Sat 11/12	vs	TEM	W 44-7
Sat 11/5	@	NCST	W 21-17
Sat 10/29	vs	MIA	W 49-7

1977 Stats

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	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	348	4,646	865	5.4	2,360	608	3.9	2,286	257	8.9
Team Rank		14th	9th	16th	18th	55th	47th	63rd	13th	41st	7th
Opponent	11	157	3,256		4.1	1,355	513	2.6	1,901	285	6.7
Opponent Rank		87th	50th		35th	18th	40th	11th	128th	137th	80th
Net		+191	+1,390	+865	+1.3	+1,005	+95	+1.2	+385	-28	+2.2
Net Rank		13th	14th	16th	22nd	27th	32nd	26th	32nd	93rd	17th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

227

Sheppard

200

Woodson

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

465.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

428.0

417.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	Virginia	1	0	1.000
3	Duke	1	0	1.000
4	Florida State	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	SMU	0	0
11	Boston College	0	1	.000
12	California	0	1	.000
13	Clemson	0	1	.000
14	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
15	Louisville	0	1	.000
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000