Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	276	4,124	800	5.2	2,381	538	4.4	1,743	262	6.7
Team Rank		40th	40th	41st	40th	26th	28th	26th	65th	68th	58th
Opponent	11	209	3,676		4.7	1,341	450	3.0	2,335	335	7.0
Opponent Rank		30th	30th		32nd	12th	20th	12th	81st	81st	62nd
Net		+67	+448	+800	+0.5	+1,040	+88	+1.4	-592	-73	-0.3
Net Rank		33rd	33rd	41st	31st	17th	23rd	14th	84th	80th	62nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Matt Knizner M. Knizner	11	113	223	50.7	20.3	1,478	6.6	134.4	7	12	105.9	3.1	5.4
Tom Bill T. Bill	11	16	36	44.4	3.3	247	6.9	22.5	2	4	98.2	5.6	11.1
Lance Lonergan L. Lonergan	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	12	12.0	1.1	0	0	200.8	0.0	0.0
Chris Clauss C. Clauss	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0	0	150.4	0.0	0.0
Blair Thomas B. Thomas	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Blair Thomas B. Thomas	11	268	24.4	1,414	5.3	128.5	11	291	1,714
John Greene J. Greene	11	90	8.2	473	5.3	43.0	8	99	555
Matt Knizner M. Knizner	11	57	5.2	-92	-1.6	-8.4	0
Gary Brown G. Brown	11	42	3.8	273	6.5	24.8	3	45	292
Leroy Thompson L. Thompson	11	20	1.8	57	2.9	5.2	0
Sean Barowski S. Barowski	11	19	1.7	65	3.4	5.9	0	22	106
Tom Bill T. Bill	11	11	1.0	32	2.9	2.9	0
Sean Redman S. Redman	11	10	0.9	28	2.8	2.5	0	11	34
Sam Gash S. Gash	11	8	0.7	19	2.4	1.7	1	9	23
Mike Alexander M. Alexander	11	4	0.4	40	10.0	3.6	0	24	326
Odell Wilson O. Wilson	11	4	0.4	16	4.0	1.5	0
Michael Timpson M. Timpson	11	3	0.3	39	13.0	3.5	0	22	335
Ray Roundtree R. Roundtree	11	1	0.1	9	9.0	0.8	0	15	356
Darin Roberts D. Roberts	11	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	0	2	16

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Blair Thomas B. Thomas	11	23	2.1	300	13.0	27.3	2	291	1,714
Mike Alexander M. Alexander	11	20	1.8	286	14.3	26.0	0	24	326
Michael Timpson M. Timpson	11	19	1.7	296	15.6	26.9	0	22	335
Ray Roundtree R. Roundtree	11	14	1.3	347	24.8	31.5	5	15	356
Paul Pomfret P. Pomfret	11	13	1.2	116	8.9	10.5	1
Jim Coates J. Coates	11	12	1.1	99	8.3	9.0	1
John Greene J. Greene	11	9	0.8	82	9.1	7.5	0	99	555
Bob Mrosko B. Mrosko	11	5	0.5	62	12.4	5.6	0
Sean Barowski S. Barowski	11	3	0.3	41	13.7	3.7	0	22	106
Todd Young T. Young	11	3	0.3	31	10.3	2.8	0
Gary Brown G. Brown	11	3	0.3	19	6.3	1.7	0	45	292
John Wolfe J. Wolfe	11	2	0.2	20	10.0	1.8	0
Daryl DeCohen D. DeCohen	11	1	0.1	20	20.0	1.8	0
Darin Roberts D. Roberts	11	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	0	2	16
Eric Gudger E. Gudger	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0
Sean Redman S. Redman	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0	11	34
Sam Gash S. Gash	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	9	23

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Brian Chizmar B. Chizmar	11	3	18	6	0
Dwayne Downing D. Downing	11	2	38	19	1
Gary Wilkerson G. Wilkerson	11	2	16	8	0
Pete Giftopoulos P. Giftopoulos	11	1	2	2	0
Marques Henderson M. Henderson	11	1	0	0	0
Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Blair Thomas B. Thomas	11	11	2	13			78
Eric Etze E. Etze	11				7	27	48
John Greene J. Greene	11	8	0	8			48
Matt Knizner M. Knizner	11	0		7			42
Ray Roundtree R. Roundtree	11	0	5	5			30
Gary Brown G. Brown	11	3	0	3			18
Tom Bill T. Bill	11	0		2			12
Ray Tarasi R. Tarasi	11				1	7	10
Jim Coates J. Coates	11		1	1			6
Dwayne Downing D. Downing	11			1			6
Sam Gash S. Gash	11	1	0	1			6
Paul Pomfret P. Pomfret	11		1	1			6
Rich Schonewolf R. Schonewolf	11			1			6
Michael Timpson M. Timpson	11	0	0	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Jim Coates J. Coates	11	8	150	18.8	0	27	182	6.7	0
Michael Timpson M. Timpson	11					15	162	10.8	1
Leroy Thompson L. Thompson	11	10	245	24.5	0
Gary Wilkerson G. Wilkerson	11	6	120	20.0	0
Gary Brown G. Brown	11	4	71	17.8	0
Blair Thomas B. Thomas	11	4	58	14.5	0
Todd Young T. Young	11	3	10	3.3	0
Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	11	2	24	12.0	0
John Greene J. Greene	11	2	17	8.5	0
Rich Schonewolf R. Schonewolf	11					1	52	52.0	1
Sean Barowski S. Barowski	11	1	10	10.0	0
Sam Gash S. Gash	11	1	8	8.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Eric Etze E. Etze	11	7	11	63.6						27	27	100.0	48
	Ray Tarasi R. Tarasi	11	1	5	20.0						7	7	100.0	10

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Chris Clauss C. Clauss	11	62	2,511	40.5

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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