#11 Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	280	4,133	789	5.2	1,999	511	3.9	2,134	278	7.7
Team Rank		45th	48th	51st	41st	42nd	35th	47th	52nd	67th	26th
Opponent	11	155	3,063		4.0	1,040	401	2.6	2,023	361	5.6
Opponent Rank		9th	11th		10th	7th	11th	8th	42nd	85th	9th
Net		+125	+1,070	+789	+1.2	+959	+110	+1.3	+111	-83	+2.1
Net Rank		24th	22nd	51st	19th	21st	21st	22nd	41st	87th	11th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Tony Sacca T. Sacca	11	122	249	49.0	22.6	1,866	7.5	169.6	10	9	118.0	4.0	3.6
Tom Bill T. Bill	11	15	26	57.7	2.4	235	9.0	21.4	1	0	146.3	3.8	0.0
Matt Nardolillo M. Nardolillo	11	2	2	100.0	0.2	21	10.5	1.9	0	0	188.2	0.0	0.0
Bill Spoor B. Spoor	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	12	12.0	1.1	0	0	200.8	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Leroy Thompson L. Thompson	11	152	13.8	573	3.8	52.1	8	172	818
Sam Gash S. Gash	11	95	8.6	315	3.3	28.6	5	108	468
Gary Brown G. Brown	11	82	7.5	359	4.4	32.6	2	92	452
Tony Sacca T. Sacca	11	51	4.6	137	2.7	12.5	1
Gerry Collins G. Collins	11	41	3.7	165	4.0	15.0	1	43	218
Shelly Hammonds S. Hammonds	11	39	3.5	266	6.8	24.2	3
Tom Bill T. Bill	11	15	1.4	-7	-0.5	-0.6	1
Brian Kurlej B. Kurlej	11	10	0.9	25	2.5	2.3	0	11	31
Brian O'Neal B. O'Neal	11	9	0.8	44	4.9	4.0	0	10	49
David Daniels D. Daniels	11	6	0.5	78	13.0	7.1	0	37	616
Terry Smith T. Smith	11	5	0.5	13	2.6	1.2	0	34	543
Brian Moser B. Moser	11	4	0.4	26	6.5	2.4	0
Matt Nardolillo M. Nardolillo	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0
O.J. McDuffie	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	2	16

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
David Daniels D. Daniels	11	31	2.8	538	17.4	48.9	4	37	616
Terry Smith T. Smith	11	29	2.6	530	18.3	48.2	4	34	543
Leroy Thompson L. Thompson	11	20	1.8	245	12.3	22.3	0	172	818
Al Golden A. Golden	11	14	1.3	203	14.5	18.5	2
Sam Gash S. Gash	11	13	1.2	153	11.8	13.9	0	108	468
Rick Sayles R. Sayles	11	12	1.1	176	14.7	16.0	1
Gary Brown G. Brown	11	10	0.9	93	9.3	8.5	0	92	452
Gerry Collins G. Collins	11	2	0.2	53	26.5	4.8	0	43	218
Jeff Perry J. Perry	11	2	0.2	46	23.0	4.2	0
Chip LaBarca C. LaBarca	11	2	0.2	28	14.0	2.5	0
Rich Rosa R. Rosa	11	1	0.1	30	30.0	2.7	0
O.J. McDuffie	11	1	0.1	15	15.0	1.4	0	2	16
Tisen Thomas T. Thomas	11	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.2	0
Brian Kurlej B. Kurlej	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0	11	31
Brian O'Neal B. O'Neal	11	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.5	0	10	49

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Darren Perry D. Perry	11	7	125	17.9	1
Leonard Humphries L. Humphries	11	6	129	21.5	1
Willie Thomas W. Thomas	11	3	8	2.7	0
Derek Bochna D. Bochna	11	2	0	0	0
Mark D'Onofrio M. D'Onofrio	11	1	38	38	0
Reggie Givens R. Givens	11	1	7	7	0
Greg Fusetti G. Fusetti	11	1	3	3	0
Matt Baggett M. Baggett	11	1	2	2	0
Jim Deter J. Deter	11	1	2	2	0
Frank Giannetti F. Giannetti	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Craig Fayak C. Fayak	11				15	29	74
Tony Sacca T. Sacca	11	1		11			66
Leroy Thompson L. Thompson	11	8	0	8			48
Sam Gash S. Gash	11	5	0	5			30
David Daniels D. Daniels	11	0	4	4			24
Terry Smith T. Smith	11	0	4	4			24
Shelly Hammonds S. Hammonds	11	3		3			18
Tom Bill T. Bill	11	1		2			12
Gary Brown G. Brown	11	2	0	2			12
Al Golden A. Golden	11		2	2			12
Gerry Collins G. Collins	11	1	0	1			6
Leonard Humphries L. Humphries	11			1			6
Darren Perry D. Perry	11			1			6
Rick Sayles R. Sayles	11		1	1			6
Henry Adkins H. Adkins	11				0	1	1
V.J. Muscillo	11					1	1

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Tisen Thomas T. Thomas	11	5	151	30.2	0	29	380	13.1	0
Terry Smith T. Smith	11					16	124	7.8	0
Gary Brown G. Brown	11	8	344	43.0	0
Brian O'Neal B. O'Neal	11	4	52	13.0	0
Shelly Hammonds S. Hammonds	11	3	74	24.7	0
Brian Moser B. Moser	11	3	35	11.7	0
O.J. McDuffie	11					2	25	12.5	0
Leroy Thompson L. Thompson	11	1	17	17.0	0
Jeff Perry J. Perry	11	1	12	12.0	0
Chip LaBarca C. LaBarca	11					1	6	6.0	0
Willie Thomas W. Thomas	11					1	1	1.0	0

Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
Craig Fayak C. Fayak	11	15	22	68.2	29	30	96.7	74
Henry Adkins H. Adkins	11	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	1
V.J. Muscillo	11				1	1	100.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Doug Helkowski D. Helkowski	11	59	2,327	39.4
	Jamie Dreese J. Dreese	11	3	151	50.3

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

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

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

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	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
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	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

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

	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

	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	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333