#3 Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	12	432	5,098	867	5.9	2,456	556	4.4	2,642	311	8.5
Team Rank		6th	11th	10th	16th	21st	17th	26th	23rd	51st	10th
Opponent	12	167	3,366		4.2	1,120	408	2.7	2,246	397	5.7
Opponent Rank		18th	17th		10th	8th	13th	7th	72nd	105th	6th
Net		+265	+1,732	+867	+1.7	+1,336	+148	+1.7	+396	-86	+2.8
Net Rank		3rd	7th	10th	6th	11th	12th	11th	31st	89th	4th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Tony Sacca T. Sacca	12	169	292	57.9	24.3	2,488	8.5	207.3	21	5	149.8	7.2	1.7
Matt Nardolillo M. Nardolillo	12	6	13	46.2	1.1	59	4.5	4.9	1	1	94.3	7.7	7.7
Kerry Collins K. Collins	12	3	6	50.0	0.5	95	15.8	7.9	1	1	204.7	16.7	16.7

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Richie Anderson R. Anderson	12	152	12.7	779	5.1	64.9	10	173	1,034
Gerry Collins G. Collins	12	98	8.2	361	3.7	30.1	2	102	401
Sam Gash S. Gash	12	87	7.3	391	4.5	32.6	3	93	430
Tony Sacca T. Sacca	12	84	7.0	-61	-0.7	-5.1	4
Shelly Hammonds S. Hammonds	12	63	5.3	363	5.8	30.3	3	66	418
J.T. Morris	12	33	2.8	281	8.5	23.4	3	34	345
Terence Williams T. Williams	12	11	0.9	45	4.1	3.8	0
O.J. McDuffie	12	7	0.6	102	14.6	8.5	1	53	892
Terry Smith T. Smith	12	7	0.6	66	9.4	5.5	0	62	912
Brian Moser B. Moser	12	7	0.6	46	6.6	3.8	0	8	59
Matt Nardolillo M. Nardolillo	12	3	0.3	10	3.3	0.8	0
Kerry Collins K. Collins	12	2	0.2	-5	-2.5	-0.4	0
John Sacca J. Sacca	12	1	0.1	75	75.0	6.3	1
Bob Oakes B. Oakes	12	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Terry Smith T. Smith	12	55	4.6	846	15.4	70.5	8	62	912
O.J. McDuffie	12	46	3.8	790	17.2	65.8	6	53	892
Richie Anderson R. Anderson	12	21	1.8	255	12.1	21.3	1	173	1,034
Kyle Brady K. Brady	12	14	1.2	175	12.5	14.6	4
Troy Drayton T. Drayton	12	12	1.0	204	17.0	17.0	2
Sam Gash S. Gash	12	6	0.5	39	6.5	3.3	0	93	430
Chip LaBarca C. LaBarca	12	4	0.3	61	15.3	5.1	0
Gerry Collins G. Collins	12	4	0.3	40	10.0	3.3	0	102	401
Bobby Engram B. Engram	12	4	0.3	40	10.0	3.3	0
Shelly Hammonds S. Hammonds	12	3	0.3	55	18.3	4.6	0	66	418
Al Golden A. Golden	12	3	0.3	28	9.3	2.3	0
Rich Rosa R. Rosa	12	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.2	0
J.T. Morris	12	1	0.1	64	64.0	5.3	1	34	345
Rick Sayles R. Sayles	12	1	0.1	14	14.0	1.2	0
Brian Moser B. Moser	12	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.1	0	8	59
Phil Collins P. Collins	12	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.3	1

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Darren Perry D. Perry	12	6	122	20.3	2
Lee Rubin L. Rubin	12	5	54	10.8	0
Derek Bochna D. Bochna	12	3	7	2.3	0
Geff Kerwin G. Kerwin	12	2	50	25	0
Leonard Humphries L. Humphries	12	2	0	0	0
Reggie Givens R. Givens	12	2	-2	-1	0
Matt Baggett M. Baggett	12	1	19	19	0
Mark Graham M. Graham	12	1	12	12	0
Willie Smith W. Smith	12	1	12	12	0
Phil Yeboah-Kodie P. Yeboah-Kodie	12	1	3	3	0
Lou Benfatti L. Benfatti	12	1	2	2	0
Ivory Gethers I. Gethers	12	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Tony Sacca T. Sacca	12	4		25			150
Craig Fayak C. Fayak	12				17	42	93
Richie Anderson R. Anderson	12	10	1	11			66
O.J. McDuffie	12	1	6	9			54
Terry Smith T. Smith	12	0	8	8			48
Kyle Brady K. Brady	12		4	4			24
J.T. Morris	12	3	1	4			24
Sam Gash S. Gash	12	3	0	3			18
Shelly Hammonds S. Hammonds	12	3	0	3			18
Gerry Collins G. Collins	12	2	0	2			12
Troy Drayton T. Drayton	12		2	2			12
Darren Perry D. Perry	12			2			12
Kerry Collins K. Collins	12	0		1			6
Phil Collins P. Collins	12		1	1			6
Matt Nardolillo M. Nardolillo	12	0		1			6
John Sacca J. Sacca	12	1		1			6
V.J. Muscillo	12					5	5

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
O.J. McDuffie	12	5	117	23.4	0	33	358	10.8	2
Terry Smith T. Smith	12	1	13	13.0	0	9	32	3.6	0
Richie Anderson R. Anderson	12	9	222	24.7	0
Shelly Hammonds S. Hammonds	12	6	110	18.3	0
Bobby Engram B. Engram	12					5	50	10.0	0
Kyle Brady K. Brady	12	3	17	5.7	0
J.T. Morris	12	2	34	17.0	0
Brian Moser B. Moser	12	2	18	9.0	0
Rudy Glocker R. Glocker	12	1	8	8.0	0
Sam Gash S. Gash	12	1	3	3.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Craig Fayak C. Fayak	12	17	26	65.4						42	46	91.3	93
	V.J. Muscillo	12									5	6	83.3

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Doug Helkowski D. Helkowski	12	57	2,221	39.0
	Jamie Dreese J. Dreese	12	2	75	37.5

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

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

430.0

428.0

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	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	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	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
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