#5 Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	431	4,546	826	5.5	2,994	643	4.7	1,552	183	8.5
Team Rank		4th	10th	15th	14th	14th	13th	21st	45th	87th	7th
Opponent	11	120	2,253		3.3	848	427	2.0	1,405	262	5.4
Opponent Rank		63rd	5th		2nd	3rd	12th	2nd	67th	107th	18th
Net		+311	+2,293	+826	+2.2	+2,146	+216	+2.7	+147	-79	+3.1
Net Rank		4th	6th	15th	6th	7th	6th	6th	49th	110th	8th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Tom Shuman T. Shuman	11	83	161	51.6	14.6	1,375	8.5	125.0	13	5	143.7	8.1	3.1
Dick Barvinchak D. Barvinchak	11	8	15	53.3	1.4	163	10.9	14.8	1	2	139.9	6.7	13.3
John Clark J. Clark	11	1	4	25.0	0.4	-3	-0.8	-0.3	0	0	18.7	0.0	0.0
John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	11	1	2	50.0	0.2	17	8.5	1.5	0	0	121.4	0.0	0.0
Woody Petchel W. Petchel	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
John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	11	286	26.0	1,522	5.3	138.4	17	292	1,591
Bob Nagle B. Nagle	11	77	7.0	343	4.5	31.2	7	80	362
Tom Donchez T. Donchez	11	58	5.3	299	5.2	27.2	2	61	331
Tom Shuman T. Shuman	11	44	4.0	-42	-1.0	-3.8	2
Walt Addie W. Addie	11	43	3.9	311	7.2	28.3	2	44	321
Woody Petchel W. Petchel	11	34	3.1	143	4.2	13.0	0
Rusty Boyle R. Boyle	11	28	2.5	125	4.5	11.4	2	29	122
Dick Barvinchak D. Barvinchak	11	21	1.9	33	1.6	3.0	1
John Huttenberger J. Huttenberger	11	19	1.7	93	4.9	8.5	1
Duane Taylor D. Taylor	11	16	1.5	44	2.8	4.0	1
Chuck Herd C. Herd	11	5	0.5	20	4.0	1.8	0	15	217
John Clark J. Clark	11	5	0.5	-16	-3.2	-1.5	1
Mike Pirogowicz M. Pirogowicz	11	4	0.4	16	4.0	1.5	1
Jim Scott J. Scott	11	2	0.2	24	12.0	2.2	0	10	174
Jim Eaise J. Eaise	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	6	93

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Gary Hayman G. Hayman	11	30	2.7	525	17.5	47.7	3
Dan Natale D. Natale	11	21	1.9	359	17.1	32.6	2	21	437
Chuck Herd C. Herd	11	10	0.9	197	19.7	17.9	5	15	217
Jim Scott J. Scott	11	8	0.7	150	18.8	13.6	2	10	174
John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	11	6	0.5	69	11.5	6.3	0	292	1,591
Jim Eaise J. Eaise	11	5	0.5	92	18.4	8.4	1	6	93
Dave Bland D. Bland	11	3	0.3	85	28.3	7.7	1
Tom Donchez T. Donchez	11	3	0.3	32	10.7	2.9	0	61	331
Bob Nagle B. Nagle	11	3	0.3	19	6.3	1.7	0	80	362
Jerry Jeram J. Jeram	11	1	0.1	22	22.0	2.0	0
Walt Addie W. Addie	11	1	0.1	10	10.0	0.9	0	44	321
Rusty Boyle R. Boyle	11	1	0.1	-3	-3.0	-0.3	0	29	122
John Nessel J. Nessel	11	1	0.1	-5	-5.0	-0.5	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
John Cappelletti J. Cappelletti	11	17	0	17	102
Tom Shuman T. Shuman	11	2		15	90
Bob Nagle B. Nagle	11	7	0	7	42
Chuck Herd C. Herd	11	0	5	5	30
Gary Hayman G. Hayman	11		3	3	18
Dan Natale D. Natale	11	1	2	3	18
Walt Addie W. Addie	11	2	0	2	12
Dick Barvinchak D. Barvinchak	11	1		2	12
Rusty Boyle R. Boyle	11	2	0	2	12
Tom Donchez T. Donchez	11	2	0	2	12
Jim Scott J. Scott	11	0	2	2	12
Dave Bland D. Bland	11		1	1	6
John Clark J. Clark	11	1		1	6
Jim Eaise J. Eaise	11	0	1	1	6
John Huttenberger J. Huttenberger	11	1		1	6
Mike Pirogowicz M. Pirogowicz	11	1		1	6
Duane Taylor D. Taylor	11	1		1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,239

Mestemaker

3,169

Atkinson

3,150

Fifita

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,291

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,349

Legree

1,317

Smith

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

30

Mestemaker

29

Mensah

29

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

19

Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Legree

15

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.1

43.9

42.2

41.8

39.7

Opp PPG Rankings

11.7

11.9

12.0

12.5

13.8

14.1

Total Yards Rankings

526.7

520.7

520.1

518.1

512.3

499.2

Rush Yards Rankings

344.0

324.7

298.1

265.6

258.7

240.7

Pass Yards Rankings

373.0

334.9

331.0

328.9

326.2

320.8

Sack Leaders

40.0

39.0

38.0

37.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	9	1	.900
2	San Diego State	5	5	.500
3	Texas State	6	4	.600
4	Oregon State	5	5	.500
5	Utah State	4	6	.400
6	Fresno State	5	5	.500
7	Washington State	2	8	.200
8	Colorado State	3	7	.300

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	1	.900
3	Oregon	7	3	.700
4	Ohio State	7	3	.700
5	Iowa	8	2	.800
6	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
7	USC	7	3	.700
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Penn State	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	5	.500
11	Northwestern	6	4	.600
12	Washington	6	4	.600
13	Nebraska	6	4	.600
14	Maryland	4	6	.400
15	Michigan	5	5	.500
16	Purdue	3	7	.300
17	Michigan State	3	7	.300
18	Rutgers	2	8	.200

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	9	1	.900
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Texas	8	2	.800
4	Tennessee	8	2	.800
5	Kentucky	7	3	.700
6	Ole Miss	6	4	.600
7	South Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Oklahoma	6	4	.600
9	Florida	6	4	.600
10	Auburn	6	4	.600
11	LSU	6	4	.600
12	Missouri	6	4	.600
13	Arkansas	4	6	.400
14	Mississippi State	4	6	.400
15	Texas A&M	4	6	.400
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	9	1	.900
2	Jacksonville State	7	3	.700
3	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
4	Middle Tennessee	5	5	.500
5	Delaware	5	5	.500
6	Western Kentucky	4	6	.400
7	Missouri State	4	6	.400
8	Florida International	4	6	.400
9	New Mexico State	3	7	.300
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	8	2	.800
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	5	5	.500
6	Appalachian State	6	4	.600
7	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
10	Georgia State	5	5	.500
11	Troy	4	6	.400
12	Marshall	5	5	.500
13	Southern Miss	3	7	.300
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	7	3	.700
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Florida State	5	5	.500
8	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
9	Stanford	5	5	.500
10	Virginia Tech	6	4	.600
11	Virginia	5	5	.500
12	Syracuse	5	5	.500
13	North Carolina	5	5	.500
14	Boston College	4	6	.400
15	NC State	4	6	.400
16	California	3	7	.300
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	9	1	.900
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	8	2	.800
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	North Texas	7	3	.700
4	UAB	6	4	.600
5	East Carolina	6	4	.600
6	Army	5	4	.556
7	Tulsa	6	4	.600
8	Florida Atlantic	6	4	.600
9	Tulane	5	5	.500
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	9	.100

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	10	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	9	1	.900
3	BYU	8	2	.800
4	Houston	7	3	.700
5	Baylor	6	4	.600
6	Arizona	7	3	.700
7	Arizona State	6	4	.600
8	Oklahoma State	6	4	.600
9	UCF	5	5	.500
10	Iowa State	5	5	.500
11	TCU	5	5	.500
12	Kansas	4	6	.400
13	West Virginia	5	5	.500
14	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
15	Colorado	4	6	.400
16	Kansas State	4	6	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	Wyoming	7	3	.700
2	New Mexico	8	2	.800
3	North Dakota State	8	2	.800
4	Air Force	8	2	.800
5	UNLV	6	4	.600
6	Nevada	4	6	.400
7	San Jose State	5	6	.455
8	Hawai'i	3	7	.300
9	UTEP	1	9	.100
10	Northern Illinois	0	10	.000