Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	231	3,569	782	4.6	1,816	502	3.6	1,753	280	6.3
Team Rank		66th	76th	56th	84th	44th	41st	62nd	73rd	65th	78th
Opponent	11	201	3,686		4.7	1,622	473	3.4	2,064	309	6.7
Opponent Rank		32nd	39th		37th	39th	43rd	33rd	50th	57th	46th
Net		+30	-117	+782	-0.1	+194	+29	+0.2	-311	-29	-0.4
Net Rank		46th	59th	56th	63rd	43rd	44th	49th	67th	67th	66th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Tony Sacca T. Sacca	11	54	146	37.0	13.3	821	5.6	74.6	4	5	86.4	2.7	3.4
Tom Bill T. Bill	11	36	68	52.9	6.2	476	7.0	43.3	3	2	120.4	4.4	2.9
Lance Lonergan L. Lonergan	11	27	63	42.9	5.7	456	7.2	41.5	2	4	101.4	3.2	6.3
Gary Brown G. Brown	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Doug Sieg D. Sieg	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0
Terry Smith T. Smith	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
Gary Brown G. Brown	11	136	12.4	689	5.1	62.6	6	147	841
Leroy Thompson L. Thompson	11	108	9.8	401	3.7	36.5	3	116	466
John Greene J. Greene	11	77	7.0	342	4.4	31.1	0	87	500
Tony Sacca T. Sacca	11	42	3.8	-12	-0.3	-1.1	0
Sean Redman S. Redman	11	40	3.6	232	5.8	21.1	0	44	259
Sam Gash S. Gash	11	35	3.2	110	3.1	10.0	7	37	152
Lance Lonergan L. Lonergan	11	19	1.7	14	0.7	1.3	1
Tom Bill T. Bill	11	18	1.6	-54	-3.0	-4.9	0
John Gerak J. Gerak	11	12	1.1	22	1.8	2.0	0
Michael Timpson M. Timpson	11	6	0.5	28	4.7	2.5	0	28	370
David Daniels D. Daniels	11	3	0.3	11	3.7	1.0	0	19	333
Andre Collins A. Collins	11	1	0.1	20	20.0	1.8	0
O.J. McDuffie	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0	5	48
Joe Dobis J. Dobis	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0
Joe Strycharz J. Strycharz	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0
Steve Wisniewski S. Wisniewski	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0
Andy Paolillo A. Paolillo	11	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Michael Timpson M. Timpson	11	22	2.0	342	15.5	31.1	2	28	370
David Jakob D. Jakob	11	20	1.8	274	13.7	24.9	2
David Daniels D. Daniels	11	16	1.5	322	20.1	29.3	1	19	333
Gary Brown G. Brown	11	11	1.0	152	13.8	13.8	1	147	841
John Greene J. Greene	11	10	0.9	158	15.8	14.4	1	87	500
Terry Smith T. Smith	11	8	0.7	151	18.9	13.7	1
Leroy Thompson L. Thompson	11	8	0.7	65	8.1	5.9	0	116	466
Odell Wilson O. Wilson	11	5	0.5	99	19.8	9.0	0
O.J. McDuffie	11	4	0.4	42	10.5	3.8	0	5	48
Sean Redman S. Redman	11	4	0.4	27	6.8	2.5	0	44	259
John Wolfe J. Wolfe	11	4	0.4	19	4.8	1.7	0
Todd Young T. Young	11	3	0.3	60	20.0	5.5	1
Sam Gash S. Gash	11	2	0.2	42	21.0	3.8	0	37	152

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Sherrod Rainge S. Rainge	11	3	39	13	0
Brian Chizmar B. Chizmar	11	2	29	14.5	0
Willie Thomas W. Thomas	11	1	19	19	1
Darren Perry D. Perry	11	1	9	9	0
Keith Karpinski K. Karpinski	11	1	1	1	0
Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	11	1	0	0	0
Tim Sweeney T. Sweeney	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Gary Brown G. Brown	11	6	1	7			42
Sam Gash S. Gash	11	7	0	7			42
Ray Tarasi R. Tarasi	11				7	19	40
Tony Sacca T. Sacca	11	0		4			24
Tom Bill T. Bill	11	0		3			18
Lance Lonergan L. Lonergan	11	1		3			18
Leroy Thompson L. Thompson	11	3	0	3			18
Michael Timpson M. Timpson	11	0	2	3			18
David Jakob D. Jakob	11		2	2			12
Willie Thomas W. Thomas	11			2			12
Henry Adkins H. Adkins	11				1	4	7
David Daniels D. Daniels	11	0	1	1			6
John Greene J. Greene	11	0	1	1			6
Terry Smith T. Smith	11		1	1			6
Todd Young T. Young	11		1	1			6
Eric Etze E. Etze	11				1	1	4

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Gary Brown G. Brown	11	22	427	19.4	0
Michael Timpson M. Timpson	11					16	162	10.1	1
Leroy Thompson L. Thompson	11	14	264	18.9	0
Terry Smith T. Smith	11					6	32	5.3	0
Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	11					6	28	4.7	0
O.J. McDuffie	11	3	48	16.0	0
John Wolfe J. Wolfe	11	1	21	21.0	0
Andre Collins A. Collins	11					1	12	12.0	0
Tim Gearhart T. Gearhart	11	1	6	6.0	0
Willie Thomas W. Thomas	11					0	19		1

Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
Ray Tarasi R. Tarasi	11	7	14	50.0	19	19	100.0	40
Henry Adkins H. Adkins	11	1	4	25.0	4	4	100.0	7
Eric Etze E. Etze	11	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	4

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Doug Helkowski D. Helkowski	11	68	2,668	39.2

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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