Penn State Nittany Lions

The Penn State Nittany Lions were 7-4 in 1979. They emerged victorious over the Tulane Green Wave, 9 to 6, in the Liberty Bowl.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 12/22	vs	TULN	W 9-6
Sat 12/1	vs	PITT	L 14-29
Sat 11/17	vs	TEM	W 22-7
Sat 11/10	@	NCST	W 9-7
Sat 11/3	vs	MIA	L 10-26

Team Leaders

PASS YDS

1,179

Tate

Tate

RUSH YDS

973

Suhey

Suhey

REC YDS

331

Scovill

Scovill

1979 Stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	11	248	3,806	826	4.6	2,469	611	4.0	1,337	215	6.2
Team Rank		46th	52nd	23rd	71st	37th	24th	50th	78th	74th	82nd
Opponent	11	171	3,033		4.2	1,438	478	3.0	1,595	247	6.5
Opponent Rank		41st	31st		39th	20th	25th	22nd	86th	88th	71st
Net		+77	+773	+826	+0.4	+1,031	+133	+1.0	-258	-32	-0.2
Net Rank		37th	27th	23rd	51st	19th	18th	26th	92nd	91st	74th

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CFB 2024 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,779

McCord

Kyle McCord

4,313

Ward

Cam Ward

4,266

Dart

Jaxson Dart

Rush Yards Leaders

2,601

Jeanty

Ashton Jeanty

1,711

Skattebo

Cam Skattebo

1,660

Hampton

Omarion Hampton

Rec Yards Leaders

1,554

Fannin

Harold Fannin Jr.

1,382

Nash

Nick Nash

1,319

McMillan

Tetairoa McMillan

Pass TD Leaders

39

Ward

Cam Ward

37

Sanders

Shedeur Sanders

36

Klubnik

Cade Klubnik

Rush TD Leaders

32

Daily

Bryson Daily

29

Jeanty

Ashton Jeanty

25

Stewart

Tre Stewart

16

Nash

Nick Nash

15

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

15

Hunter

Travis Hunter

QB Rating Leaders

180.6

Dart

Jaxson Dart

176.0

Rourke

Kurtis Rourke

175.3

Howard

Will Howard

17.0

Green

Mike Green

16.0

Powell-Ryland

Antwaun Powell-Ryland

15.5

Ezeiruaku

Donovan Ezeiruaku

CFB 2024 Rankings

43.9

41.3

38.6

37.6

37.3

36.6

Opp PPG Rankings

12.9

14.4

15.3

15.5

15.5

15.6

Total Yards Rankings

537.2

525.6

488.8

484.3

476.9

467.7

Rush Yards Rankings

300.5

253.6

251.3

251.2

248.1

247.8

Pass Yards Rankings

370.0

349.8

348.2

328.2

321.8

318.0

56.0

53.0

53.0

47.0

44.0

44.0

CFB 2024 Division Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona State	11	3	.786
2	BYU	11	2	.846

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	12	2	.857
2	UNLV	11	3	.786

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Marshall	10	3	.769
2	Louisiana	10	4	.714

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	14	1	.933
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	11	3	.786
2	Miami (OH)	9	5	.643

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio State	13	2	.867
2	Oregon	13	1	.929

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	7	.417
2	Washington State	8	5	.615

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	SMU	11	3	.786
2	Clemson	10	4	.714

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Texas	13	3	.813
2	Georgia	11	3	.786

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Army	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	9	5	.643

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
2	Western Kentucky	8	6	.571

CFB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/15	MURR	@	UK	6-48
Fri 11/15	FAU	@	TEM	15-18
Fri 11/15	FIU	@	JVST	31-34
Fri 11/15	MER	@	ALA	7-52
Fri 11/15	HAW	@	USU	10-55

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/23	FRES	@	KU	1:00 PM
Sat 8/23	ISU	@	KSU	1:00 PM
Sat 8/23	STAN	@	HAW	1:00 PM
Sat 8/23	SHSU	@	WKU	1:00 PM
Thu 8/28	ELON	@	DUKE	1:00 PM