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

3,494

Ward

Cam Ward

3,476

McCord

Kyle McCord

3,396

Dart

Jaxson Dart

Rush Yards Leaders

1,893

Jeanty

Ashton Jeanty

1,422

Hampton

Omarion Hampton

1,328

Johnson

Kaleb Johnson

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Nash

Nick Nash

1,169

Fannin

Harold Fannin Jr.

1,136

McMillan

Tetairoa McMillan

Pass TD Leaders

32

Ward

Cam Ward

27

Sanders

Shedeur Sanders

27

Morris

Chandler Morris

Rush TD Leaders

26

Jeanty

Ashton Jeanty

21

Daily

Bryson Daily

21

Sampson

Dylan Sampson

14

Nash

Nick Nash

11

Williams

Kyle Williams

10

Sheffield

DT Sheffield

QB Rating Leaders

188.5

Dart

Jaxson Dart

182.7

Rourke

Kurtis Rourke

181.9

Howard

Will Howard

15.0

Green

Mike Green

13.0

Powell-Ryland

Antwaun Powell-Ryland

11.5

White

Trey White

CFB 2024 Rankings

45.0

43.9

43.6

40.7

40.5

39.9

Opp PPG Rankings

10.3

10.3

11.4

11.9

12.9

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

544.8

538.3

498.4

492.2

484.5

470.3

Rush Yards Rankings

334.9

262.8

258.7

258.2

249.8

248.9

Pass Yards Rankings

368.2

364.4

350.7

342.8

329.6

322.2

47.0

42.0

36.0

35.0

35.0

34.0

CFB 2024 Division Standings

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	9	1	.900
2	Colorado State	7	3	.700

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	9	1	.900
2	Colorado	8	2	.800

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Marshall	7	3	.700
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	9	1	.900
2	UConn	7	3	.700

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	8	3	.727
2	Miami (OH)	7	4	.636

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon	11	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	9	1	.900

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	SMU	9	1	.900

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Texas	9	1	.900
2	Alabama	8	2	.800

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Army	9	0	1.000
2	Tulane	9	2	.818

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	8	2	.800
2	Oregon State	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	7	3	.700
2	Western Kentucky	7	3	.700

CFB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 11/21	UNLV	@	SJSU	27-16
Thu 11/21	PUR	@	MSU	17-24
Thu 11/21	TEM	@	UTSA	27-51
Wed 11/20	NCST	@	GT	29-30
Tue 11/19	OHIO	@	TOL	24-7

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/30	ODU	@	ARST	3:00 PM
Sat 11/30	PITT	@	BC	3:00 PM
Sat 11/30	MTSU	@	FIU	2:00 PM
Sat 11/30	USF	@	RICE	2:00 PM
Sat 11/30	USM	@	TROY	2:00 PM