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Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

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

Player Stats

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% LNG SCK SCKY
Dayle Tate
D. Tate
11
92
176
52.3
16.0
1,179
6.7
107.2
8
11
111.0
4.5
6.3
Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
11
6
17
35.3
1.5
72
4.2
6.5
0
1
59.1
0.0
5.9
Frank Rocco
F. Rocco
11
4
12
33.3
1.1
54
4.5
4.9
0
0
71.1
0.0
0.0
Terry Rakowsky
T. Rakowsky
11
4
10
40.0
0.9
32
3.2
2.9
0
1
46.9
0.0
10.0

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
11
185
16.8
973
5.3
88.5
6
198
1,072
Booker Moore
B. Moore
11
131
11.9
555
4.2
50.5
9
139
628
Curt Warner
C. Warner
11
84
7.6
391
4.7
35.5
2
94
520
Dayle Tate
D. Tate
11
58
5.3
8
0.1
0.7
0
Mike Guman
M. Guman
11
50
4.5
178
3.6
16.2
1
56
227
Mike Meade
M. Meade
11
29
2.6
121
4.2
11.0
0
30
123
Leo McClelland
L. McClelland
11
18
1.6
91
5.1
8.3
1
Frank Rocco
F. Rocco
11
18
1.6
64
3.6
5.8
0
Dave Paffenroth
D. Paffenroth
11
10
0.9
48
4.8
4.4
0
Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
11
10
0.9
-3
-0.3
-0.3
0
Joel Coles
J. Coles
11
9
0.8
31
3.4
2.8
0
10
42
Terry Rakowsky
T. Rakowsky
11
7
0.6
19
2.7
1.7
0
9
68
Ralph Giacomarro
R. Giacomarro
11
1
0.1
0
0.0
0.0
0
Tom Donovan
T. Donovan
11
1
0.1
-7
-7.0
-0.6
0
22
247

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Brad Scovill
B. Scovill
11
26
2.4
331
12.7
30.1
3
Tom Donovan
T. Donovan
11
21
1.9
254
12.1
23.1
1
22
247
Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
11
13
1.2
99
7.6
9.0
1
198
1,072
Curt Warner
C. Warner
11
10
0.9
129
12.9
11.7
1
94
520
Booker Moore
B. Moore
11
8
0.7
73
9.1
6.6
0
139
628
Mike Guman
M. Guman
11
6
0.5
49
8.2
4.5
0
56
227
Ron LaPointe
R. LaPointe
11
5
0.5
90
18.0
8.2
1
Tracy Hall
T. Hall
11
5
0.5
78
15.6
7.1
0
Mike McCloskey
M. McCloskey
11
4
0.4
93
23.3
8.5
0
Scott Hettinger
S. Hettinger
11
4
0.4
79
19.8
7.2
1
Terry Rakowsky
T. Rakowsky
11
2
0.2
49
24.5
4.5
0
9
68
Joel Coles
J. Coles
11
1
0.1
11
11.0
1.0
0
10
42
Mike Meade
M. Meade
11
1
0.1
2
2.0
0.2
0
30
123

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Giuseppe Harris
G. Harris
11
3
40
13.3
0
Steve Griffiths
S. Griffiths
11
2
2
1
0
Ron Walchack
R. Walchack
11
2
2
1
0
Lance Mehl
L. Mehl
11
2
0
0
0
Tom Wise
T. Wise
11
1
30
30
1
Rick Donaldson
R. Donaldson
11
1
16
16
0
Matt Bradley
M. Bradley
11
1
4
4
0
Ed Pryts
E. Pryts
11
1
3
3
0
John Walsh
J. Walsh
11
1
0
0
0

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Herb Menhardt
H. Menhardt
11
14
28
70
Booker Moore
B. Moore
11
9
0
9
54
Dayle Tate
D. Tate
11
0
8
48
Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
11
6
1
7
42
Curt Warner
C. Warner
11
2
1
4
24
Brad Scovill
B. Scovill
11
3
3
18
Tom Donovan
T. Donovan
11
0
1
1
6
Mike Guman
M. Guman
11
1
0
1
6
Scott Hettinger
S. Hettinger
11
1
1
6
Ron LaPointe
R. LaPointe
11
1
1
6
Leo McClelland
L. McClelland
11
1
1
6
Tom Wise
T. Wise
11
1
6

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Curt Warner
C. Warner
11
17
493
29.0
1
Mike Guman
M. Guman
11
3
57
19.0
0
14
102
7.3
0
Terry Rakowsky
T. Rakowsky
11
7
160
22.9
0
3
17
5.7
0
Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
11
1
0
0.0
0
8
55
6.9
0
Joel Coles
J. Coles
11
3
49
16.3
0
Jon Lebo
J. Lebo
11
2
26
13.0
0
Scott Hettinger
S. Hettinger
11
2
17
8.5
0
Tom Donovan
T. Donovan
11
1
18
18.0
0
Matt Millen
M. Millen
11
1
0
0.0
0

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
Herb Menhardt
H. Menhardt
11
14
20
70.0
28
28
100.0
70

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Ralph Giacomarro
R. Giacomarro
11
71
2,822
39.7

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Ward

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Sanders

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Jeanty

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Hampton

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Daily

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Nash

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Fannin

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McMillan

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Dart

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Rourke

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CFB 2024 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

44.2

Indiana

41.3

Notre Dame

38.8

Texas Tech

38.6

Boise State

37.8

Ole Miss

37.5
Opp PPG Rankings
Ohio State

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Texas

13.3

Notre Dame

13.8

Ole Miss

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Indiana

15.6

Penn State

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Total Yards Rankings
Miami

538.3

Ole Miss

520.3

North Texas

488.7

New Mexico

484.3

Texas State

474.3

Utah State

467.7
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

301.5

Liberty

258.7

New Mexico

253.6

Jacksonville State

251.1

Navy

249.7

UCF

248.1
Pass Yards Rankings
Syracuse

363.1

Miami

359.3

Ole Miss

342.5

Colorado

327.2

San José State

325.3

North Texas

322.8
Sack Leaders
Boise State

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Ole Miss

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SMU

43.0

UTSA

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Texas

41.0

UNLV

41.0

CFB 2024 Division Standings

Big 12 W L PCT
1
Arizona State Arizona State
11
2
.846
2
BYU BYU
10
2
.833
Mountain West W L PCT
1
Boise State Boise State
12
1
.923
2
UNLV UNLV
11
3
.786
Sun Belt W L PCT
1
Marshall Marshall
10
3
.769
2
Louisiana Louisiana
10
3
.769
Independent W L PCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
12
1
.923
2
UConn UConn
8
4
.667
Mid-American W L PCT
1
Ohio Ohio
11
3
.786
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
8
5
.615
Big 10 W L PCT
1
Oregon Oregon
13
0
1.000
2
Penn State Penn State
12
2
.857
Pac-12 W L PCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
5
7
.417
2
Washington State Washington State
8
4
.667
Atlantic Coast W L PCT
1
SMU SMU
11
3
.786
2
Clemson Clemson
10
4
.714
Southeastern W L PCT
1
Georgia Georgia
11
2
.846
2
Texas Texas
12
2
.857
American Athletic W L PCT
1
Army Army
11
2
.846
2
Tulane Tulane
9
5
.643
Conference USA W L PCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
9
5
.643
2
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
8
6
.571

CFB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
12/22
NIU NIU
@
FRES FRES
28-20
Sun
12/22
CCAR CCAR
@
UTSA UTSA
15-44
Fri
12/20
TENN TENN
@
OSU OSU
17-42
Fri
12/20
CLEM CLEM
@
TEX TEX
24-38
Fri
12/20
SMU SMU
@
PSU PSU
10-38

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
1/4
BUFF BUFF
@
LIB LIB
11:00 AM
Fri
1/3
MINN MINN
@
VT VT
7:30 PM
Fri
1/3
UNT UNT
@
TXST TXST
4:00 PM
Thu
1/2
DUKE DUKE
@
MISS MISS
7:30 PM
Wed
1/1
ND ND
@
UGA UGA
8:45 PM