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Penn State Nittany Lions

The Penn State Nittany Lions were 9-2 in 1981. They emerged victorious over the USC Trojans, 26 to 10, in the Fiesta Bowl.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Fri
1/1
vs
USC USC
W
26-10
Sat
11/28
@
PITT PITT
W
48-14
Sat
11/21
vs
ND ND
W
24-21
Sat
11/14
vs
ALA ALA
L
16-31
Sat
11/7
@
NCST NCST
W
22-15

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

1,557

Blackledge

Blackledge

RUSH YDS

1,044

Warner

Warner

REC YDS

440

Jackson

Jackson

1981 Stats

See 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
345
4,424
779
5.7
2,699
549
4.9
1,725
230
7.5
Team Rank
9th
19th
70th
10th
20th
47th
8th
61st
88th
22nd
Opponent
11
152
3,356
4.3
1,494
472
3.2
1,862
312
6.0
Opponent Rank
29th
48th
44th
46th
46th
46th
81st
104th
49th
Net
+193
+1,068
+779
+1.4
+1,205
+77
+1.8
-137
-82
+1.5
Net Rank
11th
21st
70th
10th
24th
44th
15th
76th
109th
21st

Related Searches

CFB 2024 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,326

McCord

Kyle McCord

4,123

Ward

Cam Ward

3,926

Sanders

Shedeur Sanders
Rush Yards Leaders

2,706

Jeanty

Ashton Jeanty

1,660

Hampton

Omarion Hampton

1,658

Daily

Bryson Daily
Rec Yards Leaders

1,382

Nash

Nick Nash

1,341

Fannin

Harold Fannin Jr.

1,319

McMillan

Tetairoa McMillan
Pass TD Leaders

36

Klubnik

Cade Klubnik

36

Ward

Cam Ward

35

Sanders

Shedeur Sanders
Rush TD Leaders

33

Daily

Bryson Daily

30

Jeanty

Ashton Jeanty

25

Stewart

Tre Stewart
Rec TD Leaders

16

Nash

Nick Nash

14

Hunter

Travis Hunter

13

Williams

Kyle Williams
QB Rating Leaders

177.6

Dart

Jaxson Dart

176.0

Rourke

Kurtis Rourke

173.5

Howard

Will Howard
Sack Leaders

17.0

Green

Mike Green

16.0

Powell-Ryland

Antwaun Powell-Ryland

15.5

Ezeiruaku

Donovan Ezeiruaku

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

11.4

Texas

13.3

Notre Dame

13.8

Ole Miss

13.9

Indiana

15.6

Penn State

15.9
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

58.0

Ole Miss

53.0

SMU

43.0

UTSA

42.0

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