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Penn State Nittany Lions

The Penn State Nittany Lions were 9-2 in 1997. They fell to the Florida Gators, 21 to 6, in the Citrus Bowl.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Thu
1/1
@
FLA FLA
L
6-21
Sat
11/29
@
MSU MSU
L
14-49
Sat
11/22
vs
WIS WIS
W
35-10
Sat
11/15
@
PUR PUR
W
42-17
Sat
11/8
vs
MICH MICH
L
8-34

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,211

McQueary

McQueary

RUSH YDS

1,363

Enis

Enis

REC YDS

817

Jurevicius

Jurevicius

1997 Big 10 Standings

TEAM CONF OVERALL
1
Michigan Michigan
9-0
12-0
Ohio State Ohio State
6-2
10-3
Penn State Penn State
6-2
9-3
Purdue Purdue
6-2
9-3
Wisconsin Wisconsin
5-3
8-5

1997 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
360
4,648
736
6.3
2,295
448
5.1
2,353
288
8.2
Team Rank
24th
23rd
86th
12th
21st
49th
9th
53rd
80th
21st
Opponent
11
233
4,393
5.2
2,001
471
4.2
2,392
367
6.5
Opponent Rank
32nd
81st
59th
79th
70th
80th
57th
84th
30th
Net
+127
+255
+736
+1.1
+294
-23
+0.9
-39
-79
+1.7
Net Rank
26th
44th
86th
24th
43rd
63rd
30th
58th
92nd
19th

Related Searches

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
Rec TD Leaders

16

Nash

Nick Nash

15

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

15

Hunter

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QB Rating Leaders

180.6

Dart

Jaxson Dart

176.0

Rourke

Kurtis Rourke

175.3

Howard

Will Howard
Sack Leaders

17.0

Green

Mike Green

16.0

Powell-Ryland

Antwaun Powell-Ryland

15.5

Ezeiruaku

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CFB 2024 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

43.9

Indiana

41.3

Ole Miss

38.6

Texas Tech

37.6

Boise State

37.3

Washington State

36.6
Opp PPG Rankings
Ohio State

12.9

Ole Miss

14.4

Texas

15.3

Army

15.5

Notre Dame

15.5

Indiana

15.6
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

537.2

Ole Miss

525.6

North Texas

488.8

New Mexico

484.3

Texas State

476.9

Utah State

467.7
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

300.5

New Mexico

253.6

Liberty

251.3

Jacksonville State

251.2

UCF

248.1

Navy

247.8
Pass Yards Rankings
Syracuse

370.0

Ole Miss

349.8

Miami

348.2

North Texas

328.2

San José State

321.8

Colorado

318.0
Sack Leaders
Boise State

56.0

Ohio State

53.0

Ole Miss

53.0

Texas

47.0

Penn State

44.0

Duke

44.0

CFB 2024 Division Standings

Big 12 W L PCT
1
Arizona State Arizona State
11
3
.786
2
BYU BYU
11
2
.846
Mountain West W L PCT
1
Boise State Boise State
12
2
.857
2
UNLV UNLV
11
3
.786
Sun Belt W L PCT
1
Marshall Marshall
10
3
.769
2
Louisiana Louisiana
10
4
.714
Independent W L PCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
14
1
.933
2
UConn UConn
9
4
.692
Mid-American W L PCT
1
Ohio Ohio
11
3
.786
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
9
5
.643
Big 10 W L PCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
13
2
.867
2
Oregon Oregon
13
1
.929
Pac-12 W L PCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
5
7
.417
2
Washington State Washington State
8
5
.615
Atlantic Coast W L PCT
1
SMU SMU
11
3
.786
2
Clemson Clemson
10
4
.714
Southeastern W L PCT
1
Texas Texas
13
3
.813
2
Georgia Georgia
11
3
.786
American Athletic W L PCT
1
Army Army
12
2
.857
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