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Penn State Nittany Lions

The Penn State Nittany Lions were 9-3 in 2002. They fell to the Auburn Tigers, 13 to 9, in the Capital One Bowl.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Wed 1/1	@	AUB	L 9-13
Sat 11/23	vs	MSU	W 61-7
Sat 11/16	@	IND	W 58-25
Sat 11/9	vs	UVA	W 35-14
Sat 11/2	vs	ILL	W 18-7

Team Leaders

PASS YDS

2,350

Mills

Mills

RUSH YDS

2,015

Johnson

Johnson

REC YDS

917

Johnson

Johnson

2002 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Iowa	8-0	11-2
	Michigan	6-2	10-3
	Penn State	5-3	9-4
	Minnesota	3-5	8-5
	Wisconsin	2-6	8-6

2002 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	13	446	5,508	877	6.3	2,972	526	5.7	2,536	351	7.2			277	146	114	114	64	546
Team Rank		16th	12th	68th	8th	11th	42nd	1st	69th	80th	47th			24th	17th	66th	66th	14th	15th
Opponent	13	227	4,291		4.6	1,492	479	3.1	2,799	454	6.2			251	104	135	135	66	568
Opponent Rank		12th	32nd		20th	20th	41st	21st	71st	101st	29th			71st	52nd	93rd	93rd	105th	103rd
Net		+219	+1,217	+877	+1.7	+1,480	+47	+2.5	-263	-103	+1.1			+26	+42	-21	-21	-2	-22
Net Rank		12th	14th	68th	5th	9th	43rd	2nd	70th	96th	29th			37th	19th	83rd	83rd	55th	54th

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Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

3,711

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

3,683

Minicucci

Nick Minicucci

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

Cam Cook

1,649

Hardy

Ahmad Hardy

1,451

Johnson

Emmett Johnson

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

Danny Scudero

1,276

Bell

Skyler Bell

1,264

Young

Wyatt Young

Pass TD Leaders

34

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

33

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

31

Sayin

Julian Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

Caleb Hawkins

21

Lacy

Kewan Lacy

18

Hellums

Cale Hellums

14

Brown

Camden Brown

13

Bell

Skyler Bell

12

Harris

Jackson Harris

QB Rating Leaders

182.1

Sayin

Julian Sayin

181.4

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

171.5

Pavia

Diego Pavia

14.5

Tucker

Nadame Tucker

13.5

Bailey

David Bailey

12.5

Smith

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CFB 2025 Rankings

45.1

42.5

42.0

41.9

41.1

40.5

Opp PPG Rankings

8.2

10.8

10.9

13.0

13.3

15.2

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

498.0

488.7

480.3

478.6

475.8

Rush Yards Rankings

289.3

269.8

261.4

254.9

246.9

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

312.4

309.6

296.0

292.8

45.0

43.0

43.0

41.0

41.0

39.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	8	5	.615
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	11	2	.846
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	8	4	.667
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	8	4	.667
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	1	.923
2	Alabama	11	3	.786
3	Ole Miss	12	1	.923
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	9	3	.750
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	2	.833
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	7	.417
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	13	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	1	.923
3	Oregon	12	1	.923
4	Michigan	9	3	.750
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	8	4	.667
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	5	.583
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	10	2	.833
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	7	.417
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	1	.923
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	10	2	.833
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	3	.750
6	Arizona State	8	4	.667
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	5	.583
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	6	6	.500
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/14	ARIZ	@	CIN	30-24
Fri 11/14	EMU	@	BALL	24-9
Fri 11/14	ND	@	PITT	37-15
Fri 11/14	MICH	@	NW	24-22
Fri 11/14	USF	@	NAVY	38-41

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 12/31	IOWA	@	VAN	12:00 PM
Wed 12/31	ASU	@	DUKE	2:00 PM
Wed 12/31	MICH	@	TEX	3:00 PM
Wed 12/31	NEB	@	UTAH	3:30 PM
Wed 12/31	MIA	@	OSU	7:30 PM