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Penn State Nittany Lions

The Penn State Nittany Lions were 10-1 in 1971. They emerged victorious over the Texas Longhorns, 30 to 6, in the Cotton Bowl.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sat
1/1
vs
TEX TEX
W
30-6
Sat
12/4
@
TENN TENN
L
11-31
Sat
11/20
@
PITT PITT
W
55-18
Sat
11/13
vs
NCST NCST
W
35-3
Sat
11/6
vs
MD MD
W
63-27

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

1,185

Hufnagel

Hufnagel

RUSH YDS

1,567

Mitchell

Mitchell

REC YDS

489

Parsons

Parsons

1971 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
454
5,211
798
6.5
3,563
619
5.8
1,648
179
9.2
Team Rank
3rd
3rd
37th
2nd
5th
14th
2nd
39th
98th
2nd
Opponent
11
131
3,133
4.1
1,601
483
3.3
1,532
282
5.4
Opponent Rank
68th
45th
35th
30th
29th
35th
88th
111th
27th
Net
+323
+2,078
+798
+2.4
+1,962
+136
+2.4
+116
-103
+3.8
Net Rank
3rd
5th
37th
2nd
6th
16th
4th
45th
112th
2nd

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Skattebo

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CFB 2024 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

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Indiana

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Ole Miss

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Texas Tech

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Boise State

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Washington State

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Opp PPG Rankings
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Texas

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Army

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15.5

Indiana

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Total Yards Rankings
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537.2

Ole Miss

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North Texas

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New Mexico

484.3

Texas State

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Rush Yards Rankings
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Pass Yards Rankings
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Miami

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North Texas

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Colorado

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Sack Leaders
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Ohio State

53.0

Ole Miss

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Texas

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Penn State

44.0

Duke

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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

CFB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
11/15
MURR
@
UK UK
6-48
Fri
11/15
FAU FAU
@
TEM TEM
15-18
Fri
11/15
FIU FIU
@
JVST JVST
31-34
Fri
11/15
MER
@
ALA ALA
7-52
Fri
11/15
HAW HAW
@
USU USU
10-55

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
8/23
FRES FRES
@
KU KU
1:00 PM
Sat
8/23
ISU ISU
@
KSU KSU
1:00 PM
Sat
8/23
STAN STAN
@
HAW HAW
1:00 PM
Sat
8/23
SHSU SHSU
@
WKU WKU
1:00 PM
Thu
8/28
ELON
@
DUKE DUKE
1:00 PM