Penn State Nittany Lions

The Penn State Nittany Lions were 7-4 in 1979. They emerged victorious over the Tulane Green Wave, 9 to 6, in the Liberty Bowl.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 12/22	vs	TULN	W 9-6
Sat 12/1	vs	PITT	L 14-29
Sat 11/17	vs	TEM	W 22-7
Sat 11/10	@	NCST	W 9-7
Sat 11/3	vs	MIA	L 10-26

Team Leaders

PASS YDS

1,179

Tate

Tate

RUSH YDS

973

Suhey

Suhey

REC YDS

331

Scovill

Scovill

1979 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	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

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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

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

17.0

Green

Mike Green

16.0

Powell-Ryland

Antwaun Powell-Ryland

15.5

Ezeiruaku

Donovan Ezeiruaku

CFB 2024 Rankings

44.2

41.3

38.8

38.6

37.8

37.5

Opp PPG Rankings

11.4

13.3

13.8

13.9

15.6

15.9

Total Yards Rankings

538.3

520.3

488.7

484.3

474.3

467.7

Rush Yards Rankings

301.5

258.7

253.6

251.1

249.7

248.1

Pass Yards Rankings

363.1

359.3

342.5

327.2

325.3

322.8

58.0

53.0

43.0

42.0

41.0

41.0

CFB 2024 Division Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona State	11	2	.846
2	BYU	10	2	.833

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	12	1	.923
2	UNLV	11	3	.786

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Marshall	10	3	.769
2	Louisiana	10	3	.769

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	12	1	.923
2	UConn	8	4	.667

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	11	3	.786
2	Miami (OH)	8	5	.615

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon	13	0	1.000
2	Penn State	12	2	.857

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	7	.417
2	Washington State	8	4	.667

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	SMU	11	3	.786
2	Clemson	10	4	.714

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	11	2	.846
2	Texas	12	2	.857

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Army	11	2	.846
2	Tulane	9	5	.643

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
2	Western Kentucky	8	6	.571

CFB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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

Schedule

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