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Penn State Nittany Lions

The Penn State Nittany Lions were 11-2 in 2016. They fell to the USC Trojans, 52 to 49, in the Rose Bowl.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Mon
1/2
vs
USC USC
L
49-52
Sat
12/3
vs
WIS WIS
W
38-31
Sat
11/26
vs
MSU MSU
W
45-12
Sat
11/19
@
RUTG RUTG
W
39-0
Sat
11/12
@
IND IND
W
45-31

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

3,360

McSorley

McSorley

RUSH YDS

1,302

Barkley

Barkley

REC YDS

795

Godwin

Godwin

2016 Big 10 Standings

TEAM CONF OVERALL
1
Ohio State Ohio State
8-1
11-2
2
Penn State Penn State
9-1
11-3
3
Wisconsin Wisconsin
7-3
11-3
4
Michigan Michigan
7-2
10-3
5
Nebraska Nebraska
6-3
9-4

2016 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
14
526
6,056
931
6.5
2,406
540
4.5
3,650
391
9.3
24
161
287
123
134
30
67
617
Team Rank
13th
28th
52nd
21st
55th
39th
64th
23rd
80th
10th
44th
70th
47th
53rd
52nd
10th
34th
39th
Opponent
14
356
5,151
1,062
5.0
2,118
551
3.8
3,033
471
6.4
40
275
277
109
140
28
101
879
Opponent Rank
67th
62nd
123rd
22nd
57th
105th
32nd
84th
107th
18th
15th
115th
81st
54th
93rd
104th
5th
8th
Net
+170
+905
-131
+1.5
+288
-11
+0.6
+617
-80
+2.9
-16
-114
+10
+14
-6
+2
-34
-262
Net Rank
16th
31st
118th
14th
54th
70th
47th
36th
103rd
8th
12th
114th
57th
54th
78th
54th
4th
3rd

Related Searches

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Pass Yards Leaders

4,779

McCord

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4,313

Ward

Cam Ward

4,266

Dart

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Rush Yards Leaders

2,601

Jeanty

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1,711

Skattebo

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1,660

Hampton

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,554

Fannin

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1,382

Nash

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1,319

McMillan

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Pass TD Leaders

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Ward

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37

Sanders

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36

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Rush TD Leaders

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Daily

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29

Jeanty

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25

Stewart

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Rec TD Leaders

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Nash

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15

Smith

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QB Rating Leaders

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176.0

Rourke

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Howard

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Sack Leaders

17.0

Green

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16.0

Powell-Ryland

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15.5

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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

251.1

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

46.0

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