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Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

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

Player Stats

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% LNG SCK SCKY
Dayle Tate
D. Tate
11
92
176
52.3
16.0
1,179
6.7
107.2
8
11
111.0
4.5
6.3
Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
11
6
17
35.3
1.5
72
4.2
6.5
0
1
59.1
0.0
5.9
Frank Rocco
F. Rocco
11
4
12
33.3
1.1
54
4.5
4.9
0
0
71.1
0.0
0.0
Terry Rakowsky
T. Rakowsky
11
4
10
40.0
0.9
32
3.2
2.9
0
1
46.9
0.0
10.0

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
11
185
16.8
973
5.3
88.5
6
198
1,072
Booker Moore
B. Moore
11
131
11.9
555
4.2
50.5
9
139
628
Curt Warner
C. Warner
11
84
7.6
391
4.7
35.5
2
94
520
Dayle Tate
D. Tate
11
58
5.3
8
0.1
0.7
0
Mike Guman
M. Guman
11
50
4.5
178
3.6
16.2
1
56
227
Mike Meade
M. Meade
11
29
2.6
121
4.2
11.0
0
30
123
Leo McClelland
L. McClelland
11
18
1.6
91
5.1
8.3
1
Frank Rocco
F. Rocco
11
18
1.6
64
3.6
5.8
0
Dave Paffenroth
D. Paffenroth
11
10
0.9
48
4.8
4.4
0
Jeff Hostetler
J. Hostetler
11
10
0.9
-3
-0.3
-0.3
0
Joel Coles
J. Coles
11
9
0.8
31
3.4
2.8
0
10
42
Terry Rakowsky
T. Rakowsky
11
7
0.6
19
2.7
1.7
0
9
68
Ralph Giacomarro
R. Giacomarro
11
1
0.1
0
0.0
0.0
0
Tom Donovan
T. Donovan
11
1
0.1
-7
-7.0
-0.6
0
22
247

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Brad Scovill
B. Scovill
11
26
2.4
331
12.7
30.1
3
Tom Donovan
T. Donovan
11
21
1.9
254
12.1
23.1
1
22
247
Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
11
13
1.2
99
7.6
9.0
1
198
1,072
Curt Warner
C. Warner
11
10
0.9
129
12.9
11.7
1
94
520
Booker Moore
B. Moore
11
8
0.7
73
9.1
6.6
0
139
628
Mike Guman
M. Guman
11
6
0.5
49
8.2
4.5
0
56
227
Ron LaPointe
R. LaPointe
11
5
0.5
90
18.0
8.2
1
Tracy Hall
T. Hall
11
5
0.5
78
15.6
7.1
0
Mike McCloskey
M. McCloskey
11
4
0.4
93
23.3
8.5
0
Scott Hettinger
S. Hettinger
11
4
0.4
79
19.8
7.2
1
Terry Rakowsky
T. Rakowsky
11
2
0.2
49
24.5
4.5
0
9
68
Joel Coles
J. Coles
11
1
0.1
11
11.0
1.0
0
10
42
Mike Meade
M. Meade
11
1
0.1
2
2.0
0.2
0
30
123

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Giuseppe Harris
G. Harris
11
3
40
13.3
0
Steve Griffiths
S. Griffiths
11
2
2
1
0
Ron Walchack
R. Walchack
11
2
2
1
0
Lance Mehl
L. Mehl
11
2
0
0
0
Tom Wise
T. Wise
11
1
30
30
1
Rick Donaldson
R. Donaldson
11
1
16
16
0
Matt Bradley
M. Bradley
11
1
4
4
0
Ed Pryts
E. Pryts
11
1
3
3
0
John Walsh
J. Walsh
11
1
0
0
0

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Herb Menhardt
H. Menhardt
11
14
28
70
Booker Moore
B. Moore
11
9
0
9
54
Dayle Tate
D. Tate
11
0
8
48
Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
11
6
1
7
42
Curt Warner
C. Warner
11
2
1
4
24
Brad Scovill
B. Scovill
11
3
3
18
Tom Donovan
T. Donovan
11
0
1
1
6
Mike Guman
M. Guman
11
1
0
1
6
Scott Hettinger
S. Hettinger
11
1
1
6
Ron LaPointe
R. LaPointe
11
1
1
6
Leo McClelland
L. McClelland
11
1
1
6
Tom Wise
T. Wise
11
1
6

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Curt Warner
C. Warner
11
17
493
29.0
1
Mike Guman
M. Guman
11
3
57
19.0
0
14
102
7.3
0
Terry Rakowsky
T. Rakowsky
11
7
160
22.9
0
3
17
5.7
0
Matt Suhey
M. Suhey
11
1
0
0.0
0
8
55
6.9
0
Joel Coles
J. Coles
11
3
49
16.3
0
Jon Lebo
J. Lebo
11
2
26
13.0
0
Scott Hettinger
S. Hettinger
11
2
17
8.5
0
Tom Donovan
T. Donovan
11
1
18
18.0
0
Matt Millen
M. Millen
11
1
0
0.0
0

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
Herb Menhardt
H. Menhardt
11
14
20
70.0
28
28
100.0
70

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Ralph Giacomarro
R. Giacomarro
11
71
2,822
39.7

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1
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11
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2
BYU BYU
11
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Mountain West W L PCT
1
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12
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.857
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UNLV UNLV
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.786
Sun Belt W L PCT
1
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10
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10
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Independent W L PCT
1
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14
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9
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.692
Mid-American W L PCT
1
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11
3
.786
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
9
5
.643
Big 10 W L PCT
1
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13
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.867
2
Oregon Oregon
13
1
.929
Pac-12 W L PCT
1
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5
7
.417
2
Washington State Washington State
8
5
.615
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1
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11
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.786
2
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.643
2
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