Record: 11-1, .917 W-L% (3rd of 128) ▪ Rank: 5th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Ind
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Joe Paterno (11-1)
PS/G: 40.3 (2nd of 128) ▪ PA/G: 11.4 (11th of 128)
SRS: 19.51 (8th of 128) ▪ SOS: 0.59 (69th of 128)
Bowl Game: Won Cotton Bowl 30-6 versus Texas
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | John Hufnagel | 86 | 136 | 63.2 | 1185 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 10 | 6 | 151.9 |
| 2 | Steve Joachim | 16 | 41 | 39.0 | 399 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 7 | 3 | 162.5 |
| 3 | Jack Koniszewski | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 64 | 64.0 | 84.0 | 1 | 0 | 967.6 |
| 4 | Steve Stilley | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0 | 1 | -200.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Lydell Mitchell | 254 | 1567 | 6.2 | 26 | 16 | 154 | 9.6 | 3 | 270 | 1721 | 6.4 | 29 |
| 2 | Franco Harris | 123 | 684 | 5.6 | 6 | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 1 | 133 | 781 | 5.9 | 7 |
| 3 | John Hufnagel | 79 | 346 | 4.4 | 3 | 79 | 346 | 4.4 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Tom Donchez | 43 | 243 | 5.7 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 | 49 | 290 | 5.9 | 2 |
| 5 | Steve Stilley | 34 | 151 | 4.4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 1 | 35 | 170 | 4.9 | 2 |
| 6 | Ken Andrews | 18 | 96 | 5.3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 19 | 103 | 5.4 | 2 |
| 7 | Steve Joachim | 17 | 48 | 2.8 | 1 | 17 | 48 | 2.8 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Carl Cayette | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 0 | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Bob Nagle | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 1 | 14 | 90 | 6.4 | 1 |
| 10 | Bob Parsons | 11 | 86 | 7.8 | 0 | 30 | 489 | 16.3 | 5 | 41 | 575 | 14.0 | 5 |
| 11 | Glen Cole | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 1 | 10 | 94 | 9.4 | 1 |
| 12 | Jack Koniszewski | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Jim Scott | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 1 | 5 | 125 | 25.0 | 1 |
| 14 | Scott Skarzynski | 12 | 204 | 17.0 | 1 | 12 | 204 | 17.0 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | Bob Rickenbach | 9 | 149 | 16.6 | 0 | 9 | 149 | 16.6 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Chuck Herd | 6 | 224 | 37.3 | 3 | 6 | 224 | 37.3 | 3 | ||||
| 17 | John Hull | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Gary Debes | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 1 | ||||