Record: 11-1, .917 W-L% (3rd of 110) ▪ Rank: 3rd in Final AP Poll
Conference: Ind
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Joe Paterno (11-1)
PS/G: 22.9 (49th of 110) ▪ PA/G: 12.8 (9th of 110)
SRS: 16.20 (10th of 110) ▪ SOS: 5.62 (16th of 110)
Bowl Game: Lost Orange Bowl 25-10 versus Oklahoma
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | John Shaffer | 103 | 228 | 45.2 | 1366 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 8 | 10 | 98.3 |
| 2 | Matt Knizner | 10 | 19 | 52.6 | 101 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 104.1 |
| 3 | D.J. Dozier | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | D.J. Dozier | 154 | 723 | 4.7 | 4 | 14 | 87 | 6.2 | 1 | 168 | 810 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 2 | Steve Smith | 86 | 421 | 4.9 | 3 | 13 | 126 | 9.7 | 1 | 99 | 547 | 5.5 | 4 |
| 3 | Tim Manoa | 77 | 380 | 4.9 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 0 | 83 | 422 | 5.1 | 3 |
| 4 | David Clark | 57 | 338 | 5.9 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 0 | 64 | 373 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 5 | John Shaffer | 51 | -43 | -0.8 | 4 | 51 | -43 | -0.8 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | Kevin Woods | 32 | 91 | 2.8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 35 | 97 | 2.8 | 2 |
| 7 | Matt Knizner | 16 | 10 | 0.6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0.6 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Blair Thomas | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 0 | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Eufard Cooper | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 0 | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Michael Timpson | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 0 | 12 | 208 | 17.3 | 0 | 18 | 260 | 14.4 | 0 |
| 11 | Keith Radecic | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | John Hornyak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | John Toogood | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Ray Roundtree | 15 | 285 | 19.0 | 2 | 15 | 285 | 19.0 | 2 | ||||
| 15 | Eric Hamilton | 13 | 199 | 15.3 | 1 | 13 | 199 | 15.3 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | Dean DiMidio | 12 | 218 | 18.2 | 0 | 12 | 218 | 18.2 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Darrell Giles | 9 | 111 | 12.3 | 1 | 9 | 111 | 12.3 | 1 | ||||
| 18 | Brian Siverling | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 1 | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 1 | ||||
| 19 | Bob Williams | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 2 | ||||
| 20 | Mike Alexander | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | ||||