Record: 11-1, .917 W-L% (3rd of 119) ▪ Rank: 3rd in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big Ten
(Schedule and Results)
*W-L-T adjusted to 0-1 by NCAA.
Coach: Joe Paterno (11-1)
PS/G: 34.4 (13th of 119) ▪ PA/G: 17.0 (10th of 119)
SRS: 20.41 (4th of 119) ▪ SOS: 6.91 (7th of 119)
Bowl Game: Won Orange Bowl 26-23 versus Florida State
| Rk | Player | Class | Pos | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Robinson* | SR | QB | 162 Cmp, 311 Att, 2350 Yds, 17 TD |
| 2 | Anthony Morelli | QB | 13 Cmp, 20 Att, 155 Yds, 1 TD | |
| 3 | Tony Hunt* | JR | RB | 174 Att, 1047 Yds, 6.0 Avg |
| 4 | Matt Hahn | RB | ||
| 5 | Donnie Johnson | SR | RB | |
| 6 | Rodney Kinlaw | JR | RB | 18 Att, 34 Yds, 1.9 Avg |
| 7 | Dan Lawlor | RB | 2 Att, 8 Yds, 4.0 Avg | |
| 8 | Nick Pinchek | JR | RB | 4 Att, 15 Yds, 3.8 Avg |
| 9 | Austin Scott | JR | RB | 66 Att, 273 Yds, 4.1 Avg |
| 10 | Deon Butler* | FR | WR | 37 Rec, 691 Yds, 18.7 Avg |
| 11 | Derrick Williams* | FR | WR | 22 Rec, 289 Yds, 13.1 Avg |
| 12 | Terrell Golden | JR | WR | 9 Rec, 210 Yds, 23.3 Avg |
| 13 | Ethan Kilmer | SR | WR | 15 Rec, 236 Yds, 15.7 Avg |
| 14 | James McDonald | WR | ||
| 15 | Jordan Norwood | WR | 32 Rec, 422 Yds, 13.2 Avg | |
| 16 | Brendan Perretta | JR | WR | 5 Rec, 39 Yds, 7.8 Avg |
| 17 | Isaac Smolko* | TE | 13 Rec, 192 Yds, 14.8 Avg | |
| 18 | Kevin Darling | SR | TE | |
| 19 | Lance Antolick* | OL | ||
| 20 | Levi Brown* | SR | OL | |
| 21 | Tyler Reed* | OL | ||
| 22 | Andrew Richardson* | OL | ||
| 23 | Charles Rush* | OL | ||
| 24 | Robert Price | OL | ||
| 25 | A.Q. Shipley | OL | ||
| 26 | E.Z. Smith | OL | ||
| 27 | Kevin Kelly | FR | K | |
| 28 | Jay Alford* | SR | DL | |
| 29 | Tamba Hali* | SR | DL | |
| 30 | Scott Paxson* | SR | DL | |
| 31 | Matt Rice* | DL | ||
| 32 | Patrick Hall | SR | DL | |
| 33 | Lee Kuzemchak | SR | DL | |
| 34 | Steve Roach | SR | DL | |
| 35 | Jim Shaw | DL | ||
| 36 | Dan Connor* | SO | LB | |
| 37 | Paul Posluszny* | JR | LB | |
| 38 | Tim Shaw* | SR | LB | |
| 39 | Brandon Snow* | SR | LB | |
| 40 | Dontey Brown | FR | LB | |
| 41 | Joe Cianciolo | LB | ||
| 42 | Andy Kubic | SR | LB | |
| 43 | Tyrell Sales | LB | ||
| 44 | J.R. Zwierzynski | SR | LB | |
| 45 | Chris Harrell* | SR | DB | |
| 46 | Calvin Lowry* | SR | DB | |
| 47 | Anwar Philips* | DB | ||
| 48 | Alan Zemaitis* | SR | DB | |
| 49 | Paul Cronin | DB | ||
| 50 | Tony Davis | DB | ||
| 51 | Jason Ganter | JR | DB | |
| 52 | Darien Hardy | SR | DB | |
| 53 | Justin King | DB | ||
| 54 | Nolan McCready | SR | DB | |
| 55 | Anwar Phillips | SR | DB | |
| 56 | Lydell Sargeant | DB | ||
| 57 | Anthony Scirrotto | DB | ||
| 58 | Jeremy Kapinos | SR | P | |
| 59 | Richard Cheek | |||
| 60 | Fentress | |||
| 61 | Gaines | |||
| 62 | King | |||
| 63 | Lee | |||
| 64 | Lucian | |||
| 65 | Rice | |||
| 66 | Ridenhour | |||
| 67 | Sales | |||
| 68 | Shaw | |||
| 69 | Smith |