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2005 Penn State Nittany Lions Stats

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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

Big Ten Co-Champs

Team Stats

Most values are per game averages
Passing Rushing Total Offense First Downs Penalties Turnovers
Split G Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Att Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg Pass Rush Pen Tot No. Yds Fum Int Tot
Offense 12 14.6 27.6 52.9 208.8 1.5 41.9 212.8 5.1 2.4 69.5 421.5 6.1 8.8 11.3 1.7 21.8 4.8 35.2 1.0 0.8 1.8
Defense 12 20.5 36.3 56.6 211.7 0.9 36.8 93.0 2.5 1.0 73.1 304.7 4.2 9.8 6.4 1.2 17.4 7.0 59.1 0.8 1.3 2.1
Difference -5.9 -8.7 -3.7 -2.9 +0.6 +5.1 +119.8 +2.6 +1.4 -3.6 +116.8 +1.9 -1.0 +4.9 +0.5 +4.4 -2.2 -23.9 +0.2 -0.5 -0.3

Passing

Stats include bowl game
Passing
Rk Player Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate
1 Michael Robinson 162 311 52.1 2350 7.6 7.2 17 10 127.2
2 Anthony Morelli 13 20 65.0 155 7.8 8.8 1 0 146.6

Rushing & Receiving

Stats include bowl game
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
1 Tony Hunt 174 1047 6.0 6 20 206 10.3 0 194 1253 6.5 6
2 Michael Robinson 163 806 4.9 11 163 806 4.9 11
3 Austin Scott 66 273 4.1 3 3 27 9.0 0 69 300 4.3 3
4 Derrick Williams 22 105 4.8 3 22 289 13.1 1 44 394 9.0 4
5 Justin King 18 227 12.6 0 10 126 12.6 2 28 353 12.6 2
6 Rodney Kinlaw 18 34 1.9 2 1 3 3.0 0 19 37 1.9 2
7 Brandon Snow 10 24 2.4 3 2 12 6.0 0 12 36 3.0 3
8 Nick Pinchek 4 15 3.8 0 4 15 3.8 0
9 Anthony Morelli 4 -8 -2.0 1 4 -8 -2.0 1
10 Jordan Norwood 2 24 12.0 0 32 422 13.2 0 34 446 13.1 0
11 Terrell Golden 2 13 6.5 0 9 210 23.3 1 11 223 20.3 1
12 Matt Hahn 2 9 4.5 0 2 19 9.5 0 4 28 7.0 0
13 Dan Lawlor 2 8 4.0 0 2 8 4.0 0
14 Deon Butler 1 6 6.0 0 37 691 18.7 9 38 697 18.3 9
15 Ethan Kilmer 15 236 15.7 3 15 236 15.7 3
16 Isaac Smolko 13 192 14.8 0 13 192 14.8 0
17 Brendan Perretta 5 39 7.8 0 5 39 7.8 0
18 Lydell Sargeant 2 27 13.5 0 2 27 13.5 0
19 Patrick Hall 2 6 3.0 2 2 6 3.0 2

Defense & Fumbles

Stats include bowl game
Tackles Def Int Fumbles
Rk Player Solo Ast Tot Loss Sk Int Yds Avg TD PD FR Yds TD FF
1 Paul Posluszny 64 52 116 11.0 3.0 3
2 Chris Harrell 50 38 88 3.0 0.0 1 16 16.0 0 5
3 Calvin Lowry 48 31 79 1.5 1.0 4 36 9.0 0 6 1
4 Tim Shaw 43 33 76 6.5 4.5 2 2
5 Dan Connor 38 38 76 5.5 1.5 8 1 18 1 0
6 Tamba Hali 27 38 65 17.0 11.0 4 1
7 Rice 21 34 55 9.0 5.0 5
8 Alan Zemaitis 37 14 51 2.5 0.0 6 35 5.8 0 16 2 51 2 2
9 Scott Paxson 25 19 44 10.5 3.0 1
10 Jay Alford 16 21 37 11.5 8.5 2 1
11 Anwar Phillips 24 6 30 2.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 11
12 Ethan Kilmer 19 6 25 0.0 0.0 1
13 Sales 10 9 19 2.0 0.0 1
14 Paul Cronin 11 6 17 0.5 0.5 2 1
15 Ridenhour 6 8 14 0.0 0.0
16 Joe Cianciolo 6 6 12 0.5 0.0
17 King 9 2 11 0.0 0.0 2
18 Lee 6 5 11 0.0 0.0
19 Nolan McCready 4 5 9 0.0 0.0 1 76 76.0 1 1 1
20 Gaines 5 4 9 0.5 0.0 1
21 Donnie Johnson 6 2 8 0.0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 3
22 Darien Hardy 4 4 8 0.0 0.0
23 Dontey Brown 4 3 7 0.0 0.0
24 Shaw 3 3 6 2.0 1.0 1
25 J.R. Zwierzynski 3 3 6 0.0 0.0
26 Lucian 3 2 5 0.5 0.0
27 A.Q. Shipley 2 3 5 2.0 2.0
28 Tony Davis 4 0 4 0.0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 0
29 Jason Ganter 3 0 3 0.0 0.0 1
30 Fentress 3 0 3 0.0 0.0 1
31 Terrell Golden 2 0 2 0.0 0.0
32 Andy Kubic 0 2 2 0.0 0.0
33 Smith 2 0 2 0.0 0.0
34 Lance Antolick 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
35 Levi Brown 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
36 Deon Butler 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
37 Richard Cheek 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
38 Kevin Darling 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
39 Tony Hunt 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
40 Kevin Kelly 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
41 Steve Roach 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
42 Austin Scott 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
43 Brandon Snow 0 1 1 0.0 0.0
44 Anthony Scirrotto 1 0 0.0 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Stats include bowl game
Kick Ret Punt Ret
Rk Player Ret Yds Avg TD Ret Yds Avg TD
1 Derrick Williams 13 274 21.1 0
2 Rodney Kinlaw 8 237 29.6 0
3 Justin King 3 40 13.3 0
4 Brandon Snow 1 20 20.0 0
5 James McDonald 1 20 20.0 0
6 Austin Scott 1 15 15.0 0
7 Matt Hahn 1 6 6.0 0 1
8 Calvin Lowry 32 340 10.6 0
9 Anthony Scirrotto 5 42 8.4 0
10 Donnie Johnson 1 19 19.0 0

Kicking & Punting

Stats include bowl game
Kicking Punting
Rk Player XPM XPA XP% FGM FGA FG% Pts Punts Yds Avg
1 Kevin Kelly 49 50 98.0 16 23 69.6 97
2 Jeremy Kapinos 61 2522 41.3

Scoring

Stats include bowl game
Touchdowns Kicking
Rk Player Rush Rec Int FR PR KR Oth Tot XPM FGM 2PM Sfty Pts
1 Kevin Kelly 49 16 1 99
2 Michael Robinson 11 11 66
3 Deon Butler 9 9 54
4 Tony Hunt 6 6 36
5 Derrick Williams 3 1 4 24
6 Brandon Snow 3 3 18
7 Ethan Kilmer 3 3 18
8 Austin Scott 3 3 18
9 Alan Zemaitis 2 2 12
10 Justin King 2 2 12
11 Rodney Kinlaw 2 2 12
12 Patrick Hall 2 2 12
13 Terrell Golden 1 1 6
14 Nolan McCready 1 1 6
15 Anthony Morelli 1 1 6
16 Matt Hahn 1 1 6
17 Dan Connor 1 1 6
18 Tim Shaw 1 2