Record: 9-4, .692 W-L% (26th of 119) ▪ Rank: 24th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big Ten
(Schedule and Results)
*W-L-T adjusted to 0-4 by NCAA.
Coach: Joe Paterno (9-4)
PS/G: 22.3 (72nd of 119) ▪ PA/G: 14.4 (9th of 119)
SRS: 6.89 (31st of 119) ▪ SOS: 0.96 (51st of 119)
Bowl Game: Won Outback Bowl 20-10 versus Tennessee
| 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 | 13 | 17.4 | 32.6 | 53.3 | 199.9 | 0.9 | 35.2 | 150.0 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 67.8 | 349.9 | 5.2 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 1.2 | 18.7 | 4.5 | 33.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| Defense | 13 | 18.8 | 33.8 | 55.5 | 197.0 | 0.8 | 30.8 | 87.5 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 64.6 | 284.5 | 4.4 | 9.4 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 15.7 | 5.5 | 43.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| Difference | -1.4 | -1.2 | -2.2 | +2.9 | +0.1 | +4.4 | +62.5 | +1.5 | +0.6 | +3.2 | +65.4 | +0.8 | -0.1 | +2.6 | +0.5 | +3.0 | -1.0 | -9.9 | +0.3 | -0.3 | -0.1 | |
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Anthony Morelli | 208 | 386 | 53.9 | 2424 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 11 | 8 | 111.9 |
| 2 | Daryll Clark | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 116 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 87.9 |
| 3 | Paul Cianciolo | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 59 | 7.4 | 9.9 | 1 | 0 | 153.2 |
| 4 | Derrick Williams | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Kevin Suhey | 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 | Tony Hunt | 277 | 1386 | 5.0 | 11 | 27 | 259 | 9.6 | 3 | 304 | 1645 | 5.4 | 14 |
| 2 | Rodney Kinlaw | 39 | 199 | 5.1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 41 | 197 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 3 | Anthony Morelli | 39 | -88 | -2.3 | 0 | 39 | -88 | -2.3 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | Derrick Williams | 36 | 145 | 4.0 | 1 | 40 | 440 | 11.0 | 1 | 76 | 585 | 7.7 | 2 |
| 5 | Daryll Clark | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 3 | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | Brandon Snow | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 7 | Matt Hahn | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 0 | 10 | 109 | 10.9 | 1 | 21 | 151 | 7.2 | 1 |
| 8 | A.J. Wallace | 8 | 153 | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | 158 | 17.6 | 1 |
| 9 | Nick Pinchek | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1.7 | 0 |
| 10 | Dan Lawlor | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Jason Ganter | 3 | -15 | -5.0 | 0 | 3 | -15 | -5.0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Chris Bell | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 0 |
| 13 | Brendan Perretta | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 8 | 86 | 10.8 | 0 | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 0 |
| 14 | Deon Butler | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 48 | 637 | 13.3 | 2 | 49 | 634 | 12.9 | 2 |
| 15 | Jordan Norwood | 45 | 472 | 10.5 | 2 | 45 | 472 | 10.5 | 2 | ||||
| 16 | Andrew Quarless | 21 | 288 | 13.7 | 2 | 21 | 288 | 13.7 | 2 | ||||
| 17 | Terrell Golden | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 0 | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | Kevin Darling | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 1 | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 1 | ||||
| 19 | Patrick Hall | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | Kevin Cousins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | James McDonald | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | Mark Rubin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | ||||
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF |
| 1 | Paul Posluszny | 69 | 47 | 116 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Dan Connor | 70 | 43 | 113 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Sean Lee | 46 | 43 | 89 | 8.0 | 5.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Anthony Scirrotto | 42 | 16 | 58 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| 5 | Donnie Johnson | 36 | 14 | 50 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | Tim Shaw | 26 | 18 | 44 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 7 | Tony Davis | 29 | 13 | 42 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 13 | 2 | 94 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Ed Johnson | 18 | 15 | 33 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| 9 | Jay Alford | 23 | 9 | 32 | 14.5 | 8.0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 10 | Justin King | 22 | 8 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| 11 | Nolan McCready | 21 | 6 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | Josh Gaines | 11 | 14 | 25 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Tyrell Sales | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 14 | Maurice Evans | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.5 | |||||||||
| 15 | Knowledge Timmons | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 16 | Joe Cianciolo | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 17 | A.J. Wallace | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 18 | Jim Shaw | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| 19 | Josh Hull | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 20 | Spencer Ridenhour | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 21 | Chris Baker | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Lydell Sargeant | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | Dontey Brown | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Jerome Hayes | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 25 | Darien Hardy | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Jordan Norwood | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Jared Odrick | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| 28 | Tom Golarz | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 29 | Steve Roach | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Chris Rogers | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 31 | Chris Bell | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Deon Butler | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Matt Hahn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Jeremy Boone | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Terrell Golden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 36 | Jed Hill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 37 | Tony Hunt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 38 | Kevin Kelly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 39 | Nick Pinchek | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 40 | Mark Rubin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 41 | John Shaw | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 42 | A.Q. Shipley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 43 | Derrick Williams | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 44 | Jason Ganter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kick Ret | Punt Ret | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | A.J. Wallace | 16 | 388 | 24.3 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | Rodney Kinlaw | 9 | 174 | 19.3 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | Derrick Williams | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | 25 | 301 | 12.0 | 1 |
| 4 | Anthony Scirrotto | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 0 |
| 5 | Patrick Hall | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Andrew Quarless | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Brendan Perretta | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Lydell Sargeant | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Punts | Yds | Avg |
| 1 | Kevin Kelly | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 22 | 34 | 64.7 | 96 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 |
| 2 | Joe Hughes | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | Jeremy Kapinos | 61 | 2555 | 41.9 | |||||||
| Touchdowns | Kicking | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Rush | Rec | Int | FR | PR | KR | Oth | Tot | XPM | FGM | 2PM | Sfty | Pts |
| 1 | Kevin Kelly | 30 | 22 | 96 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Tony Hunt | 11 | 3 | 14 | 84 | |||||||||
| 3 | Derrick Williams | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||
| 4 | Daryll Clark | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Deon Butler | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Jordan Norwood | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Andrew Quarless | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Tony Davis | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Anthony Scirrotto | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Kevin Darling | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Matt Hahn | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 12 | A.J. Wallace | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Dan Connor | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||