PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS
 

 
OFFENSIVE FORMATION: Multiple
DEFENSIVE FORMATION: 4-3
STARTERS RETURNING (O/D): 5*/4
LETTERMAN RETURNING: 37 (17,18,2)
LETTERMAN LOST:20 (11,8,1)
STADIUM: Beaver Stadium
PLAYING SURFACE: Grass  • CAPACITY: 107,282
QUICK FACTS:
LOCATION: University Park, PA
FOUNDED: 1855
ENROLLMENT: 42,039
COLORS: Blue, White
MASCOT: Nittany Lion
CONFERENCE: Big Ten
Head Coach: Joe Paterno
Years with Team: 44th Year
Overall Record: 383-127-3
Record with Team: 383-127-3
Assistant Coaching Staff 
2009 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Player Att Yds YPC TD   Player Comp Att % Yds YPA TD INT Rating   Player Rec Yds YPC TD
Evan Royster 188 1104 5.87 6   Daryll Clark 214 346 61.8% 2787 8.1 23 10 145.7   Derek Moye 45 732 16.3 5
Stephfon Green 64 284 4.44 3   Kevin Newsome 8 11 72.7% 66 6.0 0 0 123.1   Graham Zug 41 543 13.2 7
Daryll Clark 73 191 2.62 7   Curtis Drake 1 2 50.0% 14 7.0 1 0 273.8   Andrew Quarless 33 448 13.6 3
2009 GAME BY GAME STATS
        Tot   Rush       SKS Tot   Rush       SKS   Yds Gm
Foe       Off FD Att - Yds Avg Co-Att Yds Vs Def FD Att - Yds Avg Co-Att Yds By TO's Diff Grade
    Akron 31 - 7 515 25 30 - 136 4.5 32 - 44 379 1 186 8 30 - 28 0.9 13 - 24 158 4 -1 329 82.0
    Syracuse 28 - 7 318 23 35 - 78 2.2 20 - 31 240 2 200 13 29 - 65 2.2 18 - 25 135 2 -1 118 85.8
    Temple 31 - 6 359 21 36 - 186 5.2 17 - 29 173 2 251 12 29 - 46 1.6 15 - 34 205 4 0 108 83.1
    Iowa 10 - 21 307 15 33 - 109 3.3 12 - 32 198 2 298 17 37 - 163 4.4 11 - 26 135 2 -2 9 75.4
AT Illinois 35 - 17 513 25 40 - 338 8.5 17 - 25 175 0 393 20 35 - 130 3.7 20 - 37 263 3 1 120 91.0
    E ILLINOIS 52 - 3 553 28 36 - 285 7.9 17 - 26 268 0 206 14 32 - 59 1.8 15 - 31 147 5 1 347 70.1
    Minnesota 20 - 0 464 21 43 - 177 4.1 21 - 32 287 0 138 7 18 - 37 2.1 10 - 22 101 1 1 326 93.5
AT Michigan 35 - 10 396 18 40 - 166 4.2 16 - 27 230 2 250 17 40 - 110 2.8 13 - 33 140 5 4 146 93.2
AT Northwestern 34 - 13 437 21 27 - 163 6.0 22 - 31 274 1 371 24 37 - 119 3.2 29 - 43 252 6 2 66 89.7
    Ohio St 7 - 24 201 9 30 - 76 2.5 12 - 28 125 2 353 15 49 - 228 4.7 8 - 17 125 0 -1 -152 69.0
    Indiana 31 - 20 375 22 39 - 181 4.6 17 - 29 194 0 346 20 24 - 48 2.0 32 - 52 298 2 -3 29 70.7
AT Michigan St 42 - 14 512 24 38 - 188 4.9 20 - 28 324 4 333 16 25 - 94 3.8 20 - 33 239 1 2 179 100.1
† LSU 19 - 17 340 21 40 - 124 3.1 18 - 35 216 1 243 9 25 - 41 1.6 13 - 24 202 2 3 97 85.5
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
TOTALS 375 - 159 5290 273 467 - 2207 4.7 241 - 397 3083 17 3568 192 410 - 1168 2.8 217 - 401 2400 37 6 1722 83.8
AVERAGES 29 - 12 407 21 36 - 170 4.7 60.7% 237 4.3% 274 15 32 - 90 2.8 54.1% 185 9.2% 0.5 132 #12
HOME 26 - 11 387 21 35 - 154 4.4 59.0% 233 3.6% 247 13 31 - 84 2.7 52.8% 163 8.7% -6 139 78.7
AWAY 33 - 14 440 22 37 - 196 5.3 63.7% 244 5.5% 318 17 32 - 99 3.0 55.9% 219 10.0% 12 122 91.9
CONF 27 - 15 401 19 36 - 175 4.8 59.1% 226 4.7% 310 17 33 - 116 3.5 54.4% 194 7.6% 4 90 85.3
NON-CONF 32 - 8 417 24 35 - 162 4.6 63.0% 255 3.6% 217 11 29 - 48 1.6 53.6% 169 12.3% 2 200 81.3
2010 SCHEDULE
2009 RESULTS
PENN STATE 2010
TIME
SCORE
BOX
9/4   Youngstown St
9/11 at Alabama
9/18   Kent St
9/25   Temple
10/2 at Iowa
10/9   Illinois
10/16    
10/23 at Minnesota
10/30   Michigan
11/6   Northwestern
11/13 at Ohio St
11/20 † Indiana (FedEx Field)
11/27   Michigan St
 
PENN STATE 2009 Score Box
9/5

Akron

 31-7 Box
9/12

Syracuse

 28-7 Box
9/19

Temple

 31-6 Box
9/26

Iowa

 10-21 Box
10/3

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Illinois

 35-17 Box
10/10

E Illinois

 52-3 Box
10/17

Minnesota

 20-0 Box
10/24

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Michigan

 35-10 Box
10/31

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Northwestern

 34-13 Box
11/7

Ohio St

 7-24 Box
11/14

Indiana

 31-20 Box
11/21

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Michigan St

 42-14 Box
1/1   Capital One Bowl 19-17 Box
2008 RESULTS
OTHER INFORMATION
PENN STATE 2008 Box Score  
8/30   Coastal Car 66-10    
9/6   Oregon St 45-14 Box  
9/13 at Syracuse 55-13 Box  
9/20   Temple 45-3 Box  
9/27   Illinois 38-24 Box  
10/4 at Purdue 20-6 Box  
10/11 at Wisconsin 48-7 Box  
10/18   Michigan St 46-17 Box  
10/25 at Ohio State 13-6 Box  
11/1          
11/8 at Iowa 23-24 Box  
11/15   Indiana 34-7 Box  
11/22   Michigan 49-18 Box  
Jan. 1   USC 24-38 Box  
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