TEAM
- Penn State falls to 14-21 all-time against Ohio State and 8-13 in Columbus.
- The Nittany Lions moved to 13-17 all-time in regular season matchups that feature two AP Top 10 teams.
- Penn State is now 43-77-1 all-time against AP Top 10 opponents and 17-53-1 all-time against AP Top Five opponents.
- Penn State host Rutgers on Senior Day at 3:30 p.m. on BTN.
OFFENSE
KJ Hamler
- WR KJ Hamler extended his streak to all 24 games of his career with a catch.
- Hamler has had a reception of 20 or more yards in 14 consecutive games.
- Hamler now has 1,590 career receiving yards, ranking 16th all-time at Penn State.
- Hamler has 16 catches of 20 or more yards this season, including three catches of 50 or more yards.
- RB Journey Brown had a rushing touchdown for the third-straight game.
- TE Pat Freiermuth extended his streak to 23 consecutive games with a catch, and 23 of his first 24 career games.
- QB Will Levis had his third career rushing touchdown in the third quarter.
- Levis rushed for 34 yards on a career-high 19 carries. His previous high was six carries at Maryland.
- QB Sean Clifford completed 10 passes for 71 yards.
- Clifford now has 2,521 passing yards on the season, moved into 12th at Penn State. He moved past Tony Sacca (2,488, 1991).
- With 178 completions on the season, Clifford ranks 14th at Penn State.
- With 71 total yards on the day, Clifford now has 2,895 total yards for the season. He moved into ninth at Penn State, passing Daryll Clark (2,874 yards, 2008).
- WR Justin Shorter tied a career high with three catches. He also had three receptions against Idaho.
DEFENSE
Lamont Wade
- S Lamont Wade tied a Big Ten record with three forced fumbles on the day. He is the fifth player in Big Ten history to have three forced fumbles in a game, joining Michigan's Jerry Hartman (vs. Indiana, 10/21/1967), Ohio State's Antoine Winfield (at Pittsburgh, 9/23/1995), Iowa's Bob Sanders (vs. Minnesota, 11/15/2003) and Northwestern's Ifeadi Odenigbo (vs. Western Illinois, 9/20/2014).
- Wade is the third player to have three forced fumbles in a Big Ten game.
- Wade is the sixth player in FBS since 2000 to have three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery in a game. The last occurrence was Kansas State's Jayd Kirby against Kansas in 2017.
- Wade is the second Big Ten player since 2000 to have three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery in a game. The last occurrence was Northwestern's Ifeadi Odenigbo vs. Western Illinois in 2014.
- Wade now has four career forced fumbles.
- Wade's fumble recovery in the third quarter, off of a Micah Parsons strip, is the first of his career.
- Wade posted his second career double-digit tackle performance with 10 stops. His other was a career-high 11 tackles against Purdue.
- Wade tied a career high with two tackles for loss. He also had two against Kent State in 2018.
- Wade matched a career best with a full sack. He also had a full sack in two previous games with the last time coming against Purdue.
- LB Micah Parsons forced a fumble for the second week in a row, the fourth forced fumble by Parsons of his career.
- Parsons has forced a fumble in two-straight games.
- Parsons recovered a fumble in the third quarter. It was Parsons' first career fumble recovery.
- Parsons posted his sixth 10-tackle performance of the season.
- LB Cam Brown recovered his second fumble of the season in the Ohio State end zone for a touchback in the first quarter.
- S Garrett Taylor set a career high with 13 tackles. His previous career high was 10 in two games with the last coming at Minnesota.
- Taylor recorded his third career double-digit tackle game and his second this season.
- DE Jayson Oweh tied a career high with three tackles. He had three tackles in three previous games with the last time coming at Michigan State.
- LB Brandon Smith recorded a solo tackle for loss, matching his career high. His last game with a full tackle for loss came against Idaho.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Blake Gillikin
- P Blake Gillikin landed two punts inside the Ohio State 10. He now has 96 career punts inside the 20 and 52 career punts inside the 10.
- Gillikin landed a punt at the Ohio State 9 in the first quarter and another punt at the Ohio State 10 in the second quarter.
- K Jake Pinegar converted a 42-yard field goal in the third quarter and two extra point attempts.
- On Pinegar's second extra point, he hit his 100th career extra point.
- With 100 career extra points, Pinegar broke a tie for eighth all-time at Penn State with Al Vitiello (98, 1971-72).
- K Jordan Stout had a touchback on all four kickoffs.
- KR KJ Hamler had a 26-yard kick return to open the game.
- Hamler now has 934 career kick return yards, ranking eighth all-time at Penn State. He moved past Gary Brown (920, 1987-90) and Curt Warner (922, 1979-82).
- With 40 career kick returns, Hamler ranks eighth all-time at Penn State. He broke a tie with Gary Brown (38, 1987-90) and Miles Sanders (38, 2016-18).