TEAM
- Penn State is now 18-14 all-time against Iowa, including 9-8 in home matchups.
- The Nittany Lions are 9-6 in full-stadium Penn State White Out games.
- Since 2014, Penn State is 20-8 against the Big Ten West, including wins in six-straight meetings.
- Since 2022, Penn State has six games with two or more turnovers gained and no turnovers lost. Penn State is 7-0 in those games.
- Since 2014, Penn State is 42-1 when leading by 10+ points at halftime.
- Penn State held its opponent scoreless for the first time since a 30-0 win against Maryland in 2022.
- Penn State recorded a shutout against an AP Top 25 team for the first time since the 1999 Alamo Bowl against No. 18 Texas A&M (24-0).
- Penn State held the ball for 45:27 to Iowa's time of possession of 14:33. In the second half, Penn State held the ball for 24:14 to Iowa's 5:46.
- Penn State had 97 offensive plays to 33 for Iowa. According to TruMediaSports, in the past five seasons, no other FBS team has out-snapped its opponent by 60+ plays.
- The 97 plays by the Nittany Lions are the most since Penn State ran 99 offensive plays at Iowa in 2017.
- WR Dante Cephas made his first start at Penn State. He is the 12th player to make his first PSU start this season. Cephas made 20 starts at Kent State.
- The 2023 Penn State White Out attendance was 110,830, which is the second-largest crowd in program history behind only the 110,889 from the 2018 Penn State White Out game against Ohio State.
STREAKS
Offense
- Penn State has recorded at least 30 points in 11-straight games, which is the longest active streak in the nation.
- It marks the fifth time in Big Ten history a team has strung together 11 or more games of 30+ points. The only other time Penn State went 11-straight games with 30+ points in program history was 1993-94, when it scored 30+ points in a school-record 15-straight games.
- Dating back to the Rutgers game in 2022, Penn State has scored in 28-straight quarters, the longest active streak in the nation.
Defense
- The Nittany Lions registered five tackles for loss. Penn State snapped a streak of 11-straight games with at least six tackles for loss. It was the nation's longest streak entering the game.
- Penn State has not allowed a first-drive touchdown in the last 18 games, dating back to the Michigan State game in 2021.
Special Teams
- Penn State has not allowed a special teams touchdown in 52-straight games, dating back to the start of the 2019 season.
OFFENSE
Team
- Penn State has not committed a turnover this season. Penn State is the only team in the FBS who has not turned the ball over this year.
- Penn State scored on drives of 17, 10 15 and 12 plays. The last time Penn State had four scoring drives of 10+ plays was against Ohio State in 2021.
- The Nittany Lions held the ball for 13:26 of the third quarter and finished the game with 45:27 of possession.
- Penn State rushed for 215 yards. The Nittany Lions have surpassed 200 rushing yards on 40 occasions in the James Franklin era. Penn State is 35-5 in those games.
- The Nittany Lions scored 10 points off turnovers. Entering the game, Penn State averaged a nation-best 9.69 points off turnovers over the last two seasons.
Drew Allar
- QB Drew Allar completed 25-of-37 passes for 166 yards and four touchdowns.
- Allar threw a career-high four touchdown passes.
- Allar connected on a 9-yard touchdown pass with Khalil Dinkins in the second quarter.
- The Ohio native threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Warren and tossed a 7-yard touchdown to Warren late in the third quarter.
- The sophomore connected with KeAndre Lambert-Smith on a 3-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter.
- Allar has four career games with multiple touchdown passes and two games with three or more touchdown passes.
- Allar now has 12 career touchdown passes.
Beau Pribula
- QB Beau Pribula had a career-high 55 rushing yards on eight carries. His previous high was 47 yards at Illinois last week.
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
- WR KeAndre Lambert-Smith set a career high with eight receptions. His previous high was six against Delaware.
- Lambert-Smith hauled in a 3-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter. It was his 10th career receiving touchdown.
- Lambert-Smith ranks 23rd in program history with 1,334 career receiving yards.
Tyler Warren
- TE Tyler Warren grabbed a 2-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter.
- Warren hauled in a 7-yard touchdown catch late in the third quarter.
- The junior owns eight career touchdown receptions and four this season.
- Warren has a touchdown reception in each of the last three games.
Theo Johnson
- TE Theo Johnson had a career-high six receptions tonight. His previous high was five vs. Minnesota in 2022.
Khalil Dinkins
- TE Khalil Dinkins hauled in a 9-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter. It was his second career touchdown reception.
Dante Cephas
- WR Dante Cephas had a reception tonight, giving him a reception in 31-straight games.
DEFENSE
Team
- Penn State held Iowa to four first downs, the fewest allowed by the Nittany Lions since giving up just two to Eastern Illinois in 2009 and the fewest ever allowed by Penn State in a Big Ten game.
- After allowing Iowa to get one first down on each of its first two possessions in the first quarter, Penn State held Iowa without a first down for the next seven drives until the Hawkeyes earned two first downs on their last possession of the game.
- Penn State held Iowa to 76 yards of offense, the fewest ever allowed by Penn State in a Big Ten game, and the least since holding Temple to 74 yards in 2006.
- The Nittany Lions allowed just 2.3 yards per play.
- Penn State held Iowa to 20 yards rushing, the fourth-lowest since 2014 and the least rushing yards allowed since holding Purdue to minus-19 in 2019.
- The Nittany Lions held Iowa to 56 passing yards, the seventh-lowest total allowed under James Franklin and the fewest since holding Illinois to 38 in 2021.
- Penn State held Iowa to just one third-down conversion on nine attempts, the fewest third-down conversions allowed by the Nittany Lions since holding Idaho to a 1-15 mark in 2019.
- The Nittany Lions forced two takeaways in the first half. In the first quarter, DE Dani Dennis-Sutton forced a fumble, recovered by LB Curtis Jacobs. In the second quarter, Jacobs recovered a muffed punt.
- Jacobs is the first Penn State player to recover two fumbles in a game since Mark D'Onofrio against Temple on October 5, 1991.
- Penn State forced a third takeaway on a fumble forced by DE Chop Robinson and recovered by DE Adisa Isaac in the third quarter.
- Penn State forced a fourth takeaway on a fumble forced by DE Amin Vanover and recovered by DE Zuriah Fisher in the fourth quarter.
- Penn State has 11 takeaways this season (five interceptions, six fumble recoveries).
- Since 2022, Penn State has forced 37 turnovers (19 interceptions, 18 fumbles).
- Penn State has recorded three or more takeaways in eight games over the last two seasons.
- Over the last two seasons, Penn State is 10-0 when recording multiple takeaways in a game.
- With tonight's performance, Penn State has held opponents under a 50% completion percentage eight times since 2022.
- Since 2014, Penn State has recorded nine shutouts (seven since 2017) and held opponents to seven or less points 27 times (20 of 27 vs. Big Ten).
- Penn State limited Iowa to 76 yards, the 53rd time Penn State has held an opponent under 300 total yards.
- The Nittany Lions held an opponent under 200 passing yards 67 times and under 100 passing yards 19 times.
- Penn State limited an opponent to under 100 rushing yards 51 times and under 50 rushing yards 19 times.
- Since 2014, Penn State has forced multiple takeaways 51 times (three times in 2023)
Curtis Jacobs
- LB Curtis Jacobs recovered a fumble in the first quarter.
- Jacobs also recovered a fumble on a muffed punt in the second quarter. It was his fourth career fumble recovery.
- Jacobs is the first Penn State player to recover two fumbles in a game since Mark D'Onofrio against Temple on October 5, 1991.
- The junior collected a solo tackle for loss in the second quarter. He now has 17 career tackles for loss.
Adisa Isaac
- DE Adisa Isaac recovered a fumble in the third quarter. It was his first career fumble recovery.
- Isaac notched a solo sack in the second quarter. He now has 8.5 career sacks.
- Isaac now has 18.5 career tackles for loss.
Chop Robinson
- DE Chop Robinson recorded a strip-sack in the third quarter. It was his second career forced fumble.
- Robinson owns 8.5 career sacks.
Dani Dennis-Sutton
- DE Dani Dennis-Sutton forced a fumble in the first quarter.
- Dennis-Sutton recorded one pass breakup, tying a career high of one set in 2022 vs. Central Michigan.
Amin Vanover
- DE Amin Vanover forced a fumble on a sack in the fourth quarter. It was his first career forced fumble.
- The sack by Vanover was the second of his career. His previous sack was against Maryland in 2022.
Zuriah Fisher
- DE Zuriah Fisher recovered the first fumble of his career in the fourth quarter.
Dominic DeLuca
- LB Dominic DeLuca forced a fumble in the fourth quarter. It was the second forced fumble of his career, and his second in two weeks.
- DeLuca tied a career high with one pass breakup. He had one against Michigan State in 2022.
Kevin Winston
- S Kevin WInston Jr. tied a career high with one pass breakup. He had one last week at Illinois.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Alex Felkins
- K Alex Felkins hit a 46-yard field goal in the first quarter. It was his 13th career make from 40+ yards.
- Felkins converted four extra-point attempts.