TEAM
- Penn State is now 16-6 all-time against Northwestern.
- The Nittany Lions are 75-25-5 in homecoming games.
- S Dejuan Lane and LB Keon Wylie made their first career start, the eighth and ninth Nittany Lions to make their first collegiate start this season.
- Lane and Wylie are also two of 13 Nittany Lions to make their first start in a Penn State uniform.
STREAKS
- Penn State has not allowed a special teams touchdown in 83-straight games, dating back to the start of the 2019 season.
OFFENSE
Team
- Penn State is now 10-1 when RB Kaytron Allen and RB Nicholas Singleton both score a rushing touchdown.
- QB Drew Allar threw for 137 yards, while adding 25 rushing yards and a touchdown.
- Allar scored on a 1-yard rush in the fourth quarter. It was his 12th career rushing touchdown, moving him into sole possession of sixth all-time at Penn State. He broke a tie with Zack Mills (11; 2001-04).
- With 20 pass attempts on Saturday, Allar went over 1,000 career pass attempts. He is one of five Nittany Lions to reach that mark.
- RB Kaytron Allen rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries.
- Allen scored on an 11-yard rush in the second quarter.
- With his 31st career rushing touchdown, Allen broke a tie for sixth all-time at Penn State with Charlie Pittman (30; 1967-69) and Trace McSorley (30; 2015-18).
- He has a rushing touchdown in all six games this season. The last Nittany Lion with a rushing touchdown in six-straight games was Nicholas Singleton (2024-25).
- Allen now has 3,344 career rushing yards, ranking fourth all-time at Penn State. On the day, he moved past Curtis Enis (3,256; 1995-97), Blair Thomas (3,301; 1985-87) and Tony Hunt (3,320; 2003-06).
- The senior now has 629 career rushing attempts, moving into sixth all-time at Penn State. He jumped D.J. Dozier (624; 1983-86).
- RB Nicholas Singleton scored on a 2-yard run in the second quarter.
- With his 38th career rushing touchdown, Singleton moved into a tie for second all-time at Penn State with Lydell Mitchell (38; 1969-71). He is five rushing touchdowns behind Saquon Barkley’s (43; 2015-17) record.
- It was also Singleton’s 47th career total touchdown (38 rushing, 8 receiving, 1 kick return) at Penn State. He is six touchdowns behind Barkley’s record (53; 2015-17).
- With 569 career rushing attempts, Singleton now ranks ninth all-time at Penn State. He moved past Curtis Enis (565; 1995-97).
- WR Devonte Ross finished the game with seven receptions for 115 yards.
- It was his fifth career 100-yard receiving game and first as a Nittany Lion.
- Ross hauled in a 67-yard reception in the fourth quarter and added a 20-yard catch in the first quarter. He has 25 career receptions of 20+ yards.
DEFENSE
Team
- Penn State CB Audavion Collins recovered a muffed punt in the second quarter. It was Penn State’s eighth takeaway this season (four fumbles, four interceptions).
- Since 2022, Penn State has forced 84 takeaways (50 interceptions, 34 fumbles).
- Penn State recorded a red-zone stop in the fourth quarter, its fourth red-zone stop this season.
- The Nittany Lions limited Northwestern to 282 total yards. Since 2014, Penn State has held an opponent under 300 total yards on 72 occasions.
- Penn State allowed 163 passing yards, its 86th time holding an opponent under 200 passing yards since 2014.
- The Nittany Lions held the Wildcats to 119 rushing yards, its 70th time holding an opponent under 200 rushing yards since 2014.
- DT Zane Durant finished the game with a career-high eight stops. His previous high was five, on two occasions and last at Minnesota in 2024.
- Durant recorded a solo sack in the first quarter. He owns 20 career tackles for loss and eight career sacks.
- DE Zuriah Fisher recorded a solo sack in the fourth quarter. He owns 5.5 career sacks.
- He added two quarterback hurries.
- LB Keon Wylie set a new career high with six tackles, while making his first career start. His previous high was four tackles at Illinois in 2023.
- CB Audavion Collins collected a career-high six stops. His previous high was five tackles, on two occasions and last against Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Team
- DE Dani Dennis-Sutton blocked a punt in the first quarter. It was his second blocked punt and Penn State’s third blocked punt this season. Penn State has three blocked punts in a season for the first time since 2019 (2 vs. Idaho; 1 vs. Buffalo; 1 at Michigan State).
- Dennis-Sutton became Penn State’s first Nittany Lion with a blocked punt in back-to-back games (at UCLA, vs. Northwestern) since Andre Collins in 1989 (at Texas, at Rutgers).
- K Ryan Barker converted all three extra points. He has converted 71-of-72 career extra-point attempts.
- P Gabriel Nwosu averaged 41.3 yards on three punts, while landing two inside the 10.
- Nwosu blasted a 55-yard punt to the Northwestern 1 in the third quarter.
- Nwosu hit a punt to the Northwestern 10 later in the third quarter.
- He has landed eight punts inside the 20 and six inside the 10 this season.
- KR Corey Smith had a 34-yard kick return in the second quarter.
- DE Dani Dennis-Sutton has a blocked punt in back-to-back games after recording one on Penn State’s first defensive drive against Northwestern. Dennis-Sutton's blocked punt against UCLA resulted in a touchdown for WR Liam Clifford.
- Dennis-Sutton became Penn State’s first Nittany Lion with a blocked punt in back-to-back games (at UCLA, vs. Northwestern) since Andre Collins in 1989 (at Texas, at Rutgers).
- CB Audavion Collins recovered a Northwestern muffed punt in the second quarter.