TEAM
- Penn State is now 25-3 all-time against Indiana, including 13-1 in home matchups.
- The Nittany Lions are 8-27 all-time against teams ranked Top 2 in the AP Poll.
- WR Jeff Exinor Jr. and TE Matt Henderson made their collegiate debuts. Exinor and Henderson are two of 24 Nittany Lions to make their collegiate debut and two of 15 true freshmen who have played this season.
STREAKS
- Penn State has not allowed a special teams touchdown in 86-straight games, dating back to the start of the 2019 season.
OFFENSE
Team
- Penn State had 219 yards passing today. Since 2014, Penn State has recorded 200+ passing yards on 97 occasions. PSU is 73-24 in those games.
- QB Ethan Grunkemeyer threw for a career-high 219 yards on 22-of-31 passes. His previous passing yards high was 145 at Ohio State.
- He also had a career-high 22 completions. His previous high was 19 at Ohio State.
- Grunkemeyer’s 31 attempts are also a career high. Previously, he had 28 attempts on two occasions, last at Ohio State.
- The redshirt freshman tossed a 19-yard touchdown pass to Nicholas Singleton in the fourth quarter, the second touchdown pass of his career.
- Grunkemeyer completed a 43-yard pass to Trebor Peña in the second quarter. It was Grunkemeyer’s longest career completion, bettering a 26-yard completion against Nevada.
- The Ohio native completed 9-of-11 pass attempts for 90 yards in the first half.
- On his ninth carry of the day, RB Kaytron Allen became the career rushing attempts leader at Penn State, passing Evan Royster (686; 2006-10). He now owns 697 career carries.
- RB Nicholas Singleton tallied 143 all-purpose yards (71 rushing, 22 receiving, 50 kick return).
- He scored three touchdowns today (two rushing, one receiving) giving him 51 for his career (41 rushing, 9 receiving, and 1 kick return). He is just two touchdowns behind Saquon Barkley’s program record (53; 2015-17).
- Singleton now owns 41 career rushing touchdowns. He is two rushing scores behind Barkley’s program mark (43; 2015-17).
- The senior’s 71 rushing yards on Saturday give him 3,275 career rushing yards., moving him into seventh place at Penn State. On the day, he passed D.J. Dozier (3,227; 1983-86) and Curtis Enis (3,256; 1995-97).
- Singleton posted his 11th career game with multiple rushing touchdowns and third career game with both a rushing and a receiving touchdown.
- He had a season-long 59-yard rush in the fourth quarter, his 23rd career run of 20+ yards and sixth career run of 50+ yards.
- WR Trebor Peña finished the game with six catches for 99 yards.
- Peña had a 43-yard catch in the second quarter.
- He added a 21-yard reception in the third quarter and a 20-yard grab in the fourth quarter.
- The three catches of 20+ yards give Peña 24 career 20+ yard receptions.
- WR Koby Howard had a 22-yard catch in the third quarter. It was his second 20+ yard catch this season.
- TE Khalil Dinkins caught three passes for 33 yards in the first half and finished the game with four receptions for 40 yards. The four receptions are a career high, topping his previous high of three on two occasions, last at UCLA.
DEFENSE
Team
- S King Mack picked off a pass in the fourth quarter. It was Penn State’s 11th takeaway this season (six interceptions, five fumbles).
- Since 2022, Penn State has forced 87 takeaways (52 interceptions, 35 fumbles).
- DE Dani Dennis-Sutton recorded a sack in the fourth quarter, giving him 19 career sacks.
- Dennis-Sutton finished the day with one tackle for loss, giving him 29 career TFL.
- DE Zuriah Fisher tallied a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss. His previous high was one tackle for loss on five occasions and last against Northwestern in 2025.
- He recorded a half-tackle for loss in the first quarter.
- Fisher added a solo tackle for loss in the second quarter.
- DT Zane Durant had a sack in the fourth quarter, giving him nine in his career.
- Durant’s one tackle for loss moved him to 21 career TFL.
- LB Dominic DeLuca registered a career-high two tackles for loss. His previous high was 1.5 tackles for loss, on two occasions and last against Ohio State in 2024.
- DeLuca recorded a solo tackle for loss on Indiana’s opening drive.
- He added another tackle for loss in the first quarter.
- LB Amare Campbell recorded six tackles in the first half and finished the game with a team high-tying eight stops.
- Campbell notched a half-tackle for loss in the first quarter.
- He added a solo tackle for loss in the second quarter.
- Campbell’s 1.5 tackles for loss on Saturday give him 20 in his career.
- CB A.J. Harris recorded four tackles in the first half and finished the game with a career-high eight stops. His previous career high was seven, done twice and last vs. Oregon.
- CB Daryus Dixson recorded his first career sack in the second quarter, as well as the second forced fumble of his career.
- He has 1.5 career tackles for loss.
- S King Mack intercepted a pass at the Indiana 44 in the fourth quarter. It was his first career interception.
- Mack also had a pass breakup, the third of his career.
- CB Zion Tracy tied a career high with five tackles. He had five in 2024 vs. Washington.
- Tracy also had his second career pass breakup.
SPECIAL TEAMS
- K Ryan Barker converted a 36-yard field goal in the third quarter, making him 27-of-31 on career field goal attempts.
- Barker converted all three extra points today, boosting him to 79-of-80 on career extra points.
- P Gabriel Nwosu landed a punt at the Indiana 14 in the first quarter, his 11th punt inside the 20 this year.
- Nwosu also had a 63-yard punt, giving him seven punts of 50+ yards.
- KR Nicholas Singleton had a 33-yard kick return in the first quarter.