TEAM
- Penn State is now 4-1 all-time against Buffalo and has won each of the last four matchups.
- The Nittany Lions are now 34-3 all-time against current members of the MAC.
- Penn State went undefeated against its regular season non-conference opponents for the 22nd time since becoming a member of the Big Ten.
- Since 2014, Penn State is 59-1 when leading by 10+ points at halftime.
- OL Hunter Albright, OL Henry Boehme, S Tyrell Chatman, RB Amar’e Glover, QB Jack Lambert and LB Evan Wolff made their collegiate debuts. On the season, 23 Nittany Lions have played their first collegiate snaps.
- Chatman, Glover and Wolff are three of 11 true freshmen who have played for the Nittany Lions this season.
STREAKS
- Penn State has won 28-consecutive games over non-conference opponents during the regular season and 33-straight non-conference home games.
- Penn State has not allowed a special teams touchdown in 93-straight games, dating back to the start of the 2019 season.
OFFENSE
Team
- Penn State’s 573 total yards are its most in a game since 2024 against Kent State (718) and PSU’s 304 rushing yards are its most in a game since 2024 against Kent State (309).
- Rocco Becht connected on a 70-yard touchdown pass to Koby Howard in the second quarter. It was PSU’s first 70+ yard touchdown pass since Ethan Grunkemeyer to Trebor Peña (73 yards) against Clemson in the 2025 Pinstripe Bowl.
- Penn State had four players with a rushing touchdown (Carson Hansen, Koby Howard, James Peoples, Cam Wallace) for the first time since 2023 against UMass (Drew Allar, Kaytron Allen, Trey Potts, Beau Pribula).
- The Nittany Lions had seven plays of 20+ yards (four passing, three rushing), bringing their season total to 19 plays of 20+ yards (16 pass, 3 rush).
- Since 2016, Penn State has scored 40+ points on 39 occasions and 50+ points on 19 occasions.
- Since 2014, Penn State has recorded 400+ total yards on 86 occasions. Penn State is 72-14 in those games.
- Since 2014, Penn State has recorded 200+ rushing yards on 59 occasions and is 52-7 in those games.
- Penn State notched 269 passing yards. Since 2014, Penn State has tallied 200+ passing yards on 102 occasions and is 78-24 in those games.
- QB Rocco Becht completed 11-of-19 passes for 212 yards and two touchdowns.
- On a 35-yard completion to Chase Sowell in the third quarter, Becht went over 10,000 career passing yards. He owns 10,025 yards.
- Becht connected with Andrew Rappleyea on a 3-yard touchdown in the opening quarter.
- He added a 70-yard touchdown pass to Koby Howard in the second quarter.
- He has tallied 73 career touchdown passes.
- Becht has thrown a touchdown pass in eight-straight games.
- Seven of Becht’s nine touchdown passes this season are 15+ yards.
- Becht earned his 24th career game with multiple touchdown passes.
- He recorded his 32nd career game with 200+ passing yards.
- Becht has led his teams to 29 career wins, most among current FBS quarterbacks.
- QB Alex Manske completed 3-of-6 passes for 45 yards.
- Manske completed a 31-yard pass to Finn Furmanek in the third quarter. This marked a career-long.
- QB Connor Barry completed his only pass attempt for 12 yards.
- RB Quinton Martin Jr. rushed for 100 yards on 10 carries for his second career 100-yard rushing game.
- Martin had a career-long 61-yard rush in the first quarter. It was Penn State’s first 60-yard rush since Kaytron Allen’s 67-yard touchdown run against FIU in 2025 and Martin’s second career 20+ yard run.
- RB Cam Wallace gained 77 yards on eight carries, including a career-long 59-yard run in the fourth quarter.
- It was his third career rushing touchdown.
- RB James Peoples rushed for 59 yards, matching his career high, and two touchdowns on eight carries (7.4 yards per carry).
- Peoples scored on a 16-yard rush in the first quarter. It was his first rushing touchdown as a Nittany Lion.
- He added an 11-yard rushing score in the third quarter. It was his seventh career rushing touchdown.
- Peoples earned his second career game with multiple rushing touchdowns.
- RB Carson Hansen rushed for 37 yards on five carries (7.4 yards per carry) and scored on a 12-yard run in the third quarter. It was his 20th career rushing touchdown.
- WR Chase Sowell made a 35-yard grab in the third quarter, his 23rd career 20+ yard catch.
- WR Koby Howard caught three passes for 115 yards and a touchdown while adding a rushing score.
- Howard hauled in a 70-yard touchdown grab in the second quarter. It was his longest career reception and his second career receiving touchdown.
- The sophomore rushed for a 20-yard touchdown in the second quarter. It was his first career rush attempt and rushing touchdown.
- Howard became PSU’s first non-running back to have both a receiving and rushing touchdown in the same game since Tyler Warren against Purdue in 2024 and the first wide receiver to do so since KJ Hamler at Pitt in 2018.
- He hauled in a 31-yard catch in the first quarter.
- Howard has a 30+ yard catch in each of the first three games this season.
- He posted his second 100-yard receiving game this season.
- Ten of Howard’s 17 career catches have gone for 20+ yards.
- TE Finn Furmanek hauled in a 31-yard catch in the third quarter.
- TE Andrew Rappleyea caught a 3-yard touchdown in the first quarter. It was his fourth career touchdown reception.
DEFENSE
Team
- Penn State held Buffalo to three or less plays on 12 of their 15 drives.
- Eight of Buffalo’s 10 first half drives resulted in a three-and-out or a turnover.
- DE Caleb Bacon forced a fumble that was recovered by DE Ike Ezeogu in the first quarter.
- S Marcus Neal forced and recovered a fumble in the third quarter. It was Penn State’s fifth takeaway this season (3 fumbles, 2 interceptions).
- Neal became Penn State’s fourth player since 1995 to have at least two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery in the same game, joining Maurice Evans (2 FF, 1 FR at Indiana, 2007), Marquis Wilson (2 FF, 1 FR vs. Indiana, 2019) and Lamont Wade (3 FF, 1 FR at Ohio State, 2019).
- Since the start of the 2022 season, Penn State has forced 94 takeaways (53 interceptions, 40 fumbles).
- Since 2022, Penn State is 25-2 when forcing multiple takeaways in a game.
- Penn State has forced multiple takeaways in a game 69 times since 2014.
- The Nittany Lions held Buffalo to a 40 percent completion percentage. Since 2022, PSU has held opponents to less than 50 percent completion percentage in 13 games.
- Penn State limited Buffalo to 173 total yards. Since 2014, PSU has held opponents under 300 total yards on 77 occasions.
- The Nittany Lions held Buffalo to 60 passing yards, marking the 93rd time holding an opponent under 200 passing yards and 26th time holding an opponent under 100 passing yards since 2014.
- S Marcus Neal Jr. became Penn State’s fourth player since 1995 to have at least two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery in the same game, joining Maurice Evans (2 FF, 1 FR at Indiana, 2007), Marquis Wilson (2 FF, 1 FR vs. Indiana, 2019) and Lamont Wade (3 FF, 1 FR at Ohio State, 2019).
- Neal forced a fumble in the second quarter.
- He also forced and recovered a fumble in the third quarter. It was his fourth career forced fumble and second career fumble recovery.
- Neal became Penn State’s first player with multiple forced fumbles in a game since Dani Dennis-Sutton against Nevada in 2025.
- DE Caleb Bacon forced a fumble in the first quarter. It was his third career forced fumble.
- Bacon recorded a solo tackle for loss in the first quarter. He owns 20 career tackles for loss.
- LB Kooper Ebel recorded a solo sack on an intentional grounding call in the second quarter. He has 16 career tackles for loss and four career sacks.
- DE Ikenna Ezeogu recovered a fumble in the first quarter. It was his second career fumble recovery.
- DE Yvan Kemajou recorded a solo tackle for loss in the second quarter. He has seven career tackles for loss.
- LB Alex Tatsch forced a fumble on a strip sack in the third quarter. It was his first career sack and forced fumble.
- He has two career tackles for loss.
SPECIAL TEAMS
- K Ryan Barker made field goals of 48 and 25 yards, while hitting all six extra-point attempts.
- Barker converted a 48-yard field goal to cap Penn State’s opening drive. He is 13-of-15 in his career from 40+ yards.
- He added a 25-yard field goal in the second quarter.
- Barker’s 92.7 career field goal percentage (38-of-41), the best all-time at Penn State (min. 25 attempts).
- He is now 107-of-109 on career extra point attempts. He ranks ninth all-time at PSU in career extra points and seventh with a 98.2 career extra-point percentage.
- Barker now has 221 career points.
- P Nathan Tiyce booted a punt that was downed at the Buffalo 15 in the second quarter. This marked his 10th punt inside the 20 in his career.
- KP/PR Zay Robinson tallied 109 punt return yards on eight punt returns.
- Robinson’s 109 punt return yards are the most by a PSU player since Daequan Hardy (129) against UMass in 2023.
- Robinson’s eight punt returns are the most by a PSU player since Calvin Lowry (9) against Kent State in 2003.
- Robinson had a 38-yard punt return after Buffalo’s opening drive.
- He added a 30-yard punt return in the second quarter.
- He now has three 20+ yard punt returns on his career.