TEAM
- Penn State is now 12-10 all-time against Wisconsin and 5-4 in home matchups.
- The Nittany Lions are 75-26-5 all-time in Homecoming games.
- Penn State is 19-15 all-time in Big Ten openers and 22-12 all-time in Big Ten home openers.
- Since 2014, Penn State is 59-2 when leading by 10+ points at halftime.
STREAKS
- 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 had one pass for 20+ yards today, giving it 20 plays of 20+ yards this season (17 passing, 3 rushing).
- QB Rocco Becht completed 12 passes for 114 yards while adding 23 rushing yards and a touchdown.
- He scored on a 3-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. It was his 20th career rushing touchdown and first as a Nittany Lion.
- The redshirt senior had one completion of 20+ yards.
- RB James Peoples rushed for a career-high 67 yards. His previous career high was 59 rushing yards against Buffalo last week.
- WR Chase Sowell had 70 receiving yards on six catches.
- On a 22-yard reception, Sowell went over 2,000 career receiving yards. He now has 2,019 for his career.
- Sowell now has 24 career 20+ yard catches
- TE Benjamin Brahmer now has a catch in 16-straight games.
DEFENSE
Team
- CB Josiah Zayas intercepted a pass in the second quarter and returned it 51 yards for a touchdown. It was Penn State’s first pick-six since Jahmir Joseph’s 49-yard return against Villanova in 2025.
- On the next possession, CB Daryus Dixson intercepted a pass and returned it to the Wisconsin 11.
- Penn State intercepted passes on back-to-back possessions for the first time since facing Boise State in the VRBO Fiesta Bowl when Zion Tracy and Tyrece Mills picked off the Broncos on the final two drives of the game.
- It was the first time PSU intercepted passes on back-to-back possessions in a Big Ten game since facing Maryland in 2024 when Audavion Collins and Tony Rojas picked off passes on consecutive drives.
- LB Tony Rojas picked off a pass in the fourth quarter.
- With three interceptions today, Penn State has forced eight takeaways this season (three fumbles, five interceptions).
- Since 2022, Penn State has forced 97 takeaways (57 interceptions, 40 fumbles).
- Since 2022, the Nittany Lions are 25-3 when forcing multiple takeaways in a game.
- Since 2014, Penn State has forced multiple takeaways in a game 71 times.
- Penn State held Wisconsin to a 47 percent completion percentage, the 14th time keeping an opponent under 50% since the start of the 2022 season.
- The Nittany Lions have now recorded 3 or more takeaways in 16 games since the start of the 2022 season.
- CB Josiah Zayas intercepted a pass and returned it 51 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter.
- It was Zayas’ first career interception and return for a touchdown.
- He had Penn State’s first interception return for a touchdown since Jahmir Joseph’s 49-yard return against Villanova in 2025.
- LB Tony Rojas recorded six tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack and an interception.
- Rojas notched a solo tackle for loss in the first quarter.
- He added a solo sack in the second quarter.
- It was Rojas’ fourth career game with multiple tackles for loss.
- Rojas now has 18 career TFL and five career sacks.
- Rojas grabbed an interception in the fourth quarter, giving him six career interceptions (1 TD), most career interceptions among current FBS linebackers.
- CB Audavion Collins had a career-high three pass breakups, besting his previous high of two at Temple earlier this year.
- CB Daryus Dixson picked off a pass in the second quarter and returned it 24 yards to the Wisconsin 11. It was his first career interception.
- S Jeremiah Cooper had a career-high eight tackles. His previous high was seven, on three occasions, last vs. TCU last season (while at Iowa State).
- DE Alexander McPherson posted a tackle for loss of five yards in the third quarter. He now has 1.5 career tackles for loss.
SPECIAL TEAMS
- K Ryan Barker converted a 21-yard field goal in the first quarter.
- He added a 37-yard field goal in the third quarter.
- The redshirt junior is 40-of-45 on career field goal attempts. His 88.9 career field goal percentage is best all-time at Penn State (min. 25 attempts).
- Barker’s 40 field goals moves him into a tied for seventh all-time at Penn State with Massimo Manca (40, 1982). On Saturday, he passed Matt Bahr (39; 1976-78), Robbie Gould (39; 2001-04) and Tyler Davis (39; 2015-17).
- With two extra points on Saturday, Barker is 109-of-111 on career extra points.
- Barker’s 109 extra points made are tied for eighth all-time at Penn State with Sam Ficken (109; 2011-14).
- He now has 228 career points.
- P Nathan Tiyce averaged 42.7 yards on seven punts.
- He booted a 48-yard punt to the Wisconsin 8 in the first quarter and had a 54-yard boot to the Wisconsin 15 in the fourth quarter.
- Tiyce had two punts inside the 20, giving him 12 inside the 20 for his career, and one punt inside the 10, giving him eight for his career.
- Tiyce’s 54-yard punt was his fourth career 50+ yard punt.