TEAM
- Penn State leads 18-3-1 in the all-time series, including 10-1-1 in home matchups.
- The Nittany Lions have won 12-straight games in the series, dating back to 2005.
- WR Amarion Jackson and RB Cam Wallace made their first career starts. They are two of six Nittany Lions to make their first career collegiate starts this season.
- Jackson joins CB Josiah Zayas as true freshmen to start a game this season.
STREAKS
- On a blocked punt return in the second quarter, Penn State snapped a streak of 97-straight games without allowing a special teams touchdown, dating back to the start of the 2019 season.
OFFENSE
Team
- Penn State held on to the ball for 43:27 today, the highest time of possession by Penn State this season and the first time over 40 minutes of possession since the Nittany Lions had 45:27 of possession against Iowa in 2023.
- Penn State had four 20+ yard plays today including two passes and two rushes, giving the Nittany Lions 34 plays of 20+ yards this season (29 pass, 5 rush).
- CB Audavion Collins had an 11-yard rush in the fourth quarter. He is the first defensive player to get a rush attempt on offense since DB Chaz Powell (3-yard rush) against Indiana in 2008.
- Penn State had 457 yards of offense today, the 87th occasion since 2014 with 400+ yards of offense. In those games, Penn State is 73-15.
- Penn State’s 269 yards rushing today marked the 60th game with 200+ yards on the ground since 2014. In those 60 games, Penn State is 53-7.
- The Nittany Lions’ 269 rushing yards are its most since rushing for 300 yards against Nebraska in 2025.
- Penn State’s 51 rush attempts were its most in a game since 2023 against Iowa (57 attempts) and the first time with 50+ rushing attempts in a game since 2025 at Michigan State (50).
- QB Rocco Becht threw for 175 yards and a touchdown, while adding 27 rushing yards and a score.
- Becht completed a 4-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Rappleyea to complete Penn State’s opening drive. He now has 77 career passing touchdowns.
- He also scored on a 6-yard run in the first quarter, notching his 21st career rushing touchdown.
- The redshirt senior posted his 14th career game with both a passing and rushing touchdown.
- Becht has led his teams to 30 career wins, most among current FBS quarterbacks.
- RB Cam Wallace rushed for a career-high 135 yards on a career-best 22 carries. His previous career highs were 11 carries against Marshall and 77 rushing yards against Buffalo earlier this season.
- He scored on a 2-yard rush in the fourth quarter. It was his fourth career rushing touchdown.
- Wallace had a 48-yard rush in the first quarter. It was his second career rush of 20+ yards.
- On the first play from scrimmage in the second half, Wallace eclipsed the 100-yard mark, his first career 100-yard rushing game, with a seven-yard rush. He marks the first 100-yard Penn State rusher since Quinton Martin Jr. tallied 100 against Buffalo.
- RB Carson Hansen tallied 96 rushing yards and a touchdown on 17 carries, averaging 5.6 yards per carry.
- Hansen broke off a 42-yard rush on the Nittany Lions’ opening drive. It was his 15th career rush of 20+ yards.
- He capped off the penultimate PSU drive of the first half with a one-yard rushing touchdown and now has 24 career rushing touchdowns.
- WR Amarion Jackson hauled in a 22-yard catch in the third quarter. It was his first career 20+ yard catch.
- TE Benjamin Brahmer caught a 33-yard pass in the fourth quarter. It was his 22nd career catch of 20+ yards.
- Brahmer has a reception in each of his last 20 games.
- He finished the game with four receptions, giving him 100 career receptions.
- TE Andrew Rappleyea caught a four-yard pass on Penn State’s opening drive. It marked his sixth career touchdown reception.
DEFENSE
Team
- The Nittany Lions limited Purdue to 32 yards on the second half (22 plays), including just two rushing yards (8 rushing attempts).
- Purdue’s 15 rushing attempts are tied for the lowest by a Penn State opponent, since 1947, with Michigan State (15) in 2006.
- Penn State had two interceptions on Saturday (S Jamison Patton in the third quarter and S Jeremiah Cooper in the fourth quarter). The Nittany Lions now have 13 takeaways this season (four fumbles and nine interceptions.)
- Since 2022, Penn State has forced 102 takeaways (61 interceptions, 41 fumbles).
- Penn State is now 26-4 when forcing multiple takeaways in a game since the start of the 2022 season.
- The two takeaways marked the 72nd time Penn State has forced multiple turnovers in a game since 2014.
- Penn State limited Purdue to 175 total yards, the fewest total yards allowed by the Nittany Lions since yielding just 53 yards to Michigan State in 2023.
- The Nittany Lions limited Purdue to 44 offensive plays, the least by an opponent since Michigan State’s 39 plays in 2025.
- Penn State held Purdue to 33 yards on the ground, the fewest since holding Michigan State to minus-35 yards on the ground in 2023.
- The Nittany Lions have now held opponents to under 100 rushing yards on 33 occasions since the start of the 2022 season.
- Penn State held Purdue to a 34.5 percent completion percentage (10-29), the 15th time holding an opponent under 50 percent completion percentage since the start of 2022.
- It also marked the 12th time holding an opponent to 10 or less completions since 2022.
- Penn State stopped Purdue on one-of-two fourth down attempts, giving them three fourth-down stops this season.
- The Nittany Lions held Purdue to 175 yards of total offense, the 78th time holding its opponent under 300 total yards since 2014.
- Penn State limited Purdue to 142 yards through the air, the 96th time holding an opponent under 200 passing yards since 2014.
- The 33 rushing yards allowed by the Nittany Lions mark the 72nd time holding an opponent under 100 rushing yards and the 27th time holding them under 50 rushing yards since 2014.
- S Jeremiah Cooper grabbed the ninth interception of his career late in the fourth quarter.
- DE Yvan Kemajou notched a sack late in the fourth quarter, giving him 3.5 career sacks and 8.5 career TFL.
- DT Armstrong Nnodim recorded a tackle for loss of five yards in the third quarter.
- Nnodim notched another half-tackle for loss in the third quarter, giving him a total of 4.5 career TFL.
- S Jamison Patton recorded his fifth career interception in the third quarter. He returned the pick 13 yards, teeing up a Nittany Lion drive that began at the Boilermaker 41 and ended in a 44-yard field goal.
- CB Josiah Zayas had a career-best five tackles, including a half-tackle for loss. His previous high was three tackles on four occasions, the last at Michigan earlier this season.
- The half-tackle for loss today gives Zayas 2.5 career TFL for minus-8 yards.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Team
- On Penn State’s opening drive, P Nathan Tiyce completed a 13-yard pass to TE Benjamin Brahmer on a fake field goal.
- In the second quarter, Purdue blocked a punt, snapping Penn State’s streak of 102-straight games without surrendering a blocked punt. The last blocked punt allowed was against Iowa in 2018.
- K Ryan Barker drilled a 44-yard field goal in the third quarter, tying him with Brett Conway for sixth all time at Penn State with 45 made field goals. He is two field goals behind Travis Forney (47; 1996-99) for fifth place.
- Barker is now 45-of-53 on career field goal attempts (15/20 from 40-49 with a long of 49)
- Barker’s 84.9 career field goal percentage is the best at Penn State (min. 25 attempts).
- Barker was a perfect four-for-four on extra point attempts and is now 117-of-119 on career extra points.
- Barker’s 117 extra points tied Travis Forney, (117; 1996-99) for sixth place all-time at PSU.
- Barker has 252 career points, six points behind ninth all-time at PSU (Travis Forney, 258, 1996-99/Kaytron Allen, 258; 2022-25).
- P Nathan Tiyce completed his first career pass to TE Benjamin Brahmer, a 13-yard gain, on a fake field goal on the Nittany Lions’ opening drive.