2008 Penn State Nittany Lions through 01/03/2009

Team Statistics
Penn State Opponents
Scoring: Points/Game 38.9 14.4
Scoring: Games - Points 13 - 506 13 - 187
First Downs: Total 300 206
First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 136 - 142 - 22 79 - 116 - 11
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 5.23 2.82
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 511 - 2671 - 36 430 - 1212 - 12
Passing: Rating 145.46 107.78
Passing: Yards 3165 2429
Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 383 - 224 - 6 - 24 399 - 225 - 16 - 10
Total Offense: Yards / Play 6.5 4.4
Total Offense: Plays - Yards 894 - 5836 829 - 3641
Punt Returns: Yards / Return 10.36 5.33
Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 25 - 259 - 1 12 - 64 - 0
Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 24.54 21.26
Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 37 - 908 - 2 76 - 1616 - 0
Punting: Yards / Punt 42.24 40.05
Punting: Punts - Yards 42 - 1774 81 - 3244
Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 16 - 199 - 0 6 - 64 - 0
Fumbles: Number - Lost 24 - 10 19 - 8
Penalties: Number - Yards 49 - 408 62 - 564
Time of Possession / Game 31:43.62 28:02.08
3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 52.02% 32.26%
3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 173 - 90 186 - 60
4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 38.46% 54.17%
4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 13 - 5 24 - 13
Red Zone: Success % 92.42% 87.5%
Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 66 - 61 24 - 21
Field Goals: Success % 84% 78.6%
Field Goals: Attempts - Made 25 - 21 14 - 11
PAT Kicking: Success % 100% 95.2%
PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 63 - 63 21 - 20
2-Point Conversions: Success % - 100%
2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made 0 - 0 1 - 1
Team Schedule
Date Opponent Result Game Time Attendance
08/30/08 Coastal Caro. W 66-10 3:00 106,577
09/06/08 24 Oregon St. W 45-14 3:10 108,159
09/13/08 @ Syracuse W 55-13 3:19 45,795
09/20/08 Temple W 45-3 3:07 105,106
09/27/08 Illinois W 38-24 3:09 109,626
10/04/08 @ Purdue W 20-6 2:49 57,215
10/11/08 @ Wisconsin W 48-7 3:10 81,524
10/18/08 Michigan W 46-17 3:13 110,017
10/25/08 @ 10 Ohio St. W 13-6 2:54 105,711
11/08/08 @ Iowa L 23-24 3:03 70,585
11/15/08 Indiana W 34-7 3:03 108,445
11/22/08 19 Michigan St. W 49-18 3:21 109,845
01/01/09 + 5 Southern California L 24-38 3:30 93,293
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site
Team Record
Split Record
All Games 11-2
at Home 7-0
on Road 4-1
at Neutral Site 0-1
on Grass Field 9-2
on Turf Field 2-0
vs. Conference 7-1
vs. Non-Conference 4-1
vs. Winning 4-2
vs. Non-Winning 7-0
vs. Ranked (AP) 3-1
vs. Unranked (AP) 8-1
in August/September 5-0
in October 4-0
in November 2-1
in December/January 0-1