penn state at a glance GENERAL INFORMATION
LOCATION: ......................................................... University Park, Pa. FOUNDED: ...................................................................................1855 ENROLLMENT: ........................................................................46,068 NICKNAME: .................................................................. Nittany Lions COLORS: ....................................................................... Blue & White ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: ......................................... Sandy Barbour HOME STADIUM: .....................................................Beaver Stadium CAPACITY: ..............................................................................106,572 HEAD COACH: ........................................................... James Franklin Alma Mater: ............................................East Stroudsburg (1995) Career Record: .....................................................38-26 (5th year) School Record: ....................................................14-11 (2nd year) FOOTBALL SID:............................................................ Kris Petersen Email:......................................................kap18@psu.edu PSU Website:................................................... GoPSUSports.com Office:.....................................................................(814) 865-1757 LAST BOWL: ................................................ 2014 New Era Pinstripe ........................................... Defeated Boston College, 31-30 (OT) CONFERENCE: ......................................................................Big Ten 2015 RECORD: ............................................. 7-5 Overall; 4-4 Big Ten CURRENT RANKING:.................................................................. NR SERIES RECORD WITH GEORGIA: ........................................ 1-0
Head Coach James Franklin
Christian Hackenberg, QB
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach........................................................James Franklin Asst. Head Coach/Co-Def. Coord./LBs......................Brent Pry Defensive Coordinator/Safeties............................... Bob Shoop Interim Offensive Coordinator/QBs..................... Ricky Rahne WRs/Assist. Special Teams Coord. ......................... Josh Gattis Offensive Line......................................................... Herb Hand Running Backs/Special Teams Coord. ................. Charles Huff Cornerbacks...................................................... Terry M. Smith Defensive Line..................................................... Sean Spencer Director of Performance Enhancement.................. Dwight Galt
2015 RESULTS
Date Opponent Result Sept. 5 @ Temple L, 10-27 Sept. 12 Buffalo W, 27-14 Sept. 19 *Rutgers W, 28-3 Sept. 26 San Diego State W, 37-21 Oct. 3 Army W, 20-14 Oct. 10 *Indiana W, 29-7 Oct. 17 @ #1 *Ohio State L, 10-38 Oct. 24 @ *Maryland W, 31-30 Oct. 31 *Illinois W, 39-0 Nov. 7 @ #21 *Northwestern L, 21-23 Nov. 21 #13 *Michigan L, 16-28 Nov. 28 @ #5 *Michigan State L, 16-55 Jan. 2 vs. $Georgia *Big Ten game; $Taxslayer Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla.
Rec. (Big Ten) 0-1 1-1 2-1 (1-0) 3-1 (1-0) 4-1 (1-0) 5-1 (2-0) 5-2 (2-1) 6-2 (3-1) 7-2 (4-1) 7-3 (4-2) 7-4 (4-3) 7-5 (4-4)
Carl Nassib, DE
Penn State Statistics
SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS RUSHING YARDAGE Average Per Game PASSING YARDAGE Average Per Game TOTAL OFFENSE Average Per Game KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE Average Per Punt PENALTIES-YARDS TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME
PSU Opp. 284 260 23.7 21.7 198 217 1,621 1,797 135.1 149.8 2,507 2,094 208.9 174.5 4,128 3,891 344.0 324.2 21.8 24.7 7.1 5.3 39.5 39.8 62-502 86-714 29:21 30:39
2015 Statistical Leaders Passing Comp. Att. Pct. Yds. Per/Gm. INT TD LG Christian Hackenberg 184 345 53.3 2,386 198.8 5 16 59 Trace McSorley 6 13 46.2 43 8.6 0 0 12 Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. Per/Gm TD LG Saquon Barkley 165 1,007 6.1 100.7 7 56 Akeel Lynch 54 278 5.1 27.8 2 75 Receiving No. Yds. Avg. Per/Gm TD LG Chris Godwin 63 968 15.4 80.7 5 56 DaeSean Hamilton 40 509 12.7 42.4 5 48 Defense Total Solo Assists TFL-Yds Sacks Jason Cabinda 92 36 56 4.0-35 2.5 Marcus Allen 75 40 35 3.5-12 1.0 Austin Johnson 70 26 44 13.0-62 5.5 Carl Nassib 47 32 15 20.5-122 15.5
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