TEAM
- Penn State is now 12-9 all-time against Wisconsin and 6-6 in road games in the series.
- This marks the 20th time Penn State has started a season 7-0 and the third time under James Franklin (2017, 2019).
- Penn State is 4-0 to start Big Ten play for the eighth time and the third time under Franklin (2017, 2019).
STREAKS
Offense
- Penn State has scored at least 20 points in 10-straight games, dating back to the Rutgers game in 2023.
- The Nittany Lions have tallied at least 300 total yards in 10-straight games, dating back to the Rutgers game in 2023.
Special Teams
- Penn State has not allowed a special teams touchdown in 68-straight games, dating back to the start of the 2019 season.
OFFENSE
Team
- Penn State tallied three plays of 20+ yards (two passing, one rushing), bringing its season total to 33 plays of 20+ yards (26 pass, 7 run).
- The Nittany Lions gained 419 total yards. Since 2014, Penn State has notched 400 total yards on 74 occasions. Penn State is 61-13 in those games.
- PSU threw for 246 yards. Since 2014, the Nittany Lions have thrown for at least 200 passing yards on 88 occasions. Penn State is 67-21 in those games.
- QB Beau Pribula completed 11-of-13 passes for 98 yards and a touchdown.
- Pribula owns seven career touchdown passes.
- He added 28 rushing yards on six carries.
- Pribula threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Khalil Dinkins in the fourth quarter.
- QB Drew Allar completed 14-of-18 passes for 148 yards and a touchdown.
- Allar threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Nicholas Singleton in the second quarter.
- The junior earned his 41st career touchdown passes moving into a tie for sixth all-time at Penn State with Todd Blackledge (41; 1980-82), Tony Sacca (41; 1988-91) and Zack Mills (41; 2001-04).
- Allar owns 385 career completions. He moved into ninth all-time at Penn State, leaping Chuck Fusina (371; 1975-78) and Wally Richardson (378; 1992, 94-96).
- The Ohio native now has 5,002 career yards of total offense (4,615 passing; 387 rushing). He became the 12th Nittany Lion to go over 5,000 career total yards and moved past Todd Blackledge (4,911; 1980-82).
- Allar has 25 completions of 20+ yards this season.
- RB Kaytron Allen rushed for a team-high 86 yards on 11 carries, averaging 7.8 yards per rush.
- Allen scored on a 24-yard rush in the fourth quarter.
- The junior tallied three rushes of 14 or more yards.
- He added four catches for 22 yards.
- Allen owns 2,278 career rushing yards, moving into 16th all-time at Penn State. On the night, he moved past Charlie Pittman (2,236; 1967-69).
- Allen’s rushing touchdown was the 20th of his career. He became the 23rd Nittany Lion to reach 20 career rushing touchdowns.
Nicholas Singleton
- RB Nicholas Singleton tallied 119 all-purpose yards with 49 rushing, 37 receiving and 33 on kick returns.
- He had three catches for 37 yards and a touchdown.
- Singleton caught a 6-yard touchdown in the second quarter. It was his seventh career receiving touchdown.
- He had a 27-yard catch in the first quarter.
- The junior now has 3,632 career all-purpose yards, moving into 14th all-time at Penn State. On the night, he jumped Lenny Moore (3,543; 1953-55) and Matt Suhey (3,549; 1976-79).
- TE Tyler Warren tallied a team-high seven catches for 46 yards.
- Warren has made a catch in each of his last 23 games and has at least one catch of 14+ yards in each of his last 13 games.
- The senior now has 96 career receptions, ranking 20th all-time at Penn State.
- His 96 career receptions rank second all-time among Penn State tight ends, behind only Mike Gesicki (129; 2014-17). On the night, Warren jumped Pat Freiermuth (92; 2018-20).
- Warren’s 47 receptions this season are second-most by a Penn State tight end, trailing only Gesicki (57; 2017).
- The Virginia native has 1,165 career receiving yards, ranking fourth all-time among Penn State tight ends. On the night, Warren moved past Andrew Quarless (1,146; 2006-09).
- Warren’s 559 receiving yards this season are fifth among Penn State tight ends, trailing only Ted Kwalick (563; 1967), Mike Gesicki (563; 2017/679; 2016) and Mickey Shuler (600; 1977).
- TE Khalil Dinkins hauled in a 1-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter. It was his fifth career touchdown reception.
- WR Harrison Wallace III had a team-high 67 receiving yards on five catches, including grabs of 17 and 18 yards.
- WR Liam Clifford had three catches for 40 yards, including a 23-yard grab in the fourth quarter.
DEFENSE
Team
- Penn State S Jaylen Reed recorded an interception and returned it 19 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter.
- It was Penn State’s first interception return for a touchdown since Dominic DeLuca’s 26-yard return against Delaware in 2023 and PSU’s first interception return for a touchdown against a Big Ten opponent since Curtis Jacobs’ 47-yard return at Michigan in 2022.
- Reed’s interception was Penn State’s ninth takeaway this season (six interceptions, three fumble recoveries).
- Since 2022, Penn State has forced 59 turnovers (32 interceptions, 27 fumbles).
- The Nittany Lions have allowed just six points in the third quarter this season and just 30 second-half points.
- Penn State gave up 51 yards on 13 plays in the third quarter. PSU has allowed 196 yards on 73 plays (2.68 per play) in the third quarter this season.
- The Nittany Lions limited Wisconsin to 122 yards on 31 plays in the second half. Penn State has allowed 646 total yards on 191 plays (3.38 per play) in the second half this season, including 155 rushing yards on 85 attempts (1.82 per rush).
- Penn State limited Wisconsin to 81 rushing yards. PSU has held 16 of its last 18 Big Ten opponents under 100 rushing yards.
- Since 2014, Penn State has held opponents under 100 rushing yards on 63 occasions.
- Since 2022, Penn State leads the country, holding 24 opponents under 100 rushing yards.
- On Wisconsin’s final drive of the game, Penn State recorded a fourth-down stop and a red-zone stop. Penn State owns six fourth-down stops and four red-zone stops this season.
- Penn State limited Wisconsin to 298 total yards, marking the 64th time holding an opponent under 300 total yards since 2014.
- S Jaylen Reed had a 19-yard pick-six in the third quarter. It was his first career interception return for a touchdown.
- Reed notched his fourth career interception and second this season.
- He added five tackles (4 solo).
- S Zakee Wheatley registered five tackles in the first half and finished the contest with a career-high 10 stops. His previous career high was seven against UCLA.
- Eight of Wheatley’s 10 tackles were solo stops.
Alonzo Ford Jr.
- DT Alonzo Ford Jr. collected two solo tackles for loss in the third quarter. He has 9.5 career tackles for loss.
- He tied a career high with two tackles for loss, done on two previous occasions while at Old Dominion.
- Ford tallied his third career game with two or more tackles for loss and his first multi-tackle for loss game at Penn State.
- DE Smith Vilbert recorded a solo tackle for loss in the third quarter. He has 6.5 career tackles for loss.
- LB Dominic DeLuca recorded four tackles in the first half and finished the game with five.
- CB Elliot Washington II had a career-best five tackles (all solo). His previous high was two tackles, on five occasions, last against USC.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Ryan Barker
- K Ryan Barker converted all four extra-point attempts and is 12-of-12 this season.
- P Riley Thompson averaged 43.8 yards per punt on five punts.
- Thompson blasted a 51-yard punt, fielded at the Wisconsin 9, in the second quarter.
- Thompson hit a punt that was fair caught at the Wisconsin 11 in the third quarter.
- He added a 42-yard punt to the Wisconsin 12 later in the third quarter.
- Thompson has 51 career punts inside the 20 and 32 career punts of 50+ yards.