TEAM
- Penn State is now 14-27 all-time against Ohio State, including 7-16 in road matchups.
- The Nittany Lions are 4-14 all-time against teams ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll.
- OL Cooper Cousins made his first career start. He is the 10th Nittany Lion to make their first collegiate start this season and the 16th Penn Stater to make their first start at PSU.
STREAKS
- Penn State has not allowed a special teams touchdown in 85-straight games, dating back to the start of the 2019 season.
OFFENSE
Team
- Penn State scored a touchdown on a 15-play, 75-yard drive in the second quarter. It was the first first-half touchdown given up by Ohio State this season.
- The 15-play, 75-yard drive covered 7:50, was PSU’s second longest by time, behind 8:21 against Iowa, and tied-second longest by plays.
- Penn State is 10-2 when RB Kaytron Allen and RB Nicholas Singleton both score a rushing touchdown.
- QB Ethan Grunkemeyer completed 19-of-28 passes for 145 yards.
- He set career highs for completions (19) and passing yards (145). His previous highs were 15 completions for 93 yards at Iowa.
- Grunkemeyer tied a career high with 28 pass attempts. He also had 28 attempts at Iowa.
- RB Kaytron Allen rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries.
- Allen scored on a 1-yard rush in the second quarter.
- With his 34th career rushing touchdown, Allen moved into a tie for fifth all-time at Penn State with Ki-Jana Carter (34; 1992-94).
- He has a rushing touchdown in all eight games this season. The last Nittany Lion with a rushing touchdown in eight-straight games was Saquon Barkley (9; 2016-17).
- Allen and Iowa QB Mark Gronowski are the only FBS players with a rushing touchdown in all of their teams’ games this season.
- Allen now has 678 career rushing attempts. He sits second all-time at Penn State behind only Evan Royster (686; 2006-10). On the day, Allen passed Saquon Barkley (676; 2015-17).
- On his first carry of the game, a 26-yard rush, Allen went over 4,000 career all-purpose yards, becoming the 11th Nittany Lion to reach that mark. He owns 4,071 all-purpose yards, sitting ninth all-time at Penn State. On Saturday, Allen jumped Curtis Enis (4,034; 1995-97) and Bobby Engram (4,043; 1991, 93-95).
- RB Nicholas Singleton scored on a 3-yard rush in the second quarter. It was his 39th career rushing touchdowns, breaking a tie with Lydell Mitchell (38; 1969-71). He is four rushing touchdowns behind Saquon Barkley’s (43; 2015-17) program record.
- Singleton owns 48 career total touchdowns (39 rushing, 8 receiving, 1 kick return). He is five touchdowns behind Saquon Barkley’s (53; 2015-17) all-time mark.
- On a 16-yard reception in the second quarter, Singleton moved into second all-time at Penn State in career all-purpose yards, passing Larry Johnson (5,045; 1999-02). Singleton owns 5,088 all-purpose yards.
- WR Koby Howard hauled in a 26-yard reception in the fourth quarter. The 26-yard reception is a career-long. His previous long catch was 14 yards at Iowa.
DEFENSE
Team
- In the second quarter, Penn State DE Dani Dennis-Sutton forced a fumble, which was recovered by DE Chaz Coleman and returned 8 yards to the OSU 14.
- It was Penn State’s 10th takeaway this season, including five fumble recoveries and five interceptions.
- Since 2022, Penn State has forced 86 takeaways (51 interceptions, 35 fumbles).
- DE Dani Dennis-Sutton forced a fumble in the second quarter. It was his seventh career forced fumble, moving him into a tie for fifth all-time at Penn State with Bruce Clark (7; 1976-79) and Brandon Bell (7; 2013-15).
- DE Yvan Kemajou notched a solo tackle for loss in the third quarter. He owns three career tackles for loss.
- DE Chaz Coleman recovered a fumble in the second quarter. It was his second fumble recovery this season.
- LB Amare Campbell had a team-high eight tackles (5 solo) and a half-tackle for loss.
- He owns 18.5 career tackles for loss.
- LB Keon Wylie registered a solo tackle for loss in the first quarter. He owns 6.5 career tackles for loss.
- CB Audavion Collins recorded a solo tackle for loss in the third quarter. He has five career tackles for loss.
- S Zakee Wheatley went over the 200-career tackle mark. He owns 205 career stops.
- S Antoine Belgrave-Shorter tallied three tackles in the first half and finished the game with a career-high five stops. His previous career high was three tackles, on two occasions and last against FIU.
SPECIAL TEAMS
- K Ryan Barker converted both of his extra-point attempts. He is now 76-of-77 on career PATs.
- P Gabriel Nwosu averaged 49.8 yards per punt on six punts.
- Nwosu landed a punt at OSU 11 in the first quarter.
- He hit a 63-yard punt in the second quarter.
- Nwosu blasted a 55-yard punt to the OSU 16 and booted a 59-yard punt to the OSU 21 in the third quarter.
- The redshirt senior owns 10 career punts inside the 20 and six career punts of 50+ yards.
- KR Corey Smith had a 24-yard kick return in the second quarter.