UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State hosts No. 2 Indiana on Saturday for a Big Ten matchup. The battle will be broadcast on FOX's Big Noon Kickoff.
SERIES HISTORY: Penn State meets Indiana for the 28th time in program history. The Nittany Lions lead the series, 25-2, including a 13-0 mark in Happy Valley. Penn State has won the last three meetings, including a 33-24 victory in Bloomington in 2023. Drew Allar threw for 210 yards and three touchdowns. Kaytron Allen and Nicholas Singleton combined for 131 rushing yards, while Singleton added a 2-yard rushing score. Penn State limited Indiana to 80 rushing yards, while Jaylen Reed recorded an interception and Kevin Winston Jr. recovered a fumble.
RBs SCORING: At Ohio State, for the 12th time as teammates and fifth time this season, Kaytron Allen and Nicholas Singleton both scored rushing touchdowns in a game. Singleton posted his 39th career rushing touchdown, moving into second all-time at Penn State and breaking a tie with Lydell Mitchell. He is just four rushing touchdowns behind Saquon Barkley's all-time PSU mark. Allen recorded his 34th career rushing score, tying Ki-Jana Carter for fifth at PSU. Allen has 10 rushing touchdowns this season, including at least one in every game this year, while Singleton has seven. Penn State joins Michigan and Notre Dame as Power 4 teams with two running backs owning 7+ rushing touchdowns in 2025. Allen is one of 11 FBS running backs with 680+ rushing yards and 10+ rushing touchdowns this season. He leads all current FBS players with 3,565 career rushing yards, while ranking fourth in career rushing touchdowns. Singleton paces all FBS players in career rushing touchdowns, total touchdowns (48) and all-purpose yards (5,088), while sitting third in rushing yards (3,204).
THE OPPOSITION: Indiana is 9-0 this season, including a 6-0 mark in Big Ten play. Last Saturday, the Hoosiers earned a 55-10 win at Maryland. Indiana tallied 588 total yards, including 367 rushing and 221 passing. Fernando Mendoza threw for 201 yards with a passing and a rushing touchdown. Kaelon Black, Roman Hemby and Khobe Martin combined for 278 yards and three rushing scores. Indiana forced five takeaways (two interceptions, three fumbles).
BY THE NUMBERS
200 - Zakee Wheatley went over the 200-career tackle mark with seven stops at Ohio State.
39 - Against OSU, Nicholas Singleton scored his 39th career rushing touchdown, moving into second all-time at Penn State.
8 - With a 1-yard rushing score at Ohio State, Kaytron Allen has a rushing touchdown in all eight games this season.
7 - Dani Dennis-Sutton forced a fumble at Ohio State, moving into fifth all-time at PSU with his seventh career forced fumble.
OHIO STATE NOTES
- 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.
- 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.
- In the second quarter, DE Dani Dennis-Sutton forced a fumble, which was recovered by DE Chaz Coleman and returned 8 yards to the OSU 14.
- P Gabriel Nwosu averaged 49.8 yards per punt on six punts, landing two inside the 20 and hitting three 50+ yard punts.
SERIES HISTORY VS. INDIANA
- Penn State and Indiana are set to meet for the 28th time with the Nittany Lions leading 25-2 in the all-time series.
- Penn State has won the last three matchups in the series.
- The Nittany Lions are 13-0 in home matchups.
- In 2023, Penn State earned a 33-24 win in Bloomington.
- Drew Allar threw for 210 yards and three touchdowns, including touchdown passes to KeAndre Lambert-Smith, Theo Johnson and Khalil Dinkins.
- Kaytron Allen and Nicholas Singleton combined for 131 rushing yards, while Singleton added a 2-yard score.
- Jaylen Reed recorded an interception, while Kevin Winston Jr. recovered a fumble.
- Penn State limited Indiana to 80 rushing yards on 34 carries.
BIG NOON KICKOFF
- Penn State will be featured on FOX's Big Noon Kickoff broadcast for the second-straight week.
- However, this week's pregame show will originate from Iowa City.
- The Nittany Lions were featured on Big Noon Kickoff three times in 2024 (UCLA, Washington, Ohio State) and at Ohio State in 2025.
- Since the show's debut in 2019, Penn State has made 14 appearances as FOX's featured game.
- The show has originated from Happy Valley on four occasions (2022 vs. Ohio State, 2023 vs. Michigan, 2024 vs. UCLA, 2024 vs. Ohio State).
- The broadcast will begin at 10 a.m. and lead up to kickoff between the Nittany Lions and Hoosiers at noon.
- The crew of Rob Stone, Reggie Bush, Mark Ingram, Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn and Urban Meyer will be live from Iowa City ahead of the meeting, while the in-game crew of Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt and Jenny Taft will call the action.
Date Opponent Score
1. Nov. 23, 2019 at Ohio State L, 17-28
2. Sept. 4, 2021 at Wisconsin W, 16-10
3. Oct. 9, 2021 at Iowa L, 20-23
4. Sept. 1, 2022 at Purdue W, 35-31
5. Oct. 15, 2022 at Michigan L, 17-41
6. Oct. 29, 2022 Ohio State L, 31-44
7. Sept. 16, 2023 at Illinois W, 30-13
8. Oct. 21, 2023 at Ohio State L, 12-20
9. Nov. 11, 2023 Michigan L, 15-24
10. Aug. 31, 2024 at West Virginia W, 34-12
11. Oct. 5, 2024 UCLA W, 27-11
12. Nov. 2, 2024 Ohio State L, 13-20
13. Nov. 1, 2025 at Ohio State L, 14-38
14. Nov. 8, 2025 Indiana --