Penn State Nittany Lions at Temple Owls

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PSU score 27

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TEM score 9

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Passing (1)
Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR

ESPN college football observations · 2026 season. Values appear only when source-reported. View source (opens in a new tab)

Rushing (6)
Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Carson Hansen on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	19	84	4.4	13
James Peoples on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	7	42	6.0	12
Rocco Becht on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	5	11	2.2	12
Alex Manske on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	1	5	5.0	5
Koby Howard on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	1	4	4.0	4
Cam Wallace on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	1	2	2.0	2
Team	34	148	4.4	13

Receiving (7)
Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Benjamin Brahmer on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	5	79	15.8	2	23
Koby Howard on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	3	68	22.7	0	56
Chase Sowell on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	5	58	11.6	1	16
Zay Robinson on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	3	34	11.3	0	22
Carson Hansen on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	2	13	6.5	0	8
Brett Eskildsen on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	2	11	5.5	0	7
Andrew Rappleyea on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	1	5	5.0	0	5
Team	21	268	12.8	3	56

Defense & special teams (Fumbles, Defense, Interceptions, Kick returns, Punt returns, Kicking, Punting)

Fumbles (1)
Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Benjamin Brahmer on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense (18)
Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Tony Rojas on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	7	5	0	0	0	0
Cael Brezina on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	6	5	0	0	0	0
Zion Tracy on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	5	4	0	0	1	0
Team	53	37	1	2	3	1

Interceptions (1)
Player	INT	YDS	TD
Tony Rojas on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	1	13	0
Team	1	13	0

Kick returns (1)
Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Zay Robinson on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team	1	7	7.0	7	0

Punt returns (1)
Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Zay Robinson on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	2	22	11.0	19	0
Team	2	22	11.0	19	0

Kicking (1)
Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ryan Barker on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	2/3	67.0	39	3/3	9
Team	2/3	66.7	39	3/3	9

Punting (1)
Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Nathan Tiyce on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	1	35	35.0	0	1	35
Team	1	35	35.0	0	1	35

Passing (2)
Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	QBR
Jaxon Smolik on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	10/16	59	3.7	1	69.7
Ajani Sheppard on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	3/6	48	8.0	0	91.3
Team	13/22	107	4.9	1	--

Rushing (5)
Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Keveun Mason on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	14	76	5.4	0	22
Jaxon Smolik on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	7	71	10.1	0	47
De'Carlos Young

Receiving (5)
Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jayce Freeman on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	1	39	39.0	0	39
Peter Clarke on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	6	31	5.2	0	13
Ryder Kusch

Defense & special teams (Fumbles, Defense, Interceptions, Kick returns, Punt returns, Kicking, Punting)

Fumbles (0)
Player	FUM	LOST	REC

Defense (23)
Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Curly Ordonez on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	12	9

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Demonte Greene on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	1	16	16.0	16	0
Team	1	16	16.0	16	0

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Carl Hardin on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	1/2	50.0	24	0/0	3
Team	1/2	50.0	24	0/0	3

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Dante Atton on ESPN (opens in a new tab)	4	184	46.0	0	3	49
Team	4	184	46.0	0	3	49