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Week 16: Penn St Nittany Lions at Ohio St Buckeyes

December 20, 2026
70°
Ohio Stadium (Columbus, OH) Attendance: 48,803 (89%)
Nittany Lions 0 0 3 0 - 3
Buckeyes 6 3 7 0 - 16

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Buckeyes: 4-1-PSU 0 (5:40) 5-Billy Miranda 18 yard field goal is GOOD. OSU 3 PSU 0
(Qtr 1) Buckeyes: 4-8-PSU 12 (1:03) 5-Billy Miranda 29 yard field goal is GOOD. OSU 6 PSU 0
(Qtr 2) Buckeyes: 4-10-PSU 35 (7:57) 5-Billy Miranda 52 yard field goal is GOOD. OSU 9 PSU 0
(Qtr 3) Buckeyes: 1-1-PSU 0 (11:28) 42-Anthony Foster ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 5-Billy Miranda. OSU 16 PSU 0
(Qtr 3) Nittany Lions: 4-8-OSU 23 (7:50) 8-Brian Owen 40 yard field goal is GOOD. OSU 16 PSU 3

Team Statistics

Buckeyes Nittany Lions
First Downs 15 6
- Rushing 10 0
- Passing 5 6
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 347 121
- Offensive Plays 65 55
- Yards Per Play 5.34 2.20
Net Rushing Yards 185 -13
- Rushing Attempts 41 11
- Yards Per Rush 4.51 -1.18
Net Passing Yards 162 134
- Att/Comp/Int 24 / 16 / 1 44 / 23 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 162 134
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.75 3.05
- Yards Per Completion 10.13 5.83
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 16 5 / 17
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.0 8.7
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 20 2 / 10
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 40 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 24
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 1 / 4
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 26
Time of Possession 38:24 21:38

Drive Charts

Ohio St Buckeyes

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:56 6:18 OWN 30 10 70 Field Goal
1 4:59 3:59 OPP 25 6 13 Field Goal
2 14:48 1:26 OWN 30 3 4 Punt
2 11:16 3:23 OWN 23 6 42 Field Goal
2 7:06 2:13 OWN 29 3 4 Punt
2 1:03 1:03 OWN 7 2 13 Half
3 15:00 3:35 OWN 25 7 75 Touchdown
3 9:18 0:45 OWN 16 2 3 Interception
3 7:46 1:28 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 5:21 2:12 OWN 34 4 15 Punt
3 2:15 3:02 OWN 43 6 17 Punt
4 12:36 2:57 OWN 29 4 42 Missed FG
4 8:04 5:35 OWN 30 8 21 Punt
4 0:28 0:28 OWN 24 1 0 Game

Penn St Nittany Lions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:04 OWN 14 6 14 Punt
1 5:38 0:39 OWN 25 2 -1 Interception
1 1:00 1:12 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
2 13:22 2:06 OWN 17 3 6 Punt
2 7:53 0:47 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
2 4:53 3:50 OWN 20 9 29 Punt
3 11:25 2:07 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
3 8:33 0:48 OPP 24 3 2 Field Goal
3 6:18 0:57 OWN 25 3 -5 Punt
3 3:09 0:54 OWN 13 3 2 Punt
4 14:13 1:37 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
4 9:39 1:35 OWN 36 3 -5 Punt
4 2:29 2:02 OWN 20 11 53 Interception

Rushing Stats

Ohio St Buckeyes

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Anthony Foster 16 92 5.75 33 3 1
Chris Mills 22 76 3.45 27 2 0
Samuel Brown 1 13 13.00 13 1 0
Booker Dunkelberger 1 4 4.00 4 0 0
Israel Beasley 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Penn St Nittany Lions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
John Scott 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Gary Calhoun 1 -5 -5.00 -5 0 0
Ervin Weddle 9 -9 -1.00 1 0 0

Passing Stats

Ohio St Buckeyes

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Israel Beasley 24 16 162 0 / 0 0 32 1 68.40

Penn St Nittany Lions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jeremy Kirkland 44 23 134 0 / 0 0 16 2 39.39

Receiving Stats

Ohio St Buckeyes

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chris Mills 4 47 11.75 32 0
Andres Rodriguez 2 36 18.00 27 0
Michael Reyes 1 21 21.00 21 0
Samuel Brown 1 20 20.00 20 0
Anthony Foster 2 19 9.50 16 0
Stanley Sterling 4 11 2.75 4 0
Booker Dunkelberger 2 8 4.00 4 0

Penn St Nittany Lions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Daniel Oakes 5 43 8.60 16 0
Ian Cormier 4 25 6.25 11 0
Demetrius Ivey 5 18 3.60 6 0
John Scott 3 16 5.33 9 0
Robert Arena 2 11 5.50 7 0
Ervin Weddle 2 8 4.00 6 0
Jorge Goodwin 1 7 7.00 7 0
Gary Calhoun 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Ohio St Buckeyes

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
James Greenwood 5 6 0 1
Michael Reyes 0 12 0 0
Wilford Bowman 0 1 0 0
John Long 0 1 0 0
Fred Chase 0 1 0 0
John Godwin 0 1 0 1
Chris Mills 3 4 0 0
Daniel Lane 0 2 0 1
John Friedland 3 0 0 0
David Klassen 0 3 0 1
Gonzalo Thomas 0 1 0 0
Marion Pilla 0 5 0 2
Samuel Brown 0 14 0 0
Stanley Sterling 0 23 0 0
Nick Young 0 1 0 1
Joseph Woods 0 19 0 0
Andres Rodriguez 16 41 0 2
James Blubaugh 11 6 0 0
Anthony Foster 11 14 0 2
Mark Gonzales 22 38 0 3
Booker Dunkelberger 15 44 0 3
Roy Sandiford 34 43 0 5
Richard Williams 30 46 0 0
Scott Blank 35 47 0 4
Gregory August 34 41 0 1
Austin Cortese 0 5 0 0
Michael Worthington 0 3 0 0
Sam Derby 0 1 0 0

Penn St Nittany Lions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Marcus Singleton 0 2 0 0
Daniel Oakes 0 4 0 1
Tim Rollins 0 1 0 0
Ian Cormier 0 2 0 0
Kareem Haley 0 1 0 0
Jason Thomas 0 1 0 0
Russell Singh 0 1 0 0
Billy Armstrong 2 0 0 0
Mark Harris 0 2 0 0
Ervin Weddle 3 3 0 0
Demetrius Ivey 0 6 0 0
Tim King 10 2 0 0
Kirk Beach 3 1 0 0
Gary Calhoun 8 7 0 0
Nathaniel Smith 55 15 0 0
Dustin Beck 3 4 0 0
Leslie Bischoff 55 19 0 1
Clifford Griggs 46 17 0 0
John Scott 15 6 0 3
Jeremy Addy 55 18 0 1
Daniel Sutter 54 22 0 2
Clarence Anderson 0 2 0 0
Gregory Jones 0 2 0 0
Ricky Milliken 10 3 0 0
Brad White 0 2 0 1
Brian Mazon 0 1 0 0
Alfred McGill 0 2 0 0
Steven Scruggs 0 1 0 0
Joel Wells 0 2 0 1
Brady Hamilton 9 3 0 0

Interception Stats

Ohio St Buckeyes

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Daniel Lane 1 0 0.00 0
John Long 1 0 0.00 0

Penn St Nittany Lions

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Steven Scruggs 1 4 4.00 0

Fumble Stats

Ohio St Buckeyes

Penn St Nittany Lions

Punting

Ohio St Buckeyes

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Timothy Pinard 6 270 45.00 37.33 49 2

Penn St Nittany Lions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Joseph Harp 10 491 49.10 45.60 55 2

Kicking

Ohio St Buckeyes

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Billy Miranda 3 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 1 52 1 / 1

Penn St Nittany Lions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Brian Owen 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 40 0 / 0

Punt Return

Ohio St Buckeyes

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Chris Mills 6 40 6.7 11 0

Penn St Nittany Lions

Kick Return

Ohio St Buckeyes

Penn St Nittany Lions

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Kirk Beach 1 24 24.0 0

Defensive Stats

Ohio St Buckeyes

Name Tackles Sacks
Daniel Lane 6 0
Nick Young 4 0
Austin Cortese 4 0
Thomas Hollman 4 0
James Greenwood 4 0
John Long 3 0
Gonzalo Thomas 3 0
Marion Pilla 2 0
John Godwin 2 0
James McKenna 2 0
Sam Derby 1 0
Richard Williams 1 0

Penn St Nittany Lions

Name Tackles Sacks
Marcus Singleton 9 0
Brad White 8 0
Joel Wells 7 0
Steven Scruggs 6 0
Jason Thomas 5 0
Brian Mazon 5 0
Russell Singh 4 0
Clarence Anderson 4 0
Alfred McGill 3 0
Sean Cole 2 0
Dustin Beck 2 0
Robert Wallace 1 0
Daniel Oakes 1 0
Ricky Milliken 1 0
Ralph Williams 1 0
Kyle Dixon 1 0
Demetrius Ivey 1 0