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853 WINS 45 BOWL GAMES 28 BOWL WINS 98 1ST TEAM (8th in Nation) (T-9th in Nation) (T-3rd in Nation) ALL-AMERICANS Beth Mowins (play-by-play); Anthony Becht (analyst); Steve Jones (play-by-play); Jack Ham (analyst); Paul Carcaterra (sideline) GAME Joe Putnam (sideline) OCTOBER 10, 2015 • NOON Local: 93.7 FM/1450 AM. Sirius: Ch. 135; XM: Ch. 195. University Park, Pa. Beaver Stadium (106,572) PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS INDIANA HOOSIERS Series: Penn State, 17-1 4-1, 1-0 Big Ten 4-1, 0-1 Big Ten Last Meeting: Penn State 13, Indiana 7 Head Coach: ............................James Franklin Nov. 8, 2014 • Memorial Stadium Head Coach: ...............................Kevin Wilson Record at Penn State (Yrs.) ....................11-7 (Two) Complete Series Info on Page 9 Record at Indiana (Yrs.): ....................... 18-35 (Five) Career Record (Yrs.): ........................ 35-22 (Five) Career Record (Yrs.): .............................Same vs. Indiana .......................................1-0 Penn State is appearing on television for the vs. Penn State: ....................................1-3 269th time in its last 271 regular season games. INSIDE THE GAME BREAKDOWN NITTANY LIONS HOST INDIANA FOR HOMECOMING RUSHING Penn State carries a four-game winning streak into its fifth consecutive game in Beaver Stadium, as the Nittany Penn State: Saquon Barkley 42 for 386 yds (93.2), 3 TD Indiana: Jordan Howard 125 for 709 yds (141.8), 4 TD Lions resume Big Ten play by hosting Indiana for Homecoming. The noon contest will be televised on ESPN2 and conclude a five-game homestand. PASSING Penn State: Christian Hackenberg 66-of-125, 824 yds (164.8), 5 TD/2 INT Penn State’s defense, led by sophomore linebacker Jason Cabinda, shined against Army West Point’s unique Indiana: Nate Sudfield 87-of-147, 1,277 yds (255.4), 7 TD/1 INT triple-option offense. Cabinda made a career-high 14 tackles, recorded his first two career sacks and forced a fumble. RECEIVING His final sack ended Army’s hopes of a comeback in the 20-14 contest. Penn State: Chris Godwin 23 for 349 yds (69.8) On the other side of the ball, redshirt freshman Nick Scott rushed for his first touchdown early in the game to give Indiana: Ricky Jones 21 for 446 yds (89.2) Penn State a lead it would never relinquish. The rainy conditions made holding on to the ball difficult for both teams, DEFENSE but Chris Godwin was able to haul in a 49-yard pass to set up the game-deciding touchdown drive at the end of the Penn State: Carl Nassib 23 tkls, 10.0 TFL, 8.0 sacks, INT, 3 FF third quarter. Quarterback Christian Hackenberg then completed the three-play, 91-yard drive by finding tight end Indiana: Nick Mangieri 24 tkls, 5.0 TFL, 5.0 sacks, 3 BU, 1 FR, 2 FF Mike Gesicki on a 33-yard play, allowing Gesicki to score his first career touchdown on his birthday. The game was the final non-conference contest of the regular season for Penn State. After earning a win over PSU TEAM IU Rutgers in its first conference game of the season, Penn State resume its conference slate by hosting Indiana. The 24.4 SCORING/GAME 36.0 157.4 RUSHING/GAME 224.4 Hoosiers also bring a 4-1 record into the game after suffering their first loss of the season to No. 1 Ohio State in their 67-126-2 PASSING (C-A-INT) 94-162-1 last outing. 171.2 PASSING/GAME 273.8 It will be an interesting matchup for Penn State’s pass rush. The Lions rank third in the nation with 4.2 sacks per 328.6 TOTAL OFF./GAME 498.2 game, but Indiana has only yielded three all season, tied for eighth fewest in the nation. However, Army had only +8 TURNOVER MARGIN +9 yielded two sacks before visiting Beaver Stadium and the Lions were able to total three sacks to Army’s one passing 15.8 PTS ALLOWED/GAME 32.4 completion and attempt. 3.2 OPP. RUSH YDS/GAME 165.2 After the Indiana game, the Lions hit the road for their next two games, traveling to top-ranked Ohio State next 78-129-3 OPP. PASSING 121-200-5 Saturday and meeting Maryland in Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium the following week. Penn State returns to Beaver 159.4 OPP. PASS YDS/GAME 337.4 Stadium on Halloween to host Illinois. 284.0 OPP. TOTAL OFFENSE/GAME 502.6 2015 SCHEDULES PENN STATE INDIANA Overall (B1G): 4-1 (1-0 East) Home: 4-0 Road: 0-1 Ntrl: 0-0 Overall: 4-1 Home: 3-1 Road: 0-1 Ntrl: 0-0 PSU Rank Opponent (Rank) Time/Score TV Attend. Indiana Rank Opponent (Rank) Time/Score TV Attend. September September 5 at Temple L, 10-27 ESPN 69,176 5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W, 48-47 ESPNEWS 36,071 12 BUFFALO W, 27-14 ESPN2 93,065 12 FIU W, 36-22 BTN 41,509 19 RUTGERS * W, 28-3 BTN 103,323 19 WESTERN KENTUCKY W, 38-35 ESPNEWS 44,823 26 SAN DIEGO STATE W, 37-21 BTN 95,107 26 at Wake Forest W, 31-24 ACC Network 22,508 October October 3 ARMY WEST POINT W, 20-14 ESPNU 107,387 3 OHIO STATE * (1/1) L, 27-34 ABC 52,929 10 INDIANA * Noon ESPN2 10 at Penn State * Noon ESPN2 17 at Ohio State * 8 p.m. ABC 17 RUTGERS * 3:30 p.m. BTN 24 at Maryland * ^ -- -- 24 Michigan State * -- -- 31 ILLINOIS * -- -- November November 7 IOWA * -- -- 7 at Northwestern * -- -- 14 MICHIGAN * -- -- 21 MICHIGAN * -- -- 21 at Maryland * -- -- 28 at Michigan State * -- -- 28 at Purdue * -- -- * - Big Ten game All times Eastern Rankings: AP/Coaches * - Big Ten game All times Eastern Rankings: AP/Coaches ^ - M&T Bank Stadium TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 2 ...................Quick Facts/NFL Notes 11 .................... Hackenberg’s Resume Page 20 .. Depth Chart/Pronunciations/Asst. Coaches Page 3 ....... Big Ten Standings / Media Information 12 ........................ Honors & Awards Page 21-22 .....................Numerical Roster Page 4-5 ..............Head Coach James Franklin 13 ..................... Winningest Programs Page 23-24 ...................Alphabetical Roster Page 6 .......................Opponent Tracker 14 ..................... Coaching Staff Notes Page 25 .....................Career Highs Chart Page 7 .......................Last Game (Army) 15 .......................Community Service Page 26 ....................... The Last Time... Page 8 ............ National Polls/Future Schedules 16 ................National Statistical Rankings Page 27 .........................Record Watch Page 9 ....................The Series vs. Indiana 17 .................. Ben Kline Scholar-Athlete Page 28-31 .....Game-by-Game Recaps (Games 1-4) Page 10-18 ....................... Indiana Notes 18 ..................Penn State Football Show Pages 32-39 ........................ Player Bios 10 .......................Record Breakdown Page 19 ................Starts Chart/Career Starts Pages 40-56 ..........................Statistics 2 2015 PENN STATE FOOTBALL GAME NOTES PROGRAM NOTES B1G BEST 129TH SEASON OF GRIDIRON EXCELLENCE OFFENSIVE POTW: Ezekiel Elliott • Ohio State • RB • Saint Louis, Mo. Penn State is in its 129th season of intercollegiate • Rushed for a career-high 274 yards with 11.9 yards per carry and three touchdowns in Ohio State’s victory football and owns an 853-377-42 record, to rank eighth at Indiana nationally in all-time victories. • All three touchdowns came in the second half and covered more than 50 yards, as Elliott reached the end Penn State is one of just eight programs to pass the zone from 55, 65 and 75 yards 850-win milestone, four of whom are Big Ten members: • Leads all Big Ten players and ranks sixth nationally with 145.8 rushing yards per contest Penn State, Michigan, Nebraska and Ohio State. • Earns the first Offensive Player of the Week award of his career • Last Ohio State Offensive Player of the Week: Braxton Miller (Sept. 8, 2015) ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE A total of 348 of Penn State football student-athletes, including 20 in 2014, have earned Academic All-Big Ten honors since 1993 for owning at least a 3.0 grade point CO-DEFENSIVE POTW: Desmond King • Iowa • Jr. • DB • Detroit, Mich. • Recorded nine tackles and two interceptions to guide Iowa to a victory at Wisconsin average and being a letterwinner. • Posted his second multi-interception game of the season, pushing his conference-leading season total to five ONE OF NATION’S TOUGHEST HOME VENUES • Helped the Hawkeyes reach 5-0 for the first time since 2009 Penn State owns a superlative 269-71 (.791) record inside Beaver Stadium, the nation’s second-largest facility, CO-DEFENSIVE POTW: Joe Schobert • Wisconsin • Sr. • LB • Waukesha, Wis. • Notched eight tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, three sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery which opened in 1960 and has a capacity of 106,572. • Added five quarterback hurries for the Badgers, who rank fourth nationally in scoring defense ON YOUR TELEVISION • Leads the nation in sacks, tackles for loss and forced fumbles Penn State is appearing on television for the 269th time in its last 271 regular season games. SPECIAL TEAMS POTW: Sam Foltz • Nebraska • Jr. • P • Greeley, Neb. • Averaged 46.9 yards per punt over nine attempts against Illinois QUICK FACTS • Three punts were downed inside the 10-yard line, including one at the one-yard line • Recorded five punts of at least 50 yards, including each of his first four attempts UNIVERSITY • Claims his second career Special Teams Player of the Week honor and first since Sept. 8, 2014 • Last Nebraska Special Teams Player of the Week: De’Mornay Pierson-El (Dec. 1, 2014) NAME .............The Pennsylvania State University LOCATION ....................University Park, Pa. FOUNDED ................................1855 ENROLLMENT ..........................46,068 NICKNAME .........................Nittany Lions FRESHMAN POTW: LJ Scott • Michigan State • RB • Hubbard, Ohio COLORS ...........................Blue & White • Established career highs with 18 carries and 146 rushing yards, while notching two rushing touchdowns in CONFERENCE ..........................Big Ten Michigan State’s victory over Purdue .........................NCAA Division I • Scored on runs of one and 18 yards in the first quarter DIVISION • Broke 100 rushing yards for the first time in his career and tallied multiple touchdowns for the second time STADIUM ................Beaver Stadium (106,572) • Wins his second career weekly award STADIUM SURFACE ................Natural Grass • Last Michigan State Freshman of the Week: LJ Scott (Sept.