2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	3–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	James Franklin (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Andy Kotelnicki (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Ty Howle (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Knowles (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Anthony Poindexter (5th season)
Home stadium	Beaver Stadium
Seasons ←  2024 2026 →

2025 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Oregon		1	–	0					3	–	0
No. 25 USC		1	–	0					3	–	0
No. 9 Illinois		0	–	0					3	–	0
No. 19 Indiana		0	–	0					3	–	0
Maryland		0	–	0					3	–	0
Michigan State		0	–	0					3	–	0
Nebraska		0	–	0					3	–	0
No. 1 Ohio State		0	–	0					3	–	0
No. 2 Penn State		0	–	0					3	–	0
Rutgers		0	–	0					3	–	0
Washington		0	–	0					2	–	0
Iowa		0	–	0					2	–	1
No. 21 Michigan		0	–	0					2	–	1
Minnesota		0	–	0					2	–	1
Wisconsin		0	–	0					2	–	1
UCLA		0	–	0					0	–	3
Purdue		0	–	1					2	–	1
Northwestern		0	–	1					1	–	2
Championship: December 6, 2025
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant As of September 14, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represents Pennsylvania State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team is led by head coach James Franklin in his 12th year. They play their home games at Beaver Stadium located in College Township, Pennsylvania, with a mailing address of University Park, Pennsylvania.

Offseason

Transfers

Outgoing

Player	Position	Destination
Mehki Flowers	S	Akron
Chase Meyer	K	California
Feyisayo Oluleye	WR	Clarion
Tyler Johnson	WR	East Carolina
T.A. Cunningham	DL	Garden City CC
Jon Mitchell	CB	Georgia Tech
JB Nelson	IOL	Kansas State
Beckham Dee	LB	Lafayette
Jerry Cross	TE	Memphis
Beau Pribula	QB	Missouri
Joseph Mupoyi	EDGE	North Carolina
Smith Vilbert	EDGE	North Carolina
Harrison Wallace III	WR	Ole Miss
Cam Miller	CB	Rutgers
Tyrece Mills	S	UConn
Ta'Mere Robinson	LB	USC
Omari Evans	WR	Washington
Jason Estrella	WR	Unknown

Incoming

Player	Position	Former Team
King Mack	S	Alabama
Owen Wafle	EDGE	Michigan
Amare Campbell	LB	North Carolina
Trebor Pena	WR	Syracuse
Enai White	EDGE	Texas A&M
TJ Shanahan Jr.	IOL	Texas A&M
Devonte Ross	WR	Troy
Kyron Hudson	WR	USC

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	3:30 p.m.	Nevada *	No. 2	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	CBS	W 46–11	106,915
September 6	12:00 p.m.	FIU *	No. 2	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	BTN	W 34–0	103,817
September 13	3:30 p.m.	No. 11 (FCS) Villanova *	No. 2	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	FS1	W 52–6	109,516
September 27	7:30 p.m.	Oregon		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (White Out)	NBC
October 4		at UCLA		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA
October 11	12:00/3:30/4:00 p.m.	Northwestern		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA
October 18		at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA
November 1		at Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)
November 8		Indiana		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA
November 15		at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)
November 22		Nebraska		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA
November 29		at Rutgers		SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll - Released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

Further information: 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	2 (23)	2 (7)	2 (5)	2 (5)
Coaches	3 (14)	2 (6)	2 (4)	2 (3)
CFP	Not released																Not released

Game summaries

vs Nevada

See also: 2025 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Nevada Wolf Pack (0–0) at No. 2 Penn State Nittany Lions (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	0	3	0	8	11
No. 2 Nittany Lions	10	17	12	7	46

at Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania

• Date: August 30
• Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C) • Sunny
• Game attendance: 106,915
• Referee: Matthew Richards
• TV announcers (CBS): Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color commentator), and Jenny Dell (sideline reporter)
• ESPN box score, GoPSUsports.com box score

Game information

First quarter PSU – Nicholas Singleton 1-yard run (Ryan Barker kick), 3:05. Nittany Lions 7–0. Drive: 13 plays, 69 yards, 6:41. PSU – Ryan Barker 28-yard field goal, 1:41. Nittany Lions 10–0. Drive: 4 plays, -4 yards, 1:16. Second quarter PSU – Kaytron Allen 12-yard run (Ryan Barker kick), 10:02. Nittany Lions 17–0. Drive: 8 plays, 72 yards, 4:18. NEV – Joe McFadden 28-yard field goal, 4:52. Nittany Lions 17–3. Drive: 9 plays, 59 yards, 5:05. PSU – Ryan Barker 28-yard field goal, 2:22. Nittany Lions 20–3. Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards, 2:18. PSU – Kyron Hudson 31-yard pass from Drew Allar (Ryan Barker kick), 0:23. Nittany Lions 27–3. Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 1:15. Third quarter PSU – Ryan Barker 32-yard field goal, 9:23. Nittany Lions 30–3. Drive: 9 plays, 60 yards, 5:32. PSU – Nicholas Singleton 1-yard run (pass failed), 7:15. Nittany Lions 36–3. Drive: 2 plays, 16 yards, 0:21. PSU – Ryan Barker 39-yard field goal, 3:21. Nittany Lions 39–3. Drive: 5 plays, 23 yards, 1:26. Fourth quarter PSU – Ethan Grunkemeyer 6-yard run (Matthew Parker kick), 7:37. Nittany Lions 46–3. Drive: 15 plays, 94 yards, 7:10. NEV – Marcus Bellon 9-yard pass from AJ Bianco (AJ Bianco–Jett Carpenter pass), 0:25. Nittany Lions 46–11. Drive: 8 plays, 50 yards, 1:29.

Statistics	NEV	PSU
First downs	13	25
Plays–yards	52–203	71–438
Rushes–yards	31–78	36–135
Passing yards	125	303
Passing: comp–att–int	11–21–1	29–35–0
Time of possession	26:20	33:40

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nevada	Passing	Chubba Purdy	7/15, 97 yards, INT
	Rushing	Chubba Purdy	14 carries, 55 yards
	Receiving	Marcus Bellon	6 receptions, 76 yards, TD
Penn State	Passing	Drew Allar	22/26, 217 yards, TD
	Rushing	Kaytron Allen	8 carries, 43 yards, TD
	Receiving	Kyron Hudson	6 receptions, 89 yards, TD

vs FIU

See also: 2025 FIU Panthers football team

FIU Panthers (1–0) at No. 2 Penn State Nittany Lions (1–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	0	0	0	0
No. 2 Nittany Lions	7	3	10	14	34

at Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania

• Date: September 6
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C) • Rainy, cloudy
• Game attendance: 103,817
• Referee: Tim ODey
• TV announcers (BTN): Guy Haberman (play-by-play), Yogi Roth (color commentator), and Rhett Lewis (sideline reporter)
• ESPN box score, GoPSUsports.com box score

Game information

First quarter PSU – Khalil Dinkins 9-yard pass from Drew Allar (Ryan Barker kick), 3:54. Nittany Lions 7–0. Drive: 10 plays, 87 yards, 3:54. Second quarter PSU – Ryan Barker 41-yard field goal, 0:50. Nittany Lions 10–0. Drive: 8 plays, 13 yards, 3:06. Third quarter PSU – Ryan Barker 34-yard field goal, 9:56. Nittany Lions 13–0. Drive: 12 plays, 60 yards, 5:04. PSU – Devonte Ross 42-yard pass from Drew Allar (Ryan Barker kick), 4:44. Nittany Lions 20–0. Drive: 5 plays, 88 yards, 2:09. Fourth quarter PSU – Kaytron Allen 67-yard run (Ryan Barker kick) 3:29. Nittany Lions 27–0. Drive: 1 play, 67 yards, 0:11. PSU – Nicholas Singleton 5-yard run (Ryan Barker kick), 1:19. Nittany Lions 34–0. Drive: 1 play, 5 yards, 0:03.

Statistics	FIU	PSU
First downs	14	20
Plays–yards	72–290	64–409
Rushes–yards	39–141	31–209
Passing yards	149	200
Passing: comp–att–int	18–33–1	19–33–0
Time of possession	34:17	25:43

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
FIU	Passing	Keyone Jenkins	15/28, 127 yards, INT
	Rushing	Kejon Owens	15 carries, 78 yards
	Receiving	JoJo Stone	1 reception, 27 yards
Penn State	Passing	Drew Allar	19/33, 200 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Kaytron Allen	16 carries, 144 yards, TD
	Receiving	Devonte Ross	3 receptions, 61 yards, TD

vs No. 11 (FCS) Villanova

See also: 2025 Villanova Wildcats football team

No. 11 (FCS) Villanova Wildcats (1–0) at No. 2 Penn State Nittany Lions (2–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 11 (FCS) Wildcats	0	0	0	6	6
No. 2 Nittany Lions	7	14	10	21	52

at Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania

• Date: September 13
• Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C) • Partly sunny
• Game attendance: 109,516
• Referee: Chris Coyte
• TV announcers (FS1): Connor Onion (play-by-play) and Mark Helfrich (color commentator)
• ESPN box score, GoPSUsports.com box score

Game information

First quarter PSU – Nicholas Singleton, 4-yard TD run, Ryan Barker kick, 8:48 (PSU 7–0) Second quarter PSU – Barker, 45-yard field goal, 14:22 (PSU 10–0) PSU – Barker, 28-yard field goal, 6:39 (PSU 13–0) PSU – Trebor Pena, 23-yard TD pass from Drew Allar, Pena 2-point conversion pass from Allar, 0:32 (PSU 21–0) Third quarter PSU – Barker, 42-yard field goal, 10:02 (PSU 24–0) PSU – Singleton, 3-yard TD run, Barker kick, 3:36 (PSU 31–0) Fourth quarter PSU – Kaytron Allen, 18-yard TD run, Barker kick, 10:43 (PSU 38–0) PSU – Joey Schlaffer, 19-yard TD pass from Ethan Grunkemeyer, Barker kick, 7:05 (PSU 45–0) PSU – Jahmir Joseph, 49-yard interception return for TD, Barker kick, 6:24 (PSU 52–0) VU – Brandon Binkowski, 8-yard TD pass from Tanner Maddocks, no try, 0:00 (PSU 52–6)

Statistics	VU	PSU
First downs	11	28
Plays–yards	63–179	69–465
Rushes–yards	36–83	38–237
Passing yards	96	228
Passing: comp–att–int	13–27–2	17–31–1
Time of possession	31:44	28:16

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Villanova	Passing	Tanner Maddocks	6/12, 69 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	David Avit	10 carries, 53 yards
	Receiving	Braden Reed	2 receptions, 41 yards
Penn State	Passing	Drew Allar	16/29, 209 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Kaytron Allen	10 carries, 86 yards, TD
	Receiving	Luke Reynolds	4 receptions, 73 yards

vs Oregon

See also: 2025 Oregon Ducks football team

Pregame line	Over/under
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Oregon Ducks (3–0) at Penn State Nittany Lions (3–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	-	-	-	-	0
Nittany Lions	-	-	-	-	0

at Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania

• Date: September 27
• Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
• TV: NBC

Roster

2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Liam Clifford  Sr WR 3 Koby Howard Fr WR 4 Tyseer Denmark  Fr WR 5 Devonte Ross Sr WR 6 Matt Outten Fr WR 7 Kaden Saunders  Jr WR 8 Trebor Peña  Sr RB 10 Nicholas Singleton Sr WR 11 Kyron Hudson  Sr WR 12 Anthony Ivey  Jr RB 13 Kaytron Allen Sr QB 14 Jaxon Smolik  So QB 15 Drew Allar  (C) Sr TE 16 Khalil Dinkins  Sr QB 16 Bekkem Kritza Fr QB 17 Ethan Grunkemeyer  Fr TE 18 Joey Schlaffer  So WR 19 Josiah Brown  Fr QB 19 Jack Lambert  So RB 21 Jabree Coleman Fr RB 23 Tikey Hayes Fr RB 24 Corey Smith  Fr RB 25 Quinton Martin Jr.  Fr RB 26 Cam Wallace  So RB 30 Amiel Davis  Sr WR 31 Logan Cunningham  Jr RB 34 Tyler Holzworth  Sr TE 44 Matt Henderson Fr OL 50 Cooper Cousins So OL 51 Michael Troutman III Fr OL 52 Dominic Rulli  Jr OL 53 Nick Dawkins  (C)  Sr OL 54 TJ Shanahan Jr.  So OL 55 Chimdy Onoh  So OL 57 Donnie Harbour  Fr OL 58 Ian Harvie  Jr OL 59 Brady O'Hara Fr OL 61 Liam Horan  Fr OL 63 Alex Birchmeier  So OL 64 Eagan Boyer  Fr OL 65 Jim Fitzgerald  Jr OL 66 Drew Shelton Sr OL 67 Henry Boehme  So OL 68 Anthony Donkoh  So OL 70 Garrett Sexton  Fr OL 71 Olaivavega Ioane  Jr OL 72 Nolan Rucci  Sr OL 73 Caleb Brewer  Fr OL 74 J'ven Williams  So OL 75 Matt Detisch  Jr OL 75 Malachi Goodman Fr OL 76 Mason Carlan  Sr OL 77 Owen Aliciene Fr WR 80 Jeff Exinor Jr. Fr WR 81 Donte Nastasi  So WR 81 Lyrick Samuel Fr WR 82 Ethan Black  So TE 83 Brian Kortovich Fr WR 84 Peter Gonzalez  Fr TE 85 Luke Reynolds So WR 86 Aaron Enterline  Fr TE 87 Andrew Rappleyea  So TE 88 Andrew Olesh Fr TE 89 Finn Furmanek  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 0 Dominic DeLuca  (C)  Sr CB 2 Audavion Collins  Jr CB 3 Antoine Belgrave-Shorter  Fr CB 4 A. J. Harris Jr CB 5 Daryus Dixon Fr S 6 Zakee Wheatley  Sr CB 7 Zion Tracy Jr LB 8 DaKaari Nelson  So CB 9 Elliot Washington II Jr S 10 Dejuan Lane So LB 11 LaVar Arrington II Fr CB 12 Xxavier Thomas Fr LB 13 Tony Rojas Jr S 14 Braz Thomas Fr CB 15 Joshua Johnson Fr S 16 King Mack Jr CB 17 Kenny Woseley Jr.  Fr DE 18 Max Granville  Fr DE 19 Chaz Coleman Fr DE 20 Mylachi Williams  Fr S 21 Vaboue Toure  Fr CB 23 Jahmir Joseph Fr LB 24 Amare Campbell Jr LB 25 Alex Tatsch Fr LB 26 Cam Smith Fr S 27 Lamont Payne Jr.  So DT 28 Zane Durant Sr S 28 Karson Kiesewetter  So DE 29 Daniel Jennings Fr LB 30 Kari Jackson  Fr S 31 Kolin Dinkins  Jr LB 32 Keon Wylie  Jr DE 33 Dani Dennis-Sutton Sr DT 34 Owen Wafle  Fr CB 35 Tyler Armstead  Fr DE 36 Zuriah Fisher  Sr DT 39 Ty Blanding  So S 39 Jashaun Green  Jr LB 40 Anthony Speca  Fr DE 42 Mason Robinson  So DE 43 Dayshaun Burnett Fr DE 44 Jaylen Harvey  Fr LB 45 Jackson Pryts  Jr DE 45 Enai White  Jr DE 46 Cortez Harris Fr DE 47 Aidan Probst  Fr DT 50 Alonzo Ford Jr.  Sr DT 52 Randy Adirika Fr DT 54 Xavier Gilliam  Fr DT 58 Kaleb Artis  Jr DT 88 Sam Siafa  Jr DT 90 Liam Andrews  Fr DE 93 Bobby Mears  So DT 94 De'Andre Cook  Fr DE 95 Jordan Mayer  So DE 99 Yvan Kemajou Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 35 Blaise Sokach-Minnick  Jr LS 48 Tyler Duzansky  Sr LS 92 Andrew Dufault  Fr K 94 Ryan Barker  So P 95 Riley Thompson (C) Sr K 98 Matthew Parker Fr P 99 Gabriel Nwosu  Sr	Head coach James Franklin Coordinators/assistant coaches Terry Smith – Associate head coach/defensive recruiting coordinator/cornerbacks Jim Knowles – Defensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki – Offensive coordinator Justin Lustig – Special teams coordinator/outside linebackers/nickels Deion Barnes – Defensive line Dan Connor – Linebackers Stan Drayton – Running backs Marques Hagans – Offensive recruiting coordinator/wide receivers Ty Howle – Co-offensive coordinator/tight ends Anthony Poindexter – Co-defensive coordinator/safeties Danny O'Brien – Quarterbacks Phil Trautwein – Offensive line Chuck Losey – Assistant AD/performance enhancement Torrence Brown – Defensive graduate assistant Kevin Ceh – Offensive graduate assistant Jordan Lucas – Defensive graduate assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: July 19, 2025

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