PENN STATE'S FOOTBALL HISTORY PAGE

PENN STATE'S FOOTBALL HISTORY PAGE

PENN STATE'S TOP TEN

One Game Rushing Leaders
One Season Rushing Leaders
Career Rushing Leaders
One Season Passing Yardage Leaders
Career Passing Yardage Leaders
Season Receptions
Career Receptions
Season Receiving Yardage
Career Receiving Yardage
Season Punt Return Average
Career Punt Return Average
Season Kickoff Return Average
Career Kickoff Return Average
Season Tackles
Career Tackles
Longest Punts

PENN STATE'S FIRST TEAM ALL AMERICANS AND HALL OF FAMERS

Wide Receivers and Ends
Tight Ends
Offensive Tackles
Offensive Guards
Centers
Fullbacks
Halfbacks/Tailbacks
Quarterbacks/Blocking Back in Single Wing
Kickers
Defensive Ends
Nose Tackles and Defensive Tackles
Linebackers
Corner Backs
Safeties

ONE GAME RUSHING LEADERS
	Yards	Name and Location	Year	TDs	Attempts
1.	256	Curt Warner at Syracuse	1981	1	26
2.	250	Shorty Miller vs. Carnegie Tech	1912	-	-
3.	243	Bob Pollard at Rutgers	1951	2	14
4.	241	Curtis Enis vs. USC	1996	3	27
5.	239	Bob Campbell vs. Syracuse	1968	2	24
6.	238	Curt Warner at Nebraska	1981	0	28
7.	227	Ki-Jana Carter vs. Michigan State	1994	5	27
8.	225	Matt Suhey vs. Army	1979	2	23
9.	220	John Cappelletti vs. N.C. State	1973	3	41
10.	218	Harry Wilson vs. Navy	1923	-	-
11.	214	Blair Thomas vs. Notre Dame	1987	1	35

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ONE SEASON RUSHING LEADERS
	Yards	Name	Year	TDs	Attempts
1.	1567	Lydell Mitchell	1971	26	254
2.	1539	Ki-Jana Carter	1994	23	198
3.	1522	John Cappelletti	1973	17	286
4.	1414	Blair Thomas	1987	11	268
5.	1341	Blair Thomas	1989	5	264
6.	1210	Curtis Enis	1996	13	224
7.	1117	John Cappelletti	1972	12	233
8.	1082	Lenny Moore	1954	11	136
9.	1044	Curt Warner	1981	8	171
10.	1041	Curt Warner	1982	8	198
11.	1026	Ki-Jana Carter	1993	7	155

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CAREER RUSHING LEADERS
	Yards	Name	Year	TDs	Attempts
1.	3398	Curt Warner	1979-82	24	649
2.	3301	Blair Thomas	1985-87, 89	21	606
3.	3227	D. J. Dozier	1983-86	25	624
4.	2934	Lydell Mitchell	1969-71	38	501
5.	2829	Ki-Jana Carter	1992-94	34	395
6.	2818	Matt Suhey	1976-79	26	633
7.	2639	John Cappelletti	1972-73	29	519
8.	2380	Lenny Moore	1953-55	23	382
9.	2236	Charlie Pittman	1967-69	30	454
10.	2072	Booker Moore	1977-80	20	448

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ONE SEASON PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS
	Yards	Name	Year	Attempts	Completions	TDs	Ints
1.	2679	Kerry Collins	1994	264	176	21	7
2.	2488	Tony Sacca	1991	292	169	21	5
3.	2221	Chuck Fusina	1977	246	142	15	9
4.	2218	Todd Blackledge	1982	292	161	22	14
5.	2198	Wally Richardson	1995	335	193	18	6
6.	2039	John Hufnagel	1972	216	115	15	8
7.	1944	Doug Strang	1983	259	134	19	7
8.	1866	Tony Sacca	1990	249	122	10	9
9.	1859	Chuck Fusina	1978	242	137	11	12
10.	1732	Wally Richardson	1996	279	145	7	8
11.	1616	Tom Sherman	1967	205	104	13	9

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CAREER PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS
	Yards	Name	Year	Attempts	Completions	TDs	Ints
1.	5869	Tony Sacca	1988-91	824	401	41	24
2.	5382	Chuck Fusina	1975-78	665	371	37	32
3.	5304	Kerry Collins	1991-94	657	370	39	21
4.	4812	Todd Blackledge	1980-82	658	341	41	41
5.	4419	Wally Richardson	1992, 1994-96	692	378	27	14
6.	3545	John Hufnagel	1970-72	408	225	26	17
7.	3469	John Shaffer	1983-86	547	262	18	24
8.	2966	Doug Strang	1981-84	438	202	24	20
9.	2886	Tom Shuman	1972-74	365	188	28	12
10.	2588	Tom Sherman	1965-67	347	163	19	14

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SEASON RECEPTIONS
	Receptions	Name	Year	Yards	Average	TDs
1.	63	Bobby Engram	1995	1084	15.7	11
	tie 63	O.J. McDuffie	1992	977	17.2	9
3.	55	Terry Smith	1991	846	15.4	8
4.	52	Bobby Engram	1994	1029	19.8	7
5.	48	Bobby Engram	1993	873	18.2	13
6.	47	Freddie Scott	1994	973	20.7	9
7.	46	O.J. McDuffie	1991	790	17.2	7
8.	42	Jack Curry	1965	572	13.6	2
9.	41	Jack Curry	1967	681	16.6	2
	tie 41	Kenny Jackson	1982	697	17.0	7

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CAREER RECEPTIONS
	Receptions	Name	Year	Yards	Average	TDs
1.	167	Bobby Engram	1991, 1993-95	3026	18.1	31
2.	125	O.J. McDuffie	1988-92	1988	15.9	16
3.	117	Jack Curry	1965-67	1837	15.7	5
4.	109	Kenny Jackson	1980-83	2006	18.4	25
5.	108	Terry Smith	1988-91	1825	16.9	15
6.	93	Freddie Scott	1993-95	1520	16.3	11
7.	86	Ted Kwalick	1966-68	1343	15.6	10
8.	76	Kyle Brady	1991-94	940	12.4	9
9.	70	Mike Archie	1992-95	534	7.6	7
10.	69	Dave Daniels	1988-90	1222	17.7	9
11.	67	Dan Natale	1972-74	1038	15.5	8

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SEASON RECEIVING YARDAGE
	Yards	Receptions	Name	Year	Average	TDs
1.	1084	63	Bobby Engram	1995	17.2	11
2.	1029	52	Bobby Engram	1994	19.8	7
3.	977	63	O.J. McDuffie	1992	15.5	9
4.	973	47	Freddie Scott	1994	20.7	9
5.	873	48	Bobby Engram	1993	18.2	13
6.	869	41	Joe Jurevicius	1996	21.2	4
7.	846	55	Terry Smith	1991	15.4	8
8.	790	46	O.J. McDuffie	1991	17.2	7
9.	697	41	Kenny Jackson	1982	17.0	7
10.	681	41	Jack Curry	1967	16.6	2

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CAREER RECEIVING YARDAGE
	Yards	Receptions	Name	Year
1.	3090	167	Bobby Engram	1991, 1993-95
2.	2006	109	Kenny Jackson	1980-83
3.	1988	125	O.J. McDuffie	1988-92
4.	1837	117	Jack Curry	1965-67
5.	1825	108	Terry Smith	1988-91
6.	1520	96	Freddie Scott	1993-95
7.	1343	86	Ted Kwalick	1966-68
8.	1263	65	Scott Fitzkee	1975-78
9.	1222	69	Dave Daniels	1988-90
10.	1058	56	Jimmy Cefalo	1974-77

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SEASON PUNT RETURN AVERAGE
	Yards/Return	Returns	TDs	Name	Year	Yards
1.	21.4	7	1	Don Jonas	1960	150
2.	19.2	23	1	Gary Hayman	1973	442
3.	17.5	13	1	Lenny Moore	1953	228
4.	17.0	35	?	Shorty Miller	1912	396
5.	16.1	12	0	Ron Younker	1954	193
6.	16.0	14	0	Bob Pollard	1951	224
7.	15.7	6	0	Dick Hoak	1959	94
8.	15.2	13	1	Matt Suhey	1978	197
9.	14.6	19	1	O.J. McDuffie	1959	278
10.	14.2	11	1	Mike Irwin	1965	156
11.	13.7	18	2	Jimmy Cefalo	1977	247

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CAREER PUNT RETURN AVERAGE
	Yards/Return	Returns	TDs	Name	Year	Yards
1.	17.6	16	0	Ron Younker	1953-54	281
2.	16.5	17	1	Wall Triplett	1946-48	280
3.	15.9	17	2	Don Jonas	1958, 60-61	271
4.	15.8	24	1	Lenny Moore	1953-55	378
5.	15.3	15	0	Don Hoak	1958-60	229
6.	14.0	24	1	Mike Archie	1992-95	337
7.	13.7	18	2	Jimmy Cefalo	1974-77	247
8.	13.2	47	2	Dennis Onkotz	1967-69	619
9.	13.0	23	1	Joe Vargo	1963-64	300
10.	12.8	56	2	Gary Hayman	1972-73	717
11.	12.6	84	3	O.J. McDuffie	1988-89, 91-92	1059

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SEASON KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE
	Yards/Return	Returns	TDs	Name	Year	Yards
1.	43.0	8	0	Gary Brown	1990	344
2.	35.0	10	2	Curt Warner	1980	350
3.	32.6	9	1	Larry Joe	1947	293
4.	31.9	12	1	Blair Thomas	1986	383
5.	29.6	8	1	Gary Hayman	1973	237
6.	29.0	17	1	Curt Warner	1979	493
7.	28.7	10	1	Charlie Pittman	1967	287
8.	28.0	8	1	Rich Mauti	1975	224
9.	27.4	9	0	Bob Riggle	1965	247
10.	26.5	16	0	Shelly Hammonds	1993	424
11.	26.3	12	1	Paul Johnson	1969	316

Special Citation: Chuck Peters in 1940 had only 5 returns but he averaged 52.2 yards with 2 tds.

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CAREER KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE
	Yards/Return	Returns	TDs	Name	Year
1.	29.6	16	1	Larry Joe	1946-48
2.	28.8	32	3	Curt Warner	1979-82
3.	28.4	17	1	Charlie Pittman	1967-69
4.	26.9	18	1	Gary Hayman	1972-73
5.	26.3	25	1	Blair Thoms	1985-87, 89
6.	25.7	23	1	Roger Kockman	1959-62
7.	24.6	19	0	Lydell Mitchell	1969-71
8.	24.4	25	0	Shelly Hammonds	1990-93
9.	24.3	23	0	Lenny Moore	1953-55
10.	24.2	38	0	Gary Brown	1987-90
11.	23.9	22	0	Leroy Thompson	1987-90

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SEASON TACKLES
	Tackles	Name	Year	Solo	Assists
1.	165	Greg Buttle	1974	86	79
2.	140	Greg Buttle	1975	76	64
3.	130	Andre Collins	1989	68	62
4.	126	Ed O'Neil	1972	72	54
6.	126	Brian Gelzheiser	1994	51	75
5.	118	Dennis Onkontz	1967	74	44
7.	115	Gary Gray	1971	60	55
8.	113	Brian Gelzheiser	1993	57	56
9.	112	Gerald Filardi	199	55	57
10.	110	Andre Collins	1988	63	47
11.	Tie 110	Brian Chizmar	1989	56	54

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CAREER TACKLES
	Tackles	Name	Year	Solo	Assists
1.	343	Greg Buttle	1973-75	185	158
2.	315	Brian Gelzheiser	1991-94	157	158
3.	287	Dennis Onkotz	1967-69	165	122
4.	274	John Skorupan	1970-72	144	130
	Tie 274	Shane Conlan	1983-86	186	88
6.	257	Andre Collins	1986-89	147	110
7.	256	Trey Bauer	1984-87	176	80
8.	251	Jack Ham	1968-70	143	108
9.	241	Brian Chizmar	1986-89	161	80
10.	237	Jim Heller	1970-72 [DT only Non-LB on Top Ten]	133	104

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LONGEST PUNTS
	Yards	Name and Location	Year
1.	90	Coop French at Iowa	1930
2.	76	Chris Clauss vs. Rutgers	1987
3.	73	Milt Plum at Ohio State	1956
4.	71	John Bruno vs. Boston College	1985
5.	70	Coop French at Iowa	1930
6.	69	Bob Parson at Colorado	1970
7.	67	Joe Colone vs. Navy	1947
8.	67	Art Betts vs. Michigan State	1951
9.	67	Wayne Corbett at Pittsburgh	1965
10.	66	Frank Hershey vs. Maryland	1964

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PENN STATE'S FIRST TEAM ALL AMERICANS AND HALL OF FAMERS BY POSITION

Wide Receivers and Ends:

Dexter Very, College Hall of Fame [Played 1909-12]
Bob Higgins, AA-1919
Kenny Jackson, AA-1982,83
O.J. McDuffie, AA-1992
Bobby Engram, AA-1994

Tight Ends:

Ted Kwalick, AA-1967,68
Kyle Brady, AA-1994

Offensive Tackles:

Dave Joyner, AA-1971
Keith Dorney, AA-1977,78
Bill Dugan, AA-1980
Chris Conlin, AA-1986

Offensive Guards:

Joe Bedenk, AA-1923
Steve Suhey, AA-1947; Coll. Hall of Fame [Played 1942, 1946-47]
Sam Velentine, AA-1956
John Nessel, AA-1974
Tom Rafferty, AA-1975
Sean Farrell, AA-1980,81
Steve Wisniewski, AA-1987,88
Jeff Hartings, AA-1994,95

Centers:

Mother Dunn, AA-1906
Leon Gajecki, AA-1940

Fullbacks:

Pete Mauthe, College Hall of Fame [Played 1909-1912]
Franco Harris, Pro Hall of Fame [Played 1969-1971]

Halfbacks/Tailbacks:

Charlie Way, AA-1920
Light Horse Harry Wilson, AA-1923; College Hall of Fame [Played 1921-23 and later at Army]
Lenny Moore, Pro Hall of Fame [Played 1953-55]
Roger Kochman, AA-1962
Charlie Pittman, AA-1969
Lydell Mitchell, AA-1971
John Cappelletti, AA-1973; College Hall of Fame; Heisman Trophy
Curt Warner, AA-1981,82
D.J. Dozier, AA-1986
Blair Thomas, AA-1989
Ki-Jana Carter, AA-1994

Quarterbacks/Blocking Back in Single Wing:

Shorty Miller, Coll. Hall of Fame [Played 1910-13]
Glenn Killinger, AA-1921; Coll. Hall of Fame [Played 1918,20-21]
Rich Lucas, AA-1959
John Hufnagel, AA-1972
Chuck Fusina, AA-1978
Kerry Collins, AA-1994

Kickers:

Chris Bahr, AA-1975
Matt Bahr, AA-1978

Defensive Ends:

Sam Tamburo, AA-1948
Bob Mitinger, AA-1961
Dave Robinson, AA-1962
Bruce Bannon, AA-1972
Walker Lee Ashley, AA-1982

Nose Tackles and Defensive Tackles:

Mike Michalske, Pro Hall of Fame [Played 1923-25]
Glenn Ressler, AA-1964
Mike Reid, AA-1969; College Hall of Fame [Played 1966, 68-69]
Randy Crowder, AA-1973
Mike Hartenstine
Randy Sidler, AA-1977
Bruce Clark, AA-1978/79
Matt Millen, AA-1978
Tim Johnson, AA-1986
Lou Benfatti, AA-1973

Linebackers:

Dennis Onkotz, AA-1968/69; College Hall of Fame [Played 1967-69]
Jack Ham, AA-1970; Only Penn Stater in both College and Pro Halls of Fame
Charlie Zapeic, AA-1971
John Skorpan, AA-1972
Ed O'Neil, AA-1973
Greg Buttle, AA-1975
Kurt Allerman, AA-1976
Shane Conlan, AA-1985/86
Andre Collins, AA-1989

Corner Backs:

None

Safeties:

Neal Smith, AA-1969
Pete Harris, AA-1978
Mark Robinson, AA-1982
Mike Zordich, AA-1985
Darren Perry, AA-1991

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Notes:

1.Before the early 1960s many of the All Americans played both ways. Where something is known about a player excelling on offense or defense, I assigned them to a position on that side of the ball. Sometimes I had to guess.

2. At quarterback, Shorty Miller and Glen Killinger are listed as quarterbacks, but they played at a time when the position was a lot different than T-formation qbs now. Shorty held some rushing records for a long time, but doesn't show up on passing charts. He may have been a quarterback in a short-punt or what we today call a shotgun formation. Killinger, however, doesn't show up in any rushing or passing summaries. He may have been a quarterback in a single wing formation where the quarterback lines up behind a guard, calls signals and serves as a blocking back for the tailback and fullback who receive the snap directly. The Mike part of Mike/Coma Man fame actually played against some single wing teams in high school.

3. Fullback Pete Mauthe was one of the great place kickers of his era and may have been an All American kicker if they had had one then.

4. Former Lion OG Mike Munchak is considered a lock for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

5. Great Paterno-era players who seemed to deserve first team All American recognition, but mysteriously didn't get it include: Brad Benson, OT; Todd Blackledge, QB; Gary Hayman, WR/KR; Bill Lenkaitis, C; Lance Mehl, LB; Mickey Shuler, TE; Steve Smear, DT; David Sxott, OG; Bob White, DE; Leo Wisniewski, NT .

ONE GAME RUSHING LEADERS

ONE SEASON RUSHING LEADERS

CAREER RUSHING LEADERS

ONE SEASON PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS

CAREER PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS

SEASON RECEPTIONS

CAREER RECEPTIONS

SEASON RECEIVING YARDAGE

CAREER RECEIVING YARDAGE

SEASON PUNT RETURN AVERAGE

CAREER PUNT RETURN AVERAGE

SEASON KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE

CAREER KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE

SEASON TACKLES

CAREER TACKLES

LONGEST PUNTS