Penn State Records
Season Rushing Average
8.4 Blair Thomas, 1986 (60-504)
7.8 Ki-Jana Carter, 1994 (198-1539)
Season Rushing Yardage
1567 Lydell Mitchell, 1971
1539 Ki-Jana Carter, 1994
Career Rushing Yardage
3398 Curt Warner, 1979-82
3301 Blair Thomas, 1985-87, 89
3227 D.J. Dozier, 1983-86
2934 Lydell Mitchell, 1969-71
2829 Ki-Jana Carter, 1992-94
Season 100-Yard Rushing Games
9 Ki-Jana Carter, 1994
Career 100-Yard Rushing Games
18 Curt Warner, 1979-82
17 Blair Thomas, 1985-87, 89
16 Ki-Jana Carter, 1992-94
Season Rushing Touchdowns
26 Lydell Mitchell, 1971
23 Ki-Jana Carter, 1994
Career Rushing Touchdowns
38 Lydell Mitchell, 1969-71
34 Ki-Jana Carter, 1992-94
Consecutive Pass Completions
14 Kerry Collins vs. Minnesota, 1994
12 Bill Smaltz vs. Syracuse, 1940
Season Pass Completion Pct.
66.7 Kerry Collins, 1994
Season Passing Yards Per Attempt
10.15 Kerry Collins, 1994
Season Pass Efficiency Rating
*172.86 Kerry Collins, 1994
(Fourth-highest in NCAA history)
Career Pass Efficiency Rating
140.83 John Hufnagel, 1970-72
137.33 Kerry Collins, 1991-94
Game Passing Yardage
366 Mike McQueary vs Pittsburgh, 1997
358 Todd Blackledge vs. Miami, 1981
352 Kerry Collins vs. Michigan State, 1993
328 K. Collins vs. Rutgers, 1994
Season Passing Yardage
2679 Kerry Collins, 1994
Career Passing Yardage
5869 Tony Sacca, 1988-91
5382 Chuck Fusina, 1975-78
5304 Kerry Collins, 1991-94
Season Pass Completions
193 Wally Richardson, 1995
176 Kerry Collins, 1994
Career Pass Completions
401 Tony Sacca, 1988-91
371 Chuck Fusina, 1975-78
370 Kerry Collins, 1991-94
Season Touchdown Passes
22 Todd Blackedge, 1982
21 Tony Sacca, 1991
21 Kerry Collins, 1994
Career Touchdown Passes
41 Todd Blackledge, 1980-82
Tony Sacca, 1988-91
39 Kerry Collins, 1991-94
Career 200-Yard Passing Games
15 Kerry Collins, 1991-94
Season Receptions
63 Bobby Engram, 1995
63 O.J. McDuffie, 1992
55 Terry Smith, 1991
52 Bobby Engram, 1994
48 Bobby Engram, 1993
47 Freddie Scott, 1994
Career Receptions
167 Bobby Engram, 1991, 1993-95
125 O.J. McDuffie, 1988-89,91-92
117 Jack Curry, 1965-67
109 Kenny Jackson, 1980-83
108 Terry Smith, 1988-91
Game Reception Yardage
212 O.J. McDuffie vs. BC, 1992
200 B. Engram vs. Rutgers, 1994
Season Reception Yardage
1084 Bobby Engram, 1995
1029 Bobby Engram, 1994
977 O.J. McDuffie, 1992
973 Freddie Scott, 1994
Career Reception Yardage
3026 Bobby Engram, 1991, 1993-95
2006 Kenny Jackson, 1980-83
1988 O.J. McDuffie, 1988-89,91-92
Season Touchdown Receptions
13 Bobby Engram, 1993
11 Bobby Engram, 1995
9 O.J. McDuffie, 1992
9 Freddie Scott, 1994
Career Touchdown Receptions
31 Bobby Engram, 1991, 1993-95
25 Kenny Jackson, 1980-83
Career 100-Yard Receiving Games
16 Bobby Engram, 1991, 1993-95
Season Total Offense
2660 Kerry Collins, 1994
Career Total Offense
6000 Tony Sacca, 1988-91
5300 Kerry Collins, 1991-94
Season All-Purpose Yardage
1831 O.J. McDuffie, 1992
1772 Blair Thomas, 1987
1754 Lydell Mitchell, 1971
1743 Ki-Jana Carter, 1994
Season Points Scored
174 Lydell Mitchell, 1971
138 Ki-Jana Carter, 1994
Career Points Scored
282 Craig Fayak, 1990-93
246 Lydell Mitchell, 1969-71
206 Massimo Manca, 1982, 84-86
204 Ki-Jana Carter, 1992-94
Season Field Goal Percentage
83.3 Brett Conway, 1994 (10-12)
82.6 Ray Tarasi, 1989 (19-23)
Season PAT Kicks Made
* 62 Brett Conway, 1994
Season PAT Kicks Attempted
63 Brett Conway, 1994
Career Tackles
343 Greg Buttle, 1973-75
315 Brian Gelzheiser, 1991-94
* Big Ten record
Penn State Offensive Season Records
Review
+ Rushing Average Per Carry
Penn State 1994: 6.1 (450-2760)
Previous Record: 5.2 (643-3347) in 1971
Big Ten Best: 6.2 (846-5252); Ohio State, 1974
NCAA Record: 7.6 (424-3238); Army, 1945
+ Passing Yardage
Penn State 1994: 2962
Previous Record: 2642 (12 gms) in 1991
2391 (11 gms) in 1992
Big Ten Best: 3796 (12 gms); Iowa, 1987
NCAA Record: 5624 (11 gms); Houston, 1989
+ Passing Yardage Per Game
Penn State 1994: 269.3
Previous Record: 220.1 in 1991
Big Ten Best: 341.8; Purdue, 1985
NCAA Record: 511.3; Houston, 1989
+ Pass Completion Percentage
Penn State 1994: 64.9 (194-299)
Previous Record: 57.5 in 1971
Big Ten Best: 67.5; Wisconsin, 1993
NCAA Record: 70.8; Long Beach St., 1985
+ Total Offense Yardage
Penn State 1994: 5722 (520.2 avg.)
Previous Record: 5098 (424.8 avg.) in 1991 (12 gms)
4995 (454.1 avg.) in 1971 (11 gms)
** Big Ten Best: 5647 (513.3 avg.); Iowa, 1983
NCAA Record: 6874 (624.9 avg.); Houston, 1989
+ Total Offense Yardage Per Game
Penn State 1994: 520.2 (5722 in 11 gms)
Previous Record: 454.1 (4995 in 11 gms) in 1971
** Big Ten Best: 493.2; Ohio State, 1969
(4439 in 9 gms)
NCAA Record: 624.9; Houston, 1989
(6874 in 11 gms)
+ Yards Gained Per Play
Penn State 1994: 7.64 (749-5722)
Previous Record: 6.26 (798-4995) in 1971
** Big Ten Best: 6.4; Michigan, 1947, 1992
NCAA Record: 7.90 (526-4164); Army, 1945
+ Points Scored
Penn State 1994: 526 (47.8 avg.)
Previous Record: 454 (41.2 avg.) in 1971
** Big Ten Best: 437 (36.4 avg.); Ohio State, 1974
NCAA Record: 624 (52.0 avg.); Nebraska, 1983
+ Average Points Scored Per Game (All Games)
Penn State 1994: 47.8 (526 in 11 gms)
Previous Record: 41.2 (454) in 1971
** Big Ten Best: 42.6 (383 in 9 gms);
Ohio State, 1969
NCAA Record: 56.0 (504 in 9 gms); Army, 1944
+ Average Points Scored Per Game (Big Ten Games)
Penn State 1994: 48.1 (385 in 8 gms)
*** Previous Big Ten 41.0 (328 in 8 gms);
Record: Michigan State, 1978
+ Touchdowns
Penn State 1994: 71
Previous Record: 63 in 1971, 1994
** Big Ten Best: 59; Ohio State, 1974
Michigan, 1992
NCAA Record: 89; Nebraska, 1983 (12 games)
+ Penn State record broken in 1994.
* Big Ten bests reflect modern era, since 1946.
** Big Ten best broken by Penn State in 1994.
*** Big Ten record broken by Penn State in 1994.
**** Current Big Ten records are for conference games
only. Big Ten bests are for all regular season games
played and were compiled by Penn State Sports
Information staff.
Penn State Offense Among
All-Time NCAA Leaders
Individual Passing Efficiency Rating
176.9 Jim McMahon, BYU 1980
175.6 Ty Detmer, BYU 1989
173.1 Trent Dilfer, Fresno State 1993
172.8 Kerry Collins, Penn State 1994
Scoring Offense
56.0 Army 1944
53.5 Houston 1989
52.0 Nebraska 1983
47.8 Penn State 1994
47.5 Oklahoma State 1988
46.7 Brigham Young 1980
46.6 Oklahoma 1956
46.6 Arizona State 1972
46.5 Houston 1990
46.4 San Diego State 1969