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Penn State’s defense makes big play, running backs shine again to secure bowl eligibility

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — After an uneven year in Happy Valley, Penn State is going bowling. The Nittany Lions defeated Rutgers, 40-36, in a wild shootout to secure their sixth win and earn a bid to a postseason game. They also eliminated Rutgers from bowl contention by handing the Scarlet Knights...
Penn State routs Sacred Heart 90-59

UNIVERSITY PARK — Ivan Juric scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and Penn State pulled away midway through the first half to cruise past Sacred Heart, 90-59, on Saturday night. Kayden Mingo added 13 points and five assists for Penn State (7-1), which shot 54% from the field. Melih...
Penn State rallies to beat Rutgers 40-36 for the 18th straight time

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Kaytron Allen ran for a career-high 226 yards and a touchdown as Penn State beat Rutgers for the 18th straight time, 40-36, on Saturday to become bowl eligible after a tumultuous season. The Nittany Lions (6-6, 3-6 Big Ten) retook the lead for good when linebacker Amare...
Rutgers’ Greg Schiano offers thoughts on Penn State ties, Terry Smith ahead of matchup

Anyone who wants to know about Terry Smith’s Penn State playing career could ask Rutgers coach Greg Schiano. If you want to know what Smith was like when he directed the Gateway football program from 2001-12, well, you could ask Schiano about that, too. Schiano, whose Rutgers team faces Smith’s...
Penn State plays waiting game as coaching decision, possible player exodus loom

STATE COLLEGE — Since he became Penn State’s interim coach, Terry Smith has put things bluntly. After this weekend’s regular-season finale at Rutgers, Smith admits he’s not sure what comes next for a program still seeking a permanent coach. “We’re encouraging our guys to keep an open mind,” Smith said....
Josh Reed scores 17 for Penn State in win over Boston University

UNIVERSITY PARK — Josh Reed scored a season-high 17 points for Penn State in a 96-87 win over Boston University on Tuesday night. Reed shot 5 of 6 from the field and was perfect on six attempts from the free-throw line and grabbed eight rebounds. All four other starters for...
Would players stay at Penn State if Terry Smith became head coach?

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State’s ongoing search for a head coach has plenty of layers to it. Not only will the next hire bring his own schemes, mottos, practice traditions and coaches, but he may bring his own players, too. And any player on Penn State’s current roster will be...
‘I was always ready’: Terry Smith, Penn State players pitch interim coach for full-time job

UNIVERSITY PARK — The chants started in Beaver Stadium as soon as Kaytron Allen broke the all-time Penn State rushing record early in the fourth quarter. TERR-Y, TERR-Y, TERR-Y. Then Allen scored his second touchdown of the night, a 13-yard scamper, to finish up Penn State’s eventual 37-10 win over...
Kaytron Allen breaks Penn State’s career rushing record as Lions roll past Nebraska

UNIVERSITY PARK — Kaytron Allen ran for 160 yards and two touchdowns, and Penn State’s defense played its best game of the season to keep the Nittany Lions’ bowl hopes alive with a 37-10 win over Nebraska on Saturday night. Allen, who racked up 181 yards rushing in last week’s...
Vaaks, Providence lead all of second half and beat Penn State 77-65

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Stefan Vaaks scored 15 points, Jason Edwards scored 14 points and Providence took control in the second half to beat Penn State, 77-65, on Saturday in the Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase. Jaylin Sellers added 13 points, and Oswin Ehrunmwunse scored 11 points for Providence (4-2). In...
Penn State’s Terry Smith, Nebraska’s Matt Rhule plenty familiar with one another ahead of matchup

Matt Rhule and Terry Smith have more in common than their Penn State playing days. Rhule’s 7-3 Nebraska Cornhuskers face 4-6 Penn State on Saturday night at Beaver Stadium. Rhule, a walk-on, played at Penn State in the mid-1990s. Smith was a dangerous wideout who served as a captain on...
Penn State QB Drew Allar ‘on a really good track’ with ankle injury, impressed with Ethan Grunkemeyer’s play

Penn State veteran quarterback Drew Allar is feeling better these days. Much better than he did when he suffered a broken left ankle against Northwestern last month. The injury, which occurred late in the Nittany Lions’ 22-21 loss to the Wildcats on Oct. 11 at Beaver Stadium, ended Allar’s collegiate...
Kayden Mingo scores career-high 24 points, helps Penn State hold off Harvard

UNIVERSITY PARK — Freshman Kayden Mingo scored a career-high 24 points, and Penn State held off Harvard for an 84-80 victory on Wednesday night. Harvard’s Chandler Pigge made three free throws to tie it 70-all with 4 minutes, 56 seconds remaining. Penn State’s Melih Tunca scored the next four points,...
‘Half relief, half excitement’: Why Penn State football’s win vs. MSU means so much

Penn State head coach Terry Smith turned to look at quarterbacks coach Danny O’Brien as the seconds ticked toward their team’s 28-10 win over Michigan State on Saturday evening. O’Brien was starting to get sentimental. “I’m looking at him sideways like, we don’t normally have these conversations,” Smith said following...
2 Penn State seniors take home Big Ten Player of the Week honors

For the first time in 2025, Penn State is represented in the Big Ten’s weekly awards. Senior running back Kaytron Allen won the conference’s Offensive Player of the Week nomination, while senior defensive end Dani Dennis-Sutton earned Defensive Player of the Week honors. The Nittany Lions defeated Michigan State, 28-10,...
‘Just so blessed’: Terry Smith shares deeply emotional reaction to 1st win as Penn State head coach

UNIVERSITY PARK — Terry Smith continually referenced a “storm” his Penn State team was in the middle of over the past two months. The Nittany Lions had lost six straight games, seen coach James Franklin fired and lost starting quarterback Drew Allar to injury. Five of those six losses came...

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