No. 6/6/7 Penn State vs. Washington

UNIVERSITY PARK- No. 6/6/7 Penn State welcomes Washington to Beaver Stadium on Saturday, November 9. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. on Peacock.

PENN STATE WHITE OUT: The Nittany Lions will host their 16th full stadium Penn State White Out on Saturday. The tradition stretches back to a student section White Out in 2004. Penn State is 9-6 in the White Out. The Nittany Lions have won four-straight White Out games and five of the last six, including last season’s 31-0 win over Iowa.

SERIES HISTORY: Penn State meets Washington for the fourth time in program history. The programs last met in the regular season in 1921, a 21-7 Penn State victory. The Nittany Lions also earned wins in the 1983 Aloha Bowl (13-10) and the 2017 Fiesta Bowl (35-28). In the Fiesta Bowl, Trace McSorley threw for 342 yards and two touchdowns, connecting with DaeSean Hamilton for 110 yards and two touchdowns. Saquon Barkley rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns, including a PSU bowl-record 92-yard run.

WARREN APPROACHING RECORDS: Tyler Warren is approaching multiple Penn State tight end records, both career and season records. Warren owns 15 career receiving touchdowns, one shy of Pat Freiermuth’s 16 in 2018-20. He also has 100 career receptions, trailing only Mike Gesicki’s 129 in 2014-17, and 1,212 career receiving yards, behind only Gesicki’s 1,481. Warren’s 51 receptions this season are second to Gesicki’s 57 receptions in 2017 and his 606 receiving yards are behind only Gesicki’s 679 in 2016.

DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS: Zion Tracy picked off a pass and returned it 31 yards for a touchdown against Ohio State, following Jaylen Reed‘s 19-yard pick-six at Wisconsin. Penn State had interception returns for touchdowns in back-to-back games for the first time since 2003 (Yaacov Yisrael, 83 yards at Iowa; Alan Zemaitis, 78 yards vs. Ohio State).

THE OPPOSITION: Washington is 5-4 overall and improved to 3-3 in Big Ten play with a 26-21 win over USC last Saturday. Jonah Coleman rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns, while Will Rogers threw for 262 yards. Denzel Boston had nine catches for 99 yards. LB Carson Bruener had two interceptions to go with a team-high 12 tackles.

BY THE NUMBERS

111,030 – Penn State welcomed 111,030 fans against Ohio State, a new Beaver Stadium record.

1921 – Penn State and Washington last met in a regular season game in 1921.

45 – The Nittany Lions have allowed just 45 rushing yards on 39 attempts in the third quarter this season.

16th – The Nittany Lions are set for their 16th full stadium Penn State White Out.

WASHINGTON SCOUTING REPORT

• Jedd Fisch was hired as Washington’s head coach on Jan. 14, 2024 after spending three years as head coach at Arizona.
• Fisch has a 22-26 record in four years as a head coach plus serving as UCLA’s interim coach for the 2017 Cactus Bowl.
• In 2023, Fisch guided Arizona to a 10-3 record, a win over Oklahoma in the Alamo Bowl and a No. 11 ranking in the final AP Top 25 poll.
• Washington is 5-4 overall and 3-3 in the Big Ten this season.
• The Huskies earned a 26-21 win over USC last Saturday.
• QB Will Rogers threw for 262 yards and RB Jonah Coleman rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns, while WR Denzel Boston hauled in nine catches for 99 yards.
• LB Carson Bruener tallied 12 tackles (7 solo), two interceptions and two pass breakups.
• Washington ranks 12th in the Big Ten in scoring offense (23.6), while sitting seventh in total offense (429.1), fifth in passing offense (280.7) and 10th in rushing offense (148.4). The Huskies are also fifth in the nation in completion percentage (71.2).
• Rogers is fourth in the conference in passing yards (2,284) and seventh in the country in completion percentage (71.1).
• Coleman sits third in the Big Ten in yards per carry (6.3) and fourth in rushing yards (889) and rushing yards per game (98.8).
• Boston leads the Big Ten with nine touchdown receptions and ranks second with 682 receiving yards.
• Washington’s defense ranks 10th in the nation in total defense (292.8) and second in passing defense (142.0), while sitting seventh in the conference in scoring defense (19.0) and 10th in rushing defense (150.8).
• Bruener leads the team with 67 tackles and three interceptions.
• Keith Reynolds ranks 19th in the country (third in the Big Ten), averaging 23.5 yards per kick return.

PENN STATE WHITE OUT

• A tradition stretching back to a student section White Out in 2004, Penn State White Outs have created an unrivaled atmosphere inside Beaver Stadium.
• Saturday marks the 16th time the Nittany Lions will host a full-stadium Penn State White Out.
• Penn State holds an 9-6 record when the full stadium wears white.
• Five of Penn State’s Top 10 most-attended games have been White Outs, including 110,889 fans against Ohio State in 2018, which ranks second all-time.
• Penn State’s first full-stadium White Out was against Notre Dame in 2007.

OHIO STATE NOTES

• Penn State is now 14-26 all-time against Ohio State and 6-11 in home games in the series.
• The Nittany Lions are 4-8 all-time in regular-season matchups where both teams are ranked in the Top 5 of the AP Poll.
• Penn State welcomed 111,030 fans, a Beaver Stadium record. The previous record was 110,889 against Ohio State on Sept. 29, 2018.
• Penn State snapped a streak of scoring 20 or more points in 10-straight games.
• The Nittany Lions snapped a streak of tallying 300 or more total yards in 10-straight games.
• Penn State had four plays of 20+ yards (three passing, one rushing).
• CB Zion Tracy intercepted a pass on Ohio State’s opening drive and returned it 31 yards for a touchdown. It was his first career interception.
• Penn State had interception returns for touchdowns in back-to-back games (Tracy; Jaylen Reed, 19 yards at Wisconsin) for the first time since 2003 (Yaacov Yisrael, 83 yards at Iowa; Alan Zemaitis, 78 yards vs. Ohio State).
• S Zakee Wheatley forced a fumble on the 2-yard line that went into the end zone for a touchback in the second quarter.
• DE Abdul Carter recorded two sacks, with solo sacks in both the second and third quarters.