1998 Nittany Lion Football Cumulative Season Statistics
Penn State 1998 Nittany Lion Football
Penn State Cumulative Season Statistics (as of Nov 28, 1998)
All games
Overall Team Statistics
Penn State 1998 Nittany Lion Football
Penn State Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 28, 1998)
All games
TEAM STATISTICS PS OPP
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SCORING....................... 291 169
Points Per Game............. 26.5 15.4
FIRST DOWNS................... 193 181
Rushing..................... 99 64
Passing..................... 80 100
Penalty..................... 14 17
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 2067 1070
Yards gained rushing........ 2357 1520
Yards lost rushing.......... 290 450
Rushing Attempts............ 470 407
Average Per Rush............ 4.4 2.6
Average Per Game............ 187.9 97.3
TDs Rushing................. 22 7
PASSING YARDAGE............... 1859 2170
Att-Comp-Int................ 278-140-9 362-188-17
Average Per Pass............ 6.7 6.0
Average Per Catch........... 13.3 11.5
Average Per Game............ 169.0 197.3
TDs Passing................. 6 9
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 3926 3240
Total Plays................. 748 769
Average Per Play............ 5.2 4.2
Average Per Game............ 356.9 294.5
KICKOFF RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 26-434 39-731
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 45-476 24-229
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 17-270 9-3
KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE........ 16.7 18.7
PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 10.6 9.5
INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 15.9 0.3
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 22-14 18-7
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 60-525 74-609
Average Per Game............ 47.7 55.4
PUNTS-YARDS................... 60-2512 78-3279
Average Per Punt............ 41.9 42.0
Net punt average............ 38.0 35.9
TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 29:26 30:34
3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 52/161 61/179
3rd-Down Pct................ 32% 34%
4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 4/8 5/14
4th-Down Pct................ 50% 36%
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 47-287 26-154
MISC YARDS.................... 6 40
TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 33 20
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 20-29 10-19
PAT KICKS-ATTEMPTS............ 29-30 17-19
ATTENDANCE.................... 579190 380751
Games/Avg Per Game.......... 6/96532 5/76150
BY QUARTER 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
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Team........ 93 77 98 23 - 291
Opponents... 30 47 37 55 - 169
Overall Individual Statistics
Penn State 1998 Nittany Lion Football
Penn State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 1998)
All games
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Eric McCoo 11 127 853 31 822 6.5 3 77 74.7
C. Mitchell 7 99 537 26 511 5.2 2 77 73.0
Mike Cerimele 11 52 266 5 261 5.0 8 31 23.7
Chris Eberly 4 27 153 6 147 5.4 0 32 36.8
Omar Easy 9 39 154 13 141 3.6 2 17 15.7
Aaron Harris 9 44 141 29 112 2.5 5 20 12.4
Rashard Casey 10 19 106 43 63 3.3 0 20 6.3
Russ Manney 4 10 31 3 28 2.8 0 8 7.0
Corey Jones 11 1 20 0 20 20.0 0 20 1.8
Bruce Branch 11 3 18 0 18 6.0 0 13 1.6
R.J. Luke 10 6 17 0 17 2.8 0 7 1.7
Marcus McFee 4 2 11 0 11 5.5 0 6 2.8
Steve Smith 1 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 3.0
Chafie Fields 11 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.1
Joe Nastasi 9 1 0 9 -9 -9.0 0 0 -1.0
Kevin Thompson 11 38 46 125 -79 -2.1 2 9 -7.2
Total.......... 11 470 2357 290 2067 4.4 22 77 187.9
Opponents...... 11 407 1520 450 1070 2.6 7 26 97.3
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
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Kevin Thompson 11 118.07 226-121-8 53.5 1691 6 65 153.7
Rashard Casey 10 57.20 50-18-1 36.0 150 0 23 15.0
Chad Kroell 8 125.60 2-1-0 50.0 18 0 18 2.3
Total.......... 11 107.18 278-140-9 50.4 1859 6 65 169.0
Opponents...... 11 101.10 362-188-17 51.9 2170 9 81 197.3
RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Corey Jones 11 27 368 13.6 2 65 33.5
Chafie Fields 11 25 369 14.8 1 60 33.5
Cuncho Brown 11 21 245 11.7 0 43 22.3
Joe Nastasi 9 16 353 22.1 2 40 39.2
Mike Cerimele 11 14 102 7.3 0 15 9.3
Tony Stewart 10 7 144 20.6 0 45 14.4
Aaron Harris 9 6 50 8.3 0 13 5.6
Eric McCoo 11 6 35 5.8 1 12 3.2
Bruce Branch 11 5 79 15.8 0 20 7.2
C. Mitchell 7 5 31 6.2 0 36 4.4
Sam Crenshaw 7 3 47 15.7 0 23 6.7
Omar Easy 9 2 10 5.0 0 9 1.1
Eddie Drummond 8 1 12 12.0 0 12 1.5
John Gilmore 4 1 9 9.0 0 9 2.3
Chris Eberly 4 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.3
Total.......... 11 140 1859 13.3 6 65 169.0
Opponents...... 11 188 2170 11.5 9 81 197.3
PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long
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Bruce Branch 41 446 10.9 1 73
David Macklin 2 9 4.5 0 8
Eric Sturdifen 1 12 12.0 0 0
Eddie Drummond 1 9 9.0 0 9
Total.......... 45 476 10.6 1 73
Opponents...... 24 229 9.5 2 82
INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long
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David Macklin 6 120 20.0 1 55
LaVar Arrington 2 16 8.0 1 16
Bhawoh Jue 2 25 12.5 0 25
Anthony King 2 39 19.5 1 25
Askari Adams 2 22 11.0 0 18
Brandon Short 1 18 18.0 0 18
Derek Fox 1 0 0.0 0 0
Joe Dawkins 1 30 30.0 1 30
Total.......... 17 270 15.9 4 55
Opponents...... 9 3 0.3 0 3
KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long
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Eddie Drummond 7 117 16.7 0 26
Eric McCoo 6 99 16.5 0 24
T. Pettigrew 4 63 15.8 0 31
Sam Crenshaw 4 85 21.3 0 32
Bruce Branch 2 26 13.0 0 15
Shamar Finney 1 17 17.0 0 17
Chafie Fields 1 11 11.0 0 11
R.J. Luke 1 16 16.0 0 16
Total.......... 26 434 16.7 0 32
Opponents...... 39 731 18.7 0 53
FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long
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David Macklin 1 6 6.0 0 6
Derek Fox 1 0 0.0 0 0
Total.......... 2 6 3.0 0 6
Opponents...... 2 40 20.0 2 40
Penn State 1998 Nittany Lion Football
Penn State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 1998)
All games
TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
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Kevin Thompson 11 264 -79 1691 1612 146.5
Eric McCoo 11 127 822 0 822 74.7
C. Mitchell 7 99 511 0 511 73.0
Mike Cerimele 11 52 261 0 261 23.7
Rashard Casey 10 69 63 150 213 21.3
Chris Eberly 4 27 147 0 147 36.8
Omar Easy 9 39 141 0 141 15.7
Aaron Harris 9 44 112 0 112 12.4
Russ Manney 4 10 28 0 28 7.0
Corey Jones 11 1 20 0 20 1.8
Bruce Branch 11 3 18 0 18 1.6
Chad Kroell 8 2 0 18 18 2.3
R.J. Luke 10 6 17 0 17 1.7
Marcus McFee 4 2 11 0 11 2.8
Steve Smith 1 1 3 0 3 3.0
Chafie Fields 11 1 1 0 1 0.1
Joe Nastasi 9 1 -9 0 -9 -1.0
Total.......... 11 748 2067 1859 3926 356.9
Opponents...... 11 769 1070 2170 3240 294.5
|------ PATs ------|
SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf - Pts
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Travis Forney 0 20-29 29-30 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 89
Mike Cerimele 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 48
Aaron Harris 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 30
Eric McCoo 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 24
C. Mitchell 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 - 14
Kevin Thompson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2-3 0 0 - 12
Omar Easy 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 12
Joe Nastasi 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 12
Corey Jones 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 12
David Macklin 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 6
Bruce Branch 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 6
LaVar Arrington 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 6
Chafie Fields 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 6
Anthony King 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 6
Joe Dawkins 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 - 6
Cuncho Brown 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 - 2
Total.......... 33 20-29 29-30 0-0 2 2-3 0 0 - 291
Opponents...... 20 10-19 17-19 0-0 1 1-1 0 0 - 169
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR FR Tot Avg/G
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Eric McCoo 11 822 35 0 99 0 0 956 86.9
Bruce Branch 11 18 79 446 26 0 0 569 51.7
C. Mitchell 7 511 31 0 0 0 0 542 77.4
Corey Jones 11 20 368 0 0 0 0 388 35.3
Chafie Fields 11 1 369 0 11 0 0 381 34.6
Mike Cerimele 11 261 102 0 0 0 0 363 33.0
Joe Nastasi 9 -9 353 0 0 0 0 344 38.2
Cuncho Brown 11 0 245 0 0 0 0 245 22.3
Aaron Harris 9 112 50 0 0 0 0 162 18.0
Chris Eberly 4 147 5 0 0 0 0 152 38.0
Omar Easy 9 141 10 0 0 0 0 151 16.8
Tony Stewart 10 0 144 0 0 0 0 144 14.4
Eddie Drummond 8 0 12 9 117 0 0 138 17.3
David Macklin 11 0 0 9 0 120 6 135 12.3
Sam Crenshaw 7 0 47 0 85 0 0 132 18.9
T. Pettigrew 11 0 0 0 63 0 0 63 5.7
Rashard Casey 10 63 0 0 0 0 0 63 6.3
Anthony King 11 0 0 0 0 39 0 39 3.5
R.J. Luke 10 17 0 0 16 0 0 33 3.3
Joe Dawkins 9 0 0 0 0 30 0 30 3.3
Russ Manney 4 28 0 0 0 0 0 28 7.0
Bhawoh Jue 10 0 0 0 0 25 0 25 2.5
Askari Adams 11 0 0 0 0 22 0 22 2.0
Brandon Short 11 0 0 0 0 18 0 18 1.6
Shamar Finney 10 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 1.7
LaVar Arrington 11 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 1.5
Eric Sturdifen 11 0 0 12 0 0 0 12 1.1
Marcus McFee 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.8
John Gilmore 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 9 2.3
Steve Smith 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.0
Kevin Thompson 11 -79 0 0 0 0 0 -79 -7.2
Total.......... 11 2067 1859 476 434 270 6 5112 464.7
Opponents...... 11 1070 2170 229 731 3 40 4243 385.7
Penn State 1998 Nittany Lion Football
Penn State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 1998)
All games
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk
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Travis Forney 20-29 69.0 0-0 8-10 9-13 2-4 1-2 50 3
FG SEQUENCE Penn State OPPONENTS
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Southern Mississippi (29),(33) 47,42
Bowling Green 32 (43)
Pittsburgh (34),(27) 49,(45),(30)
Ohio State (42) 40,50
Minnesota 51,(30),(27),(50),29,(31) (40)
Purdue 37,21,(37) (32),(40)
Illinois (29),(23) -
Michigan 34,32 (18),(49)
Northwestern (22),(34) (28),39,45
WISCONSIN 42,(34) 51,(38)
Michigan State (22),(40),48,(23),(37),(37) 37
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.
PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
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Pat Pidgeon 59 2512 42.6 62 12 6 17 1
Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
Total.......... 60 2512 41.9 62 12 6 17 1
Opponents...... 78 3279 42.0 81 6 7 9 1
Overall Defensive Statistics
Penn State 1998 Nittany Lion Football
Penn State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 28, 1998)
All games
|-------Tackles-------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT Total ForLoss No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
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43 Brandon Short 11 49 18 67 15-45 5.5-29 1-18 2 . . . . .
11 LaVar Arrington 11 49 16 65 17-52 7.0-27 2-16 11 . 1-0 2 . .
86 Courtney Brown 11 37 10 47 23-113 11.5-86 . 4 . 1-0 . 1 .
31 Mac Morrison 10 31 16 47 6-30 4.5-28 . 2 . 2-0 1 . .
5 Brad Scioli 11 31 11 42 18-108 10.0-89 . 3 . 1-0 2 . .
6 James Boyd 11 36 6 42 1-2 . . 3 . . 3 . .
19 Anthony King 11 33 5 38 5-24 . 2-39 11 . . . . .
4 Derek Fox 11 22 13 35 . . 1-0 5 . 1-0 . . .
95 D. Fleischhauer 10 22 11 33 5-15 1.0-9 . 2 . . . . .
52 Maurice Daniels 11 25 6 31 5-23 3.0-17 . 1 . . . . .
18 Askari Adams 11 21 9 30 3-4 . 2-22 7 . . . . .
3 Ron Graham 11 23 4 27 4-9 1.0-3 . . . . . . .
10 Bhawoh Jue 10 24 2 26 . . 2-25 1 . . . . .
24 Shawn Lee 10 16 9 25 1-1 . . 5 . . . . .
96 Bob Jones 11 18 7 25 8-18 1.5-3 . . . . . . .
27 David Macklin 11 22 2 24 1-5 . 6-120 9 . 1-6 1 1 .
37 J. Kurpeikis 11 15 5 20 7-21 1.0-5 . 1 . . . . .
40 Aaron Gatten 11 11 4 15 2-7 1.0-6 . . . . . . .
26 Matt Joyner 11 10 2 12 . . . 1 . . 1 . .
88 Jason Wallace 11 3 8 11 1-10 1.0-10 . . . . . . .
9 T. Pettigrew 11 10 . 10 . . . 1 . . . . .
57 Imani Bell 9 6 2 8 2-4 . . 1 . . 1 . .
58 Eric Sturdifen 11 4 3 7 . . . . . . . 1 .
94 Marc Kielmeyer 9 3 2 5 1-5 1.0-5 . 1 . . . . .
70 Brandon Parmer 10 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
45 Jon Sandusky 11 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
47 Joe McKinney 3 3 1 4 1-4 . . . . . . . .
3F Shamar Finney 10 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
2G Joe Gummo 7 3 . 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
7 Corey Jones 11 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
97 Brandon Steele 6 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
35 Dave Benfatti 6 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
2 Chafie Fields 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
36 Mike Cerimele 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
28 Joe Dawkins 9 1 . 1 . . 1-30 1 . . . . .
14 Travis Forney 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
7A Tim Argiriadi 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
92 Rick Bolinsky 4 1 . 1 1-1 . . . . . . . .
65 Rick Stankewicz 9 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Total.......... 11 548 175 723 127-501 49.0-317 17-270 74 . 7-6 11 3 .
Opponents...... 11 578 150 728 87-322 26.5-162 9-3 56 . 14-40 12 4 .