Penn State 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 6:45 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
On November 2, the Penn State Nittany Lions will play Ohio State — a highlight of their college football schedule in 2024. The full slate is in this article.
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2024 Penn State Game and TV Schedule
Opponent | Date/Time | Score/Tickets | TV Channel |
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@ West Virginia | August 31 | 12:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | FOX (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
Bowling Green | September 7 | 12:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | BTN (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
Kent State | September 21 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
Illinois | September 28 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
UCLA | October 5 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ USC | October 12 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ Wisconsin | October 26 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
Ohio State | November 2 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
Washington | November 9 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ Purdue | November 16 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
@ Minnesota | November 23 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
Maryland | November 30 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
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Penn State 2024 Strength of Schedule
- The Nittany Lions will have the 18th-hardest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (81).
- In terms of difficulty — and using its opponents’ projected win total this season — Penn State will be playing the 72nd-ranked schedule this year.
- The Nittany Lions will face the 17th-toughest conference schedule in college football, based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year (65).
- Penn State’s schedule includes eight games against teams with winning records in 2023 (two against teams with nine or more victories and one against a squad that accumulated less than four wins).
- The Nittany Lions will have nine teams who made a 2023 bowl game on their schedule in 2024.
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Penn State Stat Insights (2023)
- The Nittany Lions ranked 55th in total offense last season (400.2 yards per game), but they played really well on the other side of the ball, ranking second-best in FBS with 400.2 yards allowed per game.
- Penn State clicked on all fronts last season, as it ranked 12th-best in scoring offense (36.2 points per game) and third-best in scoring defense (13.5 points allowed per game).
- The Nittany Lions ranked 79th in passing yards last year (215 per game), but they thrived on the other side of the ball, ranking seventh-best in FBS with 172.1 passing yards allowed per game.
- Penn State owned the 29th-ranked offense last season in terms of rushing yards (185.2 per game), and it was more effective defensively, ranking eighth-best with only 96.9 rushing yards allowed per game.
- The Nittany Lions ranked 55th in third-down conversion rate last year (40.5%), but they played really well on the other side of the ball, ranking 11th-best in FBS with a 30.2% third-down conversion rate allowed.
- Penn State forced 24 total turnovers (13th in FBS) last season and turned it over eight times (third in FBS) for a turnover margin of +16, the second-best in college football.
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