Penn State will be playing the program’s 33rd January bowl game and owns an 18-14 record in the month. Penn State made its first postseason appearance in 1923 when it traveled across the country to face USC in the Rose Bowl Game to cap off the 1922 season. 9 nationally among teams with at least 20 bowl appearances. The Nittany Lions’ 60.8 winning percentage in bowl games (30-19-2 record) is No. Penn State’s 30 bowl victories are sixth nationally and lead all Big Ten schools. Head Coach James Franklin has guided his teams to a bowl appearance 11 times (3 at Vanderbilt 8 at Penn State). Penn State is making its 52nd bowl appearance, ranking 10th all-time. LB Mohamoud Diabate leads Utah with 12.5 tackles for loss. Utah is also ninth in the country in third down percentage defense (29.6). On defense, the Utes are 24th in scoring defense (20.4 ppg), 19th in total defense (325.3 ypg) and 16th in rushing defense (107.0). QB Cameron Rising is averaging 244.9 passing yards per game and has thrown 25 touchdown passes.įour Utes have rushed for at least 400 yards this season. Utah leads the country in first downs (342) and ranks ninth in third down percentage (.497). On offense, Utah ranks eighth in the country in scoring offense (40.0 ppg), 17th in total offense (472.7 ypg) and 10th in rushing offense (220.2). Utah forced two takeaways against USC, who entered the game with four turnovers in the regular season. In the Pac-12 Championship game, the Utes tallied 533 yards, averaging 7.7 yards per play. The Utes own two Top-10 wins this season, both over USC, defeating the Trojans, 43-42, on October 15. Utah is 10-3 this season and coming off winning its second-straight Pac-12 Championship, knocking off No. Including this season, Whittingham has led Utah to at least a share of the Pac-12 South title in four of the last five seasons. He is Utah’s all-time wins leader and has led Utah to a winning record in 16 of his 18 seasons, including nine-straight. The longest-tenured coach in the Pac-12 and the second-longest tenured head coach at the same FBS school, Whittingham is 154-73 as head coach of the Utes. Kyle Whittingham is in his 18th year as head coach at Utah. Cameron Rising threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns, while Ja’Quinden Jackson rushed for 105 yards and a score and Micah Bernard added 88 rushing yards and a touchdown.ġ09th: Penn State and Utah are set to play in the 109th Rose Bowl Game.ġ00: Penn State will be appearing in its fifth Rose Bowl Game, 100 years from its first appearance in the game in 1923.ģ7th: Nicholas Singleton won the Big Ten’s Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year award, becoming PSU’s 37th major conference award winner and the 11th under James Franklin.Ģ3: The Nittany Lions had 23 All-Big Ten selections in 2022, including 10 on offense and 10 on defense and three on special teams. 4 USC, 47-24, in the Pac-12 Championship on December 2. THE OPPOSITION: Utah is 10-3 overall and won the Pac-12 championship after going 7-2 in conference action during the regular season. He ranks fourth among FBS freshmen with 941 total rushing yards and leads FBS freshmen averaging 6.32 yards per carry. Singleton broke PSU’s freshman rushing touchdown record with 10. He became the fourth Nittany Lion to be named the conference freshman of the year, joining Christian Hackenberg (2013), Deion Barnes (2012) and Curtis Enis (1995, media). Among Power Five schools, Penn State ranks fifth in tight end receiving yards per game (90.3), seventh in receiving yards (823) and eighth in receptions (64).įRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Nicholas Singleton was named the Big Ten’s Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year. Penn State is second in receiving touchdowns (13) and is one of three FBS schools with four tight ends catching a touchdown pass this season, joining Oregon and San Jose State. Utah leads the country in tight end receptions (101), receiving yards (1,496), receiving touchdowns (16) and receiving yards per game (155.7). TOP TIGHT ENDS: The Penn State-Utah matchup features two of the top tight end groups in the country.
The Nittany Lions are 25-14 against current members of the Pac-12, with the last meeting in the 2017 Fiesta Bowl vs. The Utes are Penn State’s 32nd different bowl opponent and it’s the third-straight bowl (Arkansas in Outback Bowl Memphis in Cotton Bowl) that Penn State has played a first-time opponent.
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SERIES HISTORY: Penn State meets Utah for the first time in program history.
The Nittany Lions met USC in 2009 Rose Bowl, falling 38-24, and the 2017 Rose Bowl, falling 52-49. Penn State returned to the Rose Bowl in 1995, defeating Oregon, 38-20, to complete an undefeated 1994 season. PSU’s first ever bowl game was the 1923 Rose Bowl, a 14-3 loss against USC. FIFTH ROSE BOWL APPEARANCE: Penn State will make its fifth Rose Bowl appearance in program history.
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