The 2018 season's largest margin: Penn State 63, Kent State 10. A 53-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2018 — The Winning Chapter
Penn State's 2018 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Trace McSorleyQB2,513 passing yards
- Miles SandersRB1,271 rushing yards
- Ricky SladeRB257 rushing yards
- KJ HamlerWR755 receiving yards
- Pat FreiermuthTE368 receiving yards
- Juwan JohnsonWR352 receiving yards
- Micah ParsonsLB83 tackles
- Jan JohnsonLB72 tackles
- Garrett TaylorS71 tackles
- Yetur Gross-MatosDE8 sacks
- Shareef MillerDE8 sacks
- Robert WindsorDT7.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: Penn State 7, Michigan 42. A 35-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Penn State fell to Kentucky 24-27 in the postseason.
"We Are."
2018 is a middle chapter for Penn State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.