The 2022 season's largest margin: Penn State 55, Rutgers 10. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2022 — The Top-10 Year
Penn State finished 2022 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Sean CliffordQB2,822 passing yards
- Drew AllarQB344 passing yards
- Nicholas SingletonRB1,052 rushing yards
- Kaytron AllenRB867 rushing yards
- Parker WashingtonWR611 receiving yards
- Mitchell TinsleyWR577 receiving yards
- Keandre LambertWR389 receiving yards
- Ji'Ayir BrownS68 tackles
- Abdul CarterDE55 tackles
- Curtis JacobsLB49 tackles
- Demeioun RobinsonDE5.5 sacks
- Adisa IsaacDE4 sacks
- Johnny DixonCB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2022.
The season's deepest loss: Penn State 17, Michigan 41. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Penn State beat Utah 35-21 in the postseason.
"We Are."
2022 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.