2026 PSU at Temple

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#16/16 PSU 27 Temple 9

Game Stats/Data

Game Two—

Rocco Becht QB

• Second career start at Penn State/41st start of career (including Iowa State)—28th career victory as starting QB (leads all current FBS QBs in starts & wins)—Only 4 PSU QBs have more career wins: Sean Clifford 32, Trace McSorley 31, Todd Blackledge 29, & Tony Sacca 29

• Game 2 Passing—21 of 27 for 268 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INT, 1 sack (longest completions-56 yds. on first offensive play)—This was his 9th career game with 3+ TD passes (7 at ISU)—Becht has 7 TD passes in first 2 games of the season (Tony Sacca had 7 in first 2 games to open 1991 season)—Becht now has 21 career games of 200+ yards passing (2 at PSU)—6 of Becht’s 7 TD passes have been 15+ yards—In the Temple game, 3 Becht pass attempts were dropped by receivers (2 by Sowell)

• Game 2 Rushing—5 for 11 yards, 0 TD (long-12 yds.)

• Becht 2026 Passing stats/PSU career (2 games/2 played/2 starts)—34 of 45 for 539 yards, Pct. 75.6%, 7 TDs, 0 INTs, 2 sacks (longest pass-56 yds. at Temple/best passing game-271 yds. vs. Marshall/most completions-21 at Temple on 27 attempts)

• Becht 2026 passing vs. Big Ten only (0 games played/0 starts)—0 of 0 for 0 yards, Pct. 0.0%, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 0 sacks (longest pass-0 yds. vs. TBA/best passing game-0 yds. vs. TBA/most completions-0 vs. TBA on 0 attempts)

• Becht 2026 Rushing stats/PSU career (2 games/2 played/2 starts)—7 for 6 yards, 0 TD (long-12 yds. at Temple)

• Becht Career Passing stats (45 games played/41 starts inc. ISU)—748 of 1,222 for 9,813 yards, Pct. 61.2%, 71 TDs, 27 INTs (long-82 yds. ISU at Kansas State in 2023 for TD)—Two-point Conversion Passing—4 of 7 for 8 pts. (Iowa State 2023-25)—Best Passing Yards game: 22 of 38 for 446 yards (only 400+ yd. game of ISU career), Pct. 57.9%, 3 TDs, 0 INT in 2023 Liberty Bowl vs. Memphis

• Becht Career Rushing stats (45 games played/41 starts inc. ISU)—254 for 505 yards, 19 TDs (long-32 yds. ISU vs. Cincinnati in 2024)—Two-point Conversion Rushing—2 of 2 for 4 pts. (ISU 2024)—Best Rushing Yards game: 20 for 97 yds., 2 TDs ISU vs. UCF 2024

• Becht TD passes at Temple (3)—2nd Qtr. (0:08)-PSU running two-minute drill, from shotgun on 2nd & 1 at TU 23, pass deep middle to Ben Brahmer TE, caught in endzone, 23-yard TD capping 10 play 83-yard drive, PS leads 10-3 at half—3rd Qtr. (8:25)-from shotgun on 3rd & 6 at TU 16, pass short left to Chase Sowell WR in bubble screen, caught at TU 20, followed block by Brett Eskildsen WR and cut back inside downfield block by Malachi Goodman LT for 16-yard TD capping 8 play 66-yard drive, PS leads 17-3—4th Qtr. (07:48)-from Power-I formation, on 2nd & 3 from TU 23, fullback Andrew Rappleyea TE motions left, pass deep left to wide open Ben Brahmer TE at TU 3, 23-yard TD capping 10 play 85-yard drive, PS leads 27-3—this scoring drive featured a 12-yard run by Becht with a late hit penalty OOB for 15 additional yards by former PSU player Kolin Dinkins giving PSU a first down at the TU 30 (Brahmer 2nd TD catch of day—Becht’s 23rd career game with multiple TD passes)

• Becht Longest completion at Temple—from shotgun on 1st & 10 at PS 25, 56 yards on 1st Qtr. bomb deep middle to Koby Howard WR on first offensive play of the game for PSU, Howard caught pass at Temple 35 and reached 19 (face mask penalty moved ball to Temple 9)—drive resulted in missed 33 yd. FG (Becht had 5 completions of 20+ yards in this game/10 on the season)

• Most Critical Pass Completion at Temple—3rd Qtr. on 3rd & 15 from the PS 30 (after a missed connection with Chase Sowell at the TU 36), Becht zips one over the middle to a crossing Zay Robinson WR (in the middle of 5 Owl defenders) for 22 yards and the first down at the TU 48 to keep drive alive for a successful 39-yard FG and a 20-3 lead

• Becht played 59 offensive snaps at Temple per PFF (Becht season high to date)

• PSU Total Offense at Temple—416 yards on 61 plays (268 yds. passing), 23 first downs (12 passing)—2nd straight game with 400+ yards total offense

• PSU Red Zone Success & Offensive Scoring at Temple—3 of 5 (2 failed 1st & goal scenarios inside 10 in 1st Qtr.) / 3 TDs (3 passing, 0 rushing), 3 for 3 PATs, 2 for 3 FGs—27 total points by offense

• 2025 Becht Passing stats at Iowa State (12 games played/12 starts): 205 of 339 for 2,584 yards, 16 TDs, 9 INTs (with 8 rushing TDs)—Best 2025 game: 30 of 48 for 314 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs, 2 two-point conversion passes (2 rushing TDs) in ISU loss at Cincinnati—Best Season at ISU (2024/14 games started): 3,505 yards passing with 25 TDs (also had 3,120 yards passing with 23 TDs in 2023/13 games started)—ISU career games (2022-25): 43 with 39 starts & 26 wins (not all games at ISU have passing stats)

• Becht ISU Total Career Passing (43 games/39 starts): 714 of 1,177 for 9,274 yds., Pct. 60.7%, 64 TDs, 27 INTs (long-82 yds at Kansas State 2023 for TD—also had 79 yd. TD pass in this game)—Becht had 4 total TD passes of 75+ yards in his ISU career—One 75-yarder to Brett Eskildsen WR vs. BYU in 2025 (he threw 3 TDs in 7 games while at ISU)

• Becht Iowa State Career Post-Season Stats (3 games/2 bowls): 65 of 109 for 930 yards, Pct. 59.6%, 8 TDs, 1 INT (with 1 rushing TD in bowl)—Two-point Conversion Passing in Post-Season: 0 of 2 for 0 pts.—Best Post-Season game: 22 of 38 for 446 yards (only 400+ yd. game of ISU career), Pct. 57.9%, 3 TDs, 0 INT in 2023 Liberty Bowl vs. Memphis (0 of 1 for 0 pts. on two-point conversion passing)

• Led ISU to 7 career 4th Quarter game-winning drives/was 23 of 30 passing on 4th down with ISU

  Note—Temple starting QB Jaxon Smolik (first former PSU QB to start for the Owls against the Nittany Lions): 10 of 16 passing, 59 yards, 0 TDs, 1 INT (Rojas), 1 sack (Kemajou)—7 rushes for 71 yards, 0 TDs (longest run-47 yards in 1st Qtr./tripped and opted to slide at PSU 29—setting up Temple 24 yd. FG for 3-0 lead on Smolik’s only scoring drive)

  Alex Manske QB

• Game 2 Passing—0 of 0 for 0 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INT, 0 sacks (longest completion-0 yds.)—No passing stats at Temple—played only final 3 snaps of game as clock expired (all 3 were running plays)

• Game 2 Rushing—1 for 5 yards, 0 TD (long-5 yds.)

• Manske 2026 Passing stats/PSU career (2 games/2 played/0 starts)—6 of 8 for 57 yards, Pct. 75.0%, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 0 sacks (longest pass-26 yds. vs. Marshall/best passing game-57 yds. vs. Marshall/most completions-6 vs. Marshall on 8 attempts—all career bests)

• Manske 2026 passing vs. Big Ten only (0 games played/0 starts)—0 of 0 for 0 yards, Pct. 0.0%, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 0 sacks (longest pass-0 yds. vs. TBA/best passing game-0 yds. vs. TBA/most completions-0 vs. TBA on 0 attempts)

• Manske 2026 Rushing stats/PSU career (2 games/2 played/0 starts)—2 for 11 yards, 0 TD (long-6 yds. vs. Marshall)

• Manske Career Passing stats (5 games played/0 starts inc. ISU)—10 of 13 for 86 yards, Pct. 76.9%, 0 TDs, 0 INTs (long-26 yds. vs. Marshall in 2026)

• Manske Career Rushing stats (5 games played/0 starts inc. ISU)—9 for 44 yards, 1 TD (long-13 yds. ISU vs. South Dakota in 2025)—Best Rushing Game: ISU vs. S. Dakota 2025—4 for 26 yds., 1 TD (4 yds.)

• Manske TD passes at Temple: none

• Manske Longest Completion at Temple: none

Connor Barry QB

• Game 2 Passing—0 of 0 for 0 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INT, 0 sacks (longest completion-0 yds.)—Did not appear in game 2

• Game 2 Rushing—0 for 0 yards, 0 TD (long-0 yds.)

• Barry 2026 Passing stats/PSU career (2 games/1 played/0 starts)—1 of 1 for minus-4 yards, Pct. 100.0%, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 0 sacks (longest pass-minus-4 yds. vs. Marshall/best passing game-minus-4 yds. vs. Marshall/most completions-1 vs. Marshall on 1 attempt)

• Barry 2026 passing vs. Big Ten only (0 games played/0 starts)—0 of 0 for 0 yards, Pct. 0.0%, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 0 sacks (longest pass-0 yds. vs. TBA/best passing game-0 yds. vs. TBA/most completions-0 vs. TBA on 0 attempts)

• Barry 2026 Rushing stats/PSU career (2 games/1 played/0 starts)—2 for 3 yards, 0 TD (long-4 yds. vs. Marshall)

• Barry Career Passing stats (31 games played/21 starts inc. CNU)—349 of 528 for 5,557 yards, Pct. 66.1%, 55 TDs, 10 INTs (long-83 yds. CNU at Kean in 2024 for TD)—Best passing game: 34 of 44 for 443 yds., 4 TDs CNU at Salisbury 2024—Career Two-point Conversion Passing—1 of 2 for 2 pts. (CNU 2024)

• Barry Career Rushing stats (31 games played/21 starts inc. CNU)—178 for 599 yards, 18 TDs (long-27 yds. CNU at Kean in 2024)—Longest Career TD rush: 14 yds. CNU at Rowan 2025—Best Rushing game: 11 for 66 yds., 1 TD (long-25 yds.) CNU at Dickinson 2023

• Barry TD passes at Temple: none

• Barry Longest Completion at Temple: none

• Played Previously at Christopher Newport Univ. (Div. 3 in 2023-25 making 21 starts in 30 games with 5,561 yards passing/55 TD passes/18 rushing TDs) & at Appalachian State (Div. 1 FBS in 2022—only appeared in the Spring game with 1 TD pass)

• Barry 2025 season at CNU (11 games played/11 starts)—117 of 264 passing for 2,866 yds., 35 TDs, 6 INTs (long-80 yds. at Rowan for TD)—Rushing: 85 for 257 yds., 11 TDs (long-21 yds. at Gettysburg)—Best Rushing game: 12 for 65 yds., 2 TDs vs. Salisbury

• Most TD passes in a game for CNU: 5 vs. Trine 2025 & at Rowan 2025 (on 27 of 44 for 434 yds.)

• Most TD rushes in a game for CNU: 3 at William Paterson 2025

• CLICK HERE FOR PSU ALL-TIME TD PASSING LEADERS

  CLICK HERE FOR PSU ALL-TIME PASSING YARDS LEADERS

  Carson Hansen RB

• Game 2 Rushing—19 for 84 yards, 4.42 YPC, 0 TD (long-13 yds.)—Started at RB for 2nd straight game—new PSU bests

• Game 2 Receiving—2 receptions for 13 yards, 0 TD (long-8 yds.)—first receptions at PSU

• Game 2 Kick Returns—none

• 2026 Rushing/PSU Career (2 games/2 played/2 starts)—30 for 132 yards, 0 TD, 4.40 YPC (long-13 yds. at Temple)

• Iowa State Career Rushing (38 games)—1,771 yards rushing/19 rushing TDs (also 2 receiving TDs)

• Iowa State Career 2-point conversions—1 two-point rush & 1 two-point reception

  James Peoples RB

• Game 2 Rushing—7 for 42 yards, 6.00 YPC, 0 TD (long-12 yds.)—PSU high in rushing yards—Peoples delivered a crowd-pleasing Saquon-style leap on 12-yard rush for 1st down late in 2nd quarter during PSU TD drive for a 10-3 lead

• Game 2 Receiving—none

• Game 2 Kick Returns—none

• 2026 Rushing/PSU Career (2 games/2 played/0 starts)—15 for 73 yards, 0 TD, 4.87 YPC (long-12 yds. at Temple)

• Ohio State Career Rushing (22 games)—541 yards rushing/5 rushing TDs

  Quinton Martin, Jr. RB

• Game 2 Rushing—0 for 0 yards, 0.00 YPC, 0 TD (long-0 yds.)—played in game 2—no stats

• Game 2 Receiving—0 receptions for 0 yards, 0 TD (long-0 yds.)

• Game 2 Kick Returns—none

• 2026 Rushing (2 games/2 played/0 starts)—10 for 38 yards, 1 TD, 3.80 YPC (long-9 yds. vs. Marshall)

• Career Rushing (16 games/0 starts)—43 for 173 yards, 1 TD, 4.02 YPC (long-21 yds. vs. Clemson 2025)—Martin 2-point conversion career rushing: 1 rush, 0 points in failed attempt vs. Clemson 2025

• 2026 Receiving (2 games/2 played/0 starts)—2 receptions for minus-1 yards, 0 TD, 0.00 yards/catch (long-3 yds. vs. Marshall)

• Career Receiving (16 games/0 starts)—6 for 13 yards, 0 TDs, 2.17 yards/catch (long-7 yds. vs. UCLA in 2024)

• Career Kick Returns (16 games/0 starts)—2 returns for 45 yards, 0 TD

• Best Rushing game—2025 Pinstripe Bowl vs. Clemson: 20 for 103 yards, 5.15 YPC, 0 TD (longest rush-21 yds./career long)—only game with rushing stats in 2025—career highs in attempts and yards—1st 100+ yard rushing game in career

  Cam Wallace RB

• Game 2 Rushing—1 for 2 yards, 2.00 YPC, 0 TD (long-2 yds.)

• Game 2 Receiving—none

• Game 2 Kick Returns—none

• 2026 Rushing (2 games/2 played/0 starts)—12 for 44 yards, 3.67 YPC, 1 TD (long-16 yds. vs. Marshall)

• Career Rushing (9 games/0 starts)—36 for 130 yards, 2 TDs, 3.61 YPC (long-16 yds. vs. Marshall 2026)

• 2026 Receiving (2 games/2 played/0 starts)—0 receptions for 0 yards, 0 TD, 0.00 yards/catch (long-0 yds.)

• Career Receiving (9 games/0 starts)—1 reception for 12 yards, 0 TD, 12.00 yards/catch (long-12 yds. vs. Nevada 2025)

• Career Kick Returns (9 games/0 starts)—1 return for 1 yard, 0 TD

• Best Rushing game—2026 vs. Marshall: 11 for 42 yards (both career highs), 3.82 YPC, 1 TD (longest rush-16 yds./career best)—2nd career rushing TD (6 yds. in 4th Qtr.)

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  Offensive Line Information

  OL Starters at Temple (same as Marshall game)—Malachi Goodman LT, Trevor Buhr LG, Brock Riker C, Cooper Cousins RG, & Anthony Donkoh RT—Entire line played 59 offensive snaps

  ALL RECEIVERS

• Koby Howard WR: 3 receptions for 68 yards, 0 TD (career long-56 yds. on first play of game/8 of his 16 career catches are 20+ yds.)—made first career start—4 targets in game—18 yards after catch—Rushing stats: 1 for 4 yds., 0 TDs (1st of season)

• Ben Brahmer TE: 5 receptions for 79 yards, 2 TDs (long-23 yds. for TD in 2nd Qtr. & 23 yds. for TD in 4th Qtr.)—6 targets in game—all game stats are PSU bests—12 career TD catches (3 at PSU)—21 career catches of 20+ yards (3 for TDs)—crossed 1K in career receiving yards with 1,064 yds.

• Chase Sowell WR: 5 receptions for 58 yards, 1 TD (long-16 yds. for TD in 3rd Qtr.)—started at WR for 2nd straight game—7 targets in game—41 yards after catch—7 career receiving TDs (1 at PSU)/A potential 47-yd. TD catch on a 1st down bomb from Becht was stripped from him in endzone in 2nd Qtr.-drive resulted in game-tying FG

• Zay Robinson WR: 3 receptions for 34 yards, 0 TD (long-22 yds. on a 3rd & 15 in 3rd Qtr./2nd 20+ yd. catch this season)—also returned kicks & punts—see stats below—63 yds. All-purpose with 29 yds. in returns

• Brett Eskildsen WR: 2 receptions for 11 yards, 0 TD (long-7 yds.)

• Andrew Rappleyea TE: 1 reception for 5 yards, 0 TD (long-5 yds.)—made 2nd start of season/targeted 3 times—allowed possible TD pass from Becht to get through his hands on 4th & goal at Temple 2 following 1st Qtr. Rojas INT for a turnover on downs at the 3

• Gabe Burkle TE: no game stats—made first start for PSU and played 20 snaps as he is eased into action following 2025 injury at ISU

  SELECTED DEFENSE

• Tony Rojas LB: 7 tackles/5 solo, 1 INT (13 yd. return/5th career INT)—INT came in 1st Qtr. off Jaxon Smolik with return to Temple 5-yard line (OOB)-did not result in score (PSU turnover on downs at 3)—2nd straight game leading PSU in tackles with 7

• Cael Brezina LB: 6 tackles/5 solo

• Zion Tracy CB: 5 tackles/4 solo, 1 pass breakup—first start of 2026 season—notched career high-tying 5 tackles for 2nd straight game (7th game with 5)

• Ikenna Ezeogu DE: 4 tackles/3 solo, 1 QB hurry—played 35 snaps

• Jamison Patton S: 4 tackles/3 solo—played 35 snaps

• Jeremiah Cooper S: 4 tackles/3 solo

• Marcus Neal S: 3 tackles/3 solo

• Siale Taupaki DT: 3 tackles/3 solo, 1 TFL (1 yd. in losses/4 career TFLs)—played 37 snaps

• Audavion Collins CB: 3 tackles/2 solo, 2 pass breakups

• Caleb Bacon DE: 2 tackles/2 solo

• Alex Tatsch LB: 2 tackles/1 solo—played 24 snaps in first game action since return from 2025 injury

• Kooper Ebel LB: 2 tackles/1 solo

• Keanu Williams DT: 2 tackles/0 solo—played 38 snaps to lead defense

• Daryus Dixson CB: 0 tackles/0 solo, 1 Block on 52-yard FG attempt in 3rd Qtr. which PSU recovered at own 34 (1st block of his career—1st by PSU since Xavier Gilliam DT blocked 66-yd. attempt at Iowa 2025 which was returned 35 yds. for PSU TD by Elliot Washington CB)—played 32 snaps

• Jahmir Joseph CB: 1 tackle/1 solo—played 34 snaps (most in career to date)—made TD-saving tackle in 4th at PSU 6 on eventual Temple scoring drive

• Yvan Kemajou DE: 1 tackle/1 solo, 1 Sack (7 yds. in losses/1.5 career Sacks), 1 TFL (7 yds. in losses/6 career TFLs)

  KICKING/PUNTING/RETURNS

• FGs: Ryan Barker-2 of 3, 31 & 39 yds. made (miss-33 yds. wide left)—2026 season: 3 of 4 with season long of 39 yds. at Temple / Career: 36 of 41, 87.8% is best all-time at PSU)—Barker is 12 of 14 all-time on FGs of 40+ yds. (Career long-49 yds. vs. Maryland 2024 & vs. Oregon 2025)

• PATs: Ryan Barker-3 of 3 (2026 season: 9 of 9 / Career: 101 of 103, 98.1%)—2026 Season high: 6 PATs made vs. Marshall on 6 attempts (Career high made/attempted: 7 for 7 at Purdue 2024)

• Game Scoring by Kicking: Ryan Barker-9 pts. (2026 Season scoring: 18 pts. / Career: 209 pts.)—2026 Season high: 9 pts. vs. Marshall & at Temple—Career single game high: 15 pts. (on 4 FGs & 3 PATs) at USC 2024 (1 FG in OT) & vs. Nevada 2025

• Kickoffs: Cristiano Rosa 6 for 387 yds., 4 TBs, 1 fair catch, 0 OOB (Season: 7 for 447 yds., 4 TBs), Lucas Tenbrock 0 for 0 yds., 0 Touchbacks (Season: 4 for 254 yds., 2 TBs), Matthew Parker 0 for 0 yds., 0 TBs (Season: 3 for 189 yds., 0 TBs)

• Kick Returns: Zay Robinson WR 1 for 7 yds. (long-7 yds.—elected to take a knee to end return)—0 PSU fair catches/2 Temple TBs on 3 kicks—Season: 2 for 41 yds., Avg. 20.5 YPK

• Punting: Nathan Tiyce 1 for 35 yds. (long-35 yds.), Avg. 35.0 YPP, 0 50+ yds., 1 inside 20, 1 inside 10, 1 Inside 5, 0 TB (0 Temple fair catches/0 punts OOB)—Season: 5 for 208 yds., (long-55 yds. vs. Marshall), Avg. 41.6 YPP, 1 50+ yds., 2 inside 20, 2 inside 10, 2 Inside 5, 1 TB—Career Notes: 3 career 50+ punts, 9 career punts inside 20, 7 career punts inside 10

• Punt Returns: Zay Robinson WR 2 for 22 yds. (long-19 yds.)—2 fair catches by Robinson/No Temple TBs on 4 punts (0 punts out of bounds)—Season: 5 for 63 yds. (long-23 yds. vs. Marshall)