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FINAL Saturday, September 12, 2026

Penn State Nittany LionsPenn State vs Temple OwlsTemple

27 - 9
Lincoln Financial Field

Scoring by quarter

Penn State vs Temple scoreboard
Team Q1Q2Q3Q4 Final
Penn State 010107 27
Temple 0306 9
Penn State vs Temple scoring by quarter
Penn State Qtr Temple
0Q10
10Q23
10Q30
7Q46
27Final9

Play by play

Scoring plays: this game · Saved from the official gamebook.

Q2 12:00 Field goal Temple Carl Hardin #98 C.Hardin field goal attempt from 24 yards GOOD (H: #7 D.Atton, LS: #97 S.Wolfenden) 0-3
Q2 6:51 Field goal Penn State #94 R.Barker field goal attempt from 31 yards GOOD (H: #38 N.Tiyce, LS: #35 B.Sokach-Minnick) 3-3
Q2 0:08 Touchdown Penn State No Huddle-Shotgun #3 R.Becht pass complete deep middle to #18 B.Brahmer caught at TEM00, for 23 yards to the TEM00 TOUCHDOWN. 1ST DOWN #94 R.Barker kick attempt good (H: #38 N.Tiyce, LS: #35 B.Sokach-Minnick) 10-3
Q3 8:25 Touchdown Penn State Shotgun #3 R.Becht pass complete short left to #0 C.Sowell caught at TEM20, for 16 yards to the TEM00 TOUCHDOWN. 1ST DOWN #94 R.Barker kick attempt good (H: #38 N.Tiyce, LS: #35 B.Sokach-Minnick) 17-3
Q3 0:08 Field goal Penn State #94 R.Barker field goal attempt from 39 yards GOOD (H: #38 N.Tiyce, LS: #35 B.Sokach-Minnick) 20-3
Q4 7:48 Touchdown Penn State #3 R.Becht pass complete deep left to #18 B.Brahmer caught at TEM03, for 23 yards to the TEM00 TOUCHDOWN. 1ST DOWN #94 R.Barker kick attempt good (H: #38 N.Tiyce, LS: #35 B.Sokach-Minnick) 27-3
Q4 1:56 Touchdown Temple Ajani Sheppard Shotgun #13 A.Sheppard rush left for 3 yards gain to the PSU00 TOUCHDOWN. #21 D.Young rush attempt failed 27-9

Rivalry highlights

Series record
41-4
Penn State first, 46 meetings since 1931
Series leader
Penn State
Penn State lead 41-4 in 46 meetings since 1931
Widest recent margin
18 points
Penn State 27-9 Temple, 2026
Tightest recent margin
4 points
Penn State 14-10 Temple, 2011
Highest recent total
61 points
Temple 27-34 Penn State, 2016

Head to head

Full rivalry page
Penn State 41 46 meetings since 1931 4 Temple

Penn State lead 41-4 in 46 meetings since 1931 Series leader: Penn State.

Team stats, this game

Penn StateTemple
416Total yards283
268Passing yards107
148Rushing yards176
0Turnovers1
1Sacks1
23First downs14
20Penalty yards60

Key players by position

Starters by position
Penn State Pos Temple
Rocco Becht QB Ajani Sheppard
James Peoples RB Keveun Mason
Koby Howard WR Colin Chase
Benjamin Brahmer TE Peter Clarke
Yvan Kemajou DL Kevin Hornbeak Jr.
Tony Rojas LB Curly Ordonez
Marcus Neal Jr. DB Saboor Karriem

Each side's leader at the position this season, by real production. Full rosters live on each team hub.

Penn State vs Temple player stats

Passing

Penn Statepassing
Penn StateC/ATTYDSTDINT
Rocco Becht21/2726830
Templepassing
TempleC/ATTYDSTDINT
Jaxon Smolik10/165901
Ajani Sheppard3/64800

Rushing

Penn Staterushing
Penn StateCARYDSTDLONG
Carson Hansen1984013
James Peoples742012
Rocco Becht511012
Alex Manske1505
Koby Howard1404
Cam Wallace1202
Templerushing
TempleCARYDSTDLONG
Keveun Mason1476022
Jaxon Smolik771047
De'Carlos Young417010
Ajani Sheppard31015
Hunter Smith4402

Receiving

Penn Statereceiving
Penn StateRECYDSTDLONG
Benjamin Brahmer579223
Koby Howard368056
Chase Sowell558116
Zay Robinson334022
Carson Hansen21308
Brett Eskildsen21107
Andrew Rappleyea1505
Templereceiving
TempleRECYDSTDLONG
Jayce Freeman139039
Peter Clarke631013
Ryder Kusch329015
Jovanni Bermudez2604
Keveun Mason1202

Defense

Penn Statedefense
Penn StateTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Tony Rojas75001
Cael Brezina65000
Zion Tracy54000
Ikenna Ezeogu43000
Jeremiah Cooper43000
Jamison Patton43000
Siale Liku33010
Audavion Collins32000
Marcus Neal33000
Keanu Williams20000
Kooper Ebel21000
Caleb Bacon22000
Templedefense
TempleTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Curly Ordonez129110
Saboor Karriem88000
Avery Powell53000
Denzel Chavis43000
Adrian Laing32000
Tyree Alualu32000
Eric Stuart33000
Jaeden Gould22000
Kolin Dinkins22000
Orel Gray21000
Russell Sykes21000
Asa Locks21000

Kicking

Penn Statekicking
Penn StateFGLONGXPPTS
Ryan Barker2/3393/39
Templekicking
TempleFGLONGXPPTS
Carl Hardin1/2240/03

Box score from CollegeFootballData via our data hub. Players link to their profiles.

Penn State: last 15 games before this one

8-7 in the last 15 · 31.5 scored · 19.6 allowed
LOST 24-27 scored 24 · allowed 27 See game WON 46-11 scored 46 · allowed 11 See game WON 34-0 scored 34 · allowed 0 See game WON 52-6 scored 52 · allowed 6 See game LOST 24-30 scored 24 · allowed 30 See game LOST 37-42 scored 37 · allowed 42 See game LOST 21-22 scored 21 · allowed 22 See game LOST 24-25 scored 24 · allowed 25 See game LOST 14-38 scored 14 · allowed 38 See game LOST 24-27 scored 24 · allowed 27 See game WON 28-10 scored 28 · allowed 10 See game WON 37-10 scored 37 · allowed 10 See game WON 40-36 scored 40 · allowed 36 See game WON 22-10 scored 22 · allowed 10 See game WON 45-0 scored 45 · allowed 0 See game

Temple: last 15 games before this one

6-9 in the last 15 · 27.7 scored · 29.7 allowed
LOST 27-51 scored 27 · allowed 51 See game LOST 17-24 scored 17 · allowed 24 See game WON 42-10 scored 42 · allowed 10 See game WON 55-7 scored 55 · allowed 7 See game LOST 3-42 scored 3 · allowed 42 See game LOST 24-45 scored 24 · allowed 45 See game WON 27-21 scored 27 · allowed 21 See game LOST 31-32 scored 31 · allowed 32 See game WON 49-14 scored 49 · allowed 14 See game WON 38-37 scored 38 · allowed 37 See game LOST 14-45 scored 14 · allowed 45 See game LOST 13-14 scored 13 · allowed 14 See game LOST 13-37 scored 13 · allowed 37 See game LOST 25-52 scored 25 · allowed 52 See game WON 38-14 scored 38 · allowed 14 See game

The matchup

Team comparison
Penn State Split Temple
1-02026 record entering1-0
45Points for38
0Points against14
W1FormW1

Recent meetings

2026
Penn State 27 : 9 Temple
2016
Temple 27 : 34 Penn State
2015
Penn State 10 : 27 Temple
2014
Temple 13 : 30 Penn State
2012
Temple 13 : 24 Penn State
2011
Penn State 14 : 10 Temple
Penn State · QB Rocco Becht
Pass yards
1108
Pass TD
10
Comp-Att
83-134
INT
3
Peoples rush
212 yds
Howard rec
344 yds
Temple · QB Ajani Sheppard
Pass yards
631
Pass TD
6
Comp-Att
40-72
INT
0
Mason rush
361 yds
Chase rec
201 yds
Penn State Nittany LionsPenn State2026 roster
3 Rocco Becht QB 7 Alex Manske QB 10 Connor Barry QB 12 Kase Evans QB 14 Peyton Falzone QB 19 Jack Lambert QB 1 James Peoples RB 21 Carson Hansen RB 25 Quinton Martin Jr. RB 26 Cam Wallace RB 29 D'Antae Sheffey RB 36 Amar'e Glover RB 37 Jeremy Washington RB 0 Chase Sowell WR 2 Zay Robinson WR 4 Brett Eskildsen WR 6 Koby Howard WR 7 Peter Gonzalez WR 8 Karon Brookins WR 11 Lyrick Samuel WR 13 Hank Lustig WR 15 Keith Jones Jr. WR 19 Amarion Jackson WR 31 Logan Cunningham WR 81 Ben Whitver WR 82 Ethan Black WR 18 Benjamin Brahmer TE 80 Cooper Alexander TE 83 Brian Kortovich TE 84 Gabe Burkle TE 87 Andrew Rappleyea TE 89 Finn Furmanek TE 50 Cooper Cousins OL 51 Brock Riker OL 52 Dominic Rulli OL 54 Vaea Ikakoula OL 55 Chimdy Onoh OL 56 Mason Bandhauer OL 61 Liam Horan OL 65 Jim Fitzgerald OL 66 Will Tompkins OL 67 Henry Boehme OL 68 Anthony Donkoh OL 70 Trevor Buhr OL 71 Garrett Sexton OL 72 Tyshon Huff OL 74 Kuol Kuol II OL 75 Pete Eglitis OL 76 Hunter Albright OL 77 Owen Aliciene OL 78 Malachi Goodman OL 79 Donnie Harbour OL 88 Elijah Reeder DL 1 Ikenna Ezeogu DE 11 LaVar Arrington II DE 18 Max Granville DE 19 Yvan Kemajou DE 33 Alexander McPherson DE 42 Mason Robinson DE 43 Dayshaun Burnett DE 47 Aidan Probst DE 89 Jackson Ford DE 93 Bobby Mears DE 39 Ty Blanding DT 56 Alijah Carnell DT 73 Caleb Brewer DT 90 Liam Andrews DT 91 Armstrong Nnodim DT 92 Siale Taupaki DT 94 De'Andre Cook DT 98 Dallas Vakalahi DT 99 Keanu Williams DT 8 Kooper Ebel LB 9 Cael Brezina LB 10 Caleb Bacon LB 13 Tony Rojas LB 25 Alex Tatsch LB 26 Cam Smith LB 32 John Klosterman LB 34 Chris Fileppo LB 40 Keian Kaiser LB 40 Jake Lukac LB 45 Josh Banks LB 46 Evan Wolff LB 2 Audavion Collins CB 5 Daryus Dixson CB 7 Zion Tracy CB 12 Xxavier Thomas CB 15 Joshua Johnson CB 16 Donte Nastasi CB 17 Josiah Zayas CB 20 Tyrell Chatman CB 23 Jahmir Joseph CB 29 Hunter Sowell CB 35 Tyler Armstead CB 37 Max Heffner CB 3 Jamison Patton S 4 Jeremiah Cooper S 21 Vaboue Toure S 24 Ibn McDaniels S 27 Omarion Davis S 28 Bryson Williams S 30 Christian Askew S 31 Marcus Neal Jr. S 41 Jake LaVerde S 94 Ryan Barker PK 95 Cristiano Rosa PK 98 Matthew Parker PK 38 Nathan Tiyce P 96 Lucas Tenbrock P 35 Blaise Sokach-Minnick LS 92 Andrew Dufault LS
Temple OwlsTemple2026 roster
11 Camren Boykin QB 13 Ajani Sheppard QB 14 Jaxon Smolik QB 15 Brody Norman QB 16 Brady Palmer QB 19 Lamar Best QB 20 R.J. Blount RB 21 De'Carlos Young RB 22 Johnny Martin RB 23 Jordan Miller RB 25 Ameir Morrow RB 26 Keveun Mason RB 27 Samuel Brown V RB 29 Hunter Smith RB 1 Colin Chase WR 10 Jayce Freeman WR 12 Demonte Greene WR 17 JoJo Bermudez WR 24 Ash Roberts WR 28 Zander Baptiste WR 80 Hunter Watson WR 81 Coen Logan WR 82 Tylik Mitchell WR 83 Kenedy Uzoma WR 85 Rameir Hardy WR 86 Reis Stocksdale WR 87 Kaegan Chambers WR 18 Joey Schlaffer TE 30 Liam Fuller TE 33 Ryder Kusch TE 40 David Wise TE 44 Patrick Keller TE 84 Daniel Evert TE 88 Peter Clarke TE 51 Mausa Palu OL 52 Eric King OL 53 Khalif Mcnear OL 54 Jackson Pruitt OL 55 Kevin Terry OL 56 C.J. Van Buren OL 57 Grayson Mains OL 58 Logan King OL 63 John Watkins OL 65 Billy Brown OL 66 Aiden Zilker OL 70 Zach Aamland OL 71 Giakoby Hills OL 73 Karon Spencer OL 74 Davray Venu OL 75 Luke Watson OL 76 John Stone OL 77 Ransom McDermott OL 79 Jonah Tarpley OL 34 Brandon Enarusai DL 48 Adriano McLean DL 51 Antwuan Rogers DL 52 Russell Sykes IV DL 58 Kaleb Artis DL 59 Deshon Dodson DL 71 Kechan Miller DL 88 Lamar Fairfax DL 89 Jayden Brown DL 90 Yamael Wiggins DL 92 Jude Okeleke DL 93 Kevin Hornbeak Jr. DL 94 Quante Gillians DL 95 Troy Cunningham DL 96 Semi Odedele DL 97 Davier Bishop DL 98 Joseph Auzenne DL 99 Cameron Jones DL 10 Jaylon Joseph LB 12 Willy Love LB 15 Jordan Montgomery LB 22 Eric Stuart LB 28 David Kpeglo LB 30 Jayvant Brown LB 33 Curly Ordonez LB 36 Wesley Brown LB 40 Brendan Farhat LB 43 Aiden Britton LB 44 Tyree Alualu LB 50 Brian Adderley LB 53 Reggie Jones LB 54 Josh Nengite LB 55 Uyi Igiehon LB 56 JaMair Diaz LB 57 Michael Holcomb Jr. LB 11 Earl Kulp CB 13 Denzel Chavis CB 14 Nakeel Lawrence CB 20 Jett White CB 21 Asa Locks CB 27 Devontae Ward-Grant CB 31 Bryson Goodwin CB 32 Adrian Laing CB 35 Dylan Abram CB 49 Eyan Stead CB 16 Pooh Lawton S 17 Jaeden Gould S 18 Kolin Dinkins S 19 Josiah Jackson S 23 Zyil Powell S 24 Saboor Karriem S 25 Orel Gray S 29 Avery Powell S 37 Demacio Cooper S 38 Alex Hanks S 39 Daron Harris S 41 Jack Paessler S 42 Jamarcus Pierre S 46 James Paessler S 32 Darren Wu PK 90 Luke Cochrane PK 98 Carl Hardin PK 7 Dante Atton P 91 Luke Sword P 46 Michael Perillo LS 97 Sam Wolfenden LS
Next up
Penn State Nittany Lions USCvsPenn State Week 6 · 2026-10-10 Penn StatevsMichigan Week 7 · 2026-10-17 PurduevsPenn State Week 9 · 2026-10-31
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Temple Owls TemplevsToledo Week 3 · 2026-09-19 ArmyvsTemple Week 4 · 2026-09-25 TemplevsSouth Florida Week 5 · 2026-10-03

Matchup stats

Matchup predictor

96% PSU
4% TEM

Win probability from the current point spread

Last five games

Penn State

DateOppResult
10-02 atNU L 13-34
09-26 vsWIS L 20-24
09-19 vsBUF W 55-13
09-12 atTEM W 27-9
09-05 vsMRSH W 45-0

TempleProvided by americanconference.co

DateOppResult
10-03 atUSF W 17-13
09-25 vsARMY L 17-21
09-19 atTOL L 48-49
09-12 vsPSU L 9-27
09-05 vsURI W 38-14

Completed results from CollegeFootballData via the CFB Data Hub

2026 standings

Big Ten

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Indiana 500 1.00022154
Nebraska 500 1.00021871
UCLA 400 1.00017975
USC 510 .833224153
Ohio State 410 .80021163
Iowa 410 .80014563
Wisconsin 410 .80015883
Minnesota 410 .80016090
Oregon 310 .75019093
Northwestern 310 .75013267
Penn State 320 .60016080
Washington 320 .60013392
Michigan 320 .60011579
Illinois 230 .400153130
Maryland 230 .400152151
Purdue 230 .400152175
Michigan State 230 .40091116
Rutgers 140 .200150161

American AthleticProvided by americanconference.co

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Memphis 410 .800193112
South Florida 410 .80013373
Florida Atlantic 410 .800186133
UTSA 410 .800157131
North Texas 320 .600203165
Tulsa 320 .600139106
UAB 320 .600120117
Army 220 .50013379
East Carolina 220 .50096101
Tulane 220 .5007593
Temple 230 .400129124
Navy 130 .25010191
Rice 140 .20090137
Charlotte 050 .00086203

Records computed from completed games this season

Penn State vs Temple: result and recap

Penn State Nittany Lions vs Temple Owls finished 27 - 9 on September 12, 2026. This American Conference game page carries the final score, team box score, scoring by quarter and scoring plays, alongside the Penn State and Temple team hubs, the match center, the schedule and the live standings. For the wider grudge history between these teams, see the American Conference rivalry pages.

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Frequently asked questions

What was the final score of Penn State vs Temple?

Penn State Nittany Lions vs Temple Owls finished 27 - 9. The full box score, player stats and play-by-play are on this page.

Who led Penn State vs Temple in passing, rushing and receiving?

Rocco Becht (Penn State) led passers with 268 yards. Carson Hansen (Penn State) led rushers with 84 yards. Benjamin Brahmer (Penn State) led receivers with 79 yards on 5 catches. Every player's line is in the player stats above.

When did Penn State play Temple?

This Penn State vs Temple game was played on September 12, 2026 at Lincoln Financial Field.