Ohio State vs. Penn State Football Game, 1978 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1978 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Penn State	3	0	7	9	19
Ohio State	0	0	0	0	0

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	FG	Matt Bahr 30 yard field goal	0	3
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Matt Suhey 3 yard run (Matt Bahr kick)	0	10
FOURTH QUARTER
	FG	Matt Bahr 41 yard field goal	0	13
	FG	Matt Bahr 25 yard field goal	0	16
	FG	Matt Bahr 30 yard field goal	0	19

Team Stats
	OSU	PSU
1st Downs	19	17
Rushing 1st Downs	7	10
Passing 1st Downs	10	7
Penalty	2	0
Rushing	89	139
Rushing Attempts	43	59
Yards Gained Rushing	127	193
Yards Lost Rushing	38	54
TDs Rushing	0	1
Passing	247	148
Passes Attempted	34	22
Passes Completed	16	11
Intercepted	5	1
TDs Passing	0	0
Pass Efficiency	78.67	97.42
Total Offensive Plays	77	81
Total Net Yards	336	287
Average Gain Per Play	4.36	3.54
Fumbles - Lost	5 - 3	0 - 0
Penalties - Yards	4 - 40	5 - 48
Interceptions - Yards	1 - 27	5 - 98
Punts - Yards	5 - 229	7 - 279
Average Per Punt	45.80	39.86
Punt Returns - Yards	3 - 10	1 - 15
Kickoff Returns - Yards	4 - 57	0 - 0
Third Down Conversions	of 7	of 7
Third Down Percent	0.00%	0.00%
Fourth Down Conversions	15 of	21 of

Game Info
Stadium	Ohio Stadium
Location	Columbus, Ohio
Date	Sep 16, 1978
Time	1:58 pm
Attendance	88,202
Temperature	80°F
Weather	Overcast
Conference	OSU: Big Ten PSU: Independent
Head Coach	OSU: Woody Hayes PSU: Joe Paterno
AP Rank	OSU: 6 PSU: 5
Final AP Rank	OSU: NR PSU: 4
Season Record	OSU: 7-4-1 PSU: 11-1

Penn State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Matt Bahr	0	4	1	0	0	0	13
Matt Suhey	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	1	4	1	0	0	0	19

Ohio State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Art Schlichter	12-26-5	182	7.0	46	0	66.49
Gregory Castignola	4-8-0	65	8.1	43	0	118.25
TOTALS	16-34-5	247	7.3	46	0	78.67

Ohio State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Ron Springs	20	72	14	58	2.9	13	0
Paul Campbell	11	37	0	37	3.4	8	0
Ricardo Volley	3	8	0	8	2.7	7	0
Calvin Murray	1	5	0	5	5.0	5	0
Ricky Johnson	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Gregory Castignola	1	0	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Rod Gerald	3	4	7	-3	-1.0	4	0
Art Schlichter	3	1	16	-15	-5.0	1	0
TOTALS	43	127	38	89	2.1	13	0

Ohio State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Rod Gerald	4	91	22.8	46	0
Douglas Donley	4	85	21.2	43	0
Ron Springs	3	35	11.7	15	0
Calvin Murray	1	11	11.0	11	0
Charles Hunter	1	7	7.0	7	0
Paul Campbell	1	7	7.0	7	0
Joel Payton	1	6	6.0	6	0
Ronald Barwig	1	5	5.0	5	0
TOTALS	16	247	15.4	46	0

Ohio State Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Alvin Washington	1	27	0
TOTALS	1	27	0

Ohio State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y
Tom Cousineau	29	9	20	1/5
Kelton Dansler	14	7	7	1/2
Alvin Washington	12	3	9
Byron Cato	10	5	5
Mark Sullivan	9	5	4	1/14
Todd Bell	8	3	5	3/15
Paul Ross	8	3	5
Ray Ellis	7	2	5
Anthony Megaro	5	3	2
Gary Dulin	5	2	3	3/20
James Laughlin	3	3	0
Duncan Griffin	2	2	0
Luther Henson	2	2	0
Michael Guess	2	1	1
James Savoca	2	1	1
Timothy Burke	1	1	0
Ron Springs	1	1	0
Joe Hornik	1	1	0
Jimmy Moore	1	0	1
Joseph Robinson	1	0	1
Vince Skillings	1	0	1
Tim Vogler	1	0	1
Paul Campbell	1	0	1
John Hutchings	1	0	1
TOTALS	127	54	73	9/56

Ohio State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Tyrone Hicks	4	57	14.2	19	0
TOTALS	4	57	14.2	19	0

Ohio State Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Michael Guess	3	10	3.3	2	0
TOTALS	3	10	3.3	2	0

Ohio State Kicking
	FG	XP
None	-	-
TOTALS	-	-

Ohio State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Thomas Orosz	5	229	45.8	72
TOTALS	5	229	45.8	72

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