TONIGHT'S GAME
- One of the greatest spectacles in college football is set for Saturday night, as the No. 7 Nittany Lions host No. 16 Michigan in Beaver Stadium in the annual Penn State White Out game. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. on ABC.
- Penn State is one of 12 remaining undefeated teams in FBS. The Nittany Lions are 6-0 for the first time since 2017 and the sixth time in their Big Ten era. In 2017, Penn State improved to 7-0 with a White Out game win over Michigan.
- Penn State (8.2 ppg) ranks second in scoring defense, not allowing more than 13 points in any one game this season. In three Big Ten games, Penn State has allowed just 19 total points.
- Michigan is 5-1 this season, counting a win over No. 14 Iowa and a loss at now-No. 6 Wisconsin. The Wolverines have been particularly strong on defense, ranking in the top 15 nationally in both scoring (17.5 ppg) and total defense (283.3 ypg) and ninth in passing defense (160.5 ypg).
COLLEGE GAMEDAY AT PENN STATE
- ESPN's weekly pregame show will broadcast from Penn State for the eighth time in the program's history today. It is the 19th time the program has been at the site of a Penn State game.
- College GameDay will be broadcasting from a Penn State game for the fourth straight season. The show was in Happy Valley for the past two White Outs, and was on site for the 2016 Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.
- The eight-time Emmy Award-winning show is hosted by Rece Davis, who is joined by analysts Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Desmond Howard and David Pollack, as well as contributors Chris 'The Bear' Fallica, Jen Lada, Tom Rinaldi, Maria Taylor and Gene Wojciechowski.
14 SEAN CLIFFORD (JR./SO.)
- Clifford completed 12 of 24 passes for 117 yards and a touchdown in the Nittany Lions' win over Iowa. He also rushed for 67 yards on 16 carries.
- Clifford leads the Big Ten with 260.0 passing yards per game and is second in the league with 1,560 passing yards.
- Two-time team captain at St. Xavier High School, where he led the Bombers to the 2016 Division I Ohio State Championship.
38 LAMONT WADE (JR./JR.)
- Wade tied a team-high with seven total tackles vs. Iowa, including five solo stops
- He is second on the team with 29 total tackles, in addition to one tackle for loss.
- Rated No. 17 overall, No. 3 cornerback and No. 1 in Pennsylvania in the 2017 class by Scout.
21 NOAH CAIN (FR./FR.)
- Cain posted his second-straight 100-yard game with 102 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries.
- He is the first Nittany Lion freshman to rush for 100 yards in back-to-back games since Saquon Barkley in 2015.
- Two-time letterman and and senior team captain at IMG Academy in Florida, where he was rated a four-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals.
99 YETUR GROSS-MATOS (JR./JR.)
- Gross-Matos recorded five total tackles at Iowa. He leads Penn State with 8.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks.
- Voted first-team All-Big Ten by the media in 2018 after recording 54 total tackles and eight sacks.
- Had at least a half-sack in five straight games in 2018 from Michigan State (10/13) until Wisconsin (11/10).
2019 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS
- First row (from left): Cam Brown, Michael Shuster, Garrett Taylor, Weston Carr, John Reid, Jan Johnson, Nick Eury, Head Coach James Franklin, Robert Windsor, Steven Gonzalez, Nick Bowers, Dan Chisena, Colton Maxwell, Blake Gillikin, Justin Tobin.
- Second row: Assistant Coaches Gerad Parker, Ja'Juan Seider, Tyler Bowen, Matt Limegrover, Ricky Rahne, Asst. AD, Performance Enhancement Dwight Galt III, Assistant Coaches Brent Pry, Tim Banks, Terry M. Smith, Sean Spencer, Joe Lorig.
- Third row: Tariq Castro-Fields, Jaquan Brisker, Shaka Toney, Shane Simmons, Lamont Wade, Daniel Joseph, Antonio Shelton, Michal Menet, Hunter Kelly, Will Fries, Benjamin Wilson, Isaac Lutz, Yetur Gross-Matos, KJ Hamler, Donovan Johnson, Ricky Slade, Journey Brown, Jahan Dotson, Micah Parsons.
- Fourth row: Mac Hippenhammer, Ellis Brooks, Sean Clifford, DJ Brown, Jonathan Sutherland, Justin Neff, Drew Hartlaub, Jesse Luketa, Trevor Baker, Cameron Pica, C.J. Holmes, Max Chizmar, Fred Hansard, Anthony Whigan, Evan Presta, C.J. Thorpe, Mike Miranda, Des Holmes, Justin Weller.
- Fifth row: Cam Sullivan-Brown, Alec Berger, Pat Freiermuth, Damion Barber, Rafael Checa, Chris Stoll, Jake Pinegar, PJ Mustipher, Joe Calcagno, Carson Landis, Bradley King, Jordan Stout, Dan Vasey, Keaton Ellis, Justin Shorter, Will Levis, John Dunmore, Marquis Wilson.
- Sixth row: Joey Porter Jr., Ta'Quan Roberson, Lance Dixon, TJ Jones, Daniel George, Brandon Smith, Michael Johnson Jr., Grayson Kline, Trent Gordon, Isaac Rumery, Adisa Isaac, Noah Cain, Tyler Rudolph, Daequan Hardy, Aeneas Hawkins, Jaden Seider, Devyn Ford, Jayson Oweh, Henry Fessler.
- Seventh row: Denver Light, Dylan Farronato, Makai Self, Robbie Dwyer, Austin Sullivan, Joseph Appiah Darkwa, Charlie Katshir, Nick Tarburton, Tommy Friberg, Alex Furmanek, Will Knutsson, Hakeem Beamon, Dalton Daddona, Blake Zalar, Rasheed Walker, Nana Asiedu, Kaleb Konigus, Collin De Boef, Hudson Morris, Juice Scruggs.
- Eighth row: Defensive Graduate Asst. Kevin Smith, Defensive Graduate Asst. V'Angelo Bentley, Offensive Graduate Asst. Kevin Reihner, Offensive Graduate Asst. Mark Dupuis, Bryce Effner, Justin Kopko, Sal Wormley, Caedan Wallace, Zack Kuntz, Brenton Strange, Judge Culpepper, Dvon Ellies, Smith Vilbert, Vlad Hilling, Vlad Hilling, Asst. Dir. of Performance Enhancement Jeff Earls, Assoc. Dir. of Performance Enhancement Chuck Losey, Asst. Dir. of Performance Enhancement Barry Gant Jr., Asst. Dir. of Performance Enhancement Alvin Futrell, Sports Nutrition Intern Leanne Louden.
- Ninth row: Dir. of Football Administration Ben Kerr, Dir. of Football Operations Michael Hazel, Asst. AD/Chief of Staff for Football Kevin Threlkel, Executive Asst., Head Coach Dianna Weaver, Administrative Support Asst. Angie Hummel, Asst. Dir. of Player Development Lauren Geppert, Creative Assistant Nick Plesce, Asst. AD, Strategic Communications Kristina Petersen, Football Analyst and Analytics Coord. Larry Lewis, Football Analyst and Analytics Coordinator Samuel Williams, Team Consultant Jeff Carpenter, Offensive Analyst and Analytics Coord. Kirk Campbell, Operations Asst. Cody Hodgens, Special Teams Analyst and Analytics Coord. Aman Anand, Asst. AD for Performance Nutrition Services Kayla Martin, Applied Performance Scientist Jon Fleury, Asst. AD for Performance Psychology Carl Ohlson.
- Tenth row: Student Asst. Alex Hoenstine, Student Asst. Jake Zembiec, Performance Intern Brendon Miller, Performance Intern Brian Beman, Dir. of High School Relations Dann Kabala, Asst. Recruiting Coord. Heidi Erb, Recruiting Graphic Designer Caleb Tyler, Recruiting Coord. Destiny Rodriguez, Assoc. Dir. of Football Academic Support Services Todd Kulka, Asst. Dir. for Football Academic Services Rosie Tarnowski, Learning Specialist Nicole Rao, Asst. Athletic Trainer Ray Champagne, Asst. Athletic Trainer Tesa Johns, Dir. of Athletic Medicine Wayne Sebastianelli, Head Athletic Trainer Andy Mutnan, Asst. Athletic Trainer Matt Peragine, Student Athletic Trainers Morgan Leichtenberger, Joseph Benish.
- Eleventh row: Asst. AD, Equipment Services Jay Takach, Asst. Equipment Mgr. Stewart Carter, Student Mgrs. Matt Bucci, Ryan Okuniewski, AJ Youngmark, Jack Boyle, Kyle Smith, Brian Fischer, Dylan Orenstein, Daniel Slogosky, Greg Radovic, Sam Hammers, Max Rizer, Nico Piraino, Kevin Ceh, Will Gerrish, Jonathan Ceh, Rob Caprice, Student Athlete Trainers Julianna DeLuca, Kayla Hawbaker, Gabrielle Hahn..
- Back row: Video Dir. Jevin Stone, Asst. Video Dir. Blake Newsock, Asst. Video Coord. Joe Loosemore, Video Students Dan Howanetz, Jared Butterfield, Pat Bradley, Jake Schell, Matt Horan, Brianna Cooper, Nolan Hinphy, John Scarpelli, Katie Ache, Jackie Kurtz, Kaitlin Gehlahaus, Josh Phillips, Mike Lanzarone, Brad Hart.
- Franklin is in his ninth year as a collegiate head coach, leading his first eight squads to bowl games.
- Franklin is one of seven current FBS head coaches to lead his teams to a bowl game in each of his first eight seasons as a head coach.
- He owns a 75-36 career record, with six consecutive winning seasons.
- Franklin led the Nittany Lions to back-to-back New Year’s Six bowls in 2016 (Rose) and 2017 (Fiesta) for the first time since 1985 (Orange) and 1986 (Fiesta).
- Career record: 75-36 (51-21 at Penn State)
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
- Front row (from left): Asst. AD for Performance Nutrition Services Kayla Martin, Executive Asst., Head Coach Dianna Weaver, Recruiting Graphic Designer Caleb Tyler, Dir. of High School Relations Dann Kabala, Asst. AD Equipment Services Jay Takach, Video Director Jevin Stone, Offensive Analyst and Analytics Coord. Kirk Campbell, Head Athletic Trainer Andy Mutnan, Asst. Equipment Mgr. Stewart Carter, Athletic Trainer Tesa Johns, Operations Asst. Cody Hodgens, Asst. Recruiting Coord. Heidi Erb, Asst. Dir. of Performance Enhancement Alvin Futrell, Asst. Video Dir. Blake Newsock, Recruiting Coord. Destiny Rodriguez, Asst. Dir. of Player Development Lauren Geppert, Sports Nutrition Intern Leann Louden.
- Second row: Special Teams Analyst and Analytics Coord. Aman Anand, Asst. Athletic Trainer Ray Champagne, Asst. Athletic Trainer Matt Peragine, Assistant Coaches Matt Limegrover, Gerad Parker, Ja'Juan Seider, Tyler Bowen, Ricky Rahne, Head Coach James Franklin, Asst. AD, Performance Enhancement Dwight Galt III, Asst. Coaches Brent Pry, Sean Spencer, Tim Banks, Terry M. Smith, Joe Lorig, Defensive Graduate Asst. V'Angelo Bentley, Asst. Dir. of Performance Enhancement Jeff Earls.
- Back row: Asst. AD, Strategic Communications Kristina Petersen, Asst. Video Coord. Joe Loosemore, Offensive Graduate Asst. Mark Dupuis, Team Consultant Jeff Carpenter, Offensive Graduate Asst. Kevin Reihner, Assoc. Dir. of Performance Enhancement Chuck Losey, Asst. Director of Performance Enhancement Barry Gant Jr., Football Analyst and Analytics Coord. Samuel Williams, Assoc. Dir. of Football Academic Support Services Todd Kulka, Football Analyst and Analytics Coord. Larry Lewis, Defensive Graduate Asst. Kevin Smith, Dir. of Athletic Medicine Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli, Administrative Support Asst. Angie Hummel, Dir. of Football Administration Ben Kerr, Asst. AD for Performance Psychology Carl Ohlson, Applied Performance Scientist Jon Fleury, Creative Asst. Nick Plesce, Asst. AD, Chief of Staff for Football Kevin Threlkel, Dir. of Football Operations Michael Hazel.
TRAINING & MEDICAL
Front row (from left): Student Athletic Trainers Morgan Leichtenberger, Gabrielle Hahn, Joseph Benish, Kayla Hawbaker.
Back row: Student Athletic Trainer Julianna DeLuca, Asst. Athletic Trainer Ray Champagne, Asst. Athletic Trainer Matt Peragine, Head Athletic Trainer Andy Mutnan, Dir. of Athletic Medicine Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli, Athletic Trainer Tesa Johns.
EQUIPMENT & STUDENT MANAGERS
Front row (from left): Student Mgrs. Jack Boyle, Daniel Slogosky, Nico Piraino, Kyle Smith, Dylan Orenstein, Will Gerrish, AJ Youngmark.
Back row: Asst. Equipment Mgr. Stewart Carter, Student Mgrs. Brian Fischer, Ryan Okuniewski, Sam Hammers, Jonathan Ceh, Kevin Ceh, Max Rizer, Matt Bucci, Greg Radovic, Rob Caprice, Asst. AD, Equipment Services Jay Takach.
PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT
From left: Performance Intern Brian Beman, Asst. Dir. of Performance Enhancement Alvin Futrell, Assoc. Dir. of Performance Enhancement Chuck Losey, Dir. of Performance Enhancement Dwight Galt III, Asst. Dir. of Performance Enhancement Barry Gant, Asst. Dir. of Performance Enhancement Jeffery Earls, Performance Intern Brendon Miller.
VIDEO
Front row (from left): Students Brad Hart, Mike Lanzarone, Jackie Kurtz, Katie Ache, Brianna Cooper, Kaitlin Gehlahaus, John Scarpelli.
Back row: Production Coord. Blake Newsock, Students Jake Schell, Pat Bradley, Dan Howanetz, Josh Phillips, Dir. of Coaching Technology Jevin Stone, Students Jared Butterfield, Matt Horan, Nolan Hinphy, Asst. Video Coord. Joe Loosemore.
ACADEMIC SUPPORT
From left: Director for Football Academic Support Services Todd Kulka, Academic Support Asst. Haley Major, Learning Specialist Nicole Rao, Asst. Dir., Learning Specialist Cheryl Anderson, Academic Support Asst. Kayla Owens, Asst. Director for Football Academic Services Rosie Tarnowski, Academic Support Asst. Trevon Bosley.
Not pictured: Administrative Support Asst. Rachel Kelly.
FIELD MAINTENANCE
Front row: Mark Miller, Jay Shook, George Peters, Herb Combs, Thomas Goyne, Doug Rosefsky.
Back row: Rod Hockenberry, Chris Spotts, Scott Sunday, Drew Yoder, Chris Gawryla, Paul Curtis.
- Capacity: 106,572
- The second-largest stadium in the nation, Beaver Stadium has more than doubled in size since it was moved from its former site northeast of Rec Hall on the west side of campus to the east end of the campus in 1960.
- The Nittany Lions dedicated Beaver Stadium with a 20-0 victory over Boston University on Sept. 17, 1960.
- Beaver Stadium is named in honor of James A. Beaver, a former president of the University's Board of Trustees and credited as being among the most influential leaders in the development of the University at the turn of the century.
- Penn State hosted the highest-attended game in stadium history last season when the Nittany Lions faced Ohio State Sept. 29, 2018 (110,889).
LINKING HEALTH AND POPULATION PATTERNS
Penn State researchers are using remote technologies to predict disease outbreaks, ensuring health care resources are located where they are needed most.
While great strides have been made in reducing measles outbreaks in the United States, for many remote communities around the world, the disease is still a very real concern. The World Health Organization estimates there were more than 170,000 measles cases worldwide in 2017, the majority of which occurred in underserved areas with a lack of access to health care. To complicate matters, it’s especially hard to prevent outbreaks in areas where seasonal population migrations influence the amount of health care resources needed.
But as Nita Bharti has found, the answer to providing accessible health care in these areas might lie in satellite imagery. As part of research with Penn State’s Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Bharti has discovered a way to use satellite imagery to monitor changes in population sizes that can be difficult to track, particularly seasonal migration patterns. With this tool, health care officials can better prepare underserved areas with necessary resources, ensuring they’re well equipped to treat and prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases like measles.
THIS DATE IN PENN STATE HISTORY
OCT. 19, 1991 — PENN STATE 37, RUTGERS 17
O.J. McDuffie scored on a 55-yard punt return and then caught a 55-yard pass from Tony Sacca (left) to set up the go-ahead score in the Nittany Lions' 37-17 Homecoming victory over the Scarlet Knights.
Sacca completed 13 of 28 passes for 220 yards, his fourth straight 200-yard game. He also exceeded 5,000 career yards in the win.
The victory was the first of six straight to close the season, culminating with a 42-17 win over Tennessee in the 1992 Fiesta Bowl.
PLAYER TO WATCH
54 ROBERT WINDSOR (GR./SR.)
DEFENSIVE TACKLE
Windsor tied a career-high with six tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss in Penn State's win at Iowa. He has 16 total tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
He was named second-team All-Big Ten by the Associated Press and selected honorable-mention All-Big Ten by the league's coaches and media.
Credits:
Mark Selders, Craig Houtz