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FBS college football / FINAL / Sat Sep 12, 2026 11:00 AM CT

Penn State Nittany Lions beat Temple Owls 27-9

Penn State Nittany Lions led Temple Owls 10-3 at halftime.

By BetMetrics

Final
Penn State Nittany Lions27
Temple Owls9
WHERE IT TURNED

Penn State Nittany Lions defeated Temple Owls 27-9. Penn State Nittany Lions led Temple Owls 10-3 at halftime.

Rocco Becht completed 21 of 27 passes for 268 yards and 3 touchdowns. Jaxon Smolik completed 10 of 16 passes for 59 yards.

Carson Hansen ran 19 times for 84 yards. Keveun Mason ran 14 times for 76 yards.

Benjamin Brahmer caught 5 passes for 79 yards and 2 touchdowns. Jayce Freeman caught 1 pass for 39 yards.

Penn State Nittany Lions: 416 total yards; Temple Owls: 283 total yards.

GAME LEADERS

Names of the game.

Passing yards

Rocco Becht

Penn State Nittany Lions · 21/27, 268 YDS, 3 TD

Rushing yards

Carson Hansen

Penn State Nittany Lions · 19 CAR, 84 YDS

Receiving yards

Benjamin Brahmer

Penn State Nittany Lions · 5 REC, 79 YDS, 2 TD

Sacks

Yvan Kemajou

Penn State Nittany Lions · 1

Passing yards

Jaxon Smolik

Temple Owls · 10/16, 59 YDS, 1 INT

Rushing yards

Keveun Mason

Temple Owls · 14 CAR, 76 YDS

Receiving yards

Jayce Freeman

Temple Owls · 1 REC, 39 YDS

Sacks

Curly Ordonez

Temple Owls · 1

GAMEBOOK

The final ledger.

Open period scoring and team statistics
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Penn State Nittany Lions01010727
Temple Owls03069

Team statistics

StatisticPenn State Nittany LionsTemple Owls
First downs2314
Net passing yards268107
Time of possession28:4931:11
Rushing yards148176
Third-down efficiency6-124-12
Total yards416283
Turnovers01