Penn State Nittany Lions vs Temple Owls

College Football

Penn State

2-0

27-9

Final

Temple

1-1

Lincoln Financial Field

Drive chart

Drives

End of Game
Touchdown
Touchdown
Punt
Field Goal
Punt

Team	1	2	3	4	T
PSU	0	10	10	7	27
TEM	0	3	0	6	9

Who won: Penn State 27-9

The Penn State Nittany Lions beat the Temple Owls 27-9 on Saturday, September 12, 2026 at Lincoln Financial Field. The Penn State outscored the Temple 10-0 in the 3rd quarter. Rocco Becht led the Penn State in passing yards (21/27, 268 YDS, 3 TD). Jaxon Smolik led the Temple in passing yards (10/16, 59 YDS, 1 INT).

PSU

TEM

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Jaxon Smolik	10/16	59	3.7	0	1	70.8
Ajani Sheppard	3/6	48	8.0	0	0	91.7

Rushing	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Keveun Mason	14	76	5.4	0	22
Jaxon Smolik	7	71	10.1	0	47
De'Carlos Young	4	17	4.3	0	10
Ajani Sheppard	3	10	3.3	1	5
Hunter Smith	4	4	1.0	0	2
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jayce Freeman	1	39	39.0	39
Peter Clarke	6	31	5.2	13
Ryder Kusch	3	29	9.7	15
JoJo Bermudez	2	6	3.0	4
Keveun Mason	1	2	2.0	2

Defensive	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Curly Ordonez	12	9	1	1	0
Saboor Karriem	8	8	0	0	0
Avery Powell	5	3	0	0	1
Denzel Chavis	4	3	0	0	0
Eric Stuart	3	3	0	0	0
Adrian Laing	3	2	0	0	1
Tyree Alualu	3	2	0	0	0
Jaeden Gould	2	2	0	0	0
Kolin Dinkins	2	2	0	0	0
Orel Gray	2	1	0	0	0
Russell Sykes IV	2	1	0	0	0
Asa Locks	2	1	0	0	0
Zach Aamland	1	1	0	0	0
Jordan Montgomery	1	1	0	0	0
Cameron Jones	1	1	0	0	0
Jamarcus Pierre	1	1	0	0	0
Lamar Fairfax	1	1	0	0	0
R.J. Blount	1	1	0	0	0
JaMair Diaz	1	1	0	0	0
Nakeel Lawrence	1	1	0	0	0
Kaleb Artis	1	0	0	0	0
Earl Kulp	1	0	0	0	0
Kevin Hornbeak Jr.	1	0	0	0	0