FINAL SCORE
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Penn State Nittany Lions game details
Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Hard Rock Stadium · Attendance 66,881
Put the final score in perspective.
Notre Dame finished 3 points ahead. The teams combined for 51 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Notre Dame 3, Penn State 10. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Penn State outscored its opponent in 1 and Notre Dame in 2. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Notre Dame | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 |
 Penn State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 23 | 20 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 11-17 | 3-11 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Total Yards | 384 | 339 |
| Passing | 267 | 135 |
| Comp/Att | 21/31 | 12/23 |
| Yards per pass | 8.6 | 5.9 |
| Rushing | 117 | 204 |
| Rushing Attempts | 42 | 42 |
| Yards per rush | 2.8 | 4.9 |
| Penalties | 4-30 | 5-44 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 2 | 1 |
| Possession | 29:56 | 30:04 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
passing
| Riley Leonard | 15/23 | 223 | 9.7 | 1 | 2 | 80.3 |
| Steve Angeli | 6/7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 72.5 |
| Team | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
rushing
| Jeremiyah Love | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 1 | 9 |
| Riley Leonard | 18 | 35 | 1.9 | 1 | 6 |
| Jayden Thomas | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Aneyas Williams | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 15 |
| Jadarian Price | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 0 | 12 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Angeli | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Jaden Greathouse | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 1 | 54 |
| Aneyas Williams | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | 36 |
| Mitchell Evans | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 0 | 32 |
| Jordan Faison | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Kris Mitchell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Jeremiyah Love | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
fumbles
| Steve Angeli | 1 | 0 | 0 |
defensive
| Jack Kiser | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Watts | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drayk Bowen | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylen Sneed | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Young | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Rubio | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaiden Ausberry | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Heard II | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adon Shuler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Cross III | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Gray | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Talich | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Burnham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Tuihalamaka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RJ Oben | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Harrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donovan Hinish | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Jayden Harrison | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Max Hurleman | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
kicking
| Mitch Jeter | 2/2 | 100.0 | 41 | 3/3 | 9 |
punting
| James Rendell | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 0 | 4 | 44 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Penn State Nittany Lions
passing
| Drew Allar | 12/23 | 135 | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | 69.3 |
rushing
| Nicholas Singleton | 15 | 84 | 5.6 | 3 | 13 |
| Kaytron Allen | 19 | 82 | 4.3 | 0 | 20 |
| Tyler Warren | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 12 |
| Drew Allar | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 11 |
receiving
| Tyler Warren | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 0 | 27 |
| Nicholas Singleton | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 23 |
| Khalil Dinkins | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 20 |
| Luke Reynolds | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Kaytron Allen | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Harrison Wallace III | 0 | -3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Allar | 0 | -4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
fumbles
| Drew Allar | 1 | 0 | 0 |
defensive
| Zakee Wheatley | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kobe King | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dani Dennis-Sutton | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylen Reed | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coziah Izzard | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdul Carter | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Zane Durant | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A.J. Harris | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elliot Washington II | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Kimber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic DeLuca | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Rojas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zion Tracy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Elsdon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Clifford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Smith Vilbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amin Vanover | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dvon J-Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Audavion Collins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Nicholas Singleton | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Zion Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Ryan Barker | 1/1 | 100.0 | 20 | 3/3 | 6 |
punting
| Riley Thompson | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 2 | 14:52 | Ryan Barker 20 Yd Field Goal | 0 – 3 |
| 2 | 2:18 | Nicholas Singleton 5 Yd Run (Ryan Barker Kick) | 0 – 10 |
| 2 | 0:00 | Mitch Jeter 41 Yd Field Goal | 3 – 10 |
| 3 | 10:46 | Riley Leonard 3 Yd Run (Mitch Jeter Kick) | 10 – 10 |
| 4 | 14:07 | Jeremiyah Love 2 Yd Run (Mitch Jeter Kick) | 17 – 10 |
| 4 | 10:20 | Nicholas Singleton 7 Yd Run (Ryan Barker Kick) | 17 – 17 |
| 4 | 7:55 | Nicholas Singleton 7 Yd Run (Ryan Barker Kick) | 17 – 24 |
| 4 | 4:38 | Jaden Greathouse 54 Yd pass from Riley Leonard (Mitch Jeter Kick) | 24 – 24 |
| 4 | 0:07 | Mitch Jeter 41 Yd Field Goal | 27 – 24 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 7:05 PM UTCData methodology