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FINAL Saturday, December 27, 2025

Penn State Nittany LionsPenn State vs Clemson TigersClemson

22 - 10
Yankee Stadium

Scoring by quarter

Penn State vs Clemson scoreboard
Team Q1Q2Q3Q4 Final
Penn State 33016 22
Clemson 0307 10
Penn State vs Clemson scoring by quarter
Penn State Qtr Clemson
3Q10
3Q23
0Q30
16Q47
22Final10

Play by play

Scoring plays: this game · Saved from the official gamebook.

Q1 8:32 Field goal Penn State Ryan Barker #94 R.Barker field goal attempt from 22 yards GOOD (H: #14 R.Thompson, LS: #48 T.Duzansky) 3-0
Q2 0:56 Field goal Clemson #81 N.Hauser field goal attempt from 48 yards GOOD (H: #88 C.Swinney, LS: #58 H.Caspersen) 3-3
Q2 0:00 Field goal Penn State Ryan Barker Ryan Barker 48 Yd Field Goal 6-3
Q4 14:56 Field goal Penn State Ryan Barker #94 R.Barker field goal attempt from 43 yards GOOD (H: #14 R.Thompson, LS: #48 T.Duzansky) 9-3
Q4 12:51 Touchdown Penn State Trebor Pena Trebor Pena 73 Yd pass from Ethan Grunkemeyer (Quinton Martin Jr. Run for Two-Point Conversion) 15-3
Q4 8:47 Touchdown Clemson No Huddle-Shotgun #8 A.Randall rush middle for 2 yards gain to the PSU00 TOUCHDOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "Runner broke the plane". CALL UPHELD #81 N.Hauser kick attempt good (H: #88 C.Swinney, LS: #58 H.Caspersen) 15-10
Q4 4:56 Touchdown Penn State Andrew Rappleyea Andrew Rappleyea 11 Yd pass from Ethan Grunkemeyer (Ryan Barker Kick) 22-10

Rivalry highlights

Series record
1-1
Penn State first, 2 meetings since 1987
Series leader
Even
Series even 1-1 in 2 meetings since 1987
Widest recent margin
25 points
Penn State 10-35 Clemson, 1987
Tightest recent margin
12 points
Penn State 22-10 Clemson, 2025
Highest recent total
45 points
Penn State 10-35 Clemson, 1987

Head to head

Full rivalry page
Penn State 1 2 meetings since 1987 1 Clemson

Series even 1-1 in 2 meetings since 1987 Series leader: Even.

Team stats, this game

Penn StateClemson
397Total yards236
260Passing yards193
137Rushing yards43
0Turnovers0
4Sacks2
20First downs16
35Penalty yards5

Penn State vs Clemson player stats

Passing

Penn Statepassing
Penn StateC/ATTYDSTDINT
Ethan Grunkemeyer23/3426020
Liam Clifford0/1000
Clemsonpassing
ClemsonC/ATTYDSTDINT
Cade Klubnik22/3919300
Jack Smith0/1000

Rushing

Penn Staterushing
Penn StateCARYDSTDLONG
Quinton Martin Jr.20103021
Tikey Hayes318010
Corey Smith91707
Devonte Ross21107
Liam Clifford1202
Ethan Grunkemeyer4-1105
Clemsonrushing
ClemsonCARYDSTDLONG
Adam Randall113519
Gideon Davidson41108
Tyler Brown110010
Cade Klubnik9-13013

Receiving

Penn Statereceiving
Penn StateRECYDSTDLONG
Trebor Pena5100173
Devonte Ross884035
Koby Howard234019
Luke Reynolds228017
Andrew Rappleyea518111
Quinton Martin Jr.1-400
Clemsonreceiving
ClemsonRECYDSTDLONG
T.J. Moore683044
Tyler Brown331020
Christian Bentancur229027
Gideon Davidson113013
Josh Sapp21006
Tristan Smith21005
Clark Sanderson1909
Adam Randall5809

Defense

Penn Statedefense
Penn StateTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Vaboue Toure74110
Amare Campbell77000
Dejuan Lane53000
Zion Tracy53000
Jahmir Joseph55000
Dani Dennis-Sutton42220
Alonzo Ford32000
Keon Wylie33000
Dominic DeLuca31010
Audavion Collins21000
King Mack21000
Tyriq Blanding21010
Clemsondefense
ClemsonTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Sammy Brown153010
Ronan Hanafin84010
Will Heldt8000.50
Jeremiah Alexander71000
Branden Strozier75010
Kobe McCloud61000
Cade Denhoff51000
Caden Story500.50.50
Fletcher Cothran510.510
Ashton Hampton54110
Ricardo Jones43000
Vic Burley30000

Kicking

Penn Statekicking
Penn StateFGLONGXPPTS
Ryan Barker3/3481/110
Clemsonkicking
ClemsonFGLONGXPPTS
Nolan Hauser1/2481/14

Box score from CollegeFootballData via our data hub. Players link to their profiles.

Penn State: last 15 games before this one

8-7 in the last 15 · 31.6 scored · 20.5 allowed
WON 38-10 scored 38 · allowed 10 See game WON 31-14 scored 31 · allowed 14 See game LOST 24-27 scored 24 · allowed 27 See game WON 46-11 scored 46 · allowed 11 See game WON 34-0 scored 34 · allowed 0 See game WON 52-6 scored 52 · allowed 6 See game LOST 24-30 scored 24 · allowed 30 See game LOST 37-42 scored 37 · allowed 42 See game LOST 21-22 scored 21 · allowed 22 See game LOST 24-25 scored 24 · allowed 25 See game LOST 14-38 scored 14 · allowed 38 See game LOST 24-27 scored 24 · allowed 27 See game WON 28-10 scored 28 · allowed 10 See game WON 37-10 scored 37 · allowed 10 See game WON 40-36 scored 40 · allowed 36 See game

Clemson: last 15 games before this one

8-7 in the last 15 · 27.7 scored · 22.1 allowed
LOST 14-17 scored 14 · allowed 17 See game WON 34-31 scored 34 · allowed 31 See game LOST 24-38 scored 24 · allowed 38 See game LOST 10-17 scored 10 · allowed 17 See game WON 27-16 scored 27 · allowed 16 See game LOST 21-24 scored 21 · allowed 24 See game LOST 21-34 scored 21 · allowed 34 See game WON 38-10 scored 38 · allowed 10 See game WON 41-10 scored 41 · allowed 10 See game LOST 24-35 scored 24 · allowed 35 See game LOST 45-46 scored 45 · allowed 46 See game WON 24-10 scored 24 · allowed 10 See game WON 20-19 scored 20 · allowed 19 See game WON 45-10 scored 45 · allowed 10 See game WON 28-14 scored 28 · allowed 14 See game

The matchup

Team comparison
Penn State Split Clemson
6-62025 record entering7-5
381Points for344
257Points against245
W3FormW4

Recent meetings

2025
Penn State 22 : 10 Clemson
1987
Penn State 10 : 35 Clemson
Penn State · QB Rocco Becht
Pass yards
1108
Pass TD
10
Comp-Att
83-134
INT
3
Peoples rush
212 yds
Howard rec
344 yds
Clemson · QB Tait Reynolds
Pass yards
818
Pass TD
1
Comp-Att
82-127
INT
3
Davidson rush
371 yds
Jr. rec
315 yds
Penn State Nittany LionsPenn State2025 roster
2 Bekkem Kritza QB 14 Jaxon Smolik QB 15 Drew Allar QB 17 Ethan Grunkemeyer QB 19 Jack Lambert QB 10 Nicholas Singleton RB 13 Kaytron Allen RB 20 Corey Smith RB 21 Jabree Coleman RB 23 Tikey Hayes RB 25 Quinton Martin Jr. RB 26 Cam Wallace RB 30 Amiel Davis RB 34 Tyler Holzworth RB 0 Aaron Enterline WR 2 Liam Clifford WR 5 Devonte Ross WR 6 Koby Howard WR 7 Kaden Saunders WR 7 Josiah Brown WR 7 Peter Gonzalez WR 8 Trebor Pena WR 10 Anthony Ivey WR 11 Kyron Hudson WR 11 Lyrick Samuel WR 13 Matthew Outten WR 19 Tyseer Denmark WR 20 Jeff Exinor Jr. WR 31 Logan Cunningham WR 82 Ethan Black WR 16 Khalil Dinkins TE 18 Joey Schlaffer TE 19 Andrew Olesh TE 44 Matt Henderson TE 83 Brian Kortovich TE 85 Luke Reynolds TE 87 Andrew Rappleyea TE 89 Finn Furmanek TE 50 Cooper Cousins OL 52 Dominic Rulli OL 53 Nick Dawkins OL 53 Alex Birchmeier OL 54 Michael Troutman III OL 55 Chimdy Onoh OL 58 Ian Harvie OL 60 Brady O'Hara OL 61 Liam Horan OL 64 Eagan Boyer OL 65 Jim Fitzgerald OL 66 Drew Shelton OL 67 TJ Shanahan Jr. OL 67 Henry Boehme OL 68 Anthony Donkoh OL 71 Olaivavega Ioane OL 71 Garrett Sexton OL 72 Nolan Rucci OL 74 J'ven Williams OL 75 Matt Detisch OL 76 Mason Carlan OL 77 Owen Aliciene OL 78 Malachi Goodman OL 79 Donnie Harbour OL 2 Xavier Gilliam DL 11 Jaylen Harvey DL 34 Cortez Harris DL 36 Randy Adirika DL 37 Mylachi Williams DL 56 Daniel Jennings DL 58 Kaleb Artis DL 11 LaVar Arrington II DE 18 Zuriah Fisher DE 18 Max Granville DE 19 Yvan Kemajou DE 19 Chaz Coleman DE 33 Dani Dennis-Sutton DE 42 Mason Robinson DE 43 Dayshaun Burnett DE 47 Aidan Probst DE 88 Sam Siafa DE 93 Bobby Mears DE 95 Jordan Mayer DE 28 Zane Durant DT 39 Ty Blanding DT 45 Enai White DT 50 Alonzo Ford Jr. DT 73 Caleb Brewer DT 90 Liam Andrews DT 91 Owen Wafle DT 94 De'Andre Cook DT 0 Dominic DeLuca LB 0 Amare Campbell LB 13 Tony Rojas LB 13 Kari Jackson LB 13 Braswell Thomas LB 16 Anthony Speca LB 19 Da'Karri Nelson LB 25 Alex Tatsch LB 26 Cam Smith LB 33 Keon Wylie LB 45 Jackson Pryts LB 4 A.J. Harris DB 7 Lamont Payne DB 10 Dejuan Lane DB 35 Antoine Belgrave-Shorter DB 2 Audavion Collins CB 3 Elliot Washington II CB 5 Daryus Dixson CB 7 Zion Tracy CB 12 Xxavier Thomas CB 15 Joshua Johnson CB 16 Donte Nastasi CB 22 Kenny Woseley Jr. CB 23 Jahmir Joseph CB 35 Tyler Armstead CB 4 King Mack S 6 Zakee Wheatley S 18 Kolin Dinkins S 21 Vaboue Toure S 28 Karson Kiesewetter S 39 Jashaun Green S 94 Ryan Barker PK 98 Matthew Parker PK 95 Riley Thompson P 99 Gabriel Nwosu P 35 Blaise Sokach-Minnick LS 48 Tyler Duzansky LS 92 Andrew Dufault LS
Clemson TigersClemson2025 roster
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Matchup stats

Matchup predictor

43% PSU
57% CLEM

Win probability from the current point spread

Last five games

Penn State

DateOppResult
10-02 atNU L 13-34
09-26 vsWIS L 20-24
09-19 vsBUF W 55-13
09-12 atTEM W 27-9
09-05 vsMRSH W 45-0

ClemsonProvided by accfootball.co

DateOppResult
10-03 vsMIA L 13-41
09-25 atCAL W 24-10
09-19 vsUNC W 28-20
09-12 vsGASO W 22-7
09-05 atLSU L 10-51

Completed results from CollegeFootballData via the CFB Data Hub

2026 standings

Big Ten

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Indiana 500 1.00022154
Nebraska 500 1.00021871
UCLA 400 1.00017975
USC 510 .833224153
Ohio State 410 .80021163
Iowa 410 .80014563
Wisconsin 410 .80015883
Minnesota 410 .80016090
Oregon 310 .75019093
Northwestern 310 .75013267
Penn State 320 .60016080
Washington 320 .60013392
Michigan 320 .60011579
Illinois 230 .400153130
Maryland 230 .400152151
Purdue 230 .400152175
Michigan State 230 .40091116
Rutgers 140 .200150161

ACCProvided by accfootball.co

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Miami 500 1.00024849
Pittsburgh 500 1.00019267
Duke 400 1.00014544
Virginia Tech 410 .80020699
Wake Forest 410 .800183115
SMU 410 .800173115
Virginia 320 .60016990
Florida State 320 .600166108
NC State 320 .600184128
Clemson 320 .60097129
Syracuse 220 .50013992
North Carolina 220 .5009678
Louisville 230 .400193146
California 230 .400135133
Boston College 230 .40095117
Stanford 230 .40087191
Georgia Tech 130 .250108104

Records computed from completed games this season

Penn State vs Clemson: result and recap

Penn State Nittany Lions vs Clemson Tigers finished 22 - 10 on December 27, 2025. This Big Ten game page carries the final score, team box score, scoring by quarter and scoring plays, alongside the Penn State and Clemson team hubs, the match center, the schedule and the live standings. For the wider grudge history between these teams, see the Big Ten rivalry pages.

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Frequently asked questions

What was the final score of Penn State vs Clemson?

Penn State Nittany Lions vs Clemson Tigers finished 22 - 10. The full box score, player stats and play-by-play are on this page.

Who led Penn State vs Clemson in passing, rushing and receiving?

Ethan Grunkemeyer (Penn State) led passers with 260 yards. Quinton Martin Jr. (Penn State) led rushers with 103 yards. Trebor Pena (Penn State) led receivers with 100 yards on 5 catches. Every player's line is in the player stats above.

When did Penn State play Clemson?

This Penn State vs Clemson game was played on December 27, 2025 at Yankee Stadium.