Interesting stat: Penn State is tied for 128th in red zone defense.

[GreggK]

Interesting in how these rankings sometimes lie. Our opponents only had 7 red zone chances.
However, the opponents have scored every time. 4 rushing touchdowns, 1 passing and 2 field goals.

The only other team to have allowed under ten red zone trips by their opponent is Michigan, and they are ranked #1.
(they allowed only 3 scores from the red zone)

Most other teams have in the 20s red zone appearances by their opponent.

This means nothing, I just found it interesting.

 

[Bosco2]

Interesting in how these rankings sometimes lie. Our opponents only had 7 red zone chances.
However, the opponents have scored every time. 4 rushing touchdowns, 1 passing and 2 field goals.

The only other team to have allowed under ten red zone trips by their opponent is Michigan, and they are ranked #1.
(they allowed only 3 scores from the red zone)

Most other teams have in the 20s red zone appearances by their opponent.

This means nothing, I just found it interesting.

Proof that statistics do lie sometimes.

 

[Alphabets]

Yes, we've held opponents to one RZ chance all year and they scored on it. We're terrible! Lol

 

[NewEra 2026]

This reminds me of when Jay Paterno was OC and we were kicking a bunch of field goals when we got to the red zone. He attempted to say that we were a great red zone team because we were scoring on a high percentage of times that the offense made it inside the 20 yard line. In reality, we were really bad in the red zone because we were only getting a bit more than 3 points per trip to the red zone, rather than nearly 7 points per trip to the red zone.

But the most reliable indicator is points. I'll take points any way I can get them, even if a team scores on a bunch of big plays from outside the red zone.

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[psuro]

Interesting in how these rankings sometimes lie. Our opponents only had 7 red zone chances.
However, the opponents have scored every time. 4 rushing touchdowns, 1 passing and 2 field goals.

The only other team to have allowed under ten red zone trips by their opponent is Michigan, and they are ranked #1.
(they allowed only 3 scores from the red zone)

Most other teams have in the 20s red zone appearances by their opponent.

This means nothing, I just found it interesting.

I blame Jay.