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Penn St at Northwestern: Box Score

Saturday Oct 7, 2017 12:00 pm - Evanston, IL
Odds: Penn St. by 14, Total Points: 50.5

Matchup Menu: PSU @ NW

More Games From Week 6
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T
Penn St. Nittany Lions (10-2) 3 7 14 7
31
Northwestern Wildcats (7-5) 0 0 0 7
7

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary PSU
NW
Penn St 0:13 3 Field Goal: Tyler Davis kicks a 21 yard field goal. 3
0
2nd Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary PSU
NW
Penn St 12:04 6 1 Passing TD: Tommy Stevens 10 yard pass from Trace McSorley. Extra Point good by Tyler Davis. 10
0
3rd Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary PSU
NW
Penn St 9:33 6 1 Rushing TD: Saquon Barkley 1 yard rush. Extra Point good by Tyler Davis. 17
0
Penn St 2:13 6 1 Rushing TD: Saquon Barkley 53 yard rush. Extra Point good by Tyler Davis. 24
0
4th Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary PSU
NW
Penn St 8:52 6 1 Rushing TD: Trace McSorley 5 yard rush. Extra Point good by Tyler Davis. 31
0
Northwestern 1:46 6 1 Rushing TD: Matt Alviti 1 yard rush. Extra Point good by Charlie Kuhbander. 31
7
PSU
NW
1st Downs 23
15
Passing 1st downs 14
9
Rushing 1st downs 6
6
1st downs from Penalties 3
0
3rd down efficiency 8-16
5-19
3rd down conversion % 50.0%
26.3%
4th down efficiency 0-1
2-4
4th down conversion % 0.0%
50.0%
Total Plays 84
77
Total Yards 381
265
Net Yards Passing 286
198
Sacked-Yards lost 5-36
4-30
Gross yards passing 322
228
Completions-Attempts 29-41
23-43
Completion% 70.7%
53.5%
Net yards per pass play 6.2
4.2
Touchdowns 1
0
Interceptions 0
2
Passer Rating 137.4
82.9
Net Yards Rushing 95
67
Rushing attempts 38
30
Yards per rush 2.5
2.2
Touchdowns 3
1
PSU
NW
Red Zone (Made-Att) 4-5
1-2
Red Zone Success % 80.0%
50.0%
Penalties 3-30
8-74
Turnovers 0
3
Fumbles-Lost 0-0
1-1
Interceptions thrown 0
2
Punting (Punts-Yards) 5-215
8-296
Yards per Punt 43.0
37.0
Field Goals 1-2
0-0
Extra Points 4
1
Punt Returns (Returns-Yards) 3-33
0-0
Yards per return 11.0
--
Kickoff Returns (Returns-Yards) 0-0
3-55
Yards per return --
18.3
Possession 34:04
25:56
1st Quarter 08:34
06:26
2nd Quarter 05:41
09:19
3rd Quarter 09:11
05:49
4th Quarter 10:38
04:22

Penn St. Nittany Lions Passing

  C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT NCAAF RATING
Tommy Stevens 4/7 41 5.9 0 0 106.3
Trace McSorley 25/34 245 7.2 1 0 143.8
Team 29/41 322 7.9 1 0 137.4

Penn St. Nittany Lions Rushing

  CAR YDS AVG TD
Saquon Barkley 16 75 4.7 2
Tommy Stevens 3 17 5.7 0
Mark Allen 2 4 2.0 0
Andre Robinson 1 0 0.0 0
Trace McSorley 16 -1 -0.1 1
Team 38 95 2.5 3

Penn St. Nittany Lions Receiving

  REC YDS AVG TD
Saquon Barkley 2 9 4.5 0
Tommy Stevens 2 8 4.0 1
Saeed Blacknall 4 74 18.5 0
DeAndre Thompkins 6 57 9.5 0
Juwan Johnson 6 43 7.2 0
Brandon Polk 3 40 13.3 0
DaeSean Hamilton 2 35 17.5 0
Miles Sanders 2 11 5.5 0
Mike Gesicki 2 9 4.5 0
Team 29 322 11.1 1

Penn St. Nittany Lions Fumbles

  FUM LOST
Team 0 0

Penn St. Nittany Lions Interceptions

  INT YDS
Christian Campbell 1 0
Amani Oruwariye 1 0
Team 2 0

Penn St. Nittany Lions Defensive

  TACKLES MISC
  TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD
Jason Cabinda 5 3 0 0 0
Brandon Smith 5 1 0 0 0
Marcus Allen 5 2 0 0 0
Tony Apke 5 5 0 0 0
Shane Simmons 4 2 0 1 0
Shareef Miller 4 3 1 1 0
Koa Farmer 4 4 0 1 0
Manny Bowen 4 2 0 0 0
Christian Campbell 4 3 0 0 2
Parker Cothren 3 0 0 0 0
Grant Haley 3 2 0 1 3
Ayron Monroe 2 2 0 0 0
Jan Johnson 2 1 0 0 0
Curtis Cothran 2 1 1 1 0
Ryan Buchholz 2 0 0 0 0
Shaka Toney 2 2 2 2 0
Nick Scott 2 2 0 0 0
Cameron Brown 1 1 0 0 0
Robert Windsor 1 0 0 0 0
Zech McPhearson 1 1 0 0 1
Daniel Joseph 1 1 0 0 0
Jarvis Miller 1 0 0 0 1
Josh McPhearson 1 0 0 0 0
Amani Oruwariye 1 1 0 0 1
Jake Cooper 1 1 0 0 0
Team 66 40 4 7 10

Penn St. Nittany Lions Kick Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Team 0 0 --

Penn St. Nittany Lions Punt Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
DeAndre Thompkins 3 33 11.0 32
Team 3 33 11.0

Penn St. Nittany Lions Kicking

  FG PCT LONG XP PTS
Tyler Davis 1/2 50.0% 21 4 4
Team 1/2 50.0% 4 4

Penn St. Nittany Lions Punting

  TOT YDS AVG LG
Blake Gillikin 5 215 43.0 50
Team 5 215 43.0

Northwestern Wildcats Passing

  C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT NCAAF RATING
Matt Alviti 4/7 56 8.0 0 0 124.3
Clayton Thorson 19/36 142 3.9 0 2 74.8
Team 23/43 228 5.3 0 2 82.9

Northwestern Wildcats Rushing

  CAR YDS AVG TD
Justin Jackson 16 66 4.1 0
Matt Alviti 3 20 6.7 1
Jeremy Larkin 3 5 1.7 0
Jesse Brown 1 4 4.0 0
Riley Lees 1 0 0.0 0
Clayton Thorson 6 -28 -4.7 0
Team 30 67 2.2 1

Northwestern Wildcats Receiving

  REC YDS AVG TD
Justin Jackson 6 23 3.8 0
Macan Wilson 4 39 9.8 0
Ben Skowronek 2 34 17.0 0
Flynn Nagel 3 26 8.7 0
Jace James 1 25 25.0 0
Riley Lees 2 22 11.0 0
Garrett Dickerson 3 17 5.7 0
Cameron Green 1 9 9.0 0
Kyric McGowan 1 3 3.0 0
Team 23 228 9.9 0

Northwestern Wildcats Fumbles

  FUM LOST
Clayton Thorson 1 1
Team 1 1

Northwestern Wildcats Interceptions

  INT YDS
Team 0 0

Northwestern Wildcats Defensive

  TACKLES MISC
  TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD
Macan Wilson 1 1 0 0 0
Ben Skowronek 1 1 0 0 0
Godwin Igwebuike 11 8 0 1 0
Nate Hall 9 8 1 2 0
Paddy Fisher 6 5 0 1.5 0
Trae Williams 5 3 0 0 0
Kyle Queiro 5 2 0 1 0
Blake Gallagher 5 2 0 0 0
Marcus McSheppard 4 3 0 0 0
Trent Goens 4 2 1 2 0
Joe Gaziano 3 2 1 1.5 0
Montre Hartage 3 3 0 0 0
Jared McGee 3 1 0 0 0
Brett Walsh 3 3 0 0 0
Sam Miller 2 1 1 1.5 0
Jordan Thompson 2 0 0 0 0
Tyler Lancaster 2 0 0 0.5 0
Chris Bergin 2 1 0 0 0
Warren Long 2 1 0 0 0
Corey Acker 1 1 0 0 0
Moe Almasri 1 0 0 0 0
Fred Wyatt 1 1 0 0 0
Alex Miller 1 1 1 1 0
Joe Bergin 1 0 0 0 0
Alonzo Mayo 1 1 0 0 0
Team 79 51 5 12 1

Northwestern Wildcats Kick Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Riley Lees 3 55 18.3 22
Team 3 55 18.3

Northwestern Wildcats Punt Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Team 0 0 --

Northwestern Wildcats Kicking

  FG PCT LONG XP PTS
Charlie Kuhbander 0/0 -- 0 1 1
Team 0/0 -- 1 1

Northwestern Wildcats Punting

  TOT YDS AVG LG
Hunter Niswander 8 296 37.0 51
Team 8 296 37.0