Illinois 27, Penn St. 20
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  1 2 3 4 Total
Penn St. 10 7 3 0 20 Final 
Illinois 14 7 3 3 27  
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Nittany Lions - Fighting Illini 
  1st Quarter
 Nittany Lions FG Kevin Kelly kicked a 26-yard field goal 3 - 0 
 
 Fighting Illini TD PSU kicked off, Arrelious Benn returned kickoff for 90 yards (Jason Reda made PAT) 3 - 7 
 
 Fighting Illini TD Rashard Mendenhall rushed to the right for 2 yard gain (Jason Reda made PAT) 3 - 14 
 
 Nittany Lions TD Anthony Morelli passed to Derrick Williams to the right for 24 yard gain (Kevin Kelly made PAT) 10 - 14 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Fighting Illini TD Juice Williams passed to Arrelious Benn down the middle for 29 yard gain (Jason Reda made PAT) 10 - 21 
 
 Nittany Lions TD Austin Scott rushed to the left for 7 yard gain (Kevin Kelly made PAT) 17 - 21 
 
  3rd Quarter
 Fighting Illini FG Jason Reda kicked a 47-yard field goal 17 - 24 
 
 Nittany Lions FG Kevin Kelly kicked a 20-yard field goal 20 - 24 
 
  4th Quarter
 Fighting Illini FG Jason Reda kicked a 33-yard field goal 20 - 27 
 
 Team Statistics
  Nittany Lions Fighting Illini 
  First Downs 18 17 
    Passing 12
    Rushing 6
    Penalty 0
  Third Down Efficiency 5-17 6-15 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 1-2 0-0 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 427 336 
    Total Plays 74 65 
    Average Gain Per Play 5.8 5.2 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 129 216 
    Rushes 36 38 
    Average Per Rush 3.6 5.7 
  NET YARDS PASSING 298 120 
    Completions-Attempts 21-38 11-27 
    Yards Per Pass Play 7.8 4.4 
    Times Sacked 4
    Yards Lost to Sacks 20
    Had Intercepted 3
  PUNTS 4 6 
    Average Punt 48.3 33.3 
  PENALTIES 4 4 
    Penalty Yards 20 43 
  FUMBLES 3 1 
    Fumbles Lost 1
 Passing                  
 Penn St. Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 A. Morelli 21 38 298 55.3 7.8 4 20 1
 Illinois Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 J. Williams 11 24 120 45.8 5.0 0 0 1
 E. McGee 0 3 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
 Rushing            
 Penn St. Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 R. Kinlaw 16 66 4.1 14 0
 A. Scott 12 52 4.3 9 1
 D. Williams 2 20 10.0 23 0
 A. Morelli 6 -9 -1.5 12 0
 Illinois Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 R. Mendenhall 18 76 4.2 16 1
 E. McGee 2 58 29.0 53 0
 J. Williams 7 37 5.3 17 0
 R. Weil 2 18 9.0 12 0
 B. Gamble 2 14 7.0 8 0
 A. Benn 5 9 1.8 5 0
 D. Dufrene 1 6 6.0 6 0
 Receiving            
 Penn St. Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Norwood 3 89 29.7 43 0
 D. Williams 5 79 15.8 47 1
 D. Butler 4 48 12.0 16 0
 C. Bell 1 37 37.0 34 0
 A. Quarless 2 25 12.5 21 0
 T. Golden 1 10 10.0 10 0
 R. Kinlaw 2 6 3.0 12 0
 M. Hahn 3 4 1.3 6 0
 Illinois Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 A. Benn 6 84 14.0 29 1
 R. Mendenhall 4 27 6.8 10 0
 J. Willis 1 9 9.0 9 0
 Kicking              
 Penn St. XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 K. Kelly 2 2 2 3 26 66.7
 Illinois XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 J. Reda 3 3 2 2 47 100.0
 Punting            
 Penn St. Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 J. Boone 4 48.3 70 0 1
 Illinois Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 A. Santella 6 33.3 42 0 1
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Penn St. PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 A. Wallace 0 0 0.0 0 0 4 55 13.8 23
 J. Hayes 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 12 12.0 12
 D. Williams 2 13 6.5 7 0 0 0 0.0 0
 Illinois PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 A. Benn 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 90 90.0 90
 V. Davis 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 27 27.0 27
 R. Weil 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 16 16.0 16
 K. Hudson 1 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0

Updated on Tuesday, Oct 2, 2007 3:39 am ET

 
 Top Performers
 Penn St.
D. Williams D. Williams, WR
5 Rec, 79 yds
1 TD
 Illinois
R. Mendenhall R. Mendenhall, RB
18 Rush, 76 yds
1 TD