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Penn St. at (17) Northwestern

7:00 pm EDT Sat Oct 22, 2011

  • Partly Cloudy Evanston, IL 56°F

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Penn St. 34 at Northwestern 24

34
Penn State Nittany Lions
7-1 (Won last 6)
Final
Penn State Nittany Lions @ Northwestern Wildcats
Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Penn State Nittany Lions 14 13 7 0 34
Northwestern Wildcats 14 10 0 0 24
24
Northwestern Wildcats
2-5 (Lost last 5)

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter PSU - N.W.
Scoring Summary: Penn State Nittany Lions @ Northwestern Wildcats, 1st Quarter
Time Team Scoring Type Description Score
13:30 Northwestern Wildcats N.W. TD

Dan Persa rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain (Jeff Budzien made PAT)

 0 - 7
9:15 Penn State Nittany Lions PSU TD

Matt McGloin passed to Justin Brown down the middle for 4 yard gain (Anthony Fera made PAT)

 7 - 7
6:45 Penn State Nittany Lions PSU TD

Matt McGloin passed to Devon Smith down the middle for 45 yard gain (Anthony Fera made PAT)

 14 - 7
3:30 Northwestern Wildcats N.W. TD

Dan Persa passed to Kain Colter down the middle for 12 yard gain (Jeff Budzien made PAT)

 14 - 14
2nd Quarter PSU - N.W.
Scoring Summary: Penn State Nittany Lions @ Northwestern Wildcats, 2nd Quarter
Time Team Scoring Type Description Score
13:30 Penn State Nittany Lions PSU FG

Anthony Fera kicked a 37-yard field goal

 17 - 14
9:30 Northwestern Wildcats N.W. TD

Kain Colter rushed to the right for 4 yard gain (Jeff Budzien made PAT)

 17 - 21
4:10 Penn State Nittany Lions PSU FG

Anthony Fera kicked a 34-yard field goal

 20 - 21
0:55 Northwestern Wildcats N.W. FG

Jeff Budzien kicked a 25-yard field goal

 20 - 24
0:10 Penn State Nittany Lions PSU TD

Stephfon Green rushed to the left for 1 yard gain (Anthony Fera made PAT)

 27 - 24
3rd Quarter PSU - N.W.
Scoring Summary: Penn State Nittany Lions @ Northwestern Wildcats, 3rd Quarter
Time Team Scoring Type Description Score
12:00 Penn State Nittany Lions PSU TD

Silas Redd rushed to the right for 19 yard gain (Anthony Fera made PAT)

 34 - 24
4th Quarter PSU - N.W.
Scoring Summary: Penn State Nittany Lions @ Northwestern Wildcats, 4th Quarter
Time Team Scoring Type Description Score

None

 34 - 24

Passing

Team Statistics: Passing for Penn State Nittany Lions
Penn State Nittany Lions Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating
Matt McGloin 17 26 192 65.4 7.4 1 20 2 0 152.8
Team Statistics: Passing for Northwestern Wildcats
Northwestern Wildcats Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating
Dan Persa 26 34 294 76.5 8.6 4 30 1 1 152.9
Kain Colter 2 2 18 100.0 9.0 2 28 0 0 175.6
Trevor Siemian 0 3 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 0 0 0.0

Rushing

Team Statistics: Rushing for Penn State Nittany Lions
Penn State Nittany Lions Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Silas Redd 18 164 9.1 42 1 0
Stephfon Green 9 33 3.7 15 1 0
Michael Zordich 1 2 2.0 2 0 0
Curtis Dukes 2 1 0.5 5 0 0
Matt McGloin 7 -9 -1.3 6 0 0
Team Statistics: Rushing for Northwestern Wildcats
Northwestern Wildcats Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Kain Colter 9 51 5.7 46 1 0
Jacob Schmidt 6 25 4.2 9 0 0
Treyvon Green 8 11 1.4 3 0 0
Dan Persa 10 9 0.9 13 1 0
Jeremy Ebert 1 6 6.0 6 0 0
Charles Brown 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0
Trevor Siemian 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0

Receiving

Team Statistics: Receiving for Penn State Nittany Lions
Penn State Nittany Lions Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Devon Smith 6 110 18.3 45 1 0
Justin Brown 3 32 10.7 17 1 0
Curtis Drake 1 11 11.0 11 0 0
Stephfon Green 2 10 5.0 6 0 0
Brandon Moseby-Felder 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
Andrew Szczerba 2 8 4.0 4 0 0
Michael Zordich 1 7 7.0 7 0 0
Silas Redd 1 5 5.0 5 0 0
Team Statistics: Receiving for Northwestern Wildcats
Northwestern Wildcats Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Jeremy Ebert 5 109 21.8 54 0 0
Kain Colter 6 43 7.2 13 1 0
Drake Dunsmore 3 38 12.7 19 0 0
Charles Brown 1 27 27.0 27 0 0
Demetrius Fields 2 26 13.0 15 0 0
Jacob Schmidt 3 22 7.3 15 0 0
Christian Jones 3 20 6.7 8 0 0
Treyvon Green 3 16 5.3 8 0 0
Rashad Lawrence 2 11 5.5 10 0 0

Kicking

Team Statistics: Kicking for Penn State Nittany Lions
Penn State Nittany Lions XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts
Anthony Fera 4 4 2 2 37 100.0 10
Team Statistics: Kicking for Northwestern Wildcats
Northwestern Wildcats XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts
Jeff Budzien 3 3 1 1 25 100.0 6

Punting

Team Statistics: Punting for Penn State Nittany Lions
Penn State Nittany Lions Punt Avg Long Blk In20 TB
Alex Butterworth 2 38.0 54 0 2 0
Anthony Fera 2 41.0 43 0 0 0
Team Statistics: Punting for Northwestern Wildcats
Northwestern Wildcats Punt Avg Long Blk In20 TB
Brandon Williams 5 37.6 46 0 3 2

Kick/Punt Returns

Team Statistics: Returns for Penn State Nittany Lions
Penn State Nittany Lions KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD
Chaz Powell 4 114 28.5 54 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Adrian Amos 1 26 26.0 26 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Justin Brown 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Team Statistics: Returns for Northwestern Wildcats
Northwestern Wildcats KR Yds Avg Lng TD PR Yds Avg Lng TD
Jacob Schmidt 1 21 21.0 21 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Venric Mark 3 50 16.7 23 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

Last Updated

Updated on Tuesday, Oct 25, 2011 2:18 am ET

Top Performers

Penn St.
M. McGloin
Matt McGloin QB

17-26, 192 yds
2 TDs

Northwestern
K. Colter
Kain Colter QB

2-2, 18 yds
9 Rush, 51 yds, 1 TD
6 Rec, 43 yds, 1 TD

Team Statistics

Team Statistics Comparison: Penn State Nittany Lions / Northwestern Wildcats
Team Statistics Penn State Nittany Lions Northwestern Wildcats
First Downs 20 23
Total Yards 381 406
Turnovers 1 1
First Downs 20 23
Passing 8 14
Rushing 12 8
Penalty 0 1
Third Down Efficiency 5-13 7-15
Fourth Down Efficiency 1-1 1-2
Total Net Yards 381 406
Total Plays 65 76
Average Gain Per Play 5.9 5.3
Net Yards Rushing 189 94
Rushes 38 37
Average Per Rush 5.0 2.5
Net Yards Passing 192 312
Completions-Attempts 17-27 28-39
Yards Per Pass Play 7.1 8.0
Times Sacked 1 7
Yards Lost to Sacks 20 64
Had Intercepted 0 1
Punts 4 5
Average Punt 39.5 37.6
Penalties 4 3
Penalty Yards 38 20
Fumbles 3 0
Fumbles Lost 1 0