Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen each and every rushed for second-half touchdowns Saturday night time as No. 9 Penn State toppled No. 19 Illinois 21-7 in State Faculty, Pa. in a combat of Giant Ten Convention unbeatens.
Singleton snapped a 7-7 tie by means of dashing for a 4-yard rating at the Nittany Lions’ first force of the second one 1/2, capping a 12-play march that lasted greater than six mins. Allen added the clinching landing on a 5-yard run up the center with 1:55 left within the sport.
That got here 8 performs after Combating Illini quarterback Luke Altmyer’s cross used to be picked off by means of A.J. Harris on fourth-and-6 from their 48 for Altmyer’s first interception of the yr. His 51-yard landing go back used to be nullified by means of a penalty however Penn State (4-0, 1-0) tallied anyway after the turnover.
Altmyer finished 16 of 25 passes for 185 yards and a rating whilst working below expanding power as the sport wore on. He used to be sacked seven instances as Illinois fell to 4-1 general and 1-1 within the convention.
Drew Allar hit 15 of 21 passes for 135 yards for the Nittany Lions, whilst Allen rushed for 102 yards on 18 carries. Penn State earned a 374-219 merit in general yardage.
The principle storyline going into this one used to be Illinois’ unexpected ascension into the Most sensible 25 and whether or not it might deal with the take a look at of a moment directly ranked opponent at the highway.
Because it did remaining week when it stopped then-No. 22 Nebraska 31-24 in time beyond regulation, the Illini began speedy. They took the outlet kickoff and methodically marched 75 yards in 11 performs. Altmyer discovered tight finish Carson Goda for a 4-yard landing, his first profession scoring grasp.
Penn State responded simply over 4 mins later, making a spate of chew performs by itself 75-yard scoring force. Tight finish Tyler Warren took a right away snap on the 3 and powered over the function line for the equalizer.
Defenses dominated the 1/2’s the rest, even if each groups didn’t money in excellent drives overdue in the second one quarter, lacking lengthy box objectives. That left the rating even at intermission.
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