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Penn State returned to State College, Pennsylvania, and then after jumping back from last week’s troubled loss against UCLA Bruins. But the northwestern wildcats had other plans on Saturday.
Wildcats, which run back Caleb Komolafe, sprinted in 72 yards and scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter to help lift Northwestern to a 22-21 win at Beaver Stadium. The narrow victory secured Northwestern’s third win in a row, while Penn State fell its third straight.
“I really think our football team expected to win today,” said northwestern coach David Braun. “In the end, the message was that you have a football team that has got your back against the wall, but also a football team that may question who they are.”
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Northwestern Quarterback Preston Stone, Left, celebrates his team’s victory over Penn State on Saturday in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)
Wildcats ended their 11-year-old blowing drought at Beaver Stadium.
Penn State got the ball back with just under five minutes left after Komolafe’s touchdown, but Quarterback pulled Allar Led a apparent leg injury on a third-down game.
After the game, the Penn State coach James Franklin confirmed that Allar would miss the rest of the season with an unspecified injury. Backup Ethan Grunkemeyer replaced him, was stopped on a fourth drain, and Wildcats ran out of the clock.
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Backup Ethan Grunkemeyer replaced him and was immediately stopped on a fourth drain, and Wildcats ran the clock from there.
Allar ended 13 in 20 in 137 meters passing and adding 25 yard’s rushing and a touchdown. Allar returned to his senior season to do better with the season -ending interception he threw last season College Football Playoff semi -final against Notre Dame.
The Penn State Quarterback Drew Allar sits up on the track under a timeout for an injury to Beaver Stadium. (Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)
Nittany Lions committed six sanctions in 71 yards in the first half.
Franklin took responsibility for Penn State’s recent matches. “I take full responsibility for it all,” Franklin said. “I hired all the staff. I recruited all the players. I believe in all of them. But we won’t get it done right now.”
Penn State Nittany Lion’s main coach James Franklin is on the field after the game against the northwestern wildcats at Beaver Stadium on Saturday in State College, Pa. (Matthew O’Haren/IMAGN -PICTURES)
Iowa hosts the Penn State next week, and Grunkemeyer is expected to start at Quarterback for Nittany Lions.
