2016 SEASON IN REVIEW
GAME RECAP
SCORING SUMMARY 7
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PSU
1
10 24 21
PUR
7
10
7
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - After heading into halftime tied at 17, No. 24 Penn State scored 17 straight to open the third quarter and outscored Purdue 45-7 in the second half on its way to a 66-24 victory inside RossAde Stadium. The Nittany Lions had six scoring drives of under two minutes on their way to the first 60-point scoring game since the 2008 season (66 vs. Coastal Carolina). Their 62 points scored are the most against a Big Ten opponent since 2005 when Penn State claimed a 63-10 victory at Illinois. Saquon Barkley racked up career highs with 207 rushing yards and 277 (207 rushing, 70 receiving) all-purpose yards. His 277 all-purpose yards are a Penn State sophomore record and his 207 rushing yards make him the first Penn Stater since Larry Johnson (four times, 2002) to eclipse the 200yard mark twice in the same season since 2002. The rushing total ranks No. 21 on the school single-game rushing charts and are the most by a Nittany Lion since Larry Johnson had 279 against Michigan State in 2002. The backfield carried the load for Penn State, as six Nittany Lions combined for 257 yards on just 38 carries, led by Barkley’s 207 yards on 18 totes (11.5 ypc). Barkley and redshirt-freshman Andre Robinson each scored twice on the ground, with Mark Allen adding another rushing OT F score in the fourth quarter. Miles Sanders added his first career receiving - 62 touchdown to give the backfield six total scores on the day. The defense and special teams forced four turnovers in the game, the - 24 most by Penn State since pressuring Maryland into five turnovers in 2015. Brandon Smith and Christian Campbell each pulled down their second 8-85/3:27/7-0 career interceptions, with Kevin Givens and Jordan Smith each posting their first career fumble recoveries. Jason Cabinda led the charge with a 10-77/5:07/7-7 game-high nine tackles.
1st 11:33 PSU Saquon Barkley 3 yd run (Davis kick) 6:26 PUR Markell Jones 1 yd run (Dellinger kick) 2nd 14:32 PUR 13-55 5:24 7 - 14 Turning Point Cameron Posey 1 yd pass from Blough (Dellinger kick) 12:33 PSU 5-82/1:59/14-14 Brandon Smith started the second half at middle linebacker and Chris Godwin 38 yd pass from McSorley (Davis kick) pulled down his second career interception on the third play from 6:57 PUR 12-50/5:36/14-17 scrimmage. Smith returned the interception 22 yards and four plays later, J.D. Dellinger 42 yd field goal 2:36 PSU 11-72/4:21/17-17 Trace McSorley found Chris Godwin for a 1-yard touchdown pass to make Tyler Davis 33 yd field goal 3rd 12:29 PSU 4-24/1:18/24-17 it 24-17 in favor of the Blue and White. The Nittany Lions would go on to Chris Godwin 1 yd pass from McSorley (Davis kick) outscore Purdue by 38 points, 45-7, in the second half. 8:17 PSU 2-24/0:39/31-17 Andre Robinson 4 yd run (Davis kick) Difference Makers 4:21 PSU 6-61/1:42/34-17 Penn State Tyler Davis 29 yd field goal 2:32 PUR 4-75/1:49/34-24 • RB Saquon Barkley – Carried 18 times for a career-high 207 yards DeAngelo Yancey 62 yd pass from Blough (Dellinger kick) 1:18 PSU 3-40/1:14/41-24 and two touchdowns, while adding 70 yards receiving on three Miles Sanders 21 yd pass from McSorley (Davis kick) catches. The 207 rushing yards rank No. 21 on Penn State’s single4th 13:56 PSU 1-81/0:13/48-24 game rushing charts and are his second 200-yard effort of the Saquon Barkley 81 yd run (Davis kick) 6:09 PSU 7-58/3:07/55-24 season. His 277 all-purpose yards mark a career high, as well, and Mark Allen 1 yd run (Davis kick) 2:25 PSU 4-28/2:16/62-24 set the Penn State sophomore record. He had an 81-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Andre Robinson 19 yd run (Davis kick)
TEAM STATS
PSU PUR First Downs 24 20 Rushing Yards 257 46 Passing Yards 254 295 Passing (C-A-Int) 13-25-0 36-55-2 Total Offense 511 341 Plays 63 81 Fumbles (#-Lost) 1-0 3-2 Penalties (#-Yards) 11-91 8-76 Possession Time 25:13 34:47 3rd-Down Conv. 2-9 9-21 Red-Zone 8-8 2-2 Touchdowns 6 2 Field goals 2 0
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Time of Game Penn State Purdue
64
3:33 6-2, 4-1 B1G 3-5, 1-4 B1G
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• Penn State RBs – The quartet of Barkley, Mark Allen, Andre Robinson and Miles Sanders combined for 328 yards of total offense (237 rushing, 91 receiving) and six touchdowns. Barkley and Robinson each rushed for two scores, while Sanders caught a 21-yard touchdown pass and Allen rumbled in from 1-yard out for a score. • Trace McSorley – Posted his fifth career 200-yard passing game with 228 yards through the air. He is tied for 14th with Doug Strang (1982-83) in the Penn State career ledger and ninth in the season ledger, also with Strang (1983). • WR Chris Godwin – Caught five passes for 58 yards, including two touchdown grabs, which tie a career high (Michigan State, 2015). His two scoring grabs give him 12 for his career and move him into the No. 10 spot on the career touchdown receptions list. He also moved into the Top 10 in career receiving yardage (1,844), passing current assistant head coach and cornerbacks coach Terry Smith (1988-91) and Jack Curry (1965-67) to move into 10th. • LB Jason Cabinda – Posted a game-high nine tackles – six solo – to give him at least nine stops in all three games he has appeared in this season. • LB Brandon Smith – Nabbed his second career interception and returned it 22 yards to set up Penn State’s first touchdown of the season half. Also added four tackles. • Fumble Recoveries – Jordan Smith and Kevin Givens each posted their first career fumble recoveries in the game. Smith fell on a muffed punt in the third quarter, while Givens corralled his fumble recovery early in the fourth quarter. Purdue • QB David Blough – Accounted for 281 yards through the air on 34of-50 passing with two touchdown passes and one interception. Connected with DeAngelo Yancey for a 62-yard scoring strike in the third quarter. • RB Markell Jones – Compiled 105 yards of total offense with 46 rushing yards and 59 receiving yards. Added a rushing touchdown in the game. • WR DeAngelo Yancey – Caught two passes for 66 yards, including the 62-yard catch-and-run down the sidelines for Purdue’s lone second half score. • Purdue Pass Catchers – Eleven different players caught passes for Purdue, including eight grabs from Cameron Posey, seven by Cole Herdman and six for Markell Jones.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Penn State-Barkley, Saquon 18-207; Stevens, Tommy 5-31; Robinson, Andre 2-23; Sanders, Miles 3-6; McSorley, Trace 5-2; Allen, Mark 1-1; TEAM 4-minus 13. Purdue-Jones, Markell 7-46; Worship, Richie 6-23; Marshall, Bilal 5-1; Kimbrough 2-0; Fuller, Tario 1-minus 2; Sindelar 2-minus 2; Blough, David 3-minus 20. PASSING Penn State-McSorley, Trace 12-23-0-228; Stevens, Tommy 1-2-0-26. Purdue-Blough, David 34-50-1-281; Sindelar 0-3-1-0; Marshall, Bilal 2-2-0-14.
RECEIVING Penn State-Godwin, Chris 5-58; Barkley, Saquon 3-70; Blacknall, Saeed 1-42; Charles, Irvin 1-26; Gesicki, Mike 1-23; Sanders, Miles 1-21; Hamilton, DaeSean 1-14. Purdue-Posey, Cameron 8-50; Herdman, Cole 7-33; Jones, Markell 6-59; Marshall, Bilal 4-26; Kimbrough, Malik 3-8; Yancey, DeAngelo 2-66; Hopkins, Brycen 2-16; Yancey, David 1-19; Phillips, Grergory 1-10; Worship, Richie 1-7; Mahoungou, Anthony 1-1. TOP TACKLERS (T-UA-A) Penn State-Cabinda, Jason 9-6-3; Golden, Malik 8-5-3; Allen, Marcus 6-5-1; Bowen, Manny 6-5-1; Bell, Brandon 5-3-2; Smith, Brandon 4-3-1. Purdue-Bailey, Markus 7-6-1; Bentley, Ja’Whaun 6-6-0; Hunte, Da’Wan 5-3-2; Clark, Leroy 4-4-0; Robinson, Gelen 4-1-3.