![]() ![]() ![]() We've got to put the time and work in to make sure we are prepared to play to our expectations and standards." "What we do moving forward is going to be the key to our success. "There's a lot of football to play," Harsin said. CT on ESPN and the Auburn Sports Network. Missouri on Homecoming on Pat Dye Field at 11 a.m. We didn't execute how we needed to execute on both sides of the ball."Īuburn (2-1) kicks off SEC play next Saturday vs. "They were the better football team today. ![]() Eku Leota made two tackles for loss and Derick Hall added one. Pappoe and Cam Riley led Auburn with six tackles apiece. Singleton rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries. Singleton scored on a 54-yard touchdown run and Penn State (3-0) added another field goal in the fourth quarter. Penn State capitalized on the takeaway on Allen's second touchdown run to go ahead 31-6.Īfter Hunter's 22-yard touchdown on Ashford's first career TD pass, Auburn's 2-point rush attempt was unsuccessful. Penn State outscored Auburn 17-0 in the third quarter, regaining possession after forcing a fumble while sacking Finley on third-and-13.Īfter the Nittany Lions kicked a 48-yard field goal to extend their lead to 24-6, Ashford completed to Ja'Varrius Johnson a 6-yard gain on fourth-and-2.Īuburn had first-and-goal at PSU's 8-yard-line, but after two plays netted a loss of 15 yards, Ashford's pass on third-and-goal from the 23 was intercepted, one of four Tiger turnovers. I think that deflated us a little bit."Īuburn got the ball to start the second half but the Tigers went three-and-out and Nicholas Singleton ran 53 yards on Penn State's first play of the third quarter to set up his 1-yard TD rush one play later for a 21-6 Nittany Lions lead. "They scored twice in the red zone, we kicked two field goals. ![]() "In the first half, that's really the whole story," tight end John Samuel Shenker said. Kaytron Allen rushed for a touchdown on third-and-3 for a 14-6 Penn State advantage at the 1:46 mark of the first half. The visitors responded with a touchdown drive, gaining 25 yards on a double-pass back to Clifford for a first down at the Tigers' 10. One play later, he scored on a quarterback draw to put Penn State ahead 7-3 with 4:21 remaining in the first quarter.Īuburn answered in the second quarter, converting twice on third-and-long with a 24-yard pass from Finley to Landen King and Finley's 18-yard scramble on third-and-16.Īuburn had first-and-goal at the 10 but had to settle for Carlson's 22-yard field goal to trim Penn State's lead to 7-6 with 6:59 left in the half. Finley's 24-yard pass to Shedrick Jackson set up Carlson's 31-yard field goal to give Auburn a 3-0 lead midway through the first quarter.Ĭlifford's 34-yard pass to Mitchell Tinsley gave the Nittany Lions first-and-goal at Auburn's 7-yard-line. On the next play, the Tigers stopped Clifford's quarterback sneak for no gain on fourth-and-1 giving Auburn possession at Penn State's 47. "He was actually about to slide so I pulled up and didn't give him all I had." "Salute to him, getting up from a hard hit like that," Pappoe said. Three Auburn first-and-goals netted only a pair of Anders Carlson field goals while Penn State was 5-for-5 in the red zone, forced four turnovers and recorded six sacks without allowing either.Īuburn's defense made its presence felt on the opening series when Owen Pappoe delivered a big hit on Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford, causing a fumble that rolled out of bounds. Jarquez Hunter leaped a defender on the way to his fifth touchdown of the season on a 22-yard pass from Robby Ashford in the fourth quarter to account for Auburn's only TD. I've got to do a better job, we all do as coaches, to get these guys prepared to play against really good football teams." We're disappointed in the performance, we're disappointed in the loss. "Penn State did a really good job," Auburn coach Bryan Harsin said. 22 Penn State decisively won the red zone and turnover battles Saturday to defeat Auburn 41-12 in the first SEC-Big Ten matchup in Jordan-Hare Stadium history. ![]()
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