Week 6 · 2017
Penn State at Northwestern
Sat 10/07/2017 12:00 PMRyan FieldNorthwestern pregame16% — Pregame win probability: 16% for Northwestern. Penn State favored, and won.Conference
Penn State
31
11–2
Northwestern
7
10–3
Attendance
41,061
reported
Penn StatePSU
NorthwesternNU
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | Trace McSorley | 25/34 | 245 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 62.9 |
| PSU | Tommy Stevens | 4/7 | 41 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 85.3 |
| NU | Clayton Thorson | 19/36 | 142 | 3.9 | 0 | 2 | 19.7 |
| NU | Matt Alviti | 4/7 | 56 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 78.9 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | Saquon Barkley | 16 | 75 | 4.7 | 2 | 53 |
| PSU | Tommy Stevens | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 20 |
| PSU | Mark Allen | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 |
| PSU | Andre Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Trace McSorley | 16 | -1 | -0.1 | 1 | 5 |
| NU | Justin Jackson | 16 | 66 | 4.1 | 0 | 28 |
| NU | Matt Alviti | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | 14 |
| NU | Jeremy Larkin | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 3 |
| NU | Jesse Brown | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| NU | Riley Lees | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Clayton Thorson | 6 | -28 | -4.7 | 0 | 6 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | Saeed Blacknall | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | 38 |
| PSU | DeAndre Thompkins | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 0 | 19 |
| PSU | Juwan Johnson | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | 10 |
| PSU | Brandon Polk | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 23 |
| PSU | DaeSean Hamilton | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 20 |
| PSU | Miles Sanders | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 |
| PSU | Mike Gesicki | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 |
| PSU | Saquon Barkley | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 8 |
| PSU | Tommy Stevens | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 10 |
| NU | Macan Wilson | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 24 |
| NU | Bennett Skowronek | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 32 |
| NU | Flynn Nagel | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 13 |
| NU | Jace James | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 |
| NU | Justin Jackson | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | 7 |
| NU | Riley Lees | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 14 |
| NU | Garrett Dickerson | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 7 |
| NU | Cameron Green | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| NU | Kyric McGowan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
Fumbles
| FUM | LOST | REC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | Ryan Buchholz | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NU | Clayton Thorson | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | Brandon Smith | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Jason Cabinda | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Marcus Allen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Troy Apke | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Christian Campbell | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| PSU | Koa Farmer | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Manny Bowen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Shane Simmons | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Shareef Miller | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Grant Haley | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| PSU | Parker Cothren | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Ryan Buchholz | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Ayron Monroe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Curtis Cothran | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Jan Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Nick Scott | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Shaka Toney | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Amani Oruwariye | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PSU | Cam Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Daniel Joseph | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Jake Cooper | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Jarvis Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PSU | Josh McPhearson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Robert Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Zech McPhearson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PSU | Kevin Givens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| PSU | Tyrell Chavis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Yetur Gross-Matos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Godwin Igwebuike | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Nate Hall | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Paddy Fisher | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Blake Gallagher | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Kyle Queiro | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Trae Williams | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Marcus McShepard | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Trent Goens | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Brett Walsh | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Jared McGee | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Joe Gaziano | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Montre Hartage | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Chris Bergin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Jordan Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Samdup Miller | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Tyler Lancaster | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Warren Long | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Alex Miller | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Alonzo Mayo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Bennett Skowronek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Corey Acker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Fred Wyatt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Joe Bergin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Macan Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | Moe Almasri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NU | JR Pace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | Amani Oruwariye | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PSU | Christian Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | Tyler Davis | 1/2 | 50.0 | 21 | 4/4 | 7 |
| NU | Charlie Kuhbander | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | Blake Gillikin | 5 | 215 | 43.0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| NU | Hunter Niswander | 8 | 296 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NU | Riley Lees | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 22 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | DeAndre Thompkins | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 32 |
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
Northwestern 4–6 vs Penn State
- 2015 · wk 10Penn State 21 @ Northwestern 23
- 2014 · wk 5Northwestern 29 @ Penn State 6
- 2012 · wk 6Northwestern 28 @ Penn State 39
- 2011 · wk 8Penn State 34 @ Northwestern 24
- 2010 · wk 10Northwestern 21 @ Penn State 35
- 2009 · wk 9Penn State 34 @ Northwestern 13
- 2006 · wk 5Northwestern 7 @ Penn State 33
- 2005 · wk 4Penn State 34 @ Northwestern 29
- 2004 · wk 11Northwestern 14 @ Penn State 7
- 2003 · wk 12Penn State 7 @ Northwestern 17
Previous 7 meetings vs. Pat Fitzgerald
Penn State 5–2 vs Pat Fitzgerald
- 2015 · wk 10Penn State 21 @ Northwestern 23
- 2014 · wk 5Northwestern 29 @ Penn State 6
- 2012 · wk 6Northwestern 28 @ Penn State 39
- 2011 · wk 8Penn State 34 @ Northwestern 24
- 2010 · wk 10Northwestern 21 @ Penn State 35
- 2009 · wk 9Penn State 34 @ Northwestern 13
- 2006 · wk 5Northwestern 7 @ Penn State 33
Previous 3 meetings vs. James Franklin
Northwestern 3–0 vs James Franklin
- 2015 · wk 10Penn State 21 @ Northwestern 23
- 2014 · wk 5Northwestern 29 @ Penn State 6
- 2012 · wk 2Vanderbilt 13 @ Northwestern 23
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