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Penn State Pulls Away From Rutgers 27-6

Written by: on Saturday, November 18th, 2023. Follow Bruce Badgley on Twitter.

 

STATE COLLEGE – This week was quite different than most weeks have been in Happy Valley for some time.  On the heels of a difficult loss to Michigan, a Coordinator dismissal, and the damage control of a season gone sideways, Penn State took the field on a senior day to face Big Ten foe Rutgers.  In typical 2023 fashion PSU started slowly.  Beau Pribula took over at quarterback for an injured Drew Allar in the third quarter.  Drew engineered a four-point half-time time lead, into a 27-6 comfortable conference win for Penn State (9-2, 6-2) over Rutgers (6-5, 3-5) Saturday afternoon.

Pribula revived an anemic first-half ground game and led Penn State in rushing on the day with 71 yards and an 8.9 yards per carry average.  Kaytron Allen contributed 69 yards and 2 TDs on the ground.  The Nittany Lion defense stepped up big all day.  They forced three turnovers and had 3 sacks.

“When Beau entered the game, he provided some diversity in the running game and helped us a lot,” said Coach James Franklin in his post-game press conference.  Considering the week that was, Coack Franklin said he was “pleased with his staff and his players both organizationally and leadership-wise.” Coach Franklin spoke from the heart for much of the press conference.  Coach Franklin said he was proud of the fact that the Penn State football program is built on people and relationships.

One of the feel-good stories for Penn State this year has been Kicker Alex Felkins.  Alex has turned the question mark of field goal kicking into the most solid portion of Penn State special teams.  Alex credits this year’s consistency to a stronger belief in his kicking mechanics. In past years Alex would adjust his style if he missed a kick.  This year, Felkins has stayed true to his kicking motion and the Nittany Lions have sure benefited. Felkins booted two field goals Saturday including a 48-yarder.

 

Rutger’s opening drive got the Scarlet Knights a 3-0 lead early and that’s how quarter one ended.

Penn State finally got on the board early in the 2nd quarter via Kaytron Allen

Field goals by both teams closed out the first half.  Penn State held a 10-6 lead at the break,

Early in quarter three starting QB Drew Allar was knocked out of the game.  In came back up Beau Pribula.  And with Beau came a whole new dynamic to the Penn State offense. Beau took chunks of yardage on his designed runs and PSU turned them into points.

 

On a short, short week Penn State is off to face Michigan State in its Big Ten finale.  Rutgers hosts Maryland next week.

 

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