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orged in the crucible of adversity by things Fthey couldn’t control last July, the 2012 Nittany Lions were further hardened in battle Saturday by an official’s call they couldn’t get reversed in Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium. Penn State lost a hard-fought 32-23 contest to the ranked Cornhuskers, who charged back from a double digit deficit in the second half — just as they had against three previous Big Ten opponents this fall. Nebraska added Penn State’s scalp to a pelt that already included those of Wisconsin, Northwestern and Michigan State. In so doing, the Huskers solidified their position atop the Legends Division of the conference and contin- ued to control their own destiny in getting to the Big Ten championship game and a possible Rose Bowl berth. The Nittany Lions, who this year could play only for their teammates, their fans and Penn State Pride, continued to do that in sterling fash- ion. Just two days after it was announced that John Urschel, Pete Massaro, Brad Bars and Ben Kline had earned Academic All-District honors and be- come eligible for the Academic All-America team, ZACH ZWINAK blasts through middle of Nebraska defense and gallops 50 yards for on fourth play of game. the Lions carried their gridiron quest to Lincoln. They were not intimidated by the Nebraska After the Lions regained the lead on a Nebraska fans simply thought it was retribu- crowd, renowned as one of the loudest in the Sam Ficken 35-yard field goal, the home team tion for the call in Beaver Stadium that they nation. In fact, they heard it fall deathly silent took its first lead of the game on a five-yard believe cost them the game and a national after the fourth play of the game, when sopho- pass from Martinez to Jamal Turner to cap a championship in 1982. more tailback Zach Zwinak blasted through 71-yard drive highlighted by Martinez’ (Mike McCloskey made a disputed catch the middle of the vaunted Husker defense on 58-yarder to Tyler Reed. (The two passes com- along the left sideline that kept alive Penn a 50-yard touchdown run — the longest of the bined were reminiscent of Miller’s 72-yard bomb State’s winning drive, culminating in Todd year for Penn State. to Jake Stoneburner.) Blackledge’s 2-yard TD toss to Kirk Bowman The Lions continued to surprise the 324th The Lions responded gamely with a 75- for a 27-24 victory that ultimately made possible consecutive sellout crowd in Memorial Stadium, yard march powered primarily by Zwinak’s the Lions’ first national championship at the as well as the national ABC/ESPN2 audience, by 17-yard run and McGloin’s 38-yard pass to end of the season.) building a 20-3 halftime lead on a total offense Allen Robinson. One Omaha writer suggested Penn State margin of 255 to 188 yards. And they raised their And then came “the call.” fans simply make up a T-shirt with a zig-zag FBS Division leading composite first half scoring On second and goal from the NU-3, McGloin south goal line in Memorial Stadium like Ne- margin to 155-39. flipped a pass to tight end Matt Lehman, who braska fans did in 1982 with a zig-zag sideline Unfortunately they then fell prey to the same dove for the goal line, where the ball was jarred in Beaver Stadium. second half collapse that has doomed them in from his hands by Husker linebacker David San- (None raised the question of why the poll- all four of their losses this season. tos, and Stafford covered it in the end zone. It was sters awarded the 1994 national title to the Husk- Just as Ohio State’s elusive Brax- ruled a and a touchback for Nebraska. ers over the equally undefeated Nittany Lions.) ton Miller drove the Buckeyes to three second- Twitter exploded with the tweets of Penn But such is the stuff of legends that stoke half , Nebraska’s dual-threat QB State fans, when the ESPN replay showed that the fires of partisan football fans and keep Taylor Martinez led his team to a 26-3 margin Lehman had reached the ball across the plane them warm through long winters after the after halftime. of the goal line before losing it. But the replay season’s end. And just as OSU’s Ryan Shazier picked off official in Memorial Stadium said there was not So, on this day, Nebraska stayed on course a Matt McGloin pass early in the third quarter indisputable evidence to reverse the call made toward the Big Ten championship game, and and returned it for a 17-yard touchdown, NU’s on the field. Penn State suffered its first loss in a conference Daimion Stafford intercepted a McGloin aerial Lion fans thought their team was about to contest on the road. shortly after halftime and returned it 22 yards to regain the lead half way through the final frame. The Lions’ two conference losses have the PS-4. From there it took 225-pound Imani But that was not to be. come at the hands of the Big Ten’s two high- Cross only two carries to bull his way into the est ranked teams — No. 6 Ohio State and No. end zone, and tie the score at 20-20. PENN STATE 7 13 3 0 23 14 Nebraska. NEBRASKA 3 3 14 12 32 Photos by Steve Manuel ’84, ‘92g R E C A P 1st Quarter PS: Zwinak 50-yd run caps 4-pl 74-yd drive in 1:46 keyed by McGloin 23-yd pass to Moseby-Felder on 3rd & 9. (Ficken kick) 13:14 NU: Maher 32-yd FG caps 15-pl 51-yd drive in 6:50 keyed by Martinez 14-yd run on 3rd & 13 & 4-yd run on 3rd & 2 & passes 15 yds to Abdullah & 30 yds to Turner on 3rd & 18. 6:17 2nd Quarter NU: Maher 27-yd FG caps 12-pl 84-yd drive in 4:05 keyed by Heard 15-yd run & Martinez 12-yd run on 3rd & 10. 12:29 PS: Ficken 27-yd FG caps 7-pl 26-yd drive in 2:43 set up by Della Valle 16-yd punt ret. & keyed by McGloin 10-yd pass to Robinson & pers. foul pen. on Neb. 6:58 PS: James 10-yd pass from McGloin caps 5-pl 31-yd drive in 1 2 2:05 set up by Hull rec. of fum,. punt & keyed by McGloin 9-yd pass to Robinson on 3rd & 7 . (Ficken kick) 2:42 PS: Ficken 38-yd FG caps 6-pl 35-yd drive in 1:12 keyed by McGloin 31-yd pass to Zwinak. 1:08 3rd Quarter NU: Cross 1-yd run caps 8-pl 75-yd drive in 3:12 keyed by Martinez 22-yd pass to Bell & 21-yd run. (Maher kick) 11:48 NU: Cross 2-yd run caps 2-pl 4-yd drive in 0:45 set up by Staf- ford intcpt. of McGloin pass & 22-yd ret. (Maher kick) 9:37 PS: Ficken 35-yd FG caps 13-pl 57-yd drive in 3:36 keyed by McGloin passes 7 yds to Kenney on 3rd & 7 & 12 yds to 10 Lehman & 2-yd run on 3rd & 1& Zwinak 20-yd run. 6:01 4th Quarter 9 1: ALLEN ROBINSON hauls in 38-yard pass from Matt McGloin along right sideline. 2: JESSE DELLA VALLE cuts off blocks by NU: Turner 5-yd pass from Martinez caps 6-pl 71-yd drive in Ryan Keiser (23) and Mike Zordich (9) on 16-yard punt return 3:10 keyed by Martinez 56-yd pass to Reed. (Maher kick) 10:57 to set up Lion scoring drive. 3: FRESHMAN tight end Jesse NU: Meredith causes safety when McGloin called for int. James scores State’s second touchdown on 10-yard pass from grounding pen. in EZ. McGloin in second quarter. 4: LINEBACKER tack- NU: Maher 33-yd FG caps 4-pl 9-yd drive in 2:16 set up by NU les Husker tailback Ameer Abdullah. 5: Strong wind gusts forced Stephon Morris to hold ball on tee for Sam Ficken’s kick- stop of PS on 4th & 5 at PS-25. 0:23 offs in Memorial Stadium at Nebraska. 6: ROBINSON makes Attendance: 85,527 circus catch of pass along left sideline in first quarter. 7: KYLE 9 Like Miller two weeks earlier, Martinez beat CARTER leaps over tackler for additional yardage after catch. the Lions with his feet and his arm, running for 8: meets and spins down Abdullah. 9: DEFEN- 104 yards on 15 carries and throwing for 171 yards SIVE Jordan Hill played sparingly but made the most and one TD with no . He kept drives of his time on the field, registering five tackles. 10: DEFENSIVE alive with scintillating scrambles and crucial END Deion Barnes sacks Husker QB Taylor Martinez. connections with his receivers, as the Huskers converted nine of 18 third downs. For the fourth time this season Nebraska had two 100-yard runners in the same game. Speedy tailback Ameer Abdullah gained 116 yards on a career-high 31 carries, as the home team wore down the Penn State defense with a steady diet of student-body right and student-body left. But nothing was more critical to the game’s outcome than the ironic fact that the team with 8 the worst turnover margin (minus nine) in the Big Ten won the battle against the team with the best turnover margin (plus nine). Nebraska’s set up an easy Husker touchdown. Its recovery of Zwinak’s fumble on the NU-5 prevented another first-quarter score by the Lions, as did the recovery of Lehman’s “fumble” into the end zone. Penn State prevented a Nebraska score, when Michael Mauti stripped the ball from Martinez on the PS-4, and it bounced into the end zone, where it was recovered by Jake Fagnano. And the Lions drove to a touchdown, after recovered the punt dropped by Husker Tim Marlowe on 7 6 the NU-31. State’s Zwinak had his fourth 100-rushing in that situation anyway.” Glenn Carson said, “We performance in a Big Ten contest, gaining a made a lot of mistakes on offense and defense. It career-high 141 yards on just 21 carries for a 6.7- really doesn’t come down to that call.” Stephon yard average. Morris said: “We could have gotten more third He also set the team’s season high with 178 down stops and stopped Martinez.” …Morris tied all-purpose yards (37 yards on two pass receptions his career-high with nine tackles. Jake Fagnano to go along with his 141 yards rushing). recovered his first career fumble. Michael Mauti McGloin passed for 240 yards and one TD – a forced his third fumble of the year and stands 10-yard pass to freshman tight end Jesse James second in the Big Ten in that category. Deion in the second quarter that gave the Lions their Barnes had a career-high six tackles, including 20-6 halftime lead. He also suffered his fourth a career-best three for losses…Brandon Moseby- interception in 377 pass attempts this fall. His 16th Felder has caught a pass of 20 or more yards career 200-yard passing game tied him for the in each of the last four games. McGloin hyas Penn State record currently held by thrown at least one touchdown pass in every and Zack Mills. And the 41st touchdown pass of game this year. He ranks third in completions his career tied him for second on the school charts (229) and yardage (2,676) on the single season with , and Zack Mills. lists…Sam Ficken kicked a career-high three field Allen Robinson caught a game- goals, including a season-long 38 yarder. He has high six passes for 97 yards to tie O.J. McDuffie connected on his last six field goal attempts in (1992) and Bobby Engram (1995) for State’s a row…Alex Butterworth’s 56-yard punt was his single-season receptions record of 63. fourth this year longer than 50. Defensively, Penn State recorded a season- high 12 tackles for loss against Nebraska, as Ger- AG LIVE TAILGATE ald Hodges and Glenn Carson led the team with he College of Agricultural Sciences Alumni 14 stops each. That was a career-high for Carson TSociety invites fans to join hundreds of Ag alumni and tied a season-high for Hodges. and friends at the Ag Live Tailgate prior to the Penn The Lions return home for the final two State vs. Wisconsin football game on Nov. 24. games of their 2012 season against Indiana The tailgate in the Snider Ag Arena north- and Wisconsin. The Indiana game kicks off east of Beaver Stadium will feature a hearty at noon Saturday and will be televised by the buffet, including Berkey Creamery ice cream. Big Ten Network. Wisconsin comes to town on Register at agsci.psu.edu/alumni. the Saturday after Thanksgiving for a Leaders’ Doors open and festivities begin 3.5 hours Division showdown. before kickoff and festivities include live and Coach Bill O’Brien asked Penn State fans silent auctions for football packages, use of to stick with the team because “they have stayed vacation homes, football parking passes, auto- with us.” graphed sports memorabilia, gift baskets and much more. All proceeds benefit the alumni so- For the Glory, ciety’s student scholarships, internship awards, and other student and alumni programs. OTHER SPORTS enn State’s women’s cross-country team 3 Pcaptured the mid-Atlantic Regional championship Friday, edging defending national champion Georgetown, 61-63, and automatically advancing to the national championship race at NOTES FROM THE CUFF Louisville on Nov. 17. enn State’s defense is the first this year to Victoria Perri led the Lions, placing fourth Pprevent Nebraska from scoring a touchdown in 20:31 over the 6K course. Brooklyne Ridder in the first half. The Lions have now outscored finished 6th in 20:33 and Rebekka Simko was their opponents 83-6 in the first quarter, 74-33 in 10th in 20:44. the second and 68-67 in the fourth. They have The men’s team finished fifth in the team been outscored by their opponents, 80-55, in race, led by Sam Masters 30:48 time in the 10K the third quarter…Kyle Carter returned from to place 12th. his ankle injury and played sparingly at tight end The women’s soccer team shutout Long until apparently injuring his wrist in the third Island University-Brooklyn, 4-0, on Jeffrey Field 4 quarter. Defensive lineman Jordan Hill played Saturday in the first round of the NCAA tour- sparingly after his knee injury last week, until his nament. Maya Hayes, Christine Nairn, Raquel replacement, James Terry, was hurt in the third Rodriquez and Tani Costa scored for the Lions. quarter, and then Hill played the rest of the way. The field hockey squad beat Albany, 2-1, Safety Malcolm Willis left the game twice with Friday to advance to the quarterfinals of the apparently minor leg injuries…Penn State’s fifth- NCAA tournament for the fifth time in the last year seniors have a 15-5 record in Big Ten road 10 years. Taylor Herold scored both goals off games since 2008, winning at least once in all the assists by Kelsey Amy. other stadiums except Nebraska’s…Regarding However, Coach Char Morett’s squad ended the call on Lehman’s fumble, Matt McGloin its season with an 18-4 record Sunday, when claimed, “ We’re not going to get that call here. Syracuse (19-2) defeated the Lions, 5-2, to ad- We’re not going to get that call ever, actually, vance to the semi-finals. Whitney Reddig scored against any team. It doesn’t matter who the refs both Penn State goals. are…It’s us against the world, and we’re not The second-ranked women’s volleyball team going to get those calls in these types of games.” hit its late season stride, sweeping Illinois and 5 Jordan Hill said, “We don’t want to put the game Northwestern in Rec Hall to raise its record to in the officials’ hands. We shouldn’t have been 25-2, 15-1 in the Big Ten. The Nittany Lions shut Photos by Steve Manuel ’84, ‘92g P E R I O D I C A L U. S. Postage Paid

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out the Illini, 25-17, 25-17, 25-14, Thursday and the needed donations, from construction and cleaning S T A T I S T I C S Wildcats, 25-16, 25-16, 25-16, Saturday. supplies to blankets to sanitary items, along with State outhit Illinois, .298 to .034, with a 35- other details. The chapter will be collecting items PSU NEB 26 advantage in kills, 5-4 edge in aces and 8.5-7 at its next two football TV tailgate parties. Alumni in Total Plays – Yards 71-391 77-438 margin in blocks. Two nights later the Lions had other areas of the coastal Northeast are encouraged Rushes – Net Yards 34-151 57-267 a .320 to .055 hitting percentage margin against to contact their local Penn State groups at alumni. Passing Yards 240 171 Northwestern. Deja McClendon led the Lion hit- psu.edu/groups to get involved in relief efforts. ters with 11 kills against Illinois and 8 against the Passes (Att-Cmpl-Int) 37-18-1 20-12-0 Wildcats. Ariel Scott had seven spikes each night. HUDDLE WITH THE FACULTY Avg. Gain Per Play 5.5 5.7 Dominique Gonzalez led in digs with 11 Thursday lumni and friends can catch a quick breakfast First Downs 18 21 and 13 Saturday. Micha Hancock, who was named Aand some food for thought at “Huddle with Yards Lost Rushing 15 29 the national Player of the Week last week for her the Faculty,” the popular free lecture series each Intcptn Returns – Yards 0-0 1-22 play in the Lions’ wins over Minnesota and Wis- home football Saturday at The Nittany Lion Inn. Kickoffs – Average 7-59.3 7-64.9 consin, was second in digs. The final presentations in the 20th annual Huddle Kickoff Returns – Avg. 2-23 1-22 The men’s soccer squad lost, 3-1, to Michigan series are: Punt Returns – Avg. 2-10 1-1 State in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament Nov. 17 (Indiana): “Stormy Weather: The Punts – Average 3-47.7 5-41 Friday. Minh Vu got the only goal off an assist by State of Higher Education for LGBTQQ People,” Sue – Lost 3-2 2-2 Daniel Burnham. Rankin, associate professor, education policy studies Earlier in the week Penn State’s Bob Warm- What is it like on college campuses today Penalties – Yards 8-80 7-55 ing was named Coach of the Year, after leading for LBGTQQ people? The results of two Sacks by – Yards 2-9 3-14 the Lions to their first regular season title in his national research projects focusing on the 3rd Dn Conversions 6 of 15 9 of 18 three years as headmaster. Jacob Barron and lives and experiences of queer-spectrum and 4th Dn Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0 John Gallagher were named First Team All-Big trans-spectrum faculty, staff, and students on Red Zone Scores–Chances 4-6 6-7 Ten, while Julian Cardona, Hasani Sinclair, Owen U.S. campuses will be reviewed and discussed Time of Possession 25:41 34:19 Griffith and Andrew Wolverton were selected on in this informative program. Attempts/Yards (Longest) the second team. Nov. 24 (Wisconsin): “Authorship, Nostalgia Rushing: Zwinak 21/141 (50); Zordich 6/12 (5); McGloin 6/-1 (6); The men’s ice hockey team lost to Air Force, and the Beatles,” Kenneth Womack, professor of Belton 1/-1. 5-1, on the Greenberg rink Friday. English and integrative arts at Penn State Altoona Passing No. Com. Int. Yds. TD Lg Sk The men’s basketball team won its season and 2006 Teaching Fellow McGloin 37 18 1 240 1 38 3/14 opener with a 65-58 victory over St. Francis at the Learn about the Beatles’ development as Receiving: Robinson 6/97 (38); Lehman 3/32 (17); Zwinak 2/37 (31); Bryce Jordan Center Friday. Tim Frazier tallied 23 an artistic fusion during this talk that explores James 2/21 (11); Kenney 2/15 (8); Moseby-Felder 1/23;Carter 1/12; points, including 17 of 18 attempts from the foul the band’s creative arc from their first, primitive Zordich 1/3. line. Transfer D.J. Newbill posted 16 points, while recordings through Abbey Road and the twilight All Purpose Yards: Zwinak 178; Robinson 97; Della Valle 62; Lehman 32. Ross Travis had 10 points and nine rebounds. of their career. Kickoff Returns: Della Valle 2/46 (26). The women’s basketball squad defeated How- The “Huddle with the Faculty” lectures in- Kickoffs: Ficken 6/63; Butterworth 1/37. ard, 72-61, in the season opener for the nation’s clude free refreshments prior to the presentations Punt Returns: Della Valle 1/16; Lewis 1/4 Punts: Butterworth 3/47.7 eighth-ranked team. Junior Maggie Lucas led the and free parking at the Nittany Lion Inn Deck. Fumbles Forced: Mauti 1. Lions with 25 points to post the 32nd 20-point Huddles are sponsored and organized by the Fumbles Recovered: Hull 1/0. game of her career. Senior Mia Nickson had her Penn State Alumni Association and co-sponsored Interceptions: 0 11th career double-double with 14 points and 10 by The Nittany Lion Inn and Penn State Press. Passes Broken Up: Hodges, Amos, Zettel 1. rebounds. Senior Alex Bentley also had 14 points, Sacks: Barnes 1/8; Morris 1/1. plus six rebounds, four assists and seven steals. SUPPORT INJURED PENN STATE CHEERLEADER Tackles for Loss: Barnes 3/13, Stanley, Hodges 2/4; Morris 2/3; Amos, Bentley and Lucas were named to the John enn State cheerleader Paige Raque, who was Hill 1/3; Carson 1/1. Wooden Pre-Season Top 30 players list. Pseriously hurt four weeks ago in an accidental Tackles: Hodges, Carson 14; Mauti 10; Morris 9; Hull, Willis 7; Barnes For more information and details on all Nittany fall from a downtown apartment, has been released 6, Hill 5; Amos, Fagnano, Stanley, Obeng-Agyapong 4. Lion varsity sports go to www.GoPSUsports.com. from the intensive care unit and has been showing Players: C:Stankiewitch. G:Urschel, Dieffenbach, Howle. T: Farrell, signs of recovery, according to an article in The Smith, Gress. TE: Gilliam, James, Lehman, Carter. WR: Robinson, JOIN PENN STATERS IN Centre Daily Times. Her friends and teammates have Moseby-Felder, Williams, Zanellato, Kenney. QB: McGloin. FB: HURRICANE RECOVERY EFFORT Zordich. TB: Zwinak, Zordich, Belton. DT: Jones, Terry, Baublitz, been helping to provide support with a recovery Hill, Zettel. DE: Massaro, Stanley, Barnes,Zettel, Olaniyan. ILB: enn Staters and Big Ten alumni in the New fund for donations to help the Raque family with Carson, Mauti, Hull. OLB: Hodges, Mauti, Hull. CB: Morris, Amos. PYork City region worked together this past Paige’s medical expenses. Mailed donations may Saf: Willis, Obeng-Agyapong, Fagnano. P: Butterworth. K: Ficken. weekend to help recover and rebuild areas on be sent to the Paige Raque Recovery Fund, c/o KS: Howle, Fuhrman. KH: Keiser. KT: Hodges, Obeng-Agyapong, Staten Island affected by Hurricane Sandy. If you Curtis White in the Penn State Cheerleading Zordich, Willis, Morris, Lucas, James, Williams, Keiser, Day, Fagnano, live in the New York City area, visit the Alumni Office, 105 White Building, University Park, Pa. Zwinak,Dupree, Bars, Yancich, Zerbe, Thompson, Lewis, Kline, Della Association’s New York City Chapter website at www. 16802. Or, go to nittanylionpride.org to donate Valle, Carson, Mauti, Hull, Fuhrman, Butterworth, Alosi, Gress, Howle, psunyc.org/article.html?aid=511 for lists of much- online with a credit card. Mangiro, Shrive, Irvin, Lehman, Gilliam, Terry.

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