URL:http://www.alumni.psu.edu/fbl Username: psualum Password: weare Oct. 3, 2011 * Vol. 74, No. 5 he 2011 Nittany Lions have turned winning Tugly on the road into an art form. They start by making a ton of mistakes – mostly on offense – to encourage the home fans and boost the confidence of an underdog opponent. They drop behind in the score to instill doubt in their own fans. But eventually they make a spectacular play to take the lead. Then they hang on at the end to save a game that almost got away. As they approach the midpoint of the season, the Lions return to Beaver Stadium for a two-game home stand against Iowa and Purdue with a 4-1 record, after opening their 19th Big Ten campaign with a 16-10 victory at Indiana Saturday. Joe Paterno, the dean of college coaches, captured his 100th victory all-time against a Big Ten opponent and his 405th overall, as Penn State raised to 10-3 its mark in Big Ten road games since 2007. The Crimson helmets and shirts in Me- morial Stadium were a little brighter than the cherry color in Lincoln Financial Field INDIANA’s Hail Mary pass is knocked down by Nate Stupar (34), Nick Sukay (1) and Gerald Hodges (9) to preserve two weeks ago. And the cream pants of the Nittany Lions’ 16-10 victory over Hoosiers Saturday. Hoosiers didn’t have the little bars that ran down the outside of Temple’s white pants. But with passes to Devon Smith and Justin Brown On State’s next possession, Bolden drove the there were a lot of similarities in the play of and sailed a 40-yarder to Derek Moye dur- team to a 1st & goal from the three-yard line, the teams in Bloomington and Philadelphia. ing the drive, rifled a high shot at tight end but Redd, who had rushed for 17 yards on the In addition to costly turnovers that twice Andrew Szczerba. drive, fumbled the ball away on the IU-2. Again stymied scoring drives in the shadow of the The pass went off Szczerba’s outstretched a march deep into Indiana territory yielded no goal posts Saturday, critical penalties hurt the hand and was intercepted by Forisse Hardin on points for the Lions. Lions by nullifying a Penn State touchdown the goal line. Hardin returned it to the IU-20, Later, McGloin made the most of his first and keeping alive Indiana’s only TD march. and, to add insult to injury, the Hoosiers, who play in the second half by immediately tossing a “We’ve got to execute better,” said offen- had gone three-and-out on their first possession, long pass to Derek Moye, who had gotten behind sive coordinator Galen Hall. promptly marched 47 yards in nine plays till the Indiana secondary on a down-out-and-down “We’re wasting too many opportuni- Mitch Ewald kicked a 49-yard field goal for the fly along the right sideline. The Lions’ leading ties,” said head coach Joe Paterno, “But the first points of the afternoon. receiver waltzed to a 74-yard touchdown to give Indiana kids played with a lot of enthusiasm, Four more times in the first half State’s State a 13-3 lead at the end of the third quarter. hustled on every play, and their tackling was defense held Indiana to three-and-outs, but the Early in the final frame McGloin completed very good. So you’ve got to give the Indiana Lions’ offensive drives were stopped when Bolden passes to Justin Brown and Moye for 40 yards in a coaching staff and their kids a lot of credit.” fumbled at the IU-37 and when Matt McGloin 63-yard drive that stalled at the IU-16, and again Turning to defense, Paterno said,”Our couldn’t complete 3rd down passes in Indiana the Lions had to settle for a Fera field goal – this defense played a good solid football game, territory. The best that State could do was to tie time his longest at 33 yards. as they have all year.” the game at halftime with Anthony Fera’s 22-yard In the middle of the fourth quarter, Indiana The Lion defenders, who entered the field goal. A 52-yard attempt by Fera on the last put together its only sustained drive of the day, contest ranked seventh in the nation in pass play of the half fell short. moving 77 yards in 14 plays, as QB Dusty Kiel defense and eighth in total defense, kept the Early in the second half, the defensive line rushed for five yards to convert a 3rd & 4, passed home team out of the end zone for the first gave the visitors another opportunity when for 10 yards to his tight end to convert a 4th & 5 56 minutes of the game and covered for an Sean Stanley forced Indiana tailback Stephen and completed a 24-yarder to Shane Wynn on a offense that repeatedly shot itself in the foot. Houston to fumble at the IU-16, and Devon Still 3rd & 5, before faking a run around right end On its opening possession, State moved recovered. But the Lions netted only three yards and flipping a 5-yard TD pass to Ted Bolser with relentlessly downfield, until Silas Redd ran in three plays and had to settle for Fera’s 27-yard 3:51 remaining. into the end zone. But the touchdown was field goal that gave them a 6-3 lead – their first Redd ripped off his longest run of the day – called back by a holding penalty. of the afternoon. a 24-yarder on the next series – but State had to On the next play quarterback Rob punt the ball back to the Hoosiers with 2:06 on Bolden, who had converted two third downs PENN STATE 0 3 10 3 16 the clock. INDIANA 3 0 0 7 10 Photos by Steve Manuel ’84, ‘92g R E C A P 1st Quarter IN: Ewald 49-yd FG caps 9-pl 47-yd drive in 1:51 set up by Hardin intcpt. & 20-yd ret.& keyed by Kiel passes 11 yds to Chester, 24 yds to Bolser & 9 yds to McCants on 3rd & 8. 6:51 2nd Quarter PS: Fera 22-yd FG caps 12-pl 65-yd drive in 5:46 keyed by McGloin passes 18 yds to Moye on 3rd & 10 & 26 yds to Kersey on 3rd & 6 & Dukes 11-yd run. 2:57 3rd Quarter PS: Fera 27-yd FG caps 4-pl 3-yd drive in 0:52 set up by Still rec. of fum. frcd. by Stanley. 12:18 PS: Moye 74-yd pass from McGloin in 1-pl drive in 0:14. (Fera kick). 1:31 1 2 4th Quarter PS: Fera 33-yd FG caps 13-pl 63-yd drive in 5:39 keyed by McGloin passes 15 yds to Brown, 15 yds to Brown on 3rd & 11 & 10 yds to Moye on 3rd & 7. 10:10 IN: Bolser 5-yd pass from Kiel caps 14-pl 77-yd drive in 3:45 keyed by Kiel 5-yd run on 3rd & 4 & 15-yd pen. against PS & Kiel passes 10 yds to Dedmond on 4th & 5 & 24-yds to Wynn on 3rd & 5. (Ewald kick) 3:51 Attendance: 42,621 9 10 Kiel completed four passes and rushed twice to convert fourth downs to drive his team to the 1: SILAS REDD breaks loose for 24-yard run. 2: SHAWNEY PS-40, but his Hail Mary pass on the final play KERSEY dives for one of his two receptions. 3: DEVON SMITH of the game was easily defended by Nate Stupar, catches pass from Rob Bolden on crossing pattern. 4: COACH Nick Sukay and Gerald Hodges to preserve the JOE PATERNO spent the first half on the sidelines directing his six-point win for the Lions. team for the second straight week. 5: ANTHONY FERA booted While squandering several scoring opportu- a career-high three field goals Saturday. 6: DEREK MOYE had a nities, Penn State dominated the statistics in its career-high 158 yards receiving in the Indiana game. 7: CUR- 15th win against the Hoosiers, who are the only TIS DUKES rips through Hoosier line for game’s longest run Big Ten team that has never beaten the Lions. of 29 yards. 8: ERIC LATIMORE tries to block punt by Indiana’s Compiling a 15-minute advantage in time Adam Pines.9: JORDAN HILL breaks thorough line to corral of possession (37:27 to 22:33), the Lions rans Houston9 for a loss. 10: BLUE & WHITE marked the site of pre- off 86 plays, far above their average of 67.5 game pep rally outside Indiana’s Memorial Stadium. this fall. However, because of the no-huddle offense installed by new Indiana Coach Kevin Wilson, the Hoosiers were able to get off 76 plays but averaged only 3.4 yards per snap compared to State’s 5.4. State’s runners gained nearly three times as many yards as Indiana’s backs – 193 to 71, as the Lion defense has held every team except Alabama to less than 100 yards on the ground. Through the air, the visitors outgained the home team 271 to 184, as McGloin completed 10 of 22 attempts for 204 yards and the touchdown, while Bolden had six completions in 14 attempts 8 for 67 yards with one interception. Senior Derek Moye scorched the Indiana secondary for a career-high 158 receiving yards, including the game’s highlight – a scintillating 74-yard touchdown pass from McGloin, a career- long for the junior quarterback.