URL:http://www.alumni.psu.edu/fbl Username: psualum Password: weare Oct. 22, 2012 Vol. 75, No. 7 yrotechnics were fired skyward when the Iowa PHawkeyes ran into Niles Kinnick Stadium on Black & Gold Spirit Night Saturday. But after the opening kickoff all the pyrotechnics on the gridiron were provided by the Nittany Lions, who handed the Hawks their first Big Ten defeat by the count of 38-14. With the conference’s leading passer, Matt McGloin, directing Penn State’s speed-up no- huddle NASCAR offense and ubiquitous line- backer Mike Mauti leading a stifling defense, the Lions led 14-0 at the end of the first quarter, 24-0 after the first 24 minutes, 31-0 at the end of the third period and 38-0 before the home team ever got on the scoreboard. The fifth sellout crowd in five games at Kinnick Stadium this fall presented a dazzling display of Iowa’s school colors, as each section was alternately striped by fans dressed either in Black or Gold. But they had nothing to cheer TIGHT END Kyle Carter makes one-handed catch of pass from Matt McGloin and turns upfield for additional yardage. about until after the visitors had smothered their team with an insurmountable 38-0 lead early in Four young Lions set career-highs for re- for a touchback and took possession on the the fourth quarter. Jordan Cotton ran back the ceiving yardage: Kyle Carter 85 on 6 catches; 20-yard line. ensuing kickoff 92 yards for the home team’s first Brandon Moseby-Felder 60 on four grabs; Jesse Meanwhile, All-Everything candidate Mauti score. With less than five minutes remaining in James 52 on three snares and Trevor Williams 15 and defensive tackle Jordan Hill spearheaded a the game, the Hawkeye offense tallied its first on two catches. A couple of Carter’s catches were tenacious defense that sacked Iowa quarterback points against the Lion reserves to set the final of the spectacular variety – a one-handed grab James Vandenberg four times, intercepted him numbers on the jumbotron at 38-14. and a leap over the top of Iowa’s top secondary twice and forced him to fumble on his 14-yard After six straight games played before an man, Micah Hyde, to haul in a 34-yarder on one line to set up a short Lion scoring drive that ESPN or ABC national television audience, Penn of O’Brien’s by-now famous fourth-down calls. raised the visitors’ margin to 24-0 six minutes State played its first night game this season on Sophomore tailback Bill Belton showed he is before halftime. the Big Ten Network. The Lions put on an awe- fully recovered from the ankle injury suffered in State’s front seven also limited Iowa to a some offensive and defensive display to snap a the season opener seven weeks ago and took his season-low 20 net rushing yards on 23 carries four-game losing streak in Iowa City and win in turn leading Penn State’s running attack by com- for an average of less than one yard per try. Hill Kinnick Stadium for the first time in this mil- mittee. The erstwhile wide receiver scampered led all Lions with a season-high nine tackles, lennium. Not since 1999 had State been able to around and through the Hawkeye defense for including two for a loss of 10 yards, and harassed break the Kirk Ferentz spell, cast by Iowa’s head 103 yards on just 16 carries. In addition to post- Vandenberg into several errant throws. coach, who is a western Pennsylvania native and ing his first 100-yard rushing game, he became Last year the Hawkeye leader passed for now the dean of Big Ten mentors. the first Nittany Lion since Evan Royster five more than 3,000 yards and threw 25 touch- But on this night, Coach Bill O’Brien’s years ago to score three rushing touchdowns downs. Saturday he could manage only 17 troops extended their victory streak to five games in a game. (Royster did it against Oregon State completions in 36 attempts for 189 yards and and made State’s new head coach the first in in 2007.) one score. nearly a century to win five games in a row in his State’s offensive line, which has gotten better Mauti had eight tackles, one sack and an first year at the helm. The last one to do so was game-by-game, provided perfect protection for interception that he returned 20 yards down Dick Harlow in 1915, and the only other one to McGloin, who was never touched by the Hawkeye the left sideline, after snaring Vandenberg’s do so was George Hoskins in 1892. pass rush, and blasted open holes for Belton and first throw in the second half. Sophomore With precision passing, McGloin posted his the Z-backs (Zwinak and Zordich). linebacker Mike Hull picked off a desperation fifth consecutive 200-yard game, completing Zach Z, who had posted two straight 100- heave by Vandenberg in the final minutes to put 26 of 38 passes to nine different receivers for yard rushing games in the Lions’ most recent an exclamation point on the Lions’ domination 289 yards and two first quarter touchdowns. contests, added 52 yards on 16 carries, and in the prime-time game before a Kinnick Sta- The first TD was a 31-yard bomb from the se- Michael Z netted 24 on 11 rushes. dium sellout and a Big Ten network audience. nior quarterback to freshman tight end Jesse Zwinak should have had the Lions’ sixth Rangy defensive end C.J. Olaniyan and James, and the second an 8-yard laser to wide touchdown but had the ball punched from freshman end Anthony Zettel registered the receiver Allen Robinson. Before the quarter’s his grasp just before crossing the goal line. other two sacks. Linebacker Gerald Hodges, end the Lions had taken the raucous Iowa Iowa covered the pigskin in the end zone safety Stephon Obeng-Agyapong and defensive crowd out of the game and ended the Hawks’ tackle James Terry broke up three more of home-field advantage. PENN STATE 14 10 7 7 38 Vandenberg’s pass attempts. IOWA 0 0 0 14 14 Photos by Steve Manuel ’84, ‘92g R E C A P 1st Quarter PS: James 31-yd pass from McGloin caps 9-pl 84-yd drive in 2:49 keyed by McGloin 9-yd pass to Carter on 3rd & 7 & Belton 23-yd run. (Ficken kick) 7:24 PS: Robinson 8-yd pass from McGloin caps 9-pl 69-yd drive in 2:53 keyed by McGloin 15- & 34- yd passes to Carter. (Ficken kick) 2:43 2nd Quarter PS: Ficken 34-yd FG caps 12-pl 63-yd drive in 3:46 sparked by McGloin passes 17 yds to James, 12 yds to Carter & 11 yds to Carter & Belton 16-yd run on draw. 7:19 PS: Belton 11-yd run caps 2-pl 14-yd drive in 0:27 set up by Vandenberg fum. rec. by Jones @ IA-14. (Ficken 1 2 kick) 5:53 3rd Quarter PS: Belton 3-yd run caps 2-pl 45-yd drive in 0:13 set up by Della Valle 46-yd KO ret. & sparked by McGloin 42-yd pass to Mosby-Felder. (Ficken kick) 14:33 4th Quarter PS: Belton 5-yd run caps 14-pl 97-yd drive in 6:38 keyed by McGloin passes 10 yds to Robinson, 10 yds to Moseby-Felder & Belton 6-yd run on 3rd & 1. (Ficken kick) 14:25 IA: Cotton 92-yd KO ret. (Meyer kick) 14:14 9 10 IA: Davis 18-yd pass from Vandenberg caps 4-pl 37-yd drive in 1:13 set up by Kirksey 45-yd ret. of Zwinak fum. 1: CARTER leaps over Iowa defender Micah Hyde to make fourth down reception for 34-yard gain. 2: TAILBACK Bill (Meyer kick) 4:11 Belton runs around right end for his season-long 23-yard Attendance: 70,585 (sellout) gain before being pushed out of bounds. 3: FRESHMAN tight end Jesse James dives into end zone for Penn State’s first McGloin said “You dream about playing in touchdown after catching 31-yard pass. 4: SAM FICKEN boots a game like this -- a night game against a good season-long 34-yard field goal out of hold by Ryan Keiser. football team on the road.” 5: DEFENSIVE ENDS Pete Massaro and Anthony Zettel meet at Noting that the Lions’ last win in Iowa City the quarterback. 6: C.J. OLANIYAN handles the quarterback was in 1999, Hill said, “We haven’t won here by himself. 7: MICHAEL MAUTI intercepts Iowa’s first pass since I was in second grade, and the way we won in9 second half. 8: LION QB Matt McGloin completed 26 of 38 was huge.” passes. 9: JORDAN HILL & Mauti sack Hawkeye QB James With McGloin pressing the accelerator on Vandenberg. 10: NITTANY LION did 131 one-armed pushups State’s hi-octane offense, the Lions doubled Saturday night. Iowa’s 14 first downs for the night and more than doubled its total offense with a 504 to 209 advantage. For the second straight game, Penn State ran off 90 or more plays and for the fourth consecutive contest dominated the time of pos- session (this week by 38:08 to 21:52). By the end of the first half the Lions had already run 50 offensive plays and compiled a 304-99 yard advantage to go with the 24-0 score.