College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Penn State 39, Northwestern 28
When: 12:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, October 6, 2012
Where: Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 95769
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Northwestern 0 14 14 0 28
Penn State 3 7 7 22 39
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 3:41
Penn State   FG  Penn State 3 - Northwestern 0
Sam Ficken 21 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 9:34
Penn State   TD  Penn State 10 - Northwestern 0
Zach Zwinak 1 yd. run (Sam Ficken kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:23
Northwestern   TD  Penn State 10 - Northwestern 7
Venric Mark 2 yd. run (Jeff Budzien kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:30
Northwestern   TD  Penn State 10 - Northwestern 14
Tony Jones 11 yd. pass from Trevor Siemian (Jeff Budzien kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:17
Penn State   TD  Penn State 17 - Northwestern 14
Allen Robinson 8 yd. pass from Matthew McGloin (Sam Ficken kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:12
Northwestern   TD  Penn State 17 - Northwestern 21
Kain Colter 10 yd. run (Jeff Budzien kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:50
Northwestern   TD  Penn State 17 - Northwestern 28
Venric Mark 75 yd. punt return (Jeff Budzien kick)
4th Quarter - 9:49
Penn State   TD  Penn State 25 - Northwestern 28
Allen Robinson 6 yd. pass from Matthew McGloin (Michael Zordich run)
4th Quarter - 2:37
Penn State   TD  Penn State 32 - Northwestern 28
Matthew McGloin 5 yd. run (Sam Ficken kick)
4th Quarter - 1:30
Penn State   TD  Penn State 39 - Northwestern 28
Michael Zordich 3 yd. run (Sam Ficken kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Northwestern Penn State
W/L 5 - 1 - 0 4 - 2 - 0
Conference 1 - 1 - 0 2 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Northwestern Penn State
Score 28 39
1st Downs 14 30
3rd Down Efficiency 4-for-13
31%
10-for-22
45%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0%
5-for-6
83%
Total Yards 247 443
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 25-112 48-161
Average/Rush 4.5 3.4
Passing
Comp-Att 21-36 35-51
Passing Yards 135 282
Average/Pass Play 3.6 5.3
Penalties-Yards 3-40 3-30
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 20:43 39:17
PLAYER STATS
Northwestern (5 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Siemian 21/36 135 1 0
Penn State (4 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. McGloin 35/51 282 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
V. Mark 13 72 5.5 1
K. Colter 5 24 4.8 1
T. Siemian 4 14 3.5 0
M. Trumpy 3 2 0.7 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
Z. Zwinak 28 121 4.3 1
M. Zordich 7 32 4.6 1
B. Belton 4 12 3.0 0
M. McGloin 7 -2 -0.3 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Trumpy 3 28 9.3 0
T. Jones 4 27 6.8 1
D. Fields 3 21 7.0 0
R. Lawrence 2 18 9.0 0
K. Colter 3 17 5.7 0
C. Jones 3 16 5.3 0
V. Mark 2 6 3.0 0
K. Prater 1 2 2.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
A. Robinson 9 85 9.4 2
Z. Zwinak 6 52 8.7 0
K. Carter 4 44 11.0 0
B. Moseby-Felder 5 34 6.8 0
M. Zordich 4 31 7.8 0
G. Gilliam 1 15 15.0 0
M. Lehman 3 15 5.0 0
T. Williams 1 7 7.0 0
J. James 1 0 0.0 0
B. Belton 1 -1 -1.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. McEvilly 1.0 15.0
T. Scott 1.0 1.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Hill 0.5 3.0
D. Barnes 0.5 2.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
S. McEvilly 1.0 15.0
D. Lowry 1.0 1.0
T. Scott 1.0 1.0
Q. Williams 1.0 1.0
D. Nwabuisi 1.0 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
G. Hodges 1.5 2.0
J. Hill 1.0 4.0
D. Barnes 0.5 2.0
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Jones 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. McGloin 1
J. Della Valle 1