Penn State Nittany Lions vs Purdue Boilermakers Match Player Stats On Oct 29, 2016

The Sports Xchange
Oct 29, 2016

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- No. 24 Penn State turned two third-quarter turnovers into touchdowns on Saturday and defeated Purdue 62-24, snapping a seven-game road losing streak and becoming bowl eligible in the process.

The Nittany Lions (6-2, 4-1 Big Ten) finished October a perfect 4-0 and beat Purdue (3-5, 1-4) for an eighth consecutive time, dating to a Boilermakers victory in 2004.

Trace McSorley finished 12 of 23 for 228 yards and a career-best three touchdowns and Saquon Barkley rushed 18 times for 207 yards and two scores, including an 81-yarder in the fourth quarter.

Penn State broke away from a halftime tie and outscored Purdue 45-7 in the final 30 minutes.

The Nittany Lions extended their advantage to 31-17 with 8:17 remaining in the third quarter on Andre Robinson's 4-yard run on the second play after Purdue's Bilal Marshall fumbled a punt at his 24-yard line and Penn State's Jordan Smith recovered. Barkley ran 20 yards on the next play.

Penn State took a 24-17 third-quarter lead on McSorley's 1-yard touchdown pass to Chris Godwin, capping a four-play, 24-yard drive after linebacker Brandon Smith intercepted Purdue quarterback David Blough and returned it 22 yards.

Tyler Davis' 33-yard field goal with 2:36 remaining in the second quarter pulled Penn State into a 17-17 halftime tie, capping an 11-play, 72-yard drive.

The Nittany Lions scored first, taking a 7-0 lead on Barkley's 3-yard touchdown run after he caught a 37-yard pass from McSorley to the Boilermaker 3.

Purdue tied it at 7 on Markell Jones' 1-yard run with 6:26 remaining in the first quarter. That drive included a 23-yard Jones run.

The Boilermakers took a 14-7 lead with 14:32 left in the second quarter on Blough's 1-yard touchdown pass to Cameron Posey, capping a 13-play, 55-yard drive.

Blough completed 34 of 50 passes for 281 yards.

Penn State came right back to tie it at 14 on McSorley's 38-yard touchdown pass to Godwin with12:33 to play in the first half. The Lions moved 79 yards to score the tying touchdown.

J.D. Dellinger's career-long 42-yard field goal gave Purdue a brief 17-14 second-quarter lead at the 6:57 mark.

McSorley completed 8 of 14 first-half passes for 162 yards and one touchdown. Blough was 18 of 27 for 147 yards and a TD.

NOTES: Penn State entered having lost seven consecutive games in an opponent's stadium. ... Purdue came in 1-12 in its 13 most recent Big Ten home games. ... For a third consecutive game, Purdue played without DT Jake Replogle, who has had a concussion. Freshman Lorenzo Neal started in Replogle's place. ... Each of Purdue's three first-half scoring drives -- two touchdowns and a field goal -- covered 13 plays. ... Penn State came to West Lafayette having beaten the Boilermakers seven consecutive times by an average margin of 13.6 points. ... Purdue enjoyed a 210-196 advantage in first-half total offense.