LOS ANGELES – No. 4/5 Penn State (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) took down USC (3-3, 1-3 Big Ten) in overtime by a final score of 33-30 on Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
After trailing 20-6 at halftime, Penn State put together a dominant showing on both sides of the ball as it outscored USC 27-10 the rest of the way to earn the hard-fought 33-30 overtime win.
The Nittany Lions amassed 518 total yards of offense, highlighted by a magical performance by tight end Tyler Warren. Warren set the Penn State school record with 17 receptions and became the first Penn State tight end ever to record a 200-plus-yard receiving game with 224 yards. His touchdown reception was the 18th of his career, increasing his own tight end school record for total touchdowns. To top it off, Warren also recorded four rushing yards on a carry and completed one pass for nine yards.
Quarterback Drew Allar set career highs in pass attempts, completions, and passing yardage against the Trojans. The junior completed 30 of 43 throws for 394 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions. Complementing Warren in the passing game, Harrison Wallace III totaled 53 yards on three catches, and Nicholas Singleton caught four passes for 39 yards and a touchdown. Julian Fleming came up big with two fourth-down conversion catches for 33 yards.
On the ground, Kaytron Allen rushed 16 times for 56 yards and a touchdown while Singleton tallied ten carries for 26 yards. Allar also totaled 32 rushing yards on four runs.
Defensively, Penn State made stops in clutch spots. In addition to an interception by Jaylen Reed to send the game into overtime, the Nittany Lion defense allowed just two third down conversions by the USC offense in the game. Kobe King led the unit with seven tackles, while Reed and Dani Dennis-Sutton each contributed six. Dennis-Sutton fronted the group with two tackles for loss, while Abdul Carter recorded his fourth sack of the season.
Kicker Ryan Barker drilled four field goals in the game, including the game-winner, Penn State’s first overtime game-winning field goal since the Nittany Lions took down Wisconsin on a Sam Ficken walk-off in 2012. Barker also became the first Penn State kicker to connect on four field goals in a game since Tyler Davis did so in 2016.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Penn State put up the first score of the day, as Ryan Barker connected on a 34-yard field goal at the 4:53 mark of the opening quarter to put the Nittany Lions up 3-0. The kick was the result of a…
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