No. 7 Penn State rolls past Delaware 63-7


Sep 9, 2023; University Park, Pennsylvania, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions quarterback Drew Allar (15) looks to avoid a tackle while running with the ball during the first quarter against the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens at Beaver Stadium.

Sep 9, 2023; College Park, Pennsylvania, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions quarterback Drew Allar (15) appears to keep away from a deal with whereas working with the ball through the first quarter towards the Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens at Beaver Stadium.
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Nicholas Singleton rushed for 3 touchdowns and Kaytron Allen added 103 dashing yards and a rating to assist No. 7 Penn State roll to a 63-7 victory over FCS program Delaware on Saturday afternoon at College Park, Pa.

Drew Allar accomplished 22 of 26 passes for 204 yards and one landing and in addition rushed for a rating for the Nittany Lions (2-0). Tyler Warren caught a landing move for Penn State, which racked up 33 first downs and totaled 541 yards.

Marcus Yarns rushed for 86 yards on six carries, together with a 66-yard scoring run for Delaware (1-1). The Blue Hens, ranked No. 19 within the FCS Coaches Ballot, had simply 140 yards and 5 first downs.

Ryan O’Connor was simply 3-of-10 passing for 21 yards for Delaware. Zach Marker accomplished 3 of seven passes for 37 yards and one interception.

Penn State ran 91 performs to Delaware’s 41.

Singleton scored all three of his touchdowns within the first half because the Nittany Lions took a 35-7 lead.

Singleton scored from the 2-yard line for Penn State’s first landing with 8:19 left within the quarter. Allen scored on a 4-yard run with 2:16 left to make it 14-0.

Delaware’s massive spotlight got here 71 seconds later as Yarns took a handoff and scampered by means of a giant gap up the center and outran the Penn State secondary to get the Blue Hens on the board.

Singleton restored order with a pair of 5-yard scoring runs, the latter making it 28-7 with 4:36 left within the half. Allar hit Warren from 2 yards out with 22 seconds left to account for the 28-point halftime lead.

Allar scored from the 1 on Penn State’s first third-quarter possession to make it 42-7. That ended his day and backup Beau Pribula scored on a 6-yard run with 7:16 remaining within the interval.

Dominic DeLuca intercepted Marker and returned it 26 yards for a rating because the Nittany Lions stretched the result in 56-7 with 2:43 left within the third.

Pribula tossed a 4-yard scoring move to Omari Evans with 7:35 left within the contest.

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