![]() Arrington recovered at the Purdue 2 and went into the end zone for his second career TD.īrees moved the Boilermakers 76 yards in six plays in the second quarter, putting Purdue ahead 14-7 on a 9-yard pass to Donald Winston. The Lions had five sacks of Brees, whose 223 yards passing in the first half was more than the average of 188.7 Penn State had allowed in its first seven games.Īrrington hit Brees early in the second period and the ball popped loose. Bress completed a 28-yard pass to Larry Shyne and two for a combined 24 to Vinny Sutherland on the drive.Īrrington had two sacks of Brees, who had been taken down only five times this season. Purdue became the first team to score a touchdown against the Nittany Lions in the first quarter by moving 80 yards in six plays to score on a 2-yard run by Brown. ![]() Purdue had another scoring bid end on a fumble by Sedrick Brown, who lost the ball at the Penn State 42 when hit by King, and Anthony Adams recovered. Travis Forney scored the only points of the fourth quarter on a 24-yard field goal with 8:01 left in the game. The same combo connected on a 2-point conversion pass with 2:05 left in the third period and Penn State led only 28-25. Mike Rose recovered reserve quarterback Rashard Casey''s fumble at the Penn State 26 and Purdue scored in three plays, the last a 4-yard pass from Brees to Lane. Thompson and Chafie Fields hooked up for a 78-yard TD pass behind Dunnigan to put Penn State ahead for good 21-14 on the first play of the second half.īrown''s interception with 10:19 left in the third quarter made it 28-14.Ī 27-yard field goal by Travis Dorsch, who missed two attempts in the first half, made it 28-17 and the Boilermakers converted a Penn State mistake to get back into the game. ![]() Two plays later, cornerback James Dunnigan was beaten by Eddie Drummond, who caught a 39-yard TD pass from Kevin Thompson. #Songs Of Gimmy D Samis mac#Antoine Neal was attempting to return a punt when he mishandled the ball and Mac Morrison recovered for Penn State at the Purdue 41. The Nittany Lions also scored a touchdown in the third quarter on a 25-yard interception return by Courtney Brown.Īnother mistake by Purdue produced a 14-14 halftime tie. Arrington picked up the ball at the Purdue 2 and carried it into the end zone untouched. Penn State got a touchdown from linebacker LaVar Arrington when he sacked Brees and forced a fumble. It was the 10th consecutive victory for Penn State, the second-longest winning streak among majors. The victory was the 315th for Penn State''s Joe Paterno, moving him past Amos Alonzo Stagg into third place among major-college coaches and within eight of Bear Bryant''s record total. A pass to Randall Lane went incomplete on the next play and on third down he threw the ball out of the end zone to avoid a sack.īrees then threw past the outstretched arms of Chris Daniels, and Purdue (No. Penn State (8-0, 4-0 Big Ten) forced Brees into four incomplete passes in the final minute after he had moved the Boilermakers (5-3, 2-3) 58 yards to a first down at the 12 with 31 seconds remaining.īrees, who was 31-of-48, had his first down pass tipped at the line of scrimmage by cornerback Anthony King on a blitz. ![]() LaVar Arrington sacks Drew Brees, then recovers the fumble to score a TD. (AP) - Second-ranked Penn State converted three turnovers into 21 points and survived a 379-yard passing effort by Drew Brees to beat Purdue 31-25 on Saturday. ![]()
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