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University of Minnesota Athletics
University of Minnesota
3-1 , 1-1
Penn State
3-2 , 0-1
Gophers Fall in Overtime at Penn State 29-26
10/1/2016 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 1, 2016
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Saquon Barkley scored on a 25-yard run on Penn State's first offensive play of overtime and the Nittany Lions beat Minnesota 29-26 on Saturday night.
Barkley finished with 63 yards on 20 carries for Penn State (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) and Trace McSorley completed 19 of 40 passes for 335 yards and a touchdown. McSorley added 73 rushing yards and another score for the Nittany Lions, who battled back from a 13-3 halftime deficit to salvage momentum in a season already soured by injuries.
"I think it was definitely something our players needed," Penn State coach James Franklin said. "Everyone needed it, there's no doubt about it."
Mitch Leidner completed 24 of 40 passes for 241 yards with a touchdown, and Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks added 104 and 100 rushing yards, respectively, for Minnesota (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten). Brooks and Drew Wolitarsky scored touchdowns for the Gophers and Irvin Charles hauled in an 80-yard score for Penn State.
Emmit Carpenter kicked four field goals for Minnesota, including a go-ahead 37-yarder with 54 seconds to go. But Tyler Davis' third field goal, a 40-yarder with two seconds left, forced overtime. Carpenter's 46-yarder put Minnesota up after the first half of overtime before Barkley ended it on the next play.
Penn State's star running back was bottled up for much of the afternoon and was forced to the sideline when it appeared he was hurt in the first half. Barkley averaged just two yards per carry before his game-sealing run.
"I'm really proud of Saqoun because he's handled adversity and you never see bad body language from him," Franklin said. "Never."
Safety Marcus Allen made 22 tackles for Penn State.
THE TAKEAWAY
MINNESOTA: The Gophers are a scrappy bunch and will have a shot to hang with a lot of Big Ten teams with Leidner and their running backs playing well.
Leidner bounced back from a shaky start where he was 0 for 4 against the blitz to complete his next five passes for 35 yards and a touchdown against extra-man pressures.
PENN STATE: After falling into a 13-3 halftime hole and going 0 for 7 on third downs over the first two quarters, Penn State salvaged some momentum with a win. More importantly, Joe Moorhead and the offense got on track with big plays in the third quarter where Penn State racked up 190 yards of offense with 156 of them coming on deep passes against Minnesota's shorthanded secondary.
UP NEXT
MINNESOTA: Will try to take the Floyd of Rosedale back from the Iowa Hawkeyes at TCF Bank Stadium on Oct. 8.
PENN STATE: Hosts Maryland on Oct. 8 in what's become arguably each team's biggest rivalry.
Team Stats
MINN 3, PSU 0
MINN - Carpenter,Emmit 37 yd field goal 10 plays, 53 yards, TOP 4:08
MINN 3, PSU 3
PSU - Davis, Tyler 19 yd field goal 7 plays, 73 yards, TOP 3:49
MINN 10, PSU 3
MINN - Wolitarsky,Drew 9 yd pass from Leidner, Mitch (Carpenter,Emmit kick) 9 plays, 63 yards, TOP 4:41
MINN 13, PSU 3
MINN - Carpenter,Emmit 35 yd field goal 9 plays, 70 yards, TOP 1:12
MINN 13, PSU 10
PSU - Charles, Irvin 80 yd pass from McSorley, Trace (Davis, Tyler kick) 3 plays, 80 yards, TOP 0:52
MINN 13, PSU 13
PSU - Davis, Tyler 27 yd field goal 5 plays, 33 yards, TOP 0:57
MINN 13, PSU 20
PSU - McSorley, Trace 6 yd run (Davis, Tyler kick), 6 plays, 85 yards, TOP 2:06
MINN 20, PSU 20
MINN - Brooks, Shannon 37 yd run (Carpenter,Emmit kick), 8 plays, 87 yards, TOP 3:58
MINN 23, PSU 20
MINN - Carpenter,Emmit 37 yd field goal 11 plays, 58 yards, TOP 4:40
MINN 23, PSU 23
PSU - Davis, Tyler 40 yd field goal 8 plays, 53 yards, TOP 0:52
MINN 26, PSU 23
MINN - Carpenter,Emmit 46 yd field goal 5 plays, 0 yards, TOP 0:00
MINN 26, PSU 29
PSU - Barkley, Saquon 25 yd run (), 5 plays, 0 yards, TOP 0:00
