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Oct 31, 2009 8:20 pm US/Eastern
Penn St. Beats Northwestern With 4th Quarter Surge
EVANSTON, Ill. (KDKA/AP) ―
The Nittany Lions scored three touchdowns in the fourth quarter to defeat Northwestern 34-13 Saturday.
Penn State trailed 10-3 in the second quarter when Northwestern quarterback Mike Kafka was forced out with a leg injury.
And at the half, the Nittany Lions were still behind 13-10.
But behind the strong running of Evan Royster, Penn State was able to move in for the go-ahead touchdown early in the final quarter on a 3-yard run that made it 20-13.
Also, Daryll Clark threw a 53-yard touchdown pass to Derek Moye and Royster broke off a 69-yard scoring run to highlight a fourth-quarter surge that took 3 minutes, 40 seconds.
The win gives coach Joe Paterno his 391st.
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