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Week 1: Florida State Seminoles at Penn State Nittany Lions

September 04, 1927
69°
Beaver Stadium (Altoona, PA) Attendance: 87,830 (82%)
Seminoles 3 6 7 0 - 16
Nittany Lions 7 3 0 0 - 10

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Nittany Lions: 3-2-FSt 2 (5:52) 21-Jared Palmer ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Leslie Coley. PSt 7 FSt 0
(Qtr 1) Seminoles: 4-5-PSt 20 (0:25) 9-James Kidwell 38 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 7 FSt 3
(Qtr 2) Seminoles: 4-5-PSt 33 (12:20) 9-James Kidwell 52 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 7 FSt 6
(Qtr 2) Seminoles: 4-4-PSt 35 (2:46) 9-James Kidwell 53 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 7 FSt 9
(Qtr 2) Nittany Lions: 1-10-FSt 18 (0:04) 10-Leslie Coley 36 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 10 FSt 9
(Qtr 3) Seminoles: 1-10-PSt 28 (3:31) 2-Chase Hunnicutt pass complete to 8-Walter Rose to PSt 0 for 28 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-James Kidwell. PSt 10 FSt 16

Team Statistics

Nittany Lions Seminoles
First Downs 24 8
- Rushing 10 3
- Passing 10 5
- Penalty 4 0
Total Net Yards 370 274
- Offensive Plays 68 48
- Yards Per Play 5.44 5.71
Net Rushing Yards 159 114
- Rushing Attempts 35 26
- Yards Per Rush 4.54 4.38
Net Passing Yards 211 160
- Att/Comp/Int 32 / 26 / 2 21 / 16 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 218 168
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 7 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 6.39 7.27
- Yards Per Completion 8.38 10.50
Fumbles/Lost 5 / 4 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 9 / 12 5 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.6 9.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 20 4 / 32
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 37 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 21
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 29
Time of Possession 32:43 27:15

Drive Charts

Penn State Nittany Lions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:26 6:38 OWN 43 11 57 Touchdown
1 0:22 1:09 OWN 25 3 12 Fumble
2 12:16 4:48 OWN 25 7 46 Missed FG
2 2:42 2:41 OWN 25 8 57 Field Goal
3 15:00 4:01 OWN 25 7 46 Fumble
3 9:36 3:17 OWN 44 6 23 Fumble
3 3:26 1:50 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 0:07 1:30 OWN 26 6 36 Interception
4 11:34 1:56 OWN 41 4 21 Fumble
4 8:18 0:59 OWN 33 3 -9 Punt
4 5:12 3:54 OWN 25 10 67 Interception

Florida State Seminoles

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:34 OWN 25 6 22 Fumble
1 5:49 5:27 OWN 25 9 55 Field Goal
2 14:12 1:56 OPP 38 3 5 Field Goal
2 7:28 4:46 OWN 36 7 29 Field Goal
3 10:59 1:23 OWN 15 3 1 Punt
3 6:19 2:52 OWN 34 5 66 Touchdown
3 1:36 1:29 OWN 31 3 2 Punt
4 13:37 2:03 OWN 17 3 2 Punt
4 9:38 1:20 OWN 21 3 6 Punt
4 7:19 2:07 OWN 31 3 6 Punt
4 1:18 1:18 OWN 20 3 72 Game

Rushing Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Herman Allen 15 67 4.47 16 3 0
Jared Palmer 15 59 3.93 21 1 1
Charles Guerra 5 33 6.60 13 2 0

Florida State Seminoles

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Donald Russo 18 96 5.33 73 2 0
Saul Roberts 6 17 2.83 9 0 0
Randy Viera 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Chase Hunnicutt 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ronald Brigance 32 26 218 1 / 7 0 24 2 69.01

Florida State Seminoles

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Chase Hunnicutt 21 16 168 1 / 8 1 44 0 114.78

Receiving Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ronald Gray 6 62 10.33 24 0
Cedric Bynum 5 43 8.60 14 0
Joshua Perry 4 39 9.75 21 0
Herman Allen 4 31 7.75 16 0
Travis Thomas 3 22 7.33 11 0
Ian Rodgers 3 14 4.67 8 0
Jared Palmer 1 7 7.00 7 0

Florida State Seminoles

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Derrick Burchell 3 72 24.00 44 0
Donald Russo 5 35 7.00 25 0
Walter Rose 1 28 28.00 28 1
Brady Trivett 1 15 15.00 15 0
Earnest Montgomery 2 9 4.50 7 0
Saul Roberts 1 8 8.00 8 0
Randy Viera 3 1 0.33 1 0

Blocking Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Paul Carson 34 41 1 5
Adam Jorgensen 0 5 0 1
Herman Allen 4 2 0 0
Benjamin Cunningham 0 1 0 0
Edward Piggott 0 1 0 0
Terry Casey 0 2 0 0
Scott Robinson 2 0 0 0
Jason Veltri 0 3 0 0
Eduardo Harris 0 2 0 0
Colin Bryan 0 4 0 0
Herbert Downs 0 1 0 0
Brian Tanner 1 1 0 0
Charles Guerra 3 9 0 1
Jason Blackshear 0 3 0 1
Jared Palmer 7 3 0 0
Timothy Sartin 29 32 0 0
Luke Stamper 13 4 0 0
Salvador Warren 5 1 0 0
Ian Rodgers 0 12 0 0
George Gardner 3 12 0 3
Cedric Bynum 6 33 0 2
Mark Allen 33 39 0 0
Joshua Perry 23 24 0 1
Peter Tews 38 46 0 3
Travis Thomas 0 20 0 0
Timothy Long 36 41 0 1
Ronald Gray 0 17 0 1
Justin Cardoza 0 1 0 0

Florida State Seminoles

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Antonio Byrd 31 34 1 5
Richard West 9 0 0 0
George Conner 0 1 0 0
Ronnie Dial 3 4 0 0
Andrew King 0 3 0 0
Jerry Barnes 0 1 0 0
Dale Pohl 0 1 0 0
Manuel Morrow 0 1 0 0
Donald Sindelar 0 2 0 0
Steve Martin 0 2 0 1
Wes Lopez 0 3 0 0
Silas Corrigan 0 1 0 0
Richard Walthall 0 2 0 0
Gerald Deane 0 1 0 0
Michael Fewell 2 3 0 2
Keneth Tolman 2 0 0 0
Thomas Allison 9 0 0 0
Joe Duncan 31 25 0 1
Randy Viera 8 13 0 0
Earnest Montgomery 0 4 0 0
Quentin Webb 22 26 0 2
Derrick Burchell 0 25 0 0
Burl Ketcham 31 31 0 0
Herman Savage 30 25 0 1
Walter Rose 0 9 0 0
Alfredo Kester 0 11 0 0
Dale Hampton 5 1 0 0
Saul Roberts 5 12 0 1
Jesse Levingston 0 2 0 0
Donald Russo 6 1 0 0
Lee Lucas 1 4 0 0
Brady Trivett 0 10 0 1
Stanley Hayes 7 3 0 0
Steven Elliott 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Florida State Seminoles

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Richard Walthall 1 0 0.00 0
Ronnie Dial 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Charles Guerra 2 0 0 0
Jared Palmer 2 0 0 0
Herman Allen 1 0 0 0
Joseph Baker 0 0 1 0
Michael Stallings 0 1 0 0
Peter Tews 0 1 0 0

Florida State Seminoles

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Saul Roberts 1 0 0 0
Brian Duke 0 1 1 0
Gerald Deane 0 1 1 0
Dale Pohl 0 0 1 0
Manuel Morrow 0 1 1 0
Ronnie Dial 0 1 1 0

Punting

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Justin Widman 2 89 44.50 44.50 45 0

Florida State Seminoles

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Micheal Brown 5 236 47.20 40.20 51 0

Kicking

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Leslie Coley 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 36 1 / 1

Florida State Seminoles

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Kidwell 3 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 2 53 1 / 1

Punt Return

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ronald Gray 4 37 9.3 11 0

Florida State Seminoles

Kick Return

Penn State Nittany Lions

Florida State Seminoles

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Alfredo Kester 1 21 21.0 0

Defensive Stats