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Week 1: Ohio State Buckeyes at Penn State Nittany Lions

September 02, 1928
59°
Beaver Stadium (Altoona, PA) Attendance: 77,683 (73%)
Buckeyes 0 6 3 0 - 9
Nittany Lions 3 3 0 7 - 13

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Nittany Lions: 4-1-OSt 16 (5:08) 10-Leslie Coley 34 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 3 OSt 0
(Qtr 2) Buckeyes: 4-7-PSt 8 (11:55) 3-Bobby Brown 25 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 3 OSt 3
(Qtr 2) Nittany Lions: 4-8-OSt 8 (5:20) 10-Leslie Coley 26 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 6 OSt 3
(Qtr 2) Buckeyes: 4-3-PSt 36 (1:58) 3-Bobby Brown 53 yard field goal is GOOD. PSt 6 OSt 6
(Qtr 3) Buckeyes: 4-10-PSt 12 (8:01) 3-Bobby Brown 30 yard field goal is GOOD. OSt 58-Kyle Bratcher was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. PSt 6 OSt 9
(Qtr 4) Nittany Lions: 3-6-PSt 17 (10:01) 4-Ronald Brigance pass complete to 80-Ian Rodgers for 83 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 10-Leslie Coley. PSt 13 OSt 9

Team Statistics

Nittany Lions Buckeyes
First Downs 8 11
- Rushing 2 5
- Passing 6 6
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 282 232
- Offensive Plays 53 57
- Yards Per Play 5.32 4.07
Net Rushing Yards 70 82
- Rushing Attempts 26 25
- Yards Per Rush 2.69 3.28
Net Passing Yards 212 150
- Att/Comp/Int 26 / 19 / 2 31 / 22 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 220 160
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.85 4.69
- Yards Per Completion 11.58 7.27
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 14 4 / 14
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.1 8.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 1
Penalties/Yards 1 / 5 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 14 1 / 9
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 57
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 35
Time of Possession 30:26 29:33

Drive Charts

Penn State Nittany Lions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:50 1:52 OWN 49 3 9 Missed FG
1 9:08 4:03 OPP 45 6 29 Field Goal
1 4:09 2:12 OWN 30 3 5 Punt
1 0:00 0:14 OWN 34 3 0 Interception
2 11:52 6:35 OWN 25 11 67 Field Goal
2 1:54 1:54 OWN 25 3 9 Half
3 15:00 2:48 OWN 25 5 7 Interception
3 7:58 4:53 OWN 25 7 46 Missed FG
4 14:52 1:27 OWN 14 3 2 Punt
4 11:20 1:31 OWN 13 3 87 Touchdown
4 6:56 2:02 OWN 10 3 5 Punt
4 1:52 0:55 OWN 33 3 7 Punt

Ohio State Buckeyes

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:10 OWN 25 5 33 Missed FG
1 9:58 0:50 OWN 49 2 -1 Fumble
1 5:05 0:56 OWN 27 3 1 Punt
1 1:57 1:57 OWN 21 3 3 Punt
2 14:46 2:54 OPP 48 6 39 Field Goal
2 5:17 3:23 OWN 25 7 39 Field Goal
3 12:12 4:14 OPP 39 7 27 Field Goal
3 3:05 3:13 OWN 34 5 15 Punt
4 13:25 2:05 OWN 39 3 2 Punt
4 9:49 2:53 OWN 23 5 16 Punt
4 4:53 3:02 OWN 47 7 19 Downs
4 0:56 0:56 OWN 17 4 11 Game

Rushing Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Herman Allen 16 57 3.56 13 1 0
Todd Montano 7 12 1.71 5 0 0
Jason Veltri 3 1 0.33 1 0 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
George Sons 18 82 4.56 16 4 0
Vernon Edwards 7 0 0.00 3 0 0

Passing Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ronald Brigance 26 19 220 1 / 8 1 83 2 79.01

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ronald Oneill 31 22 160 1 / 10 0 24 0 82.73

Receiving Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ian Rodgers 3 108 36.00 83 1
Jason Blackshear 6 65 10.83 36 0
Herman Allen 5 23 4.60 11 0
Todd Montano 2 10 5.00 7 0
Travis Thomas 1 7 7.00 7 0
Dan Dunning 1 7 7.00 7 0
Charles Guerra 1 0 0.00 0 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Carlos Galeano 6 60 10.00 22 0
Juan Kang 3 34 11.33 24 0
Shawn Howard 3 29 9.67 14 0
Earl Griffin 3 17 5.67 11 0
Vernon Edwards 2 12 6.00 6 0
Michael Bermudez 1 9 9.00 9 0
George Sons 4 -1 -0.25 2 0

Blocking Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Timothy Long 36 36 1 3
Luke Stamper 35 30 0 1
Herman Allen 4 2 0 0
Colin Bryan 0 1 0 0
Claude Stacy 0 1 0 0
Jon McDaniel 0 3 0 0
Richard Brim 0 1 0 0
William Zarate 0 1 0 0
Todd Montano 1 1 0 1
Jason Blackshear 0 8 0 0
Travis Thomas 0 10 0 0
Ronald Brown 0 1 0 0
Terry Abril 0 1 0 0
Charles Erickson 0 2 0 0
Benjamin Cunningham 0 2 0 0
Herbert Downs 0 1 0 0
Scott Robinson 0 2 0 1
Marion Byer 0 2 0 0
Jeff Storey 0 3 0 0
Paul Carson 9 0 0 0
Ralph Campbell 5 0 0 0
Salvador Warren 10 3 0 0
Ian Rodgers 0 11 0 0
Cedric Bynum 11 32 0 2
Mark Allen 32 28 0 0
George Gardner 9 14 0 0
Dennis Sessions 28 32 0 5
Peter Tews 33 34 0 1
Charles Guerra 17 19 0 0
Jason Veltri 0 10 0 0
Edward Piggott 2 0 0 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Charles Due 33 32 1 1
Pablo Nova 41 26 0 0
Juan Kang 0 9 0 0
James Smith 0 1 0 0
Kevin Hamel 0 1 0 0
Gordon Gray 1 1 0 0
Michael Lloyd 0 1 0 0
Carlos Galeano 0 5 0 0
Carlton Gamez 0 3 0 0
Justin Hick 2 2 0 0
Michael Moore 0 3 0 0
Keith Parry 1 3 0 1
William Meyer 0 3 0 0
William McDonald 0 2 0 0
Christopher Lowe 0 3 0 0
James Johnson 0 2 0 0
Jeremy Schlater 10 2 0 0
James Delph 30 34 0 2
Anthony Lawton 4 0 0 0
Marlon Montana 9 5 0 0
Allan Hoffman 9 0 0 0
Kyle Weber 8 0 0 0
Michael Bermudez 22 19 0 0
Earl Griffin 0 6 0 0
Shawn Howard 4 24 0 1
Louis Morales 1 15 0 0
Glen Morgan 0 1 0 0
Vernon Edwards 4 9 0 0
George Sons 6 3 0 1
Ali Martin 32 33 0 1
Kyle Bratcher 41 34 0 5
Andre Tillery 0 1 0 1

Interception Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Michael Moore 1 0 0.00 0
Justin Hick 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Todd Montano 1 0 0 0
Herbert Downs 0 0 1 0
Richard Brim 0 1 0 0
Cedric Bynum 0 1 0 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
George Sons 1 0 0 0
Roy Russell 0 0 1 0

Punting

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Justin Widman 4 179 44.75 42.50 47 1

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Micheal Sloan 5 231 46.20 43.60 51 3

Kicking

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Leslie Coley 2 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 1 34 1 / 1

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Bobby Brown 3 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 2 53 0 / 0

Punt Return

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Richard Brim 1 8 8.0 8 0
Benjamin Cunningham 1 6 6.0 6 0

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Carlos Galeano 1 9 9.0 9 0

Kick Return

Penn State Nittany Lions

Ohio State Buckeyes

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Carlos Galeano 2 57 28.5 0

Defensive Stats