—The Penn State defense forced three takeaways in the Rutgers game, including a strip-sack and fumble recovery by DE Chop Robinson. Penn State now has 23 takeaways, 11 interceptions and 12 fumble recoveries. The Lions have scored 88 points off turnovers this season.
—Rutgers attempted just 16 passes in the game, the third time this season a team attempted 16 or fewer passes.
—Penn State is 37-5 in games where it has rushed for over 200 yards since 2014. The Lions ran for 234 against Rutgers.
—QB Beau Pribula scored his fifth career touchdown, ran for a career-high 71 yards and had a 39-yard run in the third quarter.
—Kaytron Allen ran for 69 yards on 16 carries and scored two touchdowns. He now has six touchdowns this season and 16 for his career.
—Nicholas Singleton ran for 61 yards in the game and had a 20-yard run in the fourth quarter. He also had a 24-yard kick return in the first quarter.
—Penn State averaged 108,409 fans this season, the second highest in Beaver Stadium history.
—Penn State threw only 14 passes against Rutgers, with seven completions for 88 yards.
—Kobe King led PSU in tackles with 10, followed by Kevin Winston with six (and an interception) and Abdul Carter, Tyler Elsdon and Demeioun Robinson, all with five. Robinson also had two tackles-for-loss and a sack.
—Punter Riley Thompson averaged 52 yards on two punts, and kicker Alex Felkins kicked field goals of 21 and 48 yards.
—Penn State had scoring drives of 75 yards, 28 yards, 9 yards, 42 yards and 73 yards. The 73-yard drive took eight plays, resulted in the Lions’ second touchdown in the fourth quarter and took 4:51 off the clock.
—Penn State had just one penalty, for 2 yards, while Rutgers had six for 48 yards.
—Rutgers actually won the time of possession 32:00 to 28:00 and ran more plays from scrimmage, 58 to 53. Penn State, however, averaged 6.1 yards per play compared with the Knights’ 3.9.
—Twenty-five Nittany Lion players took part in the Senior Day celebration before the game.
—Compiled by Pat Rothdeutsch
