Penn State Gridiron Perfection
With a Young Quarterback and A Stifling Defense — James Franklin Once Again Has the Nittany Lions As A Top NCAA Program in 2024.
PHOTO: Matthew O’Haren/Imagn Images
If you haven’t seen any local Pennsylvania football yet in 2024 — make sure you catch a Penn State football game. The Nittany Lions are 5–0, and once again, James Franklin’s Penn State seventh-ranked football team is one of the top programs in the nation.
Beaver Stadium is fast becoming one place that you don’t want to visit as the away team once again in 2024.
On Saturday afternoon — Penn State’s latest victim at Beaver Stadium was the west-coast UCLA Bruins — another football team to be cast into the throws of recovering from the effects of a multi-year experience under Chip Kelly.
UCLA was quickly overtaken by a well-prepared Penn State team, who handily defeated the 1–3 Bruins by a final score of 27–11. Quarterback Drew Allar would finish with 237 yards and two touchdowns (and one rushing,) Kaytron Allen rushed for seventy-eight yards and a score, and Liam Clifford (the brother of the Green Bay Packer’s Sean Clifford) finished the contest with 107 yards receiving.
UCLA was held to 260 yards of total offense and could never get the rushing attack, finishing with less than one hundred yards. The Bruins’ lone touchdown pass came with less than twenty seconds left, and the contest had already been decided.
A week earlier — under the lights of the late September Beaver Stadium — Penn State’s defense delivered a stifling performance, allowing only 34 yards rushing and capturing two turnovers in the 21–7 victory over the #19 Fighting Illini.
Next week, Penn State will travel to #11 USC to keep the unbeaten streak alive as one of college football’s best teams.
PHOTO: Matthew O’Haren/Imagn Images
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