Penn State holds on late to secure victory at Washington
College Football
Penn State’s offense didn’t score in the second half, but it did something even more valuable when it mattered most. After a Washington touchdown turned what had been a 22-point halftime advantage into a three-point lead, the Nittany Lions held onto the ball for the final 7:40 of gametime, seeing out a 28-25 win with a 14-play, 70-yard drive. Rocco Becht went 16-for-27 for 240 yards and threw first-half touchdowns to Chase Sowell and Zay Robinson, both of whom were listed as questionable on the pregame injury report but ended up being good to play. But his biggest play of the night may well have been a 2-yard sneak on fourth-and-1 to the UW 1-yard on the first play after the two-minute timeout, which allowed the Nittany Lions (5-4, 2-4 Big Ten) to kneel the rest of the clock out.
Texas Tech 53, West Virginia 48
Thomas Castellanos threw for a career-high five touchdowns, including the go-ahead score to Kenny Johnson with 2:44 remaining, and No. 13 Texas Tech held on for a 53-48 victory over West Virginia in an old-school Big 12 offensive slugfest that ended early Sunday morning. The Red Raiders stayed on track for a shot at a second consecutive conference title by rallying from seven points down in the fourth quarter after leading by 14 at halftime. The teams combined for 1,220 yards of offense, including 894 before halftime.
Washington & Jefferson 63, Saint Francis 0
It was truly a dominant day for Washington & Jefferson, who outgained Saint Francis 525-47 in a 63-0 trouncing of Saint Francis (0-7) Saturday.
Andrew Sharp had three touchdown runs and Joey DeSabato caught a pair of touchdown passes for the Presidents, who improved to 8-1 on the season.
Waynesburg 40, Geneva 14
Waynesburg scored 33 unanswered points in the second half to pull away for a 40-14 win at Geneva in a Presidents’ Athletic Conference game.
Geneva (2-5, 3-6) led 14-7 at halftime, but Luke Hudson threw three touchdown passes in the third quarter, one each to Tyler Richmond, Chase Whysong and Isaiah Fields, to give the Yellow Jackets (3-4, 3-6) the lead.
Hudson added a 14-yard touchdown to Lee Colton in the fourth quarter and finished with 280 yards passing. Marcus Crum, Jr. returned an interception 100 yards on the final play of the game.
California 27, Gannon 7
A 20-point second quarter helped California (5-2, 7-3) pull away for a 27-7 victory over Gannon (1-6, 1-9) in PSAC West action.
Harry Radcliffe connected on two field goals, Jay Pearson scored on a 40-yard run and Sam Stoner threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Long in the Vulcans’ big second quarter.
Bobbie Boyd, Jr. added a 1-yard plunge for a score in the third quarter.
California nearly pitched a shutout, but Gannon scored in the final minute on a Damario Moore four-yard run.