College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Penn State 27, UCLA 11
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 5, 2024
Where: Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 67°
Head Official: Tim O'Dey
Attendance: 110047

Drew Allar passed for a touchdown and ran for another, and No. 7 Penn State cruised to a 27-11 win over visiting UCLA on Saturday in State College, Pa.

The Nittany Lions (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten Conference) started slow offensively for the second consecutive week of league play. But after almost 25 minutes of a scoreless stalemate, Allar broke through with a goal-line touchdown carry in the second quarter.

His score capped a 16-play, 82-yard drive that consumed 8:36. Penn State tacked on another touchdown just before halftime. Allar connected with Tyler Warren on a 5-yard TD catch with 20 seconds on the clock.

The Nittany Lions' score answered Mateen Bhaghani's 25-yard field goal that got UCLA (1-4, 0-3) on the board with a drive of eight plays and 75 yards in 2:31.

The floodgates opened from there. Ryan Barker's field goals of 25 and 40 yards bookended a goal-line touchdown carry from Kaytron Allen to cap a 58-yard drive.

Allen's 78 yards paced Penn State on the ground, though the rest of the Nittany Lions combined for just seven rushing yards. Allar's 237 yards on 17-of-24 passing buoyed the offense.

He completed three straight passes of 24, 12 and 25 yards on the pivotal touchdown drive before intermission, hitting three different receivers: Liam Clifford, Julian Fleming and Harrison Wallace.

Clifford caught three passes for 107 yards in the win.

Penn State's defense, meanwhile, held UCLA to just 260 yards of offense. Nittany Lion tacklers got into the backfield for seven hits for loss, contributing to Penn State limiting UCLA to 93 yards on 29 carries, a 3.2 average.

The Bruins did not cross into Nittany Lions territory on their first three possessions of the second half. Their fourth drive stalled on downs in the red zone.

UCLA quarterback Justyn Martin, making his first college start in place of an injured Ethan Garbers, went 22-of-30 passing for 167 yards and threw a 1-yard touchdown to Logan Loya in the final 16 seconds.

T.J. Harden caught five passes for 59 yards. Keegan Jones led the Bruins with 38 yards rushing on five carries, with Jalen Berger matching that total on nine attempts.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Rushing
UCLA   Penn State
Jalen Berger Player Kaytron Allen
9 Attempts 21
38 Yards 78
4.2 Avg Yards 3.7
0 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Receiving
UCLA   Penn State
TJ Harden Player Liam Clifford
5 Receptions 3
59 Yards 107
11.8 Avg Yards 35.7
0 Touchdowns 0
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
UCLA 260 93 167 1 1 0 1.0 0
Penn State 322 85 237 3 2 0 2.0 1