College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Penn State 39, Michigan State 24
When: 12:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, December 12, 2020
Where: Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania
Attendance: N/A
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Michigan State 0 21 3 0 24
Penn State 3 7 15 14 39
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 6:10
Penn State   FG  Penn State 3 - Michigan State 0
Jake Pinegar 24 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 13:50
Michigan State   TD  Penn State 3 - Michigan State 7
Jalen Nailor 45 yd. pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:00
Penn State   TD  Penn State 10 - Michigan State 7
Sean Clifford 31 yd. run (Jake Pinegar kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:24
Michigan State   TD  Penn State 10 - Michigan State 14
Tre'von Morgan 26 yd. pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:26
Michigan State   TD  Penn State 10 - Michigan State 21
Jalen Nailor 7 yd. pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:07
Penn State   TD  Penn State 18 - Michigan State 21
Parker Washington 8 yd. pass from Sean Clifford (Jahan Dotson pass from Sean Clifford)
3rd Quarter - 1:59
Michigan State   FG  Penn State 18 - Michigan State 24
Matt Coghlin 23 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 0:02
Penn State   TD  Penn State 25 - Michigan State 24
Will Levis 1 yd. run (Jake Pinegar kick)
4th Quarter - 12:18
Penn State   TD  Penn State 32 - Michigan State 24
Parker Washington 49 yd. pass from Sean Clifford (Jake Pinegar kick)
4th Quarter - 11:24
Penn State   TD  Penn State 39 - Michigan State 24
Jahan Dotson 81 yd. punt return (Jake Pinegar kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Michigan State Penn State
W‑L 2 - 5 - 0 3 - 5 - 0
Conference 2 - 5 - 0 3 - 5 - 0
Team Stats
  Michigan State Penn State
Score 24 39
1st Downs 21 21
3rd Down Efficiency 2-for-12
17%		 4-for-12
33%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0%		 0-for-1
0%
Total Yards 396 405
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 30-71 40-119
Average/Rush 2.4 3.0
Passing
Comp-Att 22-39 20-30
Passing Yards 325 286
Average/Pass Play 7.6 9.5
Penalties-Yards 7-57 5-45
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Time of Possession 26:36 33:24
PLAYER STATS
Michigan State (2 - 5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Thorne 22/39 325 3 1
Penn State (3 - 5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
S. Clifford 17/27 232 2 0
W. Levis 3/3 54 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Simmons 14 72 5.1 0
J. Reed 2 12 6.0 0
C. Heyward 5 10 2.0 0
E. Collins 1 -3 -3.0 0
P. Thorne 8 -20 -2.5 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
S. Clifford 9 48 5.3 1
W. Levis 15 36 2.4 1
K. Lee 12 31 2.6 0
C. Holmes 2 8 4.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Nailor 6 100 16.7 2
J. Reed 6 76 12.7 0
M. Dotson 3 48 16.0 0
T. Morgan 2 46 23.0 1
T. Mosley 3 30 10.0 0
T. Hunt 1 17 17.0 0
E. Collins 1 8 8.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Dotson 8 108 13.5 0
P. Washington 4 95 23.8 2
B. Strange 3 45 15.0 0
K. Lambert-Smith 3 24 8.0 0
K. Lee 2 14 7.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Brisker 1 18 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Shelton 1.5 8.0
S. Simmons 1.5 4.0
A. Isaac 0.5 5.0
J. Sutherland 0.5 5.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
N. Harvey 6 3
D. Mallory 5 1
X. Henderson 4 0
A. Grose 4 1
D. Beesley 4 3
J. Slade 2 0
B. Wright 2 0
S. Brown 2 0
J. Camper 2 3
A. Simmons 2 8
J. Nailor 1 0
J. Mandryk 1 0
E. Collins 1 1
M. Dowell 1 2
N. Jones 1 3
K. Gervin 1 3
D. Williams 0 1
M. Hansen 0 1
M. Foster 0 1
J. Pietrowski 0 1
D. Kruse 0 1
E. Flowers 0 1
C. Kline 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Brisker 6 3
C. Jacobs 4 0
S. Toney 4 1
E. Brooks 3 3
D. Hardy 2 0
M. Wilson 2 0
J. Luketa 2 5
S. Simmons 2 5
K. Ellis 1 0
P. Mustipher 1 1
A. Shelton 1 2
J. Porter Jr. 1 2
L. Wade 1 2
J. Sutherland 1 2
T. Johnson 0 1
A. Isaac 0 1
F. Hansard 0 1
S. Vilbert 0 1
D. Hartlaub 0 2
B. Smith 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
J. Camper 1.0 2.0
D. Mallory 0.5 1.0
A. Simmons 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
S. Simmons 2.0 5.0
A. Shelton 1.5 8.0
J. Sutherland 1.5 6.0
J. Brisker 1.5 3.0
S. Toney 1.0 3.0
E. Brooks 1.0 1.0
A. Isaac 0.5 5.0
J. Luketa 0.5 1.0
F. Hansard 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Brisker 1