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 | |  | | Akron (0-1) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | Penn State (1-0) | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Penn State: Evan Royster 5 yd run (Collin Wagner kick) | | | Penn State: Chaz Powell 8 yd pass from Daryll Clark (Collin Wagner kick) | | | Penn State: Collin Wagner 29 yd FG | | | Penn State: Derek Moye 22 yd pass from Daryll Clark (Collin Wagner kick) | | | Penn State: Graham Zug 19 yd pass from Daryll Clark (Collin Wagner kick) | | | Akron: Deryn Bowser 40 yd pass from Chris Jacquemain (Branko Rogovic kick) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Penn State | Akron | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 25 | 8 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 515 | 186 | | Total Plays | 74 | 54 | | Average Gain | 7 | 3.4 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 136 | 28 | | Rushes | 30 | 30 | | Average per rush | 4.5 | 0.9 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 379 | 158 | | Completions-attempted | 32-44 | 13-24 | | Sacked | 0 | 0 | | Yards Lost | 0 | 0 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 2 | 1 | | Interceptions | 1 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 1 | 0 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 3 | 7 | | Penalty Yards | 20 | 59 | | Time of Possesion | 34:41 | 25:19 | | Punts | 3 | 7 | | Punt Average | 40.33 | 39 | | Return Yards | 45 | 94 |
| Passing | | Penn State | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Daryll Clark (0) | 29 | 40 | 353 | 3 | 1 | 8.8 | | | Kevin Newsome (0) | 3 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | | | Akron | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Chris Jacquemain (0) | 13 | 22 | 158 | 1 | 1 | 7.2 | | | Matt Rodgers (0) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Rushing | | Penn State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Evan Royster (0) | 14 | 61 | 1 | 4.4 | | | Andrew Dailey (0) | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37.0 | | | Kevin Newsome (0) | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6.0 | | | Stephfon Green (0) | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1.4 | | | Devon Smith (0) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Daryll Clark (0) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1.7 | | | Joe Suhey (0) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 | | | Akron | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Alex Allen (0) | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0.7 | | | Norman Shuford (0) | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | | | Jeremy Bruce (0) | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2.0 | | | Team (0) | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2.0 | | | Chris Jacquemain (0) | 6 | -4 | 0 | -0.7 | | | Joe Tuzze (0) | 2 | 19 | 0 | 9.5 | | | Matt Rodgers (0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2.3 | |
| Receiving | | Penn State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Chaz Powell (0) | 7 | 65 | 1 | 9.3 | | | Derek Moye (0) | 6 | 138 | 1 | 23.0 | | | Graham Zug (0) | 5 | 62 | 1 | 12.4 | | | Joe Suhey (0) | 4 | 40 | 0 | 10.0 | | | Devon Smith (0) | 2 | 25 | 0 | 12.5 | | | Evan Royster (0) | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3.0 | | | Brandon Beachum (0) | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14.0 | | | Andrew Quarless (0) | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12.0 | | | Stephfon Green (0) | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9.0 | | | Mickey Shuler (0) | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | | | Curtis Drake (0) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Brett Brackett (0) | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7.0 | | | Akron | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Jeremy LaFrance (0) | 5 | 53 | 0 | 10.6 | | | Deryn Bowser (0) | 3 | 63 | 1 | 21.0 | | | Jeremy Bruce (0) | 3 | 30 | 0 | 10.0 | | | Dashan Miller (0) | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | | | Alex Allen (0) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | |
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