1991 Schedule

 Florida St.
 at UCLA
 at Penn St.
 Air Force
 Utah St.
 UTEP
 Hawaii
 @ New Mexico
 @ Colorado St.
 Wyoming
 @ San Diego St.
 Utah
 Iowa (Bowl)


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Penn St. 33
BYU 7

University Park, PA
Sept. 21, 1991

1991 Season Stats

BYU 7 0 0 0 7
Penn St. 3 7 14 9 33

BYU Penn St.
First Downs 9 25
Rushes-Yards 29-0 67-292
Passes 8-26-1 12-24-1
Passing Yards 158 187
Total Offense 158 479
Return Yards 30 32
Punts-Avg. 8-31 4-32
Fumbles-Lost 4-2 2-1
Penalties-Yards 3-20 8-48
Possession Time 17:59 42:01

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing No. Gain Lost Net TD Long
Tuipulotu 9 38 0 38 0 11
Collins (PSU) 27 103 4 99 1 10

Passing Comp. Att. HI Yards TD Long
Detmer 8 26 1 158 1 33
Sacca (PSU) 12 24 1 187 1 42

Receiving No. Yards TD Long
Tuipulotu 3 42 0 28
McDuffie (PSU) 5 93 0 42

Punting No. Avg Long
Kauffman 7 35.4 40
Helkowski (PSU) 4 32 35

Night game (clear and chilly) at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Penn. (ABC 96,304 record attendance)

Nationally ranked Penn State was coming off a big loss to USC the previous week and Joe Paterno had his team primed for a victory.

After the teams jockeyed for position early in the first quarter, the Nittany Lions struck first on a 38-yard field goal by Craig Fayak.

Early in the second quarter, Penn State quarterback Tony Sacca passed to Terry Smith for a 12-yard scoring strike.

BYU came right back and marched 71-yards in eight plays as Ty Detmer tossed a 17-yard touchdown to Bryce Doman. However, on the play Doman suffered a broken collarbone and is lost for the season.

The fortunes would turn in favor of Penn State early in the third quarter as BYU fumbled away the kickoff and six plays later Gerry Collins rambled five yards for the score.

Penn State added two more touchdowns on runs of three and 24 yards by Richie Anderson and a 33-yard field goal by Fayak in front of the largest crowd ever to watch the Cougars play (96,304). BYU is now 0-3.

Series History
Penn St.
Penn St. leads series 2-1
10-31-92 BYU 30 PSU 17
9-21-91 PSU 33 BYU 7
12-29-89 PSU 50 BYU 39


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