The Lions forced six fumbles and recovered four, two by linebacker Curtis Jacobs that led to a 10-0 halftime lead. Five of the previous six games had been decided by six points or less. It was a lopsided victory in a series that has been tight. It was Penn State’s first shutout win over a ranked opponent since a 24-0 whitewash of Texas A&M in the 1999 Alamo Bowl. “The only way to do that on the D-line was to dominate the man in front of us. “We knew they were a heavy run team, so our mentality all week was to stop the run,” defensive end Chop Robinson said. They limited the Hawkeyes to 20 rushing yards and never allowed them to cross their 18-yard line. The Lions held Iowa to four downs and 76 total yards, the second-fewest by a Lions opponent in the Big Ten era. Penn State (2-0 Big Ten, 4-0) stretched its winning streak to nine by smothering the Hawkeyes (0-1, 3-1) and gaining a measure of revenge for its controversial loss in 2021 in Iowa City. 24 Iowa 31-0 before 110,840 rain-drenched fans.
The seventh-ranked Nittany Lions used a defensive avalanche to bury No. STATE COLLEGE – Penn State celebrated its annual White Out game Saturday night at Beaver Stadium, which was appropriate.
