FINAL SCORE
Penn State Nittany Lions at Minnesota Golden Gophers game details
Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 3:30 PM ET
Huntington Bank Stadium · Attendance 44,266
Put the final score in perspective.
Penn State finished 1 points ahead. The teams combined for 51 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Penn State 16, Minnesota 19. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Minnesota outscored its opponent in 1 and Penn State in 2. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Penn State | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
 Minnesota | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 20 | 18 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 1-11 | 5-12 |
| 4th down efficiency | 3-4 | 1-1 |
| Total Yards | 361 | 281 |
| Passing | 244 | 175 |
| Comp/Att | 21/28 | 15/23 |
| Yards per pass | 8.7 | 7.6 |
| Rushing | 117 | 106 |
| Rushing Attempts | 33 | 36 |
| Yards per rush | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| Penalties | 2-10 | 1-15 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 1 |
| Possession | 25:49 | 34:11 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Penn State Nittany Lions
passing
| Drew Allar | 21/28 | 244 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 84.6 |
rushing
| Nicholas Singleton | 13 | 63 | 4.8 | 1 | 15 |
| Luke Reynolds | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 32 |
| Kaytron Allen | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | 8 |
| Drew Allar | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 1 | 8 |
| Beau Pribula | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tyler Warren | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Tyler Warren | 8 | 102 | 12.8 | 0 | 28 |
| Omari Evans | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 1 | 45 |
| Harrison Wallace III | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | 18 |
| Nicholas Singleton | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | 14 |
| Liam Clifford | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
fumbles
defensive
| Jaylen Reed | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kobe King | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Rojas | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Harris | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zane Durant | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrece Mills | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dvon J-Thomas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zakee Wheatley | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic DeLuca | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdul Carter | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cam Miller | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coziah Izzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dani Dennis-Sutton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zion Tracy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Kimber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Elsdon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dejuan Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amin Vanover | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
interceptions
| Dominic DeLuca | 1 | 29 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Liam Clifford | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
kicking
| Ryan Barker | 2/2 | 100.0 | 45 | 2/2 | 8 |
punting
| Riley Thompson | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
| Tyler Warren | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Minnesota Golden Gophers
passing
| Max Brosmer | 15/23 | 175 | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 62.2 |
rushing
| Darius Taylor | 17 | 58 | 3.4 | 0 | 12 |
| Marcus Major Jr. | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 1 | 20 |
| Daniel Jackson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cristian Driver | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Max Brosmer | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Daniel Jackson | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 0 | 23 |
| Elijah Spencer | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 |
| Jameson Geers | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 1 | 21 |
| Darius Taylor | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 8 |
| Nick Kallerup | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Le'Meke Brockington | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Marcus Major Jr. | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
fumbles
| Max Brosmer | 1 | 1 | 0 |
defensive
| Cody Lindenberg | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koi Perich | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maverick Baranowski | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Brown | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Henderson | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Smith | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jalen Logan-Redding | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Williams | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deven Eastern | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Robinson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Striggow | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Walley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jah Joyner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Le'Meke Brockington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Za'Quan Bryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Koi Perich | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Derik LeCaptain | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
kicking
| Dragan Kesich | 3/3 | 100.0 | 48 | 2/2 | 11 |
punting
| Mark Crawford | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 8:57 | Marcus Major 20 Yd Run (Dragan Kesich Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 2 | 12:56 | Dragan Kesich 48 Yd Field Goal | 0 – 10 |
| 2 | 10:48 | Omari Evans 45 Yd pass from Drew Allar (Ryan Barker Kick) | 7 – 10 |
| 2 | 7:50 | Ryan Barker 45 Yd Field Goal | 10 – 10 |
| 2 | 1:03 | Jameson Geers 21 Yd pass from Max Brosmer (Dragan Kesich Kick) | 10 – 17 |
| 2 | 0:19 | Drew Allar 4 Yd Run (Ryan Barker PAT blocked) | 16 – 17 |
| 2 | 0:18 | Ethan Robinson Defensive PAT Conversion | 16 – 19 |
| 3 | 9:59 | Dragan Kesich 42 Yd Field Goal | 16 – 22 |
| 3 | 3:43 | Nicholas Singleton 12 Yd Run (Ryan Barker Kick) | 23 – 22 |
| 4 | 11:51 | Ryan Barker 32 Yd Field Goal | 26 – 22 |
| 4 | 5:48 | Dragan Kesich 26 Yd Field Goal | 26 – 25 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 5:31 PM UTCData methodology