UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - When Penn State head coach James Franklin was asked postgame if he'd ever been a part of an outing where his team had held an opponent to fewer than 100 yards of total offense in game, he wasn't sure if he had.
Saturday evening at High Point Solutions Stadium, the Nittany Lions held the Scarlet Knights to just 87 yards of total offense, marking the fewest yards surrendered in a Big Ten game in program history. Holding Rutgers to nearly 150 yards below Penn State's previous single game low this season, the Nittany Lions also gave up just five first downs, marking another program first in conference action.