No. 22 Auburn gave No. 10 Penn State everything it could handle, but the Nittany Lions were able to send the White Out crowd home happy in the end.
Penn State, behind a strong performance from quarterback Sean Clifford and a few timely defensive stops down the stretch, improved to 3-0 with a 28-20 victory over the Tigers.
Auburn, with the aid of some shaky officiating, was up to the task early and had a 10-7 lead for much of the second quarter. But Penn State took a 14-10 lead on a Clifford touchdown pass to Brenton Strange just before halftime, giving PSU a 14-10 lead it would never relinquish.