Nittany Lion Review – Game 6, 2009 – Penn State 52, Eastern Illinois 3

October 12, 2009

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In the final non-conference game of the 2009 season, Penn State used a monstrous second quarter to defeat the Eastern Illinois Panthers in front of 104,000+ at Beaver Stadium on Saturday. The win moves Penn State to 5-1 on the season heading into next week’s homecoming game against the Golden Gophers.

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Nittany Lion Preview – Game 6, 2009 – vs. Eastern Illinois

October 8, 2009

Nittany Lion Review – Game 5, 2009 – Penn State 35, Illinois 17

October 5, 2009

GameReview2009-05IllinoisPlaying in their first road test of the 2009 season, the Nittany Lions broke out the all-vanillas and ran up, through and around the Illinois defense en route to a 35-17 win. The 338 rushing yards were a season high for Penn State, a team which had been struggling to gain yards on the ground for the first four games of the year.

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Nittany Lion Preview – Game 5, 2009 – at Illinois

October 1, 2009

Nittany Lion Review – Game 4, 2009 – Iowa 21, Penn State 10

September 28, 2009

GameReview2009-04IowaPenn State dropped their first game of the 2009 season Saturday night in front of 109,000+ fans at a cold, wet a dreary Beaver Stadium. For the second straight year, the Iowa Hawkeyes handed the Nittany Lions their first loss of the season, this time by a 21-10 score that as a whole, is a very misleading margin.

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