Defense
Grade: A
Big plays were nearly non-existent for Delaware against the Penn State defense. The Nittany Lions did leave a big hole on a 3rd-and-1 situation that led to a 66-yard touchdown run by the Blue Hens in the first quarter, but Delaware had just two other plays of at least 10 yards, and they had no other points to add to the scoreboard.
Penn State allowed just 140 yards of total offense to Delaware, 66 of which came on the first-quarter touchdown run. Delaware was just 2-of-11 on third down and never stepped foot inside the red zone all afternoon. Penn State’s defense combined for 7 TFL and 4 sacks, forced and recovered a fumble and had a pick-six by linebacker [autotag]Dominic DeLuca[/autotag].