West Regional Semifinal- (4) Penn State 40, (1) TCU 27
Posted by deaconcat08 on December 19, 2009
Another 4-seed over 1-seed upset. This one isn’t nearly as shocking though.
Penn St. TCU
score 40 27
1st downs 14 19
total offense 398 427
rushes/yds/td 32/140/2 30/172
comp/atts/yds 18/35/1 18/40/3
pass yds 258 255
3rd downs 4/16 3/11
4th downs 2/2 1/2
2 pt convs 0 0
red/td/fg 3/2/1 4/3/1
turnovers 0 3
fumbles 0 2
ints 0 1
pr yds 17 5
kr yds 111 141
total yds 526 573
punts/avg 4/45.5 4/30.3
pen/yds 5/45 4/30
time of poss 15:36 12:50
Player Stats:
Passing
T: Dalton 18/40 255 yds 3 td 1 int
P: Clark 18/35 258 yds 1 td
Rushing
T: Turner 28/170 yds
P: Royster 25/136 yds 2 td
Passing
T: Johnson 4/55 yds 1 td
Young 4/73 yds 1 td
Turner 4/58 yds 1 td
10 drops
P: Moye 4/50 yds
Zug 1/3 yds 1 td
Royster 3/69 yds
Defense
T: Johnson 9 tkls
Daniels 5 tkls, 1 sk
P: Hayes 9 tkls
Astorino 9 tkls
Scoring Summary:
Penn St. opened up the game with a 38 yd fg (PSU 3-0). TCU matched the fg with a 48 yd fg on the next possession (Tied 3-3). This would be as close as TCU got for a long time. Late in the 1st, Penn St. had a 4th and inches at the TCU 36. Penn St. lined up to punt and hiked the ball to the upback, who barely got the first down. This play seemed to change the flow of the game. Penn St. RB Royster would then pound a 1 yd td run (PSU 10-3).
The 2nd quarter would be all Penn St. The TCU woes started with a RB Turner fumble at the TCU 20, which was returned for a td (PSU 17-3). TCU would turn the ball over again on their next possession. Dalton throws a pick at the PSU 35, which lead to a Penn St. 32 yd fg (PSU 20-3). Penn St. would get the ball back and QB Clark hit RB Royster for 68 yd screen pass. This set up a 3 yd td pass from QB Clark to TE Zug (PSU 27-3). Penn St. would pad their lead at the end of the half when a 48 yd fg bounced off the cross bar and in (PSU 30-3).
The TCU offense would pick up a little in the 3rd. QB Dalton hit WR Young for a 43 yd pass. The Penn St. defense would hold TCU to a 18 yd fg (PSU 30-6). On TCU’s next possession, QB Dalton completed a pass to WR Young, who lost a fumble at the TCU 34. This lead to a Penn St. 47 yd fg (PSU 33-6). TCU would close out the quarter with a 1 yd td pass from QB Dalton to RB Turner (PSU 33-13).
TCU would strike again early in the 4th. QB Dalton hits WR Young for a 18 yd td pass (PSU 33-20). Penn St. then had the ball with 3:30 left in the game at the TCU 34. The TCU defense had to get a stop. Penn St. lined up for a 4th and 1 and RB Royster broke a 34 yd run for a td, pretty much ending the game (PSU 40-20). TCU would then score in garbage time with a 10 yd td pass from QB Dalton to WR Johnson (PSU 40-27).
Notes
1. TCU dropped passes. Dalton threw 22 incomplete passes and 10 of them were drops. Most of these occured in the early part of the game and a few would have been huge 3rd down conversions.
2. TCU turnovers. TCU lost 2 fumbles and threw 1 int. One of the fumbles lead to a direct td. Penn St. would score 13 points off all 3 turnovers.
3. TCU punting. TCU only averaged 30.3 yds/punt. 2 of these were early in the game. The TCU punter shanked the 2 punts for an average of 20 yds each and both were deep in TCU territory. Penn St. had excellent field position off these miscues.
4. Play of the game: The Penn St. fake punt on 4th and 1. They could have kicked the fg in that situation, but the fake punt set the tone for the rest of the game. Penn St. would control the game from this point forward.