Post Game Notes From Ohio State vs. Penn State – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/27/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 27, 2001
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– Penn State Coach Joe Paterno recorded his 324th career victory, breaking the record for most career wins by an NCAA Division I-A coach. Paterno’s mark is 324-94-3 in his 36th season. He breaks the record formerly held by Paul “Bear” Bryant, who earned a 323-85-17 (78.0) record over 38 years (1945-82)
– Penn State’s comeback today from an 18-point deficit (27-9) marked the largest comeback by a Nittany Lion team since the 1994 Lions rallied from a 21-0 deficit at Illinois to win 35-31.
– Penn State leads the series with Ohio State, 10-7, and is 4-1 at home vs. the Buckeyes since beginning Big Ten play in 1993.
– Penn State had a season-high eight plays of 20 yards or more from scrimmage.
– Zack Mills had 280 yards passing today, which is a career high and betters his own freshman record for passing yardage that he had previously set against Michigan (244 yards).
– Zack Mills had 138 yards of rushing, which is a career high, and the first time that a Penn State quarterback has had over 100 yards of rushing since Tony Sacca had 113 against Pittsburgh in 1990. Mills’ rushing total is the most for a PSU quarterback since at least 1974. Sacca had 187 yards passing vs. Pitt in ’90.
– Mills’s 418 total yards of offense is a Penn State record. The previous total offense high was 370 yards, set by Mike McQueary against Pittsburgh in 1997.
– Zack Mills’s 69-yard touchdown run in the 3rd quarter was the longest run from scrimmage by a – Penn State player since Chafie Fields had a 70-yard scamper for a touchdown against Arizona in 1999. In addition, the 69-yard dash was the longest run by a PSU quarterback since John Sacca’s 75-yard touchdown run against Cincinnati in 1991.
– Robbie Gould’s two 46 yard field goals today are each the longest of his season/career.
– Robbie Gould’s three field goals are a season/career high.
– Tony Johnson’s 5 receptions today are a career high.
– Anthony Adams’s 9 tackles today are a career high.
– With today’s fumble recovery, Shawn Mayer has two fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles for the season.
– David Royer’s 64-yard punt in the fourth quarter was his career longest punt. The 64-yard boot is tied for 16th longest all-time in the Penn State annals (it is tied with four other punts.).
– The 64-yard punt by David Royer was the longest punt by a Penn State kicker since Chris Clauss booted a 76-yard punt in 1987.
– Ohio State’s Michael Jenkins’s 68-yard reception in the second quarter was the longest reception allowed by Penn State since D’Wayne Bates had an 81-yard reception for Northwestern against the Lions in 1998.
– Ohio State’s Jonathan Wells’s 65-yard touchdown run in the third quarter was the longest run allowed by the Nittany Lions since Michigan’s Tyrone Wheatley had a 67 yard scamper for a touchdown in 1994.
