The Penn State Nittany Lions took a 14-3 lead over the UCLA Bruins in the first half of a Big Ten football game at Beaver Stadium.
No. 7 Penn State took a 14-3 lead over UCLA at halftime behind a resurgent offense, playing without its leading rusher, that scored twice in the second quarter. Quarterback Drew Allar rushed for a touchdown and threw another to Tyler Warren as the Nittany Lions scored on drives of 82 and 75 yards.
Meanwhile, UCLA quarterback Justyn Martin, making his first start since high school, began the game strong and confident, completing his first five passes, but ran into protection issues on some key downs. Martin was 11-for-14 for 116 yards in the first half. Allar went 10-for-14 for 129.Running back Nicholas Singleton, Penn State's leading rusher and scorer, did not play in the first half after being listed as questionable on the.
Allar began the game 2-for-4 passing for 9 yards but found a groove on Penn State's third series. He completed passes on three consecutive plays, including the long conversion to Clifford, and also scrambled to convert a third down.Martin led UCLA's offense downfield pretty well, getting inside the Penn State 25-yard line twice in the first half. The quarterback completed his first five passes of the opening drive, converting two third downs and a fourth down in the process.
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