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COMEBACK KIDS
Penn State shows its youth but rallies to overcome App State
Appalachian State is going to start having a really
hard time scheduling nonconference games if it
keeps this up.
The Mountaineers nearly made 10th-ranked
Penn State their latest upset victim on Saturday at
Beaver Stadium, rallying back from two 14-point
deficits in the second half. But the Nittany Lions
answered with a rally of their own and won the
game in overtime, 45-38, when Amani Oruwariye
intercepted Zac Thomas in the end zone – the only
turnover of the game.
James Franklin began his postgame address by
acknowledging the obvious: that App State had
taken his team to the limit, just as it did to Michi-
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Sanders led
the Nittany
Lion ground
game on Sat-
urday, rushing
for 91 yards on
19 carries. He
was responsi-
ble for all 25 of
Penn State's
yards in over-
time, and his
4-yard touch-
down run was
the difference
in the game.
Photo by
Steve Manuel
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