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NOWHERE TO RUN
On a tough day for both teams' RBs, the Lions' passing game delivers
Northwestern did about as good a job as Pat
Fitzgerald could have ever hoped for against
Saquon Barkley on Saturday. Penn State's star run-
ning back, who went into the game leading the
Football Bowl Subdivision in all-purpose yards
with an average of 243.6 per game, was able to
amass only 84 against the Wildcats, and 53 of those
yards came on one play – a touchdown ramble late
in the third quarter.
But Barkley is a difference-maker even when he
isn't racking up yardage. With the Wildcats deter-
mined not to let him break off big runs or catch
passes out of the backfield, the Lions were able to
spread the ball around to an assortment of comple-
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Parker Cothren
and his fellow
Penn State de-
fenders gang
up on North-
western's
Justin Jackson.
The senior run-
ning back was
held to 66
yards rushing
on 16 carries,
and the Wild-
cats finished
with only 265
yards of total
offense.
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by Steve
Manuel
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