Penn State at Northwestern 2015

Drive chart

Penn State Northwestern bar spans the drive · tick marks the start

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FUMBLE

3 pl · 0 yd · 0:51

0–0

MISSED FG

8 pl · 50 yd · 2:12

0–0

PUNT

3 pl · 3 yd · 1:35

0–0

PUNT

3 pl · -4 yd · 1:42

0–0

PUNT

5 pl · 15 yd · 2:07

0–0

PUNT

4 pl · 25 yd · 1:19

0–0

PUNT

3 pl · 1 yd · 1:00

0–0

PUNT

7 pl · 16 yd · 2:29

0–0

PUNT

3 pl · 8 yd · 1:52

0–0

5 pl · 59 yd · 1:57

0–7

PUNT

8 pl · 39 yd · 5:02

0–7

5 pl · 91 yd · 1:54

0–13

9 pl · 78 yd · 3:42

7–13

0 pl · 0 yd · 0:14

7–20

PUNT

3 pl · 3 yd · 0:51

7–20

END OF HALF

2 pl · -7 yd · 1:13

7–20

PUNT

6 pl · 31 yd · 1:45

7–20

PUNT

4 pl · 17 yd · 2:23

7–20

PUNT

6 pl · 20 yd · 2:14

7–20

PUNT

3 pl · 5 yd · 0:57

7–20

MISSED FG

5 pl · 30 yd · 1:04

7–20

5 pl · 70 yd · 1:33

14–20

INT

5 pl · 9 yd · 1:55

14–20

PUNT

5 pl · 22 yd · 1:42

14–20

PUNT

4 pl · 6 yd · 2:26

14–20

5 pl · 71 yd · 1:39

21–20

PUNT

3 pl · -1 yd · 0:57

21–20

INT

8 pl · 30 yd · 4:12

21–20

PUNT

9 pl · 30 yd · 3:54

21–20

PUNT

3 pl · 8 yd · 1:06

21–20

10 pl · 36 yd · 2:05

21–23

FUMBLE

1 pl · 7 yd · 0:08

21–23

32 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

1	takeaways	3
2	three-and-outs forced	6
4 of 16	scoring drives allowed	3 of 16

No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

—	field goals	1 of 3
11	punts	8
39.8	punt average	36.8
0	punts inside the 20	0
65	return yards	127
own 21	average drive start	own 36

Penn State

K	Tyler Davis	3/3 XP
P	Daniel Pasquariello	9 punts · 41.6 avg
P	Chris Gulla	2 punts · 32.0 avg
KR	Koa Farmer	2 ret · 56 yds · long 37
KR	Curtis Cothran	1 ret · 0 yds
PR	DeAndre Thompkins	5 ret · 9 yds · long 8

Northwestern

K	Jack Mitchell	1/3 FG · long 35 · 2/3 XP
P	Hunter Niswander	8 punts · 36.8 avg
KR	Solomon Vault	3 ret · 119 yds · long 96 · 1 TD
PR	Miles Shuler	3 ret · 8 yds · long 6

K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Series recent meetings

2025	Northwestern 22 – 21 Penn State
2023	Penn State 41 – 13 Northwestern
2022	Northwestern 7 – 17 Penn State
2017	Penn State 31 – 7 Northwestern
2014	Northwestern 29 – 6 Penn State
2012	Northwestern 28 – 39 Penn State
2011	Penn State 34 – 24 Northwestern
2010	Northwestern 21 – 35 Penn State

Last 8 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.