UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - A four-touchdown second quarter gave Penn State a 34-0 lead at halftime and the Nittany Lions went on to defeat UMass, 48-7, on Saturday afternoon at Beaver Stadium. Penn State ran for a season-high 228 yards, improving to 4-0 this season.
Marken Michel led the UMass offense with 104 yards receiving on six catches, while Tajae Sharpe scored the Minutemen's lone touchdown on a 77-yard catch-and-run from Blake Frohnapfel to finish with 99-yards receiving. Frohnapfel finished the game with 263 yards after going 17-for-33 through the air.
Marken Michel led the UMass offense with 104 yards receiving on six catches, while Tajae Sharpe scored the Minutemen's lone touchdown on a 77-yard catch-and-run from Blake Frohnapfel to finish with 99-yards receiving. Frohnapfel finished the game with 263 yards after going 17-for-33 through the air.
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Penn State's Christian Hackenberg threw for 179 yards, while a trio of tailbacks scored touchdowns. Bill Belton scored a pair of rushing touchdowns as did Zach Zwinak. Akeel Lynch also posted a rushing touchdown with a team-high 81 yards.
After holding the Nittany Lions to a pair of 40-plus yard field goals in the first quarter, UMass was unable to keep Penn State out of the end zone in the second period. Bill Belton scored a 24-yard touchdown nearly five minutes into the second quarter and then added a second with 8:48 to go, giving PSU a 20-0 lead.
Zach Zwinak added a five-yard score and a one-yard TD in the final four minutes of the half making the lead 34-0 at the intermission.
UMass started the game by forcing a Penn State three-and-out on defense before mounting a seven-play, 41-yard drive on its first possession. The Minutemen came away empty-handed, however, as Matthew Wylie's first career field goal attempt went just wide.
The Minutemen started the second quarter with momentum, but an 11-play, 44-yard drive was halted on a fourth down conversion attempt at the Penn State 31-yard line when Frohnapfel's pass to the end zone just missed Jean Sifrin.
Penn State added a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter to take a 48-0 lead.
The Minutemen broke up the shutout on the first play of the fourth quarter when Frohnapfel hit Sharpe over the middle for a 77-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown.
UMass (0-4) will open Mid-American Conference play next Saturday against Bowling Green. The Homecoming match-up will be the first game back in renovated McGuirk Stadium since the Minutemen last played in their campus facility in 2011.
(Courtesy of UMass Athletics)
After holding the Nittany Lions to a pair of 40-plus yard field goals in the first quarter, UMass was unable to keep Penn State out of the end zone in the second period. Bill Belton scored a 24-yard touchdown nearly five minutes into the second quarter and then added a second with 8:48 to go, giving PSU a 20-0 lead.
Zach Zwinak added a five-yard score and a one-yard TD in the final four minutes of the half making the lead 34-0 at the intermission.
UMass started the game by forcing a Penn State three-and-out on defense before mounting a seven-play, 41-yard drive on its first possession. The Minutemen came away empty-handed, however, as Matthew Wylie's first career field goal attempt went just wide.
The Minutemen started the second quarter with momentum, but an 11-play, 44-yard drive was halted on a fourth down conversion attempt at the Penn State 31-yard line when Frohnapfel's pass to the end zone just missed Jean Sifrin.
Penn State added a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter to take a 48-0 lead.
The Minutemen broke up the shutout on the first play of the fourth quarter when Frohnapfel hit Sharpe over the middle for a 77-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown.
UMass (0-4) will open Mid-American Conference play next Saturday against Bowling Green. The Homecoming match-up will be the first game back in renovated McGuirk Stadium since the Minutemen last played in their campus facility in 2011.
(Courtesy of UMass Athletics)
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