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CFB : ATS Matchup
Saturday 12/5/2020Line$ LineOU LineScore
PENN ST
 
RUTGERS
-13  

+13  
-550

+375

51.5
 
23
Final
7

PENN ST (1 - 5) at RUTGERS (2 - 4)
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Week 14 Saturday, 12/5/2020 12:00 PM
Board OpenLatest
359PENN ST-9.5-11.5
360RUTGERS57.552.5
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
PENN ST - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games1-5-5.41-52-325.08.3417.8(5.2)2.232.820.7347.8(5.3)0.8
Road Games1-2-3.41-21-228.310.0468.7(5.5)1.727.717.0265.0(4.5)1.3
Last 3 Games1-2-1.51-21-223.710.0420.0(5.2)2.029.319.3315.0(5)1.0
Turf Games1-2-3.41-21-228.310.0468.7(5.5)1.727.717.0265.0(4.5)1.3
Conference Games1-5-5.41-52-325.08.3417.8(5.2)2.232.820.7347.8(5.3)0.8
PENN ST - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)25.08.325.233:0242-158(3.8)22-3857.5%260(6.8)80-418(5.2)(16.7)
Opponents Defensive Avg.27.412.921.731:1239-159(4)20-3360.1%237(7.2)73-396(5.5)(14.4)
Offense Road Games28.310.027.337:4851-250(4.9)20-3458.3%219(6.4)86-469(5.5)(16.5)
Defense (All Games)32.820.718.526:5836-144(4)18-2963.0%203(7.1)65-348(5.3)(10.6)
Opponents Offensive Avg.30.417.42129:0436-160(4.5)20-3262.5%245(7.6)68-404(6)(13.3)
Defense Road Games27.717.015.722:1231-120(3.9)15-2852.9%145(5.1)59-265(4.5)(9.6)

RUTGERS - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-LUnitsW-LO-UScoreHalfYardsYPPTOScoreHalfYardsYPPTO
All Games2-4+2.34-25-130.813.5369.5(4.9)2.035.717.5430.5(5.7)1.8
Home Games0-3-4.21-22-127.712.3385.3(5.3)2.336.011.3428.3(5.5)0.7
Last 3 Games1-2+0.52-12-133.014.3440.0(5.6)1.333.712.3450.7(5.7)1.0
Turf Games0-4-4.22-23-127.510.0382.3(5.1)2.339.317.3450.5(6)0.8
Conference Games2-4+2.34-25-130.813.5369.5(4.9)2.035.717.5430.5(5.7)1.8
RUTGERS - Current Season Statistics
 RushingPassingTotal
 PPGHalfFDTOPATT-YDSYPRCMP-ATTPCTYDSPYAATT-YDSYPPYPPT
Offense (All Games)30.813.521.029:3338-136(3.5)25-3766.1%233(6.2)76-370(4.9)(12)
Opponents Defensive Avg.28.915.221.731:4938-148(3.9)21-3462.0%254(7.4)72-403(5.6)(13.9)
Offense Home Games27.712.320.727:2435-132(3.7)24-3864.0%254(6.7)73-385(5.3)(13.9)
Defense (All Games)35.717.524.232:1842-170(4.1)22-3366.2%260(7.9)75-430(5.7)(12.1)
Opponents Offensive Avg.28.91520.829:2336-147(4.1)20-3361.2%255(7.6)69-402(5.8)(13.9)
Defense Home Games36.011.324.036:1648-198(4.2)19-3160.9%230(7.5)78-428(5.5)(11.9)
Average power rating of opponents played: PENN ST 47,  RUTGERS 43.5
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
PENN ST - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
10/24/2020@ INDIANA35-36L-7L62O52-25024-35-238326-4119-36-1702
10/31/2020OHIO ST25-38L9.5L63P27-4418-30-281145-20828-34-3180
11/7/2020MARYLAND19-35L-27.5L63U36-9427-57-340335-12318-26-2820
11/14/2020@ NEBRASKA23-30L-2.5L57U52-24519-39-256239-14613-21-1521
11/21/2020IOWA21-41L1L45.5O35-6226-38-280446-17518-28-1861
11/28/2020@ MICHIGAN27-17W1W56.5U50-25417-29-163027-17413-28-1121
12/5/2020@ RUTGERS            
12/12/2020MICHIGAN ST            

RUTGERS - Season Results
 Team StatsOpp Stats
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTot.O/URushingPassingTORushingPassingTO
10/24/2020@ MICHIGAN ST38-27W9W45.5O41-10619-30-170339-5031-43-3197
10/31/2020INDIANA21-37L11.5L54O33-12423-36-124340-10717-26-2380
11/7/2020@ OHIO ST27-49L38W63O32-14134-49-232237-20324-28-3141
11/14/2020ILLINOIS20-23L-5L51.5U33-16621-34-256359-3417-18-1041
11/21/2020MICHIGAN42-48L11.5W52O40-10529-44-381144-14632-48-3491
11/28/2020@ PURDUE37-30W13W60.5O52-17622-31-236033-17520-35-2371
12/5/2020PENN ST            
12/12/2020@ MARYLAND            
PREVIEW
Rutgers faces Penn State seeking step toward relevance
 

Football coaches aren't always the most sentimental, so it's doubtful that Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano has noted or will care very much that Saturday's scheduled game against Penn State will be the first following the one-year anniversary of his return to the Scarlet Knights.

However, just being asked this week about a Rutgers-Penn State rivalry is an indication of the rapid progress the Scarlet Knights have made in the first season of Schiano's second stint at the New Jersey school.

The Scarlet Knights (2-4, 2-4 Big Ten) will look to maintain their hopes of a .500 season when they host the Nittany Lions (1-5, 1-5) in a matchup of teams experiencing decidedly different seasons.

They have one thing in common, however. Both will be looking to build their first winning streak of the season. Rutgers beat Purdue 37-30 last Saturday while Penn State broke into the win column at the expense of Michigan, 27-17.

Rutgers snapped a four-game losing streak that nonetheless provided plenty of short- and long-term optimism for the Scarlet Knights, who squandered double-digit leads in back-to-back losses to Illinois and Michigan prior to beating Purdue. Shameen Jones had eight catches for 88 yards and two touchdowns in the victory over the Boilermakers.

Rutgers can finish .500 and with its most Big Ten wins ever by beating Penn State and Maryland, whom it is scheduled to face on Dec. 12. The Scarlet Knights entered this season 7-45 in Big Ten play since debuting in the league in 2014 and lost 21 straight conference games before earning a 38-27 win over Michigan State in the season opener on Oct. 24.

But Schiano, who directed the once-moribund Scarlet Knights to a 68-67 record from 2001-11 and won bowl games in five of his final six seasons before departing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, isn't ready to consider Rutgers a rival of a traditional power such as Penn State.

"I don't think you can make a rival," Schiano said Tuesday. "If we play well enough over a number of years here in the game against Penn State, it would be a natural rival -- bordering states, all that. But Rutgers has not given a reason yet for us to be Penn State's rival. That's up to us."

A case could be made Penn State has already helped Rutgers close the perception gap between the programs. The Nittany Lions were ranked eighth in the preseason before enduring the first 0-5 start in the history of a program that has won 899 games over 127 seasons.

Head coach James Franklin hopes Penn State turned a corner during a wire-to-wire win over Michigan, which pulled within 20-17 early in the fourth quarter before the Nittany Lions mounted a 12-play, 75-yard touchdown drive to put the game away. Will Levis' 2-yard run capped the march.

"We played with tremendous grit, which is a word that has described us for six years here," Franklin said. "Really, the wins are what you work so hard for. For the most part, we've done a really good job of that. The older I get and the longer I've been in the profession, though, the wins are awesome and I love them, but the losses are really painful."

--Field Level Media


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