Becht and Brahmer Carry Penn State past Temple 27-9
Temple led. For about five minutes early in the second quarter the Owls were up 3-0 on a Carl Hardin field goal, and that was the only lead they got all day. Penn State tied it with a Ryan Barker field goal at 6:51 and then pulled away for a 27-9 win.
The separation came right before halftime. Rocco Becht found Benjamin Brahmer from 23 yards out with 0:08 left in the second quarter, and it was 10-3 instead of 3-3 going to the break. Chase Sowell made it 17-3 with a 16-yard catch in the third, Barker kicked a 39-yarder as that quarter ended, and Becht hit Brahmer from 23 yards again with 7:48 to go in the fourth. That made it 27-3, and the game was done long before Ajani Sheppard's 3-yard run (the two-point try failed) closed the scoring at 1:56.
The yardage lines up with the score. Penn State had 416 total yards to Temple's 285, did not throw an interception or lose a fumble, and picked off Temple once. Temple actually out-ran them, 178 yards to 148, but threw for only 107. Jaxon Smolik was 10 of 16 for 59 yards with the interception, and added 71 yards on the ground.
Penn State is 2-0 and Temple is 1-1. Temple found the end zone exactly once, with the game long decided. For fantasy, Becht gave you 29.8 points, and the tight end was the surprise: Brahmer had two touchdowns on five catches and finished with 24.9, a season high by a mile.