Penn State Rolls Buffalo 55-13 on 304 Rushing Yards
Penn State ran 41 times for 304 yards. That is 7.4 a carry, and Buffalo had no answer for it. Add 269 through the air and Penn State piled up 573 yards in a 55-13 win that was over before halftime.
It was 17-3 after the first quarter, with a field goal, a 16-yard run from James Peoples and a 3-yard touchdown pass from Rocco Becht to Andrew Rappleyea. Buffalo answered with a field goal, then watched Koby Howard run in from 20 yards and catch a 70-yarder from Becht to make it 34-3 with 2:31 left in the half. A Buffalo field goal at the horn made it 34-6 at the break, and Penn State added two more touchdowns in the third (Carson Hansen from 12, Peoples from 11) to get to 48-6.
Buffalo (1-2) gained 173 yards total, 60 of them passing, and lost two fumbles. Penn State lost none and threw no interceptions. Buffalo did find the end zone once, James McNeil Jr. punching it in from a yard out with 5:01 left after Cam Wallace had already broken a 59-yard touchdown run for the Lions. McNeil carried 20 times for 80 yards and the score.
Penn State is 3-0 and scored 55 without throwing an interception or losing a fumble. Fine by me.
For fantasy, this was Howard's day: 28.5 points from a rushing touchdown and a receiving one. Peoples was the surprise at 17.9, more than double anything he had done before. Becht threw two touchdowns and still finished second on his own team's fantasy list, which is how lopsided games work.