The gap between Matt Patricia’s Ohio State defense and Jim Knowles’ Penn State defense continued to widen as their teams went head-to-head at Ohio Stadium on Saturday.
Patricia’s defense continued to be the most dominant unit in college football, holding Penn State to just 200 yards – the fewest yards the Nittany Lions have had in a game against Ohio State since 2005, and the fewest they’ve had in any game since 2018. Ohio State allowed Penn State to score on just two of its nine possessions, and one of those two touchdowns came after the Nittany Lions got the ball back in the red zone on a CJ Donaldson fumble.