After an initial turnover on the kickoff, it looked liked the momentum was in Rutgers favor. Saquon Barkley would let the ball bounce on the onside kick, and Rutgers would recover the ball on the Penn State 21 yard line. In what at first would seem like an exciting Andrew Harte 33-yard field goal, the inability to convert to a touchdown in the red zone would ultimately spell Rutgers demise.
With Penn State getting off to slow start after close loses to MSU and theOSU, they would regain that McSorley/Barkley magic, and 35 unanswered points would be to much for a stagnant Rutgers offense and consistently on the field defense in the second half.