christian hackenberg was the all time leading rusher for penn state.
christian hackenberg was the all time leading rusher for penn state.
who is the all time leading rusher for penn state?
christian hackenberg
northwestern received the opening kickoff, and moved the ball down the field into field goal range, but a chop block nullified a chance of continuing to move towards a touchdown, and forced them to attempt a 44-yard field goal, which jack mitchell missed. penn state's ensuing drive went three-and-out; on the punt, northwestern returned the ball beyond the line of scrimmage from which penn state punted. starting at the 31 yard line, northwestern moved the ball to the one yard line, from which trevor siemian scored via a quarterback sneak, the first points penn state's defense relinquished in the first quarter all season. penn state went three-and-out again on their second drive. northwestern's offensive success continued as they methodically moved down the field, and scored via another run from siemian.. northwestern led 14–0 before penn state had achieved a first down. penn state endured another three-and-out, ended with a sack of christian hackenberg. after narrowly missing blocking a punt, northwestern started at penn state's 29 yard line. they promptly advanced into the red zone, and after the drive stalled, attempted a fake field goal, but mike hull made a huge hit to stop the play, giving penn state some momentum in the waning moments of the first quarter. finally, as the first quarter ended, penn state converted a third down and two, and recorded their first first down of the game. however, the drive ended thereafter, and penn state punted. after a delay of game penalty decimated any opportunity to convert a fourth down, and they had to punt. on the next two possessions, each team went three-and-out, and punted. faced with a fourth down and one at their own 31 yard line, hackenberg took a quarterback sneak to get the first down. after that, hackenberg completed a 51-yard pass to daesean hamilton, moving penn state across their own 40 yard line for the first time, and into the red zone, but settled for a field goal attempt, which was blocked. northwestern's ensuing drive ended with a punt, and penn state got the ball back with 1:28 to play. the drive was ostensibly over, but on chris gulla's punt, there was a personal foul, roughing the punter penalty called on northwestern, giving penn state a first down. executing the two-minute drill, the lions moved into field goal range, and ficken came onto attempt a 42-yard field goal, which he made with five seconds remaining in the half. at the half, penn state had only seven rushing yards, and their leading rusher was hackenberg, whose six rushes totaled four yards. penn state got the ball to start the second half, and went three-and-out. northwestern also punted, and jesse della valle notched a 41-yard return to the northwestern 30 yard line. after misexecuting on their subsequent possession, they settled for a 36-yard field goal from ficken to pull within eight points, thus making it a one-possession game. the wildcats moved the ball down the field with ease early in the drive before penn state got pressure on siemian, and he threw an interception to penn state's adrian amos. penn state achieved several first downs before being faced with a fourth down and two at the 35 yard line, which they failed to convert, and thus turned the ball over on downs. northwestern subsequently went three-and-out, and punted. penn state achieved some yardage on the drive, but a clipping penalty on zach zwinak decimated the drive. meanwhile, northwestern's matthew harris went down with an injury, and was taken off the field on a backboard, delaying the game for several minutes. penn state punted, as did northwestern on its next drive. at the end of the third quarter, penn state had the ball, but trailed by eight points. the first play of the fourth quarter was an interception returned for a touchdown by anthony walker, giving northwestern a 20–6 lead (the extra point was no good). on the first play of the next drive, hackenberg was sacked, fumbled the ball, and northwestern recovered, already in the red zone. they could not achieve a first down, and mitchell made a 23-yard field goal, which made it a three-possession game, ahead 23–6. penn state faced a fourth down and short situation at their own 30 yard line with 11:21 to play; they lost yardage on a rushing play, and gave the ball back to northwestern. northwestern capitalized when siemian scored his third rushing touchdown of the day, but once again, the extra point was no good. penn state turned the ball over on downs on their subsequent drive. thus ended the scoring, and the wildcats defeated penn state 29–6.
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jim brown, the cleveland browns running back, announced his retirement from american football at age 29 during the making of the film. the owner of the browns, art modell, demanded brown choose between football and acting. with brown's considerable accomplishments in the sport (he was already the nfl's all-time leading rusher, was well ahead statistically of the second-leading rusher, and his team had won the 1964 nfl championship), he chose acting. despite his retirement from football more than 50 years ago, brown remains the league's 10th all-time leading rusher, the cleveland browns' all-time leading rusher, and the only player in league history to have a career average 100 yards per game. in some form of tribute, art modell himself said in spike lee's "jim brown: all american" documentary, that he made a huge mistake in forcing jim brown to choose between football and hollywood, and if he had it to do over again, he would never have made such a demand. modell fined jim brown the equivalent of over $100 per day, a fine which brown said that "today wouldn't even buy the doughnuts for a team".
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