Criminal activity in Happy Valley this weekend was "uneventful" compared to past night game weekends, police said.
Both Penn State University Police and the State College Police Department said crime fueled by Penn State's highly anticipated match-up against Notre Dame was less prevalent than they had expected.
University police Sgt. Donald Hazel said there were 69 incidents directly relating to the football game, including alcohol violations, disorderly conduct, counterfeit tickets, simple assault and theft.
State College police Cpl. Tom Dann said the fact that kick-off was scheduled for 6 p.m., compared to 8 p.m. for many other night games, might have also contributed to the less-than-expected crime.
After Notre Dame's loss to Georgia Tech last weekend, many students were not expecting the game to be close, which could have also contributed to the slow night, Dann said.
"I wouldn't say it was calm," Dann said. "It was just more uneventful than we usually see."
State College Mayor Bill Welch said that although he didn't attend the game, he was "comfortable" with the report his daughter, who was downtown after the game, gave him via telephone.
"I heard that things were rocking," Welch said, "but not rioting."
Rival tensions between Nittany Lions fans and the Fighting Irish enthusiasts did spur a few incidents, however.
A male Penn State student was cited shortly after midnight on Sunday morning for throwing beer off of the balcony of his West Beaver Avenue apartment at passersby that he said he thought were Notre Dame fans, State College police said. The men turned out to be Penn State police interns.
Early Saturday morning, State College police said a Notre Dame fan in a dark green Dropkick Murphys shirt head-butted another man in the face on the 400 block of East College Avenue, causing a nose injury.
