Sept. 14, 1996
| Northern Illinois Penn State |
0 14 |
0 21 |
0 14 |
0 0 |
0 49 |
FIRST QUARTER
- PSU - Harris 16 run (Conway kick)
- PSU - Jurevicius 19 pass from Richardson (Conway kick)
- PSU - Fields 2 run (Conway kick)
- PSU - Tate 21 fumble recovery (Conway kick)
- PSU - Fields 11 run (Conway kick)
- PSU - Jurevicius 51 pass from McQueary (Conway kick)
- PSU - Cleary 6 run (Forney kick)
- NONE
| Team Statistics | NIU | PSU |
| First Downs | 13 | 27 |
| Rushes - Yards | 38-79 | 57-310 |
| Passing Yards | 139 | 190 |
| Passes (Attempts-Completions-Interceptions) | 15-27-0 | 10-15-0 |
| Return Yards | 0 | 23 |
| Punts - Average | 9-39.3 | 4-34.5 |
| Fumbles - Fumbles Lost | 3-2 | 4-3 |
| Penalties - Yards | 2-20 | 2-12 |
| Time of Possession | 28:14 | 31:46 |
Individual Statistics
Rushing
PENN STATE - Mitchell 14 for 77 yards; Harris 9 for 68 yards, 1 TD; Fields 11 for 59 yards, 2 TDs; Eberly 9 for 43 yards; Cleary 4 for 30 yards, 1 TD; Nixon 5 for 20 yards; Sload 2 for 7 yards; McHenry 1 for 6 yards; McQueary 2 for 0 yards.NORTHERN ILLINOIS - Florence 13 for 31 yards; Talley 14 for 27 yards; Chambers 1 for 10 yards; Stack 1 for 9 yards; Stokes 1 for 6 yards; M. Johnson 1 for 5 yards; Barker 5 for (-3) yards; Williams 2 for (-6) yards.
Passing
PENN STATE - Richardson 5 of 8, 87 yards, 1 TD; McQueary 5 of 7 for 103 yards, 1 TD.NORTHERN ILLINOIS - Barker 12 of 23 for 105 yards; Williams 3 of 4 for 34 yards.
Receiving
PENN STATE - Jurevicius 3 for 104 yards, 2 TDs; Nastasi 2 for 29 yards; CJones 1 for 19 yards; Campbell 1 for 15 yards; Sload 1 for 14 yards; Mitchell 1 for 5 yards; Cleary 1 for 4 yards.NORTHERN ILLINOIS - Moody 6 for 54 yards; Talley 4 for 33 yards; RSmith 2 for 32 yards; Reed 2 for 9 yards; Jacoby 1 for 11 yards.
Attendance
95,589
Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA
