Penn State Falls in Season Opener at Temple

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Lincoln Finacial Field | Philadelphia | 69,167

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FINAL STATISTICS

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - P.J. Walker scored the go-ahead touchdown late in the third quarter to rally Temple to a 27-10 win over Penn State on Saturday. It was Temple's first win over the Nittany Lions in 74 years.

Temple hadn't won in the series since Oct. 18, 1941. Penn State was 38-0-1 since `41 with a 7-7 tie in 1950 the only time the Owls played without a loss.

There were 69,176 fans in attendance at Lincoln Financial Field.

Christian Hackenberg completed 11-of-25 passes good for 103 yards. Chris Goodwin hauled in five of those passes for 81 yards to lead the Penn State receiving corps.

Walker made it 17-10 with a 1-yard run late in the third and the Owls cruised from there.

Penn State seemed poised for another rout when it took a 10-0 lead in the first quarter. Joey Julius , Penn State's 5-foot-10, 259-pound kicker, connected from 34 yards and Akeel Lynch scored on a 42-yard run. Penn State had 126 total yards in the first; 43 total over the second and third.

Penn State struggled on offense to sustain drives.

The Nittany Lions punted on six straight possessions once it took a 10-0 lead.

Thomas scored his first TD on a 1-yard run in the second and Jones tied it 10-all on a 40-yarder in the third.

On the seventh possession since its last score, Hackenberg's pass was intercepted by Sharif Finch and seemingly returned to the end zone for the go-ahead score. After a quick replay review, Finch was ruled down on the 2 and Walker followed with the TD for the 17-10 lead.