STATE COLLEGE Terry Smith spoke glowingly this week of Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton, how important they’ve been to Penn State football and how unselfish they’ve been. “It’s kind of cool to watch those guys,” Smith said. “They just love ball and they play off of each other. Hopefully Saturday I would like to see both of them get 100 yards and it would be beautiful.” Allen and Singleton made their final game at Beaver Stadium one to remember, setting and tying career records in the Nittany Lions’ 37-10 romp past Nebraska Saturday night. Allen carried 25 times for 160 yards and two touchdowns and passed Evan Royster as Penn State’s all-time leading rusher with a 3-yard run in the fourth quarter. Allen now has 3, 954 yards. Singleton scored on runs of 4 and 10 yards and tied Saquon Barkley’s records for rushing touchdowns (43) and overall touchdowns (51). Singleton finished with seven rushes for 44 yards and three catches for 51 yards. He now has 5, 403 all-purpose yards, trailing only Barkley’s 5, 538. Ethan Grunkemeyer played brilliantly, completing 11-of-12 passes for 181 yards and one touchdown as Penn State (2-6 Big Ten, 5-6) kept alive its hopes of becoming bowl eligible. Nebraska (4-4, 7-4) suffered its worst loss of the year under coach Matt Rhule, the State College native and former Penn State linebacker. Immediately after Allen’s short gain that broke the record, tight end Luke Reynolds ran for 26 yards on a fake punt. Moments later, Allen scored on a 13-yard run. Penn State played perhaps its finest first half of the season, building a 23-3 lead, gaining 254 total yards and scoring on every possession. Amare Campbell and Zane Durant stopped Emmett Johnson on fourth-and-1 from the 2 on Nebraska’s first series. After starting from their 2, the Lions quickly moved downfield behind Grunkemeyer’s 31-yard pass to Koby Howard and Allen’s 50-yard run down the left sideline. Two plays later, Grunkemeyer tossed a 4-yard touchdown pass to tight end Andrew Rappleyea for a 7-0 lead. Penn State made it 10-0 behind Singleton’s 50-yard catch and run on a screen pass. Ryan Barker kicked a 26-yard field goal early in the second quarter. Nebraska scored its first points with the help of Jacory Barney’s 40-yard kickoff return and a facemask penalty on cornerback Audavion Collins. Kyle Cunanan kicked a 31-yard field goal to cut it to 10-3. Penn State widened its lead on a 75-yard drive that included a 28-yard pass to Devonte Ross. Singleton took a direct snap and ran 14 yards and then made a bruising 4-yard TD run that chipped the paint off his helmet. The Lions scored again after Trebor Pena’s 24-yard punt return and a late hit call on Nebraska. Singleton finished it with a 10-yard burst to make it 23-3 at the half.
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Penn State rolls past Nebraska as Allen, Singleton enjoy record nights
