BYU vs Penn State — December 29, 1989
| Date | December 29, 1989 |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Jack Murphy Stadium |
| Location | San Diego, CA |
| Television | ESPN |
| Watch Here | YouTube |
| Weather | 61° and clear |
| Attendance | 61,113 |
| BYU Conference | WAC |
| Opp Conference | Independent |
| BYU Head Coach | LaVell Edwards |
| Opp Head Coach | Joe Paterno |
| BYU AP Rank | 19 |
| Opp AP Rank | 18 |
| Opp Final AP | 15 |
| Opp Final Record | 8-3-1 |
Game Notes
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No game summary available.
| Qtr | Time | Team | Scoring Event | BYU | OPP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 07:11 | PSU | Ray Tarasi 30-yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 00:40 | BYU | Jason Chaffetz 20-yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 13:20 | PSU | Tony Sacca 24-yard pass to Terry Smith | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 07:58 | BYU | Ty Detmer 1-yard run (Jason Chaffetz PAT made) | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | 02:01 | PSU | Ray Tarasi 36-yard field goal | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | 00:13 | BYU | Jason Chaffetz 22-yard field goal | 13 | 12 |
| 3 | 12:26 | PSU | Ray Tarasi 51-yard field goal | 13 | 15 |
| 3 | 09:38 | PSU | Leroy Thompson 16-yard run (Ray Tarasi PAT made) | 13 | 22 |
| 3 | 05:34 | BYU | Ty Detmer 1-yard run | 19 | 22 |
| 3 | 03:20 | PSU | Leroy Thompson 14-yard run (Ray Tarasi PAT made) | 19 | 29 |
| 3 | 01:15 | BYU | Ty Detmer 12-yard pass to Andy Boyce (Jason Chaffetz PAT made) | 26 | 29 |
| 4 | 12:11 | PSU | Blair Thomas 7-yard run | 26 | 35 |
| 4 | 09:28 | PSU | Tony Sacca 52-yard pass to David Daniels | 26 | 41 |
| 4 | 08:51 | BYU | Fred Whittingham 10-yard run (Jason Chaffetz PAT made) | 33 | 41 |
| 4 | 02:34 | BYU | Ty Detmer 3-yard pass to Brent Nyberg | 39 | 41 |
| 4 | 02:34 | PSU | Andre Collins defensive 2pt | 39 | 43 |
| 4 | 00:45 | PSU | Gary Brown 53-yard fumble return (Ray Tarasi PAT made) | 39 | 50 |
| Statistic | BYU | PSU |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 35 | 26 |
| Rushing | 4 | 12 |
| Passing | 27 | 11 |
| Penalty | 4 | 3 |
| Rushing | 75 | 249 |
| Attempts | 23 | 54 |
| Avg per Rush | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 3 |
| Passing | 576 | 215 |
| Cmp-Att-Int | 42-59-2 | 11-21-1 |
| Completion % | 71.2 | 52.4 |
| Yds/Attempt | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| Yds/Catch | 13.7 | 19.5 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| Total Offense | 651 | 464 |
| Plays | 82 | 75 |
| Avg per Play | 7.9 | 6.2 |
| Punt/Kick Returns | ||
| Punt Ret-Yds-TD | 1-3-0 | 1-7-0 |
| Avg Punt Return | 3.0 | 7.0 |
| Kick Ret-Yds-TD | 9-177-0 | 7-167-0 |
| Avg Kick Return | 19.7 | 23.9 |
| Punting | 1-39 | 2-76 |
| Avg Punt | 39.0 | 38.0 |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| Fumbles-Lost | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 10-88 | 10-93 |
| Sacks By | 1 | 4 |
| FG Made-Att | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| 3rd Down Conv | 6-12 | 8-16 |
| 4th Down Conv | 0-1 | 2-2 |
BYU
Passing
| Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Yds/Att | TD | Int | Lng | Eff | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Detmer | 42 | 59 | 71.2 | 576 | 9.8 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 157.6 | 4 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Detmer | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 2 | 12 |
| Stacey Corley | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 7 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Boyce | 8 | 127 | 15.9 | 1 | 36 |
| Matt Bellini | 10 | 124 | 12.4 | 0 | 51 |
| Brent Nyberg | 8 | 117 | 14.6 | 1 | 24 |
| Jeff Frandsen | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 0 | 26 |
| Chris Smith | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 0 | 16 |
| Fred Whittingham | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 19 |
| Matt Odle | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
Kick Returns
| Player | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacey Corley | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 0 | 31 |
| Eric Mortensen | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 18 |
| Scott Charlton | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
Punt Returns
| Player | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Mitchell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
Defense
| Player | Tkl | Sk | TFL | PBU | INT | INT Yds | INT TD | FF | FR | FR Yds | FR TD | Blk | Sfty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Davis | 17 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Patterson | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Robinson | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Kaufusi | 7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocky Biegel | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Bergeson | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Johnson | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Adams | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Crutchfield | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Neal | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Dixon | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Mitchell | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Kauffman | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Arnold | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Whittingham | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alema Fitisemanu | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan May | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| Player | FG | FGA | Lng | Blk | XP | XPA | XP Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Chaffetz | 2 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Punting
| Player | No | Yds | Avg | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Kauffman | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 |
Penn State
Passing
| Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Yds/Att | TD | Int | Lng | Eff | Sacked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Smith | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 126 | 18.0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 269.8 | |
| Tony Sacca | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 89 | 6.4 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 105.5 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Thomas | 35 | 186 | 5.3 | 1 | 22 |
| Leroy Thompson | 14 | 68 | 4.9 | 2 | 16 |
| Tony Sacca | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 8 |
| O.J. McDuffie | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 8 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Daniels | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 1 | 52 |
| Blair Thomas | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 29 |
| O.J. McDuffie | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Terry Smith | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 1 | 24 |
| Leroy Thompson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
| David Jakob | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Tisen Thomas | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
Kick Returns
| Player | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.J. McDuffie | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 0 | 46 |
| Richie Anderson | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 23 |
Punt Returns
| Player | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O.J. McDuffie | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Richie Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense
| Player | Tkl | Sk | TFL | PBU | INT | INT Yds | INT TD | FF | FR | FR Yds | FR TD | Blk | Sfty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Chizmar | 10 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Andre Collins | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Reggie Givens | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willie Thomas | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Sherrod Rainge | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Gary Brown | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tisen Thomas | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Leonard Humphries | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rich McKenzie | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Matt Baggett | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Hernon Henderson | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Todd Burger | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Keith Goganious | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scott Gob | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rich Schonewolf | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Geoff Japchen | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Neil Hamilton | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Frank Giannetti | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| Player | FG | FGA | Lng | Blk | XP | XPA | XP Blk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Tarasi | 3 | 3 | 51 | 3 | 5 |
Punting
| Player | No | Yds | Avg | Lng |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Helkowski | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 48 |
Offense
BYU
| Pos | Player |
|---|---|
| QB | Ty Detmer |
Penn State
No data.
Defense
BYU
| Pos | Player |
|---|---|
| LB | Rocky Biegel |
Penn State
No data.
| Qtr | Time | Down | To Go | Spot | BYU | PSU | Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15:00 | 1 | 10 | PSU35 | 0 | 0 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 65 yards to the BYU0, Eric Mortensen return 17 yards to the BYU17 (Matt Baggett). |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | BYU17 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Jeff Frandsen for 26 yards to the BYU43, 1ST DOWN BYU (Andre Collins). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | BYU43 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 12 yards to the PSU45, 1ST DOWN BYU (Gary Brown). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | PSU45 | 0 | 0 | PENALTY BYU ineligible downfield on pass 5 yards to the 50 yardline. | |
| 1 | 1 | 15 | BYU50 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 10 yards to the PSU40 (Reginald Givens). | |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | PSU40 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Brent Nyberg. | |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | PSU40 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Odle for 10 yards to the PSU30, 1ST DOWN BYU, out-of-bounds. | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | PSU30 | 0 | 0 | PENALTY BYU false start 5 yards to the PSU35. | |
| 1 | 1 | 15 | PSU35 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 7 yards to the PSU28 (Reginald Givens). | |
| 1 | 2 | 8 | PSU28 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Matt Bellini, PENALTY BYU pass interference 15 yards to the PSU43. | |
| 1 | 3 | 23 | PSU43 | 0 | 0 | 3rd and 23. | |
| 1 | 3 | 23 | PSU43 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 11 yards to the PSU32 (Sherrod Rainge). | |
| 1 | 4 | 12 | PSU32 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Andy Bouce. | |
| 1 | 12:00 | 1 | 10 | PSU32 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 8 yards to the PSU40 (Craig Patterson). |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | PSU40 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the PSU43, 1ST DOWN PSU (Rich Kaufusi). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | PSU43 | 0 | 0 | Tony Sacca pass complete to David Daniels for 12 yards to the BYU45, 1ST DOWN PSU. | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | BYU45 | 0 | 0 | Leroy Thompson rush for 5 yards to the BYU40 (Rich Kaufusi;Bob Davis). | |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | BYU40 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 8 yards to the BYU32, 1ST DOWN PSU (Duane Johnson). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | BYU32 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 2 yards to the BYU30 (Craig Patterson). | |
| 1 | 2 | 8 | BYU30 | 0 | 0 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to David Daniels, PENALTY PSU illegal use of hands declined. | |
| 1 | 3 | 8 | BYU30 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 7 yards to the BYU23 (Eric Bergeson). | |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | BYU23 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 1 yard to the BYU22, 1ST DOWN PSU (Rich Kaufusi). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | BYU22 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 6 yards to the BYU16 (Chad Robinson). | |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | BYU16 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the BYU13 (Norman Dixon). | |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | BYU13 | 0 | 0 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to O.J. McDuffie. | |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | BYU13 | 0 | 3 | Ray Tarasi field goal attempt from 30 GOOD, clock 07:11. | |
| 1 | 07:11 | 1 | PSU35 | 0 | 3 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 65 yards to the BYU0, touchback. | |
| 1 | 07:11 | 1 | 10 | BYU20 | 0 | 3 | Stacey Corley rush for 7 yards to the BYU27 (Tisen Thomas). |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | BYU27 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Chris Smith for 14 yards to the BYU41, 1ST DOWN BYU (Herno Henderson). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | BYU41 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer rush for 12 yards to the PSU47, 1ST DOWN BYU (Brian Chizmar). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | PSU47 | 0 | 3 | Fred Whittingham rush for 11 yards to the PSU36, 1ST DOWN BYU (Brian Chizmar). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | PSU36 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer pass intercepted by Sherrod Rainge at the PSU5, Sherrod Rainge return 12 yards to the PSU17 (Peter Tuipulotu). | |
| 1 | 04:50 | 1 | 10 | PSU17 | 0 | 3 | Blair Thomas rush for 5 yards to the PSU22 (Chad Robinson). |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | PSU22 | 0 | 3 | Blair Thomas rush for 1 yard to the PSU23 (Chad Robinson). | |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | PSU23 | 0 | 3 | Tony Sacca pass intercepted by Ton Crutchfield at the PSU33, Ton Crutchfield return 0 yards to the PSU33. | |
| 1 | 03:36 | 1 | 10 | PSU33 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Fred Whittingham for 5 yards to the PSU28 (Brian Chizmar;Richar McKenzie). |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | PSU28 | 0 | 3 | Fred Whittingham rush for 8 yards to the PSU20, 1ST DOWN BYU (Richar McKenzie). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | PSU20 | 0 | 3 | Fred Whittingham rush for loss of 2 yards to the PSU22 (Rich Schonewolf). | |
| 1 | 2 | 12 | PSU22 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 21 yards to the PSU1, 1ST DOWN BYU (Herno Henderson). | |
| 1 | 1 | PSU01 | 0 | 3 | Stacey Corley rush for no gain to the PSU1, fumble by Stacey Corley recovered by BYU Fred Whittingham at PSU2. | ||
| 1 | 2 | PSU02 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Fotu Katoa. | ||
| 1 | 3 | PSU02 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Peter Tuipulotu. | ||
| 1 | 4 | PSU02 | 3 | 3 | Jason Chaffetz field goal attempt from 20 GOOD, clock 00:40. | ||
| 1 | 00:40 | 1 | BYU35 | 3 | 3 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 50 yards to the PSU15, Richie Anderson return 23 yards to the PSU38 (Earl Kauffman). | |
| 1 | 00:33 | 1 | 10 | PSU38 | 3 | 3 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the PSU41 (Bob Davis). |
| 2 | 15:00 | 2 | 7 | PSU41 | 3 | 3 | Blair Thomas rush for 2 yards to the PSU43 (Tim Adams). |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | PSU43 | 3 | 3 | Tony Sacca pass complete to O.J. McDuffie for 14 yards to the BYU43, 1ST DOWN PSU (Ton Crutchfield). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | BYU43 | 3 | 3 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to Blair Thomas. | |
| 2 | 2 | 10 | BYU43 | 3 | 3 | Blair Thomas rush for 6 yards to the BYU37 (Eric Bergeson). | |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | BYU37 | 3 | 3 | Tony Sacca pass complete to Terry Smith for 5 yards to the BYU32, 1ST DOWN PSU (Norman Dixon). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | BYU32 | 3 | 3 | O.J. McDuffie rush for 8 yards to the BYU24 (Chad Robinson). | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | BYU24 | 3 | 9 | Tony Sacca pass complete to Terry Smith for 24 yards to the BYU0, 1ST DOWN PSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:20. | |
| 2 | 13:20 | 1 | BYU03 | 3 | 9 | Ray Tarasi PAT kick attempt failed. | |
| 2 | 13:20 | 1 | PSU35 | 3 | 9 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 61 yards to the BYU4, Stacey Corley return 29 yards to the BYU33 (Matt Baggett). | |
| 2 | 13:14 | 1 | 10 | BYU33 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer rush for 5 yards to the BYU38, out-of-bounds (Brian Chizmar). |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | BYU38 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 3 yards to the BYU41. | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | BYU41 | 3 | 9 | PENALTY BYU delay of game 5 yards to the BYU36. | |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | BYU36 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Chris Smith for 9 yards to the BYU45, 1ST DOWN BYU (Andre Collins). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | BYU45 | 3 | 9 | Fred Whittingham rush for 2 yards to the BYU47 (Frank Giannetti). | |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | BYU47 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer sacked for loss of 1 yard to the BYU46 (Reginald Givens). | |
| 2 | 3 | 9 | BYU46 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 14 yards to the PSU40, 1ST DOWN BYU, out-of-bounds. | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | PSU40 | 3 | 9 | Stacey Corley rush for 7 yards to the PSU33 (Tisen Thomas). | |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | PSU33 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Micah Matsuzaki. | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | PSU33 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 24 yards to the PSU9, 1ST DOWN BYU (Tisen Thomas;Sherrod Rainge). | |
| 2 | 1 | PSU09 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Chris Smith for 8 yards to the PSU1. | ||
| 2 | 2 | PSU01 | 3 | 9 | Stacey Corley rush for no gain to the PSU1 (Brian Chizmar). | ||
| 2 | 08:05 | 3 | PSU01 | 3 | 9 | Timeout Penn State, clock 08:05. | |
| 2 | 08:05 | 3 | PSU01 | 3 | 9 | Timeout BYU, clock 08:05. | |
| 2 | 08:05 | 3 | PSU01 | 9 | 9 | Ty Detmer rush for 1 yard to the PSU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:58. | |
| 2 | 07:58 | 1 | PSU03 | 10 | 9 | Jason Chaffetz PAT kick attempt good. | |
| 2 | 07:58 | 1 | BYU35 | 10 | 9 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 62 yards to the PSU3, O.J. McDuffie return 21 yards to the PSU24 (Alem Fitisemanu). | |
| 2 | 07:53 | 1 | 10 | PSU24 | 10 | 9 | Leroy Thompson rush for 6 yards to the PSU30 (Rocky Beigel). |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | PSU30 | 10 | 9 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the PSU33 (Bob Davis). | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | PSU33 | 10 | 9 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the PSU36, 1ST DOWN PSU (Bob Davis). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | PSU36 | 10 | 9 | Tony Sacca pass complete to O.J. McDuffie for 22 yards to the BYU42, 1ST DOWN PSU (Eric Bergeson). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | BYU42 | 10 | 9 | Leroy Thompson rush for 2 yards to the BYU40 (Bob Davis). | |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | BYU40 | 10 | 9 | Blair Thomas rush for 10 yards to the BYU30, 1ST DOWN PSU (Eric Bergeson). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | BYU30 | 10 | 9 | Leroy Thompson rush for 6 yards to the BYU24 (Bob Davis;Brian Mitchell). | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | BYU24 | 10 | 9 | Leroy Thompson rush for 2 yards to the BYU22 (Bob Davis). | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | BYU22 | 10 | 9 | PENALTY BYU personal foul 11 yards to the BYU11, 1ST DOWN PSU. | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | BYU11 | 10 | 9 | PENALTY BYU personal foul 6 yards to the BYU5, 1ST DOWN PSU. | |
| 2 | 1 | BYU05 | 10 | 9 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the BYU2 (Bob Davis;Duane Johnson). | ||
| 2 | 2 | BYU02 | 10 | 9 | PENALTY PSU personal foul 15 yards to the BYU17. | ||
| 2 | 2 | BYU17 | 10 | 9 | Tony Sacca sacked for loss of 7 yards to the BYU24 (Craig Patterson). | ||
| 2 | 3 | BYU24 | 10 | 9 | Blair Thomas rush for 6 yards to the BYU18 (Craig Patterson). | ||
| 2 | 4 | BYU18 | 10 | 12 | Ray Tarasi field goal attempt from 36 GOOD, clock 02:01. | ||
| 2 | 02:01 | 1 | PSU35 | 10 | 12 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 63 yards to the BYU2, Stacey Corley return 23 yards to the BYU25 (Matt Baggett). | |
| 2 | 01:55 | 1 | 10 | BYU25 | 10 | 12 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 51 yards to the PSU24, 1ST DOWN BYU (Leona Humphries). |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | PSU24 | 10 | 12 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Fred Whittingham. | |
| 2 | 2 | 10 | PSU24 | 10 | 12 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Chris Smith for 11 yards to the PSU13, 1ST DOWN BYU (Reginald Givens). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | PSU13 | 10 | 12 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 5 yards to the PSU8. | |
| 2 | 00:41 | 2 | 5 | PSU08 | 10 | 12 | Timeout BYU, clock 00:41. |
| 2 | 00:41 | 2 | 5 | PSU08 | 10 | 12 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Fred Whittingham for 4 yards to the PSU4 (Andre Collins). |
| 2 | 00:20 | 3 | 1 | PSU04 | 10 | 12 | Timeout BYU, clock 00:20. |
| 2 | 00:20 | 3 | 1 | PSU04 | 10 | 12 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Matt Bellini. |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | PSU04 | 13 | 12 | Jason Chaffetz field goal attempt from 22 GOOD, clock 00:13. | |
| 2 | 00:13 | 1 | BYU35 | 13 | 12 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 52 yards to the PSU13, O.J. McDuffie return 9 yards to the PSU22 (Alem Fitisemanu). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | PSU22 | 13 | 12 | End of half, clock 00:00. | |
| 3 | 15:00 | 1 | 10 | BYU35 | 13 | 12 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 62 yards to the PSU3, O.J. McDuffie return 46 yards to the PSU49 (Brian Mitchell). |
| 3 | 14:53 | 1 | 10 | PSU49 | 13 | 12 | Blair Thomas rush for 6 yards to the BYU45 (Tim Adams). |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | BYU45 | 13 | 12 | Blair Thomas rush for 6 yards to the BYU39, 1ST DOWN PSU (Craig Patterson). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU39 | 13 | 12 | Leroy Thompson rush for 4 yards to the BYU35 (Eric Bergeson;Chad Robinson). | |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | BYU35 | 13 | 12 | Blair Thomas rush for 2 yards to the BYU33 (Rocky Beigel). | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | BYU33 | 13 | 12 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to Blair Thomas. | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | BYU33 | 13 | 15 | Ray Tarasi field goal attempt from 51 GOOD, clock 12:26. | |
| 3 | 12:26 | 1 | PSU35 | 13 | 15 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 55 yards to the BYU10, out-of-bounds, PENALTY PSU illegal procedure (Ray Tarasi) 5 yards to the PSU30, NO PLAY. | |
| 3 | 1 | PSU30 | 13 | 15 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 60 yards to the BYU10, Eric Mortensen return 9 yards to the BYU19, PENALTY PSU face mask 5 yards to the BYU24, 1st and 10, BYU ball on BYU24. | ||
| 3 | 12:19 | 1 | 10 | BYU24 | 13 | 15 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Chris Smith. |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | BYU24 | 13 | 15 | PENALTY BYU pass interference 12 yards to the BYU12. | |
| 3 | 3 | 22 | BYU12 | 13 | 15 | Ty Detmer rush for 10 yards to the BYU22 (Richar McKenzie). | |
| 3 | 4 | 12 | BYU22 | 13 | 15 | Earl Kauffman punt 39 yards to the PSU39, O.J. McDuffie return 7 yards to the PSU46 (Josh Arnold). | |
| 3 | 11:45 | 1 | 10 | PSU46 | 13 | 15 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to Terry Smith. |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | PSU46 | 13 | 15 | Blair Thomas rush for 7 yards to the BYU47 (Tim Adams). | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | BYU47 | 13 | 15 | Tony Sacca pass complete to David Jakob for 12 yards to the BYU35, 1ST DOWN PSU (Chad Robinson). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU35 | 13 | 15 | Leroy Thompson rush for 16 yards to the BYU19 (Eric Bergeson), PENALTY PSU illegal use of hands 18 yards to the BYU37. | |
| 3 | 1 | 12 | BYU37 | 13 | 15 | 1st and 12. | |
| 3 | 1 | 12 | BYU37 | 13 | 15 | Blair Thomas rush for 2 yards to the BYU35 (Chad Robinson). | |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | BYU35 | 13 | 15 | Blair Thomas rush for 19 yards to the BYU16, 1ST DOWN PSU (Bob Davis;Ton Crutchfield). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU16 | 13 | 21 | Leroy Thompson rush for 16 yards to the BYU0, 1ST DOWN PSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:38. | |
| 3 | 09:38 | 1 | BYU03 | 13 | 22 | Ray Tarasi PAT kick attempt good. | |
| 3 | 09:38 | 1 | PSU35 | 13 | 22 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 64 yards to the BYU1, Stacey Corley return 31 yards to the BYU32 (Sherrod Rainge). | |
| 3 | 09:30 | 1 | 10 | BYU32 | 13 | 22 | Ty Detmer rush for no gain to the BYU32 (Brian Chizmar). |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | BYU32 | 13 | 22 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Fred Whittingham for 11 yards to the BYU43, 1ST DOWN BYU (Brian Chizmar). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU43 | 13 | 22 | PENALTY PSU personal foul 15 yards to the PSU42, 1ST DOWN BYU. | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | PSU42 | 13 | 22 | Fred Whittingham rush for 5 yards to the PSU37 (Brian Chizmar). | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | PSU37 | 13 | 22 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Jeff Frandsen for 13 yards to the PSU24, 1ST DOWN BYU (Gary Brown). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | PSU24 | 13 | 22 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Andy Bouce. | |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | PSU24 | 13 | 22 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Jeff Frandsen for 16 yards to the PSU8, 1ST DOWN BYU (Brian Chizmar). | |
| 3 | 1 | PSU08 | 13 | 22 | Fred Whittingham rush for loss of 5 yards to the PSU13, fumble by Fred Whittingham recovered by BYU Fred Whittingham at PSU13. | ||
| 3 | 2 | PSU13 | 13 | 22 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Jeff Frandsen for 12 yards to the PSU1 (Leona Humphries). | ||
| 3 | 3 | PSU01 | 19 | 22 | Ty Detmer rush for 1 yard to the PSU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:34. | ||
| 3 | 05:34 | 1 | PSU03 | 19 | 22 | Jason Chaffetz PAT kick attempt failed (blocked) (blocked by Chris Mittleman). | |
| 3 | 05:34 | 1 | BYU35 | 19 | 22 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 58 yards to the PSU7, out-of-bounds, PENALTY BYU illegal procedure (Earl Kauffman) 5 yards to the BYU30, NO PLAY. | |
| 3 | 1 | BYU30 | 19 | 22 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 60 yards to the PSU10, O.J. McDuffie return 24 yards to the PSU34 (Marc Neal). | ||
| 3 | 05:28 | 1 | 10 | PSU34 | 19 | 22 | Blair Thomas rush for 22 yards to the BYU44, 1ST DOWN PSU (Rocky Beigel). |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU44 | 19 | 22 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to David Daniels. | |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | BYU44 | 19 | 22 | Blair Thomas rush for 4 yards to the BYU40 (Rich Kaufusi). | |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | BYU40 | 19 | 22 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to O.J. McDuffie. | |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | BYU40 | 19 | 22 | Terry Smith pass complete to Blair Thomas for 9 yards to the BYU31, 1ST DOWN PSU (Ton Crutchfield). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU31 | 19 | 22 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the BYU28 (Bob Davis). | |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | BYU28 | 19 | 22 | PENALTY BYU personal foul 14 yards to the BYU14, 1ST DOWN PSU. | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU14 | 19 | 28 | Leroy Thompson rush for 14 yards to the BYU0, 1ST DOWN PSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:20. | |
| 3 | 03:20 | 1 | BYU03 | 19 | 29 | Ray Tarasi PAT kick attempt good. | |
| 3 | 03:20 | 1 | PSU35 | 19 | 29 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 42 yards to the BYU23, Scott Charlton return 20 yards to the BYU43 (Willie Thomas). | |
| 3 | 03:13 | 1 | 10 | BYU43 | 19 | 29 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 18 yards to the PSU39, 1ST DOWN BYU (Willie Thomas). |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | PSU39 | 19 | 29 | Fred Whittingham rush for 8 yards to the PSU31 (Willie Thomas). | |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | PSU31 | 19 | 29 | PENALTY PSU offside defense 6 yards to the PSU25, 1ST DOWN BYU. | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | PSU25 | 19 | 29 | Stacey Corley rush for 5 yards to the PSU20 (Richar McKenzie). | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | PSU20 | 19 | 29 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 8 yards to the PSU12, 1ST DOWN BYU (Willie Thomas). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | PSU12 | 25 | 29 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 12 yards to the PSU0, 1ST DOWN BYU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:15. | |
| 3 | 01:15 | 1 | PSU03 | 26 | 29 | Jason Chaffetz PAT kick attempt good. | |
| 3 | 01:15 | 1 | BYU35 | 26 | 29 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 65 yards to the PSU0, O.J. McDuffie return 27 yards to the PSU27 (Marc Neal). | |
| 3 | 01:09 | 1 | 10 | PSU27 | 26 | 29 | Leroy Thompson rush for 2 yards to the PSU29 (Bob Davis). |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | PSU29 | 26 | 29 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the PSU32 (Duane Johnson). | |
| 4 | 15:00 | 3 | 5 | PSU32 | 26 | 29 | Terry Smith pass complete to Blair Thomas for 29 yards to the BYU39, 1ST DOWN PSU (Norman Dixon). |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU39 | 26 | 29 | Terry Smith pass incomplete to O.J. McDuffie. | |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | BYU39 | 26 | 29 | Blair Thomas rush for 2 yards to the BYU37 (Chad Robinson), PENALTY PSU illegal formation declined. | |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | BYU37 | 26 | 29 | Terry Smith pass complete to Blair Thomas for 17 yards to the BYU20, 1ST DOWN PSU (Craig Patterson). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU20 | 26 | 29 | Leroy Thompson rush for 5 yards to the BYU15 (Rich Kaufusi). | |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | BYU15 | 26 | 29 | Leroy Thompson rush for 3 yards to the BYU12 (Rich Kaufusi;Bob Davis). | |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | BYU12 | 26 | 29 | Blair Thomas rush for 5 yards to the BYU7, 1ST DOWN PSU (Bob Davis). | |
| 4 | 1 | BYU07 | 26 | 35 | Blair Thomas rush for 7 yards to the BYU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:11. | ||
| 4 | 12:11 | 1 | BYU03 | 26 | 35 | Joe Markiewicz rush attempt failed. | |
| 4 | 12:11 | 1 | PSU35 | 26 | 35 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 55 yards to the BYU10, Eric Mortensen return 18 yards to the BYU28 (Sherrod Rainge). | |
| 4 | 12:06 | 1 | 10 | BYU28 | 26 | 35 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Fred Whittingham for 19 yards to the BYU47, 1ST DOWN BYU. |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU47 | 26 | 35 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Jeff Frandsen for 18 yards to the PSU35, 1ST DOWN BYU (Greg Fusetti). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU35 | 26 | 35 | Ty Detmer sacked for loss of 5 yards to the PSU40 (Todd Burger). | |
| 4 | 2 | 15 | PSU40 | 26 | 35 | Ty Detmer pass intercepted by Sherrod Rainge at the PSU13, Sherrod Rainge return 27 yards to the PSU40 (Bryan May). | |
| 4 | 10:23 | 1 | 10 | PSU40 | 26 | 35 | Blair Thomas rush for 8 yards to the PSU48 (Duane Johnson). |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | PSU48 | 26 | 41 | Terry Smith pass complete to David Daniels for 52 yards to the BYU0, 1ST DOWN PSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:28. | |
| 4 | 09:28 | 1 | BYU03 | 26 | 41 | Timeout Penn State, clock 09:28. | |
| 4 | 09:28 | 1 | BYU03 | 26 | 41 | Tony Sacca pass attempt failed. | |
| 4 | 09:28 | 1 | PSU35 | 26 | 41 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 62 yards to the BYU3, Stacey Corley return 26 yards to the BYU29 (Gary Brown). | |
| 4 | 09:20 | 1 | 10 | BYU29 | 26 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 30 yards to the PSU41, 1ST DOWN BYU. |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU41 | 26 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 19 yards to the PSU22, 1ST DOWN BYU (Brian Chizmar). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU22 | 26 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 12 yards to the PSU10, 1ST DOWN BYU (Leona Humphries). | |
| 4 | 1 | PSU10 | 32 | 41 | Fred Whittingham rush for 10 yards to the PSU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:51. | ||
| 4 | 08:51 | 1 | PSU03 | 33 | 41 | Jason Chaffetz PAT kick attempt good. | |
| 4 | 08:51 | 1 | BYU35 | 33 | 41 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 53 yards to the PSU12, Richie Anderson return 16 yards to the PSU28 (Marc Neal). | |
| 4 | 08:43 | 1 | 10 | PSU28 | 33 | 41 | Terry Smith pass complete to Leroy Thompson for 19 yards to the PSU47, 1ST DOWN PSU (Rocky Beigel). |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU47 | 33 | 41 | Leroy Thompson rush for 3 yards to the 50 yardline. | |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | PSU50 | 33 | 41 | Leroy Thompson rush for loss of 1 yard to the PSU49 (Rocky Beigel;Bob Davis). | |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | PSU49 | 33 | 41 | Tony Sacca rush for 8 yards to the BYU43, 1ST DOWN PSU (Rocky Beigel). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU43 | 33 | 41 | Blair Thomas rush for 4 yards to the BYU39 (Craig Patterson). | |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | BYU39 | 33 | 41 | Leroy Thompson rush for 1 yard to the BYU38 (Bob Davis). | |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | BYU38 | 33 | 41 | Terry Smith pass incomplete to David Jakob. | |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | BYU38 | 33 | 41 | Doug Helkowski punt 28 yards to the BYU10, out-of-bounds. | |
| 4 | 05:32 | 1 | 10 | BYU10 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 36 yards to the BYU46, 1ST DOWN BYU (Willie Thomas). |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU46 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 11 yards to the PSU43, 1ST DOWN BYU (Tisen Thomas). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU43 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer sacked for no gain to the PSU43 (Tony Matesic), PENALTY PSU offside defense 5 yards to the PSU38, NO PLAY. | |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | PSU38 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Chris Smith. | |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | PSU38 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 11 yards to the PSU27, 1ST DOWN BYU (Tisen Thomas). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU27 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Chris Smith for 16 yards to the PSU11, 1ST DOWN BYU. | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU11 | 33 | 41 | Stacey Corley rush for 2 yards to the PSU9 (Reginald Givens). | |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | PSU09 | 33 | 41 | PENALTY BYU holding 10 yards to the PSU19. | |
| 4 | 2 | 18 | PSU19 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 2 yards to the PSU17 (Leona Humphries). | |
| 4 | 3 | 16 | PSU17 | 33 | 41 | PENALTY PSU pass interference 14 yards to the PSU3, 1ST DOWN BYU. | |
| 4 | 1 | PSU03 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Brent Nyberg. | ||
| 4 | 2 | PSU03 | 39 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 3 yards to the PSU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:34. | ||
| 4 | 02:34 | 1 | PSU03 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass attempt failed (intercepted), returned by Andre Collins for defensive PAT. | |
| 4 | 02:34 | 1 | BYU35 | 39 | 43 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 11 yards to the BYU46, on-side kick, recovered by PSU TEAM on BYU46. | |
| 4 | 02:34 | 1 | 10 | BYU46 | 39 | 43 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the BYU43 (Craig Patterson). |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | BYU43 | 39 | 43 | O.J. McDuffie rush for loss of 11 yards to the PSU46 (Bob Davis). | |
| 4 | 02:20 | 3 | 18 | PSU46 | 39 | 43 | Timeout BYU, clock 02:20. |
| 4 | 02:20 | 3 | 18 | PSU46 | 39 | 43 | Terry Smith sacked for loss of 3 yards to the PSU43 (Bob Davis;Rich Kaufusi). |
| 4 | 4 | 21 | PSU43 | 39 | 43 | Doug Helkowski punt 48 yards to the BYU9, Brian Mitchell return 3 yards to the BYU12 (Scott Gob). | |
| 4 | 02:01 | 1 | 10 | BYU12 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Brent Nyberg. |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | BYU12 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 15 yards to the BYU27, 1ST DOWN BYU (Willie Thomas). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU27 | 39 | 43 | PENALTY PSU holding 10 yards to the BYU37, 1ST DOWN BYU. | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU37 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 2 yards to the BYU39 (Andre Collins). | |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | BYU39 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Chris Smith for 16 yards to the PSU45, 1ST DOWN BYU (Gary Brown). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU45 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 7 yards to the PSU38. | |
| 4 | 01:03 | 2 | 3 | PSU38 | 39 | 43 | Timeout Penn State, clock 01:03. |
| 4 | 01:03 | 2 | 3 | PSU38 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Chris Smith. |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | PSU38 | 39 | 49 | Ty Detmer rush for loss of 9 yards to the PSU47, fumble by Ty Detmer recovered by PSU Gary Brown at PSU47, Gary Brown for 53 yards to the BYU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:45. | |
| 4 | 00:45 | 1 | BYU03 | 39 | 50 | Ray Tarasi PAT kick attempt good. | |
| 4 | 00:45 | 1 | PSU35 | 39 | 50 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 34 yards to the BYU31, Stacey Corley return 1 yards to the BYU32 (Neil Hamilton). | |
| 4 | 00:39 | 1 | 10 | BYU32 | 39 | 50 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 8 yards to the BYU40 (Andre Collins). |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | BYU40 | 39 | 50 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 20 yards to the PSU40, 1ST DOWN BYU (Sherrod Rainge). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU40 | 39 | 50 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Micah Matsuzaki. | |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | PSU40 | 39 | 50 | Ty Detmer sacked for loss of 5 yards to the PSU45 (Todd Burger). |
| Qtr | Time | Down | To Go | Spot | BYU | PSU | Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15:00 | 1 | 10 | PSU35 | 0 | 0 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 65 yards to the BYU0, Eric Mortensen return 17 yards to the BYU17 (Matt Baggett). |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | BYU17 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Jeff Frandsen for 26 yards to the BYU43, 1ST DOWN BYU (Andre Collins). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | BYU43 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 12 yards to the PSU45, 1ST DOWN BYU (Gary Brown). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | PSU45 | 0 | 0 | PENALTY BYU ineligible downfield on pass 5 yards to the 50 yardline. | |
| 1 | 1 | 15 | BYU50 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 10 yards to the PSU40 (Reginald Givens). | |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | PSU40 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Brent Nyberg. | |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | PSU40 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Odle for 10 yards to the PSU30, 1ST DOWN BYU, out-of-bounds. | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | PSU30 | 0 | 0 | PENALTY BYU false start 5 yards to the PSU35. | |
| 1 | 1 | 15 | PSU35 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 7 yards to the PSU28 (Reginald Givens). | |
| 1 | 2 | 8 | PSU28 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Matt Bellini, PENALTY BYU pass interference 15 yards to the PSU43. | |
| 1 | 3 | 23 | PSU43 | 0 | 0 | 3rd and 23. | |
| 1 | 3 | 23 | PSU43 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 11 yards to the PSU32 (Sherrod Rainge). | |
| 1 | 4 | 12 | PSU32 | 0 | 0 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Andy Bouce. | |
| 1 | 12:00 | 1 | 10 | PSU32 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 8 yards to the PSU40 (Craig Patterson). |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | PSU40 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the PSU43, 1ST DOWN PSU (Rich Kaufusi). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | PSU43 | 0 | 0 | Tony Sacca pass complete to David Daniels for 12 yards to the BYU45, 1ST DOWN PSU. | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | BYU45 | 0 | 0 | Leroy Thompson rush for 5 yards to the BYU40 (Rich Kaufusi;Bob Davis). | |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | BYU40 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 8 yards to the BYU32, 1ST DOWN PSU (Duane Johnson). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | BYU32 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 2 yards to the BYU30 (Craig Patterson). | |
| 1 | 2 | 8 | BYU30 | 0 | 0 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to David Daniels, PENALTY PSU illegal use of hands declined. | |
| 1 | 3 | 8 | BYU30 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 7 yards to the BYU23 (Eric Bergeson). | |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | BYU23 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 1 yard to the BYU22, 1ST DOWN PSU (Rich Kaufusi). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | BYU22 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 6 yards to the BYU16 (Chad Robinson). | |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | BYU16 | 0 | 0 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the BYU13 (Norman Dixon). | |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | BYU13 | 0 | 0 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to O.J. McDuffie. | |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | BYU13 | 0 | 3 | Ray Tarasi field goal attempt from 30 GOOD, clock 07:11. | |
| 1 | 07:11 | 1 | PSU35 | 0 | 3 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 65 yards to the BYU0, touchback. | |
| 1 | 07:11 | 1 | 10 | BYU20 | 0 | 3 | Stacey Corley rush for 7 yards to the BYU27 (Tisen Thomas). |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | BYU27 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Chris Smith for 14 yards to the BYU41, 1ST DOWN BYU (Herno Henderson). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | BYU41 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer rush for 12 yards to the PSU47, 1ST DOWN BYU (Brian Chizmar). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | PSU47 | 0 | 3 | Fred Whittingham rush for 11 yards to the PSU36, 1ST DOWN BYU (Brian Chizmar). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | PSU36 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer pass intercepted by Sherrod Rainge at the PSU5, Sherrod Rainge return 12 yards to the PSU17 (Peter Tuipulotu). | |
| 1 | 04:50 | 1 | 10 | PSU17 | 0 | 3 | Blair Thomas rush for 5 yards to the PSU22 (Chad Robinson). |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | PSU22 | 0 | 3 | Blair Thomas rush for 1 yard to the PSU23 (Chad Robinson). | |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | PSU23 | 0 | 3 | Tony Sacca pass intercepted by Ton Crutchfield at the PSU33, Ton Crutchfield return 0 yards to the PSU33. | |
| 1 | 03:36 | 1 | 10 | PSU33 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Fred Whittingham for 5 yards to the PSU28 (Brian Chizmar;Richar McKenzie). |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | PSU28 | 0 | 3 | Fred Whittingham rush for 8 yards to the PSU20, 1ST DOWN BYU (Richar McKenzie). | |
| 1 | 1 | 10 | PSU20 | 0 | 3 | Fred Whittingham rush for loss of 2 yards to the PSU22 (Rich Schonewolf). | |
| 1 | 2 | 12 | PSU22 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 21 yards to the PSU1, 1ST DOWN BYU (Herno Henderson). | |
| 1 | 1 | PSU01 | 0 | 3 | Stacey Corley rush for no gain to the PSU1, fumble by Stacey Corley recovered by BYU Fred Whittingham at PSU2. | ||
| 1 | 2 | PSU02 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Fotu Katoa. | ||
| 1 | 3 | PSU02 | 0 | 3 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Peter Tuipulotu. | ||
| 1 | 4 | PSU02 | 3 | 3 | Jason Chaffetz field goal attempt from 20 GOOD, clock 00:40. | ||
| 1 | 00:40 | 1 | BYU35 | 3 | 3 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 50 yards to the PSU15, Richie Anderson return 23 yards to the PSU38 (Earl Kauffman). | |
| 1 | 00:33 | 1 | 10 | PSU38 | 3 | 3 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the PSU41 (Bob Davis). |
| Qtr | Time | Down | To Go | Spot | BYU | PSU | Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 15:00 | 2 | 7 | PSU41 | 3 | 3 | Blair Thomas rush for 2 yards to the PSU43 (Tim Adams). |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | PSU43 | 3 | 3 | Tony Sacca pass complete to O.J. McDuffie for 14 yards to the BYU43, 1ST DOWN PSU (Ton Crutchfield). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | BYU43 | 3 | 3 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to Blair Thomas. | |
| 2 | 2 | 10 | BYU43 | 3 | 3 | Blair Thomas rush for 6 yards to the BYU37 (Eric Bergeson). | |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | BYU37 | 3 | 3 | Tony Sacca pass complete to Terry Smith for 5 yards to the BYU32, 1ST DOWN PSU (Norman Dixon). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | BYU32 | 3 | 3 | O.J. McDuffie rush for 8 yards to the BYU24 (Chad Robinson). | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | BYU24 | 3 | 9 | Tony Sacca pass complete to Terry Smith for 24 yards to the BYU0, 1ST DOWN PSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:20. | |
| 2 | 13:20 | 1 | BYU03 | 3 | 9 | Ray Tarasi PAT kick attempt failed. | |
| 2 | 13:20 | 1 | PSU35 | 3 | 9 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 61 yards to the BYU4, Stacey Corley return 29 yards to the BYU33 (Matt Baggett). | |
| 2 | 13:14 | 1 | 10 | BYU33 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer rush for 5 yards to the BYU38, out-of-bounds (Brian Chizmar). |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | BYU38 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 3 yards to the BYU41. | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | BYU41 | 3 | 9 | PENALTY BYU delay of game 5 yards to the BYU36. | |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | BYU36 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Chris Smith for 9 yards to the BYU45, 1ST DOWN BYU (Andre Collins). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | BYU45 | 3 | 9 | Fred Whittingham rush for 2 yards to the BYU47 (Frank Giannetti). | |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | BYU47 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer sacked for loss of 1 yard to the BYU46 (Reginald Givens). | |
| 2 | 3 | 9 | BYU46 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 14 yards to the PSU40, 1ST DOWN BYU, out-of-bounds. | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | PSU40 | 3 | 9 | Stacey Corley rush for 7 yards to the PSU33 (Tisen Thomas). | |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | PSU33 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Micah Matsuzaki. | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | PSU33 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 24 yards to the PSU9, 1ST DOWN BYU (Tisen Thomas;Sherrod Rainge). | |
| 2 | 1 | PSU09 | 3 | 9 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Chris Smith for 8 yards to the PSU1. | ||
| 2 | 2 | PSU01 | 3 | 9 | Stacey Corley rush for no gain to the PSU1 (Brian Chizmar). | ||
| 2 | 08:05 | 3 | PSU01 | 3 | 9 | Timeout Penn State, clock 08:05. | |
| 2 | 08:05 | 3 | PSU01 | 3 | 9 | Timeout BYU, clock 08:05. | |
| 2 | 08:05 | 3 | PSU01 | 9 | 9 | Ty Detmer rush for 1 yard to the PSU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:58. | |
| 2 | 07:58 | 1 | PSU03 | 10 | 9 | Jason Chaffetz PAT kick attempt good. | |
| 2 | 07:58 | 1 | BYU35 | 10 | 9 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 62 yards to the PSU3, O.J. McDuffie return 21 yards to the PSU24 (Alem Fitisemanu). | |
| 2 | 07:53 | 1 | 10 | PSU24 | 10 | 9 | Leroy Thompson rush for 6 yards to the PSU30 (Rocky Beigel). |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | PSU30 | 10 | 9 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the PSU33 (Bob Davis). | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | PSU33 | 10 | 9 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the PSU36, 1ST DOWN PSU (Bob Davis). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | PSU36 | 10 | 9 | Tony Sacca pass complete to O.J. McDuffie for 22 yards to the BYU42, 1ST DOWN PSU (Eric Bergeson). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | BYU42 | 10 | 9 | Leroy Thompson rush for 2 yards to the BYU40 (Bob Davis). | |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | BYU40 | 10 | 9 | Blair Thomas rush for 10 yards to the BYU30, 1ST DOWN PSU (Eric Bergeson). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | BYU30 | 10 | 9 | Leroy Thompson rush for 6 yards to the BYU24 (Bob Davis;Brian Mitchell). | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | BYU24 | 10 | 9 | Leroy Thompson rush for 2 yards to the BYU22 (Bob Davis). | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | BYU22 | 10 | 9 | PENALTY BYU personal foul 11 yards to the BYU11, 1ST DOWN PSU. | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | BYU11 | 10 | 9 | PENALTY BYU personal foul 6 yards to the BYU5, 1ST DOWN PSU. | |
| 2 | 1 | BYU05 | 10 | 9 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the BYU2 (Bob Davis;Duane Johnson). | ||
| 2 | 2 | BYU02 | 10 | 9 | PENALTY PSU personal foul 15 yards to the BYU17. | ||
| 2 | 2 | BYU17 | 10 | 9 | Tony Sacca sacked for loss of 7 yards to the BYU24 (Craig Patterson). | ||
| 2 | 3 | BYU24 | 10 | 9 | Blair Thomas rush for 6 yards to the BYU18 (Craig Patterson). | ||
| 2 | 4 | BYU18 | 10 | 12 | Ray Tarasi field goal attempt from 36 GOOD, clock 02:01. | ||
| 2 | 02:01 | 1 | PSU35 | 10 | 12 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 63 yards to the BYU2, Stacey Corley return 23 yards to the BYU25 (Matt Baggett). | |
| 2 | 01:55 | 1 | 10 | BYU25 | 10 | 12 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 51 yards to the PSU24, 1ST DOWN BYU (Leona Humphries). |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | PSU24 | 10 | 12 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Fred Whittingham. | |
| 2 | 2 | 10 | PSU24 | 10 | 12 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Chris Smith for 11 yards to the PSU13, 1ST DOWN BYU (Reginald Givens). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | PSU13 | 10 | 12 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 5 yards to the PSU8. | |
| 2 | 00:41 | 2 | 5 | PSU08 | 10 | 12 | Timeout BYU, clock 00:41. |
| 2 | 00:41 | 2 | 5 | PSU08 | 10 | 12 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Fred Whittingham for 4 yards to the PSU4 (Andre Collins). |
| 2 | 00:20 | 3 | 1 | PSU04 | 10 | 12 | Timeout BYU, clock 00:20. |
| 2 | 00:20 | 3 | 1 | PSU04 | 10 | 12 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Matt Bellini. |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | PSU04 | 13 | 12 | Jason Chaffetz field goal attempt from 22 GOOD, clock 00:13. | |
| 2 | 00:13 | 1 | BYU35 | 13 | 12 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 52 yards to the PSU13, O.J. McDuffie return 9 yards to the PSU22 (Alem Fitisemanu). | |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | PSU22 | 13 | 12 | End of half, clock 00:00. |
| Qtr | Time | Down | To Go | Spot | BYU | PSU | Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 15:00 | 1 | 10 | BYU35 | 13 | 12 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 62 yards to the PSU3, O.J. McDuffie return 46 yards to the PSU49 (Brian Mitchell). |
| 3 | 14:53 | 1 | 10 | PSU49 | 13 | 12 | Blair Thomas rush for 6 yards to the BYU45 (Tim Adams). |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | BYU45 | 13 | 12 | Blair Thomas rush for 6 yards to the BYU39, 1ST DOWN PSU (Craig Patterson). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU39 | 13 | 12 | Leroy Thompson rush for 4 yards to the BYU35 (Eric Bergeson;Chad Robinson). | |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | BYU35 | 13 | 12 | Blair Thomas rush for 2 yards to the BYU33 (Rocky Beigel). | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | BYU33 | 13 | 12 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to Blair Thomas. | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | BYU33 | 13 | 15 | Ray Tarasi field goal attempt from 51 GOOD, clock 12:26. | |
| 3 | 12:26 | 1 | PSU35 | 13 | 15 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 55 yards to the BYU10, out-of-bounds, PENALTY PSU illegal procedure (Ray Tarasi) 5 yards to the PSU30, NO PLAY. | |
| 3 | 1 | PSU30 | 13 | 15 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 60 yards to the BYU10, Eric Mortensen return 9 yards to the BYU19, PENALTY PSU face mask 5 yards to the BYU24, 1st and 10, BYU ball on BYU24. | ||
| 3 | 12:19 | 1 | 10 | BYU24 | 13 | 15 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Chris Smith. |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | BYU24 | 13 | 15 | PENALTY BYU pass interference 12 yards to the BYU12. | |
| 3 | 3 | 22 | BYU12 | 13 | 15 | Ty Detmer rush for 10 yards to the BYU22 (Richar McKenzie). | |
| 3 | 4 | 12 | BYU22 | 13 | 15 | Earl Kauffman punt 39 yards to the PSU39, O.J. McDuffie return 7 yards to the PSU46 (Josh Arnold). | |
| 3 | 11:45 | 1 | 10 | PSU46 | 13 | 15 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to Terry Smith. |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | PSU46 | 13 | 15 | Blair Thomas rush for 7 yards to the BYU47 (Tim Adams). | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | BYU47 | 13 | 15 | Tony Sacca pass complete to David Jakob for 12 yards to the BYU35, 1ST DOWN PSU (Chad Robinson). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU35 | 13 | 15 | Leroy Thompson rush for 16 yards to the BYU19 (Eric Bergeson), PENALTY PSU illegal use of hands 18 yards to the BYU37. | |
| 3 | 1 | 12 | BYU37 | 13 | 15 | 1st and 12. | |
| 3 | 1 | 12 | BYU37 | 13 | 15 | Blair Thomas rush for 2 yards to the BYU35 (Chad Robinson). | |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | BYU35 | 13 | 15 | Blair Thomas rush for 19 yards to the BYU16, 1ST DOWN PSU (Bob Davis;Ton Crutchfield). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU16 | 13 | 21 | Leroy Thompson rush for 16 yards to the BYU0, 1ST DOWN PSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:38. | |
| 3 | 09:38 | 1 | BYU03 | 13 | 22 | Ray Tarasi PAT kick attempt good. | |
| 3 | 09:38 | 1 | PSU35 | 13 | 22 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 64 yards to the BYU1, Stacey Corley return 31 yards to the BYU32 (Sherrod Rainge). | |
| 3 | 09:30 | 1 | 10 | BYU32 | 13 | 22 | Ty Detmer rush for no gain to the BYU32 (Brian Chizmar). |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | BYU32 | 13 | 22 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Fred Whittingham for 11 yards to the BYU43, 1ST DOWN BYU (Brian Chizmar). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU43 | 13 | 22 | PENALTY PSU personal foul 15 yards to the PSU42, 1ST DOWN BYU. | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | PSU42 | 13 | 22 | Fred Whittingham rush for 5 yards to the PSU37 (Brian Chizmar). | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | PSU37 | 13 | 22 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Jeff Frandsen for 13 yards to the PSU24, 1ST DOWN BYU (Gary Brown). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | PSU24 | 13 | 22 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Andy Bouce. | |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | PSU24 | 13 | 22 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Jeff Frandsen for 16 yards to the PSU8, 1ST DOWN BYU (Brian Chizmar). | |
| 3 | 1 | PSU08 | 13 | 22 | Fred Whittingham rush for loss of 5 yards to the PSU13, fumble by Fred Whittingham recovered by BYU Fred Whittingham at PSU13. | ||
| 3 | 2 | PSU13 | 13 | 22 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Jeff Frandsen for 12 yards to the PSU1 (Leona Humphries). | ||
| 3 | 3 | PSU01 | 19 | 22 | Ty Detmer rush for 1 yard to the PSU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:34. | ||
| 3 | 05:34 | 1 | PSU03 | 19 | 22 | Jason Chaffetz PAT kick attempt failed (blocked) (blocked by Chris Mittleman). | |
| 3 | 05:34 | 1 | BYU35 | 19 | 22 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 58 yards to the PSU7, out-of-bounds, PENALTY BYU illegal procedure (Earl Kauffman) 5 yards to the BYU30, NO PLAY. | |
| 3 | 1 | BYU30 | 19 | 22 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 60 yards to the PSU10, O.J. McDuffie return 24 yards to the PSU34 (Marc Neal). | ||
| 3 | 05:28 | 1 | 10 | PSU34 | 19 | 22 | Blair Thomas rush for 22 yards to the BYU44, 1ST DOWN PSU (Rocky Beigel). |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU44 | 19 | 22 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to David Daniels. | |
| 3 | 2 | 10 | BYU44 | 19 | 22 | Blair Thomas rush for 4 yards to the BYU40 (Rich Kaufusi). | |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | BYU40 | 19 | 22 | Tony Sacca pass incomplete to O.J. McDuffie. | |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | BYU40 | 19 | 22 | Terry Smith pass complete to Blair Thomas for 9 yards to the BYU31, 1ST DOWN PSU (Ton Crutchfield). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU31 | 19 | 22 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the BYU28 (Bob Davis). | |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | BYU28 | 19 | 22 | PENALTY BYU personal foul 14 yards to the BYU14, 1ST DOWN PSU. | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | BYU14 | 19 | 28 | Leroy Thompson rush for 14 yards to the BYU0, 1ST DOWN PSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:20. | |
| 3 | 03:20 | 1 | BYU03 | 19 | 29 | Ray Tarasi PAT kick attempt good. | |
| 3 | 03:20 | 1 | PSU35 | 19 | 29 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 42 yards to the BYU23, Scott Charlton return 20 yards to the BYU43 (Willie Thomas). | |
| 3 | 03:13 | 1 | 10 | BYU43 | 19 | 29 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 18 yards to the PSU39, 1ST DOWN BYU (Willie Thomas). |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | PSU39 | 19 | 29 | Fred Whittingham rush for 8 yards to the PSU31 (Willie Thomas). | |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | PSU31 | 19 | 29 | PENALTY PSU offside defense 6 yards to the PSU25, 1ST DOWN BYU. | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | PSU25 | 19 | 29 | Stacey Corley rush for 5 yards to the PSU20 (Richar McKenzie). | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | PSU20 | 19 | 29 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 8 yards to the PSU12, 1ST DOWN BYU (Willie Thomas). | |
| 3 | 1 | 10 | PSU12 | 25 | 29 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 12 yards to the PSU0, 1ST DOWN BYU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:15. | |
| 3 | 01:15 | 1 | PSU03 | 26 | 29 | Jason Chaffetz PAT kick attempt good. | |
| 3 | 01:15 | 1 | BYU35 | 26 | 29 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 65 yards to the PSU0, O.J. McDuffie return 27 yards to the PSU27 (Marc Neal). | |
| 3 | 01:09 | 1 | 10 | PSU27 | 26 | 29 | Leroy Thompson rush for 2 yards to the PSU29 (Bob Davis). |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | PSU29 | 26 | 29 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the PSU32 (Duane Johnson). |
| Qtr | Time | Down | To Go | Spot | BYU | PSU | Play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 15:00 | 3 | 5 | PSU32 | 26 | 29 | Terry Smith pass complete to Blair Thomas for 29 yards to the BYU39, 1ST DOWN PSU (Norman Dixon). |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU39 | 26 | 29 | Terry Smith pass incomplete to O.J. McDuffie. | |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | BYU39 | 26 | 29 | Blair Thomas rush for 2 yards to the BYU37 (Chad Robinson), PENALTY PSU illegal formation declined. | |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | BYU37 | 26 | 29 | Terry Smith pass complete to Blair Thomas for 17 yards to the BYU20, 1ST DOWN PSU (Craig Patterson). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU20 | 26 | 29 | Leroy Thompson rush for 5 yards to the BYU15 (Rich Kaufusi). | |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | BYU15 | 26 | 29 | Leroy Thompson rush for 3 yards to the BYU12 (Rich Kaufusi;Bob Davis). | |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | BYU12 | 26 | 29 | Blair Thomas rush for 5 yards to the BYU7, 1ST DOWN PSU (Bob Davis). | |
| 4 | 1 | BYU07 | 26 | 35 | Blair Thomas rush for 7 yards to the BYU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:11. | ||
| 4 | 12:11 | 1 | BYU03 | 26 | 35 | Joe Markiewicz rush attempt failed. | |
| 4 | 12:11 | 1 | PSU35 | 26 | 35 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 55 yards to the BYU10, Eric Mortensen return 18 yards to the BYU28 (Sherrod Rainge). | |
| 4 | 12:06 | 1 | 10 | BYU28 | 26 | 35 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Fred Whittingham for 19 yards to the BYU47, 1ST DOWN BYU. |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU47 | 26 | 35 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Jeff Frandsen for 18 yards to the PSU35, 1ST DOWN BYU (Greg Fusetti). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU35 | 26 | 35 | Ty Detmer sacked for loss of 5 yards to the PSU40 (Todd Burger). | |
| 4 | 2 | 15 | PSU40 | 26 | 35 | Ty Detmer pass intercepted by Sherrod Rainge at the PSU13, Sherrod Rainge return 27 yards to the PSU40 (Bryan May). | |
| 4 | 10:23 | 1 | 10 | PSU40 | 26 | 35 | Blair Thomas rush for 8 yards to the PSU48 (Duane Johnson). |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | PSU48 | 26 | 41 | Terry Smith pass complete to David Daniels for 52 yards to the BYU0, 1ST DOWN PSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:28. | |
| 4 | 09:28 | 1 | BYU03 | 26 | 41 | Timeout Penn State, clock 09:28. | |
| 4 | 09:28 | 1 | BYU03 | 26 | 41 | Tony Sacca pass attempt failed. | |
| 4 | 09:28 | 1 | PSU35 | 26 | 41 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 62 yards to the BYU3, Stacey Corley return 26 yards to the BYU29 (Gary Brown). | |
| 4 | 09:20 | 1 | 10 | BYU29 | 26 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 30 yards to the PSU41, 1ST DOWN BYU. |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU41 | 26 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 19 yards to the PSU22, 1ST DOWN BYU (Brian Chizmar). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU22 | 26 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 12 yards to the PSU10, 1ST DOWN BYU (Leona Humphries). | |
| 4 | 1 | PSU10 | 32 | 41 | Fred Whittingham rush for 10 yards to the PSU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:51. | ||
| 4 | 08:51 | 1 | PSU03 | 33 | 41 | Jason Chaffetz PAT kick attempt good. | |
| 4 | 08:51 | 1 | BYU35 | 33 | 41 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 53 yards to the PSU12, Richie Anderson return 16 yards to the PSU28 (Marc Neal). | |
| 4 | 08:43 | 1 | 10 | PSU28 | 33 | 41 | Terry Smith pass complete to Leroy Thompson for 19 yards to the PSU47, 1ST DOWN PSU (Rocky Beigel). |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU47 | 33 | 41 | Leroy Thompson rush for 3 yards to the 50 yardline. | |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | PSU50 | 33 | 41 | Leroy Thompson rush for loss of 1 yard to the PSU49 (Rocky Beigel;Bob Davis). | |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | PSU49 | 33 | 41 | Tony Sacca rush for 8 yards to the BYU43, 1ST DOWN PSU (Rocky Beigel). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU43 | 33 | 41 | Blair Thomas rush for 4 yards to the BYU39 (Craig Patterson). | |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | BYU39 | 33 | 41 | Leroy Thompson rush for 1 yard to the BYU38 (Bob Davis). | |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | BYU38 | 33 | 41 | Terry Smith pass incomplete to David Jakob. | |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | BYU38 | 33 | 41 | Doug Helkowski punt 28 yards to the BYU10, out-of-bounds. | |
| 4 | 05:32 | 1 | 10 | BYU10 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 36 yards to the BYU46, 1ST DOWN BYU (Willie Thomas). |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU46 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 11 yards to the PSU43, 1ST DOWN BYU (Tisen Thomas). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU43 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer sacked for no gain to the PSU43 (Tony Matesic), PENALTY PSU offside defense 5 yards to the PSU38, NO PLAY. | |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | PSU38 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Chris Smith. | |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | PSU38 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 11 yards to the PSU27, 1ST DOWN BYU (Tisen Thomas). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU27 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Chris Smith for 16 yards to the PSU11, 1ST DOWN BYU. | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU11 | 33 | 41 | Stacey Corley rush for 2 yards to the PSU9 (Reginald Givens). | |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | PSU09 | 33 | 41 | PENALTY BYU holding 10 yards to the PSU19. | |
| 4 | 2 | 18 | PSU19 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 2 yards to the PSU17 (Leona Humphries). | |
| 4 | 3 | 16 | PSU17 | 33 | 41 | PENALTY PSU pass interference 14 yards to the PSU3, 1ST DOWN BYU. | |
| 4 | 1 | PSU03 | 33 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Brent Nyberg. | ||
| 4 | 2 | PSU03 | 39 | 41 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 3 yards to the PSU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:34. | ||
| 4 | 02:34 | 1 | PSU03 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass attempt failed (intercepted), returned by Andre Collins for defensive PAT. | |
| 4 | 02:34 | 1 | BYU35 | 39 | 43 | Earl Kauffman kickoff 11 yards to the BYU46, on-side kick, recovered by PSU TEAM on BYU46. | |
| 4 | 02:34 | 1 | 10 | BYU46 | 39 | 43 | Blair Thomas rush for 3 yards to the BYU43 (Craig Patterson). |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | BYU43 | 39 | 43 | O.J. McDuffie rush for loss of 11 yards to the PSU46 (Bob Davis). | |
| 4 | 02:20 | 3 | 18 | PSU46 | 39 | 43 | Timeout BYU, clock 02:20. |
| 4 | 02:20 | 3 | 18 | PSU46 | 39 | 43 | Terry Smith sacked for loss of 3 yards to the PSU43 (Bob Davis;Rich Kaufusi). |
| 4 | 4 | 21 | PSU43 | 39 | 43 | Doug Helkowski punt 48 yards to the BYU9, Brian Mitchell return 3 yards to the BYU12 (Scott Gob). | |
| 4 | 02:01 | 1 | 10 | BYU12 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Brent Nyberg. |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | BYU12 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Brent Nyberg for 15 yards to the BYU27, 1ST DOWN BYU (Willie Thomas). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU27 | 39 | 43 | PENALTY PSU holding 10 yards to the BYU37, 1ST DOWN BYU. | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | BYU37 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 2 yards to the BYU39 (Andre Collins). | |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | BYU39 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Chris Smith for 16 yards to the PSU45, 1ST DOWN BYU (Gary Brown). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU45 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 7 yards to the PSU38. | |
| 4 | 01:03 | 2 | 3 | PSU38 | 39 | 43 | Timeout Penn State, clock 01:03. |
| 4 | 01:03 | 2 | 3 | PSU38 | 39 | 43 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Chris Smith. |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | PSU38 | 39 | 49 | Ty Detmer rush for loss of 9 yards to the PSU47, fumble by Ty Detmer recovered by PSU Gary Brown at PSU47, Gary Brown for 53 yards to the BYU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:45. | |
| 4 | 00:45 | 1 | BYU03 | 39 | 50 | Ray Tarasi PAT kick attempt good. | |
| 4 | 00:45 | 1 | PSU35 | 39 | 50 | Ray Tarasi kickoff 34 yards to the BYU31, Stacey Corley return 1 yards to the BYU32 (Neil Hamilton). | |
| 4 | 00:39 | 1 | 10 | BYU32 | 39 | 50 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Matt Bellini for 8 yards to the BYU40 (Andre Collins). |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | BYU40 | 39 | 50 | Ty Detmer pass complete to Andy Bouce for 20 yards to the PSU40, 1ST DOWN BYU (Sherrod Rainge). | |
| 4 | 1 | 10 | PSU40 | 39 | 50 | Ty Detmer pass incomplete to Micah Matsuzaki. | |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | PSU40 | 39 | 50 | Ty Detmer sacked for loss of 5 yards to the PSU45 (Todd Burger). |