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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Saquon Barkley ran for 207 yards and two touchdowns, Trace McSorley threw three scoring passes, and No. 24 Penn State used a 24-point third quarter as the centerpiece of its 62-24 victory against Purdue on Saturday.
The Nittany Lions (6-2, 4-1 in the Big Ten) converted an interception, a fumbled punt and a failed onside kick into third-quarter touchdowns on their way to a fourth consecutive victory, They snapped a seven-game road losing streak dating to 2014.
"We were talking at halftime about having a sense of urgency, and we came out in the second half with that in mind," McSorley said. "Everyone kind of loosened up in the second half. In the first half, we were playing tense. We weren't playing loose. We came out in the second half and played loose."
Tied at 17 through two quarters, the Nittany Lions outscored Purdue (3-5, 1-4) 24-7 in the pivotal third quarter. McSorley threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Chris Godwin and for 21 yards to Miles Sanders for another.
Barkley extended the Penn State lead to 48-24 with 13:56 remaining on a career-best 81-yard run along the right sideline. It was the longest touchdown run by a Nittany Lion since Larry Johnson's 84-yarder in 2002 against Illinois.
Blough, Marshall, Hunte and Bentley met with the media after today's game. https://t.co/ocFDLfr5s6
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"We knew we were going to have a battle," Penn State coach James Franklin said. "Early in the game, we just made too many mistakes. We are usually one of the most disciplined teams in football. I don't want to say we're a second-half team, but in the locker room, we decided we were a second-half team. We made plays, and their turnovers were huge."
Purdue, which got two touchdown passes from David Blough, including a 62-yarder to DeAngelo Yancey, led 14-7 and 17-14 in the second quarter.
McSorley finished 12 of 23 of 228 yards and the career-best three TDs. Blough completed 34 of 50 passes for 281 yards. He was intercepted once, which set up a third-quarter TD.
"We had great energy in the first half, and then when we came out of the half ... that's completely on me," Purdue interim coach Gerad Parker said. "When things didn't go our way, we didn't respond."
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