STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — One week after suffering yet another loss to Ohio State, Penn State gets back in the saddle Saturday night with a Big Ten clash against Washington.
It will be a prime-time White Out game, streamed exclusively on Peacock at 8 p.m.
Here's a preview.
Washington (5-4) at No. 6/7 Penn State (7-1)
Saturday, 8 p.m.
TV: The game will be streamed exclusively on the Peacock streaming app. To subscribe, go here.
THE BETTING LINE: Penn State opened as a 13.5-point favorite over the Huskies, according to BetMGM. The over/under is 46.5.
SERIES HISTORY: Penn State and Washington will meet for the fourth time Saturday. The Lions have a 3-0 record against the Huskies, including victories in the 1983 Aloha Bowl (13-10) and the 2017 Fiesta Bowl (35-28). Penn State also beat Washington 21-7 back in 1921, when the teams met for the first time.
THE WHITE OUT: Saturday's game will the the 16th White Out in program history, a tradition dating back to 2004, when it began in the student section only. Penn State is 9-6 in White Out games, and have won four straight and five of the last six, including last season's 31-0 win over Iowa.
ABOUT PENN STATE: The Lions suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of their nemesis, squandering an early 10-0 lead on their way to a 20-13 home loss to Ohio State. It was an especially frustrating setback for Penn State, which had four cracks at scoring a potential game-tying touchdown from the Buckeyes' 3-yard line late in the game, and were turned away empty-handed. The Lions also had the ball at Ohio State's 3 in the first half, but a spectacular end zone interception by Davison Igbinosun ended the threat.
It was a strange game for the Penn State offense. Tight end Tyler Warren wound up as the Lions' leading rusher (47 yards). Drew Allar had four more carries than Nicholas Singleton, and outgained him 31-15 in rushing yards. But Singleton (six catches, 54 yards) led the team in receiving. Penn State was outgained 358-270 in total yards.
Allar has thrown for 1,786 yards and 12 touchdowns on 129-of-184 passing. Singleton (81-498, three TDs) and Kaytron Allen (113-536, four TDs) are the top rushers, while Warren (51-606, four TDs) is Allar's top target.
The Lion offense ranks fourth in the Big Ten in yards per game (439.5), fourth in scoring (30.8 points per game), seventh in passing (252 yards per game) and third in rushing (187.5 yards per game).
Penn State's defense ranks third overall (278.9 yards per game) and scoring (15 points per game). The Lions are sixth against the pass (175.5 yards per game) and fifth against the rush (103.4 yards per game).
ABOUT WASHINGTON: The Huskies (5-4) defeated USC 26-21 last Saturday to move a game over .500 overall. They are 3-3 so far in their first season as a Big Ten team.
Coach Jedd Fisch is in his first season at Washington after spending three years as head coach at Arizona, where he went 17-22. Last year, he guided the Wildcats to a 10-3 record and a win over Oklahoma in the Alamo Bowl. The Huskies finished No. 11 in the AP Top 25.
QB Will Rogers threw for 262 yards and RB Jonah Coleman rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns against USC, while WR Denzel Boston hauled in nine catches for 99 yards.
LB Carson Bruener tallied 12 tackles (7 solo), two interceptions and two pass breakups.
Washington ranks 12th in the Big Ten in scoring offense (23.6), while sitting seventh in total offense (429.1), fifth in passing offense (280.7) and 10th in rushing offense (148.4). The Huskies are also fifth in the nation in completion percentage (71.2).
Rogers is fourth in the conference in passing yards (2,284) and seventh in the country in completion percentage (71.1).
Coleman sits third in the Big Ten in yards per carry (6.3) and fourth in rushing yards (889) and rushing yards per game (98.8).
Boston leads the Big Ten with nine touchdown receptions and ranks second with 682 receiving yards.
Washington's defense ranks 10th in the nation in total defense (292.8) and second in passing defense (142.0), while sitting seventh in the conference in scoring defense (19.0) and 10th in rushing defense (150.8).
Bruener leads the team with 67 tackles and three interceptions.