Allar injured, out for year as PSU loses again

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State backmost Drew Allar, who near the Nittany Lions' stunning 22-21 loss to Northwestern connected Saturday, is retired for the season, manager James Franklin said successful his postgame media availability.

Allar hobbled disconnected the tract aft a 3rd down play successful the 4th quarter, and was yet carted disconnected to the locker room. He was replaced by Ethan Grunkemeyer.

"Drew volition beryllium done for the year," Franklin said.

Penn State (3-3) has present mislaid 3 consecutive games, with 2 of those coming successful Happy Valley. The reeling Nittany Lions volition instrumentality connected Iowa adjacent Saturday.

It's a antithetic communicative for the Wildcats. They surged to 4-2 arsenic Caleb Komolafe ran for 72 yards and a touchdown to stun the Beaver Stadium crowd. Preston Stone threw for 163 yards with a touchdown walk to Griffin Wilde, and Jack Olsen kicked 3 tract goals for the Wildcats, who won their 3rd consecutive and moved to 2-1 successful the Big Ten.

The Wildcats, who hadn't won successful Beaver Stadium since 2014, took the pb for bully with 4:51 erstwhile Komolafe bulled his mode done Penn State's defence to headdress a 75-yard thrust precocious successful the 4th quarter.

The Nittany Lions, who fell to 0-3 successful the league, got the shot back, but that's erstwhile Allar suffered his injury. Grunkemeyer was instantly stopped connected a fourth-down tally and the Wildcats ran the timepiece retired from there.

Allar, Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen ran for touchdowns for the Nittany Lions. It was the 5th clip a James Franklin coached Penn State squad has mislaid astatine slightest 3 consecutive games successful a season.

The Nittany Lions, who committed six penalties for 71 yards successful the archetypal half, could ne'er get retired of their way. Meanwhile, the Wildcats played steady, astir mistake-free shot successful beforehand of a level Penn State assemblage that chanted "Fire James Franklin!" early.

Allar was intercepted connected Penn State's opening thrust erstwhile helium threw the shot close to antiaircraft backmost Ore Adeyi successful the extremity zone. Adeyi returned it to the Northwestern 33 and the Wildcats turned it into 3 points 12 plays aboriginal with Jack Olsen's a 27-yard tract extremity with 2:51 near successful the archetypal quarter.

The Nittany Lions yet got their discourtesy moving with Allen. He carried 5 times connected Penn State's adjacent possession and gave his squad a 7-3 pb erstwhile helium muscled successful from 11 yards retired aboriginal successful the second.

Northwestern marched into Penn State's territory connected its adjacent possession wherever Stone recovered a wide unfastened Wilde for a go-ahead 28-yard touchdown pass.

The Wildcats appeared to get a halt connected defence but fumbled distant the ensuing punt. The Nittany Lions needed 9 plays from Northwestern's 26, but yet broke done connected a fourth-and-goal erstwhile Singleton slashed astir the Wildcats' near flank for a 2-yard touchdown.

Olsen made a 34-yarder with 3 seconds near to chopped Penn State's pb to 14-13 astatine halftime.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.