STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Former Purdue star and Westfield native Dillon Thieneman intercepted Drew Allar's pass in the second overtime period and No. 6 Oregon outlasted No. 3 Penn State 30-24 on Saturday night.
Jamari Johnson ran for a touchdown in overtime, Dierre Hill Jr. caught a touchdown pass, Jordan Davison ran for another score and Atticus Sappington kicked a field goal for the Ducks (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) who won their FBS-leading 23rd straight regular-season game.
They also improved to 12-0 in regular-season Big Ten play and did so in one of college football’s most hostile environments, winning the rematch of last season’s conference championship game. They did so despite 111,015 fans — most of them clad in all white — trying to lift Penn State in the final minutes.
They nearly did so.