STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — No. 3 Penn State lost to No. 6 Oregon 30-24 in double overtime Saturday night at Beaver Stadium.

James Franklin recapped the first loss of the season for the Nittany Lions (3-1, 0-1 Big Ten).

Below is a transcript of Franklin’s postgame press conference.

JAMES FRANKLIN

Opening Statement

First of all, obviously, you got to give Oregon a ton of credit. Came in here in a very difficult environment and made plays when they had to, so hats off. Got to give them their due. Really, the game came down to what we expected it to come down to. First down was going to be critical in this game. We weren’t able to get anything going early in the game on offense, and then we got into obvious passing situations. Third-and-long, which was not a great situation for our quarterback,

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