STATE COLLEGE – You can add a huge injury to Penn State’s second shocking upset loss in a row.
Penn State quarterback Drew Allar left the game with an apparent left leg injury late in Northwestern’s 22-21 Big Ten victory on Saturday at Beaver Stadium.
Allar was injured on a third-down scramble with a little over three minutes left and PSU (3-3, 0-3) trailing by one.
Allar gained one yard on a third-and-four play from the Lions’ 31.
He stayed down and gingerly walked to the sideline. Allar eventually left the field on a medical cart.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer replaced Allar and scrambled for no gain on a fourth-and-three play.
Three-touchdown underdog Northwestern (4-2, 2-1) ran out the clock.
Allar completed 13 of 20 passes for 137 yards and rushed for 25