Purdue escapes from Penn St., 20-13

The Nittany Lions remained winless in the Big Ten.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Taylor Stubblefield caught a 40-yard touchdown pass and became the Big Ten's career receptions leader as No. 9 Purdue held on to beat Penn State 20-13 on Saturday night.
Stubblefield's 40-yard sprint down the left sideline on the first possession of the second half put the Boilermakers (5-0, 2-0) up 17-10.
After that, it was all Purdue could do to hold on to the lead.
Penn State (2-4, 0-3) had a second-and-1 on the Purdue 7, but had to settle for Robbie Gould's 27-yard field goal that made it 17-13.
Purdue's next possession ended when Calvin Lowry intercepted Kyle Orton's pass, Orton's first interception and Purdue's first turnover of the season. That left Hawaii as the only NCAA Division I-A team without a turnover.
Coming up short
A 33-yard pass to Terrance Phillips gave the Nittany Lions a first down on the Purdue 11, but again Penn State couldn't convert.
Quarterback Zack Mills ran on a fake field goal on fourth-and-6, but was tackled by Stanford Keglar short of the first down.
Two plays later, Orton threw his second interception, this one to Anwar Phillips. But Gould's 45-yard field-goal try was wide left.
Purdue went up 20-13 when Ben Jones kicked his second field goal, a 46-yarder with 2:48 remaining.
Rodney Kinlaw's 64-yard kickoff return gave the Nittany Lions a short field, but Mills couldn't complete any of his four passes.
Penn State appeared to have a first down when Sean Petty was flagged for pass interference on third down, but the flag was waved off.
After holding the Boilermakers to three-and-out, Penn State had one last chance, but Anthony Morelli's desperation pass fell incomplete.
Stubblefield had seven catches for 63 yards, giving him 271 career catches, including a 3-yarder to break the record. Fellow Boilermaker John Sandeford set the previous record of 266 last year.
Kyle Orton completed 24 of 35 for 275 yards, with two interceptions and one touchdown.
He was sacked three times, as many times as he'd been sacked all year.
Zack Mills completed 30 of 48 for 293 yards and one touchdown.
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