Mighty
Story and Photos By Edward Capozzi
Capital Times Sports Writer
Penn State quar
terback Rashard
Casey may not be
the home run king,
but he is certainly
the Homecoming
King. The Nittany
Lions, led by Casey,
defeated "The
Fightin' Illini" 39-
25 in the 81st annual homecoming game
at Beaver Stadium, Saturday.
Casey passed for a career high 208
yards, rushed for 94 yards (another career
high) and scored on a spectacular high
light-worthy scramble in the closing min
utes to seal Illinois' fate.
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Casey Steps Up
PSU Defeats Illinios 39-25
ing former players and alumni, watched
the struggling (2-5) Lions literally devour
a not too shab
by (4-2) Illinois
team.
Paterno his
320th career
win to surpass Pop Warner on the all-time
win list. Paterno now needs only three
wins to match the 323 wins
Bear Bryant, Alabama Crimso)
Tide's coach.
Eric McCoo scored twit
on their first two possession
giving the Penn State Lions
14-0 lead early in tl
first quarter. Just when
appeared to be a rout, tl
"Fightin' Illini," led 1
quarterback Kurt Kittnt
struck back, closing the
gap to 14-10.
Penn State linebackt
Shamar Finney made
21-10 on a crafty pick-off, return
ing the ball all the way for an early
third-quarter touchdown
But Illinois wouldn't die.
Kittner threw a bomb
over the outstretched
hands of James Boyd
and into the hands of
The victory
brought the
Nittany Lions
to 3-5 and gave
coach Joe
Lion wide receiver
Walter Young, bringing
the score to 21-18
Penn State kicker
Ryan Primanti booted a 51-yard field goal
to increase Penn State's lead to 24-18.
Casey then eluded tacklers and threw
a touchdown pass to receiver Kenny
Watson. A two-point
conversion made it
32-18.
Lion Larry Johnson
delivered a crushing block at the 20 yard
line allowing Casey to sprint in for the
The Lions held
on for a 39-25 win.
Casey iced the cake
with a long touch
down run that will
be remembered for
quite awhile. He
broke numerous
tackles and led the
"Fightin' Illini" on a
wild goose chase.
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Penn State
travels to Indiana
next week to play
their Big Ten
rival the Indiana
Hoosiers. The
Lions are now 2-
2 against Big Ten