The best quarterback performance by an opponent against Penn State: regular season & bowl game

[john4psu]

The best quarterback performances by an opponent against Penn State in the regular season and in a bowl game?

Regular season some that come to mind:
Doug Flutie
Major Harris
Blake Bortles in 2013 for UCF
J.T. Barrett 2017 for Ohio State

Bowl games:
Sam Darnold

Those come to mind right away, others?

 

[PSUcup1]

Marc Sanchez
Ty Detmer

 

[bdgan]

The best quarterback performances by an opponent against Penn State in the regular season and in a bowl game?

Regular season some that come to mind:
Doug Flutie
Major Harris
Blake Bortles in 2013 for UCF
J.T. Barrett 2017 for Ohio State

Bowl games:
Sam Darnold

Those come to mind right away, others?

Detmer or Flutie. IIRC BC passed for 605 yards against PSU (not all Flutie) and still lost 52-17.

 

[OldTiredLion]

Flutie drove our defense nuts all four years we played him. Fortunately he only beat us during his junior season.

 

[fortheglory94]

For bowl games, Danny O'Neil in the 1995 Rose Bowl. He was the main reason we didn't run away and hide as we did so often that season.

 

[78SweetRevenge]

Marc Sanchez and Blake Bortles were the first two that I thought of
Detmer and Flutie were great calls
JT Barrett this year warrants consideration unfortunately

 

[GuStHeCaT]

The best quarterback performances by an opponent against Penn State in the regular season and in a bowl game?

Regular season some that come to mind:
Doug Flutie
Major Harris
Blake Bortles in 2013 for UCF
J.T. Barrett 2017 for Ohio State

Bowl games:
Sam Darnold

Those come to mind right away, others?

Regular season:

Chuck Long, Iowa, 1983. I think 42 was the most points ever scored by an opponent at the Beav until the Nebraska garbage time run this year.

 

[Nitt1300]

I remember Drew Brees being a PITA, don't know what his stats looked like

 

[klive]

Detmer or Flutie. IIRC BC passed for 605 yards against PSU (not all Flutie) and still lost 52-17.

aaaahhh, that ol' BBDBD!

 

[fastlax16]

Tom Bradley made Sanchez a lot of money in that Rose Bowl.

 

[doublehaul]

Doug Flutie, Mark Sanchez and Sam Darnold. After Flutie's final game against us, JoPa sat down at the postgame presser and said, he's a senior right ? we won't have to play him anymore.

 

[JeffClear]

Don’t forget Case Keemum throwing for 500 + against us in the bowl game in 2012.

 

[mal106]

Don’t forget Case Keemum throwing for 500 + against us in the bowl game in 2012.

I agree, 45-69 passing,532 yds and 3tds.That game was probably the worst bowl loss i can remember for PSU.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

I agree, 45-69 passing,532 yds and 3tds.That game was probably the worst bowl loss i can remember for PSU.

Sanchez could have thrown for more but they called off the dogs (after they went up 38-14 with 12 minutes left in the fourth, they only attempted one pass on their next three possessions). He was 28/35 (80%) 413 yards, 4 TDs, and one rushing TD. Had a 95.6 QBR (compared to Keenum's 74.8). That is the most impressive passing performance I've seen against Penn State since I started really following in '93.

 

[nittany119]

Marc Sanchez
Ty Detmer

Sanchez became a NFL draftee and millioniar from that game

 

[JeffClear]

The Houston USC games were probably the worst bowl losses by PSU that I can remember.
Both were really ugly, but Sanchez probably was on the best team in college football that year so I would give the edge to Case.
That USC team was loaded with future NFL pro bowlers on offense and defense. One fluke loss kept them out of the title game.

 

[mikeinpenna]

Detmer in the '89 Holiday Bowl was pretty wild. One of the most entertaining PSU bowl games ever.

 

[JeffClear]

Detmer in the '89 Holiday Bowl was pretty wild. One of the most entertaining PSU bowl games ever.

Yes and I remember Blair Thomas had one heck of a game as well.

 

[Option Bob]

The Alabama option QB looked pretty darn impressive in 1 of the Bowl games against PSU. I'm drawing a blank on his name ... Todd, maybe? The defense shut the Tide Wishbone down and the QB passed over it to victory ... or so my memory tells me.

 

[CDLionFL]

I agree, 45-69 passing,532 yds and 3tds.That game was probably the worst bowl loss i can remember for PSU.

I'll see the Houston loss as your worst PSU bowl loss and raise you the 1993 Blockbuster Bowl loss to Stanford and Bill Walsh (24-3). That capped off a season where PSU went 5-0 to start the year and then lost the big home matchup against Miami (can still see the screen pass pick-6'd) and then basically mailed in the rest of the season. I also think that was the stretch where Tom Bill got booted from the team, too.

And if we're asking about QB's, I'll throw Jamelle Holieway in there for Oklahoma. Dude was a freshman and worked that wishbone like he was conducting an orchestra. Then as soon as he saw a DB go out, he hits Keith Jackson deep on the next play for the killer TD.

 

[Nittany.Lion]

I remember Drew Brees being a PITA, don't know what his stats looked like

Brees never beat us.

 

[919_Lion]

The Houston QB, Keenum, carved up our D, in the Ticket City Who Cares Bowl.

 

[Brian LB-U]

I remember Drew Brees being a PITA, don't know what his stats looked like

Brees was outstanding, but Purdue never beat us with him under center. Two other great regular season mentions: Antwaan Randel-El and Denard Robinson. Both were "one-man shows" on really bad teams but they were two of the fastest, quickest, most dangerous opponents I can remember.

 

[Norm Petersin]

Randle El had a great performance at the Beav, running , passing and return game

 

[Brian LB-U]

Don’t forget Case Keemum throwing for 500 + against us in the bowl game in 2012.

I think all of us would like to forget that one. Positively brutal.

 

[Sviatoslav]

I think all of us would like to forget that one. Positively brutal.

I honestly have no memory of this alleged event. It's a complete mental block. Or you're all liars. Either way I am not going to look it up, there's a reason I have no recall and I am sticking with it.

 

[psuted]

Flutie drove our defense nuts all four years we played him. Fortunately he only beat us during his junior season.

I agree with Flutie.

He consistently drove us nuts for 4 years. Thank God, their Defense wasn’t that good, or we wouldn’t have been able to stay up with them.

 

[EPC FAN]

Detmer or Flutie. IIRC BC passed for 605 yards against PSU (not all Flutie) and still lost 52-17.

Danny O'Neill of Oregon was 41-61 for 456 yards and 2 TDs, in the '95 Rose Bowl.