In the first ever meeting between two of college football’s most historical programs, the two defenses and a goal-line stand were the stories of the day. The Michigan faithful will always remember this game in association with that goal-line stand late in the third quarter. Ki-Jana Carter got off to a hot start, racking up over 100 rushing yards in just the first half, and Penn State was off to a 10-0 lead before a dagger of a punt return for a touchdown put the visitors on the board. Defensively, the Lions gave up some yards to Tyrone Wheatley, but stopped the run when it counted, for the most part. Then in the second half, an offsides call on one of the Nits negated a missed field goal in which Michigan went on to score a touchdown in result of.. a 7-point swing. There were a lot of ways Penn State could have pulled this one out as the average unbiased viewer probably would have said that Penn State was the better team in this one. But it just wasn’t meant to be.
Penn State’s Top Performers:
Ki-Jana Carter: 19 carries, 127 yards
Brian Gelzheiser: 14 tackles, Player of the Game
Kerry Collins: 16-29, 186 yards, 1 TD, Int.
Penn State (5-1) suffered it’s first loss ever as a member in the Big Ten conference which was also the first of the year, disrupting the undefeated label to this point. Michigan improved to a 4-2 record with the victory, and would finish 1993 with an 8-4 record and a national ranking of 21. They also won the Hall of Fame Bowl over North Carolina State to cap their year.
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