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Penn State's James Franklin applauded by CFB fans for his dominant win against Washington | News, results, highlights, statistics and rumors

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James Franklin bounced back from last week's loss to lead the Nittany Lions to victory on Saturday night.

No. 6 Penn State defeated visiting Washington 35-6, rebounding from a Week 10 loss to Ohio State to improve to 8-1 on the season.

The victory came in front of a crowd of more than 110,000 fans who gathered at Beaver Stadium for the whiteout Saturday night.

Franklin received some boos from the Penn State crowd when he was introduced before the game to fans who apparently had not forgiven the Nittany Lions for their 20-13 home loss last week.

Ryan Risky @rriskyyy

Loud ovation for Drew Allar at pregame introduction… However, there were loud boos when James Franklin was introduced before Penn State's white-out game against Washington pic.twitter.com/Sank1oC5kJ

Penn State's prospects had improved by halftime as the Nittany Lions jumped out to a 28-0 lead through two quarters and demonstrated some lessons learned from the loss to Ohio State.

Seth Engle @bigsengtweets

Direct snap to Tyler Warren. Jumps from two meters away. Landing. Do you think Andy Kotelnicki and James Franklin have learned their lesson from last week?

Tommy Lawlor @lawlornfl

Penn State trails Washington 28-0 at halftime. Good response after last week's disappointment. Of course that doesn't negate the game, but it's good to see the team playing with a lead as they are still in good shape for the CFB playoffs.

Joe Smeltzer @joesmeltzer775

Tyler Warren just ran for three yards. If Penn State had done this last…whatever.

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar completed 20 of 28 yards for 220 yards and a touchdown to secure the victory.

Allar, who is in his third season at Penn State, entered eight games with a career-best pass percentage of 70.1.

Zach Seyko @zach_seyko

For a quarterback who is 1.90 meters tall and weighs 110 kilograms.
Drew Allar is shifty and hard to take down.

Zane Brancefield @Zane Brancefield

Drew Allar may be the hardest QB to beat in CFB

Dylan Callaghan Croley @RivalsDylanCC

It's not a catch, but it's a great throw from Drew Allar. The fact that he doesn't get more first-round considerations in mocks is frankly ridiculous.

Joe Dolan @FG_Dolan

Last year, Drew Allar was worse than his stats showed. This year the exact opposite is the case. If this kid had receivers, he would light up the scoreboard every week.

Fans were impressed not only with Allar's numbers, but also with the quarterback's energy on the field as he led the Nittany Lions to victory.

Landon Tengwall @landon_tengwall

Drew Allar argues with the defense! I love it

Black Shoe Diaries @BSDtweet

Drew Allar's on-field animation is one of the best developments this year.

Maddy Pryor @maddyyypryor

Drew Allar must point to the scoreboard injected into my veins

Meanwhile, tight end Tyler Warren placed one Program recording His 58th catch of the season surpassed the 57 receptions recorded by Mike Gesicki in 2017.

Warren finished the game with five catches for 84 yards and a lost fumble.

Tyler @Tyler Burgh

Tyler Warren is amazing, man, wow

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Penn State TE Tyler Warren is selected in the middle of the first round. Brock Bowers level.

Penn State safety Jaylen Reed shined on defense as he beat Washington starter Will Rodgers and forced the Huskies to switch to Demond Williams Jr. at center.

Lexie Linderman @lexieleigh28

Jaylen Reed said before the Ohio State game that he believes he is โ€œone of the best safeties in the country,โ€ and he continues to prove it. Has made three interceptions in Penn State's last four games.

Penn State has fallen in the AP College Football Rankings after last week's loss to Ohio State, but the Nittany Lions have hopes of regaining a spot in the top five after Saturday night's rebounding performance.

Franklin and Penn State will hit the road again next weekend to face Purdue on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET.

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