No. 5 Michigan runs all over Big 10 rival No. 10 Penn State in dominating win
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Donovan Edwards ran for a go-ahead, 67-yard touchdown, and Blake Corum had a 61-yard run for a score on consecutive snaps in the third quarter as No. 5 Michigan pulled away and beat No. 10 Penn State 41-17 on Saturday.
The Wolverines (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) finished with 418 yards rushing, gaining 7.6 yards per carry, against a team that was giving up fewer than 80 yards rushing per game to rank among college football's leaders.
Michigan was dominant for much of the first half, but led by just two points, because it settled for field goals after stalling at the 5 twice and at the 11 once.
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Donovan Edwards, #7, of the Michigan Wolverines leaps to break a tackle by Kalen King #4 of the Penn State Nittany Lions in the first half of a game at Michigan Stadium on October 15, 2022, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)
Despite having only one first down, the Nittany Lions (5-1, 2-1) took a 14-13 lead late in the first half after scoring two touchdowns in a 1-minute, 44-second span.
Penn State went ahead again after the opening drive of the third quarter, but Edwards answered with a 67-yard run on the next play. Edwards darted to the right to take advantage of excellent blocking to get to the sideline and used his speed on a cutback that gave the Wolverines a 24-17 lead with a 2-point conversion.
On the ensuing drive, Nittany Lions coach James Franklin went for it on fourth-and-6 from the Michigan 39 and asked Sean Clifford to attempt a difficult pass to Parker Washington downfield and toward the sideline, but it fell incomplete.
On the next play, Corum sprinted through a huge hole and