Outback Bowl  at Tampa, FL

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Penn State (8-4)

Coach: Joe Paterno Record at PSU: 362-121-3 (41 years) Bowl appearances: 38 Bowl record: 24-12-2 Last bowl: 2006 Orange Penn State 26, Florida State 23 (3 OT) 2006 Big Ten finish: 5-3, t-3rd

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Tennessee (9-3)

Coach: Phil Fulmer Record at UT: 128-37 (15 years) Bowl appearances: 45 Bowl record: 24-21 Last bowl: 2005 Cotton Tennessee 38, Texas A&M 7 2006 SEC East finish: 5-3, 2nd

JoePa watches from press box as his players defeat Tennessee 20-10 in the Outback Bowl.

Recap: Joe Paterno insisted all along that he needed his players and assistant coaches more than they needed him in the Outback Bowl.

Maybe the longtime Penn State coach was right.

With Paterno watching from the press box while recovering from a broken leg, Tony Hunt ran for 158 yards and Tony Davis returned a fumble 88 yards for a touchdown Monday, leading the Nittany Lions to a 20-10 victory over No. 17 Tennessee.

Anthony Morelli threw a 2-yard TD pass to Andrew Quarless and Kevin Kelly kicked two field goals for Penn State, helping Paterno - the all-time leader in bowl wins - get his 22nd postseason victory....more

Scoring Summary  FIRST QUARTER  TEN FG 4:58 James Wilhoit II 44 yard (Volunteers 3, Nittany Lions 0)    SECOND QUARTER  PSU FG 11:43 Kevin Kelly 34 yard (Volunteers 3, Nittany Lions 3)    PSU TD 3:30 Andrew Quarless 2 yard pass from Anthony Morelli (Nittany Lions 9, Volunteers 3)    PSU PAT 3:30 Kevin Kelly kick (Nittany Lions 10, Volunteers 3)    TEN TD 1:15 LaMarcus Coker 42 yard run (Nittany Lions 10, Volunteers 9)    TEN PAT 1:15 James Wilhoit II kick (Volunteers 10, Nittany Lions 10)    FOURTH QUARTER  PSU TD 10:01 Tony Davis 88 yard fumble return (Nittany Lions 16, Volunteers 10)    PSU PAT 10:01 Kevin Kelly kick (Nittany Lions 17, Volunteers 10)    PSU FG 3:29 Kevin Kelly 22 yard (Nittany Lions 20, Volunteers 10)      Statistics  Tennessee Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Erik Ainge 25/37 267 53 0 1   Team 25/37 267 53 0 1    Penn St. Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Anthony Morelli 14/25 197 35 1 0   Team 14/25 197 35 1 0  Tennessee Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG Arian Foster 12 65 5.4 0 17   LaMarcus Coker 5 36 7.2 1 42   Montario Hardesty 3 2 0.7 0 2   Robert Meachem 1 -6 -6.0 0 0   Erik Ainge 2 -14 -7.0 0 0   Team 23 83 3.6 1 42    Penn St. Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG A.J. Wallace 1 11 11.0 0 11   Derrick Williams 3 6 2.0 0 3   Tony Hunt 31 158 5.1 0 24   Matt Hahn 1 5 5.0 0 5   BranDon Snow 1 0 0.0 0 0   Anthony Morelli 1 5 5.0 0 5   Team 38 185 4.9 0 24  Tennessee Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG Jayson Swain 7 84 12.0 0 24   Arian Foster 1 13 13.0 0 13   Lucas Taylor 1 3 3.0 0 3   Chris Brown 7 66 9.4 0 53   Brad Cottam 1 25 25.0 0 25   LaMarcus Coker 3 35 11.7 0 20   Robert Meachem 4 33 8.3 0 12   Josh Briscoe 1 8 8.0 0 8   Team 25 267 10.7 0 53    Penn St. Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG Andrew Quarless 1 2 2.0 1 2   Derrick Williams 3 27 9.0 0 11   Tony Hunt 1 7 7.0 0 7   Jordan Norwood 4 35 8.8 0 21   Matt Hahn 1 18 18.0 0 18   Terrell Golden 1 35 35.0 0 35   Deon Butler 3 73 24.3 0 31   Team 14 197 14.1 1 35  Team Stat Comparison   TEN PSU  Passing attempts - completions 37-25 25-14    Gross passing yards 267 197    Rushing attempts - yards 23-83 40-183    First downs 17 19    Punts - average 5-44.0 4-37.5    Return yards 2 48    Fumbles - lost 2-2 0-0    Penalties - yards 7-55 6-45    Time of possession 26:58 33:02

SMART CHART PENNST   TEAM   TENN 22.5   PTS FOR 29.3 14.8 PTS AGNST   19.5 7.8   DIFF. 9.8 200.2   PASS YDS 264.3 147.3 RUSH YDS   110.1 191.2   PASS D 179.5 87.8 RUSH D   143.7 0.2 TO DIFF   -0.3

POWER STATS YARDS PER POINT TEAM OFF DEF DIFF PENNST 15.4 18.9 -3.5 TENN 12.8 16.6 -3.8 YARDS PER PASS TEAM OFF DEF DIFF PENNST 6.0 5.7 0.3 TENN 8.4 7.0 1.3 YARDS PER RUSH TEAM OFF DEF DIFF PENNST 4.2 2.8 1.4 TENN 3.7 4.0 -0.3