In a defensive battle, Kyle McCord completed a career-high 22 passes but also had some notable missed throws in Ohio State’s win over Penn State.
In a matchup between two first-year starting quarterbacks, the showdown was expected to be a defensive battle, as Penn State and the Buckeyes had two of the best defenses in the country entering the weekend.
McCord completed just four of eight passes for 55 yards in the second quarter but found his groove coming out of the halftime locker room. He completed 6-of-7 passes for 69 yards in the third quarter and followed that up by completing 5-of-7 passes for 92 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Much like McCord has throughout much of the season, he saved his best for the second half of the game.
McCord's 87.2 QBR against Penn State was the third-best in the Big Ten this past weekend, behind only Michigan's J.J. McCarthy and Illinois' Luke Altmyer . It was also the 12th-best in the country. McCord's overall 87.1 QBR for the season is the fifth-best in the FBS through seven games. For the first time in the last three games, though, he had more throws behind the line of scrimmage than he did beyond 20 yards in the air . Part of that was due to Penn State's dominant defense and Ohio State's game plan, but McCord wasn’t as sharp overall against the Nittany Lions as he would have liked to have been.
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