The Nittany Lions meet the Hawkeyes for a 7 p.m. ET kickoff at Beaver Stadium that no one could have predicted. James Franklin no longer is the Penn State coach, having been fired following a 22-21 loss to Northwestern that dropped the team to 0-3 in the Big Ten.

Caleb Komolafe ran for 72 yards and a touchdown and Northwestern held on to beat Penn State 22-21 on Saturday.Preston Stone threw for 163 yards with a touchdown to Griffin Wilde and Jack Olsen kicked three field goals for the Wildcats (4-2,

The list of PSU players who are out against the Hawkeyes includes Allar, Ioane, linebacker Tony Rojas, and reserve edge rusher Jaylen Harvey. Without Ioane, Penn State still has a couple of options. Anthony Donkoh and TJ Shanahan can play guard.

Penn State football lost its third straight game, a homecoming defeat to Northwestern. Fans chanted for coach James Franklin to be fired at the end.

Caleb Komolafe ran for 72 yards and a late touchdown, and Northwestern held on to upset Penn State 22-21 on Saturday. It was the Wildcats’ first win at Beaver Stadium since 2014.

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar will miss the remainder of the 2025 college football season after suffering an injury in the fourth quarter of Penn State's 22-21 loss to Northwestern on Saturday, head coach James Franklin confirmed in a postgame press conference.

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar underwent successful surgery on Wednesday to address his broken left ankle, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel. Allar sustained the injury -- the extent of which had not been divulged -- last Saturday in the Nittany Lions' 22-21 loss to Northwestern,

Following a 3-3 start to the season and back-to-back losses to UCLA and Northwestern, Penn State parted ways with James Franklin after 12 seasons earlier this week. Over his 12 seasons in Happy Valley,