page_title: 2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
section_title: October 10: Eastern Illinois
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football team / Regular season / October 10: Eastern Illinois
caption_attribution_description: Daryll Clark scores a touchdown on October 10, 2009 for the Penn State Nittany Lions against the Eastern Illinois Panthers.
context_page_description: The 2009 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2009 college football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. Penn State had the highest graduation rate among all of the teams on the Associated Press Top 25 poll with 89% of its 2002 enrollees graduating. Miami and Alabama tied for second place with a graduation rate of 75%. The Nittany Lions finished the season with an 11–2 record and won the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy award to the best team in the ECAC for the 28th time and the second consecutive year.
context_section_description: Starting quarterback Daryll Clark scored the first points of the game on a 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.  Colin Wagner added a chipshot field goal to extend the lead to 10–0.  In the second quarter, Brett Brackett scored on a two-yard strike from Clark.  Chaz Powell and Derek Moye also caught touchdown passes.
  Eastern Illinois got its only points of the game on a field goal partway into the third quarter, but squandering two chances in the second.  Stephon Green then extended the Penn State lead to 45–3 with a 26-yard touchdown run.  Backup quarterback Kevin Newsome (who was 4/5 for 34 yards) scored his first career touchdown early in the fourth on a 9-yard run to make the score official. It was 52–3 after the score, Newsome would lead Penn State into the red zone again, but this time the result was a failed 4th down conversion rather than the field goal attempt. Matt McGloin also played in his second game this year and attempted his first career passes.
  Many backups saw action for both teams. Penn State punted only twice throughout the game, both times were in the second half with backups in.  Regardless, Penn State still won by their most lopsided score of the year.
  Defensively for Penn State, Josh Hull had 11 tackles.  A.J. Wallace also snagged an interception. Ollie Ogbu forced the fumble returned by NaVorro Bowman for a touchdown before the half, the first defensive touchdown for Penn State this year to already give them their most points all year at 38.
caption: Daryll Clark stretches for the first touchdown of the game.
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