Penn State's hard-charging duo of Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen combined for 196 rushing yards and became just the second set of Nittany Lion teammates to eclipse 2,000 career rushing yards in Penn State's 21-7 win over Illinois on Saturday.

Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen are both men of few words, but when the two Nittany Lion running backs do speak up, they're direct, forceful and

No. 9 Penn State (4-0, 1-0) used a strong ground game and a defense that didn't break after the first drive to defeat No. 19 Illinois (4-1, 1-1) 21-7 on Saturday night at Beaver Stadium in the Nittany Lions' Big Ten opener.

After scoring easily on their opening drive, the Illini (4-1, 1-1) managed just 25 rushing yards the rest of the way.