YSU LIVE | Penguins lead 7-3 after one quarter

The jinx is over.

The YSU football team scored its first touchdown since it started playing the "guarantee games" against BCS opponents in 2005 and led Penn State 7-3 after one quarter Saturday at Beaver Stadium.

With just over two minutes left, on third-and-10 at their own 20, Penguins quarterback Kurt Hess hit Dominique Barnes on a simple inside slant and Barnes turned it into an 80-yard touchdown. It wasthe longest pass play for the Penguins since 1999. That made it 7-3, giving the Penguins their first lead since they started playing those guarantee games.

Penn State kicker Collin Wagner made a 44-yard field with 4:07 left in the first quarter that made it 3-0.

The Penguins, in their first game under new coach Eric Wolford, have looked good so far, with the offense picking up the game's initial first down and the defense forcing a Penn State three-and-out on the Nittany Lions' first offensive series.