Scenes from Happy Valley: Penn State 28, Auburn 20
No. 22 Auburn fell to No. 10 Penn State 28-20 on Saturday night inside Beaver Stadium. Auburn trailed 14-10 at halftime and 21-10 early in the third quarter, but fought back with a chance to tie the game in the final seconds.
[Final word with Bryan Harsin: Close isn’t good enough]
Here are photos from the Tigers’ loss.
Auburn football Penn St uniform on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 in Auburn, Ala. Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Anders Carlson (26) kicking the field goal between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Aubie at Tiger Walk between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Bo Nix (10) throwing the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Bo Nix (10) runs the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Bo Nix (10) carries the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Bo Nix (10) between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Bo Nix (10) runs between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Bo Nix (10) running the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Head Coach Bryan Harsin pregame between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Head Coach Bryan Harsin and Penn State Coach pregame between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Head Coach Bryan Harsin pregame on field between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Head Coach Bryan Harsin in game between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Head Coach Bryan Harsin and his wife pregame between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Head Coach Bryan Harsin pregame between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Caylin Newton (25) celebrates between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Chandler Wooten (31) defending between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Derick Hall (29) on the sidelines between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Fans pregame at Tiger Walk between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Fans at Tiger Walk Pregame between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Fans at Tiger Walk between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Jarquez Hunter (27) running the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Jarquez Hunter (27) between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Jarquez Hunter (27) between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Jarquez Hunter (27) between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; John Samuel Shenker (47) between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Keiondre Jones (58) between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Kobe Hudson (5) running the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Kobe Hudson (5) between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Kobe Hudson (5) between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Nehemiah Pritchett (18) defending the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Players tackling the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Owen Pappoe (0) tackling for the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Owen Pappoe (0) tackling between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Owen Pappoe (0) tackling between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Player huddle pregame between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Shedrick Jackson (11) running the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Smoke Monday (21) tackling between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; T.D. Moultry (99) and Donovan Kaufman (1) tackling for the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; T.D. Moultry (99) tackles between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Tank Bigsby (4) running the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Tank Bigsby (4) running the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Tank Bigsby (4) between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Tank Bigsby (4) between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Tank Bigsby (4) between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Tank Bigsby (4) touchdown between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Tank Bigsby (4) touchdown between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Team huddle pregame between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Team Walk Out before Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Team huddle after the game between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Tony Fair (90) defending between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Touchdown Celebration between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Zakoby McClain (9) tackle between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Zion Puckett (11) tackling for the ball between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics 
Sep 18, 2021; University Park, PA, USA; Zion Puckett (11) tackle between Auburn and Penn State at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Todd Van Emst/AU Athletics
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Auburn Tigers Quarterback Bo Nix (10) warms up prior to the College Football game between the Auburn Tigers and the Penn State Nittany Lions on September 18, 2021, at Beaver Stadium in University Park, PA. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) 
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Penn State safety Jonathan Sutherland (0) and cornerback Daequan Hardy (25) tackle Auburn wide receiver Kobe Hudson (5) after a catch and run during the Auburn Tigers versus Penn State Nittany Lions game on September 18, 2021 at Beaver Stadium in University Park, PA. (Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) 
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Auburn Tigers Wide Receiver Demetris Robertson (0) returns a punt during the first half of the College Football game between the Auburn Tigers and the Penn State Nittany Lions on September 18, 2021, at Beaver Stadium in University Park, PA. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) 
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford (14) throws a pass from the pocket during the Auburn Tigers versus Penn State Nittany Lions game on September 18, 2021 at Beaver Stadium in University Park, PA. (Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) 
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Auburn Tigers Head Coach Bryan Harsin congratulates Auburn Tigers Quarterback Bo Nix (10) for leading the team to score a touchdown during the first half of the College Football game between the Auburn Tigers and the Penn State Nittany Lions on September 18, 2021, at Beaver Stadium in University Park, PA. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) 
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Auburn Tigers Running Back Jarquez Hunter (27) runs with the ball during the first half of the College Football game between the Auburn Tigers and the Penn State Nittany Lions on September 18, 2021, at Beaver Stadium in University Park, PA. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) 
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Auburn Tigers Running Back Jarquez Hunter (27) leaps over defenders white running with the ball during the second half of the College Football game between the Auburn Tigers and the Penn State Nittany Lions on September 18, 2021, at Beaver Stadium in University Park, PA. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) 
STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Roger McCreary #23 of the Auburn Tigers celebrates after intercepting a pass against the Penn State Nittany Lions during the first half at Beaver Stadium on September 18, 2021 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) 
STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Tank Bigsby #4 of the Auburn Tigers carries the ball against the Penn State Nittany Lions during the first half at Beaver Stadium on September 18, 2021 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) 
STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Tank Bigsby #4 of the Auburn Tigers carries the ball against the Penn State Nittany Lions during the first half at Beaver Stadium on September 18, 2021 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) 
STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Roger McCreary #23 of the Auburn Tigers intercepts a pass in front of KeAndre Lambert-Smith #13 of the Penn State Nittany Lions during the first half at Beaver Stadium on September 18, 2021 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) 
STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: A general view of fireworks as the Penn State Nittany Lions take the field before the whiteout game against the Auburn Tigers at Beaver Stadium on September 18, 2021 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) 
STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Roger McCreary #23 of the Auburn Tigers reacts after a play against the Penn State Nittany Lions during the first half at Beaver Stadium on September 18, 2021 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) 
STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Tank Bigsby #4 of the Auburn Tigers dives for a touchdown against the Penn State Nittany Lions defends during the second half at Beaver Stadium on September 18, 2021 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) 
STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 18: Zakoby McClain #9 of the Auburn Tigers reacts after being ejected from the game for targeting against the Penn State Nittany Lions during the second half at Beaver Stadium on September 18, 2021 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
