STATE COLLEGE — Linebacker Mike Hull is looking for the right buttons to push in the locker room to help Penn State recover from its first defeat. He started with the reset button.

“I think everyone’s done a good job of handling last weekend’s game,” said Hull, a senior who had a career-high 16 tackles during a 29-6 home loss to Northwestern. “We came in on Sunday and kind pushed the reset button, watched the film, learned from our mistakes and now we’re ready to work out our kinks during this bye week.”

Northwestern missed a field goal on its first series and later tried a fake field goal in the red zone that Hull stopped. But the Wildcats still built a 14-0 lead and the game continued to get away from the slow-starting Lions despite 10 first-half tackles by Hull.

“I think field position was a factor in that game, especially early on,” Hull said.