Southern Utah gets win in home opener, pulls away from Western Illinois, 37-17 | |
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) Justin Miller threw two touchdown passes and Southern Utah scored three unanswered touchdowns in the second half to pull away from Western Illinois, 37-17 in its home opener on Saturday night. Miller tossed a 10-yard touchdown to Zack Mitchell, and Targhee Lambson capped an 11-play, 62-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdownrun to give the Thunderbirds a 17-3 lead with under seven minutes to play in the first half, but Western Illinois scored a pair of touchdowns in the final 5:14 of the first half to send the game into halftime tied at 17. Southern Utah (1-3) picked off the Leathernecks' Matt Morrissey three times, including a 60-yard pick-6 by Cody Coleman with :31 left to complete the scoring. Western Illinois had negative yardage in the running game after accounting for minus-28 yards on quarterback sacks. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| Passing Yards: | J. Miller | 924 | |||
| Passing TDs: | J. Miller | 7 | |||
| Rushing Yards: | B. Wissler | 122 | |||
| Rushing TDs: | T. Lambson | 4 | |||
| Receiving Yards: | Z. Mitchell | 357 | |||
| Receiving TDs: | I. Wooden | 4 | |||
| Interceptions: | None | ||||
| Schedule 2023 | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Result / Time | ||
| 8/31 | at Arizona State | L 21 - 24 | ||
| 9/9 | at BYU | L 16 - 41 | ||
| 9/16 | at UC Davis | L 21 - 23 | ||
| 9/23 | vs. Western Illinois | W 37 - 17 | ||
| 9/30 | vs. Central Arkansas | 5:00 PT6:00 MT7:00 CT8:00 ET12:00 GMT8:00 北京时间5:00 MST6:00 CST7:00 EST | ||
| 10/7 | at Tarleton State | 4:00 PT5:00 MT6:00 CT7:00 ET11:00 GMT7:00 北京时间4:00 MST5:00 CST6:00 EST | ||
| 10/21 | vs. Austin Peay | 5:00 PT6:00 MT7:00 CT8:00 ET12:00 GMT8:00 北京时间5:00 MST6:00 CST7:00 EST | ||
| 10/28 | vs. Abilene Christian | 12:00 PT1:00 MT2:00 CT3:00 ET7:00 GMT3:00 北京时间12:00 MST1:00 CST2:00 EST | ||
| 11/4 | vs. Lincoln (CA) University | 12:00 PT1:00 MT2:00 CT3:00 ET7:00 GMT3:00 北京时间12:00 MST1:00 CST2:00 EST | ||
| 11/11 | at Stephen F. Austin | 1:00 PT2:00 MT3:00 CT4:00 ET9:00 GMT5:00 北京时间2:00 MST3:00 CST4:00 EST | ||
| 11/18 | at Utah Tech | 6:00 PT7:00 MT8:00 CT9:00 ET2:00 GMT10:00 北京时间7:00 MST8:00 CST9:00 EST | ||
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| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||
| Tarleton State | 1-0 | 3-1 | ||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 1-0 | 2-2 | ||||||||||
| 25 Central Arkansas | 1-0 | 2-2 | ||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 0-0 | 1-3 | ||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 0-0 | 1-3 | ||||||||||
| Dixie State | 0-0 | 1-3 | ||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 0-1 | 2-2 | ||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 0-1 | 2-2 | ||||||||||
| North Alabama | 0-1 | 2-3 | ||||||||||
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