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Northern Iowa holds off Youngstown State late, 44-41 in Missouri Valley opener

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) Theo Day accounted for five touchdowns and Northern Iowa allowed a pair of touchdowns in the final two minutes but held off Youngstown State 44-41 in the Missouri Valley Conference opener for both schools on Saturday.

Northern Iowa's defense allowed 418 yards of offense by the Penguins, but held them to just 85 rushing yards.

Day fired three first-half touchdown passes, including a 32-yard strike to Naran Buntin early in the second quarter, to take a 20-13 lead at intermission, but Youngstown State (2-2, 0-1) scored on a pair of 1-yard runs to take a 27-23 advantage through three quarters. Day threw 30-yards to Sam Schnee to put the Panthers back in front with 10:36 left in the game and Tyjahree Edwards scored from 30 yards out to make it 37-27 with six minutes left.

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Leaders
Passing Yards: T. Day1201
Passing TDs: T. Day8
Rushing Yards: T. Edwards290
Rushing TDs: T. Edwards3
Receiving Yards: S. Schnee378
Receiving TDs: S. Schnee4
Interceptions: None 
Schedule 2023
Date Opponent Result / Time
9/2 at Iowa State L 9 - 30
9/9 vs. Weber State L 17 - 34
9/16 at Idaho State W 41 - 17
9/30 vs. Youngstown State W 44 - 41
10/7 at Indiana State 4:00 PT5:00 MT6:00 CT7:00 ET11:00 GMT7:00 北京时间4:00 MST5:00 CST6:00 EST
10/14 at South Dakota State 12:00 PT1:00 MT2:00 CT3:00 ET7:00 GMT3:00 北京时间12:00 MST1:00 CST2:00 EST
10/21 vs. North Dakota 2:00 PT3:00 MT4:00 CT5:00 ET9:00 GMT5:00 北京时间2:00 MST3:00 CST4:00 EST
10/28 at Illinois State 10:00 PT11:00 MT12:00 CT1:00 ET5:00 GMT1:00 北京时间10:00 MST11:00 CST12:00 EST
11/4 vs. Western Illinois 11:00 PT12:00 MT1:00 CT2:00 ET6:00 GMT2:00 北京时间11:00 MST12:00 CST1:00 EST
11/11 at Missouri State 12:00 PT1:00 MT2:00 CT3:00 ET8:00 GMT4:00 北京时间1:00 MST2:00 CST3:00 EST
11/18 vs. North Dakota State 2:00 PT3:00 MT4:00 CT5:00 ET10:00 GMT6:00 北京时间3:00 MST4:00 CST5:00 EST
Missouri Valley
  Conference Overall
1 South Dakota State 1-0 4-0
6 Southern Illinois 1-0 4-0
Illinois State 1-0 3-1
15 South Dakota 1-0 3-1
Murray State 1-0 2-2
Northern Iowa 1-0 2-2
7 North Dakota State 0-1 3-1
16 North Dakota 0-1 2-2
Youngstown State 0-1 2-2
Missouri State 0-1 1-3
Indiana State 0-1 0-4
Western Illinois 0-1 0-4
Offense (FCS Rank)
Yards: 1600 (58)
Passing Yards: 1210 (15)
Rushing Yards: 390 (106)
Points per game: 27.8 (39)
Yards per game: 400.0 (29)
Touchdowns: 14 (48)
Field Goals: 5 (21)
Defense (FCS Rank)
Yards: 1404 (26)
Passing Yards: 946 (51)
Rushing Yards: 458 (18)
Points per game: 30.5 (75)
Yards per game: 351.0 (45)
Touchdowns: 14 (41)
Field Goals: 6 (95)
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