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. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| Passing Yards: | T. Day | 1201 | |||
| Passing TDs: | T. Day | 8 | |||
| Rushing Yards: | T. Edwards | 290 | |||
| Rushing TDs: | T. Edwards | 3 | |||
| Receiving Yards: | S. Schnee | 378 | |||
| Receiving TDs: | S. Schnee | 4 | |||
| 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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