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: | M. Morrissey | 1080 | |||
| Passing TDs: | M. Morrissey | 7 | |||
| Rushing Yards: | L. Choquette | 119 | |||
| Rushing TDs: | L. Choquette | 3 | |||
| Receiving Yards: | J. Jackson | 274 | |||
| Receiving TDs: | J. Jackson | 3 | |||
| Interceptions: | None | ||||
| Schedule 2023 | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Result / Time | ||
| 9/2 | at New Mexico State | L 21 - 58 | ||
| 9/9 | vs. Illinois State | L 18 - 34 | ||
| 9/16 | vs. Lindenwood | L 40 - 43 | ||
| 9/23 | at Southern Utah | L 17 - 37 | ||
| 10/7 | at North Dakota | 11:00 PT12:00 MT1:00 CT2:00 ET6:00 GMT2:00 北京时间11:00 MST12:00 CST1:00 EST | ||
| 10/14 | vs. Missouri State | 1:00 PT2:00 MT3:00 CT4:00 ET8:00 GMT4:00 北京时间1:00 MST2:00 CST3:00 EST | ||
| 10/21 | at North Dakota State | 12:30 PT1:30 MT2:30 CT3:30 ET7:30 GMT3:30 北京时间12:30 MST1:30 CST2:30 EST | ||
| 10/28 | vs. Southern Illinois | 1:00 PT2:00 MT3:00 CT4:00 ET8:00 GMT4:00 北京时间1:00 MST2:00 CST3:00 EST | ||
| 11/4 | at UNI | 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 Indiana State | 10:00 PT11:00 MT12:00 CT1:00 ET6:00 GMT2:00 北京时间11:00 MST12:00 CST1:00 EST | ||
| 11/18 | vs. South Dakota | 11:00 PT12:00 MT1:00 CT2:00 ET7:00 GMT3:00 北京时间12:00 MST1:00 CST2:00 EST | ||
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| Conference | Overall | |||||||||||
| Illinois State | 1-0 | 3-1 | ||||||||||
| 2 North Dakota State | 0-0 | 3-0 | ||||||||||
| 1 South Dakota State | 0-0 | 3-0 | ||||||||||
| 10 Southern Illinois | 0-0 | 3-0 | ||||||||||
| 12 North Dakota | 0-0 | 2-1 | ||||||||||
| South Dakota | 0-0 | 2-1 | ||||||||||
| 23 Youngstown State | 0-0 | 2-1 | ||||||||||
| Missouri State | 0-0 | 1-2 | ||||||||||
| Murray State | 0-0 | 1-2 | ||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 0-0 | 1-2 | ||||||||||
| Indiana State | 0-0 | 0-3 | ||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 0-1 | 0-4 | ||||||||||
| Offense (FCS Rank) | |||||
| Yards: | 1207 (68) | ||||
| Passing Yards: | 1095 (12) | ||||
| Rushing Yards: | 112 (119) | ||||
| Points per game: | 24.0 (55) | ||||
| Yards per game: | 301.8 (83) | ||||
| Touchdowns: | 12 (41) | ||||
| Field Goals: | 5 (12) | ||||
| Defense (FCS Rank) | |||||
| Yards: | 1903 (111) | ||||
| Passing Yards: | 1077 (106) | ||||
| Rushing Yards: | 826 (102) | ||||
| Points per game: | 43.0 (111) | ||||
| Yards per game: | 475.8 (110) | ||||
| Touchdowns: | 23 (116) | ||||
| Field Goals: | 2 (23) | ||||
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