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Western Illinois Leathernecks (0-4)


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.

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Leaders
Passing Yards: M. Morrissey1080
Passing TDs: M. Morrissey7
Rushing Yards: L. Choquette119
Rushing TDs: L. Choquette3
Receiving Yards: J. Jackson274
Receiving TDs: J. Jackson3
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
Missouri Valley
  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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