College Football

Southern Utah Thunderbirds (1-3)


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: J. Miller924
Passing TDs: J. Miller7
Rushing Yards: B. Wissler122
Rushing TDs: T. Lambson4
Receiving Yards: Z. Mitchell357
Receiving TDs: I. Wooden4
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
United Athletic
  Conference Overall
25 Central Arkansas 2-0 3-2
Tarleton State 1-0 4-1
Austin Peay 1-0 3-2
Eastern Kentucky 1-0 2-3
Dixie State 0-0 1-4
Stephen F. Austin 0-1 3-2
Abilene Christian 0-1 2-3
Southern Utah 0-1 1-4
North Alabama 0-2 2-4
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