NCAAF Game Recap - Youngstown State at Northern Iowa
Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:00 PM EDT

UGA
43
Tenn
14
F
MSU
10
OSU
34
F
UtSt
6
LSU
42
F
Okla
45
Kans
20
F
Aub
13
Fla
24
F
Kent
0
Wisc
48
F
BGSU
0
ND
52
F
Tex
42
WVU
31
F
Purd
7
PSU
35
F
Cal
7
Oreg
17
F
Iowa
3
Mich
10
F
Wash
13
Stan
23
F
Boise
38
UNLV
13
F
UCF
24
Cin
27
F
OkSt
35
TxTch
45
F
Tuls
37
SMU
43
F(2OT)
GaSo
20
SoAl
17
F(1OT)
Temp
27
ECU
17
F
NM
21
SJSU
32
F
SoFL
48
UConn
22
F
MD
48
Rut
7
F
Tul
42
Army
33
F
BC
39
Lou
41
F
TCU
24
IASt
49
F
E Mi
16
C Mi
42
F
Ball
27
NIU
20
F
WestMI
24
Toled
31
F
ArkSt
38
GASt
52
F
Ohio
21
Buff
20
F OT
Ill
17
MIN
40
F
Marsh
13
MidTN
24
F
Bayl
31
K St
12
F
AF
25
Navy
34
F
VaTec
42
MiaFL
35
F
Mem
52
ULMon
33
F
SamHu
31
SFA
20
F
NW
10
Neb
13
F
Troy
10
MIZ
42
F
UNC
38
GATec
22
F
Ariz
35
Colo
30
F
JMU
45
Stony
38
F OT
W Ky
20
OD
3
F
TnSt
23
JacSt
31
F
Rice
20
UAB
35
F
UMass
0
FLInt
44
F
Vand
6
Miss
31
F
UTSA
26
UTEP
16
F
Lib
20
NMS
13
F
Pitt
33
Duke
30
F
OreSt
48
UCLA
31
F
SDSU
24
ColSt
10
F

Northern Iowa 21, Youngstown State 14

Oct 5, 2019, 5:00 PM EDT

Final

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2

3

4

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Youngstown State (4-1)

0

7

7

0

14

Northern Iowa (3-2)

7

14

0

0

21

McElvain guides Northern Iowa past Youngstown State 21-14
Sat Oct 5, 2019 8:41 PM

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) Redshirt freshman Will McElvain threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Weston, and Trevor Allen and Tyler Hoosman ran for scores, as Northern Iowa held off Youngstown State 21-14 in a Missouri Valley Football Conference opener between two ranked teams on Saturday.

McElvain staked the Panthers (3-2), ranked 13th in the FCS Coaches poll, to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter when he capped an eight-play, 80-yard drive with his TD toss to Weston. McElvain directed an eight-play, 79-yard drive - ended by Allen's 10-yard TD run - to push Northern Iowa's lead to 14-0 with 5:07 left in the second quarter. On the ensuing possession for the 17th-ranked Penguins (4-1), Nathan Mays needed just one play - a 75-yard scoring strike to Jermiah Braswell - to halve the lead at 14-7. But the Panthers took the kickoff and marched 75 yards, with Hoosman running it in from the 15-yard line for a 21-7 halftime lead.

The only scoring in the second half came on Youngstown State's opening drive of the third quarter. Mays completed all four of his passes in an eight-play, 75-yard drive, accounting for 56 yards with the last 14 coming on a scoring toss to Kendric Mallory that pulled the Penguins within 21-14.

McElvain finished 10-of-20 passing for 235 yards and a TD for the winners. Allen had a game-high 74 yards rushing on 16 carries. Weston had three receptions for 108 yards.

Mays completed 17 of 23 passes for 239 yards and two scores for Youngstown State. The Penguins were held to 55 yards on the ground on 36 carries.

Passing

YSU Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
N. Mays 23 17 73.9 2 239 75 0 136.0
NoIa Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
W. McElvain 20 10 50.0 1 235 47 0 109.4

Rushing

YSU Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
J. Alessi 8 28 3.5 12 0
C. Turner 9 15 1.7 10 0
NoIa Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
T. Allen 16 74 4.6 20 1
T. Hoosman 8 38 4.8 24 1

Receiving

YSU Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
J. Braswell 2 82 41.0 75 1
R. Emans 4 55 13.8 21 0
NoIa Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
I. Weston 3 108 36.0 47 1
J. James 2 63 31.5 42 0

Fumbles

YSU F FL
N. Mays 1 1
NoIa F FL
T. Hoosman 1 1

Returning

YSU KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
J. Coates 0 0 0 5 8.2 0 25
C. Turner 2 24.5 0 25 0 0 0
NoIa KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
X. Williams 0 0 0 1 -2.0 0 0

Punting

YSU Punt Yds Avg LgPu
N. DeSalvo 6 199 33.2 41

Takeaways

Team Stats Comparison

YSU NoIa
Points For 14 21
Total Yards 294 334
Rushing Yards 55 99
Passing Yards 239 235
Passing Completions / Attempts 17/23 10/20
Turnovers 1 1
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Fumbles - Lost 1/1 1/1
First Downs 16 19
Penalties - Yards 9/95 5/30
Time Of Possession 43:43 17:17
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 4/12 4/10
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 0/0 0/0
Punts - Average Yards 6/33 6/36

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter YSU NoIa
NoIa 12:57 TD Isaiah Weston 39 yd pass from Will McElvain (Mathew Cook kick) 0 7
2nd Quarter YSU NoIa
NoIa 09:53 TD Trevor Allen 10 yd run (Mathew Cook kick) 0 14
YSU 10:04 TD Jermiah Braswell 75 yd pass from Nathan Mays (Colten McFadden kick) 7 14
NoIa 13:48 TD Tyler Hoosman 15 yd run (Mathew Cook kick) 7 21
3rd Quarter YSU NoIa
YSU 04:23 TD Kendric Mallory 14 yd pass from Nathan Mays (Colten McFadden kick) 14 21
4th Quarter YSU NoIa
No scores this quarter

Game Information

Stadium: UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Attendance: 10,137
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