NCAAF Game Recap - South Dakota at Northern Iowa
Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:00 PM EDT

Tenn
13
Bama
35
F
LSU
36
MissSt
13
F
Clem
45
Lou
10
F
OSU
52
NW
3
F
WVU
14
Okla
52
F
Wisc
23
Ill
24
F
Mich
21
PSU
28
F
Fla
38
SCar
27
F
KY
0
UGA
21
F
Aub
51
Ark
10
F
Oreg
35
Wash
31
F
AzSt
3
Utah
21
F
Boise
25
BYU
28
F
Kans
48
Tex
50
F
Bayl
45
OkSt
27
F
Temp
21
SMU
45
F
MIN
42
Rut
7
F
Tuls
13
Cin
24
F
MIZ
14
Vand
21
F
Purd
20
Iowa
26
F
ULMon
7
App
52
F
SoAl
13
Troy
37
F
ULLaf
37
ArkSt
20
F
UCLA
34
Stan
16
F
Marsh
36
FlAtl
31
F
Pitt
27
Syr
20
F
UNLV
27
Fres
56
F
Kent
38
Ohio
45
F
Hou
24
UConn
17
F
IASt
34
TxTch
24
F
GATec
28
MiaFL
21
F OT
NCSt
24
BC
45
F
C Mi
38
BGSU
20
F
Toled
14
Ball
52
F
NIU
24
MiaOH
27
F
OreSt
21
Cal
17
F
TCU
17
K St
24
F
Nich
0
SamHu
17
F
CoCar
27
GaSo
30
F(2OT)
NM
10
Wyo
23
F
Buff
21
Akr
0
F
JMU
38
W&M
10
F
SoFL
3
Navy
35
F
SMiss
30
LT
45
F
UNC
41
VaTec
43
F(5OT)
Duke
14
UVA
48
F
Ind
34
MD
28
F
SEMO
24
JacSt
21
F
UNCC
14
W Ky
30
F
OD
14
UAB
38
F
MidTN
30
NorTx
33
F
Rice
27
UTSA
31
F
Maine
44
Lib
59
F
WestMI
27
E Mi
34
F
Tul
17
Mem
47
F
ECU
28
UCF
41
F
Colo
10
WaSt
41
F
SDSU
27
SJSU
17
F
Army
21
GASt
28
F
UTEP
17
FLInt
32
F
TxAM
24
Miss
17
F
FlaSt
20
Wake
22
F
Ariz
14
USC
41
F
NEV
10
UtSt
36
F
AF
56
Hawaii
26
F

Northern Iowa 42, South Dakota 27

Oct 19, 2019, 5:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

South Dakota (3-4)

21

3

3

0

27

Northern Iowa (4-3)

14

7

14

7

42

Big plays lead Northern Iowa past South Dakota 42-27
Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:13 PM

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) Will McElvain threw three touchdown passes to Isaiah Weston, Tyler Hoosman scored two touchdowns, and Northern Iowa defeated South Dakota 42-27 on Saturday.

Austin Evans returned an interception 16 yards for the Panthers' other touchdown.

Northern Iowa, No. 15 in the FCS Coaches Poll, had 417 yards total offense but only 11 first downs. The Panthers were 5 of 13 converting on third down.

South Dakota did not reach the end zone after a first quarter in which Kai Henry ran for a touchdown and Austin Simmons threw two touchdown passes for a 21-14 lead.

After Northern Iowa (4-3, 2-1 Missouri Valley) trailed 24-21 at halftime, McElvain and Weston connected on scoring passes of 65 and 54 yards in the third quarter. Hoosman's 1-yard run early in the fourth quarter closed out the scoring.

Weston had four catches for 189 yards. Hoosman carried 24 times for 111 yards.

Simmons completed 26 of 43 passes for 299 yards with the two touchdowns and three interceptions for the Coyotes (3-4, 2-1).

Passing

SD Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
A. Simmons 43 26 60.5 2 299 56 3 67.9
NoIa Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
W. McElvain 17 8 47.1 3 213 65 1 108.5

Rushing

SD Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
C. Brooks 14 45 3.2 11 0
A. Simmons 20 34 1.7 15 0
NoIa Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
T. Hoosman 24 111 4.6 28 2
W. McElvain 9 59 6.6 70 0

Receiving

SD Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
C. Vander Esch 6 73 12.2 16 0
B. Conaway 2 73 36.5 56 1
NoIa Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
I. Weston 4 189 47.3 65 3
J. James 2 10 5.0 6 0

Fumbles

SD F FL
R. Baker 1 1
A. Simmons 1 1
NoIa F FL
T. Allen 1 1

Returning

SD KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
B. Conaway 3 25.0 0 35 0 0 0
R. Baker 0 0 0 2 4.5 0 13
NoIa KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
X. Williams 0 0 0 4 0.5 0 4

Punting

SD Punt Yds Avg LgPu
B. Schutt 4 180 45.0 51
NoIa Punt Yds Avg LgPu
N. Murphy 6 221 36.8 50

Takeaways

SD Int Yds InTD
M. Collins Jr. 1 0 0
NoIa Int Yds InTD
C. Jegen 1 3 0
A. Evans 1 16 1

Team Stats Comparison

SD NoIa
Points For 27 42
Total Yards 422 414
Rushing Yards 123 201
Passing Yards 299 213
Passing Completions / Attempts 26/43 8/17
Turnovers 6 2
Interceptions Thrown 3 1
Fumbles - Lost 3/3 1/1
First Downs 27 11
Penalties - Yards 6/60 4/45
Time Of Possession 29:29 31:31
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 9/18 5/13
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 1/3 0/0
Punts - Average Yards 4/45 7/37

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter SD NoIa
SD 04:31 TD Kai Henry 7 yd run (Mason Lorber kick) 7 0
NoIa 05:59 TD Isaiah Weston 8 yd pass from Will McElvain (Mathew Cook kick) 7 7
SD 06:43 TD Billy Conaway 56 yd pass from Austin Simmons (Mason Lorber kick) 14 7
NoIa 08:05 TD Tyler Hoosman 8 yd run (Mathew Cook kick) 14 14
SD 13:10 TD Austin Goehring 10 yd pass from Austin Simmons (Mason Lorber kick) 21 14
2nd Quarter SD NoIa
NoIa 01:04 TD Austin Evans 16 yd interception return (Mathew Cook kick) 21 21
SD 06:09 FG Mason Lorber 33 yd FG 24 21
3rd Quarter SD NoIa
NoIa 01:15 TD Isaiah Weston 65 yd pass from Will McElvain (Mathew Cook kick) 24 28
NoIa 07:03 TD Isaiah Weston 54 yd pass from Will McElvain (Mathew Cook kick) 24 35
SD 14:27 FG Mason Lorber 30 yd FG 27 35
4th Quarter SD NoIa
NoIa 03:16 TD Tyler Hoosman 1 yd run (Mathew Cook kick) 27 42

Game Information

Stadium: UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Attendance: 10,201
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