NCAAF Game Recap - Midwestern State at Northwestern State
Sat Sep 7, 2019 7:00 PM EDT

TxAM
10
Clem
24
F
NMS
10
Bama
62
F
Murr
17
UGA
63
F
SD
14
Okla
70
F
Cin
0
OSU
42
F
LSU
45
Tex
38
F
Army
21
Mich
24
F(1OT)
Tul
6
Aub
24
F
UT-M
0
Fla
45
F
NIU
17
Utah
35
F
Cal
20
Wash
19
F
Buff
13
PSU
45
F
NEV
6
Oreg
77
F
C Mi
0
Wisc
61
F
UCF
48
FlAtl
14
F
WestMI
17
MSU
51
F
Rut
0
Iowa
30
F
Syr
20
MD
63
F
NoCol
17
WaSt
59
F
Stan
20
USC
45
F
Marsh
7
Boise
14
F
Neb
31
Colo
34
F OT
Wake
41
Rice
21
F
W&M
17
UVA
52
F
SacSt
7
AzSt
19
F
Ohio
10
Pitt
20
F
(N/A)
23
Kent
26
F
WVU
7
MIZ
38
F
Sou
24
Mem
55
F
BGSU
0
K St
52
F
OD
17
VaTec
31
F
ChaSo
10
SCar
72
F
Vand
24
Purd
42
F
UAB
31
Akr
20
F
WCU
0
NCSt
41
F
SoFL
10
GATec
14
F
Ford
29
Ball
57
F
TnTec
17
MiaOH
48
F
SMiss
15
MissSt
38
F
Gram
14
LT
20
F
SIU
45
UMass
20
F
E Il
0
Ind
52
F
Ill
31
UConn
23
F
Rich
13
BC
45
F
UNCC
41
App
56
F
WIl
13
ColSt
38
F
UTSA
14
Bayl
63
F
SDSU
23
UCLA
14
F
ULMon
44
FlaSt
45
F OT
StFPA
7
JMU
44
F
Maine
18
GaSo
26
F
GWebb
9
ECU
48
F
NCAT
13
Duke
45
F
(N/A)
0
SamHu
77
F
Furm
42
GASt
48
F
Chat
20
JacSt
41
F
Wyo
23
TxSt
14
F
JacSt
14
SoAl
37
F
NorTx
27
SMU
49
F
McNee
14
OkSt
56
F
TnSt
26
MidTN
45
F
CoCar
12
Kans
7
F
BYU
29
Tenn
26
F(1OT)
E Ky
0
Lou
42
F
W Ky
20
FLInt
14
F
Stony
7
UtSt
62
F
Ark
17
Miss
31
F
Lib
14
ULLaf
35
F
E Mi
17
KY
38
F
UTEP
3
TxTch
38
F
PVAM
17
Hou
37
F
MiaFL
25
UNC
28
F
Tuls
34
SJSU
16
F
ArkSt
43
UNLV
17
F
MIN
38
Fres
35
F(1OT)
NoAZ
41
Ariz
65
F
OreSt
28
Hawaii
31
F

Midwestern State 33, Northwestern State 7

Sep 7, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Midwestern State (1-0)

13

13

0

7

33

Northwestern State (0-2)

0

7

0

0

7

Purcell leads Midwestern State past Northwestern State 33-7
Sat Sep 7, 2019 11:05 PM

NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) Zach Purcell threw for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth as Division II Midwestern State beat Northwestern State 33-7 on Saturday night.

Purcell finished with 323 passing yards for the Mustangs. Lazarus Fisher ran for 69 yards on 15 carries and Jaron Imbriani kicked two field goals. Midwestern State outgained Northwestern State 425-243 yards.

Purcell lit up an otherwise lackluster first quarter with a 38-yard touchdown pass to Tyrique Edwards with 5:50 remaining in the quarter. The point after was blocked. He followed that on the next drive with a 25-yard strike to Kylan Harrison for a 13-0 lead.

Imbriani booted two field goals in the second quarter, from 28 and 25 yards respectively, and the Mustangs led 19-0 with 5:35 to go in the first half.

Northwestern State's lone score came on a 10-yard TD run by Jared West who led the team with 27 yards on 10 carries. Shelton Eppler had 177 yards passing with one interception.

Passing

NWSt Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
S. Eppler 42 28 66.7 0 177 16 1 65.3
B. Rivers 4 2 50.0 0 8 7 0 56.3

Rushing

NWSt Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
J. West 10 27 2.7 10 1
B. Rivers 1 19 19.0 19 0

Receiving

Midw Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
T. Edwards 5 76 15.2 38 1
NWSt Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
Q. Shorts 8 60 7.5 11 0
G. Landry 5 26 5.2 8 0

Fumbles

Returning

NWSt KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
B. Franklin 0 0 0 4 4.8 0 6
M. Ward 4 19.8 0 29 0 0 0

Punting

NWSt Punt Yds Avg LgPu
P. Pastorello 9 370 41.1 48

Takeaways

Team Stats Comparison

Midw NWSt
Points For 33 7
Total Yards 425 243
Rushing Yards 102 58
Passing Yards 323 185
Passing Completions / Attempts 26/40 30/46
Turnovers 0 1
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Fumbles - Lost 0/0 0/0
First Downs 22 14
Penalties - Yards 8/60 11/99
Time Of Possession 35:35 25:25
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 5/14 3/17
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 0/0 2/3
Punts - Average Yards 7/36 9/41

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Midw NWSt
Midw 09:10 TD Tyrique Edwards 38 yd pass from Zach Purcell (blocked XP) 6 0
Midw 13:57 TD Kylan Harrison 25 yd pass from Zach Purcell (Jacob Rowland kick) 13 0
2nd Quarter Midw NWSt
Midw 06:35 FG Jaron Imbriani 28 yd FG 16 0
Midw 09:25 FG Jaron Imbriani 25 yd FG 19 0
NWSt 13:53 TD Jared West 10 yd run (Scotty Roblow kick) 19 7
Midw 15:00 TD Juwan Johnson 32 yd pass from Zach Purcell (Jaron Imbriani kick) 26 7
3rd Quarter Midw NWSt
No scores this quarter
4th Quarter Midw NWSt
Midw 03:55 TD Zach Purcell 7 yd run (Jaron Imbriani kick) 33 7

Game Information

Stadium: Turpin Stadium, Natchitoches, Louisiana
Attendance: 7,010
Game Time:
Weather: