N. Iowa 45, Drake 7

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	29	15
Total Yards	524	259
Passing	179	219
Rushing	345	40
Penalties	9-85	7-76
3rd Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	2	4
Possession	30:00	30:00

Air/Ground Leaders
Northern Iowa Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Sanders 11/14 167 1 1 Grace 1/1 12 0 0	Drake Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Ingle 12/21 120 1 1 Retherford 9/14 99 0 1
Northern Iowa Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Lewis 20 108 0 0 Williams 6 80 1 0	Drake Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Phaydavong 13 29 0 0 Retherford 4 19 0 0
Northern Iowa Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Lewis 4 78 0 0 Gray 3 42 1 0	Drake Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Brower 9 92 1 0 Smit 6 62 0 0

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				UNI	DRKE
	TD	03:33	Eric Sanders 2 Yd Run (Nathan Rausa Kick)	7	0
	TD	01:34	Araf Evans 35 Yd Fumble Return (Nathan Rausa Kick)	14	0
SECOND QUARTER				UNI	DRKE
	TD	11:21	Darian Williams 21 Yd Run (Nathan Rausa Kick)	21	0
	TD	04:18	Johnny Gray 11 Yd Pass From Eric Sanders (Nathan Rausa Kick)	28	0
	TD	01:57	Zach Brower 15 Yd Pass From Cole Ingle (Logan Rees Kick)	28	7
THIRD QUARTER				UNI	DRKE
	FG	07:31	Nathan Rausa 22 Yd	31	7
	TD	02:49	Derrick Law 1 Yd Run (Nathan Rausa Kick)	38	7
FOURTH QUARTER				UNI	DRKE
	TD	13:37	Patrick Grace 8 Yd Run (Nathan Rausa Kick)	45	7

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Corey Lewis rushed for 108 yards and Darian Williams added 80 yards and a touchdown to lead Northern Iowa past Drake 45-7.

Northern Iowa, which won at Iowa State two weeks ago, is now 4-0. It's the first time the Panthers have opened the season with four straight wins since 1999.

The Panthers dispelled any notions of an upset by jumping out to a 28-0 lead late in the second quarter.

Northern Iowa went 73 yards on its opening drive, capped by a 2-yard TD run from Eric Sanders that put the Panthers up 7-0. They caught a break later in the first quarter, as Drake's Greg Smit lost control of the ball while fighting to reach the first-down marker. Araf Evans scooped up the fumble and went 35 yards to give Northern Iowa a 14-0 lead.

The Panthers went ahead 21-0 on a 21-yard TD run by Williams early in the second quarter. Drake's Derek Retherford then threw an interception, and a facemask penalty on the return put Northern Iowa on the Bulldogs 11. Sanders hooked up with Johnny Gray for a touchdown pass that made it 28-0 with 4:18 in the first half.

Drake (3-1) finally got on the board with a 15-yard TD reception by Zach Brower near the end of the opening half. But Northern Iowa put together a pair of long scoring drives in the third quarter, pushing its lead to 38-7 on a 1-yard TD run by Derrick Law.

Sanders was 11-of-14 passing for 167 yards in three quarters of work.

The Panthers, ranked No. 4 in The Sports Network Football Championship Subdivision poll, have outscored Drake 145-31 since the series resumed in 2005 after a 20-year hiatus.

Drake's Scott Phaydavong, who came in averaging 144 yards rushing per game, was held to just 29 yards on 13 carries.