N. Iowa 68, Indiana St. 14

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	6	30
Total Yards	167	662
Passing	90	258
Rushing	77	404
Penalties	8-63	5-51
3rd Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	2	1
Possession	27:32	32:28

Air/Ground Leaders
Indiana State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Dowdell 6/17 90 1 2	Northern Iowa Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Sanders 9/11 178 2 0 Grace 3/3 80 1 0
Indiana State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Collins 11 30 0 0 Dowdell 7 28 0 0	Northern Iowa Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Williams 8 115 1 0 Law 17 105 1 0
Indiana State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Price 1 63 1 0 McCulley 2 13 0 0	Northern Iowa Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Leonard 3 102 2 0 Lewis 3 64 0 0

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				INST	UNI
	TD	10:58	Johnny Gray 9 Yd Pass From Eric Sanders (Billy Hallgren Kick)	0	7
	FG	06:54	Billy Hallgren 32 Yd	0	10
	SF	03:21	Charles Dowdell Tackled By Jordan Lacy In End Zone	0	12
	TD	01:25	Corey Lewis 9 Yd Run (Billy Hallgren Kick)	0	19
SECOND QUARTER				INST	UNI
	TD	14:48	Rafael Price 63 Yd Pass From Charles Dowdell (Corey Varnadore Kick)	7	19
	TD	11:19	Corey Lewis 4 Yd Run (Billy Hallgren Kick)	7	26
	TD	09:57	Johnny Gray 67 Yd Punt Return (Billy Hallgren Kick)	7	33
	TD	06:12	Montari Leonard 35 Yd Pass From Eric Sanders (Billy Hallgren Kick)	7	40
	TD	04:32	Darian Williams 2 Yd Run (Billy Hallgren Kick)	7	47
	TD	02:15	Derrick Law 3 Yd Run (Nathan Rausa Kick)	7	54
THIRD QUARTER				INST	UNI
	TD	04:38	Bryan Mcculley 3 Yd Run (Corey Varnadore Kick)	14	54
	TD	04:24	Montari Leonard 53 Yd Pass From Patrick Grace (Nathan Rausa Kick)	14	61
FOURTH QUARTER				INST	UNI
	TD	13:51	Patrick Grace 4 Yd Run (Nathan Rausa Kick)	14	68

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) -- Eric Sanders threw for 178 yards and two touchdowns, three Northern Iowa players rushed for over 100 yards and top-rated Northern Iowa thumped Indiana State 68-14 on Saturday to capture the Gateway Conference title.

Northern Iowa (10-0, 6-0 Gateway) had 662 yards of total offense, including 404 yards rushing. Darian Williams ran for 115 yards, Derrick Law had 105 and Taylor Brookins added 101 yards rushing for the Panthers, who kept alive their hopes for the top overall seed in the upcoming FCS playoffs.

Northern Iowa scored 35 points in the second quarter against the winless Sycamores (0-11, 0-6) and led 54-7 at halftime. Johnny Gray followed a TD run by Lewis with a 67-yard punt return for a score to put the Panthers ahead 33-7, and Sanders followed with a 35-yard TD pass to Leonard Montari to give Northern Iowa a 33-point lead midway through the second quarter.

The Panthers had 30 first downs -- despite running on 58 of 72 plays -- while Indiana State had just six.

Northern Iowa won the outright Gateway title for the ninth time in school history.