N. Iowa 48, S. Utah 10

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	16	26
Total Yards	337	458
Passing	273	252
Rushing	64	206
Penalties	11-86	5-46
3rd Down Conversions	2-9	6-14
4th Down Conversions	0-0	1-4
Turnovers	5	0
Possession	28:18	31:42

Air/Ground Leaders
Southern Utah Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Stone 18/28 259 0 4 Peck 2/3 14 0 1	Northern Iowa Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Sanders 15/21 206 2 0 Grace 1/1 46 0 0
Southern Utah Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Sanchez 16 64 1 30 Fitisemanu 1 14 0 14	Northern Iowa Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Law 11 80 0 25 Williams 9 43 1 13
Southern Utah Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Poots 3 90 0 45 Edwards 2 81 0 60	Northern Iowa Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Williams 3 79 2 43 Turner 1 46 0 46

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				SUU	UNI
	FG	07:31	Billy Hallgren 34 Yd Drive: 11 plays, 48 yds, 4:13	0	3
	FG	03:38	Steve Pulver 26 Yd Drive: 10 plays, 74 yds, 3:53	3	3
	TD	02:12	Victor Williams 24 Yd Pass From Eric Sanders (Billy Hallgren Kick) Drive: 4 plays, 63 yds, 1:26	3	10
SECOND QUARTER				SUU	UNI
	FG	13:15	Billy Hallgren 22 Yd Drive: 4 plays, 6 yds, 1:31	3	13
	TD	10:56	Johnny Gray 24 Yd Run (Billy Hallgren Kick) Drive: 4 plays, 43 yds, 1:32	3	20
	TD	05:20	Victor Williams 12 Yd Pass From Eric Sanders (Billy Hallgren Kick) Drive: 8 plays, 62 yds, 2:57	3	27
THIRD QUARTER				SUU	UNI
	TD	08:04	Darian Williams 1 Yd Run (Billy Hallgren Kick) Drive: 10 plays, 82 yds, 3:43	3	34
FOURTH QUARTER				SUU	UNI
	TD	10:22	Johnny Sanchez 2 Yd Run (Steve Pulver Kick) Drive: 8 plays, 99 yds, 3:08	10	34
	TD	09:13	Taylor Brookins 2 Yd Run (Nathan Rausa Kick) Drive: 3 plays, 46 yds, 1:09	10	41
	TD	06:51	Patrick Grace 22 Yd Run (Nathan Rausa Kick) Drive: 4 plays, 31 yds, 1:59	10	48

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) -- Eric Sanders threw two touchdown passes to Victor Williams and Northern Iowa completed its first unbeaten regular season in 47 years with a 48-10 victory over winless Southern Utah on Saturday night.

Johnny Gray totaled 123 yards running, catching passes and returning punts for the Panthers (11-0), who put themselves in position to receive the No. 1 overall seed when the Football Championship Subdivision playoff pairings are announced Sunday.

That would put Northern Iowa at home for the first three rounds of the playoffs if the Panthers made it that far. Northern Iowa has won 12 straight games dating back to last season, matching the longest winning streak in school history.

The 1960 Northern Iowa team went 9-0 in the regular season, then lost to Hillsdale in the Mineral Water Bowl.

Southern Utah (0-11) had the Panthers in a 3-3 tie after Steve Pulver kicked a 26-yard field goal late in the first quarter. But 11 penalties prevented the Thunderbirds from establishing much consistency on offense and they had no answer for Sanders' accurate passing and Gray's speed.

Sanders, playing less than three quarters, went 15 of 21 for 206 yards with no interceptions and touchdown throws of 24 and 12 yards to Williams.

Gray scored on a 24-yard end-around, caught four passes for 39 yards and returned two punts for 60 yards. Billy Hallgren added field goals of 34 and 22 yards for Northern Iowa, which scored on its first five possessions in building a 27-3 lead.

No. 2 quarterback Patrick Grace directed two fourth-quarter scoring drives, finishing the second with a 22-yard option keeper on a fourth-and-1 play.

Northern Iowa intercepted five passes and kept Southern Utah out of the end zone until Johnny Sanchez scored on a 2-yard run with 10:22 left.