N. Iowa 24, South Dakota 13

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	0	0
Total Yards	415	324
Passing	290	130
Rushing	125	194
Penalties	9-59	5-43
3rd Down Conversions	5-14	4-10
4th Down Conversions	2-3	0-0
Turnovers	4	2
Possession	37:23	22:37

Air/Ground Leaders
South Dakota Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Shepard 22/33 290 0 1	Northern Iowa Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Grace 10/14 130 2 2
South Dakota Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Shepard 19 90 2 11 Newton 13 22 0 12	Northern Iowa Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Lewis 21 154 1 25 Law 8 50 0 11
South Dakota Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Skelly 8 144 0 33 Oberle 5 42 0 28	Northern Iowa Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Gray 4 68 1 32 Williams 3 24 0 11

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				SDAK	UNI
	TD	05:29	Corey Lewis 12 Yd Run (Billy Hallgren Kick)	0	7
SECOND QUARTER				SDAK	UNI
	TD	09:11	Schuylar Oordt 16 Yd Pass From Patrick Grace (Billy Hallgren Kick)	0	14
	TD	03:21	Noah Shepard 7 Yd Run (Justin Veazie Kick)	7	14
	TD	01:17	Johnny Gray 32 Yd Pass From Patrick Grace (Billy Hallgren Kick)	7	21
THIRD QUARTER				SDAK	UNI
	TD	03:12	Noah Shepard 2 Yd Run (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	13	21
FOURTH QUARTER				SDAK	UNI
	FG	06:29	Billy Hallgren 28 Yd	13	24

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) -- Pat Grace threw two touchdown passes and Northern Iowa turned away three late drives by South Dakota to beat the Coyotes 24-13 on Saturday.

Grace completed 10 of 14 passes for 130 yards for the Panthers (1-1). He tossed a 16-yard TD pass to Schuylar Oordt and a 32-yarder to Johnny Gray.

Corey Lewis rushed for 154 yards on 21 carries and scored UNI's other touchdown on a 12-yard run in the first quarter.

UNI kicker Billy Hallgren closed out the scoring with a 28-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.

The Panthers took a 14-0 lead before the Coyotes (1-1) responded on a touchdown by quarterback Noah Shepard with 3:21 left in the first half. Shepard led the Coyotes in rushing with 90 yards on 19 carries and he completed 22 of 33 pass attempts for 290 yards.

UNI stretched its lead to 21-7 when Grace hooked up with Gray from with 1:17 left in the half.

Shepard led South Dakota on a third-quarter scoring drive that ended on a 2-yard run. But the Coyotes botched the PAT, leaving them eight points down heading into the fourth quarter.

Hallgren's field goal followed a South Dakota drive that ended inside the Panthers' 13 on downs.

Dan Skelly caught eight passes for 144 yards for the Coyotes, who outgained UNI 415-324 in total yards.