N. Iowa 34, S. Dakota State 20

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	20	18
Total Yards	390	433
Passing	375	200
Rushing	15	233
Penalties	5-25	10-97
3rd Down Conversions	6-17	4-11
4th Down Conversions	1-2	0-0
Turnovers	2	1
Possession	33:03	26:57

Air/Ground Leaders
South Dakota State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Berry 32/53 375 1 1	Northern Iowa Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Grace 12/20 200 2 1
South Dakota State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Minett 14 36 1 11 Duffy 3 5 0 6	Northern Iowa Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Lewis 18 95 0 35 Grace 12 84 2 35
South Dakota State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Harris 9 120 0 31 Fox 6 102 1 51	Northern Iowa Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Gray 6 77 1 30 Lewis 3 40 0 32

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				SDST	UNI
	FG	10:32	Peter Reifenrath 42 Yd	3	0
	TD	02:35	Johnny Gray 18 Yd Pass From Patrick Grace (Billy Hallgren Kick)	3	7
SECOND QUARTER				SDST	UNI
	TD	00:14	Patrick Grace 3 Yd Run (Billy Hallgren Kick)	3	14
THIRD QUARTER				SDST	UNI
	FG	09:46	Peter Reifenrath 21 Yd	6	14
	TD	06:58	Ryan Mahaffey 33 Yd Pass From Patrick Grace (Billy Hallgren Kick)	6	21
	TD	02:54	Glen Fox 8 Yd Pass From Ryan Berry (Peter Reifenrath Kick)	13	21
FOURTH QUARTER				SDST	UNI
	TD	14:53	Johnny Gray 19 Yd Run (Billy Hallgren Kick)	13	28
	TD	07:05	Patrick Grace 4 Yd Run (Pat Failed)	13	34
	TD	05:00	Kyle Minett 2 Yd Run (Peter Reifenrath Kick)	20	34

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Pat Grace threw two touchdown passes and ran for two scores to lead Northern Iowa to a 34-20 win over South Dakota State in a Missouri Valley Football Conference game on Saturday.

Grace was 12 for 20 for 200 yards in the conference opener for the balanced Panthers (2-1, 1-0), who finished with 233 yards rushing. Grace threw for one score and ran for one as UNI took a 14-3 lead into the half.

SDSU (2-2, 2-1) jumped out to an early lead on a 42-yard field goal by Peter Reifenrath with 10:32 left in the first quarter. Reifenrath later kicked a 21-yard field goal.

The Panthers went ahead to stay on Grace's first TD pass, an 18-yarder to Johnny Gray with 2:35 left in the first quarter. Gray, who caught six passes for 77 yards, added a 19-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter.

The Panthers extended their lead to 14-3 on Grace's 3-yard run with just 14 seconds left in the first half.

UNI responded to Reifenrath's 21-yard field goal to open the second half with a 33-yard pass from Grace to Ryan Mahaffey to go up 21-6. Grace ran for 84 yards and added a 4-yard TD run to make it 34-13 with 7:05 to play.

The Jackrabbits were held to just 15 yards on the ground. Quarterback Ryan Berry provided most of the offense, completing 32 of 53 passes for 375 yards and a touchdown, that an 8-yarder to Glen Fox.

Kyle Minett had SDSU's other touchdown on a 5-yard run late in the game.

JaRon Harris had eight catches for 120 yards and Fox caught six passes for 102 yards.