CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP)—David Johnson scored on a 1-yard run with 1:59 to play to give Northern Iowa a 21-17 victory over Youngstown State on Saturday.
Johnson carried the ball eight times on the winning drive, and caught a 32-yard pass from Jared Lanpher. A pass-interference penalty also helped Northern Iowa.
Lanpher connected twice with Terrell Sinkfield for touchdowns for the Panthers (7-2, 6-1), who kept their hopes alive for a Missouri Valley title.
Kurt Hess threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Will Shaw early in the fourth quarter to put the Penguins (5-4, 3-3) ahead 17-14. Jamaine Cook ran for 90 yards and a touchdown for Youngstown State.
YOUNGSTOWN ST-FG, D Brown 28 YD 5:20 1st Qtr
NORTHERN IOWA-TD, T Sinkfield 32 YD PASS FROM J Lanpher (T
Sievertsen KICK) 9:23 1st Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, J Cook 1 YD RUN (D Brown KICK) 14:33 2nd
Qtr
NORTHERN IOWA-TD, T Sinkfield 31 YD PASS FROM J Lanpher (T
Sievertsen KICK) 14:54 2nd Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST-TD, W Shaw 38 YD PASS FROM K Hess (D Brown
KICK) 1:18 4th Qtr
NORTHERN IOWA-TD, D Johnson 1 YD RUN (T Sievertsen KICK)
13:01 4th Qtr
YOUNGSTOWN ST NORTHERN IOWA
First downs 19 11
Rushed-yards 40-118 27-30
Passing yards 175 238
Sacked-yards lost 1-1 3-23
Return yards 8 54
Passes 17-35-2 16-28-0
Punts 6-45.7 9-38.4
Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-0
Penalties-yards 3-25 9-81
Time of possession 34:30 25:30
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: YOUNGSTOWN ST-Jamaine Cook 30-90, Adaris Bellamy 4-28, Kevin
Watts 1-5, Team 1-MINUS 1, Kurt Hess 4-MINUS 4. NORTHERN IOWA-David
Johnson 18-47, Carlos Anderson 2-3, Team 1-MINUS 2, Jared Lanpher
6-MINUS 18.
PASSING: YOUNGSTOWN ST-Kurt Hess 17-34-175- 2, Andre Barboza 0-1-0- 0.
NORTHERN IOWA-Jared Lanpher 16-28-238- 0.
RECEIVING: YOUNGSTOWN ST-Will Shaw 2-48, Jamaine Cook 5-39, Christian
Bryan 3-29, Jelani Berassa 3-27, Kevin Watts 3-20, Andre Barboza 1-12.
NORTHERN IOWA-Jarred Herring 6-84, Terrell Sinkfield 3-69, David
Johnson 2-31, Brett LeMaster 1-30, Austin Wells 2-17, Darion Howard
1-10, Chad Owens 1-MINUS 3.
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