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Sept. 29, 2001
Football: No. 2/3 Penguins Lose 30-11 at Northern
Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa -- The No. 2/3 Youngstown State
football suffered their first loss
of the season on Saturday losing
30-11 a Gateway Conference game to
Northern Iowa at the UNI Dome.
The Penguins (3-1 overall and 1-1 in the Gateway) struggled
throughout the contest to slow down
the Panthers. In the first half, UNI
built a 10-0 lead and had two drives
end with turnovers in the YSU end
zone. YSU cut the deficit to 10-3 at
the break on a career-long 49-yard
field goal by Jake Stewart with 6:30
remaining in the second quarter.
After halftime, the 24th-ranked Panthers (3-1 and 1-0) scored
on a 23-yard fumble return of an
option pitch for touchdown by Ken
Harris in the third quarter. On
their next possession following a
Matt Mitchell interception of a Jeff
Ryan pass at the YSU 27, UNI’s
Richard Carter scored on a four-yard
run to give UNI a 23-3 lead. In the
contest, the Penguins committed five
turnovers while Northern Iowa had
four. It marked the second time in
four games this season that YSU has
turned the ball over five times in a
game.
UNI’s Adam Benge added a two-yard touchdown run early in the
fourth quarter for a 30-3 lead. YSU
scored its only touchdown of the
game when Jeff Ryan threw a
five-yard touchdown pass to Jerald
Burley with 11:16 left. Ryan threw
to P.J. Mays for the two-point
conversion to trail 30-11.
For the game, Ryan had 85 yards rushing on 19 carries and
completed 15-of-24 passes for a
touchdown, two interceptions and 152
yards. Mays finished with 39 yards
on 15 attempts.
Benge had a career-best day finishing with 161 yards on 17
carries. For the game, UNI had 400
yards total offense while the
Penguins finished with 364. Northern
Iowa had 300 yards rushing and led
in total yardage 364-182 through
three quarters.
UNI took the opening drive of the game and scored on a
37-yard field goal by Mac
Hoambrecker. On their next
possession, the Panthers capped a
nine-play 69-yard drive on a 20-yard
pass from Tom Petrie to Marlus Mays.
In its three second quarter
possessions, tight end Ryan Hannam
fumbled into the end zone (which
Bruce Hightower recovered),
Hoambecker was short on a 52-yard
field goal and Hightower intercepted
Petrie in the end zone. Petrie ran
for 56 yards and was 12-of-17
passing for 114 yards, one touchdown
and two interceptions
Defensively, Antulio Aroche and Anthony Barone had eight
tackles apeice for YSU.
The Penguins will try to regroup this week before trying
travelling to Terre Haute, Ind., to
play Indiana State on Saturday, Oct.
6. YSU is perfect in five trips to
Indiana State and will be looking to
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