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UNI ends regular season with blowout win over South Dakota

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November 20th, 2022 by admin

The UNI Panthers picked up an emphatic road win over South Dakota 58-14 on Saturday at the DakotaDome. The Panthers put up seven touchdowns in the first half alone with 418 yards of offense in the half.

Theo Day set a career-high in passing yards with 380 on 21 of 31 passing. Day threw five touchdown passes to five different receivers and ran for a score as well. Sergio Morancy had four catches for 135 yards and one touchdown. Vance McShane led the ground game with 94 yards on 14 carries.

The Panthers led 49-7 at halftime and outscored the Coyotes by 2 in the second half to improve to 6-5 on the season and 5-3 in the Valley. South Dakota fell to 3-8 overall and 2-6 in conference play.

UNI did not make the FCS Playoff field that was announced on Sunday.