Brookings, S.D. – Cory Koenig rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown and Parker Douglass kicked three field goals Saturday as South Dakota State defeated Northern Colorado 30-14.
Douglass set a school record for field goals in a season with 19. He hit from 37, 30 and 28 yards for the Jackrabbits (6-5, 3-2 Great West).
Koenig ran 25 times and scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter to tie the game at 7-7. Anthony Watson scored on a 5-yard run and Hank McCall returned an interception 37 yards for a touchdown.
Nick Hager threw two touchdown passes for the Bears (4-6, 0-4).
Paul Sweitzer caught a 5-yard scoring pass and Andy Birkel caught a 12-yard touchdown toss. Hager completed 13-of-26 passes for 132 yards and was intercepted four times.
N. Colorado 7 7 0 0 – 14
S. Dakota State 7 10 3 10 – 30
First quarter: NC – Sweitzer 5 pass from Hager (Zaitz kick), 13:10. SDSt – Koenig 1 run (Douglass kick), 4:17. Second quarter: SDSt – Watson 5 run (Douglass kick), 13:42. SDSt – FG Douglass 37, 5:38. NC – Birkel 12 pass from Hager (Zaitz kick), 1:07. Third quarter: SDSt – FG Douglass 30, 3:44. Fourth quarter: SDSt – FG Douglass 28, 12:05. SDSt – McCall 37 interception return (Douglass kick), 11:48. A – 1,881.
NC SDSt
First downs 13 18
Rushes-yards 28-100 47-184
Passing 132 166
Comp-att-int 13-26-4 14-22-2
Return yards 22 132
Punts-avg. 4-33.0 1-0.0
Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1
Penalties-yards 8-67 11-125
Time of possession 25:15 34:45
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING – N. Colorado, Ealy 16-71, Wilson 1-16, Hager 6-9. Waterman 5-4. S. Dakota State, Koenig 25-126, Watson 14-54, Hohn 2-11, Berry 4-(minus 2), Team 2-(minus 5).
PASSING – N. Colorado, Hager 13-26-4-132. S. Dakota State, Berry 14-22-2-166.
RECEIVING – N. Colorado, Birkel 5-61, Ealy 4-28, Sleeth 2-20. Z. Carlson 1-18, Sweitzer 1-5. S. Dakota State, Molitor 3-26, Davis 2-62, Snyders 2-20, Greving 2-14, M. Johnson 2-12, Wagner 1-15. Dykhouse 1-14, Koenig 1-3.
