University of Northern Iowa Athletics
University of Northern Iowa
5-5 , 3-4
Missouri State
7-3 , 6-2
Last-minute play hands No, 20 UNI football loss to Missouri State, 34-27
11/13/2021 5:44:00 PM | Football
UNI slips to 5-5 overall, 3-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference. Missouri State is now 7-3 overall, 6-2 in the MVFC.
"Players are making plays," said head coach Mark Farley. "It's not easy to fill these voids every week and put yourself in a chance to win in this league. We did that and didn't get the result we wanted."
Missouri State broke its own season passing record with today's numbers. Jason Shelley had was 22-33 for 320 yards. The Panthers made large gains on the ground with 122 yards in rushing, compared to Missouri State's 59. In all, UNI was nearly matched with Missouri State in total offense yards with 360, compared to the Bears' 379.
Dom Williams took the majority of the handoffs to rush 83 yards on 16 carries. Deion McShane led in receiving with 86 yards.
Other notes:
- Quarterback Theo Day had his longest rush as a Panther, with a 25-yard carry.
- Matthew Cook sits atop the league for field goals. He has now made 18 of his 20 attempts, 90%
- McShane had a season-high receiving yards on the day, with 86.
Q1: UNI was first to receive, but Missouri State picked up an interception to set up the first Jose Pizano field goal from 30 yards to go up 3-0. UNI would respond with its own Matthew Cook field goal, good from 27 yards to tie it up at 3-3. UNI would give up one final score from Pizano from 38 yards before UNI started driving. First quarter ended with a 6-3 Missouri State advantage.
Q2: UNI opened it up early with a 47-yard field goal from Cook at 12:54 to tie it back up at 6-6. MSU would clock the first touchdown of the game with 5:21 left in the first half to go up 13-6. Missouri State notched its second interception to end a UNI drive and the 13-6 lead to end the first half
Q3: Missouri State opened the third quarter with a 75-yard drive that ended in a 3-yard touchdown by quarterback Jason Shelley to go up 20-6. UNI responded with a 2-yard rushing touchdown by Tyler Hoosman to close the gap, 20-13.
Q4: Shelley kept the ball for himself for an eight-yard touchdown run for the first scoring play in the fourth. MSU went up 27-13. UNI answered with an eight-yard touchdown pass from Day to Deion McShane to pull within 7 points. With just 2:14 left to play, UNI's Day connected with McShane again for an 18-yard touchdown play to tie up the game. MSU sealed the win with a 55-yard touchdown pass from Shelley to Naveon Mitchell.
COMING UP NEXT
Panthers will wrap up the regular season with Western Illinois in the UNI-Dome Nov. 20. It's a "triple header" for UNI Athletics at home that day with an 11 a.m. tipoff for women's basketball, 1 p.m. kickoff for football and topped off with a 6 p.m. game for volleyball. UNI will honor its seniors before the game.
Western Illinois is 2-8 overall and 2-5 in the MVFC is coming off a bye.
Team Stats
UNI 0, MSU 3
MSU - Pizano,Jose 30 yd field goal 6 plays, 18 yards, TOP 02:44
UNI 3, MSU 3
UNI - Cook,Matthew 27 yd field goal 9 plays, 66 yards, TOP 05:11
UNI 3, MSU 6
MSU - Pizano,Jose 38 yd field goal 9 plays, 35 yards, TOP 03:44
UNI 6, MSU 6
UNI - Cook,Matthew 47 yd field goal 7 plays, 45 yards, TOP 03:09
UNI 6, MSU 13
MSU - Little,Tobias 1 yd run (Pizano,Jose kick), 13 plays, 75 yards, TOP 07:33
UNI 6, MSU 20
MSU - Shelley,Jason 3 yd run (Pizano,Jose kick), 4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 02:10
UNI 13, MSU 20
UNI - Hoosman,Tyler 2 yd run (Cook,Matthew kick), 12 plays, 73 yards, TOP 06:25
UNI 13, MSU 27
MSU - Shelley,Jason 8 yd run (Pizano,Jose kick), 9 plays, 80 yards, TOP 03:54
UNI 20, MSU 27
UNI - McShane,Deion 8 yd pass from Day,Theo (Cook,Matthew kick) 8 plays, 77 yards, TOP 02:02
UNI 27, MSU 27
UNI - McShane,Deion 18 yd pass from Day,Theo (Cook,Matthew kick) 5 plays, 32 yards, TOP 01:41
UNI 27, MSU 34
MSU - Mitchell,Naveon 55 yd pass from Shelley,Jason (Pizano,Jose kick) 4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:16
