Northern Iowa with 10-7 win over South Dakota State

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- Aaron Bailey ran for 169 yards and the game-winning score as Northern Iowa picked up its first conference win on Saturday with a 10-7 victory over South Dakota State. Bailey also had 113 yards passing for the Panthers (3-4, 1/3 Missouri Valley Conference). He outperformed the entire South Dakota State offense with 282 total yards. The Panthers' defense held the Jackrabbits (5-2, 2-2) to 259 yards total and to just 71 yards in the first half. Bailey's game-winning 35-yard touchdown run came with the Panthers trailing 7-3 and capped a five-play, 79-yard drive with 6:04 left in the third quarter. But Northern Iowa defensive lineman Karter Schult can be credited with preserving the Panthers' winning lead. Trailing 10-7 with 1:31 to play, South Dakota State coach John Stiegelmeier went for it on fourth-and-1 from the Northern Iowa 10 rather than try a tying field goal.