<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4Z3z6p_1H6CHsHn00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4Z3z6p_1H6CHsHn00" width="1200" height="600" >SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - It was a career day for Austyn Modrzewski throwing the football as the passing game took center stage in the 41-30 Senior Day and Military Appreciation Day victory over the Northern Iowa Panthers Saturday afternoon inside the DakotaDome.Modrzewski set new career-best marks with 356 passing yards on 23-for-29 passing, including the 87-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. He tossed five touchdown passes, being just one shy of his touchdown career mark. He threw a touchdown pass to four different Yotes on the afternoon.“I knew we would be a little bit rusty … but, man, super proud of the resiliency that was shown today,” said head coach Matt Vitzthum. “Defensively, I felt like we got the stops when we needed to get the stops. The bright side is we did a really good job stopping the run today on defense.”A tightly contested first half saw each side score two touchdowns after no scoring through the first three drives of the afternoon. Northern Iowa put the first points on the board with a 60-yard touchdown drive.The Yotes would respond on their next two drives to take a 14-0 lead. Both drives would end with Modrzewski finding Carson Fletcher out of the backfield for Fletcher’s first career touchdown receptions as USD would take their first lead at 14-7 in the second quarter.The Panthers would put together another drive to knot the game up at 14-14 with six and a half minutes left in the half.But that left plenty of time on the clock on for the Yotes. Modrzewski and company would need just 13 seconds of that clock to retake the lead, as the first play from scrimmage was an 87-yard strike to Bryce Cohoon for the longest pass reception of the season for South Dakota, setting career-bests for both Modrzewski and Cohoon.Northern Iowa would not tie or retake the lead after the 87-yard touchdown strike.South Dakota would go on to extend their lead to two touchdowns with a minute left in the half as Keyondray Jones-Logan capped off a nine-play, 62-yard drive for the lone Yote rushing score of the day.Northern Iowa would push the ball down into field goal territory with the final minute of the half, as USD took a 28-17 lead into the locker room.At the half, Cohoon would have all 120 of his receiving yards on the day in his first-career 100-yard receiving game. He now has five career receptions with four touchdowns. Modrzewski would have 262 passing yards himself in that first half, as the Yotes put up nearly 300 yards of total offense alone.The two teams would trade touchdowns in the second half, but the Yotes kept the Panthers at arms length the rest of the day. Modrzewski would involve the tight ends in the prolific passing attack on the afternoon, finding Jesse Miller and Chris Herrin for second half touchdown scores.Defensively, the Coyotes held UNI to just 89 rushing yards, the lowest amount of rushing yards surrendered this season by the South Dakota defense. Jaylen Boehm-Peterson had his first interception of the season on a big day for the defensive back. He had the interception and four pass break-ups, to go along with six tackles.Kael Kolarik led the team with his eight tackles, Wade Abrams added seven to the effort.South Dakota will wrap up the regular season with a road trip to Illinois State next weekend with kickoff from Normal, Illinois set for noon (CT) on ESPN+.</div></body>

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - It was a career day for Austyn Modrzewski throwing the football as the passing game took center stage in the 41-30 Senior Day and Military Appreciation Day victory over the Northern Iowa Panthers Saturday afternoon inside the DakotaDome. Modrzewski set new career-best marks...

Modrzewski tosses five touchdown passes as USD pulled away in the 2nd half

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - It was a career day for Austyn Modrzewski throwing the football as the passing game took center stage in the 41-30 Se

Modrzewski tosses five touchdown passes as USD pulled away in the 2nd half

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