In Saturday's win over South Dakota, the Panthers scored a season-high 42 points and racked up a season-high 417 yards, but had a season-low 11 first downs. How can the big offensive production amount in such a small number of first downs? The answer comes on the big play. Of UNI's five longest plays of the season, four of them came against USD on Saturday.
The plays electrified the UNI-Dome crowd and helped the Panthers outscore the Coyotes 21-3 in the second half en route to the 15-point victory.
South Dakota didn't shy away from the big play either.