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Halftime -- Forever Loyal
Marc Morehouse
Sep. 5, 2009 12:43 pm
The Panthers' 91-yard TD drive -- capped by Pat Grace's 14-yard TD pass to Ryan Mahaffey -- was the stunner that fueled a 10-3 UNI lead at halftime.
The Panthers went 15 plays and 91 yards in an eternal 8:29 to take a 10-3 lead with 5:40 left in the second quarter.
While UNI was executing like the No. 4 FCS team should, the Hawkeyes' offense was mumbling and stumbling like an outfit that got together out in the parking lot just before the game.
After a clean first drive that led to a 39-yard Daniel Murray field goal and a 3-0 lead, quarterback Ricky Stanzi went 2 of 6 the rest of the half, which included a fumble that turned into Billy Hallgren's 39-yard field goal and at least four sacks.
Stanzi's numbers at half are 6 of 13 for 63 yards, a fumble and four sacks. This is not a video that Iowa's guards -- Dan Doering and Adam Gettis -- are going to sit comfortably through.

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