YOUNGSTOWN (Interstat) — Beau Brungard accounted for four touchdowns and Youngstown State defeated South Dakota 47-28 on Saturday at Stambaugh Stadium in an NCAA Football Championship Division game. The Penguins improved to 3-2, while the Coyotes fell to 3-2. Youngstown State, the home team, controlled the second half and finished with 47 points. South Dakota scored 28. The game was played at Stambaugh Stadium in Youngstown, Ohio.

Youngstown State opened the scoring when Lynn Wyche-El rushed left for a 10-yard touchdown. South Dakota answered with Jackson Proctor’s 7-yard scoring run. Brungard then pushed in from 2 yards, and Wyche-El broke free for a 41-yard touchdown run. South Dakota’s Austyn Modrzewski found Tysen Boze for a 9-yard touchdown, and Andrew Lastovka closed the first half with a 23-yard field goal for the Penguins. Lastovka also connected on a 21-yard field goal. Youngstown State pulled away with a burst of scoring. Brungard threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Alex McDonald, ran for a 9-yard score, and added a 7-yard touchdown. South Dakota’s Carson Fletcher capped the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run.

Brungard, a quarterback from New Middletown, Ohio, completed 13 of 17 passes for 159 yards with one touchdown and rushed 28 times for 170 yards and three touchdowns. He was the central figure in the Penguins’ offensive attack. Brungard entered the game after a strong previous outing. In his most recent game, he completed 27 of 35 passes for 292 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran 13 times for 32 yards. That performance came in a loss at South Dakota State. Against South Dakota, Brungard again carried a heavy load for the Penguins. Wyche-El finished with four carries for 62 yards and two touchdowns, plus two receptions for 24 yards. Antuan Gardner added four carries for 47 yards and one reception for 6 yards. Fresh Walters had one reception for 28 yards. Jeremiah Sanders caught three passes for 27 yards. Lorenzo Jenkins had one reception for 20 yards and one tackle. Austin Bray caught one pass for 9 yards. Alex McDonald had one reception for 4 yards, one tackle and one touchdown. Michael Wright Jr. recorded three tackles.

Youngstown State’s defense received a game-high 17 tackles from Graydon Rollins, who also had a half-sack. Jordan Pritchard-Sewell had two tackles and one sack. Cam Smith recorded five tackles and one interception. Darvens Tunis had two tackles and one interception. Michael Wells finished with three tackles, a half-sack and one quarterback hurry. Ebony Curry Jr. had two tackles and one quarterback hurry. Roderick Owens Jr. added five tackles. Lemondte Chambers and Jussiah Williams-West each had four tackles. Dominic Julius had three tackles. Raleigh Collins III, Danny Inglis, Stanley Clyne, Caleb Taylor, Dev Holman each had two tackles. Danny Nittoli, Brandon Chambers Jr., Baron White, AJ Snyder and Julius Jackson each had one tackle. Donald Barksdale returned one kickoff 21 yards. Evan Anderson punted twice for 85 yards.

South Dakota’s offense was led by Carson Fletcher, who rushed eight times for 59 yards, caught two passes for 16 yards, made one tackle and scored one touchdown. Jackson Proctor ran three times for 36 yards and two touchdowns. Reid Watkins had five carries for 32 yards and one tackle. Charles Pierre Jr. rushed 11 times for 30 yards. Tennel Bryant had one carry for 9 yards and two receptions for 20 yards. Keyondray Jones-Logan had one carry for 1 yard, three receptions for 17 yards and one kickoff return for 26 yards. Brayden White caught five passes for 37 yards. Tysen Boze had three receptions for 33 yards, one tackle and one touchdown. Chris Herrin added one reception for 24 yards. Austyn Modrzewski completed the touchdown pass to Boze.

Defensively for South Dakota, Kael Kolarik made 11 tackles. Wade Abrams had 10 tackles. Harrison Brun recorded nine tackles. Cain Wallner and Josh Grant each had eight tackles. Isaiah Wray added four tackles. Tim White had three tackles. Fletcher and Boze each contributed one tackle.

South Dakota scored seven points in each quarter, while Youngstown State scored 16 points in the first quarter, three in the second, 21 in the third and seven in the fourth. The Penguins’ win evened both teams’ records at 3-2. South Dakota entered the game after a loss at Boise State. The Coyotes had previously beaten Central Connecticut, Northern Colorado and Eastern Washington. Youngstown State entered after a loss at South Dakota State. The Penguins had beaten Mercyhurst and Duquesne earlier in the season and had lost at Kentucky.

South Dakota will next host Indiana State. Youngstown State will next visit Southern Illinois. Both teams will look to move above .500 in their next outing.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Youngstown State 42, South Dakota 31. Interstat’s ELO system had projected South Dakota with a 63.1 percent probability to win. South Dakota had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of plus-1.5. The total of 75 went under the over/under line of 63.5.