SAN ANTONIO (Interstat) — Emmett Brown threw for 312 yards and two touchdowns and Incarnate Word rolled past Northwestern State 66-14 on Saturday in an NCAA Football Championship Division game at Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium. Brown, a San Marcos, Calif., product, completed 21 of 32 passes for the Cardinals, who improved to 5-4. Northwestern State fell to 0-9. The announced attendance was 2,057. Incarnate Word entered after a 38-6 win over McNeese State, while Northwestern State came in after a 31-27 loss to Nicholls State.

Incarnate Word opened with 21 first-quarter points and never trailed. J. Hibbler scored on a 17-yard run with 11:22 left in the first quarter. D. Carmouche then returned an interception 29 yards for a touchdown with 10:09 remaining. Brown hit Jacob Emmers for a 28-yard score with 7:32 left, and L. Turner added a 5-yard touchdown run with 1:01 remaining in the quarter. Northwestern State got on the board in the second quarter when Zach Wilcke found Camryn Davis for a 17-yard touchdown. Brown later connected with Jamir Roberts for a 15-yard touchdown with 9:56 left in the second quarter.

Hibbler broke free for a 52-yard scoring run with 8:06 remaining in the second quarter and added a 16-yard touchdown run with 57 seconds left in the half. Northwestern State added a second touchdown on Abram Johnston’s 1-yard run with 8:28 left in the fourth quarter. David Rasor completed 8 of 12 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown for Incarnate Word, including a 20-yard scoring throw to Roberts with 2:29 left in the third quarter. Nick Rigas made a 44-yard field goal with 12:06 left in the fourth quarter and missed from 53 yards in the third quarter. Jackson Fields added a 14-yard touchdown run with 2:08 remaining, and Incarnate Word closed with 28 fourth-quarter points.

Wilcke completed 8 of 24 passes for 79 yards with a touchdown and an interception for Northwestern State and added six rushes for 12 yards. Abram Johnston completed 5 of 11 passes for 81 yards and a touchdown for the Demons. Camryn Davis caught two passes for 37 yards and a score, Jake Peveto had two catches for 54 yards, and Amaaz Eugene had two receptions for 24 yards and a 26-yard kickoff return. Brendan Webb added two catches for 15 yards. Myion Hicks had three rushes for 3 yards and one reception for 2 yards, while Kameron Thomas ran five times for 9 yards and caught one pass for 10 yards.

Sage Ingram and Zay Davis each rushed eight times for 10 yards, with Zay Davis adding two receptions for 16 yards. Luke Delafield completed his only pass for 7 yards and ran once for 3 yards. Joe Moreland had one catch for 1 yard, and Ben Buisson returned a kickoff 14 yards. Incarnate Word’s Tyrece Fairly-Diyem caught three passes for 18 yards. Efren Jasso punted three times for 91 yards for the Cardinals, and Jackson Hancock returned a punt 31 yards. Northwestern State’s Jack Hurley punted eight times for 252 yards. Cooper Evans handled kicking duties for the Demons.

Declan Williams led Incarnate Word with 12 tackles, Jabrelle Asberry had six and Christian Barney five. Jeremiah Young recorded four tackles and three quarterback hurries, Walt Gray had four tackles and a hurry, and Patrick Batiste intercepted a pass. Tyree Roberson made four tackles, Justice Jordan had three, and Efren Jasso added three. Northwestern State’s Ja’Marion Bonner made nine tackles, while Joe Natali, Blake Fann and Christian Williams each had seven. Braden Woods had five tackles and a sack, and KB Anderson-Dale added five tackles and two sacks.

Harold Lawson and Danny Sears each made four tackles, with Sears adding a quarterback hurry. Reggie Roberson Jr. made four tackles. Jason Otah, Tyler Lewis, Brandon Ross and Diego Sanchez each had three tackles. Kemarion Ivory, Damarion Cooper, Ke’shawn Reed, Mikel Hines and Gylen Ford each made two tackles. Jackson King, Geoffrey Ojeh, Jack Hurley, Brennon Thompson and Joseph Moreland each had one tackle. Incarnate Word scored 21 points in the first quarter, 7 in the second, 10 in the third and 28 in the fourth. Northwestern State scored 7 in the first quarter and 7 in the third.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Incarnate Word 70, Northwestern State 19. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Incarnate Word with a 99.1 percent probability to win.