CEDAR FALLS — Sergio Morancy returned a punt for a score and caught three touchdown passes while Tye Edwards ran for 229 yards to lead Northern Iowa past Indiana State 41-34 Saturday in Mark Farley’s final game as coach of the Panthers.

Farley, 61, announced Nov. 10 that he would step down at the end of his 24th season. He retires as the winningest football coach in both Northern Iowa and Missouri Valley Conference history with 183 victories. He guided the Panthers to seven conference titles, earned two conference Coach of the Year awards and was named the 2007 FCS National Coach of the Year.

Morancy returned punt 63 yards for Northern Iowa’s first touchdown, then pulled in a 24-yard pass from Aidan Dunne followed by a 69-yard bomb to put the Panthers in front for good 24-14.

Edwards broke free for a 75-yard touchdown to open the second half and Caden Palmer, who kicked a 39-yard field goal in the first quarter, converted a 19-yarder midway through the third quarter to make it 34-17. The Sycamores battled back to get with a field goal to start the fourth quarter. Elijah Owens threw a 73-yard touchdown to Kevin Barnett and Shen Butler-Lawson scored on a 68-yard run with 14:06 left in the game. Morancy’s 13-yard touchdown reception with 7:44 left pushed the lead back to 41-31.

Dunne was 13-of-15 passing for 204 yards and Morancy finished with five catches for 119 yards for Northern Iowa (3-9, 1-7 MVC).

Owens was 14-of-20 passing for 168 yards and carried 20 times for 107 and two touchdowns to lead the Sycamores (4-8, 3-5). Butler Lawson carried 17 times for 124 yards.

Drake secures second straight outright PFL title

DELAND, Fla. — Luke Bailey threw for 204 yards and three touchdowns with only five incompletions and Drake eased by Stetson 49-10 on Saturday to secure a second straight outright Pioneer Football League title.

Davion Cherwin rushed for 161 yards on 11 carries and scored two times for Drake. Jun Ahn and Luke Woodson also had rushing scores. Cherwin scored a 91-yard touchdown, the longest run in the PFL this season, to make it 21-7 early in the second quarter.

Kemani Wilson made a diving interception at the Drake 25-yard line with just over two minutes left in the first half and seven plays later, Bailey found Hunter Johnson for a 24-yard touchdown to make it 28-10 at halftime.

Drake defensive lineman Finn Claypool forced a fumble on the third play of the second half and his teammate recovered it. Then Bailey lofted a pass to Jaxon Laminack for a touchdown and a 35-10 lead.

Drake (8-2, 7-1) was coming off a 29-20 loss to Morehead State to end a 17-game PFL winning streak — the longest active conference winning streak in the FCS.

Stetson (2-9, 0-7) quarterback Brady Meitz was intercepted three times and Matt O’Connor had one of his four pass attempts intercepted.

Drake drops Vandy claim Charleston Classic title

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Wyoming transfer Cam Manyawu scored 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting with 11 rebounds and Bennett Stirtz had 16 points and 11 assists to help Drake beat Vanderbilt 81-70 on Sunday night to win the Charleston Classic.

Mitch Mascari made 4 of 6 from the field, 3 of 5 from 3-point range and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line to finish with 17 points for Drake (6-0) and Daniel Abreu scored 15.

First-year coach Ben McCollum took over at Drake in April after Darian DeVries took the same job at West Virginia. McCollum brought Stirtz from Division-II Northwest Missouri State, where the 43-year-old coach had won at least 24 and qualified for the D-II NCAA Tournament in each of the past 11 seasons.

Stirtz scored in the lane to give the Bulldogs the lead for good and spark an 18-8 spurt that made it 55-45 with 12 minutes to play. MJ Collins made two free throws and then hit a 3 to cut the deficit to five points about a minute later but Drake scored 12 of the next 15 points and the Commodores — who went 5-plus minutes without a made field goal — never again threatened.

Vanderbilt (6-1) had won its first six games of a season for the first time since the Commodores won 16 in a row to open the 2007-08 campaign.

Jason Edwards led Vanderbilt with 26 points on 7-of-13 shooting and made 10 of 11 from the free-throw line. Collins, A.J. Hoggard and Chris Manon added nine points apiece.