"Everyone kind of reflected on the game, watched the game, watched the mistakes. We kind of looked in the mirror and said, 'What kind of team do we want to be? Do you want to be the same team we were last year or do we want to be different?'''

Certainly, the fourth quarter took a different turn, and that was good news for UNI.

South Dakota (2-4, 0-2) had just scored to cut a UNI lead down to 20-16. Plenty of time remained -- 10 minutes, 11 seconds. The Panthers needed scores and stops.

They got both.

First, Kollmorgen drove the Panthers 70 yards in seven plays. He converted one third down with a short flip to Braden Lehman, then connected with Charles Brown down the middle for 34 yards to the USD 21. True freshman Daurice Fountain then caught a 15-yard Kollmorgen flip for his first career touchdown, and UNI owned a cushion of 11 points.

There would be no field goal in the red zone this week with a win on the line.

"I knew we needed to go score," said Kollmorgen, who was 3-for-4 on that drive."They were coming back. We gave up a touchdown but I told the offense, 'We've got to score. The defense did its part. We have to do ours.'''