Redhawks Win Third in a Row Behind Pippin’s Career-High Four Field Goals - Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

Saturday, September 28

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

3:00 PM

Southeast Missouri State University

4-1 , 1-0

Northwestern State

0-5 , 0-0

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
Northwestern St.	0	0	0	0	0
Southeast Mo. St.	10	3	3	3	19

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9/28/2024 6:24:00 PM | Football

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – DC Pippin kicked a career-high four field goals to lead #13 Southeast Missouri (4-1) to a 19-0 shutout over Northwestern State (0-5) Saturday on a misty day at Houck Field.

Pippin scored the final 12 points of the game on kicks of 30, 38, 37 and 24 yards to send SEMO to its third-straight win in its non-conference finale.

The Redhawks wrapped up the non-league portion of their schedule with a 3-1 mark giving Tom Matukewicz his best non-conference record as SEMO's head coach.

Defensively, SEMO held NSU to just 120 total yards and completed its first shutout at home in 10 years. The Redhawks last blanked Missouri Baptist, 77-0, in Matukewicz's first career game as a head coach on Aug. 28, 2014.

The shutout was also the Redhawks first on their home field over an NCAA Division I opponent in 30 years. SEMO beat UT Martin, 10-0, on Sept. 24, 1994.

Khalani Riddick's 43-yard punt return set up SEMO nicely at the NSU 37-yard line before the Redhawks took a 7-0 lead on a 10-yard touchdown pass from Paxton DeLaurent to Cam Pedro with 9:03 left to play in the first quarter.

The Redhawks added to their lead during their next possession when DC Pippin split the uprights with a 30-yard field goal. Pippin's kick pushed SEMO's lead to 10-0 with 5:54 to go.

Pippin again connected, this time from 38 yards out, to widen SEMO's lead as the Redhawks headed into the intermission ahead, 13-0.

SEMO's defense held NSU to just 50 total yards in the first two quarters of the game.

The Redhawks tacked on three more points in each of the third and fourth quarters courtesy of Pippin to polish off their second home victory of the season.

DeLaurent completed 21-of-43 passes for 237 yards and a touchdown, his 13th passing TD of the season. Darrell Smith ran for a career-high 127 yards on 31 carries, averaging 4.1 yards per attempt.

Seven different receivers caught a pass for the Redhawks, as well. Pedro led the way with four receptions for 58 yards.

Jared Pedraza and Bryce Norman paced SEMO's defense with six tackles apiece. Pedraza faced his former NSU team for the first time.

Additionally, the Redhawks stopped the Demons twice on fourth down and limited NSU to 63 passing yards for the day.

SEMO improved to 5-2 all-time against Southland Conference opponents. All five of those wins came under Matukewicz. The Redhawks won on Family Weekend for the fifth time in six years and are now 8-2 in such games since Matukewicz took over as head coach.

The Redhawks head to Eastern Illinois for a Big South-Ohio Valley Conference Association matchup on Oct. 5.