CEDAR FALLS — Asher O'Hara had three 3-yard touchdown runs and Sacramento State pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat Northern Iowa 37-21 in a college football game on Saturday.
O'Hara scored in each of the first two quarters to help Sacramento State (2-0), ranked seventh in the FCS coaches poll, take a 24-7 lead at halftime.
Northern Iowa (0-3) used Theo Day's 24-yard scoring strike to Logan Wolf and Vance McShane's 4-yard touchdown run to pull within 27-21 after three quarters.
Kyle Sentkowski's third field goal pushed the Hornets' lead to 30-21 and O'Hara capped the scoring on another 3-yard run with 41 seconds remaining.