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It may have taken the Vikings 13 years to end an 89-game College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football losing streak, but it only took them three games to earn their second conference victory under first-year head coach Mike Conway.

North Park rode the solid performances of freshman quarterback T.D. Conway and freshman running back Marquis Magwood to stun host Augustana College 45-35 in Rock Island Saturday night. The victory marked NP's first win over Augie since the 1971 season and its first-ever victory in Rock Island.

T.D., a first-year phenom from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was not going to deny the visitors a victory as he racked up 345 yards passing on 17 of 33 completions. He also threw for three touchdowns and had 17 yards on the ground as NP amassed 504 yards of total offense, the highest output by a Vikings team since the 2010 season when it garnered 531 yards of total offense in a 70-7 victory over visiting MacMurray College Sept. 18 of that season.

Augustana seized a 14-7 first quarter lead however as the hosts completed an 83-yard drive and returned T.D's lone interception back 51 yards for a score. But North Park silenced the Augie faithful as it turned the deficit into a 24-14 advantage after T.D.'s 15-yard scoring pass to his brother Dakota, a 41-yard field goal from Noah Moore and Magwood's one-yard run up the gut, which ended a nine-play, 78-yard drive with 2:59 left in the first half.

Magwood, who had garnered only 115 yards total in his last two games, had a breakout game against Augie as he rushed for a career-high 167 yards on 33 carries and scored three touchdowns. His second TD came at the 10:42 mark of the third quarter when he bullied his way in on another one-yard run, this time ending a 76-yard drive to give the Vikings a 31-21 edge. Augustana closed within three with another score, but North Park would add two more scores – another Conway to Conway connection on a 30-yard pass, and a Magwood one-yard run—before Augustana put away its final score of the game with 3:15 left.

Along with the performances of T.D. and Magwood, Dakota had 146 yards receiving on eight catches and freshman Cody Hood had three catches for 136 yards. Hood's only touchdown of the game was one for the highlight reel as the first-year wide receiver from Schaumburg caught a 71-yard bomb from T.D. to put the Vikings up 7-0 before Augustana tallied back-to-back touchdowns in the first quarter.

North Park (2-5, 2-2) returns to action this weekend when it hosts Elmhurst College at 1 p.m.

NOTE: Click to read the Quad Cities Dispatch article on Saturday's game. North Park's victory over Augustana was only its third in the last 37 meetings.