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- Trey Heid accounted for five touchdowns in Augustana’s 50-19 win over Wayne State on Saturday
- Heid completed 19 of 26 passes for 330 yards and four touchdowns
- Bryson Hamilton recorded nine tackles, including three solo stops with 1.5 TFL and a blocked point after attempt
- Augustana will stay in Sioux Falls this weekend but will be on the road taking on USF
- The Vikings and Cougars will kick off the “Key to the City” game on national television at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday
- Saturday’s contest between the crosstown rivals is the NCAA Division II Game of the Week that will be broadcast live on American Sports Network
- Augustana is 18-3 all-time against the Cougars
- The two teams met for the first time since 1986 in 2012 and the Cougars escaped Kirkeby-Over Stadium with a 32-31 double overtime victory
- Last season USF won 23-12 at Kirkeby-Over Stadium |
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- Bemidji State scored 35 unanswered points to close a 42-35 win at MSU Moorhead
- The Beavers won their 29th “Battle Axe” traveling trophy game, their fourth straight win overall this season
- The BSU “Gang Green” defense shut out MSUM in the second half after trailing 28-7
- The Beavers rushed for 227 yards, the fourth straight game of 225+ team rushing yards
- Sophomore quarterback Jordan Hein threw for career-highs in yards (280) and touchdowns (5)
- Junior defensive back Damon Benham recorded two turnovers, a fumble recovery and interception |
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- Redshirt freshman Alquawn Vickers posted 150 all-purpose yards for the sixth time in seven games with 150 yards on 15 touches
- Vickers continues to lead the NSIC with 169.3 all-purpose yards per game (12th in DII) and leads the nation with 851 combined return yards
- Vickers’ 769 kickoff return yards leads the NSIC and is 40 kickoff return yards shy of the school’s single season record (Joseph Mapson, 809, 2003)
- Concordia heads to Wayne State this Saturday for a 1 p.m. kickoff
- The Golden Bears are 9-7 all-time against WSC, meeting every year since 1999
- Concordia won its last trip to Wayne 28-24 on Oct. 26, 2013 and the Golden Bears are 4-3 in Wayne, winning three of the last four trips
- CSP and WSC will be squaring off in October for the seventh consecutive year and for the 15th time in 17 all-time meetings |
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- Landon Smith set career highs with 3.0 tackles for loss and nine tackles (five solo) against Minnesota Duluth
- Smith is 7th in the NSIC in sacks (4.0) and 8th in tackles for loss (9.0)
- Jacob Parker intercepted a pass for the second straight week against the Bulldogs and was credited with two pass breakups
- Though limited to two catches on Saturday, Brennan Doan is third in the NSIC and 37th in NCAA D2 at 6.0 catches per game
- Next up for the Marauders is a trip to Northern State on Oct. 24
- The Marauders are 6-3 all-time against the Wolves, including a 2-1 mark in Aberdeen, S.D.
- The first two meetings between U-Mary and NSU were held in the Metrodome |
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- Dre Person had career-day with 18 carries for 178 yards and two touchdowns in a 55-21 loss to NSU
- Adam Connette had his second-straight game with over 10 receptions and 100 yards
- Connette tallied 10 catches for 126 yards to become third Golden Eagle to 1,000 career receiving yards
- Connette leads Golden Eagles with 34 catches for 410 yards and two touchdowns
- The Golden Eagles travel to UMD for a 1 p.m. game on Saturday |
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- UMD downed Mary 45-0 on Saturday afternoon in Bismarck for its fourth consecutive win
- Junior quarterback Drew Bauer threw for 280 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score in the shutout
- One of his touchdown strikes went for a career-best 80 yards to senior Justin Fowlkes just before halftime
- UMD will return home (where it is 25-0 all time versus NSIC North Division opponents) to take on Minnesota Crookston
- Then Bulldogs and Golden Eagles have met on just 12 previous occasions, including once in each of the past seven seasons
- UMD holds an 11-1 lead in the all-time series, Minnesota Crookston posted its lone victory over the Bulldogs in 2001
- Senior cornerback Darion Fletcher ranks second in the country in passes defended (breakups + interceptions) with 16
- Since the NSIC instituted divisional play in 2008, UMD is 46-2 in North Division outings |
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- Minnesota State has now won 40 straight NSIC games dating back to the 2012 season
- Rob Myers became the fourth Maverick this season to record a touchdown on defense
- Brent Esser returned a punt 75 yards for a touchdown
- MSU held Concordia-St. Paul to 174 yards of total offense
- Virgil Hammond posted his second 100-rushing yard effort of the season with 116 yards vs. CSP
- The Mavericks return to Blakeslee Stadium Saturday as they host Winona State at 1 p.m. |
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- Demetrius Carr recorded the second 400-yard passing game of his career in MSUM’s 42-28 loss to Bemidji State on Saturday
- Carr threw for 426 yards and a score
- Carr hit Damon Gibson for an 82-yard touchdown in the first quarter; it tied for the sixth-longest pass play in school history
- The Dragons surpassed 500 yards in total offense for the third time this season, recording 532 yards against Bemidji State
- Sophomore Damon Gibson is averaging 22.8 yards per reception this season
- Senior linebacker Chris Lee recorded a season-high 12 tackles Saturday vs. the Beavers
- MSUM faces Minot State this week and will look for its third straight win over the Beavers |
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- Minot State carried a 14-7 lead into halftime, but couldn’t finish its second straight road win as St. Cloud State rallied 42-28
- Jarvis Mustipher rushed for a career-high 175 yards on 29 carries with one TD
- Jose Escobar threw his first career touchdown and finished with three passing TDs
- Minot State out-gained SCSU 182-126 in passing yards, but gave up 369 rushing yards
- Isaiah Steinwand lead the team with eight tackles
- Marcel Brinson intercepted his first pass this season and returned it 45 yards to the SCSU 5 to set up a TD
- The Beavers begin a two-game homestand Saturday, taking on MSU Moorhead at 3 p.m. |
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- Northern State team improved to 3-4 Saturday, with a 55-21 victory at Minnesota Crookston
- The Wolves tallied two touchdowns in each of the four quarters, to record their highest scoring game thus far in 2015
- Chaka Kelly led the team with three rushing touchdowns, followed by Stephen Erlandson with two
- NSU also recorded two interceptions on defense from Joe Parsley and Alex Bernstein
- The Wolves are now set to host U-Mary this Saturday in the annual Military Appreciation Day from Swisher Field |
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- Luke Papilion went 20-of-34 for 225 yards and had three touchdowns to lead USF to a 34-26 win over SMSU
- USF will host Augustana in the Hall of Fame game on Saturday at 2:30 pm from Bob Young Field
- This matchup is also the fourth “Key to the City” game with USF owning a 3-0 mark in those games
- Solomon St. Pierre has a league-best five picks and now has 17 interceptions in the last 20 games
- USF has won three straight over Augustana but trails the all-time series 18-5
- USF leads the NSIC in scoring at 43.9 points per game (307 points) and total offense at 512.3 yards per game
- Luke Papilion pushed his career passing mark to 5,433 yards, a total which ranks sixth on the Cougars’ career passing list |
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- SMSU lost 34-26 to No. 5 Sioux Falls in Marshall
- Blake Gimbel set career-highs in completions (38), attempts (52) and yards (384) with three touchdown passes
- Gimbel tossed touchdown passes of 18, 4 and 11 yards in the game
- Gimbel completed 166 of 251 pass attempts this season for 1,918 yards with 17 touchdowns and just two interceptions
- SMSU continues to lead Division II in first downs with 204
- SMSU ranks 8th in Division II in third down conversion pct. (53.0)
- SMSU head coach Cory Sauter is tied for second all-time in team history with 26 victories (Eric Eidsness, 26, 2004-09) |
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- St. Cloud State defeated Minot State by a 42-28 score
- Nate Meyer completed 9-of-18 passes for 126 yards and two touchdowns
- The Huskies strong rushing attack of 368 was a season-high and the most for the program since 2012 versus MISU
- Curtwan Evans’ 148-yards rushing were a season-high for any SCSU running back this season
- The three 100-yard rushers in the game by the Huskies was last accomplished last season against Minnesota Crookston in 2014
- SCSU improves its all-time record to 8-0-1 against Minot State in a series that dates back to 1937
- Junior defensive lineman Mitch Knutson led the defense with two sacks |
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- Upper Iowa defeated Winona State 35-21 in Winona, Minn. on Saturday afternoon fueled by quarterback Dimitri Morales’ five touchdowns
- The victory marked UIU’s first win over the Warrior football program in their 12th meeting
- In their previous 11 matchups, the Warriors had outscored the Peacocks 430-168
- Upper Iowa only allowed Winona State to convert 3 of 15 third downs and 3 of 6 fourth downs
- The defense was led by Alex Wahl, who recorded 12 tackles, including 7 solo and 3 tackles for loss
- Morales completed 32 of his 42 passes for 378 yards and 3 touchdowns while running for 39 yards and a pair of scores
- Upper Iowa will host SMSU on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m. inside Harms-Eischeid Stadium |
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- Augustana defeated Wayne State 50-19 in an NSIC South Division game at Sioux Falls
- Redshirt freshman quarterback Layne Sullivan rushed 27 times for 156 yards and two TD’s
- Senior running back Ryan Ludlow gained 127 yards on 29 carries and one TD
- Ludlow had his third 100-yard game of the season
- Wayne State hosts Concordia-St. Paul Saturday at 1 p.m.
- CSP leads the series 9-7 vs. WSC, but the Wildcats won last season 54-14 in St. Paul |
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- WSU fell to Upper Iowa 35-21 Saturday in Winona
- Junior QB Jack Nelson became WSU’s all-time leader in career passing yards (7,809)
- Nelson went 33-for-57 for 361 yards and has surpassed 300 yards in all but one game this year
- Cameron Johnson had eight catches for a career-high 126 yards and one touchdown
- Paul Preston scored twice and ran for 117 yards in the first half, finishing with 123 on 22 carries
- WSU travels to No. 1 Minnesota State Saturday
- MSU holds a 35-17-4 series lead dating back to 1923 |