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- CJ Ham rushed for a 31-yard touchdown in the final minute to lift Augustana to a 35-28 victory over USF to claim the Key to the City trophy
- Ham ran for 154 yards and two touchdowns on a career-high 29 carries
- Trey Heid was 24 of 36 passing for 298 yards and a touchdown while rushing for a career-high 106 yards and two touchdowns
- The last Augie quarterback to throw for 200-plus yards and rush for 100-plus yards was Eric DeGraff, against USD exactly 17 years to the date
- Augustana will host Upper Iowa on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. at Kirkeby-Over Stadium
- The Vikings will look to avenge last season’s 31-25 loss to the Peacocks
- Augustana is 7-1 all-time against Upper Iowa
- The last time Augustana and Upper Iowa played in Sioux Falls, the Vikings defeated the Peacocks 35-6 |
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- Bemidji State forced five turnovers in 28-27 win over St. Cloud State
- The Beavers won their fifth straight game, tied for the longest streak in the NSIC and longest for BSU since 2006
- BSU recovered SCSU’s fumbled punt return with 1:41 left in the game to seal the win
- All four touchdowns came on 60+ yard drives
- Sophomore quarterback Jordan Hein totaled 388 yards and three touchdowns
- Sophomore linebacker Trysten Ross forced two fumbles while recording eight tackles, one for a loss |
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- Alquawn Vickers (9-108, 2 TD) and Jason Oney (4-104, long 81) became CSP’s first 100-yard receivers of 2015
- Vickers had 188 all-purpose yards to extend his NSIC leading average of 171.6 per game (10th in Division II)
- Vickers had 76 kick return yards (38.0 average) to break CSP’s single season record with 31 for 845
- Vickers topped Joseph Mapson’s 2003 mark of 809 (35 returns) and is third in the NSIC with a 27.3 average (23rd in Division II)
- Vickers leads Division II with 931 combined return yards
- Concordia returns home on Saturday at noon against nationally-ranked Sioux Falls
- Concordia is 1-8 against USF and 0-1 at home, the Golden Bears are 0-3 against the Cougars since USF joined the NSIC in 2012
- The Cougars have won eight straight meetings with Concordia’s only win in 1971 |
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- Preston Tescher made a season-high 13 tackles at Northern State, including nine solo stops
- Tescher is fourth in the NSIC in total tackles (73) and second in solo stops (47)
- Zach Graves caught 11 passes for 89 yards against the Wolves
- This is just the 11th time a U-Mary player has caught at least 11 balls during the Marauders NCAA era (2006 and on)
- Jacob Parker is 15th in NCAA Division II in passes defensed with 1.6 per game
- The Marauders return home to host the University of Minnesota Crookston on Saturday, Oct. 31
- U-Mary holds an 11-2 edge in the all-time series with UMC |
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- The Golden Eagles were led against UMD by Dre Person with 107 yards on 26 carries against the Bulldogs
- Tanner Walsh led the Golden Eagles with seven tackles against the Bulldogs
- Adam Connette is ranked third all-time in receiving yards at UMC as he has 36 catches for 451 yards and two touchdowns this season
- UMC will look to get in the win column as they head to face U-Mary Sat., Oct. 31 as both teams have 0-8 marks |
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- UMD is now 47-2 overall and a perfect 26-0 lifetime against NSIC North Division opposition after defeating Minnesota Crookston 66-17
- Junior Darren Walker became the fourth active Bulldog to eclipse the 100-yard rushing plateau with his eight-carry, 136-yard performance
- The Bulldogs will bring a five-game winning streak into this Saturday’s clash at Northern State
- The Bulldogs hold a 22-10-0 lead in the all-time series with Northern and have reeled off seven straight victories
- Tony Beasley registered his first interception in a UMD uniform
- UMD has outscored its opponents 207-71 in the opening half this season |
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- Minnesota State saw its 40-game NSIC winning streak come to an end after it lost to Winona State 31-27
- MSU tallied 445 yards of total offense against Winona State
- Senior Chad Zastrow recorded two rushing touchdowns against Winona State
- The Maverick defense recorded three turnovers, including two interceptions against the Warriors
- Senior Tyler Henderson recorded a team-leading eight tackles against WSU |
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- Kayne Griffith rushed for a career-high 99 yards and a touchdown in MSUM’s 30-20 win over Minot State
- Redshirt freshman kicker Joe Tjosvold was 3-of-3 on field goals and 3-of-3 on extra points in a 30-20 win over Minot State
- Tjosvold is tied for eighth in the NSIC among kickers with 40 points; he is 5-of-6 on field-goal attempts
- MSUM is 4-4 through eight games, the Dragons’ best record at this point in the season since starting 4-4 in 2002
- The Dragons are at four wins with three games remaining; the four wins are tied for the most in a season in the Steve Laqua era
- The Dragons will face St. Cloud State this week and are looking for their first win over the Huskies since 1983 |
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- Minot State carried a seven-point lead into the fourth quarter, but couldn’t hold on, falling to MSUM 30-20 at Herb Parker Stadium
- Brayden Loertscher caught his first touchdown pass of the season, hauling in a 10-yard TD
- Tyere Hunter also scored his first collegiate touchdown with a 9-yard touchdown run in the third quarter
- Finishing the theme of the day for MISU, quarterback Isaiah Weed threw his first collegiate touchdown pass
- Minot State was celebrating 90 years of football to the day and honored its oldest living Beaver, 92-year-old Jack Johnson, during the game
- Aaron James recorded 16 tackles, tied for the fourth highest total since 2004
- The Beavers finish off a two-game homestand with their Minnesota namesake, taking on Bemidji State Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at The Herb |
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- Northern State team recorded their fourth straight victory over the weekend, shutting out the University of Mary 37-0
- Adrian Krupka nearly tied the single game field goal record with three made in the game
- Krupka also tallied a season best average of 44.4 yards punting
- Kyle Lavand recorded 233 yards passing and one touchdown to Tyrell Anderson
- Nicholas Truen, Chaka Kelly, and Cameron Pudwill teamed up for Northern’s three rushing touchdowns
- Zachery Barber recorded his second 100 plus yard game of 2015 with 108 yards receiving and eight yards rushing
- Taylor Zemlicka led the team with ten tackles and he also recorded a forced fumble, fumble recovery, and interception in the win
- NSU will host Minnesota Duluth this weekend in the annual Shriners Game with kickoff set for 1 p.m. from Swisher Field |
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- Solomon St. Pierre had two of USF’s season high five turnovers, picking off two passes, in a 35-28 loss to the Vikings
- St. Pierre’s first interception broke USF’s school record for career interceptions
- The 20 picks make St. Pierre the leading active player in career interceptions at any level in NCAA
- USF is now 54-4 all-time at Bob Young Field, after a nine-game home winning streak was snapped against the Vikings
- Luke Papilion had 269 yards passing to push his career passing mark to 5,702 yards, a total which ranks fifth on the Cougars’ career passing list
- Papilion is just the second quarterback in USF history with 5,000 yards passing and 2,000 yards rushing
- Sioux Falls will visit Concordia-St. Paul (1-7, 0-4 NSIC South) on Saturday at noon in St. Paul
- USF owns an 8-1 series record against Concordia-St. Paul, winning the last meeting 38-9 in Sioux Falls in 2014 |
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- Tyler Flud recorded a team-high 12 tackles, including seven solo in SMSU’s 34-19 win at UIU
- Flud added 2.5 tackles for loss, two sacks and one pass break-up
- SMSU’s six victories this season has now secured its 10th winning season in program history
- SMSU head coach Cory Sauter is now second all-time in team history with 27 victories
- SMSU is now 4-1 on the road this season
- SMSU has now defeated UIU eight straight times since 2008 |
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- SCSU fell 28-27 at Bemidji State
- Jameson Parsons’ 157 receiving yards against Bemidji State was the third time he has topped 150 receiving yards this season
- Ledell White led SCSU in rushing with 81 yards on the ground against the Beavers
- Grant Thayer 102 yards receiving yards was the second time he has topped 100 receiving yards this season
- Kasai Farris’ two touchdown receptions were his first two of the season and the second and third TD catches of his career
- Nate Meyer’s 361 yards passing was the fifth 300+ game of his career and his third of the season
- Sophomore Keyshawn Davis led the team with 12 tackles (10 solo) against BSU
- Sophomore linebacker Craig Szymanski had six tackles and a sack in the loss |
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- SMSU put 20 points on the board in the second half while shutting out the Peacock offense to post a 34-19 victory
- The Peacocks held the normally-robust Mustang running game to just 22 yards on 31 carries
- Jesse Vizzini had two big kick returns for 70 and 49 yards and amassed 133 yards on his 5 returns
- The Peacock offense went through freshman quarterback Brent Lammers
- Former starter Dimitri Morales was sidelined for the season following an injury at Winona State during last week’s game
- Lammers threw for 206 yards and a touchdown on 21 completions with 14 rushes for 41 yards
- Amis pulled in eight catches for 69 yards and the game’s first touchdown with a great one-handed grab
- Trey MacTaggart added six grabs for 56 yards. Derrick Portis added 77 yards and a score on the ground
- Cole Stephen and Alex Wahl both accounted for 12 tackles apiece with six solo stops each
- The Peacocks will head to Sioux Falls, S.D. next Saturday to face Augustana University at 1 p.m. |
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- Wayne State beat Concordia-St. Paul 20-17 Saturday at Cunningham Field in Wayne
- Wildcat head coach Dan McLaughlin becomes all-time wins leader
- For the second straight game, Ryan Ludlow and Layne Sullivan each rush for over 100 yards
- Ludlow gained 155 yards on 24 carries and one TD
- Sullivan added 139 yards on 20 rushed with two TD’s on runs of five and 16 yards
- Wayne State plays at Winona State Saturday at 1 p.m.
- Last season WSC topped the #25 Warriors 27-7 in Wayne, Nebraska |
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- WSU upset No. 1 Minnesota State 31-27 Saturday at Blakeslee Stadium
- The victory snapped MSU’s 40-game NSIC winning streak
- The win was WSU’s first in Mankato since the 1980 season
- QB Jack Nelson’s fourth TD of the day was a game-winning 27-yarder to Cameron Johnson with 3:22 to play
- Collin Corcoran led the WSU defense with 16 tackles, a tackle-for-loss and a half sack
- Punter Michael Russell boomed a school-record 86-yard punt in the final minute to pin MSU at their own two and seal the victory
- WSU returns home to face Wayne State Saturday |