Tim Sanger

9

South Dakota St.
SDS

5-2, 2-1

13

Winner

North Dakota St.
NDS

7-1, 4-0

South Dakota St.
SDS

5-2, 2-1

9

13

North Dakota St.
NDS

7-1, 4-0

Winner

Score per quarter

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	F
SDS South Dakota St.	0	9	0	0	9
NDS North Dakota St.	0	7	0	6	13

Game overview: Football | 10/19/2024 11:59:00 PM

FARGO, ND – No. 2-ranked North Dakota State drove 92 yards for the go-ahead touchdown with 1:49 to play and Logan Kopps interception clinched a 13-9 victory over top-ranked South Dakota State in the Missouri Valley Football Conference on Saturday, Oct. 19.

Raja Nelson caught a 20-yard pass from Cam Molenaar capping off the 10-play scoring drive for the Bison (7-1, 4-0 MVFC), who snapped a five-game losing streak against South Dakota State (5-2, 2-1 MVFC). It was Nelson’s second touchdown reception of the game.

Miller went 7-for-7 on the final drive, which took 5:25 off the clock. SDSU went to its own 47 before Kopp made a one-handed pick, and the Bison knelt off the clock to claim the Dakota Marker Trophy for the first time since 2019.

Miller finished 20 of 27 passing for 163 yards, Nelson had four catches for 48 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown to open the scoring in the second quarter, and Chris Harris made a team-high five receptions for 41 yards.

The only play that went longer than 20 yards in the game was a 66-yard touchdown run by SDSU’s Chase Mason, making the score 7-6 to NDSU’s Kody Huisman blocked the extra-point try. Hunter Dustman’s 42-yard field goal gave the Jacks a 9-7 lead as time expired in the first half.

NDSU missed a 48-yard field goal on the opening drive of the third quarter and the teams traded punts on the next seven possessions before the Bison began their winning march.

Oscar Benson And Lucas Weerts made eight tackles each for NDSU, Eli Mostaert had seven stops and Kopp finished with four tackles.

A sold-out crowd of 18,807 was in attendance for the first nationally televised Dakota Marker game on ESPN2.