South Dakota State at North Dakota State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| South Dakota State | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 | |
| North Dakota State | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 10:07 | South Dakota State touchdown. Blake Kunz 25 Yd pass from Mark Gronowski (Cole Frahm Kick) |
| 6:18 | North Dakota State field goal. Jake Reinholz 40 Yd Field Goal |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 0:03 | South Dakota State field goal. Cole Frahm 31 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 11:24 | North Dakota State touchdown. Cam Miller 13 Yd Run (Jake Reinholz Kick) |
| 8:28 | South Dakota State touchdown. Pierre Strong Jr. 53 Yd Run (Cole Frahm Kick) |
| 2:11 | North Dakota State touchdown. Cam Miller 2 Yd Run (Jake Reinholz Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 7:55 | South Dakota State field goal. Cole Frahm 24 Yd Field Goal |
| 2:50 | South Dakota State touchdown. Isaiah Davis 5 Yd Run (Cole Frahm Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | South Dakota State | North Dakota State |
| Total first downs | 23 | 14 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | South Dakota State | North Dakota State |
| Third downs attempted | 11 | 13 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 5 |
| Third down percentage | 45 % | 38 % |
| Fourth down | South Dakota State | North Dakota State |
| Fourth downs attempted | 1 | 2 |
| Fourth downs converted | 1 | 1 |
| Fourth down percentage | 100 % | 50 % |
| Offense | South Dakota State | North Dakota State |
| Total yards | 458 | 247 |
| Total rushing yards | 309 | 1 |
| Total passing yards | 149 | 149 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 33:00 | 27:00 |
| Rushing | South Dakota State | North Dakota State |
| Total rushing plays | 44 | 98 |
| Total rushing yards | 309 | 1 |
| Average yards per rush | 7.0 | 2.7 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 2 | 2 |
| Passing | South Dakota State | North Dakota State |
| Passes attempted | 14 | 17 |
| Passes completed | 10 | 9 |
| Average yards per completion | 10.6 | 8.8 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties | South Dakota State | North Dakota State |
| Penalties committed | 8 | 1 |
| Penalty yards | 68 | 9 |
| Turnovers | South Dakota State | North Dakota State |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 0 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Mark Gronowski | 16 | 126 | 7.9 | 0 | 55 | ||||
| Pierre Strong Jr. | 11 | 95 | 8.6 | 1 | 53 | ||||
| Isaiah Davis | 16 | 84 | 5.3 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Tucker Kraft | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| North Dakota State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Hunter Luepke | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Cam Miller | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Christian Watson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dominic Gonnella | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Mark Gronowski | 14 | 10 | 71 % | 149 | 10.6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| North Dakota State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Cam Miller | 16 | 9 | 56 % | 149 | 9.3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Zeb Noland | 1 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Pierre Strong Jr. | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Jadon Janke | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 28 | ||||
| Isaiah Davis | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Blake Kunz | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 1 | 25 | ||||
| North Dakota State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Christian Watson | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 0 | 39 | ||||
| Braylon Henderson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Noah Gindorff | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Cole Jacob | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| RaJa Nelson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Dominic Gonnella | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| North Dakota State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Michael Griffin II | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| North Dakota State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| None | |||||||||
| North Dakota State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| None | |||||||||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jordan Meachum | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Morgan | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| North Dakota State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Christian Watson | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jaxon Janke | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| North Dakota State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Cole Frahm | 2/2 | 31 | 3/3 | 9 | |||||
| North Dakota State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Jake Reinholz | 1/1 | 40 | 2/2 | 5 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Ben Dinkel | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 0 | 2 | 45 | |||
| North Dakota State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Garret Wegner | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 0 | 2 | 51 | |||
Last updated on Saturday, April 24, 2021 1:43 PM.