South Dakota State at Northwestern
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| South Dakota State | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
| Northwestern | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 34 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 11:42 | Northwestern touchdown. Alex Honig 11 Yd pass from Aidan Chiles (Jackson Kleather Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 10:50 | South Dakota State field goal. Tristan Alvano 21 Yd Field Goal |
| 6:32 | Northwestern field goal. Jackson Kleather 36 Yd Field Goal |
| 1:16 | South Dakota State field goal. Tristan Alvano 33 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 9:56 | South Dakota State field goal. Tristan Alvano 27 Yd Field Goal |
| 7:13 | Northwestern touchdown. Caleb Komolafe 7 Yd Run (Jackson Kleather Kick) |
| 2:16 | South Dakota State field goal. Tristan Alvano 26 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 13:32 | Northwestern field goal. Jackson Kleather 38 Yd Field Goal |
| 8:16 | South Dakota State touchdown. Josiah Johnson 2 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) |
| 4:34 | Northwestern touchdown. Aidan Chiles 14 Yd Run (Jackson Kleather Kick) |
| 1:15 | Northwestern touchdown. Joseph Himon II 80 Yd Run (Jackson Kleather Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | South Dakota State | Northwestern |
| Total first downs | 27 | 19 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | South Dakota State | Northwestern |
| Third downs attempted | 20 | 12 |
| Third downs converted | 8 | 5 |
| Third down percentage | 40 % | 42 % |
| Fourth down | South Dakota State | Northwestern |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | South Dakota State | Northwestern |
| Total yards | 432 | 497 |
| Total rushing yards | 147 | 224 |
| Total passing yards | 285 | 273 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 34:08 | 25:52 |
| Rushing | South Dakota State | Northwestern |
| Total rushing plays | 40 | 31 |
| Total rushing yards | 147 | 224 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.7 | 7.2 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Passing | South Dakota State | Northwestern |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.9 | 11.4 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties | South Dakota State | Northwestern |
| Penalties committed | 6 | 9 |
| Penalty yards | 45 | 61 |
| Turnovers | South Dakota State | Northwestern |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Josiah Johnson | 19 | 79 | 4.2 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Chase Mason | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Corey Blair Jr. | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Lofton O'Groske | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Northwestern | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Joseph Himon II | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 1 | 80 | ||||
| Gavin Sawchuk | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Caleb Komolafe | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Aidan Chiles | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Drew Wagner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Chase Mason | 48 | 23 | 48 % | 285 | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Northwestern | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Aidan Chiles | 24 | 14 | 58 % | 273 | 11.4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Grahm Goering | 9 | 117 | 13.0 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Jack Smith | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Lofton O'Groske | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | 34 | ||||
| Greyton Gannon | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Coleman Kuntz | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Corey Blair Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Northwestern | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Griffin Wilde | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 0 | 71 | ||||
| Drew Wagner | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Luke Dehnicke | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 35 | ||||
| Caleb Komolafe | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Alex Honig | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Joseph Himon II | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Hayden Eligon II | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Damon Walters | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Chase Van Tol | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jes Krcil | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dontay Johnson | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Farr III | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Myles Green | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cullen McShane | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ife Current | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryce Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Noah St-Juste | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Reis Kirschenman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carter Sitzman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Blake Leiferman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dawson Ripperda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rhett Schaefer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Logan Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Amaje Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Max Stanard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Northwestern | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Robert Fitzgerald | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kobie McKinzie | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Damon Walters | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braden Turner | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braydon Brus | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josh Fussell | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Montae Pate | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brendan Flakes | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyler Gant | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jamaal Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Payton Roth | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ore Adeyi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Callen Campbell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dominic Kirks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caden O'Rourke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jon Jon Stevens Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Amare Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matthew Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Ramon McKinney Jr. | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 34 | 0 | ||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Joseph Himon II | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Gavin Sawchuk | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Drew Wagner | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Tristan Alvano | 4/5 | 33 | 0/0 | 12 | |||||
| Northwestern | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Jackson Kleather | 2/2 | 38 | 4/4 | 10 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| South Dakota State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Max Pelham | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 0 | |||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Nikola Dugandzic | 5 | 120 | 24.0 | 1 | |||||
Last updated on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 2:26 AM.