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Week 11: South Dakota State at Northern Iowa
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- Week 11: South Dakota State at Northern Iowa
Nov. 4—JACKRABBITS (7-2, 4-1) at PANTHERS (4-4, 3-2)
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
Where: UNI-Dome, Cedar Falls, Iowa
TV: No
Radio: WNAX-AM 570, Jackrabbit Sports Network
Streaming: ESPN+
Records last year: SDSU 9-5; UNI 3-9
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Series: UNI leads 33-27-2
Last time: SDSU won 31-3 last year in Brookings
Last week: SDSU beat USD 31-21; UNI beat Indiana State 45-23
Rankings: SDSU is ranked 5th in both FCS polls
Coaches: SDSU — Dan Jackson (2nd year, 16-7); UNI — Todd Stepsis (2nd year, 7-13)
Leading passers: SDSU — Chase Mason (1,432 yards, 7 TD, 1 INT); UNI — Jaxon Dailey (1,674 yards, 12 TDs, 5 INT)
Leading rushers: SDSU — Josiah Johnson (952 yards, 10 TD), James Basinger (642 yards, 9 TD); UNI — Xavier Terrell (332 yards, 3 TD), Christian Collins (277 yards, 3 TD)
Leading receivers: SDSU — Grahm Goering (34 rec., 499 yards, 1 TD), Jack Smith (35 rec., 497 yards, 2 TD); UNI — Brady McCullough (17 rec., 306 yards, 5 TD), Taj Hughes (28 rec., 284 yards, 1 TD)
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Top defenders: SDSU — Jes Krcil (55 tackles), Dontay Johnson (52 tackles), Cullen McShane (51 tackles, 3 sacks); UNI — John Powers (60 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT), Calvin Jaworski (58 tackles, 2 INT), Franz Reisz (22 tackles, 4 sacks)
Etc: SDSU has won four straight meetings in the series and outscored UNI 113-12 in the last three. Road teams have won 9 of the last 14 gamed between the teams, and SDSU has won the last three meetings in the UNI-Dome....Stepsis was previously the coach at Drake. He was on the opposing sideline when SDSU beat Drake 70-7 at Target Field in 2023....SDSU averages 259.3 rushing yards per game to UNI's 123.4. UNI is averaging 27 points per game on offense and 27.4 points allowed on defense, while SDSU scores 36.4 points per game and allows 16.3....UNI is 4-0 at home, with two wins over teams that were ranked in the top five at the time (Illinois State and North Dakota). The Panthers last win over SDSU in Cedar Falls came in 2018....UNI is 7-3 at home under Stepsis and 0-10 on the road....Jacks safety Dontay Johnson is unlikely to play due to an injury suffered in last week's win over South Dakota....The Panthers lead the Valley in defensive TDs (2) and turnovers forced (15)...UNI's starting offensive line is made up of four seniors and a junior....SDSU is 0-1 indoors this year.
