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Week 8: South Dakota State at North Dakota
- Story byThe Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D.
- Week 8: South Dakota State at North Dakota
Oct. 14—JACKRABBITS (5-1, 2-0) at FIGHTING HAWKS (5-2, 2-1)
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
Where: Alerus Center, Grand Forks, ND
TV: Midco Sports
Radio: WNAX-AM 570; Jackrabbit Sports Network
Streaming: ESPN+
Records last year: SDSU 9-5; UND 8-6
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Series: UND leads 47-39-5
Last time: SDSU won 34-31 in OT last year in Grand Forks
Last week: SDSU was idle; UND lost 24-17 to Northern Iowa
Rankings: SDSU is No. 1 in both FCS polls. UND is 11th and 15th.
Coaches: SDSU — Dan Jackson (2nd year, 14-6); UND — Eric Schmidt (2nd year, 13-8)
Leading passers: SDSU — Chase Mason (834 yards, 4 TD); UND — Jerry Kaminski (1,626 yards, 19 TD)
Leading rushers: SDSU — Josiah Johnson (680 yards, 7 TD); UND — Charles Langama (454 yards, 5 TD)
Leading receivers: SDSU — Grahm Goering (19 rec. 309 yards); UND — Deng Deng (30 rec., 478 yards, 1 TD)
Top defenders: SDSU — Jes Krcil (36 tackles), Cullen McShane (26 tackles, 2 sacks); UND — Ethan Boll (43 tackles, 1 sack)
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Etc: Last year's meeting was the first of 91 all-time between the teams to go to overtime....This will mark UND's sixth time playing the No. 1 team in the FCS level since they made the move from Division II. They've lost each of the previous five, two of which were against the Jacks...SDSU has won the last three meetings in the Alerus Center and the last five meetings overall. The Jacks are 7-1 against UND in the Division I era. The one loss came in the spring COVID year in February of 2021...Kaminsky is questionable after leaving last week's game with an injury. Senior Javance Tupou'ata-Johnson would start if Kaminsky can't go....Schmidt was a captain and senior linebacker on the UND team that won the Division II national championship in 2001. That team will be honored at halftime of the game in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the win...UND held UNI to 144 yards of total offense last week but were defeated thanks to turnovers and special teams mistakes....The Hawks have reached a brutal stretch in their schedule, as they are at USD and at Youngstown State after this week then finish up at home against Illinois State and Southern Illinois....Lance Rucker, UND's standout edge rusher, is expected to return from injury this week....Mason will return to the starting lineup for SDSU at quarterback after Josh Holst started the last two games. Running back Ramon McKinney could also be back in uniform for SDSU....The Jacks won last year's meeting on Jack Henry's walk-off touchdown pass to Grahm Goering in overtime, which assured SDSU of a playoff berth.
