Wyoming 16, North Dakota State 13

Wyoming 16, North Dakota State 13

LARAMIE, Wyo. — Jake Scott kicked a 29-yard field goal with 4 seconds left to lift the Cowboys. Scott’s field goal was set up by Derrick McMahen’s interception of a pass by NDSU quarterback Nick Mertens. That gave Wyoming (2-1) the ball on the Bison 28 yard line with 1:28 left. The field goal capped Wyoming’s comeback. All of Wyoming’s points came in the second half after NDSU had scored the game’s first 13 points. The Bison were ahead at halftime 10-0. Devon Moore sparked a struggling Wyoming offense, racking up 145 yards rushing and scoring a touchdown. Wyoming’s struggles on offense, which gained just 216 total yards and scored no touchdowns in a loss the previous week against Air Force, continued into the game against NDSU (2-1). In the first half against the Bison, the Cowboys were plagued by penalties, sacks, dropped passes and a fumble. They gained just three first downs and 78 total yards. NDSU, meanwhile, gained a 10-0 halftime lead on a 3-yard touchdown pass from Mertens to Tyler Jangula and a 34-yard field goal by Shawn Bibeau. But after the Bison ended their first possession in the second half with a 32-yard field goal by Bibeau, Moore broke off a 41-yard run and then scored from 2-yard out for Wyoming’s first offensive touchdown in six quarters. Scott finished off two other Wyoming drives with a pair of 28-yard field goals to tie the game.

S. Dakota St. 24, W. Illinois 22

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Quarterback Ryan Berry ran and passed for first-half touchdowns as South Dakota State took a 24-0 lead and held on to post a Missouri Valley Conference win. The Jackrabbits (2-1, 2-0) withstood a second-half rally to beat the Leathernecks (1-2, 0-1) for the first time since 1977. Berry completed 17 of 28 passes for 191 yards. That included a 19-yard TD pass to Colin Cochart for a 7-0 lead. Berry also scored on a 2-yard run and Kyle Minett added a a 1-yard scoring run before half. Minett finished with a game-high 71 yards rushing. The Leathernecks struggled offensively in the first half, gaining just 90 total yards. But they rallied behind Matt Barr in the second half and finished the night with more total yards (349-312) than the Jackrabbits.

Associated Press