North Dakota State 17-6 Sam Houston State (7 Jan, 2012) Box Score

Sam Houston State Bearkats

14-1

	1	2	3	4	T
SHSU	0	6	0	0	6
NDSU	3	0	7	7	17

North Dakota State Bison

14-1

Sam Houston State Passing


Brian Bell
Richard Sincere
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT
12/31	115	3.7	2
0/1	0	0.0	0
12/32	99	3.6	2

North Dakota State Passing


Brock Jensen
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
10/20	120	6.0	1	1
10/20	120	6.0	1	1

Sam Houston State Rushing


Tim Flanders
Richard Sincere
Torrance Williams
Ryan Wilson
Keith Blanton
Brian Bell
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
21	84	4.0	15
9	14	1.6	5
1	8	8.0	8
2	4	2.0	2
1	-4	-4.0	0
7	-8	-1.1	5
41	98	2.4	15

North Dakota State Rushing


D.J. McNorton
Matt Voigtlander
Sam Ojuri
Esley Thorton
Brock Jensen
Ryan Smith
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
14	39	2.8	0	6
1	27	27.0	0	27
10	27	2.7	0	15
1	10	10.0	0	10
6	7	1.2	1	5
2	5	2.5	0	10
34	115	3.4	1	27

Sam Houston State Receiving


Torrance Williams
Richard Sincere
Trey Diller
Tim Flanders
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	53	17.7	25
1	36	36.0	36
2	16	8.0	10
6	10	1.7	8
12	115	9.6	36

North Dakota State Receiving


D.J. McNorton
Matt Veldman
Ryan Smith
Warren Holloway
Derrick Lang
Garrett Bruhn
Andrew Grothmann
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
2	35	17.5	1	39
1	29	29.0	0	29
2	29	14.5	0	15
2	15	7.5	0	13
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	6	6.0	0	6
1	0	0.0	0	0
10	120	12.0	1	39

Sam Houston State Interceptions


Kenneth Jenkins
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

North Dakota State Interceptions


Travis Beck
John Pike
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	63	0
1	0	0
2	63	0

Sam Houston State Kick Returns


Keith Blanton
Brandon Closner
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	36	18.0	22
1	20	20.0	20
3	56	18.7	22

North Dakota State Kick Returns


Marcus Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	66	22.0	25	0
3	66	22.0	25	0

Sam Houston State Punt Returns


Brandon Closner
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	53	8.8	24	0
6	53	8.8	24	0

North Dakota State Punt Returns


Ryan Smith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	12	6.0	7	0
2	12	6.0	7	0

Sam Houston State Kicking


Craig Alaniz
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	31	0/0	6
2/2	100.0	31	0/0	6

North Dakota State Kicking


Ryan Jastram
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	19	2/2	5
1/1	100.0	19	2/2	5

Sam Houston State Punting


Matt Foster
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	329	47.0	0	0	53
7	329	47.0	0	0	53

North Dakota State Punting


Matt Voigtlander
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
10	442	44.2	0	0	66
10	442	44.2	0	0	66

6:00 PM, 7 January 2012

Team	CONF	OVR
North Dakota State	7-1	13-2
South Dakota State	7-1	12-3
South Dakota	7-1	11-3
Missouri State	6-2	8-4
Illinois State	6-2	10-4
Youngstown State	3-5	4-8
Indiana State	3-5	4-8
North Dakota	2-6	5-7
Southern Illinois	2-6	4-8
Northern Iowa	1-7	3-9
Murray State	0-8	1-11

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