North Dakota State 57-21 Western Illinois (9 Nov, 2019) Box Score

Western Illinois Leathernecks

1-9, 1-5 Conference

	1	2	3	4	T
WIU	0	0	7	14	21
NDSU	13	14	13	17	57

North Dakota State Bison

10-0, 6-0 Conference

Western Illinois Passing


Kevin Johnson#19
Connor Sampson#8
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
9/12	84	7.0	2	0
8/15	55	3.7	0	2
17/27	139	5.1	2	2

North Dakota State Passing


Trey Lance#5
Zeb Noland#8
Team
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
17/22	313	14.2	2
3/6	25	4.2	0
0/1	0	0.0	0
20/29	338	11.7	2

Western Illinois Rushing


Tony Tate#1
Max Norris#35
George Wahee#11
DeShon Gavin#17
Kevin Johnson#19
Deontez Thompson#5
Jared Drake#29
Jordan Schippers#34
Connor Sampson#8
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	51	8.5	0	14
11	49	4.5	0	11
2	33	16.5	1	28
5	26	5.2	0	8
4	8	2.0	0	21
3	7	2.3	0	4
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	4	4.0	0	4
3	-14	-4.7	0	0
36	169	4.7	1	28

North Dakota State Rushing


Jalen Bussey #21
Ty Brooks#28
Saybein Clark#30
Dimitri Williams#4
Trey Lance#5
Adam Cofield#18
Kobe Johnson#24
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	123	20.5	2	65
10	69	6.9	0	22
11	49	4.5	0	18
6	44	7.3	2	18
3	42	14.0	1	23
8	18	2.3	1	10
5	7	1.4	0	8
49	352	7.2	6	65

Western Illinois Receiving


Dennis Houston#10
Clint Ratkovich#25
Matt Clark#82
George Wahee#11
Jack Whyte#85
Tony Tate#1
Gabe Angel#14
Jared Drake#29
Max Norris#35
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	40	13.3	0	22
4	39	9.8	1	12
1	21	21.0	0	21
1	17	17.0	1	17
1	6	6.0	0	6
3	6	2.0	0	4
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	4	4.0	0	4
2	1	0.5	0	1
17	139	8.2	2	22

North Dakota State Receiving


Christian Watson#1
Josh Babicz#81
Jimmy Kepouros#19
Hunter Luepke#44
Phoenix Sproles#11
Andy Voyen#80
Dimitri Williams#4
Ty Brooks#28
Adam Cofield#18
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	121	30.3	1	51
2	88	44.0	1	88
4	46	11.5	0	17
4	38	9.5	0	15
2	16	8.0	0	10
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	6	6.0	0	6
20	338	16.9	2	88

Western Illinois Fumbles


Kevin Johnson#19
Justin Hall#16
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
3	2	0

North Dakota State Fumbles


Jayden Price#35
Eli Mostaert#73
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1
0	0	2

Western Illinois Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Western Illinois Interceptions

North Dakota State Interceptions


Josh Hayes#14
Jackson Hankey#52
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	33	0
1	15	0
2	48	0

Western Illinois Kick Returns


Justin Hall#16
Nick D'Ambra#20
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
7	140	20.0	33
1	9	9.0	9
8	149	18.6	33

North Dakota State Kick Returns


Jalen Bussey #21
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	50	50.0	50	0
1	50	50.0	50	0

Western Illinois Punt Returns


Justin Hall#16
Team
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
0	18	0.0	18
1	-6	-6.0	0
1	12	12.0	18

North Dakota State Punt Returns


Trevor Heit#84
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	35	17.5	27	0
2	35	17.5	27	0

Western Illinois Kicking


Nathan Erickson#33
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

North Dakota State Kicking


Griffin Crosa#36
Will Cardinal#34
Trey Lance#5
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	5/5	5
1/1	100.0	32	1/1	4
0/0	0.0	0	0/1	0
1/1	100.0	32	6/7	9

Western Illinois Punting


Adam Fellner#89
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	269	44.8	0	0	59
6	269	44.8	0	0	59

North Dakota State Punting


Garret Wegner#38
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	111	37.0	0	0	39
3	111	37.0	0	0	39

Fargodome

8:30 PM, 9 November 2019

Fargo, ND

Attendance: 17,441

Team	CONF	OVR
Southeast Missouri State	5-0	8-1
UT Martin	4-1	6-3
Tennessee Tech	4-2	4-5
Tennessee State	3-2	6-3
Lindenwood	3-3	4-6
Gardner-Webb	2-3	3-6
Western Illinois	2-3	3-6
Eastern Illinois	1-4	2-7
Charleston Southern	0-6	1-8

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

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