GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Mark Gronowski threw for 193 yards and three touchdowns — with 140 yards and three scores going to Griffin Wilde — and South Dakota State scored 28 second-quarter points to post a 38-7 victory over North Dakota.
South Dakota State (8-2, 5-1 Missouri Valley Football Conference) has won six of the last seven meetings in the series with North Dakota (5-5, 2-4), including the last four.
On the first play of the second quarter, Angel Johnson rolled around the right side for a 29-yard touchdown run. Then Gronowski had scoring strikes of 25 and 39 yards to build a 24-7 lead.
Dawson Ripperda recovered a fumble at the North Dakota 27 and Amar Johnson capitalized on the short field with a 6-yard rushing touchdown for a 31-7 lead.
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VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Charles Pierre Jr. averaged 15 yards per carry on 11 carries and scored two touchdowns and South Dakota dismantled Indiana State 49-0. Pierre ran for 165 yards and had third quarter scoring runs of 23 and 83 yards three minutes apart to make it 35-0.
The Coyotes scored two touchdowns in the second, third and fourth quarters and one in the first. The Coyotes scored two touchdowns in the second, third and fourth quarters and one in the first.
