North Dakota State Bison vs Northern Iowa Panthers · College Football

North Dakota State Bison

11-0

48 – 16

Final

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Northern Iowa Panthers

3-8

Fargodome · Fargo · USA

Summary

The North Dakota State Bison won comfortably, 48-16 against the Northern Iowa Panthers at Fargodome in front of 14,736. The first half ended 31-2 with the Bison in front. 1 touchdown passes and 212 yards through the air came from Cole Payton. On the ground Cole Payton picked up 74 yards. The Bison are now 11-0 and the Panthers 3-8.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 8:30 PM UTC · Nov 15
Event: College Football USA
Week: 12
Ground: Fargodome · Fargo · USA
Crowd: 14,736

On TV

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Period by period

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Bison	14	17	7	10	48
Panthers	0	2	7	7	16

Player stats

How the points came

TDTouchdownNDSU

1:2548 - 16

FGField goalNDSU

6:2041 - 16

9:5938 - 16

TDTouchdownUNI

7:2138 - 9

TDTouchdownUNI

TDTouchdownNDSU

13:1238 - 2

FGField goalNDSU

0:0331 - 2

TDTouchdownNDSU

0:5928 - 2

TDTouchdownNDSU

5:5721 - 2

14:5414 - 2

SFSafetyUNI

TDTouchdownNDSU

3:0614 - 0

TDTouchdownNDSU

9:177 - 0

Side by side

241st Downs13

5-113rd down efficiency3-14

2-34th down efficiency2-3

477Total Yards201

268Passing99

18/25Comp/Att9/23

10.7Yards per pass4.3

209Rushing102

39Rushing Attempts35

5.4Yards per rush2.9

5-44Penalties3-25

1Turnovers2

1Fumbles lost0

0Interceptions thrown2

30:13Possession29:47

North Dakota State Bison leaders

Passing YardsCole Payton15/17, 212 YDS, 1 TD

Rushing YardsCole Payton10 CAR, 74 YDS, 2 TD

Receiving YardsBryce Lance8 REC, 131 YDS, 1 TD

SacksZach Vanderpool2

TacklesNathaniel Staehling7

Northern Iowa Panthers leaders

Passing YardsJaxon Dailey9/23, 99 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT

Rushing YardsHarrison Bey-Buie9 CAR, 62 YDS

Receiving YardsJC Roque Jr.3 REC, 42 YDS, 1 TD

SacksOwen Ostroski2

TacklesRyan Crandall9

North Dakota State Bison

North Dakota State Passing
Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Cole Payton	15/17	212	12.5	1
Nathan Hayes	3/8	56	7.0	0
Team	18/25	268	10.7	1

North Dakota State Rushing
Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cole Payton	10	74	7.4	2	64
Barika Kpeenu	12	56	4.7	2	16
Nathan Hayes	1	34	34.0	1	34
DJ Scott	9	15	1.7	0	8
Cortez LeGrant	2	14	7.0	0	8
Brady Wavrunek	2	11	5.5	0	9
Charles Ross III	1	3	3.0	0	3
RaJa Nelson	1	2	2.0	0	2
Owen Johnson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	39	209	5.4	5	64

North Dakota State Receiving
Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Bryce Lance	8	131	16.4	1	51
Owen Johnson	2	43	21.5	0	31
Barika Kpeenu	2	41	20.5	0	25
DJ Scott	1	17	17.0	0	17
Reis Kessel	1	17	17.0	0	17
Mekhi Collins	1	9	9.0	0	9
John Gores	1	8	8.0	0	8
Truman Werremeyer	1	6	6.0	0	6
RaJa Nelson	1	-4	-4.0	0	0
Team	18	268	14.9	1	51

North Dakota State Fumbles
Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jackson Williams	1	1	0
Team	1	1	0

North Dakota State Interceptions
Player	INT	YDS
Peder Haugo	1	1
Taylen Eady	1	0
Team	2	1

North Dakota State Kick Returns
Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jackson Williams	1	86	86.0	86
Jett Zabel	1	23	23.0	23
RaJa Nelson	1	18	18.0	18
Team	3	127	42.3	86

North Dakota State Punt Returns
Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jackson Williams	3	102	34.0	58
RaJa Nelson	1	6	6.0	6
Team	4	108	27.0	58

North Dakota State Kicking
Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Eli Ozick	2/2	100.0	46	6/6	12
Team	2/2	100.0	46	6/6	12

North Dakota State Punting
Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Aaron Bickerton	1	46	46.0	46
Team	1	0	0.0	0
Team	2	46	23.0	46

Northern Iowa Panthers

Northern Iowa Passing
Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Jaxon Dailey	9/23	99	4.3	1	2
Team	9/23	99	4.3	1	2

Northern Iowa Rushing
Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Harrison Bey-Buie	9	62	6.9	13
Bill Jackson	13	37	2.8	10
Christian Collins	4	20	5.0	7
JC Roque Jr.	2	-5	-2.5	2
Jaxon Dailey	7	-12	-1.7	7
Team	35	102	2.9	13

Northern Iowa Receiving
Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
JC Roque Jr.	3	42	14.0	1	23
Tysen Kershaw	1	19	19.0	0	19
Derek Anderson	2	16	8.0	0	10
Bill Jackson	1	15	15.0	0	15
Ian Collins	1	7	7.0	0	7
Ayden Price	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	9	99	11.0	1	23

Northern Iowa Fumbles
Player	FUM	REC
Jaxon Dailey	1	0
AJ Vaughn	0	1
Team	1	1

Northern Iowa Kick Returns
Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
JC Roque Jr.	1	20	20.0	20	0
Team	1	20	20.0	20	0

Northern Iowa Punt Returns
Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
John Powers	1	23	23.0	23	0
Ethan Schoville	0	0	0.0	0	1
Team	1	23	23.0	23	1

Northern Iowa Kicking
Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Max Bartachek	0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2
Team	0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2

Northern Iowa Punting
Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Noah Pettinger	8	329	41.1	0	2	52
Team	8	329	41.1	0	2	52

Standings

2026 Missouri Valley Football Conference Standings
#	Team	W-L	CONF
1	Youngstown State	6-2	4-1
2	South Dakota	7-2	4-1
3	South Dakota State	6-2	3-1
4	North Dakota	6-3	3-2
5	Northern Iowa	3-4	2-2
6	Illinois State	6-2	2-2
7	Southern Illinois	4-5	2-3
8	Indiana State	2-6	0-4
9	Murray State	1-7	0-4

2026 Mountain West Conference Standings
#	Team	W-L	CONF
1	New Mexico	6-1	3-0
2	Wyoming	5-3	4-1
3	UNLV	4-3	2-1
4	North Dakota State	6-2	3-2
5	Air Force	5-2	3-2
6	Nevada	3-4	2-2
7	San José State	4-4	2-2
8	Hawai'i	2-6	1-4
9	UTEP	1-6	0-3
10	Northern Illinois	0-7	0-3

College Football table

#	Team	L	PCT
1	UTSA	–	–
2	Memphis	–	–
2	North Texas	–	–
4	Army	–	–
5	FAU	–	–
6	South Florida	–	–
7	UAB	–	–
8	Tulsa	–	–
9	Charlotte	–	–
10	Tulane	–	–

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