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NCAAF Game Recap - Nicholls State at North Dakota State
Sat Dec 7, 2019 3:30 PM EST

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10
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37
F
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34
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21
F
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17
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62
F
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15
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37
F
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23
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30
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24
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29
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10
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31
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45
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26
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21
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21
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66
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UAB
6
FlAtl
49
F

North Dakota State 37, Nicholls State 13

Boxscore

Recap

Dec 7, 2019, 3:30 PM EST

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Nicholls State (9-5)

3

7

3

0

13

North Dakota State (13-0)

7

7

10

13

37
North Dakota State wins 37-13 for 34th straight victory
Sat Dec 7, 2019 6:51 PM

FARGO, N.D. (AP) Trey Lance threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and defending champion North Dakota State pulled away in the second half to beat Nicholls 37-13 in a second-round FCS playoff game Saturday.

The Bison (13-0), who have won seven of the last eight FCS championships, including the previous two, will host Illinois State in the third round.

Gavin Lasseigne's second field goal cut the Bison's lead to 14-13 with 10:36 left in the third quarter but two interceptions later in the quarter led to 10 points for NDSU (13-0), which extended its win streak to 34 games, the longest current run in Division I.

The Bison added a 6-yard run by Lance and a 3-yarder from Dimitri Williams in the fourth quarter.

Nicholls (9-5) had a five-game winning streak end and was denied reaching the quarterfinals for the first time.

Lance finished with 257 yards total offense with the Bison outgaining the Colonels 434-265.

Passing

Nich Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
C. Fourcade 15 11 73.3 1 94 29 2 71.9
NDSU Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
T. Lance 16 10 62.5 2 169 43 0 137.8

Rushing

Nich Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
J. Gums 15 77 5.1 18 0
D. Taylor 11 67 6.1 16 0
NDSU Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
T. Lance 11 88 8.0 34 1
P. Sproles 1 55 55.0 55 1

Receiving

Nich Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
D. Dixon 4 66 16.5 29 1
D. Taylor 3 14 4.7 8 0
NDSU Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
J. Kepouros 2 62 31.0 43 1
B. Ellefson 1 36 36.0 36 0

Fumbles

NDSU F FL
T. Heit 1 0

Returning

Nich KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
T. Smith 1 18.0 0 18 0 0 0
NDSU KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
T. Brooks 4 19.3 0 23 0 0 0
T. Heit 0 0 0 4 9.5 0 20

Punting

Nich Punt Yds Avg LgPu
W. Jones 4 146 36.5 38
NDSU Punt Yds Avg LgPu
G. Wegner 2 72 36.0 53

Takeaways

NDSU Int Yds InTD
J. Hendricks 1 48 0
M. Tutsie 1 25 0

Team Stats Comparison

Nich NDSU
Points For 13 37
Total Yards 265 434
Rushing Yards 171 265
Passing Yards 94 169
Passing Completions / Attempts 11/15 10/16
Turnovers 2 0
Interceptions Thrown 2 0
Fumbles - Lost 0/0 1/0
First Downs 18 21
Penalties - Yards 5/62 8/78
Time Of Possession 31:31 29:29
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 3/10 3/10
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 0/1 2/2
Punts - Average Yards 4/36 2/36

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Nich NDSU
Nich 11:57 FG Gavin Lasseigne 35 yd FG 3 0
NDSU 15:00 TD Phoenix Sproles 55 yd run (Will Cardinal kick) 3 7
2nd Quarter Nich NDSU
Nich 02:07 TD Dai'Jean Dixon 25 yd pass from Chase Fourcade (Gavin Lasseigne kick) 10 7
NDSU 10:47 TD Jimmy Kepouros 43 yd pass from Trey Lance (Will Cardinal kick) 10 14
3rd Quarter Nich NDSU
Nich 04:24 FG Gavin Lasseigne 23 yd FG 13 14
NDSU 08:34 FG Will Cardinal 32 yd FG 13 17
NDSU 12:02 TD Noah Gindorff 3 yd pass from Trey Lance (Will Cardinal kick) 13 24
4th Quarter Nich NDSU
NDSU 06:39 TD Trey Lance 6 yd run (Will Cardinal kick) 13 31
NDSU 11:48 TD Dimitri Williams 3 yd run (missed kick) 13 37

Game Information

Stadium: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota
Attendance: 15,690
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