BROOKINGS – Seventh-ranked South Dakota State handled Missouri State in an MVFC matchup on a wet and chilly Saturday afternoon at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, winning 59-7.

“I’m excited to get a win; I’m excited to honor our military with that kind of performance,” said SDSU coach John Stiegelmeier following Military Appreciation Day victory. “I’m really excited about some of our young guys stepping up and making some big plays.

“Other than some penalties, I thought we played a really complete game. I respect (Missouri State) coach (Dave) Steckel, I think they’re going in the right direction; but I’m excited where our program is at right now.”

The Jackrabbits totaled 547 yards of offense and limited the Bears to 183 on 70 plays – a 2.61 average. SDSU picked off four passes and recorded four sacks.

“I thought (the defense) played really well,” said Stiegelmeier. “They had the one drive … I’m really impressed with how we’re playing defensively. We have some good players and they’re doing their job – their 1/11th.”

Pierre Strong Jr. sparked the home team early with scoring of runs of 55 and 54 yards. He finished with 136 yards on nine attempts.

A trio of All-Americans made big plays later in the second as SDSU found paydirt twice in a 27-second span.

Taryn Christion threw a 34-yard TD pass to Cade Johnson. Linebacker Christian Rozebroom picked off a deflected pass soon thereafter. And, one play later, Johnson ran what appeared to be the exact same route and ended up in the end zone for a 42-yard score on another pass from Christion.

Chase Vinatieri added a 45-yard field goal to push the margin to 31-0.

The Bears’ lone TD was a 10-yard TD toss from Peyton Huslig to Tyler Currie.

Christion broke out of the pocket for a 32-yard dash to paydirt just before halftime, making it 38-7 and capping SDSU’s 31-point second period.

Adam Anderson tallied TD catches from Christion of 12 yards in the third quarter and 19 yards in the fourth.

Blair Mulholland plunged in from 30 inches at the 6:47 mark of the fourth to polish off the blowout.

Christion ended up 15-of-28 for 259 yards with four TDs and two INTs.

Logan Backhaus had five tackles and picked off a pass. Ryan Earith made five stops, 2 1/2 which went for a loss (1 1/2 sacks).

Jordan Brown intercepted his third pass of the season – the eighth pick of his career. Jarek Berg added an INT.

Missouri State (4-4, 2-4) is host to North Dakota State on Saturday at 2 p.m.

South Dakota State (6-2, 4-2) takes on last Southern Illinois (2-7, 1-4) on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Carbondale, Ill.

Brookings trio

Mikey Daniel ran 20 times for 71 yards, pushing his career total to 943. The junior has 1,119 all-purpose yards and 19 touchdowns (18 rushing) overall.

True-sophomore Eddie Miller made his seventh start of the season and sixth at right guard. He has made 20 appearances as a Jackrabbit.

Preston Tetzlaff blocked a punt late in the contest. The sophomore has appeared in all eight games this season, totaling 11 tackles.

Taryn Christion

With 10,551 career passing yards, he needs 41 to break the MVFC record.

Christion moved from tied for 25th into a tie for 21st in FCS history with 95 career TD tosses.  He also jumped from 25th to 23rd in career total yards of offense with 11,892.

Notes

The SDSU defense got its first fourth-down stop in six attempts this season. … Vinatieri missed field-goal attempts of 53 and 27 yards, the latter coming with 3 1/2 minutes to go.

Missouri Valley Football Conference

MVFC Overall

STATS/Coaches W-L PF/PA W-L PF/PA Strk

1/1 North Dakota State 6-0 215/90 9-0 340/110 W15

7/7 South Dakota State 4-2 213/138 6-2 348/158 W2

Western Illinois 4-2 170/167 5-4 238/254 W3

Northern Iowa 4-2 173/146 5-4 254/210 W1

Indiana State 3-3 195/202 5-4 306/274 W3

14/13 Illinois State 2-4 163/135 5-4 292/164 L2

Missouri State 2-4 137/221 4-5 246/311 L3

South Dakota 2-4 137/221 4-5 246/311 L4

Youngstown State 2-4 115/172 3-6 195/254 L2

Southern Illinois 1-5 142/192 2-7 276/326 L1

   Notes: The following matchups will not take place in 2018: SDSU-WIU, NDSU-InSU, UNI-SIU, YSU-MSU and IlSU-USD. … UNI (27th/29th) is receiving votes in both polls, while WIU (32nd) is receiving votes in the STATS poll. … The MVFC went 17-12 in nonconference games, including a 13-5 mark versus FCS schools and a 1-7 record against FBS teams. … The Valley won the Big Sky-MVFC Challenge Series 5-3 for the second year in a row.   *MVFC game

WEEK 10 – Saturday, Nov. 3

*South Dakota State 59, Missouri State 7

*North Dakota State 17, Youngstown State 7

*Western Illinois 34, Southern Illinois 31

*Northern Iowa 26, Illinois State 16

*Indiana State 51, South Dakota 48, 3OT

Notable games

Montana State 49, Cal Poly 42

Alabama A&M 45, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 14

Idaho 31, No. 25 North Dakota 27

No. 24 Iowa State 27, Kansas 3

WEEK 11 – Saturday, Nov. 10

*Northern Iowa at Youngstown State, Youngstown, Ohio, 11 a.m.

*Illinois State at Indiana State, Terre Haute, Ind., noon

*South Dakota State at Southern Illinois, Carbondale, Ill., 1 p.m.

*Western Illinois at South Dakota, Vermillion, 1 p.m.

*North Dakota State at Missouri State, Springfield, Mo., 2 p.m.

Notable games

Portland State (4-5, 3-3 Big Sky) at North Dakota (5-4, FCS Independent), Grand Forks, N.D., 2 p.m.

Northern Colorado (2-8, 2-5 Big Sky) at Montana State (5-4, 3-3 Big Sky; RV), Bozeman, Mont., 2 p.m.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-8, 0-5 SWAC West) at Southern University (5-3, 4-1 SWAC West), Baton Rouge, La., 4 p.m.

Baylor (5-4, 3-3 Big 12) at No. 24 Iowa State (5-3, 4-2 Big 12), Ames, Iowa, 2:30 p.m.

No. 7 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 59, MISSOURI STATE 7

MSU (4-5, 2-4) 0    7  0    0  –    7

SDSU (6-2, 4-2) 7  31  7  14  –  59

First Quarter

SDSU – Pierre Strong Jr. 55 run (Chase Vinatieri kick), 11:41

Second Quarter

SDSU – Strong 54 run (Vinatieri kick), 12:42

SDSU – Cade Johnson 34 pass from Taryn Christion (Vinatieri kick), 6:52

SDSU – Johnson 42 pass from Christion (Vinatieri kick), 6:25

SDSU – Vinatieri 45 FG, 4:09

MSU – Tyler Currie 10 pass from Peyton Huslig (Parker Lacina kick), 1:35

SDSU – Christion 32 run (Vinatieri kick), :21

Third Quarter

SDSU – Adam Anderson 12 pass from Christion (Vinatieri kick), 4:33

Fourth Quarter

SDSU – Anderson 19 pass from Christion (Vinatieri kick), 11:37

SDSU – Blair Mulholland 1 run (Vinatieri kick), 6:47

MSU SDSU

First Downs 12 27

Plays-Yards 70-183 67-547

Rushes-Yards 31-30 37-281

C-A-Int.-Yards 18-39-4-153 16-30-266-2

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0

Penalties-Yards 7-66 9-66

Punts-Avg.-I20-TB 9-34.1-2-0 3-43-1-0

Kickoffs-Avg.-TB 2-59.5-1 10-39.5-2

Punt Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 4-22-0

Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 1-16-0 1-14-0

Interception Returns-Yards-TD 2-5-0 4-40-0

Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0

Miscellaneous Yards 0 0

Possession Time 29:59 30:01

Third-down Conversions 5-of-18 7-of-14

Fourth-down Conversions 0-of-1 0-of-0

Red Zone Chances-TD-FG 1-1-0 5-3-0

Sacks By-Yards 0-0 4-33

Field Goals 0-for-0 1-for-3

RUSHING: MSU – Donovan Daniels 7-31, Jason Randall 8-20, Peyton Huslig 8-1, J.T. Granato 1-(-2), Damoriea 1-(-2), Dalton Hill 6-(-18). SDSU – Pierre Strong Jr. 9-136, Mikey Daniel 20-71, Taryn Christion 1-32, Deyon Campbell 1-32, Blair Mulholland 6-10.

PASSING:  MSU – Peyton Huslig 15-31-2-134, Dalton Hill 2-6-1-15, J.T. Granto 1-2-1-4. SDSU – Taryn Christion 15-28-2-259, Kanin Nelson 1-2-0-7.

RECEIVING: MSU – Tyler Currie 4-78, Lorenzo Thomas 4-30, Damoriea 4-17, Donovan Daniels 3-14, Jordan Murray 2-16, Jason Randall 1-(-2). SDSU – Adam Anderson 6-85, Cade Johnson 6-130, Blake Kunz 2-25, James Brown -10, Pierre Strong Jr. 1-9, Blair Mulholland 1-7.

DEFENSE: MSU – Angelo Garbutt 11 tackles; Kam Carter 10 tackles; Tyler Lovelace 7 tackles; Jared Beshore 2 INT. SDSU – Logan Backhaus 5 tackles, INT; Ryan Earith 5 tackles, 1.5 sacks; Eric Kleinschmit 5 tackles; Christian Rozeboom INT; Jarek Berg INT; Jordan Brown INT; Elijah Wilson 1.5 sacks; Tolu Ogunrinde sack; Preston Tetzlaff blocked punt; Seven Wilson blocked punt.

   A – 5,869.

• No. 1 North Dakota State 17, Youngstown State 7

FARGO, N.D. – The Bison pulled out the Harvest Bowl win in the fourth quarter and clinched at least a share of their eighth consecutive Missouri Valley Football Conference title in the process.

Easton Stick was 13-of-23 for 197 yards with a touchdown and ran for 43 yards and a score.

Lance Dunn picked up 100 yards on 18 carries.

Darrius Shepherd totaled 99 yards on eight catches.

The Penguins’ Nathan Mays finished 10-of-17 or 120 yards with a TD. Nathan Mays ran for 58 yards.

Dunn capped a four-play, 85-yard drive with a 30-yard dash to paydirt at the 9:07 mark of the second quarter.

Mays hit Miles Joiner for a 21-yard touchdown with 2:45 to play in the third to pull YSU even at 7s. That polished off a four-play, 80-yard drive.

Stick scored from a yard out with 11:22 remaining in the game to finish off a five-play, 70-yard march.

Cam Pedersen kicked a 36-yard field goal with 5:13 showing on the clock. He was 1-of-3 on FGs in the game, missing from 52 and 42.

Robbie Grimsley picked off a pass late to seal the win. Jabril Cox and Dan Marlette both totaled eight tackles. Greg Menard had 1 1/2 sacks.

YSU’s Armand Dellovade tallied 16 stops.

Note: NDSU took the MVFC title outright in 2012, 2013 and 2017, and shared the title in 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016. … The Bison’s 15-game winning streak is tied for the 19th-longest in FCS history. They hold the record at 33.

Total offense: NDSU 62-360 (39-163 rushing/13-23-197 passing), YSU 62-280 (33-75 rushing/16-29-205 passing). Turnovers: NDSU 1 (1 fumble), YSU 1 (1 INT). Possession time: NDSU 30:20, YSU 29:40. A: 18,028.

• Western Illinois 34, Southern Illinois 31

CARBONDALE, Ill. – The Leathernecks outscored the Salukis 20-0 in the fourth quarter as Sam Crosa’s 33-yard field goal with 13 seconds remaining was the difference.

WIU’s Sean McGuire was 22-of-40 for 283 yards with two TDs and a pair of INTs. Max Norris ran for 91 yards and Steve McShane found the end zone twice on the ground.

SIU’s Matt DeSomer was 14-of-25 for 208 yards with two TDs and an INT. Raphael Leonard picked up 97 yards and a score on seven catches. Jonathan Mixon ran for 71 yards and a TD.

Trailing 31-14, Sam Crosa connected on a 34-yard field goal at the 13:33 mark of the fourth.

McShane scored from 4 yards out with 10:50 to go and McGuire hooked up with Adam Conrady for a 5-yard touchdown with 4:04 left to knot things up at 31-all.

WIU took over on its own 26 with 1:57 remaining and McGuire led the squad downfield to set up Crosa’s clutch kick.

WIU’s Quentin Moon had 10 tackles and a forced fumble. Zach Gilsan, Shabar Wilson and Khalen Saunders each recovered a fumble; Darron Wheeler picked off a pass; and Pete Swenson had a pair of sacks.

SIU’s Qua Brown totaled 10 stops and forced a fumble. Jeremy Chinn and Anthony Knighton both intercepted a pass.

The Salukis struck first as D.J. Davis found the end zone on a 4-yard rush.

WIU turned the tables as McShane plunged in from a yard out and McGuire found Clint Ratkovich for a 14-yard TD to make it 14-7.

SIU answered in the form of a Griffin Cerra 42-yard field goal. And then, DeSomer hooked up with JeQuan Burton for a 20-yard TD toss to put the Salukis ahead 17-14 at halftime.

The Salukis carried the momentum into the second half as Mixon found paydirt from 2 yards out and Leonard caught a 30-yard touchdown pass from DeSomer to push the margin to 31-17 heading to the fourth.

Total offense: WIU 72-409 (32-126/22-40-283), SIU 75-355 (50-147 rushing/14-25-208 passing). Turnovers: WIU 2 (2 INT), SIU 4 (3 INT/1 fumble). Possession time: WIU 29:12, SIU 30:48. A: 4,780.

• Northern Iowa 26, No. 14/13 Illinois State 16

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Austin Errthum kicked four first-half field goals and the Panther offense finished off a pair of drives after the break in the key win over the Redbirds.

Marcus Weymiller ran for 109 yards and scored one. Eli Dunne was 17-of-32 for 262 yards with a pick.

ISU’s Jake Kolbe was 21-of-27 for 180 yards with two TDs and two INTs. James Robinson was limited to 40 yards on 16 carries.

The Redbirds’ JT Bohlken connected on a 27-yard kick 2 1/2 minutes into the game.

Errthum made FGs of 30, 30, 27 and 43 yards after that.

Duncan Ferch picked off a pass and took it 31 yards to the house to make it 19-3 at halftime.

Weymiller ran 19 yards to paydirt at the 10:54 mark of the third, pushing the margin to 26-3.

Kolbe had TD tosses of 11 yards to Spencer Schnell with 7:49 remaining in the game and 38 yards to Braxton Haley with 3:43 to go to provide for the final margin.

UNI’s Korby Sander had 10 tackles and a pick. ISU’s Luther Krik made 10 stops and Devin Taylor intercepted a pass.

Total offense: UNI 73-387 (41-125 rushing/17-32-262 passing), ISU 55-215 (28-35 rushing/21-27-180 passing). Turnovers: UNI 1 (1 INT), ISU (2 (2 INT). Possession time: UNI 30:59, ISU 29:01. A: 10,838.

• Indiana State 51, South Dakota 48, 3OT

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Ryan Boyle threw five touchdown passes – three of which came in the overtime periods – and ran for two more as the Sycamores beat the Coyotes to move to 3-3 in league play.

Boyle finished 20-of-27 for 193 yards through the air and ran for 187 yards. His final TD toss – a 3-yarder to Dante Hendrix in the third OT – sealed the victory.

Hendrix had 11 catches for 111 yards and a pair of scores. Titus McCoy picked up 123 yards on the ground.

The teams combined for 1,111 yards of offense and 66 first downs, including 39 by USD, which ran 106 plays.

Coyote quarterback Austin Simmons was 38-of-54 for 375 yards with three TDs. Kai Henry ran for 113 yards and two touchdowns. Dakarai Allen totaled 88 yards on nine receptions and scored once.

Simmons hit Brett Samson for an 11-yard touchdown with 16 seconds remaining in regulation and Mason Lorber’s PAT kick knotted the score at 31-31.

Henry struck first in OT with a 1-yard TD plunge. The Sycamores answered on their first play as Boyle found Hendrix for a 25-yard touchdown, leaving the score at 38-all.

Boyle hooked up with Zach Larkin from 2 yards out in the second overtime. Henry had a 10-yard TD rush to again tie things up.

USD got the ball first in the third extra period and had to settle for Lorber’s 27-yard, setting the stage for ISU.

Katrell Moss led five Sycamores in double figures with 18 tackles, including 3 1/2 for loss. He also recovered a fumble. Jonas Griffth had 16 tackles, Denzel Bonner and Jamal Jones 12 apiece, and Esdra Simervil 11.

The Coyotes’ Alex Gray made 12 stops and Alex Coker recovered a fumble.

Dakota Caton opened the scoring on an 11-yard scoring grab from Boyle at the 10:50 mark of the first quarter. USD’s Canaan Brooks found the end zone on an 8-yard run 3 1/2 minutes later.

The Sycamores built a 21-7 lead as Boyle scored on a 20-yard run in the first and found Dante Jones II for a 14-yard score in the second. The Coyotes cut the deficit to 21-14 on Simmons’ 3-yard TD pass to Allen just before halftime and then pulled even at 21-all via Simmons’ 28-yard scoring strike to Levi Falck with 3 seconds remaining in the third period.

ISU’s Jerry Nunez booted a 23-yard field goal with 8:59 to go in the game. Lorber countered with a 19-yard kick with 3:58 left.

Boyle got free for a 25-yard scamper to paydirt with 2:54 showing on the clock, before Simmons’ late touchdown toss again tied things up.

Total offense: ISU 72-509 (45-319 rushing/20-27-193 passing), USD 106-602 (52-227 rushing/38-54-375 passing). Turnovers: ISU 1 (1 fumble), USD 1 (1 fumble). Possession time: USD 28:11, 31:49. A: 5,816.

Notable games

• Montana State 49, Cal Poly 42

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Isaiah Ifanse ran for 227 yards and three touchdowns and Troy Andersen added 104 yards with two scores as the Bobcats (5-4, 3-3) beat the Mustangs (3-6, 2-4) in a Big Sky Conference game.

MSU led 14-7 after a quarter, 28-14 at halftime and 42-21 through three.

The Bobcats picked up 430 yards on the ground. Andersen was 7-of-10 for 54 yards through the air.

Cal Poly’s Joe Protheroe ran for 215 yards and two TDs, while Khaleel Jenkins totaled 138 yards on the ground with three scores.

• Alabama A&M 45, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 14

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Aqeel Glass threw for 359 yards with three TDs and Trevon Walters picked up 152 yards and a TD on the ground in the for the Bulldogs (5-4, 4-2 SWAC), who scored 14 points in the second quarter and 21 in the third.

Skyler Perry threw for 232 yards for the Golden Lions (1-8, 0-5). Jaimon Peterson ran for 64 yards and a TD.

• Idaho 31, No. 25 North Dakota 27

MOSCOW, Idaho – Jeff Cotton caught an 8-yard touchdown toss from Mason Petrino with 27 seconds to go to lift the Vandals (4-5) over the Fighting Hawks (5-4) in a nonconference game.

Petrino went 27-of-50 for 277 yards with two TDs. Isaiah Saunders ran for 94 yards and a score.

UND’s Brady Oliveira ran for 190 yards and a pair of scores. Nate Ketteringham was 16-of-31 for 163 yards with two TDs and an INT.

• No. 24 Iowa State 27, Kansas 3

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Brock Purdy went 16-of-23 for 263 yards with three TDs – Hakeen Butler picked up 164 yards and scored twice on five receptions – as the Cyclones (5-3, 4-2) beat the Jayhawks (3-6, 1-3) in a Big 12 Conference game.