Portland State Vikings at North Dakota Fighting Hawks
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Kaminski accounts for 5 TDs, FCS No. 22 North Dakota beats Portland State 50-20
Kaminski led a nine-play, 61-yard opening drive that he capped with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Hromadka about 4 1/2 minutes into the game. Cru Newman fumbled on the ensuing kickoff return, UND's Grant Noland recovered at the 17 and Kaminski's 7-yard TD run made it 14-0 less than two minutes later.
Kaminski was 14-of-21 passing for 164 yards and added 70 yards rushing on eight carries. Kaminski threw a 4-yard touchdown passes to Deng Deng and Tray Kuntz, and hit Hromadka for a 20-yarder.
Backup quarterback Javance Tupou’ata-Johnson ran for a 2-yard touchdown that gave North Dakota a 50-13 lead with 10:55 to play.
Jayden Brannan strip-sacked Tupou’ata-Johnson and Jaxton Helmstetler returned the fumble 70 yards for a TD to cap the scoring.
John-Keawe Sagapolutele threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Jaylen Lynch and Delon Thompson added a 3-yard scoring run for Portland State (0-3).
Gaven Ziebarth ran for a 5-yard touchdown for the Fighting Hawks.
North Dakota (1-1), which lost 38-35 at then-No. 17 Kansas State in the opener, is No. 22 in the FCS coaches poll.
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Scoring Summary
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TD | 1st Period 10:37 | Nathan Hromadka 5 Yd pass from Jerry Kaminski (C.J. Elrichs Kick) |
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TD | 1st Period 8:43 | Jerry Kaminski 7 Yd Run (Simon Romfo Run for Two-Point Conversion) |
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TD | 1st Period 4:36 | Deng Deng 4 Yd pass from Jerry Kaminski (C.J. Elrichs Kick) |
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TD | 1st Period 0:48 | Jaylen Lynch 34 Yd pass from John-Keawe Sagapolutele (Mathias Uribe PAT blocked) |
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TD | 2nd Period 11:29 | Nathan Hromadka 20 Yd pass from Jerry Kaminski (C.J. Elrichs Kick) |
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TD | 2nd Period 4:27 | Gaven Ziebarth 5 Yd Run (C.J. Elrichs Kick) |
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TD | 3rd Period 9:07 | Tray Kuntz 4 Yd pass from Jerry Kaminski (C.J. Elrichs Kick) |
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TD | 3rd Period 2:25 | Delon Thompson 3 Yd Run (Mathias Uribe Kick) |
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TD | 4th Period 10:55 | Javance Tupou'ata-Johnson 2 Yd Run (C.J. Elrichs Kick) |
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TD | 4th Period 4:30 | Jaxton Helmstetler 70 Yd Fumble Return (Mathias Uribe Kick) |
Statistics
 PRST |
 UND |
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|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1st Downs | 27 |
| 4-9 | 3rd down efficiency | 5-12 |
| 0-3 | 4th down efficiency | 1-1 |
| 228 | Total Yards | 446 |
| 146 | Passing | 171 |
| 11/18 | Comp/Att | 15/23 |
| 8.1 | Yards per pass | 7.4 |
| 82 | Rushing | 275 |
| 31 | Rushing Attempts | 51 |
| 2.6 | Yards per rush | 5.4 |
| 4-35 | Penalties | 1-15 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 1 | Fumbles lost | 1 |
| 2 | Interceptions thrown | 0 |
| 24:26 | Possession | 35:34 |
Game Information
Location: Grand Forks, ND
Attendance: 11,469 · Capacity:
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