NCAA - Football

FINAL
North Dakota State Bison 38
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The Citadel Bulldogs 0
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Johnson Hagood Stadium · 10,691 att.

Match Report

Kpeenu, Payton lead defending FCS champion Bison to 38-0 win over The Citadel in opener

— Barika Kpeenu ran for a pair of short touchdowns, Cole Payton passed and ran his way to 293 yards offense and defending FCS national champion North Dakota State opened its season with a 38-0 win over The Citadel on Saturday.

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Team Stats

NDSU CIT
25
1st Downs
8
7-12
3rd down efficiency
2-12
1-1
4th down efficiency
1-2
519
Total Yards
126
263
Passing
22
16/22
Comp/Att
2/6
12.0
Yards per pass
3.7
256
Rushing
104
47
Rushing Attempts
41
5.4
Yards per rush
2.5
6-35
Penalties
0-0
0
Turnovers
1
0
Fumbles lost
1
0
Interceptions thrown
0
36:03
Possession
23:57

Top Performers

NDSU

  • Cole Payton C/ATT 11/17 · YDS 192 · AVG 11.3
  • Aaron Bickerton NO 3 · YDS 101 · AVG 33.7
  • Eli Ozick FG 1/1 · PCT 100.0 · LONG 31
  • RaJa Nelson REC 2 · YDS 60 · AVG 30.0

CIT

  • James Platte NO 7 · YDS 317 · AVG 45.3
  • Israel Benjamin CAR 16 · YDS 54 · AVG 3.4
  • Quentin Hayes CAR 8 · YDS 24 · AVG 3.0
  • Javonte Graves-Billips REC 1 · YDS 14 · AVG 14.0

Play by Play

  1. Touchdown 5:07 38-0

    Isiah St. Romain 15 Yd pass from Nathan Hayes (Eli Ozick Kick)

    Q4
  2. Touchdown 4:54 31-0

    DJ Scott 1 Yd Run (Eli Ozick Kick)

    Q3
  3. Touchdown 14:13 24-0

    Barry Kpeenu 1 Yd Run (Eli Ozick Kick)

    Q3
  4. Touchdown 1:36 17-0

    RaJa Nelson 34 Yd pass from Cole Payton (Eli Ozick Kick)

    Q2
  5. Touchdown 5:10 10-0

    Barry Kpeenu 2 Yd Run (Eli Ozick Kick)

    Q2
  6. Field Goal 13:36 3-0

    Eli Ozick 31 Yd Field Goal

    Q2
  1. CIT

    3 plays, 6 yards, 1:53 · End of Game

    Q4
  2. NDSU 1:53

    3 plays, 6 yards, 1:45 · Punt

    Q4
  3. CIT 3:38

    3 plays, 6 yards, 1:29 · Punt

    Q4
  4. NDSU 5:07

    12 plays, 95 yards, 7:20 · Touchdown

    Q4
  5. Touchdown 5:07 38-0

    Isiah St. Romain 15 Yd pass from Nathan Hayes (Eli Ozick Kick)

    Q4
  6. CIT 12:27

    16 plays, 82 yards, 7:23 · Downs

    Q4
  7. NDSU 4:54

    12 plays, 82 yards, 7:14 · Touchdown

    Q3
  8. Touchdown 4:54 31-0

    DJ Scott 1 Yd Run (Eli Ozick Kick)

    Q3
  9. CIT 12:08

    3 plays, 5 yards, 2:05 · Punt

    Q3
  10. NDSU 14:13

    2 plays, 1 yard, 0:34 · Touchdown

    Q3
  11. Touchdown 14:13 24-0

    Barry Kpeenu 1 Yd Run (Eli Ozick Kick)

    Q3
  12. CIT 14:47

    2 plays, -15 yards, 0:13 · Fumble

    Q3
  13. NDSU

    1 play, 20 yards, 0:05 · End of Half

    Q2
  14. CIT 0:05

    5 plays, 16 yards, 1:31 · Punt

    Q2
  15. NDSU 1:36

    7 plays, 84 yards, 1:57 · Touchdown

    Q2
  16. Touchdown 1:36 17-0

    RaJa Nelson 34 Yd pass from Cole Payton (Eli Ozick Kick)

    Q2
  17. CIT 3:33

    3 plays, 3 yards, 1:37 · Punt

    Q2
  18. NDSU 5:10

    12 plays, 90 yards, 6:22 · Touchdown

    Q2
  19. Touchdown 5:10 10-0

    Barry Kpeenu 2 Yd Run (Eli Ozick Kick)

    Q2
  20. CIT 11:32

    3 plays, -1 yard, 2:04 · Punt

    Q2
  21. NDSU 13:36

    9 plays, 72 yards, 3:55 · Field Goal

    Q2
  22. Field Goal 13:36 3-0

    Eli Ozick 31 Yd Field Goal

    Q2
  23. CIT 2:31

    6 plays, 20 yards, 3:58 · Punt

    Q1
  24. NDSU 6:29

    4 plays, 25 yards, 3:19 · Punt

    Q1
  25. CIT 9:48

    3 plays, 4 yards, 1:40 · Punt

    Q1
  26. NDSU 11:28

    8 plays, 19 yards, 3:32 · Punt

    Q1

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