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FINAL Saturday, October 11, 2025

Southern Illinois SalukisSouthern Illinois vs North Dakota State BisonNorth Dakota State

17 - 45
Fargodome

Scoring by quarter

Southern Illinois vs North Dakota State scoreboard
Team Q1Q2Q3Q4 Final
Southern Illinois 3707 17
North Dakota State 7101414 45
Southern Illinois vs North Dakota State scoring by quarter
Southern Illinois Qtr North Dakota State
3Q17
7Q210
0Q314
7Q414
17Final45

Play by play

Scoring plays: this game · Saved from the official gamebook.

Q1 7:15 Field goal Southern Illinois Paul Geelen 35 yd FG GOOD 3-0
Q1 7:02 Touchdown North Dakota State Bryce Lance Bryce Lance run for 75 yds for a TD (Eli Ozick KICK) 3-7
Q2 14:56 Touchdown Southern Illinois Chandler Chapman run for 5 yds for a TD (Paul Geelen KICK) 10-7
Q2 6:12 Field goal North Dakota State Eli Ozick Eli Ozick 38 yd FG GOOD 10-10
Q2 0:29 Touchdown North Dakota State Bryce Lance Cole Payton pass complete to Bryce Lance for 9 yds for a TD (Eli Ozick KICK) 10-17
Q3 10:57 Touchdown North Dakota State Cole Payton Cole Payton run for 2 yds for a TD (Eli Ozick KICK) 10-24
Q3 4:51 Touchdown North Dakota State Cole Payton Cole Payton run for 41 yds for a TD (Eli Ozick KICK) 10-31
Q4 11:23 Touchdown North Dakota State Barika Kpeenu Barika Kpeenu run for 6 yds for a TD (Eli Ozick KICK) 10-38
Q4 8:57 Touchdown North Dakota State DJ Scott DJ Scott run for 24 yds for a TD (Eli Ozick KICK) 10-45
Q4 6:58 Touchdown Southern Illinois DJ Williams run for 3 yds for a TD (Paul Geelen KICK) 17-45

Rivalry highlights

Series record
3-14
Southern Illinois first, 17 meetings since 2005
Series leader
North Dakota State
North Dakota State leads 14-3 in 17 meetings since 2005
Widest recent margin
31 points
Southern Illinois 7-38 North Dakota State, 2021
Tightest recent margin
3 points
North Dakota State 21-18 Southern Illinois, 2022
Highest recent total
62 points
Southern Illinois 17-45 North Dakota State, 2025

Head to head

Full rivalry page
Southern Illinois 3 17 meetings since 2005 14 North Dakota State

North Dakota State leads 14-3 in 17 meetings since 2005.

Team stats, this game

Southern IllinoisNorth Dakota State
313Total yards540
190Passing yards276
123Rushing yards264
3Turnovers0
Sacks
22First downs24
12Penalty yards50

Southern Illinois vs North Dakota State player stats

Passing

Southern Illinoispassing
Southern IllinoisC/ATTYDSTDINT
DJ Williams15/2919001
North Dakota Statepassing
North Dakota StateC/ATTYDSTDINT
Cole Payton13/1624310
Nathan Hayes3/33300

Rushing

Southern Illinoisrushing
Southern IllinoisCARYDSTDLONG
DJ Williams1541125
Chandler Chapman93116
Edward Robinson425010
Lem Wash320010
ET Harris1606
North Dakota Staterushing
North Dakota StateCARYDSTDLONG
Bryce Lance175175
Barika Kpeenu1666114
Cole Payton848241
DJ Scott642124
Cortez LeGrant217010
Owen Johnson5905
RaJa Nelson26010
Jackson Williams1303

Receiving

Southern Illinoisreceiving
Southern IllinoisRECYDSTDLONG
Fabian Mccray452034
Jathen Jones452015
Vinson Davis343040
Chandler Chapman224023
Aidan Quinn112012
Edward Robinson1707
North Dakota Statereceiving
North Dakota StateRECYDSTDLONG
Bryce Lance479148
RaJa Nelson262036
Reis Kessel150050
Isiah St. Romain223013
Chris Harris220014
Jackson Williams110010
Logan Conklin110010
Truman Werremeyer1909
Finn Diggins1808
DJ Scott1505

Defense

Southern Illinoisdefense
Southern IllinoisTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
No defense stats
North Dakota Statedefense
North Dakota StateTOTSOLOSACKTFLINT
Oliver Lucht00001

Kicking

Southern Illinoiskicking
Southern IllinoisFGLONGXPPTS
Paul Geelen1/1352/25
North Dakota Statekicking
North Dakota StateFGLONGXPPTS
Eli Ozick1/1386/69

Box score from CollegeFootballData via our data hub. Players link to their profiles.

Southern Illinois: last 15 games before this one

7-8 in the last 15 · 29.5 scored · 27.6 allowed
WON 35-28 scored 35 · allowed 28 See game LOST 21-38 scored 21 · allowed 38 See game LOST 13-42 scored 13 · allowed 42 See game LOST 10-45 scored 10 · allowed 45 See game LOST 3-24 scored 3 · allowed 24 See game LOST 17-20 scored 17 · allowed 20 See game LOST 17-38 scored 17 · allowed 38 See game WON 37-33 scored 37 · allowed 33 See game LOST 10-41 scored 10 · allowed 41 See game WON 62-0 scored 62 · allowed 0 See game WON 49-3 scored 49 · allowed 3 See game LOST 17-34 scored 17 · allowed 34 See game WON 37-10 scored 37 · allowed 10 See game WON 59-31 scored 59 · allowed 31 See game WON 55-27 scored 55 · allowed 27 See game

North Dakota State: last 15 games before this one

14-1 in the last 15 · 39.5 scored · 14.9 allowed
WON 24-3 scored 24 · allowed 3 See game WON 13-9 scored 13 · allowed 9 See game WON 59-6 scored 59 · allowed 6 See game WON 42-19 scored 42 · allowed 19 See game WON 59-21 scored 59 · allowed 21 See game LOST 28-29 scored 28 · allowed 29 See game WON 51-31 scored 51 · allowed 31 See game WON 31-7 scored 31 · allowed 7 See game WON 28-21 scored 28 · allowed 21 See game WON 35-32 scored 35 · allowed 32 See game WON 38-0 scored 38 · allowed 0 See game WON 59-3 scored 59 · allowed 3 See game WON 41-14 scored 41 · allowed 14 See game WON 51-13 scored 51 · allowed 13 See game WON 33-16 scored 33 · allowed 16 See game

The matchup

Team comparison
Southern Illinois Split North Dakota State
4-12025 record entering5-0
217Points for222
105Points against46
W3FormW5

Recent meetings

2025
Southern Illinois 17 : 45 North Dakota State
2024
North Dakota State 24 : 3 Southern Illinois
2023
Southern Illinois 10 : 34 North Dakota State
2022
North Dakota State 21 : 18 Southern Illinois
2021
Southern Illinois 7 : 38 North Dakota State
2020
North Dakota State 14 : 38 Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois · QB DJ Williams
Pass yards
992
Pass TD
4
Comp-Att
72-131
INT
3
Chapman rush
397 yds
Thomas rec
428 yds
North Dakota State · QB Nathan Hayes
Pass yards
995
Pass TD
7
Comp-Att
75-116
INT
2
Scott rush
298 yds
Williams rec
358 yds
Southern Illinois SalukisSouthern Illinois2025 roster
North Dakota State BisonNorth Dakota State2025 roster
0 Preston Brown QB 2 Nathan Hayes QB 9 Cole Payton QB 10 Trey Drake QB 13 Zander Smith QB 4 Owen Johnson RB 5 Myles Mitchell RB 7 DJ Scott RB 8 Barika Kpeenu RB 22 Charles Ross III RB 26 Brady Wavrunek RB 28 Cortez LeGrant RB 32 Barry Kpeenu RB 34 Jonathan Harvey RB 36 McClain Miller FB 46 Truman Werremeyer FB 2 Kellen Entz WR 3 RaJa Nelson WR 5 Bryce Lance WR 15 Mekhi Collins WR 16 Silas Evans III WR 17 Isiah St. Romain WR 18 Jackson Williams WR 19 Chris Harris WR 19 John Gores WR 20 Drake Schlosser WR 21 Chris Kiel WR 30 Kelly Watson WR 80 Jacob Kilzer WR 82 SJ Green WR 83 Cade Osterman WR 84 Logan Conklin WR 86 Dylan Vokal WR 9 Gabriel Cunningham TE 40 Kaden Zenzen TE 44 Luke Kokat TE 81 Reis Kessel TE 85 Jett Zabel TE 87 Noah Nelson TE 88 Carson Williams TE 88 Isaac Ellison TE 89 Finn Diggins TE 96 Abraham Myers TE 63 Trent Fraley OL 75 Beau Johnson OL 57 Gavin Wang OT 73 Alex Warden OT 75 Josh Magin OT 76 Ryan Babatz OT 77 Austin Schultz OT 78 Noah Stommes OT 59 James Nellis G 62 Griffin Empey G 66 Jack Liwienski G 67 Kaden Chadwick G 68 Coy Okeson G 69 Devin Lockerby G 71 Nate Tastad G 72 Nate Schneckloth G 74 Brett Tastad G 61 Gage Schmidt C 11 Chance Symons DL 0 Victor Isele DE 9 Kelton McCaslin DE 11 Matthew Stenbroten DE 48 Blake Schiltz DE 53 Toby Anene DE 56 Allante Burley DE 69 Carter Dauner DE 90 Wyatt Osterbauer DE 91 Ethan Wood DE 98 Jack Iuliano DE 8 Keenan Wilson DT 53 Chase Evink DT 54 Alijah Wayne DT 60 Thomas Roberts DT 64 Jaxon Duttenhefer DT 65 Brody Clubb DT 94 Logan Larson DT 95 Zach Vanderpool DT 98 Jack Hansen DT 99 Obald Niyonkuru DT 1 Donovan Woolen LB 3 Gavin Sell LB 21 Noah Taylor LB 25 Ray James Jr. LB 32 Austin Altepeter LB 35 Ryland Satter LB 38 Ben Schepp LB 40 Chase Brixius LB 41 Peder Haugo LB 42 Alex Elliott LB 43 Logan Kopp LB 44 Nathaniel Staehling LB 44 Carter Appl LB 47 Jacob Wrbanek LB 50 Damian Devine LB 51 Sam Anderson LB 55 Oliver Lucht LB 17 Jailen Duffie DB 4 Najee Nelson CB 8 Jaquise Alexander CB 10 Antoine Booth CB 16 Marion Moore CB 19 Will Rosenmeyer CB 23 Kegan Huber CB 24 Anthony Chideme-Alfaro CB 28 Kendrick Carter CB 6 Jaylin Crumby S 13 Mikhale Ford S 14 Taylen Eady S 20 Will Steil S 22 Hudson Artz S 26 Evrett Tait S 27 Ryan Jones S 27 Landon Meier S 29 Darius Givance S 30 Jaylen Archibald S 33 Walker Braaten S 25 Eli Ozick PK 37 Drew Klein PK 37 Sam Knoll P 39 Aaron Bickerton P 48 Caleb Bowers LS
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Matchup stats

Matchup predictor

7% SIU
93% NDSU

Win probability from the current point spread

Last five games

Southern Illinois

DateOppResult
09-26 atMUR W 46-6
09-19 atILL L 10-48
09-12 vsSEMO W 34-20
09-03 atSAM W 22-18
08-27 atWES L 31-34

North Dakota State

DateOppResult
10-03 vsWYO W 28-0
09-19 atSAC W 31-10
09-12 atAF W 38-32
09-05 vsFOR W 38-0
08-29 vsJXST W 33-7

Completed results from CollegeFootballData via the CFB Data Hub

2026 standings

Missouri Valley

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
Washington St. Louis 400 1.00022051
Illinois State 410 .80021575
Butler 410 .800183122
Washburn 311 .70012385
Southern Illinois 320 .600143126
Grinnell 220 .50051125
Indiana State 230 .400156160
Drake 130 .250110171
West Texas 130 .25093168
Bradley 000 .00000
Creighton 000 .00000
Saint Louis 000 .00000

Mountain West

TeamWLTPCTPFPA
North Dakota State 500 1.00016849
New Mexico 410 .80021753
Air Force 310 .75011680
UNLV 320 .600125118
San José State 320 .600113125
Wyoming 230 .40071110
Nevada 130 .25010997
Hawai'i 140 .20088124
UTEP 140 .20082207
Northern Illinois 040 .00055145

Records computed from completed games this season

Southern Illinois vs North Dakota State: result and recap

Southern Illinois Salukis vs North Dakota State Bison finished 17 - 45 on October 11, 2025. This Mountain West game page carries the final score, team box score, scoring by quarter and scoring plays, alongside the Southern Illinois and North Dakota State team hubs, the match center, the schedule and the live standings. For the wider grudge history between these teams, see the Mountain West rivalry pages.

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Frequently asked questions

What was the final score of Southern Illinois vs North Dakota State?

Southern Illinois Salukis vs North Dakota State Bison finished 17 - 45. The full box score, player stats and play-by-play are on this page.

Who led Southern Illinois vs North Dakota State in passing, rushing and receiving?

Cole Payton (North Dakota State) led passers with 243 yards. Bryce Lance (North Dakota State) led rushers with 75 yards. Bryce Lance (North Dakota State) led receivers with 79 yards on 4 catches. Every player's line is in the player stats above.

When did Southern Illinois play North Dakota State?

This Southern Illinois vs North Dakota State game was played on October 11, 2025 at Fargodome.