Michael Haupert fumbled the ball away on ISU's next series, but ISU's defense held NDSU to a field goal. A 55-yard connection from NDSU quarterback Cam Miller to lightly used Josh Babicz set up a 3-yard touchdown catch by Babicz two plays later to get the Bison going. The big-play die was cast on NDSU's first series. ISU actually had more first downs (17) than NDSU had (14), but the big plays the Bison were able to conjure were decisive. Petey battled and I saw it out of quite a few guys," Mallory said.ĭante Hendrix also had nine catches for 87 yards. "I thought there were some good runs in there. Peterson Kerlegrand rushed for 89 yards against a NDSU defense that only allowed 72 per game entering the contest. One bright spot was the ISU running attack. Kurtis Wilderman played in Thompson's place for the rest of the game. Quarterback Anthony Thompson left the contest in the second quarter after he suffered a rib injury on a designed run. ISU's defense gave up 477 yards of total offense, a step backwards after a performance against Youngstown State the week before that seemed to portend progress. It was a bitter reality on a day that had other bad things happen for the Sycamores. The Sycamores have only two games left after they have their bye week next Saturday. ISU (4-5, 2-4) almost certainly fell out of long-shot FCS playoff contention with the loss.
"We can't do some of the things we did out there against a good football team and expect to be in the game." "I don't think anyone did anything well enough to win today," ISU coach Curt Mallory said.
That seemed to throw ISU's defense off-guard, and from there, the Bison used big plays on the ground and the air to pull away from the Sycamores for a 44-2 MVFC victory in Fargo, N.D. 2 in FCS, had 148 passing yards in the first half, many of the yards gained on the first three series.
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