Week 01 – NDSU 28, Albany 6
Dawson Weber 
Destin Talbert, Dom Jones 
Eli Mostaert 
Mason Hofstedt 
Javier Derritt, Logan McCormick 
Quincy Patterson, Cordell Volson 
Dominic Gonnella 
Dominic Gonnella
Star Of The Game: #29 Dominic Gonella
Carries: 13
Yards: 135
Touchdowns: 2
Coming off a spring season in which NDSU faced adversity and ultimately failed to capture a national championship, the herd came ready to roll in their fall opener.
Albany entered the game with high hopes and the Jerry Rice Award Winner runner up, Jeff Undercuffler at Quarterback. However, the Green and Gold defense proved too stifling for the young passer, holding the Great Danes to 205 yards of total offense.
NDSU set the tone for their season right away, rushing for 259 yards in this one with RB Dominic Gonnella going for 135 and 2 TDs on 13 carries.
Date: September 4, 2021
Location: Fargo, ND (Fargodome)
Rushing Yard
Bison – 259 yards
Great Danes – 22
Total Offense
Bison – 387
Great Danes – 205
First Downs
Bison – 20
Great Danes – 8
Week 02 – NDSU 64, Valpo 0
Braylon Henderson 
Jackson Hankey 
Jalen Bussey 
Jayden Price 
Lane Tucker 
Nick Kubitz 
Quincy Patterson 
Spencer Waege 
TK Marshall 
Travis Yohnke, TaMerik Williams
Star Of The Game: The RAMS (The NDSU Offensive Line)
Rushing Yards – 458
Yards Per Attempt – 10.7
NDSU welcomed Valparaiso to the Fargodome in notso-kind fashion. On just the fifth play of the game, CB Jayden Price took a punt return 45 yards to the house in what would prove to be a very explosive day for the Bison who scored on 8 of 9 offensive possessions.
QB Quincy Patterson led the way, rushing for 94 yards and a touchdown on 4 carries while passing for 102 yards (4-5 passing) and 1 TD. RB Jalen Bussey, RB Tamerik Williams, FB Hunter Luepke, QB Cole Payton and WR Braylon Henderson all rushed for touchdowns as well, while WR Christian Watson had two catches for 83 yards and a touchdown, and Bussey also caught a touchdown.
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Date: September 11, 2021
Location: Fargo, ND (Fargodome)
Stats
Total Offense
Bison – 583
Beacons – 85
Third Down Percentage
Bison – 83%
Beacons – 33%
Takeaways
Bison – 2
Beacons – 0
Week 03 – NDSU 35, Towson 7
Brayden Thomas 
Courtney Eubanks 
Dominic Gonnella 
Jackson Hankey 
Phoenix Sproles 
Code Green
Star Of The Game: #1 Christian Watson
Catches – 3
Yards – 79
Touchdown – 1
Carries – 3
Yards – 21
In their final non-conference game of the season, NDSU had a very strong showing against Towson.
The Bison busted the game open with a 67-yard connection between QB Quincy Patterson and WR Christian Watson in the first quarter. The Bison would go on to score 29 unanswered before giving up a TD to the Tigers with just over two minutes remaining.
Code Green was dominant in this one with DL Will Mostaert recording two of the teams’ five sacks and DL Brayden Thomas tackling Towson’s QB for a safety in the second quarter.
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Date: September 18, 2021
Location: Towson, MD (Johnny Unitas Stadium)
Stats
Rushing Yards
Bison – 328
Tigers – 35
Third Down Percentage
Bison – 60%
Tigers – 14%
First Downs
Bison – 21
Tigers – 12
Week 04 – NDSU 16, UND 10
Brandon Westberg, Kobe Johnson 
Eli Mostaert, Jasir Cox 
James Kaczor 
Kaedin Steindorf 
Logan McCormick 
Mason Miller, Hunter Luepke 
Noah Gindorff 
Quincy Patterson, Jake Kubas
Star Of The Game: #37 Jake Reinholz
Field Goal – 3/3
Points After Touchdown – 1/1
The Bison opened up their conference schedule against none other than in-state rival University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks, who were the No. 10 ranked team in the country.
NDSU trailed 7-6 entering halftime, but would take a lead late in the third quarter on K Jake Reinholz’s third field goal of the game. The field goal came on the heels of a momentum-shifting stop on 4th-and-1 in which the Fighting Hawks went for it on their own 20-yard-line. In the next possession, DB Dawson Weber secured an important interception.
QB Quincy Patterson would go on to put the game out of reach with a 3-yard touchdown run with less than two minutes remaining.
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Date: October 2, 2021
Location: Grand Forks, ND (Alerus Center)
Stats
Rushing Yards
Bison – 223
Fighting Hawks – 113
Passing Yards
Bison – 57
Fighting Hawks – 176
Forth Down Conversions
Bison – 1/1
Fighting Hawks – 0/2
Week 05 – NDSU 34, UND 20
Costner Ching 
Logan McCormick 
Michael Tutsie 
Tony Pierce Cole, Wisniewski Lane Tucker 
Will Mostaert, Jake Kava 
Christian Watson, Phoenix Sproles 
Christian Watson 
Christian Watson
Star Of The Game: #2 Quincy Patterson
Passing Yards – 182
Passing Touchdowns – 2
Yards Rushing – 60
Rushing Touchdowns – 2
QB Quincy Patterson led the way for North Dakota State in this one, rushing for 2 touchdowns and throwing for 2 to overcome No. 16 ranked Northern Iowa and Michigan State transfer QB Theo Day.
WR Christian Watson had his best receiving game of the season in this one, catching 5 passes, including an 85-yarder for the game’s first touchdown, for 163 yards. The Panthers held in tough, keeping it a 13-10 game at the half, but that’s the closest the game would ever be with Code Green registering 5 sacks in this impressive win.
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Date: October 9, 2021
Location: Fargo, ND (Fargodome)
Stats
Rushing Yards
Bison – 181
Panthers – 124
Total Offense
Bison – 363
Panthers – 381
Turnovers Forced
Bison – 2
Panthers – 1
Week 06 – NDSU 20, ILL. ST. 0
Jackson Hankey 
Jasir Cox 
Kobe Johnson 
Lane Tucker 
Loshiaka Roques 
Quincy Patterson 
TaMerik Williams 
Star Of The Game: #53 Eli Mostaert
Tackles – 6
Sacks – 3.5
Code Green pitched its second shutout of the season in this rematch of the 2014 FCS title game, holding Illinois State to just 99 yards of total offense.
DL Eli Mostaert had 3.5 sacks and LB Jasir Cox had his first 2 career interceptions to lead the way for the defensive unit. On the offensive side, the Bison scored on a 4-yard pass from QB Quincy Patterson to WR Christian Watson, 2 field goals from K Jake Reinholz and a 7-yard TD run by TaMerik Williams.
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Date: October 16, 2021
Location: Normal, IL (Hancock Stadium)
Stats
Total Offense
Bison – 325
Redbirds – 99
Time of Possessions
Bison – 37:12
Redbirds – 22:48
Third Down Percentage
Bison – 56.25%
Redbirds – 18.18%
Week 07 – NDSU 27, Mo. State 20
Brayden Thomas 
Christian Watson 
Dom Jones 
Jake Reinholz, Kaedin Steindorf 
Jasir Cox, Dom Jones 
Quincy Patterson 
TaMerik Williams, Cordell Volson
Star Of The Game: #7 Cam Miller
Passing Yards – 112
Passing Touchdowns – 2
Rushing Yards – 23
Completions 7-9
North Dakota State stormed back from a 20-13 deficit to defeat No. 17 ranked Missouri State thanks to a dynamite relief appearance by QB Cam Miller.
Miller, who was forced into duty in the spring season before losing the starting job to QB Quincy Patterson in fall camp, entered the game with just 3:30 remaining in the third quarter. After stalling out in his first drive, the young quarterback would orchestrate two touchdown drives with scoring passes to WR Phoenix Sproles and WR Christian Watson.
Missouri State would threaten late, driving the NDSU 36 before back-to-back sacks by DL Brayden Thomas and DL Logan McCormick forced them into a fourth-and-33 that they did not convert. LB Jasir Cox managed his third interception in two games.
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Date: October 23, 2021
Location: Fargo, ND (Fargodome)
Stats
Third Down Percentage
Bison – 41.66%
Bears – 23.07
Total Offense
Bison – 333
Bears – 321
Rushing Yards
Bison – 144
Bears – 79
Week 08 – NDSU 44, IND. ST. 2
Jackson Hankey, Courtney Eubanks 
Jackson Hankey, Michael Buetow 
Jasir Cox 
Josh Babicz 
Marques Sigle 
Michael Tutsie 
Phoenix Sproles 
TaMerik Williams 
Tony Pierce, Jackson Hankey
Star Of The Game: #4 Kobe Johnson
Rushing Yards – 155
Rushing Touchdowns – 1
Yards Per Carry – 31
The Bison came out and dominated Indiana State in the annual Trees Bowl with six different players scoring TDs and RB Kobe Johnson rushing for a career-high 155 yards on 5 carries.
Johnson’s performance included a historic moment for Bison football, a 97-yard touchdown run, the longest from scrimmage in program history.
In the contest, Cam Miller cemented himself after the previous week’s relief appearance, going 10-14 for 179 yards and 3 TDs.
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Date: October 30, 2021
Location: Fargo, ND (Fargodome)
Stats
Rushing Yards
Bison – 292
Sycamores – 94
Total Offense
Bison – 477
Sycamores – 275
Turnovers Forced
Bison – 2
Sycamore – 1
Week 09 – SDSU 27, NDSU 19
Brayden Thomas 
Christian Watson 
Cole Wisniewski 
Courtney Eubanks 
Eli Mostaert 
Jackson Hankey, Michael Tutsie 
Jackson Hankey, Michael Tutsie
Star Of The Game: #7 Cam Miller
Passing Yards – 218
Passing Touchdowns – 2
Rushing Yards – 59
In this matchup of top-10 teams, South Dakota State prevailed for the second consecutive season to retain the Dakota Marker.
The Jackrabbits drew first blood and set the tone with All-American RB Pierre Strong bursting through the defense for a 75-yard touchdown on the second play of the game. Strong would go on to rack up 156 yards and two touchdowns for SDSU which led 24-7 at halftime.
In the contest, QB Cam Miller posted a careerhigh 277 yards of total offense and ran for a team-high 59 yards on 13 carries.
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Date: November 11, 2021
Location: Brookings, SD (Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium)
Rushing Yards
Bison – 147
Jackrabbits – 181
Red-Zone Score Percentage
Bison – 66%
Jackrabbits – 100%
Turnovers Forced
Bison – 0
Jackrabbits – 2
Week 10 – NDSU 49, YSU 17
Cam Miller 
Cam Miller, Jake Kubas 
Christian Watson 
Cole Wisniewski 
Hunter Luepke 
Jalen Bussey 
Logan McCormick 
Matt Entz 
Lane Tucker 
TaMerik Williams 
Tony Pierce, Jasir Cox, Jackson Hankey
Star Of The Game: #28 TK Marshall
Yards Per Carry – 48.7
Yards – 146
Touchdowns – 1
North Dakota State got back on the winning track and also claimed their 10th Missouri Valley title all in the same day.
Explosive plays were a big part in that equation with the Bison scoring five touchdowns of 40-plus yards (FB Hunter Luepke 49 yard run, WR Christian Watson 71 yard reception, RB TaMerik Williams 50 yard run and TK Marshall 84 yard run.
The game also served as the coming-out party for Southern Methodist transfer Williams, who had been used sparingly prior to the contest but was featured in the contest with a team-leading 18 attempts. With those carries, Williams racked up 137 yards rushing and 2 TDs. However, he wasn’t even the leading rusher that day for the Bison, which racked up 454 yards on the ground. Marshall led the squad rushing for 146 yards on just 3 carries.
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Date: November 13, 2021
Location: Youngstown, OH (Arnold D. Stambaugh Stadium)
Rushing Yards
Bison – 454
Penguins – 59
Total Offense
Bison – 623
Penguins – 288
First Downs
Bison – 20
Penguins – 13
Week 11 – NDSU 52, USD 24
Cordell Volson 
Jayden Price 
Nick Kubitz 
RaJa Nelson 
TaMerik Williams, RaJa Nelson
Star Of The Game: #1 Christian Watson
Receptions – 6
Yards Receiving – 61
Rushing Yards – 52
Touchdown – 1
North Dakota State claimed sole possession of the Missouri Valley crown, downing the University of South Dakota Coyotes 52-24 in front of their home crowd in the 2021 regular-season finale.
In the contest, the bison rushed for 303 and 6 touchdowns which equaled the number of rushing touchdowns allowed by USD through its first 10 games of the season. On the defensive side of the ball, Code Green held the Coyotes, which were coming off a dramatic last-second win over South Dakota State, in check with LB Jackson Hankey recovering a fumble and CB Destin Talbert snagging his second interception of the season.
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Date: November 11, 2021
Location: Fargo, ND (Fargodome)
Total Offense
Bison – 522
Coyotes – 293
First Downs
Bison – 27
Coyotes – 15
Time of Possessions
Bison – 35:59
Coyotes – 24:01
FCS Playoffs 2nd Round – NDSU 38, SIU 7
Cody Mauch 
Destin Talbert, James Kaczor 
Eli Mostaert Defense 
Eli Mostaert Defense 
Hunter Luepke 
Jackson Hankey, James Kaczor 
Noah Gindorff 
Quincy Paterson 
TaMerik Williams
Star Of The Game: #22 TaMerik Williams
Rushing Yards – 112
Rushing Touchdowns – 2
Yards Per Carry – 6.6
North Dakota State advanced to the FCS quarterfinals for the 12th straight season with a second round win over the Southern Illinois Salukis.
In the game, the Bison continued their seasonlong dominance on the ground, pounding the Salukis for 389 yards while converting 9 of 13 third downs. RB TaMerik Williams found himself in a featured role out of the backfield again rushing for two scores. QB Cam Miller also ran for two scores while toting the rock for 61 yards on 13 carries. Backup QB Quincy Patterson also found himself featured heavily in subpackages, rushing for 84 yards on 7 carries while scoring 1 touchdown.
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Date: December 4, 2021
Location: Fargo, ND (Fargodome)
Rushing Yards
Bison – 389
Salukis – 61
Time of Possessions
Bison – 37:45
Salukis – 22:15
First Downs
Bison – 29
Salukis – 14
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal – NDSU 27, ETSU 3
Cole Wisniewski, Courtney Eubanks 
Hunter Luepke, Jake Kubas 
Jalen Bussey 
Jasir Cox 
Josh Babicz 
Kobe Johnson 
Mason Hofstedt 
Michael Tutsie, Dawson Weber 
TaMerik Williams, Brandon Westberg 
The Rams
Star Of The Game: #25 Michael Tutsie
Tackles – 6
Pass Breakup – 1
North Dakota State advanced to the FCS Semifinals with a win in their first-ever matchup with the East Tennessee State Buccaneers that featured a smothering performance by the Bison’s defensive unit.
In the contest, Code Green held the nations leading rusher, Quay Holmes, to just 35 yards rushing while the offense scored on rushing touchdowns by RB TaMerik Williams, who scored the first two, QB Cam Miller and FB Hunter Luepke.
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Date: December 11, 2021
Location: Fargo, ND (Fargodome)
Stats
Total Offense
Bison – 401
Bucaneers – 165
Time of Possessions
Bison – 33:24
Bucaneers – 26:36
First Downs
Bison – 22
Bucaneers – 11
FCS Playoffs Semifinal – NDSU 20, JMU 14
Brayden Thomas 
Cam Miller 
Cam Miller, Giancarlo Volpentesta 
Eli Mostaert, Jake Kava 
Jackson Hankey 
Logan McCormick 
Marques Sigle
Star Of The Game: #44 Hunter Luepke
Rushing Yards – 110
Receptions – 3
Yards Receiving – 89
Receiving Touchdowns – 2
North Dakota State topped the James Madison Dukes in front of a raucous Fargodome crowd that witnessed a thrilling rematch of the 2017 and 2019 national championship games.
FB Hunter Luepke led the way for the Bison, racking up 199 all-purpose yards on his way to becoming the first NDSU player to lead the team in both rushing and receiving in a game since Christian Watson did so in 2019.
The game was close until the end, but Code Green stifled two late drives by JMU with CB Destin Talbert coming up with a ridiculous one-handed interception in the endzone with 3:05 left in the game. In the next drive, the Dukes drove down to the NDSU 42, but DL Javier Derrit had a sack and DL Logan McCormick batted down a pass to end the game.
Details
Date: December 17, 2021
Location: Fargo, ND (Fargodome)
Rushing Yards
Bison – 174
Dukes – 95
Yards Per Pass Completion
Bison – 16.5
Dukes – 8.4
Turnovers Forced
Bison – 2
Dukes – 0
FCS National Championship – NDSU 38, Montana St. 10
Matt Entz
Cam Miller 
Christian Watson 
Eli Mostaert, Dawson Weber 
Hunter Luepke 
Jackson Hankey 
Jayden Price 
Kobe Johnson, Quincy Patterson 
Logan McCormick 
Michael Buetow, Lane Tucker 
Quincy Patterson, Josh Babicz
Star Of The Game: #44 Hunter Luepke
Rushing Yards – 82
Rushing Touchdowns – 3
North Dakota State rolled its way to its ninth national championship in the last 11 seasons, scoring 35 unanswered points to open the game.
FB Hunter Luepke opened the scoring in the game with a physical 8-yard touchdown. Luepke would score twice more to earn the game’s Most Outstanding Player award. RB Kobe Johnson scored the game’s third touchdown, ripping off a 76-yarder. QB Cam Milller connected on a 35-yard touchdown pass to TE Josh Babicz to make it 35-0, and K Jake Reinholz capped NDSU’s scoring with a 37-yard field goal late in the third quarter.
Details
Date: January 8, 2022
Location: Frisco, TX (Toyota Stadium)
Rushing Yards
Bison – 378
Bobcats -156
Total Offense
Bison – 504
Bobcats -335
Time of Possessions
Bison – 33.48
Bobcats -26.12
