North Dakota State Beats Jacksonville State 33-7 with Four Field Goals
Drew Klein kicked four field goals (34, 44, 42 and 48 yards), and that was 12 of North Dakota State's 33 points. The other 21 came on two touchdown passes and a fumble return, and Jacksonville State scored once.
It started with Nathan Hayes finding Reis Kessel from 6 yards out, and Caden Creel answered with an 8-yard run to tie it at 7-7 in the first quarter. That was the last Jacksonville State score. Klein put North Dakota State up 10-7, and Hayes hit Jordan McCants from 44 yards with 18 seconds left in the half to make it 17-7.
The third quarter finished the job. Klein kicked his 44-yarder with 6:59 left, and 18 seconds later Blake Schiltz scored on a 0-yard fumble return to make it 27-7. Klein added field goals of 42 and 48 yards in the fourth quarter. North Dakota State scored 26 unanswered points after the tie.
The yardage was lopsided too. North Dakota State had 374 total yards, 210 of them on the ground on 43 carries, to Jacksonville State's 186. The Jacksonville State passing game produced 85 yards. Each team threw an interception, and North Dakota State sacked the other side three times to two. North Dakota State's backs did the heavy lifting: Myles Mitchell ran 11 times for 74 yards and DJ Scott 13 times for 51. Jackson Williams led the receivers with five catches for 58 yards.
North Dakota State is 1-0 and Jacksonville State 0-1. Hayes led the fantasy scoring with 19.8 points, and Creel had 13.8 on 44 rushing yards and the lone touchdown. Kessel added 13 on four catches.