North Dakota State vs The Citadel (Aug 30, 2025)


 

Scoring Summary

 
Scoring Summary (Final)
2025 North Dakota State Football
#1 North Dakota State vs The Citadel (Aug 30, 2025 at Charleston, SC)

North Dakota State (1-0) vs. The Citadel (0-1)

Date: Aug 30, 2025 • Site: Charleston, SC  • Stadium: Johnson-Hagood  •  Attendance: 10691

Score by Quarters  Score 
North Dakota State   0  17  14  7  38 
The Citadel   0  0  0  0  0 

SCORING SUMMARY   NDSU -CITADEL  
2nd  13:36  NDSU   Eli Ozick 31 yd field goal 
         9 plays, 72 yards, TOP 3:55  3 - 0 
  05:10  NDSU   Barika Kpeenu 2 yd run (Eli Ozick kick) 
         12 plays, 90 yards, TOP 6:22  10 - 0 
  01:36  NDSU   RaJa Nelson 34 yd pass from Cole Payton (Eli Ozick kick) 
         6 plays, 84 yards, TOP 1:57  17 - 0 
3rd  14:13  NDSU   Barika Kpeenu 1 yd run (Eli Ozick kick) 
         2 plays, 1 yard, TOP 0:34  24 - 0 
  04:54  NDSU   DJ Scott 1 yd run (Eli Ozick kick) 
         12 plays, 82 yards, TOP 7:14  31 - 0 
4th  05:07  NDSU   Isiah St. Romain 15 yd pass from Nathan Hayes (Eli Ozick kick) 
         12 plays, 95 yards, TOP 7:20  38 - 0 

Kickoff time: 12:03pm  • End of Game: 2:54pm  • Total elapsed time: 2:51
Referee: Jake Grombach  •  Umpire: Matt Overmyer  •  Linesman: Matt Skeen  •  Line judge: Austin Burris  •  Back judge: Matt Hollifield •  Field judge: Trevor Bass  •  Side judge: Scotty Setser  •  Center judge: Ryan Smith  • 
Temperature: 70  • Wind:  • Weather: Rain early, sun late
Replay official: Aaron Neidert

 

Team Statistics

 
Team Statistics (Final)
2025 North Dakota State Football
#1 North Dakota State vs The Citadel (Aug 30, 2025 at Charleston, SC)

 Team Totals  NDSU  CITADEL 
FIRST DOWNS  25 
   Rushing  12 
   Passing  13 
   Penalty 
NET YARDS RUSHING  256  104 
   Rushing Attempts  47  41 
   Average Per Rush  5.4  2.5 
   Rushing Touchdowns 
   Yards Gained Rushing  260  151 
   Yards Lost Rushing  47 
NET YARDS PASSING  263  22 
   Completions-Attempts-Int  15-21-0  2-6-0 
   Average Per Attempt  12.5  3.7 
   Average Per Completion  17.5  11.0 
   Passing Touchdowns 
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS  519  126 
   Total offense plays  68  47 
   Average Gain Per Play  7.6  2.7 
Fumbles: Number-Lost  2-0  2-1 
Penalties: Number-Yards  6-35  0-0 
PUNTS-YARDS  3-101  7-317 
   Average Yards Per Punt  33.7  45.3 
   Net Yards Per Punt  27.0  44.7 
   Inside 20 
   50+ Yards 
   Touchbacks 
   Fair catch 
KICKOFFS-YARDS  7-405  1-63 
   Average Yards Per Kickoff  57.9  63.0 
   Net Yards Per Kickoff  41.7  29.0 
   Touchbacks 
   Fair Catch Yards  41 
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD  2-4-0  0-0-0 
   Average Per Return  2.0  0.0 
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD  1-34-0  1-13-0 
   Average Per Return  34.0  13.0 
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD  0-0-0  0-0-0 
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD  1-9-0  0-0-0 
Miscellaneous Yards 
Possession Time  36:03  23:57 
   1st Quarter  9:22  5:38 
   2nd Quarter  9:48  5:12 
   3rd Quarter  7:48  7:12 
   4th Quarter  9:05  5:55 
Third-Down Conversions  6 of 11  2 of 12 
Fourth-Down Conversions  1 of 1  1 of 2 
Red-Zone Scores-Chances  5-5  0-1 
   Touchdowns  4-5  0-1 
   Field goals  1-5  0-1 
Sacks By: Number-Yards  5-20  0-0 
PAT Kicks  5-5  0-0 
Field Goals  1-1  0-0 
Points off turnovers 

 

Individual Statistics

 
Individual Statistics (Final)
2025 North Dakota State Football
#1 North Dakota State vs The Citadel (Aug 30, 2025 at Charleston, SC)

North Dakota State
  
The Citadel
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
Cole Payton   11  103  101  27  9.2 
Barika Kpeenu   12  80  79  24  6.6 
DJ Scott   10  43  43  4.3 
Cortez LeGrant   22  21  18  4.2 
Myles Mitchell   1.0 
Nathan Hayes   3.0 
Trey Drake   3.0 
Owen Johnson   1.0 
Bryce Lance   0.0 
Totals...  47  260  256  27  5.4 
  
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
Israel Benjamin  16  61  53  14  3.3 
Quentin Hayes   39  15  24  14  3.0 
Sebastien Boyle  16  16  10  5.3 
Cooper Tankersley  5.0 
Garrison Johnson  18  15  0.5 
Cobey Thompkins  11  0.4 
Beau Herrington  0.5 
Totals...  41  151  47  104  14  2.5 
  
  
 
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
Cole Payton   10-16-0  192  34 
Nathan Hayes   5-5-0  71  16 
Totals...  15-21-0  263  34 
  
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
Quentin Hayes   1-3-0  14  14 
Cobey Thompkins  1-3-0 
Totals...  2-6-0  22  14 
 
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
Bryce Lance   34  15 
RaJa Nelson   60  34 
Chris Harris   36  23 
Reis Kessel   31  31 
Barika Kpeenu   20  20 
Mekhi Collins   20  20 
DJ Scott   19  19 
Logan Conklin   16  16 
Isiah St. Romain  15  15 
Jackson Williams  12  12 
Totals...  15  263  34 
  
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
J. Graves-Billips  14  14 
Whit Hobgood  
Totals...  22  14 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
Aaron Bickerton  101  33.7  40 
Totals...  101  33.7  40 
  
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
James Platte   317  45.3  57 
Totals...  317  45.3  57 
 
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
Jackson Williams  34  34 
Totals...  34  34 
  
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
Braylon Knauth   13  13 
Totals...  13  13 
 
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
Cole Payton   101  101 
Barika Kpeenu   79  20  99 
DJ Scott   43  19  62 
RaJa Nelson   60  60 
Jackson Williams  12  34  50 
Chris Harris   36  36 
Bryce Lance   34  34 
Reis Kessel   31  31 
Cortez LeGrant   21  21 
Mekhi Collins   20  20 
Logan Conklin   16  16 
Isiah St. Romain  15  15 
Myles Mitchell  
Nathan Hayes  
Trey Drake  
Owen Johnson  
Totals...  256  263  34  557 
  
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
Israel Benjamin  53  53 
Quentin Hayes   24  24 
Sebastien Boyle  16  16 
J. Graves-Billips  14  14 
Braylon Knauth   13  13 
Whit Hobgood  
Cooper Tankersley 
Garrison Johnson 
Cobey Thompkins 
Beau Herrington 
Totals...  104  22  13  139 
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
Eli Ozick  2nd  13:36  31 yards  Good 
  
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
  
 
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
Drew Klein   40  40.0 
Eli Ozick   365  60.8 
  
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
Ben Barnes   63  63.0 
  
 
FUMBLES: North Dakota State-Trey Drake 1-0; Cole Payton 1-0. The Citadel-Garrison Johnson 1-1; TEAM 1-0.

 

Drive Chart

 
Drive Chart (Final)
2025 North Dakota State Football
#1 North Dakota State vs The Citadel (Aug 30, 2025 at Charleston, SC)

   Drive Started  Drive Ended  Consumed    
Team  Qtr  Spot  Time  Obtained  Spot  Time     How Lost  Pl-Yds  TOP  RZ 
NDSU   1st  V36  15:00  Kickoff  H45  11:28     Punt  8-19  3:32    
NDSU   1st  V37  09:48  Punt  H38  06:29     Punt  4-25  3:19    
NDSU   1st  V15  02:31  Punt  H13  13:36  FIELD GOAL  9-72  3:55 
NDSU   2nd  V10  11:32  Punt  H00  05:10  TOUCHDOWN  12-90  6:22 
NDSU   2nd  V16  03:33  Punt  H00  01:36  TOUCHDOWN  6-84  1:57    
NDSU   2nd  V45  00:05  Punt  H35  00:00     End of half  1-20  0:05    
NDSU   3rd  H01  14:47  Fumble  H00  14:13  TOUCHDOWN  2-1  0:34 
NDSU   3rd  V18  12:08  Punt  H00  04:54  TOUCHDOWN  12-82  7:14 
NDSU   4th  V05  12:27  Downs  H00  05:07  TOUCHDOWN  12-95  7:20 
NDSU   4th  V16  03:38  Punt  V22  01:53     Punt  3-6  1:45    
  
CITADEL   1st  H22  11:28  Punt  H26  09:48     Punt  3-4  1:40    
CITADEL   1st  H20  06:29  Punt  H40  02:31     Punt  6-20  3:58    
CITADEL   2nd  H25  13:36  Kickoff  H24  11:32     Punt  3--1  2:04    
CITADEL   2nd  H25  05:10  Kickoff  H28  03:33     Punt  3-3  1:37    
CITADEL   2nd  H25  01:36  Kickoff  H41  00:05     Punt  5-16  1:31    
CITADEL   3rd  H25  15:00  Kickoff  H10  14:47     Fumble  2--15  0:13    
CITADEL   3rd  H25  14:13  Kickoff  H30  12:08     Punt  3-5  2:05    
CITADEL   3rd  H13  04:50  Kickoff  V05  12:27     Downs  16-82  7:23 
CITADEL   4th  H25  05:07  Kickoff  H31  03:38     Punt  3-6  1:29    
CITADEL   4th  H38  01:53  Punt  H44  00:00     End of half  3-6  1:53    

   1st  2nd  3rd  4th     1st  2nd       
North Dakota State   Qtr  Qtr  Qtr  Qtr     Half  Half     Total 
Time of possession   09:22   09:48   07:48   09:05      19:10   16:53      36:03  
3rd Down Conversions   0/3   1/2   3/3   2/3      1/5   5/6      6/11  
Average field position  V29   V23   H42   V10      V26   V34      V29  
4th Down Conversions   1/1   0/0   0/0   0/0      1/1   0/0      1/1  
  
   1st  2nd  3rd  4th     1st  2nd       
The Citadel   Qtr  Qtr  Qtr  Qtr     Half  Half     Total 
Time of possession   05:38   05:12   07:12   05:55      10:50   13:07      23:57  
3rd Down Conversions   1/3   0/3   1/3   0/3      1/6   1/6      2/12  
Average field position  H21   H25   H21   H31      H23   H25      H24  
4th Down Conversions   0/0   0/0   1/1   0/1      0/0   1/2      1/2  


Drive Chart (By Quarter)

   Drive Started  Drive Ended  Consumed    
Team  Qtr  Spot  Time  Obtained  Spot  Time     How Lost  Pl-Yds  TOP  RZ 
NDSU   1st  V36  15:00  Kickoff  H45  11:28     Punt  8-19  3:32    
CITADEL   1st  H22  11:28  Punt  H26  09:48     Punt  3-4  1:40    
NDSU   1st  V37  09:48  Punt  H38  06:29     Punt  4-25  3:19    
CITADEL   1st  H20  06:29  Punt  H40  02:31     Punt  6-20  3:58    
NDSU   1st  V15  02:31  Punt  H13  13:36  FIELD GOAL  9-72  3:55 
CITADEL   2nd  H25  13:36  Kickoff  H24  11:32     Punt  3--1  2:04    
  
NDSU   2nd  V10  11:32  Punt  H00  05:10  TOUCHDOWN  12-90  6:22 
CITADEL   2nd  H25  05:10  Kickoff  H28  03:33     Punt  3-3  1:37    
NDSU   2nd  V16  03:33  Punt  H00  01:36  TOUCHDOWN  6-84  1:57    
CITADEL   2nd  H25  01:36  Kickoff  H41  00:05     Punt  5-16  1:31    
NDSU   2nd  V45  00:05  Punt  H35  00:00     End of half  1-20  0:05    
CITADEL   3rd  H25  15:00  Kickoff  H10  14:47     Fumble  2--15  0:13    
  
NDSU   3rd  H01  14:47  Fumble  H00  14:13  TOUCHDOWN  2-1  0:34 
CITADEL   3rd  H25  14:13  Kickoff  H30  12:08     Punt  3-5  2:05    
NDSU   3rd  V18  12:08  Punt  H00  04:54  TOUCHDOWN  12-82  7:14 
CITADEL   3rd  H13  04:50  Kickoff  V05  12:27     Downs  16-82  7:23 
NDSU   4th  V05  12:27  Downs  H00  05:07  TOUCHDOWN  12-95  7:20 
  
CITADEL   4th  H25  05:07  Kickoff  H31  03:38     Punt  3-6  1:29    
NDSU   4th  V16  03:38  Punt  V22  01:53     Punt  3-6  1:45    
CITADEL   4th  H38  01:53  Punt  H44  00:00     End of half  3-6  1:53    

 

Defensive Statistics

 
Defensive Statistics (Final)
2025 North Dakota State Football
#1 North Dakota State vs The Citadel (Aug 30, 2025 at Charleston, SC)

##  North Dakota State   Solo  Ast  Total  TFL/Yds  FF  FR-Yds  Int-Yds  BrUp  Blkd  Sack/Yds  QBH 
43  Logan Kopp   2.5/7   1-9   .   1.0/4  
52  Nathaniel Staehling  0.5/2   .   .   0.5/2  
64  Jaxon Duttenhefer  1.0/4   .   .   .  
25  Ray James   .   .   .   .  
27  Ryan Jones   .   .   .   .  
32  Austin Altepeter  .   .   .   .  
58  Keenan Wilson   1.5/5   .   .   1.5/5  
92  Kelton McCaslin  0.5/1   .   .   .  
93  Toby Anene   1.0/4   .   .   .  
6   Jaylin Crumby   .   .   .   .  
14  Taylen Eady   .   .   .   .  
91  Jack Hansen   .   .   .   .  
56  Allante Burley   .   .   .   .  
98  Jack Iuliano   1.0/1   .   .   1.0/1  
23  Kegan Huber   .   .   .   .  
54  Alijah Wayne   1.0/8   .   .   1.0/8  
1   Donovan Woolen   .   .   .   .  
20  Will Steil   .   .   .   .  
97  Victor Isele   .   .   .   .  
29  Darius Givance   .   .   .   .  
24  A. Chideme-Alfaro  .   .   .   .  
21  Noah Taylor   .   .   .   .  
10  Antoine Booth   .   .   .   .  
##  The Citadel   Solo  Ast  Total  TFL/Yds  FF  FR-Yds  Int-Yds  BrUp  Blkd  Sack/Yds  QBH 
13  Cale Williams   12  .   .   .   .  
7   Bradlee Jones   .   .   .   .  
8   Tyrik McDaniel   0.5/1   .   .   .  
45  Mikey Rosa   .   .   .   .  
5   Je'Mazin Roberts  .   .   .   .  
3   Melvin Ravenel   1.0/1   .   .   .  
93  Chris Iverson   1.0/1   .   .   .  
56  Josh Cole   .   .   .   .  
40  Camden Gray   .   .   .   .  
0   Maurice Bonneau  0.5/1   .   .   .  
78  James Brockington  .   .   .   .  
42  Darryle Ware   .   .   .   .  
19  Jeremiah Holmes  .   .   .   .  
24  Nikolas Mirabella  .   .   .   .  
80  Saul Diaz   .   .   .   .  
72  Aiden Wiles   .   .   .   .  
3B  Rhyder Poppell   .   .   .   .  
87  Ben Barnes   .   .   .   .  

 

Participation Report

 
Participation Report (Final)
2025 North Dakota State Football
#1 North Dakota State vs The Citadel (Aug 30, 2025 at Charleston, SC)

North Dakota State  
Pos  ##  Offense 
WR   3   RaJa Nelson  
WR   5   Bryce Lance  
RB   8   Barika Kpeenu  
QB   9   Cole Payton  
FB   46  T. Werremeyer  
OG   62  Griffin Empey  
OC   63  Trent Fraley  
OT   70  Beau Johnson  
OG   71  Nate Tastad  
OT   75  Josh Magin  
TE   89  Finn Diggins  
  
North Dakota State  
Pos  ##  Defense 
LB   1   Donovan Woolen  
CB   2   Jailen Duffie  
CB   24  Chideme-Alfaro  
S   27  Ryan Jones  
S   29  Darius Givance  
LB   43  Logan Kopp  
LB   52  N. Staehling  
DT   58  Keenan Wilson  
DT   64  J. Duttenhefer  
DE   92  Kelton McCaslin 
DE   93  Toby Anene  
  
The Citadel  
Pos  ##  Offense 
WR   2   Graves-Billips  
QB   17  Quentin Hayes  
WR   18  Malachi Taylor  
RB   22  G. Johnson  
OL   57  Mike Bartilucci 
OL   60  Brady Pickett  
OL   65  Sawyer Whitman  
OL   75  Darwin Murillo  
OL   77  T. Heggins-Hill 
TE   80  Saul Diaz  
WR   83  Braylon Knauth  
  
The Citadel  
Pos  ##  Defense 
DB   3   Melvin Ravenel  
LB   5   J. Roberts  
DB   7   Bradlee Jones  
DB   8   Tyrik McDaniel  
DB   13  Cale Williams  
LB   19  Jeremiah Holmes 
DB   24  N. Mirabella  
LB   45  Mikey Rosa  
DL   56  Josh Cole  
DL   76  Jordan Marks  
DL   93  Chris Iverson  

North Dakota State: 0-J. Alexander, 1Q-Trey Drake, 2E-Kellen Entz, 3B-Aaron Bickerton, 3K-Drew Klein, 4-Owen Johnson, 6-Jaylin Crumby, 6L-Jack Liwienski, 7-DJ Scott, 10-Antoine Booth, 11-Chance Symons, 12-Nathan Hayes, 13-Najee Nelson, 14-Taylen Eady, 15-Mekhi Collins, 17-I. St. Romain, 18-J. Williams, 19-Chris Harris, 20-Will Steil, 21-Noah Taylor, 22-Hudson Artz, 23-Kegan Huber, 25-Ray James, 28-Cortez LeGrant, 32-A. Altepeter, 34-Landon Meier, 38-Eli Ozick, 40-Kaden Zenzen, 41-Peder Haugo, 44-Luke Kokat, 45-Myles Mitchell, 48-Caleb Bowers, 49-M. Stenbroten, 54-Alijah Wayne, 55-Oliver Lucht, 56-Allante Burley, 61-Gage Schmidt, 69-Devin Lockerby, 72-N. Schneckloth, 78-Noah Stommes, 80-John Gores, 81-Reis Kessel, 82-Jacob Kilzer, 84-Logan Conklin, 85-Jett Zabel, 88-Carson Williams, 91-Jack Hansen, 94-Logan Larson, 95-Zach Vanderpool, 97-Victor Isele, 98-Jack Iuliano, 99-Obald Niyonkuru.

The Citadel: 0-Maurice Bonneau, 1L-Peyton Betts, 3B-Rhyder Poppell, 3X-C. Tankersley, 4L-Corey Moraux, 9-Cobey Thompkins, 11-Beau Herrington, 12-JJ Hudson, 21-Abijah Webb, 25-Israel Benjamin, 26-Nolan Jones, 29-Eli Calhoun, 32-Temarcus Elam, 34-K. Carpenter, 36-Ryland Mitchell, 37-Sayre Smothers, 40-Camden Gray, 41-Bryce Jamison, 42-Darryle Ware, 44-Sebastien Boyle, 47-Daniel Turpin, 48-Cameron Sutton, 50-Lee Alexander, 54-Tanner Johnson, 61-Tommy DiLiegro, 62-Mike Lengi, 63-Rodriguez-Pena, 69-Matt Metrosky, 71-Carter Jacobs, 72-Aiden Wiles, 74-Dylan Barbrey, 78-J. Brockington, 81-Kaiden Swortzel, 82-Ha'Keem Monroe, 84-Jihad Marks, 85-Wilson Long, 87-Ben Barnes, 88-Kemani Brown, 89-Whit Hobgood, 90-James Platte, 91-Chris Benton, 92-Adam Comer, 96-Phillip Collins, 98-Carson Arnold.

 

Play-by-Play Summary

 
Play-by-Play Summary
2025 North Dakota State Football
#1 North Dakota State vs The Citadel (Aug 30, 2025 at Charleston, SC)

1st Quarter

The Citadel wins toss and will defend South end-zone
NDS will receive
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu35.
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu35Start of 1st quarter, clock 15:00, CITADEL ball on CITADEL35.
Ben Barnes kickoff 63 yards to the NDSU2, Jackson Williams return 34 yards to the NDSU36 (Ben Barnes).
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu36NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 15:00.
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu36Barika Kpeenu rush up middle for 11 yards to the NDSU47, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Melvin Ravenel).
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu47Cole Payton RE pass incomplete to Bryce Lance (Bradlee Jones).
Ndsu 2-10at Ndsu47Cole Payton middle pass incomplete to RaJa Nelson.
Ndsu 3-10at Ndsu47Cole Payton rush up middle for 9 yards to the CITADEL44 (Mikey Rosa).
Ndsu 4-1at Citadel44Barika Kpeenu rush up middle for 2 yards to the CITADEL42, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Je'Mazin Roberts).
Ndsu 1-10at Citadel42Barika Kpeenu rush over left end for loss of 1 yard to the CITADEL43 (Melvin Ravenel).
Ndsu 2-11at Citadel43Cole Payton rush over left end for loss of 2 yards to the CITADEL45, fumble by Cole Payton recovered by NDSU Cole Payton at CITADEL45 (Maurice Bonneau;Tyrik McDaniel).
Ndsu 3-13at Citadel45Cole Payton middle pass incomplete to Chris Harris.
Ndsu 4-13at Citadel45Aaron Bickerton punt 23 yards to the CITADEL22.
Drive: 8 plays, 19 yards, TOP 03:32
Citadel 1-10at Citadel22THE CITADEL drive start at 11:28.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel22Garrison Johnson rush up middle for 3 yards to the CITADEL25 (Jaxon Duttenhefer).
Citadel 2-7at Citadel25Garrison Johnson rush up middle for 1 yard to the CITADEL26 (Logan Kopp).
Citadel 3-6at Citadel26Fumble by TEAM, Quentin Hayes RE pass incomplete to J. Graves-Billips (Logan Kopp), QB hurry by Jaxon Duttenhefer.
Citadel 4-6at Citadel26James Platte punt 40 yards to the NDSU34, Jackson Williams return 3 yards to the NDSU37 (Rhyder Poppell).
Drive: 3 plays, 4 yards, TOP 01:40
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu37NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 09:48.
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu37Barika Kpeenu rush over right end for 24 yards to the CITADEL39, 1ST DOWN NDSU, out-of-bounds (Melvin Ravenel;Tyrik McDaniel).
Ndsu 1-10at Citadel39PENALTY NDSU false start (Nate Tastad) 5 yards to the CITADEL44.
Ndsu 1-15at Citadel441st and 15.
Ndsu 1-15at Citadel44DJ Scott rush up middle for 5 yards to the CITADEL39 (Mikey Rosa).
Ndsu 2-10at Citadel39Barika Kpeenu rush up middle for 2 yards to the CITADEL37 (Je'Mazin Roberts;Cale Williams).
Ndsu 3-8at Citadel37Cole Payton LE pass complete to Bryce Lance for 4 yards to the CITADEL33 (Bradlee Jones).
Ndsu 4-4at Citadel33PENALTY NDSU delay of game (Cole Payton) 5 yards to the CITADEL38.
Ndsu 4-9at Citadel384th and 9.
Ndsu 4-9at Citadel38Aaron Bickerton punt 38 yards to the CITADEL0, touchback.
Drive: 4 plays, 25 yards, TOP 03:19
Citadel 1-10at Citadel20THE CITADEL drive start at 06:29.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel20Israel Benjamin rush up middle for 2 yards to the CITADEL22 (Logan Kopp).
Citadel 2-8at Citadel22Garrison Johnson rush up middle for 4 yards to the CITADEL26 (Nathaniel Staehling;Jaxon Duttenhefer).
Citadel 3-4at Citadel26Israel Benjamin rush up middle for 14 yards to the CITADEL40, 1ST DOWN CITADEL (Ryan Jones).
Citadel 1-10at Citadel40Israel Benjamin rush over right end for 2 yards to the CITADEL42 (Donovan Woolen).
Citadel 2-8at Citadel42Israel Benjamin rush up middle for 2 yards to the CITADEL44 (Kelton McCaslin).
Citadel 3-6at Citadel44Quentin Hayes rush up middle for loss of 4 yards to the CITADEL40 (Toby Anene).
Citadel 4-10at Citadel40James Platte punt 45 yards to the NDSU15, out-of-bounds.
Drive: 6 plays, 20 yards, TOP 03:58
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu15NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 02:31.
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu15Cole Payton RE pass complete to RaJa Nelson for 26 yards to the NDSU41, 1ST DOWN NDSU.
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu41Barika Kpeenu rush over right end for 7 yards to the NDSU48 (Cale Williams;Tyrik McDaniel).
Ndsu 2-3at Ndsu48Barika Kpeenu rush over right end for 5 yards to the CITADEL47, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Bradlee Jones).
Ndsu 1-10at Citadel47DJ Scott rush up middle for 4 yards to the CITADEL43 (Camden Gray;Darryle Ware).
Ndsu 2-6at Citadel43Cole Payton rush over left end for 27 yards to the CITADEL16, 1ST DOWN NDSU, out-of-bounds (Tyrik McDaniel), clock 00:00.
Drive: 5 plays, 69 yards, TOP 03:55
North Dakota State 0, The Citadel 0
2nd Quarter

Ndsu 1-10at Citadel16Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.
Ndsu 1-10at Citadel16DJ Scott rush up middle for 3 yards to the CITADEL13 (Chris Iverson).
Ndsu 2-7at Citadel13Cole Payton rush over left end for no gain to the CITADEL13 (Darryle Ware).
Ndsu 3-7at Citadel13Cole Payton middle pass incomplete to RaJa Nelson.
Ndsu 4-7at Citadel13Eli Ozick field goal attempt from 31 GOOD, clock 13:36.
North Dakota State 3, The Citadel 0
Drive: 9 plays, 72 yards, TOP 03:55
Eli Ozick kickoff 60 yards to the CITADEL5, fair catch by Braylon Knauth.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel25THE CITADEL drive start at 13:36.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel25Israel Benjamin rush over left end for loss of 2 yards to the CITADEL23 (Logan Kopp;Kelton McCaslin).
Citadel 2-12at Citadel23Cobey Thompkins rush over left end for 5 yards to the CITADEL28 (Logan Kopp).
Citadel 3-7at Citadel28Cobey Thompkins sacked for loss of 4 yards to the CITADEL24 (Logan Kopp).
Citadel 4-11at Citadel24James Platte punt 57 yards to the NDSU19, Jackson Williams return 1 yards to the NDSU20, PENALTY NDSU face mask (Antoine Booth) 10 yards to the NDSU10, 1st and 10, NDSU ball on NDSU10.
Drive: 3 plays, minus 1 yards, TOP 02:04
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu10NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 11:32.
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu10Cole Payton rush up middle for 2 yards to the NDSU12 (Je'Mazin Roberts).
Ndsu 2-8at Ndsu12Cole Payton LE pass complete to Mekhi Collins for 20 yards to the NDSU32, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Melvin Ravenel).
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu32DJ Scott rush up middle for 7 yards to the NDSU39 (Cale Williams;Melvin Ravenel).
Ndsu 2-3at Ndsu39Barika Kpeenu rush up middle for 9 yards to the NDSU48, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Je'Mazin Roberts;Cale Williams).
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu48Cole Payton middle pass incomplete to Bryce Lance.
Ndsu 2-10at Ndsu48Owen Johnson rush up middle for no gain to the NDSU48 (Josh Cole).
Ndsu 3-10at Ndsu48Cole Payton rush up middle for 12 yards to the CITADEL40, 1ST DOWN NDSU, out-of-bounds (Bradlee Jones).
Ndsu 1-10at Citadel40Barika Kpeenu rush over right end for 9 yards to the CITADEL31 (Cale Williams).
Ndsu 2-1at Citadel31DJ Scott rush over left end for 6 yards to the CITADEL25, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Je'Mazin Roberts;Cale Williams).
Ndsu 1-10at Citadel25Cole Payton rush up middle for 1 yard to the CITADEL24, out-of-bounds (Melvin Ravenel).
Ndsu 2-9at Citadel24PENALTY NDSU false start (Beau Johnson) 5 yards to the CITADEL29.
Ndsu 2-14at Citadel292nd and 14.
Ndsu 2-14at Citadel29Cole Payton rush up middle for 27 yards to the CITADEL2, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Bradlee Jones).
Ndsu 1-Gat Citadel02Barika Kpeenu rush over left end for 2 yards to the CITADEL0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:10.
Eli Ozick kick attempt good.
North Dakota State 10, The Citadel 0
Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards, TOP 06:22
Eli Ozick kickoff 65 yards to the CITADEL0, touchback.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel25THE CITADEL drive start at 05:10.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel25Israel Benjamin rush up middle for loss of 4 yards to the CITADEL21 (Jaxon Duttenhefer).
Citadel 2-14at Citadel21Cobey Thompkins LE pass complete to Whit Hobgood for 8 yards to the CITADEL29 (Austin Altepeter).
Citadel 3-6at Citadel29Cobey Thompkins sacked for loss of 1 yard to the CITADEL28 (Jack Iuliano).
Citadel 4-7at Citadel28James Platte punt 56 yards to the NDSU16, out-of-bounds.
Drive: 3 plays, 3 yards, TOP 01:37
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu16NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 03:33.
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu16Barika Kpeenu rush up middle for 8 yards to the NDSU24 (Cale Williams).
Ndsu 2-2at Ndsu24PENALTY NDSU false start (Trent Fraley) 5 yards to the NDSU19.
Ndsu 2-7at Ndsu192nd and 7.
Ndsu 2-7at Ndsu19Cole Payton LE pass complete to DJ Scott for 19 yards to the NDSU38, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Cale Williams).
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu38DJ Scott rush up middle for 5 yards to the NDSU43 (Cale Williams;Jeremiah Holmes).
Ndsu 2-5at Ndsu43Cole Payton RE pass complete to Chris Harris for 23 yards to the CITADEL34, 1ST DOWN NDSU, out-of-bounds (Nikolas Mirabella).
Ndsu 1-10at Citadel34Cole Payton RE pass incomplete to Bryce Lance.
Ndsu 2-10at Citadel34Cole Payton RE pass complete to RaJa Nelson for 34 yards to the CITADEL0, 1ST DOWN NDSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:36.
Eli Ozick kick attempt good.
North Dakota State 17, The Citadel 0
Drive: 6 plays, 84 yards, TOP 01:57
Eli Ozick kickoff 65 yards to the CITADEL0, touchback.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel25THE CITADEL drive start at 01:36.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel25Cobey Thompkins rush up middle for 6 yards to the CITADEL31 (Logan Kopp).
Citadel 2-4at Citadel31Garrison Johnson rush up middle for 5 yards to the CITADEL36, 1ST DOWN CITADEL (Jaxon Duttenhefer).
Citadel 1-10at Citadel36Garrison Johnson rush up middle for 5 yards to the CITADEL41 (Jaxon Duttenhefer;Keenan Wilson).
Citadel 2-5at Citadel41Cobey Thompkins sacked for loss of 4 yards to the CITADEL37 (Keenan Wilson;Nathaniel Staehling).
Citadel 3-9at Citadel37Israel Benjamin rush over right end for 4 yards to the CITADEL41 (Logan Kopp;Nathaniel Staehling).
Citadel 4-5at Citadel41James Platte punt 14 yards to the NDSU45, out-of-bounds.
Drive: 5 plays, 16 yards, TOP 01:31
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu45NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 00:05.
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu45Cole Payton middle pass complete to Barika Kpeenu for 20 yards to the CITADEL35, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Je'Mazin Roberts).
Ndsu 1-10at Citadel35End of half, clock 00:00.
NDS will kickoff
CIT will defend South end-zone
Drive: 1 plays, 20 yards, TOP 00:05
North Dakota State 17, The Citadel 0
3rd Quarter

Ndsu 1-10at Citadel35Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, NDSU ball on NDSU35.
Drive: 1 plays, 20 yards, TOP 00:05
Eli Ozick kickoff 65 yards to the CITADEL0, touchback.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel25THE CITADEL drive start at 15:00.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel25Cobey Thompkins LE pass incomplete to Garrison Johnson.
Citadel 2-10at Citadel25Garrison Johnson rush over right end for loss of 6 yards to the CITADEL19, fumble by Garrison Johnson recovered by NDSU Logan Kopp at CITADEL10, Logan Kopp return 9 yards to the CITADEL1 (Saul Diaz).
Drive: 2 plays, minus 15 yards, TOP 00:13
Ndsu 1-Gat Citadel01NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 14:47.
Ndsu 1-Gat Citadel01Bryce Lance rush over right end for no gain to the CITADEL1 (Camden Gray).
Ndsu 2-Gat Citadel01Barika Kpeenu rush up middle for 1 yard to the CITADEL0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:13.
Eli Ozick kick attempt good.
North Dakota State 24, The Citadel 0
Drive: 2 plays, 1 yards, TOP 00:34
Eli Ozick kickoff 65 yards to the CITADEL0, touchback.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel25THE CITADEL drive start at 14:13.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel25Israel Benjamin rush up middle for 2 yards to the CITADEL27 (Nathaniel Staehling).
Citadel 2-8at Citadel27Quentin Hayes sacked for loss of 8 yards to the CITADEL19 (Alijah Wayne).
Citadel 3-16at Citadel19Quentin Hayes rush up middle for 11 yards to the CITADEL30 (Taylen Eady;Austin Altepeter).
Citadel 4-5at Citadel30James Platte punt 52 yards to the NDSU18, fair catch by Jackson Williams.
Drive: 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 02:05
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu18NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 12:08.
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu18DJ Scott rush up middle for 2 yards to the NDSU20 (Chris Iverson;Jeremiah Holmes).
Ndsu 2-8at Ndsu20PENALTY NDSU false start (Josh Magin) 5 yards to the NDSU15.
Ndsu 2-13at Ndsu152nd and 13.
Ndsu 2-13at Ndsu15DJ Scott rush up middle for 6 yards to the NDSU21 (Cale Williams).
Ndsu 3-7at Ndsu21Cole Payton RE pass complete to Bryce Lance for 9 yards to the NDSU30, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Bradlee Jones).
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu30Cole Payton rush up middle for 6 yards to the NDSU36 (Camden Gray).
Ndsu 2-4at Ndsu36Owen Johnson rush over left end for 2 yards to the NDSU38 (Chris Iverson).
Ndsu 3-2at Ndsu38DJ Scott rush over right end for 4 yards to the NDSU42, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Cale Williams).
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu42Cole Payton LE pass complete to Bryce Lance for 6 yards to the NDSU48 (Bradlee Jones;Chris Iverson).
Ndsu 2-4at Ndsu48Cole Payton RE pass complete to Reis Kessel for 31 yards to the CITADEL21, 1ST DOWN NDSU, out-of-bounds (Bradlee Jones).
Ndsu 1-10at Citadel21Myles Mitchell rush over right end for 1 yard to the CITADEL20 (Maurice Bonneau).
Ndsu 2-9at Citadel20Cole Payton rush up middle for 5 yards to the CITADEL15 (Maurice Bonneau).
Ndsu 3-4at Citadel15Cole Payton rush over left end for 14 yards to the CITADEL1, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Tyrik McDaniel).
Ndsu 1-Gat Citadel01DJ Scott rush up middle for 1 yard to the CITADEL0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:54.
Eli Ozick kick attempt good.
North Dakota State 31, The Citadel 0
Drive: 12 plays, 82 yards, TOP 07:18
Eli Ozick kickoff 65 yards to the CITADEL0, Braylon Knauth return 13 yards to the CITADEL13 (Kegan Huber).
Citadel 1-10at Citadel13THE CITADEL drive start at 04:50.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel13Quentin Hayes RE pass complete to J. Graves-Billips for 14 yards to the CITADEL27, 1ST DOWN CITADEL (Ryan Jones).
Citadel 1-10at Citadel27Quentin Hayes rush over left end for 10 yards to the CITADEL37, 1ST DOWN CITADEL (Jaylin Crumby).
Citadel 1-10at Citadel37Israel Benjamin rush up middle for 4 yards to the CITADEL41 (Ray James).
Citadel 2-6at Citadel41Israel Benjamin rush up middle for 1 yard to the CITADEL42 (Austin Altepeter;Victor Isele).
Citadel 3-5at Citadel42Israel Benjamin rush up middle for 8 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN CITADEL (Nathaniel Staehling).
Citadel 1-10at Citadel50Israel Benjamin rush over left end for 5 yards to the NDSU45 (Austin Altepeter).
Citadel 2-5at Ndsu45Quentin Hayes LE pass incomplete to Malachi Taylor.
Citadel 3-5at Ndsu45Quentin Hayes rush over left end for 2 yards to the NDSU43 (Toby Anene;Antoine Booth).
Citadel 4-3at Ndsu43Israel Benjamin rush over left end for 5 yards to the NDSU38, 1ST DOWN CITADEL (Ray James).
Citadel 1-10at Ndsu38Sebastien Boyle rush up middle for 10 yards to the NDSU28, 1ST DOWN CITADEL (Jaylin Crumby;Ryan Jones).
Citadel 1-10at Ndsu28Timeout North Dakota State, clock 00:03.
Citadel 1-10at Ndsu28Quentin Hayes rush over right end for 2 yards to the NDSU26 (Logan Kopp;A. Chideme-Alfaro), clock 00:00.
Drive: 11 plays, 61 yards, TOP 07:23
North Dakota State 31, The Citadel 0
4th Quarter

Citadel 2-8at Ndsu26Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.
Citadel 2-8at Ndsu26Quentin Hayes rush over left end for 14 yards to the NDSU12, 1ST DOWN CITADEL (Darius Givance;Taylen Eady).
Citadel 1-10at Ndsu12Israel Benjamin rush up middle for 3 yards to the NDSU9 (Ryan Jones).
Citadel 2-7at Ndsu09Quentin Hayes sacked for loss of 3 yards to the NDSU12 (Keenan Wilson).
Citadel 3-10at Ndsu12Israel Benjamin rush over left end for 9 yards to the NDSU3 (Nathaniel Staehling).
Citadel 4-1at Ndsu03Israel Benjamin rush over right end for loss of 2 yards to the NDSU5 (Logan Kopp).
Drive: 16 plays, 82 yards, TOP 07:23
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu05NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 12:27.
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu05Nathan Hayes rush over right end for 3 yards to the NDSU8 (Mikey Rosa).
Ndsu 2-7at Ndsu08Myles Mitchell rush up middle for no gain to the NDSU8 (Je'Mazin Roberts;Mikey Rosa).
Ndsu 3-7at Ndsu08Nathan Hayes LE pass complete to Jackson Williams for 12 yards to the NDSU20, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Tyrik McDaniel;Josh Cole).
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu20Cortez LeGrant rush over right end for 18 yards to the NDSU38, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Tyrik McDaniel).
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu38Cortez LeGrant rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the NDSU37 (Chris Iverson).
Ndsu 2-11at Ndsu37Nathan Hayes LE pass complete to Bryce Lance for 15 yards to the CITADEL48, 1ST DOWN NDSU, out-of-bounds (Bradlee Jones).
Ndsu 1-10at Citadel48Nathan Hayes LE pass complete to Chris Harris for 13 yards to the CITADEL35, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Mikey Rosa).
Ndsu 1-10at Citadel35Cortez LeGrant rush up middle for 2 yards to the CITADEL33 (Mikey Rosa;Cale Williams).
Ndsu 2-8at Citadel33Nathan Hayes LE pass complete to Logan Conklin for 16 yards to the CITADEL17, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Bradlee Jones;Tyrik McDaniel).
Ndsu 1-10at Citadel17Myles Mitchell rush over left end for 1 yard to the CITADEL16 (Josh Cole).
Ndsu 2-9at Citadel16Cortez LeGrant rush up middle for 1 yard to the CITADEL15 (Mikey Rosa).
Ndsu 3-8at Citadel15Nathan Hayes RE pass complete to Isiah St. Romain for 15 yards to the CITADEL0, 1ST DOWN NDSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:07.
Eli Ozick kick attempt good.
North Dakota State 38, The Citadel 0
Drive: 12 plays, 95 yards, TOP 07:20
Drew Klein kickoff 61 yards to the CITADEL4, fair catch by J. Graves-Billips.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel25THE CITADEL drive start at 05:07.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel25Cobey Thompkins LE pass incomplete to J. Graves-Billips, QB hurry by Ray James.
Citadel 2-10at Citadel25Sebastien Boyle rush over left end for 6 yards to the CITADEL31 (Will Steil).
Citadel 3-4at Citadel31Sebastien Boyle rush up middle for no gain to the CITADEL31 (Ray James).
Citadel 4-4at Citadel31James Platte punt 53 yards to the NDSU16, fair catch by Jackson Williams.
Drive: 3 plays, 6 yards, TOP 01:29
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu16NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 03:38.
Ndsu 1-10at Ndsu16Cortez LeGrant rush over left end for 1 yard to the NDSU17 (Aiden Wiles).
Ndsu 2-9at Ndsu17Myles Mitchell rush up middle for 2 yards to the NDSU19 (James Brockington).
Ndsu 3-7at Ndsu19Trey Drake rush up middle for 1 yard to the NDSU20, fumble forced by James Brockington, fumble by Trey Drake recovered by NDSU Jett Zabel at NDSU22.
Ndsu 4-4at Ndsu22Aaron Bickerton punt 40 yards to the CITADEL38, fair catch by Braylon Knauth.
Drive: 3 plays, 6 yards, TOP 01:45
Citadel 1-10at Citadel38THE CITADEL drive start at 01:53.
Citadel 1-10at Citadel38Beau Herrington rush up middle for no gain to the CITADEL38 (Jack Hansen).
Citadel 2-10at Citadel38Beau Herrington rush up middle for 1 yard to the CITADEL39 (Ray James;Noah Taylor).
Citadel 3-9at Citadel39Cooper Tankersley rush up middle for 5 yards to the CITADEL44 (Allante Burley).
Citadel 4-4at Citadel44End of game, clock 00:00.
Drive: 3 plays, 6 yards, TOP 01:53
FINAL SCORE
North Dakota State 38, The Citadel 0