| | | UNI wins toss and defers |
| | | NDS will receive |
| | | UNI will defend South end-zone |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni35 | Start of 1st quarter, clock 15:00, UNI ball on UNI35. |
| | | Caden Popp kickoff 56 yards to the NDSU9, RaJa Nelson return 18 yards to the NDSU27, PENALTY NDSU holding (Jaylen Archibald) 10 yards to the NDSU17, 1st and 10, NDSU ball on NDSU17. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu17 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 14:51. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu17 | Barika Kpeenu rush over right end for 5 yards to the NDSU22 (Kolben Miller;Owen Ostroski), clock 14:42. |
| Ndsu | 2-5 | at Ndsu22 | Barika Kpeenu rush over right end for 16 yards to the NDSU38, 1ST DOWN NDSU, out-of-bounds (Joe Hall III), clock 14:08. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu38 | Cole Payton LE pass complete to Bryce Lance for 18 yards to the UNI44, 1ST DOWN NDSU, out-of-bounds, clock 13:31. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni44 | Cole Payton rush up middle for 6 yards to the UNI38 (Ryan Crandall), clock 13:02. |
| Ndsu | 2-4 | at Uni38 | Barika Kpeenu rush over right end for 2 yards to the UNI36 (Ryan Crandall;Aidan Miller), clock 12:26. |
| Ndsu | 3-2 | at Uni36 | Barika Kpeenu rush over right end for 5 yards to the UNI31, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Jordan McClom;Ryan Crandall), clock 11:44. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni31 | Cole Payton RE pass complete to DJ Scott for 17 yards to the UNI14, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Joe Hall III), clock 11:01. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni14 | RaJa Nelson rush over right end for 2 yards to the UNI12 (Ethan Schoville), clock 10:21. |
| Ndsu | 2-8 | at Uni12 | Cole Payton rush over left end for 11 yards to the UNI1, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Tucker Langenberg), clock 09:48. |
| Ndsu | 1-G | at Uni01 | Barika Kpeenu rush over right end for 1 yard to the UNI0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:17. |
| | | Eli Ozick kick attempt good. |
| | | North Dakota State 7, Northern Iowa 0 |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| | | Drive: 10 plays, 83 yards, TOP 05:34 |
| | | Eli Ozick kickoff 65 yards to the UNI0, touchback. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | NORTHERN IOWA drive start at 09:17. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | Bill Jackson rush up middle for 4 yards to the UNI29 (Logan Kopp), clock 09:11. |
| Uni | 2-6 | at Uni29 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass incomplete to Ayden Price, clock 08:40. |
| Uni | 3-6 | at Uni29 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass incomplete to JC Roque Jr., clock 08:34. |
| Uni | 4-6 | at Uni29 | Noah Pettinger punt 37 yards to the NDSU34, Jackson Williams return 11 yards to the NDSU45 (John Powers). |
| | | Drive: 3 plays, 4 yards, TOP 00:53 |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu45 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 08:24. |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu45 | Cole Payton RE pass complete to Barika Kpeenu for 25 yards to the UNI30, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Ethan Schoville), clock 08:10. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni30 | Cole Payton LE pass complete to RaJa Nelson for loss of 4 yards to the UNI34 (JonathanCabralMartin), clock 07:26. |
| Ndsu | 2-14 | at Uni34 | Barika Kpeenu rush over left end for 1 yard to the UNI33 (Calvin Jaworski;Tucker Langenberg), clock 06:54. |
| Ndsu | 3-13 | at Uni33 | Cole Payton RE pass complete to Bryce Lance for 10 yards to the UNI23, out-of-bounds (JonathanCabralMartin), clock 06:13. |
| Ndsu | 4-3 | at Uni23 | Timeout North Dakota State, clock 05:37. |
| Ndsu | 4-3 | at Uni23 | Cole Payton sacked for loss of 10 yards to the UNI33 (Owen Ostroski). |
| | | Drive: 5 plays, 22 yards, TOP 02:51 |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni33 | NORTHERN IOWA drive start at 05:33. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni33 | JC Roque Jr. rush over right end for loss of 7 yards to the UNI26 (Nathaniel Staehling), clock 05:25. |
| Uni | 2-17 | at Uni26 | Harrison Bey-Buie rush up middle for 2 yards to the UNI28 (Logan Kopp), clock 04:45. |
| Uni | 3-15 | at Uni28 | Jaxon Dailey rush up middle for no gain to the UNI28 (Donovan Woolen;Toby Anene), clock 03:45. |
| Uni | 4-15 | at Uni28 | Noah Pettinger punt 40 yards to the NDSU32, Jackson Williams return 58 yards to the UNI10, out-of-bounds (Noah Pettinger), PENALTY UNI personal foul (Noah Pettinger) 5 yards to the UNI5. |
| | | Drive: 3 plays, minus 5 yards, TOP 02:22 |
| Ndsu | 1-G | at Uni05 | 1st and 5. |
| Ndsu | 1-G | at Uni05 | NDSU ball on UNI5. |
| Ndsu | 1-G | at Uni05 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 03:11. |
| Ndsu | 1-G | at Uni05 | Cole Payton rush up middle for 5 yards to the UNI0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:06. |
| | | Eli Ozick kick attempt good. |
| | | North Dakota State 14, Northern Iowa 0 |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| | | Drive: 1 plays, 5 yards, TOP 00:05 |
| | | Eli Ozick kickoff 65 yards to the UNI0, touchback. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | NORTHERN IOWA drive start at 03:06. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass complete to Derek Anderson for 10 yards to the UNI35, 1ST DOWN UNI (Nathaniel Staehling), clock 02:52. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni35 | Bill Jackson rush over left end for 2 yards to the UNI37 (A. Chideme-Alfaro;Logan Larson), clock 02:30. |
| Uni | 2-8 | at Uni37 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass complete to JC Roque Jr. for 5 yards to the UNI42 (Taylen Eady), clock 01:49. |
| Uni | 3-3 | at Uni42 | Jaxon Dailey sacked for loss of 5 yards to the UNI37 (Toby Anene), fumble by Jaxon Dailey recovered by UNI JC Roque Jr. at UNI37, clock 01:08. |
| Uni | 4-8 | at Uni37 | Noah Pettinger punt 45 yards to the NDSU18, fair catch by Jackson Williams, PENALTY NDSU unsportsmanlike conduct (Jackson Williams) 9 yards to the NDSU9, 1ST DOWN NDSU. |
| | | Drive: 4 plays, 12 yards, TOP 02:39 |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu09 | 1st and 10. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu09 | NDSU ball on NDSU9. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu09 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 00:27. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu09 | Barika Kpeenu rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the NDSU8 (Isaiah Pinks), clock 00:00. |
| | | Drive: 1 plays, minus 1 yards, TOP 00:41 |
| | | North Dakota State 14, Northern Iowa 0 |
| Ndsu | 2-11 | at Ndsu08 | Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00. |
| Ndsu | 2-11 | at Ndsu08 | Cole Payton sacked for loss of 8 yards to the NDSU0 (Caleb Frazer), Caleb Frazer safety, clock 14:54. |
| | | North Dakota State 14, Northern Iowa 2 |
| Ndsu | 1-G | at Ndsu03 | NDSU ball on NDSU20. |
| | | Drive: 2 plays, minus 9 yards, TOP 00:41 |
| | | Eli Ozick kickoff 70 yards to the UNI10, JC Roque Jr. return 20 yards to the UNI30, out-of-bounds (Kegan Huber). |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni30 | NORTHERN IOWA drive start at 14:46. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni30 | Harrison Bey-Buie rush up middle for 6 yards to the UNI36 (Nathaniel Staehling;Alijah Wayne), clock 14:38. |
| Uni | 2-4 | at Uni36 | Harrison Bey-Buie rush up middle for 9 yards to the UNI45, 1ST DOWN UNI (Donovan Woolen;Nathaniel Staehling), clock 14:01. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni45 | Jaxon Dailey LE pass complete to Ian Collins for 7 yards to the NDSU48 (Taylen Eady), clock 13:15. |
| Uni | 2-3 | at Ndsu48 | Harrison Bey-Buie rush up middle for 3 yards to the NDSU45, 1ST DOWN UNI (Jaquise Alexander;Keenan Wilson), clock 12:45. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Ndsu45 | Bill Jackson rush up middle for 2 yards to the NDSU43 (Logan Larson), clock 12:01. |
| Uni | 2-8 | at Ndsu43 | Jaxon Dailey LE pass incomplete to Tysen Kershaw (Donovan Woolen), clock 11:39. |
| Uni | 3-8 | at Ndsu43 | Jaxon Dailey rush over right end for 3 yards to the NDSU40 (Darius Givance;Logan Kopp), clock 11:32. |
| Uni | 4-5 | at Ndsu40 | PENALTY UNI false start (Blake Anderson) 5 yards to the NDSU45. |
| Uni | 4-10 | at Ndsu45 | 4th and 10. |
| Uni | 4-10 | at Ndsu45 | Noah Pettinger punt 32 yards to the NDSU13, fair catch by Jackson Williams. |
| | | Drive: 7 plays, 25 yards, TOP 04:17 |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu13 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 10:29. |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu13 | DJ Scott rush up middle for 3 yards to the NDSU16 (Tucker Langenberg), clock 10:23. |
| Ndsu | 2-7 | at Ndsu16 | DJ Scott rush over right end for 8 yards to the NDSU24, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Isaiah Pinks;Aidan Miller), clock 09:42. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu24 | Cole Payton middle pass complete to Bryce Lance for 51 yards to the UNI25, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Isaiah Pinks), clock 08:57. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni25 | Cole Payton RE pass complete to Mekhi Collins for 9 yards to the UNI16 (Isaiah Pinks), clock 08:24. |
| Ndsu | 2-1 | at Uni16 | DJ Scott rush over right end for no gain to the UNI16 (Caleb Frazer), clock 07:58. |
| Ndsu | 3-1 | at Uni16 | DJ Scott rush up middle for no gain to the UNI16 (Ryan Kuennen;Ethan Schoville), clock 07:18. |
| Ndsu | 4-1 | at Uni16 | DJ Scott rush up middle for 2 yards to the UNI14, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Ethan Schoville), clock 06:37. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni14 | Cole Payton middle pass complete to Bryce Lance for 14 yards to the UNI0, 1ST DOWN NDSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:57. |
| | | Eli Ozick kick attempt good. |
| | | North Dakota State 21, Northern Iowa 2 |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| | | Drive: 8 plays, 87 yards, TOP 04:32 |
| | | Eli Ozick kickoff 65 yards to the UNI0, touchback. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | NORTHERN IOWA drive start at 05:57. |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | Bill Jackson rush up middle for no gain to the UNI25 (Donovan Woolen), clock 05:49. |
| Uni | 2-10 | at Uni25 | JC Roque Jr. rush over right end for 2 yards to the UNI27, out-of-bounds (Donovan Woolen), clock 05:11. |
| Uni | 3-8 | at Uni27 | Jaxon Dailey RE pass incomplete to Derek Anderson, clock 04:29. |
| Uni | 4-8 | at Uni27 | Noah Pettinger punt 47 yards to the NDSU26, Jackson Williams return 33 yards to the UNI41 (Calvin Jaworski). |
| | | Drive: 3 plays, 2 yards, TOP 01:41 |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni41 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 04:16. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni41 | Barika Kpeenu rush over right end for 11 yards to the UNI30, 1ST DOWN NDSU, out-of-bounds (Ryan Crandall), clock 04:10. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni30 | Cole Payton LE pass incomplete to Carson Williams, QB hurry by Caleb Frazer, clock 03:47. |
| Ndsu | 2-10 | at Uni30 | Cole Payton rush up middle for 9 yards to the UNI21 (Isaiah Pinks), clock 03:36. |
| Ndsu | 3-1 | at Uni21 | Cole Payton LE pass incomplete to Bryce Lance, clock 03:20. |
| Ndsu | 4-1 | at Uni21 | Cole Payton rush up middle for 2 yards to the UNI19, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Ryan Kuennen;Jack Kriebs), clock 03:14. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni19 | Cole Payton RE pass complete to Truman Werremeyer for 6 yards to the UNI13 (Joe Hall III;Kolben Miller), clock 02:31. |
| Ndsu | 2-4 | at Uni13 | PENALTY NDSU false start (Griffin Empey) 5 yards to the UNI18, NO PLAY. |
| Ndsu | 2-9 | at Uni18 | 2nd and 9. |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| Ndsu | 2-9 | at Uni18 | Cole Payton LE pass complete to Bryce Lance for 15 yards to the UNI3, 1ST DOWN NDSU (JonathanCabralMartin;Isaiah Pinks), clock 01:53. |
| Ndsu | 1-G | at Uni03 | Barika Kpeenu rush up middle for loss of 2 yards to the UNI5 (Tucker Langenberg;Ethan Schoville), clock 01:34. |
| Ndsu | 2-G | at Uni05 | Barika Kpeenu rush over right end for 5 yards to the UNI0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:59. |
| | | Eli Ozick kick attempt good. |
| | | North Dakota State 28, Northern Iowa 2 |
| | | Drive: 9 plays, 41 yards, TOP 03:17 |
| | | Eli Ozick kickoff 65 yards to the UNI0, touchback. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | NORTHERN IOWA drive start at 00:59. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | Jaxon Dailey LE pass incomplete, QB hurry by Kelton McCaslin, clock 00:51. |
| Uni | 2-10 | at Uni25 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass incomplete to Tysen Kershaw, QB hurry by Logan Larson, clock 00:47. |
| Uni | 3-10 | at Uni25 | Jaxon Dailey LE pass complete to Ayden Price for no gain to the UNI25 (Jaquise Alexander), clock 00:39. |
| Uni | 4-10 | at Uni25 | Timeout North Dakota State, clock 00:41. |
| Uni | 4-10 | at Uni25 | Noah Pettinger punt 33 yards to the NDSU42, out-of-bounds. |
| | | Drive: 3 plays, 0 yards, TOP 00:23 |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu42 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 00:36. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu42 | Cole Payton middle pass complete to Owen Johnson for 12 yards to the UNI46, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Ryan Crandall), clock 00:28. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni46 | Cole Payton rush up middle for 2 yards to the UNI44, out-of-bounds (Ryan Crandall), clock 00:19. |
| Ndsu | 2-8 | at Uni44 | Cole Payton LE pass complete to Bryce Lance for 7 yards to the UNI37, out-of-bounds, clock 00:13. |
| Ndsu | 3-1 | at Uni37 | Cole Payton middle pass complete to Bryce Lance for 9 yards to the UNI28, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Joe Hall III), clock 00:08. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni28 | Timeout North Dakota State, clock 00:08. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni28 | Eli Ozick field goal attempt from 46 GOOD, clock 00:03. |
| | | North Dakota State 31, Northern Iowa 2 |
| | | Drive: 5 plays, 30 yards, TOP 00:36 |
| | | Eli Ozick kickoff 43 yards to the UNI22, downed. |
| | | UNI will receive |
| | | NDS will defend South end-zone |
| | | North Dakota State 31, Northern Iowa 2 |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni22 | Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, NDSU ball on NDSU35. |
| | | Eli Ozick kickoff 65 yards to the UNI0, touchback. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | NORTHERN IOWA drive start at 15:00. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | Jaxon Dailey rush up middle for no gain to the UNI25 (Donovan Woolen;Jaxon Duttenhefer), clock 14:53. |
| Uni | 2-10 | at Uni25 | Bill Jackson rush up middle for 2 yards to the UNI27 (Jaquise Alexander;Nathaniel Staehling), clock 14:14. |
| Uni | 3-8 | at Uni27 | Jaxon Dailey LE pass incomplete to Tysen Kershaw, QB hurry by Jaxon Duttenhefer, clock 13:34. |
| Uni | 4-8 | at Uni27 | Noah Pettinger punt 43 yards to the NDSU30, RaJa Nelson return 6 yards to the NDSU36 (JonathanCabralMartin). |
| | | Drive: 3 plays, 2 yards, TOP 01:37 |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu36 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 13:23. |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu36 | Cole Payton rush up middle for 64 yards to the UNI0, 1ST DOWN NDSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:12. |
| | | Eli Ozick kick attempt good. |
| | | North Dakota State 38, Northern Iowa 2 |
| Ndsu | 1-G | at Ndsu35 | PENALTY UNI unsportsmanlike conduct (Jaylen Pettus) 15 yards to the 50 yardline, clock 13:12. |
| | | Drive: 1 plays, 64 yards, TOP 00:11 |
| | | Eli Ozick kickoff 50 yards to the UNI0, touchback. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | NORTHERN IOWA drive start at 13:12. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | Harrison Bey-Buie rush up middle for 11 yards to the UNI36, 1ST DOWN UNI (Ryan Jones;Peder Haugo), clock 13:06. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni36 | Harrison Bey-Buie rush up middle for 6 yards to the UNI42 (Ryan Jones;Logan Larson), clock 12:26. |
| Uni | 2-4 | at Uni42 | Harrison Bey-Buie rush over right end for 13 yards to the NDSU45, 1ST DOWN UNI, out-of-bounds (Jaylen Archibald), clock 11:55. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Ndsu45 | Bill Jackson rush up middle for 10 yards to the NDSU35, 1ST DOWN UNI (Alijah Wayne), PENALTY NDSU unsportsmanlike conduct (Jack Iuliano) 15 yards to the NDSU20, 1ST DOWN UNI. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Ndsu20 | 1st and 10. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Ndsu20 | Bill Jackson rush up middle for 7 yards to the NDSU13 (Peder Haugo), clock 10:58. |
| Uni | 2-3 | at Ndsu13 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass intercepted by Peder Haugo at the NDSU6 (Jaylen Archibald), Peder Haugo return 0 yards to the NDSU6. |
| | | Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards, TOP 02:50 |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu06 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 10:22. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu06 | Barika Kpeenu rush over right end for 13 yards to the NDSU19, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Jordan McClom), clock 10:13. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu19 | Barika Kpeenu rush over right end for no gain to the NDSU19 (Owen Ostroski), clock 09:35. |
| Ndsu | 2-10 | at Ndsu19 | Cole Payton sacked for loss of 7 yards to the NDSU12 (Owen Ostroski), clock 08:54. |
| Ndsu | 3-17 | at Ndsu12 | Cole Payton RE pass complete to Barika Kpeenu for 16 yards to the NDSU28, out-of-bounds (Jordan McClom), clock 08:08. |
| Ndsu | 4-1 | at Ndsu28 | PENALTY NDSU delay of game (Cole Payton) 5 yards to the NDSU23. |
| Ndsu | 4-6 | at Ndsu23 | 4th and 6. |
| Ndsu | 4-6 | at Ndsu23 | Aaron Bickerton punt BLOCKED, recovered by UNI Ethan Schoville at NDSU0 (blocked by John Powers), Ethan Schoville for no gain to the NDSU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:21. |
| | | Drive: 4 plays, 17 yards, TOP 03:01 |
| | | Max Bartachek kick attempt good. |
| | | North Dakota State 38, Northern Iowa 9 |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| | | Caden Popp kickoff 65 yards to the NDSU0, Jackson Williams return 86 yards to the UNI14, fumble forced by Isaiah Pinks, fumble by Jackson Williams recovered by UNI AJ Vaughn at UNI14, clock 07:05. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni14 | NORTHERN IOWA drive start at 07:05, UNI ball on UNI14. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni14 | Bill Jackson rush up middle for 1 yard to the UNI15 (Logan Kopp), clock 06:59. |
| Uni | 2-9 | at Uni15 | Bill Jackson rush up middle for 2 yards to the UNI17 (Jaxon Duttenhefer), clock 06:22. |
| Uni | 3-7 | at Uni17 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass complete to Bill Jackson for 15 yards to the UNI32, 1ST DOWN UNI (Jaquise Alexander), clock 05:34. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni32 | Jaxon Dailey RE pass complete to Derek Anderson for 6 yards to the UNI38 (Nathaniel Staehling), clock 04:49. |
| Uni | 2-4 | at Uni38 | Harrison Bey-Buie rush up middle for 10 yards to the UNI48, 1ST DOWN UNI (Donovan Woolen;Taylen Eady), clock 04:12. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni48 | Bill Jackson rush up middle for 3 yards to the NDSU49 (Nathaniel Staehling;Logan Kopp), clock 03:27. |
| Uni | 2-7 | at Ndsu49 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass incomplete to JC Roque Jr., clock 02:51. |
| Uni | 3-7 | at Ndsu49 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass incomplete to Bill Jackson, clock 02:47. |
| Uni | 4-7 | at Ndsu49 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass intercepted by Taylen Eady at the NDSU12, PENALTY UNI illegal shift declined. |
| | | Drive: 9 plays, 37 yards, TOP 04:27 |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu12 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 02:38. |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu12 | DJ Scott rush over left end for 1 yard to the NDSU13 (Ryan Crandall;John Powers), clock 02:30. |
| Ndsu | 2-9 | at Ndsu13 | DJ Scott rush over left end for loss of 1 yard to the NDSU12 (John Powers;Owen Ostroski), clock 01:45. |
| Ndsu | 3-10 | at Ndsu12 | Cole Payton LE pass complete to Bryce Lance for 7 yards to the NDSU19, out-of-bounds (Joe Hall III), clock 00:59. |
| Ndsu | 4-3 | at Ndsu19 | Aaron Bickerton punt 46 yards to the UNI35, fair catch by JC Roque Jr.. |
| | | Drive: 3 plays, 7 yards, TOP 02:15 |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni35 | NORTHERN IOWA drive start at 00:23. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni35 | Jaxon Dailey rush up middle for 7 yards to the UNI42 (Oliver Lucht), clock 00:00. |
| | | Drive: 1 plays, 7 yards, TOP 05:30 |
| | | North Dakota State 38, Northern Iowa 9 |
| Uni | 2-3 | at Uni42 | Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00. |
| Uni | 2-3 | at Uni42 | Bill Jackson rush up middle for loss of 2 yards to the UNI40 (Alijah Wayne;Jaylen Archibald), clock 14:54. |
| Uni | 3-5 | at Uni40 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass complete to JC Roque Jr. for 23 yards to the NDSU37, 1ST DOWN UNI (Gavin Sell), clock 14:08. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Ndsu37 | Bill Jackson rush up middle for 8 yards to the NDSU29 (Gavin Sell), clock 13:33. |
| Uni | 2-2 | at Ndsu29 | Bill Jackson rush over left end for loss of 2 yards to the NDSU31 (Zach Vanderpool), clock 12:55. |
| Uni | 3-4 | at Ndsu31 | Jaxon Dailey sacked for loss of 4 yards to the NDSU35 (Zach Vanderpool), clock 12:15. |
| Uni | 4-8 | at Ndsu35 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass complete to Tysen Kershaw for 19 yards to the NDSU16, 1ST DOWN UNI (Jaylen Archibald), clock 11:26. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Ndsu16 | Harrison Bey-Buie rush up middle for 2 yards to the NDSU14 (Peder Haugo;Oliver Lucht), clock 10:50. |
| Uni | 2-8 | at Ndsu14 | Jaxon Dailey RE pass incomplete to Graham Friedrichsen (Jaylen Archibald), QB hurry by Oliver Lucht, clock 10:09. |
| Uni | 3-8 | at Ndsu14 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass incomplete to Briggs Hughston, clock 10:04. |
| Uni | 4-8 | at Ndsu14 | Jaxon Dailey middle pass complete to JC Roque Jr. for 14 yards to the NDSU0, 1ST DOWN UNI, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:59. |
| | | Max Bartachek kick attempt good. |
| | | North Dakota State 38, Northern Iowa 16 |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| | | Drive: 11 plays, 65 yards, TOP 05:30 |
| | | Caden Popp kickoff 43 yards to the NDSU22, Jett Zabel return 23 yards to the NDSU45 (John Powers;Mitchell Smith). |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu45 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 09:53. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu45 | DJ Scott rush over left end for 1 yard to the NDSU46 (Owen Ostroski), clock 09:46. |
| Ndsu | 2-9 | at Ndsu46 | Nathan Hayes LE pass complete to Reis Kessel for 17 yards to the UNI37, 1ST DOWN NDSU, out-of-bounds, clock 09:04. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni37 | Nathan Hayes RE pass incomplete to Jackson Williams, clock 08:31. |
| Ndsu | 2-10 | at Uni37 | DJ Scott rush over right end for 1 yard to the UNI36 (Tucker Langenberg), clock 08:19. |
| Ndsu | 3-9 | at Uni36 | Nathan Hayes RE pass complete to Owen Johnson for 31 yards to the UNI5, 1ST DOWN NDSU, out-of-bounds (Isaiah Pinks), clock 07:40. |
| Ndsu | 1-G | at Uni05 | Owen Johnson rush over left end for no gain to the UNI5 (Ryan Crandall), clock 06:56. |
| Ndsu | 2-G | at Uni05 | Nathan Hayes LE pass incomplete to Carson Williams, clock 06:26. |
| Ndsu | 3-G | at Uni05 | Nathan Hayes middle pass incomplete to Mekhi Collins, clock 06:23. |
| Ndsu | 4-G | at Uni05 | Eli Ozick field goal attempt from 23 GOOD, clock 06:20. |
| | | North Dakota State 41, Northern Iowa 16 |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| | | Drive: 9 plays, 50 yards, TOP 03:33 |
| | | Drew Klein kickoff 65 yards to the UNI0, touchback. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | NORTHERN IOWA drive start at 06:20. |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | Jaxon Dailey sacked for loss of 13 yards to the UNI12 (Zach Vanderpool), clock 06:12. |
| Uni | 2-23 | at Uni12 | Christian Collins rush up middle for 6 yards to the UNI18 (Noah Taylor), clock 05:29. |
| Uni | 3-17 | at Uni18 | Jaxon Dailey RE pass incomplete to Tysen Kershaw (Hudson Artz), clock 04:50. |
| Uni | 4-17 | at Uni18 | Noah Pettinger punt 52 yards to the NDSU30, out-of-bounds. |
| | | Drive: 3 plays, minus 7 yards, TOP 01:38 |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu30 | NORTH DAKOTA STATE drive start at 04:42. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu30 | Cortez LeGrant rush up middle for 6 yards to the NDSU36 (John Powers), clock 04:35. |
| Ndsu | 2-4 | at Ndsu36 | Nathan Hayes LE pass incomplete to Luke Kokat, clock 04:07. |
| Ndsu | 3-4 | at Ndsu36 | Nathan Hayes RE pass complete to John Gores for 8 yards to the NDSU44, 1ST DOWN NDSU, clock 03:51. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Ndsu44 | Brady Wavrunek rush up middle for 9 yards to the UNI47 (Ethan Schoville;Kolben Miller), clock 03:23. |
| Ndsu | 2-1 | at Uni47 | Brady Wavrunek rush up middle for 2 yards to the UNI45, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Ryan Crandall), clock 02:51. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni45 | Nathan Hayes LE pass incomplete to John Gores (Josiah Young), clock 02:12. |
| Ndsu | 2-10 | at Uni45 | Charles Ross rush up middle for 3 yards to the UNI42 (Jordan McClom;JonathanCabralMartin), clock 02:01. |
| | | Timeout on the field. |
| Ndsu | 3-7 | at Uni42 | Cortez LeGrant rush over left end for 8 yards to the UNI34, 1ST DOWN NDSU (Calvin Jaworski;Tucker Langenberg), clock 01:55. |
| Ndsu | 1-10 | at Uni34 | Nathan Hayes rush over right end for 34 yards to the UNI0, 1ST DOWN NDSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:25. |
| | | Eli Ozick kick attempt good. |
| | | North Dakota State 48, Northern Iowa 16 |
| | | Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, TOP 03:17 |
| | | Drew Klein kickoff 65 yards to the UNI0, touchback. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | NORTHERN IOWA drive start at 01:25. |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni25 | Christian Collins rush over left end for 7 yards to the UNI32 (Allante Burley), clock 01:16. |
| Uni | 2-3 | at Uni32 | Christian Collins rush up middle for 2 yards to the UNI34 (Wyatt Osterbauer), clock 00:37. |
| Uni | 3-1 | at Uni34 | Christian Collins rush over left end for 5 yards to the UNI39, 1ST DOWN UNI (Jaylen Archibald). |
| Uni | 1-10 | at Uni39 | End of game, clock 00:00. |
| | | Drive: 3 plays, 14 yards, TOP 01:25 |
| | | FINAL SCORE |
| | | North Dakota State 48, Northern Iowa 16 |