University of Northern Iowa Athletics
Saturday, October 12
Fargo, N.D.
1 p.m.
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North Dakota State
Panthers Face Top-Ranked Bison on the Road
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For the third consecutive game, the Panthers face a ranked team, this time they will try to break up No. 1 North Dakota State's 26-game win streak. UNI is coming off a 21-14 win over No. 18 Youngstown State Saturday in the UNI-Dome. The Panthers are 3-2 on the year and are 3-0 at home. The series is tied 26-26, but the NDSU is 8-1 over the last nine meetings. Both teams are in the top-15 in the country for total defense. Â
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 •The Panther defense held the vaunted Youngstown State rushing attack to just 55 yards on 36 carries en route to a 21-14 win. The Panthers recorded six sacks, the most since recording 10 sacks against Youngstown State in the 2017 game. UNI racked up 334 yards of offense. Trevor Allen rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown and Isaiah Weston notched 108 yards and a touchdown on three receptions.Â
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 • The win over Southern Utah was Head coach Mark Farley's 150th career victory.  He is the winningest coach in UNI and Missouri Valley Football History and the 10th coach in FCS history with 150 FCS victories.Â
 • The UNI defense is proving to be one the best in the FCS. UNI is ninth in total defense, 14th in scoring defense, sixth in sacks and 20th in first down defense.Â
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 • After being named the STATS FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week in week one, Matthew Cook remains perfect at 9-9 on the season. He is also 12-12 in PATs for a team-high 39 points. He is 3-3 on the year on field goals over 40 yards.Â
• The Panthers have earned a Missouri Valley Player of the Week honor after each game this season. Cook was named the Special Teams Player of the Week after the Iowa State game, McElvain earned Newcomer of the Week honors after the Southern Utah game and Elerson G. Smith was named the Defensive Player of the Week after the Idaho State win and again after the Youngstown State victory. Against Weber State, McElvain earned his second newcomer of the Week honor and Chris Kolarevic picked up Defensive Player of the Week honors.
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 •The Panther defense held the vaunted Youngstown State rushing attack to just 55 yards on 36 carries en route to a 21-14 win. The Panthers recorded six sacks, the most since recording 10 sacks against Youngstown State in the 2017 game. UNI racked up 334 yards of offense. Trevor Allen rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown and Isaiah Weston notched 108 yards and a touchdown on three receptions.Â
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 • The win over Southern Utah was Head coach Mark Farley's 150th career victory.  He is the winningest coach in UNI and Missouri Valley Football History and the 10th coach in FCS history with 150 FCS victories.Â
 • The UNI defense is proving to be one the best in the FCS. UNI is ninth in total defense, 14th in scoring defense, sixth in sacks and 20th in first down defense.Â
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 • After being named the STATS FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week in week one, Matthew Cook remains perfect at 9-9 on the season. He is also 12-12 in PATs for a team-high 39 points. He is 3-3 on the year on field goals over 40 yards.Â
• The Panthers have earned a Missouri Valley Player of the Week honor after each game this season. Cook was named the Special Teams Player of the Week after the Iowa State game, McElvain earned Newcomer of the Week honors after the Southern Utah game and Elerson G. Smith was named the Defensive Player of the Week after the Idaho State win and again after the Youngstown State victory. Against Weber State, McElvain earned his second newcomer of the Week honor and Chris Kolarevic picked up Defensive Player of the Week honors.
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