#12 UNI Football Travel to Fargo For Showdown with #5 North Dakota State

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vs Eastern Washington

Sep 13

4 p.m.

Cedar Falls, Iowa

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at Utah Tech

Sep 20

7 p.m.

St. George, Utah

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vs #16/17 North Dakota

Oct 4

4 p.m.

Cedar Falls, Iowa

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at #2/2 South Dakota State

Oct 11

2 p.m.

Brookings, S.D.

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vs #12/20 South Dakota

Oct 18

1 p.m.

Cedar Falls, Iowa

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at #17/14 Southern Illinois

Oct 25

2 p.m.

Carbondale, Ill.

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at #7/4 Illinois State

Nov 1

2 p.m.

Normal, Ill.

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vs Murray State

Nov 8

1 p.m.

Cedar Falls, Iowa

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at #1/1 North Dakota State

Nov 15

2:30 p.m.

Fargo, N.D.

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vs RV/#25 Youngstown State

Nov 22

1 p.m.

Cedar Falls, Iowa

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THE GAME
#16/#12 UNI @ #5/#5 NDSU

DATE: Oct 9, 2021
PLACE: Fargo Dome
TIME: 1 pm
TV: ESPN+

THE PANTHERS
•With 3 interceptions on the year, Benny Sapp III leads the Panthers in turnovers and ranks 5th in the nation. Sapp finished with 1 interception against Sacramento State and 2 against St. Thomas.

•Dom Williams averages 7.22 yards per carry, ranking 2nd in the MVC and 8th nationally in yards per carry.

• MLB Spencer Cuvelier earned MVFC Defensive Player of the week for the second time this season after finishing with 17 total tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass breakup against Youngstown State.

• MLB Spencer Cuvelier has injected himself in every play, averaging 11.8 tackles per game, second best in the MVFC and 5th nationally.

• The Panther offense exploded in the third quarter against Sacramento State, scoring 27 unanswered points behind Theo Day at QB. Entering the game at halftime Day finished with 120 yards passing for 6-11 with 2 touchdowns.

• The UNI defense forced 6 turnovers at Sacramento State. The last time UNI forced 6 turnovers was Sept 8, 2012 when the #7 Panthers beat DII Central State 56-0.

• MLB Spencer Cuvelier recorded 1 forced fumble and 2 fumble recoveries while leading the team with 15 tackles against Sacramento State to earn MVFC Defensive Player of the Week honors as well as Stats Perform National Defensive Player of the Week.

• The Panthers return all 22 offensive and defensive starters from last season.

• 11 Panthers were honored with MVFC Preseason honors, Jared Brinkman (First Team), Trevor Penning (First Team), Spencer Cuvelier (First Team), Mathew Cook (First Team), Omar Brown (Second Team), Austin Evans (Second Team), Deion McShane (Second Team), Will McElvain (HM), Isaiah Weston (HM), Benny Sapp III (HM), Tyler Hoosman (HM).

THE BISON
• The Bison took 10 spots on the Preseason All-MVFC team highlighted by senior wide receiver Christian Watson, who was named to the first team as a wide receiver and return specialist. Six other NDSU first team picks included fullback Hunter Luepke, offensive linemen Cordell Volson and Cody Mauch, defensive end Spencer Waege, linebacker James Kaczor and safety Michael Tutsie. Bison tight end Noah Gindorff and defensive tackle Eli Mostaert were named to the preseason second team. Tight end Josh Babicz was honorable mention.

• North Dakota State continues to rank No. 1 in the FCS averaging 317.0 rushing yards per game. The Bison are the only team in the FCS over 300 yards per game on the ground and also lead all of Division I with 7.08 yards per carry (ahead of the school-record pace of 6.41 set in 1988 and nearly equaled in 2018 and 2019). Only Air Force (367.4) and Army (318.2) are averaging more rushing yards per game in Division I.

• NDSU has four running backs averaging over seven yards per carry in TaMerik Williams (9.1), Jalen Bussey (9.0), Hunter Luepke (8.4) and Dominic Gonnella (7.6), plus quarterback Quincy Patterson's 5.0 average and team-high 41 carries.

• North Dakota State leads the FCS in red-zone defense (.250) allowing just one touchdown in four opportunities inside the 20-yard line.

• The Bison defense has one fumble recovery, one interception, and one turnover on downs in the red zone.

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