South Dakota State University NCAA News Archives

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - This is the game between the games. Having knocked off perennial power Northern Iowa last week - and with the league title perhaps on the line next week against Southern Illinois - No.

Youngstown State University goes back to the drawing board to battle the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits on Saturday's Homecoming.

There were plenty of brilliant performances in another weekend of great Football Championship Subdivision play, but two games simply defied logic.

Cade Cooper threw for 295 yards and four touchdowns and Southern Utah got its first interception return for a touchdown since 2004 as the Thunderbirds rolled to a 35-10 win against North Dakota on Saturday.

Thomas O'Brien threw two touchdown passes to guide South Dakota State to a 24-14 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday.

Northern Iowa's football program is firmly entrenched among the elite in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision.

As if it isn't unusual enough that South Dakota State has won three in a row against perennially powerful North Dakota State, the Jackrabbits are beating the rival Bison with players that were deemed not good enough to play in Fargo.

South Dakota State beats North Dakota State 28-13 Eds: APNewsNow. South Dakota State 28, North Dakota State 13.

Playing from behind most of the way, the Bears took mostly to the air --not that they could successfully run it any way.

This week's Missouri Valley Football Conference players of the week are RB Deji Karim of Southern Illinois, CB General Parnell of South Dakota State, and punter Dean Priddy of South Dakota State.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Thomas O'Brien, starting in his first game, threw for 211 yards and two touchdowns to lead South Dakota State to a 24-17 win over Missouri State on Saturday.

Jackrabbits hold off Missouri State, 24-17 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - General Parnell intercepted two passes, including one in the end zone with under a minute to play, as South Dakota State held off a Missouri State comeback attempt, 21-14, Saturday afternoon in Missouri Valley Football Conference action.

Missouri State football coach Terry Allen calls South Dakota State, the Bears' opponent Saturday, a 'blue collar' team.

Quarterback Ryan Crawford wasn't the only South Dakota State player sitting in first class on the plane ride back from Cal Poly.

PISMO BEACH, Calif. - South Dakota State is mixing it up on its biennial trip to California's Central Coast, abandoning the usual inland accommodations for a stylish resort set on a bluff that overlooks the Pacific Ocean.

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. Marty Mohamed sacked Thomas O'Brien late in the fourth quarter and Carlton Gillespie recovered the South Dakota State quarterback's fumble in the end zone for the winning touchdown in Cal Poly's 21-14 victory Saturday.

Eyad Salem had 14 catches for 172 yards and Matt Brown completed 30 of 42 passes for 320 yards to lead Illinois State to a 27-24 victory Saturday over North Dakota State.

South Dakota State University offensive lineman Casey Knips has been named a semifinalist for the 2009 Wiiliam V. Campbell Trophy, officials from the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame announced Thursday.