10/4/25 | Kickoff: 12:00 AM EST
All-Time Series
Team Box
North Dakota State
Illinois St.
Game Leaders
passing
Cole Payton
YDS
194
ATT
14
COMP
12
PCT
85.7%
TD
1
INT
0
Tommy Rittenhouse
YDS
191
ATT
35
COMP
20
PCT
57.1%
TD
1
INT
1
rushing
Barry Kpeenu
YDS
116
ATT
14
YPA
8.3
TD
1
LONG
42
FUM
—
Victor Dawson
YDS
68
ATT
11
YPA
6.2
TD
0
LONG
23
FUM
1
receiving
Jackson Williams
YDS
71
REC
3
YPC
23.7
TD
0
LONG
51
FUM
—
Daniel Sobkowicz
YDS
75
REC
7
YPC
10.7
TD
1
LONG
26
FUM
—
defense
no stats
no stats
Box
Illinois St. Passing
Scoring Plays
Safety
Tye Niekamp Safety
Touchdown
Cole Payton run for 13 yds for a TD (Eli Ozick KICK)
Touchdown
Wenkers Wright run for 6 yds for a TD (Matt Maldonado KICK)
Touchdown
Barika Kpeenu run for 42 yds for a TD (C. Payton Run For Two-point Conversion)
Field Goal
Eli Ozick 38 yd FG GOOD
Touchdown
Tommy Rittenhouse pass complete to Daniel Sobkowicz for 3 yds for a TD (Matt Maldonado KICK)
Touchdown
Cole Payton pass complete to Bryce Lance for 23 yds for a TD (Eli Ozick KICK)
Touchdown
DJ Scott run for 5 yds for a TD (C. Payton Run For Two-point Conversion)
Team Stats
Team
North Dakota State
Illinois St.
Season Leaders
passing
Cole Payton
YDS
2618
ATT
213
COMP
158
PCT
0.7%
TD
15
INT
4
Tommy Rittenhouse
YDS
2345
ATT
338
COMP
219
PCT
0.6%
TD
28
INT
5
rushing
Barry Kpeenu
YDS
950
ATT
175
YPA
5.4
TD
19
LONG
74
FUM
0
Victor Dawson
YDS
739
ATT
152
YPA
4.9
TD
3
LONG
50
FUM
1
receiving
Bryce Lance
YDS
1001
REC
50
YPC
20.0
TD
7
LONG
81
FUM
0
Daniel Sobkowicz
YDS
686
REC
49
YPC
14.0
TD
11
LONG
39
FUM
0
defense
no stats
Cam Wilson
STKL
5
TFL
0
ATKL
1
SACK
0
INT
2
FUM
1
Recent Games
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9/28/24 | Kickoff: 3:00 PM EST
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(13-3)
42
10
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North Dakota State -10 · O/U 50.5
Illinois St.
(11-3)
10/29/22 | Kickoff: 3:30 PM EST
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(6-5)
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24
Fargodome
Fargo, ND
North Dakota State -18 · O/U 41
North Dakota State
(12-3)
10/16/21 | Kickoff: 3:00 PM EST
North Dakota State
(13-2)
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0
Hancock Stadium
Normal, IL
Illinois St.
(5-6)
3/13/21 | Kickoff: 3:30 PM EST
Illinois St.
(1-3)
13
21
Fargodome
Fargo, ND
North Dakota State
(7-3)
12/14/19 | Kickoff: 12:00 PM EST
Illinois St.
(9-6)
3
9
Fargodome
Fargo, ND
North Dakota State
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