South Dakota State Jackrabbits

5-1

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South Dakota State Jackrabbits beat the Illinois State Redbirds

5-1 31 – 14

4-2

Final · Sat, Oct 3

Game Details

Hancock Stadium (Normal) · 10,171 fans · ESPN+

Recap

Josh Holst, Myles Green spark South Dakota State to 31-14 victory over Illinois State

Josh Holst threw two touchdown passes and Myles Green scored on an interception return to lead South Dakota State to a 31-14 victory over Illinois State on Saturday night in a matchup between two of the top-ranked teams in the Championship Subdivision.

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
SDST	7	3	7	14	31
ILST	0	7	0	7	14

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Game Leaders

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Josh Holst · 18/23, 153 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Josiah Johnson · 19 CAR, 131 YDSRushing Yards
Lofton O'Groske · 7 REC, 89 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Dontay Johnson · 13Tackles

Illinois State Redbirds

Gage Roy · 16/32, 141 YDS, 2 INTPassing Yards
Victor Dawson · 22 CAR, 67 YDSRushing Yards
Ian Willis · 5 REC, 61 YDSReceiving Yards
Dexter Niekamp · 1Sacks
Tye Niekamp · 8Tackles

2026 Missouri Valley Football Conference Standings

Team
North Dakota
South Dakota State
Northern Iowa
Youngstown State
South Dakota
Southern Illinois
Illinois State
Indiana State
Murray State

Scoring

Q4 2:47

TD Chase Kwiatkowski 1 Yd Run (Michael Cosentino Kick)31–14

Q4 8:44

TD James Basinger 66 Yd Run (Tristan Alvano Kick)31–7

Q4 11:04

TD Myles Green 31 Yd Interception Return (Tristan Alvano Kick)24–7

Q3 1:33

TD Greyton Gannon 7 Yd pass from Josh Holst (Tristan Alvano Kick)17–7

Q2 0:00

FG Tristan Alvano 31 Yd Field Goal 10–7

Q2 8:31

TD Chase Kwiatkowski 1 Yd Run (Michael Cosentino Kick)7–7

Q1 11:12

TD Lofton O'Groske 33 Yd pass from Josh Holst (Tristan Alvano Kick)7–0

Team Stats

South Dakota State JackrabbitsIllinois State Redbirds

Offense

392 Total Yards 279

153 Passing Yards 187

239 Rushing Yards 92

17 First Downs 19

Efficiency

4-10 3rd Down 7-17

1-1 4th Down 1-2

18/23 Completions 19/39

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 3

10-93 Penalties 5-30

28:39 Possession 31:21

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Josh Holst	18/23	153	6.7	2	0
Team	18/23	153	6.7	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Josiah Johnson	19	131	6.9	0	56
James Basinger	7	90	12.9	1	66
Josh Holst	4	18	4.5	0	18
Team	30	239	8.0	1	66

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Lofton O'Groske	7	89	12.7	1	33
Jack Smith	5	28	5.6	0	10
Grahm Goering	3	16	5.3	0	9
Coleman Kuntz	2	13	6.5	0	10
Greyton Gannon	1	7	7.0	1	7
Team	18	153	8.5	2	33

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Josh Holst	1	1	0
Myles Green	0	0	1
Team	1	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Dontay Johnson	13	10	0	1	0	0
Cullen McShane	12	3	2	0	0	0
Chase Van Tol	6	2	0.5	1	0	0
Bryce Johnson	6	1	1	0	0	0
Jes Krcil	5	2	0	0	0	0
Paul Kim	4	1	0	0	0	0
Ife Current	3	2	0	0	0	0
Michael Farr III	3	2	0	0	0	0
Noah Thompson	3	1	0.5	0	0	0
Myles Green	3	1	0	0	0	1
Dawson Ripperda	3	0	0	0	2	0
Joe Ollman	2	1	0	0	0	0
Logan Green	2	1	0.5	0	2	0
Amaje Parker	2	1	0	1	0	0
Rhett Schaefer	2	0	0	0	0	0
Reese Osgood	1	1	0	0	0	0
Noah St-Juste	1	1	0	1	0	0
Zac Van Meeteren	1	1	0	0	0	0
Landin Jackson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Reis Kirschenman	1	0	0.5	0	0	0
Liam Shaw	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brody Targgart	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carter Sitzman	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bergan Tetzlaff	1	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Leiferman	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	78	32	5	4	6	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Myles Green	1	31	1
Noah St-Juste	1	0	0
Team	2	31	1

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Tristan Alvano	1/1	100.0	31	4/4	7
Team	1/1	100.0	31	4/4	7

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Max Pelham	4	174	43.5	0	3	52
Team	4	174	43.5	0	3	52

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT
Gage Roy	16/32	141	4.4	2
Beckham Pellant	3/6	46	7.7	0
Chase Kwiatkowski	0/1	0	0.0	0
Team	19/39	187	4.8	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Victor Dawson	22	67	3.0	0	12
Tyler Lofton	6	9	1.5	0	3
Gage Roy	3	8	2.7	0	4
Chase Kwiatkowski	4	7	1.8	2	5
Hayden Futch	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	36	92	2.6	2	12

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Ian Willis	5	61	12.2	21
Max Ziebarth	5	47	9.4	16
Alex Herrera	3	33	11.0	23
Dylan Lord	2	21	10.5	14
Luke Mailander	1	9	9.0	9
Andrew Rockford	1	8	8.0	8
Tyler Lofton	1	6	6.0	6
Victor Dawson	1	2	2.0	2
Team	19	187	9.8	23

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Dylan Lord	1	1	0
Dexter Niekamp	0	0	1
Team	1	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Tye Niekamp	8	3	0	0	0
Ben Harman	8	3	0	0	0
Key Crowell	6	5	0	0	0
Dexter Niekamp	5	3	1	1	1
Jordan Coleman	5	1	0	0	0
Solomon Oduma	3	2	0	0	0
Doreon Dubose	3	2	0	0	0
Wyatt Boals	3	1	0	0	0
La'Shavion Brown	3	1	0	0	0
Travis Jones	3	0	0	0	0
Kaden Lehew	2	1	0	0	0
Jamaricus Thomas	2	1	0	0	0
Valentino Garcia	2	0	0	0	0
Mason Kaplan	1	1	0	1	0
Ben Cooper	1	1	0	0	0
Nio Espinoza	1	1	0	0	0
Victor Dawson	1	0	0	0	0
Rylan Crawford	1	0	0	0	0
Anthony Corona	1	0	0	0	0
Andrew Rockford	1	0	0	0	0
Logan Jellison	1	0	0	0	0
Rico Clay	1	0	0	0	0
Wyatt Mueller	1	0	0	0	0
Josh Crandall	1	0	0	0	0
Team	64	26	1	2	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Chris Taylor	1	34	34.0	34
Mar'Quan Gary	1	9	9.0	9
Team	2	43	21.5	34

Kicking

Player	FG	XP	PTS
Michael Cosentino	0/0	2/2	2
Drew Drzonek	0/1	0/0	0
Team	0/1	2/2	2

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Hayden Futch	3	147	49.0	1	2	57
Team	3	147	49.0	1	2	57

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