St. Thomas-Minnesota Tommies

7-5

Ugh, no.

St. Thomas-Minnesota Tommies lost to the North Dakota State Bison

7-5 7 – 62

12-0

Final · Sat, Nov 22

Game Details

Fargodome (Fargo) · 15,278 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

FCS top-ranked NDSU wins 62-7 to complete undefeated regular season

Barika Kpeenu rushed for two scores and caught his first touchdown pass of the season as undefeated and FCS top-ranked North Dakota State beat St. Thomas-Minnesota 62-7 in a regular-season finale on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

0:38 End Zone! Barika Kpeenu scores 74-yard rushing touchdown

0:27 Darius Givance comes up with an interception

0:21 Barika Kpeenu rushes in for 4-yard rushing touchdown

0:28 Taylen Eady grabs interception vs. St. Thomas - Minnesota Tommies

Clips play on ESPN

Fargodome · Fargo

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
STMN	0	0	0	7	7
NDSU	28	17	14	3	62

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Game Leaders

St. Thomas-Minnesota Tommies

AP Amari Powell · 14/26, 110 YDS, 2 INTPassing Yards
AP Amari Powell · 9 CAR, 66 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
JT JaShawn Todd · 8 REC, 70 YDSReceiving Yards
ET Evan Tyler · 0.5Sacks
RS Ryan Sever · 6Tackles

North Dakota State Bison

Cole Payton · 9/12, 279 YDS, 3 TDPassing Yards
Barika Kpeenu · 10 CAR, 107 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
Bryce Lance · 3 REC, 106 YDS, 2 TDReceiving Yards
Allante Burley · 1Sacks
Gavin Sell · 7Tackles

2026 Mountain West Conference Standings

Team
North Dakota State
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UNLV
Air Force
Wyoming
Northern Illinois
Nevada
UTEP
Hawai'i

Scoring

Q4 8:11

TD Amari Powell 7 Yd Run (Ben Hoiland Kick)7–62

Q4 13:33

FG Drew Klein 46 Yd Field Goal 0–62

Q3 2:34

TD Cade Osterman 24 Yd pass from Nathan Hayes (Drew Klein Kick)0–59

Q3 11:42

TD Mikhale Ford 64 Yd Punt Return (Drew Klein Kick)0–52

Q2 0:12

TD Bryce Lance 9 Yd pass from Nathan Hayes (Eli Ozick Kick)0–45

Q2 7:14

FG Eli Ozick 38 Yd Field Goal 0–38

Q2 14:07

TD Jackson Williams 43 Yd pass from Cole Payton (Eli Ozick Kick)0–35

Q1 2:51

TD Barika Kpeenu 47 Yd pass from Cole Payton (Eli Ozick Kick)0–28

Q1 5:58

TD Bryce Lance 81 Yd pass from Cole Payton (Eli Ozick Kick)0–21

Q1 9:35

TD Barika Kpeenu 4 Yd Run (Eli Ozick Kick)0–14

Q1 12:32

TD Barika Kpeenu 74 Yd Run (Eli Ozick Kick)0–7

Team Stats

St. Thomas-Minnesota TommiesNorth Dakota State Bison

Offense

229 Total Yards 665

152 Passing Yards 397

77 Rushing Yards 268

12 First Downs 23

Efficiency

5-16 3rd Down 5-10

0-1 4th Down 0-0

17/33 Completions 17/23

Turnovers & Clock

4 Turnovers 2

4-29 Penalties 4-40

31:06 Possession 28:54

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT
Amari Powell	14/26	110	4.2	2
JaShawn Todd	1/1	24	24.0	0
Ryan Jackson	2/5	18	3.6	0
Elliot Huether	0/1	0	0.0	0
Team	17/33	152	4.6	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Amari Powell	9	66	7.3	1	30
Joseph Koch	15	53	3.5	0	11
JaShawn Todd	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Patrick Bowen	4	-4	-1.0	0	3
Ryan Jackson	2	-13	-6.5	0	1
Team	1	-23	-23.0	0	0
Team	32	77	2.4	1	30

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
JaShawn Todd	8	70	8.8	28
Patrick Wagner	4	35	8.8	11
Joseph Koch	1	24	24.0	24
AJ Boarman	2	19	9.5	11
Patrick Bowen	1	4	4.0	4
Quentin Cobb-Butler	1	0	0.0	0
Team	17	152	8.9	28

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Amari Powell	1	0	0
Branden Smith	0	0	1
Mitchell Schares	0	0	1
Team	2	2	2

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
JaShawn Todd	2	35	17.5	19	0
Team	2	35	17.5	19	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
JaShawn Todd	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team	1	3	3.0	3	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Ben Hoiland	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
Team	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Elliot Huether	8	397	49.6	0	3	56
Team	8	397	49.6	0	3	56

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Cole Payton	9/12	279	23.3	3
Nathan Hayes	8/11	118	10.7	2
Team	17/23	397	17.3	5

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Barika Kpeenu	10	107	10.7	2	74
DJ Scott	8	101	12.6	0	39
Cortez LeGrant	4	21	5.3	0	16
Myles Mitchell	5	12	2.4	0	7
Cole Payton	4	9	2.3	0	16
Nathan Hayes	1	8	8.0	0	8
Barry Kpeenu	2	7	3.5	0	4
Owen Johnson	2	3	1.5	0	6
Brady Wavrunek	1	2	2.0	0	2
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	38	268	7.1	2	74

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Bryce Lance	3	106	35.3	2	81
Jackson Williams	3	70	23.3	1	43
Chris Harris	3	59	19.7	0	40
Barika Kpeenu	1	47	47.0	1	47
RaJa Nelson	3	45	15.0	0	22
Mekhi Collins	2	34	17.0	0	23
Cade Osterman	1	24	24.0	1	24
Isiah St. Romain	1	12	12.0	0	12
Team	17	397	23.4	5	81

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Cole Payton	1	1	0
Cortez LeGrant	1	1	0
Obald Niyonkuru	0	0	1
Chance Symons	0	0	1
Team	2	2	2

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
Darius Givance	1	5
Taylen Eady	1	4
Team	2	9

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Preston Brown	2	40	20.0	26	0
Team	2	40	20.0	26	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Mikhale Ford	1	64	64.0	64
Jackson Williams	3	7	2.3	10
Team	4	71	17.8	64

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Eli Ozick	1/1	100.0	38	6/6	9
Drew Klein	1/1	100.0	46	2/2	5
Team	2/2	100.0	46	8/8	14

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Aaron Bickerton	2	101	50.5	0	1	51
Team	2	101	50.5	0	1	51

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