Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

FCS Championship · First Round

Ugh, no.

Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles lost to the North Dakota Fighting Hawks

8-5 31 – 6

11-2

Final · Sat, Nov 29

Game Details

Tucker Stadium (Cookeville) · 4,641 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

North Dakota scores 21 points in 4th quarter, beats Tennessee Tech 31-6 in FCS playoffs

Colton Brunell, Gaven Ziebarth and Charles Langama each had a touchdown run in the final quarter for North Dakota in a 31-6 win over No. 13 seed Tennessee Tech on Saturday in the first round of the FCS playoffs.

Recap via ESPN

1:10 North Dakota Fighting Hawks vs. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles: Full Highlights

0:30 Picked! Tim Coutras hauls in the interception

0:10 Kenten Laughman kicks 37-yard field goal

0:25 Jerry Kaminski airs it out for 21-yard touchdown pass

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
UND	3	7	0	21	31
TNTC	0	0	6	0	6

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Game Leaders

North Dakota Fighting Hawks

Jerry Kaminski · 9/18, 98 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Gaven Ziebarth · 11 CAR, 66 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Deng Deng · 5 REC, 73 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Lance Rucker · 3Sacks
Zach Lewis · 11Tackles

Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

Kekoa Visperas · 30/51, 278 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INTPassing Yards
Quintell Quinn · 5 CAR, 11 YDSRushing Yards
Brian Courtney · 3 REC, 61 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Ethan McLaurin · 1Sacks
Aaron Swafford · 13Tackles

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

2026 Southern Conference Standings

Team
East Tennessee State
Tennessee Tech
Chattanooga
Wofford
Furman
Mercer
Western Carolina
Samford
The Citadel
VMI

Scoring

Q4 3:15

TD Charles Langama 18 Yd Run (Kenten Laughman Kick)31–6

Q4 9:19

TD Gaven Ziebarth 3 Yd Run (Kenten Laughman Kick)24–6

Q4 11:48

TD Colton Brunell 8 Yd Run (Kenten Laughman Kick)17–6

Q3 11:28

TD Brian Courtney 45 Yd pass from Kekoa Visperas (Dom LeBlanc PAT blocked)10–6

Q2 2:15

TD Deng Deng 21 Yd pass from Jerry Kaminski (Kenten Laughman Kick)10–0

Q1 3:46

FG Kenten Laughman 37 Yd Field Goal 3–0

Team Stats

North Dakota Fighting HawksTennessee Tech Golden Eagles

Offense

346 Total Yards 302

146 Passing Yards 278

200 Rushing Yards 24

18 First Downs 18

Efficiency

5-16 3rd Down 4-13

0-1 4th Down 0-3

13/26 Completions 30/51

Turnovers & Clock

2 Turnovers 6

4-40 Penalties 3-10

34:56 Possession 25:04

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Jerry Kaminski	9/18	98	5.4	1	1
Simon Romfo	4/8	48	6.0	0	0
Team	13/26	146	5.6	1	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Gaven Ziebarth	11	66	6.0	1	11
Colton Brunell	9	40	4.4	1	13
Sawyer Seidl	14	32	2.3	0	10
Jerry Kaminski	7	27	3.9	0	14
Charles Langama	2	19	9.5	1	18
Kristen Hoskins	0	15	0.0	0	15
Simon Romfo	4	3	0.8	0	3
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	48	200	4.2	3	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Deng Deng	5	73	14.6	1	35
Nate DeMontagnac	4	57	14.3	0	25
Kristen Hoskins	2	11	5.5	0	8
Korey Tai	1	6	6.0	0	6
Sawyer Seidl	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	13	146	11.2	1	35

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Sawyer Seidl	1	1	0
Malachi McNeal	0	0	1
Lance Rucker	0	0	1
Kaden Vig	0	0	1
Kyjuan Vengrowsky	0	0	1
Team	1	1	4

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Zach Lewis	11	8	0	0	0	0
Malachi McNeal	7	5	1.5	2.5	0	1
Lance Rucker	6	5	3	3	0	1
Jy Martin	5	3	0	0	0	0
Jonnie Wiltshire	4	3	0	2	3	0
Micheal Devereaux	4	3	0	0	0	1
Kyjuan Vengrowsky	3	3	1	1	0	1
Grant Noland	3	3	0	0	1	0
Idrique Carmichael	2	2	0	0	0	0
Kaden Vig	2	1	0	0	0	0
Paine Parks	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jett Sutton	1	1	0	0	0	0
David Neuberger	1	1	0	0	0	0
Bennett Walker	1	1	0	0	2	0
Emmanuel Olagbaju	1	1	0	0	0	0
Grady Kentch	1	1	0	0	0	0
Grant Tylutki	1	1	0	0	0	0
Evan Kludt	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sam Ostrenga	1	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Team	56	44	6	9	6	4

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS
Jy Martin	1	29
Jonnie Wiltshire	1	4
Team	2	33

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Sawyer Seidl	2	45	22.5	23	0
Team	2	45	22.5	23	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Zach Lewis	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Kenten Laughman	1/1	100.0	37	4/4	7
Team	1/1	100.0	37	4/4	7

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Luke Silvernale	6	236	39.3	0	2	48
Team	6	236	39.3	0	2	48

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Kekoa Visperas	30/51	278	5.5	1	2
Team	30/51	278	5.5	1	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Quintell Quinn	5	11	2.2	6
Q'Daryius Jennings	2	9	4.5	5
Aidan Littles	3	5	1.7	4
Kekoa Visperas	13	1	0.1	7
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0
Team	24	24	1.0	7

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Brian Courtney	3	61	20.3	1	45
Noah Robinson	4	60	15.0	0	23
Tremel Jones	4	53	13.3	0	21
Tre' Holloway	3	32	10.7	0	20
Maury Sullivan	5	29	5.8	0	10
Aidan Littles	5	20	4.0	0	11
Q'Daryius Jennings	4	14	3.5	0	7
Quintell Quinn	1	7	7.0	0	7
Steve Brown	1	2	2.0	0	2
Team	30	278	9.3	1	45

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Kekoa Visperas	4	4	0
Theron Gaines	0	0	1
Team	4	4	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Aaron Swafford	13	7	0	1.5	0	0
Tim Coutras	6	4	0	0	0	0
Theron Gaines	6	3	0	1	0	0
Andrew Smith	6	3	0	0	0	0
Kaleb Purdy	6	1	0	0	1	0
Idris King	5	3	0	0.5	1	0
Kaleb Brown	5	2	0	1.5	0	0
Ethan McLaurin	4	3	1	2.5	0	0
Eric Taylor	4	3	0	0	0	0
Jameson Wharton	3	2	0	0	0	0
Leon Thomas	3	2	0	1	0	0
Jeremiah Sandiford	3	1	0	0.5	0	0
Stefon Young-Rolle	2	2	0	0	0	0
Brian Courtney	1	1	0	0	0	0
Omari Philyaw	1	1	0	0	0	0
A.J. Crawford	1	1	0	0	0	0
Maurice Lapierre	1	1	0	0	0	2
Gavin Bryson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Mendez	1	1	0	0	0	0
Chima Iwuagwu	1	1	0	0	0	0
Devin Hunter	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Thomas Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier Randolph	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	75	43	1	9	2	3

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Tim Coutras	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tre' Holloway	3	54	18.0	19	0
Team	3	54	18.0	19	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tre' Holloway	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team	1	4	4.0	4	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Dominic LeBlanc	0/1	0.0	0	0/1	0
Team	0/1	0.0	0	0/1	0

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	In 20	LONG
Spencer Ashby	4	153	38.3	1	47
Team	1	16	16.0	0	16
Team	5	169	33.8	1	47

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