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Illinois State vs North Dakota State

Final · Week 15 · Sat Dec 6 · 1:00 PM ET · Fargodome

Illinois State RedbirdsIllinois State10-4

FinalDec 6, 2025

North Dakota State BisonNorth Dakota State12-1

StreamESPN+

Recap

Illinois State edged North Dakota State 29-28 at Fargodome on Dec 6, 2025 to move to 10-4.

Illinois State came back from 14 points down, trailing 14-0 in the first quarter. The go-ahead score came with 1:00 left in the fourth quarter: Daniel Sobkowicz 6 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Tommy Rittenhouse Pass to Scotty Presson Jr. for Two-Point Conversion).

Score by quarter

Illinois State Redbirds and North Dakota State Bison, score by quarter
Team	1	2	3	4	T
ILST	0	14	0	15	29
NDSU	14	7	0	7	28

Scoring plays

First Quarter

NDSUTouchdown · 12:39Bryce Lance 78 Yd pass from Cole Payton (Eli Ozick Kick)0-7
NDSUTouchdown · 4:40Jackson Williams 52 Yd Punt Return (Eli Ozick Kick)0-14

Second Quarter

ILSTTouchdown · 11:21Victor Dawson 69 Yd Run (Matt Maldonado Kick)7-14
NDSUTouchdown · 8:09Nathaniel Staehling 73 Yd Interception Return (Eli Ozick Kick)7-21
ILSTTouchdown · 0:50Daniel Sobkowicz 8 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Matt Maldonado Kick)14-21

Fourth Quarter

NDSUTouchdown · 12:38Barika Kpeenu 4 Yd Run (Eli Ozick Kick)14-28
ILSTTouchdown · 2:44Daniel Sobkowicz 8 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Matt Maldonado Kick)21-28
ILSTTouchdown · 1:00Daniel Sobkowicz 6 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Tommy Rittenhouse Pass to Scotty Presson Jr. for Two-Point Conversion)29-28

Team stats

ILSTNDSU

1st Downs: 23; 6
Total Yards: 422; 179
Passing: 249; 120
Rushing: 173; 59
3rd down efficiency: 6-18; 2-13
Turnovers: 5; 2
Possession: 42:01; 17:59

Top performers

Illinois State RedbirdsNorth Dakota State Bison

Passing

Tommy Rittenhouse35/52, 249 YDS, 3 TD, 5 INT

Cole Payton4/12, 101 YDS, 1 TD

Rushing

Victor Dawson23 CAR, 137 YDS, 1 TD

Barika Kpeenu16 CAR, 55 YDS, 1 TD

Receiving

Daniel Sobkowicz8 REC, 67 YDS, 3 TD

Bryce Lance1 REC, 78 YDS, 1 TD

Sacks

Garret Steffen2

Toby Anene1

Tackles

Mason Kaplan7

Logan Kopp11

Player stats

Illinois State · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Tommy Rittenhouse	35/52	249	4.8	3	5

Illinois State · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Victor Dawson	23	137	6.0	1	69
Tommy Rittenhouse	7	24	3.4	0	9
Seth Glatz	7	18	2.6	0	5
Team	2	-6	-3.0	0	0

Illinois State · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Daniel Sobkowicz	8	67	8.4	3	17
Scotty Presson Jr.	3	45	15.0	0	25
Dylan Lord	9	42	4.7	0	10
Eddie Kasper	6	38	6.3	0	16
Luke Mailander	3	32	10.7	0	15
Victor Dawson	3	19	6.3	0	15
Javon Charles	1	3	3.0	0	3
Seth Glatz	2	3	1.5	0	2

Illinois State · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jacob Anderson	0	0	1
CJ Richard Jr.	0	0	1

Illinois State · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Mason Kaplan	7	3	0	1	0	0
Tye Niekamp	6	4	0	0	0	0
Garret Steffen	5	3	2	3	0	1
Jacob Anderson	4	3	1	1.5	1	0
Patrick Bauer	4	1	0.5	1	0	1
La'Shavion Brown	3	1	0	0	0	0
Reese Edwards	3	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Shadwel Nkuba II	2	0	0	0	0	0

Illinois State · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Mar'Quan Gary	2	39	19.5	22	0

Illinois State · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Eddie Kasper	3	26	8.7	21	0

Illinois State · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Matt Maldonado	0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Illinois State · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Hayden Futch	3	139	46.3	0	0	48

North Dakota State · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Cole Payton	4/12	101	8.4	1	0
Nathan Hayes	2/7	19	2.7	0	0

North Dakota State · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Barika Kpeenu	16	55	3.4	1	11
DJ Scott	4	15	3.8	0	7
Nathan Hayes	1	3	3.0	0	3
Cole Payton	6	-14	-2.3	0	4

North Dakota State · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Bryce Lance	1	78	78.0	1	78
Carson Williams	1	22	22.0	0	22
RaJa Nelson	1	10	10.0	0	10
Jackson Williams	1	9	9.0	0	9
Barika Kpeenu	1	5	5.0	0	5
Owen Johnson	1	-4	-4.0	0	0

North Dakota State · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Cole Payton	1	1	0
Barika Kpeenu	1	1	0

North Dakota State · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Logan Kopp	11	9	0	1	0	0	0
Donovan Woolen	10	9	0	0	1	0	0
Toby Anene	6	4	1	1	3	1	0
Keenan Wilson	6	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylin Crumby	5	5	0	0	0	0	0
Darius Givance	5	3	0	0.5	0	0	0
Jaquise Alexander	3	3	0	0	1	0	0
Nathaniel Staehling	3	3	0	0	0	1	1

North Dakota State · Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Nathaniel Staehling	2	81	1
Anthony Chideme-Alfaro	1	21	0
Donovan Woolen	1	1	0
Taylen Eady	1	0	0

North Dakota State · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
RaJa Nelson	2	40	20.0	21	0
Jackson Williams	1	8	8.0	8	0

North Dakota State · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jackson Williams	2	53	26.5	52	0

North Dakota State · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Eli Ozick	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

North Dakota State · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Aaron Bickerton	8	357	44.6	0	3	64

Game info

VenueFargodome, Fargo, ND

Attendance10,464

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