Northern Iowa at South Dakota

Saturday, October 8, 2016

South Dakota beat Northern Iowa 28–⁠25. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Northern Iowa led the series 6–⁠2.

AwayNorthern Iowa5–⁠6 in 2016
25
HomeSouth Dakota4–⁠7 in 2016
28

Final at DakotaDome, VermillionIndoorsTV: ESPN3Attendance 10,221

Officials
Referee C. La Mange; umpire J. Scifres; head linesman J. Swider; line judge D. Schinderle; side judge J. Frank; field judge P. Brown II; back judge M. BirrGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Northern Iowa1430825
South Dakota1477028

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Northern Iowa 67% to win. South Dakota pulled the upset.

Northern Iowa leads 10–⁠5 in 15 meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
2025South Dakota 17, Northern Iowa 14
2024South Dakota 42, Northern Iowa 17
2022Northern Iowa 58, South Dakota 14
2021South Dakota 34, Northern Iowa 21
2019Northern Iowa 42, South Dakota 27
2018Northern Iowa 42, South Dakota 28

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