South Dakota State at Northern Iowa

Saturday, November 19, 2016

South Dakota State beat Northern Iowa 45–⁠24. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Northern Iowa led the series 7–⁠4.

AwaySouth Dakota State9–⁠4 in 2016
45
HomeNorthern Iowa5–⁠6 in 2016
24

Final at UNI-Dome, Cedar FallsIndoorsTV: ESPN3Attendance 10,511

Officials
Referee Chris La Mange; umpire Jim Scifres; head linesman Jim Swider; line judge Denis Schinderl; side judge Jason Frank; field judge Pat Brown II; back judge Martin BirrGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
South Dakota State14771745
Northern Iowa1437024

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Northern Iowa 56% to win. South Dakota State won as Elo’s underdog.

Tied 11–⁠11 in 22 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025South Dakota State 31, Northern Iowa 3
2024South Dakota State 41, Northern Iowa 3
2023South Dakota State 41, Northern Iowa 6
2022South Dakota State 31, Northern Iowa 28
2021Northern Iowa 26, South Dakota State 17
2020South Dakota State 24, Northern Iowa 20

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