South Dakota State at Illinois State

Saturday, October 27, 2018

South Dakota State beat Illinois State 38–⁠28. It was their ninth meeting; after it, South Dakota State led the series 5–⁠4.

AwaySouth Dakota State10–⁠3 in 2018
38
HomeIllinois State6–⁠5 in 2018
28

Final at Hancock Stadium, NormalTV: ESPN3Attendance 12,144

At kickoff
53°F, mostly cloudy, wind 6 mph from the northwestWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; Central Illinois Regional Airport (KBMI), 5 km from the stadium
Officials
Referee Aaron Adams; umpire Adam McClurg; head linesman Will McKoy; line judge Jeff Johnson; side judge Brad Brunet; field judge Chuck Morning; back judge Paul WinglewichGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
South Dakota State7217338
Illinois State7002128

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Illinois State 53% to win. South Dakota State won as Elo’s underdog.

South Dakota State leads 8–⁠6 in 14 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
2026South Dakota State 31, Illinois State 14
2025Illinois State 35, South Dakota State 21
2023South Dakota State 40, Illinois State 21
2022South Dakota State 31, Illinois State 7
2019Illinois State 27, South Dakota State 18
2018South Dakota State 38, Illinois State 28

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