Northern Iowa at South Dakota

Saturday, October 13, 2018

Northern Iowa beat South Dakota 42–⁠28. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Northern Iowa led the series 8–⁠2.

AwayNorthern Iowa7–⁠6 in 2018
42
HomeSouth Dakota4–⁠7 in 2018
28

Final at DakotaDome, VermillionIndoorsTV: ESPN+Attendance 9,513

Officials
Referee M. Packowski; umpire J. Scifres; head linesman J. Swider; line judge G. Barrett; side judge K. Smith; field judge S. Jameson; back judge J. BirrGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Northern Iowa02171442
South Dakota3108728

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

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

Northern Iowa leads 10–⁠5 in 15 meetings, counting the five 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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