South Dakota State at Northern Iowa

Saturday, October 20, 2018

Northern Iowa beat South Dakota State 24–⁠9. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Northern Iowa led the series 9–⁠5.

AwaySouth Dakota State10–⁠3 in 2018
9
HomeNorthern Iowa7–⁠6 in 2018
24

Final at UNI-Dome, Cedar FallsIndoorsTV: ESPN3Attendance 12,013

Officials
Referee J. Valentine; umpire Nolan Nowak; head linesman Nick Brigati; line judge G. Schildmeyer; side judge Jim Rogers; field judge Jennifer Berke; back judge Damon WilcoxGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
South Dakota State30069
Northern Iowa0771024

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

South Dakota State 52% to win. Northern Iowa won as Elo’s underdog.

Tied 11–⁠11 in 22 meetings, counting the eight 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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