South Dakota at Northern Iowa

Saturday, October 16, 2021

South Dakota beat Northern Iowa 34–⁠21. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Northern Iowa led the series 9–⁠3.

AwaySouth Dakota7–⁠5 in 2021
34
HomeNorthern Iowa6–⁠6 in 2021
21

Final at UNI-Dome, Cedar FallsIndoorsTV: ESPN+Attendance 7,202

Official
Art BrownGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
South Dakota141010034
Northern Iowa0014721

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Northern Iowa 64% to win. South Dakota won as Elo’s underdog.

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