Murray State at South Dakota

Saturday, October 7, 2023

South Dakota beat Murray State 38–⁠7. It was their first meeting; after it, South Dakota led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayMurray State2–⁠9 in 2023
7
HomeSouth Dakota10–⁠3 in 2023
38

Final at DakotaDome, VermillionIndoorsTV: ESPN+Attendance 7,907

Official
Jason PerkinsGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Murray State07007
South Dakota71401738

Standouts

Player stats

Murray State

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
D.J. Williams12/2215711
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Cortezz Jones135909
D.J. Williams84209
Jawaun Northington313010
Kylan Galbreath2506
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Q’Darryius Jennings264156
Isaiah Hill430011
Cole Rusk216010
Jacob Bell115015

South Dakota

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Aidan Bouman17/2319510
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Travis Theis26190225
Charles Pierre Jr.1380216
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Tristan Michaud453028
Jack Martens348017
J.J. Galbreath243135
Javion Phelps235033
DefenseTklTFLSacksInt
Brock Mogensen0001

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

Murray StateSouth Dakota
282Total yards458
157Passing yards195
125Rushing yards263
7.1Yards per pass8.5
4.3Yards per rush6.3
15First downs24
2–⁠8Third downs6–⁠10
0–⁠0Fourth downs0–⁠1
2Turnovers0
5–⁠45Penalties5–⁠35
24:05Possession35:55

Before kickoff

Our ratings and the line, going in

Our ratings (scores only)

South Dakota 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The line

South Dakota −20, over/under 45.5.

The last line on file before kickoff: the consensus line when the books publish one, otherwise a single major sportsbook’s.

South Dakota leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
2026South Dakota 48, Murray State 20
2025South Dakota 49, Murray State 24
2024South Dakota 59, Murray State 0
2023South Dakota 38, Murray State 7

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