South Dakota vs Montana St. (Dec 21, 2024)

 

Scoring Summary

 
Scoring Summary (Final)
2024 South Dakota Football
#3 South Dakota vs #1 Montana St. (Dec 21, 2024 at Bozeman, Mont.)

South Dakota (11-3,7-1) vs. Montana St. (15-0,8-0)

Date: Dec 21, 2024 • Site: Bozeman, Mont.  • Stadium: Bobcat Stadium  •  Attendance: 20557

Score by Quarters  1  2  3  4  Score 
South Dakota   7  7  3  0  17 
Montana St.   14  10  7  0  31 

SCORING SUMMARY   USD -MONTST  
1st  11:56  MONTST   Dowler,Taco 34 yd pass from (Sansted,Myles kick) 
         6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:04  0 - 7 
  08:52  USD   Theis,Travis 55 yd run (Leyland,Will kick) 
         5 plays, 89 yards, TOP 2:59  7 - 7 
  01:04  MONTST   Mellott,Tommy 5 yd run (Sansted,Myles kick) 
         6 plays, 47 yards, TOP 2:46  7 - 14 
2nd  14:51  USD   Pierre Jr.,Char 45 yd run (Leyland,Will kick) 
         3 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:13  14 - 14 
  08:24  MONTST   Humphrey,Scottr 1 yd run (Sansted,Myles kick) 
         12 plays, 74 yards, TOP 6:27  14 - 21 
  00:08  MONTST   Sansted,Myles 28 yd field goal 
         15 plays, 64 yards, TOP 5:03  14 - 24 
3rd  10:30  MONTST   Mellott,Tommy 41 yd run (Sansted,Myles kick) 
         5 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:51  14 - 31 
  02:55  USD   Leyland,Will 46 yd field goal 
         6 plays, 20 yards, TOP 2:11  17 - 31 

Kickoff time: 1:36pm  • End of Game: 4:34pm  • Total elapsed time: 02:58
Referee: Brookhart,James •  Umpire: Woodburn,Kelvin •  Linesman: Hill,Elgie  •  Line judge: Massingill,Sean •  Back judge: Majors,William  •  Field judge: Teague,John  •  Side judge: Montz,Kevin  • 
Temperature: 49  • Wind: NW 2mph  • Weather: Sunny
S-FCS Playoffs Semifinals (Bozeman, Mont.)

 

Team Statistics

 
Team Statistics (Final)
2024 South Dakota Football
#3 South Dakota vs #1 Montana St. (Dec 21, 2024 at Bozeman, Mont.)

 Team Totals  USD  MONTST 
FIRST DOWNS  16  20 
   Rushing  6  11 
   Passing  10  7 
   Penalty  0  2 
NET YARDS RUSHING  135  222 
   Rushing Attempts  24  50 
   Average Per Rush  5.6  4.4 
   Rushing Touchdowns  2  3 
   Yards Gained Rushing  168  246 
   Yards Lost Rushing  33  24 
NET YARDS PASSING  236  134 
   Completions-Attempts-Int  20-29-0  8-17-0 
   Average Per Attempt  8.1  7.9 
   Average Per Completion  11.8  16.8 
   Passing Touchdowns  0  1 
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS  371  356 
   Total offense plays  53  67 
   Average Gain Per Play  7.0  5.3 
Fumbles: Number-Lost  1-1  0-0 
Penalties: Number-Yards  5-21  2-5 
PUNTS-YARDS  4-180  5-270 
   Average Yards Per Punt  45.0  54.0 
   Net Yards Per Punt  35.2  48.2 
   Inside 20  0  0 
   50+ Yards  1  4 
   Touchbacks  1  1 
   Fair catch  1  2 
KICKOFFS-YARDS  4-248  6-390 
   Average Yards Per Kickoff  62.0  65.0 
   Net Yards Per Kickoff  45.2  42.3 
   Touchbacks  1  5 
   Fair Catch Yards  0  0 
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD  0-9-0  0-19-0 
   Average Per Return  0.0  0.0 
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD  1-11-0  2-42-0 
   Average Per Return  11.0  21.0 
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD  0-0-0  0-0-0 
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD  0-0-0  0-0-0 
Miscellaneous Yards  0  0 
Possession Time  27:56  32:04 
   1st Quarter  6:02  8:58 
   2nd Quarter  3:30  11:30 
   3rd Quarter  9:34  5:26 
   4th Quarter  8:50  6:10 
Third-Down Conversions  3 of 10  7 of 15 
Fourth-Down Conversions  0 of 2  0 of 0 
Red-Zone Scores-Chances  0-2  3-3 
   Touchdowns  0-2  2-3 
   Field goals  0-2  1-3 
Sacks By: Number-Yards  1-0  2-0 
PAT Kicks  2-2  4-4 
Field Goals  1-1  1-1 
Points off turnovers  0  0 

 

Individual Statistics

 
Individual Statistics (Final)
2024 South Dakota Football
#3 South Dakota vs #1 Montana St. (Dec 21, 2024 at Bozeman, Mont.)

South Dakota
  
Montana St.
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
Theis,Travis   14  110  0  110  1  55  7.9 
Pierre Jr.,Char  4  57  0  57  1  45  14.2 
Jones-Logan,Key  1  1  0  1  0  1  1.0 
Bouman,Aidan   2  0  16  -16  0  0  -8.0 
TEAM   3  0  17  -17  0  0  -5.7 
Totals...  24  168  33  135  2  55  5.6 
  
RUSHING  No.  Gain  Loss  Net  TD  Lg  Avg. 
Mellott,Tommy   17  140  15  125  2  41  7.4 
Jones,Adam   18  71  5  66  0  13  3.7 
Humphrey,Scottr  11  35  0  35  1  8  3.2 
TEAM   3  0  2  -2  0  0  -0.7 
McCullouch,Ty   1  0  2  -2  0  0  -2.0 
Totals...  50  246  24  222  3  41  4.4 
 
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
Bouman,Aidan   20-29-0  236  0  24  2 
Totals...  20-29-0  236  0  24  2 
  
PASSING  Cmp-Att-Int  Yds  TD  Long  Sack 
Mellott,Tommy   8-17-0  134  1  34  1 
Totals...  8-17-0  134  1  34  1 
 
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
Theis,Travis   7  80  0  24 
Galbreath,JJ   6  68  0  23 
Bell,Carter   3  53  0  24 
Adams,Quaron   1  15  0  15 
Martens,Jack   1  8  0  8 
Phillips Jr.,L.  1  7  0  7 
Pierre Jr.,Char  1  5  0  5 
Totals...  20  236  0  24 
  
RECEIVING  No.  Yds  TD  Lg 
Dowler,Taco   4  94  1  34 
McCullouch,Ty   3  27  0  13 
Alexander,Lonya  1  13  0  13 
Totals...  8  134  1  34 
  
  
  
  
 
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
Ebel,Tyler   4  180  45.0  56  0  1 
Totals...  4  180  45.0  56  0  1 
  
PUNTING  No.  Yds  Avg  Long  In20  TB 
Hall,Brendan   5  270  54.0  61  0  1 
Totals...  5  270  54.0  61  0  1 
 
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
Bell,Carter   0  9  5  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Jones-Logan,Key  0  0  0  1  11  11  0  0  0 
Totals...  0  9  5  1  11  11  0  0  0 
  
   Punts  Kickoffs  Intercept 
ALL RETURNS  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg  No  Yds  Lg 
Dowler,Taco   0  19  11  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Latin-Henley,Un  0  0  0  2  42  26  0  0  0 
Totals...  0  19  11  2  42  26  0  0  0 
 
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
Theis,Travis   110  80  0  0  0  190 
Galbreath,JJ   0  68  0  0  0  68 
Bell,Carter   0  53  0  9  0  62 
Pierre Jr.,Char  57  5  0  0  0  62 
Adams,Quaron   0  15  0  0  0  15 
Jones-Logan,Key  1  0  11  0  0  12 
Martens,Jack   0  8  0  0  0  8 
Phillips Jr.,L.  0  7  0  0  0  7 
Bouman,Aidan   -16  0  0  0  0  -16 
TEAM   -17  0  0  0  0  -17 
Totals...  135  236  11  9  0  391 
  
ALL PURPOSE  Rush  Rcv  KR  PR  IR  Total 
Mellott,Tommy   125  0  0  0  0  125 
Dowler,Taco   0  94  0  19  0  113 
Jones,Adam   66  0  0  0  0  66 
Latin-Henley,Un  0  0  42  0  0  42 
Humphrey,Scottr  35  0  0  0  0  35 
McCullouch,Ty   -2  27  0  0  0  25 
Alexander,Lonya  0  13  0  0  0  13 
TEAM   -2  0  0  0  0  -2 
Totals...  222  134  42  19  0  417 
  
  
 
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
  
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 
 
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
Mata,Zeke   4  248  1  1  62.0 
  
KICKOFFS  No.  Yds  TB  OB  Avg. 
Hall,Brendan   6  390  5  0  65.0 
 
FUMBLES: South Dakota-Galbreath,JJ 1-1. Montana St.-None.

 

Drive Chart

 
Drive Chart (Final)
2024 South Dakota Football
#3 South Dakota vs #1 Montana St. (Dec 21, 2024 at Bozeman, Mont.)

   Drive Started  Drive Ended  Consumed    
Team  Qtr  Spot  Time  Obtained  Spot  Time     How Lost  Pl-Yds  TOP  RZ 
USD   1st  C11  11:51  Kickoff  C00  08:52  *  TOUCHDOWN  5-89  2:59    
USD   1st  C20  05:44  Punt  C21  03:50     Punt  3-1  1:54    
USD   1st  C25  01:04  Kickoff  C00  14:51  *  TOUCHDOWN  3-75  1:13    
USD   2nd  C25  08:24  Kickoff  C34  05:11     Punt  5-9  3:13    
USD   2nd  C25  00:08  Kickoff  C24  00:00     End of half  1--1  0:08    
USD   3rd  C25  15:00  Kickoff  C32  13:21     Punt  3-7  1:39    
USD   3rd  C25  10:30  Kickoff  C46  06:42     Punt  7-29  3:48    
USD   3rd  C48  05:06  Punt  C28  02:55  *  FIELD GOAL  6-20  2:11    
USD   3rd  C21  01:56  Punt  C02  08:42     Downs  13-77  8:14    
USD   4th  C30  04:46  Punt  C20  02:22     Downs  7-50  2:24    
USD   4th  C24  01:49  Punt  C24  01:41     Fumble  1-0  0:08    
  
MONTST   1st  B35  15:00  Kickoff  B00  11:56  *  TOUCHDOWN  6-65  3:04    
MONTST   1st  B25  08:52  Kickoff  B45  05:44     Punt  6-20  3:08    
MONTST   1st  B47  03:50  Punt  B00  01:04  *  TOUCHDOWN  6-47  2:46    
MONTST   2nd  B26  14:51  Kickoff  B00  08:24  *  TOUCHDOWN  12-74  6:27    
MONTST   2nd  B25  05:11  Punt  B11  00:08  *  FIELD GOAL  15-64  5:03    
MONTST   3rd  B20  13:21  Punt  B00  10:30  *  TOUCHDOWN  5-80  2:51    
MONTST   3rd  B20  06:42  Punt  B07  05:06     Punt  3--13  1:36    
MONTST   3rd  B16  02:55  Kickoff  B18  01:56     Punt  3-2  0:59    
MONTST   4th  B02  08:42  Downs  B18  04:46     Punt  6-16  3:56    
MONTST   4th  B20  02:22  Downs  B24  01:49     Punt  3-4  0:33    
MONTST   4th  B24  01:41  Fumble  B26  00:00     End of half  3--2  1:41    

   1st  2nd  3rd  4th     1st  2nd       
South Dakota   Qtr  Qtr  Qtr  Qtr     Half  Half     Total 
Time of possession   06:02   03:30   09:34   08:50      09:32   18:24      27:56  
3rd Down Conversions   0/1   0/1   3/7   0/1      0/2   3/8      3/10  
Average field position  C00   C00   C00   C00      C00   C00      C00  
4th Down Conversions   0/0   0/0   0/1   0/1      0/0   0/2      0/2  
  
   1st  2nd  3rd  4th     1st  2nd       
Montana St.   Qtr  Qtr  Qtr  Qtr     Half  Half     Total 
Time of possession   08:58   11:30   05:26   06:10      20:28   11:36      32:04  
3rd Down Conversions   1/3   4/5   1/3   1/4      5/8   2/7      7/15  
Average field position  B00   B00   B00   B00      B00   B00      B00  
4th Down Conversions   0/0   0/0   0/0   0/0      0/0   0/0      0/0  

Drive Chart (By Quarter)

   Drive Started  Drive Ended  Consumed    
Team  Qtr  Spot  Time  Obtained  Spot  Time     How Lost  Pl-Yds  TOP  RZ 
MONTST   1st  B35  15:00  Kickoff  B00  11:56  *  TOUCHDOWN  6-65  3:04    
USD   1st  C11  11:51  Kickoff  C00  08:52  *  TOUCHDOWN  5-89  2:59    
MONTST   1st  B25  08:52  Kickoff  B45  05:44     Punt  6-20  3:08    
USD   1st  C20  05:44  Punt  C21  03:50     Punt  3-1  1:54    
MONTST   1st  B47  03:50  Punt  B00  01:04  *  TOUCHDOWN  6-47  2:46    
USD   1st  C25  01:04  Kickoff  C00  14:51  *  TOUCHDOWN  3-75  1:13    
MONTST   2nd  B26  14:51  Kickoff  B00  08:24  *  TOUCHDOWN  12-74  6:27    
  
USD   2nd  C25  08:24  Kickoff  C34  05:11     Punt  5-9  3:13    
MONTST   2nd  B25  05:11  Punt  B11  00:08  *  FIELD GOAL  15-64  5:03    
USD   2nd  C25  00:08  Kickoff  C24  00:00     End of half  1--1  0:08    
USD   3rd  C25  15:00  Kickoff  C32  13:21     Punt  3-7  1:39    
  
MONTST   3rd  B20  13:21  Punt  B00  10:30  *  TOUCHDOWN  5-80  2:51    
USD   3rd  C25  10:30  Kickoff  C46  06:42     Punt  7-29  3:48    
MONTST   3rd  B20  06:42  Punt  B07  05:06     Punt  3--13  1:36    
USD   3rd  C48  05:06  Punt  C28  02:55  *  FIELD GOAL  6-20  2:11    
MONTST   3rd  B16  02:55  Kickoff  B18  01:56     Punt  3-2  0:59    
USD   3rd  C21  01:56  Punt  C02  08:42     Downs  13-77  8:14    
MONTST   4th  B02  08:42  Downs  B18  04:46     Punt  6-16  3:56    
  
USD   4th  C30  04:46  Punt  C20  02:22     Downs  7-50  2:24    
MONTST   4th  B20  02:22  Downs  B24  01:49     Punt  3-4  0:33    
USD   4th  C24  01:49  Punt  C24  01:41     Fumble  1-0  0:08    
MONTST   4th  B24  01:41  Fumble  B26  00:00     End of half  3--2  1:41    

 

Defensive Statistics

 
Defensive Statistics (Final)
2024 South Dakota Football
#3 South Dakota vs #1 Montana St. (Dec 21, 2024 at Bozeman, Mont.)

##  South Dakota   Solo  Ast  Total  TFL/Yds  FF  FR-Yds  Int-Yds  BrUp  Blkd  Sack/Yds  QBH 
2D  Shorter,Dennis   6  2  8  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
49  Abrams,Wade   5  .  5  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
54  Gaes,Nick   4  1  5  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   1 
21  Reid,Mike   4  1  5  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
6D  Ganues,Josiah   4  1  5  .   .  .   .   1  .  .   . 
90  Grace,Mi'Quise   2  3  5  .   .  .   .   1  .  .   . 
61  Holden,Blake   3  1  4  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
0D  Ewell,Nate   2  2  4  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
33  Hardman,Gabriel  2  1  3  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
52  Newsom,Mosai   1  2  3  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
1A  Bryant III,Gary  2  .  2  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
3D  McKelvey,Teven   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
9D  White,Tim   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
53  Viscum,Duncan   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
50  Dixon,Chris   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
1D  Tillmon,Roman   .  .  .  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   1 
##  Montana St.   Solo  Ast  Total  TFL/Yds  FF  FR-Yds  Int-Yds  BrUp  Blkd  Sack/Yds  QBH 
2D  Polidore,Dru   5  2  7  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
43  O'Reilly,McCade  3  4  7  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
96  Brott,Paul   1  5  6  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
97  Eckert,Alec   2  3  5  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
26  Ortt,Rylan   2  2  4  .   .  .   .   1  .  .   . 
7   Gray,Tayden   1  3  4  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
1A  Eiden IV,Kennet  2  1  3  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
4D  Johnson,Jon   1  2  3  .   .  .   .   1  .  .   . 
6D  Jackson,Miles   1  2  3  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
10  Grebe,Bryce   2  .  2  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
1Y  McMillan,Jhase   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
34  Taylor,Cole   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
36  Crews,Zac   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
19  Daily,Neil   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
41  Grebe,Brody   1  .  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 
9   Woodard,Simeon   .  1  1  .   .  .   .   1  .  .   . 
2Z  Petre,Colter   .  1  1  .   .  .   .   .  .  .   . 

 

Participation Report

 
Participation Report (Final)
2024 South Dakota Football
#3 South Dakota vs #1 Montana St. (Dec 21, 2024 at Bozeman, Mont.)

South Dakota  
Pos  ##  Offense 
QB   2   Bouman,Aidan  
RB   5   Theis,Travis  
WR   8   Phelps,Javion  
WR   14  Bell,Carter  
TE   46  Erickson,Hayden 
OL   55  Henderson,Bryce 
OL   59  Hawkins,Adrian  
OL   71  Cotton,Joe  
OL   73  Larsen,Jordan  
OL   76  Lombard,Joey  
TE   82  Galbreath,JJ  
  
South Dakota  
Pos  ##  Defense 
LB   0D  Ewell,Nate  
DB   2D  Shorter,Dennis  
DB   3D  McKelvey,Teven  
DB   4D  Barros,Shahid  
DB   6D  Ganues,Josiah  
LB   1A  Bryant III,Gary 
DB   21  Reid,Mike  
DL   52  Newsom,Mosai  
DL   54  Gaes,Nick  
DL   61  Holden,Blake  
DL   90  Grace,Mi'Quise  
  
Montana St.  
Pos  ##  Offense 
WR   2   Alexander,Lonya 
QB   4   Mellott,Tommy  
WR   6   McCullouch,Ty  
WR   14  Dowler,Taco  
RB   22  Humphrey,Scottr 
OC   56  Sain,Cole  
OG   64  Mastel,Burke  
OT   66  Fleischmann,Tit 
OT   72  Moore,Conner  
OG   76  Wehr,Marcus  
TE   87  Lonergan,Ryan  
  
Montana St.  
Pos  ##  Defense 
CB   1D  Powdrell,Andrew 
S   2D  Polidore,Dru  
S   6D  Jackson,Miles  
CB   9   Woodard,Simeon  
DE   1A  Eiden IV,Kennet 
LB   19  Daily,Neil  
S   26  Ortt,Rylan  
DE   41  Grebe,Brody  
LB   43  O'Reilly,McCade 
DT   96  Brott,Paul  
DT   97  Eckert,Alec  

South Dakota: 1-Michaud,Tristan, 1E-Walsh,Matt, 1D-Tillmon,Roman, 1G-Turner,Keyon, 3C-Clark,Jacob, 3-Pierre Jr.,Char, 4-Adams,Quaron, 5K-Leyland,Will, 6-Fenner,Larenzo, 7-Jones-Logan,Key, 8D-Dickel,Nyle, 9D-White,Tim, 10-Coons,A.J., 15-Martens,Jack, 20-Denker,Clayton, 24-Phillips Jr.,L., 26-Munn,Mikey, 32-Ebel,Tyler, 33-Hardman,Gabriel, 39-Mata,Zeke, 41-Bunce,Jonathan, 49-Abrams,Wade, 50-Dixon,Chris, 53-Viscum,Duncan, 64-Kohls,Ben, 68-Kohls,Sam, 83-Miller,Jesse, 85-Boze,Tysen, 89-Witte,Zach, 93-Dunn,Will, 95-Hooper,Carter.

Montana St.: 1G-Uluilakepa,Taki, 1Y-McMillan,Jhase, 2Z-Petre,Colter, 3E-Steel,Dane, 4D-Johnson,Jon, 7-Gray,Tayden, 8-Jones,Rohan, 9O-King,Ryan, 10-Grebe,Bryce, 11-Elliott,Elijah, 15-Duchien,Patrick, 23-Jones,Adam, 25-Trimble,Jacob, 31-Latin-Henley,Un, 34-Taylor,Cole, 36-Crews,Zac, 39-Sansted,Myles, 45-Parsons,Hunter, 49-Waible,Zac, 50-Black,Zack, 55-Reed,JT, 58-Solano,Dominic, 65-Perkins,Justus, 71-Sullivan,Tommy, 85-Garrigan,Aidan, 88-Schlepp,Rylan, 90-Sharbano,Hunter, 93-Hall,Brendan.

 

Box Score

 
Box Score (Final)
#3 South Dakota vs #1 Montana St. (Dec 21, 2024 at Bozeman, Mont.) 

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
South Dakota........  7  7  3  0  - 17       Record: (11-3,7-1)
Montana St.......... 14 10  7  0  - 31       Record: (15-0,8-0)



Scoring Summary:
1st 11:56 MONTST - Dowler,Taco 34 yd pass from (Sansted,Myles kick), 6-65 3:04, USD 0 - MONTST 7
    08:52 USD - Theis,Travis 55 yd run (Leyland,Will kick), 5-89 2:59, USD 7 - MONTST 7
    01:04 MONTST - Mellott,Tommy 5 yd run (Sansted,Myles kick), 6-47 2:46, USD 7 - MONTST 14
2nd 14:51 USD - Pierre Jr.,Char 45 yd run (Leyland,Will kick), 3-75 1:13, USD 14 - MONTST 14
    08:24 MONTST - Humphrey,Scottr 1 yd run (Sansted,Myles kick), 12-74 6:27, USD 14 - MONTST 21
    00:08 MONTST - Sansted,Myles 28 yd field goal, 15-64 5:03, USD 14 - MONTST 24
3rd 10:30 MONTST - Mellott,Tommy 41 yd run (Sansted,Myles kick), 5-80 2:51, USD 14 - MONTST 31
    02:55 USD - Leyland,Will 46 yd field goal, 6-20 2:11, USD 17 - MONTST 31



                                    USD   MONTST
FIRST DOWNS...................       16       20
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   24-135   50-222
PASSING YDS (NET).............      236      134
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  29-20-0   17-8-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   53-371   67-356
Fumble Returns-Yards..........      0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............      0-9     0-19
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........     1-11     2-42
Interception Returns-Yards....      0-0      0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............   4-45.0   5-54.0
Fumbles-Lost..................      1-1      0-0
Penalties-Yards...............     5-21      2-5
Possession Time...............    27:56    32:04
Third-Down Conversions........  3 of 10  7 of 15
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 2   0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      0-2      3-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards........      1-0      2-0


RUSHING: South Dakota-Theis,Travis 14-110; Pierre Jr.,Char 4-57;
Jones-Logan,Key 1-1; Bouman,Aidan 2-minus 16; TEAM 3-minus 17. Montana
St.-Mellott,Tommy 17-125; Jones,Adam 18-66; Humphrey,Scottr 11-35; TEAM 3-minus
2; McCullouch,Ty 1-minus 2.

PASSING: South Dakota-Bouman,Aidan 20-29-0-236. Montana St.-Mellott,Tommy
8-17-0-134.

RECEIVING: South Dakota-Theis,Travis 7-80; Galbreath,JJ 6-68; Bell,Carter
3-53; Adams,Quaron 1-15; Martens,Jack 1-8; Phillips Jr.,L. 1-7; Pierre Jr.,Char
1-5. Montana St.-Dowler,Taco 4-94; McCullouch,Ty 3-27; Alexander,Lonya 1-13.

INTERCEPTIONS: South Dakota-None. Montana St.-None.

FUMBLES: South Dakota-Galbreath,JJ 1-1. Montana St.-None.

Stadium: Bobcat Stadium        Attendance: 20557
Kickoff time: 1:36pm    End of Game: 4:34pm    Total elapsed time: 02:58
Officials: Referee: Brookhart,James; Umpire: Woodburn,Kelvin; Linesman: Hill,Elgie;
Line judge: Massingill,Sean; Back judge: Majors,William; Field judge: Teague,John;
Side judge: Montz,Kevin;
Temperature: 49        Wind: NW 2mph   Weather: Sunny

S-FCS Playoffs Semifinals (Bozeman, Mont.)



       #3 South Dakota vs #1 Montana St. (Dec 21, 2024 at Bozeman, Mont.)

SACKS (UA-A): South Dakota-None. Montana St.-None.

TACKLES (UA-A): South Dakota-Shorter,Dennis 6-2; Abrams,Wade 5-0;
Reid,Mike 4-1; Gaes,Nick 4-1; Ganues,Josiah 4-1; Grace,Mi'Quise 2-3;
Holden,Blake 3-1; Ewell,Nate 2-2; Hardman,Gabriel 2-1; Newsom,Mosai 1-2; Bryant
III,Gary 2-0; Dixon,Chris 1-0; McKelvey,Teven 1-0; White,Tim 1-0; Viscum,Duncan
1-0. Montana St.-Polidore,Dru 5-2; O'Reilly,McCade 3-4; Brott,Paul 1-5;
Eckert,Alec 2-3; Ortt,Rylan 2-2; Gray,Tayden 1-3; Eiden IV,Kennet 2-1;
Jackson,Miles 1-2; Johnson,Jon 1-2; Grebe,Bryce 2-0; Grebe,Brody 1-0; Crews,Zac
1-0; McMillan,Jhase 1-0; Taylor,Cole 1-0; Daily,Neil 1-0; Woodard,Simeon 0-1;
Petre,Colter 0-1.


Game Starters:
South Dakota

POS  ## OFFENSE
QB   2  Bouman,Aidan
RB   5  Theis,Travis
WR   8  Phelps,Javion
WR   14 Bell,Carter
TE   46 Erickson,Hayden
OL   55 Henderson,Bryce
OL   59 Hawkins,Adrian
OL   71 Cotton,Joe
OL   73 Larsen,Jordan
OL   76 Lombard,Joey
TE   82 Galbreath,JJ

POS  ## DEFENSE
LB   0D Ewell,Nate
DB   2D Shorter,Dennis
DB   3D McKelvey,Teven
DB   4D Barros,Shahid
DB   6D Ganues,Josiah
LB   1A Bryant III,Gary
DB   21 Reid,Mike
DL   52 Newsom,Mosai
DL   54 Gaes,Nick
DL   61 Holden,Blake
DL   90 Grace,Mi'Quise

Montana St.

POS  ## OFFENSE
WR   2  Alexander,Lonya
QB   4  Mellott,Tommy
WR   6  McCullouch,Ty
WR   14 Dowler,Taco
RB   22 Humphrey,Scottr
OC   56 Sain,Cole
OG   64 Mastel,Burke
OT   66 Fleischmann,Tit
OT   72 Moore,Conner
OG   76 Wehr,Marcus
TE   87 Lonergan,Ryan

POS  ## DEFENSE
CB   1D Powdrell,Andrew
S    2D Polidore,Dru
S    6D Jackson,Miles
CB   9  Woodard,Simeon
DE   1A Eiden IV,Kennet
LB   19 Daily,Neil
S    26 Ortt,Rylan
DE   41 Grebe,Brody
LB   43 O'Reilly,McCade
DT   96 Brott,Paul
DT   97 Eckert,Alec


Player participation:


South Dakota: 1D-Tillmon,Roman, 1E-Walsh,Matt, 1-Michaud,Tristan, 1G-Turner,Keyon, 3C-Clark,Jacob, 3-Pierre Jr.,Char,
4-Adams,Quaron, 5K-Leyland,Will, 6-Fenner,Larenzo, 7-Jones-Logan,Key, 8D-Dickel,Nyle, 9D-White,Tim, 10-Coons,A.J.,
15-Martens,Jack, 20-Denker,Clayton, 24-Phillips Jr.,L., 26-Munn,Mikey, 32-Ebel,Tyler, 33-Hardman,Gabriel, 39-Mata,Zeke,
41-Bunce,Jonathan, 49-Abrams,Wade, 50-Dixon,Chris, 53-Viscum,Duncan, 64-Kohls,Ben, 68-Kohls,Sam, 83-Miller,Jesse, 85-Boze,Tysen,
89-Witte,Zach, 93-Dunn,Will, 95-Hooper,Carter.

Montana St.: 1G-Uluilakepa,Taki, 1Y-McMillan,Jhase, 2Z-Petre,Colter, 3E-Steel,Dane, 4D-Johnson,Jon, 7-Gray,Tayden, 8-Jones,Rohan,
9O-King,Ryan, 10-Grebe,Bryce, 11-Elliott,Elijah, 15-Duchien,Patrick, 23-Jones,Adam, 25-Trimble,Jacob, 31-Latin-Henley,Un,
34-Taylor,Cole, 36-Crews,Zac, 39-Sansted,Myles, 45-Parsons,Hunter, 49-Waible,Zac, 50-Black,Zack, 55-Reed,JT, 58-Solano,Dominic,
65-Perkins,Justus, 71-Sullivan,Tommy, 85-Garrigan,Aidan, 88-Schlepp,Rylan, 90-Sharbano,Hunter, 93-Hall,Brendan.

 

Play-by-Play Summary

 
Play-by-Play Summary
2024 South Dakota Football
#3 South Dakota vs #1 Montana St. (Dec 21, 2024 at Bozeman, Mont.)

1st Quarter

South Dakota wins toss and defers
MSU will receive
USD will defend West end-zone
Usd 1-10at Usd35.
Usd 1-10at Usd35Start of 1st quarter, clock 15:00, USD ball on USD35.
Mata,Zeke kickoff 53 yards to the MONTST12, out-of-bounds.
Montst 1-10at Montst12MONTST ball on MONTST35.
Montst 1-10at Montst35MONTANA ST. drive start at 15:00.
Montst 1-10at Montst35Mellott,Tommy RE pass complete to Dowler,Taco for 20 yards to the USD45, 1ST DOWN MONTST, out-of-bounds.
Montst 1-10at Usd45Humphrey,Scottr rush up middle for 4 yards to the USD41 (Grace,Mi'Quise).
Montst 2-6at Usd41Mellott,Tommy rush over left end for 4 yards to the USD37.
Montst 3-2at Usd37Mellott,Tommy rush over left end for 2 yards to the USD35, 1ST DOWN MONTST, out-of-bounds.
Montst 1-10at Usd35Jones,Adam rush up middle for 1 yard to the USD34 (Ewell,Nate;Newsom,Mosai).
Montst 2-9at Usd34Mellott,Tommy middle pass complete to Dowler,Taco for 34 yards to the USD0, 1ST DOWN MONTST, TOUCHDOWN, clock 11:56.
Sansted,Myles kick attempt good.
Montana St. 7, South Dakota 0
Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 03:09
Hall,Brendan kickoff 65 yards to the USD0, Jones-Logan,Key return 11 yards to the USD11 (McMillan,Jhase).
Usd 1-10at Usd11SOUTH DAKOTA drive start at 11:51.
Usd 1-10at Usd11Theis,Travis rush up middle for 1 yard to the USD12 (Jackson,Miles;Brott,Paul).
Usd 2-9at Usd12Bouman,Aidan LE pass complete to Bell,Carter for 16 yards to the USD28, 1ST DOWN USD (Polidore,Dru).
Usd 1-10at Usd28Theis,Travis rush up middle for 2 yards to the USD30 (Eckert,Alec).
Usd 2-8at Usd30Bouman,Aidan RE pass complete to Adams,Quaron for 15 yards to the USD45, 1ST DOWN USD (Polidore,Dru).
Usd 1-10at Usd45Theis,Travis rush over right end for 55 yards to the MONTST0, 1ST DOWN USD, TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:52.
Leyland,Will kick attempt good.
South Dakota 7, Montana St. 7
Drive: 5 plays, 89 yards, TOP 02:59
Mata,Zeke kickoff 65 yards to the MONTST0, touchback.
Montst 1-10at Montst25MONTANA ST. drive start at 08:52.
Montst 1-10at Montst25Mellott,Tommy rush over left end for 3 yards to the MONTST28 (Ewell,Nate).
Montst 2-7at Montst28Humphrey,Scottr rush up middle for 6 yards to the MONTST34 (Holden,Blake).
Montst 3-1at Montst34McCullouch,Ty rush over right end for loss of 2 yards to the MONTST32 (Bryant III,Gary).
Montst 4-3at Montst32PENALTY USD offside defense 5 yards to the MONTST37, 1ST DOWN MONTST.
Montst 1-10at Montst371st and 10.
Montst 1-10at Montst37Jones,Adam rush up middle for loss of 2 yards to the MONTST35 (Grace,Mi'Quise;Reid,Mike).
Montst 2-12at Montst35Mellott,Tommy middle pass incomplete to Dowler,Taco.
Montst 3-12at Montst35Mellott,Tommy rush over right end for 10 yards to the MONTST45 (Reid,Mike).
Montst 4-2at Montst45Hall,Brendan punt 55 yards to the USD0, touchback.
Drive: 6 plays, 20 yards, TOP 03:08
Usd 1-10at Usd20SOUTH DAKOTA drive start at 05:44.
Usd 1-10at Usd20Theis,Travis rush up middle for 4 yards to the USD24 (Ortt,Rylan).
Usd 2-6at Usd24Theis,Travis rush up middle for 2 yards to the USD26 (Brott,Paul;Eiden IV,Kennet).
Usd 3-4at Usd26PENALTY USD false start 5 yards to the USD21.
Usd 3-9at Usd213rd and 9.
Usd 3-9at Usd21Bouman,Aidan LE pass incomplete to Phelps,Javion (Johnson,Jon).
Usd 4-9at Usd21Ebel,Tyler punt 37 yards to the MONTST42, Dowler,Taco return 11 yards to the USD47 (Viscum,Duncan).
Drive: 3 plays, 1 yards, TOP 01:54
Montst 1-10at Usd47MONTANA ST. drive start at 03:50.
Montst 1-10at Usd47Mellott,Tommy rush up middle for 5 yards to the USD42 (Grace,Mi'Quise;Gaes,Nick).
Montst 2-5at Usd42Mellott,Tommy RE pass complete to McCullouch,Ty for 8 yards to the USD34, 1ST DOWN MONTST, out-of-bounds.
Montst 1-10at Usd34Humphrey,Scottr rush up middle for 1 yard to the USD33 (Dixon,Chris).
Montst 2-9at Usd33Mellott,Tommy LE pass complete to Dowler,Taco for 28 yards to the USD5, 1ST DOWN MONTST (Ganues,Josiah).
Montst 1-Gat Usd05Mellott,Tommy RE pass incomplete to Lonergan,Ryan (Ganues,Josiah).
Montst 2-Gat Usd05Mellott,Tommy rush up middle for 5 yards to the USD0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:04.
Sansted,Myles kick attempt good.
Montana St. 14, South Dakota 7
Drive: 6 plays, 47 yards, TOP 02:46
Hall,Brendan kickoff 65 yards to the USD0, touchback.
Usd 1-10at Usd25SOUTH DAKOTA drive start at 01:04.
Usd 1-10at Usd25Bouman,Aidan RE pass complete to Theis,Travis for 12 yards to the USD37, 1ST DOWN USD, out-of-bounds.
Usd 1-10at Usd37Bouman,Aidan middle pass complete to Galbreath,JJ for 18 yards to the MONTST45, 1ST DOWN USD (Ortt,Rylan), clock 00:00.
Drive: 2 plays, 30 yards, TOP 01:13
Montana St. 14, South Dakota 7
2nd Quarter

Usd 1-10at Montst45Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.
Usd 1-10at Montst45Pierre Jr.,Char rush over right end for 45 yards to the MONTST0, 1ST DOWN USD, TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:51.
Leyland,Will kick attempt good.
South Dakota 14, Montana St. 14
Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:13
Mata,Zeke kickoff 65 yards to the MONTST0, Latin-Henley,Un return 26 yards to the MONTST26 (White,Tim).
Montst 1-10at Montst26MONTANA ST. drive start at 14:51.
Montst 1-10at Montst26Jones,Adam rush over left end for 6 yards to the MONTST32 (Shorter,Dennis).
Montst 2-4at Montst32Mellott,Tommy RE pass complete to Alexander,Lonya for 13 yards to the MONTST45, 1ST DOWN MONTST (Reid,Mike).
Montst 1-10at Montst45Jones,Adam rush up middle for 3 yards to the MONTST48 (Newsom,Mosai;Ewell,Nate).
Montst 2-7at Montst48Mellott,Tommy LE pass complete to McCullouch,Ty for 6 yards to the USD46, out-of-bounds.
Montst 3-1at Usd46Jones,Adam rush up middle for 4 yards to the USD42, 1ST DOWN MONTST (Ganues,Josiah).
Montst 1-10at Usd42Mellott,Tommy middle pass incomplete to Jones,Rohan.
Montst 2-10at Usd42Humphrey,Scottr rush up middle for 8 yards to the USD34 (Grace,Mi'Quise).
Montst 3-2at Usd34Mellott,Tommy rush over left end for 5 yards to the USD29, 1ST DOWN MONTST (Shorter,Dennis;Hardman,Gabriel).
Montst 1-10at Usd29Jones,Adam rush over left end for 13 yards to the USD16, 1ST DOWN MONTST (Gaes,Nick).
Montst 1-10at Usd16Humphrey,Scottr rush up middle for 3 yards to the USD13 (Grace,Mi'Quise;Holden,Blake).
Montst 2-7at Usd13Mellott,Tommy rush up middle for 11 yards to the USD2, 1ST DOWN MONTST (Shorter,Dennis), PENALTY USD holding 1 yards to the USD1, 1ST DOWN MONTST.
Montst 1-Gat Usd011st and 1.
Montst 1-Gat Usd01Humphrey,Scottr rush up middle for 1 yard to the USD0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:24.
Sansted,Myles kick attempt good.
Montana St. 21, South Dakota 14
Drive: 12 plays, 74 yards, TOP 06:27
Hall,Brendan kickoff 65 yards to the USD0, touchback.
Usd 1-10at Usd25SOUTH DAKOTA drive start at 08:24.
Usd 1-10at Usd25Theis,Travis rush up middle for 6 yards to the USD31 (Polidore,Dru;Eckert,Alec).
Usd 2-4at Usd31Bouman,Aidan LE pass complete to Galbreath,JJ for 9 yards to the USD40, 1ST DOWN USD (Polidore,Dru).
Usd 1-10at Usd40Bouman,Aidan sacked for loss of 7 yards to the USD33 (Eiden IV,Kennet).
Usd 2-17at Usd33PENALTY USD false start 5 yards to the USD28.
Usd 2-22at Usd282nd and 22.
Usd 2-22at Usd28Bouman,Aidan RE pass complete to Theis,Travis for 6 yards to the USD34 (O'Reilly,McCade;Gray,Tayden).
Usd 3-16at Usd34Bouman,Aidan middle pass incomplete to Pierre Jr.,Char.
Usd 4-16at Usd34Ebel,Tyler punt 41 yards to the MONTST25, fair catch by Dowler,Taco.
Drive: 5 plays, 9 yards, TOP 03:13
Montst 1-10at Montst25MONTANA ST. drive start at 05:11.
Montst 1-10at Montst25Mellott,Tommy rush over left end for 4 yards to the MONTST29 (Shorter,Dennis).
Montst 2-6at Montst29Mellott,Tommy RE pass complete to McCullouch,Ty for 13 yards to the MONTST42, 1ST DOWN MONTST.
Montst 1-10at Montst42Mellott,Tommy RE pass incomplete to Jones,Adam (Grace,Mi'Quise).
Montst 2-10at Montst42Jones,Adam rush over right end for 4 yards to the MONTST46 (Reid,Mike).
Montst 3-6at Montst46Mellott,Tommy rush over right end for 7 yards to the USD47, 1ST DOWN MONTST, out-of-bounds.
Montst 1-10at Usd47Mellott,Tommy RE pass complete to Dowler,Taco for 12 yards to the USD35, 1ST DOWN MONTST (Bryant III,Gary).
Timeout on the field.
Montst 1-10at Usd35Mellott,Tommy rush up middle for 8 yards to the USD27 (Ganues,Josiah;Shorter,Dennis).
Montst 2-2at Usd27Mellott,Tommy LE pass incomplete to McCullouch,Ty, QB hurry by Gaes,Nick.
Montst 3-2at Usd27Mellott,Tommy rush over left end for 3 yards to the USD24, 1ST DOWN MONTST, out-of-bounds.
Montst 1-10at Usd24Humphrey,Scottr rush up middle for 5 yards to the USD19 (Hardman,Gabriel).
Montst 2-5at Usd19PENALTY MONTST false start 5 yards to the USD24, NO PLAY.
Montst 2-10at Usd242nd and 10.
Montst 2-10at Usd24Timeout Montana St., clock 00:31.
Montst 2-10at Usd24Jones,Adam rush up middle for 11 yards to the USD13, 1ST DOWN MONTST (Shorter,Dennis).
Montst 1-10at Usd13Timeout Montana St., clock 00:26.
Montst 1-10at Usd13Mellott,Tommy middle pass incomplete to Dowler,Taco.
Montst 2-10at Usd13Mellott,Tommy rush over right end for 2 yards to the USD11 (Shorter,Dennis).
Montst 3-8at Usd11Timeout Montana St., clock 00:15.
Montst 3-8at Usd11Mellott,Tommy RE pass incomplete to Alexander,Lonya.
Montst 4-8at Usd11Sansted,Myles field goal attempt from 28 GOOD, clock 00:08.
Montana St. 24, South Dakota 14
Drive: 15 plays, 64 yards, TOP 05:03
Hall,Brendan kickoff 65 yards to the USD0, touchback.
Usd 1-10at Usd25SOUTH DAKOTA drive start at 00:08.
Usd 1-10at Usd25TEAM rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the USD24.
Usd 2-11at Usd24End of half, clock 00:00.
USD will receive
MSU will defend West end-zone
Usd 2-11at Usd24.
Drive: 1 plays, minus 1 yards, TOP 00:08
Montana St. 24, South Dakota 14
3rd Quarter

Usd 2-11at Usd24Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, MONTST ball on MONTST35.
Drive: 1 plays, minus 1 yards, TOP 00:08
Hall,Brendan kickoff 65 yards to the USD0, touchback.
Usd 1-10at Usd25SOUTH DAKOTA drive start at 15:00.
Usd 1-10at Usd25Jones-Logan,Key rush over right end for 1 yard to the USD26 (Polidore,Dru).
Usd 2-9at Usd26Bouman,Aidan middle pass complete to Theis,Travis for 6 yards to the USD32 (Eckert,Alec).
Usd 3-3at Usd32Bouman,Aidan LE pass incomplete to Bell,Carter.
Usd 4-3at Usd32Ebel,Tyler punt 56 yards to the MONTST12, Dowler,Taco return 8 yards to the MONTST20 (Abrams,Wade).
Drive: 3 plays, 7 yards, TOP 01:39
Montst 1-10at Montst20MONTANA ST. drive start at 13:21.
Montst 1-10at Montst20Humphrey,Scottr rush up middle for 4 yards to the MONTST24 (Reid,Mike).
Montst 2-6at Montst24Mellott,Tommy rush over left end for 26 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN MONTST (McKelvey,Teven).
Montst 1-10at Montst50Jones,Adam rush up middle for 6 yards to the USD44 (Ewell,Nate).
Montst 2-4at Usd44Jones,Adam rush up middle for 3 yards to the USD41 (Abrams,Wade).
Montst 3-1at Usd41Mellott,Tommy rush up middle for 41 yards to the USD0, 1ST DOWN MONTST, TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:30.
Sansted,Myles kick attempt good.
Montana St. 31, South Dakota 14
Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, TOP 02:51
Hall,Brendan kickoff 65 yards to the USD0, touchback.
Usd 1-10at Usd25SOUTH DAKOTA drive start at 10:30.
Usd 1-10at Usd25Theis,Travis rush over left end for 7 yards to the USD32 (Jackson,Miles;Woodard,Simeon).
Usd 2-3at Usd32Theis,Travis rush up middle for 2 yards to the USD34 (Ortt,Rylan;Brott,Paul).
Usd 3-1at Usd34Theis,Travis rush up middle for 7 yards to the USD41, 1ST DOWN USD (Daily,Neil).
Usd 1-10at Usd41Bouman,Aidan RE pass complete to Bell,Carter for 13 yards to the MONTST46, 1ST DOWN USD (Johnson,Jon;Eckert,Alec).
Usd 1-10at Montst46Bouman,Aidan RE pass incomplete to Pierre Jr.,Char.
Usd 2-10at Montst46Bouman,Aidan middle pass incomplete to Galbreath,JJ.
Usd 3-10at Montst46Theis,Travis rush up middle for no gain to the MONTST46 (Polidore,Dru).
Usd 4-10at Montst46Ebel,Tyler punt 46 yards to the MONTST0, touchback.
Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards, TOP 03:48
Montst 1-10at Montst20MONTANA ST. drive start at 06:42.
Montst 1-10at Montst20Humphrey,Scottr rush up middle for 1 yard to the MONTST21 (Gaes,Nick).
Montst 2-9at Montst21Humphrey,Scottr rush up middle for 1 yard to the MONTST22 (Ganues,Josiah).
Montst 3-8at Montst22Mellott,Tommy sacked for loss of 15 yards to the MONTST7 (Gaes,Nick), PENALTY MONTST intentional grounding (Mellott,Tommy) 0 yards to the MONTST7.
Montst 4-23at Montst074th and 23.
Montst 4-23at Montst07Hall,Brendan punt 41 yards to the MONTST48, fair catch by Bell,Carter.
Drive: 3 plays, minus 13 yards, TOP 01:36
Usd 1-10at Montst48SOUTH DAKOTA drive start at 05:06.
Usd 1-10at Montst48Bouman,Aidan LE pass incomplete to Galbreath,JJ (Ortt,Rylan).
Usd 2-10at Montst48Bouman,Aidan RE pass complete to Bell,Carter for 24 yards to the MONTST24, 1ST DOWN USD (Petre,Colter;Polidore,Dru), PENALTY MONTST offside defense declined.
Usd 1-10at Montst241st and 10.
Usd 1-10at Montst24Bouman,Aidan middle pass incomplete to Adams,Quaron, PENALTY USD illegal motion 5 yards to the MONTST29, NO PLAY.
Usd 1-15at Montst291st and 15.
Usd 1-15at Montst29Bouman,Aidan LE pass incomplete to Bell,Carter.
Usd 2-15at Montst29Bouman,Aidan sacked for loss of 9 yards to the MONTST38 (Grebe,Brody).
Usd 3-24at Montst38Bouman,Aidan middle pass complete to Theis,Travis for 10 yards to the MONTST28 (Jackson,Miles), clock 03:15.
Usd 4-14at Montst28Leyland,Will field goal attempt from 46 GOOD, clock 02:55.
Montana St. 31, South Dakota 17
Drive: 6 plays, 20 yards, TOP 02:11
Mata,Zeke kickoff 65 yards to the MONTST0, Latin-Henley,Un return 16 yards to the MONTST16 (Hardman,Gabriel).
Montst 1-10at Montst16MONTANA ST. drive start at 02:55.
Montst 1-10at Montst16Jones,Adam rush up middle for 2 yards to the MONTST18 (Newsom,Mosai).
Montst 2-8at Montst18Mellott,Tommy LE pass incomplete to Alexander,Lonya.
Montst 3-8at Montst18Mellott,Tommy RE pass incomplete, QB hurry by Tillmon,Roman.
Montst 4-8at Montst18Hall,Brendan punt 61 yards to the USD21, fair catch by Jones-Logan,Key.
Drive: 3 plays, 2 yards, TOP 00:59
Usd 1-10at Usd21SOUTH DAKOTA drive start at 01:56.
Usd 1-10at Usd21Theis,Travis rush up middle for 6 yards to the USD27 (Brott,Paul).
Usd 2-4at Usd27Pierre Jr.,Char rush up middle for 6 yards to the USD33, 1ST DOWN USD (O'Reilly,McCade;Gray,Tayden).
Usd 1-10at Usd33Bouman,Aidan LE pass complete to Phillips Jr.,L. for 7 yards to the USD40 (O'Reilly,McCade), clock 00:00.
Drive: 3 plays, 19 yards, TOP 08:14
Montana St. 31, South Dakota 17
4th Quarter

Usd 2-3at Usd40Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.
Usd 2-3at Usd40Pierre Jr.,Char rush up middle for 2 yards to the USD42 (Ortt,Rylan;Brott,Paul).
Usd 3-1at Usd42Theis,Travis rush up middle for 9 yards to the MONTST49, 1ST DOWN USD (Eiden IV,Kennet).
Usd 1-10at Montst49Bouman,Aidan RE pass complete to Galbreath,JJ for 23 yards to the MONTST26, 1ST DOWN USD (Grebe,Bryce).
Usd 1-10at Montst26Bouman,Aidan RE pass complete to Galbreath,JJ for 6 yards to the MONTST20 (Gray,Tayden;O'Reilly,McCade).
Usd 2-4at Montst20Theis,Travis rush up middle for 3 yards to the MONTST17 (Brott,Paul;Eckert,Alec).
Usd 3-1at Montst17Theis,Travis rush up middle for 6 yards to the MONTST11, 1ST DOWN USD (Grebe,Bryce).
Usd 1-10at Montst11Pierre Jr.,Char rush up middle for 4 yards to the MONTST7 (Johnson,Jon;O'Reilly,McCade).
Usd 2-6at Montst07TEAM rush up middle for loss of 11 yards to the MONTST18.
Usd 3-17at Montst18Bouman,Aidan middle pass complete to Theis,Travis for 4 yards to the MONTST14.
Usd 4-13at Montst14Bouman,Aidan RE pass complete to Galbreath,JJ for 12 yards to the MONTST2 (Gray,Tayden).
Drive: 13 plays, 77 yards, TOP 08:14
Montst 1-10at Montst02MONTANA ST. drive start at 08:42.
Montst 1-10at Montst02Jones,Adam rush up middle for 2 yards to the MONTST4 (Holden,Blake).
Montst 2-8at Montst04Jones,Adam rush up middle for 7 yards to the MONTST11 (Gaes,Nick).
Montst 3-1at Montst11Jones,Adam rush up middle for 2 yards to the MONTST13, 1ST DOWN MONTST (Abrams,Wade).
Montst 1-10at Montst13Humphrey,Scottr rush up middle for 1 yard to the MONTST14 (Shorter,Dennis).
Montst 2-9at Montst14Jones,Adam rush up middle for 5 yards to the MONTST19 (Abrams,Wade).
Montst 3-4at Montst19Jones,Adam rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the MONTST18.
Montst 4-5at Montst18Timeout South Dakota, clock 04:57.
Montst 4-5at Montst18Hall,Brendan punt 57 yards to the USD25, Bell,Carter return 5 yards to the USD30 (Taylor,Cole).
Drive: 6 plays, 16 yards, TOP 03:56
Usd 1-10at Usd30SOUTH DAKOTA drive start at 04:46.
Usd 1-10at Usd30Bouman,Aidan LE pass complete to Martens,Jack for 8 yards to the USD38 (Johnson,Jon).
Usd 2-2at Usd38Bouman,Aidan middle pass complete to Theis,Travis for 18 yards to the MONTST44, 1ST DOWN USD, out-of-bounds.
Usd 1-10at Montst44Bouman,Aidan RE pass complete to Theis,Travis for 24 yards to the MONTST20, 1ST DOWN USD (O'Reilly,McCade).
Usd 1-10at Montst20Bouman,Aidan RE pass incomplete to Martens,Jack.
Usd 2-10at Montst20Bouman,Aidan LE pass complete to Pierre Jr.,Char for 5 yards to the MONTST15 (O'Reilly,McCade).
Usd 3-5at Montst15TEAM rush up middle for loss of 5 yards to the MONTST20.
Usd 4-10at Montst20Bouman,Aidan RE pass incomplete to Bell,Carter (Woodard,Simeon).
Drive: 7 plays, 50 yards, TOP 02:24
Montst 1-10at Montst20MONTANA ST. drive start at 02:22.
Montst 1-10at Montst20Jones,Adam rush over right end for loss of 2 yards to the MONTST18 (Holden,Blake).
Montst 2-12at Montst18Timeout South Dakota, clock 02:17.
Montst 2-12at Montst18Jones,Adam rush up middle for 2 yards to the MONTST20 (Abrams,Wade).
Montst 3-10at Montst20Timeout South Dakota, clock 02:10.
Montst 3-10at Montst20Mellott,Tommy rush over left end for 4 yards to the MONTST24 (Ganues,Josiah).
Timeout on the field.
Montst 4-6at Montst24Hall,Brendan punt 56 yards to the USD20, Bell,Carter return 4 yards to the USD24 (Crews,Zac).
Drive: 3 plays, 4 yards, TOP 00:33
Usd 1-10at Usd24SOUTH DAKOTA drive start at 01:49.
Usd 1-10at Usd24Bouman,Aidan RE pass complete to Galbreath,JJ for 6 yards to the USD30, fumble by Galbreath,JJ recovered by MONTST Grebe,Brody at USD24.
Drive: 1 plays, 0 yards, TOP 00:08
Montst 1-10at Usd24MONTANA ST. drive start at 01:41.
Montst 1-10at Usd24TEAM rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the USD25.
Montst 2-11at Usd25TEAM rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the USD26.
Montst 3-12at Usd26TEAM rush up middle for no gain to the USD26.
Montst 4-12at Usd26End of game, clock 00:00.
Drive: 3 plays, minus 2 yards, TOP 01:41
FINAL SCORE
Montana St. 31, South Dakota 17