In the first drive of the fourth quarter, North Dakota ate up over five minutes of clock and picked up 76 yards. McFadden made the 32-yarder on the next play and gave the Penguins their first lead of the night at 24-21. On YSU’s first possession of the second half, it made it down to the UND 15 before facing fourth-and-seven after a Pedigo quarterback hurry forced an incomplete pass on third down. The Penguins went 10 plays and 70 yards over the next 2:05 and evened the score up at 21-21 with a 11-yard throw from Davidson to Oliver for the touchdown to knot the game up at intermission.
Quincy Vaughn lined up in the shotgun before going under center, faking a handoff to Maag before pitching the other way to Smith who went untouched into the end zone for the 16-yard score to give UND a 21-14 lead with 2:18 before intermission. On the next possession for North Dakota, the Hawks went down to the YSU 16 and faced third-and-one. The Penguins then went for a two-point conversion and it was successful on a pass to Oliver. Midway through the quarter, YSU knotted the game up at 14-14 when Davidson found Max Tomczak for a 21-yard touchdown pass.
The Penguins trimmed the deficit to 14-6 in the first moments of the second quarter when McFadden made a 38-yard field goal. Three offensive plays later for UND, the Hawks led 14-3, when Smith took a 32-yard screen pass to the end zone. Youngstown State responded on its second offensive possession in the form of a 47-yard field goal to bring the tally to 7-3. The Fighting Hawks opened with a 7-0 lead after their first drive, following chunk plays in the form of a 14-yard pass from Schuster to Caden Dennis and then a 26-yard completion to Garett Maag before Hoosman punched it in from two yards out. North Dakota led 14-3 after the first quarter. Comparatively, the Fighting Hawks finished with 93 yards on the ground and 292 yards through the air. The Penguins had 178 yards rushing and 280 yards receiving. North Dakota finished with 385 yards on 57 plays, while Youngstown State piled up 458 yards on 66 plays. Coley and Ben McNaboe each had one sack, with Coley’s sealing the win for the Fighting Hawks. Wyatt Pedigo was next with eight tackles (seven solo, one assisted). Twenty-two UND players finished with at least one tackle, led by Kadon Kauppinen with nine (five solo, four assisted) and a TFL. Smith finished with two rushes for 20 yards and a score to go with his receiving yardage. Tyler Hoosman was the leading rusher, putting down 51 yards on 14 attempts while scoring a touchdown. Eight Hawks had at least one catch in the victory. Isaiah Smith finished with the most receiving yards, putting up 90 yards receiving on three grabs and a touchdown. He also became UND’s Division I record holder for career passing yards and now has 5,452 yards through the air in his career.īo Belquist was Schuster’s favorite target, racking up 82 yards on five catches for an average of 16.4 yards per catch. He finished with one touchdown, a long pass of 50-yards and was sacked twice. In the game, Tommy Schuster went 20-of-31 passing for 292 yards. YSU forced a three-and-out on the following possession, which allowed the Penguins to have the shot at the end. The Penguins attempted the two-point conversion but excellent coverage from Edmund Ocansey broke up the pass in the end zone. On the following possession, Youngstown State responded with a four-yard touchdown scamper from Jaleel McLaughlin to cut the deficit to 35-30. In the back-and-forth contest, it looked like the Hawks had momentum after a blocked punt from Cole Davis led to a three-yard score to put UND up 35-24 with 8:38 remaining. The turnover on downs allowed the Fighting Hawks to escape with the 35-30 victory. On the next play, Davidson connected on a 10-yard pass to Bryce Oliver and was immediately tackled by C.J.
The sack brought up fourth-and-16 from the UND 29. Jayson Coley took down Mitch Davidson for a nine-yard sack on third-and-seven from the UND 29 with just over a minute left in the game. With the win, the Fighting Hawks move to 4-2 (3-1 MVFC), while the Penguins drop to 2-3 (0-2 MVFC). 22 North Dakota squeaking out the 35-30 victory at Stambaugh Stadium on Saturday night.
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