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UND stuns No. 1 South Dakota State with 21-10 victory

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM · 1 min read
UND stuns No. 1 South Dakota State with 21-10 victory — Grand Forks Herald, Walnut Creek Sports news
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GRAND FORKS — It didn't look good all week. The UND football team went to Northern Iowa last Saturday and turned the ball over five times in a disappointing loss. To add to the angst, the Fighting Hawks were looking at a brutal stretch: No. 1 South Dakota State, No. 9 South Dakota and No. 6 Youngstown State. If that wasn't enough, UND didn't know who would start at quarterback. Pressure? What pressure? UND rebounded Saturday behind the return of quarterback Jerry Kaminski and edge Lance Rucker and took down the Jackrabbits — the favorite to win the FCS national championship — 21-10 at the Alerus Center. UND's win over the No. 1-ranked team in the country was the first against a No. 1 team in the FCS poll. "The message our staff has had since we got here was to hunt," UND head coach Eric Schmidt said. "We've been hunting people. I thought the last month we were almost getting hunted. We were counter-punching too much. It felt like we were playing like

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