North Dakota State Bison @ Tennessee State Tigers

North Dakota State Bison

2-0, 2-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NDSU	17	28	7	7	59
TNST	0	0	0	3	3

Tennessee State Tigers

1-1, 1-1 home

North Dakota State Passing


Cole Payton#9
Nathan Hayes#12
Trey Drake#10
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
13/16	166	10.4	1	0
2/6	72	12.0	1	1
1/1	4	4.0	0	0
16/23	242	10.5	2	1

Tennessee State Passing


Jonathan Palmer#6
Byron McNair#10
Caleb McCreary#8
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT
5/13	38	2.9	0
2/4	12	3.0	1
1/1	11	11.0	0
8/18	61	3.4	1

North Dakota State Rushing


Barry Kpeenu#32
Myles Mitchell#25
DJ Scott#7
Cortez LeGrant#28
Cole Payton#9
Owen Johnson#4
Trey Drake#10
Team
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
10	57	5.7	3	13
6	53	8.8	1	21
8	29	3.6	1	7
5	23	4.6	0	10
5	21	4.2	0	7
3	8	2.7	0	10
1	2	2.0	0	2
1	-2	-2.0	0	0
39	191	4.9	5	21

Tennessee State Rushing


Kendric Rhymes#1
Zack Simmons-Brown#30
Byron McNair#10
Trevor Pearson II#31
Caleb McCreary#8
Jonathan Palmer#6
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
12	43	3.6	13
8	32	4.0	31
1	6	6.0	6
1	3	3.0	3
4	-1	-0.3	8
2	-13	-6.5	0
28	70	2.5	31

North Dakota State Receiving


Mekhi Collins#15
Bryce Lance#5
Reis Kessel#81
Finn Diggins#89
RaJa Nelson#3
Carson Williams#88
Barry Kpeenu#32
Logan Conklin#84
Jett Zabel#85
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
1	68	68.0	1	68
3	46	15.3	0	26
1	41	41.0	0	41
3	28	9.3	0	13
3	24	8.0	1	13
2	23	11.5	0	15
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	4	4.0	0	4
16	242	15.1	2	68

Tennessee State Receiving


Tyson Edwards#14
Brock Montgomery#9
Justin Hughes#17
Kendric Rhymes#1
Jayden Guy#0
Devaughn Slaughter#16
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	16	16.0	16
2	15	7.5	8
1	11	11.0	11
2	10	5.0	8
1	5	5.0	5
1	4	4.0	4
8	61	7.6	16

North Dakota State Fumbles


Victor Isele#97
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Tennessee State Fumbles


Kendric Rhymes#1
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

North Dakota State Interceptions


Donovan Woolen#1
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	34	1
1	34	1

Tennessee State Interceptions


Byron Davis#27
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

North Dakota State Kick Returns


John Gores#80
RaJa Nelson#3
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	25	25.0	25
1	24	24.0	24
2	49	24.5	25

Tennessee State Kick Returns


Lelan Wilhoite#38
Taveon Porter#24
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	24	12.0	16
1	18	18.0	18
3	42	14.0	18

North Dakota State Punt Returns


Jackson Williams#18
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	79	19.8	37	0
4	79	19.8	37	0

Tennessee State Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Tennessee State Punt Returns

North Dakota State Kicking


Eli Ozick#38
Drew Klein#37
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	22	7/7	10
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
1/1	100.0	22	8/8	11

Tennessee State Kicking


Freddy Perez#4
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	45	0/0	3
1/1	100.0	45	0/0	3

North Dakota State Punting


Aaron Bickerton#39
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	94	47.0	0	1	59
2	94	47.0	0	1	59

Tennessee State Punting


Mark Shenouda#15
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	339	42.4	0	1	52
8	339	42.4	0	1	52

Barika Kpeenu runs for 10-yard rushing touchdown

0:16

Nissan Stadium

2:30 PM, September 6, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Nashville, TN

Attendance: 8,569

Team	CONF	OVR
Indiana State	0-0	2-0
North Dakota State	0-0	2-0
South Dakota State	0-0	2-0
Youngstown State	0-0	2-0
Illinois State	0-0	1-1
North Dakota	0-0	1-1
Northern Iowa	0-0	1-1
Southern Illinois	0-0	1-1
Murray State	0-0	0-2
South Dakota	0-0	0-2

Team	CONF	OVR
Tennessee Tech	0-0	2-0
Eastern Illinois	0-0	1-1
Gardner-Webb	0-0	1-1
Southeast Missouri State	0-0	1-1
Tennessee State	0-0	1-1
Charleston Southern	0-0	0-2
Lindenwood	0-0	0-2
UT Martin	0-0	0-2
Western Illinois	0-0	0-2

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North Dakota State Bison @ Tennessee State Tigers