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Nathan Shaw hit a 36-yard field goal with one second left to lift the Northern State football team to a 46-43 win Saturday night over Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall, Minn.

The Wolves (2-2) drove 61 yards in 2:58 to setup Shaw for his game-winner after Southwest Minnesota (1-3) tied the game on a 33-yard touchdown reception by Adam Olson from Charlie Kern and a game-tying two-point conversion.

The two teams combined for nearly 1,000 yards of total offense in the game with Northern holding a 539-432 edge in total yards. The Wolves also rushed for a season-best total for the second consecutive week as they rushed for 264 total yards. NSU's 275 yards passing was also a season-best.

Andrew McReynolds opened the scoring in the game with an 89-yard punt return for a touchdown just four minutes into the contest. However, that would be the only time that Southwest would hold the lead in the contest.

After a Stephen Erlandson 11-yard touchdown run tied the game at 7-7, Jared Hannigan caught a 51-yard touchdown pass for his first career score giving NSU a 14-7 lead. After SMSU cut the lead to 14-13, Nicholas Truen scored the first of his two touchdowns to put NSU back up by eight. Jared Jacobson scored from a yard out less than two minutes later and Northern held its biggest lead of the game at 28-13.

Olson caught his first touchdown pass with 1:30 left to go in the first half and Northern went into the locker room leadig 28-20. After Shaw made a 30-yard field goal to open the second half scoring, the Mustangs responded again on a Kern one-yard plunge and made the score 31-28 in favor of the Wolves.

Jacobson's second touchdown of the game, six seconds into the fourth quarter, put the Wolves up by nine but a missed PAT by Shaw kept the score at 37-28. Southwest cut the lead to 37-35 with 12:14 to play but Truen capped an 11-play, 56-yard drive for Northern and put the Wolves up 43-35, however, SMSU was down by just one score after they blocked NSU's PAT attempt that led Southwest to tie the game on its next drive.

Truen led the Wolves with 129 yards rushing and the two scores while Jacobson rushed for 57 and a pair of touchdowns. Jacobson also went 27-of-35 for 275 yards and a score through the air in the win. Erlandson added 63 yards rushing and a score.

Hannigan led the Northern receiving corps with 106 yards and had six catches. Conner Doherty caught seven balls for 96 yards while Zach Barber and Taylor Houchin each caught five passes for the Wolves.

Defensively, Northern picked off three Mustangs passes, two of which came from Channing Barber. Joe Parsley grabbed the other interception. Devin Olson led the Wolves with nine tackles in the win, Matt Thorson had six stops and Parsley and Paul Woodward each had five tackles. Dalton Wangerin recorded NSU's lone sack of the contest.

Next week is Gypsy Days as Northern entertains Minot State. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. from Swisher Field.