Aberdeen, S.D. – With 49 points and a 29-point spread, the Northern State University football team tallied their fifth win of the 2022 season and fourth from Dacotah Bank Stadium. The Wolves are undefeated at home and scored the most points in stadium history versus Concordia-St. Paul.
 
THE QUICK DETAILS
Final Score: NSU 49, CSP 20
Records: NSU 5-3, CSP 0-8
Attendance: 4221
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• After a handful of scoreless drives, the Wolves struck first on a 42-yard reception from Will Madler to Ben Noland
• Payton Eue and the Wolves executed an on-side kick the following drive that Eue recovered
• The play resulted in another seven points for the Wolves nearly a minute later as Michael Bonds hit Dominick Fiscelli for a 50-yard touchdown
• Concordia-St. Paul answered back to kick off the second, scoring on a 1-yard rush by Conner Cordts
• The Wolves however extended the lead, scoring back-to-back touchdowns from Isaiah Cherrier (73-yard reception) and Greg Lux (20-yard reception)
• The Golden Bears closed out the half with a receiving touchdown of their own and the two teams entered the locker room with Northern State leading 28-13
• The third quarter ticked down with neither team breaking through, until a 80-yard catch and score by Fiscelli with 1:41 left on the clock
• Max Otto opened the scoring in the fourth with the first touchdown of his career, a 37-yard reception from Madler
• CSP added their third and final touchdown of the contest at 7:49 and Isaiah Cherrier spread the icing on the cake with a 57-yard rushing score to close out the game
• Northern tallied a game high 23 first downs, 193 yards rushing, 469 yards passing, and 662 yards of total offense
• The Wolves converted 10-of-15 on third down and held the Golden Bears to 4-of-15 on third down and 2-of-5 on fourth
• Neither team secured a sack in the game and both defenses notched two interceptions
• A total of five Wolves scored in the contest with both Fiscelli and Cherrier notching two touchdowns
• Madler's single game career high of 403 yards passing and five passing touchdowns ranks in the top-5 of the Northern State single game record books
• Lynden Williams and Ar'Shon Willis led 15 Wolves with multiple tackles in the game, notching six apiece
• Brennan Kutterer, Jordan Hillesheim, and Ian Marshall combined for the team's 3.0 tackles for a loss of five yards
• Marshall also added a blocked PAT
• Willis and Trevor Johnson recorded the Wolves two interceptions in the win and Trey King tallied both a forced fumble and fumble recovery
• Eue went 7-for-7 in PATs and punted for 160 yards, averaging 40.0 yards per punt
• Luke Gunderson led the team's return front with 80 total yards, including a 34-yard long

 
NORTHERN STATE STATISTICAL STANDOUTS

• Will Madler: 403 yards passing, 5 touchdowns, 24 yards rushing
• Isaiah Cherrier: 73 yards rushing (10.4 yds/rush), 79 yards receiving, 2 touchdowns
• Dominick Fiscelli: 157 yards receiving (39.3 yds/rec), 2 touchdowns
• Ben Noland: 81 yards receiving (20.3 yds/rec), 1 touchdown
• Ar'Shon Willis: 6 tackles (5 solo), 1 interception
• Brennan Kutterer: 5 tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss
• Trevor Johnson: 2 tackles, 1 interception, 3 break-ups

 
UP NEXT
Northern remains at home next Saturday, taking on MSU Moorhead. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. between the Dragons and Wolves. For a full list of game day promotions CLICK HERE. Fans are also reminded that all game day information and protocols are posted on the Dacotah Bank Stadium homepage.