• Northern recorded 28 points in the first, seven in the third, and 14 in the fourth, while Minot State scored seven in the first, 14 in the second, and 15 in the fourth
• The Beavers struck first on their opening play of the contest, a 70-yard rushing touchdown by Brandon Hines Jr.
• It was all Northern State from there on out with four touchdowns in the opening quarter, led off by a 10-yard pass from Joey Dube Garrett to Hank Kraft
  • Kraft’s 10y TD reception from Joey Dube-Garrett as heard on FSA: 
• Dube-Garrett hit Jacoby Boykins for a 30-yard receiving score at 4:48 and the Wolves added their final two touchdowns with under a minute
  • Jacoby Boykins 30y TD reception, as heard on Fox Sports Aberdeen: 
• At 21 seconds on the clock, Cade Kaiser connected with Ty Englehart for a 12-yard receiving touchdown on a flea flicker and Dube-Garrett added his final passing score of the quarter nine seconds later with a 19-yarder to Cooper Eisenbeisz
  • Kaiser’s trick-play TD throw to QB Ty Englehart, as heard on FSA: 
  • Dube-Garrett’s TD throw to Cooper Eisenbeisz, as heard on FSA: 
• Then Dube-Garrett to Eisenbeisz touchdown was set-up by a forced fumble by Cooper Logan and recovery by Ayden Barnby on the 19-yard line
  • Cooper Logan’s FF, as heard on FSA: 
• Minot State responded in the second with three unanswered rushing touchdowns, leaving Northern State with a 28-21 lead heading into the half
• The Wolves extended their lead late in the third quarter on a 6-yard Dube-Garrett to Zach Kraft touchdown
  • Zach Kraft 6y TD reception, as heard on FSA:
• It was Englehart’s turn to open the fourth, connecting with Kraft for his second receiving touchdown of the afternoon for five yards with 13:41 on the clock
  • Kraft’s TD reception, as heard on FSA: 
• The Beavers added their fifth rushing touchdown of the contest at 10:05 in the fourth, cutting the Northern State lead to 42-28
• Kraft extended it to a 3-score game with just under five to play, his third touchdown of the contest, but first rushing score on a 2-yard, third down rush
  • Kraft’s wildcat TD run, as heard on FSA: 
• The ball was quickly back in the Wolves possession as Andrew Ewald forced a fumble which was recovered by Darion Nundley
  • Nundley’s Fumble recovery, as heard on FSA: 
• Minot closed out the contest with a receiving touchdown with 36 seconds left, followed by a 2-point conversion
• Northern led the contest with 28 first downs, 255 yards passing, and 465 yards of total offense, converting on 8-of-11 third downs and scoring all six times they entered the red-zone
• The NSU defense held MiSU to 6-of-14 on third down and 3-of-5 on fourth down, racking up three tackles for a loss, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries
• Dube-Garrett threw for a career high 242 yards and four touchdowns, completing 20-of-29 passing attempts
• Kraft recorded his ninth 100-yard game of the season with 177 rushing yards, a 32-yard long, and one rushing touchdown, averaging 6.1 yards per carry
• Eisenbeisz led the receivers with 87 total yards and one touchdown, averaging 17.4 yards per catch with a 32-yard long
• Louie Schwabe and Jacoby Boykins followed in the receiving core with 56 and 40 yards respectively
• Jake Adams returned to his double figure ways, notching his seventh double figure tackle game with a team leading 16 in the win
• Elijah Jopp was second on the team with eight tackles, including one tackle for a loss, and two pass break-ups
• Cooper Logan and Javonnee Szymanski added the final two tackles for a loss, while Logan notched a forced fumble, alongside Andrew Ewald
• Ayden Barnby and Darion Nundley recorded the two fumble recoveries for the Wolves
• Jeremy Caruso averaged 57.9 yards per kickoff in the win and went a perfect 7-for-7 in PATs

• Joey Dube-Garrett: 242 yards passing, 4 touchdowns, 69.0 pass completion %
• Hank Kraft: 177 yards rushing, 1 touchdown, 33 yards receiving, 2 touchdowns
• Cooper Eisenbeisz: 87 receiving yards, 1 touchdown
• Jake Adams: 16 tackles
• Elijah Jopp: 8 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, 2 pass break-ups

Hear the FIRST WORD from HC Mike Schmidt in the “Top Chop Meats” Wolves Wrap postgame show with David Tukesbrey right HERE: