GRAND FORKS, N.D. – No. 8/10 North Dakota (6-2, 4-0 MVFC) routed Indiana State (2-6, 0-4 MVFC), 46-17, inside the Alerus Center on Saturday evening. The victory gives the Fighting Hawks their best start in conference play since starting the 2020-21 season 4-0.

Jerry Kaminski was an outstanding 22-for-34 passing for 300 yards and four touchdowns in the win. He also surrendered one interception, which was tipped before being picked off. Kaminski tossed completions to nine different receivers and has now thrown completions to eight-or-more receivers and at least one touchdown pass in each game this season. He also added 26 yards rushing and a four-yard rushing score in the game.

Nathan Hromadka, Sawyer Seidl, Caden Dennis and B.J. Fleming all had one touchdown grab apiece. Dennis pulled in a team-best five grabs for 97 yards to go with his touchdown reception. His marks in both receptions and yards were career-highs.

Seidl led the rushing attack with 14 carries for 104 yards and a touchdown. It was his third consecutive 100-yard game on the ground and he became the first UND player to have three-straight 100-yard rushing games since Brady Oliveira in 2016. Seidl also contributed 61 yards receiving and 22 yards on kickoff returns.

In the game, North Dakota logged 564 yards of offense and used a balanced attack with 300 yards through the air and 264 yards on the ground. The Fighting Hawk defense kept the Sycamores to 221 yards of offense and limited them to just 63 yards rushing.

Five different North Dakota players notched a sack in the game and the Hawks finished with 11 tackles-for-loss. Kaden Vig was the most disruptive Hawk and recorded a pair of sacks. Antonio Bluiett, Tyler Erkman and Jonnie Wiltshire each had one interception in the victory to help UND finish +1.0 in turnover margin.

UND led 7-3 at the end of the first quarter and scored 17 unanswered points in the second to carry a 24-3 lead into halftime. Picking up where he left off last week, Seidl scored the first points of the game with a  22-yard rushing touchdown midway through the first quarter. ISU scored on a 46-yard field goal towards the end of the quarter and then it was all North Dakota the rest of the half.

Hromadka pushed the lead to 14-3 with 8:55 left before intermission to cap a drive which took less than 3:30 off the clock. Just over four minutes later, Kaminski increased the advantage to 21-3 with a four-yard score off an excellent fake hand-off to Seidl. Kenten Laughman scored the final points of the half with 28 seconds to go before the break and put a 29-yard field goal through the uprights.

By intermission, UND had 307 yards of offense and 174 yards on the ground. Seidl was the top rusher and was just one-yard shy of 100 yards rushing by the halfway point, picking up 99 yards on nine carries and a touchdown. Kaminski was 12-for-21 passing for 133 yards and had the touchdown pass to Hromadka. UND applied pressure and recorded four sacks by halftime, led by Vig with two. Bluiett ended the final Indiana State drive before the break with an interception.

In the second half, Seidl got the scoring started with a five-yard touchdown reception early in the third quarter. Then, Dennis pulled in a 26-yard touchdown reception to bring the tally to 37-10 late in the third stanza. With under a minute to go in that period, Erkman picked off a pass and returned it 48 yards to set up Fleming's three-yard touchdown catch. The final points of the game for UND came with 10:58 to go, when Myles Terry put down a two-yard sack in the end-zone for a safety.

North Dakota will visit No. 21/RV South Dakota this Saturday. Kickoff inside the DakotaDome is slated for 1 p.m. The game will be televised on Midco Sports and carried on the Fighting Hawks Radio Network.

Postgame Notes

• North Dakota now holds a 3-1 lead in the all-time series.
• The Fighting Hawks are 4-0 in the MVFC, giving them their best start in the league since beginning conference play 4-0 in 2020-21.
• UND went undefeated in the month of October for the first time since 2016.
• Sawyer Seidl picked up 104 yards on the ground for his third consecutive 100-yard rushing game. He became the first UND player to have three-straight 100-yard games on the ground since Brady Oliveira in 2016.
• Jerry Kaminski was 22-for-34 passing for 300 yards and four touchdowns while surrendering one interception. He became the first Hawk to throw for 300 yards since Tommy Schuster had 345 yards in the 48-24 loss at Utah State on Sept. 10, 2021.
• Kaminski has now thrown completions to eight-or-more receivers and had at least one touchdown pass in every game this season. He tossed completions to nine Hawks in the win and finished with four touchdown passes.
• Caden Dennis recorded career-bests in both receptions (5) and receiving yards (97).
• North Dakota put down six sacks and 11 TFLs in the game, led by Kaden Vig with two sacks.
• Myles Terry recorded a safety on a two-yard sack in the fourth quarter and it was the first time North Dakota has recorded a safety since the 47-7 victory over Drake on Aug. 31, 2019.

How It Happened
First Quarter
8:30 – UND | Sawyer Seidl scores on a 22-yard rush. (Kenten Laughman kick). 9 plays, 85 yards, 3:59.
3:27 – ISU | Sebastian Lopez connects on a 46-yard field goal. 12 plays, 47 yards, 5:03.
Second Quarter
8:55 – UND | Nathan Hromadka scores on a 3-yard pass from Jerry Kaminski. (Laughman kick). 7 plays, 31 yards, 3:14.
4:29 – UND | Kaminski scores on a 4-yard rush. (Laughman kick). 6 plays, 50 yards, 2:18.
0:28 – UND | Laughman connects on a 29-yard field goal. 11 plays, 68 yards, 1:18.
Third Quarter
9:48 – UND | Seidl scores on the 5-yard pass from Kaminski. (Conversion unsuccessful). 3 plays, 65 yards, 1:27.
8:48 – ISU | Keshon Singleton scores on a 7-yard pass from Brock Riddle. (Lopez kick). 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:00.
2:41 – UND | Caden Dennis scores on a 26-yard pass from Kaminski. (Laughman kick). 6 plays, 63 yards, 2:33.
0:25 – UND | B.J. Fleming scores on a 3-yard pass from Kaminski. (Laughman kick). 3 plays, 15 yards, 1:08.
Fourth Quarter
10:58 – UND | Myles Terry records the two-yard sack for the safety.
4:53 – ISU | B.J. Wuest scores on a 15-yard blocked punt return. (Lopez kick).

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