Live box score: UND 35, Idaho State 14, Final
Sep. 4—Live box score updates will begin below:
First quarter
UND 7, Idaho State 0, 12:15 left first quarter: On the fourth play of the game, UND safety Hayden Galvin intercepts Idaho State and returns it to the 32. After a 22-yard Tommy Schuster pass to Garett Maag, Otis Weah runs twice to punch it in the end zone.
Second quarter
UND 10, Idaho State 0, 10:09 left second quarter: After UND's defense holds four times on the goal line from the 1, the Hawks countered on a lengthy drive. Tommy Schuster hit Adam Zavalney for 35 yards, then Quincy Vaughn picked up a 16-yard quarterback sneak. Adam Stage eventually connected from 42 yards out to push the lead to 10.
UND 10, Idaho State 7, :18 left second quarter: Idaho State's Malakai Rango scores on a 1-yard run to cut UND's lead to 10-7 with 18 seconds left in the half. Methodical drive for the Bengals, extended with a couple of UND penalties.
The Bengals get on the board and it's 10-7 at half! Let's go @IdahoStateFB!
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— Big Sky Football (@BigSkyFB) September 4, 2021
Third quarter
UND 17, Idaho State 7, 10:16 left third quarter: UND starts the second half with a scoring drive. UND picks up a couple key third downs — a 21-yard Schuster-to-Maag back shoulder and a Luke Skokna 14-yard run on third-and-7. UND scores when Adam Zavalney slips coverage over the middle and Schuster finds him wide open.
UND 24, Idaho State 7, 8:30 second quarter: Otis Weah scampers in from 15 yards out after a Ray Haas interception sets up a short field for the Fighting Hawks.
Fourth quarter
UND 27, Idaho State 7, 11:32 left fourth quarter: Stage connects on a 26-yard field goal, which was set up by Evan Holm's 64-yard interception return.
UND 27, Idaho State 14, 10:22 left fourth quarter: Tyler Vander Waal throws a perfectly placed ball to Tanner Conner for a 31-yard strike.
UND 35, Idaho State 14, 2:43 left fourth quarter: After UND pulls off a tackle eligible with Matt Waletzko to set up short yardage, Weah scores for the third time. A Max Gunderson two-point conversion grab gives UND a three-score lead.
