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The Sycamores enter the season with an 0-6 record, 0-3 in Valley play. It marks just the seventh time Indiana State has started off the season falling in their first six games since the 2000 season. Indiana State faces one of the toughest schedules in the nation this season including four ranked in the top-25 in FCS over their final five games of the season.
Dakota Caton is closing in on 1,000 career receiving yards during his time with the Sycamores. The redshirt senior enters the weekend with 84 receptions for 964 yards. Maddix Blackwell has posted three double-digit tackling efforts in the 2023 season including 10 this past weekend at Illinois State.
About South Dakota
South Dakota enters the weekend with a 5-1 record, 3-0 in Missouri Valley Football play. The Coyotes sit ranked in both the major FCS polls moving as high as No. 6 in the STATS PERFORM list, while moving to No. 16 in the AFCA FCS Coaches Poll. South Dakota has posted two wins against ranked opponents this season including topping then-No. 2 North Dakota State in Fargo, 24-19, while topping then-No. 23-20 Youngstown State this past weekend in Vermillion, 34-31.
The Coyotes were picked ninth overall in the MVFC Preseason poll as voted on by the league’s head coaches, media members, and SIDs. South Dakota running back Travis Theis leads the MVFC in total rushing attempts with 95 carries for 462 yards, while averaging 77.0 yards per game. Quarterback Aidan Bouman has not been afraid to throw the ball downfield this season sitting second in the MVFC in pass yards per attempt at 9.36, while sitting third in completion percentage (70.6%). Linebacker Brock Mogensen is back among the Valley leaders this season in tackles (49) and tackles per game (7.5).
The six ranked/receiving votes teams on the conference slate mark the most on the Indiana State schedule since the 2017 season when ISU took on six ranked FCS opponents on the year.
Last Time at South Dakota
Indiana State was unable to keep pace with a strong South Dakota second quarter as the Sycamores fell to the host Coyotes 38-10 inside the DakotaDome.
Indiana State surrendered a trio of Coyote touchdowns in the second quarter to give host South Dakota a 21-point halftime lead. The Sycamores battled back in the third quarter, but the comeback fell short as Indiana State was unable to fight all the way back in the conference loss.
The Sycamores were paced by Anthony Thompson’s 16-of-24 performance through the air for 135 yards and a touchdown. Thompson added a 30-yard reception, while five different Indiana State receivers hauled in multiple catches on the day paced by Zach Larkin’s five catches for a career-high 48 yards
Defensively, Michael Thomas led the Sycamores efforts with nine tackles and his first sack of the 2021 season. Geoffrey Brown and Gavin Dineen finished with seven tackles apiece, while four different Sycamores recorded sacks in the loss.
ISU’s Last Win in the Series
Facing 3rd-and-3 on the 3-yard line, Ryan Boyle threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Dante Hendrix in the third overtime period as the Sycamores claimed their third-straight win with a 51-48 victory over South Dakota Saturday afternoon in front of 5,816 fans at Memorial Stadium.
Boyle accounted for a school record seven touchdowns in the game while tying the single game record for touchdown passes with five that was set in 1985 by Jeff Miller.
It marked the fourth ever triple overtime game in program history and just the second triple overtime win after Indiana State defeated Western Illinois (Oct. 23) in 1999. The victory also marked the first overtime win for the Sycamores since 2014 when ISU defeated Youngstown State.
The game-winning touchdown, a pass to a wide-open Hendrix who was running to the left, came from across the field as Boyle was bootlegging right to avoid a sack. It was one of five touchdown passes for Boyle, who was 20-for-27 for 193 yards while also rushing for a career-high 187 yards on 18 carries and scoring twice himself.
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