NCAA Football

South Dakota State Jackrabbits (12-0)


Davis' 3 TDs power FCS No. 1 South Dakota State in 41-0 shutout of Mercer

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) Isaiah Davis ran for three touchdowns, including a 42-yard dash to open the second half, and top-seeded South Dakota State turned in a dominant performance to shutout Mercer 41-0 Saturday in a Football Championship Series second-round game.

The defending national champions, ranked No. 1 the entire season, had a first-round bye. The Jackrabbits advance to face the winner of Saturday's game between Youngstown State and eighth-seeded Villanova.

South Dakota State (12-0) took the opening kick and drove 56 yards in 10 plays to set up Hunter Dustman's 26-yard field goal and had touchdowns on its next three possessions of the half to take a 24-0 lead. Davis scored from the 4 to open the second quarter to cap a 13-play, 74-yard drive that used more than seven minutes of the first quarter. Mark Gronowski found Jaxon Janke with a seven-yard TD and Davis capped a six-play, 66-yard drive with a six-yard run with :21 left in the half.

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Leaders
Passing Yards: M. Gronowski2517
Passing TDs: M. Gronowski24
Rushing Yards: I. Davis1192
Rushing TDs: I. Davis14
Receiving Yards: J. Janke719
Receiving TDs: J. Janke8
Interceptions: None 
Schedule 2023
Date Opponent Result / Time
8/31 vs. Western Oregon W 45 - 7
9/9 vs. Montana State W 20 - 16
9/16 vs. Drake W 70 - 7
9/30 vs. North Dakota W 42 - 21
10/7 at Illinois State W 40 - 21
10/14 vs. UNI W 41 - 6
10/21 at Southern Illinois W 17 - 10
10/28 at South Dakota W 37 - 3
11/4 vs. North Dakota State W 33 - 16
11/11 at Youngstown State W 34 - 0
11/18 vs. Missouri State W 35 - 17
12/2 vs. Mercer W 41 - 0
12/9 vs. Villanova 9:00 PT10:00 MT11:00 CT12:00 ET5:00 GMT1:00 北京时间10:00 MST11:00 CST12:00 EST
Missouri Valley
  Conference Overall
1 South Dakota State 8-0 12-0
3 South Dakota 7-1 10-2
Northern Iowa 5-3 6-5
8 North Dakota State 5-3 10-3
12 North Dakota 5-3 7-5
21 Youngstown State 5-3 8-5
14 Southern Illinois 4-4 8-5
Illinois State 4-4 6-5
Missouri State 3-5 4-7
Murray State 1-7 2-9
Indiana State 1-7 1-10
Western Illinois 0-8 0-11
Offense (FCS Rank)
Yards: 5486 (4)
Passing Yards: 2721 (28)
Rushing Yards: 2765 (5)
Points per game: 37.9 (4)
Yards per game: 457.2 (6)
Touchdowns: 57 (4)
Field Goals: 15 (14)
Defense (FCS Rank)
Yards: 3082 (7)
Passing Yards: 1996 (23)
Rushing Yards: 1086 (8)
Points per game: 10.3 (1)
Yards per game: 256.8 (1)
Touchdowns: 14 (1)
Field Goals: 9 (58)