USF Spoils Homecoming For #7 Minnesota State
MANKATO, MINN. - Sioux Falls (4-2, 3-2 NSIC) upset #7 Minnesota State (5-1, 4-1 NSIC) on the road to spoil their homecoming, 40-36.
Nick Hernandez put The Coo on the board first with a 35-yard field goal before Camden Dean connected with freshman Hank Brown Jr. on a 64-yard touchdown pass to give USF a 9-2 lead with a minute left in the first quarter.
Sioux Falls struck first in the second quarter when Dean took ball himself on a QB sneak for a 1-yard touchdown followed by a 6-yard pass to Carter Slykhuis for his first score of the day and to end the first half with a 23-9 lead.
Cougar offense lit up the scoreboard with 543 yards of total offense, 239 on the ground and 304 through the air. They were led by Camden Dean's 382-yards of total offense with four passing scores and one on the ground.
The Cougars picked up just their fourth win in program history over the Mavericks, all of which have come on the road in Mankato.
Sioux Falls (3-2, 3-2 NSIC) will return home to host Concordia-St. Paul on Saturday, October 12.
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