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2024 North Dakota State Bison football team

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2024North Dakota State Bison football

NCAA Division I champion MVFC co-champion
NCAA Division I Football Championship Game, W 35–32 vs.Montana State
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 1
FCS Coaches	No. 1
Record	14–2 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach	Tim Polasek (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jake Landry (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Co-defensive coordinators	Nick Goeser (1st season) Grant Olson (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Fargodome
Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1North Dakota State +^	7	–	1	14	–	2
No. 3South Dakota State +^	7	–	1	12	–	3
No. 4South Dakota +^	7	–	1	11	–	3
Missouri State *	6	–	2	8	–	4
No. 11Illinois State ^	6	–	2	10	–	4
Youngstown State	3	–	5	4	–	8
Indiana State	3	–	5	4	–	8
North Dakota	2	–	6	5	–	7
Southern Illinois	2	–	6	4	–	8
Northern Iowa	1	–	7	3	–	9
Murray State	0	–	8	1	–	11

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant * – Ineligible for2024 FCS playoffs due to transition to theFBS Rankings fromSTATS Poll

The2024 North Dakota State Bison football team representedNorth Dakota State University as a member of theMissouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison were led by first-year head coachTim Polasek. Polasek joined the Bison after being anoffensive coordinator at North Dakota State,Iowa, and most recently,Wyoming. Polasek was assisted by first-year offensive coordinatorJake Landry,^[1] who joined the Bison fromSt. Thomas, as well as co-defensive coordinators Grant Olson and Nick Goeser.^[2] The Bison played their home games at theFargodome inFargo, North Dakota.

The Bison finished their regular season with a 10–2 record (7–1 in conference), losing toColorado^[3] andSouth Dakota.^[4] They were seeded second in the FCS playoffs and received a first round bye; they then defeatedAbilene Christian,^[5]Mercer,^[6] andSouth Dakota State^[7] to reach thechampionship game. The Bison completed their season by defeatingMontana State on January 6 inFrisco, Texas, to capture the program's tenth FCS title in 14 seasons,^[8] and 18th overall title.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 pm	atColorado*	No. 2	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ESPN	L 26–31	49,438
September 7	2:30 pm	Tennessee State*	No. 2	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ABC ND/ESPN+	W 52–3	16,811
September 14	4:30 pm	atEast Tennessee State*	No. 2	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN	ABC ND/ESPN+	W 38–35	11,040
September 21	1:00 pm	Towson*	No. 2	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ABC ND/ESPN+	W 41–24	17,185
September 28	2:00 pm	at No. 18Illinois State	No. 2	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ABC ND/ESPN+	W 42–10	11,687
October 5	2:30 pm	No. 7North Dakota	No. 2	Fargodome Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)	ABC ND/MidcoSN/ESPN+	W 41–17	18,723
October 12	2:00 pm	atSouthern Illinois	No. 2	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN+	W 24–3	9,610
October 19	7:00 pm	No. 1South Dakota State	No. 2	Fargodome Fargo, ND (Dakota Marker)	ESPN2	W 13–9	18,807
October 26	1:00 pm	atMurray State	No. 1	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	ABC ND/ESPN+	W 59–6	6,133
November 2	2:30 pm	Northern Iowa	No. 1	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ABC ND/ESPN+	W 42–19	14,528
November 16	2:30 pm	Missouri State	No. 1	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ABC ND/ESPN+	W 59–21	14,679
November 23	1:00 pm	at No. 4South Dakota	No. 1	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ABC ND/MidcoSN/ESPN+	L 28–29	9,062
December 7	2:00 pm	No. 15Abilene Christian*	No. 3	Fargodome Fargo, ND (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN+	W 51–31	10,373
December 14	2:30 pm	No. 8Mercer*	No. 3	Fargodome Fargo, ND (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ABC	W 31–7	10,353
December 21	11:00 am	No. 2 South Dakota State*	No. 3	Fargodome Fargo, ND (NCAA Division I Semifinal)	ABC	W 28–21	17,849
January 6, 2025	6:00 pm	vs. No. 1Montana State*	No. 3	Toyota Stadium Frisco, TX (NCAA Division I Championship Game)	ESPN	W 35–32	18,005
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromSTATS Poll released prior to the game All times are inCentral time

Statistics	North Dakota State	Colorado
First downs	25	22
Plays–yards	69–449	57–504
Rushes–yards	43–157	23–59
Passing yards	292	445
Passing:comp–att–int	20–26–0	26–34–1
Time of possession	36:44	23:16

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
North Dakota State	Passing	Cam Miller	18/22, 277 yds, TD
	Rushing	Cam Miller	16 car, 81 yds, TD
	Receiving	Braylon Henderson	5 rec, 72 yds
Colorado	Passing	Shedeur Sanders	26/34, 445 yds, 4 TD, INT
	Rushing	Dallan Hayden	9 car, 20 yds
	Receiving	Jimmy Horn Jr.	7 rec, 198 yds, TD

Statistics	Tennessee State	North Dakota State
First downs	12	21
Plays–yards	55–200	64–436
Rushes–yards	30–72	41–226
Passing yards	128	210
Passing:comp–att–int	17–25–0	17–23–1
Time of possession	29:46	30:14

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Tennessee State	Passing	Draylen Ellis	17/25, 128 yds
	Rushing	Draylen Ellis	11 car, 27 yds
	Receiving	Jalal Dean	3 rec, 51 yds
North Dakota State	Passing	Cam Miller	14/18, 181 yds, 3 TD
	Rushing	Nathan Hayes	1 car, 51 yds, TD
	Receiving	Bryce Lance	7 rec, 106 yds, 2 TD

Statistics	North Dakota State	East Tennessee State
First downs	28	20
Plays–yards	78–481	54–383
Rushes–yards	44–231	38–270
Passing yards	250	113
Passing:comp–att–int	21–34–0	6–16–1
Time of possession	36:41	23:19

Statistics	Towson	North Dakota State
First downs	16	26
Plays–yards	51–366	72–407
Rushes–yards	24–204	52–188
Passing yards	161	219
Passing:comp–att–int	16–27–1	17–20–0
Time of possession	20:07	39:53

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Towson	Passing	Carlos Davis	14/24, 135 yds, INT
	Rushing	Tyrell Greene Jr.	5 car, 94 yds, TD
	Receiving	Carter Runyon	6 rec, 59 yds
North Dakota State	Passing	Cam Miller	17/19, 219 yds, TD
	Rushing	CharMar Brown	24 car, 126 yds, 3 TD
	Receiving	Bryce Lance	5 rec, 63 yds, TD

Statistics	North Dakota State	Illinois State
First downs	29	12
Plays–yards	71–544	49–206
Rushes–yards	47–307	25–8
Passing yards	237	198
Passing:comp–att–int	21–24–0	17–24–0
Time of possession	38:57	21:03

Statistics	North Dakota	North Dakota State
First downs	14	25
Plays–yards	54–267	69–429
Rushes–yards	31–101	45–208
Passing yards	166	221
Passing:comp–att–int	18–23–0	16–24–0
Time of possession	25:41	34:19

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 2 Bison	10	10	0	6	26
Buffaloes	14	3	7	7	31

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	0	3	3
No. 2 Bison	14	21	3	14	52

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 2 Bison	14	3	6	15	38
Buccaneers	7	14	7	7	35

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. RV Tigers	3	0	7	14	24
No. 2 Bison	3	21	7	10	41

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
North Dakota	Passing	Simon Romfo	18/23, 166 yds, TD
	Rushing	Gaven Ziebarth	12 car, 65 yds
	Receiving	Bo Belquist	4 rec, 61 yds
North Dakota State	Passing	Cam Miller	13/19, 168 yds, 2 TD
	Rushing	CharMar Brown	21 car, 83 yds, TD
	Receiving	Bryce Lance	2 rec, 50 yds, TD

Statistics	North Dakota State	Southern Illinois
First downs	22	14
Plays–yards	67–363	50–187
Rushes–yards	42–163	23–35
Passing yards	200	152
Passing:comp–att–int	19–25–0	15–27–1
Time of possession	35:29	24:31

Statistics	South Dakota State	North Dakota State
First downs	17	17
Plays–yards	66–333	59–275
Rushes–yards	36–215	32–112
Passing yards	118	163
Passing:comp–att–int	17–30–1	20–27–0
Time of possession	28:10	31:50

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
South Dakota State	Passing	Mark Gronowski	14/21, 92 yds
	Rushing	Chase Mason	5 car, 80 yds, TD
	Receiving	Griffin Wilde	5 rec, 32 yds
North Dakota State	Passing	Cam Miller	20/27, 163 yds, 2 TD
	Rushing	Barika Kpeenu	6 car, 35 yds
	Receiving	RaJa Nelson	4 rec, 48 yds, 2 TD

Statistics	North Dakota State	Murray State
First downs	23	19
Plays–yards	61–459	76–308
Rushes–yards	41–190	43–116
Passing yards	269	192
Passing:comp–att–int	14–20–0	18–33–3
Time of possession	29:00	31:00

Statistics	Northern Iowa	North Dakota State
First downs	18	24
Plays–yards	58–344	58–422
Rushes–yards	26–74	37–189
Passing yards	270	233
Passing:comp–att–int	22–32–0	18–21–0
Time of possession	28:46	31:14

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Northern Iowa	Passing	Matthew Schecklman	22/32, 270 yds, 2 TD
	Rushing	Tye Edwards	12 car, 48 yds
	Receiving	Sergio Morancy	4 rec, 102 yds, 2 TD
North Dakota State	Passing	Cam Miller	17/20, 216 yds, 2 TD
	Rushing	CharMar Brown	18 car, 124 yds, TD
	Receiving	Bryce Lance	4 rec, 77 yds, TD

Statistics	Missouri State	North Dakota State
First downs	22	27
Plays–yards	67–382	65–575
Rushes–yards	65–86	38–364
Passing yards	296	211
Passing:comp–att–int	20–32–0	19–27–1
Time of possession	31:21	28:39

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Missouri State	Passing	Jacob Clark	18/30, 247 yds, TD
	Rushing	Jacardia Wright	13 car, 68 yds, TD
	Receiving	Hunter Wood	4 rec, 73 yds
North Dakota State	Passing	Cam Miller	17/24, 155 yds, 4 TD, INT
	Rushing	Barika Kpeenu	10 car, 169 yds, 2 TD
	Receiving	Chris Harris	3 rec, 48 yds

Statistics	North Dakota State	South Dakota
First downs	19	23
Plays–yards	69–340	60–391
Rushes–yards	47–166	30–119
Passing yards	174	272
Passing:comp–att–int	10–22–0	18–30–0
Time of possession	30:46	29:14

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Preseason

MVFC poll

Schedule

Game summaries

Regular season

Colorado (FBS)

Tennessee State

East Tennessee State

Towson

Illinois State

North Dakota

Southern Illinois

South Dakota State

Murray State

Northern Iowa

Missouri State

South Dakota

NCAA Division I playoffs

Abilene Christian (second round)

Mercer (quarterfinal)

South Dakota State (semifinal)

Montana State (national championship)

Roster

2025 NFL draft

Rankings

References

Statistics	Abilene Christian	North Dakota State
First downs	16	19
Plays–yards	61–345	60–375
Rushes–yards	29–192	31–101
Passing yards	153	274
Passing:comp–att–int	20–32–2	20–29–1
Time of possession	29:28	30:32

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Abilene Christian	Passing	Maverick McIvor	20/32, 153 yds, TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Sam Hicks	16 car, 153 yds, 2 TD
	Receiving	JJ Henry	7 rec, 70 yds, TD
North Dakota State	Passing	Cam Miller	20/29, 274 yds, 3 TD, INT
	Rushing	CharMar Brown	16 car, 58 yds
	Receiving	Bryce Lance	5 rec, 70 yds, TD

Statistics	Mercer	North Dakota State
First downs	8	20
Plays–yards	51–195	67–392
Rushes–yards	31–109	41–133
Passing yards	86	259
Passing:comp–att–int	10–20–1	16–26–2
Time of possession	24:22	35:38

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Mercer	Passing	Whitt Newbauer	8/18, 90 yds, TD, INT
	Rushing	Dwayne McGee	14 car, 59 yds
	Receiving	Kelin Parsons	1 rec, 38 yds, TD
North Dakota State	Passing	Cam Miller	16/25, 259 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	CharMar Brown	11 car, 58 yds
	Receiving	Mekhi Collins	4 rec, 119 yds

Statistics	North Dakota State	Montana State
First downs	18	19
Plays–yards	59–401	61–393
Rushes–yards	36–202	37–198
Passing yards	199	195
Passing:comp–att–int	19–23–0	13–24–0
Time of possession	27:53	31:01

Player	Position	School	Draft round	Round pick	Overall pick	Team
Grey Zabel	OG	North Dakota State	1	18	18	Seattle Seahawks
Cam Miller	QB	North Dakota State	6	39	215	Las Vegas Raiders

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
STATS	2(3)	2(11)	2(6)	2(5)	2(5)	2(10)	2(14)	2(8)	1(40)	1(43)	1(43)	1(42)	1(41)	3(2)	1(56)
Coaches	2	2(5)	2(2)	2(1)	2(1)	2(3)	2(3)	2(2)	1(24)	1(24)	1(24)	1(24)	1(23)	4	1(16)

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Venues	Dacotah Field (1910–1992) Fargodome (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	North Dakota:Nickel Trophy South Dakota State:Dakota Marker
Culture & lore	Thundar "On Bison" Gold Star Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

v t e NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football champions
1970s	1978:Florida A&M 1979:Eastern Kentucky
1980s	1980:Boise State 1981:Idaho State 1982:Eastern Kentucky 1983:Southern Illinois 1984:Montana State 1985:Georgia Southern 1986:Georgia Southern 1987:Northeast Louisiana 1988:Furman 1989:Georgia Southern
1990s	1990:Georgia Southern 1991:Youngstown State 1992:Marshall 1993:Youngstown State 1994:Youngstown State 1995:Montana 1996:Marshall 1997:Youngstown State 1998:UMass 1999:Georgia Southern
2000s	2000:Georgia Southern 2001:Montana 2002:Western Kentucky 2003:Delaware 2004:James Madison 2005:Appalachian State 2006:Appalachian State 2007:Appalachian State 2008:Richmond 2009:Villanova
2010s	2010:Eastern Washington 2011:North Dakota State 2012:North Dakota State 2013:North Dakota State 2014:North Dakota State 2015:North Dakota State 2016:James Madison 2017:North Dakota State 2018:North Dakota State 2019:North Dakota State
2020s	2020:Sam Houston State 2021:North Dakota State 2022:South Dakota State 2023:South Dakota State 2024:North Dakota State