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11/09/19 - Austin Simmons, Sr/2020, South Dakota + More +

Austin Simmons threw four touchdown passes and ran for a fifth score, South Dakota had two 100-yard rushers, and the Coyotes defeated Youngstown State 56-21 on Saturday. Kai Henry ran for 130 yards and two touchdowns and Canaan Brooks had 113 yards and a TD for the Coyotes (4-6, 3-3 Missouri Valley), who rushed for 327 yards. Simmons added 180 passing yards for a total offense of 507.

South Dakota led 35-14 at halftime on three touchdown passes by Simmons, a rushing touchdown by Simmons and a short TD run by Henry. The Coyotes scored the first three touchdowns of the second half and led 56-14 until late in the fourth quarter. Joe Craycraft completed 18 of 30 passes for 246 yards and three touchdowns under heavy pressure for the Penguins (5-5, 1-5). He was sacked six times. Both teams had double-digit penalties for triple-digit yards (Youngstown State 10 for 103; South Dakota (13 for 124). - AP College Football

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QB Austin Simmons, South Dakota
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10/29/19 - Jake Richardson, rSr/2022, South Dakota + More +

OCT 28 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: DE Jake Richardson, South Dakota,...Richardson stripped Southern Illinois quarterback Kare Lyles of the football on the opening drive of the second half and safety Mike Johnson recovered for an easy 31-yard fumble recovery. It was the first sack of the season for Richardson and third of his career. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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ILB Jake Richardson, South Dakota
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10/29/19 - Brady Schutt, rSr/2022, South Dakota + More +

OCT 28 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: P Brady Schutt, South Dakota,...Schutt netted a career-best 50.7 yards per punt during South Dakota's game against Southern Illinois Saturday inside the DakotaDome. Schutt had punts of 58, 50 and 47 yards, and Salukis had two returns for three yards. Schutt entered the game with the nation's fourth-best punting average. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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P Brady Schutt, South Dakota
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10/15/19 - Jack Cochrane, rSr/2022, South Dakota + More +

OCT 14 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: LB Jack Cochrane, South Dakota,...Cochrane forced two turnovers in three plays, both of which led to USD touchdowns, as the Coyotes rolled past Missouri State 45-10 Saturday in Springfield. He recovered a fumble early in the second quarter that led to a one-play touchdown drive, and two plays later intercepted Peyton Huslig and rumbled 40 yards to the MSU 4, setting up a Kai Henry touchdown. Cochrane had seven tackles including 1.5 for loss. He helped a USD defense limit the Bears to 248 yards, nearly 100 yards below their season average. - Missouri Valley Football

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OLB Jack Cochrane, South Dakota
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10/15/19 - Austin Simmons, Sr/2020, South Dakota + More +

OCT 14 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: QB Austin Simmons, South Dakota,...Tied his career high with four touchdown passes and accounted for 262 yards (228 pass, 34 rush) in USD's 45-10 win at Missouri State Saturday. Simmons played just three quarters and became the fifth Coyote to pass for 5,000 career yards during the game. He completed 15 of 21 passes and threw touchdowns of 56, 8, 29 and 14 yards. - Missouri Valley Football

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QB Austin Simmons, South Dakota
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10/15/19 - Bakhari Goodson, rSr/2022, South Dakota + More +

OCT 14 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: CB Bakhari Goodson, South Dakota,...Goodson intercepted a pass inside the red zone and finished with five tackles in a dominant 45-10 victory over Missouri State Saturday in Springfield. He returned his interception 42 yards to flip field position in the second quarter. He also helped the Coyote defense hold MSU to 248 yards, nearly 100 yards below their season average. - Missouri Valley Football

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CB Bakhari Goodson, South Dakota
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10/12/19 - Austin Simmons, Sr/2020, South Dakota + More +

Austin Simmons threw four touchdown passes, two of them to Caleb Vander Esch, and South Dakota breezed to a 45-10 victory over Missouri State on Saturday. Missouri State took a 7-0 lead when Tyler Lovelace recovered a Kai Henry fumble at the South Dakota 32-yard line. The Bears found the end zone in seven plays from there, scoring on Peyton Huslig's 4-yard TD toss to Jordan Murray. But South Dakota (3-3, 2-0 Missouri Valley Football Conference) pulled even 88 seconds later on a Simmons-to-Vander Esch 56-yard TD strike.

Mason Lorber's 38-yard field goal 10 seconds into the second quarter gave the Coyotes the lead for good and ignited a 38-0 scoring run. Simmons had TD tosses of 8 yards to Drew Greenhaw, 29 yards to Vander Esch and a 14-yarder to Ben Klett. Kai Henry and Canaan Brooks each ran for a score in the second half. Simmons finished 15-of-21 passing for 228 yards and he added 34 yards on seven carries. Vander Esch hauled in four passes for 96 yards. Ben Klett had 69 of South Dakota's 220 yards on the ground. Huslig connected on 21 of 40 passes for 184 yards with two interceptions. The Bears (1-4, 1-1) managed just 64 yards on the ground on 30 carries. - AP College Football

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QB Austin Simmons, South Dakota
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10/09/19 - Austin Simmons, Sr/2020, South Dakota + More +

OCT 7 MISSOURI VALLEY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: QB Austin Simmons, South Dakota, 6-1, 215, Sr., Council Bluffs, Iowa (Lewis Central HS),...Simmons ran nine times for a career-high 138 yards and passed for 210 yards while accounting for four touchdowns (3 rush, 1 pass) in South Dakota's 38-0 win against Indiana State on Dakota Days. Simmons scored on runs of 4, 37 and 44 yards and tossed a 29-yard touchdown pass to Drew Greenhaw. The Coyotes racked up 522 yards against the nation's 15th-ranked defense (304 ypg). His 348 yards of total offense are the third best in the league this year and was the best in the league this past weekend. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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QB Austin Simmons, South Dakota
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10/09/19 - Darin Greenfield, rSr/2020, South Dakota + More +

OCT 7 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: DE Darin Greenfield, South Dakota,...Greenfield had seven tackles including a sack, three tackles-for-loss and forced a turnover (fumble) in helping the Coyotes shut out Indiana State Saturday on Dakota Days. Greenfield registered a sack for the fourth consecutive game and moved into second place on USD's all-time TFL list. The Coyotes limited Indiana State to 40 yards rushing on 33 carries. The Sycamores were an offense averaging 216 yards per game entering the weekend, good for 20th nationally. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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DE Darin Greenfield, South Dakota
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10/09/19 - Brady Schutt, rSr/2022, South Dakota + More +

OCT 7 MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: P Brady Schutt, South Dakota,...Schutt averaged 49 yards and netted 45 yards on five punts against Indiana State Saturday. Boosting that performance was a career-long 62-yard punt with no return. Schutt had two 50-plus yarders and pinned one inside the 20. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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P Brady Schutt, South Dakota
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10/05/19 - Austin Simmons, Sr/2020, South Dakota + More +

Austin Simmons ran for three touchdowns and threw for a fourth as South Dakota shutout Indiana State, 38-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference opener for both schools Saturday. The shutout was the first in a Dakota Days homecoming game since 2004, when the Coyotes blanked Augustana, 23-0. Simmons capped a 10-play, 75-yard opening drive with a 4-yard run for his first touchdown. Kai Henry broke free for a 42-yard scoring run in the first quarter and Simmons raced 37 yards for a score to open the second as the Coyotes (2-3, 1-0) built a 24-0 advantage at intermission.

Simmons finished 15 of 25 for 210 yards with an interception and a 29-yard touchdown pass. He carried nine times for 138 yards. Gunnar See was 23 of 38 for 239 yards and an interception for Indiana State (2-3, 0-1). South Dakota forced eight Indiana State punts and the Sycamores turned the ball over on downs twice in the second half. The previous two meetings between the programs went to overtime. The Coyotes survived a 33-30 double overtime battle in Vermillion two years ago. Last year Indiana State won, 51-48 in triple OT. - AP College Football

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QB Austin Simmons, South Dakota
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09/24/19 - Kameron Cline, Sr/2020, South Dakota + More +

SEPT 23/WEEK 4 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: DL Kameron Cline, South Dakota,...Cline blocked a Northern Colorado extra point in the third quarter that kept South Dakota in the lead at 7-6 in a game the Coyotes went on to win 14-6. Cline totaled four tackles including a sack and had one tackle on punt coverage. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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DE Kameron Cline, South Dakota
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09/24/19 - Jacob Matthew, rSr/2022, South Dakota + More +

SEPT 23/WEEK 4 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: LB Jake Matthew, South Dakota,...Matthew got his first collegiate sack and registered a career-best 2.5 tackles-for-loss in leading the Coyotes to a 14-6 win at Northern Colorado Saturday in Greeley. Totaled five tackles in all in helping USD limit the Bears to 223 yards of offense (37 rushing, 186 passing). - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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DE Jacob Matthew, South Dakota
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09/18/19 - Austin Simmons, Sr/2020, South Dakota + More +

SEPT 9/WEEK 2 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: QB Austin Simmons, South Dakota,...Simmons was the Coyotes' leading passer and rusher against the fourth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners Saturday. He completed 25 of 34 passes for 244 yards and two touchdowns, and ran seven times for 28 yards. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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QB Austin Simmons, South Dakota
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09/18/19 - Brady Schutt, rSr/2022, South Dakota + More +

SEPT 9/WEEK 2 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: P Brady Schutt, South Dakota,...Schutt averaged 45.7 yards on six punts with a long of 60 against the fourth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners Saturday. He pinned two punts inside the 20 including one where the tackle was made inside the 5. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

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