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North Dakota State survived its trip to East Tennessee State (ETSU) as the Bison overcame a 35-23 deficit by scoring 13 points in the final 1 minute, 59 seconds. After Cam Miller tossed a 38-yard pass to John Gores to the Buccaneers' 3-yard line, TK Marshall scored on a 3-yard run. The rarely recovered onside kick then worked successfully and Miller needed just 6 plays to cover 51 yards and put his team in front on his own 11-yard run. A two-point conversion pass was added to make it 38-35 with 50 seconds left in the game. ETSU quarterback Jaylen King was intercepted on the last drive with 17 seconds remaining.
A week ago, three FCS teams scored road upsets of FBS squads. Those were Idaho, St. Francis (PA), and Southern Utah. This week, two of those teams fell at home to fellow FCS members as St. Francis dropped a 27-20 decision to CCSU, and Southern Utah bowed 24-21 to UC Davis. Idaho was also home, but took care of business with a convincing 41-13 vandalizing of Albany. Idaho entered the weekend ranked 5th in the AFCA Coaches' Poll, as well as the FCS Congrove Computer Rankings. Albany was 15th in the Coaches' Poll, but just No. 28 in the computer rankings.
Other Top 25 matchups saw No. 11 Sacramento State run over visiting No. 23 Nicholls State 34-7, and No. 24 Mercer win 10-3 at 16th-ranked Chattanooga 10-3.
The South Dakota-Portland game was canceled just hours before kick-off, even though concerns arose at least two days prior, due to a possible outbreak of whooping cough among the Vikings' program. Whooping cough is the common name used for Pertussis, a highly contagious illness that can affect the lungs.Team doctors from both sides decided cancellation of the game was the best prevention from for further spreading the disease. It is not know if an effort will be made to make up the game, though it seems unlikely. The Coyotes entered the weekend ranked 6th in the AFCA Coaches' Poll and 4th in the Congrove Computer Rankings at CollegeFootballPoll.com.
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A 54-yard walk-off field goal gave Abilene Christian a wild 24-22 win at Northern Colorado. The Ritse Vaes kick came 1 minute and 10 seconds after the Bears had taken the lead on a 3-yard TD run, but the 2-point conversion try failed and left the door open for the Wildcats.
In select other games, No. 20 Youngstown State lost 28-25 at home to 21.5-point underdog Duquesne, and 7.5-pont road favorite Eastern Washington was upended 28-24 at Southeastern Louisiana.
Also, 11-point road favorite Georgetown was crushed 40- 14 at Sacred Heart, and 10-point home favorite Fordham went down to a 27-21 defeat at the hands of Stony Brook.
Two-time defending national champion South Dakota State was a 24-3 winner at home over D2 member Augustana (SD). Last year, Augustana finished 11-2 and reached the second round of the NCAA playoffs. The two schools have played 61 times dating back to 1931, but not since 2004, and the Jackrabbits have a 44-15-2 lead in the series over the Sioux Falls school.
Lamar, as the computer projected, was a 17-16 upset winner at home over 10.5-point favorite Weber State. The Wildcats inexplicably eschewed a short field goal attempt that could have put them ahead with two minutes left. Instead, they tried to go for the touchdown and came up a half-yard short. Weber entered the week rank No. 25, but fell to 1-2 with the loss. The Cardinals improved to 2-1 and the lone loss was just a 7-point setback on opening weekend when they fell 34-27 at a very strong Texas State FBS squad.
No. 4 Villanova, a 19.5-point favorite, survived a visit from Towson by pulling out a 14-13 win. The Tigers missed two field goals in the final 1:13, the first from 48 yards and, after Villanova fumbled on 2nd down, they missed again from 37 yards as time expired.
All 11 games played this week between FBS and FCS schools went to the FBS school to raise their record to 97-4 in such games this season, and a collective 1,897-156 (.924) since we began tracking this in 2003.
These were the FCS wins in 2023:
September 9: Idaho 33, Nevada 6
September 9: Southern Illinois 14, Northern Illinois 12
September 9: Fordham 40, Buffalo 37
September 16: Sacramento State 30, Stanford 23
In 2024, there are 121 scheduled scheduled matchups between FBS and FCS schools with 119 schools playing one such game, while Hawaii and UMass each play two.
This year, 15 schools do not play a FCS opponent and 5 are in the B1G (Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, USC and UCLA). Texas is the only school in the SEC that will not play a FCS program. The same is true for Virginia Tech in the ACC. In fact, Texas and Virginia Tech, along with Michigan and Houston, are repeats from last year's list of schools that played all FBS programs.
2024 FCS wins vs. FBS:
August 24: Montana State 35, New Mexico 31
September 7: St. Francis (PA) 23, Kent State 17
September 7: Idaho 17, Wyoming 13
September 7: Southern Utah 27, UTEP 24 (OT)
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - Won 30 straight vs FCS teams, 23 straight at home, 17 straight conference games, and 8 straight FCS road games.
Last: Won 24-6 at home over D2 Augustana (SD) on Saturday, September 14.
Next: Visits SE Louisiana on Saturday, September 21.
FLORIDA A&M - Had won 13 straight over-all, but lost at Miami, Florida (FBS) in last outing. The defending HBCU National Champs still have streaks of 13 straight FCS wins, 21 home wins, and 16 conference wins (2nd longest)
Last: Lost 56-9 at FBS Miami (FL) on Saturday, September 7. Florida A&M won 16-13 the first time these teams met in a major upset in 1979. The 'Canes have won all eleven meetings since then by at least 32 points and as much as 67. The school made $700,000 for the trip to Miami.
Next: Visit FBS member Troy on Saturday, September 21.
WESTERN ILLINOIS - Lost 27 straight over-all, 18 straight conference games, 11 straight home games, 18 road games.
Last: Lost 51-34 at 13th-ranked Illinois State on Saturday, September 14.
Next: Hosts D2 McKendree (after a bye week) on Saturday, September 28.
CAL POLY - Lost 18 straight true road games.
Last: Won 31-14 at home over D2 Western Oregon on Saturday, September 14.
Next: Visits Northern Colorado (after a bye week) on Saturday, September 28.