SPRINGFIELD, MO. (AP)—Redshirt freshman quarterback Thomas O’Brien, starting in his first game, threw for 211 yards and two touchdowns to lead South Dakota State to a 24-17 win over Missouri State on Saturday.
South Dakota State (4-1, 3-0 Missouri Valley Conference) led Missouri State (3-3, 1-2) 17-10 at halftime and took a third-quarter Missouri State turnover 80 yards, ending with a touchdown pass to Glen Fox.
The Bears’ attempt to tie with 38 seconds left ended in an interception.
Missouri State opened the game with a 49-yard field goal by Matt Hottelman but South Dakota State scored twice over a span of 2:18 to go ahead 14-3. Kyle Minett scored on a 3-yard run and O?Brien connected on a 23-yard pass to Saunders Montague.
Missouri State scored on a 6-yard run by Miguel Warren before South Dakota State closed the half with an 18-yard field goal by Peter Reifenrath.
MISSOURI ST-FG, M Hottelman 49 YD 5:30 1st Qtr
SO DAKOTA ST-TD, K Minett 3 YD RUN (P Reifenrath KICK)
10:26 1st Qtr
SO DAKOTA ST-TD, S Montague 23 YD PASS FROM T O'Brien (P
Reifenrath KICK) 12:44 1st Qtr
MISSOURI ST-TD, M Warren 6 YD RUN (M Hottelman KICK) 5:27
2nd Qtr
SO DAKOTA ST-FG, P Reifenrath 18 YD 13:21 2nd Qtr
SO DAKOTA ST-TD, G Fox 19 YD PASS FROM T O'Brien (P
Reifenrath KICK) 12:29 3rd Qtr
MISSOURI ST-TD, J Emery 5 YD PASS FROM C Kirby (M Hottelman
KICK) 9:31 4th Qtr
SO DAKOTA ST MISSOURI ST
First downs 15 21
Rushed-yards 38-133 32-116
Passing yards 211 288
Sacked-yards lost 1-10 1-4
Return yards 77 3
Passes 14-21-0 29-46-3
Punts 4-45.3 4-39.0
Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 2-15 6-66
Time of possession 28:16 31:44
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: SO DAKOTA ST-Kyle Minett 26-105, Tyler Duffy 5-34, Tyrel Kool
3-9, Team 1-MINUS 2, Thomas O'Brien 3-MINUS 13. MISSOURI ST-Cody Kirby
14-59, Miguel Warren 8-25, Jonathan Davis 4-19, Chris Douglas 4-10,
Mikael Cooper-Falls 2-3.
PASSING: SO DAKOTA ST-Thomas O'Brien 14-21-211- 0. MISSOURI ST-Cody
Kirby 29-46-288- 3.
RECEIVING: SO DAKOTA ST-Glen Fox 7-87, Mike Steffen 3-68, Saunders
Montague 2-33, Aaron Rollin 1-18, Colin Cochart 1-5. MISSOURI
ST-Jermaine Saffold 4-101, Jared Emery 7-67, Clay Harbor 6-53,
Cadarrius Dotson 4-29, Adrian Williams 2-20, Justin Fuselier 1-12, Wes
Miller 1-7, Jonathan Davis 1-2, Miguel Warren 2-MINUS 1, Mikael
Cooper-Falls 1-MINUS 2.
Att: 10,592
