FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Freshman quarterback Cam Miller capped a 13-play, 84-yard drive with a 6-yard scramble for a touchdown to clinch North Dakota State’s 21-13 win over Illinois State. Miller, who entered the game with no pass attempts and two runs for 7 yards, picked up 17 yards with his arm and 25 yards with his feet, scoring with 3:39 to play. Miller finished 5 of 7 for 61 yards with 11 rushes for a team-high 57 yards. An 85-yard punt return by Jayden Price and 15-yard touchdown run by Kobe Johnson gave the Bison a 14-0 lead in the first quarter.
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— Tommy Schuster passed for 328 yards with three touchdowns, two to Adam Zavalney, and third-ranked North Dakota defeated Western Illinois 38-21. The win pushed North Dakota to its first 4-0 start since 2008, its first year in Division I. After losing their first drive to a fumble, the Fighting Hawks put together sustained drives of 82 and 92 yards to build a 14-0 lead by early in the second quarter. Luke Skokna scored on a run from the 10 and Schuster found Zavalney from the 4 for a 14-0 lead. Western Illinois answered when Iosefa Pua’auli scored on a 2-yard run but Zavalney and Schuster teamed up again as North Dakota went into halftime with a 21-7 lead.
