Bohl Wins NDSU-Record 92nd Game Against Delaware State

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FARGO, North Dakota  --  North Dakota State head coach Craig Bohl won his school-record 92nd game as the No. 1-ranked Bison rolled to a 51-0 victory over Delaware State on Saturday, Sept. 21, before a sellout crowd of 18,995 at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome.

North Dakota State won its 12th straight game to improve to 3-0 heading into its Missouri Valley Football Conference opener next Saturday, Sept. 28, at South Dakota State. The Jackrabbits are 3-1 on the season following a 59-20 loss at Nebraska.

NDSU quarterback Brock Jensen was 13-for-20 passing for 138 and three touchdowns. Jensen, who now has 538 career pass completions, broke the NDSU career record of 535 set by Steve Walker from 2004-07. Jensen also passed Walker for second place in career total offense yards and is 90 yards shy of Kevin Feeney for that record.

Jensen connected with Ryan Smith on a 4-yard TD pass to open the scoring and connected on a 25-yard scoring strike to Zach Vraa that gave NDSU a 14-0 lead.

Marcus Williams returned his 20th career interception 33 yards for a touchdown that made it 20-0 after a blocked PAT kick. Williams tied the NCAA Division I FCS record of six interception return touchdowns set by Murray State's William Hampton from 1993-96.

John Crockett rushed for a game-high 85 yards including a 3-yard TD run in the second quarter and Cooper Wahlo made his first career touchdown reception on a 22-yard strike from Jensen. Derrick Lang's 3-yard touchdown run gave the Bison a 41-0 lead by halftime.

Kevin Vaadeland caught a 4-yard TD pass from Carson Wentz in the third quarter and Tom Barneson kicked a 27-yard field goal late in the third to close the scoring.

NDSU rolled up 548 total yards of offense and held Delaware State to 189 including just 34 yards rushing. The Bison converted 10 of 14 chances on third down while the Hornets were just 4 of 15. Delaware State dropped to 0-3 with the loss.

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