MANKATO, MINN. - Sioux Falls (4-2, 3-2 NSIC) upset #7 Minnesota State (5-1, 4-1 NSIC) on the road to spoil their homecoming, 40-36.  

"It's an emotional win, but it also means a lot," stated head coach Jim Glogowski. "We haven't played our best football the last two weeks, so we knew we needed to come in here and get back to playing Cougar Football. I give a lot of credit to our offense because needed to score points this weekend and that's exactly what we did. We're trying to create a mentality and a culture here at Sioux Falls and each and every one of these athletes has bought in to the process. Wins like this prove that there are big things coming for The Coo." 

USF picked up just their fourth win in program history over the Mavericks, all of which have come on the road in Mankato. 

SCORING RECAP 

Nick Hernandez put The Coo on the board first with a 35-yard field goal before Camden Dean connected with freshman Hank Brown Jr. on a 64-yard touchdown pass to give USF a 9-2 lead with a minute left in the first quarter. 

Sioux Falls struck first in the second quarter when Dean took ball himself on a QB sneak for a 1-yard touchdown followed by a 6-yard pass to Carter Slykhuis for his first score of the day and to end the first half with a 23-9 lead. 

The Cougars picked right back up where they left off extending their lead to 30-9 when Dean and Slykhuis connected again for a huge 66-yard score to open the second half. 

Minnesota State would add 14 in the third quarter before Sioux Falls responded with Dean's fourth touchdown pass of the day when he met Mark Leonard for a 5-yard touchdown to put The Coo up 37-23. 

The Mavericks came knocking, but USF shut the door with a 24-yard field goal and outstanding defense to end the game 40-36. 

KEY COO 

Cougar offense lit up the scoreboard with 543 yards of total offense, 239 on the ground and 304 through the air. They were led by Camden Dean's 382-yards of total offense with four passing scores and one on the ground. 

Dylan Rudningen picked up his fifth career 100-yard game with 110-yards on the day averaging 7.3 yards a carry with a long of 26-yards. 

Carter Slykhuis broke out for 147 receiving yards on seven catches with two scores while averaging 21-yards a catch with a long of 66-yards. 

Defensively, Brady Crawford had the loan sack for the Cougars for a loss of 9-yards while Joseph Sapp, Connor Aldrich and Mauloa Wells each recorded pass breakups. 

Garret Hoffman led the defense with eight tackles on the day followed by Sapp and Andy Henson each with six. 

UP NEXT 

Sioux Falls (3-2, 3-2 NSIC) will return home to host Concordia-St. Paul on Saturday, October 12th at 1pm at Bob Young Field. The Cougars will look to host Minnesota Duluth the following week for their annual Cougar Days celebration. 

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