Bison smash Murray State in first game since moving to #1
Steve Hallstrom
Special to The Farmer
It’s never easy going on the road one week after an emotional rivalry win and moving up to #1 in the polls, but Murray State proved to be the right opponent at the right time, as NDSU rolled to a 59-6 win in Murray, Kentucky.
The Bison scored on all six first-half possessions, en route to a 42-3 halftime lead and never looked back in moving to 8-1 on the season, and 5-0 in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Murray State, a newcomer to the conference, was winless in league play at just 1-6 overall, and the visitors made sure there was no drama in this one.
The Bison scored three first quarter touchdowns in three different fashions. Touchdown number one came on a CharMar Brown 7-yard run, followed by a 74-yard bomb from Cam Miller to Bryce Lance to make it 14-0. Then late in the first quarter, the Code Green defense got on the board, as Enock Sibomana, making his first college start, intercepted a pass and returned it 34 yards for a 21-0 lead heading to the second quarter.
Brown notched his second rushing score of the day from 3 yards out, and after Murray State answered with a field goal, Miller and Lance hooked up again on a 17-yard connection. Miller’s day was done, and backup Nathan Hayes kept the scoring parade alive hitting Lance from 6 yards out just before the intermission, and the rout was on with a 42-3 halftime score.
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