CEDAR CITY, Iowa -- Easton Stick had two scoring runs and a touchdown pass and North Dakota State scored 28 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to turn a close game into a rout with a 56-31 thumping of Northern Iowa in Missouri Valley Football Conference play on Saturday.
The Bison (5-0, 2-0), the top-ranked FCS team, trailed the 22nd-ranked Panthers (2-3, 1-1) by three points entering the fourth quarter. That's when Stick took over the game.
NDSU's senior quarterback started the scoring burst with a 75-yard strike to Bruce Anderson on the first play of a drive just 11 seconds into the fourth quarter for a 35-31 lead.