UTEP vs. North Dakota State (Oct 31, 2026)

Passing Matchup

EJ Colson Jr.

UTEP QB #1

Nathan Hayes

NDSU QB #2

628

Pass Yds

1,470

7

Pass TD

12

3

Int

7

Rushing Matchup

Raymond Moore III

UTEP QB #12

Myles Mitchell

NDSU RB #5

414

Rush Yds

388

6.2

Yds/Rush

4.3

2

Rush TD

3

Receiving Matchup

Kam Thomas

UTEP RB #8

Jackson Williams

NDSU WR #18

16

Rec

32

270

Rec Yds

503

1

Rec TD

1

UTEP

Team Stats

NDSU

15.1

PPG

27.8

37.3

Opp PPG

12.5

2,004

Total Yds

2,785

1,063

Pass Yds

1,509

941

Rush Yds

1,276

2026 Mountain West

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

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Game Info

October 31, 2026

MW+

Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome

Fargo, North Dakota

Team Leaders

PASS

628

Colson

RUSH

414

Moore

REC

270

Thomas

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
EJ Colson Jr.	6	55	83	66.3	13.8	628	7.6	104.7	7	3	150.4	8.4	3.6	83	19	105
Raymond Moore III R. Moore III	7	44	72	61.1	10.3	405	5.6	57.9	2	2	112.0	2.8	2.8	34	16	87
Braesen Leon B. Leon	2	1	1	100.0	0.5	22	22.0	11.0	0	0	284.8	0.0	0.0	22	1	12
Jaden Smith J. Smith	7	1	1	100.0	0.1	8	8.0	1.1	0	0	167.2	0.0	0.0	8	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Raymond Moore III R. Moore III	7	67	9.6	414	6.2	59.1	2	86	67	414
Tavorus Jones T. Jones	6	58	9.7	261	4.5	43.5	1	33	67	306
EJ Colson Jr.	6	75	12.5	108	1.4	18.0	1	13	75	108
Lamar Sperling L. Sperling	5	19	3.8	70	3.7	14.0	0	10	20	88
Elijah McCoy E. McCoy	6	6	1.0	28	4.7	4.7	0	21	6	28
Chris Hunter C. Hunter	5	6	1.2	23	3.8	4.6	0	8	7	23
Jaden Moore J. Moore	3	10	3.3	20	2.0	6.7	0	5	10	20
Nik Henry N. Henry	5	2	0.4	18	9.0	3.6	1	10	6	68
Jaden Smith J. Smith	7	3	0.4	13	4.3	1.9	0	13	31	246
Bodey Weaver B. Weaver	2	1	0.5	2	2.0	1.0	0	2	1	2
Kam Thomas K. Thomas	7	5	0.7	-1	-0.2	-0.1	0	8	21	269
Royal Capell R. Capell	6	1	0.2	-3	-3.0	-0.5	0	0	5	37
Braesen Leon B. Leon	2	1	0.5	-12	-12.0	-6.0	0	0	1	-12

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Kam Thomas K. Thomas	7	16	28	2.3	270	16.9	38.6	1	83	21	269
Jaden Smith J. Smith	7	28	37	4.0	233	8.3	33.3	1	28	31	246
Carver Cheeks C. Cheeks	7	16	24	2.3	179	11.2	25.6	3	45	16	179
Cash Cheeks C. Cheeks	7	8	12	1.1	111	13.9	15.9	3	23	8	111
Jeremiah Nash J. Nash	7	8	15	1.1	82	10.3	11.7	0	29	8	82
Nik Henry N. Henry	5	4	4	0.8	50	12.5	10.0	0	22	6	68
Tavorus Jones T. Jones	6	9	10	1.5	45	5.0	7.5	0	16	67	306
Royal Capell R. Capell	6	4	7	0.7	40	10.0	6.7	0	14	5	37
Lamar Sperling L. Sperling	5	1	4	0.2	18	18.0	3.6	1	18	20	88
Marcus Torres M. Torres	1	2	2	2.0	10	5.0	10.0	0	6	2	10
Rafeald Campbell R. Campbell	2	1	1	0.5	8	8.0	4.0	0	8	1	8
Jaylan Brown J. Brown	6	1	6	0.2	6	6.0	1.0	0	6	1	6
Jackson Stoner J. Stoner	5	1	1	0.2	6	6.0	1.2	0	6	1	6
Carmelo Taylor C. Taylor	3	1	1	0.3	5	5.0	1.7	0	5	1	5
Chris Hunter C. Hunter	5	1	1	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	7	23

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Isaiah Bogerty I. Bogerty	7	14	28	42	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jayden Wilson J. Wilson	7	17	23	40	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Xavier Smith X. Smith	7	18	17	35	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Justin Content J. Content	7	16	14	30	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Garrett Hawkins G. Hawkins	7	8	21	29	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Esteban Guillory E. Guillory	7	16	12	28	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Kode Lowe K. Lowe	7	9	15	24	1	0.0	1	1	17	17	17
Shay Smith S. Smith	7	6	15	21	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Elijah Fields E. Fields	7	7	13	20	1	1.5	0	0	0		0
Donavan Howard D. Howard	7	9	9	18	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Adarius Hutchinson A. Hutchinson	7	6	12	18	2	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kaleb Miles K. Miles	7	10	7	17	0	0.0	1	1	1	1	1
Decorian Thompson D. Thompson	7	10	7	17	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Shakaun Bowser S. Bowser	7	9	8	17	3	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ashton Coker A. Coker	7	2	15	17	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Darnell Williams D. Williams	7	5	7	12	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Royce Wilson R. Wilson	6	5	5	10	0	0.5	0	0	0		0
Derek Burns D. Burns	6	6	3	9	2	1.0	0	0	0		0
LaTristan Thompson L. Thompson	7	6	3	9	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Sterling Miles S. Miles	7	4	5	9	2	3.5	0	0	0		0
Oryend Fisher O. Fisher	6	5	3	8	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Grant Stewart G. Stewart	7	2	5	7	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Dycin Davis D. Davis	7	2	4	6	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jaime Guerrero J. Guerrero	6	3	2	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Vashon Brunswick II V. Brunswick II	4	2	3	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Leander Parrish L. Parrish	7	2	3	5	0	1.5	0	0	0		0
Justin Lee J. Lee	7	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kane White-Tinsley K. White-Tinsley	6	2	2	4	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Chace Biddle C. Biddle	2	2	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jerrell Brasher J. Brasher	3	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Elijah McCoy E. McCoy	6	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kofi Taylor-Barrocks K. Taylor-Barrocks	7	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jimmy Leon J. Leon	5	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Colt Matlock C. Matlock	1	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
TJ Tillman	5	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Copelin Windfont C. Windfont	5	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Preston Hickey P. Hickey	7	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Carver Cheeks C. Cheeks	7	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ian Hall I. Hall	7	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Brady Braun B. Braun	7	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Carson Loeb C. Loeb	5	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Joshua Shaw J. Shaw	4	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0

Team Leaders

PASS

1,470

Hayes

RUSH

388

Mitchell

REC

503

Williams

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Nathan Hayes N. Hayes	8	123	196	62.8	24.5	1,470	7.5	183.8	12	7	138.8	6.1	3.6	51	10	58
Trey Drake T. Drake	2	3	4	75.0	2.0	35	8.8	17.5	0	0	148.5	0.0	0.0	19	0	0
Preston Brown P. Brown	6	1	4	25.0	0.7	4	1.0	0.7	0	0	33.4	0.0	0.0	4	1	8

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Myles Mitchell M. Mitchell	7	91	13.0	388	4.3	55.4	3	31	96	404
DJ Scott	7	82	11.7	314	3.8	44.9	4	42	91	379
Nathan Hayes N. Hayes	8	45	5.6	207	4.6	25.9	4	28	45	207
Nyeoti Punni N. Punni	7	38	5.4	175	4.6	25.0	0	25	41	184
Barry Kpeenu B. Kpeenu	5	19	3.8	61	3.2	12.2	0	9	20	58
Jackson Williams J. Williams	8	7	0.9	54	7.7	6.8	0	13	39	557
Brady Wavrunek B. Wavrunek	7	11	1.6	52	4.7	7.4	0	9	14	58
Preston Brown P. Brown	6	11	1.8	36	3.3	6.0	0	20	11	36
Jonathan Harvey J. Harvey	1	1	1.0	3	3.0	3.0	0	3	1	3
Kaden Zenzen K. Zenzen	7	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	1	1	1
Chris Kiel C. Kiel	8	1	0.1	-3	-3.0	-0.4	0	0	12	124

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jackson Williams J. Williams	8	32	51	4.0	503	15.7	62.9	1	51	39	557
Reis Kessel R. Kessel	8	21	30	2.6	260	12.4	32.5	3	30	21	260
Mekhi Collins M. Collins	8	18	37	2.3	227	12.6	28.4	4	44	18	227
Chris Kiel C. Kiel	8	11	16	1.4	127	11.5	15.9	2	21	12	124
Jordan McCants J. McCants	8	3	5	0.4	88	29.3	11.0	1	44	3	88
Logan Conklin L. Conklin	8	4	7	0.5	72	18.0	9.0	1	41	4	72
Isiah St. Romain I. St. Romain	7	8	13	1.1	66	8.3	9.4	0	18	8	66
DJ Scott	7	9	10	1.3	65	7.2	9.3	0	11	91	379
Cade Osterman C. Osterman	6	2	2	0.3	23	11.5	3.8	0	19	2	23
Jeremiah Patterson J. Patterson	8	4	9	0.5	20	5.0	2.5	0	9	4	20
Myles Mitchell M. Mitchell	7	5	6	0.7	16	3.2	2.3	0	6	96	404
Luke Kokat L. Kokat	8	1	3	0.1	12	12.0	1.5	0	12	1	12
Jett Zabel J. Zabel	8	1	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.4	0	11	1	11
Nyeoti Punni N. Punni	7	3	3	0.4	9	3.0	1.3	0	6	41	184
Dylan Vokal D. Vokal	4	1	1	0.3	7	7.0	1.8	0	7	1	7
Brady Wavrunek B. Wavrunek	7	3	4	0.4	6	2.0	0.9	0	9	14	58
Barry Kpeenu B. Kpeenu	5	1	1	0.2	-3	-3.0	-0.6	0	0	20	58

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Donovan Woolen D. Woolen	8	32	24	56	2	1.5	1	1	13	13	0	13
Gavin Sell G. Sell	8	24	19	43	7	2.0	1	1	25	25	0	25
Ray James Jr. R. James Jr.	8	18	15	33	2	1.5	2	2	25	12.5	0	17
Darius Givance D. Givance	6	19	11	30	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Keenan Wilson K. Wilson	8	14	12	26	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Will Steil W. Steil	8	15	10	25	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Matthew Stenbroten M. Stenbroten	8	14	9	23	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Logan Larson L. Larson	8	8	15	23	1	0.5	0	0	0		0	0
Marion Moore M. Moore	8	12	10	22	0	0.0	4	4	50	12.5	1	37
Taylen Eady T. Eady	8	14	7	21	0	0.0	1	1	27	27	0	27
Kelton McCaslin K. McCaslin	8	9	8	17	5	4.0	0	0	0		0	0
Peder Haugo P. Haugo	8	8	7	15	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Alex Elliott A. Elliott	8	8	6	14	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jaylin Crumby J. Crumby	8	5	9	14	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
DJ Voltz	8	5	4	9	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Zach Vanderpool Z. Vanderpool	8	4	5	9	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Keith Williams K. Williams	8	3	6	9	0	0.0	1	1	24	24	0	24
Deron Russell D. Russell	7	6	2	8	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Anthony Okes A. Okes	8	2	5	7	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Najee Nelson N. Nelson	8	6	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Hudson Artz H. Artz	8	4	2	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Victor Isele V. Isele	6	3	3	6	1	0.5	0	0	0		0	0
Obald Niyonkuru O. Niyonkuru	8	2	4	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jaylen Archibald J. Archibald	8	3	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Kendrick Carter K. Carter	5	3	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Noah Taylor N. Taylor	8	3	1	4	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Alijah Wayne A. Wayne	6	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Daniel Devine D. Devine	1	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Mikhale Ford M. Ford	1	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Thomas Roberts T. Roberts	6	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Ryland Satter R. Satter	1	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
CJ Anderson	8	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Allante Burley A. Burley	6	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Blake Schiltz B. Schiltz	8	1	1	2	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jacob Wrbanek J. Wrbanek	1	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Mekhi Collins M. Collins	8	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Chase Evink C. Evink	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
John Gores J. Gores	8	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Chris Kiel C. Kiel	8	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jack Liwienski J. Liwienski	8	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Coy Okeson C. Okeson	8	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Kobe Russell K. Russell	5	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Walker Braaten W. Braaten	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	20	20	0	20

UTEP UTEP

North Dakota State NDSU

Predictions

Passing Matchup

Rushing Matchup

Receiving Matchup

Team Stats

2026 Mountain West

Last 5

Game Info

628

414

270

1,470

388

503