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

Passing Matchup

EJ Colson Jr.

UTEP QB #1

Nathan Hayes

NDSU QB #2

541

Pass Yds

995

7

Pass TD

7

3

Int

2

Rushing Matchup

Raymond Moore III

UTEP QB #12

DJ Scott

NDSU RB #7

294

Rush Yds

298

8.9

Yds/Rush

4.3

2

Rush TD

4

Receiving Matchup

Carver Cheeks

UTEP WR #5

Jackson Williams

NDSU WR #18

13

Rec

22

168

Rec Yds

358

3

Rec TD

1

UTEP

Team Stats

NDSU

16.4

PPG

33.6

41.4

Opp PPG

9.8

1,331

Total Yds

1,889

649

Pass Yds

1,034

682

Rush Yds

855

2026 Mountain West

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200

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Game Info

October 31, 2026

MW+

Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome

Fargo, North Dakota

Team Leaders

PASS

541

Colson

RUSH

294

Moore

REC

168

Cheeks

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
EJ Colson Jr.	5	49	77	63.6	15.4	541	7.0	108.2	7	3	144.9	9.1	3.9	83	16	89
Raymond Moore III R. Moore III	5	9	18	50.0	3.6	78	4.3	15.6	0	2	64.2	0.0	11.1	34	4	17
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	5	1	1	100.0	0.2	8	8.0	1.6	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	5	33	6.6	294	8.9	58.8	2	86	33	294
Tavorus Jones T. Jones	4	40	10.0	196	4.9	49.0	1	33	47	218
EJ Colson Jr.	5	67	13.4	93	1.4	18.6	1	13	67	93
Elijah McCoy E. McCoy	5	6	1.2	28	4.7	5.6	0	21	6	28
Chris Hunter C. Hunter	3	5	1.7	21	4.2	7.0	0	8	6	21
Lamar Sperling L. Sperling	3	8	2.7	20	2.5	6.7	0	7	9	38
Jaden Smith J. Smith	5	2	0.4	18	9.0	3.6	0	13	14	105
Jaden Moore J. Moore	2	9	4.5	16	1.8	8.0	0	5	9	16
Nik Henry N. Henry	3	1	0.3	10	10.0	3.3	0	10	2	32
Bodey Weaver B. Weaver	2	1	0.5	2	2.0	1.0	0	2	1	2
Kam Thomas K. Thomas	5	5	1.0	-1	-0.2	-0.2	0	8	11	141
Royal Capell R. Capell	4	1	0.3	-3	-3.0	-0.8	0	0	6	45
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
Carver Cheeks C. Cheeks	5	13	20	2.6	168	12.9	33.6	3	45	13	168
Kam Thomas K. Thomas	5	6	10	1.2	142	23.7	28.4	1	83	11	141
Jaden Smith J. Smith	5	12	17	2.4	87	7.3	17.4	0	13	14	105
Cash Cheeks C. Cheeks	5	4	5	0.8	59	14.8	11.8	2	22	4	59
Jeremiah Nash J. Nash	5	5	12	1.0	56	11.2	11.2	0	29	5	56
Royal Capell R. Capell	4	5	8	1.3	48	9.6	12.0	0	14	6	45
Tavorus Jones T. Jones	4	7	7	1.8	22	3.1	5.5	0	11	47	218
Nik Henry N. Henry	3	1	1	0.3	22	22.0	7.3	0	22	2	32
Lamar Sperling L. Sperling	3	1	2	0.3	18	18.0	6.0	1	18	9	38
Marcus Torres M. Torres	1	2	2	2.0	10	5.0	10.0	0	6	2	10
Jaylan Brown J. Brown	5	1	6	0.2	6	6.0	1.2	0	6	1	6
Jackson Stoner J. Stoner	3	1	1	0.3	6	6.0	2.0	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	3	1	1	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	6	21

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Xavier Smith X. Smith	5	14	12	26	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Justin Content J. Content	5	18	7	25	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Isaiah Bogerty I. Bogerty	5	8	16	24	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jayden Wilson J. Wilson	5	13	9	22	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Shay Smith S. Smith	5	7	13	20	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Garrett Hawkins G. Hawkins	5	9	10	19	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Esteban Guillory E. Guillory	5	10	7	17	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Adarius Hutchinson A. Hutchinson	5	6	8	14	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kaleb Miles K. Miles	5	11	2	13	0	0.0	1	1	1	1	1
Shakaun Bowser S. Bowser	5	8	5	13	2	0.0	0	0	0		0
Donavan Howard D. Howard	5	6	7	13	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Decorian Thompson D. Thompson	5	7	5	12	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Elijah Fields E. Fields	5	4	8	12	1	1.5	0	0	0		0
Darnell Williams D. Williams	5	5	6	11	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ashton Coker A. Coker	5	3	7	10	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Derek Burns D. Burns	5	7	1	8	2	1.0	0	0	0		0
LaTristan Thompson L. Thompson	5	5	3	8	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Oryend Fisher O. Fisher	4	5	2	7	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Royce Wilson R. Wilson	5	2	5	7	0	0.5	0	0	0		0
Kode Lowe K. Lowe	5	3	3	6	0	0.0	1	1	17	17	17
Sterling Miles S. Miles	5	3	3	6	0	1.5	0	0	0		0
Dycin Davis D. Davis	5	2	4	6	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Grant Stewart G. Stewart	5	1	5	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jaime Guerrero J. Guerrero	4	3	2	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kane White-Tinsley K. White-Tinsley	5	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	5	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kofi Taylor-Barrocks K. Taylor-Barrocks	5	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Justin Lee J. Lee	5	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jimmy Leon J. Leon	4	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	4	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
Vashon Brunswick II V. Brunswick II	3	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Preston Hickey P. Hickey	5	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Leander Parrish L. Parrish	5	0	2	2	0	0.5	0	0	0		0
Carver Cheeks C. Cheeks	5	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ian Hall I. Hall	5	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Brady Braun B. Braun	5	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Carson Loeb C. Loeb	4	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Joshua Shaw J. Shaw	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0

Team Leaders

PASS

995

Hayes

RUSH

298

Scott

REC

358

Williams

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Nathan Hayes N. Hayes	5	75	116	64.7	23.2	995	8.6	199.0	7	2	153.2	6.0	1.7	51	6	35
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	3	1	2	50.0	0.7	4	2.0	1.3	0	0	66.8	0.0	0.0	4	1	8

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
DJ Scott	5	70	14.0	298	4.3	59.6	4	42	78	358
Myles Mitchell M. Mitchell	4	46	11.5	214	4.7	53.5	3	31	50	229
Nyeoti Punni N. Punni	5	26	5.2	129	5.0	25.8	0	25	28	137
Nathan Hayes N. Hayes	5	27	5.4	122	4.5	24.4	3	19	27	122
Jackson Williams J. Williams	5	4	0.8	37	9.3	7.4	0	13	26	395
Brady Wavrunek B. Wavrunek	4	7	1.8	32	4.6	8.0	0	8	8	41
Barry Kpeenu B. Kpeenu	3	10	3.3	25	2.5	8.3	0	9	10	25
Preston Brown P. Brown	3	5	1.7	8	1.6	2.7	0	11	5	8
Kaden Zenzen K. Zenzen	5	1	0.2	1	1.0	0.2	0	1	1	1
Chris Kiel C. Kiel	5	1	0.2	-3	-3.0	-0.6	0	0	5	47

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jackson Williams J. Williams	5	22	31	4.4	358	16.3	71.6	1	51	26	395
Mekhi Collins M. Collins	5	10	20	2.0	164	16.4	32.8	2	44	10	164
Reis Kessel R. Kessel	5	13	19	2.6	150	11.5	30.0	1	30	13	150
Jordan McCants J. McCants	5	2	2	0.4	79	39.5	15.8	1	44	2	79
Logan Conklin L. Conklin	5	4	7	0.8	72	18.0	14.4	1	41	4	72
DJ Scott	5	8	9	1.6	60	7.5	12.0	0	11	78	358
Chris Kiel C. Kiel	5	4	6	0.8	50	12.5	10.0	1	19	5	47
Cade Osterman C. Osterman	5	2	2	0.4	23	11.5	4.6	0	19	2	23
Jeremiah Patterson J. Patterson	5	3	7	0.6	17	5.7	3.4	0	9	3	17
Myles Mitchell M. Mitchell	4	4	5	1.0	15	3.8	3.8	0	6	50	229
Luke Kokat L. Kokat	5	1	3	0.2	12	12.0	2.4	0	12	1	12
Isiah St. Romain I. St. Romain	4	2	4	0.5	10	5.0	2.5	0	5	2	10
Brady Wavrunek B. Wavrunek	4	1	2	0.3	9	9.0	2.3	0	9	8	41
Nyeoti Punni N. Punni	5	2	2	0.4	8	4.0	1.6	0	6	28	137
Dylan Vokal D. Vokal	4	1	1	0.3	7	7.0	1.8	0	7	1	7

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Donovan Woolen D. Woolen	5	19	13	32	1	1.0	1	1	13	13	0	13
Gavin Sell G. Sell	5	10	11	21	1	1.0	1	1	25	25	0	25
Darius Givance D. Givance	5	13	7	20	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Matthew Stenbroten M. Stenbroten	5	9	2	11	0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Taylen Eady T. Eady	5	6	4	10	0	0.0	1	1	27	27	0	27
Kelton McCaslin K. McCaslin	5	7	2	9	3	4.0	0	0	0		0	0
Peder Haugo P. Haugo	5	5	4	9	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Logan Larson L. Larson	5	5	3	8	0	0.5	0	0	0		0	0
Alex Elliott A. Elliott	5	4	4	8	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Ray James Jr. R. James Jr.	5	4	3	7	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Keenan Wilson K. Wilson	5	4	3	7	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Keith Williams K. Williams	5	2	5	7	0	0.0	1	1	24	24	0	24
Will Steil W. Steil	5	4	2	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Marion Moore M. Moore	5	4	1	5	0	0.0	2	2	41	20.5	1	37
DJ Voltz	5	4	1	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jaylin Crumby J. Crumby	5	0	5	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Najee Nelson N. Nelson	5	4	0	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Noah Taylor N. Taylor	5	3	1	4	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Deron Russell D. Russell	4	3	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jaylen Archibald J. Archibald	5	2	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Kendrick Carter K. Carter	4	2	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Zach Vanderpool Z. Vanderpool	5	2	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Alijah Wayne A. Wayne	5	2	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Obald Niyonkuru O. Niyonkuru	5	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Anthony Okes A. Okes	5	1	2	3	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	4	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
Victor Isele V. Isele	3	1	1	2	1	0.5	0	0	0		0	0
Blake Schiltz B. Schiltz	5	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
Chase Evink C. Evink	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
John Gores J. Gores	5	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Myles Mitchell M. Mitchell	4	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Kobe Russell K. Russell	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Hudson Artz H. Artz	5	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Allante Burley A. Burley	4	0	1	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

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