Sports
The latest sports from The Spectrum, NDSU's student newspaper in Fargo, North Dakota.
SportsNDSU Cross Country: Men Place Fifth While Women Take Third to Cap Off 2026 Season
SportsFinding Her Place: Pfiffner Builds Confidence and Leadership at NDSU
SportsSoccer Sweeps South Dakota Schools to Secure No. 1 Seed for Postseason Play
SportsSpider-Man, Meet Jackson Williams: Williams Tricks Treat NDSU to 31-7 Halloween Win Over UTEP
Football wins first Halloween home game since 1981 as they score 31 unanswered points to pull away from fellow Mountain West newcomer, UTEP.
SportsSoccer Shuts Out UND on Senior Night, 3-0
SportsVolleyball Splits After a Dominant Sweep to Omaha and a Heartbreaking Loss to St. Thomas
SportsNDSU Men's Basketball: New-Look Bison Win Thriller Over MSUM 80-74 in Exhibition Match
SportsBreaking Offense: Hayes Throws Third Pick Six in 21-16 Loss to New Mexico
Football drops back-to-back road games for the first time since 2010 after a 21-16 loss to the New Mexico Lobos at University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
SportsVolleyball Drops Back-to-Back Five-Set Matches to SDSU and USD
SportsSoccer gets Blanked at Oral Roberts, 1-0
SportsCross Country Teams Wrap Up Regular Season at the Bradley Pink Classic
SportsNothing Normal: Jackson Williams Kick Six Propels Bison to Bowl Eligibility in Crazy 31-17 Win over Nevada
The Fargodome was more of a circus big top Saturday, as a kick six, defense PAT return, two Marion Moore interceptions, and two Nathan Hayes touchdown passes led to a 31-17 Bison win. The victory means NDSU is bowl-eligible in its first FBS season.
SportsGolf Teams Tee Off in New York and Montana: Day One Recap
SportsVolleyball Dominates In-State Rival UND with a Sweep in Grand Forks
SportsSoccer Drops to Third in Summit League After Winless Week Against St. Thomas, Omaha
SportsGamble and Lose: Offense Goes Broke in 13-7 Loss to UNLV
Three Nathan Hayes interceptions and a curious fourth and one call doom NDSU to their first Mountain West and FBS loss against the UNLV Rebels.
SportsSoccer Remains in Summit League Race After Scoreless Draw With SDSU
SportsCross Country Teams Dominate at Jimmie Invite to Take Team Titles
SportsVolleyball Sweeps Oral Roberts on the Road, Comes Up Short at Kansas City
SportsBison Corral Cowboys 28-0 on Homecoming to Claim "Battle of the Basins" Trophy
NDSU football caps Homecoming week with a 28-0 shutout win over the Wyoming Cowboys in their first-ever Mountain West home game. The Bison own a 19-3 record on Homecoming since moving to Division I in 2004.
SportsSoccer Earns First Summit League Win Against South Dakota, Falls to UND on the Road
SportsVolleyball Opens Summit League Play 1-1 with Win Over St. Thomas, Falls to Omaha
SportsTwo Days Through the Badger Invitational, Here's What We’ve Seen
SportsEditor-to-Editor: Grant Hubbard Catches Up with Former Spectrum Editor Sam Herder
Current Editor-in-Chief Grant Hubbard had the chance to interview former Spectrum Editor-in-Chief and current FCS football writer Sam Herder to discuss his tenure at The Spectrum and his take on the FCS now that NDSU is playing FBS football
SportsFrom Bowman County to the Bison: Wanner Finds Purpose Beyond the Finish Line
SportsWomen’s Golf Fights for Top-Three Finish in Montana
SportsSweeps at Gonzaga and Montana Propel Volleyball into Summit League Play
SportsSleepless in Sacramento: Bison Swat Hornets 31-10
NDSU makes its first road trip to California since 2007 and emerges from the Hornets' nest with a 31-10 win. The Bison join the University of Southern California as the only schools in FBS football to be 4-0 after playing four games.
SportsWhite Leads Men's Golf with Season-Opening Victory in Iowa
SportsSoccer Looks Ahead to Summit League Play After Florida Atlantic Draw
SportsCross Country Dominates at the Marauders Open: Moe and Rypkema Take the Individual Titles
Women’s Golf Takes Home Fifth Season Opener in Dominant Win Over Rivals
SportsThe Climb Begins: NDSU Defeats Air Force 38-32 in Mountain West Opener
North Dakota State becomes the third FBS program to start its inaugural FBS season 3-0. The others to accomplish that feat are James Madison in 2022 and UTSA in 2012.