North Dakota 50-20 Portland State (Sep 6, 2025) Sport Recap

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — — Jerry Kaminski threw 4 landing passes — two to Nathan Hromadka — and ran for a TD on Saturday night time to assist North Dakota beat Portland State 50-20 on Saturday night time.

Kaminski led a nine-play, 61-yard opening drive that he capped with a 5-yard landing go to Hromadka about 4 1/2 minutes into the sport. Cru Newman fumbled on the following kickoff return, UND’s Grant Noland recovered on the 17 and Kaminski’s 7-yard TD run made it 14-0 lower than two minutes later.

Kaminski was 14-of-21 passing for 164 yards and added 70 yards dashing on eight carries. Kaminski threw a 4-yard landing passes to Deng Deng and Tray Kuntz, and hit Hromadka for a 20-yarder.

Backup quarterback Javance Tupou’ata-Johnson ran for a 2-yard landing that gave North Dakota a 50-13 lead with 10:55 to play.

Jayden Brannan strip-sacked Tupou’ata-Johnson and Jaxton Helmstetler returned the fumble 70 yards for a TD to cap the scoring.

John-Keawe Sagapolutele threw a 34-yard landing go to Jaylen Lynch and Delon Thompson added a 3-yard scoring run for Portland State (0-3).

Gaven Ziebarth ran for a 5-yard landing for the Fighting Hawks.

North Dakota (1-1), which misplaced 38-35 at then-No. 17 Kansas State within the opener, is No. 22 within the FCS coaches ballot.

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