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On Saturday, the moment was playing host to the Drake Bulldogs inside the DakotaDome in the playoff opener for both teams.

The North Dakota Fighting Hawks are in the midst of one of their best seasons in recent memory. They came down South on Saturday to Vermillion to take on a battle-tested South Dakota Coyote team that has taken its lumps thus far in 2025.

The USD Coyotes picked up their first win of the season on Saturday, defeating Northern Colorado in Overtime in their home opener.

The South Dakota Coyotes have plenty of expectations on the football field this Fall, and it all begins in just a few short weeks in Ames, Iowa.

Both USD and SDSU have high hopes once again for the 2025 season.

There are plenty of new faces on the roster and coaching staff for the South Dakota Coyote football program this season, but the core of the program remains.

It's really anyone's guess as to who comes out on top in the Missouri Valley Football Conference this season.

As we highlighted earlier in the week, the South Dakota Coyote football program has a lot of question marks heading into the season but have added a ton of talent via the transfer portal.

The South Dakota Coyote football program will open the season with a marquee matchup on the road in Ames, Iowa against the Iowa State Cyclones.

Anything can happen in the postseason, and game one of postseason play was quite the test and quite the scare for the USD Coyotes.