South Dakota wins in OT to hold off UND comeback

VERMILLION, S.D. — The UND football program engineered a game-tying drive late in the fourth quarter after facing fourth-and-long, connected on a long field goal to overcome a 20-3 halftime deficit and momentarily thought the team scored a touchdown in the first overtime. In the end, it was still 18 years of losing in the DakotaDome. South Dakota quarterback Austyn Modrzewski connected with Brayden White on a 14-yard touchdown pass on the second possession of overtime to lift the No. 8 Coyotes to a 26-23 overtime win over No. 6 UND in front of more than 8,000 on Saturday. UND, coming off a win over then-No. 1 South Dakota State a week ago, dropped to 6-3, while South Dakota improved to 7-2. Both teams have key Missouri Valley Football Conference road games next week: UND at Youngstown State and USD at SDSU. UND's last win at South Dakota was in 2008. "Disappointed," UND head coach Eric Schmidt said. "I just really felt like our guys battled. I don't know if we