Coyote defense shines against Sycamores – drgnews.com

Coyote defense shines against Sycamores  drgnews.com

ERMILLION, S.D. – The defense showed out in front of a record Dakota Days crowd Saturday afternoon in the Dako… ERMILLION, S.D. – The defense showed out in front of a record Dakota Days crowd Saturday afternoon in the DakotaDome that saw the Coyotes pick up win No. 100 as an FCS program. The No. 13-ranked South Dakota football team forced five turnovers and scored 34 points off those takeaways in the program’s 10th-straight Dakota Days victory with a 44-14 win over Indiana State. The defense stepped up this week and the offense scored a touchdown on three of their first four possessions, all of which the offense got the ball via interceptions.

For the entire first 30 minutes of the contest, South Dakota controlled every aspect of the football game, aided by the largest Dakota Days crowd in program history at 9,002 fans. The play of the defense fed the crowd and the crowd fed the Yotes and, before long, South Dakota held a 30-0 lead at the halftime break. “I want to thank Coyote Nation. I can’t tell you how important it is and how awesome today was,” said head football coach Matt Vitzthum right off the bat at the postgame press conference. “When we walked out of the locker room and that Dome was buzzing. We’ve got