SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - For the first time in franchise history, the Mount Marty football team beat a ranked opponent.

The Lancers hosted Northwestern on Saturday and beat them by 10 points.

Mount Marty head coach John Michaeletti said, “”It feels awesome, you know our guys work their butts off all year, this week was awesome a lot of discipline. Third game of the year, you’re looking to continuously make improvements from week to week and that’s what we saw. We had a few guys go down, but a next man up mentality guys took advantage of it. I love this team, and these guys deserve it,"

Rugby Ryken said, ”It’s huge for us, this is what we came to do. We came to compete with the big dogs in this conference, and we showed today we can compete with all of them. RIP to my grandp

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