VERMILLION, S.D. — Earlier this season, the UND football program put to rest past road angst over Cedar Falls and Carbondale.

The DakotaDome dread?

Alive and well.

The No. 8 Fighting Hawks couldn't overcome a slow start in a 26-21 loss in front of 6,809 at South Dakota, a place UND hasn't won since 2008.

UND, which had a five-game winning streak snapped, out-gained the Coyotes 382 to 266 but were done in by allowing a defensive touchdown, throwing two interceptions and taking 10 penalties for more than 100 yards.

"I think our culture ... we've got to go back and and just lean on who we are, what we talk about every single day," UND head coach Eric Schmidt said. "You can't just be that way when it's going good. This is a good league. Outsiders looking in will think North Dakota's just

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