GRAND FORKS — The UND football team delivered another gut punch to the fan base Saturday, losing a fifth game this season by one score.

Was it the knockout blow for the 2025 season?

The Fighting Hawks' postseason hopes dangle by a thread after South Dakota State's Jack Henry found Grahm Goering in the end zone from 23 yards out on third-and-8 to win in walk-off fashion 34-31 in overtime at the Alerus Center.

The 24-team FCS playoff bracket will be revealed at 11 a.m. Sunday on ESPNU (Grand Forks Ch. 320/634 HD).

"Our name will up in those meetings, and I think if people really, truly dig into the resumes of teams and who's been consistently good all year long ... I think it's going to be hard for them not to be able to say North Dakota gave North Dakota State their best game of the yea

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