Jerry Kaminski ties career-high with 5 passing TDs as North Dakota overpowers Illinois State 49-21

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- , Jerry Kaminski threw five touchdown passes and ran for another as North Dakota pulled away from Illinois State for a 49-21 victory Saturday in a clash of top-15 FCS teams. The Fighting Hawks (7-4, 4-3 Missouri Valley Football Conference), ranked No. 11 in the Stats Perform poll, broke a 14-14 tie by scoring 28 unanswered points. Kaminski threw three touchdown passes in the second quarter, then added a 1-yard scoring run early in the third to make it 42-14. Kaminski completed 18 of 27 passes for 293 yards. His 7-yard touchdown pass to Korey Tai gave him 25 for the season, tying a career high, and made him the fourth North Dakota quarterback with at least 50 career touchdown passes. Hunter Kallstrom had two catches for 91 yards, including an 80-yard catch-and-run that was North Dakota’s longest offensive play of the season.