FARGO, N.D. – Longtime in-state football rivals North
Dakota State and North Dakota will meet for the first time as Division I
opponents next season.
NDSU completed its 2015 schedule by adding a Sept. 19
game with UND to be played at Gate City Bank Field in Fargo. The two-game
contract calls for UND to return to Fargo on Sept. 7, 2019.
Per the terms of the agreement, NDSU will provide UND
cash guarantees of $125,000 for the first game and $140,000 for the second
game, plus 500 tickets and the option for UND to bring its band and cheer team.
The most recent two-game proposal was outlined by former
NDSU athletic director Gene Taylor and current UND athletic director Brian
Faison.
“Gene worked hard to find a solution that would be
agreeable to both schools,” said NDSU interim athletic director Prakash
Mathew. “I am happy that Gene’s offer has come to fruition.”
The teams have not met since 2003 in Grand Forks as
members of NCAA Division II and the North Central Conference.
NDSU began Division I football in 2004 as a founding
member of the Great West Football Conference before moving in 2008 to the
Missouri Valley Football Conference. UND began in 2008 as a member of the
Great West and joined the Big Sky Conference in 2012.
UND has a 62-45-3 advantage in the all-time series with
NDSU dating back to 1894, including a 35-30 edge since the Nickel Trophy was
inaugurated in 1938. The trophy is a 75-pound replica of a previously
minted U.S. coin that measures in 2 inches thick and 22 inches in diameter.
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