ST. CLOUD, MN--North Dakota State put together a balanced offensive show to produce six touchdowns and 47 points in a 47-21 season-ending road victory over St. Cloud State. The win was the second straight for the Herd and third in the last four games as NDSU finished 7-3 overall and 5-3 in the North Central Conference.

The Bison jumped to a 19-0 lead midway through the second quarter, led 26-8 at halftime, watched as the Huskies closed to within five points late in the third quarter, and finally regained the momentum in the fourth quarter.

Junior quarterback Graig Gorder, completing 19 of 25 passes for 210 yards and two TDs on the day, marched the Bison right down the field on the opening possession of the game, capping an 18-play, 76-yard drive with a one-yard run and a 6-0 lead.

NDSU went up 14-0 when DeShawn Perkins scored the first of his three TDs on the afternoon on a five-yard run early in the second quarter. Perkins finished the day with 112 yards rushing on 25 carries. The Bison upped the count to 16-0 when a St. Cloud State punt snap sailed over the head of the punter and was batted out of the end zone for a safety less than three minutes later.

It was 19-0 when Bison senior kicker Aaron Pederson nailed a 50-yard field goal with 10 minutes left. The kick was so strong that it would have been good from 60.

St. Cloud State came back on a 34-yard TD pass from Ryan Neuberger to Nate Lehman but the Bison went into the lockerroom at halftime with a 26-8 lead after Perkins ran 12 yards for a touchdown late in the quarter.

SCSU put two scores on the board in the first nine minutes of the second half as Neuberger hit Ben Nelson with a 38-yard strike and Lehman with a 14-yard pass and it was 26-21 with 6:17 left in the period.

Perkins scored his third TD of the game on a four-yard run to cap a 50-yard drive late in the third quarter and NDSU iced it with two scoring passes in the final quarter. Gorder hit Shane Dettmann with a 20-yard strike and Jared Peck with a 9-yard pitch in a three-minute span in the fourth quarter.

The Bison totaled 381 yards in offense including 171 rushing and 210 passing. Bison senior All-American runningback Lamar Gordon started the game but carried the ball just five times for 15 yards before leaving the game with a sore ankle.

NDSU's defense limited St. Cloud State to just 20 yards rushing but the Huskies netted 306 yards in the air on 23 of 43. However, the Bison secondary picked off three passes--one each by Clay Brosz, Travis Sturdevant, and Kevin Best.

St. Cloud State closed the season with a 4-7 mark and a 3-5 record in the NCC.

The game was the final outing for 21 Bison seniors who were part of a four-year period that resulted in a 35-11 record.