FARGO, N.D.--Symeon Cabell, Kyle Steffes and Travis White combined for seven touchdowns to help North Dakota State to a 66-7 victory over Division II Concordia-St. Paul Thursday night before a crowd of 15,609 at the Fargodome in the season opener.
The Bison held Concordia to 100 yards of total offense, including minus-14 yards on the ground. The Golden Bears scored their only touchdown on a fake field goal.
Steffes, a senior running back from Dickinson, went over 100 yards rushing for the 13th time in his career. He had 89 yards on his first six carries and 109 yards at halftime. He didn't carry the ball in the second half.
Cabell, a backup running back from Milwaukee, rushed for 111 yards and three touchdowns, all in the second half.
Steffes scored on touchdown runs of 40 and 2 yards. White, a senior receiver from Cedar, Minn., caught a pair of touchdown passes from Steve Walker, from 4 and 20 yards.
Walker, a junior from Lockport, Ill., completed 15 of 19 passes for 166 yards. His longest completion was a 38-yard pass to tight end Jerimiah Wurzbacher.
Walker and White are both coming back from knee injuries. Walker was hurt in the final game of last season. White missed the whole year.
Backup quarterback Ryan Parsons and defensive end Joe Lardinois added touchdowns for the Bison. Lardinois recovered a fumble in the end zone, Parson sprinted 20 yards for a TD.
The Bison spotted Concordia the first seven points by fumbling the opening kickoff. Brad Scherer recovered Nick Jackson's fumble at the Bison 9, and Jay Schauder scored from the 2 on fourth down after the Bears had set up for a field goal.
A 26-yard field goal by Shawn Bibeau cut the advantage to 7-3 at 10:19 of the first quarter, and the Bison took a permanent lead on a 40-yard touchdown scamper by Steffes at 4:58 of the opening frame.
NDSU led 38-7 at half and 52-7 after three quarters.
