NACOGDOCHES, Texas--No. 11 North Dakota State limited Stephen F. Austin to three field goals and remained undefeated with a 17-9 win Saturday, Sept. 30, before a crowd of 7,349 at Homer Bryce Stadium.

North Dakota State (4-0) is scheduled to play Georgia Southern (2-2) at noon (CST) Saturday, Oct. 7, in Statesboro, Ga. It's the first 4-0 start for NDSU since the 2001 season.

After a scoreless first quarter, NDSU's Shawn Bibeau booted a 30-yard field goal two minutes into the second. It capped a 10-play, 52-yard drive.

The Bison extended the lead to 10-0 on a Kyle Steffes 2-yard run. The 11-play, 78-yard drive was helped by a roughing-the-passer call against Stephen F. Austin that took away a Lumberjack interception.

Steffes carried 24 times for 100 yards, reaching the century mark for the third time this season and the 15th game of his career.

SFA answered back with a 12-play, 59-yard drive to cut into the deficit. The NDSU defense held after several penalties of its own and forced SFA to settle for a 27-yard field goal by Cory Long with 1:06 before halftime.

For the second week in a row, NDSU executed the two-minute offense to score a touchdown. The Bison needed only 52 seconds and four plays to cover 76 yards. Steve Walker connected with tight end Jerimiah Wurzbacher for a 30-yard TD strike with 6 seconds left.

Long booted 36-yard field goals in the third and fourth quarters for all of SFA's scoring.

Quarterback Danny Southall was 25 of 47 for 200 yards passing for the Lumberjacks.  Walker was 20 of 24 for 217 yards.

The Bison held a 358-271 advantage in total offense, limiting SFA to 71 yards rushing.

Walker, who completed his first seven passes, extended his consecutive-passes-attempted-without-interception streak to 114 to break the record of 99 set by Ryan Johnson during the 1999 season.

Six different receivers caught passes for North Dakota State.  Kole Heckendorf made a career-high eight catches for 103 yards, and Wurzbacher made four grabs for 55 yards.

Travis White became the NDSU all-time leader in pass receptions with all three of his catches in the first half.  White has 135 career receptions and broke the record of 134 set by T.R. McDonald (1990-93).  With 22 yards receiving, White moved into fifth all-time at NDSU with 1,521 career yards.

NDSU punter Mike Dragosavich turned in another solid performance with five punts for an average of 51.4 yards. He ripped off a season-best 67-yard punt to take the Bison out of poor field position inside their own 20.

Defensively, David Earl made a career-high 10 tackles, including four solo stops.  Craig Dahl, Brian Dahl and Alex Kingsley each had sacks, and Mike Maresh intercepted a pass.