• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota State earned a chance at the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs Saturday afternoon with a 31-8 win over in-state rival South Dakota in the teams' first gridiron matchup in nine years.
• The Jackrabbits (8-3, 6-2 Missouri Valley Football Conference) were led by running back Zach Zenner, who gained 164 yards on 28 attempts with one touchdown. It marked the eighth time he gained more than 100 yards this season.
• Zenner said he hopes the victory is enough to get the Jackrabbits into the FCS playoffs.
• "That's something we've been working toward all season," he said after the game.
• SDSU quarterback Austin Sumner was 20 of 30 for 272 yards with one touchdown.
• South Dakota got its only score on a blocked punt and 27-yard return with just under 8 minutes left in the game. USD (1-10, 0-8 MVFC) ends its season without a conference win.
• USD head coach Joe Glenn said his team got hit with three quick scores and it was tough to recover.
• "They capitalized on every one of our mistakes, and it was 21-0 before we really got our hands on the ball," he said.
• Receiver Will Powell led the Coyotes with seven catches for 110 yards.
• The game drew a crowd of 15,278 to Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.
• Jacks quarterback Austin Sumner completed 5 of 6 passes on the opening drive, including a 30-yard third-down completion to Tyrel Kool and a 7-yard touchdown pass to receiver Aaron Rollin to give the Jacks a 7-0 lead.
• SDSU head coach John Stieglmeier said Kool's third-down catch on that drive got the Jacks going.
• "You make one play, it has an effect on the whole game," Stieglmeier said.
• USD quarterback Josh Vander Maten had a chance to quickly tie the game on a deep ball to a wide open Will Powell, but Vander Maten overthrew him. Later in the drive, SDSU defensive end Doug Peete stripped the ball from Vander Maten on a third-down play, and linebacker Chris Tracy picked it up and returned it 43 yards for a 14-0 Jacks lead.
• SDSU extended its lead to 21-0 on its next possession with an eight-play, 64-

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