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• A Coughlin-Alumni Stadium record crowd of 16,498 watched.
• The rivalry known as the Dakota Marker game started in 2004. North Dakota State leads the series 6-4 now, holding on to the traveling trophy for the fifth year in a row.
• The trophy mimics the quartzite monuments that used to mark the border between the two states. The initials "N.D." and "S.D." are chiseled on opposite sides, and "190 M" is inscribed on one face to representing the distance between Brookings and the Bison's home of Fargo.

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