Racers Battle Proud On Senior Day – Fall to North Dakota

Saturday, November 15

Murray, Ky.

11 a.m.

Murray State

0-11 , 0-7

North Dakota

7-4 , 5-2

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

North Dakota

Murray St.

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

Racers Battle Proud On Senior Day – Fall to North Dakota

11/15/2025 11:19:00 PM | Football

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The Racers celebrated 16 seniors at Roy Stewart Stadium

The Murray State Racers took the lead into the third quarter, but ultimately couldn't hold off No. 13 North Dakota Fighting Hawks in a 0-0 defeat in the final home game of the 2025 season at Roy Stewart Stadium in Murray, Ky.

The Racers (0-11,) fell to 0-7 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference with one more the chance to get a win next Saturday (Nov. 22) when they take on the Indiana State Sycamores in Terre Haute at 12 p.m. Central Time.

The final home game of the season also marked senior day as the Racers honored a group of 16 Racers.

In a low-scoring first half, the Racers saw senior kicker Jack Tennehill boot three in a row and distances of 33, 36 and 41 yards. The last coming with three seconds in the second quarter that gave the Racers a 9-7 lead at the halftime intermission.

The Racers kept the lead until 10:17 in the third quarter when NDU scored on the opening drive of the second half on a 61-yard drive that made it 14-9 at 10:17 and on the next MSU possession, UND's J. Wiltshire intercepted a pass by Baxter Wright and returned it 30 yards for a touchdown to put the Racers behind 21-9.

GAME NOTES

When Jack Tannehill booted his second field goal of the game, it gave the Racers the lead at the half 9-7, just their second lead this season in MVFC play after they scored first at Youngstown State (Nov. 2).
MSU's lead at halftime was their first in a MVFC game at home since Missouri State was in Murray and MSU got a 50-yard field goal by James London to score first in the game (11-09-24).
It was an all or nothing situation for each team as the Racers put up points in three-straight drives in the second quarter, but the Fighting Hawks did the same with three-straight scores including the aforementioned 30-yard interception for a TD.
Jawaun Northington led the Racers with 56 yards rushing.
Baxter Wright was 23-of-34 passing for 140 yards.
NDU out-gained the Racers in total yards 344-252.
Dylan Rowsey had seven tackles today and has 129 overall and shares the MVFC lead with 11.73 per game with Kimal Clark of Indiana State.
MSU Hall of Famer, Nathan Williams, holds the MSU single season record with 179 tackles in the 2008 season.
Rowsey breaks into the single-season top-10 at MSU if he can reach 133.
MSU's Danny Amato (1988), Alfred Caldwell (1974) and Sam Tandy (1969) all had 133 tackles in a season.

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