Zachary Lucy
Football
FARGO, N.D. – The 22nd annual Dakota Marker game between North Dakota State and South Dakota State will be televised nationally for the second straight season by ESPN, the network announced Thursday, May 29.
Network and game time will be announced in the weeks leading up to the game, which is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 25, at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium in Brookings, S.D.
The Dakota Marker game is one of two national broadcasts for the Missouri Valley Football Conference in the second year of its current multimedia rights agreement with ESPN. The Nov. 8 SDSU at USD game will also be televised by ESPN.
The Valley Football Game of the Week on ESPN+ will continue each week of conference play in 2025.
NDSU won the Dakota Marker game 13-9 last year in Fargo. The Bison hold an 11-10 edge in the regular-season series dating back to 2004.
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