WATCH: South Dakota upsets South Dakota State on a wild double-tipped Hail Mary
Do you believe in miracles?
Wild things are happening in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Just one week after the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, the No. 4 team in the Football Championship Subdivision, upset No. 2 North Dakota State, they caught the upset bug themselves against the in-state and conference rival South Dakota Coyotes.
The No. 19 Coyotes found themselves down 20-17 with just one second to play and the ball at their own 43. They had little more than a prayer of winning.
But that prayer was answered as quarterback Carson Camp took the snap, rolled right outside of the pocket, stepped up and fired the ball as hard as he could towards paydirt.
The ball didn’t make it all the way to the end zone, instead arching down near the five-yard line, where a tip drill ensued. When the dust settled, the ball was securely in the arms of Caleb Vander Esch across the goal line as the Coyotes walked it off against one of the best FCS programs in the country at home.
South Dakota CALLED GAME
@SDCoyotes come down with the Hail Mary on the final play of the game to defeat in-state rival South Dakota State!
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— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 13, 2021
Here’s an angle from the alternate side. Look upon it in all its splendor.
WHAT A PLAY BY SOUTH DAKOTA TO WIN
— PFF College Football (@PFF_College) November 13, 2021
North Dakota State still leads the conference and therefore the race for the league’s auto-bid in the FCS playoff. But this game could go a long way toward earning an at-large spot for South Dakota, and at the very least, it provides the Coyotes with bragging rights in the Mount Rushmore State and their first winning streak against South Dakota State since 1986-1988.