GRAND FORKS — No. 11 UND used a big second quarter and five touchdown passes from Jerry Kaminski to rout No. 10 Illinois State 49-21 on Saturday at the Alerus Center.
Here are five things you might've missed during the game.
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1. Mohr ties Schmidt
A lot of the preseason buzz about UND's defense surrounded the All-American edge duo of Lance Rucker and Kaden Vig.
Yet, Braden Mohr, not technically a starter some games, has now tied now-head coach Eric Schmidt's 2001 regular-season sack record of 10.0.
Mohr had 1.5 sacks against Illinois State. Mohr's teammate Lance Rucker holds the overall single-season record of 11.5 he set in 2025.
"Pretty impressive," Schmidt said. "Consistently good over occasionally great. The best edge rushers ... you get all these clinics and things people want to talk about ... but when your lower half is constantly making up ground to the quarterback, you're closing ground. You're hard to block."
Mohr missed most of the 2024 and 2025 seasons with year-long injuries.
"I knew he was going to be better this year," Schmidt said. "I felt like he was going to be better because he finally got to train. He just he's had two really, really tough injuries w...