'The coaches kept telling them 'guys, they can't stop us,'' second-year head coach Bobby Petrino said.Ī pair of North Dakota fumbles in the final minutes led to a pair of touchdowns - including one from MSU quarterback Jason Shelley to Isaac Smith with 15 seconds remaining - to secure the Bears a win. With the game on the line, and maybe its season, Missouri State never lost faith it could come back and beat North Dakota.Įven when the Bears trailed by 11 with a little less than five minutes remaining, they knew they weren't dead yet.
