Carter Catches & Throws a TD – But Racers Fall at South Dakota

Saturday, October 4

Vermillion, S.D.

2 p.m.

Murray State

0-5 , 0-1

South Dakota

3-3 , 1-1

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Murray State

South Dakota

Photo by: David Eaton-Murray State Athletics

Carter Catches & Throws a TD – But Racers Fall at South Dakota

10/4/2025 8:05:00 PM | Football

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The Murray State Racers opened their third season in the Missouri Valley Football Conference in Vermillion

The Murray State Racers opened up league play in the Missouri Valley Football Conference with a 49-24 defeat against the South Dakota Coyotes on Saturday afternoon in front of a crowd of 7,953 in the Dakota Dome in Vermilion.

The Racers (0-5, 0-1 MVFC) come home next Saturday (Oct. 11) in a 6 p.m. kickoff against the Illinois State Redbirds at Roy Stewart Stadium in Murray on Tackles for a Cure Day in Murray, Kentucky.

Trailing 14-0 near the end of the first quarter, the Racers put together their best drive of the season when they drove 80 yards in 10 plays, that ended when Jim Ogle connected with JK Carter from 16 yards to make it a 14-7 game with 1:04 left in the opening stanza.

The Racers were glad to get Carter back in the lineup after missing three games because of injury.

A rough second quarter for MSU saw the Coyotes score three times to put the Racers in a deep hole at the intermission trailing 35-7.

Carter became the first Racer in 12 years to catch a touchdown pass, and throw for a TD in the same game when he hit Darius Cannon on a 29-yard reverse-pass play to make it a 40-14 game with 9:43 remaining in the third quarter.

Jack Tannehill booted his fourth field goal of the season from 25 yards at 4:23 in the third quarter and Tyrell Campbell finished the MSU scoring for the day with a 1-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.

Game Story Lines

The Racers' captains today where Jack Tannehill (PK, Gr., Oxford, Miss.), Trace Ruckman (DB, Sr., Wildwood, Mo.) and Jayden Walker (DL, Jr., Aberdeen, Miss.).
MSU didn't win the coin toss today for the first time in five games this season, but still kicked off when the Coyotes deferred possession to the second half.
The Coyotes lead the all-time series with the Racers 3-0 and have won both games at the Dakota Dome.
Today marked the first game for the Racers this season against a ranked opponent, as USD was No. 21 in the Stats Perform FCS Top-25 poll.
The Racers lost the rushing game today 280-100.
MSU's best run of the day was 16 yards by Jordan Washington.
Ogle was 16-of-30 for 183 yards passing with one touchdown and no interceptions.
Lucas Desjardins caught seven Ogle passes for 54 yards.
Washington's catch was MSU's longest pass play today of 36 yards.
Ogle targeted 10 different receivers today and eight made at least one catch.
Carter had the rare day of catching a touchdown pass and throwing one.
He hit Darius Cannon for a 29-yard TD pass at 9:43 in the third quarter and got MSU on the board with their first TD in the last first quarter on a TD throw from Ogle.
Carter is the first Racer to catch and throw for a TD since Maikhail Miller, MSU's quarterback in the season opener at Missouri in 2013 season for Coach Chris Hatcher.
Miller caught a TD pass from WR Jeremy Harness of five yards and later hit MSU Hall of Famer, Walter Powell, on a TD pass.
Tannehill is 4-of-5 this season in field goal attempts with a long of 43 yards in the game at Jacksonville State.
MSU's Spencer Conn and Dylan Rowsey combined for 25 of MSU's 77 tackles today, as Conn had 13 and Rowsey had 12.
Conn had MSU's only tackle for loss in the game.
The Racers didn't get their first penalty today until there was 4:46 left in the second quarter and were only flagged three times on the day.

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