VERMILLION, S.D.—South Dakota junior quarterback Ryan Saeger is Offensive Player of the Week and junior punter/place-kicker Miles Bergner is Special Teams Player of the Week as announced by the Missouri Valley Football Conference Sunday.

The announcement came on the heels of the Coyotes' 24-21 upset of second-ranked and four-time defending national champion North Dakota State Saturday in Fargo. The victory marked South Dakota's first win in Fargo since 1978 and snapped the Bison's MVFC-record 26-game home win streak.

Saeger accounted for all three touchdowns in Saturday's victory. He passed for 202 yards and ran for 92 more. Against the top third-down defense in the nation, Saeger completed eight of them, including six with his legs and two with his arm. Saeger led the Coyotes on a 15-play, 72-yard touchdown drive that tied the game at 21-all with 4:47 remaining. He quarterbacked the 55-yard drive that setup the game-winning score.

Saeger threw two 8-yard touchdown passes and snuck in from a yard award for a third score. His 202 yards passing were three shy of his career high.

Bergner made a game-winning 33-yard field goal as time expired that gave the Coyotes the victory. He also averaged a career-best 49 yards on four punts and had a season-long of 61 yards. In addition, Bergner had two touchbacks on four kickoffs. This is the fourth time Berger has earned the weekly award.

South Dakota (3-3, 1-2 MVFC) returns to Vermillion and will host Missouri State (1-5, 0-3) at 2 p.m. Saturday inside the DakotaDome.