BEAUMONT, Texas — The University of South Dakota football team (0-2, 0-0 MVFC) dropped a 20-13 contest on the road at Lamar University (1-1, 0-0 Southland) Saturday night from Beaumont, Texas. 
 
A fast start for the Coyotes down in Texas with a quick 10-0 advantage in the first quarter. Aidan Bouman would connect with Jack Martens from 11 yards out for the game's first touchdown on the first Coyote offensive possession.
 
Will Leyland hit a 32-yard field goal to make it 10-0 after a Lamar turnover. It marked his 24^th career made field goal, which cracks the top-10 lists in the USD record book.
 
Lamar would go onto score 13 unanswered points to take a 13-10 lead in the third quarter. Leyland would hit his second field goal of the contest late in the third quarter from 44 yards to tie it up at 13-13 heading into the final frame.
 
Lamar would score the go-ahead touchdown with 10 minutes to play in the fourth, which would prove to be the game-winning touchdown.
 
Defensively, three Coyotes notched career highs in tackles: Matt Walsh (10), Caden Crawford (9), and Mosai Newsom (8). Nathan Laperi had two of the team's three sacks on the night. Walsh recorded the first 10+ tackle game of the season for South Dakota.
 
Aidan Bouman finished the night going 10-for-21 for 108 yards with a touchdown. L.J. Phillips Jr. paced the rushing attack with 60 yards on 14 carries, while Charles Pierre Jr. had 51 yards on 10 carries. Larenzo Fenner grabbed three catches for 41 yards on the night.
 
Up Next: The Yotes will host Northern Colorado next Saturday, September 13 for the 2025 home opener inside the DakotaDome with kickoff slated for 1 p.m. on ESPN+ and Midco Sports.