FINAL SCORE
Norfolk State Spartans at Chicago State Cougars game details
Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
SeatGeek Stadium · Attendance 1,543
Put the final score in perspective.
Norfolk State finished 23 points ahead. The teams combined for 63 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Norfolk State 29, Chicago State 13. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Chicago State outscored its opponent in 0 and Norfolk State in 3. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Norfolk State | 15 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 43 |
 Chicago State | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 24 | 15 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 8-16 | 3-14 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Total Yards | 623 | 284 |
| Passing | 265 | 231 |
| Comp/Att | 21/33 | 20/43 |
| Yards per pass | 8.0 | 5.4 |
| Rushing | 358 | 53 |
| Rushing Attempts | 46 | 21 |
| Yards per rush | 7.8 | 2.5 |
| Penalties | 12-136 | 6-64 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 2 | 1 |
| Possession | 35:14 | 24:46 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Norfolk State Spartans
passing
| Da'Jean Golmond | 21/31 | 265 | 8.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Evan Helfrich | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ty Jackson | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
rushing
| Jalyn Daniels | 16 | 136 | 8.5 | 2 | 95 |
| Da'Jean Golmond | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 1 | 44 |
| Jason Wonodi | 1 | 76 | 76.0 | 1 | 76 |
| Ravon Moore | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Kiron Benjamin | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Deljay Bailey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ty Jackson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Elyjah Mitchell | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 0 | 23 |
| Brevin Caldwell | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 1 | 55 |
| Rocco Ciocca | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 1 | 24 |
| Bam Knox | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Paul Billups II | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Ravon Moore | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jalyn Daniels | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 4 |
fumbles
| Christian Parham | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Wonodi | 1 | 0 | 0 |
defensive
| Rontravious Perry | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Thompson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BJ Blake | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quintin Goins | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jaco Pegha | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josiah Davis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Saunders | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eugene Allen IV | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jihad Brown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daizon Allen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaleb Broadbent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Malik Moses | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Damarion Simmons | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephon Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasir Bashir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tormon Laprade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacoby Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirk Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocco Ciocca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javontay Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Martin Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dantey Menard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benjamin Heffron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I'Ziah Emery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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interceptions
kickReturns
| Christian Parham | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Nasir Bashir | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jason Wonodi | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Jihad Brown | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jason Wonodi | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Marco Peery | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 |
punting
| Marco Peery | 5 | 187 | 37.4 | 0 | 2 | 41 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Chicago State Cougars
passing
| Ashton Pannell | 18/40 | 198 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacob Tiberi | 2/3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 |
rushing
| Chris Edmonds | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | 10 |
| Tre' Hartwell | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Ashton Pannell | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 1 | 10 |
| Calvin Lee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
receiving
| Develle Barksdale | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 0 | 28 |
| Kymari Gray | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 1 | 30 |
| Arshawn Powell | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 13 |
| Keyonte Gray | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 28 |
| Chris Edmonds | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 12 |
| Jack Roland | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Kaymen Coleman | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
| DeArmond Mathews | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
fumbles
defensive
| Adrian Bowers | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Lesroy Tittle | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Breylon Wyatt | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Johnson | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DeShaun Malone | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ty Murrell | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tareq Council | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Earley | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khalib Robinson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gabriel Valeros | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tehron Spencer | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Pullman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jalen Arnold | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Estrada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aquarius Winston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tazein Sykes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kymari Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Armani Itote | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dejuan Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kingston Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Wynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Spivey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
interceptions
| Jayden Earley | 1 | 33 | 0 |
| Ty Murrell | 1 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Calvin Lee | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Develle Barksdale | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Michael Dabney Jr. | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Adrian Bowers | 0 | 50 | 0.0 | 50 | 1 |
| Michael Dabney Jr. | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Tehron Spencer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
kicking
| Donovan Blair | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2/3 | 2 |
punting
| Jordan Zimmerman | 10 | 318 | 31.8 | 1 | 3 | 44 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 14:50 | Kymari Gray 30 Yd pass from Ashton Pannell (Donovan Blair Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 4:26 | Da'Jean Golmond 10 Yd Run (Marco Peery Kick) | 7 – 7 |
| 1 | 0:06 | Rocco Ciocca 22 Yd pass from Da'Jean Golmond (Rocco Ciocca Run for Two-Point Conversion) | 15 – 7 |
| 2 | 12:26 | Brevin Caldwell 55 Yd pass from Da'Jean Golmond (Marco Peery Kick) | 22 – 7 |
| 2 | 10:15 | Jason Wonodi 76 Yd Run (Marco Peery Kick) | 29 – 7 |
| 2 | 8:32 | Ashton Pannell 7 Yd Run (Donovan Blair PAT failed) | 29 – 13 |
| 3 | 10:34 | Adrian Bowers 50 Yd Punt Return (Donovan Blair Kick) | 29 – 20 |
| 3 | 4:58 | Jalyn Daniels 1 Yd Run (Marco Peery Kick) | 36 – 20 |
| 4 | 10:28 | Jalyn Daniels 95 Yd Run (Marco Peery Kick) | 43 – 20 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 13, 4:27 AM UTCData methodology