Box Score Mankato, Minn. --- The No. 1 Minnesota State football clicked on all cylinders Saturday afternoon as it finished its regular season home schedule with a 45-3 win over the Wayne State Wildcats.

With the win, the Mavericks improved to 9-0 on the season and a perfect 5-0 in the NSIC South Division. With the loss, the Wildcats fell to 2-7 on the season, including a 1-4 record in NSIC South Division action.

MSU has now won 20 straight NSIC games dating back to week one of the 2012 season, including a perfect 5-0 record at home this season.

As a team the Mavericks tallied 456 yards of total offense, including 251 rushing yards, while limiting WSC to just 176 total yards of offense, including 49 rushing yards.

Senior Jon Wolf led the way for the Maverick offense as he posted 111 rushing yards and two touchdowns, 159 passing yards and a touchdown and a 46-yard touchdown catch. Senior Dennis Carter, who posted 55 receiving yards on the day, also threw the 46-yard touchdown pass to Wolf.

Sophomore Justin Otto notched a team-high 10 tackles, including one tackle for a loss. Senior Chris Schaudt added 1.5 sacks for a total loss of 16 yards, while sophomore Patrick Schmidt and junior Kelend Smith each posted one interception.

The MSU defense limited the Wildcats to 49 rushing yards and 127 yards through the air.  It also forced seven WSC punts.

MSU did not waste any time out of the gate as they posted a touchdown on each of their first three drives of the first quarter to go up 21-0. Wolf got the scoring going with a 50-yard touchdown run, before connecting with junior Austin Rieder on a 43-yard touchdown pass.

The Mavericks added one more touchdown in first quarter as Carter threw to Wolf for a 46-yard touchdown pass to put MSU up 21-0. The pass play represented Wolf's first career touchdown catch and Carter's first career touchdown pass.

MSU added 10 additional points in the second quarter as Wolf rushed in a four-yard touchdown, before senior Sam Brockshus booted a 36-yard field goal to put the Mavericks up 31-0 heading into the locker room.

Sophomores Connor Thomas and Chad Zastrow tallied MSU's final two touchdowns on the game as they ran one in from five and two yards out, respectively. Wayne State's only score of the game came on a 32-yard field goal from Tyler Basch late in the third quarter.

MSU hits the road as it takes on Sioux Falls Saturday, Nov. 9. The opening kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

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