Fargo  (NDSU)   The South Dakota State and North Dakota State football Marker Game scheduled for Saturday, April 3, was postponed to April 17 because of COVID-19 test results and contact tracing in the NDSU program, the second straight idle Saturday for both teams, with NDSU’s game at the University of South Dakota last Saturday canceled because of positive tests with the Bison. SDSU did not play Illinois State last Saturday after the Redbirds opted out of the spring season.

NDSU’s players and coaches tested on Monday, but the results were not known until Tuesday. The tests were conducted with NDSU’s Tier 1 personnel, which consists of players, coaches, managers and staff. NDSU athletic director Matt Larsen did not want to get into specifics as to the number of positive tests and what position groups were affected.