The University of Minnesota Duluth held both the football -- and "The Bone" -- Thursday night at Husky Stadium.

The No. 16 Bulldogs controlled the football for almost twice as long as St. Cloud State University while cruising to a 41-17 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North Division takedown of Huskies. UMD, which finished the evening with a 38:22-21:38 time of possession advantage, moved to 3-0 on the year and hiked its regular season road winning streak to 12 games (a run that dates back to the third week of the 2016 season). The Bulldogs also maintained possession of  the "The Bone" trophy, which goes to the winner of the annual matchup between these two long-time intrastate rivals

"We are definitely happy to get out of here with a win," said UMD Head Coach Curt Wiese, who is 6-0 lifetime against St. Cloud State. "There are things that we can clean up in all three phases of our game, but I thought our kids came out of the locker room and played hard all night."

The Bulldogs' six touchdowns came from five different players, including redshirt freshman running back Wade Sullivan, who scored on runs of 12 and three yards and paced UMD with 39 ground yards (on 11 carries). Sophomore quarterback John Larson, the reigning NSIC Offensive Player of the Week, ran for one touchdown and threw for two others. The first of those was a 48-yard strike to Jason Balts and that one-handed catch by the senior wide out put UMD up 21-0 midway through the first quarter.  Larson completed 16 of 27 passes for 188 yards, spreading the wealth among eight receivers. Senior Nate Ricci had a team-high three catches and hauled in a 20-yard reception on UMD's first series of the second half.

Junior running back Bryce Heim accounted for the other UMD touchdown -- a two-yard plunge 6:37 into the first quarter that opened the scoring and gave the Bulldogs a lead it would not relinquish.

UMD held the Huskies (2-1 overall) to just 78 total yards the entire second half and 191 yards on the night. The two St. Cloud State quarterbacks combined to go just 8-for-25 for 105 yards with one pick (by senior cornerback Tareq Abulebbeh).

 "Give all the credit to the d-line and the d-backs,"  said senior linebacker Gus Wedig, who was credited with seven total tackles. "We have all the faith in the world that those guys up front are going to get after the quarterback and they did tonight."

The Bulldogs will now have 10 days to prepare for its NSIC Northern Division showdown with Bemidj State University on Sept. 22 at James. S. Malosky Stadium.