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THIS WEEK: No. 1-ranked North Dakota State (5-0, 1-0 MVFC) hosts Missouri Valley Football Conference rival Northern Iowa (3-2, 1-0 MVFC) in the annual homecoming game this Saturday, Oct. 12. Game time is 1 p.m. at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700). The Panthers are ranked 10th in the STATS and AFCA polls this week after opening conference play with a 21-14 home win over previously unbeaten Youngstown State.

TICKETS: A limited number of additional single-game tickets become available each game week and will go on sale Fridays at 7 a.m. online at GoBison.com/tickets.

TELEVISION: KVLY and the NBC North Dakota network will carry the game with Brian Shawn joined by Lee Timmerman and sideline reporter Ryan Gellner. Pregame coverage hosted by Beth Hoole, Alex Egan and Kyle Emanuel begins at noon. The game will be available to ESPN+ subscrib-ers on ESPN.com and the ESPN app.

RADIO: Coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. on the Peterson Farms Seed Bison Radio Network with fourth-year NDSU play-by-play voice Jeff Culhane joined by NDSU and Buffalo Bills hall of famer Phil Hansen and NDSU sideline reporter Jeremy Jorgenson. Extended coverage locally on 107.9 The Fox, Bison 1660 and 92.7 FM includes “Bison Tailgate” from 9:30-10:30 a.m. with Brad Jones and Nate Tanguay and “Bison Game Day” from 10:30-12:30 with Keith Brake and Cole Jirik. Brake and Jirik return for “Bison Hotline” with Chris Hanson and Kyle Emanuel for two hours following the network broadcast.

ONLINE: NDSU All Access offers free audio streaming of all NDSU football games as well as live video of Bison home games to subscribers on GoBison.com/allaccess and the NDSU Athletics mobile app. Live stats for NDSU home games are available on BisonStats.com. Follow along with in-game updates on Twitter @NDSUfootball.

THE SERIES: This is the 53rd meeting between North Dakota State and Northern Iowa in the all-time series dating back to 1938. NDSU has won five straight to tie the series at 26-26. The Bison are 5-1 against UNI in the Fargodome, where the Panthers have lost five straight since a 42-27 victory on Oct. 10, 2009. NDSU has an 8-4 edge in the series as Division I opponents. The Bison and Panthers have been ranked in the FCS Top 25 for each of those 12 meetings except for NDSU in 2009 and UNI in 2016.

LAST YEAR: No. 1 North Dakota State scored four fourth-quarter touchdowns to beat No. 22 Northern Iowa 56-31 last year. It was the most points ever scored by an opposing team in the UNI-Dome. The Bison went ahead for good 35-31 on the first play of the fourth-quarter, a 75-yard passing play to Bruce Anderson that was one of four Easton Stick passing touchdowns. NDSU rushed for 344 yards and 7.2 yards per carry including Anderson’s 170 and Lance Dunn’s 104. UNI got a 64-yard touchdown reception from tight end Briley Moore on the third play of the game and went ahead 14-0 early in the first quarter when Marcus Weymiller’s 8-yard run capped a nine-play, 92-yard drive. NDSU’s Darrius Shepherd caught TD passes of 20 and 22 yards in the comeback.

HOMECOMING GAMES: This is the 97th homecoming game in 99 years dating back to 1921. NDSU has a 56-37-3 homecoming record and has won eight straight including last year’s 38-10 vic-tory over Delaware. The Bison are 22-4 in Fargodome homecoming games with the only losses com-ing to Northern Colorado (1998), UC Davis (2005), Illinois State (2009) and Western Illinois (2010). This is Northern Iowa’s third appearance as the homecoming opponent. NDSU won the two previous meetings 42-14 in 1978 and 31-28 in 2015.

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35 Conference Championships | 15 National Championships2018 Missouri Valley Football Conference and NCAA Division I FCS Champions

2019 Schedule(5-0 overall, 1-0 MVFC)

Date Opponent TimeA31 vs. Butler (at Target Field) W, 57-10S7 NORTH DAKOTA W, 38-7S14 at #18/18 Delaware W, 47-22S21 #4/4 UC DAVIS W, 27-16O5 *at #10/6 Illinois State W, 37-3O12 *#10/10 NORTHERN IOWA (Homecoming) 1 p.m.O19 *MISSOURI STATE 2:30 p.m.O26 *at South Dakota State (Dakota Marker) 2 p.m.N2 *at Youngstown State 6 p.m. ETN9 *WESTERN ILLINOIS (Harvest Bowl) 2:30 p.m.N16 *SOUTH DAKOTA 2:30 p.m.N23 *at Southern Illinois 2 p.m.#Rankings are STATS/AFCA *MVFC games

Quick FactsLocation: Fargo, ND 58102 (pop. 105,549)Founded: 1890Enrollment: 13,173 (fall 2019)Nickname: BisonColors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343)Stadium: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700)Surface: AstroTurf GameDay GrassAffiliation: NCAA Division I FCSConference: Missouri Valley Football (MVFC)Last Year’s Record: 15-0, 8-0 MVFC (1st)Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 39/22Starters Returning/Lost: 7/15 Offense: 3/8 Defense: 4/7Basic Offense: Pro Style Basic Defense: 4-3President: Dr. Dean L. Bresciani (Humboldt State, 1984)Director of Athletics: Matt Larsen (Stony Brook, 1996)Athletic Department Phone: (701) 231-8981Ticket Office Phone: (888) 231-6378

Football StaffHead Coach: Matt Entz (Wartburg College, 1995)Record at NDSU: 5-0 (1st season)Career Record: sameAssistant Coaches/Staff:*Randy Hedberg (Minot St., 1977) ............... Assoc. Head Coach Passing Game Coord./QBs*Tyler Roehl (NDSU, 2009) ...Off. Coord./Tight Ends/FullbacksDavid Braun (Winona St., 2008) ...............Def. Coord./SafetiesNick Goeser (UW-Eau Claire, 2003) .... Spec.Teams Coord./DTsAJ Blazek (Iowa, 2002) .................................... Offensive LineDan Larson (UW-Eau Claire, 2003) ................... Running Backs*Kody Morgan (UW-Stevens Point, 2012) ............ CornerbacksGrant Olson (NDSU, 2014) ................................... LinebackersNoah Pauley (Minn.-Duluth, 2012) ...................Wide Receivers*Buddha Williams (U. of Charleston, 2009) ..... Defensive Ends*Ben Klinger (Minnesota, 2015) .................Off. Quality Control*Luke Olson (Minnesota, 2012) ................ Def. Quality ControlNathan Bjoralt (NDSU, 2013) .......Dir. of Football Ops. & Equip.Josh Kittell (Jamestown, 2008) ....... Dir. of Football RecruitingJohn Riley (Arkansas State, 2008) .. Dir. of Football Video Ops.Jim Kramer (UW-La Crosse, 1989) ...Asst. AD/Ath. Performance*press box on game day

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North Dakota State Hosts No. 10 Northern Iowa in Homecoming Game Saturday

NORTH DAKOTA STATEBISON(5-0, 1-0 MVFC)Rank: 1/1 (STATS/AFCA)Last Game: Oct 5 def. Illinois State 37-3Streak: Won 26At Home: 2-0 (Won 21)Coach: Matt EntzRecord: 5-0 (1st)

NORTHERN IOWAPANTHERS(3-2, 1-0 MVFC)Rank: 10/10 (STATS/AFCA)Last Game: Oct. 5 def. Youngstown State 21-14Streak: Won 1On Road: 0-2 (Lost 5)Coach: Mark FarleyRecord: 152-80 (19th)

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PEDERSON TO BE INDUCTED: Former NDSU kicker and punter Aaron Pederson (1998-2001) will be inducted with the 48th annual class of the Bison Athletic Hall of Fame this Friday, Oct. 11, at the Sanford Health Athletic Complex. Tickets are $30 for the 11:30 a.m. luncheon and induction ceremony and available by calling Helena Johnston at (701) 231-6172. Pederson is one of only three players in Bison football history to earn All-America honors in three different seasons with third-team selections as a kicker in 1999 and 2000 and as a punter in 2001. He was a six-time All-North Central Conference performer in four years—twice as first team punter, twice as second team punter, and twice as second team kicker. Pederson set an NCAA Division II record with 117 consecutive PAT kicks made. He graduated as NDSU’s career leader in PATs (178-182), field goals (42-63) and punting average (41.72) and was fourth in career scoring (304 points). Other inductees include All-America softball second baseman Jenny (Bakke) Christians, All-America women’s basketball forward Jaime Berry Adams, three-time NCAA Division II wrestling champion Todd Fuller, two-time NCAA Division II decathlon champion Nathan Schmidt, and 13-time NCAA track and field All-American and U.S. Olympic triple jumper Amanda (Thieschafer) Smock.

LAST WEEK: North Dakota State scored on its first four possessions in a 37-3 victory over sixth-ranked Illinois State last week. Ty Brooks rushed for 106 yards including a 53-yard touchdown on NDSU’s second drive, and quarterback Trey Lance went 12 of 15 passing for 189 yards and three touchdowns. NDSU’s defense bottled up Illinois State running back James Robinson for the final three quarters, holding the All-American to just 34 yards after the first period. The Bison outgained the Redbirds by a 482-200 margin in total yards. Defensive end Derrek Tuszka had two of NDSU’s four sacks, and safety James Hendricks had four of the Bison’s nine pass breakups. NDSU forced three fumbles including one by Marquise Bridges on the game’s opening drive that linebacker Aaron Mercadel recovered to set up NDSU’s first touchdown.

31 STRAIGHT AFTER OPEN WEEKS: The 37-3 victory at Illinois State was NDSU’s 31st consecu-tive win after an open week in the regular season and playoffs dating back to a 2005 home loss to UC Davis. That streak includes 18 home games, six road games and seven national championship games in Frisco, Texas.

BISON ON 26-GAME WINNING STREAK: North Dakota State’s current 26-game winning streak is the second longest in Missouri Valley Football Conference history and tied for second longest in FCS history behind the record 33-game Bison winning streak from 2012 to 2014. FCS Longest Winning Streaks 33 - North Dakota State, 2012-14 26 - James Madison, 2016-17 26 - North Dakota State, 2017-present

Standings & ScheduleAll times Central

VALLEY OVERALL W-L Pct. W-L Pct. North Dakota State 1-0 1.000 5-0 1.000South Dakota State 1-0 1.000 4-1 .800Northern Iowa 1-0 1.000 3-2 .600South Dakota 1-0 1.000 2-3 .400Missouri State 1-0 1.000 1-3 .250Youngstown State 0-1 .000 4-1 .800Illinois State 0-1 .000 3-2 .600Indiana State 0-1 .000 2-3 .400Southern Illinois 0-1 .000 2-3 .400Western Illinois 0-1 .000 0-5 .000

Saturday, Oct. 5*North Dakota State 37, at Illinois State 3*at South Dakota State 28, Southern Illinois 10*at South Dakota 38, Indiana State 0*Missouri State 37, at Western Illinois 31*at Northern Iowa 21, Youngstown State 14

Saturday, Oct. 12*Western Illinois at Indiana State, 12 p.m.*Northern Iowa at North Dakota State, 1 p.m.*South Dakota at Missouri State, 2 p.m.*South Dakota State at Youngstown State, 5 p.m.*Illinois State at Southern Illinois, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 19*South Dakota State at Indiana State, 12 p.m.*Illinois State at Western Illinois, 1 p.m.*Youngstown State at Southern Illinois, 2 p.m.*Missouri State at North Dakota State, 2:30 p.m.*South Dakota at Northern Iowa, 4 p.m.

NORTH DAKOTA ST. (5-0, 1-0 MVFC)TEAM STATS BISON OPPPoints/Game 41.2 11.6First Downs 109 72Rushing/Game 288.0 94.0Passing/Game 183.8 168.2Total Offense/Game 471.8 262.2Had Intercepted 0 7Fumbles-Lost 5-3 7-1Penalties-Avg. Yards 27-50.8 27-43.2Net Punt Avg. 34.1 34.5Time of Poss./Game 32:31 27:293rd Down Conversions 54% 27%4th Down Conversions 2/3 4/10

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPGTy Brooks 49 395 8.1 2 79.0Trey Lance 47 325 6.9 6 65.0PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPGTrey Lance 64-87-0 73.6 12 177.4RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPGChristian Watson 11 180 16.4 1 36.0Phoenix Sproles 9 192 21.3 1 38.4DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FRMichael Tutsie 14-21-35 2.5 4 0-0Jackson Hankey 14-17-31 5.0 0 0-0Jabril Cox 16-14-30 3.5 1 0-0

NORTHERN IOWA (3-2, 1-0 MVFC)TEAM STATS PANTHERS OPPPoints/Game 22.2 18.4First Downs 82 83Rushing/Game 101.2 95.2Passing/Game 215.0 199.2Total Offense/Game 316.2 294.4Had Intercepted 1 4Fumbles-Lost 7-4 5-2Penalties-Avg. Yards 24-48.0 36-64.6Net Punt Avg. 35.3 36.7Time of Poss./Game 28:34 31:263rd Down Conversions 34% 36%4th Down Conversions 1/3 4/8

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPGTrevor Allen 70 268 3.8 1 53.6Will McElvain 51 111 2.2 0 22.2PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPGWill McElvain 83-142-1 58.5 8 215.0RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPGDeion McShane 24 213 8.9 1 42.6Isaiah Weston 18 381 21.2 4 76.2DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FRBryce Flater 21-26-47 2.5 1 0-0S. Cuvelier 18-25-43 1.0 0 0-0Christian Jegen 19-19-38 0.5 0 0-0

TEAM COMPARISONSNCAA RANKINGS NDSU UNIScoring Off. 5th 88thRushing Off. 5th 99thPassing Off. 88th 60thTotal Offense 11th 98thPassing Eff. 1st 48thScoring Def. 3rd 14thRushing Def. 15th 17thPassing Def. 15th 36thTotal Defense 5th 9thPass Eff. Def. 4th 39thNet Punting 80th 61stPunt Returns 15th 112thKick Returns 20th 120thTurnover Mar. 11th 47thPen Yds/Gm 46th 35thTime of Poss. 15th 96th3rd Dn Conv. 4th 86th3rd Dn Def. 7th 46th4th Dn Conv. 16th 97th4th Dn Def. 30th 50th


ELLEFSON TIGHT END TOUCHDOWN LEADER: North Dakota State’s Ben Ellefson caught his 14th career touchdown pass in the fourth quarter at Illinois State to tie Jerimiah Wurzbacher’s NDSU career record for touchdowns receptions by a tight end. Ellefson and Wurzbacher are part of a three-way tie with wide receiver Warren Holloway for 10th place overall in NDSU career TD receptions.

BROOKS TURNING IN BIG PLAYS: Senior running back Ty Brooks has turned in three of NDSU’s four longest plays of this season and two came last week at Illinois State. His 79-yard kickoff return is the longest play by the Bison this year and his 53-yard rushing touchdown is fourth longest behind a Trey Lance 61-yard rushing TD vs. Butler and a 57-yard rush by Brooks against UC Davis. Brooks is currently the NDSU career leader in yards per rush (7.94) and is third in total offense per play.

LANCE LEADING PASSER IN FCS: Redshirt freshman quarterback Trey Lance is the FCS leader in passing efficiency with a 204.7 rating through five starts. Lance is 64 of 87 passing for 887 yards, 12 touchdowns, zero interceptions and ranks second in FCS with a 73.6 completion percentage. He is one of five FCS quarterbacks yet to throw an interception this year (minimum 15 attempts/game). Lance ranks third in yards per pass attempt (10.20) and fifth in points responsible for (21.6/game).

BISON WINNING ON THIRD DOWN: North Dakota State and James Madison are the only two teams ranked among the FCS top 10 in both third down conversions and third down defense. NDSU is tied for fourth on offensive third down conversions at 54.4 percent (31 of 57) and ranks seventh in third down defense with opponents converting only 27.1 percent (19 of 70). Quarterback Trey Lance is 16 of 28 passing on third down with 13 conversions and six TDs, and Lance leads the Bison with nine first downs and three TDs on third-down rushing plays. Of NDSU’s 57 third-down offensive plays, only half (28 of 57) have been third-and-5 or longer.

FEWEST TOUCHDOWNS ALLOWED: North Dakota State’s five touchdowns allowed is the fewest in the FCS through five games this season. The Bison have played seven straight quarters without a touchdown against and have allowed only four offensive TDs—one rushing against North Dakota, two passing at Delaware, and one passing against UC Davis. NDSU and South Dakota State are tied for third in FCS allowing 11.6 points per game behind Dartmouth (8.0) and Georgetown (9.6).

TOP-FIVE OPPONENTS: With a 27-16 win over then No. 4-ranked UC Davis, North Dakota State improved to 16-1 since the beginning of the 2011 national championship season against opponents ranked in the top five of the Football Championship Subdivision. That includes an 9-1 record in the Fargodome, where the only loss in the past eight seasons to a top-five opponent came in the 2016 national semifinals to James Madison, 27-17.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: North Dakota State has had three players combine for five Player of the Week awards in the Missouri Valley Football Conference this season: — Trey Lance, Offensive (9/1) & Newcomer (9/1, 10/6)...301 yards and six touchdowns in the 57-10 win over Butler...Went 10 of 11 passing for 185 yards and four touchdowns with five carries for 116 yards and two scores...First NDSU freshman to start a season opener at quarterback...Ac-counted for 232 yards at Illinois State including 12 of 15 passing for 189 yards and three TDs. — Zack Johnson, Offensive Line (9/9)...12 knockdowns and zero pressures in 38-7 win over North Dakota...Graded 98% in his second career start at right guard after an All-America junior year at right tackle...Helped NDSU rush for 266 yards and 5.3 yards per carry, convert 9 of 14 third downs, and keep the ball for more than 35 minutes in the contest. — Griffin Crosa, Special Teams (9/15)...Made five PAT kicks and two field goals from 46 and 23 yards in the 47-22 victory at Delaware.

ELLEFSON NAMED TO GOOD WORKS TEAM: North Dakota State tight end Ben Ellefson was named to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, which recognizes 22 players in college football for outstanding leadership and commitment to giving back in their local communities. Fans are invited to visit ESPN.com/Allstate to vote for the Good Works Team captain once per day through Nov. 22. The team will be recognized at this year’s Allstate Sugar Bowl. Ellefson is the eighth NDSU player to be named to the Good Works Team.

ELLEFSON SEMIFINALIST FOR CAMPBELL TROPHY: North Dakota State tight end Ben Ellefson is one of 185 semifinalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy presented by Mazda. The award rec-ognizes the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership. He is the 11th Bison player to be recognized as a semifinalist and follows 2018 finalist Easton Stick.

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NDSU football can be heard live on 25 stations across North Dakota and Minnesota. Audio streaming is free on GoBison.com/allaccess. Coverage includes 30-minute pregame and postgame shows. Head coach Matt Entz is also a guest on “The Bison Football Radio Show” each Monday during the season from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The studio line is (701) 476-1660.

BROADCAST TEAMJeff Culhane............................... Play-By-PlayPhil Hansen ................................ AnalystJeremy Jorgenson ...................... Sidelines

LOCATION SIGNALFargo KPFX-FM 107.9 The FoxFargo KQWB Bison 1660/92.7 FMAda, MN KRJB-FM 106.5Bemidji, MN KKWB-FM 102.5Bismarck KXMR-AM 710Bowman KPOK-AM 1340Brainerd, MN KLKS-FM 100.1Detroit Lakes, MN KDLB-FM 94.5Devils Lake KDVL-FM 102.5Dickinson KLTC-AM 1460Fergus Falls, MN KBRF-AM 1250Fosston, MN KKCQ-FM 96.7Glenwood, MN KMGK-FM 107.1Grafton KXPO-AM 1340Harvey KHND-AM 1470Jamestown KSJB-AM 600Mpls-St. Paul, MN KYCR-AM 1440Minot KCJB-AM 910Oakes KDDR-AM 1220Park Rapids, MN KXKK-FM 92.5Roseau, MN KCAJ-FM 102.1Rugby KZZJ-AM 1450Thief River Falls, MN KKAQ-AM 1460Wahpeton KBMW-AM 1450Williston KEYZ-AM 660

The Bison Football ShowNorth Dakota State University’s Jeremy Jorgenson hosts the weekly television show with head coach Matt Entz live at 10:30 a.m. Sundays on KXJB-TV in Fargo and Grand Forks, and across the NBC North Dakota network in Bismarck, Minot, Dickinson and Williston. The show re-airs after the late local news Sunday nights on KVLY-TV in Fargo and Grand Forks. Online viewing is at www.valleynewslive.com.

Bison Television ScheduleOpponent Coveragevs. Butler NBC ND/ESPN+North Dakota NBC ND/ESPN+at Delaware NBC ND/FloSports.TVUC Davis NBC ND/ESPN+at Illinois State NBC ND/ESPN+Northern Iowa NBC ND/ESPN+Missouri State NBC ND/ESPN+at South Dakota St. NBC ND/MidcoSN/ESPN+at Youngstown St. ESPN+Western Illinois NBC ND/ESPN+South Dakota NBC ND/MidcoSN/ESPN+at Southern Illinois NBC ND/ESPN+


10th LARGEST CROWD FOR BISON FOOTBALL: The crowd of 34,544 for NDSU-Butler in the first Division I game at Target Field in Minneapolis was the 10th largest crowd in Bison history. Only eight other schools outside of the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC and Pac-12 drew larger crowds on opening weekend: BYU, South Florida, Memphis, UCF, San Diego State, UAB, Cincinnati and UTEP.

BISON RETURN SEVEN FULL-TIME STARTERS: North Dakota State returns three offensive starters and four defensive starters from last year’s 15-0 national championship team. Offensive linemen Dillon Radunz and Zack Johnson return with tight end Ben Ellefson on an offensive unit that will have a new quarterback and lost 65% of its rushing yards, 80% of its receptions and 84% of its receiving yards. NDSU still has depth at running back where Ty Brooks, Adam Cofield and Saybein Clark combined for 200 carries, 1,391 yards and 12 touchdowns last year. On defense, the Bison return their leading tackler in Buck Buchanan Award candidate Jabril Cox at linebacker, second-lead-ing sack-getter in defensive end Derrek Tuszka, leading pass defender James Hendricks at safety, and cornerback Marquise Bridges.

COX ON BUCHANAN WATCH LIST: Junior linebacker Jabril Cox was on the 25-man preseason watch list for the STATS FCS Buck Buchanan Award presented annually to the top defensive player in the FCS. Cox finished fourth in the voting last year after being selected as the Defensive Player of the Year in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. He led the Bison defense and ranked 10th in the MVFC with 91 total tackles in 2018 and finished with 9.5 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks, four intercep-tions including two for touchdowns, three pass breakups and seven quarterback hurries. He was the 2017 MVFC Newcomer of the Year and Freshman of the Year.

WEGNER ON WATCH LIST FOR FCS PUNTER OF THE YEAR: Junior punter Garret Wegner is on the preseason watch list for the inaugural FCS Punter of the Year award by the Augusta Sports Council, which has been home to the Ray Guy Award since 2000 honoring the nation’s best punters as the FBS level. Wegner was All-MVFC first team in 2018 averaging 43.0 yards on 59 punts, which was 11th in the FCS. He had 14 punts of 50-plus yards, a league-best 27 punts inside the 20-yard line, and another 16 fair catches. NDSU opponents returned 20 punts for just 3.3 yards per return and the Bison ranked sixth nationally in net punting with a 39.15 average.

FIVE PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS: North Dakota State has five preseason All-Americans including junior linebacker Jabril Cox and senior offensive lineman Zack Johnson, who were each named to first teams by HERO Sports, Athlon Sports and STATS FCS. Junior offensive lineman Dillon Radunz was second team by HERO Sports, senior defensive end Derrek Tuszka was named to the STATS FCS second team and HERO Sports third team, and junior punter Garret Wegner was third team by STATS FCS.

PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE: North Dakota State led the way with six players named to the Preseason All-Missouri Valley Football Conference team. Offensive linemen Zack Johnson and Dillon Radunz joined linebacker Jabril Cox, safety James Hendricks, defensive end Derrek Tuszka and punter Garret Wegner on the first team. NDSU had three honorable mentions in tight end Ben Ellefson, defensive tackle Cole Karcz and long snapper Ross Kennelly.

15-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: North Dakota State won its 15th football national champion-ship in 2018. NDSU claimed three College Division national championships in 1965, 1968 and 1969, five Division II titles in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1990, and was the first team in college football history to win five straight national titles with FCS crowns in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 before winning again in 2017.

BISON WIN RECORD SEVENTH FCS TITLE: North Dakota State has won seven of the last eight FCS championships to surpass Georgia Southern’s record of six FCS titles. The Bison are 7-0 in seven FCS title game appearances. Most FCS Championship Game Appearances 8 - Georgia Southern (6-2) 7 - North Dakota State (7-0) 7 - Youngstown State (4-3) 7 - Montana (2-5)

FIFTH UNDEFEATED, UNTIED FCS CHAMPION: Last year’s 15-0 North Dakota State team was the fifth to go undefeated and untied in winning the FCS championship joining Eastern Kentucky in 1982 (13-0), Georgia Southern in 1989 (15-0), Marshall in 1996 (15-0) and NDSU in 2013 (15-0).

AFCA FCS Top 25Issued Oct. 7, 2019

Team (First Place) W-L Pts. Prv1. North Dakota State (26) 5-0 650 12. James Madison 5-1 621 23. South Dakota State 4-1 598 34. Kennesaw State 4-1 548 45. Weber State 3-2 536 56. Montana State 5-1 508 77. Villanova 6-0 506 88. Montana 5-1 480 99. Towson 3-2 406 T1010. Northern Iowa 3-2 392 1311. Furman 4-2 380 1412. Nicholls State 3-2 345 1513. Illinois State 3-2 340 614. North Carolina A&T 4-1 329 1615. Delaware 3-2 243 1816. Central Arkansas 3-2 231 T1017. Youngstown State 4-1 210 1718. Jacksonville State 4-2 191 2019. Princeton 3-0 146 2320. Maine 2-3 130 2221. UC Davis 2-4 114 1222. Southeast Missouri St. 3-2 103 T2523. Stony Brook 4-2 93 2424. Sam Houston State 4-2 57 NR25. Southeastern Louisiana 3-2 55 19 Dropped out: Eastern Washington, Houston Baptist Others receiving votes: North Dakota 50, Sacramento State 42, Yale 30, Dartmouth 26, South Carolina State 22, Austin Peay 18, Houston Baptist 16, Tennessee Tech 14, Eastern Washington 5, Wofford 4, Cal Poly 3, New Hampshire 3, Campbell 2, Central Connecticut State 1, Idaho 1, Incarnate Word 1.

STATS FCS Top 25Issued Oct. 7, 2019

Team (First Place) W-L Pts. Prv1. North Dakota St. (155) 5-0 3899 12. James Madison (1) 5-1 3704 23. South Dakota State 4-1 3611 34. Weber State 3-2 3286 45. Villanova 6-0 3221 56. Montana State 5-1 3043 67. Kennesaw State 4-1 2820 78. Montana 5-1 2815 89. Towson 3-2 2497 910. Northern Iowa 3-2 2357 1311. Furman 4-2 2271 1412. Nicholls State 3-2 2173 1613. North Carolina A&T 4-1 1993 1514. Illinois State 3-2 1810 1015. Delaware 3-2 1437 1916. Central Arkansas 3-2 1391 1117. Jacksonville State 4-2 1118 2118. Maine 2-3 1071 2019. Youngstown State 4-1 985 1820. Southeast Missouri St. 3-2 959 2321. Princeton 3-0 775 2522. Stony Brook 4-2 680 2423. Southeastern Louisiana 3-2 525 1724. UC Davis 2-4 414 1225. Sam Houston State 4-2 351 NR Dropped out: Eastern Washington Others receiving votes: Sacramento State 350, Dart-mouth 281, South Carolina State 198, North Dakota 195, Aus-tin Peay 114, Yale 88, Central Connecticut State 70, Wofford 39, Alcorn State 28, Eastern Washington 26, New Hampshire 24, Tennessee Tech 23, McNeese State 20, Houston Baptist 17, Samford 8, UT Martin 7, Elon 3, Georgetown 2, Cal Poly 1.


UNBEATEN SEASONS: Eleven teams have gone unbeaten in Missouri Valley Football Confer-ence games since 1985, and only North Dakota State (2013 and 2018) and Southern Illinois (2009) have done it through an eight-game conference schedule. There have been 15 undefeated NDSU teams since 1894 including the 2018 national champions (15-0).

EIGHT STRAIGHT CONFERENCE TITLES: NDSU won its eighth consecutive Missouri Valley Football Conference championship in 2018, topping the league record seven straight by Northern Iowa in the early 1990s. NDSU won outright MVFC titles in 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2018. North Dakota State has won 35 football conference championships including 26 in the North Central Conference (last in 1994) and one in the Great West Football Conference (2006). Most Consecutive Conference Titles in Division I Football 14 - Oklahoma (Big 8, 1946-59) 12 - Montana (Big Sky, 1998-09) 10 - BYU (WAC, 1976-85) 9 - Florida State (ACC, 1992-00) 8 - Nebraska (Big 8, 1910-17) 8 - North Dakota State (MVFC, 2011-18)

BISON PICKED TO WIN VALLEY FOOTBALL CROWN: North Dakota State topped the Missouri Valley Football Conference preseason poll with 392 points and 32 of the 40 first-place votes from the league’s coaches, media and sports information directors. South Dakota State earned the second spot in the poll, finishing with 348 total points and four first-place votes. Illinois State (289 points), Indiana State (279) and Northern Iowa (266) were tightly bunched for third, fourth and fifth place, while Illinois State (3) and Indiana State (1) also received first-place mentions. South Dakota came in sixth followed by Youngstown State, Western Illinois, Southern Illinois and Missouri State (80).

BISON AT HOME: NDSU is 76-6 at home since 2010 including a 24-1 mark in the FCS playoffs. The Bison have the longest active home winning streak in the FCS at 21 games and NDSU has won 66 of the last 68 home games over non-conference opponents with its last home loss coming in the 2016 semifinals to James Madison. NDSU is 25-4 at home all-time against FCS Top 10 teams. North Dakota State ranked fifth in the FCS last year with an average home attendance of 18,106.

DECADE LEADER: North Dakota State’s 126 wins this decade are more than any other program in college football. NDSU is 117-8 since the beginning of 2011, the first of five consecutive national championship seasons. North Dakota State holds the distinction of being the winningest Division II program of the 1980s, going 103-20-2 from 1980-89 with four national titles in that span.

SUCCESS VS. THE FBS: NDSU has a 9-3 record against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents and has won six in a row against FBS foes since 2010 with wins at Kansas (6-3), Minnesota (37-24), Colorado State (22-7), Kansas State (24-21), Iowa State (34-14) and 11th-ranked Iowa (23-21). NDSU has three future FBS games against Oregon in 2020, Arizona in 2022 and Colorado in 2024. NDSU’s first three FBS wins were against Ball State (2006), Central Michigan (2007) and Minnesota (2007).

ANNIVERSARY SEASONS: Three milestones are being celebrated this year with the 150th anniversary of college football, the 125th anniversary of NDSU football, and the 35th anniversary of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. NDSU has commissioned artist Terrence Fogarty for a limited-edition commemorative painting on sale at GoBison.com/painting. It features iconic images from the program’s humble beginnings in 1894 through NDSU’s modern-day FCS dynasty.

Special Teams Tackles Total Kickoffs PuntsJosh Hayes 6 4 2Julian Wlodarczyk 4 4 0Michael Tutsie 2 1 1Destin Talbert 2 2 0Mason Hofstedt 2 2 0Dawson Weber 1 1 0Adam Cofield 1 1 0Kobe Johnson 1 1 0Garret Wegner 1 1 0Luke Weerts 1 1 0Tre Fort 1 1 0Jaxon Brown 1 1 0Jackson Hankey 1 1 0Jasir Cox 1 1 0Trevor Heit 1 1 0

NDSU Ranking Week-By-Weekn North Dakota State is ranked No. 1 in the STATS and AFCA polls for the 22nd consecutive week dating back to the 2017 postseason poll. NDSU has been the top-ranked team in both polls 69 of 121 weeks this decade and No. 1 in at least one of polls for 73 weeks.

n The Bison went wire-to-wire in the top spot in 2013 and 2018. NDSU was ranked first in one or both polls for 31 straight weeks during its FCS-record 33-game winning streak from 2012 through 2014.

n NDSU garnered votes in the AP Top 25 poll after each of its first three national champion-ships, for 10 straight weeks after beating Iowa State in the 2014 opener, and four weeks in 2016 after beating 11th-ranked Iowa. NDSU’s 74 votes after the Iowa win were the most for an FCS team in the AP Top 25.

STATS AFCA SAGARINPreseason 1 1 35 (1) 9/2 1 1 42 (1) 9/9 1 1 37 (1) 9/16 1 1 29 (1) 9/23 1 1 40 (1) 9/30 1 1 46 (1) 10/7 1 1 33 (1) 10/14 10/21 10/28 11/4 11/11 11/18 11/25 Postseason STATS–STATS FCS media top 25AFCA–FCS coaches top 25SAGARIN—Jeff Sagarin computer rating (FCS rank)


ALPHABETICALNo. Name Pos.29 Adrian Adams WR69 Quinn Alo OG46 Austin Avery TE81 Josh Babicz TE83 DJ Baptist WR46 Caleb Beebe SS98 Matt Biegler DT9 Marquise Bridges CB28 Ty Brooks RB3 Jaxon Brown LB85 Hunter Brozio LS21 Jalen Bussey RB15 Will Cardinal K/P94 Costner Ching DT30 Saybein Clark RB18 Adam Cofield RB13 Anthony Coleman CB95 Brendan Cook DE42 Jabril Cox LB31 Jasir Cox LB36 Griffin Crosa K/P92 Jack Darnell DT2 Dom Davis FS96 Javier Derritt DT78 Nate Dirkes DT82 Ben Ellefson TE20 Jackson Enz FS62 Dylan Evans DT7 Tre Fort CB87 Noah Gindorff TE43 Zach Gottwalt TE10 Logan Graetz QB29 Terrell Hall CB52 Jackson Hankey LB14 Josh Hayes CB84 Trevor Heit WR12 Braylon Henderson WR50 Dylan Hendricks LB6 James Hendricks FS33 Logan Hofstedt FB51 Mason Hofstedt LB5 Ben Hoggarth FS58 Josh Howieson OT86 Peter Isais WR89 Cole Jacob WR66 Nash Jensen OG7 Jayden Johannsen QB24 Kobe Johnson RB68 Zack Johnson OG10 Dom Jones FS26 James Kaczor SS53 Cole Karcz DT45 Mitchell Kartes LB54 Jake Kava DE56 Justice Kelly DE41 Ross Kennelly LS19 Jimmy Kepouros WR85 Jaden Klabo TE63 Jake Kubas OG61 Zach Kubas OG49 Nick Kubitz LB15 Kaden Kuntz WR5 Trey Lance QB2 Jake Lippe WR44 Hunter Luepke FB39 Garrett Malstrom FB17 Zach Mathis WR

NUMERICAL ROSTERNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown/Previous School 1 Christian Watson WR 6-3 196 So. 3 Tampa, Fla./Plant HS 2 Jake Lippe WR 6-2 199 Fr. 1 Port Washington, Wis./Port Washington HS 2 Dom Davis FS 5-11 186 Sr. 5 Belleville, Ill./Belleville West HS 3 Jaxon Brown LB 6-2 212 Sr. 5 Eau Claire, Wis./Regis HS 4 Dimitri Williams RB 5-11 201 RSr. 5 Lakeville, Minn./Rosemount HS 5 Trey Lance QB 6-3 221 RFr. 2 Marshall, Minn./Marshall HS 5 Ben Hoggarth FS 5-9 210 RFr. 2 Fargo, N.D./Oak Grove HS 6 James Hendricks FS 6-1 206 Sr. 5 Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji HS 6 Giancarlo Volpentesta WR 6-0 191 Fr. 1 Highland Park, Ill./Highland Park HS 7 Tre Fort CB 5-8 181 Sr. 5 Moorhead, Minn./Fargo Shanley HS 7 Jayden Johannsen QB 6-2 186 Fr. 1 Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington HS 8 Zeb Noland QB 6-2 220 Jr. 4 Watkinsville, Ga./Oconee County HS/Iowa State 9 Marquise Bridges CB 5-11 186 Sr. 5 Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle HS 10 Dom Jones FS 6-2 184 Fr. 1 Duluth, Ga./Peachtree Ridge HS 10 Logan Graetz QB 6-4 202 Fr. 1 River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS 11 Phoenix Sproles WR 5-11 187 So. 2 New Hope, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper HS 12 Braylon Henderson WR 5-8 172 Fr. 1 Wylie, Texas/Plano East HS 13 Anthony Coleman CB 5-9 172 Fr. 1 Grimes, Iowa/Johnston HS 14 Josh Hayes CB 5-11 186 Jr. 3 Lakeland, Fla./Lake Gibson HS 15 Will Cardinal K/P 6-2 180 Fr. 1 Fridley, Minn./Totino-Grace HS 15 Kaden Kuntz WR 5-8 168 Fr. 1 Dickinson, N.D./Trinity HS 16 Noah Sanders QB 6-3 220 So. 3 Lakeville, Minn./Apple Valley HS 17 Zach Mathis WR 6-6 186 RFr. 2 Tampa, Fla./Berkeley Prep HS 18 Adam Cofield RB 5-11 202 Jr. 4 Lee’s Summit, Mo./Blue Springs South HS 18 Cam Smith FS 5-11 184 Fr. 1 Gulfport, Fla./Admiral Farragut Academy 19 Jimmy Kepouros WR 5-8 180 Sr. 5 Lemont, Ill./Lemont HS/Western Michigan 20 Julian Wlodarczyk SS 6-3 202 Fr. 1 Naperville, Ill./Metea Valley HS 20 Jackson Enz FS 6-0 196 RFr. 2 Walworth, Wis./Big Foot HS 20 Braden Zuroff RB 5-11 192 Fr. 1 Hebron, N.D./Glen Ullin HS 21 Jalen Bussey RB 5-5 153 Fr. 1 Brandon, Fla./Tampa Catholic HS 22 Seth Wilson RB 5-10 198 RSo. 3 Holmen, Wis./Holmen HS 23 Carson Yaggie WR 6-1 196 So. 3 Breckenridge, Minn./Breckenridge HS 24 Kobe Johnson RB 5-9 177 Fr. 1 Lawrenceville, Ga./Discovery HS 25 Michael Tutsie SS 5-10 194 So. 3 Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central HS 26 James Kaczor SS 6-0 205 So. 2 St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech HS 27 Dawson Weber FS 6-2 193 So. 3 Elk Grove, Calif./Pleasant Grove HS 28 Ty Brooks RB 5-9 180 Sr. 5 Fargo, N.D./Fargo South HS 29 Terrell Hall CB 5-10 186 Fr. 1 Winona, Minn./Winona HS 29 Adrian Adams WR 6-0 165 Fr. 1 Brooklyn Park, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper HS 30 Saybein Clark RB 6-1 206 RFr. 2 Sioux City, Iowa/Bishop Heelan HS 31 Jasir Cox LB 6-0 205 So. 2 Kansas City, Mo./Bishop Miege HS 32 DJ Stewart WR 5-11 185 RFr. 2 Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly HS 33 Destin Talbert CB 5-11 180 So. 2 Darien, Ill./Hinsdale South HS 33 Logan Hofstedt FB 6-1 233 Fr. 1 Cannon Falls, Minn./Canon Falls HS 34 Juanye Tillman LB 5-11 216 RFr. 2 Orlando, Fla./Winter Park HS 35 Jayden Price CB 6-0 184 RFr. 2 Derby, Kan./Mulvane HS 36 Griffin Crosa K/P 6-1 165 Fr. 1 Powell, Ohio/Dublin Scioto HS 37 Jake Reinholz K 6-2 216 So. 3 Fargo, N.D./Shanley HS 38 Garret Wegner P 6-0 194 Jr. 4 Lodi, Wis./Lodi HS 39 Garrett Malstrom FB 6-0 250 Sr. 5 Vergas, Minn./Frazee-Vergas HS 39 Jenaro Wathum-Ocama CB 6-0 178 Fr. 1 Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS 40 Travis Yohnke TE 6-4 248 Fr. 1 Carlos, Minn./Parkers Prairie HS 41 Ross Kennelly LS 5-11 214 Jr. 4 Superior, Wis./Superior HS 42 Jabril Cox LB 6-3 233 Jr. 3 Kansas City, Mo./Raytown South HS 43 Beau Pauly LB 6-2 221 Jr. 4 Becker, Minn./Becker HS 43 Zach Gottwalt TE 6-4 195 Fr. 1 Rice, Minn./Royalton HS 44 Hunter Luepke FB 6-1 249 RFr. 2 Spencer, Wis./Spencer HS 45 Mitchell Kartes LB 5-11 208 RFr. 2 Albertville, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS 46 Austin Avery TE 6-3 247 So. 3 Yorkville, Ill./Yorkville HS 46 Caleb Beebe SS 5-10 166 Fr. 1 North Aurora, Ill./Aurora Christian HS 47 Luke Weerts LB 6-1 215 Fr. 1 Batavia, Ill./Batavia HS 48 Mark Stumpf LB 6-2 221 RFr. 2 Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck HS 49 Nick Kubitz LB 6-2 202 Fr. 1 Dubuque, Iowa/Dubuque HS 50 Dylan Hendricks LB 6-3 225 Fr. 1 Pulaski, Wis./Pulaski HS 51 Mason Hofstedt LB 6-0 211 So. 3 Cannon Falls, Minn./Cannon Falls HS 52 Jackson Hankey LB 6-1 220 So. 3 Park River, N.D./Park River HS 53 Cole Karcz DT 6-4 271 Sr. 5 Germantown, Wis./Germantown HS


No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Exp. Hometown/Previous School 54 Jake Kava DE 6-1 222 RFr. 2 Moorhead, Minn./Shanley HS 55 Aaron Mercadel LB 5-11 212 Jr. 5 Oakland, Calif./Saint Mary’s College HS 56 Justice Kelly DE 6-3 221 Jr. 4 Milwaukee, Wis./University HS 57 Zach Willis C 6-3 301 So. 3 Fargo, N.D./West Fargo HS 58 Josh Howieson OT 6-5 305 Jr. 4 Baxter, Minn./Brainerd HS 59 Karson Schoening C 6-5 303 Jr. 4 Rolla, N.D./Rolla HS 60 Lane Tucker DT 6-4 278 So. 3 Gillette, Wyo./Campbell County HS 61 Zach Kubas OG 6-4 299 Jr. 4 Dickinson, N.D./Trinity HS 62 Dylan Evans DT 6-4 286 RFr. 2 Williston, N.D./Williston HS 63 Jake Kubas OG 6-3 290 RFr. 2 Dickinson, N.D./Trinity HS 64 Jake Rock OT 6-6 287 Fr. 1 Delafield, Wis./Kettle Moraine HS 64 Reed Ryan DE 6-2 233 Fr. 1 DeForest, Wis./Waunakee HS 65 Joe Schreiber C 6-2 288 RFr. 2 Chanhassen, Minn./Eden Prairie HS 66 Nash Jensen OG 6-4 326 So. 3 Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS 67 Cordell Volson OT 6-6 309 Jr. 4 Balfour, N.D./Drake HS 68 Zack Johnson OG 6-6 315 Sr. 5 Blaine, Minn./Spring Lake Park HS 69 Quinn Alo OG 6-2 298 Jr. 4 LaMoure, N.D./LaMoure HS 70/88 Cody Mauch OT/TE 6-4 290 So. 3 Hankinson, N.D./Hankinson HS 71 Brandon Westberg C 6-3 288 Fr. 1 Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti HS 72 Jalen Sundell OT 6-5 290 RFr. 2 Maryville, Mo./Maryville HS 73 Eli Mostaert DT 6-3 254 Fr. 1 Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS 74 Will Mostaert DE 6-3 246 Fr. 1 Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS 75 Dillon Radunz OT 6-6 298 Jr. 4 Becker, Minn./Becker HS 76 Hunter Poncius OT 6-8 276 Fr. 1 Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo HS 77 Bryan Nohava OG 6-4 288 RFr. 2 Hawarden, Iowa/Gehlen Catholic HS 78 Nate Dirkes DT 6-5 280 RFr. 2 Wheeling, Ill./Wheeling HS 80 Andy Voyen WR 6-2 203 So. 3 Stillwater, Minn./Mahtomedi HS 81 Josh Babicz TE 6-6 253 So. 3 Barrington, Ill./Barrington HS 82 Ben Ellefson TE 6-3 250 Sr. 5 Hawley, Minn./Hawley HS 83 DJ Baptist WR 6-0 185 Fr. 1 Hutto, Texas/Hutto HS 84 Trevor Heit WR 5-9 179 Jr. 4 Pepin, Wis./Pepin-Alma HS 85 Hunter Brozio LS 6-0 233 Fr. 1 Lakeland, Fla./Lake Gibson HS 85 Jaden Klabo TE 6-4 227 Fr. 1 Fargo, N.D./Fargo Davies HS 86 Peter Isais WR 5-11 180 So. 3 Colorado Springs, Colo./Pine Creek HS 87 Noah Gindorff TE 6-6 262 So. 3 Crosby, Minn./Crosby-Ironton HS 88 Dawson Weisenberger TE 6-4 225 Fr. 1 Fargo, N.D./Fargo South HS 89 Cole Jacob WR 6-1 202 Jr. 4 Medina, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret’s HS 90 Tony Pierce DE 6-0 230 RFr. 2 Lake Alfred, Fla./Auburndale HS 91 Derrek Tuszka DE 6-5 246 Sr. 5 Warner, S.D./Warner HS 92 Jack Darnell DT 6-2 288 Sr. 5 Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS 93 Logan McCormick DE 6-2 240 RSo. 3 Appleton, Wis./Kimberly HS 94 Costner Ching DT 6-3 280 So. 3 Castlewood, S.D./Castlewood HS 95 Brendan Cook DE 6-3 243 RFr. 2 Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville HS 96 Javier Derritt DT 6-1 276 Fr. 1 Warrensburg, Mo./St. Thomas Aquinas HS (Kan.) 97 Bartholomew Ogbu DE 6-2 241 So. 2 Bismarck, N.D./Shiloh Christian HS 98 Matt Biegler DT 6-3 283 Jr. 4 Underwood, Minn./Underwood HS 99 Spencer Waege DE 6-5 259 So. 3 South Shore, S.D./Watertown HS

Captains: James Hendricks, Marquise Bridges, Ty Brooks, Zack Johnson, Ben Ellefson, Derrek Tuszka

No. Name Pos.70/88 Cody Mauch OT/TE93 Logan McCormick DE55 Aaron Mercadel LB73 Eli Mostaert DT74 Will Mostaert DE77 Bryan Nohava OG8 Zeb Noland QB97 Bartholomew Ogbu DE43 Beau Pauly LB90 Tony Pierce DE76 Hunter Poncius OT35 Jayden Price CB75 Dillon Radunz OT37 Jake Reinholz K64 Jake Rock OT64 Reed Ryan DE16 Noah Sanders QB59 Karson Schoening C65 Joe Schreiber C18 Cam Smith FS11 Phoenix Sproles WR32 DJ Stewart WR48 Mark Stumpf LB72 Jalen Sundell OT33 Destin Talbert CB34 Juanye Tillman LB60 Lane Tucker DT91 Derrek Tuszka DE25 Michael Tutsie SS6 Giancarlo Volpentesta WR67 Cordell Volson OT80 Andy Voyen WR99 Spencer Waege DE39 Jenaro Wathum-Ocama CB1 Christian Watson WR27 Dawson Weber FS47 Luke Weerts LB38 Garret Wegner P88 Dawson Weisenberger TE71 Brandon Westberg C4 Dimitri Williams RB57 Zach Willis C22 Seth Wilson RB20 Julian Wlodarczyk SS23 Carson Yaggie WR40 Travis Yohnke TE20 Braden Zuroff RB

NUMERICAL ROSTER (cont.) ALPHABETICAL

PRONUNCIATIONSAlo (AH-low)Babicz (BAB-itch)Baptist (BAP-tist)Beebe (BEE-bee)Biegler (BEE-glur)Brozio (BRO-zee-oh)Bussey (BUS-ee)Crosa (CRO-suh)Derritt (DARE-it)Dirkes (DIRKS)Ellefson (ELL-uff-son)Giancarlo (jon-CAR-loh)Gindorff (GHIN-dorf)Goeser (GAY-zer)Graetz (GRETTS)Heit (like “height”)

Hoggarth (HOE-garth)Howieson (HOW-uh-son)Isais (eye-ZAY-us)Jabril (juh-BRILL)Jalen (JAY-lin)Jasir (juh-SEER)Javier (haw-vee-AIR)Jenaro (juh-NAWR-oh)Juanye (WAHN-yay)Kaczor (KAY-zer)Karcz (kartch)Kartes (KAR-tiss)Kepouros (kuh-PORE-uss)Kennelly (KEN-uh-lee)Klabo (KLAY-bo)Kobe (KO-bee)Kubas (KOO-bus)

Kubitz (KOO-bits)Kuntz (KOONTS)Lippe (LIP-ee)Lodi (LO-dye)Luepke (LOOP-kee)Marquise (mar-KEESE)Mauch (mouck)Mercadel (MERK-uh-del)Mostaert (MO-start)Nohava (no-HAH-vuh)Ogbu (OHG-boo)Pepin (PEPP-in)Poncius (PAWN-shus)Radunz (RAY-duhns)Reinholz (RINE-holtz)Roehl (like “roll”)Saybein (SAY-bee-in)

Schoening (SHOON-ing)Talbert (TAL-burt)Terrell (tuh-RELL)Tuszka (TUSS-kuh)Tutsie (TUHT-zee)Volpentesta (vohl-pen-TEST-uh)Waege (WAY-jee)Wathum-Ocama (wa-TOOM-oh-CHAH-ma)Weber (WEBB-er)Weerts (WURTS)Wlodarczyk (wa-DAR-sick)Yaggie (YAG-ee)Yohnke (YAWN-kee)

BY YEARSeniors .................................. 14Juniors .................................. 18Sophomores ........................... 26Redshirt Freshmen ................. 20Freshmen ............................... 36

BY STATEMinnesota ...... 36North Dakota .. 18Wisconsin ...... 16Illinois ............ 11Florida ............. 8Missouri ........... 5Iowa ................ 4South Dakota ... 4

Georgia ............ 3California ......... 2Texas ............... 2Colorado .......... 1Indiana............. 1Kansas............. 1Ohio ................. 1Wyoming .......... 1


BISON DEPTH CHARTOffense

Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown LT 75 Dillon Radunz 6-6 298 Jr. Becker, Minn. 70 Cody Mauch 6-4 290 So. Hankinson, N.D. LG 66 Nash Jensen 6-4 326 So. Maple Grove, Minn. 61 Zach Kubas 6-4 299 Jr. Dickinson, N.D. C 59 Karson Schoening 6-5 303 Jr. Rolla, N.D. 57 Zach Willis 6-3 301 So. Fargo, N.D. RG 68 Zack Johnson 6-6 315 Sr. Blaine, Minn. 69 Quinn Alo 6-2 298 Jr. LaMoure, N.D. RT 67 Cordell Volson 6-6 309 Jr. Balfour, N.D. 72 Jalen Sundell 6-5 290 RFr. Maryville, Mo. TE 82 Ben Ellefson 6-3 250 Sr. Hawley, Minn. 81 Josh Babicz 6-6 253 So. Barrington, Ill. QB 5 Trey Lance 6-3 221 RFr. Marshall, Minn. 8 Zeb Noland 6-2 220 Jr. Watkinsville, Ga. FB 39 Garrett Malstrom 6-0 250 Sr. Vergas, Minn. 44 Hunter Luepke 6-1 249 RFr. Spencer, Wis. RB 28 Ty Brooks 5-9 180 Sr. Fargo, N.D. 18 Adam Cofield 5-11 202 Jr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. or 4 Dimitri Williams 5-11 201 RSr. Lakeville, Minn. WR 1 Christian Watson 6-3 196 So. Tampa, Fla. 17 Zach Mathis 6-6 186 RFr. Tampa, Fla. WR 11 Phoenix Sproles 5-11 187 So. New Hope, Minn. 89 Cole Jacob 6-1 202 Jr. Medina, Minn.

DefensePos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown LE 93 Logan McCormick 6-2 240 RSo. Appleton, Wis. 99 Spencer Waege 6-5 259 So. South Shore, S.D. DT 53 Cole Karcz 6-4 271 Sr. Germantown, Wis. 98 Matt Biegler 6-3 283 Jr. Underwood, Minn. NG 92 Jack Darnell 6-2 288 Sr. Champlin, Minn. 94 Costner Ching 6-3 280 So. Castlewood, S.D. RE 91 Derrek Tuszka 6-5 246 Sr. Warner, S.D. 97 Bartholomew Ogbu 6-2 241 So. Bismarck, N.D. WLB 55 Aaron Mercadel 5-11 212 Jr. Oakland, Calif. 3 Jaxon Brown 6-2 212 Sr. Eau Claire, Wis. MLB 52 Jackson Hankey 6-1 220 So. Park River, N.D. 43 Beau Pauly 6-2 221 Jr. Becker, Minn. SLB 42 Jabril Cox 6-3 233 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. 3 Jaxon Brown 6-2 212 Sr. Eau Claire, Wis. CB 9 Marquise Bridges 5-11 186 Sr. Minneapolis, Minn. 33 Destin Talbert 5-11 180 So. Darien, Ill. SS 25 Michael Tutsie 5-10 194 So. Indianapolis, Ind. 26 James Kaczor 6-0 205 So. St. Cloud, Minn. FS 6 James Hendricks 6-1 206 Sr. Bemidji, Minn. 27 Dawson Weber 6-2 193 So. Elk Grove, Calif. CB 14 Josh Hayes 5-11 186 Jr. Lakeland, Fla. 7 Tre Fort 5-8 181 Sr. Moorhead, Minn.

SpecialistsPos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown K 36 Griffin Crosa 6-1 165 Fr. Powell, Ohio 15 Will Cardinal 6-2 180 Fr. Fridley, Minn. LS 41 Ross Kennelly 5-11 214 Jr. Superior, Wis. 85 Hunter Brozio 6-0 233 Fr. Lakeland, Fla. H 38 Garret Wegner 6-0 194 Jr. Lodi, Wis. 6 James Hendricks 6-1 206 Sr. Bemidji, Minn. P 38 Garret Wegner 6-0 194 Jr. Lodi, Wis. KR 4 Dimitri Williams 5-11 201 RSr. Lakeville, Minn. 28 Ty Brooks 5-9 180 Sr. Fargo, N.D. PR 84 Trevor Heit 5-9 179 Jr. Pepin, Wis. 19 Jimmy Kepouros 5-8 180 Sr. Lemont, Ill.

NDSU Head CoachMatt Entz

n 2018 Football Scoop FCS Coordinator of the Year

Matt Entz was named head football coach at North Dakota State for the 2019 season after five seasons as NDSU’s de-fensive coordinator. He is the 31st head coach in program history. This is the first head coaching job for Entz, a 21-year veteran assistant with 15 years of experience as a defensive coordinator and eight as an associate head coach in two programs. At NDSU, he’s been part of five Missouri Valley Football Conference championships and four NCAA national championships with the Bison. Entz, who was named the 2018 FCS Coordinator of the Year in his third time as a finalist for the award, has led a Bison defense that allowed less than 14 points per game over his five seasons as the defensive coordinator and consistently ranked in the top five of FCS in scoring defense and total defense. NDSU had eight FCS All-America honorees on defense the past five seasons, including linebackers MJ Stumpf, Nick DeLuca and Jabril Cox. Two of Entz’s former linebackers, DeLuca and Chris Board, went on to play in the NFL. The Missouri Valley Football Conference is familiar territory for Entz. He came to NDSU in January 2014 under head coach Chris Klieman after one season as the associate head coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Western Illinois in 2013, and spent three previous years at Northern Iowa. He was named defensive line coach in 2010 at Northern Iowa and assumed the de-fensive coordinator duties at UNI in 2012 after Klieman departed for NDSU. Entz was the defensive coordinator from 2002 to 2009 at Winona State, where he was promoted to associate head coach in 2003 and was with the defensive line for three years before becoming linebackers coach in 2005. He was named the AFCA Division II Assistant Coach of the Year in 2008. Prior to that, Entz was the assistant head football coach and linebackers coach at Wayne (Neb.) State from 1999 to 2001 and the defen-sive coordinator at Illinois College in 1998. He holds certification from the National Strength and Conditioning Association and served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach dur-ing his time at Wayne State.


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2019 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Game Results (as of Oct 05, 2019)

All games

Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time AttendAug 31, 2019 vs Butler W 57-10 1-0 0-0 2:59 34544Sep 07, 2019 NORTH DAKOTA W 38-7 2-0 0-0 2:39 18923Sep 14, 2019 at #18 Delaware W 47-22 3-0 0-0 2:51 14489Sep 21, 2019 #4 UC DAVIS W 27-16 4-0 0-0 3:05 18425

* Oct 05, 2019 at #6 Illinois State W 37-3 5-0 1-0 2:52 13391

*Missouri Valley Football Conference games

2019 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Oct 05, 2019)

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First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Turn-Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards OversButler 57 - 10 25 / 14 15 / 5 10 / 8 0 / 1 45-388 / 30-88 12-14-0 / 16-30-1 217 / 110 59-605 / 60-198 49 / 181 2 / 1NORTH DAKOTA 38 - 7 20 / 14 12 / 3 8 / 11 0 / 0 50-266 / 26-68 11-15-0 / 18-29-2 162 / 162 65-428 / 55-230 65 / 94 0 / 2Delaware 47 - 22 26 / 14 12 / 7 13 / 5 1 / 2 41-295 / 36-125 18-24-0 / 11-21-1 195 / 136 65-490 / 57-261 86 / 154 0 / 1UC DAVIS 27 - 16 16 / 19 8 / 5 8 / 13 0 / 1 44-198 / 32-110 13-23-0 / 29-48-3 156 / 312 67-354 / 80-422 109 / 84 1 / 3Illinois State 37 - 3 22 / 11 14 / 5 8 / 4 0 / 2 55-293 / 31-79 12-15-0 / 8-20-0 189 / 121 70-482 / 51-200 87 / 0 0 / 1Totals 206 - 58 109 / 72 61 / 25 47 / 41 1 / 6 235-1440 / 155-470 66-91-0 / 82-148-7 919 / 841 326-2359 / 303-1311 396 / 513 3 / 8

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting PenaltiesOpponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards SacksButler 5-7 / 3-14 0-0 / 0-2 29:11 / 30:49 -1:38 8.6 / 2.9 15.5 / 3.7 10.3 / 3.3 2-36.5 / 7-37.9 5-53 / 7-47 1 / 0NORTH DAKOTA 9-14 / 5-12 1-1 / 0-0 35:06 / 24:54 1 0 : 1 2 5.3 / 2.6 10.8 / 5.6 6.6 / 4.2 3-46.0 / 6-39.3 5-45 / 4-30 1 / 3Delaware 4-10 / 3-13 1-1 / 1-1 31:56 / 28:04 3 : 5 2 7.2 / 3.5 8.1 / 6.5 7.5 / 4.6 3-26.7 / 5-40.4 4-25 / 3-25 7 / 0UC DAVIS 5-13 / 5-19 0-0 / 3-6 30:27 / 29:33 0 : 5 4 4.5 / 3.4 6.8 / 6.5 5.3 / 5.3 7-37.9 / 4-55.2 6-65 / 11-104 1 / 1Illinois State 8-13 / 3-12 0-1 / 0-1 35:57 / 24:03 1 1 : 5 4 5.3 / 2.5 12.6 / 6.1 6.9 / 3.9 3-38.3 / 7-43.1 7-66 / 2-10 4 / 1Totals 31-57 / 19-70 2-3 / 4-10 162:37 / 137:23 2 5 : 1 4 6.1 / 3.0 10.1 / 5.7 7.2 / 4.3 18-37.3 / 29-42.3 27-254 / 27-216 14 / 5

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category


2019 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 05, 2019)

All games

Team Statistics NDSU OPPSCORING 206 58 Points Per Game 41.2 11.6 Points Off Turnovers 31 7FIRST DOWNS 109 72 R u s h i n g 61 25 P a s s i n g 47 41 P e n a l t y 1 6RUSHING YARDAGE 1440 470 Yards gained rushing 1494 602 Yards lost rushing 54 132 Rushing Attempts 235 155 Average Per Rush 6.1 3.0 Average Per Game 288.0 94.0 TDs Rushing 15 1PASSING YARDAGE 919 841 C o m p - A t t - I n t 66-91-0 82-148-7 Average Per Pass 10.1 5.7 Average Per Catch 13.9 10.3 Average Per Game 183.8 168.2 TDs Passing 12 3TOTAL OFFENSE 2359 1311 Total Plays 326 303 Average Per Play 7.2 4.3 Average Per Game 471.8 262.2KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 9-217 21-442PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 8-125 3-33INT RETURNS: #-Yards 7-54 0-0KICK RETURN AVERAGE 24.1 21.0PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 15.6 11.0INT RETURN AVERAGE 7.7 0.0FUMBLES-LOST 5-3 7-1PENALTIES-Yards 27-254 27-216 Average Per Game 50.8 43.2PUNTS-Yards 18-671 29-1226 Average Per Punt 37.3 42.3 Net punt average 34.1 34.5KICKOFFS-Yards 38-2215 17-921 Average Per Kick 58.3 54.2 Net kick average 40.1 34.1TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 2 : 3 1 2 7 : 2 93RD-DOWN Conversions 31/57 19/70 3rd-Down Pct 54% 27%4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/3 4/10 4th-Down Pct 67% 40%SACKS BY-Yards 14-97 5-13MISC YARDS 0 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 27 5FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 6-6 7-8ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0RED-ZONE SCORES (21-22) 95% (7-10) 70%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (17-22) 77% (3-10) 30%PAT-ATTEMPTS (24-25) 96% (3-3) 100%ATTENDANCE 37348 27880 Games/Avg Per Game 2/18674 2/13940 Neutral Site Games 1/34544

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalNorth Dakota State 62 62 40 42 0 206Opponents 15 13 16 14 0 58


2019 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Oct 05, 2019)

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SEASON CAREER

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gTy Brooks 5 49 405 10 395 8.1 2 57 79.0 37 233 1890 41 1849 7.9 14 57 50.0Trey Lance 5 47 346 21 325 6.9 6 61 65.0 7 55 432 25 407 7.4 8 61 58.1Kobe Johnson 5 38 245 7 238 6.3 1 46 47.6 5 38 245 7 238 6.3 1 46 47.6Adam Cofield 5 56 209 4 205 3.7 3 13 41.0 26 181 946 15 931 5.1 10 59 35.8Saybein Clark 5 21 147 2 145 6.9 2 20 29.0 9 35 238 2 236 6.7 3 32 26.2Dimitri Williams 2 12 87 0 87 7.2 1 20 43.5 46 37 276 10 266 7.2 2 27 5.8Christian Watson 5 2 27 0 27 13.5 0 22 5.4 19 2 27 0 27 13.5 0 22 1.4Jimmy Kepouros 5 2 12 0 12 6.0 0 10 2.4 9 2 12 0 12 6.0 0 10 1.3Hunter Luepke 4 1 10 0 10 10.0 0 10 2.5 4 1 10 0 10 10.0 0 10 2.5Garret Wegner 5 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 1.2 26 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 0.2Zeb Noland 3 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.7 3 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.7TEAM 4 5 0 8 -8 -1.6 0 0 -2.0Total 5 235 1494 54 1440 6.1 15 61 288.0Opponents 5 155 602 132 470 3.0 1 59 94.0

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gTrey Lance 5 204.72 64-87-0 73.6 887 12 47 177.4 7 204.68 65-88-0 73.9 899 12 47 128.4Zeb Noland 3 108.93 1-3-0 33.3 27 0 27 9.0 3 108.93 1-3-0 33.3 27 0 27 9.0Noah Sanders 1 142.00 1-1-0 100.0 5 0 5 5.0 2 142.00 1-1-0 100.0 5 0 5 2.5Total 5 200.87 66-91-0 72.5 919 12 47 183.8Opponents 5 100.37 82-148-7 55.4 841 3 64 168.2

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/gChristian Watson 5 11 180 16.4 1 45 36.0 19 20 345 17.2 1 48 18.2Phoenix Sproles 5 9 192 21.3 1 47 38.4 20 14 226 16.1 2 47 11.3Jimmy Kepouros 5 8 106 13.2 0 29 21.2 9 8 106 13.2 0 29 11.8Ben Ellefson 4 7 62 8.9 3 20 15.5 48 27 326 12.1 14 29 6.8Adam Cofield 5 6 59 9.8 1 24 11.8 26 8 64 8.0 1 24 2.5Noah Gindorff 5 4 99 24.8 4 35 19.8 17 4 99 24.8 4 35 5.8Zach Mathis 5 4 63 15.8 0 41 12.6 6 4 63 15.8 0 41 10.5Josh Babicz 5 4 33 8.2 2 15 6.6 20 4 33 8.2 2 15 1.6Garrett Malstrom 5 3 20 6.7 0 8 4.0 43 3 20 6.7 0 8 0.5Ty Brooks 5 2 25 12.5 0 14 5.0 37 11 119 10.8 1 27 3.2Hunter Luepke 4 2 16 8.0 0 12 4.0 4 2 16 8.0 0 12 4.0Dimitri Williams 2 2 12 6.0 0 8 6.0 46 22 258 11.7 0 77 5.6Andy Voyen 1 1 27 27.0 0 27 27.0 3 1 27 27.0 0 27 9.0Cole Jacob 5 1 14 14.0 0 14 2.8 11 1 14 14.0 0 14 1.3Kobe Johnson 5 1 8 8.0 0 8 1.6 5 1 8 8.0 0 8 1.6Saybein Clark 5 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.6 9 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.3Total 5 66 919 13.9 12 47 183.8Opponents 5 82 841 10.3 3 64 168.2

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/gTrey Lance 5 134 325 887 1212 242.4 7 143 407 899 1306 186.6Ty Brooks 5 49 395 0 395 79.0 37 233 1849 0 1849 50.0Kobe Johnson 5 38 238 0 238 47.6 5 38 238 0 238 47.6Adam Cofield 5 56 205 0 205 41.0 26 181 931 0 931 35.8Saybein Clark 5 21 145 0 145 29.0 9 35 236 0 236 26.2Dimitri Williams 2 12 87 0 87 43.5 46 37 266 0 266 5.8Christian Watson 5 2 27 0 27 5.4 19 2 27 0 27 1.4Zeb Noland 3 4 -2 27 25 8.3 3 4 -2 27 25 8.3Jimmy Kepouros 5 2 12 0 12 2.4 9 2 12 0 12 1.3Hunter Luepke 4 1 10 0 10 2.5 4 1 10 0 10 2.5Garret Wegner 5 1 6 0 6 1.2 26 1 6 0 6 0.2Noah Sanders 1 1 0 5 5 5.0 2 1 0 5 5 2.5TEAM 4 5 -8 0 -8 -2.0Total 5 326 1440 919 2359 471.8Opponents 5 303 470 841 1311 262.2



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PAT PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsGriffin Crosa - 6-6 24-24 - - - - - 42 - 6-6 24-24 - - - - - 42Trey Lance 6 - - - - - - - 36 8 - - - - - - - 48Adam Cofield 4 - - - - - - - 24 11 - - - - - - - 66Noah Gindorff 4 - - - - - - - 24 4 - - - - - - - 24Ben Ellefson 3 - - - - - - - 18 14 - - - - - - - 84Josh Babicz 2 - - - - - - - 12 2 - - - - - - - 12Ty Brooks 2 - - - - - - - 12 15 - - - - - - - 90Saybein Clark 2 - - - - - - - 12 3 - - - - - - - 18Phoenix Sproles 1 - - - - - - - 6 2 - - - - - - - 12Dimitri Williams 1 - - - - - - - 6 2 - - - - - - - 12Kobe Johnson 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6Christian Watson 1 - - - - - - - 6 1 - - - - - - - 6Jake Reinholz - - - 1-1 - - - - 2 - - 3-3 1-1 - - - - 5James Hendricks - - - 0-1 - - - - 0 - - - 0-1 - - - - 0TEAM - - 0-1 - - - - - 0Total 27 6-6 24-25 1-2 - - - - 206Opponents 5 7-8 3-3 0-1 1 1-1 - 1 58

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgTrevor Heit 6 111 18.5 0 50 8 117 14.6 0 50James Hendricks 1 13 13.0 0 13 2 15 7.5 0 13Jimmy Kepouros 1 1 1.0 0 1 1 1 1.0 0 1Total 8 125 15.6 0 50Opponents 3 33 11.0 0 10

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgTy Brooks 3 120 40.0 0 79 25 642 25.7 0 79Marquise Bridges 2 26 13.0 0 19 3 50 16.7 0 24Adam Cofield 1 13 13.0 0 13 1 13 13.0 0 13Mitchell Kartes 1 13 13.0 0 13 1 13 13.0 0 13Dimitri Williams 1 10 10.0 0 10 24 492 20.5 0 41Trevor Heit 1 35 35.0 0 35 2 66 33.0 0 35Total 9 217 24.1 0 79Opponents 21 442 21.0 0 59

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgMichael Tutsie 4 38 9.5 0 17 6 55 9.2 0 17James Hendricks 1 1 1.0 0 1 10 68 6.8 0 28Jabril Cox 1 11 11.0 0 11 6 190 31.7 2 43Cole Karcz 1 4 4.0 0 4 1 4 4.0 0 4Total 7 54 7.7 0 17Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lgTotal 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents 2 38 19.0 1 29



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All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gTy Brooks 5 395 25 0 120 0 540 108.0 37 1849 119 0 642 0 2610 70.5Trey Lance 5 325 0 0 0 0 325 65.0 7 407 0 0 0 0 407 58.1Adam Cofield 5 205 59 0 13 0 277 55.4 26 931 64 0 13 0 1008 38.8Kobe Johnson 5 238 8 0 0 0 246 49.2 5 238 8 0 0 0 246 49.2Christian Watson 5 27 180 0 0 0 207 41.4 19 27 345 0 51 0 423 22.3Phoenix Sproles 5 0 192 0 0 0 192 38.4 20 6 226 0 0 0 232 11.6Saybein Clark 5 145 3 0 0 0 148 29.6 9 236 3 0 0 0 239 26.6Trevor Heit 5 0 0 111 35 0 146 29.2 14 15 0 117 66 0 198 14.1Jimmy Kepouros 5 12 106 1 0 0 119 23.8 9 12 106 1 0 0 119 13.2Dimitri Williams 2 87 12 0 10 0 109 54.5 46 266 258 0 492 0 1016 22.1Noah Gindorff 5 0 99 0 0 0 99 19.8 17 0 99 0 0 0 99 5.8Zach Mathis 5 0 63 0 0 0 63 12.6 6 0 63 0 0 0 63 10.5Ben Ellefson 4 0 62 0 0 0 62 15.5 48 0 326 0 0 0 326 6.8Michael Tutsie 5 0 0 0 0 38 38 7.6 17 0 0 22 0 55 77 4.5Josh Babicz 5 0 33 0 0 0 33 6.6 20 0 33 0 0 0 33 1.6Andy Voyen 1 0 27 0 0 0 27 27.0 3 0 27 0 0 0 27 9.0Marquise Bridges 5 0 0 0 26 0 26 5.2 38 0 0 0 50 46 96 2.5Hunter Luepke 4 10 16 0 0 0 26 6.5 4 10 16 0 0 0 26 6.5Garrett Malstrom 5 0 20 0 0 0 20 4.0 43 0 20 0 0 0 20 0.5Cole Jacob 5 0 14 0 0 0 14 2.8 11 0 14 0 0 0 14 1.3James Hendricks 4 0 0 13 0 1 14 3.5 36 -4 0 15 0 68 79 2.2Mitchell Kartes 5 0 0 0 13 0 13 2.6 5 0 0 0 13 0 13 2.6Jabril Cox 5 0 0 0 0 11 11 2.2 35 0 0 0 0 190 190 5.4Garret Wegner 5 6 0 0 0 0 6 1.2 26 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.2Cole Karcz 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.8 39 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.1Zeb Noland 3 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.7 3 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.7TEAM 4 -8 0 0 0 0 -8 -2.0Total 5 1440 919 125 217 54 2755 551.0Opponents 5 470 841 33 442 0 1786 357.2

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkdGriffin Crosa 6 6 46 0 6 6 46 0Total 6 6 46 0Opponents 8 7 48 0

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blkGarret Wegner 17 671 39.5 58 1 79 3304 41.8 61 2TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 18 671 37.3 58 1Opponents 29 1226 42.3 75 0

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb obGarret Wegner 37 2154 58.2 10 2 63 3687 58.5 13 2Jake Reinholz 1 61 61.0 0 0 5 273 54.6 0 0Total 38 2215 58.3 10 2Opponents 17 921 54.2 5 0

2019 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 05, 2019)

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PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsGriffin Crosa - 6-6 24-24 - - - - - 42Trey Lance 6 - - - - - - - 36Noah Gindorff 4 - - - - - - - 24Adam Cofield 4 - - - - - - - 24Ben Ellefson 3 - - - - - - - 18Josh Babicz 2 - - - - - - - 12Ty Brooks 2 - - - - - - - 12Saybein Clark 2 - - - - - - - 12Dimitri Williams 1 - - - - - - - 6Christian Watson 1 - - - - - - - 6Phoenix Sproles 1 - - - - - - - 6Kobe Johnson 1 - - - - - - - 6Jake Reinholz - - - 1-1 - - - - 2TEAM - - 0-1 - - - - - 0James Hendricks - - - 0-1 - - - - 0Total 27 6-6 24-25 1-2 - - - - 206Opponents 5 7-8 3-3 0-1 1 1-1 - 1 58

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/gTrey Lance 5 134 325 887 1212 242.4Ty Brooks 5 49 395 0 395 79.0Kobe Johnson 5 38 238 0 238 47.6Adam Cofield 5 56 205 0 205 41.0Saybein Clark 5 21 145 0 145 29.0Dimitri Williams 2 12 87 0 87 43.5Christian Watson 5 2 27 0 27 5.4Zeb Noland 3 4 -2 27 25 8.3Jimmy Kepouros 5 2 12 0 12 2.4Hunter Luepke 4 1 10 0 10 2.5Garret Wegner 5 1 6 0 6 1.2Noah Sanders 1 1 0 5 5 5.0TEAM 4 5 -8 0 -8 -2.0Total 5 326 1440 919 2359 471.8Opponents 5 303 470 841 1311 262.2

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blkGriffin Crosa 6-6 100.0 0-0 3-3 1-1 2-2 0-0 46 0

FG Sequence North Dakota State OpponentsButler - 52,(29)North Dakota (27) -Delaware (46),(23) (36),(23)UC Davis (42),(26) (48),(44),(40)Illinois State (38) (25)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blkGarret Wegner 17 671 39.5 58 1 9 7 2 1TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 18 671 37.3 58 1 9 7 2 1Opponents 29 1226 42.3 75 4 11 1 6 0

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydlnGarret Wegner 37 2154 58.2 10 2Jake Reinholz 1 61 61.0 0 0Total 38 2215 58.3 10 2 21.0 40.1 24Opponents 17 921 54.2 5 0 24.1 34.1 30


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All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gTy Brooks 5 395 25 0 120 0 540 108.0 37 1849 119 0 642 0 2610 70.5Trey Lance 5 325 0 0 0 0 325 65.0 7 407 0 0 0 0 407 58.1Adam Cofield 5 205 59 0 13 0 277 55.4 26 931 64 0 13 0 1008 38.8Kobe Johnson 5 238 8 0 0 0 246 49.2 5 238 8 0 0 0 246 49.2Christian Watson 5 27 180 0 0 0 207 41.4 19 27 345 0 51 0 423 22.3Phoenix Sproles 5 0 192 0 0 0 192 38.4 20 6 226 0 0 0 232 11.6Saybein Clark 5 145 3 0 0 0 148 29.6 9 236 3 0 0 0 239 26.6Trevor Heit 5 0 0 111 35 0 146 29.2 14 15 0 117 66 0 198 14.1Jimmy Kepouros 5 12 106 1 0 0 119 23.8 9 12 106 1 0 0 119 13.2Dimitri Williams 2 87 12 0 10 0 109 54.5 46 266 258 0 492 0 1016 22.1Noah Gindorff 5 0 99 0 0 0 99 19.8 17 0 99 0 0 0 99 5.8Zach Mathis 5 0 63 0 0 0 63 12.6 6 0 63 0 0 0 63 10.5Ben Ellefson 4 0 62 0 0 0 62 15.5 48 0 326 0 0 0 326 6.8Michael Tutsie 5 0 0 0 0 38 38 7.6 17 0 0 22 0 55 77 4.5Josh Babicz 5 0 33 0 0 0 33 6.6 20 0 33 0 0 0 33 1.6Andy Voyen 1 0 27 0 0 0 27 27.0 3 0 27 0 0 0 27 9.0Marquise Bridges 5 0 0 0 26 0 26 5.2 38 0 0 0 50 46 96 2.5Hunter Luepke 4 10 16 0 0 0 26 6.5 4 10 16 0 0 0 26 6.5Garrett Malstrom 5 0 20 0 0 0 20 4.0 43 0 20 0 0 0 20 0.5Cole Jacob 5 0 14 0 0 0 14 2.8 11 0 14 0 0 0 14 1.3James Hendricks 4 0 0 13 0 1 14 3.5 36 -4 0 15 0 68 79 2.2Mitchell Kartes 5 0 0 0 13 0 13 2.6 5 0 0 0 13 0 13 2.6Jabril Cox 5 0 0 0 0 11 11 2.2 35 0 0 0 0 190 190 5.4Garret Wegner 5 6 0 0 0 0 6 1.2 26 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.2Cole Karcz 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.8 39 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.1Zeb Noland 3 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.7 3 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.7TEAM 4 -8 0 0 0 0 -8 -2.0Total 5 1440 919 125 217 54 2755 551.0Opponents 5 470 841 33 442 0 1786 357.2

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkdGriffin Crosa 6 6 46 0 6 6 46 0Total 6 6 46 0Opponents 8 7 48 0

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blkGarret Wegner 17 671 39.5 58 1 79 3304 41.8 61 2TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0Total 18 671 37.3 58 1Opponents 29 1226 42.3 75 0

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb obGarret Wegner 37 2154 58.2 10 2 63 3687 58.5 13 2Jake Reinholz 1 61 61.0 0 0 5 273 54.6 0 0Total 38 2215 58.3 10 2Opponents 17 921 54.2 5 0



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## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk25 Michael Tutsie 5 1 4 2 1 3 5 2.5 . 4 1 . . . 17 2 4 2 8 5 2 2.5 . 6 1 . . 152 Jackson Hankey 5 1 4 1 7 3 1 5.0 1 . 0 . 1 . . . 19 2 6 3 2 5 8 6.0 2 . 0 . 1 . . .42 Jabril Cox 5 1 6 1 4 3 0 3.5 2 . 0 1 2 . . . 35 1 1 7 7 9 1 9 6 26.0 1 0 . 5 6 8 3 1 .14 Josh Hayes 5 1 2 1 0 2 2 0.5 . . 5 . . . 35 4 2 2 3 6 5 1.5 . . 1 1 . 1 .26 James Kaczor 5 1 2 1 0 2 2 1.5 . . . . . . 17 1 6 1 5 3 1 2.5 . . . . . .6 James Hendricks 4 1 0 6 1 6 0.0 . 1 6 . . . 36 6 6 3 5 1 0 1 4.0 . 10 1 8 1 . .91 Derrek Tuszka 5 1 0 4 1 4 6.0 5 . 0 . 1 . 1 . 43 5 8 4 1 9 9 29.0 2 1 . 0 . 2 . 3 .27 Dawson Weber 5 1 4 . 1 4 1.0 . . . . . . 15 1 9 . 1 9 1.0 . . . . 1 .55 Aaron Mercadel 5 3 1 0 1 3 1.0 0 . 5 . . 1 1 . 21 1 9 1 8 3 7 3.0 1 . 5 . . 1 2 .53 Cole Karcz 5 3 9 1 2 0.5 0 . 5 1 1 . . . 39 2 3 4 0 6 3 13.5 1 1 . 0 1 1 . . .9 Marquise Bridges 5 8 4 1 2 1.0 . . 9 . 2 . 38 4 7 2 1 6 8 4.0 . 5 1 7 . 3 .90 Tony Pierce 5 8 1 9 0.0 . . . . . . 8 9 2 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .94 Costner Ching 5 2 7 9 1.5 . . . . . . 8 2 7 9 1.5 . . . . . .33 Destin Talbert 5 2 6 8 0.5 . . 2 . . . 16 5 8 1 3 0.5 . . 2 . . .99 Spencer Waege 4 5 3 8 1.5 1 . 0 . . . 1 . 19 1 3 1 7 3 0 6.0 2 . 5 . . 1 1 .98 Matt Biegler 5 3 5 8 2.5 . . 2 . . . 17 1 1 9 2 0 4.5 0 . 5 . 2 . . .93 Logan McCormick 5 5 3 8 2.0 2 . 0 . 1 . . . 22 9 8 1 7 5.5 3 . 5 . 1 2 1 .95 Brendan Cook 2 3 3 6 1.0 1 . 0 . . . 1 . 2 3 3 6 1.0 1 . 0 . . . 1 .60 Lane Tucker 3 2 4 6 0.0 . . 1 . . . 6 2 6 8 0.0 . . 1 . . .51 Mason Hofstedt 2 2 3 5 0.0 . . . . . . 15 5 1 2 1 7 0.0 . . . . . .92 Jack Darnell 5 . 5 5 0.0 . . . . . . 31 4 2 1 2 5 1.5 1 . 0 . . . . .3 Jaxon Brown 3 1 3 4 0.0 . . . . . . 42 2 6 2 1 4 7 1.5 . 1 1 . . .45 Mitchell Kartes 5 1 3 4 0.0 . . . . . . 5 1 3 4 0.0 . . . . . .43 Beau Pauly 3 3 1 4 0.0 . . . . . . 9 3 8 1 1 0.5 . . . . . .20 Julian Wlodarczyk 5 1 3 4 0.0 . . . . . . 5 1 3 4 0.0 . . . . . .7 Tre Fort 5 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . . 45 7 4 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .54 Jake Kava 3 1 2 3 0.0 . . 1 . . . 3 1 2 3 0.0 . . 1 . . .97 Bartholomew Ogbu 4 . 3 3 1.0 . . . . . . 4 . 3 3 1.0 . . . . . .56 Justice Kelly 5 1 1 2 1.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 7 3 1 4 2.0 1 . 0 . . . . .31 Jasir Cox 2 1 1 2 0.5 . . . . . . 12 1 1 2 0.5 . . . . . .18 Adam Cofield 5 2 . 2 0.0 . . . . . . 26 9 2 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .47 Luke Weerts 3 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 3 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .96 Javier Derritt 1 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 1 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .84 Trevor Heit 5 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 14 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .24 Kobe Johnson 5 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 5 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .38 Garret Wegner 5 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 26 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .

Total 5 1 6 5 1 6 4 3 2 9 34 14 7 3 3 1 6 .Opponents 5 1 8 7 1 7 4 3 6 1 14 5 . 1 1 3 2 1


2019 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Team Game-by-Game (as of Oct 05, 2019)

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TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns totDate Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg offAug 31 vs Butler 45 388 4 61 12 217 4 47 12-14-0 217 4 47 2 23 0 13 3 25 0 13 605Sep 07 NORTH DAKOTA 50 266 3 35 11 162 2 41 11-15-0 162 2 41 2 41 0 21 0 0 0 0 428Sep 14 at Delaware 41 295 3 46 18 195 3 41 18-24-0 195 3 41 1 35 0 35 2 37 0 25 490Sep 21 UC DAVIS 44 198 3 57 13 156 0 45 13-23-0 156 0 45 3 39 0 19 2 55 0 50 354Oct 05 at Illinois State 55 293 2 53 12 189 3 42 12-15-0 189 3 42 1 79 0 79 1 8 0 8 482North Dakota State 235 1440 15 61 66 919 12 47 66-91-0 919 12 47 9 217 0 79 8 125 0 50 2359Opponents 155 470 1 59 82 841 3 64 82-148-7 841 3 64 21 442 0 59 3 33 0 10 1311

Games: 5 • Avg/rush: 6.1 • Avg/catch: 13.9 • Pass effic: 200.87 • KR avg: 24.1 • PR avg: 15.6 • All purpose avg/game: 551.0 • Total offense avg/gm: 471.8

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts offDate Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o ptsAug 31 vs Butler 38 24 62 4.0-11 1.0-7 0 0-0 1-1 1 7 0 7-7 1 0 0 7 57Sep 07 NORTH DAKOTA 25 38 63 5.0-16 1.0-5 0 0-0 2-24 3 3 0 5-5 0 0 0 3 38Sep 14 at Delaware 32 34 66 11.0-57 7.0-47 2 0-0 1-14 0 5 0 5-6 0 0 0 7 47Sep 21 UC DAVIS 45 42 87 5.0-18 1.0-8 1 0-0 3-15 7 9 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 27Oct 05 at Illinois State 25 26 51 9.0-36 4.0-30 3 1-0 0-0 5 9 0 4-4 0 0 0 7 37North Dakota State 165 164 329 34.0-138 14.0-97 6 1-0 7-54 16 33 0 24-25 1 0 0 31 206Opponents 187 174 361 14.0-35 5.0-13 2 3-38 0-0 3 11 1 3-3 0 1 1 7 58

Punting Field Goals KickoffsDate Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb obAug 31 vs Butler 2 73 36.5 40 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 9 493 54.8 0 0Sep 07 NORTH DAKOTA 3 138 46.0 58 0 0 2 1 1 1-1 27 0 7 424 60.6 2 0Sep 14 at Delaware 3 80 26.7 54 1 1 0 1 1 2-2 46 0 10 620 62.0 4 0Sep 21 UC DAVIS 7 265 37.9 44 0 0 5 0 2 2-2 42 0 5 271 54.2 0 0Oct 05 at Illinois State 3 115 38.3 47 0 0 1 0 2 1-1 38 0 7 407 58.1 4 2North Dakota State 18 671 37.3 58 1 1 9 2 7 6-6 46 0 38 2215 58.3 10 2Opponents 29 1226 42.3 75 0 4 11 6 1 7-8 48 0 17 921 54.2 5 0


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OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns totDate Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg offAug 31 vs Butler 30 88 0 15 16 110 0 16 16-30-1 110 0 16 7 152 0 28 0 0 0 0 198Sep 07 NORTH DAKOTA 26 68 1 15 18 162 0 30 18-29-2 162 0 30 4 94 0 29 0 0 0 0 230Sep 14 at Delaware 36 125 0 59 11 136 2 44 11-21-1 136 2 44 6 130 0 59 1 24 0 0 261Sep 21 UC DAVIS 32 110 0 20 29 312 1 45 29-48-3 312 1 45 4 66 0 19 2 9 0 10 422Oct 05 at Illinois State 31 79 0 29 8 121 0 64 8-20-0 121 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200Opponents 155 470 1 59 82 841 3 64 82-148-7 841 3 64 21 442 0 59 3 33 0 10 1311North Dakota State 235 1440 15 61 66 919 12 47 66-91-0 919 12 47 9 217 0 79 8 125 0 50 2359

Games: 5 • Avg/rush: 3.0 • Avg/catch: 10.3 • Pass effic: 100.37 • KR avg: 21.0 • PR avg: 11.0 • All purpose avg/game: 357.2 • Total offense avg/gm: 262.2

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts offDate Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o ptsAug 31 vs Butler 34 28 62 1.0-2 0.0-0 1 2-29 0-0 1 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 7 10Sep 07 NORTH DAKOTA 30 58 88 5.0-14 3.0-11 0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 7Sep 14 at Delaware 39 26 65 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 3 1 0-0 0 1 1 0 22Sep 21 UC DAVIS 35 36 71 4.0-14 1.0-1 1 1-9 0-0 0 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 16Oct 05 at Illinois State 49 26 75 3.0-3 1.0-1 0 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3Opponents 187 174 361 14.0-35 5.0-13 2 3-38 0-0 3 11 1 3-3 0 1 1 7 58North Dakota State 165 164 329 34.0-138 14.0-97 6 1-0 7-54 16 33 0 24-25 1 0 0 31 206

Punting Field Goals KickoffsDate Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb obAug 31 vs Butler 7 265 37.9 48 0 0 2 0 0 1-2 29 0 3 145 48.3 0 0Sep 07 NORTH DAKOTA 6 236 39.3 44 0 1 3 0 0 0-0 0 0 2 112 56.0 0 0Sep 14 at Delaware 5 202 40.4 54 0 0 3 1 0 2-2 36 0 5 322 64.4 4 0Sep 21 UC DAVIS 4 221 55.2 59 0 1 1 4 0 3-3 48 0 5 215 43.0 0 0Oct 05 at Illinois State 7 302 43.1 75 0 2 2 1 1 1-1 25 0 2 127 63.5 1 0Opponents 29 1226 42.3 75 0 4 11 6 1 7-8 48 0 17 921 54.2 5 0North Dakota State 18 671 37.3 58 1 1 9 2 7 6-6 46 0 38 2215 58.3 10 2


2019 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Red-Zone Results (as of Oct 05, 2019)

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North Dakota State Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZDate Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half GameAug 31, 2019 vs Butler W 57-10 3 3 21 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 07, 2019 NORTH DAKOTA W 38-7 5 5 31 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 14, 2019 at Delaware W 47-22 6 6 37 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 21, 2019 UC DAVIS W 27-16 4 4 24 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Oct 05, 2019 at Illinois State W 37-3 4 3 17 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Totals 22 21 130 17 11 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 021 of 22 (95.5%)

Opponents Inside North Dakota State Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZDate Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half GameAug 31, 2019 vs Butler W 57-10 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 07, 2019 NORTH DAKOTA W 38-7 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 14, 2019 at Delaware W 47-22 3 3 14 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 21, 2019 UC DAVIS W 27-16 3 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0Oct 05, 2019 at Illinois State W 37-3 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Totals 10 7 34 3 1 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 07 of 10 (70.0%)


2019 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State By-Quarter Statistics (as of Oct 05, 2019)

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3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OvertimeAug 31, 2019 vs Butler W 57-10 5-7 71.4 2-2 100.0 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 2-2 100.0Sep 07, 2019 NORTH DAKOTA W 38-7 9-14 64.3 4-5 80.0 2-3 66.7 2-3 66.7 1-3 33.3Sep 14, 2019 at Delaware W 47-22 4-10 40.0 0-2 0.0 2-4 50.0 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0Sep 21, 2019 UC DAVIS W 27-16 5-13 38.5 2-4 50.0 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3Oct 05, 2019 at Illinois State W 37-3 8-13 61.5 1-2 50.0 0-2 0.0 3-4 75.0 4-5 80.0

North Dakota State 31-57 54.4 9-15 60.0 6-14 42.9 8-14 57.1 8-14 57.1 0-0 0.0Opponents 19-70 27.1 3-18 16.7 5-21 23.8 4-16 25.0 7-15 46.7 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OvertimeAug 31, 2019 vs Butler W 57-10 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Sep 07, 2019 NORTH DAKOTA W 38-7 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0Sep 14, 2019 at Delaware W 47-22 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0Sep 21, 2019 UC DAVIS W 27-16 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Oct 05, 2019 at Illinois State W 37-3 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0

North Dakota State 2-3 66.7 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 2-3 66.7 0-0 0.0Opponents 4-10 40.0 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OvertimeAug 31, 2019 vs Butler W 57-10 29:11 9:59 7:31 4:20 7:21Sep 07, 2019 NORTH DAKOTA W 38-7 35:06 10:49 7:24 8:44 8:09Sep 14, 2019 at Delaware W 47-22 31:56 7:48 9:02 8:22 6:44Sep 21, 2019 UC DAVIS W 27-16 30:27 8:59 6:35 7:53 7:00Oct 05, 2019 at Illinois State W 37-3 35:57 5:08 8:20 10:15 12:14

North Dakota State Total 162:37 42:43 38:52 39:34 41:28 0:00Avg. 32:31 8:32 7:46 7:54 8:17 0:00

Opponents Total 137:23 32:17 36:08 35:26 33:32 0:00Avg. 27:28 6:27 7:13 7:05 6:42 0:00


2019 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Rushing/Receiving Game-by-Game (as of Oct 05, 2019)

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RUSHING No-Yds/TD BUTLER UND DELAWA UCD ILSTTy Brooks RB 49-395/2 10-93/1 13-37/0 6-55/0 11-104/0 9-106/1Trey Lance QB 47-325/6 5-116/2 16-95/2 6-23/0 13-48/2 7-43/0Kobe Johnson RB 38-238/1 6-63/0 4-30/0 11-101/1 4-2/0 13-42/0Adam Cofield RB 56-205/3 8-31/0 9-40/0 10-40/1 14-48/1 15-46/1Saybein Clark RB 21-145/2 6-27/1 2-11/0 6-60/1 - 7-47/0D. Williams RB 12-87/1 8-61/0 4-26/1 DNP DNP DNPC. Watson WR 2-27/0 - 2-27/0 - - -Jimmy Kepouros WR 2-12/0 - - 1-10/0 - 1-2/0Hunter Luepke FB 1-10/0 - DNP - - 1-10/0Garret Wegner P 1-6/0 - - 1-6/0 - -Zeb Noland QB 1--2/0 - DNP - DNP 1--2/0TEAM 5--8/0 2--3/0 DNP - 2--4/0 1--1/0

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD BUTLER UND DELAWA UCD ILSTPhoenix Sproles WR 9-192/1 2-71/1 1-3/0 3-72/0 2-31/0 1-15/0C. Watson WR 11-180/1 1-29/0 1-14/0 2-24/0 4-56/0 3-57/1Jimmy Kepouros WR 8-106/0 - - 2-19/0 2-38/0 4-49/0Noah Gindorff TE 4-99/4 1-26/1 1-34/1 1-4/1 - 1-35/1Zach Mathis WR 4-63/0 2-18/0 1-41/0 1-4/0 - -Ben Ellefson TE 7-62/3 DNP 2-22/1 3-21/1 - 2-19/1Adam Cofield RB 6-59/1 - 1-21/0 3-25/1 2-13/0 -Josh Babicz TE 4-33/2 3-26/2 - - 1-7/0 -Andy Voyen WR 1-27/0 1-27/0 DNP DNP DNP DNPTy Brooks RB 2-25/0 - 1-11/0 1-14/0 - -G. Malstrom FB 3-20/0 - 2-12/0 1-8/0 - -Hunter Luepke FB 2-16/0 1-12/0 DNP 1-4/0 - -Cole Jacob WR 1-14/0 - - - - 1-14/0D. Williams RB 2-12/0 1-8/0 1-4/0 DNP DNP DNPKobe Johnson RB 1-8/0 - - - 1-8/0 -Saybein Clark RB 1-3/0 - - - 1-3/0 -

2019 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Return Stats Game-by-Game (as of Oct 05, 2019)

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PUNT RETURNS No-Yds BUTLER UND DELAWA UCD ILSTTrevor Heit 6-111 1-11 - 2-37 2-55 1-8James Hendricks 1-13 1-13 - DNP - -Jimmy Kepouros 1-1 1-1 - - - -

KICK RETURNS No-Yds BUTLER UND DELAWA UCD ILSTTy Brooks 3-120 - 2-41 - - 1-79Trevor Heit 1-35 - - 1-35 - -M. Bridges 2-26 - - - 2-26 -Adam Cofield 1-13 1-13 - - - -Mitchell Kartes 1-13 - - - 1-13 -D. Williams 1-10 1-10 - DNP DNP DNP

INT. RETURNS No-Yds BUTLER UND DELAWA UCD ILSTMichael Tutsie 4-38 - 2-24 1-14 1-0 -James Hendricks 1-1 1-1 - DNP - -Jabril Cox 1-11 - - - 1-11 -Cole Karcz 1-4 - - - 1-4 -

FUMBLE RETURNS No-Yds BUTLER UND DELAWA UCD ILST


2019 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State - Long Plays

20-YARD PLUS PLAYSYds Type Player(s) Opponent

79 KR Ty Brooks Illinois State61* Rush Trey Lance Butler57 Rush Ty Brooks UC Davis53* Rush Ty Brooks Illinois State50 PR Trevor Heit UC Davis47* Pass Phoenix Sproles from Trey Lance Butler46 Rush Kobe Johnson Delaware45 Pass Christian Watson from Trey Lance UC Davis42* Pass Christian Watson from Trey Lance Illinois State41 Pass Zach Mathis from Trey Lance North Dakota41 Pass Phoenix Sproles from Trey Lance Delaware36* Rush Ty Brooks Butler35 Rush Trey Lance North Dakota35 KR Trevor Heit Delaware35* Pass Noah Gindorff from Trey Lance Illinois State34* Pass Noah Gindorff from Trey Lance North Dakota33* Rush Trey Lance Butler29 Pass Jimmy Kepouros from Trey Lance Illinois State29 Rush Ty Brooks Delaware29 Pass Christian Watson from Trey Lance Butler27 Rush Ty Brooks Illinois State27 Rush Trey Lance Illinois State27 Pass Andy Voyen from Zeb Noland Butler27 Rush Kobe Johnson Butler26* Pass Noah Gindorff from Trey Lance Butler26 Rush Trey Lance Butler25 PR Trevor Heit Delaware24 Pass Phoenix Sproles from Trey Lance Butler24* Pass Adam Cofield from Trey Lance Delaware23 Pass Jimmy Kepouros from Trey Lance UC Davis22 Rush Kobe Johnson Delaware22 Rush Christian Watson North Dakota21 KR Ty Brooks North Dakota21 Rush Ty Brooks Butler21 Pass Adam Cofield from Trey Lance North Dakota20* Rush Saybein Clark Delaware20 KR Ty Brooks North Dakota20 Pass Ben Ellefson from Trey Lance North Dakota20 Rush Dimitri Williams Butler

* touchdown scored on play

LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERSLong Plays By Yards No. TD100+ 0 090-99 0 080-89 0 070-79 1 060-69 1 150-59 3 140-49 6 230-39 6 420-29 22 3

Long Plays By Type No. TDRushing 17 5Passing 16 6Punt returns 2 0Kick returns 4 0Interceptions 0 0Fumble returns 0 0Other 0 0TOTAL 39 11

20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYERPlayer No. TD R P KR PR IR FRTy Brooks 9 2 6 0 3 0 0 0Trey Lance 5 2 5 0 0 0 0 0Christian Watson 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 0Noah Gindorff 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0Phoenix Sproles 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0Kobe Johnson 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0Trevor Heit 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0Adam Cofield 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0Jimmy Kepouros 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0Saybein Clark 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0Dimitri Williams 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Ben Ellefson 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Zach Mathis 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Andy Voyen 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0TOTAL 39 11 17 16 4 2 0 0

LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEARRushing61 Trey Lance vs Butler (8/31/2019)Rushing Touchdown61 Trey Lance vs Butler (8/31/2019)Passing47 Phoenix Sproles from Trey Lance

vs Butler (8/31/2019)Passing Touchdown47 Phoenix Sproles from Trey Lance

vs Butler (8/31/2019)Punt Return50 Trevor Heit vs UC Davis (9/21/2019)Kick Return79 Ty Brooks vs Illinois State (10/5/2019)Interception Return17 Michael Tutsie vs North Dakota (9/7/2019)Fumble ReturnNonePunt58 Garret Wegner vs North Dakota (9/7/2019)Field Goal46 Griffin Crosa vs Delaware (9/14/2019)


TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 55 at Illinois State (Oct 05) Yards Rushing 388 vs Butler (Aug 31) Yards Per Rush 8.6 vs Butler (Aug 31) TD Rushes 4 vs Butler (Aug 31) Pass attempts 24 at Delaware (Sep 14) Pass completions 18 at Delaware (Sep 14) Yards Passing 217 vs Butler (Aug 31) Yards Per Pass 15.5 vs Butler (Aug 31) TD Passes 4 vs Butler (Aug 31) Total Plays 70 at Illinois State (Oct 05) Total Offense 605 vs Butler (Aug 31) Yards Per Play 10.3 vs Butler (Aug 31) Points 57 vs Butler (Aug 31) Sacks By 7 at Delaware (Sep 14) First Downs 26 at Delaware (Sep 14) Penalties 7 at Illinois State (Oct 05) Penalty Yards 66 at Illinois State (Oct 05) Turnovers 2 vs Butler (Aug 31) Interceptions By 3 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Punts 7 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Punting Avg 46.0 vs North Dakota (Sep 07) Long Punt 58 vs North Dakota (Sep 07) Punts inside 20 2 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) at Illinois State (Oct 05) Long Punt Return 50 vs UC Davis (Sep 21)

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHSRushes 20 James Robinson at Illinois State (Oct 05) Yards Rushing 115 Will Knight at Delaware (Sep 14) TD Rushes 1 James Johannesson vs North Dakota (Sep 07) Long Rush 59 Will Knight at Delaware (Sep 14) Pass attempts 48 Jake Maier vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Pass completions 29 Jake Maier vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Yards Passing 312 Jake Maier vs UC Davis (Sep 21) TD Passes 2 Nolan Henderson at Delaware (Sep 14) Long Pass 64 Brady Davis at Illinois State (Oct 05) Receptions 12 Jared Harrell vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Yards Receiving 102 Jared Harrell vs UC Davis (Sep 21) TD Receptions 1 three times Long Reception 64 Kacper Rutkiewicz at Illinois State (Oct 05) Field Goals 3 Max O’Rourke vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Long Field Goal 48 Max O’Rourke vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Punts 7 Drew Dingman vs Butler (Aug 31) JT Bohlken at Illinois State (Oct 05) Punting Avg 55.2 Daniel Whelan vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Long Punt 75 JT Bohlken at Illinois State (Oct 05) Punts inside 20 1 JT Bohlken at Illinois State (Oct 05) Long Punt Return 10 Isaiah Thomas vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Long Kickoff Return 59 Jourdan Townsend at Delaware (Sep 14) Tackles 16 Donnell Rodgers vs North Dakota (Sep 07) Sacks 1.0 Jaxson Turner vs North Dakota (Sep 07) Eric Flowers vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Steve Podkulski at Illinois State (Oct 05) Tackles For Loss 2.0 Eric Flowers vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Interceptions 0

OPPONENT GAME HIGHS

Rushes 36 at Delaware (Sep 14) Yards Rushing 125 at Delaware (Sep 14) Yards Per Rush 3.5 at Delaware (Sep 14) TD Rushes 1 vs North Dakota (Sep 07) Pass attempts 48 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Pass completions 29 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Yards Passing 312 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Yards Per Pass 6.5 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) TD Passes 2 at Delaware (Sep 14) Total Plays 80 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Total Offense 422 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Yards Per Play 5.3 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Points 22 at Delaware (Sep 14) Sacks By 3 vs North Dakota (Sep 07) First Downs 19 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Penalties 11 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Penalty Yards 104 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Turnovers 3 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Interceptions By 0 Punts 7 vs Butler (Aug 31) at Illinois State (Oct 05) Punting Avg 55.2 vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Long Punt 75 at Illinois State (Oct 05) Punts inside 20 1 at Illinois State (Oct 05) Long Punt Return 10 vs UC Davis (Sep 21, 2019)

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHSRushes 16 Trey Lance vs North Dakota (Sep 07) Yards Rushing 116 Trey Lance vs Butler (Aug 31) TD Rushes 2 Trey Lance vs Butler, North Dakota & UC Davis Long Rush 61 Trey Lance vs Butler (Aug 31) Pass attempts 23 Trey Lance at Delaware (Sep 14) Trey Lance vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Pass completions 18 Trey Lance at Delaware (Sep 14) Yards Passing 195 Trey Lance at Delaware (Sep 14) TD Passes 4 Trey Lance vs Butler (Aug 31) Long Pass 47 Trey Lance vs Butler (Aug 31) Receptions 4 Christian Watson vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Jimmy Kepouros at Illinois State (Oct 05) Yards Receiving 72 Phoenix Sproles at Delaware (Sep 14) TD Receptions 2 Josh Babicz vs Butler (Aug 31) Long Reception 47 Phoenix Sproles vs Butler (Aug 31) Field Goals 2 Griffin Crosa at Delaware (Sep 14) Griffin Crosa vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Long Field Goal 46 Griffin Crosa at Delaware (Sep 14) Punts 7 Garret Wegner vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Punting Avg 46.0 Garret Wegner vs North Dakota (Sep 07) Long Punt 58 Garret Wegner vs North Dakota (Sep 07) Punts inside 20 2 Garret Wegner vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Garret Wegner at Illinois State (Oct 05) Long Punt Return 50 Trevor Heit vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Long Kickoff Return 79 Ty Brooks at Illinois State (Oct 05) Tackles 11 Michael Tutsie at Delaware (Sep 14) James Kaczor vs UC Davis (Sep 21) Sacks 2.0 Derrek Tuszka at Illinois State (Oct 05) Tackles For Loss 2.5 Jackson Hankey at Illinois State (Oct 05) Interceptions 2 Michael Tutsie vs North Dakota (Sep 07)


THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED...NORTH DAKOTA STATE RUSHING OPPONENTTy Brooks (106), at Illinois State, 10/5/2019 Player rushed for 100-149 yards Will Knight (115), at Delaware, 9/21/2019Bruce Anderson (170), at Northern Iowa, 10/6/2018 Player rushed for 150-199 yards Sam McPherson (158), vs. Eastern Wash., 1/5/2019John Crockett (227), Coastal Carolina, 12/13/2014 Player rushed for 200+ yards Taiwan Jones (230), at Eastern Wash., 12/11/2010Easton Stick, vs. Eastern Washington, 1/5/2019 Player rushed for 3 TDs Herb Donaldson, at Western Illinois, 9/29/2007Lance Dunn, Montana State, 12/1/2018 Player rushed for 4 TDs Dave Beyer, Minnesota State Mankato, 9/15/1984Kevin Feeney, Minn. St. Mankato, 10/26/1996 Player rushed for 5 TDs Ronnie Moore, at Pittsburg State, 11/28/1992B.Anderson(170)/L.Dunn(104), at Northern Iowa, 2018 Two 100-yard rushers T.Roberson(161)/M.Coprich(106), vs. Illinois St. 2015Dunn (127)/Anderson (118)/Brooks (103), Montana St., 12/1/2018 Three 100-yard rushers Unknown

PASSING Easton Stick (205), Colgate, 12/8/2018 QB passed for 200-249 yards Brady Davis (206), Illinois State, 10/20/2018Easton Stick (280), Delaware, 9/22/2018 QB passed for 250-299 yards Jeremiah Briscoe (289), Sam Houston State, 12/15/2017Easton Stick (302), Southern Illinois, 11/17/2018 QB passed for 300-399 yards Jake Maier (312), UC Davis, 9/21/2019Steve Walker (451), at Ball State, 9/23/2006 QB passed for 400+ yards Gage Gubrud (450), Eastern Washington, 9/10/2016Trey Lance, at Illinois State, 10/5/2019 QB passed for 3 TDs Eli Dunne, at Northern Iowa, 10/6/2018Trey Lance, vs. Butler, 8/31/2019 QB passed for 4 TDs Gage Gubrud, Eastern Washington, 9/10/2016Easton Stick, at Missouri State, 11/10/2018 QB passed for 5 TDs Never

RECEIVING Darrius Shepherd (125), vs. Eastern Wash., 1/5/2019 Player with 100-149 yards receiving Jared Harrell (102), UC Davis, 9/21/2019Zach Vraa (179), Missouri State, 10/12/2013 Player with 150-199 yards receiving Isaiah Lesure (170), at Western Illinois, 10/13/2018Tim Strehlow (206), at Northern Colorado, 11/6/1999 Player with 200+ yards receiving Jason Madkins (239), at Sam Houston State, 9/12/2009Josh Babicz, vs. Butler, 8/31/2019 Player caught 2 TDs Daurice Fountain, Northern Iowa, 10/28/2017Kole Heckendorf, Austin Peay, 8/28/2008 Player caught 3 TDs Neal Mozdzierz, Ferris State, 9/2/1999TR McDonald, at St. Cloud State, 10/23/1993 Player caught 4 TDs NeverJ.Schultenover(115)/K.Heckendorf(112), at Cal Poly 2007 Two 100-yard receivers D.Goedert(150)/J.Wieneke(108), S. Dakota St. 2016

KICKING/PUNTING Cory Vartanian, UC Davis, 10/22/2005 (4Q, down 20-7) On-side kick recovered Brandyn Bangsund, Eastern Wash., 9/10/2016 (2Q, tied 7-7)Cory Vartanian, UC Davis, 10/22/2005 (4Q, down 20-14) On-side kick not recovered Andre Slyter, vs. Eastern Wash., 1/5/2019 (4Q, down 31-24)Matt Voigtlander 27 run, vs. Sam Houston St., 1/7/2012 (4&4) Fake punt Harry O’Kelly 24 run, vs. James Madison, 1/6/2018 (4&9)Mike Wieser 20 TD from Rod Malone, at Montana, 9/6/2003 (4&7) Fake field goal Jayce Gilder 2 TD from Gunner Talkington, vs.E.Wash., 1/5/2019 (4&G)Nate Tanguay, at Western Illinois, 10/22/2016 (Knuffman) Blocked a field goal Simeyon Robinson, vs. James Madison, 1/6/2018 (Pedersen)Stanley Jones, Western Illinois, 10/21/2017 (Crosa) Blocked a PAT kick Adam Conley, at Illinois State, 11/18/2017 (Pedersen)

EXTRA POINTS Team, at Delaware, 9/14/2019 (bad snap) PAT kick failed Sam Crosa, Western Illinois, 10/21/2017 (Stanley Jones block)James Hendricks, at Illinois State, 10/5/2019 2-point rush attempt Gene Coleman, at Delaware, 9/14/2019Jake Reinholz, vs. Butler, 8/31/2019 2-point rush conversion Kyle Minett, South Dakota State, 11/22/2008Easton Stick, at Iowa, 9/17/2016 2-point pass attempt Thyrick Pitts, at Delaware, 9/14/2019Mike Hardie from Adam Keller, vs. Sam Houston St., 1/5/2013 2-point pass conversion Chichi Amachi from Thyrick Pitts, at Delaware, 9/14/2019Kevin Best, Minn. St. Moorhead, 9/11/1999 (Chad Simmers block) Defensive PAT Joe Guereno, St. Cloud State, 10/10/1992 (blocked kick)

SCORING Darrius Shepherd (84), Indiana State, 11/12/2016 Punt return TD Tre’Darrius Canady (10), Northern Iowa, 10/10/2009 (blocked) Paul Aanonson (94), at South Dakota State, 11/17/2007 (no block)Bruce Anderson (97), Northern Iowa, 12/12/2015 Kickoff return TD JeQuan Burton (100), Southern Illinois, 11/17/2018Jabril Cox (36), Delaware, 9/22/2018 Interception return TD Quentin Moon (43), Western Illinois, 10/21/2017Dan Marlette (38), at Western Illinois, 10/13/2018 Fumble return TD Dan DelGrosso (29), vs. Butler, 8/31/2019Team, Southern Illinois, 11/17/2018 (punt snap out of end zone) Safety Team, at Delaware, 9/14/2019 (punt block out of end zone)Grant Morgan, South Dakota State, 12/10/2016 Safety (by player) Cameron Price, Missouri State, 9/30/2017Lamar Gordon (75 run), Texas A&M-Kingsville, 8/31/2000 First offensive play of year TD NeverNever Season-opening kickoff return TD Jerry Woods (93), at Northern Michigan, 9/12/1987

MISCELLANEOUS Back-to-back interceptions: 1/5/2019 vs. Eastern Washington, Eric Barriere by NDSU’s James Hendricks then Easton Stick by EWU’s D’londo Tucker Back-to-back kickoff return TDs: 10/26/2013 at Indiana State, ISU’s LeMonte Booker (97) then NDSU’s Ryan Smith (100) NDSU QB back-to-back 100-yard rushing games: Easton Stick, 12/14/2018, South Dakota State (147), 1/5/2019, vs. Eastern Washington (121) NDSU QB three straight 100-yard rushing games: Chris Simdorn, 9/24/1988, Augustana (210); 10/1, at Morningside (147); 10/8, St. Cloud State (155) NDSU kickoff return TD and rushing TD in same game: Bruce Anderson, Montana, 12/5/2015 NDSU kickoff return TD and receiving TD in same game: Ryan Smith, at Indiana State, 10/26/2013 NDSU punt return TD and rushing TD in same game: Tony Satter, Northern Michigan, 9/9/1989 NDSU punt return TD and receiving TD in same game: Ryan Smith, Youngstown State, 10/6/2012 NDSU kickoff return TD and punt return TD in same game: Never NDSU rushing, receiving and return TD in same game: Never


NCAA Statistics

North Dakota St. - 2019-20 Football Ranking Summary thru games 10/05/2019

StatisticNational

Rank

Conference

RankValue National Leader Value

Conference

LeaderValue

3rd Down Conversion Pct (124 ranked) 4 1 0.544 Dartmouth 0.658 North Dakota St. 0.544

3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (124 ranked) 7 1 0.271 Yale 0.237 North Dakota St. 0.271

4th Down Conversion Pct (124 ranked) 16 1 0.667 5 teams tied 1.000 North Dakota St. 0.667

4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (123 ranked) 30 5 0.400 Idaho St.

N.C. Central

0.000

0.000

Youngstown St. 0.167

Blocked Kicks (34 ranked) 4 teams tied 4 South Dakota St. 4

Blocked Kicks Allowed (124 ranked) 53 6 1 52 teams tied 0 5 teams tied 0

Blocked Punts (10 ranked) Harvard

Ark.-Pine Bluff

3

3

South Dakota St. 2

Blocked Punts Allowed (124 ranked) 81 10 1 80 teams tied 0 9 teams tied 0

Completion Percentage (124 ranked) 4 1 0.725 Princeton 0.740 North Dakota St. 0.725

Defensive TDs (4 ranked) Grambling

Villanova

Central Conn. St.

3

3

3

Fewest Penalties (124 ranked) 34 4 27 Dartmouth

Princeton

11

11

South Dakota St. 23

Fewest Penalties Per Game (124 ranked) 31 4 5.40 Delaware 2.60 South Dakota St. 4.60

Fewest Penalty Yards (123 ranked) 45 6 254 Princeton 97 South Dakota St. 182

Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (124 ranked) 46 6 50.80 Delaware 29.20 South Dakota St. 36.40

First Downs Defense (124 ranked) 10 1 72 Cornell 44 North Dakota St. 72

First Downs Offense (124 ranked) 45 2 109 Houston Baptist 184 South Dakota 130

Fumbles Lost (123 ranked) 44 4 3 8 teams tied 0 Youngstown St. 1

Fumbles Recovered (101 ranked) 101 7 1 McNeese

Mississippi Val.

10

10

Youngstown St. 5

Kickoff Return Defense (124 ranked) 64 4 21.05 Harvard 13.33 Southern Ill. 14.69

Kickoff Returns (123 ranked) 20 1 24.11 Mercer 30.42 North Dakota St. 24.11

Net Punting (124 ranked) 80 9 34.33 Bucknell 44.97 Missouri St. 41.52

Passes Had Intercepted (124 ranked) 1 1 0 North Dakota St.

Dartmouth

Jacksonville

0

0

0

North Dakota St. 0

Passes Intercepted (117 ranked) 9 1 7 N.C. Central

Central Conn. St.

11

11

Youngstown St.

North Dakota St.

7

7

Passing Offense (124 ranked) 88 7 183.8 Houston Baptist 385.7 South Dakota 289.2

Passing Yards Allowed (124 ranked) 15 2 168.2 Alabama St. 138.6 South Dakota St. 166.4

Passing Yards per Completion (124 ranked) 26 3 13.92 Kennesaw St. 20.42 Illinois St. 15.41

Punt Return Defense (124 ranked) 83 9 11.00 Austin Peay -5.00 South Dakota St. 3.67

Punt Returns (124 ranked) 15 1 15.63 San Diego 41.50 North Dakota St. 15.63

Red Zone Defense (118 ranked) 17 4 0.700 Cornell 0.455 Illinois St. 0.588

Red Zone Offense (123 ranked) 4 1 0.955 Idaho St. 1.000 North Dakota St. 0.955

Rushing Defense (124 ranked) 15 2 94.0 Austin Peay 68.0 South Dakota St. 91.8

Rushing Offense (124 ranked) 5 1 288.0 Kennesaw St. 369.8 North Dakota St. 288.0

Sacks Allowed (124 ranked) 12 1 1.00 Davidson 0.00 North Dakota St. 1.00

Scoring Defense (124 ranked) 3 1 11.6 Dartmouth 8.0 North Dakota St.

South Dakota St.

11.6

11.6

Scoring Offense (124 ranked) 5 1 41.2 Houston Baptist 49.5 North Dakota St. 41.2

Tackles for Loss Allowed (124 ranked) 1 1 2.80 North Dakota St. 2.80 North Dakota St. 2.80

Team Passing Efficiency (124 ranked) 1 1 200.87 North Dakota St. 200.87 North Dakota St. 200.87

Team Passing Efficiency Defense (124 ranked) 4 1 100.37 Sam Houston St. 95.07 North Dakota St. 100.37

Team Sacks (124 ranked) 16 4 2.80 Harvard 4.67 Illinois St. 4.20

Team Tackles for Loss (124 ranked) 42 5 6.8 Sam Houston St. 10.8 UNI 8.8

Time of Possession (124 ranked) 15 2 32:31 The Citadel 36:54 Indiana St. 32:45

Total Defense (124 ranked) 5 2 262.2 Kennesaw St. 230.4 South Dakota St. 258.2

Total Offense (124 ranked) 11 1 471.8 Houston Baptist 567.2 North Dakota St. 471.8

Turnover Margin (124 ranked) 11 2 1.00 Central Conn. St. 2.00 Youngstown St. 1.80

Turnovers Gained (123 ranked) 49 3 8 Sam Houston St. 18 Youngstown St. 12

Turnovers Lost (124 ranked) 3 1 3 Dartmouth

Princeton

1

1

Youngstown St.

North Dakota St.

3

3

Winning Percentage (114 ranked) 1 1 1.000 5 teams tied 1.000 North Dakota St. 1.000


Statistic PlayerNational

Rank

Conference

RankValue National Leader Value

Conference

LeaderValue

All Purpose (199 ranked) Ty Brooks 59 5 108.00 Chris Rowland, Tennessee St. 206.83 Pierre Strong, South Dakota St. 144.20

Blocked Kicks (1 ranked) 8 players tied 2

Combined Kick Returns (199 ranked) Trevor Heit

Ty Brooks

93

111

5

7

146

120

Devron Harper, Gardner-Webb 586 Justin Hall, Western Ill. 286

Completion Percentage (108 ranked) Trey Lance 2 1 0.736 Kevin Davidson, Princeton 0.742 Trey Lance, North Dakota St. 0.736

Completions Per Game (150 ranked) Trey Lance 83 5 12.80 Bailey Zappe, Houston Baptist 33.17 Austin Simmons, South Dakota 27.00

Field Goal Percentage (80 ranked) Griffin Crosa 1 1 1.000 7 players tied 1.000 Matthew Cook, UNI

Griffin Crosa, North Dakota St.

Sam Fenlason, Illinois St.

1.000

1.000

1.000

Field Goals Per Game (119 ranked) Griffin Crosa 22 3 1.20 Storm Ruiz, SFA 2.33 Matthew Cook, UNI 1.80

Forced Fumbles (64 ranked) Marquise Bridges

Spencer Waege

13

64

1

8

0.40

0.25

Nasir Darnell, Harvard 0.67 7 players tied 0.40

Fumbles Recovered (49 ranked) Aaron Mercadel 49 2 1 Eli Mencer, Albany (NY) 3 Inoke Moala, Indiana St. 2

Interceptions Per Game (145 ranked) Michael Tutsie

James Hendricks

Jabril Cox

Cole Karcz

2

104

145

145

1

8

14

14

0.8

0.3

0.2

0.2

Anthony Budd, Monmouth 1.0 Michael Tutsie, North Dakota St. 0.8

Kickoff Return TDs (3 ranked) Earnest Edwards, Maine

Bronson Yoder, William & Mary

2

2

Kickoff Returns (97 ranked) Gamar Brito, Houston Baptist 37.0 Daijon Collins, Indiana St. 20.6

Passes Defended (50 ranked) Marquise Bridges

James Hendricks

Michael Tutsie

Josh Hayes

4

7

50

50

2

3

9

9

1.8

1.8

1.0

1.0

Marquis Smith, Western Ill.

Christian Angulo, Hampton

JJ Henderson, Stetson

2.0

2.0

2.0

Marquis Smith, Western Ill. 2.0

Passing Efficiency (108 ranked) Trey Lance 1 1 204.7 Trey Lance, North Dakota St. 204.7 Trey Lance, North Dakota St. 204.7

Passing TDs (96 ranked) Trey Lance 17 1 12 Bailey Zappe, Houston Baptist 24 Trey Lance, North Dakota St. 12

Passing Yards (150 ranked) Trey Lance 70 5 887 Bailey Zappe, Houston Baptist 2,207 Austin Simmons, South Dakota 1,421

Passing Yards Per Game (150 ranked) Trey Lance 73 5 177.4 Bailey Zappe, Houston Baptist 367.8 Austin Simmons, South Dakota 284.2

Passing Yards per Completion (108 ranked) Trey Lance 26 3 13.86 Tyquell Fields, Stony Brook 19.32 Brady Davis, Illinois St. 15.58

Points Responsible For (197 ranked) Trey Lance

Griffin Crosa

10

114

1

7

108

42

Bailey Zappe, Houston Baptist 144 Trey Lance, North Dakota St. 108

Points Responsible For Per Game (148 ranked) Trey Lance

Griffin Crosa

5

108

1

7

21.6

8.4

Jack Cook, Dayton

Bailey Zappe, Houston Baptist

24.0

24.0

Trey Lance, North Dakota St. 21.6

Punt Return TDs (1 ranked) 16 players tied 1 Herschel Blankenship, Western Ill.

Jaxon Janke, South Dakota St.

Jake Coates, Youngstown St.

1

1

1

Punt Returns (55 ranked) Trevor Heit 5 1 18.5 Mike Roussos, Columbia 23.3 Trevor Heit, North Dakota St. 18.5

Punting (93 ranked) Alex Pechin, Bucknell 49.5 Brady Schutt, South Dakota 46.9

Receiving TDs (135 ranked) Noah Gindorff

Ben Ellefson

Josh Babicz

28

64

135

1

4

10

4

3

2

Jadakis Bonds, Hampton

Josh Pearson, Jacksonville St.

Ben Ratzlaff, Houston Baptist

9

9

9

Noah Gindorff, North Dakota St.

Cade Johnson, South Dakota St.

Isaiah Weston, UNI

4

4

4

Receiving Yards (149 ranked) Chris Rowland, Tennessee St. 875 Isaiah Weston, UNI 381

Receiving Yards Per Game (198 ranked) Chris Rowland, Tennessee St. 145.8 Isaiah Weston, UNI 76.2

Receptions Per Game (196 ranked) Jerreth Sterns, Houston Baptist 10.5 Tyler Currie, Missouri St.

Dante Hendrix, Indiana St.

Lorenzo Thomas, Missouri St.

5.0

5.0

5.0

Rush Yards Per Carry (148 ranked) Adam Cofield 110 12 3.66 Jah-Maine Martin, N.C. A&T 9.28 Pierre Strong, South Dakota St. 8.35

Rushing TDs (79 ranked) Trey Lance

Adam Cofield

17

79

2

8

6

3

Jah-Maine Martin, N.C. A&T

Brandon Rainey, The Citadel

11

11

James Robinson, Illinois St. 8

Rushing Yards (199 ranked) Ty Brooks

Trey Lance

Kobe Johnson

Adam Cofield

45

80

142

172

3

8

14

18

395

325

238

205

Jah-Maine Martin, N.C. A&T 742 Pierre Strong, South Dakota St. 551

Rushing Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Ty Brooks

Trey Lance

Kobe Johnson

Adam Cofield

39

76

135

170

5

9

14

20

79.0

65.0

47.6

41.0

Karekin Brooks, Penn 150.3 Pierre Strong, South Dakota St. 110.2

Sacks (181 ranked) Derrek Tuszka

Jabril Cox

Logan McCormick

8

132

132

2

14

14

1.00

0.40

0.40

Andre Walker, Houston Baptist

Elerson Smith, UNI

1.50

1.50

Elerson Smith, UNI 1.50

Scoring (186 ranked) Griffin Crosa

Trey Lance

Adam Cofield

Noah Gindorff

26

60

186

186

2

5

15

15

8.4

7.2

4.8

4.8

Jah-Maine Martin, N.C. A&T

Brandon Rainey, The Citadel

13.2

13.2

James Robinson, Illinois St. 9.6

Solo Tackles (37 ranked) Ryan Greenhagan, Fordham 7.8 Qua Brown, Southern Ill. 7.2

Tackles For Loss (107 ranked) Derrek Tuszka

Jackson Hankey

73

107

9

15

1.2

1.0

BJ DAVIS, South Carolina St. 2.7 Elerson Smith, UNI 2.1

Total Offense (200 ranked) Trey Lance

Ty Brooks

46

162

3

13

242.4

79.0

Bailey Zappe, Houston Baptist 373.2 Austin Simmons, South Dakota 333.2

Total Points Scored (0 ranked)

Total Tackles (197 ranked) Michael Tutsie 136 13 7.0 Brandon Easterling, Dayton 14.8 Spencer Cuvelier, UNI 10.8

Total Touchdowns (92 ranked) Trey Lance

Adam Cofield

Noah Gindorff

29

92

92

3

5

5

6

4

4

Tracy James, Abilene Christian 12 James Robinson, Illinois St. 8

Yards per Pass Attempt (108 ranked) Trey Lance 3 1 10.20 Kevin Davidson, Princeton 10.68 Trey Lance, North Dakota St. 10.20

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