GAME 7 :: HOMECOMING vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE :: UNI-DOME :: 4:00 PM 2012 SCHEDULE Sat. Sept. 1 At A Glance at Wisconsin Date...... Oct. 20, 2012 L, 26-21 Time...... 4:00 p.m. Location...... Cedar Falls, Sat. Sept. 8 Venue...... UNI-Dome Capacity...... 16,324 CENTRAL STATE Live Stats...... unipanthers.com W, 59-0 TV...... Mediacom 22 Sat. Sept. 15 ...... CF, Ch. 15 at Iowa Talent...... Scott Warmann ...... Danan Hughes SDSU (5-1, 3-0 MVFC) UNI (1-5, 0-3 MVFC) L, 27-16 ...... Teryn Schaefer JACKRABBITS PANTHERS Sat. Sept. 22 Series...... 27-17-2, UNI at Youngstown St. The Game L, 42-35 The University of Northern Iowa football team will host the South Dakota Sat. Sept. 29 State Jackrabbits on Sat. Oct. 20 for UNI Homecoming. The game is set to NORTH DAKOTA ST kick-off at 4:00 p.m. The SDSU Jackrabbits joined the Missouri Valley Foot- L, 33-21 ball Conference in 2008, but the Panthers and Jackrabbits met for the first Sat. Oct. 13 time in 1935. Since 1920, UNI has recorded a mark of 59-24-7 in Home- at Southern Illinois coming games. The Panthers have won 19 of their last 23 Homecoming L, 34-31 contests in the UNI-Dome. Sat. Oct. 20 SOUTH DAKOTA ST The Coaches UNI head coach is in his 12th season at the helm of the Pan- 4:00 PM ther sideline. Farley has posted a mark of 100-45, which includes seven Sat. Oct. 27 trips to the NCAA FCS playoffs. Farley has notched a record of 60-20 in ILLINOIS STATE MVFC play, which ranks him No. 1 on the all-time league wins chart. 4:00 PM Overall, Coach Stiegelmeier has led the Jackrabbits to a 93-72 record (.564 Sat. Nov. 3 winning percentage). SDSU has posted eight winning seasons in the last at Western Illinois 10 years, including six of the school’s first eight campaigns at the FCS 1:00 PM (formerly Division I-AA) level. The Jackrabbits have had a winning record Sat. Nov. 10 in 11 of Stiegelmeier’s 15 years as head coach, and have a 21-11 record in at South Dakota Missouri Valley Football Conference games. 12:00 PM Sat. Nov. 17 The Program MISSOURI STATE • The Panthers currently have an all-time record of 621-386-48. 4:00 PM • The Panthers have been present in 16 playoffs, seven semifinals and Media Relations Contact Info one championship game. Colin McDonough, Asst. A.D./Athletic Communications Office: (319) 273-5456 • UNI has been ranked in the Top 25 in 99 consecutive polls, dating Email: [email protected] back to Nov. 15, 2004. The Panthers now hold the all-time Missouri Jordie Lindley, Assistant Director/Athletic Communications Valley Football Conference record for consecutive weeks in the polls. Office: (319) 273-3642 Email: [email protected] • UNI had seven players participating in NFL camps during the 2012 Michelle VanDorn, New Media Coordinator preseason including, Brandon Keith, Ryan Mahaffey, Chad Rinehart, Email: [email protected] Mary Howell, Graduate Assistant Austin Howard, L.J. Fort, Austin Wells and Brad Meester. Email: [email protected] • The Panthers have notched three different MVFC Players of the Week Cory Hall, Student Assistant, [email protected] Ben Schmitz, Student Assistant, [email protected] this season and have five different athletes in the national statistical Rebecca Fisher, Student Assistant, [email protected] rankings. Alex Miller, Student Assistant, [email protected] • This is the second season in a row where the Panthers have had to Maddie McLaughlin, Student Assistant, [email protected] Austin Hansen, Video Assistant, [email protected] travel at least three times in the first five weeks of the season. 1 QUICK FACTS/MEDIA INFO General Facts Weekly Press Conference Name of School: University of Northern Iowa UNI will host a weekly press luncheon at Pepper’s in City, State, Zip Code: Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0314 Cedar Falls. All of the in-season sports’ head coaches will Founded: 1876 Enrollment: 13,168 address the media with a weekly recap/preview of their Nickname: Panthers team and then will be open to questions. All media and School Colors: Purple and Old Gold fans are welcome to attend the weekly luncheon. Stadium: UNI-Dome (16,324) Affiliation: NCAA FCS Interview Requests: Conference: MVFC (27th season) All interview requests can be made through the UNI Ath- Director of Athletics: Troy Dannen letic Communications staff 24 hours in advance. Media wishing to make an interview request can contact Jordie History Lindley ([email protected] 319-273-3642) or Colin First Year of Football: 1895 All-Time Record: 620-383-47 McDonough ([email protected] 319-273-5456). FCS Playoff Appearances: 16 FCS Semifinal Appearances: 7 MVFC Coaches Teleconference FCS Championship Game Appearances: 1 There will be a weekly teleconference with the head coaches at each MVFC institution. The teleconference will Coaching Staff be every Tuesday beginning Aug. 28 and the final call Head Coach: Mark Farley will be Nov. 13. Alma Mater: UNI, 1986 10:00 a.m. - Brock Spack, Illinois State Record at UNI/years: 100-42/11 years 10:05 a.m. - Mark Hendrickson, Western Illinois Career record/years: Same 10:10 a.m. - Dale Lennon, Southern Illinois Football Office Phone: (319) 273-5674 10:15 a.m. - Joe Glenn, South Dakota Assistant Coaches: Bill Salmon (Assoc. Head Coach/ 10:20 a.m. - John Stiegelmeier, South Dakota State Co-Off. Coord./WRs), Mario Verduzco (Co-Off. Coord./ 10:25 a.m. - Trent Miles, Indiana State QBs), Rick Nelson (OL), Matt Entz (DL), Jeremiah Johnson 10:30 a.m. - Eric Wolford, Youngstown State (DBs), Travis Williams (LBs), Todd Blythe (WRs), Daniel 10:35 a.m. - Terry Allen, Missouri State Bullocks (Def. Asst.), Dan Clark (TEs), D.J. Hord (Off. Asst.). 10:40 a.m. - Mark Farley, UNI Director of Operations: Matt Harken 10:45 a.m. - Craig Bohl, North Dakota State

Team Information Radio Overall 2011 Record: 10-3 2011 MVFC Record: 7-1/T-1st In 2012-13 News/Talk 1540 KXEL will begin its 13th year Off. Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4 as the flagship radio station of the University of Northern Def. Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6 Iowa Panther Sports Network. UNI Athletics and The Ra- Specialist Returning/Lost: 2/0 dio Group of Waterloo have a broadcast agreement that carries the Panthers on the “Blow Torch” through this Follow the Panthers Online season. The Panther Sports Network will carry all regular UNI fans can get all their Panther news and notes on and post-season Panther football games and the weekly UNIPanthers.com. Fans can also follow UNI on Facebook Mark Farley Show. Panther Sports Properties works to at www.facebook.com/uniathletics, Twitter at @UNIAth- coordinate the Panther Sports Network, which includes letics and YouTube at www.youtube.com/uniathletics. 12 stations. UNI MEDIA OUTLETS City Station Dial Pos. City Station Dial Pos. Cedar Rapids...... KGYM-AM...... 1600 Charles City...... KCHA-FM/AM...... 95.9/1580 Des Moines...... KXNO-AM...... 1460 Hampton...... KQCR-FM...... 98.9 Independence...... KQMG-FM...... 95.3 Mount Pleasant...... KILJ-FM...... 105.5 Waterloo/Cedar Falls...KXEL-AM...... 1540 Waukon...... KFXE-AM...... 1160 Webster City...... KQWC-AM...... 1570 Fort Dodge...... KVFD...... 1400 2 2012 UNI PANTHER FOOTBALL FACTS Scouting The Jackrabbits Wes Smith With A First South Dakota State enters the game with a record of 5-1 Wes Smith scored his first career receiving touchdown as and are undefeated in the MVFC. Their only loss of the a Panther against NDSU, cutting the lead to 20-14 in the season comes against FBS opponent Kansas in their home third quarter. opener. Last week they defeated Western Illinois 31-10 at home. Finish Strong UNI was 1-4 entering the game against SIU for the first time Coach Farley against SDSU since the 2004 season. The last time UNI started 1-4, the The Panthers are 5-1 against the South Dakota State Jack- Panthers finished the 2004 season with six straight wins rabbits during the Farley era. The Panthers defeated SDSU and posted a 7-4 overall record. last season 31-14 in South Dakota. Game Recap: Week 5 Big Arm, Big Catch The Panthers battled the North Dakota State Bison on Sawyer Kollmorgen notched a season long touchdown Saturday in an MVFC clash. North Dakota State defeated pass with the 76-yarder between the redshirt freshman and UNI 33-21. Xavier Williams blocked his second kick of the Brett LeMaster against SIU. It was also LeMaster’s season- season and David Johnson rushed for a season high 85 long catch. LeMaster finished with 112 yards giving him his yards. Wes Smith scored his first career touchdown and second 100-plus receiving game of the season. Jake Farley led the team in tackles for the second week in a row. Season High David Johnson rushed for a season high 118 yards against UNI vs. #1 Ranked Teams the Salukis. His 118-yard game counts as his third career UNI is 2-5 all-time vs. No. 1-ranked FCS opponents. UNI’s 100-plus yard rushing game. He is just three touchdowns last win over the No. 1-ranked team in the nation came in shy of matching his 12 touchdown mark from last season the NCAA playoffs when the Panthers scored a 24-21 win with five games remaining this season. at No. 1 New Hampshire on Dec. 3, 2005. The Panthers last win in the UNI-Dome over a No. 1-ranked Anderson In The Zone team came Oct. 18, 1997, then UNI tallied a 35-32 win over Carlos Anderson scored his first rushing touchdown since Youngstown State. UNI played at Southern Illinois in 2010. Panthers Dominate Ranked Opponents Coach Farley Against The Salukis UNI owns a 68-45 record since 1985 against ranked FCS The Panthers are 5-7 against SIU during the Mark Farley era, opponents. Southern Illinois ranks second in the MVFC in but defeated Southern Illinois last season in the UNI-Dome wins over ranked opponents since 1985 with 37. UNI and 17-10. NDSU are the only two MVFC teams with winning records against ranked opponents. College Performance Awards: Week 7 Carlos Anderson received all-purpose honorable mention 2012 Hall of Fame Class from the College Performance Awards for his performance The University of Northern Iowa Department of Athletics againt SIU. He finished with 68 rushing yards, eight receiv- inducted six individuals and a team into its 2012 Athlet- ing yards and 84 kick-off return yards for a total of 160 ics Hall of Fame Class earlier today in a ceremony in the yards. McLeod Center. This year’s Hall of Fame class includes Ryan Brunner (), Mark Farley (football), Dennis Roloff Game Recap: Week 7 (track & field), Amy Swisher (women’s ), Deb The Panthers fell to the Salukis in their sixth game of the Vangellow (track & field and golf), David S. Peters (Jitu Ko- season, but UNI had several notable performances. Sawyer thari Meritorious Service Award) and the 2001 UNI Panther Kollmorgen finished with 243 yards and a touchdown. Brett women’s volleyball team. LeMaster scored the Panthers third touchdown of the game off a 76-yard pass. David Johnson scored in his sixth straight game notching 118 yards. 3 2012 UNI PANTHER FOOTBALL FACTS MVFC Player Of The Week: Week 4 Game Recap: Week 4 Carlos Anderson was honored by the Missouri Valley The Panthers lost to YSU in a heartbreaking game that ended Football Conference for his outstanding special teams on the last play. YSU and UNI entered into a shootout early performance against Youngstown State as the MVFC scoring three touchdowns combined in just 10 minutes. Special Teams Player of the Week. Anderson had a huge David Johnson notched four touchdowns on the game and game on special teams for the Panthers against YSU rack- Carlos Anderson had an outstanding day running kick-offs ing up 176 yards off of kick-off returns. The 176 yards are racking up 176 yards. the most in the league this season. He had returns of 22 and 31 yards in the first quarter -- his first return setting up Opening Drive a UNI touchdown. In the third quarter, YSU tied up the Redshirt freshman Sawyer Kollmorgen started the game score 28-28, but off the kick-off Anderson tore and fought against Iowa 3-for-3 for 61 yards on the opening touchdown for every yard of his 23-yard return to set up the Panthers drive. with good field position and late in the fourth quarter after YSU took the lead, Anderson was able to break free Big game, Big Points for another large gain off the kick-off notching a 33-yard Tyler Sievertsen knocked in a career long 49-yard field gain. goal against Iowa. His previous career long field goal was 48-yards, which he accomplished three times last season. College Football Performance Awards: Week 4 Sievertsen tied his career high of three field goals made with Sawyer Kollmorgen was honored with honorable men- his 49-yard, 22-yard and 25-yard field goals against Iowa. tion status by the College Football Performance Awards for his fourth straight game with 200-plus yards. David Sievertsen At The Top Johnson, Carlos Anderson and Kyle Bernard were also Tyler Sievertsen is the NCAA FCS active career leader in FG honored with honorable mention status. Anderson and accuracy at 91.67 percent. Sievertsen has made 22 of 24 Johnson were both honored in the All-Purpose category, career FGs. while Bernard was honorable mention in the Punting category. Kick Away Kyle Bernard booted a 71-yard punt in the first half against Iowa, which was only four yards off of his career long 75- All-Purpose yard punt last season. Johnson had two receiving TDs against the Penguins, giving him four on the season. During the 2011 season, Multi-Talented he notched three receiving touchdowns and with his five- Ryan Bingaman started the season on the offensive line for yard touchdown reception against the Penguins tonight, the first two games, but played as a tight end for the Pan- he has exceeded that number in the first four games of thers against Iowa. the 2012 season. Johnson also tied the school record for touchdowns in a single game with his four touchdowns College Football Performance Award: Week 3 against the Penguins. The last time someone from UNI Each week, College Football Performance Awards names scored four touchdowns in a single game was Tirrell Ren- FCS players that have strong performances in their games. nie against Illinois State in 2010. This week, Tyler Sievertsen was named the National Place- kicker of the Week for three field goal performance against Close Match Iowa. David Johnson was named to the honorable mention In the previous 11 contests between UNI and YSU, four list for All-Purpose performer of the week and Kyle Bernard have been decided by four points or fewer, including the notched National Punter of the Week. previous two meetings.

Big Numbers Sawyer Kollmorgen has now thrown for over 200 yards for the sixth straight game. He finished the game against SIU with 243 yards. 4 2012 UNI PANTHER FOOTBALL FACTS Game Recap: Week 3 Full House The Panthers got off to a quick start against the Hawkeyes The game against Wisconsin is the largest crowd (79,568) when David Johnson sliced through the Iowa defense on that the Panthers have played in front of in the program’s the opening drive to put UNI up 7-0 early. Tyler Sievertsen history. scored nine points off of field goals to add to the Panther score. Sawyer Kollmorgen put up another 200+ yard game Starting The Season against the Hawkeyes, which marks his third of the season. Kollmorgen will become the fifth freshman to start at Wilmot Wellington finished the game with 15 tackles, lead- quarterback in UNI history. The last time a UNI freshman ing both teams on the defensive side. quarterback started against an FBS opponent, the Panthers defeated Ball State, 42-39. Tom Petrie started against Ball Against The Hawkeyes State on Sept. 22, 2001, and guided the Panthers to a victo- Saturday’s game marked the 16th time the Hawkeyes and ry in that game. The last time a UNI freshman quarterback Panthers have played on the football field. Iowa holds a started a season opener came when Tom Petrie opened 14-1 advantage in the series. It marked the fifth meeting in up the 2001 season with a 34-14 victory over Wayne State the past 17 years after an 81-year gap in games from 1914- (Mich.) on Aug. 30, 2001. 1995. UNI’s only win in the series came on Nov. 5, 1898. The Panthers scored an 11-5 victory over the Hawkeyes First Quarter Showdown that day in Cedar Falls. Only one team during the 2011 season was able to keep Wisconsin from scoring a touchdown in the first quarter. Coach Farley vs. The Hawkeyes Illinois and Wisconsin went scoreless in the first quarter of UNI head coach Mark Farley is 0-3 all-time against Iowa. their match-up last season. The Panthers held the Badgers The Hawkeyes scored a 45-21 win over the Panthers on to a mere three points during the first quarter. Sept. 17, 2005. The Hawks then tallied the 17-16 win over the Panthers on Sept. 5, 2009. Among the Few Ohio and Illinois were the only two teams during the 2011 Wright On Point season to keep Wisconsin under the 14-point mark at Junior Phil Wright caught a seven yard pass from for a halftime. The Panthers limited the Badgers to only two field touchdown late in the first quarter against Central State, goals and a late second quarter touchdown. giving him his first career receiving touchdown. First time for Everything Interceptions Galore Chad Owens scored his first receiving touchdown in his The Panthers finished the game against Central State with collegiate career against Wisconsin. He notched a rushing four interceptions. The last time UNI had three or more touchdown during the 2011 season. interceptions in a game was against Illinois State in 2004. Career High Shutting Out The Marauders Wilmot Wellington finished the game against Wisconsin- The Panthers defeated the Central State Marauders 59-0. with 15 tackles and a new career high. His previous career The last time the Panthers shut out an opponent was in high tackles was against Wofford last season with 12. 2009 when they defeated Western Illinois 34-0. Big Time Receptions The Hawkeyes The game against Wisconsin counts as David Johnson’s The Penguins are currently 3-0 this season, including a big first career multi-reception touchdown game. It was his fifth season opening win against FBS opponent Pittsburg. They multiple touchdown game in his career. went on to shutout Valparaiso in the second week of the season 59-0. Last weekend, they defeated Albany 31-24 at MVFC Player of the Week: Week #1 home. The Panthers garnered two MVFC honors after the first week of play with Sawyer Kollmorgen being named the MVFC Newcomer of the Week and Garrett Scott being named the MVFC Defensive Player of the Week. 5 2012 UNI PANTHER FOOTBALL FACTS National Attention Punting for the Top The Panthers gained national attention after their perfor- Senior punter Kyle Bernard is currently sitting on a 41.6 mance against Wisconsin. Sawyer Kollmorgen was chosen yard career average and 6,325 yards total. That puts him in as part of The Sports Network FCS National Player of the second place in the UNI Football Career Punting All-Time Week. He was chosen as the Co-Freshman of the week for Top-10 under Clay Netusil who was the Panther punter his stellar outing against Wisconsin. from 1984-1986.

Getting in the Game Defense Counts Forty-seven different Panthers made their season debut UNI is 70-5 in the Mark Farley era (2001-present) when against the Badgers. Among the group that saw action in holding the opposition to 20 points or less. the game were 10 freshman. The 2012 Panther Defense - Returning Starters Racking up the Points Chris Jepsen recorded 27 total tackles including nine solo Junior kicker Tyler Sievertsen has scored at least three tackles and 18 assisted tackles during 2011. Garrett Scott points (field goals or extra points) in 16 consecutive finished the 2011 season with 105 total tackles including games. He finished second in the FCS in field goal percent- 55 solo tackles, 50 assisted tackles, four interceptions and age at 90 percent last season. nine pass breakups. Wilmot Wellington finished his 2011 campaign with 59 total tackles, three pass breakups and Opening Day one fumble recovery. Varmah Sonie finished the 2011 sea- UNI is 57-50-7 all-time in season openers and 14-9 in the son with 17 punt returns for 147 yards and a total of 177 last 21 years. UNI is 6-6 in season openers under head all-purpose yards. He completed the season with 70 total coach Mark Farley. The last time UNI opened the season tackles including 37 solo tackles and 33 assisted tackles. with a road win came in 2006, when the Panthers de- He had three interceptions and seven pass breakups. J.J. feated Drake. The last time UNI opened the season with a Swain recorded 69 total tackles including 45 solo tackles road win over an FBS opponent came in 1998, when the and 24 assisted tackles., three tackles for loss of yards, three Panthers tallied a 13-10 win at Eastern Michigan. interceptions and three pass breakups.

Home Sweet Dome Offensive Threat UNI is 184-46-1 in the UNI-Dome. The Panthers have gone UNI is 66-4 in the Mark Farley years when scoring 30 or undefeated at home in a season eight times since 1990. more points in a game. Prior to 1998, the Panthers had two consecutive winning seasons in the Dome. The Panthers have posted four The 2012 Panther Offense - Returning Starters perfect seasons at home under head coach Mark Farley. Terrell Sinkfield recorded 28 receptions for 464 yards and The Panthers are 73-13 in home Missouri Valley Football six touchdowns during 2011. His longest reception was for Conference games. 40 yards against MSU and SSU. Carlos Anderson accumu- lated 77 carries for 410 yards and four receptions for 33 2011 Inside the Dome yards during his 2011 campaign. His longest rush was for The Panthers finished the 2011 season with a 6-0 record 57 yards against South Dakota State. He returned 24 kicks inside the Dome, including a decisive win against Wofford for 555 yards and recorded 1,003 all-purpose yards. in the FCS playoffs. David Johnson finished the 2011 season with 179 carries for 822 yards and nine touchdowns and 33 receptions for Mr. 2000 422 yards and three touchdowns. Senior running back Carlos Anderson broke the career 2,000 yard rushing mark on Saturday against the Maraud- ers with his 68-yard performance. He now sits on a total of 2,112 rushing yards and is only 285 yards shy of being on the Panther’s All-Time Career Rushing Top-10 list.

6 THE FARLEY FILE 2012 UNI PANTHER FOOTBALL FACTS Searching for 100 Head coach Mark Farley reached the 100 career win mile-

stone after leading the Panthers to a win against Central State Head Coach Mark Farley Alma Mater: UNI, 1986 on Saturday. holds the UNI record with 129 wins Record at UNI: 100-45/11 when he was at the helm from 1960-82. yrs Career Record: Same Home Grown Out of the 95 players on the 2012 UNI football roster, 54 athletes are from the state of Iowa. Of the 54 Iowans on the roster, seven student-athletes are from the Cedar Falls/Water- In Missouri Valley Football Conference play, Farley has guided the loo area originally. Panthers to a record of 60-20 for an impressive .750 winning per- centage in league play. Farley is the MVFC’s all-time coaching wins Climbing to the Top leader with 60 league victories. UNI has finished the year in the top-25 in 10 of the last 11 Included in that 11-year run for Farley and the Panthers are seven seasons and the Panthers have taken home a top-five ranking conference championships, seven playoff appearances, 10 top-25 in six of the last 11 seasons. final rankings, three national semifinal appearances and one na- tional title game appearance in 2005. Farley holds the UNI record for postseason coaching victories with 10. He is 10-7 all-time in the Good Company FCS playoffs. UNI, Appalachian State and Montana are the only Division I FCS schools in the nation that have finished the season Heading into his 12th year as the Panther mentor, Farley never ranked in the top-five since 2001. Only five Division I football has felt more at home. Through his leadership, the Panthers have returned to the glory days when they won seven straight confer- programs in the nation (FBS and FCS combined) have been ence titles and made seven consecutive FCS playoff appearances ranked in the top-five of the final polls at least six times since in the decade of the ‘90s. In Farley’s 11 years at the helm, UNI has 2001 (USC, Ohio State, Appalachian State, Montana and UNI). won at least a share of seven Missouri Valley Football Conference titles. UNI has also advanced to the quarterfinals (2003, 2007, 2011), semifinals (2001, 2008) and the national title game (2005) in In-State Competition six of those seven playoff appearances. Ten of Farley’s 11 previous Of UNI’s 44 first team all-conference selections since the 2003 Panther teams have finished the season ranked in the top 25. season, 21 belong to former Iowa high school athletes. In comparison, the University of Iowa has had eight former Iowa UNI won back-to-back MVFC titles in 2011 following a 7-1 run through the league. UNI clinched a share of the MVFC title with high school athletes earn first-team all-conference in that time a 23-20 double-overtime win at Illinois State to close the regular frame, and Iowa State has had two. season. The Panthers also achieved Farley’s sixth 10-plus win season since taking over in 2001. The Panthers posted a mark of Attend, Attend, Attend 4-2 against ranked foes in 2011, including a 28-21 win over No. 12-ranked Wofford in the second round of the FCS playoffs.

AWARDS AND HONORS • 2007 Eddie Robinson Award recipient • 2007 Schutt Sports FCS Coach of the Year • 2007 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year finalist • 2007 Led UNI to first perfect regular season in MVFC history • 2005 Guided UNI to first-ever National Title game • 2005 Northwest Region Coach of the Year • 2001 AFCA NCAA FCS Region 4 Coach of the Year • 2001 MVFC Bruce Craddock Coach of the Year • Best Record 11-3 of all MVFC rookie coaches

COACHING EXPERIENCE • 1986-88 Graduate Assistant, UNI • 1989-97 Assistant Coach, UNI (Linebackers) • 1996 Recruiting Coordinator, UNI • 1997-2000 Assistant Coach, Kansas (Linebackers) • 2001-present Head Coach, UNI 7 2012 UNI PANTHER FOOTBALL FACTS All-Conference All the Time FCS IN THE POLLS: WEEK 7 UNI has had 30 first-team All-MVFC selections since 2007, SPORTS NETWORK FCS COACHES the most in the league. Only one other school has had 1. North Dakota State 1. North Dakota State more than 20 in that time frame. 2. Montana State 2. Montana State 3. Old Dominion 3. Old Dominion 4. James Madison 4. Wofford New Season, New Additions 5. Wofford 5. James Madison The Panthers have added four new additions to the 6. Eastern Washington 6. Eastern Washington coaching staff. Daniel Bullocks will begin his collegiate 7. Georgia Southern 7. Georgia Southern 8. Youngstown State 8. Sam Houston State coaching career as a defensive assistant after playing 9. Sam Houston State 9. Youngstown State safety for the Detroit Lions prior to coming to UNI. Todd 10. Lehigh 10. Lehigh Blythe will serve as a new offensive assistant after play- 11. Stony Brook 11. Stony Brook ing two seasons with the and at Iowa 12. New Hampshire 12. Appalachian State 13. Appalachian State 13. New Hampshire State collegiately, becoming one of the most prolific 14. Illinois State 14. Cal Poly receivers in Iowa State history. D.J. Hord will make his re- 15. Cal Poly 15. McNeese State turn to UNI as a graduate assistant on the offensive side 16. Northern Arizona 16. Illinois State of the ball after playing collegiate football for UNI and 17. Towson 17. Central Arkansas 18. Tennessee State 18. Northern Arizona Notre Dame. Travis Williams will serve as the linebackers 19. McNeese State 19. Towson coach after his years as a player and graduate assistant at 20. South Dakota State 20. Tennessee State Auburn. 21. Central Arkansas 21. Harvard 22. Harvard 22. Delaware 23. Eastern Kentucky 23. Eastern Kentucky Preseason Awards 24. Delaware 24. Albany Before the 2012 season even started, the Panthers were 25. Samford 25. Alabama A&M already bringing in awards left and right. Receiving Votes: Northern Iowa (414 in SN and 26 in Coaches) • BSN Preseason All-American: Tyler Sievertsen and Varmah Sonie PANTHERS IN THE RANKINGS • Sports Network Preseason All-American: Tyler NCAA Rankings: Carlos Anderson: 20th in career rushing yards Sievertsen 14th in career rushing yards per carry • Madness FCS Preseason All-American: Tyler 9th in career kickoff returns Sievertsen and Varmah Sonie 1st in career kickoff return yards • CSN Preseason All-American: Tyler Sievertsen, 4th in career kickoff return touchdowns 18th in career kickoff return yards per game Varmah Sonie and John Hubbard 5th in career kickoff return average per return • Fred Mitchell Award Watch List: Tyler Sievertsen 18th in career all-purpose running plays • MVFC Preseason Team: Tyler Sievertsen, Varmah 5th in career all-purpose running yards Sonie, Misha Danilov and Garrett Scott 20th in career all-purpose running yards per game 2nd in career all-purpose running yards per play • Phil Steele Preseason All-American: Tyler Sievertsen Tyler Sievertsen: 5th in career field goals made per game • Phil Steele All-MVFC Preseason Team: Tyler 1st in career field goals percent made Sievertsen, Varmah Sonie, Misha Danilov, Garrett 15th in career scoring points per game Scott, Brian Palangi Kyle Bernard: 17th in career punting 16th in career punting yards • College Sports Journal Preseason All-American: Tyler 16th in career punting average per punt Sievertsen and John Hubbard David Johnson: 19th in scoring points per game 19th in all-purpose running plays per game 2012 Season Outlook

The Panthers will have a tough schedule during the 2012 Sawyer Kollmorgen is second in the MVFC in total offense and he season when they face the 2012 FCS Champions North ranks No. 26 in the nation in total offense. Kollmorgen also ranks No. 10 Dakota State and two FBS football squads in Wisconsin in the nation in passing efficiency. and Iowa. At least five different schools in the MVFC have David Johnson is tied for 6th in the nation in scoring at 10.0 ppg. UNI leads the MVFC in passing offense at 273.40 yards/game. UNI showed up in the various top-25 polls that have been an- ranks No. 13 in the nation in passing offense as well. nounced throughout the country. UNI ranks No. 3 in the nation in net punting (41.00 yards/punt) and ranks No. 6 in kickoff returns. 8 2012 JERRY RICE AWARD CANDIDATE Sawyer Kollmorgen Quarterback 6-2 :: 215 lbs. Redshirt Freshman Jenks, Okla. Jenks HS

2012: Kollmorgen has been named to the initial Watch List for the 2012 Jerry Rice Award, which is awarded to the FCS’s top freshman each year ... he ranks 11th in the FCS in passing efficiency, completing 90-of-151 pass attempts for 1,285 yards and 11 touchdowns in the first five games of the season and is second in the conference in total offense ... Kollmorgen has thrown for over 200 yards in five straight games, KOLLMORGEN GAME-BY-GAME STATS with his season high 333 yards coming against Youngstown State. 2012 Season Date/Opponent Att-Comp-Yds (TDs) 9/1 - @Wisconsin 18-34-265 (3) 2011: Redshirted. 9/8 - Central State 11-18-229 (3) 9/15 - @Iowa 20-33-245 (0) High School: Served as the starting quarterback 9/22 - @Youngstown State 23-38-333 (3) at Jenks as a sophomore, junior and senior ... was 9/29 - North Dakota State 18-28-213 (2) a first-team all-state selection as a junior and senior 10/13 - @Southern Illinois 18-27-243 (1) ... named the Oklahoma District 6A-3 Player of the Year ... finished with a 33-3-0 record as a starter ... led Jenks to three consecutive state title games ... set the Jenks record with 6,716 passing yards and ranks second in school history with 74 touchdown passes ... rushed for 11 touchdowns in his career ... threw for 2,602 yards and 38 touchdowns in 2010, a school record for touchdown passes ... threw just three interceptions and completed 73.4 percent of his passes ... had a QB rating of 147.02 as a senior, completing 78 percent of Jenks’ scoring drives in six plays or fewer ... helped Jenks lead all Oklahoma schools in scoring ... Jenks was ranked as high as No. 5 in the nation in 2010

9 2012 FRED MITCHELL AWARD WATCH LIST

Tyler Sievertsen Place Kicker 6-2 :: 185 lbs Junior Cedar Rapids, Iowa Kennedy HS

2012: Sievertsen has been named to the 2012 Fred Mitchell Award Watch List for the second consecutive year and is joined by 43 other kickers ... Sievertsen is the current active leader in career field goal percentage in the FCS ... ranks sixth nation- ally in career field goals made ... he is currently second on the team this season in points (30) ... scored 10 points against Iowa, including his career long 49-yard field goal.

2011: Finished second in the FCS in field goal percentage at 90% (18-20) ... First team All-American (Beyond Sports College Network) ... Second team All-American (The Sports Network) ... Second team All-American (Phil Steele) ... Third team All-Amer- ican (Associated Press) ... One of 10 finalists for the Fred Mitch- SIEVERTSEN CAREER STATS ell Award (nation’s top FCS, D2, D3, NAIA or NJCAA kicker) ... First team All-MVFC ... earned MVFC Special Teams Player of Scoring g pat fg total the Week three times (at Illinois State (11/19), Indiana State 2010 1 0 0 0 (10/08) , at Iowa State (9/03)) ... voted the special teams MVP 2011 13 39 18 93 by teammates ... handled kickoff duties for the Panthers and 2012 6 22 5 37 averaged 61.9 yards per kick with five touchbacks ... hit both TOTAL 20 61 23 130 field goal attempts at Iowa State with a long of 42 (9/03) ... nailed both field goal attempts at Stephen F. Austin with a Field Goals g made att pct long of 43 (9/10) ... made all three field goal attempts in a 23-9 2010 1 0 0 0.0 Panther victory over Indiana State with a season-long 48 yard 2011 13 18 20 90.0 field goal (10/08) ... recorded a streak of 12 straight made field 2012 6 5 6 83.0 goal attempts (10/8-11/19) ... hit all three field goal attempts TOTAL 20 23 26 88.0 in the MVFC Championship-clinching 23-20 overtime victory at Illinois State (11/19) including a game tying 40-yarder in Kickoffs g no yards avg the closing seconds of the fourth quarter ... hit the only field 2010 1 1 52 52.0 goal attempt at Montana from 21 yards out (12/09) ... perfect 2011 13 69 4274 61.9 on point-after-attempts at 39/39 ... scored 93 points on the 2012 6 30 1874 62.5 year ... recorded one solo tackle and one assisted tackle on the TOTAL 20 100 6200 62.2 season.

10 OPPONENT QUICK HITS Date Opponent Score Opp. Record Catching Up With The Opponent 9.1.12 Wisconsin L, 26-21 5-2 Last Week: W, Purdue This Week: Minnesota 9.8.12 Central State W, 59-0 2-5 Last Week: L, Indianapolis This Week: BYE 9.15.12 Iowa L, 27-16 4-2 Last Week: W, Michigan St. This Week: Penn State 9.22.12 Youngstown State L, 42-35 4-2 Last Week: L, Illinois State This Week: Southern Illinois 9.29.12 North Dakota State L, 33-21 5-1 Last Week: L, Indiana State This Week: South Dakota 10.13.12 Southern Illinois L, 34-31 4-3 Last Week: W, UNI This Week: Youngstown State 10.20.12 South Dakota State -- 5-1 Last Week: W, Western Illinois This Week: UNI 10.27.12 Illinois State -- 6-1 Last Week: W, Youngstown St. This Week: Missouri State 11.3.12 Western Illinois -- 3-3 Last Week: L, South Dakota St. This Week: Indiana State 11.10.12 South Dakota -- 1-5 Last Week: L, Missouri State This Week: North Dakota St. 11.17.12 Missouri State -- 1-6 Last Week: W, South Dakota This Week: Illinois State THE LAST TIME... Three Rushed for 100 Yards: vs. Indiana State, 11-10-07 Kicked 5 Field Goals: vs. Youngstown State, 10-19-02 Darian Williams, 115 yds MacKenzie Hoambrecker 5 FGs Derrick Law, 105 yds Kicked 50+ Field Goal: vs. Southern Illinois, 10-13-07 Taylor Brookins, 101 yds Billy Hallgren 53 FG Two Rushed for 100 Yards: vs. Western Illinois, 9-24-11 Kickoff Return for TD: vs. Stephen F. Austin, 9-18-10 David Johnson,132 yds Carlos Anderson 99 yds Tirrell Rennie, 106 yds Kickoff Return for TD to Begin a Game: Missouri State, 11-13-10 One Rushed for 100 Yards: at Southern Illinois, 10-13-12 Carlos Anderson, 88 yds David Johnson, 118 yards Punt Return for TD: vs. Indiana State, 11-17-07 One Rushed for 200 Yards: vs. New Hampshire, 11-24-07 Johnny Gray 67 yds Corey Lewis, 220 yds 2 Punt Returns for TD: vs. St. Cloud State, 9-7-96 Passed for 200 Yards: at Southern Illinois, 10-13-12 Dedric Ward 46, 42 yds Sawyer Kollmorgen, 243 Blocked Punt Return for TD: vs. Missouri State, 11-13-10 Passed for 300 Yards: at Youngstown State, 9-22-12 J.J. Swain, 0 yds Sawyer Kollmorgen, 333 Interception Return for TD: vs. Central State, 9-8-12 Passed for 400 Yards: vs. South Dakota, 9-12-09 Zach Cutkomp, 16 yds Pat Grace, 445 yds Fumble Recovery for TD: vs. Central State, 9-8-12 300-Yard Total Offense: at Iowa State, 9-3-11 Jalen Barnes, 17 yds Tirrell Rennie, 308 yds Safety: vs. New Hampshire, 12-6-08 Received for 100 Yards: at Youngstown State, 9-22-12 Team (punt blocked through the end zone) Chad Owens, 137 Intercepted 2 Passes: at South Dakota State, 10-15-11 Two Received for 100 Yards: vs. South Dakota, 9-12-09 J.J. Swain 2 INTs D.P. Eyman, 197 yds Intercepted 3 Passes: vs. Illinois State, 11-13-04 Jarred Herring, 129 yds Dre Dokes 3 INTs Received for 150 Yards: vs. South Dakota, 9-12-09 Team D.P. Eyman, 197 yds Rushed for 200 Yards: vs. Southern Utah, 284, 11-12-11 Received for 200 Yards: vs. Southern Illinois, 11-15-03 Rushed for 300 Yards: at Indiana State, 340, 11-6-10 Eddie Galles, 251 yds Rushed for 400 Yards: vs. Indiana State, 406, 10-3-09 Rush 100+ Receive 100+: at South Dakota State, 9-15-07 Passed for 200 Yards: at Southern Illinois, 243, 10-13-12 Corey Lewis, 125 rush, 164 rec Passed for 300 Yards: at Youngstown State, 333, 9-22-12 Pass 100+ Rush 100+: vs. Western Illinois, 9-24-11 Passed for 400 Yards: vs. South Dakota, 478, 9-12-09 Tirrell Rennie, 142 pass, 106 rush Had 400 Yards Total Offense: at Southern Illinois, 417, 10-13-12 Scored 3 TDs Rushing: vs. Central State, 9-8-12 Had 500 Yards Total Offense: at Indiana State, 503, 11-6-10 Austin Ebertowski, 3 TDs Had 600 Yards Total Offense: vs. South Dakota, 712, 9-12-09 Scored 4 TDs Rushing: vs. Illinois State, 10-23-10 Scored 30 Points: at Youngstown State, 35 pts, 9-22-12 Tirrell Rennie 4 TDs Scored 40 Points: at Missouri State, 42 pts, 10-1-11 Scored 2 TDs Receiving: at Youngstown State, 9-22-12 Scored 50 Points: vs. Central State, 59 pts, 9-8-12 David Johnson 2 TDS Scored 60 Points: vs. Indiana State, 62 pts, 10-3-09 Scored 3 TDs Receiving: at Youngstown State, 10-21-06 Had 3 TDs Rushing: vs. Central State, 3 TDs, 9-8-12 Johnny Gray 3 TDs Had 4 TDs Rushing: vs. Southern Utah, 4 TDs, 11-12-11 Scored 4 TDs Receiving: vs. Western Illinois, 9-29-95 Had 5 TDs Rushing: vs. Missouri State, 5 TDs, 11-08-08 Dedric Ward 4 TDs Had 6 TDs Rushing: vs. South Dakota, 6 TDs, 9-12-09 Kicked 3 Field Goals: at Iowa, 9-15-12 Had 3 TDs Passing: vs. Central State, 3 TDs, 9-8-12 Tyler Sievertsen 3 FGs Had 4 TDs Passing: at South Dakota State, 4 TDs, 10-15-11 Kicked 4 Field Goals: at South Dakota, 10-16-10 Had 5 TDs Passing: vs. Prairie View A&M, 5 TDs, 11-11-00 Billy Hallgren 4 FGs Had 6 TDs Passing: vs. Southwest State, 6 TDs, 11-20-99 11 2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. Hometown No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. Hometown 1 Carlos Anderson 5-8 172 RB R-Sr. Blue Springs, MO 44 Mac O’Brien 6-2 290 DL R-Jr. Waterloo, IA 2 Terrell Sinkfield 6-1 192 WR Sr. Minnetonka, MN 45 Shawn Rush 6-1 210 DB R-Fr. Columbia, MO 3 Zerrick Fuller 6-0 170 DB R-Jr. Brooklyn Park, MN 46 Jake Farley 6-1 220 LB So. Cedar Falls, IA 4 Varmah Sonie 5-9 166 DB Sr. Burnsville, MN 47 Chad Gilson 6-0 223 LB R-So. Urbandale, IA 5 Stephen Kaiser 6-3 222 QB So. St. Louis, MO 48 Wyatt Peiffer 6-5 240 DL R-Fr. Chaska, MN 5 Mike Weidemann 6-1 190 WR R-So. Dike, IA 49 Brian Peters 6-4 282 FB R-So. Waukee, IA 6 Jalen Barnes 5-10 170 CB Jr. Cedar Falls, IA 49 Brett McMakin 6-4 215 DL Fr. Overland Park, KS 6 Nick Jepsen 5-11 215 FB Fr. Urbandale, IA 51 Zach Kerndt 6-0 180 P Jr. Ridgeway, IA 7 David Johnson 6-3 214 RB R-So. Clinton, IA 52 Ryan Dixon 5-9 216 LS Jr. West Des Moines, IA 8 Charles Brown 5-10 175 DB Fr. Fort Meyers, FL 54 John Hubbard 6-2 226 LS R-Sr. Parkersburg, IA 8 Evan Williams 6-0 200 RB Fr. Minneapolis, MN 55 Dan Kruger 6-5 308 OL R-Jr. Wesley, IA 9 D.J. Hebert 6-2 185 ATH Fr. Maple Grove, MN 56 Kevin Hosch 6-3 225 DE Fr. Cedar Rapids, IA 10 Justin Black 6-2 210 QB Fr. Naples, FL 57 Dan Edem 6-2 219 LB Sr. Apple Valley, MN 10 Jarod Syndergaard 6-1 210 DB R-So. Sutherland, IA 58 Collin Albrecht 6-4 259 DL R-Jr.. Cedar Falls, IA 11 John “Wes” Smith 5-8 170 WR Jr. Brunswick, GA 59 Blake Willson 6-3 220 LB R-Fr. Shell Rock, IA 12 Tim Clark 6-3 245 DL R-Sr. Oklahoma City, OK 60 Brian Palangi 6-5 310 OL R-Sr. Nahant, MA 13 Will Roth 6-6 231 TE R-So. Marion, IA 62 Dustin Ihns 6-3 285 OL Fr. Tipton, IA 14 Jared Lanpher 6-1 206 QB R-So. Blue Springs, MO 63 Jake Boll 6-6 300 OL R-Sr. Sanborn, IA 15 Garrett Scott 6-0 201 DB R-Sr. Davenport, IA 64 Ty Soulek 6-5 285 OL Fr. Yankton, SD 16 Logan Cunningham 5-11 180 WR Fr. Arcadia, IN 65 Mark Blessington 6-5 326 OL R-Jr. Auburn, IA 17 Sawyer Kollmorgen 6-2 215 QB R-Fr. Jenks, OK 66 Jack Rummells 6-5 300 OL R-So. West Branch, IA 18 Kevin Vereen Jr. 6-3 205 WR R-So. Waynesville, MO 68 Spencer Hicks 6-4 305 OL So. Long Grove, IA 19 Chad Owens 5-11 183 WR R-So. Urbandale, IA 69 Trevor Hanson 6-5 280 OL Fr. West Des Moines, IA 20 Wilmot Wellington 5-10 205 DB R-Sr. Fairfield, IA 71 Kevin Carroll 6-3 280 OL Fr. Edina, MN 21 Phil Wright 5-10 197 WR R-Jr. Sioux Falls, SD 72 Robert Rathje 6-3 265 OL Fr. Van Horne, IA 22 Alex Carr 5-10 170 DB R-Fr. Cedar Rapids, IA 73 Justin Putney 6-6 305 OL Fr. Forest City, IA 23 Zach Cutkomp 6-0 202 LB R-Jr. West Des Moines, IA 74 Misha Danilov 6-7 300 OL R-Sr. Middleton, WI 24 Tim Kilfoy 6-1 191 DB Fr. Davenport, IA 75 Kirk Harris 6-5 291 OL R-Fr. Overland Park, KS 25 Tavaughn Blair 5-10 175 DB Fr. Minnetonka, MN 78 Tim Sauer 6-8 302 OL Sr. Rosemount, MN 26 Blake White 5-10 192 DB R-Jr. Davenport, IA 79 Ben Wallace 6-5 275 OL R-Fr. Grinnell, IA 27 Edwin Young 5-11 170 DB R-Fr. St. Louis, MO 80 Ryan Bingaman 6-5 285 TE R-So. Overland, Park, KS 28 J.J. Swain 6-0 170 DB Sr. Burnsville, MN 81 Isaac Lintz 6-1 185 WR R-Fr. West Des Moines, IA 29 Kyle Bernard 6-3 198 WR/P Sr. Cedar Falls, IA 82 Carter Brandt 6-2 175 WR So. Ankeny, IA 30 Austin Ebertowski 6-0 205 RB R-Fr. Council Bluffs, IA 83 Luke Smith 6-2 180 WR R-Sr. Dubuque, IA 31 Deiondre’ Hall 6-2 170 DB Fr. Blue Springs, MO 84 Cody McCoy 5-11 170 WR Fr. Altoona, IA 21 Phil Wright 5-10 197 WR R-Jr. Sioux Falls, SD 85 Braden Lehman 6-7 245 TE R-Fr. Iowa City, IA 32 Tyvis Smith 6-1 185 RB Fr. Davenport, IA 86 Jacob Rathmacher 6-4 230 TE R-Fr. Story City, IA 33 Jeremy Johnson 5-11 170 DB Fr. Iowa City, IA 87 Sam Rohr 6-3 219 TE R-Fr. Brookfield, WI 34 Jeff Bright 6-0 185 DB R-Fr. Minneapolis, MN 88 Steven Figueroa 6-4 249 TE Sr. Tempe, AZ 35 Jordan Gacke 6-2 227 LB R-Jr. Rock Rapids, IA 89 Brett LeMaster 6-3 196 WR R-So. Wichita, KS 36 Jordan Webb 6-0 195 DB R-Fr. Burlington, IA 91 Chris Jepsen 6-3 260 DL R-Jr. Urbandale, IA 37 Max Busher 6-1 220 LB R-So. Rosemount, MN 93 Karter Schult 6-2 240 DL Fr. Tripoli, IA 38 Tyler Sievertsen 6-2 185 PK R-Jr. Cedar Rapids, IA 94 Isaac Ales 6-3 260 DL R-Fr. Muscatine, IA 39 Casey DeHoedt 6-1 234 FB R-Jr. Cedar Rapids, IA 95 Ryan Mack 6-4 252 DE R-So. St. Louis, MO 40 Michael Schmadeke 5-10 165 PK R-Fr. Waterloo, IA 96 Breion Creer 6-5 255 DL Fr. Shakopee, MN 41 Sam Tim 6-2 207 LB R-Jr. Ames, IA 97 Mohammed Kromah 6-3 325 DL R-So. Blaine, MN 42 Griffin Gaeta 6-6 215 TE Fr. Muscatine, IA 98 Xavier Williams 6-4 305 DT R-So. Grandview, MO 43 Nate Shaw 6-1 205 LB Fr. Bettendorf, IA

12 2012 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. Hometown No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Yr. Hometown 58 Collin Albrecht 6-4 259 DL R-Jr. Cedar Falls, IA 97 Mohammed Kromah 6-3 325 DL R-So. Blaine, MN 94 Isaac Ales 6-3 260 DL R-Fr. Muscatine, IA 55 Dan Kruger 6-5 308 OL R-Jr. Wesley, IA 1 Carlos Anderson 5-8 172 RB R-Sr. Blue Springs, MO 14 Jared Lanpher 6-1 206 QB R-So. Blue Springs, MO 6 Jalen Barnes 5-10 170 CB Jr. Cedar Falls, IA 85 Braden Lehman 6-7 245 TE R-Fr. Iowa City, IA 29 Kyle Bernard 6-3 198 P Sr. Cedar Falls, IA 89 Brett LeMaster 6-3 196 WR R-So. Wichita, KS 53 Logan Bieghler 6-0 180 P R-Fr. Altoona, IA 81 Isaac Lintz 6-1 185 WR R-Fr. West Des Moines, IA 80 Ryan Bingaman 6-5 285 TE R-So. Overland, Park, KS 95 Ryan Mack 6-4 252 DE R-So. St. Louis, MO 10 Justin Black 6-2 210 QB Fr. Naples, FL 92 Rick Maynard 6-3 250 DE Jr. Rodney, IA 25 Tavaughn Blair 5-10 175 DB Fr. Minnetonka, MN 84 Cody McCoy 5-11 170 WR Fr. Altoona, IA 65 Mark Blessington 6-5 326 OL R-Jr. Auburn, IA 49 Brett McMakin 6-4 215 DL Fr. Overland Park, KS 63 Jake Boll 6-6 300 OL R-Sr. Sanborn, IA 44 Mac O’Brien 6-2 290 DL R-Jr. Waterloo, IA 82 Carter Brandt 6-2 175 WR So. Ankeny, Iowa 19 Chad Owens 5-11 183 WR R-So. Urbandale, IA 34 Jeff Bright 6-0 185 DB R-Fr. Minneapolis, MN 60 Brian Palangi 6-5 310 OL R-Sr. Nahant, MA 8 Charles Brown 5-10 175 DB Fr. Fort Meyers, FL 48 Wyatt Peiffer 6-5 240 DL R.-Fr. Chaska, MN 37 Max Busher 6-1 220 LB R-So. Rosemount, MN 49 Brian Peters 6-4 282 FB R-So. Waukee, IA 22 Alex Carr 5-10 170 DB R-Fr. Cedar Rapids, IA 73 Jordan Putney 6-6 305 OL Fr. Forest City, IA 76 Kevin Carroll 6-3 280 OL Fr. Edma, MN 72 Robert Rathje 6-3 265 OL Fr. Van Horne, IA 12 Tim Clark 6-3 245 DL R-Sr. Oklahoma City, OK 86 Jacob Rathmacher 6-4 230 TE R-Fr. Story City, IA 96 Breion Creer 6-5 255 DL Fr. Shakopee, MN 87 Sam Rohr 6-3 219 TE R-Fr. Brookfield, WI 16 Logan Cunningham 5-11 180 WR Fr. Arcadia, IN 13 Will Roth 6-6 231 TE R-So. Marion, IA 23 Zach Cutkomp 6-0 202 LB R-Jr. West Des Moines, IA 66 Jack Rummells 6-5 300 OL R-So. West Branch, IA 74 Misha Danilov 6-7 300 OL R-Sr. Middleton, WI 45 Shawn Rush 6-1 210 LB R-Fr. Columbia, MO 39 Casey DeHoedt 6-1 234 FB R-Jr. Cedar Rapids, IA 78 Tim Sauer 6-8 302 OL Sr. Rosemount, MN 52 Ryan Dixon 5-9 216 LS Jr. West Des Moines, IA 40 Michael Schmadeke 5-10 165 PK R-Fr. Waterloo, IA 30 Austin Ebertowski 6-0 205 RB R-Fr. Council Bluffs, IA 93 Karter Schult 6-2 240 DL Fr. Tripoli, IA 57 Dan Edem 6-2 219 LB Sr. Apple Valley, MN 15 Garrett Scott 6-0 201 DB R-Sr. Davenport, IA 46 Jake Farley 6-1 220 LB So. Cedar Falls, IA 43 Nate Shaw 6-1 205 LB Fr. Bettendorf, IA 88 Steven Figueroa 6-4 249 TE Sr. Tempe, AZ 38 Tyler Sievertsen 6-2 185 PK R-Jr. Cedar Rapids, IA 3 Zerrick Fuller 6-0 170 DB R-Jr. Brooklyn Park, MN 2 Terrell Sinkfield 6-1 192 WR Sr. Minnetonka, MN 35 Jordan Gacke 6-2 227 LB R-Jr. Rock Rapids, IA 11 John “Wes” Smith 5-8 170 WR Jr. Brunswick, GA 42 Griffin Gaeta 6-6 215 DE Fr. Muscatine, IA 83 Luke Smith 6-2 180 WR R-Sr. Dubuque, IA 47 Chad Gilson 6-0 223 LB R-So. Urbandale, IA 32 Tyvis Smith 6-1 185 RB Fr. Davenport, IA 31 Deiondre’ Hall 6-2 170 DB Fr. Blue Springs, MO 4 Varmah Sonie 5-9 166 DB Sr. Burnsville, MN 69 Trevor Hanson 6-5 280 OL Fr. West Des Moines, IA 64 Ty Soulek 6-5 285 OL Fr. Yankton, SD 76 Kirk Harris 6-5 291 OL R-Fr. Overland Park, KS 28 J.J. Swain 6-0 170 DB Sr. Burnsville, MN 9 D.J. Hebert 6-2 185 ATH Fr. Maple Grove, MN 10 Jarod Syndergaard 6-1 210 DB R-So. Sutherland, IA 39 Paul Helgens 6-3 232 TE Sr. Cedar Rapids, IA 41 Sam Tim 6-2 207 LB R-Jr. Ames, IA 68 Spencer Hicks 6-4 305 OL So. Long Grove, IA 18 Kevin Vereen Jr. 6-3 205 WR R-So. Waynesville, MO 56 Kevin Hosch 6-3 225 DE Fr. Cedar Rapids, IA 79 Ben Wallace 6-5 275 OL R-Fr. Grinnell, IA 54 John Hubbard 6-2 226 LS R-Sr. Parkersburg, IA 36 Jordan Webb 6-0 195 DB R-Fr. Burlington, IA 62 Dustin Ihns 6-3 285 OL Fr. Tipton, IA 5 Mike Weidemann 6-1 190 WR R-So. Dike, IA 91 Chris Jepsen 6-3 260 DL R-Jr. Urbandale, IA 20 Wilmot Wellington 5-10 205 DB R-Sr. Fairfield, IA 6 Nick Jepsen 5-11 215 FB Fr. Urbandale, IA 26 Blake White 5-10 192 DB R-Jr. Davenport, IA 7 David Johnson 6-3 214 RB R-So. Clinton, IA 8 Evan Williams 6-0 200 RB So. Minneapolis, MN 33 Jeremy Johnson 5-11 170 CB Fr. Iowa City, IA 98 Xavier Williams 6-4 305 DT R-So. Grandview, MO 5 Stephen Kaiser 6-3 222 QB So. St. Louis, MO 59 Blake Willson 6-3 220 LB R-Fr. Shell Rock, IA 51 Zach Kerndt 6-0 180 P Jr. Ridgeway, IA 21 Phil Wright 5-10 197 WR R-Jr. Sioux Falls, SD 24 Tim Kilfoy 6-1 191 DB Fr. Davenport, IA 27 Edwin Young 5-11 170 DB R-Fr. St. Louis, MO 17 Sawyer Kollmorgen 6-2 215 QB R-Fr. Jenks, OK

13 DEPTH CHART OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIALISTS 74 Misha Danilov (6-7; 300; R-Sr.) 12 Tim Clark (6-3; 245; R-Sr.) LT 63 Jake Boll (6-6; 300; R-Sr.) LE 58 Collin Albrecht (6-4; 259; R-Jr.) PK

55 Dan Kruger (6-5; 308; R-Jr.) 98 Xavier Williams (6-4; 305; R-So.) 38 Tyler Sievertsen LG 75 Kirk Harris (6-5; 291; R-Fr.) LT 94 Isaac Ales (6-3; 260; R-Fr.) (6-2; 185; R-Jr.) 40 Michael Schmadeke (5-10; 165; R-Fr.) 60 Brian Palangi (6-5; 310; R-Sr.) 44 Mac O’Brien (6-2; 290; R-Jr.) C 65 Mark Blessington (6-5; 326; R-Jr.) RT 97 Mohammed Kromah (6-3; 325; R-So.) P 66 Jack Rummells (6-5; 300; R-So.) 91 Chris Jepsen (6-3; 249; R-Jr.) 29 Kyle Bernard RG 68 Spencer Hicks (6-4; 305; So.) RE 48 Wyatt Peiffer (6-5; 240; R-Fr.) (6-3; 198; Sr.) 51 Zach Kerndt (6-0; 180; Jr.) RT 78 Tim Sauer (6-8; 302; R-Sr.) 37 Max Busher (6-1; 220; R-So.) 77 Ryan Bingaman (6-5; 285; R-So.) LB 46 Jake Farley (6-1; 220; So.) LS 87 Sam Rohr (6-3; 219; R-Fr.) 35 Jordan Gacke (6-2; 227; R-Jr.) 54 John Hubbard TE 80 Ryan Bingaman (6-5; 285; R-So.)OR LB 47 Chad Gilson (6-0; 223; R-So.) (6-2; 226; R-Sr.) 88 Steven Figueroa (6-4; 249; Sr.) 52 Ryan Dixon (5-9; 216; Jr.) WR 2 Terrell Sinkfield (6-1; 192; Sr.) 41 Sam Tim (6-2; 207; R-Jr.) 18 Kevin Vereen (6-3; 205; R-So.) LB 57 Dan Edem (6-2; 219; Sr.) H 89 Brett LeMaster (6-3; 196; R-So.) 4 Varmah Sonie (5-9; 166; Sr.) 29 Kyle Bernard WR 11 Wes Smith (5-8; 170; Jr.) LCB 27 Edwin Young (5-11; 170; R-Fr.) 19 Chad Owens

WR 21 Phil Wright (5-10; 197; R-Jr.) 15 Garrett Scott (6-0; 201; R-Sr.) KR 19 Chad Owens (5-11; 183; R-So.) SS 31 Deiondre’ Hall (6-2; 170; Fr.) 1 Carlos Anderson 4 Varmah Sonie 1 Carlos Anderson (5-8; 172; R-Sr) OR 20 Wilmot Wellington (5-10; 205; R-Sr.) RB 7 David Johnson (6-3; 214; R-So.) FS 24 Tim Kilfoy (6-1; 191; Fr.) PR 17 Sawyer Kollmorgen (6-3; 214; R-Fr.) 28 J.J. Swain (6-0; 170; Sr.) QB 14 Jared Lanpher (6-1; 206; R-So.) RCB 26 Blake White (5-10; 192; R-Jr.) 20 Wilmot Wellington 4 Varmah Sonie

14 2012 STATISTICS STARTING LINEUP - OFFENSE QB WR WR TE RB WR LT RT LG RG C Wisonsin Kollmorgen Sinkfield LeMaster Rohr Anderson Wright Sauer Bingaman Kruger Rummells Palangi Central State Kollmorgen Sinkfield LeMaster Owens Anderson Wright Danilov Sauer Kruger Rummells Palangi Iowa Kollmorgen Sinkfield Figueroa Rohr Johnson DeHoedt Danilov Sauer Kruger Rummells Palangi Youngstown State Kollmorgen Sinkfield Figueroa Rohr Johnson Rathmacher Danilov Sauer Kruger Rummells Palangi North Dakota State Kollmorgen Sinkfield LeMaster Rohr Anderson Hall Danilov Sauer Kruger Rummells Palangi Southern Illinois Kollmorgen Sinkfield LeMaster Bingaman Anderson Johnson Danilov Sauer Kruger Hicks Palangi South Dakota State ------Illinois State ------Western Illinois ------South Dakota ------Missouri State ------

STARTING LINEUP - DEFENSE DE DT DT DE FS SS LB LB LB CB CB Wisconsin Clark Williams O’Brien Jepsen Wellington Scott Busher Gacke Tim Sonie Swain Central State Clark Williams O’Brien Jepsen Wellington Scott Busher Gacke Tim Sonie Swain Iowa Clark Williams O’Brien Jepsen Wellington Scott Busher Gacke Tim Sonie Swain Youngstown State Peiffer Williams O’Brien Albrecht Wellington Scott Farley Gacke Tim Sonie Young North Dakota State Clark Williams O’Brien Jepsen Wellington Scott Busher Gacke Tim Sonie Swain Southern Illinois Ales Williams Albrecht Jepsen Wellington Scott Rush Gacke Tim Sonie Swain South Dakota State ------Illinois State ------Western Illinois ------South Dakota ------Missouri State ------

2012 RESULTS DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTENDANCE 9.1.12 at #12Wisconsin L 26-21 79,568 9.8.12 Central State W 59-0 12,012 9.15.12 at Iowa L 27-16 70,585 9.22.12 at Youngstown State L 42-35 19,277 9.29.12 North Dakota State L 33-21 16,008 10.13.12 at Southern Illinois L 34-31 10,575 10.20.12 South Dakota State - - 4:00 p.m. 10.27.12 Illinois State - - 4:00 p.m. 11.3.12 at Western Illinois - - 1:00 p.m. 11.10.12 at South Dakota - - 12:00 p.m. 11.17.12 Missouri State - - 4:00 p.m.

15 2012 STATISTICS TEAM STATISTICS RECORD OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL UNI OPP All Games 1-5 1-1 0-4 0-0 SCORING 183 162 Conference 0-3 0-1 0-2 0-0 Points Per Game 30.5 27.0 Non-Conference 1-2 1-0 0-2 0-0 FIRST DOWNS 105 118 Rushing 30 53 Passing 69 57 SCORE 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TOTAL Penalty 6 8 UNI 55 38 52 38 0 183 RUSHING YARDAGE 662 919 Opponents 33 52 40 37 0 162 Yards Gained Rushing 742 1045 Yards Lost Rushing 80 126 RUSHING gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg Johnson, David 6 80 399 12 387 4.8 6 52 64.5 Rushing Attempts 168 257 Anderson, Carlos 6 40 196 9 187 4.7 1 38 31.2 Average Per Rush 3.9 3.6 Ebertowski, Austin 3 25 92 5 87 3.5 3 12 29.0 Average Per Game 110.3 153.2 LeMaster, Brett 6 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 0.8 TDs Rushing 10 9 Vereen, Kevin 3 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 1.3 PASSING YARDAGE 1610 1197 TEAM 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Comp-Att-Int 112-187-3 107-158-4 Wright, Phil 4 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.5 Average Per Pass 8.6 7.6 Kollmorgen, Sawyer 6 19 46 52 -6 -0.3 0 8 -1.0 Average Per Catch 14.4 11.2 TOTAL 6 168 742 80 662 3.9 10 52 110.3 Opponents 6 257 1045 126 919 3.6 9 49 153.2 Average Per Game 268.3 199.5

TDs Passing 12 8 PASSING gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg TOTAL OFFENSE 2272 2116 Kollmorgen, S. 6 151.66 108-178-3 60.7 1528 12 76 254.7 Total Plays 355 415 Lanpher, Jared 2 136.10 4-8-0 50.0 82 0 41 41.0 Average Per Play 6.4 5.1 TOTAL 6 150.18 112-187-3 59.9 1610 12 76 268.3 Average Per Game 378.7 352.7 Opponents 6 143.01 107-158-4 67.7 1197 8 53 199.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 24-658 21-353 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-18 9-95 RECEIVING gp no yds avg td lg avg/g Sinkfield, Terrell 6 25 324 13.0 2 32 54.0 INT RETURN: #-Yards 4-39 3-16 Owens, Chad 6 23 307 13.3 2 35 51.2 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 27.4 16.8 LeMaster, Brett 6 21 393 18.7 2 76 65.5 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 3.6 10.6 Johnson, David 6 21 286 13.6 4 55 47.7 INT RETURN AVERAGE 9.8 5.3 Anderson, Carlos 6 8 84 10.5 0 34 14.0 FUMBLES-LOST 8-6 10-4 Rohr, Sam 6 4 85 21.2 0 41 14.2 PENALTIES-YARDS 36-295 27-296 Smith, Wes 5 3 57 19.0 1 27 11.4 Average Per Game 49.2 49.3 Vereen, Kevin 3 3 54 18.0 0 31 18.0 PUNTS-YARDS 21-850 24-929 Wright, Phil 4 2 10 5.0 1 7 2.5 Figueroa, Steven 3 1 6 6.0 0 6 2.0 Average Per Punt 40.5 38.7 Weidemann, Mike 2 1 4 4.0 0 4 2.0 Net Punt Average 34.0 37.1 TOTAL 6 112 1610 14.4 12 76 268.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 25:10 34:50 Opponents 6 107 1197 11.2 8 53 199.5 3RD-DOWN Conversions 22/64 41/88 3rd-Down Pct 34% 47% TOTAL OFFENSE g plays rush pass total avg/g 4TH-DOWN Conversions 6/12 6/9 Kollmorgen, S. 6 197 -6 1528 1522 253.7 4th-Down Pct 50% 67% Johnson, David 6 80 387 0 387 64.5 SACKS BY-Yards 5-32 9-53 Anderson, Carlos 6 40 187 0 187 31.2 Ebertowski, Austin 3 25 87 0 87 29.0 MISC YARDS 4 0 Lanpher, Jared 2 8 0 82 82 41.0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 24 19 LeMaster, Brett 6 1 5 0 5 0.8 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 5-6 10-11 Vereen, Kevin 3 1 4 0 4 1.3 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-1 Wright, Phil 4 1 -2 0 -2 -0.5 RED-ZONE SCORES 17-20 (85%) 19-21(90%) TOTAL 6 355 662 1610 2272 378.7 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 13-20 (65%) 10-21 (48%) Opponents 6 415 919 1197 2116 352.7 PAT-ATTEMPTS 24-24 (100%) 16-18 (89%) ATTENDANCE 28020 180005 Game/Avg Per Game 2/14010 4/45001 Neutral Site Games 0/0

16 2012 STATISTICS SCORING td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts PUNT RETURNS no yds avg td lg Johnson, David 10 ------60 Anderson, Carlos 3 5 1.7 0 3 Sievertsen, Tyler -- 5-6 22-22 ------37 Sonie, Varmah 2 13 6.5 0 12 Ebertowski, Austin 3 ------18 TOTAL 5 18 3.6 0 12 Sinkfield, Terrell 2 ------12 Opponents 9 95 10.6 1 15 LeMaster, Brett 2 ------12 Owens, Chad 2 ------12 KICK RETURNS no yds avg td lg Anderson, Carlos 1 ------6 Anderson, Carlos 18 495 27.5 0 49 Wes Smith 1 ------6 Smith, Wes 6 163 27.2 0 43 Wright, Phil 1 ------6 TOTAL 24 658 27.4 0 49 Barnes, Jalen 1 ------6 Opponents 21 353 16.8 0 39 Cutkomp, Zach 1 ------6 Schmadeke, M. -- -- 2-2 ------2 INTERCEPTIONS no yrd avg td lg TOTAL 24 5-6 24-24 ------183 Cutkomp, Zach 1 16 16.0 1 16 Opponents 19 10-11 16-18 ------162 Wellington, Wilmot 1 0 0.0 0 0 Edem, Dan 1 19 19.0 0 19 ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g O’Brien, Mac 1 4 4.0 0 4 Anderson, Carlos 6 187 84 5 495 0 771 128.5 TOTAL 4 39 9.8 1 19 Johson, David 6 387 286 0 0 0 673 112.2 Opponents 0 0 0 0 0 LeMaster, Brett 6 5 393 0 0 0 398 66.3 Sinkfield, Terrell 6 0 324 0 0 0 324 54.0 FUMBLE RETURNS no yds avg td lg Owens, Chad 6 0 307 0 0 0 307 51.2 Barnes, Jalen 1 17 17.0 1 17 Smith, Wes 5 0 57 0 163 0 220 44.0 TOTAL 1 17 17.0 1 17 Ebertowski, Austin 3 87 0 0 0 0 87 29.0 Opponents 0 0 0 0 0 Rohr, Sam 6 0 85 0 0 0 85 14.2 Vereen, Kevin 3 4 54 0 0 0 58 19.3 PUNTING no yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Edem, Dan 6 0 0 0 0 19 19 3.2 Bernard, Kyle 19 819 43.1 70 2 1 7 6 1 Cutkomp, Zach 3 0 0 0 0 16 16 5.3 Bieghler, Logan 1 31 31.0 31 0 1 0 0 0 Sonie, Varmah 6 0 0 13 0 0 13 2.2 TOTAL 21 850 40.5 70 2 2 7 6 1 Wright, Phil 4 -2 10 0 0 0 8 2.0 Opponents 24 929 38.7 55 1 7 3 2 0 Figueroa, Steve 3 0 6 0 0 0 6 2.0 Weidemann, Mike 2 0 4 0 0 0 4 2.0 KICKOFFS no yds avg tb ob retn net ydln O’Brien, Mac 6 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.7 Sievertsen, Tyler 30 1874 62.5 9 2 ------Kollmorgen, Sawyer 6 -6 0 0 0 0 -6 -1.0 Schmadeke, M. 4 238 59.5 2 0 ------TOTAL 6 662 1610 18 658 39 2987 497.8 Bernard, Kyle 1 11 11.0 0 0 ------Opponents 6 919 1197 95 353 16 2580 430.0 TOTAL 35 2123 60.7 11 2 16.8 44.3 20 Opponents 34 2163 63.6 10 1 27.4 38.4 26 FIELD GOALS fg pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Sievertsen, Tyler 5-6 83.3 0-0 2-2 1-1 2-3 0-0 49 0

FG SEQUENCE UNI Opponents Wisconsin - (32), (35) Central State (42) - Iowa (49), (22), (25) (24), (19) Youngstown State - - North Dakota State 44 (30), 33, (28), (43), (28) Southern Illinois (30) (34), (24) Illinois State - - Western Illinois - - South Dakota - - Missouri State - -

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made

17 2012 STATISTICS Tackles Sacks Pass Defense Fumbles Blkd # DEFENSIVE LEADERS gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 20 Wellington, Wilmot 6 33 19 52 0.5-0 -- 1-0 2 -- -- 2 -- -- 15 Scott, Garrett 6 31 20 51 2.0-5 -- -- 2 ------46 Farley, Jake 6 29 22 51 1.0-6 -- -- 4 1 ------35 Gacke, Jordan 6 19 24 43 2.0-4 ------4 Sonie, Varmah 6 26 11 37 2.0-5 -- -- 4 -- 1-0 1 -- -- 98 Williams, Xavier 6 14 19 33 1.0-5 0.5-4 ------1 3 -- 28 Swain, J.J. 5 15 4 19 2.5-12 -- -- 2 -- -- 1 -- -- 41 Tim, Sam 6 7 10 17 2.0-5 ------12 Clark, Tim 6 9 4 13 5.0-19 2.0-10 -- -- 1 1-0 ------57 Edem, Dan 6 7 6 13 -- -- 1-19 1 ------44 O’Brien, Mac 6 5 7 12 2.0-4 -- 1-4 ------27 Young, Edwin 5 9 1 10 1.0-1 ------23 Cutkomp, Zach 3 6 4 10 1.5-6 -- 1-16 ------37 Busher, Max 5 4 6 10 3.0-7 ------45 Rush, Shawn 4 4 5 9 ------31 Hall, Deiondre’ 6 5 4 9 ------94 Ales, Issac 5 4 4 8 2.0-7 ------91 Jepsen, Chris 5 -- 7 7 1.0-6 0.5-3 -- -- 1 ------47 Gilson, Chad 5 4 2 6 0.5-0 ------24 Kilfoy, Tim 6 3 1 4 ------1-0 ------42 Albrecht, Collin 6 3 1 4 1.0-8 1.0-8 -- 1 ------97 Kromah, Mohammed 5 2 2 4 0.5-1 ------11 Smith, Wes 5 2 1 3 ------34 Bright, Jeff 4 2 1 3 ------95 Mack, Ryan 2 2 -- 2 2.0-9 1.0-7 ------6 Barnes, Jalen 5 1 1 2 ------1-17 ------48 Peiffer, Wyatt 5 1 1 2 0.5-0 ------54 Hubbard, John 5 1 -- 1 ------21 Wright, Phil 4 1 -- 1 ------36 Webb, Jordan 3 1 -- 1 ------5A Weidemann, Mike 2 1 -- 1 ------22 Carr, Alex 3 1 -- 1 ------38 Sievertsen, Tyler 6 1 -- 1 ------66 Rummells, Jack 6 1 -- 1 ------13 Roth, Will 1 -- 1 1 ------TOTAL 6 254 188 442 33-110 5-32 4-39 16 3 4-17 5 3 -- Opponents 6 196 142 338 22-80 9-53 3-16 22 14 6-100 7 1 --

18 2012 MVFC STATISTICS MVFC TEAM STATISTICS MVFC STANDINGS: WEEK8 Scoring Offense G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G 1. North Dakota State 6 28 12 27 1 0 1 235 39.2 TEAM CONF OVERALL 2. Illinois State 7 23 4 29 0 0 0 233 33.3 3. Youngstown State 6 27 3 27 0 0 0 198 33.0 South Dakota State 3-0 5-1 4. Northern Iowa 6 24 5 24 0 0 0 183 30.5 Illinois State 3-1 6-1 5. Indiana State 7 20 10 20 0 0 0 170 24.3 Indiana State 3-1 5-2 6. South Dakota 6 17 5 17 0 0 0 134 22.3 Southern Illinois 3-1 4-3 7. South Dakota State 6 16 7 13 1 0 0 132 22.0 8. Southern Illinois 7 19 4 17 1 0 0 145 20.7 North Dakota State 2-1 5-1 9. Western Illinois 6 9 9 9 0 0 0 90 15.0 Youngstown State 1-2 4-2 10. Missouri State 7 10 9 9 0 0 0 96 13.7 Western Illinois 1-2 3-3 Missouri State 1-3 1-6 Scoring Defense G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G 1. North Dakota State 6 8 1 8 0 0 0 59 9.8 Northern Iowa 0-3 1-5 2. Indiana State 7 10 7 9 1 0 0 92 13.1 South Dakota 0-3 1-5 3. South Dakota State 6 10 3 9 1 0 0 80 13.3 4. Southern Illinois 7 20 5 19 0 0 0 154 22.0 5. Illinois State 7 20 6 20 0 0 0 158 22.6 6. Western Illinois 6 18 5 15 1 0 0 140 23.3 7. Youngstown State 6 21 4 21 0 0 0 159 26.5 8. Northern Iowa 6 19 10 16 1 0 0 162 27.0 9. Missouri State 7 25 8 24 1 0 0 200 28.6 10. South Dakota 6 23 7 20 0 0 0 179 29.8

Total Offense G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G 1. North Dakota State 6 1198 1337 421 2535 6.0 26 422.5 2. Illinois State 7 1055 1857 509 2912 5.7 30 416.0 3. Youngstown State 6 1247 1158 407 2405 5.9 26 400.8 4. South Dakota State 6 1391 911 410 2302 5.6 14 383.7 5. Northern Iowa 6 662 1610 355 2272 6.4 22 378.7 6. Missouri State 7 842 1633 497 2475 5.0 10 353.6 7. South Dakota 6 865 1083 360 1948 5.4 16 324.7 8. Indiana State 7 1227 1023 460 2250 4.9 17 321.4 9. Southern Illinois 7 924 1294 511 2218 4.3 15 316.9 10. Western Illinois 6 832 764 385 1596 4.1 7 266.0

Rushing Offense G Att Yards Avg TD Yards/G 1. South Dakota State 6 247 1391 5.6 9 231.8 2. Youngstown State 6 262 1247 4.8 15 207.8 3. North Dakota State 6 253 1198 4.7 15 199.7 4. Indiana State 7 283 1227 4.3 10 175.3 5. Illinois State 7 266 1055 4.0 16 150.7 6. South Dakota 6 211 865 4.1 10 144.2 7. Western Illinois 6 244 832 3.4 5 138.7 8. Southern Illinois 7 283 924 3.3 8 132.0 9. Missouri State 7 225 842 3.7 5 120.3 10. Northern Iowa 6 168 662 3.9 10 110.3

Pass Offense G Comp Att Int Pct. Yards Avg TD Avg/G 1. Northern Iowa 6 112 187 3 59.9 1610 8.6 12 268.3 2. Illinois State 7 151 243 7 62.1 1857 7.6 14 265.3 3. Missouri State 7 153 272 13 56.2 1633 6.0 5 233.3 4. North Dakota State 6 111 168 3 66.1 1337 8.0 11 222.8 5. Youngstown State 6 90 145 2 62.1 1158 8.0 11 193.0 6. Southern Illinois 7 125 228 8 54.8 1294 5.7 7 184.9 7. South Dakota 6 87 149 4 58.4 1083 7.3 6 180.5 8. South Dakota State 6 82 163 11 50.3 911 5.6 5 151.8 9. Indiana State 7 98 177 5 55.4 1023 5.8 7 146.1 10. Western Illinois 6 77 141 5 54.6 764 5.4 2 127.3 19 2012 SEASON RECAPS/QUICK STATS

MADISON, Wis. - The No. 7 University of Northern Iowa Panthers fell to the Quick Stats vs. Wisconsin No. 12 today 26-21 after coming back from a 19 point deficit in the first half finishing a hard fought battle that came down to the last UNI 0 0 7 14 21 UNI drive. Wisconsin 3 10 6 7 26 Wisconsin scored early in the fourth quarter to make the score 26-7 off a 53- yard pass for a touchdown. The Panthers answered with a 55-yard pass from Scoring Summary: redshirt freshman Sawyer Kollmorgen to David Johnson for a UNI touchdown Wisconsin - 32 yard field goal at the 11:11 mark. Kollmorgen and Johnson weren’t finished there, with 7:24 Wisconsin - 35 yard field goal left on the clock Kollmorgen and Johhson hooked up for a second touchdown Wisconsin - 10 yard pass off a 31-yard reception to make the score 26-21. Wisconsin - one yard rush Brett LeMaster and Kollmorgen found each other for a key first-down late in the fourth quarter for a 20-yard pass. Terrell Sinkfield followed that play with UNI - two yard pass a diving catch to give the Panthers another first-down with less than four min- Wisconsin - 53 yard pass utes left on the clock. On the next play Kollmorgen shot for a Panther receiver, UNI - 55 yard pass but the pass was tipped and UNI was forced to punt to end the game. UNI - 31 yard pass The Panthers defense played a tough Wisconsin offense during the first quar- ter, but only allowed a 32-yard field goal after a 14-play drive that consumed STATS UNI Wisconsin 7:41 off the clock. UNI’s offense made a few explosive plays including a 16-yard First Downs 14 22 completion from Kollmorgen to Sinkfield late in the quarter. Net Yards Rushing 41 168 UNI limited Wisconsin to another field goal to start the second quarter knock- ing 6:28 off the clock and 13 plays. Wisconsin was able to squeeze in a touch- Net Yards Passing 265 219 down late in the second quarter to make the score 13-0 heading into halftime. Plays-Total Offense 54-306 70-387 Senior Tim Clark notched his first sack of the season for a loss of eight yards af- Punts-Yards 5-208 4-167 ter taking down Badger quarterback Danny O’Brien. The sack was followed by Kickoffs-Yards 4-257 6-387 former running back turned linebacker Zach Cutkomp turning in a big tackle Possession Time 20:55 39:05 for a loss of four yards on Montee Ball on the next play. Wisconsin opened up the second half with an eight-play drive and a touch- Rushing: David Johnson 8-18, Carlos Ander- down by Ball. Redshirt sophomore Xavier Williams made a diving stop on the son 8-16 extra point and blocked it to keep the score at 19-0. The Panthers put in a late third quarter offensive surge with offensive threats in Passing: Sawyer Kollmorgen 18-34-0, 265 Johnson, Chad Owens, Sinkfield and LeMaster. The Panthers finished the quar- yards, three touchdowns ter with four first downs, six completed passes and a touchdown from Owens. Receiving: Terrell Sinkfield 6-67, David John- Owens scored from two yards out with 0:52 left on the clock in the third quar- son 4-107, Brett LeMaster 3-53 ter to make the score 19-6, with Tyler Sievertsen following up with the extra Tackles: Wilmot Wellington 15, Garrett Scott point to make the score 19-7 to end the quarter. Kollmorgen found a rhythm 15, Varmah Sonie 10 late in the third linking up with Sinkfield for 25 yards, LeMaster for 21 yards and Owens for 12 yards. Kollmorgen finished his collegiate debut 18-24 for 256 yards and three touch- downs. The Panthers leading receiver was Johnson with four catches for 107 yards and two touchdowns. Carlos Anderson put up 44 yards as the Panthers main kick returner for the game. On the defensive end of the ball two players put up 15 tackles with Garrett Scott and Wilmot Wellington both keeping the Badgers under 30 points. Varmah Sonie finished with 10 tackles, seven of those being solo.

VS.

20 2012 SEASON RECAPS/QUICK STATS

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The No. 7 University of Northern Iowa football team Quick Stats vs. Central State defeated the Central State Marauders Saturday night 59-0 inside the UNI- Dome, giving head coach Mark Farley his 100th win and improving their UNI 24 14 21 0 59 record to a 1-1 mark on the season. CSU 0 0 0 0 0 The Panthers finished the game with 471 total yards, including 311 through the air and 160 on the ground. Redshirt freshman Austin Ebertowski led the Scoring Summary: team in rushing with 92 yards and three touchdowns. Brett LeMaster led the UNI - 65 yard pass team in receiving with four receptions for 125 yards and one touchdown. UNI - 42 yard field goal After the Marauders opened the first quarter with a recovered onside kick, the UNI - seven yard pass Panther defense went to work on the Central State offense to force them to a UNI - 16 yard interception quick three-and-out on their first drive. The Panthers opened their first offensive series of the game with several explo- UNI - 11 yard pass sive plays including a 65-yard pass from redshirt freshman Sawyer Kollmorgen UNI - one yard rush to LeMaster to put UNI on top for good with the lead at 7-0. Tyler Sievertsen UNI - one yard rush added three points to the Panther lead with his first field goal of the season, UNI - four yard rush knocking a 42-yarder through the posts. UNI - 17 yard fumble return Kollmorgen threw his second touchdown pass of the game late in the first quarter to junior Phil Wright. The seven-yard pass capped the seven-play drive, STATS UNI Central State taking 1:50 off the clock. First Downs 19 7 Wilmot Wellington notched UNI’s first interception of the season late in the quarter to give the Panthers the ball back. Net Yards Rushing 160 27 The UNI defense matched Kollmorgen’s second touchdown pass with an Net Yards Passing 311 82 interception for a touchdown with just 31 seconds left in the first quarter. Zach Plays-Total Offense 67-471 59-109 Cutkomp grabbed the second interception of the game and returned it 16 Punts-Yards 3-136 9-358 yards for the score to give the Panthers a 24-0 lead at the end of the first. Kickoffs-Yards 10-636 0-0 The Panthers tacked on another seven points with 4:46 left on the clock to give Possession Time 30:22 29:38 UNI a 31-0 advantage. Kollmorgen hooked up with Chad Owens for Owens’s second touchdown of the season on an 11-yard scoring reception. Rushing: Austin Ebertowski 25-92, Carlos Mac O’Brien gave the Panthers their third interception of the game late in the half when a Marauder pass was deflected. O’Brien returned the ball four yards, Anderson 10-68 setting up a one-yard rushing touchdown by Ebertowski to give the Panthers a Passing: Sawyer Kollmorgen 11-18-0, 229 38-0 lead heading into halftime. yards, 3 touchdowns Kollmorgen finished the first half going 11-18 for 229 yards and three touch- Receiving: Brett LeMaster 4-125, Sam Rohr downs. LeMaster finished with a staggering 125 yards and one touchdown 2-50, Kevin Vereen 2-42 while Carlos Anderson broke the 2,000 career-rushing yard mark with his 68 Tackles: Shawn Rush 7, Jordan Gacke 5, Max yards. Busher 5 Dan Edem notched the fourth interception of the game for a 19-yard return to open the second half. The turnover set up Ebertowski’s second score of the game, this time a one-yard rushing touchdown, to give UNI a 45-0 lead early in the third quarter. Redshirt sophomore Jared Lanpher took ahold of the reins of the Panther of- fense in the third quarter, connecting with Sam Rohr for a 41-yard pass late in the stanza. The pass set up the third rushing touchdown for Ebertowski, who gained four yards for the score. The Marauders fumbled on the ensuing kick-off return with Jalen Barnes VS. recovering the fumble for another Panther touchdown giving UNI a 59-0 lead with 2:12 left in the third quarter. The last time a Panther returned a fumble for a touchdown was last season against Wofford. To start the fourth quarter, the Panthers grabbed another fumble after J.J. Swain forced the ball out of a Marauder running back’s arms for the second fumble of the game. The Panther defense finished with 60 tackles against the Marauders with Shawn Rush leading the way with seven. The UNI defense grabbed four inter- ceptions, forced one fumble and a touchdown. The defense accumulated 10 tackles for loss of 37 yards and one sack for a loss of seven yards.

21 2012 SEASON RECAPS/QUICK STATS

IOWA CITY, Iowa - The No. 6 University of Northern Iowa Panthers were Quick Stats vs. Iowa defeated today by a hard hitting, in-state clash against the University of 27-16. UNI 10 3 3 0 16 Redshirt freshman quarterback Sawyer Kollmorgen finished the game with 245 Iowa 7 10 7 3 27 yards and 20-of-33 passing, which is his third straight game of 200-plus yards passing. Leading the Panthers on the ground and in the air against the Hawk- Scoring Summary: eyes was David Johnson with 77 yards receiving and 77 yards rushing. UNI - one yard rush The Panthers started the game off quickly with a touchdown in the opening Iowa - one yard rush drive of the game completing eight plays for 83 yards and taking 4:24 off the UNI - 49 yard field goal clock. Johnson sliced through the Iowa defense getting his third touchdown Iowa - one yard rush of the season with Tyler Sievertsen knocking in the extra point to put UNI up 7-0 early in the first quarter. UNI - 22 yard field goal Iowa evened up the score at 7-7 with 5:25 left on the clock in the first quarter, Iowa - 24 yard field goal but didn’t stay in the lead for long with Sievertsen knocking in a career long Iowa - two yard rush field goal. Sievertsen hit the 49-yard field goal through the uprights to give UNI UNI - 25 yard field goal the 10-7 lead after a seven play drive by the Panthers. Iowa - 19 yard field goal The shootout continued in the second quarter when Iowa took the lead with 11:09 left in the half taking 6:04 off the clock, running 11 plays making the STATS UNI Iowa score 14-10 in Iowa’s favor. Wes Smith set up the next Panther points with a First Downs 16 25 30-yard kick-off return. UNI added to the scoreboard with another field goal with 7:24 left on the clock going for 10 plays and 48 yards, making it 14-13. Net Yards Rushing 94 201 The Panther defense held Iowa to a field goal on their next drive making the Net Yards Passing 245 228 score 17-13 heading into halftime. UNI’s defense put up a strong showing Plays-Total Offense 57-339 71-429 during the drive with seven tackles, including a stellar tackle from Wilmot Wel- Punts-Yards 3-175 2-51 lington to keep the Hawkeyes at bay. Kickoffs-Yards 5-319 6-383 Kollmorgen finished the half nine-for-12 passing with 133 yards. Johnson led Possession Time 25:01 34:59 the team in rushing during the half with his 36-yards on the ground and Brett LeMaster continued his dominance in the air with a team leading 46-yards in Rushing: David Johnson 16-77, Carlos Ander- the half. Kyle Bernard notched a season long punt, nailing a 71-yarder to pin the Hawkeyes deep to end the half. son 5-13 Iowa scored quickly to start the third quarter with 13:10 still left on the clock Passing: Sawyer Kollmorgen 20-33-1, 245 to make the score 23-13. After several drives of defensive battles between the yards, no touchdowns Hawkeyes and the Panthers, UNI put up another field goal from Sievertsen Receiving: David Johnson 6-77, Chad Owens with 2:47 left in the quarter to give the Panthers three points, trailing 24-16 to 5-51 send the game into the fourth quarter. Tackles: Wilmot Wellington 15, Jordan Gacke Varmah Sonie stepped up for the Panther defense early in the fourth quarter 12, Jake Farley 9 breaking up two key passes from the Hawkeyes in the endzone forcing Iowa to settle for another field goal, giving them a lead of 27-16 with 12:22 left in the game. After a goal-line stand by the Panther defense late in the game, the UNI of- fense had another chance at the Hawkeye defense. Johnson and Kollmorgen were in sync again with Kollmorgen completing two passes to Johnson for 12 yards and a first down. The Panthers drove to the Iowa 43-yard-line with Kollmorgen connecting with Johnson and Terrell Sinkfield, but were unable to put another score on the board, falling to the Hawkeyes 27-16.

VS.

22 2012 SEASON RECAPS/QUICK STATS

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The No. 8 University of Northern Iowa Panther foot- Quick Stats vs. Youngstown State ball team fell in a shootout to the No. 3 Youngstown State Penguins Saturday night 42-35 in the conference opener. UNI 7 7 14 7 35 Sawyer Kollmorgen had his fourth straight 200-plus yard passing game to be- YSU 14 7 7 14 42 gin his career as he tallied 333 yards on 23-of-28 passing against Youngstown State. Chad Owens led the way for the Panthers in receiving yards with 137 Scoring Summary: yards. David Johnson finished with 84 yards rushing and 76 yards receiving to YSU - three yard rush go along with a school-record tying four touchdowns. UNI - 32 yard pass The first quarter turned into an early shootout between the two Missouri Val- YSU - 38 yard pass ley Football Conference powerhouses with three touchdowns being scored YSU - 25 yard pass between the two teams in the first ten minutes of the game. After a 45-minute rain delay, the Youngstown State Penguins got off to a quick UNI - five yard pass start, scoring on their first drive to give YSU a 7-0 lead, burning five minutes off UNI - 48 yard pass the clock. UNI - 23 yard rush UNI evened the score 7-7 when Terrell Sinkfield and Kollmorgen linked up, YSU - 43 yard pass with Sinkfield breaking several tackles to get into the end zone. The drive UNI - 16 yard rush ended with seven plays for 77 yards knocking 3:11 off the clock. YSU - one yard rush Youngstown State took the lead again with 4:16 left in the first quarter giving YSU - 26 yard pass them a 14-7 advantage over UNI. The Penguins burned 2:21 off the clock with five plays for 80 yards to end the quarter. The Panther defense made a strong stand to open the second quarter, forc- STATS UNI YSU ing Youngstown State to a quick three-and-out after a big tackle from Jordan First Downs 20 24 Gacke and Tim Clark. Net Yards Rushing 121 194 Youngstown State increased their lead by two touchdowns with 9:26 left in Net Yards Passing 333 290 the half off a third-and-one and a 25-yard touchdown pass, giving them the Plays-Total Offense 63-454 74-484 21-7 lead. Punts-Yards 4-185 3-126 Clark came up big again for the Panthers with a huge tackle to force YSU to Kickoffs-Yards 6-347 7-443 punt, setting up UNI with good field position with under three minutes left in Possession Time 24:19 35:41 the half. Sinkfield and Kollmorgen linked up again on another big play from the redshirt freshman quarterback for a 30-yard pass putting the Panthers on the Penguin Rushing: David Johnson 17-84, Carlos Ander- two-yard-line. son 3-18 David Johnson notched his third receiving touchdown of the season with Passing: Sawyer Kollmorgen 23-38-1, 333 27 seconds left in the half cutting the YSU lead to 21-14 after Tyler Sievertsen yards, three touchdowns knocked in the extra point. Johnson made a leaping catch in the end zone for Receiving: Chad Owens 8-137, David John- a five-yard touchdown reception to end the half. son 6-76 Kollmorgen finished the half 11-17 with 146 yards and notched 10 rushing Tackles: Jake Farley 15, Garrett Scott 9, Jor- yards. Sinkfield led the way for the Panthers in the air in the first half finishing with 62 yards and a touchdown. Carlos Anderson opened the second half dan Gacke 8 with a big-time kick-off return for 49-yards giving the Panthers great field posi- tion to start the third quarter. Johnson broke free from the Penguin defense to grab his second touchdown of the game with a stellar 48-yard reception to tie the game 21-21 with 14:03 left in the quarter. Johnson ran for his third touchdown of the game to give the Panthers the lead of 28-21 with 8:59 left in the third quarter. Johnson broke through the Pen- guin defense for a 23-yard gain and his first rushing touchdown of the game and second rushing touchdown of the season. Owens had a big performance in the second half linking up with Kollmorgen for a 12-yard and 35-yard catch late in the third quarter and a 20-yard catch VS. giving the Panthers a great start to the fourth quarter. Johnson continued his dominance on the field scoring his fourth touchdown of the game with 12:42 left, giving the Panthers a 35-28 lead. YSU struck again with 7:07 left in the fourth quarter, tying the game 35-35. The YSU offense took 5:28 off the clock with 12 plays for 74 yards. YSU then drove the ball down the field to take the lead at 42-35 with 1:50 left in the fourth quarter after the Panthers couldn’t convert a third down attempt. The Panthers drove down the field with a 14-yard catch by Owens and a seven-yard catch by Brett LeMaster to bring the Panthers to the Penguin 11-yard-line, but the Panthers were unable to put points on the board and fell 42-35.

23 2012 SEASON RECAPS/QUICK STATS

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - The No.14 University of Northern Iowa Panthers fell Quick Stats vs. North Dakota State to the No. 1 ranked North Dakota State Bison Saturday night 33-21 in a MVFC ranked team battle. UNI 0 7 7 7 21 On the first North Dakota State drive of the game, the Bison drove to the UNI NDSU 3 10 10 10 33 18-yard line, but the Panther defense put up a wall and forced NDSU to settle for a field goal, giving the Bison a 3-0 lead with 7:29 left in the first quarter. Scoring Summary: Jake Farley notched four tackles during the NDSU drive, including an impor- NDSU - 30 yard field goal tant third-down stop. UNI - one yard rush The Panthers ended the drive with a 45-yard field goal attempt, but UNI was NDSU - three yard rush unable to connect through the uprights and the score stayed in favor of the NDSU - 28 yard field goal Bison 3-0 with 4:30 left in the first quarter. The Bison were forced to attempt another field goal, but Xavier Williams came NDSU - six yard rush up huge for UNI with a big-time block. Williams also blocked an extra point UNI - 27 yard pass attempt against Wisconsin. NDSU - 43 yard field goal Johnson opened up the next drive with a 20-yard run to put UNI on the NDSU - 19 yard pass Panther 40-yard-line. Kollmorgen and Lemaster linked up again following the NDSU - 28 yard field goal long run with a 17-yard pass and catch for another UNI first down. The drive UNI - 20 yard pass continued with Kollmorgen sending Sam Rohr on an 18-yard reception to put the Panthers on the NDSU 22-yard-line. STATS UNI NDSU After two NDSU penalties and several hard-fought runs from Johnson, the Pan- thers put a touchdown on the score board with Johnson’s one-yard rush into First Downs 16 23 the end zone for his eighth touchdown of the season, giving UNI a 7-3 edge Net Yards Rushing 72 176 with 8:09 left in the half. UNI ate up 6:36 minutes off the clock on 12 plays for Net Yards Passing 213 243 80 yards. Plays-Total Offense 51-285 72-419 The UNI defense continued its strong showing with 5:15 left in the second Punts-Yards 1-43 1-43 quarter with a sturdy sack from Collin Albrecht forcing the Bison to a third-and- Kickoffs-Yards 4-209 8-509 thirteen and a three-and-out. Possession Time 24:06 35:54 After a miscue on the Panther special teams, NDSU regained the ball on the UNI nine-yard-line. The Bison took the lead with 3:37 left in the half giving them a 10-7 edge over the Panthers. Rushing: David Johnson 17-85 The Bison regained possession again after a UNI turnover, giving the Bison the Passing: Sawyer Kollmorgen 18-28-1, 213 ball on the UNI 34-yard-line. Sonie had another stop on defense breaking up yards, two touchdowns an intended pass in the red-zone forcing NDSU to a third-and-two situation Receiving: Terrell Sinkfield 3-50, Chad Owens and eventually another field goal. The field goal gave the Bison a 13-7 lead 4-43 with 44 seconds left in the second quarter. Tackles: Jake Farley 12, Xavier Williams 10, NDSU opened the half with another touchdown giving them a 20-7 advan- Wilmot Wellington 7 tage with 11:51 left in the third quarter. The Bison knocked 3:09 off the clock for six plays and 80 yards. With 9:46 left in the third quarter, Kollmorgen found Chad Owens for an im- portant six-yard reception giving the Panthers a first down. Johnson followed up with a big gain of 13 yards to put UNI on the NDSU 49-yard-line. Kollmorgen found Sinkfield for a 19-yard gain, driving the Panthers closer to the red-zone. On the next play, Wes Smith found the end zone off a 27 yard reception giving him his first touchdown of the season and cutting the Bison lead to 20-14 with 7:44 left in the third quarter. NDSU added to their lead with 12:38 left in the fourth quarter off a 19-yard touchdown reception giving the Bison a 30-14 lead. NDSU took 3:03 minutes off the clock for eight plays and 44 yards. The Bison notched another field goal with 1:40 left in the game, increasing VS. their lead to 33-14. The drive was 7:09 minutes long for 11 plays and 44 yards. UNI put in a last offensive effort with Anderson getting another great kick-off return for 41 yards. Johnson added a 14-yard run to put the Panthers on the NDSU 41-yard-line and Kollmorgen hooked up with Owens again for a 19-yard pass to put UNI in the red-zone. Sinkfield scored a touchdown off a 20-yard pass from Kollmorgen cutting the lead to 33-21 with 24 seconds left in the game.

24 2012 SEASON RECAPS/QUICK STATS

CARBONDALE, Ill. - The University of Northern Iowa football team fell to Quick Stats vs. Southern Illinois the Southern Illinois Salukis on Saturday afternoon, 34-31. Southern Illinois’ Austin Johnson was successful on a 24-yard field goal attempt with just 59 UNI 14 7 0 10 31 seconds left in regulation. SIU 6 15 10 3 34 Redshirt freshman Sawyer Kollmorgen finished with 243 yards and went 18-for-27 passing. David Johnson led the Panthers on the ground with a Scoring Summary: season-high 118 rushing yards and Brett LeMaster finished with a team-high SIU - 49 yard rush 112 yards receiving. UNI - 5 yard rush The Salukis struck first with 12:04 left in the first quarter when the Saluki quar- UNI - 10 yard rush terback ran for a 49-yard touchdown. The drive ate up 2:56 off the clock for six UNI - 76 yard pass plays and 75 yards. After the Salukis’s touchdown, Varmah Sonie was able to block the extra point SIU - blocked punt return for his first block of the season. Carlos Anderson opened up the field with a 31- SIU - 100 yard fumble recovery yard kickoff return to put the Panthers on their own 42-yard-line. SIU - 34 yard field goal Anderson snuck into the end zone on the next play to give the Panthers the SIU - 21 yard pass 7-6 lead with 11:01 left in the first quarter. UNI - 29 yard run Terrell Sinkfield and Kollmorgen were in sync in the second UNI drive of the UNI - 30 yard field goal game linking up for two first downs and 17 yards. SIU - 24 yard field goal On the same drive, Johnson scored his ninth touchdown of the season giving the Panthers a 14-6 lead with 1:17 remaining in the first quarter. UNI knocked 5:21 off the clock for 13 plays and 72 yards. STATS UNI SIU On a crucial third down for the Salukis with 11:53 left in the second quarter, First Downs 17 17 Jake Farley made a stop by deflecting a pass to the Saluki receiver. SIU was Net Yards Rushing 174 153 forced to punt, giving UNI the ball on its own 14-yard-line. Net Yards Passing 243 135 On the next drive for the Panthers, Brett LeMaster scored his second touch- Plays-Total Offense 63-417 69-288 down of the season on a 76-yard pass from Kollmorgen. The drive was only Punts-Yards 5-103 5-184 three plays for 86 yards and knocked off 1:17 from the clock giving UNI a 21-6 Kickoffs-Yards 6-355 7-441 lead with 10:36 left in the second quarter. Possession Time 26:20 33:40 The Salukis cut the Panther lead to eight points when SIU blocked a UNI punt and recovered it in the end zone to cut the lead to 21-13 with 7:40 left in the second quarter. Rushing: David Johnson 16-118, Carlos An- UNI recovered another fumble late in the half with Sam Tim notching his first derson 11-68 fumble recovery of the season. The Panthers took over possession with 3:27 Passing: Sawyer Kollmorgen 18-27-0, 243 left in the second quarter on the SIU 48-yard-line. yards, one touchdown Kollmorgen finished the half 10 for 13 passing with one touchdown. Johnson Receiving: Brett LeMaster 6-112, Terrell Sink- led the Panthers on the ground with 82 yards on 12 carries and LeMaster led field 7-62 UNI in the air with 81 yards and a touchdown. Garrett Scott finished the half Tackles: Garrett Scott 13, Xavier Williams 10, with seven tackles and Jordan Gacke was close behind with six. In the third quarter, Carlos Anderson broke free for a 38-yard gain, giving him Jordan Gacke 10 his longest rush of the season and putting the Panthers on the SIU 40-yard- line. The Salukis forced the Panthers to punt however, keeping the score tied 21-21 with 9:26 left in the quarter. SIU took the lead with 2:49 left in the third quarter off a 34-yard field goal. The drive took 6:30 off the clock for 14 plays and 73 yards. After a UNI turnover, the Salukis scored again off a 21-yard touchdown pass to increase their lead to 31-21 with 2:29 left in the quarter. To open the fourth quarter, Johnson scored his second touchdown of the game to cut the SIU lead to 31-28 with 13:40 left in the game. Johnson’s 29- yard rush for the score was the ending on an 11-play, 75-yard drive. VS. On the next SIU drive, the UNI defense forced the Salukis to punt, giving the Panthers the ball on the UNI 47-yard-line. After a solid drive, the Panthers tied up the game 31-31 with a field goal from Tyler Sievertsen with 9:54 left in the fourth quarter. SIU took the lead with 59 seconds left in the game on a 24-yard field goal giv- ing them a 34-31 advantage. They burned 8:55 off the clock 19 plays and 58 yards. UNI’s Wes Smith returned the ensuing kickoff 43 yards to the 46-yard line and the Salukis were flagged for a personal foul - giving UNI the ball on the Saluki 39-yard line with 50 seconds left in the game. However, UNI could not move the ball and turned the ball over on downs.

25