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CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, ST. PAUL ATHLETICS Golden Bear Football 2018 Game Notes cspbears.com/football Assistant Athletic Director/Communications: Josh Deer | Ph: 651.641.8893 | Email: [email protected] | Fax: 651.641.8767 SID GA/Football Assistant: Cole Schuessler | Email: [email protected] | Address: 1282 Concordia Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104 QUICK FACTS CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (1-1 NSIC, 1-1 NSIC SOUTH) School: .................................Concordia University, St. Paul Address: ................................................1282 Concordia Ave AT ...................................................................... St. Paul, MN 55104 Founded/Enrollment: .......................................1893 / 4,992 #2 MINNESOTA STATE Nickname: ..........................................................Golden Bears (2-0 NSIC, 2-0 NSIC SOUTH) School Colors: .................................................... Navy & Gold Stadium/Capacity: .............. Sea Foam Stadium / 3,500+ Game 3 | Saturday, September 15, 1:00 p.m. Surface: ....................................................................... Sprinturf Affiliation: ........................................NCAA Division II / NSIC Blakeslee Stadium (7,000) | Mankato, Minn. | NSIC South Division game President: .....................................................Rev. Dr. Tom Ries Watch Online: cspbears.com/watch | Radio: 1230 AM The Fan (Mankato) Director of Athletics: ...................Mark “Lunch” McKenzie Athletic Dept. Phone: ................................. (651) 641-8854 Live Stats: sidearmstats.com/mnsu/football/ NSIC Live Football Scoreboard: nsicscores.com/football.htm FOOTBALL HISTORY THIS WEEK: BEARS HIT THE ROAD FOR #2 MSU SERIES NOTES: CONCORDIA 8, UPPER IOWA 4 The Golden Bears head south to take on #2 Minnesota State for The last time Concordia-St. Paul defeated Minnesota State, the First year of football: ....................................................... 1969 what MSU has deemed the Harvest Bowl at Blakeslee Stadium Mavericks were ranked #11 in the country with CSP prevailing All-time record: .......................................................214-265-2 in Mankato. For the Golden Bears, its the second road game 28-26 at Blakeslee Stadium in the 2010 season. The Golden NCAA Division II-era record: ..................................... 98-114 against a nationally-ranked opponent on the season, falling Bears went on to secure a Mineral Water Bowl appearance and NSIC Record: ................................................................... 80-101 27-24 at #20 Sioux Falls to open the season. MSU’s #2 ranking is finished the season 8-4 overall. Since then, MSU has defeated NSIC Championships: ....................................2 (2003, 2005) by the American Football Coaches Association(AFCA), but MSU CSP seven times in a row with the closest margin being 20 All-time bowl/playoff record: .......................................... 0-3 is ranked as high as #1 by D2Football.com. points in 2012 (30-10 in Mankato) and 2013 (27-7 in St. Paul). Years in postseason play: ....................................... 3 (MWB) In the all-time series, Concordia has only topped 10 points Mineral Water Bowl Appearances: ...................................... HOME OPENER SUCCESS against MSU four times, the last coming in a 57-34 loss in 2011 ........................................... 2010, vs Pittsburg State (L, 9-13) Concordia head coach Shannon Currier has improved to 7-0 in St. Paul, and CSP has only held MSU under 30 points three .............................. 2005, vs Missouri Western St. (L, 23-35) in his CSP career in home openers including 3-0 at Sea Foam times, the last coming in the 2013 27-7 loss in St. Paul. Concor- .............................. 2003, vs Missouri Western St. (L, 14-24) Stadium in his second stint. Across the seven home opener dia holds a 1-5 mark against MSU at Blakeslee Stadium. wins between Sea Foam and Griffin Stadium, Currier’s Bears have average a 29.4 to 8.3 margin of victory, a total of 206 to 58. COACHING STAFF Head coach Shannon Currier is 0-2 all-time against MSU. HOME OPENERS UNDER COACH C Head Coach: ............................................... Shannon Currier LAST MEETING, 2017: MINN STATE 47, CONCORDIA 10 Year Opponent Score Stadium A handful of big plays were made by the visiting Mavericks, Alma Mater: ................................. Hamline University (‘93) 2000 South Dakota Tech 35-16 Griffin Record at School: ........................................37-31 (7th year) who crashed Concordia’s homecoming in week five at Sea 2001 Mayville State 42-0 Griffin Foam Stadium. CSP looked to slow the pace down, and trailed Career Record: .......................................... 57-66 (12th year) 2002 UW-River Falls 26-21 Griffin just 3-0 after three drives for each team which was aided by an Assistant Coaches: ..................................................................... 2003 Bemidji State 28-14 Griffin interception in the end zone by cornerback Dion Wallisch. His Defensive Coordinator/DB ................................Craig Stern 2016 UMary 17-0 Sea Foam 39-yard kickoff return helped tilt the field towards the home Pass Game Coordinator/QB ...................... Houston Jones 2017 Minot State 24-0 Sea Foam team before an early second quarter drive by the Mavericks Run Game Coordinator/OL ................................ Jon Medlo 2018 Upper Iowa 34-7 Sea Foam went 80 yards in just three plays. A failed two point conversion Spec. Teams & Recruiting Coord./LB ...... Jake Munkwitz Totals 7-0 206-58 3-0 SF / 4-0 Griff helped keep the margin in single-digits at 9-0. Defensive Backs .....................................................Mike Bond Defensive GA/DL .............................................Kerry Grigsby 2018 TEAM CAPTAINS CSP’s offense looked to drain the clock, taking nearly six and Wide Receivers ..............................................Josh Rosenthal Concordia head coach Shannon Currier has announced rotat- a half minutes of time to go 61 yards in 15 plays, converting Tight Ends .........................................................Reed Johnson ing team captains each week throughout the fal, which started a pair of 3rd-and-shorts and a 4th-and-1. Although the drive Running Backs .........................................................Jim Honsa with the first week of fall training camp. Captains are selected stalled, Jonas Schenderlein made a 29-yard field goal to make it a one score game, 9-3 with 6:42 to play before halftime. Defensive Line .................................................. Justin Lerfald by the coaching staff based on performance on the field and Defensive Backs Assistant ...............................Russell Gary as a leader in practice, meetings and in general day-to-day ac- tivities. The Mavericks, who would get the ball first in the second half, Offensive Line Assistant .................................. Jim Stangler returned the favor by scoring on 3rd-and-goal at the one yard Defensive Scout Team ...........................Dwayne Waltower Week three game captains include senior quarterback Dom line on a close play that required the officials to confer before Student Assistant.................................................Peter Xiong McKinzy and junior defensive end Jackson Dobbs, who have making the touchdown call. Strength & Conditioning.....................................Rich White served as game captains all three weeks. They’ll be flanked by Head Athletic Trainer ..........................................Ted Trzynka senior offensive tackle Terrell Taylor and sophomore lineback- Just inches from stopping MSU before the half, the Mavericks er Blake Evans. would take a 16-3 lead into the break and proceeded to score TEAM INFORMATION on its opening drive of the third quarter and then caught CSP In week two against Upper Iowa, McKinzy and Dobbs were joined off guard by catching the ensuing kickoff in the air to get three by sophomore running back Shaq Johnson and sophomore line- straight possessions. Overall record last year: .....................................................2-9 backer Andy Aune. In week one at USF, McKinzy and Dobbs were Conference record / finish: ........................ 2-9 NSIC (14th) joined by juniors Dylan Wood (DL) and Rich Kelly (OL). Although Concordia’s defense held the Mavericks scoreless on Division record / finish: ............................... 0-7 South (8th) Postseason: .........................................................................none 2018 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Starters retuning/lost: ........................................Total: 16/15 Date Opponent Location - Stadium Time/Result ...................................................................................Offense: 8/3 8/30 * ^ at #20 Sioux Falls (S.D.) Sioux Falls, S.D. - Bob Young Field (3,400) L, 24-27 ..................................................................................Defense: 4/7 9/8 * ^% Upper Iowa St. Paul, Minn. - Sea Foam Stadium (3,500) W, 34-7 .......................................................................Special Teams: 4/4 9/15 * ^ at #2 Minnesota State Mankato, Minn. - Blakeslee Stadium (7,000) 1:00 9/20 * ^& Wayne State (Neb.) St. Paul, Minn. - Sea Foam Stadium (3,500) 6:00 all games (home & away) broadcast live on the 9/29 * # at #24 Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minn. - Malosky Stadium (4,500) 1:00 web at www.cspbears.com/watch 10/6 * Northern State (S.D.) St. Paul, Minn. - Sea Foam Stadium (3,500) 12:00 10/13 * at UMary (N.D.) Bismarck, N.D. -