PAGE 10 PRESS & DAKOTAN ■ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2012 USD COYOTES JACKRABBITS 7-2 8-1 1-8 GAME DAY (5-1 MVFC) (5-1 MVFC) 3-6 2:30 p.m., (18,700) • Radio: 570 AM • TV: Fox Coll. Sports Central (0-6 MVFC) (2-4 MVFC) Series: NDSU 53-40-5; Last Meeting: NDSU 38, SDSU 14 (2011) AME AY to 120 catches for his career. The senior G D Quick Hitters Noon, DakotaDome (10,000), Vermillion • Radio: 106.3 FM, 91.1 FM • TV: ESPN3.com from Yankton, who started at running back ■ The 99th matchup between the for the Jackrabbits a year ago, is tied for Series: Northern 24-17-1; Last Meeting: UNI 19, USD 14 (2010) UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY Jackrabbits and Bison will be one of the eighth with current teammate Aaron Rollin OF SOUTH OF NORTHERN biggest in recent memory. The winner of on the career receptions chart. DAKOTA IOWA the game will clinch a share of the Mis- ■ The Bison are used to packing Far- souri Valley Football Conference title. COYOTES PANTHERS godome, drawing over 18,000 fans to 12 of ■ The Bison come into today’s game its last 13 home games. Earlier this sea- ranked first in both major national polls. SCHEDULE son against Youngstown State, NDSU SCHEDULE The Jackrabbits last faced a #1-ranked packed 19,065 into their home stadium. NDSU team was in 2007, when SDSU up- This game is considered a sellout, though Date Opponent UNI Opp Date Opponent USD Opp ended the Bison 29-24. additional reserved or standing room tick- Sept. 1 at Montana 24 35 Sept. 1 at Wisconsin 21 26 ■ NDSU junior quarterback Brock Sept. 8 vs. Colgate 31 21 Sept. 8 vs. Central State 59 0 ets may have become available on Friday. Sept. 22 at Northwestern 7 38 Sept. 15 at Iowa 16 27 Jensen ranks second in Bison History in Sept. 29 vs. Illinois State 31 34 Sept. 22 at Youngstown state 35 42 both completions (422) and passing yards Oct. 6 vs. Western Illinois 17 24 Sept. 29 North Dakota State 21 33 (5,233). He trails Steve Walker (2004-07) Key Matchup Oct. 13 at Missouri State 24 27 Oct. 13 at Southern Illinois 31 34 in both categories. NDSU Defensive Front vs. Zach Oct. 20 vs. North Dakota State (SF) 0 54 Oct. 20 vs. State 27 6 Oct. 27 vs. Illinois State 21 33 ■ SDSU sophomore running back Zenner: The Bison have held opponents Oct. 27 at Indiana State 14 45 to just under 65 yards a game defensively Nov. 3 at Youngstown State 10 13 Nov. 3 at Western Illinois 40 0 Zach Zenner still leads the nation in yards Nov. 10 vs. Northern Iowa (noon) Nov. 10 at South Dakota (noon) per game (166.2), but has been stiffled in this season. SDSU sophomore Zach Zen- Nov. 17 at South Dakota State (2 p.m.) Nov. 17 vs. Missouri State (4 p.m.) recent weeks, gaining just 87 yards ner is the FCS leader in rushing yards per against Youngstown State and 49 yards game at 166.2 per contest. Whoever wins STAT LEADERS STAT LEADERS last week against Southern Illinois. He has this matchup will likely win the game. had season lows in four consecutive RUSHING weeks. From The Coach RUSHING Att Yds Avg Long TD ■ David Johnson 143 775 5.4 52 9 After a slow start, SDSU quarter- ■ “When we went FCS, that whole Att Yds Avg Long TD JILANNE DOOM/P&D Marcus Sims 106 563 5.3 53 4 Carols Anderson 68 292 4.3 38 1 back Austin Sumner is starting to heat up. mentality changed from the rivalry. Elimi- Josh Vander Maten 111 350 3.2 35 5 South Dakota quarterback Josh Vander Maten (16) tries to Austin Ebertowski 29 132 4.6 23 3 Jasper Sanders 69 216 3.1 22 3 Sawyer Kollmorgen 41 65 1.6 13 1 The sophomore from Brandon threw for nating the UNDs and USDs of the world, COYOTES 294 1,103 3.8 53 12 avoid a North Dakota State defender during thier Oct. 20 game in PANTHERS 288 1,280 4.4 52 14 351 yards and five touchdowns against we needed each other. This game is a Opponents 424 1,799 4.2 47 21 Sioux Falls. The Coyotes host Northern Iowa today (Saturday) at the Opponents 362 1,276 3.5 49 12 Youngstown State, then was 26-45 pass- huge one for us. I think we’re blessed to DakotaDome in Vermillion. ing for 284 and a score as the Jackrabbits PASSING PASSING have these two games coming up, and we Com Att Yds Int TD Com Att Yds Int TD rallied past Southern Illinois. just hope to make the best of it.” SDSU Josh Vander Maten 111 198 1,238 7 6 Sawyer Kollmorgen 152 264 2,037 7 18 ■ With six catches for 80 yards last STANDINGS CONDITIONS Jared Lanpher 6 15 98 0 0 coach John Stiegelmeier on upcoming ri- COYOTES 123 215 1,363 7 7 week, SDSU wide receiver Tyrel Kool is up Opponents 130 312 1,670 5 15 PANTHERS 158 280 2,135 7 18 valry games with NDSU and USD. Indoors. AstroTurf. Sunny and temps in the Opponents 158 234 1,724 9 10 RECEIVING Conf All North Dakota State 5-1 8-1 50s all morning, with winds steadily increasing RECEIVING No Yds Avg Long TD throughout the morning. HUSKERS Terrance Terry 44 509 11.6 80 3 South Dakota State 7-2 5-1 No Yds Avg Long TD Terrell Sinkfield 29 365 12.6 32 3 Will Powell 38 380 10.0 50 1 Illinois State 8-2 5-2 Marcus Sims 8 101 12.6 41 1 David Johnson 29 351 12.1 55 4 7-2 6-3 Indiana State 5-2 7-3 Brett LeMaster 26 456 17.5 76 3 COYOTES 123 1,363 11.1 80 7 ONLINE GAME DAY (4-1 BIG 10) (4-1 BIG 10) Chad Owens 24 415 12.2 35 4 Opponents 130 1,670 12.8 79 15 Southern Illinois 5-5 4-3 Missouri State 3-4 3-7 PANTHERS 158 2,135 13.5 76 18 6 p.m., Memorial Stadium (81,091), Lincoln, Neb. • Radio: 570 AM PLACE KICKING The Press & Dakotan’s Jeremy Hoeck does a Opponents 158 1,724 10.9 76 10 Youngstown State 2-4 5-4 live chat during every Coyote home game. Find it Series: Tied 7-7; Last Meeting: Nebraska 17, Penn State 14 (2011) EPm EPa FGm FGa Long Northern Iowa 2-4 3-6 PLACE KICKING Kevin Robb 20 20 6 8 44 online at www.yankton.net/coyotegameday. Com- Western Illinois 1-5 3-6 EPm EPa FGm FGa Long Quick Hitters braska QB Taylor Martinez. Martinez has plete coverage will be available in Monday’s Press Tyler Sivertsen 33 33 8 11 49 overcome his league-high seven intercep- PUNTING South Dakota 0-6 1-8 & Dakotan. ■ Nebraska has committed 23 No Avg. Long In20 tions in Big Ten play with big runs and Cole Zwiefelhofer 53 40.2 67 13 PUNTING turnovers, tied for sixth most in the Bowl No Avg. Long In20 clutch passes. Nittany Lions have to clamp Kyle Bernard 29 43.8 70 10 Subdivision and four more than the DEFENSIVE LEADERS MATCHUPS down on him to have a chance at winning Huskers had in 13 games last season. in Memorial Stadium. Penn State has Tack TFL Sack INT FR DEFENSIVE LEADERS Tim Marlette 74 7.0 1.0 — — COYOTE OFFENSE VS. UNI DEFENSE Only one team (Memphis) has lost more recorded four sacks in two of its last three Devin Taverna 64 0.5 — 3 — Tack TFL Sack INT FR fumbles than the Huskers’ 14. (AP) Tyler Starr 65 6.0 3.0 — — Northern Iowa’s defense has dominated in two of the last three weeks. The Pan- Jake Farley 72 1.0 — — — ■ games. (AP) Aaron Swift 60 3.0 1.0 — — thers held SDSU to two field goals and shut out Western Illinois last week. The Coy- Wilmot Wellington 71 0.5 — 2 — Nebraska WR Kenny Bell has 11 Garrett Scott 71 2.0 — 1 — Jordan Eaton 30 3.5 2.0 — — otes, meanwhile, haven’t put together a good offensive quarter since the first half at catches that have covered at least 20 Drew Iddings 29 4.5 0.5 — — Jordan Gacke 58 3.0 — — — Missouri State — almost a month ago. Tim Clark 25 7.5 3.0 — 1 yards, with all six of his TD receptions 25 From The Coach COYOTES 792 51 14 5 4 ■ Opponents 577 65 20 7 6 PANTHERS 637 47 10 9 5 yards or longer. “I think that it is the No. 1 thing that COYOTE DEFENSE VS. UNI OFFENSE Opponents 545 33 14 7 8 ■ Huskers QB Taylor Martinez’s 13 equates to winning and losing. We’ve been PROBABLE STARTERS Last week was a step in the right direction for the USD defense, but it will face a PROBABLE STARTERS turnovers are most in the Big Ten and tied fortunate to overcome that a couple times huge test today in UNI quarterback Sawyer Kollmorgen. He threw three TD passes for eighth most in the country. over the past few weeks, but percentages last week, but the rushing attack ran for 303 yards. Which area does USD key on? ■ NU has had a 100-yard rusher in show you’re not going to be able to over- COYOTE OFFENSE PANTHERS OFFENSE come that a lot.” Nebraska coach Bo Pos No Name Ht Wt Yr Pos No Name Ht Wt Yr eight straight games, the longest streak QB 16 Josh Vander Maten 6-2 205 So. SPECIAL TEAMS LT 74 Misha Danilov 6-7 300 RSr. since a 20-game stretch over 1999-2000. Pelini on team’s turnover problems. RB 32 Marcus Sims 5-10 200 Sr. LG 55 Dan Kruger 6-5 308 RJr. FB 87 Quintin McMartin 6-1 240 Sr. Northern Iowa is the nation’s second best, statistically, in kickoff returns with an C 60 Brian Palangi 6-5 310 RSr. ■ Penn State, ineligible to play in the WR 17 Will Powell 6-1 205 Sr. average of 26.25 yards. If the Coyotes can force the Panthers to start deep in their RG 66 Jack Rummells 6-5 300 RSo. Big Ten title game, is going for its fourth Big Ten Standings WR 83 Austin Koch 6-1 180 Jr. own territory, USD’s defense could be able to slow them down. RT 78 Tim Sauer 6-8 302 RSr. WR 6 Terrance Terry 5-9 185 So. TE 87 Sam Rohr 6-3 219 RFr conference road win. Legends Division Conf All RT 65 Derek Chancellor 6-5 290 RFr. WR 2 Terrell Sinkfield 6-1 192 Sr. ■ Nittany Lions QB Matt McGloin has Nebraska 4-1 7-2 RG 72 Andrew Schofield 6-5 285 So. INTANGIBLES WR 89 Brett LeMaster 6-3 196 RSo. C 69 Tim Ross 6-2 285 Sr. WR 19 Chad Owens 5-11 183 RSo. thrown for 200-plus yards in a school- Michigan 4-1 6-3 LG 67 Cody O’Neill 6-2 310 Jr. Both teams are playing for nothing more than pride at this point. Neither will fin- RB 1 Carlos Anderson 5-8 172 RSr. record seven straight games. He has Northwestern 3-2 7-2 LT 70 Matt Huffer 6-7 290 So. ish the season with a winning record, but with the Coyotes finally being back in the or 7 David Johnson 6-3 214 RSo. passed for 2,436 yards (most in the Big Iowa 2-3 4-5 TE 84 Jay Burns 6-4 230 Sr. DakotaDome, we will give the edge to the home team. QB 17 Sawyer Kollmorgen 6-3 214 RFr. Michigan State 2-4 5-5 COYOTE DEFENSE PANTHERS DEFENSE Ten) and 18 touchdowns. Minnesota 1-4 5-4 Pos No Name Ht Wt Yr Pos No Name Ht Wt Yr ■ Penn State DT Jordan Hill (knee) DE 92 Jordan Eaton 6-5 255 Sr. LE 12 Tim Clark 6-3 245 RSr. DT 56 Nick Jacobs 6-5 285 RFr. PREDICTION LT 98 Xavier Williams 6-4 305 RSo. and TE Kyle Carter (foot) have been listed Leaders Division Conf All DE 91 David Giese 6-3 280 Sr. RT 44 Mac O’Brien 6-2 290 RJr. as day-to-day. Nebraska's Burkhead Ohio State 6-0 10-0 YLB 11 Tyler Starr 6-5 230 Jr. We see a big day from USD quarterback Josh Vander Maten, who will still likely be pressured out of the RE 91 Chris Jepsen 6-3 249 RJr. MLB 25 Tim Marlette 6-0 225 Sr. LB 37 Max Busher 6-1 220 RSo. (knee) hadn't practiced as of mid-week. Penn State 4-1 6-3 WLB 43 Darius Hogans 6-1 215 Sr. pocket. On senior day for the Coyotes, receiver Will Powell could be a top target. Despite all the signs pointing LB 35 Jordan Gacke 6-2 227 RJr. Wisconsin 3-2 6-3 SLB 4 Ryan Hillier 6-1 215 RFr. to the Panthers, we like USD to get the win. LB 41 Sam Tim 6-2 207 RJr. Indiana 2-3 4-5 FS 9 Aaron Swift 5-8 170 Jr. LCB 4 Varmah Sonie 5-9 166 Sr. Key Matchup SS 2 Devin Taverna 6-1 210 Jr. SS 15 Garrett Scott 6-0 201 RSr. Purdue 0-5 3-6 CB 22 Dyllon Knox 5-10 175 Jr. COYOTES 27, PANTHERS 21 FS 20 Wilmot Wellington 5-10 205 RSr. Penn State front seven vs. Ne- Illinois 0-5 2-7 CB 21 Ricky Reeves 5-10 180 Fr. RCB 28 J.J. Swain 6-0 170 Sr. The Rivalry Returns! Show your team pride for the University of or the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits as they prepare to battle on the gridiron for the first time since 2003. Contact your advertising representative to place vs. an ad in the ‘A State Divided’ section to appear in the Nov. 16 editions of the Press & Dakotan and Vermillion Plain Talk. Deadline to place ads is October 30!

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