MINNESOTA STATE

For Immediate Release Athletics Nov. 6, 2013 Subject: Football

Top-Rated Minnesota State Travels to Sioux Falls Saturday Minnesota State University, Mankato Athletics Minnesota State Owns an 9-0 Record 135 Myers Field House • Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: (507) 389-6111 Athletics Fax: (507) 389-2904 Foreshadowing: After posting a 45-3 victory over Wayne State this past weekend, the #1 Minnesota State football team hits the road Saturday to take on the Sioux Falls Cougars. Minnesota State Athletic Communications The opening kickoff is set for 1 p.m. 175 Taylor Center • Mankato, MN 56001 Phone: (507) 389-2625 • AC Fax: (507) 389-1923 www.msumavericks.com • @msumavericks Our History: The 2013 season marks the school’s 87th season playing football. The Mav-

Athletics Administration ericks are 404-376-28 (.517) in 808 games since their inception as a varsity sport in 1922. Director of Athletics Minnesota State is in its sixth season in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and owns Kevin Buisman ([email protected]) ...... (507) 389-6111 Associate AD/Fiscal Affairs & Operations a 51-9 (.850) record in league action. Over the course of its history, MSU has claimed 18 con- Tim Marshall ([email protected]) ...... (507) 389-5884 ference championships, including 16 NIC titles. Last season, the Mavericks advanced to the Associate AD/Communications Paul Allan ([email protected]) ...... (507) 389-2625 semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. Asst. AD/Sports Medicine Jeff Chambers ([email protected])...... (507 389.3229 Equipment Manager Top of the Heap: MSU currently sits atop the NSIC standings with a perfect 9-0 record. Should Dan Rickbeil ([email protected]) ...... (507) 389-2481 Marketing and Promotions MSU defeat Sioux Falls Saturday, it would claim at least a share of the 2013 NSIC Regular Nathan Christensen ([email protected]. (507) 389-6010 Development Season Championship. Brandon Thiesse ([email protected])...... (507) 389-6521 Student Development Brittany Henderson ([email protected]).(507) 389-1969 On Top in the South: With its 45-3 win over Wayne State, Minnesota State claimed at least a Compliance & Eligibility Jay Bresnahan ([email protected])...... (507) 389-2018 share of the NSIC South Division Championship. This is the fifth time since joining the NSIC back in the 2008 season that the Mavericks have claimed an NSIC South Division Champion- Head Coaches ship. MSU can claim the south division championship outright with a win over Sioux Falls Matt Magers ([email protected]) ...... (507) 389-2413 Saturday. (men) Matt Margenthaler ([email protected]). (507) 389-2311 Basketball (women) Emilee Thiesse ([email protected])...... (507) 389-2678 Grabbing the Reigns: The 2013 season marks the second season with interim Head Football Cross Country (men) Coach Aaron Keen patrolling the sidelines for Minnesota State. Last season, Keen guided the Loren Ahonen ([email protected])...... (507) 389-5486 Track and Field (men) Mavericks to a 13-1 record, en route to an appearance in the semifinals of the NCAA Tourna- Jim Dilling ([email protected])...... (507) 389-5486 Cross Country & Track (women) ment. Keen currently boasts a head coaching record of 45-28, including an unblemished mark Jen Blue ([email protected])...... (507) 389-6415 of 20-0 in NSIC play. He owns a 22-1 record at Minnesota State. Football (interim) Aaron Keen ([email protected]...... (507) 389-5356 (men) Mutual History: Saturday’s meeting between the Mavericks and the Cougars will mark the Geoff Klein ([email protected])...... (507) 389-6111 Golf (women) second time they have faced each other dating back to the 2012 season. MSU owns a 1-0 re- Nick Campa ([email protected])...... (507) 389-5236 Hockey (men) cord against the Cougars, including a 27-13 win last season at Blakeslee Stadium. Mike Hastings ([email protected]) ...... (507) 389-5196 Hockey (women) Eric Means ([email protected])...... (507) 389-3217 Concerning the Mavericks: The Minnesota State Mavericks improved to 9-0 this past week- Soccer (women) Brian Bahl ([email protected])...... (507) 389-2671 end as they defeated Wayne State 45-3 at Blakeslee Stadium. MSU mustered 456 yards of total offense in its recent victory, while limiting the WSC offense to 176 total yards. Lori Meyer ([email protected])...... (507) 389-1520 Swimming & Diving (women) Nathan Owens ([email protected]) ...... (507) 389-6326 The Maverick defense currently ranks second in the nation in rushing defense (67.3 ypg) and (women) Christie Williams ([email protected])...... (507) 389-6111 third in interceptions (19). Junior Kris Fleigle and sophomore Tyler Henderson lead the Mav- Dennis Amundson ([email protected])... (507) 389-2673 ericks with 51 tackles each, while senior Chris Schaudt leads the team with 8.5 tackles for loss. Sophomore Patrick Schmidt leads MSU with five interceptions on the season, while Jim Makovsky ([email protected]) ...... (507) 389-6521 sophomore Josh Gordon leads the Mavericks with 5.5 sacks.

The Maverick rushing attack currently ranks 12th in the nation, with an average of 268.7 yards per game. MSU also ranks 24th in the nation in scoring with an average of 39.2 points per game.

Senior Jon Wolf leads the Maverick rushing attack with 764 yards and 11 touchdowns this season, while sophomore Connor Thomas ranks second on the team with 698 rushing yards and eight touchdowns.

msumavericks.com • Minnesota State University Athletics 1 Overall NSIC Standings North Division Standings This Week in the NSIC Division Games Only Rank Team W L % Streak Rank Team W L % Streak Saturday 1. Minnesota State 9 0 1.000 W9 1. Minnesota Duluth 5 0 1.000 W5 Minot State @ St. Cloud State (1 p.m.) 2. St. Cloud State 4 1 .800 W4 2. Minnesota Duluth 8 1 .889 W6 Minnesota Duluth @ U-Mary (1 p.m.) 3. 3 2 .600 W1 Northern State @ Minnesota Crookston (1 p.m.) St. Cloud State 8 1 .889 W4 MSU Moorhead 3 2 .600 W2 4. SW Minn. State 5 4 .556 W2 5. Northern State 2 3 .400 L2 Upper Iowa @ Wayne State (1 p.m.) Winona State 5 4 .556 L2 Minn. Crookston 2 3 .400 L2 Minnesota State @ Sioux Falls (1 p.m.) Sioux Falls 5 4 .556 L1 7. Minot State 1 4 .200 L1 Bemidji State @ MSU Moorhead (1 p.m.) Upper Iowa 5 4 .556 W1 8. Bemidji State 0 5 .000 L5 Augustana @ Winona State (1 p.m.) University of Mary 5 4 .556 W1 Concordia-St. Paul @ SW Minn. State (2 p.m.) South Division Standings 10. Augustana 4 5 .444 W1 Division Games Only Concordia-St. Paul 4 5 .444 L1 Last Week in the NSIC Rank Team W L % Streak 12. MSU Moorhead 3 6 .333 W2 University of Mary 28 @ Northern State 14 1. Minnesota State 5 0 1.000 W5 Winona State 44 @ SW Minnesota State 51 Northern State 3 6 .333 L2 2. SW Minn. State 3 2 .600 W2 Wayne State 3 @ Minnesota State 45 14. Wayne State 2 7 .222 L4 Winona State 3 2 .600 L2 Bemidji State 2 7 .222 L5 Sioux Falls 3 2 .600 L1 St. Cloud State 45 @ Bemidji State 6 Minot State 2 7 .222 L1 5. Upper Iowa 2 3 .400 W1 Concordia-St. Paul 7 @ Augustana 24 Minnesota Crookston 3 @ Minnesota Duluth 57 Minn. Crookston 2 7 .222 L2 Augustana 2 3 .400 W1 7. Concordia-St. Paul 1 4 .200 L1 MSU Moorhead 31 @ Minot State 30 Wayne State 1 4 .200 L4 Sioux Falls 28 @ Upper Iowa 30

Wolf has thrown for 1,425 yards and 13 also selected to finish first in the South Divi- is MSU’s longest string of winning seasons touchdowns through nine games this season. sion, claimed 13 of the 16 first place votes since the 1974 season when MSU posted Senior Dennis Carter leads MSU with 627 and tallied 223 points. Minnesota Duluth eight straight winning seasons. receiving yards and seven touchdown catch- came in second with two first place votes and es. Junior Austin Rieder has 347 receiving 207 points. Winona State and St. Cloud State We’re Going Streaking: With its win yards and three touchdowns on the season as rounded out the top four with 191 and 183 over Wayne State, MSU has now won 20 well. points, respectively. straight NSIC games dating back to week one of the 2012 season. Concerning the Cougars: The Sioux Falls It’s a Regional Thing: Minnesota State Cougars own a 5-4 record on the season af- ranked second in the second edition of the MSU is currently 9-0 on the season. This ter suffering a 30-28 loss to Upper Iowa last NCAA Super Region Three Rankings. The is the third time MSU has began the season weekend. top six teams after the final week of the regu- lar season advance to the NCAA Tournament, with a 9-0 record since joining the NSIC Nephi Garcia leads the USF rushing attack with the top two seeds earning a first round back in 2008. The Mavericks started with a with 1,068 yards and 10 touchdowns. Luke bye. 9-0 record back in the 2009 and 2012 sea- Papilion has also posted 738 rushing yards sons. and 14 touchdowns. Got a Jackson?: Dating back to the week one of the 2012 season, Minnesota State has NSIC Honors: Senior lineman Andrew Carrington Hanna has thrown for 904 yards gone 22-1, including a perfect 20-0 stretch in Essman and senior Chris and six touchdowns on the season. Austin NSIC play. Only two other teams in the na- Schaudt were both named to the 2013 NSIC Vanhove leads the receiving corps with 445 tion in NCAA Division II have posted at least Preseason Players to Watch List. Junior Nathan receiving yards, while Wes Smith has posted 20 wins over the last two seasons including Hancock was named NSIC Defensive Player of four touchdown catches. Winston-Salem State (22-2) and Colorado the Week for his efforts vs. Minnesota Duluth. State-Pueblo (21-1). Senior Sam Brockshus was named the NSIC John Batinich leads USF with 77 tackles, in- Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts cluding nine for a loss and three sacks. Evan Fans in the Stands: Minnesota State has vs. Concordia-St. Paul. Junior Bryan Keys was Gentry leads the Cougars with three intercep- seen 18,918 fans pack Blakeslee Stadium named the NSIC Defensive Player of the Week tions, while Broughan Jantz leads USF with through four games this season. MSU is for his efforts at Southwest Minnesota State. two fumble recoveries. currently averaging 3,783 fans per home In the Trenches: Minnesota State has tallied game. Monday Night Coaches Show: Join the Min- 2,418 rushing yards compared to its opponents 2013 Attendance Figures 606 yards. MSU has also tallied 26 rushing nesota State coaching staff each Monday Date Opponent Fans Total/Average night for the Maverick Coaches Show live 9/7 Minn. Crookston 3,407 3,407/3,407 touchdowns compared to two by its opponents. from the downtown Buffalo Wild Wings lo- 9/14 Northern State 5,107 8,514/4,257 cation. The show, hosted by Casey Lloyd, airs 10/12 Augustana 4,312 12,826/4,275 Air Traffic: The Mavericks have thrown for on AM 1230 KYSM the Fan Mankato and 10/26 Winona State 3,211 16,037/4,009 1,547 yards on the season. They have also 11/2 Wayne State 2,881 18,918/3,783 runs from 7-7:30. averaging 9.9 yards per pass the season. MSU has tallied 15 touchdown receptions on the Gimme’ Six: With its 9-0 record this sea- Preseason Viewpoint: Minnesota State was season. selected to finish first in the NSIC Football son, Minnesota State has now strung to- Coaches Preseason Poll. MSU, which was gether six winning seasons in a row. This On Third Down: MSU has converted on 45-

2 msumavericks.com • Minnesota State University Athletics of-103 (44%) third down attempts this season, compared to its opponents 44-of-127 (35%). Interim Head Coach Aaron Keen

Aaron Keen just completed his second season as Minnesota State’s Offensive Quick Strike: Minnesota State has posted a Coordinator/Associate Head Coach and is currently serving as the school's interim touchdown on its first drive in six games this head coach. season, with the most recent touchdown coming As acting head coach, Keen led the Mavericks to the best season in school history as MSU finished 13-1, earning a berth in the NCAA Division II National on a 50-yard touchdown run by senior John Semifinals. He currently boasts an 22-1 record at Minnesota State. Wolf in MSU’s 45-3 win over Wayne State. The 2012 squad saw three players earn Capital One Academic All-American honors as kicker Sam Brockshus and defensive end Chris Schaudt were named to the first team while offensive linemanJosh Meeker was a Second-Team selection. Flashy Defense: The Maverick defense has Additionally, Brockshus was MSU's lone representative on the AFCA All-American posted two touchdowns on the season as junior list. Nathan Hancock returned an interception Keen, was named Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Coach of the Year and Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year, saw 12 against the University of Mary 72 yards for student-athletes earn First, Second or Honorable Mention All-NSIC honors. a touchdown. Junior Eric Clark returned Offensively, the Mavericks finished the year with 5,670 yards of total offense, 3,300 of which were on the ground and 2,370 of which came via the air. The rushing an interception 58 yards to pay dirt against offense total was the second-best single-season effort in school history while the Minnesota Crookston. 2,175 passing yards was the tenth-best. On the defensive side of the ball, MSU finished with a school record 103 tackles for a loss to compliment 22 interceptions, which was tied for the fifth-best single-season effort in school history. Prior to coming to Minnesota State after spending the previous three seasons as the , The Mavericks have also tallied one safety coach and receivers coach at Nebraska Omaha. as well. While at Nebraska-Omaha, Keen helped oversee a Maverick squad that went 19-15, scoring 30 or more points in 19 games. During his time at UNO, he helped lead the Mavericks to an NCAA appearance in 2008 and saw the team participate in the Kanza Bowl in 2009. In 2008, UNO ranked third in the NCAA in rushing offense and in 2009 the team was ranked 14th in Offensive Onslaught: MSU has posted 3,965 the nation in total offense and set team records in passing and total offense. He also served as the coach for Zach yards of total offense this season, compared Miller who was drafted in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars. to its opponents 2,456. So far, the Mavericks Prior to his stint in Omaha, Keen spent five seasons as a head coach at in Jacksonville, Ill., and was an assistant coach at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., from 1994-2002. During his time at Illinois College, Keen was are averaging 7.3 yards per play this season. 23-27 as a head coach and is currently 22-1 as MSU's interim head coach. Keen is a native of Cheyenne., Wyo., where he graduated from Cheyenne East High School in 1990. He received his First: So far this season, Minnesota State has bachelor’s degree from Washington University in 1994 and his master’s degree from the in 1997. While at Washington University, Keen was a four-year letterwinner in football and a three-year starter as quarterback. In converted 184 first downs, including 61 through 1991 and 1993 he was an all-conference pick and an honorable mention All-American selection. the air and 116 on the ground. Keen and his wife, Michelle, have two sons, Brandon and Cody, and a daughter, Addison.

Fourth Down Defense: The Mavericks have games this season...He has posted 44 receiving this season...Tallied 36 catches for 627 stopped 12-of-22 fourth down attempts they yards and a pair of touchdowns this season. yards and seven touchdowns...Returned 12 have seen this season. In contrast, MSU is kickoffs for a total of 240 yards...Leads the 8-of-12 in fourth down attempts. #2 Kelend Smith: Has played in seven games Mavericks with 627 receiving yards and seven this season, earning one start...Has tallied three touchdown catches...Has returned two punts Between the Uprights: Senior Sam Brockshus tackles and one interception. for touchdowns. has gone 12-of-16 in field goal attempts and 43-of-44 in extra points attempts. His longest #3 Patrick Schmidt: Started in nine games this #9 Eric Clark: Appeared in eight games this of the season was 45 yards out, just two yards season...He has tallied 17 tackles, including season while making one start...Tallied 21 shy of his career long. two for a loss...Has defended two passes and tackles on the season...Returned an interception tallied five interceptions. against Minnesota Crookston 58 yards for Dangerous In Close: The Mavericks have a touchdown...Has two interceptions on the scored on 33-of-42 trips to the red zone this #4 Nathan Hancock: Has started in eight season. season, including 24 touchdowns. games this season...Returned an interception against the University of Mary 72 yards for a #10 Cory Brent: Has seen no action this season. Several Targets: A total of 13 Mavericks touchdown...Has tallied 40 tackles, including have caught at least one pass this season. 27 unassisted tackles, to go along with four #11 Jon Wolf: Started nine games at quarterback Senior Dennis Carter leads the way in both interceptions and a fumble recovery...Named this season...He has thrown for 1,425 yards and receptions and receiving yards with 36 and the NSIC Defensive Player of the Week (9/23). 13 touchdowns on the season and has completed 627, respectively. He also leads the team with 86-of-141 pass attempts...Posted 764 rushing seven touchdown catches. #5 Connor Thomas: Started eight games this yards and 11 rushing touchdowns. season...He has posted 698 rushing yards, Junior Austin Rieder has tallied 347 receiving including a season-high 153 yards against #12 Erik Ruhland: Has played in two games yards on the season as well. Southwest Minnesota State...Notched eight this season. rushing touchdowns on the season. Stampede: A total of six Mavericks have run #13 Keyvan Rudd: Played in nine games this the ball at least 20 times this season, including #6 Nick Pieruccini: Has played in two games season and has tallied 95 receiving yards. sophomore Connor Thomas who has posted this season...Rushed for 22 yards. 698 yards and eight touchdowns. #15 Mitch Brozovich: Has played in eight #7 Ra’Shon Harper: Appeared in nine games games this season...Tallied 171 rushing yards Senior Jon Wolf is currently leads MSU with this season, including two starts, and has tallied in 32 attempts, and two touchdowns...Has 764 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. one tackle and two punt return yards. thrown for 48 yards and a touchdown as well.

#1 Kyle Riggott: Has started in six of MSU’s #8 Dennis Carter: Started in nine games #16 Neico Stokke: Has played in four games this

msumavericks.com • Minnesota State University Athletics 3 season and has thrown one pass for 28 yards. AFCA Coaches Poll D2Football.com Poll #17 Justin Otto: Started nine games this (Nov. 4, Week 9) (Nov. 5, Week 9) season at cornerback for the Mavericks...Has Rank Team (1st Place Votes) Record Rank Team Record 1. Minnesota State (22) 9-0 1. Minnesota State 9-0 posted 37 tackles, including 2.5 tackles for 2. Northwest Missouri State (9) 9-0 2. Northwest Missouri 9-0 loss...Has defended eight passes and tallied 3. Colorado State-Pueblo (1) 9-0 3. CSU-Pueblo 9-0 two interceptions. 4. Henderson State 9-0 4. Minnesota Duluth 8-1 5. Minnesota Duluth 8-1 5. Henderson State 9-0 6. Pittsburg State (Kan.) 8-1 6. Pittsburg State (Kan.) 8-1 #18 Sam Brockshus: Currently 12-of-16 in 7. Shepherd 8-0 7. Shepherd 8-0 field goal attempts this season and 43-of-44 in 8. West Chester 9-0 8. Ohio Dominican 8-0 extra point attempts...Tallied four field goals 9. Ohio Dominican 8-0 9. West Chester 9-0 10. Emporia State 8-0 10. Winston-Salem 8-1 vs. Concordia-St. Paul to earn NSIC Special 11. Winston-Salem State 8-1 11. Emporia State 8-0 Teams Player of the Week honors...Is averaging 12. Midwestern State 7-1 12. Indianapolis 8-1 58.6 yards per kickoff in 64 attempts and has 13. Indianapolis 8-1 13. Midwestern State 7-1 tallied 16 touchbacks. 14. North Carolina Pembroke 7-1 14. Washburn 8-1 15. Washburn 8-1 15. Slippery Rock 8-1 16. Bloomsburg 8-1 16. Bloomsburg 8-1 #19 Andy Pfeiffer: Played in nine games for 17. St. Cloud State 8-1 17. Saginaw Valley 8-1 the Mavericks this season, earning two starts... 18. Lenoir-Rhyne 8-1 18. Lenoir-Rhyne 8-1 19. Saginaw Valley State 8-1 Has posted 325 rushing yards and 57 receiving 19. St. Cloud State 8-1 20. Slippery Rock 8-1 20. Missouri Western 8-1 yards on the season. 21. Newberry 8-1 21. West Texas A&M 7-2 22. Missouri Western State 8-1 22. UNC Pembroke 7-1 #20 Jordan Hale: Has played in eight games 23. Tuskegee 8-1 23. North Alabama 6-2 24. North Alabama 6-2 24. Newberry 8-1 for the Mavericks, earning seven starts...Posted T25. Carson-Newman 7-2 25. Tuskegee 8-1 17 tackles, two interceptions and defended T25. Virginia State 8-1 two passes. #32 Chad Zastrow: Has played in seven games this season. this season...Tallied 84 rushing yards against #21 Diontae Jones: Has played in eight games Minnesota Crookston and 102 yards and a #43 Bryce Dominick: Dominick has played in for MSU this season and has tallied 13 tackles, touchdown on the ground against Northern nine games for the Mavericks this season...He including two for a loss. State. has tallied 10 tackles, including one sack and forced three fumbles. #22 Isaac Kolstad: Started in nine games #33 Tyler Henderson: Started in nine games for MSU this season...Has tallied 45 tackles, this season...Has posted 51 tackles and has #44 Jordan Campbell: Has appeared in six including 20 solo tackles...Recovered a fumble broken up three passes...Tallied six tackles for games this season, posting 13 tackles. at the University of Mary and returned it 56 loss, including 2.5 sacks. yards...Has also broken up three passes and #45 Shaun Schindler: Has seen no action posted 1.5 sacks. #34 Dylan Oleszak: Has seen no action this this season. season. #23 Evan Koehler: Has appeared in nine games #46 Joe Bredice: Has appeared in one game for the Mavericks this season...Has notched 34 #35 Ryan Saumur: Has appeared in nine games this season. tackles, including 16 solo tackles, and a sack. for the Mavericks, earning one start, and has broken up three passes, posted 20 tackles, #47 Darius Clare: Has appeared in eight games #24 Samuel Thompson: Has played in eight brought in an interception and forced a fumble. this season, posting one tackle. games this season for Minnesota State and has tallied 24 tackles, including 12 solo tackles... #36 Zach Pozorski: Has seen no action this #48 Marcus Gooden: Appeared in eight games Has defended three passes. season. this season and has posted seven tackles.

#25 Marquis Parks: Played in six games for #37 Alex Campbell: Has seen no action this #49 Tommy Williams: Has seen no action MSU this season...Has tallied three tackles and season. this season. has broken up two passes. #38 Mat Andriano: Played in nine games this #50 Kris Fleigle: Fleigle has started eight games #26 Alex Riley: Has seen no action this season. season and has posted eight tackles and has this season...Posted 51 tackles, including three recovered one fumble. for a loss...Currently has 22 solo tackles on the #27 Jared Gillespie: Has played in four games season and one interception. this season...Tallied six tackles, 0.5 sacks and #39 Brent Esser: Has appeared in five games one pass defended. this season. #51 Colt Nero: Has appeared in seven games this season, earning one start...Posted 13 #30 Jeff Burns: Has played in five games this #40 Austin Sirovina: Has seen no action this tackles, including 4.5 for a loss, and two fumble season...Has caught five passes for 40 yards season. recoveries. and a touchdown. #41 Justin Erickson: Has seen no action this #52 Andrew Essman: Essman has started nine #31 Brendan Chrystal: Has seen no action season. games this season and has now started in 45 this season. of 46 games played during his four seasons at #42 Josh Couch: Has played in two games MSU...As a member of the offensive line, he

4 msumavericks.com • Minnesota State University Athletics has helped his squad to 2,418 rushing yards and has posted 14 tackles, including one sack. through nine games this season. Maverick Trends In 2013 #69 Max Hofmeister: Hofmeister has started When scoring first 8-0 #53 Nick Hubbard: Has appeared in seven in his 34th straight game for the Mavericks, When opponents score first 1-0 games this season, posting two tackles, including nine starts this season...As a member When scoring last 6-0 When opponents score last 3-0 including one sack. of the offensive line, he has helped his squad When leading after first quarter 7-0 to 2,418 rushing yards through nine games this When trailing after first quarter 1-0 #55 Jesse Gonzalez: Has seen no action this season....Ran in a two point conversion against When tied after first quarter 1-0 season. Concordia-St. Paul. When leading at halftime 8-0 When trailing at halftime 1-0 When tied at halftime 0-0 #56 Shonquille Dorsey: Dorsey has started #70 Luke Wendricks: Has appeared in eight When leading after third quarter 8-0 in four games for the Mavericks this season... games for the Mavericks this season...As a When trailing after third quarter 1-0 Posted seven tackles, including 0.5 sacks. member of the offensive line, he has helped When tied after third quarter 0-0 his squad to 2,418 rushing yards through nine Overall record at Blakeslee Stadium 5-0 #57 Gabe Wolfe: Has played in seven games games this season. Overall record on the road 4-0 Overall record at a neutral site 0-0 this season, earning one start...Notched 15 NSIC record at Blakeslee Stadium 5-0 tackles, including 4.0 for a loss...Tallied 2.0 #71 Alex Matheson: Has seen no action this NSIC record on the road 4-0 sacks...Defended three passes. season. NSIC record at a neutral site 0-0 On natural grass 5-0 #59 Calvin Kempken: Has seen no action #72 Kaleb Wendricks: Wendricks has started 26 On artificial turf 4-0 this season. career games, including nine this season, and In day games 6-0 In night games 3-0 played in 33...Has posted 21 tackles. When posting more rushing yards 8-0 #60 Jake Bush: Has seen no action this season. When posting fewer rushing yards 1-0 #73 James Anderson: Has seen no action When posting more passing yards 5-0 #61 Garrett Biebl: Has appeared in two games this season. When posting fewer passing yards 4-0 for the Mavericks this season...As a member When posting more total yards 7-0 When posting fewer total yards 2-0 of the offensive line, he has helped his squad #74 Chris Reed: Reed has started in nine games When MSU has better turnover ratio 7-0 to 2,418 rushing yards through nine games this season....Over the course of his career he When MSU has worse turnover ratio 0-0 this season. has started 30 games...As a member of the When turnover ratio is even 2-0 offensive line, he has helped his squad to 2,418 When time of possession favors MSU 4-0 #62 Kyle Schuh: Has played in two games for rushing yards through nine games this season. When time of possession favors Opponent 5-0 the Mavericks this season...As a member of the 2013 MSU SCORING DRIVE NOTES offensive line, he has helped his squad to 2,418 #75 Jeff Raymond: Raymond has played in Less than 10 yards 3 (2 TD, 1 FG) rushing yards through nine games this season. nine games this season, earning one start, 10-19 yards - and has tallied 20 total tackles, including four 20-29 yards 2 (0 TD, 2 FG) #63 Josh Meeker: Meeker has started in nine tackles for a loss. 30-39 yards 5 (4 TD, 1 FG) games this season and 33 games in his career, 40-49 yards 6 (3 TD, 3 FG) 50-59 yards 8 (7 TD, 1 FG) playing in 34...As a member of the offensive #76 Herschel Prater: Has appeared in six 60-69 yards 13 (10 TD, 3 FG) line, he has helped his squad to 2,418 rushing games this season...As a member of the 70-79 yards 14 (14 TD, 0 FG) yards through nine games this season. offensive line, he has helped his squad to 2,167 80-89 yards 2 (1 TD, 1 FG) rushing yards through seven games this season. Greater than 90 yards - #64 Bryan Caffin: Has seen no action this Defensive scores 2 (2 TD, 0 FG) season. #77 Bryan Keys: Has played in six games this Special teams scores 2 (0 KR, 2 PR) season...Has tallied 15 tackles, including four 1-5 plays 28 (24 TD, 4 FG) #65 Logan Figueroa: Has seen action in for loss, and two sacks...Posted an interception 6-10 plays 22 (17 TD, 5 FG) two games this season...As a member of the against Southwest Minnesota State and was 11 or more plays 5 (2 TD, 3 FG) offensive line, he has helped his squad to 2,418 named the NSIC Defensive Player of the Week. Less than 1:00 14 (12 TD, 2 FG) rushing yards through nine games this season. 1:00-1:59 9 (8 TD, 1 FG) #78 Nicholas Coy: Has appeared in seven 2:00-2:59 6 (4 TD, 2 FG) #66 Paul Bernhagen: Has seen action in games this season, earning one start...As a 3:00-3:59 9 (7 TD, 2 FG) eight games this season...As a member of the member of the offensive line, he has helped 4:00-4:59 7 (5 TD, 2 FG) offensive line, he has helped his squad to 2,418 his squad to 2,418 rushing yards through nine More than 5:00 8 (5 TD, 3 FG) rushing yards through nine games this season. games this season. this season. #67 Gary Hiatt: Hiatt has started in 13 games, #79 Ryan Kelley: Has played in eight games this of 28 career games played at MSU...He has season, earning one start...As a member of the #82 John Ulrich: Has played in two games started eight games this season...As a member offensive line, he has helped his squad to 2,418 this season. of the offensive line, he has helped his squad rushing yards through nine games this season. to 2,418 rushing yards through nine games #83 Bryce Duncan: Duncan has started in this season. #80 Taylor Johnson: Has played in two games 23 games during his career, including nine this season. games this season...He has caught 12 passes #68 Barry Ballinger: Ballinger has started for 169 yards. eight games for Minnesota State this season #81 Connor McKeen: Has played in two games

msumavericks.com • Minnesota State University Athletics 5 #85 Ty Dennis: Has seen no action this season. 100-yard Rushing and Receiving and 300-yard Passing Noteables #86 Jordan Lewandowski: Has seen no action Bold indicates this season this season. Active Mavericks With 100-yard Rushing Games Andy Pfeiffer vs. Northeastern State (12/3/12); 176 Andy Pfeiffer vs. MSU Moorehad (9/22/12); 168 Career Totals #87 Matt Murphy: Has played in nine games Connor Thomas vs. Mo. Western State (12/1/12); 159 100-yard Rushing Games this season, earning two starts...He has caught Connor Thomas vs. SW Minnesota State (10/19/13); 153 Name Season/Career three passes for 48 yards and a touchdown. Andy Pfeiffer vs. Minnesota, Crookston (9/17/11); 145 Andy Pfeiffer 0/11 Andy Pfeiffer vs. St. Cloud State (10/8/11); 142 Jon Wolf 4/8 #88 Austin Rieder: Rieder has played in nine Jon Wolf vs. Bemdiji State (9/8/12); 129 Connor Thomas 2/3 games for the Mavericks this season, earning Jon Wolf vs. Valdosta State (12/8/12); 127 Mitch Brozovich 0/1 Andy Pfeiffer vs. Southwest Minnesota State (11/5/11); 126 Chad Zastrow 1/1 seven starts...He is currently second on the Andy Pfeiffer vs. Northwest Missouri State (11/24/12); 125 team in receiving yards with 347...He posted a Connor Thomas vs. Winona State (10/26/13); 122 100-yard Receiving Games season-long 52-yard catch vs. Winona State... Jon Wolf vs. Southwest Minnesota State (11/5/11); 118 Name Season/Career Is averaging 20.4 yards per catch. Andy Pfeiffer vs. Concordia (9/24/11); 116 Dennis Carter 2/4 Andy Pfeiffer vs. Wayne State (10/22/11); 113 Jon Wolf vs. SW Minnesota State (10/19/13); 112 #89 Erik Fuller: Has seen no action this season. Jon Wolf vs. Wayne State (11/2/13); 111 Andy Pfeiffer vs. Northern State (9/10/11); 111 #90 Logan Neitzke: Has seen no action this Jon Wolf vs. Northern State (9/28/13); 109 season. Jon Wolf vs. Concordia-St. Paul (10/5/13; 107 Mitch Brozovich vs. Augustana (10/6/12); 104 #91 Steven Lester: Has seen no action this Chad Zastrow vs. Northern State (9/28/13); 102 Andy Pfeiffer vs. Winona State (10/1/11); 101 season. Jon Wolf vs. Southwest Minnesota State (11/16/10); 101 Active Mavericks With 100-yard Receiving Games #92 Evan Perrizo: Has seen no action this Dennis Carter vs. St. Cloud State (10/9/10); 162 season. Dennis Carter vs. Wayne State (10/22/11); 134 Dennis Carter vs. Winona State (10/26/13); 125 Dennis Carter vs. Augustana (10/12/13); 111 #93 Chris Schaudt: Schaudt has started in Active Mavericks With 300-yard Passing Games nine games this season on the defensive line... None Currently ranks atop the school’s career list in tackles for loss (56.0), sacks (31.0), in yards fumble and defended one pass...Posted three punts have been downed inside the 20 yard line. from TFL (263), yards from sacks (199), sacks against Winona State. fumbles forced (8), quarterback hurries (8) and #99 Derek Bryant: Has seen no action this tied for tenth in fumbles recovered (5). #96 Dalton Jeske: Has seen no action this season. season. #94 Alec Vesper: Has played in four games On Deck: #1 MSU wraps up its 2013 regular this season...Posted two tackles. #97 Shola George: Has seen no action this season schedule on the road against Upper Iowa season. on Saturday, Nov. 16. The opening kickoff is #95 Josh Gordon: Gordon has played in 20 set for 1 p.m. games at Minnesota State and has made 14 #98 Darin Howell: Howell has played in nine total starts...Has played in eight games this games this season...Has punted 27 times this season...Has 35 tackles on the season, including season for an average of 37.5 yards...Eight seven for loss and 5.5 sacks...Has forced one

2013 Minnesota State Starters Offense U-Mary UMC UMD NSU CSP AC SMSU WSU WSC USF UIU Left Tackle Chris Reed Chris Reed Chris Reed Chris Reed Chris Reed Chris Reed Chris Reed Chris Reed Chris Reed Left Guard Gary Hiatt Ryan Kelley Gary Hiatt Gary Hiatt Gary Hiatt Gary Hiatt Gary Hiatt Gary Hiatt Gary Hiatt Center Josh Meeker Josh Meeker Josh Meeker Josh Meeker Josh Meeker Josh Meeker Josh Meeker Josh Meeker Josh Meeker Right Guard Andrew Essman Andrew Essman Andrew Essman Andrew Essman Andrew Essman Andrew Essman Andrew Essman Andrew Essman Andrew Essman Right Tackle Max Hofmeister Max Hofmeister Max Hofmeister Max Hofmeister Max Hofmeister Max Hofmeister Max Hofmeister Max Hofmeister Max Hofmeister Quarterback Jon Wolf Jon Wolf Jon Wolf Jon Wolf Jon Wolf Jon Wolf Jon Wolf Jon Wolf Jon Wolf Running Back Connor Thomas Connor Thomas Connor Thomas Connor Thomas Connor Thomas Connor Thomas Connor Thomas Connor Thomas Andy Pfeiffer X- Austin Rieder Austin Rieder Matt Murphy Austin Rieder Austin Rieder Austin Rieder Matt Murphy Austin Rieder Austin Rieder Y-Wide Receiver Bryce Duncan Bryce Ducan Bryce Duncan Bryce Duncan Bryce Duncan Bryce Duncan Bryce Duncan Bryce Duncan Bryce Duncan Z-Wide Receiver Kyle Riggot Kyle Riggot Kyle Riggot Kyle Riggot Kyle Riggot Kyle Riggot Dennis Carter Ra’Shon Harper Ra’Shon Harper Receiver H/O-Line Dennis Carter Dennis Carter Dennis Carter Dennis Carter Dennis Carter Dennis Carter Nicholas Coy Dennis Carter Dennis Carter Defense U-Mary UMC UMD NSU CSP AC SMSU WSU WSC USF UIU Left End Chris Schaudt Chris Schaudt Chris Schaudt Chris Schaudt Chris Schaudt Chris Schaudt Chris Schaudt Chris Schaudt Chris Schaudt Defensive Tackle Barry Ballinger Barry Ballinger Barry Ballinger Barry Ballinger Barry Ballinger Barry Ballinger Jeffrey Raymond Barry Ballinger Barry Ballinger Nose Guard Kaleb Wendricks Kaleb Wendricks Kaleb Wendricks Kaleb Wendricks Kaleb Wendricks Kaleb Wendricks Kaleb Wendricks Kaleb Wendricks Kaleb Wendricks Right End Shonquille Dorsey Shonquille Dorsey Shonquille Dorsey Shonquille Dorsey Colt Nero Gabe Wolf Josh Gordon Josh Gordon Josh Gordon Buck Linebacker Tyler Henderson Tyler Henderson Tyler Henderson Tyler Henderson Tyler Henderson Tyler Henderson Tyler Henderson Tyler Henderson Tyler Henderson Mike Linebacker Kris Fleigle Kris Fleigle Kris Fleigle Kris Fleigle Kris Fleigle Kris Fleigle Kris Fleigle Kris Fleigle Ryan Saumur Will Linebacker Isaac Kolstad Isaac Kolstad Isaac Kolstad Isaac Kolstad Isaac Kolstad Isaac Kolstad Isaac Kolstad Isaac Kolstad Isaac Kolstad Left Cornerback Justin Otto Justin Otto Justin Otto Justin Otto Justin Otto Justin Otto Justin Otto Justin Otto Justin Otto Free Safety Nathan Hancock Nathan Hancock Nathan Hancock Nathan Hancock Nathan Hancock Nathan Hancock Nathan Hancock Nathan Hancock Nathan Hancock Strong Safety Jordan Hale Eric Clark Kelend Smith Jordan Hale Jordan Hale Jordan Hale Jordan Hale Jordan Hale Jordan Hale Right Cornerback Patrick Schmidt Patrick Schmidt Patrick Schmidt Patrick Schmidt Patrick Schmidt Patrick Schmidt Patrick Schmidt Patrick Schmidt Patrick Schmidt

6 msumavericks.com • Minnesota State University Athletics 2013 Minnesota State Roster (as of August 31)

# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/Previous School 1 Kyle Riggott WR 5-10 190 So. Rochester, Minn./Century 2 Kelend Smith CB 6-1 174 Jr. University City, Mo./University City 3 Patrick Schmidt CB 6-0 180 So. Menasha, Wis./Menasha 4 Nathan Hancock SF 6-1 192 Jr. Independence, Mo./Fort Osage 5 Connor Thomas TB 5-10 198 So. Chicago, Ill./Notre Dame College Prep 6 Nick Pieruccini QB 6-0 210 R-Fr. Chicago, Ill./Notre Dame College Prep 7 Ra’Shon Harper WR 5-9 170 Sr. Los Angeles, Califi./El Camino Real/Los Angels Valley 8 Dennis Carter WR 5-10 177 Sr. Brooklyn Park, Minn./Spring Lake Park 9 Eric Clark SF 6-0 195 Jr. St. Louis, Mo./DeSmet Jesuit/SIU-Carbondale 10 Cory Brent SF 6-0 190 Fr. Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest 11 Jon Wolf QB 6-4 230 Sr. Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest 12 Erik Ruhland WR 6-5 212 Jr. Plymouth, Minn./Armstrong 13 Keyvan Rudd WR 6-3 192 Jr. Davenport, Iowa/Central 14 Zach Evans QB 6-0 196 Fr. Milwaukee, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran 15 Mitch Brozovich QB 6-2 211 So. Minooka, Ill./Minooka 16 Neico Stokke QB 6-1 202 R-Fr. Menomonie, Wis./Menomonie 17 Justin Otto CB 6-1 184 So. Kenosha, Wis./Bradford 18 Sam Brockshus K 5-10 205 Sr. Spencer, Iowa/Spencer 19 Andy Pfeiffer TB 6-1 205 Jr. Mankato, Minn./West 20 Jordan Hale SF 5-10 192 Sr. Omaha, Neb./Millard South 21 Diontae Jones LB 6-1 194 Sr. Ellicoct City, Md./Howard 22 Isaac Kolstad LB 6-1 227 Sr. Mankato, Minn/East 23 Evan Koehler LB 6-1 215 So. Chaska, Minn./Chaska 24 Samuel Thompson SF 6-1 190 Jr. Clive, Iowa/Waukee 25 Marquis Parks CB 6-2 182 Jr. St. Louis, Mo./LaDue 26 Alex Riley CB 5-11 190 Fr. Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen 27 Jared Gillespie CB 5-10 182 So. St. Paul, Minn./Johnson/Fort Scott Community College 28 Anthony Lewis TB 5-11 210 Jr. Romulus, Mich./Gibraltar Carlson/Victor Valley 29 Nick Peters SF 6-2 183 R-Fr. Urbandale, Iowa/Waukee 30 Jeff Burns TE 6-3 224 Jr. Circle Pines, Minn./Centennial 31 Brendan Chrystal LB 6-2 210 Fr. Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake South 32 Chad Zastrow TB 5-10 202 So. Rochester, Minn./Century 33 Tyler Henderson LB 6-2 211 So. Mankato, Minn./West 34 Dylan Oleszak CB 6-0 175 Fr. Franklin, Wis./Oak Creek 35 Ryan Saumur LB 6-3 231 Sr. Long Beach, Calif./Cypress 36 Zach Pozorski RB 6-1 205 Fr. Plover, Wis./SPASH 37 Alex Campbell SF 6-1 190 Fr. Ellsworth, Wis./Ellsworth 38 Mat Andriano CB 6-1 193 R-Fr. Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny 39 Brent Esser WR 5-10 171 R-Fr. Wausau, Wis./DC Everest 40 Austin Sirovina LB 6-2 223 Fr. Oak Creek, Wis./Oak Creek 41 Justin Erickson SF 6-3 185 R-Fr. Racine, Wis./Racine St. Catherine 42 Josh Couch SF 6-1 195 So. Omaha, Neb./Millard North 43 Bryce Dominick LB 5-10 198 So. Stevens Point, Wis./Stevens Point 44 Jordan Campbell LB 6-1 217 So. Greendale, Wis./Greendale 45 Shaun Schindler LB 6-3 210 Fr. Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson 46 Joe Bredice SF 5-7 189 Jr. Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny/Iowa Central 47 Darius Clare TE 6-3 242 Jr. Delano, Minn./Delano 48 Marcus Gooden LB 6-1 218 R-Fr. Belivderen, Ill./Belvidere 49 Tommy Williams P 6-0 191 R-Fr. Des Moines, Iowa/Southeast Polk 50 Kris Fleigle LB 6-2 202 Jr. Blaine, Minn./Moundsview 51 Colt Nero DE 6-4 224 R-Fr. Cryastal Lake, Il./South 52 Andrew Essman OL 6-2 293 Sr. Lincoln, Neb./Southwest 53 Nick Hubbard DT 6-3 240 So. Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield 55 Jesse Gonzales DE 6-3 230 Fr. Merrionette Park, Ill./Eisenhower 56 Shonquille Dorsey DE 6-0 244 Sr. Dallas, Texas/LG Pinkston 57 Gabe Wolfe DE 6-4 247 So. Andover, Minn./Andover 59 Calvin Kempken OL 6-3 289 Fr. Waterfol, Wis./Catholic Central 60 Jake Bush OL 6-4 241 Fr.. Chanhassen, Minn./Minnetonka 61 Garrett Biebl OL 6-3 275 R-Fr. Omaha, Neb/Millard 62 Kyle Schuh OL 6-5 313 R-Fr. Kaukauna, Wis./Kaukauna 63 Josh Meeker OL 6-2 291 Jr. Omaha, Neb./Millard West 64 Bryan Caffin OL 6-3 276 Fr. Hudson, Wis./Hudson 65 Logan Figueroa OL 6-2 286 Jr. Valders, Wis./Valders 66 Paul Bernhagen OL 6-4 284 R-Fr. Madison, Wis./Madison LaFollette 67 Gary Hiatt OL 6-3 301 Jr. Omaha, Neb./Millard South 68 Barry Ballinger DT 6-1 301 Jr. Wauwatosa, Wis./West 69 Max Hofmeister OL 6-4 287 Jr. Omaha, Neb./Millard South 70 Luke Wendricks OL 6-4 380 R-Fr. Suamico, Wis./Bay Port 71 Alex Matheson OL 6-5 275 Fr. Marshall, Wis./Sun Prairie High 72 Kaleb Wendricks DT 6-1 335 Jr. Suamico, Wis./Bay Port 73 James Andersen OL 6-4 306 R-Fr. Omaha, Neb./Burke 74 Chris Reed OL 6-5 300 Jr. Omaha, Neb./Central 75 Jeffrey Raymond DT 6-1 290 Jr. Edgar, Wis./Edgar 76 Herschel Prater OL 6-6 302 So. Ferguson, Mo./McLuer South Berkley 77 Bryan Keys DT 6-1 306 Jr. Germantown, Wis./Germantown 78 Nicholas Coy OL 6-5 286 So. St. Paul Park, Minn./Park 79 Ryan Kelley OL 6-4 334 So. Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial 80 Taylor Johnson WR 6-3 182 R-Fr. Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee 81 Connor McKeen WR 6-3 206 R-Fr. Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury 82 John Ulrich TE 6-3 248 So. Minneapolis, Minn./South/Central Lakes College 83 Bryce Duncan TE 6-5 249 So. Rochester, Minn./Century 85 Ty Dennis WR 6-3 205 Fr. Burlington, Wis./Burlington 86 Jordan Lewandoski WR 6-1 195 Fr. Milwaukee, Wis./Rufus King International 87 Matt Murphy TE 6-5 239 Sr. Clinton, Iowa/Clinton 88 Austin Rieder WR 6-0 175 Jr. Eau Claire, Wis./North/Rochester Community & Technical 89 Erik Fuller TE 6-4 235 Fr. Wauconda, Ill./Wauconda 90 Logan Neitzke DE 6-3 230 Fr. Appleton, Wis./Appleton North 91 Steven Lester DT 6-0 300 So. Lakevilla, Ill./Carmel Catholic/Air Force 92 Evan Perrizo DE 6-5 242 Fr. Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie 93 Chris Schaudt DE 6-4 272 Sr. Slater, Iowa/Ballard 94 Alec Vesper DT 6-0 292 R-Fr. Joliet, Ill./Minooka 95 Josh Gordon DE 6-2 253 So. Milwaukee, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran 96 Dalton Jeske DT 6-1 290 Fr. Arcadia, Wis./Arcadia 97 Shola George DT 6-0 255 Fr. Mt. Prospect, Ill./Mt. Prospect 98 Darin Howell P/K 5-11 209 Jr. Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago 99 Derek Bryant DE 6-4 275 So. Columbus, Ohio/Brookhaven

msumavericks.com • Minnesota State University Athletics 7 2013 Minnesota State Two-Deeps (as of Nov. 4) OFFENSE DEFENSE Left Tackle - 74 Chris Reed (6-3, 306, Jr.) Left End - 93 Chris Schaudt (6-4, 272, Sr.) - 76 Hershel Prater (6-6. 300, So.) - 51 Colt Nero (6-4, 224, R-Fr.)

Left Guard - 67 Gary Hiatt (6-3, 298, Jr.) Defensive Tackle - 68 Barry Ballinger (6-1, 301, Jr.) - 79 Ryan Kelley (6-2, 326, So.) - 75 Jeffrey Raymond (6-0, 290, Jr.)

Center - 63 Josh Meeker (6-1, 286, Jr.) Nose Guard - 72 Kaleb Wendricks (6-0, 335, Jr.) - 66 Paul Bernhagen (6-4, 284, R-Fr.) - 77 Bryan Keys (6-1, 303, Jr.)

Right Guard - 52 Andrew Essman (6-2, 286, Sr.) Right End - 95 Josh Gordon (6-2, 253, So.) - 70 Luke Wendricks (6-3, 355, R-Fr.) - 57 Gabe Wolfe (6-4, 247, So.)

Right Tackle - 69 Max Hofmeister (6-4, 294, Jr.) Buck Linebacker - 33 Tyler Henderson (6-2, 211, So.) - 78 Nicholas Coy (6-5, 286, So.) - 21 Dionte Jones (6-1, 194, Sr.)

Quarterback - 11 Jon Wolf (6-4, 230, Sr.) Mike Linebacker - 50 Kris Fleigle (6-1, 202, Jr.) - 15 Mitch Brozovich (6-1, 211, So.) - 35 Ryan Saumur (6-3, 231, Sr.)

Tailback - 5 Connor Thomas (5-9, 198, So.) Will Linebacker - 22 Isaac Kolstad (6-1, 227, Sr.) - 19 Andy Pfeiffer (5-11, 205, Jr..) - 23 Evan Koehler (6-0, 215, So.)

X-Wide Receiver - 88 Austin Rieder (6-0, 175, So.) Left Cornerback - 17 Justin Otto (6-0, 184, So.) - 13 Keyvan Rudd (6-2, 190, Jr.) - 2 Keland Smith (6-1, 174, Jr.)

Y-Wide Receiver - 83 Bryce Duncan (6-4, 249, So.) Free Safety - 4 Nathan Hancock (6-2, 192, Jr.) - 87 Matt Murphy (6-5, 239, Sr.) - 24 Samuel Thompson (6-0, 190, Jr.)

Z-Wide Receiver - 7 Ra’Shon Harper (5-8, 170, Sr.) Strong Safety - 20 Jordan Hale (5-10, 192, Sr.) - 39 Brent Esser (5-10, 171, R-Fr.) - 9 Eric Clark (6-0, 195, Jr.)

Receiver H - 8 Dennis Carter (5-9, 171, Sr.) Right Cornerback - 3 Patrick Schmidt (5-11, 180, So.) - 27 Jared Gillespie (5-10, 182, So.)

SPECIAL TEAMS Placekicker - 18 Sam Brockshus (5-10, 205, Sr.) - 98 Darin Howell (5-11, 209, Jr.)

Punter - 98 Darin Howell (5-11, 209, Jr.) - 49 Tommy Williams (6-0, 191, R-Fr.)

Longsnapper - 53 Nick Hubbard (6-3, 240, So.)

Returner - 8 Dennis Carter (5-9, 171, Sr.)

Holder - 98 Darin Howell (5-11, 209, Jr.)

8 msumavericks.com • Minnesota State University Athletics Game 1 This Week’s Matchup @ University of Mary W, 34-21

Game 2 Minnesota Crookston W, 68-26 9-0, 5-0 NSIC South 5-4, 3-2 NSIC South

NSIC Offensive Rankings NSIC Offensive Rankings Game 3 Scoring Offense: 4th, 39.2 ppg Scoring Offense: 6th, 34.6 ppg @ Minnesota Duluth Pass Offense: 11th, 171.9 ypg Pass Offense: 7th, 225.0 ypg W, 21-17 Rushing Offense: 3rd, 268.7 ypg Rushing Offense: 2nd, 269.8 ypg Total Offense: 7th, 440.6 ypg Total Offense: 3rd, 494.8 ypg Pass Efficiency: 1st, 171.4 Pass Efficiency: 10th, 116.0 1st Downs: 6th, 184 1st Downs: 3rd, 231 Game 4 4th Down Conversions: 2nd, 66.7% 4th Down Conversions: 8th, 50.0% Northern State W, 42-14 Red Zone Offense: 5th, 78.6% Red Zone Offense: 7th, 73.6% 3rd Down Conversion: 3rd, 43.7% 3rd Down Conversion: 1st, 49.7%

NSIC Defensive Rankings NSIC Defensive Rankings Game 5 Scoring Defense: 1st, 15.0 ppg Scoring Defense: 7th, 25.9 ppg @ Concordia-St. Paul Pass Defense: 5th, 205.6 ypg Pass Defense: 10th, 224.7 ypg W, 27-7 Rushing Defense: 1st, 67.3 ypg Rushing Defense: 12th, 218.9 ypg Total Defense: 1st, 272.9 ypg Total Defense: 11th, 443.6 ypg Turnover Margin: 2nd, +16 Turnover Margin: 10th, -4 Game 6 Pass Defense Efficiency: 3rd, 116.6 Pass Defense Efficiency: 5th, 118.3 Augustana Opponent 1st Downs: 1st, 140 Opponent 1st Downs: 11th, 196 W, 20-10 Sacks: 2nd, 26 Sacks: 16th, 13 Fourth Down Conversion: 8th, 45.5% Fourth Down Conversion: 7th, 45.5% Red Zone Defense: 13th, 81.2% Red Zone Defense: 13th, 81.2% Game 7 Third Down Conversion: 5th, 34.6% Third Down Conversion: 4th, 33.1% @ Southwest MN State W, 52-27 NSIC Special Team Rankings NSIC Special Team Rankings Kickoff Returns: 15th, 17.9 ypr Kickoff Returns: 2nd, 23.3 ypr Punting: 11th, 31.8 ypp Punting: 3rd, 34.7 ypp Game 8 Punt Returns: 3rd, 14.1 ypr Punt Returns: 5th, 11.3 ypr Winona State W, 44-10 Top Conference Performers Top Conference Performers Jon Wolf - 10th/Rushing, 84.9 ypg Nephi Garcia - 4th/Rushing, 118.7 ypg Jon Wolf - 10th/Passing Avg., 158.3 ypg Luke Papilion - 7th/Rushing, 105.4 ypg Jon Wolf - 7th/Total Offense, 243.2 ypg Luke Papilion - 9th/Total Offense, 222.6 ypg Game 9 Wes Smith - 4th/All Purpose Yards, 142.4 ypg Wayne State Dennis Carter - 8th/All Purpose, 123.9 ypg W, 45-3 Patrick Scmidt - 2nd/Interceptions, 5 Nephi Garcia - 5th/All Purpose Yards, 140.3 ypg Nathan Hancock - 3rd/Interceptions, 4 Carrington Hanna - 10th/Pass Efficiency, 135.6 Jon Wolf - 1st/Pass Efficiency, 174.9 Wes Smith - 2nd/Punt Return Avg., 14.9 ypr Dennis Carter - 1st/Punt Return Avg., 15.0 ypr Wes Smith - 7th/Kick Return Avg., 24.6 ypr Game 10 Darin Howell - 6th/Punting, 37.5 ypp Jace Bunkers - 8th/Punting, 35.1 ypp @ Sioux Falls Sam Brockshus - 4th/Scoring, 8.8 ppg Luke Papilion - 2nd/Scoring, 12.0 ppg Nov. 9 Bradley Hatfield - 2nd/Field Goals, 9 1 p.m. Jon Wolf - 10th/Scoring, 8.0 ppg Sam Brockshus - 1st/Field Goals, 12 Bradley Hatfield - 6th/PAT, 33 Sam Brockshus - 1st/PAT, 43 John Batinich - 10th/Tackles, 77 Game 11 Josh Gordon - T-5th/Sacks, 5.5 @ Upper Iowa Nov. 16 1 p.m.

msumavericks.com • Minnesota State University Athletics 9 2013 Minnesota State Football Minnesota State Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 04, 2013) All games

Team Statistics MSU OPP SCORING 353 135 Points Per Game 39.2 15.0 FIRST DOWNS 184 140 R u s h in g 116 38 P a s s in g 61 87 P e n a lt y 7 15 RUSHING YARDAGE 2418 606 Yards gained rushing 2599 880 Yards lost rushing 181 274 Rushing Attempts 387 271 Average Per Rush 6.2 2.2 Average Per Game 268.7 67.3 TDs Rushing 26 2 PASSING YARDAGE 1547 1850 C o m p - A t t - I n t 92-156-2 169-291-19 Average Per Pass 9.9 6.4 Average Per Catch 16.8 10.9 Average Per Game 171.9 205.6 TDs Passing 15 16 TOTAL OFFENSE 3965 2456 Total Plays 543 562 Average Per Play 7.3 4.4 Average Per Game 440.6 272.9 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 19-341 45-924 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 14-197 9-101 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 19-288 2-29 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 17.9 20.5 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 14.1 11.2 INT RETURN AVERAGE 15.2 14.5 FUMBLES-LOST 11-7 13-6 PENALTIES-Yards 55-540 47-378 Average Per Game 60.0 42.0 PUNTS-Yards 29-1022 44-1587 Average Per Punt 35.2 36.1 Net punt average 29.0 29.8 KICKOFFS-Yards 64-3749 29-1564 Average Per Kick 58.6 53.9 Net kick average 37.9 36.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 1 : 1 4 2 8 : 4 6 3RD-DOWN Conversions 45/103 44/127 3rd-Down Pct 44% 35% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 8/12 10/22 4th-Down Pct 67% 45% SACKS BY-Yards 26-187 10-67 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 45 18 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 12-16 4-6 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (33-42) 79% (13-16) 81% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (24-42) 57% (11-16) 69% PAT-ATTEMPTS (43-44) 98% (15-16) 94% ATTENDANCE 18918 13024 Games/Avg Per Game 5/3784 4/3256 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Minnesota State 98 121 69 65 0 353 Opponents 23 34 30 48 0 135 10 msumavericks.com • Minnesota State University Athletics 2013 Minnesota State Football Minnesota State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 04, 2013) All games

Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Wolf, Jon 9 - 9 111 883 119 764 6.9 11 65 84.9 Carter, Dennis 13 195 15.0 2 84 Thomas, Connor 9 - 8 101 718 20 698 6.9 8 52 77.6 Harper, Ra'Shon 1 2 2.0 0 0 Pfeiffer, Andy 9 - 2 63 344 19 325 5.2 1 21 36.1 Total 14 197 14.1 2 84 Zastrow, Chad 7 - 0 37 285 0 285 7.7 2 52 40.7 Opponents 9 101 11.2 0 39 Brozovich, Mitch 8 - 0 32 173 2 171 5.3 2 26 21.4 Lewis, Anthony 8 - 0 20 111 3 108 5.4 1 17 13.5 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Carter, Dennis 9 - 9 9 53 0 53 5.9 0 21 5.9 Schmidt, Patrick 5 63 12.6 0 30 Pieruccini, Nick 2 - 0 2 22 0 22 11.0 0 14 11.0 Hancock, Nathan 4 103 25.8 1 72 Harper, Ra'Shon 9 - 2 1 10 0 10 10.0 1 10 1.1 Otto, Justin 2 0 0.0 0 0 Stokke, Neico 4 - 0 2 0 1 -1 -0.5 0 0 -0.2 Clark, Eric 2 62 31.0 1 58 TEAM 9 - 0 9 0 17 -17 -1.9 0 0 -1.9 Hale, Jordan 2 8 4.0 0 8 Total 9 387 2599 181 2418 6.2 26 65 268.7 Saumur, Ryan 1 10 10.0 0 10 Opponents 9 271 880 274 606 2.2 2 39 67.3 Fleigle, Kris 1 25 25.0 0 25 Keys, Bryan 1 17 17.0 0 17 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Smith, Kelend 1 0 0.0 0 0 Wolf, Jon 9 - 9 174.89 86-141-1 61.0 1425 13 55 158.3 Total 19 288 15.2 2 72 Brozovich, Mitch 8 - 0 84.84 4-11-1 36.4 48 1 29 6.0 Opponents 2 29 14.5 0 29 Stokke, Neico 4 - 0 167.60 1-2-0 50.0 28 0 28 7.0 Carter, Dennis 9 - 9 816.40 1-1-0 100.0 46 1 46 5.1 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Riggott, Kyle 6 - 6 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Carter, Dennis 12 240 20.0 0 27 Total 9 171.44 92-156-2 59.0 1547 15 55 171.9 Zastrow, Chad 3 58 19.3 0 29 Opponents 9 116.56 169-291-19 58.1 1850 16 58 205.6 Lewis, Anthony 2 20 10.0 0 21 Harper, Ra'Shon 1 16 16.0 0 16 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Clare, Darius 1 7 7.0 0 7 Carter, Dennis 9 - 9 36 627 17.4 7 55 69.7 Total 19 341 17.9 0 29 Rieder, Austin 9 - 7 17 347 20.4 3 52 38.6 Opponents 45 924 20.5 0 50 Duncan, Bryce 9 - 9 12 169 14.1 0 40 18.8 Burns, Jeff 5 - 0 5 40 8.0 1 15 8.0 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Rudd, Keyvan 9 - 0 4 95 23.8 0 53 10.6 Kolstad, Isaac 1 56 56.0 0 56 Pfeiffer, Andy 9 - 2 4 57 14.2 0 39 6.3 Total 1 56 56.0 0 56 Riggott, Kyle 6 - 6 4 44 11.0 2 23 7.3 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 Murphy, Matt 9 - 2 3 48 16.0 1 21 5.3 Zastrow, Chad 7 - 0 2 33 16.5 0 23 4.7 Thomas, Connor 9 - 8 2 4 2.0 0 2 0.4 Wolf, Jon 9 - 9 1 46 46.0 1 46 5.1 Lewis, Anthony 8 - 0 1 28 28.0 0 28 3.5 Harper, Ra'Shon 9 - 2 1 9 9.0 0 9 1.0 Total 9 92 1547 16.8 15 55 171.9 Opponents 9 169 1850 10.9 16 58 205.6

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Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 33 Henderson, Tyler 9-9 27 24 51 6.0-27 2.5-20 . 3 1 . . . . 50 Fleigle, Kris 9-8 22 29 51 3.0-9 . 1-25 2 3 . 1 . . 22 Kolstad, Isaac 9-9 20 25 45 3.0-12 1.5-9 . 3 . 1-56 . . . 4 Hancock, Nathan 9-8 27 13 40 1.0-8 1.0-8 4-103 . . 1-0 1 . . 17 Otto, Justin 9-9 21 16 37 2.5-5 . 2-0 8 . . . . . 93 Schaudt, Chris 9-9 11 25 36 8.5-34 4.0-26 . 2 . . 1 . . 95 Gordon, Josh 8-3 16 19 35 7.0-47 5.5-45 . 1 2 . 1 . . 23 Koehler, Evan 9-0 16 18 34 1.0-6 1.0-6 ...... 24 Thompson, Samuel 8-0 12 12 24 . . . 3 . . . . . 72 Wendricks, Kaleb 9-9 3 18 21 1.0-3 ...... 9 Clark, Eric 8-1 12 9 21 0.5-0 . 2-62 ...... 75 Raymond, Jeffrey 9-1 7 13 20 4.0-11 0.5-4 ...... 35 Saumur, Ryan 9-1 8 12 20 2.0-6 . 1-10 3 1 . 1 . . 3 Schmidt, Patrick 9-9 10 7 17 2.0-12 . 5-63 3 . 1-0 . 1 . 20 Hale, Jordan 8-7 6 11 17 0.5-1 . 2-8 2 . . . . . 77 Keys, Bryan 6-0 5 10 15 4.0-9 2.0-6 1-17 1 . . . . . 57 Wolfe, Gabe 7-1 6 9 15 4.0-21 2.0-16 . 3 . . 1 . . 68 Ballinger, Barry 8-8 8 6 14 1.5-11 1.0-11 . . 2 . . . . 44 Campbell, Jordan 6-0 4 9 13 ...... 21 Jones, Diontae 8-0 4 9 13 2.0-2 ...... 51 Nero, Colt 7-1 3 10 13 4.5-22 2.0-11 . 1 1 2-0 . . . 43 Dominick, Bryce 9-0 6 4 10 1.0-1 1.0-1 . 1 . . 3 . . 38 Andriano, Mat 9-0 2 6 8 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 27 Gillespie, Jered 5-0 5 3 8 0.5-6 0.5-6 . 1 . . . . . 56 Dorsey, Shonquille 4-4 2 5 7 0.5-8 0.5-8 ...... 48 Gooden, Marcus 9-0 3 4 7 ...... 25 Parks, Marquis 6-0 1 2 3 . . . 2 . . . . . 2 Smith, Kelend 7-1 3 . 3 . . 1-0 2 . . . . . 5 Thomas, Connor 9-8 1 2 3 ...... 1 . . 53 Hubbard, Nick 7-0 1 1 2 1.0-10 1.0-10 ...... 94 Vesper, Alec 4-0 . 2 2 ...... 13 Rudd, Keyvan 9-0 . 1 1 ...... 98 Howell, Darin 9-0 1 . 1 ...... 7 Harper, Ra'Shon 9-2 . 1 1 ...... 32 Zastrow, Chad 7-0 1 . 1 ...... 11 Wolf, Jon 9-9 . 1 1 ...... 29 Peters, Nick 1-0 1 . 1 ...... 47 Clare, Darius 8-0 1 . 1 ...... TM TEAM 9-0 ...... 1 1 Total 9 276 336 612 61-271 26-187 19-288 41 10 6-56 10 2 1 Opponents 9 278 340 618 38-150 10-67 2-29 22 7 7-0 7 2 .

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Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral * Sep 07, 2013 at U-Mary W 34-21 2522 All games 9-0 5-0 4-0 0-0 * Sep 14, 2013 MINNESOTA CROOKSTON W 68-26 3407 Conference 9-0 5-0 4-0 0-0 * Sep 21, 2013 at #7 UMD W 21-17 5723 Non-Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 * Oct 05, 2013 at Concordia-St. Paul W 27-7 1991 * Sep 28, 2013 NORTHERN STATE W 42-14 5107 Team Statistics MSU OPP * Oct 12, 2013 AUGUSTANA W 20-10 4312 FIRST DOWNS 184 140 * Oct 19, 2013 at Southwest Minnesota W 52-27 2788 R u s h in g 116 38 * Oct 26, 2013 WINONA STATE W 44-10 3211 P a s s in g 61 87 * Nov 2, 2013 WAYNE STATE W 45-3 2881 P e n a l ty 7 15 RUSHING YARDAGE 2418 606 Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Rushing Attempts 387 271 Wolf, Jon 9 - 9 111 883 119 764 6.9 11 65 84.9 Average Per Rush 6.2 2.2 Thomas, Connor 9 - 8 101 718 20 698 6.9 8 52 77.6 Average Per Game 268.7 67.3 Pfeiffer, Andy 9 - 2 63 344 19 325 5.2 1 21 36.1 TDs Rushing 26 2 Zastrow, Chad 7 - 0 37 285 0 285 7.7 2 52 40.7 PASSING YARDAGE 1547 1850 Brozovich, Mitch 8 - 0 32 173 2 171 5.3 2 26 21.4 C o m p - A t t- In t 92-156-2 169-291-19 Lewis, Anthony 8 - 0 20 111 3 108 5.4 1 17 13.5 Average Per Pass 9.9 6.4 Carter, Dennis 9 - 9 9 53 0 53 5.9 0 21 5.9 Average Per Catch 16.8 10.9 Pieruccini, Nick 2 - 0 2 22 0 22 11.0 0 14 11.0 Average Per Game 171.9 205.6 Harper, Ra'Shon 9 - 2 1 10 0 10 10.0 1 10 1.1 TDs Passing 15 16 Stokke, Neico 4 - 0 2 0 1 -1 -0.5 0 0 -0.2 TOTAL OFFENSE 3965 2456 TEAM 9 - 0 9 0 17 -17 -1.9 0 0 -1.9 Average Per Play 7.3 4.4 Total 9 387 2599 181 2418 6.2 26 65 268.7 Average Per Game 440.6 272.9 Opponents 9 271 880 274 606 2.2 2 39 67.3 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 19-341 45-924 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 14-197 9-101 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g INT RETURNS: #-Yards 19-288 2-29 Wolf, Jon 9 - 9 174.89 86-141-1 61.0 1425 13 55 158.3 FUMBLES-LOST 11-7 13-6 Brozovich, Mitch 8 - 0 84.84 4-11-1 36.4 48 1 29 6.0 PENALTIES-Yards 55-540 47-378 Stokke, Neico 4 - 0 167.60 1-2-0 50.0 28 0 28 7.0 PUNTS-AVG 29-35.2 44-36.1 Carter, Dennis 9 - 9 816.40 1-1-0 100.0 46 1 46 5.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 1 :1 4 2 8 :4 6 Riggott, Kyle 6 - 6 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 45/103 44/127 Total 9 171.44 92-156-2 59.0 1547 15 55 171.9 4TH-DOWN Conversions 8/12 10/22 Opponents 9 116.56 169-291-19 58.1 1850 16 58 205.6 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Schmidt, Patrick 5 63 12.6 0 30 Carter, Dennis 9 - 9 36 627 17.4 7 55 69.7 Hancock, Nathan 4 103 25.8 1 72 Rieder, Austin 9 - 7 17 347 20.4 3 52 38.6 Clark, Eric 2 62 31.0 1 58 Duncan, Bryce 9 - 9 12 169 14.1 0 40 18.8 Otto, Justin 2 0 0.0 0 0 Burns, Jeff 5 - 0 5 40 8.0 1 15 8.0 Hale, Jordan 2 8 4.0 0 8 Rudd, Keyvan 9 - 0 4 95 23.8 0 53 10.6 Fleigle, Kris 1 25 25.0 0 25 Pfeiffer, Andy 9 - 2 4 57 14.2 0 39 6.3 Smith, Kelend 1 0 0.0 0 0 Riggott, Kyle 6 - 6 4 44 11.0 2 23 7.3 Saumur, Ryan 1 10 10.0 0 10 Murphy, Matt 9 - 2 3 48 16.0 1 21 5.3 Keys, Bryan 1 17 17.0 0 17 Zastrow, Chad 7 - 0 2 33 16.5 0 23 4.7 Thomas, Connor 9 - 8 2 4 2.0 0 2 0.4 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Wolf, Jon 9 - 9 1 46 46.0 1 46 5.1 Howell, Darin 27 1012 37.5 53 4 7 8 2 2 Lewis, Anthony 8 - 0 1 28 28.0 0 28 3.5 TEAM 2 10 5.0 10 0 0 0 0 0 Harper, Ra'Shon 9 - 2 1 9 9.0 0 9 1.0 Total 9 92 1547 16.8 15 55 171.9 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Opponents 9 169 1850 10.9 16 58 205.6 Carter, Dennis 13 195 15.0 2 84 Harper, Ra'Shon 1 2 2.0 0 0 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Total 14 197 14.1 2 84 Brockshus, Sam 12-16 75.0 0-0 4-6 6-7 2-2 0-1 45 0 Opponents 9 101 11.2 0 39

PAT Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Carter, Dennis 12 240 20.0 0 27 Brockshus, Sam - 12-16 43-44 - - - - - 79 Zastrow, Chad 3 58 19.3 0 29 Wolf, Jon 12 ------72 Lewis, Anthony 2 20 10.0 0 21 Carter, Dennis 9 ------54 Clare, Darius 1 7 7.0 0 7 Thomas, Connor 8 ------48 Harper, Ra'Shon 1 16 16.0 0 16 Rieder, Austin 3 ------18 Total 19 341 17.9 0 29 Brozovich, Mitch 2 ------12 Opponents 45 924 20.5 0 50 Riggott, Kyle 2 ------12 Zastrow, Chad 2 ------12 Hancock, Nathan 1 ------6 Harper, Ra'Shon 1 ------6 Pfeiffer, Andy 1 ------6 Clark, Eric 1 ------6 Murphy, Matt 1 ------6 Lewis, Anthony 1 ------6 Burns, Jeff 1 ------6 Hofmeister, Max - - - 1-1 - - - - 2 TEAM ------1 2 Total 45 12-16 43-44 1-1 - - - 1 353 Opponents 18 4-6 15-16 0-1 - - - - 135

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Minnesota State 98 121 69 65 0 353 Opponents 23 34 30 48 0 135 msumavericks.com • Minnesota State University Athletics 13 NCAA Statistics

Minn. St. Mankato - 2013-14 Football Ranking Summary thru games 11/02/2013

National Conference National Conference Statistic Value Value Value Rank Rank Leader Leader 3rd Down Conversion Pct (162 ranked) 35 3 0.437 Chadron St. 0.542 Sioux Falls 0.497 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (162 ranked) 42 5 0.346 Winston-Salem 0.190 Minn. Duluth 0.264 4th Down Conversion Pct (162 ranked) 11 2 0.667 Tarleton St. 0.867 Wayne St. (NE) 0.682 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (162 ranked) 82 7 0.455 Southern Ark. 0.125 Minn. Duluth 0.308 Blocked Kicks (111 ranked) 66 12 2 Fort Valley St. 10 Northern St. 9 Blocked Kicks Allowed (161 ranked) 53 3 2 21 teams tied 0 Augustana (SD) 0 Blocked Punts (33 ranked) 33 6 1 Northern St. 6 Northern St. 6 Winona St. 6 Winona St. 6 Blocked Punts Allowed (162 ranked) 122 9 2 76 teams tied 0 6 teams tied 0 Completion Percentage (162 ranked) 61 6 0.590 Lake Erie 0.719 Minn. Duluth 0.638 Fewest Penalties Per Game (162 ranked) 43 11 6.11 Ashland 2.00 Bemidji St. 3.56 Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (162 ranked) 59 11 60.00 Ashland 18.22 Bemidji St. 26.67 First Downs Defense (162 ranked) 11 1 140 Shepherd 118 Minn. St. Mankato 140 Minn. Duluth 140 First Downs Offense (162 ranked) 69 6 184 Colorado Mines 271 Southwest Minn. St. 256 Fumbles Lost (162 ranked) 49 7 7 East Stroudsburg 1 Southwest Minn. St. 4 St. Cloud St. 4 Concordia-St. Paul 4 Fumbles Recovered (159 ranked) 116 11 6 Okla. Panhandle 16 Minn. Duluth 15 Kickoff Return Defense (162 ranked) 91 8 20.53 Miles 10.57 Augustana (SD) 13.71 Kickoff Returns (162 ranked) 131 14 17.95 West Tex. A&M 31.19 Minn. Duluth 26.93 Net Punting (162 ranked) 154 14 29.00 Colorado Mines 40.69 Bemidji St. 35.76 Pass Sacks Allowed (162 ranked) 23 2 1.11 Harding 0.38 Northern St. 0.89 Passes Had Intercepted (162 ranked) 2 1 2 Carson-Newman 1 Minn. St. Mankato 2 Passes Intercepted (161 ranked) 3 1 19 Colorado Mesa 22 Minn. St. Mankato 19 Passing Offense (162 ranked) 123 11 171.9 West Tex. A&M 420.2 Winona St. 298.1 Passing Yards Allowed (162 ranked) 52 5 205.6 Clark Atlanta 133.3 St. Cloud St. 158.9 Passing Yards per Completion (162 ranked) 5 1 16.82 Harding 23.71 Minn. St. Mankato 16.82 Punt Return Defense (162 ranked) 112 11 11.22 Truman -1.57 Sioux Falls 1.70 Punt Returns (162 ranked) 23 3 14.07 Central Okla. 23.54 Winona St. 15.31 Red Zone Defense (162 ranked) 111 13 0.813 Indiana (PA) 0.522 Minn. Duluth 0.611 Red Zone Offense (162 ranked) 74 5 0.786 Emporia St. 0.951 Southwest Minn. St. 0.860 Rushing Defense (162 ranked) 2 1 67.3 Shepherd 45.1 Minn. St. Mankato 67.3 Rushing Offense (162 ranked) 12 3 268.7 Harding 382.0 Minn. Duluth 286.1 Scoring Defense (162 ranked) 8 1 15.0 Concord 11.2 Minn. St. Mankato 15.0 Scoring Offense (162 ranked) 24 4 39.2 Henderson St. 53.1 Minn. Duluth 43.7 Tackles for Loss Allowed (162 ranked) 6 1 4.22 Carson-Newman 3.11 Minn. St. Mankato 4.22 Team Pass Sacks (162 ranked) 24 3 2.89 Johnson C. Smith 4.33 Mary 3.22 Lenoir-Rhyne 4.33 Team Passing Efficiency (162 ranked) 7 1 171.44 Saginaw Valley 188.75 Minn. St. Mankato 171.44 Team Passing Efficiency Defense (162 ranked) 44 3 116.56 Winston-Salem 89.25 St. Cloud St. 91.98 Team Tackles for Loss (162 ranked) 68 10 6.8 West Tex. A&M 11.2 Minot St. 8.9 Time of Possession (162 ranked) 43 4 31:13 Shepherd 36:05 Minn. Duluth 34:38 Total Defense (162 ranked) 5 1 272.9 Winston-Salem 220.2 Minn. St. Mankato 272.9 Total Offense (162 ranked) 47 7 440.6 Lake Erie 577.3 Southwest Minn. St. 547.1 Turnover Margin (162 ranked) 6 2 1.8 Emporia St. 2.4 St. Cloud St. 2.0 Turnovers Gained (162 ranked) 15 2 25 Colorado Mesa 31 St. Cloud St. 26 Fort Valley St. 31 Turnovers Lost (162 ranked) 8 2 9 Hillsdale 6 St. Cloud St. 8

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