UNIVERSITY of SIOUX FALLS FOOTBALL University of Sioux Falls Sports Information | 1101 W

Cougars History First game: ...... 1902 vs. USD Last Postseason Appearance...... 2016 (NCAA DII Playoffs -- vs. Harding 27 USF 24 OT, 11/21/15, Bob Young Field.) First Year of Football ...... 1902 All-Time Record (Years) ...... 433-407-20 (98th) Number of Conference Championships (Last) ...... 20 (2016) Number of National Championships (Last)...... 4 (2009) All-Americans...... 114 No. 15 Sioux Falls (6-1, 2-1 NSIC South) Player of the Year Award recipients...... 5 All-Conference Selections...... 314 @ Highest NCAA DII Rankings...#4 AFCA Coaches Poll, 2016 week 12 rankings; #4 D2Football.com Poll, Oct. 3, 2017 Concordia-St. Paul (1-6, 0-3 NSIC South) Sea Foam Stadium, St. Paul, Minn., Noon 2017 Schedule USF leads series, 10-1, 5-0 in NSIC play Aug. 31 at Minnesota Duluth W, 26-7 ______Sept. 9 NORTHERN STATE W, 37-7 Sept. 16 @ U-Mary W, 38-7 Live Radio - KWSN 1230, 98.1 with play-by-play announcer Tom Oct. 3 MINNESOTA CROOKSTON W, 34-0 Frederick and color analyst Tim Hiatt Video -- https://portal.stretchinternet.com/siouxfalls (USF Hall of Fame game) Live Stats -- http://cspbears.com/sports/2012/10/12/ Sept. 30 @ Southwest Minnesota State W, 24-10 FB_1012124123.aspx?id=85 Oct. 10 WINONA STATE (HOMECOMING) L, 31-13 www.usfcougars.com Oct. 12 @ Wayne State W, 31-7 Rankings: USF - No. 15 in AFCA and D2Football.com Oct. 21 @ Concordia-St. Paul Noon Oct. 28` AUGUSTANA Noon (KEY TO THE CITY) Nov. 4 @ Upper Iowa 11 a.m. No. 15 Sioux Falls to visit Concordia St. Paul Saturday

Nov. 11 MINNESOTA STATE (SENIOR DAY) Noon SIOUX FALLS -- No. 15 University of Sioux Falls Football Team (6-1, 2-1 NSIC South), which ranks second in NCAA DII in total defense, rushing defense and defensive scoring, will hit the road for the second straight Where to Watch/Listen week as the Cougars face Concordia-St. Paul (1-6, 0-3 NSIC South) at The radio broadcast will be on KWSN 1230 AM, 98.1 FM with noon Saturday at Sea Foam Stadium in St. Paul, Minn. veteran play-by-play announcer Tom Frederick, who is in his 20th Fans can listen to the NSIC contest at KWSN.com with Tom Frederick year with the Cougars. Tim Hiatt is in his 17th year as the analyst on play-by-play and Tim Hiatt serving as analyst. on the USF game broadcasts. The Jon Anderson Pre-game Show airs 30 minutes prior to kickoff. Join Tom and Tim after the game Alumni Meet & Greet prior to USF-CSP Game: Prior to the game for a wrap-up and interviews. Live stats are available at usfcougars. USF will host an “Alumni Meet and Greet” from 10-11:30 a.m. at the com with each game webcast through the NSIC’s partnership with Cougar Pride Club Tent at Sea Foam Stadium. Stretch Internet. All USF games are available for live streaming at Game Breakdown -- portal.stretchinternet.com/siouxfalls. USF, which has a 15-game road NSIC winning streak, will face a Con- cordia-St. Paul team, which has lost six straight games after opening the season with a 24-0 win at home against Minot State. The Cougars rebounded from their only setback of the season (Winona State, 31- 13) by defeating Wayne State, 31-7, on the road last Thursday night. With the victory, USF won for the second time this season on Thurs- day night. With the decision, USF now has won 17 of its last 18 league games. In addition, the Cougars have clinched their 24th straight winning season, a total which leads NCAA DII and ranks fifth across all levels. Through seven games, the Cougars rank as one of the nation’s defenses with an offense that continues to find success. USF has outscored opponents, 29.0-to-9.9 points per game, allowing just 69 total points. The Cougars rank second nationally in defensive scoring and also second in rushing defense at 55.1 yards per game and total defense at Jon Anderson -- Head Coach -- Sioux Falls 236.0 yards per game with 3.6 yards per play. Jon Anderson On offense, USF is putting up 392.4 yards per game, averaging 5.4 yards per Sioux Falls play. Despite the absence of Max Mickey for the past two games, USF’s run- 1st Year ning attack has been solid and is putting up 200 yards per game. Against Buena Vista. 2002 Wayne State, Winston Maxwell (11 carries, 74 yards, two TDs), Jason Towns Overall Record 15-35 (10 carries, 60 yards, TD) and Colton Myles (15 carries, 52 yards and a TD) At USF -- 6-1 had solid games. The trio will be leaned on when USF battles CSP, which is allowing 264.9 rushing yards per game. The Golden Bears have allowed 34.3 NSIC -- 6-1 points and 443.6 total yards per game. CSP has produced on offense with Home -- 2-1 309.1 yards per game, including 201.3 passing yards each outing. They aver- Away -- 4-0 age 18.7 points per game. A week ago, they lost to #12 Winona State, 28-10, in a game hampered by heavy rain. Quick Glance at USF Quick look at USF through seven games Location...... Sioux Falls, S.D. USF opened the season with a 26-7 win at then #10 Minnesota-Duluth. The Founded...... 1883 Cougars defense held UMD to -19 net rushing yards. In week two, the Cou- Enrollment...... 1,500 gars opened their home schedule with a 37-7 win over Northern State. In that game, Mickey had a career-best 87 yard run as he rolled up a personal- Nickname...... Cougars best of 217 rushing yards on 24 carries with two TDs. Mickey added 150 Colors...... Purple and White yards on 24 carries and two TDs in a 38-7 road win over U-Mary. Jason Towns Affiliation...... NCAA Division II also had a pair of TDs. In week four, the Cougars registered 483 total yards, Conference...... Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference including 180 yards rushing from Mickey and 101 from Towns in a 34-0 shut- President...... Dr. Brett Bradfield out over UMC. Towns, who recorded his first career 100-yard rushing game, had two TDs for the second straight game, including a career-best 66-yard Director of Athletics...... Josh Snyder punt return and a 41-yard run. The Cougars moved to 5-0 with a 24-10 win Stadium (capacity)...... Bob Young Field (5,000) over SMSU on Sept. 30. USF’s defense had two more sacks (21 on the season, 3rd nationally), 11 TFLs and held an explosive Mustangs offense to 282 total Record -- Year-by-Year -- NCAA DII yards or nearly 140 yards below its average. Mickey broke free for 212 yards 2017 Record...... 6-1 rushing with two TDs. In week six, USF dropped a 31-13 decision to Winona State. The Cougars were outgained, 430 to 321. USF was hurt by dropped 2016 Record...... 12-1 passes, missed tackles and four costly turnovers in dropping just their sec- 2015 Record...... 9-3 ond homecoming game in seven tries at the NCAA DII level. Ian Fieber had 2014 Record...... 11-1 a career high 256 yards passing with a TD. He surpassed 1,000 yards (1,009) 2013 Record...... 6-5 with his performance against Winona State. USF rebounded in week seven 2012 Record...... 9-2 with a dominating 31-7 road win as the Cougars’ defense recorded four sacks, including two by national leader Dennis Gardeck, who has 10 on the 2011 Record...... 5-4 season. On offense, the Cougars produced 376 yards, including 167 rush- Assistant Coaches ing yards. USF has had a fast start with a 109-to-34 points advantage in the Defensive Coordinator...... Nick Benedetto first half. The Cougars have also dominated in the fourth quarter to the tune (Sioux Falls, 2009) of a 47-to-7 margin. To this point, USF has scored 47 points in each of the Offensive Coordinator...... Jim Chapin second, third and fourth quarters. Meanwhile, opponents most productive quarter has been the third quarter - 28 points...... (Michigan, 2009) Special Teams Coordinator/LB Coach...... Adam Breske Things to know about USF (Northern Colorado, 2005) ~ Recorded 15 consecutive NSIC road wins Offensive Line/Recruiting Coor...... Dane Wardenburg ~ Stand 18- 2 in the past 20 league games (Northwest Mo. State 2011) ~ Opened 6-1 or better for the fourth straight season ~ With victory over Wayne State, clinched 24th straight winning season Defensive Line Coach...... Marcus Hall-Oliver ~ Ranked in 43rd straight national poll by AFCA and D2Football.com Minnesota State, 2014) ~ Stand 51-11 all-time in NSIC play Kickers/Punters...... Al Hansen ~ Opponents are averaging just 55.1 rushing yards per game, 1.6 per rush (Sioux Falls, 1987) ~ USF’s defense has held 5-of-7 opponents to 210 yards or less with four op- Defensive Line...... Marcus Hall-Oliver ponents held to less than 200 yards ~ Cougars have limited opponent’s rushing offenses to 386 total rushing ...... (Minnesota State, 2014) yards with five teams unable to break 40 yards vs. USF Wide Receivers Coach...... Matt Kloss (Minnesota, 2012) National rankings - Coo moves up three spots Running Backs Coach...... B.J. Farrell-Johnson The Cougars are currently ranked No. 18 in both the AFCA Coaches DII Poll (Rhode Island 2005) and D2Football.com. USF has been ranked as high as No. 6 in the AFCA Coaches Poll and No. 4 in the D2Football.com poll. Defensive Line Coach...... Jordan Pierce (West Virginia State ‘16) USF leads all-time series, 10-1 Defensive Backs Coach...... Taylor James Oct. 22, 2016 -- #6 Sioux Falls 51 Concordia-St. Paul 17, Bob Young Field, 10-1 Oct. 31, 2015 -- #10 Sioux Falls 49 Concordia-St. Paul 0, Sea Foam Stadium, 9-1 Oct. 4, 2014 -- #21 Sioux Falls 38 Concordia St. Paul 9, Bob Young Field, 8-1 Summary: After Concordia St. Paul won the first-ever meeting in Oct. 19, 2013 -- Sioux Falls 47 Concordia St. Paul 7, Sea Foam Stadium, 7-1 1971, USF has won 10 straight in the series. USF started the winning Oct. 13, 2012 -- Sioux Falls 31 Concordia St. Paul 23, Sea Foam Stadium, 6-1 streak with a 44-6 decision in 1972. In 2016, Cougars opened up a Sept. 10, 1983 -- Sioux Falls 30 Concordia St. Paul 8, Howard Wood Field, 5-1 30-7 lead at halftime on the way to 51-17 victory. Max Mickey had Sept. 11, 1982 -- Sioux Falls 26 Concordia St. Paul 7, St. Paul, Minn., 4-1 three TDs, including 30-yard TD reception and 76 yard scoring run, 1974 -- Sioux Falls 36 Concordia St. Paul 6, 3-1 and 128 yards rushing. Cougars had 432 total yards, including 249 yards 1973 -- Sioux Falls 23 Concordia St. Paul 0, 2-1 rushing. Michael Mehling had 11 tackles, sack and TFL while Jeffrey Har- 1972 -- Sioux Falls 44 Concordia St. Paul 6, 1-1 man had five tackles and pass breakup. In 2015,USF rolled to a 49-0 vic- 1971 -- Concordia St. Paul 24 Sioux Falls 16, 0-1 tory as Luke Papilion completed 20-of-33 passes for 306 yards and set a career high with six TDs passes. Brady Rose had 10 catches for 159 yards and three TD receptions. In total, USF rolled up a 515-to-141 differential in total offense. In 2014, the Cougars took a 38-9 verdict in Sioux Falls. The VS. win was USF’s 400th in program history. USF had 486 yards in total offense, led by 247 passing and three passing TDs from QB Luke Papilion. In 2013, USF took a 47-7 win in St. Paul as the Cougars rolled up 628 How USF and Concordia St. Paul match up yards of offense, holding the Golden Bears to 295. USF led 34-0 at halftime as Carrington Hanna threw for three of his game-high four TDs. USF 2017 Totals/Averages Hanna completed 24-of-36 passes for a career-best 407 yards. Nephi Gar- CSP cia had 104 yards rushing and two TDs while Eric Albeck had 133 yards 29.0 (5th) Scoring 18.7(12th) receiving and two TDs and Austin Van Hove collected eight catches for 9.9 (1st) Scoring Defense 34.3 (14th) 126 yards. USF won a 31-23 decision in 2012 in Sioux Falls in the first 200.0 (4th) Rush Yards 107.9 (13th) meeting as NSIC members. Taylor Perkins completed 21-of-39 passes 192.4(12th) Pass Yards 201.3 (8th) for 305 yards and four TDs. Carrington Hanna had eight catches for 113 392.4 (3rd) Total Yards 309.1 (12th) yards and a TD. Jeremiah Oates added four receptions for 107 yards re- 122.0 (8th) Pass Efficiency 104.4 (13th) ceiving with two TDs. 236.0 (1st) Total Defense 443.6 (15th) 55.1(1st) Rushing Defense 264.9 (15th) The Golden Bears won the first-ever matchup between the teams with a 180.9 (4th) Pass Defense 178.7 (3rd) 24-16 decision in St. Paul in 1971. Since then, USF has won 10 straight 36.7 (1st) Net Punting games. 32.6 (12th) 8.8 (7th) Punt Returns 9.5 (5th) Opponent review - Concordia-St. Paul stands 1-6 21.2 (5th) Kickoff Returns 20.7 (6th) The Golden Bears opened the season with a 24-0 victory over Minot 25 (1st) Sacks 11 (14th) state before 1,897 in attendance at Sea Foam Stadium. CSP has lost 11 (5th) Sacks Allowed 15 (9th) six straight since them, falling in close contests on the road at MSU Moorhead (21-20) and Upper Iowa (34-29). They also have losses to Bemidji State (54-17), St. Cloud State (56-21), Minnesota State (47-10) over SMSU, Mickey had his third 200-yard rushing game of his career and Winona State (28-10). The losses to SCSU, MSU and Winona State and was the NSIC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time were at home while the setback to Bemidji State was on the road. in his career. He now has 10 games of 150 rushing yards or more in his career including four straight. The senior from Holden, Mo., ranks third HC Shannon Currier leads Golden Bears in the country in yardage (873) and second in rushing yards per game Shannon Currier is in his second coaching stint with CSP. He has a 55- (174.2). Against Minnesota Crookston, Mickey had 24 carries for 180 62 career record. From 2000-03, he led the program to a 34-21 record yards and a TD. In a 38-7 win at U-Mary, Mickey had 24 carries for 150 and earned the 2003 NSIC Coach of the Year honor. Currier led the pro- yards and TDs of two and 27 yards. In a 37-7 win over Northern State gram to an NSIC title in 2003 and appeared in the Mineral Water Bowl. at Bob Young Field, Mickey set a career-best with 217 rushing yards on He has a B.A. degree in physical education from Hamline University 24 carries with two TDs. Tied for third all-time at USF in 100-yard rush in 1993 and a M.S. in health, physical education and recreation from games with 18, he has five straight to open 2017 campaign. With his Bemidji State in 2002. Since his return in 2016, the program has been next 100 yard rushing game, Mickey will tie Mike Dvoracek (2003-06) in a rebuild mode and his overall record stands 3-15. for second on USF’s all-time list for 100-yard rushing games with 19. A look at CSP’s team leaders Among Mickey’s eight scoring runs was a career-best 87-yard run in On offense, the Golden Bears are led by quarterback Maxon Hutton, the first half of a 37-7 win over NSU. Among Mickey’s eight scoring who has completed 58-of-127 passes for 762 yards and six TDs with six runs was a career-best 87-yard run in the first half of a 37-7 win over interceptions. He also has 100 yards rushing in 46 attempts. Ron John- NSU. Mickey, who was the NSIC Preseason South Offensive Player of son has also seen action, completing 46-of-94 passes for 546 yards for the Year, has 3,656 career rushing yards (4th all-time at USF) and 40 five TDs and an interception. Darnell Rolle leads the rushing attack career rushing TDs (8th all-time at USF). with 484 yards rushing on 94 carries with two TDs. Elias Arlington has 25 receptions for 385 yards and a TD while Marcus Gustaveson has 25 Mickey’s totals - game-by-game in 2017 catches for 357 yards and seven TDs. Defensively, Brian Szutkowski Minnesota-Duluth -- 37-114-1 TDs has 60 tackles and TFLs to lead the way. Blake Evans had 50 tackles Northern State -- 24-217-2 TDs and Dion Wallisch 37 stops and the team’s only two interceptions. As Mary -- 24-150-2 TDs a defensive unit, CSP has 11 sacks, including three from Chris Garrett Minnesota Crookston --- 24-180-TD and 29 TFLs with Garrett and Dylan Wood registering 3.5 each. SMSU -- 37-212-2 TDs. In road games in 2017, Mickey has 98 carries for 476 yards and five USF vs the NSIC - Breaking it down TDs. At home (Bob Young Field), he has 48 carries for 397 yards and USF is 51-11 overall in the NSIC, which breaks down to a .823 winning three TDs. He is averaging 4.8 yards per carry in road games with a 8.2 percentage, the best all-time mark in the NSIC. USF is 58-17 all-time per carry average in home games. Mickey did not play against Wi- in NCAA DII with a 29-9 mark against South Division opponents and nona State. stands 22-2 vs. the North Division. The Cougars are 25-6 in road NSIC Rushing, Career games and 26-5 in home NSIC games. In North Division road games, Name Yards Attempts Avg. TD the Cougars are 10-2 and 12-0 at home against the North. USF stands 1. David Ruter, 1995’-98 4,783 677 7.06 73 14-5 against South Division opponents at home and is 15-4 on the 2. Mike Dvoracek, 2003-’06 4,658 866 5.37 59 road. USF’s clinched a 23rd straight winning season in 2016, a streak 3. Nick Kortan, 1999-2002 4,331 762 5.68 45 which is unmatched in D2 and the fifth-longest streak across all divi- 4. Max Mickey, 2014- 3,656 575 6.35 40 sions. The string of success began with an 8-3 season for legendary 5. Jim Pehringer, 1987-90 3,454 847 4.1 47 head coach Bob Young in 1994. 6. Luke Papilion (2013-16) 3,383 515 6.6 44 7. Ryan Lowmiller, 2006-09 3,137 557 5.6 49 Mickey goes over 200 for 3rd time; 100 yards, 18th time 8. Terry Austin, 1992-95 3,115 488 6.4 41 Eight-time All-American Max Mickey, who was a candidate for the Harlon Hill Trophy (DII’s top player) a year ago, is off to a fast start in Butler nearing 230 career tackles 2017 with 873 yards (2nd, nationally) on 146 carries and eight TDs in In 41 career games, senior captain Josh Butler has 226 career stops five games. With 37 carries for 212 yards and two TDs in the 24-10 win with 137 solo stops and 24 passes defended. Butler has recorded two interceptions in his career and also has a sack. This season, Butler has yards, which ranks fourth among active players in NCAA DII. 31 tackles, including 13 solo stops and six pass breakups. Fieber settling in at quarterback for USF Gardeck ranks first nationally in sacks Ian Fieber, a junior quarterback, won the starting role this fall and is In seven games with USF, senior linebacker Dennis Gardeck has 41 starting to settle in at the position. He has completed 98-of-170 passes tackles, including an DII-best 10 sacks (1.43 per game). He had five for 57.6 percent. He has thrown for 1,132 yards with five TDs. Fieber sacks in the opening win over UMD and added a pair in week two has a solid efficiency rating of 119.8. Fieber has three games over 200 and had two against Wayne State. He also leads the NSIC with 13 yards passing, including a career-high 256 against Winona State. He TFLs and ranks 9th in the country with 1.8 per game. He also has had his best overall game against U-Mary with 20 completions on a fumble recovery and forced fumble. A two-time All Mountain East 28 attempts for 71.4 percent and 206 yards with a TD and no inter- performer before transferring to USF, Gardeck has 10 career games ceptions. Against Wayne State, he was 12-of-17 for 123 yards before with double digit tackles. In his career, he now has 314 tackles with 28 leaving at the half. He is backed up by senior Matthew Young, who career sacks and 50 tackles for loss and eight forced fumbles. stepped in for Fieber a week ago and completed 7-of-9 passes for 86 yards. Young is 19-of-27 (70 percent) for 200 yards. In his career, he has Cougars have scored 37 TDs on D/ST in DII era completed 93-of-146 passes for 1,003 yards and three TDs, including Through five games, the Cougars have registered four defensive or a long TD of 78 yards. He has also rushed 65 times for 138 yards in 33 special teams TDs in 2017 which pushes their total to 37 during the total games. DII era. The 37 TDs by USF includes 25 on defense and 12 on special teams. The most recent special teams score was a 66-yard punt return Holmes, Smith, Stanke and Garrow leading receiving corps TD by Jason Towns against Minnesota Crookston. The latest defensive Through seven games, junior wide out Anthony Holmes of Des TD was senior safety Jeffrey Harman’s 35-yard interception for a score Moines, Iowa leads USF in receiving with 25 catches for 415 yards and against NSU. In the opener against UMD, the Cougars had a 17-yard two TDs. He is averaging 16.6 yards per catch. Holmes had five catches fumble recovery for a TD by Derek Landis and a 41-yard punt return for a career high 123 yards against Winona State. He has a career-best for a TD by Towns. 45-yard TD reception (SMSU, 9/30). Senior tight end Nicholas Stanke, a senior from Eau Claire, Wisc., has 17 receptions for 180 yards and a Scoring streak hits 146 games TD, with a long of 24 yards. In his career, the 2016 all-league performer Since moving to DII in 2011, the Cougars have scored 2,680 points in has 88 receptions for 899 yards and six TDs. Also making an impact is 75 games or 35.73 ppg. USF has scored in 146 straight games, dat- A.J. Garrow, a junior from Brandon, S.D., who has 20 receptions for 184 ing to a 55-0 loss to Carroll College in the final game of the 2005 sea- yards or 9.2 yards per catch. Ty Smith, a freshman from Sioux Falls, has son. USF recorded a DII-best 73 points vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead added 19 catches for 236 yards and a 35-yard TD reception. He had a (Sept. 27) in 2014. The previous high was in 2011 when the Cougars season-high five catches for 69 yards vs. Winona State. defeated the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 71-0. Towns making an impact with five TDs in seven games Butler, Mayberry, Springer and Mickey named Team Captains Senior Jason Towns is making an impact for USF with 643 all purpose Head Football Coach Jon Anderson has announced the team cap- yards, including 327 rushing, 187 on punt returns and 114 on kickoff tains for the 2017 season. The captains, selected by vote of the team, returns. He has six TDs, including two on punt returns of 42 and 66 include seniors Max Mickey, Holden, Mo.; Joshua Butler, Aurora, Colo.; yards. With those two TDs, he leads NCAA DII in punt return TDs. On Brian Mayberry, Littleton, Colo.; and Jesse Springer, Denver, Colo. punt returns, he is averaging 10.4 per return and owns a 22.8 per return average on kickoff returns. Towns is averaging 4.4 yards per carry USF ranks second nationally in scoring and rushing defense and has a long TD of 41 yards. USF continues to rank among the national leaders in numerous NCAA DII categories, according to national statistics released Sunday by the Vanden Heuvel earns 1st NSIC ST POW; leads NSIC in net punting NCAA. The Cougars rank in the DII Top-10 in 11 categories and in the Stuart Vanden Heuvel is having a solid senior season in handling both Top-5 in five defensive categories. Overall, USF is in the Top-25 in 18 the place-kicking and punting chores. This week (Oct. 16), Vanden categories. Since opening with a 26-7 win over Minnesota-Duluth, Heuvel was named the NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week after the Cougars have been ranked first or second in rushing defense converting four extra points, knocking in a 26-yard field goal and aver- in NCAA DII. The Cougars currently sit second nationally at just 55.1 aging 37.0 yards on eight punts, including two inside the 20-yard line. yards rushing per game. They have held five opponents to 40 yards He leads the NSIC with 15 punts placed inside the 20 yard line and or fewer with four opponents at 30 yards or fewer. Through seven now has 64 in his career. Vanden Heuvel leads the NSIC in net punting games, the Cougars lead the NSIC and stand second in DII in scoring 36.1 yards per kick. He has 203 punts for 7,378 yards (36.3 yard avg.), defense at 9.9 points per game and total defense at 236.0 yards per established a career-best with a 64-yard punt in the win over Minne- game. USF, which has outscored opponents 94-to-35 in the second sota Crookston (Sept. 23). In that same game, he placed a punt inside half, has limited six of its seven opponents to 10 points or fewer per the one-yard line. On the season, he has 46 punts for 1,732 yards for game with one shutout (Minnesota Crookston, 34-0). Four of the Cou- 37.7 average, which ranks tied for ninth in the league. He is also 8-of- gars’ opponents have registered only seven points. USF ranks second 12 on field goals, including a long of 50 yards. He is 23-of-25 on extra nationally in fourth down conversion defense at 17.6 percent, third in points. Interestingly, he is 4-of-4 on field goals from 40 yards or longer. red zone defense at 54.5 percent, and third in first downs defense at 84. USF, which recorded four sacks against Wayne State in a 31-7 win Atonio, Campiotti making their presence known last Thursday (Oct. 12), leads the NSIC and ranks ninth in DII with 25 Seniors Michael Atonio of Kodiak, Alaska, and Kyle Campiotti of total sacks or 3.57 per game. The Cougars rank 12th in team tackles Livermore, Calif., are off to solid starts for USF. Campiotti, who was all- for loss with 8.7 per game or 61 total. In addition, the Cougars stand league a year ago, has 95 career tackles, including 28 stops this season. 16th nationally in fumbles recovered with eight. Individually, senior He has eight TFLs with a two sacks, pass breakup and pass defended. linebacker Dennis Gardeck continues to rank among the leaders. He He ranks fifth in the NSIC with eight TFLs. For his career, Campiotti has leads the NSIC and DII in sacks with 1.43 per game (10) and has 28 in 9.5 TFLs, five passes defended and three sacks with one interception. his career. In addition, he is 10th in the country with 13 tackles for loss Atonio has made an impact at middle linebacker, stepping in for his or 1.9 per game. Gardeck, who has 41 tackles (314 in his career), has best friend and All-America Michael Mehling. Atonio has a team-high had two or more TFLs four times this season and has 50 for his career. 44 tackles, including 25 solo stops. He has 6.5 tackles for loss, two In special teams, senior Jason Towns has two punt return for TDs (42, sacks, two forced fumble and fumble recovery. He set a career record 66), which leads the nation. USF ranks 24th in punt return defense at with a team-high 10 tackles in the win over SMSU on Sept. 30. After 3.58 yards per return. Despite missing two games, All-American run- sitting out a year ago, Atonio now has 57 career tackles, including 34 ning back Max Mickey ranks 10th with 873 rushing yards and has aver- solo stops in playing nine career games. aged 174.6 yards per game (2nd in NCAA DII). Mickey has 3,656 career USF Fall Roster #1 Jason Towns 5-6 165 Sr. RB Harvey, IL/Thornton Township HS #2 Michael Maxwell 5-9 180 Jr. WR Richmond, TX/Terry HS/Laney College #3 Parker Gregston 6-0 193 R-So. DB Arvada, CO./Ralston Valley HS #4 Noah Butler 6-2 185 R-So. QB Aurora, CO/Vista Park HS #5 Josh Butler 6-0 187 Sr. DB Aurora, Colo./Gateway HS #6 Ian Fieber 6-2 195 Jr. QB Mission Viejo, CA./Mission Viejo HS/San Jose St./Riverside JC #7 Matthew Young 5-10 196 Sr. QB Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista HS #8 Noah St. Pierre 6-2 190 Jr. DB Wagner, SD/Los Angeles Valley JC #9 Latrell Martin 6-2 215 Jr. WR Pflugerville, TX/Hendrickson HS /Iowa Western #11 Mitchell Martin 6-3 210 R-Fr. QB Strasburg, CO./Strasburg HS #12 Stuart VandenHuevel 6-2 207 Sr. P/K Watertown, WS/Lakeside Lutheran HS #13 AJ Garrow 5-9 185 R-Jr. WR Brandon, SD/Brandon, S.D. #14 Dalton Elliott 6-0 220 R-So. LB Nicollett, MN/Nicollett HS #15 Ty Smith 6-4 215 R-Fr. WR Sioux Falls, SD/Washington HS #16 Clint Sigg 6-4 250 Jr. TE Longmount, CO/Longmont HS/Davidson #17 Jett Thune 6-3 187 R-Fr. QB Sioux Falls, SD/Roosevelt HS #18 Anthony Holmes 6-6 225 R-Jr. WR Des Moines, IA/Valley HS/Missouri Western #19 Kyle Campiotti 5-11 217 Sr. LB Livermore, CA/Granada HS/Chabot College #20 Jeffrey Harman 6-0 205 Sr. DB Redland, CA/East Valley HS/San Bernardino Valley JC #22 Max Mickey 5-9 190 Sr. RB Holden, MO/Holden HS #23 Winston Maxwell 5-6 170 R-So. RB Albany, GA/Kubasaki - Okinawa, Japan #24 Trevor Coleman 6-2 199 Sr. LB Atwater, CA/Atwater HS/City College of San Francisco #26 Ainde Warren 6-1 200 Gr. DB Silver Spring, MD/Wheaton HS/West Virginia State #27 Mason Schroyer 5-7 190 R-So. RB Fort Collins, CO/Fort Collins HS #28 Riley Waldie 6-1 217 R-Jr. TE Fort Collins, CO/Jenks HS #29 Isaac Schubert 5-7 180 R-So. RB Madison, SD/Madison HS #30 Colton Myles 6-0 205 R-So. RB Richfield, MN/Thomas Jefferson HS #31 Michael Antonio 5-10 235 Sr. LB Kodiak, AK/Kodiak HS/Fergus Falls JC #32 Joe Rodino 5-10 198 R-So. DB Omaha, NE/Creighton Prep #33 Shaunard Harts 5-11 185 Jr. DB Elk Grove, CA/Elk Grove HS/Sacramento City College #34 Isaac Josephson 6-0 205 Sr. LB Minneota, MN/Minnesota HS #35 Jack Schelhaas 6-1 190 R-Fr DB Sioux Falls, SD/Washington HS #36 Tucker Stout 6-0 205 R-So. DB Spokane, Wash./Central Valley HS #37 Nate Durfee 6-0 195 R-Fr. DB Sioux Falls, S.D./Roosevelt HS #38 Austin Schaffer 6-1 194 R-Sr. DB Hilbert, WS/Hilbert HS #39 Isaiah Johnson 6-0 190 Jr. DB Temecula, CA/Chapparal HS/Saddleback JC #40 Shayden Drey 6-1 205 Sr. LB Winner, S.D./Winner HS #41 Ricky Quintana 5-9 165 R-Fr. DB Sioux City, Iowa/Sioux City West #42 Adria Botella 6-5 255 Sr. DE Barcelona, Spain/ Escola Pia Nostra Senyora #43 Joshua Collazo 5-10 235 Sr. RB Orlando, Fla. #44 Lucas Lunstra 5-10 151 R-Jr. LB Brandon Valley, S.D./Brandon HS #45 Jason Sturdivant 5-11 180 Sr. DB Waterbury, Conn./Crosby HS/LA Pierce College #46 Derek Landis 6-2 235 Sr. DL Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood HS #47 Dennis Gardeck 6-0 205 Gr LB Lake In The Hills, IL./Crystal Lake South/West Vrginia State #48 Gunnar Dean 6-1 215 R-So. LB Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln East HS #50 Brody Grantham 6-1 229 R-So. LB Hayti, S.D./Hamlin HS #51 Max Sturdevant 6-2 203 R-So. LB Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington HS #52 Zack Tamburo 5-11 283 Sr. DL Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista HS #54 Joey Wehrkamp 6-2 225 R-Fr. LB Sioux Falls, SD/Washington HS #55 Spencer Hollie 6-4 344 Sr. DL Dublin, CA/ Dublin HS/SMU #56 Michael Enalls 6-1 215 R-Fr. LB Sioux Falls, SD/Washington HS #57 Alex Capell 6-2 250 R-Fr. OL Sioux Falls, SD/Roosevelt HS #62 Connor Schissel 6-4 250 R-So. OL Brooklyn Park, MN/Champlin Park HS #63 Nick Zimmerman 6-4 282 Jr. OL Rosendale, Wisc./Laconia HS #67 Jesse Springer 6-4 275 Sr. OL Denver, Colo./Mullens HS #69 Adam Sheffield 6-4 325 Jr. OL San Jose, CA/Brantham HS/Deanza College #71 Trevoy Shaw 6-2 343 Jr. OL Hollywood, FL/Hollywood Hills HS/LA Pierce #72 Elijah Perine 6-2 267 R-So. OL Mequon,WI/Homestead HS #74 Nolan Kern 6-2 308 R-So. OL Eau Claire, WI/Regis HS #78 Trey Pipkins 6-7 300 Jr OL Apple Valley, MN/Apple Valley HS #79 Noah Daniel 6-6 236 R-Fr. OL Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH/Northside HS #80 Jake Thut 6-2 192 R-Fr. WR Racine, Wis./Shoreland Lutheran HS #81 Austin Vickers 5-10 165 R-Fr. WR Broken Arrow, Okla./Broken Arrow HS #83 Jamal Wooten 6-0 249 R-Jr. TE Kansas City, KS/Bishop Ward HS/Dodge City CC #84 Brayton Newton 6-1 205 Jr. WR West Covina, CA/South Hills HS/Citrus College #85 Nicholas Stanke 6-3 241 R-Sr. TE Eau Claire, Wis./Regis HS #87 Troy Petersohn 6-3 192 Fr. WR Tacoma, WA/ Lincoln HS #89 Paul Gray-Bennett 6-2 185 R-Fr. WR Boston, Mass./Catholic MemorialHS//Jireh Prep #90 Logan Dykstra 6-2 255 Jr. LB Hull, IA/Boyden-Hull HS #91 Brian Mayberry 6-3 283 Sr. DL Littleton, CO/Columbine HS #93 Kray Krolikowski 6-4 275 Sr. DE Winner, SD/USD #96 Steven McKee 6-0 260 R-So. DL Yankton, SD/Yankton HS #98 Jared Brito 6-3 260 Jr. DE Covina, CA/Northview HS/Citrus College #99 Tyler Heredia 6-0 265 R-So. DL Minnetonka, MN/Minnetonka HS

Coaching Staff -- Head Coach: Jon Anderson, 1st year; Nick Benedetto, Defensive Coordinator; Jim Chapin, Offensive Coordinator; Adam Breske, Special Teams Coordinator/Linebacker Coach; Dane Wardenburg, Recruiting Coordinator/ Offensive line Coach; Matt Kloss, Wide Receivers Coach; Marcus Hall-Oliver, Defensive line Coach; Brandon Johnson- Farrell, Running Backs Coach; Jordan Pierce, Defensive line coach; Taylor James, Defensive Backs Coach; Travis Mart, Tight End Coach/Video Coordinator USF’s Record at Bob Young Field USF Total Offense GBG - NSU 81 411 111 522 6.4 2011 to present Mary 77 218 95 313 4.1 Cougars stand 63-7 at Bob Young Field Since 2011, the Cougars are 18-1 when MCrk. 89 467 213 680 7.6 After a 34-0 win in the USF Hall of Fame totaling more than 500 yards in total of- @SMSU 100 424 194 618 6.2 Game on Sept. 23 and a 31-13 setbak on fense. Here is a breakdown by year. @Winona 99 348 268 616 6.2 homecoming, USF is now 63-7 all-time at the CSP 91 195 433 195 6.9 friendly confines of Bob Young Field. USF Game Pl. Rush Pass Total YPP. Augie 94 234 199 433 4.6 began playing at the “Bob” in 2007, beginning 2017 (5-0) @ UIU 98 120 379 499 5.1 a run of 32 straight wins with a 50-6 victory @ UMD 67 107 88 195 2.9 MSU 76 98 244 342 4.5 on Sept. 1, 2007 over Dana. In that first season NSU 73 246 169 415 5.7 @ Wayne 70 179 173 352 5.0 the Cougars were 8-0 at the “Bob.” In fact, @U-Mary 76 245 228 473 6.2 Total 936 2705 2442 5147 5.5 USF won its first 32 straight at Bob Young Minn Crk 79 296 187 483 6.11 Field before falling to Washburn, 33-17 in the SMSU 81 274 210 484 5.97 2012 (9-2) 2011 season opener to end the streak. In the Winona St. 66 65 256 321 4.9 @SCSU 79 164 254 418 5.3 playoffs, USF was 13-0 before a playoff loss in Wayne State 71 167 209 376 5.3 MSUM 67 258 214 472 7.0 the NCAA Tournament second round to #5 Total 513 1400 1347 2744 5.3 @Minot 66 84 287 371 5.6 Harding ended the run and the Cougars’ na- 2016 (12-1) Bemidji 67 84 212 296 4.9 @ SCSU 64 343 242 585 9.1 tional title hopes during 2016 when USF won SMSU 67 220 317 537 8.0 MSUM 75 444 160 604 8.0 its first-ever NSIC crown. Here is a rundown @Winona 70 81 228 309 4.4 @ Minot 64 328 125 453 8.2 of the games at the “Bob.” CSP 71 35 305 340 4.8 BSU 83 406 230 636 7.7 @Augie 61 109 238 347 5.7 2007 (8-0) @ AU 75 282 280 562 7.5 9/1 Dana 50-6 UIU 67 188 277 465 6.3 SMSU 90 428 242 670 7.4 @MSU 68 43 203 246 3.6 9/15 Northwestern 44-20 @ Winona 64 251 160 411 6.4 Wayne 86 93 267 360 4.2 9/29 Doane 51-0 CSP 69 249 183 432 6.2 Total 763 1359 2802 4161 5.5 10/13 Dakota Wesleyan 50-16 @ MSU 77 346 130 476 6.2 11/3 Hastings (Neb.) 54-0 UIU 73 197 360 557 7.6 2011 (5-4) 11/17 NW Okla. State 35-7 WSC 73 281 185 466 6.4 Washburn 62 54 242 296 4.8 11/24 St. Xavier 49-7 APU 82 318 171 489 6.0 @NMSU 72 146 202 348 4.8 12/2 Missouri Valley 11-10 HU 54 132 174 306 5.6 @McNeese 65 116 246 262 6.5 2008 (8-0) Total 943 4,005 2642 6647 7.0 @Minot 55 196 106 302 5.5 9/13 Dana 70-0 Wm Jewell 71 285 217 502 7.1 9/27 Concordia (Neb.) 47-0 2015 (9-3) BHSU 61 176 197 373 6.1 10/11 Briar Cliff 42-0 Mary 80 181 338 519 6.5 SD Tech 54 281 169 450 8.3 11/1 Northwestern (IA) 19-0 @MCrk 79 280 282 562 7.1 Minot 60 195 153 348 5.8 11/15 Morningside 34-31 UMD 58 246 218 464 8.0 @UND 247 45 2 02 247 5.4 11/22 St. Ambrose 28-0 @NSU 74 274 157 431 5.8 Total 546 1494 1634 3128 5.7 11/29 Langston 50-13 @Wayne 69 150 316 466 6.8 Yearly - GBG Total Off. Breakdown 12/6 St. Francis 24-6 Winona 98 248 413 661 6.7 2011 -- 546 plays, 3,128 yards, 5.7 ypp, 2009 (8-0) @SMSU 80 258 225 483 6.0 347.6 game avg. Augie 76 142 269 411 5.4 9/5 Neb. Wesleyan 44-3 2012 -- 763 plays, 4,161 yards, 5.5 ypp, @CSP 77 166 349 515 6.7 9/19 Hastings 42-19 378.3 game avg. MSU 68 75 165 240 3.5 10/2 Doane 64-0 2013 -- 936 plays, 5,147 yards, 5.5 ypp, @UIU. 79 128 363 491 6.2 467.9 game avg. 10/24 Dakota Wesleyan 59-7 @Hend. St. 90 143 279 422 4.7 11/7 Dordt 58-0 2014 -- 982 plays, 5,798 yards, 5.9 ypp Total 928 2291 3374 5665 6.1 483.2 game average 11/21 Minot State 63-21 2015 -- 928 plays, 5,665 yards, 6.1 ypp, 11/28 Morningside 49-21 2014 (11-1) 472.1 game avg. 12/5 St. Xavier 48-6 Minot 93 212 285 497 5.3 2016 -- 943 plays, 6,647 yards, 7.0 ypp, 2010 (8-0) @Bemidji 93 203 274 477 5.1 511.3 yards game avg. 9/18 Doane 66-13 SCSU 89 185 232 417 4..7 2017 -- 513 plays, 2,747 yards, 5.4 ypp, 10/2 Neb. Wesleyan 44-0 @MSUM 97 291 372 663 6.8 392.4 per game average. 10/16 Morningside 28-3 CSP 72 181 247 428 5.9 10/23 Dakota Wesleyan 63-3 @Augie 82 234 217 451 5.5 In 75 games since 2011, USF is 58-17 11/13 Concordia 44-7 SMSU 70 163 290 453 6.5 and has made 5,607 plays for 33,293 11/20 NW Okla. State 33-14 @Winona 82 208 230 438 5.3 yards (18.91 miles), 443.90 per game, 11/27 McKendree 27-7 @MSU 74 77 250 327 4.4 5.94 yards per play. 12/4 MidAmer. Nazarene 38-0 UIU 100 282 324 606 6.1 2011 (4-1) Wayne 60 313 225 538 9.0 9/1 *Washburn 17-33 C. Okla. 70 210 293 503 7.2 10/1 William Jewell 35-10 Total 982 2559 3239 5798 5.9 10/15 Black Hills 44-20 10/22 SD Mines 71-0 2013 (6-5) UMD 61 11 133 144 2.4 10/29 Minot State Sioux Falls - USF’s Record at Bob Young Field 29-10 Look at six years in DII 2012 (6-0) USF has made remarkable progress in six plus years at DII, including 9/8 MSU Moorhead 45-10 five plus in the NSIC (2012-17). From 281 points in 2011, USF totaled 9/22 Bemidji State 21-5 512 in 2014 and had 472 in 2015 with 507 in 2016 and 135 in 2017. USF 9/29 Southwest Minn. State 41-22 has averaged 41.2 ppg over past three plus years when USF has gone 10/13 Concordia St. Paul 31-23 36-5. USF has had 5,000 yards or more in offense three straight years 10/27 Upper Iowa 54-41 and 6,647 (2nd most all-time) in 2016 . 11/10 Wayne State 24-14 2013 (3-2) 9/7 Northern State 45-37 9/21 Minnesota Crook. 52-7 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 10/5 *Winona State 40-45 (5-4) (9-2) (6-5) (11-1) (9-3) (12-1) (6-1) 10/19 Augustana 27-10 Points 281 344 363 512 472 507 203 11/2 *Minnesota State 17-52 Opp Points 194 222 295 209 257 255 69 2014 (6-0) Pts. Avg. 31.2 31.3 33.0 42.7 39.3 39.0 29.9 9/6 Minot State 41-14 Opp Pts. Avg. 21.6 20.2 26.8 17.4 21.4 19.6 9.9 9/20 St. Cloud State 36-0 1st Down 158 209 274 292 285 317 141 10/4 Concordia St. Paul 38-9 Opp. 1st Downs 167 209 235 223 236 262 84 10/18 SW Minnesota St. 44-20 1st D Rush. 75 73 133 128 116 180 68 11/8 Upper Iowa 45-21 Opp. 1st D Rush 63 79 122 94 86 91 20 11/15 Wayne State 63-28 1st D Pass 70 121 121 150 148 121 59 2015 (3-2) Opp. 1st. D. Pass 90 114 99 113 128 139 55 9/5 Mary 55-7 Rushing Yards 1,494 1,359 2,705 2,559 2,291 4,005 1400 9/19 Minnesota Duluth 35-31 Opp. Rushing Yards 1,025 1,335 2,421 2,208 1,609 1,614 386 10/10 Winona State 51-30 Rushing Attempts 312 376 540 560 482 582 315 10/24 *Augustana 28-35 Opp. Rushing Att. 363 402 485 454 491 493 241 11/7 *Minnesota State 3-44 Rushing TDs 12 10 31 30 24 43 17 2016 (7-1) Opp. Rushing TDs 9 10 23 13 16 11 3 9/10 MSU-Moorhead 42-21 9/24 Bemidji State 37-36 Passing Yards 1,634 2,802 2,442 3,239 3,374 2,642 1347 10/8 Southwest Minnesota St. 48-28 Opp. Passing Yards 2,264 2,666 2,431 2,453 2,739 2,911 1266 10/22 Concordia St. Paul 51-17 Passing Att./Comp. 118-234 221-387 208-396 270-422 256-446 211-361118-198 11/5 Upper Iowa 51-7 Opp. Pass. Att./Com. 169-302 215-425 209-373 218-455 242-414 251-469 110-219 11/12 Wayne State 30-7 TDs 18 27 16 28 31 22 5 11/19 Azusa Pacific 34-21 Opp. TDs 14 19 15 12 18 23 6 11/26 *Harding 24-27 OT Interceptions by opp 13 8 13 11 15 13 3 2017 Interceptions 15 23 9 26 20 20 5 9/9 Northern State 37-7 Total Offense 3,128 4,161 5,147 5,798 5,665 6,647 2747 9/23 Minnesota Crookston 34-0 Opp. Total Offense 3,289 4,001 4,852 4,282 4,348 4.525 1652 10/7 Winona State 13-31 Total Offense Avg. 347.6 378.3 467.9 483.2 472.1 511.3 392.4 * Refers to losses at home Opp. Total Off. Avg. 365.4 363.7 441.1 356.8 362.3 348.1 236.0 Plays 546 763 936 982 928 943 513 Yards Per Play 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.9 6.1 7.0 5.4 Opp. Plays 665 827 858 901 905 962 460 Opp. Plays Avg. 4.9 4.8 5.7 4.7 4.8 4.7 3.6 Totals TDs 37 42 48 68 64 67 26 Opp. TDs 24 29 38 26 34 31 9 TD Ratio to Opp. 1.54 1.4 1.3 2.62 1.88 2.2 2.9 Sacks 20 21 16 30 39 42 25 Opp. Sacks 13 19 19 24 5 11 11 3rd D. Conv. 42-108 61-157 97-201 87-201 93/193 73/164 34/108 39% 39% 48% 43% 48% 45% 31% Opp. 3rd D. Conv. 54-143 64-190 63-184 63-199 64/191 77/208 35/119 37% 34% 34% 32% 34% 37% 29% Jon Anderson

1st Season (6-1) Buena Vista ‘02

Jon Anderson is in his first season as head football coach at game. The Cougars’ defense was also among the league lead- the University of Sioux Falls. He was formally introduced as ers in forcing turnovers taking the ball away from opponents USF’s 21st head coach on Tuesday, Dec. 6. In his first game 29 times, including 23 interceptions. The 2012 defensive unit as head coach, USF, ranked No. 17, knocked off then- No.10 built on the success of the 2011 team when the Cougars’ de- Minnesota Duluth, 26-7, on the road. In week two, his first fense forced 21 turnovers and gave up just 21.6 points per game as head coach of USF at Bob Young Field, No. 9 Cou- game. gars defeated Northern State, 37-7. The Cougars followed up with a 38-7 victory on the road at U-Mary and a 34-0 home During Anderson’s three years as defensive coordinator, the win over Minnesota Crookston in the Hall of Fame game. In Cougars posted a 27-7 record and limited opponents to an week five, No. 5/7 USF defeated Southwest Minnesota State, average of 16 points per game. Prior to being named the 24-10 in another road game. The No. 6 Cougars dropped a Cougars’ defensive coordinator, Anderson served eight years 31-13 decision to No. 17 Winona State on Cougar Days. In as the special team’s coordinator and linebackers coach. In week seven, the No. 18 Cougars defeated Wayne State, 31-7, that role, he coached five All-Americans and eight All-Con- on the road. USF is 4-0 with Anderson directing the way in ference players. road games. USF is 2-1 in home games, directed by Ander- son. Anderson, a native of Maryville, Missouri, played college football for four years at Buena Vista University in Storm For the past four seasons, Anderson was head coach at West Lake, Iowa, and coached the secondary at his alma mater Virginia State where he had a 10-34 record. He is now 16-35 during the 1999 and 2000 seasons. in his coaching career. He moved to Madison, South Dakota, to join the Dakota While a coach with USF from 2002-2012, Anderson helped State University staff as the linebackers and special teams lead the Cougars to a 134-26 record, three NAIA champion- coach for the 2001 season. He arrived at USF for the 2002 ships (2006, 2008, 2009), as well as the program first, nine- season and earned his master’s degree from South Dakota win team at the NCAA DII level. Most recently Anderson State University in 2003. He worked with legendary head served as the head coach at West Virginia State for four sea- coach Bob Young, and former head coaches Kalen DeBoer sons (10-34 record). He also made sure to keep the program and Jed Stugart. involved in the community through projects such as Breast Cancer Awareness, Flood Relief, Coach to Cure MD, the Re- lay for Life, WVSU Cares Day, and work at Dunbar Primary School.

Anderson spent 11 years with USF, including his final three seasons as defensive coordinator. Overall, the Cougars posted a 134-26 record including a 21-5 playoff record with An- derson as part of the coaching staff. At the DII level, he was part of the staff and team that was 5-4 in the transition year from NAIA to NCAA DII in 2011 and the 9-2 team squad in 2012. The 2012 team earned USF’s first ever national ranking in its first year as member of the NSIC. In fact, the Cougars climbed as high as No. 17 in the AFCA poll and were ranked seven times in that national poll.

While Anderson coached at USF, the Cougars dominated its conference opponents, winning 92-of-95 conference games. In 2009, the school posted a perfect 15-0 record in claiming its second consecutive NAIA national championship.

In 2012, Anderson’s defensive unit was among the conference leaders in scoring defense, surrendering only 20.2 points a 2- Deep Charts -- No. 15 Sioux Falls (6-1) at Concordia-St. Paul (1-6)

SIOUX FALLS OFFENSE CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL Defense Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Yr. QB 6 Ian Fieber 6-2 195 Jr. DE 91 Dylan Wood 6-5 245 So. 7 Matt Young 5-10 196 R-Sr. 35 DeAnthony McKinley 5-9 230 Sr. RB 1 Jason Towns 5-6 165 Sr. NT 96 Chazz Roberts 5-11 280 Sr. 28 Winston Maxwell 57 175 R-So. 75 Cole Riemer 6-5 280 S TE 85 Nicholas Stanke 6-3 245 R-Sr. DT 94 Adam Miller 6-2 230 Jr. 83 Jamal Wooten 6-0 249 Jr. 99 Rahiem Ladson 6-2 230 R-Fr. WR 2 Michael Maxwell 5-9 180 Jr. DE 52 Chris Garrett 6-4 225 Fr. 13 A.J. Garrow 5-9 185 R-Jr. 48 Leo Johnson 6-2 212 R-Fr. WR 15 Ty Smith 6-4 215 R.-Fr. LB 26 Billy Brown 6-2 235 Sr. 89 Paul Gray-Bennett 6-1 185 R-Fr. 42 Isaiah Walker 6-0 220 Jr. WR 18 Anthony Holmes 6-5 225 R-Jr. LB 50 Antonio Zepeda 6-2 215 So. 17 Jett Thune 6-3 185 R.-Fr. RT 67 Jesse Springer 6-3 280 Sr. 45 Mitch Zillman 5-11 229 Jr. 79 Noah Daniel 6-7 255 R-Fr. LB 37 Blake Evans 6-0 200 Fr. RG 72 elijah Perine 6-2 267 R-Fr. 9 Frantz Polimice 5-11 210 Sr. 69 Adam Sheffield 6-4 325 Jr. SS 31 Jason Barto 5-10 185 So. C 63 Nick Zimmerman 6-3 289 R-Jr. 2 Breon Hoosier 6-0 205 Sr. 57 Alex Capell 6-2 250 R-Fr. FS 43 Brian Szutkowski 5-9 182 So. LG 74 Nolan Kern 6-2 308 R-So. 17 Andrew Capirchio 5-10 182 Sr. 55 Spencer Hollie 6-4 355 Sr. CB 20 Dion Wallisch 6-0 190 So. RT 78 Trey Pipkins 6-7 300 Jr. 16 Desmond Hudnall 6-0 180 R-Fr. 62 Connor Schissel 6-4 250 R-So. CB 17 Andrew Capirchio 5-10 182 Sr. 21 Lorenzo Kendricks 5-11 175 Fr. CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL OFFENSE SIOUX FALLS DEFENSE Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Yr. QB 3 Maxon Hutton 6-3 210 So. DT 52 Zack Tamburo 5-11 277 Sr. 14 Ron Johnson 6-2 290 Sr. 96 Steven McKee 6-0 260 R-So. RB 28 Darnelle Rolle 5-10 205 So. NT 91 Brian Mayberry 6-3 283 Sr. 22 Lajuan Preston 5-9 180 Fr. 99 Tyler Heredia 6-0 265 R-So. WR 10 Marcus Gustaveson 6-5 220 So. DE 46 Derek Landis 6-2 230 Sr. 80 Willie Ross 6-4 210 Sr. 54 Joey Wehrkamp 6-2 225 R-Fr. WR 1 elias Arlington 5-9 180 Sr. DE 90 Logan Dykstra 6-2 255 Jr. 5 Deceon Schumann 5-9 175 Sr. 42 Adria Botella 6-5 255 Sr. WR 84 Gabe Steed 6-1 180 So. LB 47 Dennis Gardeck 6-0 225 R-Fr. 14 Jake Shepley 6-2 175 Fr. 50 Brody Grantham 6-2 195 Jr. WR 13 Jake Tanner 5-9 180 Jr. LB 19 Kyle Campiotti 5-10 217 Sr. 5 Deceon Schumann 5-9 175 Sr. 34 Isaac Josephson 6-0 205 Sr. LT 56 Terrell Taylor 6-5 260 Jr. LB 31 Michael Atonio 5-9 238 Sr. 72 Ethan Aune 6-5 300 So. 56 Michael Enalls 6-1 215 R-Fr. LG 70 Rich Kelly 6-5 300 So. SS 5 Josh Butler 6-0 187 Sr. 63 Tristan Wehmas 6-3 265 So. 36 Tucker Stout 6-0 205 R-So. C 62 Hunter Kaufman 6-3 285 So. FS 20 Jeff Harman 6-0 205 Sr. 79 Cleandre Robinson 6-1 300 Jr. 26 Ayinde Warren 6-1 200 Jr. RG 72 ethan Aune 6-5 300 So. CB 38 Austin Schaffer 5-11 185 R-Sr. 79 Cleandre Robinson 6-1 300 Jr. 33 Shaunard Harts 5-11 185 Jr. RT 73 Ben Lawrence 6-6 285 Jr. CB 8 Noah St. Pierre 6-2 190 Jr. 64 Caleb Sheets 6-4 265 R-Fr. 3 Parker Gregston 6-0 193 R-So. CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL SPECIALISTS SIOUX FALLS SPECIALISTS Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Yr. K 8 Jonas Schenderlein 6-1 180 Jr. P 12 Stuart Vanden Heuvel 6-2 207 Sr. P 36 Sam Maedke 5-11 186 Sr. PK 12 Stuart Vanden Heuvel 6-2 207 Sr. LS 33 Dalton Smerchek 5-10 190 Fr. H 7 Matt Young 5-10 195 Sr. H 36 Sam Maedke 5-11 186 Sr. LS 19 Kyle Campiotti 5-10 217 Sr. KR 1 elias Arlington 5-9 180 Sr. PR 1 Jason Towns 5-6 165 Sr. 5 Deceon Schumann 5-8 175 Sr. KR 2 Michael Maxwell 5-9 180 Jr. PR 13 Jake Tanner 5-9 180 Jr. 1 Jason Towns 5-6 165 Sr. . National NCAA DII Polls -- Week 7

2017 AFCA Coaches’ Poll -- Week 7 (Ranking, team, first place votes, poll points, previous ranking) 1. Northwest Missouri State (34) 7-0 850 1 2. Shepherd (W. Va) 6-0 791 2 NSIC Standings 3. Indiana (Pa.) 7-0 782 3 4. Minnesota State 7-0 754 4 NSIC Football Standings -- 2017 5. Midwestern State (Texas) 5-0 682 6 North Division Overall Streak 6. Indianapolis (Ind.) 7-0 678 5 7. Grand Valley State (Mich.) 6-1 635 7 Bemidji State 3-0 5-2 W4 8. Fort Hays State (Kan.) 7-0 616 8 Minnesota Duluth 3-0 5-2 W3 9. Central Washington 7-0 572 10 St. Cloud State 2-1 4-3 W2 10. Texas A&M Commerce 5-1 541 11 Northern State 2-1 3-4 L1 11. Winona State (Minn.) 7-0 494 13 Minot State 1-2 1-6 L2 12. Ferris State (Mich.) 5-1 424 15 13. Ashland (Ohio) 6-1 423 16 U-Mary 1-2 1-6 W1 14. Assumpton (Mass.) 6-0 406 17 MSU Moorhead 0-3 2-5 L3 15. Sioux Falls 6-1 352 18 Minnesota Crookston 0-3 0-7 L7 16. Colorado Mesa 6-1 307 20 17. Slippery Rock (Pa.) 6-1 288 9 South Division Overall Streak 18. West Alabama 6-1 271 23 19. Delta State (Miss.) 6-1 263 21 Minnesota State 3-0 7-0 W7 20. Wingate (N.C.) 6-0 243 24 Winona State 3-0 7-0 W7 21. Virginia State 6-0 165 NR Sioux Falls 2-1 6-1 W1 22. Humboldt State (Calif.) 5-1 154 25 Wayne State 2-1 4-3 L1 23. Bowie State (Md.) 6-1 95 14 Upper Iowa 1-2 4-3 L1 24. Eastern New Mexico 6-1 66 NR 25. Southeastern Oklahoma State 6-1 64 19 Augustana 1-2 3-4 W1 Southwest Minnesota State 0-3 2-5 L4 Dropped Out: Colorado State-Pueblo (12), West Georgia (22) Concordia-St. Paul 0-3 1-6 L6 Others Receiving Votes: California (Pa.), 43; Virginia St., 39; Washburn Week 7 Schedule (Kan.), 35; Central Missouri, 22; West Chester (Pa.), 22; Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 18; Eastern New Mexico, 17; Catawba (N.C.), 10; Notre Dame Thursday, Oct. 19 (Ohio), 3; Arkansas Tech, 1. Minnesota State (7-0) at Southwest Minn. State (2-5), 7:05 pm

Saturday, Oct. 1214 D2Football.com 2017 Week 7 Poll Sioux Falls (6-1) at Concordia-St. Paul (1-6), Noon (Ranking, team, first place votes, poll points, previous ranking) MSU Moorhead (2-5) at Minnesota Crookston (0-7), 1 pm 1. Northwest Missouri State 7-0 1 Upper Iowa (4-3) at Augustana (3-4), 1 p.m. 2. Indiana (Pa.) 7-0 2 Minot State (1-6) at Minnesota Duluth (5-2), 1:05 pm 3. Minnesota State 7-0 3 4. Grand Valley State (Mich.) 6-1 4 Wayne State (4-3) at Winona State (7-0), 2 pm 5. Ashland (Ohio) 6-1 5 Bemidji State (5-2) at Northern State (3-4), 2:30 pm 6. Shepherd (W. Va) 6-0, 6 St. Cloud State (4-3) at U-Mary (1-6), 3:30 pm 7.Midwestern State (Texas) 5-0 8 8. Ferris State (Mich.) 5-1 9 Week 6 Scores 9. Fort Hays State (Kan. 7-0 10 Sioux Falls 31 Wayne State 7 10. Texas A&M Commerce 5-1 11 Minnesota Duluth 41 Northern State 0 11. Indianapolis 7-0 12 St. Cloud State 31 MSU Moorhead 7 12. Winona State (Minn.) 7-0 14 Bemidji State 40 Minot State 14 13. West Alabama 6-1 15 Minnesota State 52 Upper Iowa 7 14. Central Washington 7-0 16 Winona State 28 Concordia-St. Paul 10 15. Sioux Falls 6-1 18 Augustana 30 Southwest Minnesota State 8 16. Assumption (Mass.) 6-0 21 U-Mary 30 Minnesota Crookston 6 17. Delta State (Miss.) 6-1 20 18. Wingate (N.C.) 6-0 25 19. Slippery Rock (Pa.) 6-1 13 20. Central Missouri 5-2 24 21. Virginia State 6-0 NR 22. Colorado Mesa 6-1 NR 23. Colorado-Pueblo 5-2 7 24. West Georgia 5-2 17 25. Humboldt State (Calif.) 5-1 NR

2017 University of Sioux Falls Football TEAMSioux STFallsATS Overall -- 2017 Team Statistics (as of Oct 12, 2017) LAST TIME.... All games 400+ Passing Yards Team Statistics USF OPP Luke Papilion (413 yards) - 10/10/15 @ Winona State SCORING 203 69 300-399 Passing Yards Points Per Game 29.0 9.9 Luke Papilion (306 yards) - 10/31/15 @ Concordia St. Paul Points Off Turnovers 36 14 FIRST DOWNS 141 84 50 Pass Attempts R u s h i n g 68 20 Luke Papilion (51 att)-11/21/15 @ Henderson State, DII playoffs P a s s i n g 59 55 40 Pass Attempts P e n a l t y 14 9 Luke Papilion (41 att) - 9/24/16 vs. Bemidji State RUSHING YARDAGE 1400 386 Yards gained rushing 1594 672 30 Pass Completions Yards lost rushing 194 286 Carrington Hanna (34 comp) - 11/2/13 @ Upper Iowa Rushing Attempts 315 241 25 Pass Completions Average Per Rush 4.4 1.6 Luke Papilion (25) - 10/8/16 vs. Southwest Minnesota State, Average Per Game 200.0 55.1 Player Throw for 4 Touchdowns TDs Rushing 17 3 PASSING YARDAGE 1347 1266 Luke Papilion (6 TDs) - 10/31/15 at Concordia U, St. Paul C o m p - A t t - I n t 118-198-3 110-219-5 100-149 Receiving Yards Average Per Pass 6.8 5.8 Anthony Holmes (5-123-0) - 10/7/17 vs. Winona State Average Per Catch 11.4 11.5 150-199 Receiving Yards Average Per Game 192.4 180.9 Josh Angulo (15-164-3 TDs) - 9/24/16 Bemidji State TDs Passing 5 6 TOTAL OFFENSE 2747 1652 200 or more Receiving Yards Total Plays 513 460 Dusty Hovorka (215 yds - 9 Rec.) - 9/24/04 vs. Concordia (Neb.) Average Per Play 5.4 3.6 Player with 3 Receiving Touchdowns Average Per Game 392.4 236.0 Josh Angulo (3) - 9/24/16 at Bemidji State KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 13-276 28-556 100-149 Rushing Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 21-184 12-43 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-77 3-52 Max Mickey (37-114-TD) - 8/31/17 at. #10 Minnesota Duluth KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.2 19.9 150-199 Rushing Yards PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 8.8 3.6 Max Mickey (24-180-TD) - 9/23/17 vs. Minnesota Crookston INT RETURN AVERAGE 15.4 17.3 200+ Rushing Yards FUMBLES-LOST 10-6 10-8 Max Mickey (37-212- 2 TD) - 9/30/17 at Southwest Minn. State PENALTIES-Yards 40-352 39-324 Average Per Game 50.3 46.3 Player Rush for 3 Touchdowns PUNTS-Yards 46-1732 57-2325 Max Mickey - 11/19/16 vs. Azusa Pacific, DII playoffs Average Per Punt 37.7 40.8 Player rush for 4 Touchdowns Net punt average 35.4 37.6 Luke Papilion - 9-15-2016 vs. Minnesota State Moorhead KICKOFFS-Yards 41-2321 18-1123 Average Per Kick 56.6 62.4 Player Rush for 5 Touchdowns Net kick average 38.2 40.1 Luke Papilion (240 yds - 19 att) - 9/14/13 vs. Northern State TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 1 : 2 8 2 8 : 3 2 Three Players Rushed for 100 yards in Same Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 34/108 35/119 Max Mickey (15-156-2 TDs) Justin Fulks (21-140-2 TDs) Luke 3rd-Down Pct 31% 29% Papilion (12-122-0 TDs), 10-8-16 vs SW Minnesota State 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/8 3/17 4th-Down Pct 50% 18% Kickoff Return for a Touchdown SACKS BY-Yards 25-163 11-89 Kyle Groeneweg (88 yds) - 11/14/15 at Upper Iowat. MISC YARDS -11 0 Punt Return for a Touchdown TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 26 9 Jason Towns (66 yds) - 9/23/17 vs Minnesota Crookston FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 8-12 2-6 Interception Return for a touchdown ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (20-28) 71% (6-11) 55% Jeffrey Harman (35 yds) - 9/9/17 vs. Northern State RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (15-28) 54% (4-11) 36% Fumble Recovery for a Touchdown PAT-ATTEMPTS (23-25) 92% (9-9) 100% Derek Landis (17 yds) - 8/31/17 at #10 Minnesota Duluth ATTENDANCE 6065 13390 500 Yards of Total Offense Games/Avg Per Game 3/2022 4/3348 562 yards - 10/1/16 at Augustana Neutral Site Games 0/0 600 Yards of Total Offense Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total 670 yards - 10/8/16 vs. Southwest Minnesota State Sioux Falls 62 47 47 47 0 203 30 First Downs Opponents 17 17 28 7 0 69 37 - 10/8/16 vs. Southwest Minnesota State Last Shutout 34-0 -- 9/23/17 vs. Minnesota Crookston Last Time Shutout 55-0 --12/3/05 at Carroll, 55-0 Held Opponent under 100 yards Total Offense vs. SD School of Mines and Technology, 70, 10/22/11 Held Opponent in negative Rushing Yards at #10 Minnesota Duluth, -19 yards, 30 att., 8/31/17 Held Opponent to negative yards in Total Offense vs. Northwestern, -4, 11/1/08 Returned 2 Interceptions for TDs vs. Bemidji, 9/13/14 - David Clark, 40; Cameron Ostrom, 88. 2017 - USF COMBINED STATS

2017 University of Sioux Falls Football Sioux Falls Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 12, 2017) All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral * Aug 31, 2017 at #10 Minnesota Duluth W 26-7 5124 All games 6-1 2-1 4-0 0-0 * Sep 09, 2017 NORTHERN STATE W 37-7 2415 Conference 6-1 2-1 4-0 0-0 * Sep 16, 2017 at University of Mary W 38-7 2753 Non-Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 * Sep 23, 2017 MINNESOTA CROOKSTON W 34-0 1520 * Sep 30, 2017 at Southwest Minnesota W 24-10 3878 Team Statistics USF OPP * Oct 07, 2017 #22 WINONA STATE L 13-31 2130 FIRST DOWNS 141 84 * Oct 12, 2017 at Wayne State (Neb.) W 31-7 1635 R u s h i n g 68 20 P a s s i n g 59 55 Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g P e n a l t y 14 9 Mickey, Max 5 146 901 28 873 6.0 8 87 174.6 RUSHING YARDAGE 1400 386 Towns, Jason 7 74 359 32 327 4.4 4 41 46.7 Rushing Attempts 315 241 Maxwell,Winston 7 37 199 17 182 4.9 3 23 26.0 Average Per Rush 4.4 1.6 Myles, Colton 5 26 122 9 113 4.3 2 20 22.6 Average Per Game 200.0 55.1 Maxwell, Michael 7 5 10 0 10 2.0 0 6 1.4 TDs Rushing 17 3 Smith, Ty 7 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 PASSING YARDAGE 1347 1266 Total 7 315 1594 194 1400 4.4 17 87 200.0 C o m p - A t t - I n t 118-198-3 110-219-5 Opponents 7 241 672 286 386 1.6 3 63 55.1 Average Per Pass 6.8 5.8 Average Per Catch 11.4 11.5 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Average Per Game 192.4 180.9 Fieber, Ian 7 119.76 98-170-3 57.6 1132 5 46 161.7 TDs Passing 5 6 Young, Matt 5 132.59 19-27-0 70.4 200 0 35 40.0 TOTAL OFFENSE 2747 1652 Thune, Jett 7 226.00 1-1-0 100.0 15 0 15 2.1 Average Per Play 5.4 3.6 Total 7 122.04 118-198-3 59.6 1347 5 46 192.4 Average Per Game 392.4 236.0 Opponents 7 103.26 110-219-5 50.2 1266 6 69 180.9 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 13-276 28-556 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 21-184 12-43 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g INT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-77 3-52 Holmes, Anthony 7 25 415 16.6 2 46 59.3 FUMBLES-LOST 10-6 10-8 Garrow, A.J. 6 20 184 9.2 0 25 30.7 PENALTIES-Yards 40-352 39-324 Smith, Ty 7 19 236 12.4 1 35 33.7 PUNTS-AVG 46-37.7 57-40.8 Maxwell, Michael 7 18 165 9.2 1 25 23.6 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 1 : 2 8 2 8 : 3 2 Stanke, Nick 7 17 180 10.6 1 24 25.7 3RD-DOWN Conversions 34/108 35/119 Thune, Jett 7 6 79 13.2 0 26 11.3 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/8 3/17 Towns, Jason 7 4 15 3.8 0 12 2.1 Gray-Bennett, Paul 2 3 41 13.7 0 22 20.5 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Sigg, Clint 4 2 10 5.0 0 7 2.5 Warren, Ayinde 3 29 9.7 0 16 Mickey, Max 5 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 -0.4 Harman, Jeffrey 1 35 35.0 1 35 Vickers, Austin 3 1 19 19.0 0 19 6.3 Harts, Shaunard 1 13 13.0 0 13 Wooten, Jamal 5 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.0 Total 7 118 1347 11.4 5 46 192.4 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Opponents 7 110 1266 11.5 6 69 180.9 Vanden Heuvel,S 46 1732 37.7 64 3 15 15 2 0

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Vanden Heuvel,S 8-12 66.7 0-0 4-5 0-3 3-3 1-1 50 0 Towns, Jason 18 187 10.4 2 66 Vickers, Austin 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 PAT Myles, Colton 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Rodino, Joe 1 1 1.0 0 1 Mickey, Max 8 ------48 Total 21 184 8.8 2 66 Vanden Heuvel,S - 8-12 23-25 - - - - - 47 Opponents 12 43 3.6 0 21 Towns, Jason 6 ------36 Maxwell,Winston 3 ------18 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Myles, Colton 2 ------12 Maxwell,Winston 8 162 20.2 0 45 Holmes, Anthony 2 ------12 Towns, Jason 5 114 22.8 0 46 Landis, Derek 1 ------6 Total 13 276 21.2 0 46 Stanke, Nick 1 ------6 Opponents 28 556 19.9 0 31 Smith, Ty 1 ------6 Maxwell, Michael 1 ------6 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Harman, Jeffrey 1 ------6 Mickey, Max 5 873 -2 0 0 0 871 174.2 Total 26 8-12 23-25 - - 0-1 - - 203 Towns, Jason 7 327 15 187 114 0 643 91.9 Opponents 9 2-6 9-9 - - - - - 69 Holmes, Anthony 7 0 415 0 0 0 415 59.3 Maxwell,Winston 7 182 0 0 162 0 344 49.1 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Smith, Ty 7 1 236 0 0 0 237 33.9 Sioux Falls 62 47 47 47 0 203 Garrow, A.J. 6 0 184 0 0 0 184 30.7 Opponents 17 17 28 7 0 69 Stanke, Nick 7 0 180 0 0 0 180 25.7 Maxwell, Michael 7 10 165 0 0 0 175 25.0 Myles, Colton 5 113 0 -2 0 0 111 22.2 Thune, Jett 7 0 79 0 0 0 79 11.3 Total 7 1400 1347 184 276 77 3284 469.1 Opponents 7 386 1266 43 556 52 2303 329.0

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Fieber, Ian 7 177 -55 1132 1077 153.9 Mickey, Max 5 146 873 0 873 174.6 Towns, Jason 7 74 327 0 327 46.7 Maxwell,Winston 7 37 182 0 182 26.0 Young, Matt 5 34 -37 200 163 32.6 Myles, Colton 5 26 113 0 113 22.6 Thune, Jett 7 1 0 15 15 2.1 Maxwell, Michael 7 5 10 0 10 1.4 Smith, Ty 7 1 1 0 1 0.1 Total 7 513 1400 1347 2747 392.4 Opponents 7 460 386 1266 1652 236.0

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 31 Atonio,Michael 7 25 19 44 6.5-35 2.0-24 . . 1 1-0 2 . . 47 Gardeck, Dennis 7 26 15 41 13.0-67 10.0-55 . . . 1-0 1 . . 5 Butler, Josh 7 13 18 31 0.5-1 . . 6 . . . . . 19 Campiotti, Kyle 7 19 9 28 8.0-26 2.0-14 . 1 1 . . . . 91 Mayberry, Brian 7 10 14 24 2.0-5 . . . . 1-0 ... Total 7 276 166 442 61-259 25-163 5-77 35 9 8-32 6 . . Opponents 7 310 224 534 49-192 11-89 3-52 23 6 6-0 8 . . 2017 - USF DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

2017 University of Sioux Falls Football Sioux Falls Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 12, 2017) All games

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 31 Atonio,Michael 7 25 19 44 6.5-35 2.0-24 . . 1 1-0 2 . . 47 Gardeck, Dennis 7 26 15 41 13.0-67 10.0-55 . . . 1-0 1 . . 5 Butler, Josh 7 13 18 31 0.5-1 . . 6 . . . . . 19 Campiotti, Kyle 7 19 9 28 8.0-26 2.0-14 . 1 1 . . . . 91 Mayberry, Brian 7 10 14 24 2.0-5 . . . . 1-0 . . . 38 Schaffer, Austin 7 19 3 22 1.0-1 . . 5 . . . . . 20 Harman, Jeffrey 7 18 4 22 3.5-4 . 1-35 4 . . . . . 50 Grantham, Brody 7 12 8 20 1.5-6 1.0-5 . 1 . 1-15 . . . 46 Landis, Derek 7 12 8 20 5.0-29 4.0-24 . 1 2 1-17 . . . 96 McKee, Steven 7 15 5 20 6.5-40 4.0-27 . 2 . . 1 . . 8 St. Pierre,Noah 7 9 9 18 1.5-6 . . 7 . . . . . 26 Warren, Ayinde 7 11 4 15 2.0-4 . 3-29 1 1 . . . . 34 Josephson, Isaac 7 7 6 13 ...... 54 Wehrkamp, Joey 7 6 6 12 1.5-9 . . 1 . . . . . 56 Enalls, Michael 5 8 3 11 1.0-2 . . . 2 1-0 . . . 3 Gregston, Parker 7 11 . 11 ...... 36 Stout, Tucker 6 6 4 10 ...... 90 Dykstra, Logan 7 4 5 9 2.0-7 . . . 1 . . . . 98 Brito, Jared 6 7 2 9 3.0-15 2.0-14 . . 1 1-0 . . . 93 Krowlikowski, Kray 6 5 2 7 ...... 33 Harts, Shaunard 6 4 2 6 . . 1-13 3 . . . . . 32 Rodino, Joe 7 4 2 6 . . . 1 . 1-0 . . . 42 Botella, Adria 5 3 3 6 1.0-0 . . 2 . . . . . 35 Schelhaas, Jack 6 3 3 6 ...... 99 Heredia, Tyler 5 3 3 6 1.0-1 . . . . . 1 . . 37 Durfee, Nate 7 2 3 5 ...... 14 Elliott, Dalton 5 3 2 5 0.5-1 ...... 52 Tamburo, Zack 7 3 2 5 ...... 18 Holmes, Anthony 73.3 ...... TM Team 6 2 . 2 ...... 1 . . 83 Wooten, Jamal 51.1 ...... 78 Pipkins, Trey 7 . 1 1 ...... 67 Springer, Jesse 7.11 ...... 1 Towns, Jason 7 1 . 1 ...... 30 Myles, Colton 51.1 ...... Total 7 276 166 442 61-259 25-163 5-77 35 9 8-32 6 . . Opponents 7 310 224 534 49-192 11-89 3-52 23 6 6-0 8 . . 2017 - USF INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

2017 University of Sioux Falls Football Sioux Falls Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 17, 2017) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Mickey, Max 5 146 901 28 873 6.0 8 87 174.6 Towns, Jason 18 187 10.4 2 66 Towns, Jason 7 74 359 32 327 4.4 4 41 46.7 Vickers, Austin 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 Maxwell,Winston 7 37 199 17 182 4.9 3 23 26.0 Rodino, Joe 1 1 1.0 0 1 Myles, Colton 5 26 122 9 113 4.3 2 20 22.6 Myles, Colton 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 Maxwell, Michael 7 5 10 0 10 2.0 0 6 1.4 Total 21 184 8.8 2 66 Smith, Ty 7 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 Opponents 12 43 3.6 0 21 Team 6 12 0 14 -14 -1.2 0 0 -2.3 Young, Matt 5 7 2 39 -37 -5.3 0 1 -7.4 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Fieber, Ian 7 7 0 55 -55 -7.9 0 0 -7.9 Warren, Ayinde 3 29 9.7 0 16 Total 7 315 1594 194 1400 4.4 17 87 200.0 Harts, Shaunard 1 13 13.0 0 13 Opponents 7 241 672 286 386 1.6 3 63 55.1 Harman, Jeffrey 1 35 35.0 1 35 Total 5 77 15.4 1 35 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Opponents 3 52 17.3 0 26 Fieber, Ian 7 119.76 98-170-3 57.6 1132 5 46 161.7 Young, Matt 5 132.59 19-27-0 70.4 200 0 35 40.0 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Thune, Jett 7 226.00 1-1-0 100. 15 0 15 2.1 Maxwell,Winston 8 162 20.2 0 45 Total 7 122.04 118-198-3 59.6 1347 5 46 192.4 Towns, Jason 5 114 22.8 0 46 Opponents 7 103.26 110-219-5 50.2 1266 6 69 180.9 Total 13 276 21.2 0 46 Opponents 28 556 19.9 0 31 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Holmes, Anthony 7 25 415 16.6 2 46 59.3 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Garrow, A.J. 6 20 184 9.2 0 25 30.7 Landis, Derek 1 17 17.0 1 17 Smith, Ty 7 19 236 12.4 1 35 33.7 Grantham, Brody 1 15 15.0 0 15 Maxwell, Michael 7 18 165 9.2 1 25 23.6 Total 2 32 16.0 1 17 Stanke, Nick 7 17 180 10.6 1 24 25.7 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 Thune, Jett 7 6 79 13.2 0 26 11.3 Towns, Jason 7 4 15 3.8 0 12 2.1 Gray-Bennett, Paul 2 3 41 13.7 0 22 20.5 Sigg, Clint 4 2 10 5.0 0 7 2.5 Mickey, Max 5 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 -0.4 Vickers, Austin 3 1 19 19.0 0 19 6.3 Wooten, Jamal 5 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.0 Total 7 118 1347 11.4 5 46 192.4 Opponents 7 110 1266 11.5 6 69 180.9 2017 University of Sioux Falls Football Sioux Falls TeamUSF Game-by-Game Game-By-Game - 2017 (as of Oct 17, 2017) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Aug 31 at Minnesota Duluth 48 107 1 23 10 88 0 26 10-19-0 88 0 26 2 28 0 16 2 48 1 42 195 Sep 09 NORTHERN STATE 41 246 3 87 18 169 1 35 18-32-0 169 1 35 0 0 0 0 4 22 0 17 415 Sep 16 at University of Mary 47 245 4 27 21 228 1 24 21-29-0 228 1 24 2 68 0 46 1 0 0 0 473 Sep 23 MINNESOTA CROOKSTON 52 296 2 41 18 187 1 25 18-27-0 187 1 25 0 0 0 0 3 69 1 66 483 Sep 30 at Southwest Minnesota 54 274 2 40 15 210 1 45 15-27-0 210 1 45 2 33 0 18 3 4 0 4 484 Oct 07 WINONA STATE 28 65 1 15 17 256 1 46 17-38-3 256 1 46 5 118 0 45 3 1 0 4 321 Oct 12 at Wayne State (Neb.) 45 167 4 40 19 209 0 35 19-26-0 209 0 35 2 29 0 16 5 40 0 24 376 Sioux Falls 315 1400 17 87 118 1347 5 46 118-198-3 1347 5 46 13 276 0 46 21 184 2 66 2747 Opponents 241 386 3 63 110 1266 6 69 110-219-5 1266 6 69 28 556 0 31 12 43 0 21 1652

Games: 7 • Avg/rush: 4.4 • Avg/catch: 11.4 • Pass effic: 122.04 • KR avg: 21.2 • PR avg: 8.8 • All purpose avg/game: 469.1 • Total offense avg/gm: 392.4

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Aug 31 at Minnesota Duluth 51 18 69 14.0-62 8.0-51 3 3-17 1-16 4 7 0 2-3 0 0 0 10 26 Sep 09 NORTHERN STATE 44 14 58 11.0-62 8.0-52 1 2-15 3-48 1 8 0 4-5 0 0 0 13 37 Sep 16 at University of Mary 31 42 73 9.0-39 0.0-0 2 1-0 0-0 0 0 0 5-5 0 0 0 7 38 Sep 23 MINNESOTA CROOKST 38 18 56 8.0-32 3.0-19 0 0-0 1-13 2 1 0 4-4 0 0 0 3 34 Sep 30 at Southwest Minnesota 38 34 72 11.0-29 2.0-19 0 0-0 0-0 0 8 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 24 Oct 07 WINONA STATE 46 26 72 3.0-12 0.0-0 0 1-0 0-0 0 6 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 13 Oct 12 at Wayne State (Neb.) 28 14 42 5.0-23 4.0-22 0 1-0 0-0 2 5 0 4-4 0 0 0 3 31 Sioux Falls 276 166 442 61.0-259 25.0-163 6 8-32 5-77 9 35 0 23-25 0 0 0 36 203 Opponents 310 224 534 49.0-192 11.0-89 8 6-0 3-52 6 23 0 9-9 0 0 0 14 69

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Aug 31 at Minnesota Duluth 8 290 36.2 43 0 1 2 0 0 2-2 42 0 6 312 52.0 0 0 Sep 09 NORTHERN STATE 8 287 35.9 46 0 1 1 0 1 1-2 50 0 7 364 52.0 1 0 Sep 16 at University of Mary 3 134 44.7 55 0 0 1 1 2 1-3 22 0 7 424 60.6 1 2 Sep 23 MINNESOTA CROOKST 6 259 43.2 64 0 0 2 1 5 2-2 22 1 7 432 61.7 3 0 Sep 30 at Southwest Minnesota 7 256 36.6 47 0 0 3 0 3 1-2 44 0 5 285 57.0 1 1 Oct 07 WINONA STATE 6 210 35.0 48 0 0 2 0 2 0-0 0 0 3 143 47.7 0 0 Oct 12 at Wayne State (Neb.) 8 296 37.0 45 0 1 4 0 2 1-1 26 0 6 361 60.2 2 1 Sioux Falls 46 1732 37.7 64 0 3 15 2 15 8-12 50 1 41 2321 56.6 8 4 Opponents 57 2325 40.8 63 0 0 11 10 21 2-6 20 0 18 1123 62.4 5 0 USF Football - Comparison - 2017 2017 University of Sioux Falls Football Sioux Falls Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Oct 12, 2017) All games

First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Turn- Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs Minnesota Duluth 26 - 7 12 / 11 5 / 2 5 / 9 2 / 0 48-107 / 30--19 10-19-0 / 27-51-1 88 / 229 67-195 / 81-210 109 / 108 3 / 4 NORTHERN STATE 37 - 7 17 / 12 10 / 1 5 / 10 2 / 1 41-246 / 30-2 18-32-0 / 20-34-3 169 / 189 73-415 / 64-191 85 / 116 0 / 5 University of Mary 38 - 7 26 / 8 14 / 6 9 / 2 3 / 0 47-245 / 49-104 21-29-0 / 2-3-0 228 / 84 76-473 / 52-188 68 / 93 0 / 1 MINNESOTA CROOKST 34 - 0 26 / 10 15 / 2 8 / 4 3 / 4 52-296 / 33-28 18-27-0 / 11-29-1 187 / 126 79-483 / 62-154 82 / 88 0 / 1 Southwest Minnesota 24 - 10 24 / 12 12 / 2 10 / 8 2 / 2 54-274 / 32-39 15-27-0 / 22-40-0 210 / 242 81-484 / 72-281 37 / 69 2 / 0 WINONA STATE 13 - 31 16 / 21 3 / 6 13 / 14 0 / 1 28-65 / 41-204 17-38-3 / 18-30-0 256 / 226 66-321 / 71-430 119 / 105 4 / 1 Wayne State (Neb.) 31 - 7 20 / 10 9 / 1 9 / 8 2 / 1 45-167 / 26-28 19-26-0 / 10-32-0 209 / 170 71-376 / 58-198 69 / 72 0 / 1 Totals 203 - 69 141 / 84 68 / 20 59 / 55 14 / 9 315-1400 / 241-386 118-198-3 / 110-219-5 1347 / 1266 513-2747 / 460-1652 569 / 651 9 / 13

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting Penalties Opponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards Sacks Minnesota Duluth 3-15 / 4-20 0-1 / 2-6 28:50 / 31:10 -2:20 2.2 / -0.6 4.6 / 4.5 2.9 / 2.6 8-36.2 / 8-39.4 4-28 / 10-84 8 / 1 NORTHERN STATE 5-17 / 4-16 1-2 / 0-1 32:11 / 27:49 4 : 2 2 6.0 / 0.1 5.3 / 5.6 5.7 / 3.0 8-35.9 / 9-43.8 5-43 / 5-36 8 / 2 University of Mary 4-12 / 5-15 1-1 / 0-1 32:00 / 28:00 4 : 0 0 5.2 / 2.1 7.9 / 28.0 6.2 / 3.6 3-44.7 / 7-36.6 3-35 / 4-54 0 / 0 MINNESOTA CROOKST 6-16 / 4-17 0-1 / 0-3 35:04 / 24:56 1 0 : 0 8 5.7 / 0.8 6.9 / 4.3 6.1 / 2.5 6-43.2 / 10-44.7 13-107 / 6-50 3 / 4 Southwest Minnesota 7-17 / 6-19 0-0 / 0-3 31:57 / 28:03 3 : 5 4 5.1 / 1.2 7.8 / 6.1 6.0 / 3.9 7-36.6 / 9-44.3 5-31 / 5-40 2 / 1 WINONA STATE 4-16 / 7-16 2-3 / 1-1 25:09 / 34:51 -9:42 2.3 / 5.0 6.7 / 7.5 4.9 / 6.1 6-35.0 / 5-33.4 2-23 / 4-25 0 / 1 Wayne State (Neb.) 5-15 / 5-16 0-0 / 0-2 35:07 / 24:53 1 0 : 1 4 3.7 / 1.1 8.0 / 5.3 5.3 / 3.4 8-37.0 / 9-38.6 8-85 / 5-35 4 / 2 Totals 34-108 / 35-119 4-8 / 3-17 220:18 / 199:42 2 0 : 3 6 4.4 / 1.6 6.8 / 5.8 5.4 / 3.6 46-37.7 / 57-40.8 40-352 / 39-324 25 / 11

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category 2017 University of Sioux Falls Football Sioux Falls Game Superlatives (as of Oct 17, 2017) USF FootballAll - Superlatives games - 2017

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 37 Mickey, Max at Minnesota Duluth (Aug 31, 2017) 37 Mickey, Max at Southwest Minnesota (Sep 30, 2017) Yards Rushing 217 Mickey, Max vs Northern State (Sep 09, 2017) TD Rushes 2 Mickey, Max vs Northern State (Sep 09, 2017) 2 Towns, Jason at University of Mary (Sep 16, 2017) 2 Mickey, Max at University of Mary (Sep 16, 2017) 2 Mickey, Max at Southwest Minnesota (Sep 30, 2017) 2 Maxwell,Winston at Wayne State (Neb.) (Oct 12, 2017) Long Rush 87 Mickey, Max vs Northern State (Sep 09, 2017) Pass attempts 38 Fieber, Ian vs Winona State (Oct 07, 2017) Pass completions 20 Fieber, Ian at University of Mary (Sep 16, 2017) Yards Passing 256 Fieber, Ian vs Winona State (Oct 07, 2017) TD Passes 1 Fieber, Ian vs Northern State (Sep 09, 2017) 1 Fieber, Ian at University of Mary (Sep 16, 2017) 1 Fieber, Ian vs Minnesota Crookston (Sep 23, 2017) 1 Fieber, Ian at Southwest Minnesota (Sep 30, 2017) 1 Fieber, Ian vs Winona State (Oct 07, 2017) Long Pass 46 Fieber, Ian vs Winona State (Oct 07, 2017) Receptions 6 Holmes, Anthony vs Northern State (Sep 09, 2017) 6 Garrow, A.J. at University of Mary (Sep 16, 2017) 6 Maxwell, Michael at Wayne State (Neb.) (Oct 12, 2017) Yards Receiving 123 Holmes, Anthony vs Winona State (Oct 07, 2017) TD Receptions 1 Smith, Ty vs Northern State (Sep 09, 2017) 1 Holmes, Anthony at University of Mary (Sep 16, 2017) 1 Maxwell, Michael vs Minnesota Crookston (Sep 23, 2017) 1 Holmes, Anthony at Southwest Minnesota (Sep 30, 2017) 1 Stanke, Nick vs Winona State (Oct 07, 2017) Long Reception 46 Holmes, Anthony vs Winona State (Oct 07, 2017) Field Goals 2 Vanden Heuvel,S at Minnesota Duluth (Aug 31, 2017) 2 Vanden Heuvel,S vs Minnesota Crookston (Sep 23, 2017) Long Field Goal 50 Vanden Heuvel,S vs Northern State (Sep 09, 2017) Punts 8 Vanden Heuvel,S at Minnesota Duluth (Aug 31, 2017) 8 Vanden Heuvel,S vs Northern State (Sep 09, 2017) 8 Vanden Heuvel,S at Wayne State (Neb.) (Oct 12, 2017) Punting Avg 44.7 Vanden Heuvel,S at University of Mary (Sep 16, 2017) Long Punt 64 Vanden Heuvel,S vs Minnesota Crookston (Sep 23, 2017) Punts inside 20 5 Vanden Heuvel,S vs Minnesota Crookston (Sep 23, 2017) Long Punt Return 66 Towns, Jason vs Minnesota Crookston (Sep 23, 2017) Long Kickoff Return 46 Towns, Jason at University of Mary (Sep 16, 2017) Tackles 10 Gardeck, Dennis at Minnesota Duluth (Aug 31, 2017) 10 Atonio,Michael at Southwest Minnesota (Sep 30, 2017) Sacks 5.0 Gardeck, Dennis at Minnesota Duluth (Aug 31, 2017) Tackles For Loss 5.0 Gardeck, Dennis at Minnesota Duluth (Aug 31, 2017) Interceptions 1 Warren, Ayinde at Minnesota Duluth (Aug 31, 2017) 1 Harman, Jeffrey vs Northern State (Sep 09, 2017) 1 Warren, Ayinde vs Northern State (Sep 09, 2017) 1 Harts, Shaunard vs Northern State (Sep 09, 2017) 1 Warren, Ayinde vs Minnesota Crookston (Sep 23, 2017) Box Score (Final) No. 6 USF Football2016 51 University Concordia St. ofPaul Sioux 7, Oct. 22,Falls 2016, Football Bob Young Field Concordia-St. Paul vs #6 Sioux Falls (Oct 22, 2016 at Sioux Falls, SD)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total Concordia-St. Paul 7 0 7 3 17 Sioux Falls 13 17 0 21 51

Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 13:02 USF - Mickey, Max 30 yd pass from Papilion, Luke (Garner, Brett kick), 4-34 0:31 08:29 CSP - Chapes, Darius 1 yd run (Schenderlein, Jonas kick), 11-75 4:33 04:07 USF - Athman, Kyle 18 yd pass from Papilion, Luke (Garner, Brett kick blockd), 5-33 1:28 2nd 08:08 USF - Mickey, Max 76 yd run (Garner, Brett kick), 4-92 1:28 05:37 USF - Fulks, Justin 10 yd run (Garner, Brett kick), 3-49 0:55 00:06 USF - Garner, Brett 45 yd field goal, 8-10 1:33 3rd 05:52 CSP - Steed, Gabe 26 yd pass from Johnson, Ron (Schenderlein, Jonas kick), 1-26 0:06 4th 13:33 USF - Mickey, Max 25 yd run (Garner, Brett kick), 8-62 3:05 11:55 CSP - Schenderlein, Jonas 40 yd field goal, 6-52 1:38 11:17 USF - Papilion, Luke 1 yd run (Garner, Brett kick), 2-30 0:25 05:08 USF - Athman, Kyle 18 yd pass from Lawler, Corbin (Garner, Brett kick), 5-45 2:19

CSP USF FIRST DOWNS 18 16 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 35-73 41-249 PASSING YDS (NET) 261 183 Passes Att-Comp-Int 43-24-1 28-10-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 78-334 69-432 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 3-1 6-120 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-83 3-155 Interception Returns-Yards 1-4 1-62 Punts (Number-Avg) 9-42.3 7-38.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 8-57 8-64 Possession Time 34:53 25:07 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 18 6 of 17 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 2 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-4 2-13

RUSHING: Concordia-St. Paul-Chapes, Darius 14-59; Rolle, Darnell 9-27; Hutton, Maxon 1-2; Schumann, DeCeon 1-0; Johnson, Ron 10-minus 15. Sioux Falls-Mickey, Max 16-128; Fulks, Justin 9-54; Rose, Brady 1-25; Papilion, Luke 6-19; Myles, Colton 2-9; Towns, Jason 6-8; Lawler, Corbin 1-6.

PASSING: Concordia-St. Paul-Johnson, Ron 24-42-1-261; Hutton, Maxon 0-1-0-0. Sioux Falls-Papilion, Luke 8-25-1-141; Lawler, Corbin 2-2-0-42; Team 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Concordia-St. Paul-Schumann, DeCeon 7-46; Arlington, Elias 4-61; Gustaveson, Marcus 4-57; Steed, Gabe 2-35; Rolle, Darnell 2-15; Russell, Bruce 2-15; Baucham, Sammy 1-23; Oney, Jason 1-5; Chapes, Darius 1-4. Sioux Falls-Angulo, Josh 3-53; Athman, Kyle 2-36; Rose, Brady 2-24; Mickey, Max 1-30; Sigg, Clint 1-24; Stanke, Nick 1-16.

INTERCEPTIONS: Concordia-St. Paul-Przybylka, JJ 1-4. Sioux Falls-Adedeji, Tosin 1-62.

FUMBLES: Concordia-St. Paul-None. Sioux Falls-Towns, Jason 1-0.

Concordia-St. Paul (2-6,0-4) vs. Sioux Falls (8-0,4-0) Date: Oct 22, 2016 • Site: Sioux Falls, SD • Stadium: Bob Young Field Attendance: 1725

Kickoff time: 12 pm • End of Game: 3:04 pm • Total elapsed time: 3:04 Officials: Referee: George Drouches; Umpire: John Madsen; Linesman: Peter Vrieze; Line judge: Robert Zahradka; Back judge: Robert Norman; Field judge: Tyler Vrieze; Side judge: James Johnson; Temperature: 60 • Wind: SE 4 • Weather: Sunny Box Score (Final) No. 18 USF2017 Football University 31 Wayne State of Sioux 7, Oct. 12,Falls 2017, Football Wayne, Neb. #18 Sioux Falls vs Wayne State (Neb.) (Oct 12, 2017 at Wayne, NE)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total Sioux Falls 0 17 7 7 31 Wayne State (Neb.) 7 0 0 0 7

Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 03:29 WSC - Wegner, Sam 49 yd pass from Osborn, Zach (Knudson, Ethan kick), 4-62 2:01 2nd 13:44 USF - Towns, Jason 40 yd run (Vanden Heuvel,S kick), 2-66 0:50 08:57 USF - Maxwell,Winston 1 yd run (Vanden Heuvel,S kick), 6-55 1:51 00:07 USF - Vanden Heuvel,S 26 yd field goal, 4--1 0:23 3rd 09:28 USF - Myles, Colton 1 yd run (Vanden Heuvel,S kick), 11-82 5:25 4th 13:43 USF - Maxwell,Winston 2 yd run (Vanden Heuvel,S kick), 8-60 4:03

USF WSC FIRST DOWNS 20 10 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 45-167 26-28 PASSING YDS (NET) 209 170 Passes Att-Comp-Int 26-19-0 32-10-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 71-376 58-198 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 5-40 1--2 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-29 3-74 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 8-37.0 9-38.6 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-85 5-35 Possession Time 35:07 24:53 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 15 5 of 16 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 0-0 Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-22 2-16

RUSHING: Sioux Falls-Maxwell,Winston 11-76; Towns, Jason 13-60; Myles, Colton 15-52; Young, Matt 1-minus 2; Team 3-minus 3; Fieber, Ian 2-minus 16. Wayne State (Neb.)-Trimble, Rashad 11-23; Wilson, Maliki 9-19; Sullivan, Layne 1-4; Osborn, Zach 5-minus 18.

PASSING: Sioux Falls-Fieber, Ian 12-17-0-123; Young, Matt 7-9-0-86. Wayne State (Neb.)-Osborn, Zach 8-28-0-145; Bleil, Aaron 2-4-0-25.

RECEIVING: Sioux Falls-Maxwell, Michael 6-55; Garrow, A.J. 4-25; Holmes, Anthony 3-88; Smith, Ty 2-19; Towns, Jason 2-10; Sigg, Clint 1-7; Wooten, Jamal 1-5. Wayne State (Neb.)-Rogers, Nate 4-52; Sullivan, Layne 3-16; Wegner, Sam 2-89; Walton, Willie 1-13.

INTERCEPTIONS: Sioux Falls-None. Wayne State (Neb.)-None.

FUMBLES: Sioux Falls-None. Wayne State (Neb.)-Walton, Willie 1-1.

Sioux Falls (6-1,6-1) vs. Wayne State (Neb.) (4-3,4-3) Date: Oct 12, 2017 • Site: Wayne, NE • Stadium: Bob Cunningham Field Attendance: 1635

Kickoff time: 7:05 p.m • End of Game: 9:57 • Total elapsed time: 2:52 Officials: Referee: Rolf Erickson; Umpire: John Caldwell; Linesman: John Hardgrove; Line judge: Jerry Tiegs; Back judge: Robert Norman; Field judge: Marshall Behren; Side judge: Jared Butson; Temperature: 66 • Wind: SE 8 mph • Weather: partly cloudy COUGAR HISTORY

USF Football: Continued Excellence DeBoer, who owns the school’s best all-time winning percentage at Since football started at the University of Sioux Falls in 1902, .957, was the GPAC Coach of the Year three times (2006, 2007, 2008) the Cougars have tasted success at both the NAIA and NCAA Division and named the AFCA/NAIA Coach of the Year in 2006, 2008 and 2009. II level. During that period, USF has won NAIA league titles and four He led USF to a 67-3 record and three national titles (2006, 2008, 2009). times been crowned a national champion. The Cougars won NAIA na- Four USF players were named NAIA National Players of the tional titles in 1996, 2006, 2008, and 2009. Year, including Nick Kortan in 2002, Chad Cavender in 2007, Lorenzo Since the move to NCAA DII in 2011, the Cougars have Brown in 2009 and Jon Ryan in 2010. constructed a 58-17 record. In NSIC Two former Cougars played in the NFL, including Rick Dan- play, beginning in 2012, the Cougars USF has recorded meier (1972-75) who was with the Minnesota Vikings from 1977-82. are 51-11. The Cougars, led by first 15, 10-win seasons He ranks sixth on the Vikings all-time scoring list with 364 points. year head coach Jon Anderson, are Punter Brian Hansen (1980-83) played with the Washington Redskins, 6-1 and ranked No. 15 ` in the A list of the 15 top sea- New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, and New Or- AFCA Coaches Poll and the D2Foot- sons in Cougars football leans Saints from 1984-99. He is the only player in school history to be ball.com Poll. Since moving to DII, history follows. The rank- drafted by the NFL as he was taken in the ninth round of the 1984 draft. the Cougars have finished third (9-2, ings are listed according He averaged 42.3 yards per punt in the NFL. 5-2, NSIC South, 2012), fourth (6- to best mark. USF has In 1902, the school played its first game against the University 5, 4-3 NSIC South, 2013) and sec- of South Dakota, falling 33-0. Over the 96 years of football, USF has a ond (11-1, NSIC South, 2014) in the recorded four unbeaten 405-402-20 record. The Cougars claimed its 400th all-time win in 2014 NSIC South. USF, which finished the seasons, all in the nation- in a 38-9 win over Concordia, St. Paul on Oct. 4. season No. 21 in the AFCA poll and al championship years At the NAIA level, USF was 36-12 in the playoffs with four No. 17 in D2football.com was 9-3 and of 1996, 2006, 2008, national titles, three runner-up finishes and three semifinal appear- earned its first ever NCAA DII play- 2009. The Cougars have ances. The Cougars won their first ever league title (SDIC) in 1981 and off berth. In 2016, the Cougars moved had their first unbeaten regular season in 1988 when they also appeared from No. 23 in the AFCA poll to No registered 11 seasons of in the playoffs for the first time. In 1995, USF won the program’s first 4 and finished 12-1 after heartbreak- just one loss. playoff game. ing 27-24 OT loss to No. 5 Harding in 2009 -- 15-0 Look Back over the Years the second round of the NCAA DII 1996 -- 14-0 After that first game in 1902 USF did not play again until the playoffs. The Cougars, which won the 2006 -- 14-0 1911 season when they lost to Huron, 24-9. In 1915, the program tasted NSIC crown for the first time, earned the winning feeling for the first time with a 41-0 win over Pipestone. In a program best D2 #2 seed in the 2008 -- 14-0 1916, the program had the first winning season at 3-2-2. The Cougars NCAA DII playoffs in Super Region 3. 2007 -- 13-1 recorded a 46-0 win over Augustana. USF was No. 8 in the final AFCA and 2010 -- 13-1 Records suggest that USF hired T.R. Johnson in 1919 when D2Football.com polls. The Cougars 2016 -- 12-1 the Cougars were 0-2. Later, USF hired another USD graduate in Frank won their first round playoff game in 2002 -- 12-1 McCormick, who led the program from 1924-27 (4-18, .182). Francis 2016 with a 34-21 win over Azusa Pa- Olson, who is tied with Philip Tinsworth (6-45-1, .130, 1949-55) and cific at Bob Young Field. With the win, 2003 -- 12-1 Richard Sterup (20-40, .333, 1962-68), for the second longest tenure USF hosted a second round game for 2001 -- 12-2 (seven years) at USF, had a 19-24-6 (.388) mark from 1928-34. the first time at the DII level and stand 1995 -- 11-1 The early years at USF were tough with just five .500 or better 13-1 all-time in playoff games at Bob 2004 -- 11-1 seasons in the first 30 years of the program. However, the 6-1-1 season Young Field. 2014 -- 11-1 in 1934, including a 108-to-35 scoring edge, was a standout season. In To this point, USF has won 1960, the Cougars, which included USF Hall of Fame members Bob 20 league titles, had 101 All-Amer- 1997 -- 11-2 Young and Reid Beier, were 6-2 with a 188-to-151 scoring margin. In icans and 315 all-league players, in- 2005 -- 11-2 1966 and 1967, USF put together a 13-5 combined record (6-3, 7-2). cluding 13 in 2015 and a program- Later in 1980, the Cougars began a six-year winning run of best 24 in 2016. In total USF has had 72 players recognized on the NSIC 38-18, including a 6-3-1 record in 1981 when the Cougars captured All-League team, including, program best 24 in 2016, 13 in 2015, 14 in their first-ever league title, winning the SDIC. The 1981 produced the 2014, eight in 2013, and 13 in 2012. USF has had 12 players named first school’s first-ever league title as the Cougars won the SDIC under direc- team, 21 to the second team and 15 honorable mention. John Tidwell tion of head coach Dave Schroeder. In a 9-1 campaign in 1982 USF held became USF’s first three-time first team All-NSIC selection in 2015, a 234-to-92 scoring edge but finished second in the SDIC, although Former USF quarterback Kurtiss Riggs was inducted into the they were ranked ninth in the NAIA poll as Dave Schroeder was named NAIA Hall of Fame in 2013. Riggs led USF to a two-year record of 25-1, the District 12 Coach of the Year. setting NAIA records for TD passes in a season (55), and most attempts Head Coach Bob Young took over in 1984, directing the without an interception (290) during the 1996 season. He directed Cougars to its most successful period ever. In 22 seasons (1983-2004), the Cougars to its first national title in 1996. In leading USF to a 14-0 Young led his teams to a 172-69-3 (.711) record and the school’s first record, Riggs set schools records in single season passing yards with NAIA championship in 1996 (47-25 win over Western Washington). 3,993, completions, 265, and had single game passing marks in passing In his first season in 1984, USF went 8-2 with an SDIC title and a 233- yards with 457, completions, 30 and TDs (9). He was a 1996 NAIA first to-145 scoring edge. team All-American. In 1988, USF had the school’s best season in history as they In the title game win over Western Washington, he threw for went 10-1 with a 14-9 playoff loss to Northwestern (Iowa) spoiling an 455 yards and five TDs. Riggs, who accumulated 496 completions in undefeated regular season. USF had a 278-to-115 scoring margin in 801 attempts for 7,329 passing yards and 85 TDs in his career, was the that season as they reached the playoffs for the first time. They finished third athlete from USF named to the NAIA Hall of Fame. USF punter ranked 8th in the final NAIA DII poll. It was the first time that USF had Brian Hansen was inducted in 1995 and track and field standout Wally won 10 straight games and set 16 school records, including rushing of- Diehl was inducted in 1968. fense with 2,104 yards and 21 rushing TDs. Bob Booth was named the Former head coach Bob Young, who was inducted into the SDIC MVP & USF’s first league MVP. Bob Young was named Coach NAIA Hall of Fame in 2010, has the most wins in school history with a of the Year. Booth was the first defensive player to win the award since 172-69-3 mark from 1983-2004. USF’s home field is named in Young’s 1981. honor. He was a two-time GPAC Coach of the Year (2002, 2003). Kalen By 1994, the Cougars were ready to take a step up. After going 18-22 COUGAR HISTORY over the previous four seasons (1990-93), the Cougars put together an erything came together for USF. The No. 2 Cougars defeated No. 1 St. 8-2 campaign before going 11-1 in 1995 as they went unbeaten in the Francis (Ind.), 23-19, in a title game that matched teams with the same regular season. A 42-17 loss to U-Mary ended the perfect run. But it mascot name and abbreviation (USF). The Cougars, which broke from was a precursor of things to come. a 13-13 halftime tie with 10 points in a four-minute period of the third In 1996, the Cougars, who were ranked as high as #2 in the quarter, won by forcing four turnovers, including three fumbles. Before national rankings in the regular season, dominated from start to finish a crowd of 5,805 at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tenn., USF, which as they opened with a 58-6 decision against Concordia (Neb.). In the was ranked No. 2 in the country, won the 51st annual NAIA national opening four games, USF had a 199-to-61 scoring edge. It was a margin title as 2017 USF Athletics HO QB Chad Cavender (15-of-21-155) was that continued as the Cougars rolled up a 636-to-227 scoring margin named game MVP. In 2008, the Cougars winning streak continued all for the season. After an unbeaten season, which included six games of the way to Rome, GA. The No. 2 Cougars defeated No. 1 Carroll Col- scoring 50 points or more, USF defeated U-Mary, 56-19, gaining a little lege, 23-7, to win a second title in three seasons. Before 6,500, the Cou- revenge for the loss in 1995. Then they defeated rival Northwestern gars scored TDs on offense, defense and special teams. Carroll had won (Iowa), 52-21, and edged Evangel (Mo.), 28-22. five of the six previous championships including the 17-9 win in 2007 In the finals, the Cougars received a big-time performance over USF. In a season when USF recorded seven shutouts, an eighth from quarterback Kurtiss Riggs, who completed 25-of-33 passes for nearly came in the championship game but Carroll scored with 6:15 to 431 yards and five TDs in a 47-25 win over Western Washington (11-2) play in the game. In total, USF’s defense was top number one in 10 de- before 4,000 in attendance at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tenn. fensive categories, ranking as one of the best in school history. The Coo Both USF and No. 6 Western Washington played in their first ever defense allowed just 83 points all season, a school record. In the 14-0 championship game. In the win, David Ruter, who had 19 carries for 55 season, the Cougars had a 125-to-26 advantage in four playoff wins. yards and four catches for 98 yards, scored three TDs, including recep- Three times scored seven points or less in the playoffs. Overall, the only tions of 20 and 64 yards and a nine-yard run. Riggs, who was the Of- close game was a 34-31 win over Morningside the regular season finale. fensive Player of the Game, connected with Kalen DeBoer, who caught 11 teams were held to seven points or fewer. Of note, the defense al- 10 passes for 131 yards, for two TDs (5, 19). DeBoer also had a 54-yard lowed just 5.9 points per game, 206 total rushing yards, 0.6 yards per TD run. Overall, the Cougars had 518 yards in total offense. Jeremy carry, 14.7 rushing yards per game and 109.4 total yards per game. Gardner also cracked 100 yards receiving with six receptions for 133 A year later, the Cougar Pride kept rolling. In a 15-0 sea- yards. USF defensive end Travis Dumke (eight tackles, 2 TFLs) was the son, USF had an 184-to-70 edge in the playoffs. The Cougars not only Defensive Player of the Game. played exceptional defense (10.5 ppg, 210.5 total yards per game) but In the 1996 season, Riggs threw 55 TDs with just three picks set a school record with 775 points or 51.7 points per game. They rolled and DeBoer had 99 catches for 1,374 yards and 17 TDs. Gardner accu- up 7,313 yards in total offense. mulated 50 catches for 955 yards and 16 TDs in the season. In a season One of the school’s most memorable wins occurred in the when USF generated 6,863 yards in total offense (4, 144 passing), they 15-0 campaign in 2009. The then NAIA Cougars defeated NCAA DII had a season high of 678 yards in offense against Nebraska-Wesleyan power North Dakota, 28-13, in Grand Forks. In the 2009 champion- when they scored 65 points. In total they had 86 TDs, including 57 ship game, USF edged No. 3 Lindenwood (13-1), 25-22 in Rome, Ga. passing. Braden Wieking, a Sioux Falls native, was offensive player of the game Before Coach Young retired in 2004, he started USF on a run with three field goals and two extra points. Linebacker Dominic Studz- of success, which continues to 2017. USF has 23 straight winning sea- inski was defensive player of the game after seven tackles and two sacks. sons, most in DII. From 2001-to-2010, the Cougars compiled a unbe- A Wieking field goal from 42 yards gave USF a lead they didn’t relin- lievable mark of 127-9 or a winning percentage of .934. In USF’s run, quish as USF increased their winning streak to 29 straight games. they reached the quarterfinals in the NAIA every year while winning After the season, HC Kalen DeBoer took a position at South- three national titles, and finishing second three times with two semifi- ern Illinois and USF hired Jed Stugart, who led USF to a 13-1 season. nal appearances. In that run, every USF team won at least 10 games. In fact, the 29-game streak went to 42 straight before a loss to nemesis In 2001, Young took the Cougars to the finals, falling to Carroll College, 10-7 in the NAIA Championship. It was the final game Georgetown, Kentucky, 49-27, in a season when they finished 12-2 and in NAIA by USF, which won a 10th straight GPAC title. won a GPAC title. A year later, they were unbeaten in the regular sea- The next year in 2011, the program began a transition to son and 12-1 overall as USF, which won the GPAC again, reached the NCAA DII. Since the transition, USF has built a 47-12 record in five national semifinals where the Cougars lost to Carroll College (Mt.), 20- seasons in the NSIC with four campaigns of nine wins of more. The 17. 2014 season, which included the first 11-win campaign, was magical The Cougars again claimed the GPAC crown and had a sec- with the team’s then highest DII ranking of No. 10 on Oct. 27. The Cou- ond straight unbeaten regular season in 2003. After two playoff wins, gars were ranked nine straight weeks. In December, 2014, USF defeat- including a 33-7 win over Northwestern (IA), the Cougars dropped a ed Central Oklahoma, 42-10 in the Mineral Water Bowl in Excelsior 16-13 loss to Northwest Oklahoma State in the national semifinals. In Springs, Mo. It was USF’s first ever postseason appearance at DII. Young’s final season (2004), the Cougars had a third straight unbeaten The momentum continued in 2015 as the Cougars rolled to a regular season before falling to Azusa Pacific, 24-3 in the quarterfinals. 9-3 season, which included its first ever DII playoff appearance. While Young ended his career by guiding the Cougars to 44 straight regular USF lost at Henderson State, 23-16, it was a year to remember as the season wins, including perfect regular seasons from 2002-04. Cougars opened 7-0 and earned its first ever top five ranking in both In 2005, Kalen DeBoer, a wide receiver on the 1996 title win- the AFCA Coaches Poll and D2football.com. ning team, took over the USF program. After Young’s departure, the In 2016, the Cougars captured their first NSIC Champion- winning continued under one of the school’s all-time great players with ship, rolling to an 11-0 record in the regular season and a 12-1 overall DeBoer, who earned NAIA All-American honors and finishing his ca- mark. USF, which advanced to the “Sweet 16” and hosted two playoff reer with a then record 234 receptions from 1993-96. games, extended its all-time consecutive winning seasons to 23, which In a five-year run, DeBoer led USF to a record of 67-3 (.957) ranks fifth best across all divisions and tops in NCAA DII. Counting and three national titles. Under his watch, the Cougars captured four 2016, USF has 36 straight weeks of being ranked nationally. USF, which GPAC titles, three national titles and had a streak of 50 straight home also won its first NSIC South title at 7-0, has been ranked in the top 10 wins. 16 times and as high as No. 4 in week 12 of 2016. DeBoer’s first season in 2005 ended in an 11-2 record and Former USF assistant/defensive coordinator Jon Anderson a trip to the national quarterfinals. In the that second round playoff was hired to lead the program in December 2016 following Stugart’s game, USF fell to Carroll College, 55-0. It is the last game, to date, that departure. Through six games (5-1) in 2017, the Cougars have been USF has failed to score, a run of 139 straight games. ranked 42 straight polls in both the AFCA and D2Football.com polls, The end of the 2005 season set up the 2006 run when ev- the longest active run by an NSIC school.