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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOOTBALL Monday, Oct. 18, 2010

Athletic Media Relations CONTACT NDSU Dept 1200 Jeff Schwartz, Director PO Box 6050 Fax: (701) 231-8022 (701) 231-8332 Fargo, ND 58108-6050 Web site: GoBison.com [email protected] #24 State Hosts Indiana State in Harvest Bowl on Oct. 23 NORTH DAKOTA STATE GAME EIGHT – #24 BISON vs. Indiana State 2010 Schedule 3:07 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010 (4-3, 1-3 Valley Football) (Artificial / 18,700) DATE OPPONENT TIME Fargo, N.D. Sept. 4 at Kansas W 6-3 Sept. 11 *at #13/14 UNI L 9-16 North Dakota NBC TV Network / Sept. 18 MORGAN STATE W 35-9 Sept. 25 #20/21 SOUTH DAKOTA W 38-16 GAME EIGHT: No. 24-ranked North Dakota State (4-3, 1-3 Valley Football) is scheduled Oct. 2 *WESTERN ILLINOIS (HC) L 16-28 to host Indiana State University (4-2, 2-1 Valley Football) for a Missouri Valley Football Oct. 9 *at Youngstown State W 34-29 Conference game at 3:07 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, in the Fargodome (18,700) ... The Bison Oct. 16 *at Illinois State L 24-34 lost 34-24 at Illinois State on Oct. 16 ... It is the 37th annual Harvest Bowl ... NDSU is 31-2-2 Oct. 23 *INDIANA STATE 3:07 p.m. in 35 previous games ... The 1991 game was cancelled due to a blizzard ... The Bison lost (HARVEST BOWL) 21-17 to Missouri State in last year’s game ... Indiana State defeated visiting Missouri State Nov. 6 *SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 3 p.m. 38-35 in overtime on Oct. 16 ... The Sycamores have won three straight and are currently a Nov. 13 *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 3 p.m. half-game behind Western Illinois in the conference standings ... Indiana State is averaging (/TREES) Nov. 20 *at Missouri State 1 p.m. 51 points per game over the last three contests. *–Missouri Valley Football Conference game TICKETS: Tickets for North Dakota State home football games are available in advance Home games FARGODOME (18,700) in BOLD at the Bison Sports Arena ticket office, online at GoBison.com/tickets, or toll free at (888) All game times LOCAL 231-NDSU. AT HOME: North Dakota State has compiled a 226-35-3 record at home since 1964 ... The Bison are 81-21-0 in the Fargodome since moving from in 1993 ... NDSU INDIANA STATE is 2-1 this season at home and are 32-10 since head coach took over in 2003. TELEVISION: The game will be televised on the North Dakota NBC TV Network ... Val- 2010 Schedule/Results ley News Live (KVLY-TV, NBC, Channel 11/KXJB-TV, CBS, Channel 4, Fargo) sports director (4-2, 2-1 Valley Football) Scott Peters; KFYR-TV (Channel 5, Bismarck) sports director Lee Timmerman, and former DATE OPPONENT TIME Bison standout and current Moorhead High head coach Kevin Feeney are in the booth, Sept. 4 ST. JOSEPH’S (IND.) W 57-7 while Valley News Live weekend anchor Brian Shawn is on the sidelines ... The other net- Sept. 11 at Cincinnati (FBS) L 7-40 work stations include KMOT-TV (Channel 10, Minot), KQCD-TV (Channel 7, Dickinson) and Sept. 25 *at Western Illinois L 7-40 KUMV-TV (Channel 8, Williston). Oct. 2 QUINCY (ILL.) W 56-22 SERIES RECORD: This is the third meeting between North Dakota State and Indiana Oct. 9 *ILLINOIS STATE W 59-24 Oct. 16 *MISSOURI STATE (OT) W 38-35 State in a series that began in 2008 ... NDSU leads the series 2-0 ... The Bison won 56-17 in Oct. 23 *at #24 North Dakota State 4 p.m. Terre Haute (see recap on page 4) during the 2009 season. Oct. 30 *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 3:05 p.m. GoBISON.COM VIDEO/AUDIO/LIVE STATS: Follow on the Internet at GoBison.com Nov. 6 *NORTHERN IOWA 3:05 p.m. with live streaming video, audio (Bison Radio Network) and live in-game statistics. Nov. 13 *at Youngstown State 1 p.m. IN THE NCAA FCS STATISTICS: North Dakota State leads the nation in net punting Nov. 20 *at Southern Illinois 2 p.m. (41.19 avg.) and John Prelvitz moved up to No. 2 nationally, averaging 45.00 yards per punt *–Missouri Valley Football Conference game ... Team-wise, NDSU is 14th in punt returns (14.81 ypr) and 20th in scoring defense (19.29 Home games at MEMORIAL STADIUM (12,734) in ppg) ... Individually, freshman Ryan Smith is 13th in punt returns (14.15 ypr), and junior BOLD D.J. McNorton is 22nd in rushing (99.29 ypg) and 29th in all-purpose yards (131.14 ypg). All game times LOCAL SPECIAL TEAMS X-FACTOR: Senior punter John Prelvitz punted two times for an aver- age of 54 yards per attempt at Illinois State on Oct. 16 ... Prelvitz leads the Missouri Valley Football Conference and ranks 2nd in NCAA FCS in punting at 45.00 avg. -- and the Bison are 1st in net punting at 41.15 ... Against Kansas, he matched a career-high with eight punts for an average of 44.1 and net of 38.1 yards per kick (compared to 23 net per kick for KU) in Lawrence (9-4-10) ... Against Ilinois State, Prelvitz placed one inside the 20 (40 in career) ... He has twenty-two 50+ yard punts in his career. McNORTON ON THE LOOSE: D.J. McNorton rushed 20 times for 133 yards and a touchdown in North Dakota State’s 34-24 loss at Illinois State (10-16-10) ... It was the third # Continuing the Championship Tradition # Bison Football, Page 2...

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(Oct. 16, 2010) Valley Points Overall Points TEAM W-L Pct. For-Opp W-L Pct. For-Opp #18/21 Western Illinois 3-1 .750 137-094 5-2 .714 259-139 Indiana State 2-1 .667 104-099 4-2 .667 224-168 #19/22 Northern Iowa 2-1 .667 078-068 3-3 .500 117-131 Illinois State 3-2 .600 143-176 4-3 .571 201-267 Southern Illinois 2-2 .500 121-117 3-4 .429 215-183 South Dakota State 2-2 .500 092-087 2-4 .333 098-130 Missouri State 1-2 .500 111-107 2-4 .333 225-236 #24 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 1-3 .250 083-107 4-3 .571 162-135 FCS Coaches Youngstown State 1-3 .250 123-137 3-4 .429 231-212 Top 25 Issued Oct. 18, 2010 -- SCHEDULE next poll Oct. 25, 2010 Saturday, Oct. 23 Team (1st Votes) Record Pts. LW *#18/21 Western Illinois at Missouri State, 1 p.m. 1. Appalachian State (25) 6-0 672 1 *Youngstown State at South Dakota State, 2 p.m. 2. Delaware (1) 7-0 641 2 *Indiana State at #24 North Dakota State, 3:07 p.m. 3. Jacksonville State (1) 7-0 616 3 *Illinois State at #19/22 Northern Iowa, 4:05 p.m. 4. Stephen F. Austin 5-1 596 4 5. William & Mary 5-1 575 5 RESULTS 6. Villanova 4-2 539 7 Saturday, Oct. 16 7. Montana 5-2 493 11 *South Dakota State 31, #15/17 Southern Illinois 10 8. Eastern Washington 5-2 461 12 *Illinois State 34, #14/15 North Dakota State 24 9. New Hampshire 4-3 399 T15 *Indiana State 38, Missouri State 35 (OT) 10. Wofford 5-1 391 17 *#22/24 Northern Iowa 19, South Dakota 14 11. James Madison 4-2 344 6 *#23 Western Illinois 40, Youngstown State 38 12. Massachusetts 4-2 332 8 *--Conference game All times central 13. Southeast Missouri State 6-1 310 20 14. Liberty 5-2 281 21 15. Richmond 3-3 279 19 100-yard game of the season and career ... McNorton also caught two passes for 13 yards 16. Montana State 5-2 244 10 ... In seven games this season, McNorton has rushed 110 times for 695 yards (6.3 ypc) 17. South Carolina State 4-2 234 9 and five touchdowns for an average of 99.3 yards per game ... He has caught 13 passes 18. Western Illinois 5-2 210 23 for 196 yards (15.1 ypr) and two TDs ... McNorton ranks 22nd nationally in rushing (99.29 19. Bethune-Cookman 6-0 183 NR ypg) and 29th in all-purpose yards (131.... McNorton had 221 all-purpose yards including 20. Northern Arizona 4-2 147 NR a career-high six receptions for 131 yards and a TD in North Dakota State’s 34-29 win at 21. Cal Poly 4-3 128 13 Youngstown State (10-9-10) ... He had receptions of 51 (a career long) and 47 yards in the 22. Northern Iowa 3-3 116 24 23. Penn 4-1 107 25 win ... McNorton also rushed 17 times for 90 yards. 24. North Dakota State 4-3 101 14 MISTER WILLSON: North Dakota State linebacker Chad Willson made 11 tackles 25. Furman 4-2 56 NR including eight solos and a tackle for loss in North Dakota State’s 34-24 loss at Illinois State Other receiving votes (points in parentheses): (10-16-10) ... Willson reached double-figure tackles for the second time this season, also Grambling State (38), Chattanooga (34), Elon (34), making 12 tackles at Kansas in the season opener ... He is second on the team with 43 Georgia Southern (31), Jacksonville (24), Dayton (21), tackles including 20 solos and 1.5 tackles for loss. Robert Morris (18), Sam Houston State (18), Southern BISON QUICK-HITTERS: North Dakota State’s defense has 15 takeaways through seven Illinois (18), Texas State (17), Hampton (15), Sacramen- games games compared to 12 overall in 2009 ... Senior cornerback Josh Gatlin recorded to State (9), Indiana State (7), Jackson State (7), South his first career interception at Illinois State (10-16-10) ... NDSU has seven interceptions this Dakota State (7), Illinois State (6), Weber State (6), season compared to three in 2009 ... Fullback Andrew Grothmann caught his first colle- Colgate (5), Harvard (3), Florida A&M (1), Lehigh (1). giate pass for 41 yards at Illinois State (10-16-10) ... Safety John Pike recovered his second NDSU, Opponents in BOLD fumble of the season at Illinois State (10-16-10) and returned it 31 yards ... Redshirt fresh- man cornerback Marcus Williams has had at least one pass defended in seven straight games and two against Illinois State (10-16-10) ... Defensive end Scott Stoczynski had a career-high eight tackles against Western Illinois (10-2-10) ... Free safety Daniel Eaves picked off a pair of passes in the second half against South Dakota (9-25-10) ... The last time a Bison player picked off two passes in game came in 2007 when Kyle Belmont did it at Cal Poly (11-10-07) and Nick Schommer vs. Southern Utah (10-27-07) ... With a 56-28 record, NDSU head coach Craig Bohl is No. 5 on the school’s all-time win list ... He is two wins from matching mentor Don Morton (57, 1979-84) and Casey Finnegan (57, 1928-40) ... Bohl is one of four Bison coaches with 50 wins ... Cornerback Freddie Banks recorded his first career interception late in the second quarter at UNI (9-11-10) ... Tight end Landon Smith made a career best three receptions for 47 yards at Northern Iowa (9-11-10) ... Quarterback Jose Mohler completed 20 of 35 passes for 247 yards -- all career-highs -- in the loss at nationally-ranked UNI (9-11-10) ... Mohler, who completed passes to nine dif- ferent receivers, also rushed 16 yards for NDSU’s first touchdown of the season ... Mohler -- MORE -- Bison Football, Page 3...

GAME EIGHT BISON vs. Indiana State TALE OF THE TAPE NORTH DAKOTA STATE (4-3, 1-3 Valley Football) INDIANA STATE (4-2, 2-1 Valley Football) The Sports Network/ TEAM STATS BISON OPP TEAM STATS INST OPP Points Per Game 23.1 19.3 Points Per Game 37.3 28.0 Fathead.com First Downs Avg./Gm 15.4 18.6 First Downs Avg./Gm 20.2 18.0 Rushing Game 154.4 194.4 Rushing Game 234.7 182.0 NCAA FCS Top 25 Passing Game 177.6 180.7 Passing Game 197.0 165.7 Issued Oct. 18, 2010 -- Total Offense 332.0 375.1 Total Offense 431.7 347.7 next poll Oct. 25, 2010 Had Intercepted 6 7 Had Intercepted 2 5 Team (1st Votes) Record Pts. Prv. Fumbles-Lost 12-7 11-8 Fumbles-Lost 11-4 10-4 1. Appalachian State (111) 6-0 3,718 1 Penalties/Avg. Yards Gm 54-68.4 61-80.0 Penalties/Avg. Yards Gm 40-53.7 53-82.0 2. Delaware (28) 7-0 3,594 2 Net Punt Avg. 41.2 30.9 Net Punt Avg. 32.4 31.3 3. Jacksonville State (11) 7-0 3,419 3 Time of Possession 27:34 32:26 Time of Possession 29:17 30:12 4. William & Mary 5-1 3,293 4 3rd Down Conversions 23/79 46/108 3rd Down Conversions 38/84 37/84 5. Stephen F. Austin (1) 5-1 3,164 5 4th Down Conversions 6/10 3/4 4th Down Conversions 8/12 1/5 6. Villanova 4-2 2,988 6 7. Montana 5-2 2,594 11 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 8. Eastern Washington 5-2 2,520 12 RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG 9. Wofford 5-1 2,394 14 D.J. McNorton 110 695 6.3 5 99.3 Darrius Gates 99 587 5.9 10 97.8 10. New Hampshire 4-3 2,047 16 Mike Sigers 20 129 6.4 2 18.4 Shakir Bell 68 543 8.0 2 90.5 11. James Madison 4-2 2,001 7 PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG 12. Massachusetts 4-2 1,854 8 Jose Mohler 55-92-5 59.8 4 114.3 Ronnie Fouch 93-158-2 58.9 12 191.3 13. Southeast Missouri St. 6-1 1,807 18 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD YPG RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD YPG 14. Bethune-Cookman 6-0 1,592 23 Warren Holloway 24 440 18.3 4 62.9 Bryant Kent 21 266 12.7 3 44.3 15. Montana State 5-2 1,551 9 D.J. McNorton 13 196 15.1 2 28.0 Justin Hilton 20 384 19.2 5 64.0 16. Richmond 3-3 1,479 20 Justin Howard 13 155 11.9 1 22.1 Alex Jones 12 205 17.1 2 34.2 17. Liberty 5-2 1,341 19 DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FR DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FR 18. South Carolina State 4-2 1,283 10 Preston Evans 26-34-60 4.0-7 0 1 0-0 Aaron Archie 30-24-54 2.5-8 0 0 0-0 19. Northern Iowa 3-3 759 22 Chad Willson 20-23-43 1.5-3 0 0 0-0 Ben Obaseki 24-15-39 12.5-62 0 0 0-0 20. Penn 4-1 625 25 21. Western Illinois 5-2 622 NR came off the bench at the end of the first quarter to lead North Dakota State to a 34-29 22. Northern Arizona 4-2 599 NR win at Youngstown State (10-9-10) ... He completed 11 of 14 passes for 192 yards and 23. Cal Poly 4-3 584 13 three touchdowns including a 45-yard pass to Justin Howard with 34 seconds left for the 24. Chattanooga 4-2 516 NR game-winning score ... Howard caught the pass at the 26 yard line, broke a tackle at the 16 25. Furman 4-2 462 NR Others receiving votes: North Dakota State 353, and sped into the end zone for the TD ... Howard’s 26-yard kickoff return helped to set up Elon 329, Grambling State 319, Jacksonville 309, the game-winning drive ... Mohler’s three TD passes were a career-high and also included Jackson State 148, Hampton 144, Robert Morris 120, 4-yard scoring passes to D.J. McNorton and ... North Dakota State was Southern Illinois 98, Georgia Southern 85, Colgate ranked 24th in the FCS Coaches and received votes (26th) in the Sports Network/Fathead. 63, Dayton 56, Sam Houston State 41, South Dakota com Top 25 polls released Oct. 18 ... On Sept. 6, the Bison made their first appearance in State 32, Indiana State 24, Illinois State 24, McNeese the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Coaches Poll since Nov. 17, 2008, and State 24, Sacramento State 23, Lehigh 16, Yale 15, The Sports Network/Fathead.com poll since Oct. 13, 2008 ... The 6-3 win over Kansas was Southern Utah 13, Texas State 9, Weber State 8, UC the lowest combined output since NDSU’s 9-0 loss at Southern Illinois (11-19-05), while the Davis 7, South Dakota 4, Harvard 3, Tennessee State three points allowed were the lowest since a 45-0 shutout vs. Mississippi Valley State (10- 2. 14-09), and the six points scored is the lowest since a 37-6 loss at Cal Poly (10-8-05) ... The 59 points vs. Wagner in 2009 were the most scored by NDSU since 2006 when the Bison NDSU, Opponents in BOLD defeated Concordia-St. Paul 66-7 in the season opener ... NDSU is 8-7 against nationally- ranked opponents over the past five seasons (2010: W South Dakota; L UNI; 2009: L South- ern Illinois, L UNI; 2008, L South Dakota State; L, Youngstown State, W Southern Illinois, L Western Illinois; L UNI; 2007: W, Cal Poly, W, Western Illinois, W, Sam Houston State, 2006: W, Georgia Southern, W, Cal Poly, W, South Dakota State) ... North Dakota State was ranked in the top five for 19 weeks (including eight weeks at No. 1) during the 2007-08 seasons ... The Bison were ranked in the top 10 for 21 weeks in a row and were in the top 25 for 41 weeks in a row ... The 48-45 shootout with Sam Houston State was the most points allowed since 2002 when the Bison lost 49-42 at Nebraska-Omaha ... The -41 yards rushing (including 11 sacks for -77 yards) against UNI is the lowest figure since the Bison had 3 yards in a 20-14 loss to UC Davis during the 2005 season. HOLLOWAY ON THE RECEPTION: Wide receiver Warren Holloway caught seven passes for a career-high 184 yards against Western Illinois (10-2-10) ... It was his second straight 100-yard receiving game and third in his career ... His previous high was 134 yards on eight receptions against Northern Iowa last season ... Holloway caught passes of 47, 42 and 31 yards against Western Illinois ... He leads NDSU with 24 catches for 440 yards (18.3 ypc) and three TDs, and ranks among the Valley Football leaders. ALL THAT JAZZ: Kicker Ryan Jastram made a career-high three field goals in North Da- -- MORE -- Bison Football, Page 4...

Last Time... kota State’s 28-16 loss to Western Illinois on Oct. 2 ... He converted on field goals of 21, 47 NDSU 56, Indiana State 17 and 40 yards against WIU ... The 47-yard field goal was a career best, topping his previous November 14, 2009 of 44 yards at Kansas earlier this season ... Jastram has made 8 of 11 field goals including 3 TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—The NCAA Division I FCS’ of 4 from 40 yards ... He is 18 of 19 in extra points. leading rusher Pat Paschall ran 16 times for 129 yards McNORTON RUSHES TO VALLEY FOOTBALL HONOR: North Dakota State running back and a career-high four touchdowns and North Dakota State rolled up 294 yards on the ground as the Bison D.J. McNorton was named Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the defeated Indiana State 56-17 in a Missouri Valley Week on Sept. 26 after rushing for a career-high 250 yards and three touchdowns in the Football Conference football game played before 2,878 38-16 win over No. 20/21-ranked South Dakota on Sept. 25 .... He was named the Sports fans in Memorial Stadium on Nov. 14. The Bison scored on five straight possessions Network/Fathead.com Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Offensive Player of the including the final two of the first half to take a 28-17 Week, one of the College Sporting News FCS National All-Stars, and the CollegeFootballP- lead and then three of four drives in the second half. erformance.com FCS Running Back of the Week ... His previous career-high was 66 yards NDSU finished with 294 yards rushing and 464 yards of total offense. against Wagner in 2009 ... He had a career-long rush of 67 yards late in the fourth quarter Paschall, who had 117 yards by halftime, recorded ... It was the 18th time a NDSU running back went over 200 yards, fifth time over 250 ... his ninth 100-yard rushing effort this season and the McNorton’s effort was tops in the Valley and was the second best in FCS. 13th of his career. He scored on runs if 29, 43 and 2 JASTRAM, WILLSON EARN MVFC WEEKLY HONORS: North Dakota State linebacker yards in the first half and added a 4-yard score in the third quarter Chad Willson was named Missouri Valley Football Conference Defensive Player of the Paschall’s four rushing TDs are the most by a Week, while kicker Ryan Jastram picked up Special Teams honors on Sept. 5 ... Jastram Bison player since rumbled for four scores was also a College Sporting News FCS National All-Star ... Willson had 12 tackles including against Illinois State in 2007. Sophomore linebacker Preston Evans had 13 six solos, one pass breakup and a quarterback hurry in NDSU’s 6-3 win at Kansas on Sept. 4 tackles. It was the fourth time this season Evans has ... Jastram kicked a pair of field goals including the eventual game-winning 32-yarder with recorded double-figures in tackles. 8:04 remaining in the third quarter ... Jastram’s first field goal of 44 yards with 3:20 left The North Dakota State defense picked up the pace in the second half and limited Indiana State to 67 in the second quarter was a career long ... His previous best was a 35-yarder vs. Missouri yards of total offense including 21 yards rushing. State (10-24-09) ... Jastram was 1 of 4 in field goals last year ... He also had two tackles The Sycamores had 273 yards overall including 206 including one that saved a TD in the second half. in the first half led by Antoine Brown, who rushed 23 times for 111 yards including a 42-yard TD run to close OPENING GAME REVIEW: With the 6-3 win over Kansas, North Dakota State im- the NDSU lead to 21-17 with 3:51 left in the second proved to 18-13-3 in opening games on the road and 77-30-7 overall ... NDSU’s last road quarter. Brown also caught six passes for 35 yards. opening game win came in 1985 at Northern Michigan (26-10) ... The Bison have opened Redshirt freshman Jose Mohler completed 10 of 12 passes to seven different receivers for 170 yards on the road six times (including KU) since 1981 ... The North Dakota State 6-3 win over and scrambled twice for 31 yards. Kansas was the lowest scoring opener since 1974 when the Bison defeated Nebraska- Sophomore Matt Voigtlander caught four passes Omaha 3-0 in Fargo ... The crowd of 48,417 at Kansas was the fourth largest to see a North for 70 yards and one TD, and also rushed five times for Dakota State football game ... Two games at Minnesota (2007/63,088 and 2006/62,845), 46 yards. Redshirt freshman Brock Gion blocked a punt and and last year’s crowd of 48,831 at Iowa State are 1-2-3. Kevin Jackson scooped the ball and scored from four AGAINST THE FBS: Since moving to the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdi- yards out. It was NDSU’s fourth blocked punt and fifth vision (FCS, formerly I-AA), North Dakota State has a 4-3 record against Football Bowl Sub- kick overall this season. D.J. McNorton reeled off 128 return yards on three division (FBS, formerly I-A) teams since 2006 ... The Bison are 1-1 against Minnesota, 1-0 punt returns and a kickoff return including a career against Ball State, 1-0 against Central Michigan, 1-0 against Kansas, 0-1 against Wyoming long 66 yard punt return. His previous best was a and 0-1 against Iowa State ... All games have been played on the road ... NDSU recorded its 62-yarder against Western Illinois. Indiana State quarterback Ryan Roberts completed first win over a Big 12 school and were 0-3-1 in four previous meetings. 13 of 23 passes for 119 yards and scored on a 1-yard RIGHT SPOT, RIGHT TIME: Linebacker Matt Anderson recorded his first career inter- run. Aaron Archie recorded a game-high 16 tackles, ception to stop a drive with 4:28 left in the third quarter at Kansas (9-4-10) ... His second while Alex Sewall had 10 tackles for the Sycamores. came against Morgan State (9-18-10) ... Anderson is coming back from a neck injury that North Dakota State 14 14 21 7 — 56 kept him out of the final eight games last season ... NDSU only had three interceptions Indiana State 3 14 0 0 — 17 Scoring Summary: last year ... The Bison defense was credited with four sacks (Coulter Boyer 2), two forced NDSU—Paschall 29 run (Obarski kick) fumbles (Preston Evans, Daniel Eaves) a pair of fumble recoveries (Coulter Boyer, John INS—Martinez 38 field goal NDSU—Paschall 43 run (Obarski kick) Pike), seven pass breakups and four QB hurries at Kansas. INS—Roberts 1 run (Martinez kick) PRESSING ON WITH EVANS: Junior linebacker Preston Evans (Sioux Falls, S.D.) had NDSU—Paschall 2 run (Obarski kick) INS—Brown 42 run (Martinez kick) 11 tackles in the Bison 35-9 win over Morgan State on Sept. 18 and has six double-figure NDSU—Veldman 9 pass from Mohler (Obarski kick) tackle games in his career ... He had four double-figure tackle games in 2009 ... Evans NDSU—Jackson 4 blocked punt return (Obarski kick) NDSU—Paschall 4 run (Obarski kick) recorded a career-high 19 tackles including 10 solo tackles and blocked a field goal attempt NDSU—Ojuri 3 run (Obarski kick) against Illinois State ... He led the team with 96 tackles including 48 solos, 6.0 tackles for NDSU—Voigtlander 15 pass from Mohler (Obarski kick) A—2,878 loss and four quarterback hurries in 2009 ... Evans’ blocked field goal was the NDSU’s first

STATISTICS NDSU INST since 2005 when defensive back Ryan Olson blocked a field goal in the season opener FIRST DOWNS. 20 14 against Arkansas-Monticello ... His 19 tackles are the most by a Bison player since 1998 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 40-294 34-154 PASSING YDS (NET) 170 119 when linebacker Ben Ahneman had 20 (5-15) at St. Cloud State ... Evans’ 10 solo tackles Passes Att-Comp-Int 13-10-0 23-13-0 were two away from the school single-game record of 12 solos shared by Craig Dahl vs. TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 53-464 57-273 Punts (Number-Avg) 2-45.5 7-39.1 Nicholls State in 2004 and Jerry Dahl vs. South Dakota State in 1974. Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 NDSU PICKED SIXTH IN VALLEY FOOTBALL PRESEASON POLL: Missouri Valley Football Penalties-Yards 6-50 7-51 Possession Time 28:53 31:07 Conference defending champion Southern Illinois has been picked at the top of the league

RUSHING: NDSU- Paschall 16-129, Ojuri 12-48, Voigtlander again in 2010. The Salukis received the top spot in a poll conducted by league coaches, 5-46. INST-Brown 23-111, Roberts 10-39, Gates 1-4. media and sports information directors ... North Dakota State was picked sixth ... Defensive PASSING: NDSU--Mohler 10-12-0-170, Mertens 0-1-0-0. INST- Roberts 13-23-0-119. tackle Matthew Gratzek was named to the conference’s preseason team ... Four players -- RECEIVING: NDSU-Voigtlander 4-70, McNorton 1-29, Williams defensive end Coulter Boyer, offensive guard Michael Arndt, linebacker Preston Evans and 1-22. INST-Brown, 6-35, Gates 3-36, Mardis 2-24. TACKLES (UA-A): NDSU-Evans 4-9=13, Jemison 1-8=9, Bussey offensive center Austin Richard -- were honorable mention ... Southern Illinois, which has 1-5=6. INST-Archie 5-11=16; Sewall 3-7=10, Wozniak been ranked in 92-straight regular-season top-25 polls, received 313 points, including 30 3-4=7. first-place tallies in the pre-season poll ... The Salukis enter the 2010 season with a league- -- MORE -- Bison Football, Page 5...

record 14-straight conference victories ... SIU posted an 11-2 mark, including a perfect 8-0 NORTH DAKOTA STATE league record, in 2009 ... The next three spots in the pre-season poll were tightly contest- IN NCAA FCS ed, as eight points separated South Dakota State, Illinois State, and UNI ... The Jackrabbits, who joined SIU in the 2009 FCS playoff field, received 252 points and two first-place votes. ATTENDANCE ISU was picked third with 249 points and three first-place tallies ... UNI was right behind, picked fourth with 244 points and one first-place vote ... The last time SIU was picked to INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.--North Dakota State win the conference was in 2005 ... The last two pre-season favorites (NDSU-2008, UNI- University ranks 8th with an average of 2009) did not win the league, but a pre-season favorite has claimed the league crown 13 18,096 over the first three home dates in times (in 24 previous pre-season polls). the Fargodome in the Division I Football GRATZEK, ARNDT RECEIVE MAGAZINE’S PRESEASON MAGAZINE VALLEY FOOTBALL Championship Subdivision (FCS, formerly FIRST TEAM HONORS: North Dakota State University was selected to finish in a three-way I-AA) attendance figures released by the tie for fourth in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, while defensive tackle Matthew NCAA. Gratzek and offensive tackle Michael Arndt were first team preseason all-conference North Dakota State had a season-high picks by the editorial staff of Phil Steele’s College Football magazine ... The magazine’s 18,701 spectators in the Fargodome for write-up said, “The Bison were much better than their record in ‘09 and despite just 12 28-16 loss to Western Illinois on Oct. 2. The returning (offensive/defensive) starters could surpise in 2010.” ... Gratzek, 6-foot-2 1/2, football program has enjoyed eight sellouts 289-pound senior, recorded 50 tackles including 22 solos and 10.5 tackles for loss last over the past five seasons including a season ... Gratzek was a second team all-conference selection in 2009 ... Arndt, a 6-foot-6 school record 19,053 against South Dakota 3/4, 318-pound senior, has blocked for three straight 1,000-yard rushers ... Defensive end State in 2006. The Bison are 32-10 in the Coulter Boyer and linebacker Brandon Jemison were selected to the magazine’s all-MFVC Fargodome over the past eight years under second team ... Boyer was the team leader in sacks, while Jemison was named to the head coach Craig Bohl. conference’s all-Newcomer team in 2009 ... Offensive centerAustin Richard was selected “I think fans in our state and our region to the magazine’s all-conference second team. have embraced our football program. It’s RADIO BROADCASTS: KFGO-AM 790, Fargo ... KFGO-AM is the flagship station of the Bison Radio Network ...Veteran sports announcer Scott Miller will handle the play-by-play been a collabrative effort by a number of ... Former NDSU All-American and 11-year NFL great Phil Hansen will handle the color people. It’s a good product,” said Bohl. duties, while NDSU director of athletic broadcasting Jeremy Jorgenson will handle the “The atmosphere of the Fargodome has sideline interviews ... Air time is set for 2:30 p.m., kickoff at 3:07 p.m. Oct. 23 ... Anchored definitely changed. It’s become a great part by flagship, The Mighty 790, KFGO-AM, theBison Radio Network has 11 stations including of not only Championship Division football, ESPN AM 710 (Bismarck/Day), KFYR AM 550 (Bismarck/Night), KPOK AM 1340 (Bowman), but college football. It’s definitely a col- KRCQ FM 102.3 (Detroit Lakes, Minn.), KDVL FM 102.5 (Devils Lake), KHND AM 1470 (Har- legiate atmosphere.” vey), KHRT AM 1320 (Minot), KZZJ AM 1450 (Rugby), KYCR AM 1570 (Minneapolis), KBMW Appalachian State leads the nation with AM 1450 (Wahpeton) and KEYZ AM 660 (Williston) ... The Bison gameday format includes a an average of 29,744 fans over four games. 30-minute pregame show with comments from Craig Bohl, in-depth analysis, features, and Montana is second at 25,732 spectators per starting lineups ... A complete 30-minute postgame show is covered from the press box game at three games. and locker room areas ... Broadcasts are also available on GoBison.com. North Dakota State was 9th in 2009. The weekly call-in radio show, Bison Feedback, returns Mondays from 6-7 p.m. before Monday Night Football ... Bison Feedback is scheduled to air on KFGO-AM 790 of Fargo, KRCQ-FM 102.3 of Detroit Lakes, Minn., KPOK-AM 1340 of Bowman, KHND-AM 1470 of Harvey and KZZJ-AM 1450 of Rugby. THE CRAIG BOHL FOOTBALL SHOW: The Craig Bohl Football Show will air statewide live starting at 10:30 a.m. Sundays on KXJB-TV (Channel 4, CBS, Fargo) and the North Dakota NBC Network stations ... The show will also air Sunday nights on KVLY after the NDSU 2010 SEASON late local news ... Fox College Sports Central is scheduled to air the The Craig Bohl Football WEEK-BY-WEEK Show at 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays (replay noon Thursday) throughout the season ... Several new features this season include “The Player of the Game” and “The Call of the Game” RANKING with KFGO-AM play-by-play announcer Scott Miller’s best radio call (matched with video DATE TSN FCS GPI for non-KVLY produced games) or Valley News Live sports director Scott Peters’ television Preseason RV ------call (for KVLY produced games) ... The Craig Bohl Football Show is hosted Phil Hansen. 9/6 21 21 --- BISON CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED FOR 2010: Seniors Matthew Gratzek, Cyrus Lemon, 9/13 23 23 --- 9/20 18 T18 --- Landon Smith and Lee Vandal have been selected captains for the 2010 North Dakota 9/27 13 13 --- State University football team by vote of their teammates ... Gratzek was a 2010 All-Mis- 10/4 18 17 --- souri Valley Football Conference preseason team selection ... He was an all-league second 10/11 15 14 14 team pick in 2009 after posting 50 tackles including 22 solos and 10.5 tackles for loss ... 10/18 RV 24 --- Lemon started in four games last season and has 14 starts overall during his career ... He 10/25 ------had 24 tackles, an interception and a pair of forced fumbles last year ... Smith has made 11/1 ------seven starts in 33 games played during his career ... He caught five passes for 35 yards last 11/8 ------season including two receptions for 28 yards at Western Illinois ... Vandal has six starts 11/15 ------in 24 games played during his career ... He had six receptions for 53 yards and a TD last 11/22 ------season. Vandal has 24 career receptions. 11/29 ------NDSU FOOTBALL RECOGNIZED FOR ACADEMIC PROGRESS RATE BY FCS ADs: The FINAL ------TSN–The Sports Network/Fathead.com Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) has an- FCS–FCS Coaches nounced the inaugural recipients of the Academic Progress Rate (APR) Award and North GPI–Gridiron Power Index Dakota State University, directed by head coach Craig Bohl, were recognized as one of those football programs. In addition to the APR Award for the highest APR score, the As- -- MORE -- Bison Football, Page 6...

sociation will also recognize one institution from each of the 14 FCS conferences that has improved the most from the previous year. In all, 28 awards will be given ... North Dakota State’s multi-year APR was 954 for football in 2008-09 and jumped to 963 in 2009-10 ... The award is based on the 2008-09 APR. GRATZEK NOMINATED FOR ALLSTATE/AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM®: To honor the distinguished group of college football players who stand out for the positive influence BISON IN THE they have in their communities, Allstate Insurance Company and the American Football VALLEY STATS Coaches Association (AFCA) announced the 112 student-athletes nominated for the (CONFERENCE games, Oct. 16, 2010) Allstate AFCA Good Works Team® ... North Dakota State defensive tackle Matthew Gratzek is a part of that record number ... Gratzek, a 6-foot-2 1/2, 289-pound senior from Argyle, Individual Leaders (top 5) Minn. (Stephen-Argyle H.S.), was named to the 2009 all-Missouri Valley Football Confer- Passing ence second team last season ... He recorded 50 tackles including 22 solos and 10.5 tackles 5. Jose Mohler 195.0 avg/g for loss ... Gratzek’s community service includes raising and donating produce to churches and needy families, facilitating hunting in Northwest Minnesota, and transporting elderly Pass Efficiency 2. Jose Mohler 142.3 eff. community members unable to drive long distances. BLOCK THAT KICK: The blocked punt at Kansas (9-4-10) by redshirt freshman Mike Punting Sigers was North Dakota State’s fourth over the last 11 games (10-10-09 vs. UNI, 10-17-09 1. John Prelvitz 48.1 avg/p at South Dakota State, 10-24-09 vs. Missouri State). DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN: Wide receiver Warren Holloway (Houston, Texas) blocked Field Goals a punt that was returned 20 yards for a TD by defensive back Daniel Eaves (Harvey, Ill.) vs. 4. Ryan Jastram 1.25 fgm/g 3rd/4th-ranked UNI (10-10-09) ... It was the second time the duo of Holloway and Eaves Passes Defended teamed for a blocked punt/TD, the first came against Central Connecticut State (9-6-08) ... T4. Marcus Williams 1.25 avg/g Holloway recorded his second blocked punt and the third of his career in the fourth quar- ter against Missouri State (10-24-09). Forced Fumbles DOWN BUT NOT OUT: North Dakota State’s comeback from a 20-point deficit for the T1. Ricky Hagen 0.50 avg/g 35-27 win over Southern Illinois on Oct. 4, 2008, is the third jumbo size rally over the previ- T1. Ryan Drevlow 0.50 avg/g T5. Matt Anderson 0.33 avg/g ous three seasons ... The Bison trailed 24-0 at UC Davis in 2006 before coming back for a 28-24 last-second win ... In 2007, North Dakota State trailed 28-9 in the fourth quarter at Fumbles Recovered Cal Poly before posting a 31-28 victory. 1. Coulter Boyer 0.50 avg/g PICK SIX: Strong safety Cyrus Lemon recorded his first collegiate interception and returned it 30 yards for a touchdown in the 2008 season opener against Austin Peay (8-28- NDSU is 1st in punting, kickoff coverage 08) ... Lemon was making his first career start ... The last time NDSU returned an intercep- tion for a TD was in 2006 when Nick Schommer went 63 yards with a pick against Missis- sippi Valley State (10-14-06) and Courtney Mitchell raced 35 yards with an interception at Georgia Southern (10-7-06). PASCHALL NAMED NDAPSSA MALE COLLEGIATE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: North Dakota State running back Pat Paschall was named the North Dakota Associated Press Sports- casters and Sportswriters Association Male Collegiate Athlete of the Year in June 2010 ...... Paschall became the first Bison player to earn first team Sports Network, Associated Press and AFCA Coaches Division I FCS All-America honors ... He was second in Missouri Valley Football Offensive Player of the Year balloting to Southern Illinois running back Deji

2010 STARTERS, GAME-BY-GAME OFFENSE Game TE LT LG C RG RT WR QB WR FB/WR RB KU Smith Arndt Lund Richard Beckius Cornick Mack Mohler Holloway Vandal McNorton UNI Smith Arndt Lund Richard Beckius Cornick Mack Mohler Sigers Vandal McNorton MORGAN Smith Arndt Richard Lund Cornick Turner Mack Mohler Holloway Vandal McNorton USD Smith Arndt Richard Lund Cornick Turner Mack Jensen Holloway Howard McNorton WIU Smith Arndt Richard Lund Cornick Turner Mack Jensen Holloway Vandal McNorton YSU Smith Arndt Richard Lund Cornick Turner Mack Jensen Holloway Vandal McNorton ILST Smith Arndt Richard Lund Cornick Turner Mack Mohler Holloway Grothmann McNorton INST SIU SDSU MSU

DEFENSE Game DE DT NG DE LB LB LB CB CB SS FS KU Boyer Gratzek Perry Stoczynski Anderson Evans Jemison Banks Williams Lemon Eaves UNI Boyer Gratzek Perry Stoczynski Anderson Evans Jemison Banks Williams Lemon Eaves MORGAN Boyer Gratzek Perry Stoczynski Anderson Evans Jemison Banks Williams Lemon Eaves USD Boyer Gratzek Perry Stoczynski Anderson Evans Jemison Banks Pierre Lemon Eaves WIU Boyer Gratzek Perry Stoczynski Anderson Evans Jemison Banks Pierre Lemon Eaves YSU Boyer Phillips Perry Stoczynski Anderson Evans Jemison Williams Pierre Lemon Eaves ILST Boyer Phillips Perry Stoczynski Willson Evans Jemison Williams Gatlin Lemon Eaves INST SIU SDSU MSU

-- MORE -- Bison Football, Page 7... MISSOURI VALLEY Karim. He was a first-team all-MFVC selection ... Paschall finished No. 1 in rushing in the NCAA Division I FCS statistics, averaging 139.70 yards per game ... Paschall was also 5th FOOTBALL WEEKLY in scoring (9.6 ppg) and 9th in all-purpose yards (158.30) nationally ... He participated in the Scouting Combine and the East-West Shrine Bowl ... Paschall COACHES rushed 27 times for 140 yards and three touchdowns in North Dakota State’s 39-35 loss to TELECONFERENCE Youngstown State on Nov. 21 ... He finished the season with 1,397 yards and 16 TDs on 207 Teleconferences featuring the league’s rushes for an average of 6.75 yards per carry ... It was the 10th 100-yard rushing effort for head coaches will be conducted during Paschall in 10 games this season and the 14th 100-yard rushing performance in his Bison the season. Those participating in the call career ... Paschall moved up three spots on the NDSU all-time charts into 8th position and should dial in at -- (877) 393-4731 -- five finished his career with 2,528 yards on 399 carries and 23 touchdowns in 29 career games minutes prior to the scheduled start time ... He passed Doug Lloyd (2,410 yards, 1985-88), Kevin Feeney (2,473 yards, 1995-98) and (10 a.m. Central each Wednesday). Each former teammate Tyler Roehl (2,512 yards, 2004-08) against Youngstown State. call is recorded and will be replayed on the THE COACH: North Dakota State University head football coach Craig Bohl (Nebraska, Missouri Valley Football Conference web 1982) is in his eighth season with a 56-28 record including a 8-7 record against nationally- site (Windows Media Player required for ranked teams ... The Bison are 32-10 at home in the Fargodome since he’s taken over ... North Dakota State went 3-8 in 2009 including a 2-6 MVFC record ... The Bison were 6-5 playback). Replays, Segmented -- (706) 902- in 2008 with a 4-4 record in its first season in the Missouri Valley Football Conference ... 3418 (available every Wednesday by 2 p.m. NDSU finished with a 10-1 record for the second straight season in 2007 including a 3-1 Central). ledger in the Great West Football Conference ... The Bison held down the No. 1 spot in the The scheduled dates and times (12 total FCS Coaches Top 25 poll for six weeks during the regular season ... NDSU posted road wins weeks): S1-8-15-22-29, O6-13-20-27, N3- over a pair of Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS, formerly I-A) opponents -- Central Michigan 10-17. (40-14), two-time champions of the Mid-American Conference, and Minnesota (27-21) of the Big Ten Conference before 63,088 fans at the Metrodome ... Bohl was again a finalist Weekly Schedule for The Sports Network’s Eddie Robinson FCS Coach of the Year award ... The Bison were Missouri Valley FB Notes/News, 10 a.m. No. 9 in the final Sports Network and FCS Coaches top 25 polls ... The 2006 season was Brock Spack, Illinois State, 10:05 a.m. Trent Miles, Indiana State, 10:10 a.m. magical. NDSU claimed its first league championship in 12 seasons and achieved a top Terry Allen, Missouri State, 10:15 a.m. five finish in the national rankings ... The Bison were 10-1 overall, just a blocked field goal Craig Bohl, North Dakota State, 10:20 a.m. away from a perfect record ... North Dakota State went 4-0 to win the Great West Football Mark Farley, UNI, 10:25 a.m. Conference championship -- the program’s first since 1994 when NDSU was a member of John Stiegelmeier, South Dakota State, 10:30 a.m. the Division II ... The Bison charted an 8-0 record against FCS Dale Lennon, Southern Illinois, 10:35 a.m. schools in 2006 including a 3-0 mark against nationally-ranked opponents ... North Dakota Mark Hendrickson, Western Illinois, 10:40 a.m. State was ranked No. 5 in The Sports Network and CSN Coaches final Top 25 polls ... The Eric Wolford, Youngstown State, 10:45 a.m. Bison lost 10-9 to bowl-participant Minnesota before 62,845 spectators at the Metrodome ... It didn’t go unnoticed. Bohl was selected the GWFC Coach of the Year by vote of the MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFER- media and coaches ... He received 29 first place votes and finished second in the balloting ENCE: North Dakota State University begins for The Sports Network’s Eddie Robinson Award that recognizes the FCS Coach of the Year. its second season in the Missouri Valley Bohl was selected the Football Gazette FCS National and Northwest Region Coach of the Football Conference and is an active mem- Year ... In 2005, he directed the Bison to a 7-4 record during the 2005 season ... NDSU was ber of the Division I Football Champion- ranked in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches and The Sports Network Top 25 polls for 10-of- ship Subdivison (FCS, formerly I-AA) ... The 12 weeks during the regular season climbing as high as No. 8 in both polls on Sept. 19 ... Missouri Valley Football Conference enters Charter members of the Great West, North Dakota State won its final three league games its 26th season in 2010 ... In June 2008, to finish with a 3-2 record and tie for third place in the standings ... Bohl started his NDSU presidents of the nine-member Gateway career with back-to-back 8-3 seasons ... The Bison closed out the 2004 campaign with Football Conference and the 10-member three straight wins including victories over nationally-ranked Northwestern State (La.) and Missouri Valley Conference approved a UC Davis ... North Dakota State was ranked No. 23 in the final 2004 ESPN/USA Today and rebranding initiative that changes the foot- The Sports Network Top 25 polls to highlight their first season at NCAA Division I-AA ... His ball conference name from the Gateway first season was highlighted by North Dakota State’s stunning 25-24 road win over peren- Football Conference to the Missouri Valley nial Division I-AA power Montana in just his second game at the helm ... His first full-time Football Conference. coaching position was as the defensive secondary coach for the Bison under Don Morton in 1984 when NDSU finished second in the nation with a 12-1 record ... Since then, Bohl has coached on the Division I level for 18 seasons including stops at five different univer- sities -- linebackers coach at Tulsa (1985-86), linebackers coach at Wisconsin (1987-88), defensive coordinator at Rice (1989-93), defensive coordinator/linebackers coach at Duke for one season (1994), and linebackers coach at Nebraska for eight years ... The final three seasons at Nebraska also included the defensive coordinator duties ... His seasons at Ne- braska included a number of Top 10 defensive national rankings for a team that compiled an 85-18 record including national championships with a Fiesta Bowl win in 1995 and an Orange Bowl win in 1997... A number of athletes who have played for Bohl while at Ne- braska have played or been drafted in the National Football League ... A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, he was a reserve in the Cornhusker secondary from 1977 through 1979 under Tom Osborne and played on NU’s 1979 Orange Bowl and 1980 Cotton Bowl teams ... He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Nebraska (1982) ... Bohl and his wife, Leia, reside in Fargo .. He has twin daughters, Mallory and Morgan, and a son, Aaron.

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#24 (4-3, 1-3 Vallley Football)

OFFENSE Pos No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown TE 84 Landon Smith 6-2 238 Sr. Dickinson, N.D. 82 Matt Veldman 6-6¾ 254 Jr. Becker, Minn. LT 52 Michael Arndt 6-6¾ 318 Sr. LaMoure, N.D. 67 Hank Jacobs 6-3½ 290 RFr. Beaver Dam, Wis. LG 63 Austin Richard 6-3 327 Jr. Fargo, N.D. 57 Boen Andersen 6-2 292 Jr. Wayzata, Minn. C 73 Joe Lund 6-2 298 So. Bloomington, Minn. 76 Jesse Hinz 6-3 284 Fr. Beatrice, Neb. Location:Fargo, ND 58105 RG 78 6-6 305 Jr. Orono, Minn. Founded: 1890 68 Ty Beckius 6-3½ 300 So. Mahnomen, Minn. Enrollment: 14,407 (fall 2010) RT 77 Billy Turner 6-4 289 Fr. Shoreview, Minn. Nickname: Bison School Colors: Yellow and Green 72 Jeff Jerve 6-4 292 RFr. Montevideo, Minn. Home Field: Fargodome (18,700) QB 3 Jose Mohler 6-0 170 So. Cardiff, Calif. Surface: Artificial 5 Dante Perez 5-9 188 Jr. San Jose, Calif. Affiliation: NCAA Division I (FCS) FB 47 Garrett Bruhn 6-1 232 So. Beatrice, Neb. Conference: Missouri Valley Football (MVFC) 40 Andrew Grothmann 6-0½ 228 RFr. Hillsboro, N.D. 2010 Record: HB 8 D.J. McNorton 5-9½ 203 Jr. Channelview, Texas Overall: 4-3 23 Matt Voigtlander 5-11½ 219 Jr. Lino Lakes, Minn. Conference: 1-3 Z/WR 6 Titus Mack 5-10 167 Sr. New Britain, Conn. Lettermen Returning: 39 11 Justin Howard 5-10½ 181 So. Mankato, Minn. Lettermen Lost: 29 X/WR 81 Warren Holloway 6-2 190 Jr. Houston, Texas Starters Returning: 12 80 Reed Duchscher 6-2 196 So. Rugby, N.D. Offense: 6 Defense: 6 DEFENSE Specialty: 1 Pos No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Starters Lost: 13 LE 92 Coulter Boyer 6-4½ 245 Jr. Hurley, S.D. President: Dr. Dean L. Bresciani Director of Athletics: Gene Taylor 96 Ricky Hagen 6-3 240 So. Colfax, Wis. Athletic Department Phone DT 95 Matt Phillips 6-4 286 Sr. De Pere, Wis. 701-231-7447 60 Ryan Drevlow 6-4 252 RFr. Gwinner, N.D. Ticket Office Phone NG 69 Leevon Perry 6-3½ 268 RFr. Cottage Grove, Minn. 701-231-6378 59 Tyler Gimmestad 6-2 288 RFr. Marshall, Minn. Head Coach: Craig Bohl RE 98 Scott Stoczynski 6-3 245 Jr. Hoffman Estates, Ill. Alma Mater/Year: Nebraska/1982 93 Cole Jirik 6-4½ 235 RFr. Northfield, Minn. Record at School/Years: 56-28/8th WLB 45 Chad Willson 5-11 221 Jr. Layton, Utah Career Record/Years: Same 48 Matt Anderson 6-2½ 233 Sr. Cavalier, N.D. Football Office Phone MLB 44 Preston Evans 5-11½ 225 Jr. Sioux Falls, S.D. 701-231-7816 34 Grant Olson 6-0 217 Fr. Plymouth, Minn. Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater) SLB 56 Brandon Jemison 6-1 215 So. Fargo, N.D. (NDSU, 1998), Offensive 43 Don Carter 6-1 220 Fr. Bel Air, Md. Coordinator/Quarterbacks LCB 1 Marcus Williams 5-11 186 RFr. Minnetonka, Minn. Scottie Hazelton (Fort Lewis, 1996), 32 Derrius Colvin 5-10 182 Sr. South Holland, Ill. Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Tim Polasek (Concordia, Wis., 2002), SS 36 Cyrus Lemon 5-11 196 Sr. Minneapolis, Minn. Recruiting Coordinator/Running Backs 20 Colten Heagle 5-11 192 Fr. Appleton, Wis. AJ Cooper (NDSU, 2006), Defensive Ends FS 7 Daniel Eaves 6-0¾ 199 Jr. Harvey, Ill. Scott Fuchs (NDSU,1995), Offensive Line 15 John Pike 5-10 181 Jr. Chandler, Ariz. Kenni Burns (Indiana, 2006), Wide Receivers RCB 4 Josh Gatlin 6-0 194 Sr. Jacksonville, Fla. Nick Goeser (UW-Eau Claire, 2003), 13 Freddie Banks 5-8½ 179 Sr. Harvey, Ill. Defensive Line Brian Ward (McPherson College, 1997), SPECIALISTS Defensive Backs Pos No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Jake Dickert (UW-Stevens Point, 2006), K 30 Ryan Jastram 5-11 203 RJr. Sioux Falls, S.D. Assistant/Safeties P 19 John Prelvitz 6-2 212 Sr. Roseau, Minn. Dan Fodrocy (Saginaw Valley State, H 19 John Prelvitz 6-2 212 Sr. Roseau, Minn. 2006), Offensive Graduate Asst. LS 50 Michael Murphy 6-0 237 Fr. Hollister, Calif. Margie Trickle, Administrative Asst. KR 1 Marcus Williams 5-11 186 RFr. Minneapolis, Minn. Assistant Athletic Trainer: 11 Justin Howard 5-10½ 181 So. Homestead, Wis. Bobby Knodel (NDSU, 2002) Dir. of Athletic Performance PR 24 Ryan Smith 5-7 166 Fr. Wahpeton, N.D. Jim Kramer (UW-La Crosse, 1989) Dir. of Football Operations/Equipment Services Brian Gordon (South Florida, 2002) Dir of Athletic Media Relations Jeff Schwartz (Mt. Vernon Nazarene, 1981) Office: 701-231-8332 Cell: 701-793-0538 Avg. Weight Off. Line 298 Avg. Weight Def. Line 262 E-Mail: [email protected] Avg. Weight Backs 202 Avg. Weight LB 224 FAX: 701-231-8022 Avg. Weight Receivers 179 Avg. Weight DB 194 Press Box: 701-298-2600 -- MORE -- Bison Football, Page 9...

INDIANA STATE Sycamores (4-2, 2-1 Valley Football)

OFFENSE Pos No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown QB 4 Ronnie Fouch 6-2 215 Jr. Redlands, Calif. 11 Coy Glass 6-2 205 Jr. Redlands, Calif. TB 29 Darrius Gates 5-9 190 Sr. Country Club Hills, Ill. 26 Shakir Bell 5-8 185 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. OR 24 George Cheeseborough 5-7 170 So. Indianapolis, Ind. WR 19 Justin Hilton 6-3 190 Jr. Kissimmee, Fla. OR 17 Ednut Egberongbe 6-3 190 Jr. Queens, N.Y. 23 Demory Lawshe 6-1 190 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. WR 2 Leonard Riston 5-11 180 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio Location: Terre Haute, Indiana OR 1 Bryant Kent 6-0 155 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. Founded: 1865 18 John Goodlett 6-0 175 So. Owasso, Okla. Enrollment: 10,534 FB 9 Brock Lough 6-0 220 Jr. Terre Haute, Ind. Nickname: Sycamores 37 Tyler Williams 5-10 230 Jr. Oxford, Ohio TE 35 Alex Jones 6-3 235 Jr. Centerville, Ohio Colors: Royal Blue and White 88 Michael Mardis 6-3 200 So. Terre Haute, Ind. Affiliation: NCAA Division I (FCS) LT 62 Evan Brochers 6-2 295 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio Conference: Missouri Valley Football 67 Josh Jellison 6-5 280 Sr. Plainfield, Ind. LG 77 Ben Geffert 6-3 285 Jr. Griffith, Ind. Stadium: Memorial Stadium (12,764) 56 Justin Wood 6-4 290 So. Greenwood, Ind. Turf: Field Turf C 59 FN Lutz 6-3 275 So. West Lafayette, Ind. President: Dr. Daniel J. Bradley 62 Evan Borchers 6-2 295 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio Director of Athletics: Ron Prettyman RG 74 Pat Burke 6-4 320 Sr. Niles, Ill. 54 Quincy Small 6-4 310 Jr. Brooklyn, N.Y. Head Coach: Trent Miles (Indiana State, ‘87) RT 72 Casey Paswater 6-4 285 So. Columbus, Ind. Career Record: 5-24, 3rd year 78 Luke Ecimovic 6-3 255 Fr. Ambridge, Pa. Record at INST: same Football Office Phone: (812) 237-4074 DEFENSE Pos No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Best Time to Reach Coach: Contact SID DE 92 Ben Obaseki 6-3 235 So. Washington, Ind. Assistant Coaches: 50 Tyler Boyd 6-2 240 Fr. Avon, Ind. Steve Englehart, Offensive Coordinator/ DT 76 Rod Hardy 6-2 295 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. 93 Lawrence Young 6-3 290 Jr. Detroit, Mich. QB/RB DT 90 Nate Brown 6-0 260 Sr. Ypslianti, Mich. Shannon Jackson, Defensive 96 Jordan Scott 6-0 255 Sr. Fontana, Calif. Coordinator/DL DE 34 Jacolby Washington 6-1 235 So. Deltona, Fla. Jesse Minter, Secondary/Recruiting/ST 45 Josh Scott 6-4 255 So. Redlands, Calif. SLB 15 Ryan Roberts 6-4 215 Jr. West York, Ill. Harold Etheridge, Offensive Line/ST 20 Dillion Painter 6-2 205 So. Fort Wayne, Ind. Rick Minter, Linebackers MLB 55 CJ Cook 6-0 230 Jr. Columbus, Ind. Luke, Powell, Wide Receivers OR 99 Aaron Archie 6-0 230 So. Detroit, Mich. Mike Simmonds, Offensive Line 31 Marcus Lewis 6-1 220 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio WLB 42 Santino Davis 6-1 220 Jr. Gulfport, Miss. P.J. Volker, Outside Linebackers 99 Aaron Archie 6-0 230 So. Detroit, Mich. Jeff Burrow, Defensive Secondary CB 21 CJ Ullysse 5-10 180 Fr. Miami, Fla. Clayton Dever , Offensive Asst./Video 8 Larry Carter 6-0 185 Jr. Middletown, Ohio CB 5 Calvin Burnett 5-9 160 Fr. Orlando, Fla. Lettermen Returning/Lost:41/17 28 Johnny Towalid 5-11 165 So. Indianapolis, Ind. Starters Returning/Lost: 19/5 S 3 Alex Sewall 6-1 210 Jr. Western Springs, Ill. Off./Def. Starters Returning: 10/8 6 Julian Easterly 6-0 190 Jr. Detroit, Mich. Offense:Multiple S 44 Larry King 6-2 205 Fr. South Bend, Ind. 36 Kamerin Mitchell 6-2 200 Fr. Kankakee, Ill. Defense: 4-3 2010 Record: 4-2 SPECIALISTS 2010 Conference Record: 2-1 Pos No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 2009 Record: 1-10 P 42 Santino Davis 6-1 220 Jr. Gulfport, Miss. 10 Matt Seliger 6-0 205 Jr. Terre Haute, Ind. 2009 Conference Record: 1-7 (8th) PK 84 Cory Little 6-0 180 Fr. Poseyville, Ind. Football SID: Ace Hunt 95 Brett Sheldon 6-0 160 Jr. Vedersburg, Ind. Office Phone: (812) 237-4161 KO 84 Cory Little 6-0 180 Fr. Poseyville, Ind. H 11 Coy Glass 6-2 205 Jr. Redlands, Calif. Cell Phone: (812) 243-5568 LS 89 Garrick Dikos 6-3 210 Fr. Mishawaka, Ind. Fax: (812) 237-4913 88 Michael Mardis 6-3 200 So. Terre Haute, Ind. E-Mail: [email protected] SS 56 Justin Wood 6-4 290 So. Greenwood, Ind. Web Site: GoSycamores.com PR 3 Alex Sewall 6-1 210 Jr. Western Springs, Ill. 1 Bryant Kent 6-0 155 Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. Mailing Address: KR 29 Darrius Gates 5-9 190 Sr. Country Club Hills, Ill. 401 N Fourth Street 26 Shakir Bell 5-8 185 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. Room 101B OR 24 George Cheeseborough 5-7 170 So. Indianapolis, Ind. Terre Haute, IN 47809 Overnight Address: same Press Box Phone: (812) 237-7656 Avg. Weight Off. Line 283 Avg. Weight Def. Line 256 Avg. Weight Backs 208 Avg. Weight LB 222 Avg. Weight Receivers 185 Avg. Weight DB 189

-- PICK UP STATS -- Bison Football, Page 10... GAME ONE GAME TWO NDSU 6, Kansas 3 #13/14 UNI 16, #21 NDSU 9 September 4, 2010 September 11, 2010 LAWRENCE, Kan.— Ryan Jastram kicked two field goals and North Dakota State’s CEDAR FALLS, Iowa— Carlos Anderson rushed for 158 yards, including a 12-yard defense smothered Kansas in a season-opening 6-3 victory Sept. 4 before a crowd of game-clinching score in the third quarter, and the Northern Iowa defense had 11 sacks 48,431 at Kivisto Field in Memorial Stadium. It was the fourth largest crowd to watch a Sept. 11 en route to a 16-9 victory over North Dakota State before a crowd of 14,422 in NDSU football game the UNI-Dome. The first-ever victory North Dakota State 0 3 3 0 — 6 Tirrell Rennie added North Dakota State 3 0 0 6 — 0 for the FCS Bison over a Kansas 3 0 0 0 — 3 172 yards passing and Northern Iowa 6 3 7 0 — 0 current member of the Big Scoring Summary: 96 yards rushing for the Scoring Summary: 12 spoiled the coaching KU—Branstetter 25 field goal 13th/14th-ranked Pan- UNI—Hallgren 21 field goal debut of Kansas’ Turner NDSU—Jastram 44 field goal NDSU—Jastram 28 field goal NDSU—Jastram 32 field goal thers, who were opening UNI—Hallgren 32 field goal Gill. Jastram snapped a 3-3 the season with a Missouri UNI—Hallgren 26 field goal tie with a 32-yard field goal A–48,431 Valley Conference game UNI—Anderson 12 run (Hallgren kick) at the 8:04 mark of the against the Bison. NDSU—Mohler 16 run (Kick blocked) third quarter. STATISTICS NDSU KU No. 21-ranked North Kansas struggled FIRST DOWNS 10 14 Dakota State (1-1, 0-1), A–14,422 throughout on offense RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-73 32-96 PASSING YDS (NET) 95 197 coming off a 6-3 win over STATISTICS NDSU UNI and switched to backup Passes Att-Comp-Int 22-12-1 33-19-1 Kansas last week, was held FIRST DOWNS 16 16 quarterback Jordan Webb TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 54-168 65-293 to minus-40 yards rushing RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 31-(-40) 35-262 in the second half. The Punts (Number-Avg) 8-44.1 5-34.6 due to the loss of 77 yards PASSING YDS (NET) 247 172 hopes for Kansas faded on Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2 on sacks. Passes Att-Comp-Int. 35-20-2 20-10-1 its next-to-last possession Penalties-Yards 13-105 8-70 Jose Mohler com- TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 66-207 55-434 when Tim Biere fumbled at Possession Time 31:05 28:55 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-45.5 3-51.3 pleted a career-high 20 of Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2 the Kansas 36 following a RUSHING: NDSU-McNorton. 15-58; Sigers 4-14; Voigtlander 35 passes for 247 yards for Penalties-Yards 9-77 11-106 reception and a big hit by 5-5. KU-Patterson 3-63; Sands 10-17; Quigley 7-15. the Bison but was picked Possession Time 32:20 27:40 Daniel Eaves. PASSING: NDSU-Mohler 12-22-1 95. KU-Pick 13-22-1 138; Webb off twice. He also had a 16- The Bison launched 6-11-0 59. yard run with 4:28 left in RUSHING: NDSU-Sigers 4-5, McNorton 8-2, Mohler 18-(-83). UNI- a huge celebration when RECEIVING: NDSU-Mack 4-46; Holloway 3-18; Howard 2-12; the game for North Dakota Anderson 11-158, Rennie 19-96, Strathman 5-8. the final seconds ticked KU-Wilson 6-25; Patterson 4-66; McDougald 2-41, PASSING: NDSU-Mohler 20-35-2 247. UNI-Rennie 10-20-1 172. TACKLES (UA-A): NDSU-Willson 6-6=12; Evans 5-5=10; Anderson State’s only touchdown. RECEIVING: NDSU-Holloway 4-46; Smith 3-47; McNorton 3-10. away. Kansas used its final 2-5=7;. KU-Johnson 5-4=9; Springe 3-4=7; Barfield 2-3=5. Tight end Landon Smith UNI-Sinkfield 3-85, Collins 3-50; Oordt 3-28. timeout of the half with caught a career best three TACKLES (UA-A): NDSU-Evans 4-4=8; Boyer 2-5=7, Jemison 4-3-=7. 8:13 remaining. passes for 47 yards. UNI-Fort 1-11=12; Conley 4-4=8, Boothby 4-3=7. North Dakota State played a scrappy first half to stay with the Jayhawks, and its Defensive end Coulter confidence seemed to soar as the game progressed. Boyer led the NDSU defense with six tackles including a career-high five solos. Boyer Kansas had a 187-88 advantage in total yards through two quarters, but it was recovered a fumble and returned it 26 yards to stop a UNI drive. Cornerback Freddie a 3-3 game at the break. The Jayhawks converted just 2-of-8 opportunities on third Banks recorded his first interception in the second quarter to stop another. down in the first half but got a big play from wide receiver Daymond Patterson to set The Bison got the ball back with 1:33 remaining, but their drive stalled after back- up a field goal by Jacob Branstetter that gave Kansas a 3-0 lead with 1:58 left in the to-back sacks by Northern Iowa closed out the game. first quarter. Taking the ball on a reverse, Patterson broke free on a 51-yard run that put the ball GAME THREE on the Bison 14. The Jayhawks stalled, but Branstetter hit his sixth field goal in his last seven attempts dating back to last season. #23 NDSU 35, Morgan State 9 The Bison had a chance to take the lead after Mike Sigers’ blocked punt put North September 18, 2010 Dakota State at the Kansas 10 in the second quarter. However, Isiah Barfield inter- FARGO, N.D.— threw three touchdown passes and the defense al- cepted a pass from Jose Mohler in the end zone on third down. Barfield tried to run lowed only three field goals as North Dakota State defeated Morgan State 35-9 before the ball out, but was tackled at the Kansas 1. a crowd of 17,340 in the Fargodome on Sept. 18. The Bison have won 12 straight The poor field position ultimately cost Kansas, as the Jayhawks subsequently home openers dating back Morgan State 0 9 0 0 — 9 punted from the end zone. An 18-yard punt return by Ryan Smith and a late hit penalty to the 1998 season. North Dakota State 7 7 0 21 — 35 put Jastram in position for a 44-yard field goal and the 3-3 tie with 3:20 left in the half. Jensen, who replaced Scoring Summary: NDSU—McNorton 6 run (Jastram kick) North Dakota State then got the second Jastram field goal for the only scoring of starter Jose Mohler in the second quarter, completed MSU—Scarlett 32 field goal the second half. MSU—Scarlett 23 field goal Kansas had three turnovers to negate a 293-168 edge in total offense. 8 of 17 passes for 117 MSU—Scarlett 29 field goal yards and came up with NDSU—Holloway 13 pass from Jensen (Jastram kick) scoring passes of 13, 11 NDSU—Holloway 11 pass from Jensen (Jastram kick) and 21 yards for the Bison NDSU—McNorton 21 pass from Jensen (Jastram kick) (2-1). Warren Holloway NDSU—Sigers 1 run (Jastram kick) was on the receiving end A–17,340 of two of those TDs, and STATISTICS MORGAN NDSU D.J. McNorton caught the FIRST DOWNS 11 16 other. Jensen also rushed RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 38-81 33-128 13 times for 57 yards. PASSING YDS (NET) 126 123 Kemar Scarlett had Passes Att-Comp-Int 24-12-2 20-10-0 three field goals for the TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 62-207 53-251 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-41.6 5-39.0 Bears (1-2). Morgan State Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 also had 65 rushing yards Penalties-Yards 16-164 5-60 from Jourdan Banks on Possession Time 37:10 22:50 19 carries, while Donavan Dickerson completed 12 RUSHING: MORGAN-Brooks 19-65; Dickerson 7-8; Mann. NDSU- of 24 passes for 126 yards. McNorto 14-58; Jensen 13-57; Sigers 4-9. PASSING: MORGAN-Dickerson 12-24-2, 126. NDSU-Jensen 8-17-0 Chuka Okakpu had five 117; Mohler 2-3-0 6. catches for 73 yards. RECEIVING: MORGAN-Okakpu 5-73; Diggs 2-5, Young 1-19. NDSU- McNorton also scored Holloway 3-37; L.Smith 2-40; McNorton 1-21. on a 6-yard run and led TACKLES (UA-A): MORGAN-Stephens 4-4=8; Saunders 2-5=7; North Dakota State with 58 Eugene 0-5=5. NDSU-Evans 2-9=11; Anderson 2-6=8; rushing yards. Mike Sigers Jemison 3-4=7. added a 1-yard TD run. Scarlett’s third field goal put Morgan State up 9-7 with 1:29 to play in the first half, but the Bison took the lead for good on a 13-yard TD pass from Jensen to Holloway 67 seconds later. NDSU scored 28 unanswered points including 21 in the fourth quarter. -- MORE -- Bison Football, Page 11...

NDSU’s defense allowed 64 yards in the second half and 207 overall. The Bison stopped drives on interceptions from linebacker Matt Anderson and cornerback GAME FIVE Marcus Williams. Another linebacker, Preston Evans, recorded a game-high 11 tackles Western Illinois 28, #13 NDSU 16 to reach double-figures for the second time this season and sixth time in his career. October 2, 2010 Morgan State held a 37:10 to 22:50 advantange in time of possession, but com- FARGO, N.D.— Western Illinois jumped out to a 21-3 lead and held off a fourth mitted 16 penalties for 164 yards compared to five for 60 for North Dakota State. quarter comeback to defeat No. 13-ranked North Dakota State 28-16 in a Missouri Special teams played a key role for North Dakota State. Punter John Prelvitz kicked Valley Football Conference and annual homecoming game played Oct. 2 before a five times for an average of 39 yards, but placed two inside the 10 yard line. Freshman sellout crowd of 18,701 in Ryan Smith returned five punts for 146 yards including a season-long 51 yarder. the Fargodome. Western Illinois 7 14 7 0 — 28 The road team has North Dakota State 3 3 10 0 — 16  won each game in the brief Scoring Summary: GAME FOUR four-game series between WIU—Senatus 6 pass from Barr (Jouett kick) NDSU—Jastram 21 field goal #18 NDSU 38, #20/21 South Dakota 16 the schools. It was NDSU’s WIU—Ray 1 run (Jouett kick) September 25, 2010 first sellout since 2008 WIU—Flowers 18 run (Jouett kick) FARGO, N.D.— D.J. McNorton rushed for a career-high 250 yards and three against Southern Illinois. NDSU—Jastram 47 field goal touchdowns as #18 North Dakota State scored five times in the second half to defeat Western Illinois (4-1, NDSU—Jensen 1 run (Jastram kick) WIU—Senatus 1 pass from Barr (Jouett kick) #20/21 South Dakota 38-16 in a non-conference football game Sept. 25, played before 2-0 Valley Football) scored on drives of 79, 74 and 63 NDSU—Jastram 40 field goal 18,248 in the Fargodome. South Dakota 7 6 0 3 — 16 A–18,701 Striking quick and North Dakota State 7 0 21 10 — 38 yards in the first half to using long drives, the Scoring Summary: jump out to a 21-3 halftime STATISTICS WIU NDSU Bison (3-1) overturned a USD—Warren 6 run (Robb kick) lead. Matt Barr completed FIRST DOWNS 21 14 13-7 halftime deficit to NDSU—McNorton 1 run (Jastram kick) a 6-yard TD pass to Lito RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 41-223 31-164 USD—Warren 6 run (kick failed) Senatus, while Caulton Ray PASSING YDS (NET) 175 239 outscore the Coyotes 31-3 NDSU—Jensen 1 run (Jastram kick) scored from 1-yard out and Passes Att-Comp-Int. 24-17-0 27-12-0 in the final half during the NDSU—McNorton 53 run (Jastram kick) TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 65-398 58-403 1,000th football game in NDSU—Holloway 58 pass from Jensen (Jastram kick) Bryce Flowers scampered Punts (Number-Avg) 6-34.7 4-51.5 NDSU history. The Bison USD—Robb 33 field goal in from 18 to highlight the Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 are 607-359-34 since start- NDSU—McNorton 21 run (Jastram kick) scoring. Penalties-Yards 6-44 8-50 ing football in 1894. NDSU—Jastram 28 field goal Barr completed 17 Possession Time 32:59 27:01 A–18,248 McNorton, a 5-foot- of 24 passes for 175 yards including five for 45 to RUSHING: WIU-Ray 18-106, Flowers 16-95, Barr 6-26. NDSU- 9 1/2, 203-pound junior STATISTICS USD NDSU McNorton 16-105, Jensen 13-69, Lang 1-0. from Channelview, Texas, FIRST DOWNS 19 21 Senatus, who finished with PASSING: WIU-Barr 17-24-0 175. NDSU-Jensen 12-27-0 239. followed the holes opened RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 35-165 42-348 two touchdowns including RECEIVING: WIU-Crump 5-75, Senatus 5-45, Flowers 4-33. NDSU- by the offensive line and PASSING YDS (NET) 157 182 a key 1-yard TD reception Holloway 7-184, L.Smith 2-7, Vandal 1-24. fullbacks to challenge Tyler Passes Att-Comp-Int. 33-19-2 19-9-0 with 4:10 left in the third TACKLES (UA-A): WIU-Kreczmer 5-5=10, Glazier 4-3=7, James TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 68-322 61-530 quarter after NDSU cut the 5-1=6. NDSU-Evans 2-7=9, Willson 3-5=8, Stoczynski 3-5=8. Roehl’s school record 263 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-46.3 3-41.7 lead to 21-13. set in 2007 at Minnesota. Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1 He scored on TD runs of 1, Penalties-Yards 9-81 4-49 North Dakota State 53 and 27 yards. Possession Time 31:17 28:43 (3-2, 0-2 Valley Football) had a pair of red zone scoring opportunities go by the McNorton rushed 13 wayside in final five minutes after Brock Jensen and Warren Holloway hooked up on times for 202 yards in the RUSHING: USD-Warren 19-83, Ganious 14-49, Sims 2-33. NDSU- pass plays of 42 and 34 yard to put the Bison scoring position. Jensen completed 12 of McNorton 20-250, Jensen 12-32, Sigers 3-26. 27 passes for a career-high 239 yards. Holloway made five receptions for a career-best second half. His previous PASSING: USD-Warren 19-33-2 157. NDSU-Jensen 9-19-0 182. 184 yards. career-high was 66 yards RECEIVING: USD-Flanagan 6-49, Nowotny 6-40, Powell 4-49. against Wagner in 2009. NDSU-Holloway3-109, Howard 3-44, L.Smith 3-29. However, the Western Illinois defense came up with a sack by linebacker Mike He had a career-long rush TACKLES (UA-A): USD-Williams 5-4=9, Swift 2-7=9, Kuehl 4-3=7. Stieren and a quarterback hurry by Brandon Kreczmer to highlight the effort down the of 67 yards late in the NDSU-Willson 2-7=9, Banks 4-2=6, Boyer 3-3=6. stretch. Kreczmer had 10 tackles including two tackles for a loss to lead the Leather- fourth quarter. It was the necks, who finished with eight pass breakups and four QB hurries. Dwight Harris came 18th time a NDSU running back went over 200 yards, fifth time over 250. up with a fumble recovery that led to WIU’s first score of the game. North Dakota State overcame a turnover and then a pair of penalties during its Ray rushed 18 times for 106 yards as Western Illinois finished with 223 yards first two drives of the third quarter to take a 14-13 lead. McNorton rushed four times rushing and 398 yards overall. Terriun Crump made five receptions for 75 yards, while for 34 yards. Warren Holloway went high for a key third down catch and Brock Jensen Flowers ran 16 times for 95 yards. The Leathernecks held a 32:59 to 27:01 edge in capped off the drive with a 1-yard plunge. Jensen completed 9 of 19 passes for 182 time of possession. yards and a TD in his first collegiate start North Dakota State finished with 196 yards rushing as Jensen broke a career- The Bison then struck in lightning type fashion. Following a pair of punts, NDSU long 42 yard run and D.J. McNorton snapped off a 40-yarder. McNorton rushed 16 needed just 22-seconds to build the lead to 28-13. McNorton scored on an electrify- times for 104 yards, while Jensen added 69 yards on 13 carries. NDSU had 404 yards ing 53-yard run with 5:37 left in the third, while Jensen hooked up with Holloway for a of total offense. 58-yard TD pass at the 3:16 mark. Holloway caught three passes for 109 yards for his Bison kicker Ryan Jastram connected on a career-high field goals including a second career 100-yard receiving game. career-long 47 yarder as time ran out at halftime. John Prelvitz punted four times for South Dakota’s Kevin Robb hit a 33-yard field goal to briefly slow down NDSU to an average of 51.5 yards per attempt including a career-long 58 yard effort. cut the deficit 28-16 with 13:36 remaining in the fourth quarter. North Dakota State then reeled off scoring drives to 76 and 73 yards that ate eight minutes off the clock and close out the scoring. South Dakota (2-2) held the ball for 17:44 of the first half and converted on 5 of 9 third downs to take the 13-7 lead at halftime. Coyotes quarterback Dante Warren rushed for 51 yards and two TDs in the opening half, while completing 12 of 19 passes for 97 yards. Warren scored on a pair of 6-yard runs. However, North Dakota State’s defense held USD to 121 yards in the second half. Bison free safety Daniel Eaves recorded the first two interceptions of his career, while defensive end Coulter Boyer had a pair of sacks and defensive tackle Matthew Gratzek finished with 1.5 and three quarterback hurries. Linebacker Chad Willson had nine tackles. NDSU held a 530-322 edge in total offense including 354 rushing yards. Warren finished with 83 yards on 19 carries. He completed 19 of 33 overall for 157 yards. Shea Williams and Aaron Swift each had nine tackles for South Dakota.

-- MORE -- Bison Football, Page 12... GAME SIX GAME SEVEN #17/18 NDSU 34, Youngstown State 29 Illinois State 34, #14/15 NDSU 24 October 9, 2010 October 16, 2010 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio— Jose Mohler’s 45-yard touchdown pass to Justin Howard NORMAL, Ill.—Matt Brown threw three touchdown passes and Ashton Leggett with 34 seconds left lifted North Dakota State to a 34-29 victory over Youngstown ran for 146 yards and a score as Illinois State defeated North Dakota State 34-24 in a State on Oct. 9, before a crowd of 15,068 in Stambaugh Stadium. Missouri Valley Football Conference game played Oct. 16 before a crowd of 10,131 in The Bison (4-2, 1-2 Hancock Stadium. Missouri Valley Football North Dakota State 0 21 7 6 — 34 Leggett also caught North Dakota State 10 7 0 7 — 24 Conference) began the Youngstown State 10 10 0 9 — 29 three passes for 61 yards Illinois State 7 3 14 10 — 34 drive with 46 seconds left Scoring Summary: and a touchdown, and Erik Scoring Summary: after Howard returned YSU—Blose 43 field goal Smith added 113 rushing ILST—Walker 25 pass from Brown (Fetzer kick) YSU—Hess 2 run (Blose kick) NDSU—Jastram 39 field goal a kickoff 26 yards. A NDSU—McNorton 4 pass from Mohler (Jastram kick) yards for the Redbirds (4-3, defensive holding penalty 3-2 MVFC). NDSU—McNorton 7 run (Jastram kick) YSU—Barnes 50 pass from Hess (Blose kick) ILST—Fetzer 23 field goal gave NDSU a first down NDSU—Lang 1 run (Jastram kick) D.J. McNorton led NDSU—Mohler 48 run (Jastram kick) at Youngstown State’s 45. NDSU—Sigers 56 run (Jastram) the Bison (4-3, 1-3 MVFC) ILST—Younger 5 pass from Brown (Fetzer kick) Mohler, who was 11-for-14 YSU—Blose 24 field goal with 133 yards and a ILST—Leggett 1 run (Fetzer kick) passing for 192 yards and NDSU—Veldman 4 pass from Mohler (Jastram kick) touchdown. He recorded ILST—Fetzer 31 field goal YSU—Bellamy 2 run (Blose kick) NDSU—Holloway 26 pass from Mohler (Jastram kick) three touchdowns, hit YSU—Blose 38 field goal his third 100-yard game of Howard on the next play. the season. ILST—Leggett 49 pass from Brown (Fetzer kick) NDSU—Howard 45 pass from Mohler (Jastram kick) A–10,131 Mohler, who came in A–15,068 Brown had TD for injured starter Brock STATISTICS NDSU YSU passes of 25, 5 and 49 STATISTICS NDSU ILST Jensen at the end of the FIRST DOWNS 17 25 yards, the last of which FIRST DOWNS 14 24 first quarter, also had TD RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 35-215 45-247 went to Leggett with 2:59 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 30-228 49-287 PASSING YDS (NET) 211 252 PASSING YDS (NET) 146 186 passes to D.J. McNorton Passes Att-Comp-Int. 20-14-1 31-22-0 to play, capping an 11-play, and Matt Veldman. Derrick 89-yard drive and giving Passes Att-Comp-Int. 18-10-2 29-17-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 55-426 76-499 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 48-339 78-473 Lang scored from 1 yard Punts (Number-Avg) 3-45.0 2-38.0 the Redbirds the final Punts (Number-Avg) 2-54.0 3-40.3 out to cap an eight-play, Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-3 points of the game. Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-1 80 yard drive, while Mike Penalties-Yards 5-43 7-75 E.J. Jones then Penalties-Yards 10-95 4-20 Sigers snapped off a a Possession Time 26:30 33:30 came up with his second Possession Time 24:27 35:33 career-best 56 yard TD run RUSHING: NDSU-McNorton 17-90, Sigers 3-69, Voigtlander 3-48. interception of the game to highlight the 21-point to secure the victory. RUSHING: NDSU-McNorton 20-133, Mohler 6-41, Sigers 1-15. YSU-Bellamy 21-156, Cook 9-39, Hess 11-29. ILST-Leggettt 24-146, Smith 16-113, Sanders 1-26. second quarter. The Bison PASSING: NDSU-Mohler 11-14-0 192, Jensen 3-5-0 19, Perez 0-0-1 The Bison led PASSING: NDSU-Mohler 10-18-2 146. ILST-Brown 17-29-1 186. led 21-20 at halftime. 0. YSU-Hess 22-31-0 252. 17-10 at halftime on Jose RECEIVING: NDSU-Howard 3-25, Holloway 2-33, McNorton 2-13. A two-point conversion RECEIVING: NDSU-McNorton 6-131, Howard, 2-44, Holloway 2-13. Mohler’s career long 48- ILST-Leggett 3-61, Younger 3-38, Walker 3-31. try failed, leaving the YSU-Barnes 10-151, Bellamy 4-15, Ducatel 2-22. yard TD run with 1:32 left TACKLES (UA-A): NDSU-Willson 8-3=11, Evans 5-6=11, Lemon TACKLES (UA-A): NDSU-Jemison 8-1=9, Lemon 6-2=8, Evans 6-1=7. 2-5=7. ILST-Hemphill 6-2=8, Davis 3-5=8, Howe 1-6=7. Penguins (3-3, 1-2 MVFC) YSU-D’Alesio 7-3=10, Sasson 3-5=8, Tate 4-3=7. in the second quarter. within five points, but Kurt Mohler completed Hess fumbled after being sacked by Ricky Hagen. The fumble was recovered by Coulter 10 of 18 passes for 146 yards and one TD, a 26-yard scoring strike to Warren Holloway Boyer. Hagen forced a fumble for the second straight game. in the fourth quarter that cut the deficit to 27-24 with 8:07 remaining in the fourth Hess completed 22 of 31 passes for 252 yards. Dominique Barnes caught 10 passes quarter. for 151 yards and one touchdown, while Adaris rushed 21 times for 156 yards and one Linebackers Chad Willson and Preston Evans led the defense with 11 tackles. TD. Willson reached double-figure tackles for the second time this season, while Evans It was North Dakota State’s first last minute win since 2007 when the Bison came has three double-figure efforts in 2010 and seven in his career. back to defeat Cal Poly 31-28 on Steve Walker’s 80-yard TD pass to Kole Heckendorf Cornerback Josh Gatlin recorded his first collegiate interception in the first half. with 38 seconds left. That same season Walker and Heckendorf hooked up on a 27- The Bison have seven interceptions this season compared to three in 2009. Safety yard TD pass with 7 seconds left to defeat Sam Houston State 41-38 in the Fargodome. John Pike also recovered his second fumble of the season and returned it 31 yards. Youngstown State erased a 28-20 fourth-quarter deficit with a 2-yard touchdown run by Adaris Bellamy, who gained 156 yards rushing. Stephen Blose added a 38-yard field goal with 51 seconds left. McNorton gained 90 yards on 17 carries and 131 yards on a career-high six catches, including a 4-yard touchdown. McNorton had a career-long 51 yard reception. Seven different NDSU players had a rushing attempt. Sigers had two carries for 69 yards and Matt Voigtlander had three carries for 48 yards. Youngstown State outgained NDSU 499-426 and held a 33:30 to 26:30 advantage in time of possession.

-- MORE -- The Scoreboard NORTH DAKOTA STATE WESTERN ILLINOIS ILLINOIS STATE (4-3, 1-3 Valley Football) (5-2, 3-1 Valley Football) (4-3, 3-2 Valley Football) S4 at Kansas (FBS) W 6-3 S2 VALPARAIS0 W 45-0 S2 CENTRAL MISS. ST W 55-54 S11 *at #13/14 UNI L 9-16 S11 at Purdue (FBS) L 21-31 S11 at Northwestern (FBS) L 3-37 S18 MORGAN STATE W 35-9 S18 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 56-14 S18 *at #20/21 So. Dakota St W 24-14 S25 #20/21 SOUTH DAKOTA W 38-16 S25 *INDIANA STATE W 40-7 S25 *MISSOURI STATE (2ot) W 44-41 O2 *WESTERN ILLINOIS L 16-28 O2 *at #13 North Dakota St. W 28-16 O2 *#23/24 SO. ILLINOIS L 17-38 O9 *at Youngstown State W 34-29 O9 *at South Dakota State L 29-33 O9 *at Indiana State L 24-59 O16 *at Illinois State L 24-34 O16 *YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 40-38 O16 *#14/15 N DAKOTA ST W 34-24 O23 *INDIANA STATE O23 *at Missouri State O23 *at #19/22 Northern Iowa N6 *SOUTHERN ILLINOIS O30 *ILLINOIS STATE O30 *at Western Illinois N13 *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE N13 *at Southern Illinois N6 *YOUNGSTOWN STATE N20 *at Missouri State N20 *NORTHERN IOWA N13 EASTERN ILLINOIS *–Missouri Valley Football game *–Missouri Valley Football game *–Missouri Valley Football game

KANSAS INDIANA STATE (2-4, 0-2 Big 12) (4-2, 2-1 Valley Football) S4 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L 3-6 S4 ST. JOSEPH’S (IND.) W 57-7 S11 #15 GEORGIA TECH W 28-25 S11 at Cincinnati L 7-40 S17 at Southern Miss L 16-31 S25 *at Western Illinois L 7-40 S25 NEW MEXICO STATE W 42-16 O2 QUINCY (ILL.) W 56-22 O2 *at Baylor L 7-55 O9 *ILLINOIS STATE W 59-24 O14 *KANSAS STATE L 7-59 O16 *MISSOURI STATE (OT) W 38-35 O23 *TEXAS A&M O23 *at #24 North Dakota State O30 *at Iowa State O30 *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE N6 *COLORADO N6 *NORTHERN IOWA N13 *at Nebraska N13 *at Youngstown State N20 *OKLAHOMA STATE MISSOURI VALLEY N20 *at Southern Illinois N27 *vs. Missouri *–Missouri Valley Football game *– game FOOTBALL CONFERENCE STANDINGS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NORTHERN IOWA (thru games Oct. 16) (3-4, 2-2 Valley Football) (3-3, 2-1 Valley Football) Valley Overall S2 QUINCY (ILL.) W 70-7 S11 *#21 NORTH DAKOTA ST W 16-9 TEAM W-L Pct. W-L Pct. S11 at Illinois (FBS) L 3-35 S18 #10/11 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN L 20-22 #18/21 Western Illinois 3-1 .750 5-2 .714 S18 SE MISSOURI STATE L 21-24 S25 *at Youngstown State L 28-31 S25 at Iowa State (FBS) L 0-27 Indiana State 2-1 .667 4-2 .667 O2 *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 24-14 O2 *at #19/23 Illinois State W 38-17 #19/22 Northern Iowa 2-1 .667 3-3 .500 O9 *#15/18 NO. IOWA (OT) W 45-38 O9 *at #21/23 So. Illinois (OT) L 38-45 Illinois State 3-2 .600 4-3 .571 O16 at South Dakota W 19-14 O16 *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE L 10-31 O23 *ILLINOIS STATE Southern Illinois 2-2 .500 3-4 .429 O30 *at Missouri State O30 *at Youngstown State South Dakota State 2-2 .500 2-4 .333 N6 *at North Dakota State N6 *at Indiana State Missouri State 1-2 .500 2-4 .333 N13 *WESTERN ILLINOIS N13 *MISSOURI STATE #24 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 1-3 .250 4-3 .571 N20 *INDIANA STATE *–Missouri Valley Football game N20 *at Western Illinois Youngstown State 1-3 .250 3-4 .429 *–Missouri Valley Football game SCHEDULE Saturday, Oct. 23 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE MORGAN STATE *#18/21 Western Illinois at Missouri State, 1 p.m. (2-4, 2-2 Valley Football) (3-3, 2-1 MEAC) *Youngstown State at South Dakota State, 2 p.m. S11 at #16/17 Delaware L 3-26 S18 *ILLINOIS STATE L 14-24 S4 BOWIE STATE W 14-7 *Indiana State at #24 North Dakota State, 3:07 p.m. S11 at Maryland (FBS) L 3-62 S25 at #6/7 Nebraska L 3-17 *Illinois State at #19/22 Northern Iowa, 4:05 p.m. O2 *at #17/22 Northern Iowa L 14-24 S18 at #23 North Dakota State L 9-35 RESULTS S25 *at Howard W 20-3 O9 *#20 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 33-29 O2 *BETHUNE-COOKMAN L 32-69 Saturday, Oct. 16 O16 *at #15/17 S. Illinois W 31-10 O9 *at North Carolina A&T W 27-14 *South Dakota State 31, #15/17 Southern Illinois 10 O23 *YOUNGSTOWN STATE O23 *DELAWARE STATE *Illinois State 34, #14/15 North Dakota State 24 O30 *at Indiana State O30 *at Florida A&M *Indiana State 38, Missouri State 35 (OT) N6 *MISSOURI STATE N13 *at North Dakota State N6 *at Norfolk State *#22/24 Northern Iowa 19, South Dakota 14 N11 *SOUTH CAROLINA STATE N20 NORTH DAKOTA *#23 Western Illinois 40, Youngstown State 38 *–Missouri Valley Football game N20 *HAMPTON *--Conference game All times central *–MEAC game

SOUTH DAKOTA MISSOURI STATE YOUNGSTOWN STATE (2-4, 1-2 Valley Football) (3-4, 1-1 Great West) (3-4, 1-3 Valley Football) S4 at Central Florida (FBS) L 7-38 S3 EASTERN KENTUCKY W 31-9 S4 at #19 Penn State (FBS) L 14-44 S11 at Kansas State (FBS) L 24-48 S11 at Minnesota (FBS) W 41-38 S11 BUTLER W 31-7 S18 NW OKLAHOMA STATE W 48-14 S25 *at #25 Illinois State (2ot) L 41-44 S18 CENTRAL CONN. ST W 63-24 O2 *#20/22 YOUNGSTOWN ST W 35-25 S25 at #18 North Dakota State L 16-38 S25 *#13 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 31-28 O2 *NORTH DAKOTA W 27-17 O9 at Murray State L 59-72 O2 *at Missouri State L 25-35 O16 *at Indiana State (OT) L 35-38 O9 *at UC Davis L 13-17 O9 *#17/18 N. DAKOTA ST L 29-34 O16 #22/24 NORTHERN IOWA L 14-19 O23 *#18/21 WESTERN ILLINOIS O16 *at #23 Western Illinois L 38-40 O30 *SOUTHERN ILLINOIS O23 *at Southern Utah O23 *at South Dakota State O30 NORTHERN COLORADO N6 *at South Dakota State O30 *NORTHERN IOWA N13 *at Northern Iowa N6 *CAL POLY N6 *at Illinois State N13 at Lamar N20 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE N13 *INDIANA STATE *–Missouri Valley Football game *– game *–Missouri Valley Football game 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

TEAM STATISTICS NDSU OPP ------SCORING...... 162 135 Points Per Game...... 23.1 19.3 FIRST DOWNS...... 108 130 Rushing...... 54 67 Passing...... 45 51 Penalty...... 9 12 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 1081 1361 Yards gained rushing...... 1324 1507 Yards lost rushing...... 243 146 Rushing Attempts...... 234 275 Average Per Rush...... 4.6 4.9 Average Per Game...... 154.4 194.4 TDs Rushing...... 12 8 PASSING YARDAGE...... 1243 1265 Comp-Att-Int...... 87-161-6 116-194-7 Average Per Pass...... 7.7 6.5 Average Per Catch...... 14.3 10.9 Average Per Game...... 177.6 180.7 TDs Passing...... 8 6 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 2324 2626 Total Plays...... 395 469 Average Per Play...... 5.9 5.6 Average Per Game...... 332.0 375.1 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards...... 31-655 26-560 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards...... 21-311 16-58 INT RETURNS: #-Yards...... 7-39 6-25 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 21.1 21.5 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 14.8 3.6 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 5.6 4.2 FUMBLES-LOST...... 12-7 11-8 PENALTIES-Yards...... 54-479 61-560 Average Per Game...... 68.4 80.0 PUNTS-Yards...... 31-1395 32-1301 Average Per Punt...... 45.0 40.7 Net punt average...... 41.2 30.9 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game...... 27:34 32:26 3RD-DOWN Conversions...... 23/79 46/108 3rd-Down Pct...... 29% 43% 4TH-DOWN Conversions...... 6/10 3/4 4th-Down Pct...... 60% 75% SACKS BY-Yards...... 15-107 19-141 MISC YARDS...... 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 20 14 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 8-11 13-17 ON-SIDE KICKS...... 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES...... (19-26) 73% (22-26) 85% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS...... (14-26) 54% (11-26) 42% PAT-ATTEMPTS...... (18-19) 95% (12-13) 92% ATTENDANCE...... 54289 88038 Games/Avg Per Game...... 3/18096 4/22010 Neutral Site Games...... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------North Dakota State.. 30 41 41 50 - 162 Opponents...... 40 45 28 22 - 135 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------McNorton,D.J. 7-7 110 730 35 695 6.3 5 67 99.3 Smith, Ryan 20 283 14.1 0 51 Jensen,Brock 4-3 42 212 52 160 3.8 2 42 40.0 Sigers,Mike 1 28 28.0 0 0 Sigers,Mike 7-1 20 138 9 129 6.4 2 56 18.4 Total...... 21 311 14.8 0 51 Voigtlander,Matt 7-0 15 79 4 75 5.0 0 26 10.7 Opponents...... 16 58 3.6 0 12 Lang,Derrick 7-0 6 22 0 22 3.7 1 12 3.1 Mack,Titus 7-7 3 13 2 11 3.7 0 7 1.6 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Smith, Ryan 7-0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 0.7 ------Prelvitz,John 7-0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.6 Anderson,Matt 2 16 8.0 0 16 TEAM 3-0 4 0 2 -2 -0.5 0 0 -0.7 Eaves,Daniel 2 0 0.0 0 0 Mohler,Jose 6-4 32 121 139 -18 -0.6 2 48 -3.0 Banks,Freddie 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total...... 7 234 1324 243 1081 4.6 12 67 154.4 Gatlin,Josh 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents...... 7 275 1507 146 1361 4.9 8 73 194.4 Williams,Marcus 1 23 23.0 0 23 Total...... 7 39 5.6 0 23 PASSING GP-GS Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Opponents...... 6 25 4.2 0 18 ------Mohler,Jose 6-4 125.90 55-92-5 59.8 686 4 51 114.3 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Jensen,Brock 4-3 135.28 32-68-0 47.1 557 4 58 139.2 ------Perez,Dante 2-0 -200.00 0-1-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Howard,Justin 8 204 25.5 0 58 Total...... 7 127.83 87-161-6 54.0 1243 8 58 177.6 Smith, Ryan 8 163 20.4 0 38 Opponents...... 7 117.56 116-194-7 59.8 1265 6 50 180.7 Williams,Marcus 6 141 23.5 0 43 Sigers,Mike 4 72 18.0 0 25 RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Grothmann,Andrew 2 28 14.0 0 24 ------Gatlin,Josh 1 4 4.0 0 4 Holloway,Warren 7-6 24 440 18.3 4 58 62.9 McNorton,D.J. 1 27 27.0 0 27 McNorton,D.J. 7-7 13 196 15.1 2 51 28.0 Bruhn,Garrett 1 16 16.0 0 16 Howard,Justin 7-1 13 155 11.9 1 45 22.1 Total...... 31 655 21.1 0 58 Smith,Landon 7-7 11 130 11.8 0 27 18.6 Opponents...... 26 560 21.5 0 49 Mack,Titus 7-7 10 144 14.4 0 51 20.6 Vandal,Lee 6-5 5 54 10.8 0 24 9.0 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Bruhn,Garrett 7-0 3 27 9.0 0 12 3.9 ------Veldman,Matt 5-0 3 27 9.0 1 12 5.4 Boyer,Coulter 2 37 18.5 0 26 Sigers,Mike 7-1 2 25 12.5 0 20 3.6 Pike,John 1 31 31.0 0 31 Voigtlander,Matt 7-0 2 4 2.0 0 3 0.6 Total...... 3 68 22.7 0 31 Grothmann,Andrew 7-1 1 41 41.0 0 41 5.9 Opponents...... 2 33 16.5 0 33 Total...... 7 87 1243 14.3 8 58 177.6 Opponents...... 7 116 1265 10.9 6 50 180.7 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

|------PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ------McNorton,D.J. 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Jensen,Brock 4 110 160 557 717 179.2 Jastram,Ryan 0 8-11 18-19 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 McNorton,D.J. 7 110 695 0 695 99.3 Holloway,Warren 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Mohler,Jose 6 124 -18 686 668 111.3 Jensen,Brock 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Sigers,Mike 7 20 129 0 129 18.4 Mohler,Jose 2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 12 Voigtlander,Matt 7 15 75 0 75 10.7 Sigers,Mike 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Lang,Derrick 7 6 22 0 22 3.1 Veldman,Matt 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Mack,Titus 7 3 11 0 11 1.6 Lang,Derrick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Smith, Ryan 7 1 5 0 5 0.7 Howard,Justin 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Prelvitz,John 7 1 4 0 4 0.6 Total...... 20 8-11 18-19 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 162 TEAM 3 4 -2 0 -2 -0.7 Opponents...... 14 13-17 12-13 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 135 Total...... 7 395 1081 1243 2324 332.0 Opponents...... 7 469 1361 1265 2626 375.1

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ------Prelvitz,John 31 1395 45.0 58 3 2 11 0 Jastram,Ryan 8-11 72.7 0-0 3-4 2-3 3-4 0-0 47 0 Total...... 31 1395 45.0 58 3 2 11 0 Opponents...... 32 1301 40.7 75 0 4 7 1 FG SEQUENCE North Dakota State OPPONENTS ------KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Kansas (44),(32) (25),52,42 ------UNI (28),37 (21),(32),(26),31,41 Jastram,Ryan 33 2077 62.9 3 3 Morgan State 42 (32),(23),(29) Total...... 33 2077 62.9 3 3 560 44.2 25 South Dakota (28) (33) Opponents...... 34 2077 61.1 3 0 655 40.1 29 Western Illinois (21),(47),(40) - Youngstown State 25 (43),(24),(38) Illinois State (39) (23),(31)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------McNorton,D.J. 7 695 196 0 27 0 918 131.1 Smith, Ryan 7 5 0 283 163 0 451 64.4 Holloway,Warren 7 0 440 0 0 0 440 62.9 Howard,Justin 7 0 155 0 204 0 359 51.3 Sigers,Mike 7 129 25 28 72 0 254 36.3 Williams,Marcus 7 0 0 0 141 23 164 23.4 Jensen,Brock 4 160 0 0 0 0 160 40.0 Mack,Titus 7 11 144 0 0 0 155 22.1 Smith,Landon 7 0 130 0 0 0 130 18.6 Voigtlander,Matt 7 75 4 0 0 0 79 11.3 Grothmann,Andrew 7 0 41 0 28 0 69 9.9 Vandal,Lee 6 0 54 0 0 0 54 9.0 Bruhn,Garrett 7 0 27 0 16 0 43 6.1 Veldman,Matt 5 0 27 0 0 0 27 5.4 Lang,Derrick 7 22 0 0 0 0 22 3.1 Anderson,Matt 6 0 0 0 0 16 16 2.7 Prelvitz,John 7 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.6 Gatlin,Josh 7 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.6 TEAM 3 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.7 Mohler,Jose 6 -18 0 0 0 0 -18 -3.0 Total...... 7 1081 1243 311 655 39 3329 475.6 Opponents...... 7 1361 1265 58 560 25 3269 467.0 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP-GS Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------44 Evans,Preston 7-7 26 34 60 4.0-7 . . . . . 1 . . 45 Willson,Chad 6-1 20 23 43 1.5-3 0.5-2 . 2 1 . . . . 56 Jemison,Brandon 7-7 21 21 42 2.5-6 ...... 7 Eaves,Daniel 7-7 22 13 35 1.0-1 . 2-0 3 . 1-0 2 . . 92 Boyer,Coulter 7-7 15 18 33 7.0-35 5.0-33 . 3 4 3-37 . . . 98 Stoczynski,Scott 7-7 13 19 32 2.5-3 . . . 1 . . . . 48 Anderson,Matt 6-6 12 20 32 3.0-20 2.0-18 2-16 4 1 . 1 . . 36 Lemon,Cyrus 7-7 16 14 30 1.0-1 . . 1 . . . . . 13 Banks,Freddie 7-5 16 13 29 1.5-2 0.5-1 1-0 4 . . . . . 70 Gratzek,Matthew 5-5 8 14 22 4.0-17 3.0-16 . . 5 . . . . 69 Perry,Leevon 7-7 6 13 19 2.0-9 1.0-8 ...... 95 Phillips,Matt 7-2 4 14 18 0.5-0 . . 1 1 . . . . 1 Williams,Marcus 7-5 11 7 18 . . 1-23 7 . . . . . 60 Drevlow,Ryan 6-0 8 5 13 2.0-19 1.0-17 . . . . 2 . . 15 Pike,John 7-0 6 5 11 . . . . . 2-31 . . . 4 Gatlin,Josh 7-1 7 3 10 . . 1-0 1 . . . . . 93 Jirik,Cole 7-0 6 4 10 1.5-4 . . . 1 . . . . 34 Olson,Grant 7-0 5 5 10 ...... 2 Pierre,Brendin 6-3 6 3 9 . . . 1 . . . . . 20 Heagle,Colten 7-0 5 4 9 ...... 96 Hagen,Ricky 7-0 5 2 7 2.0-12 2.0-12 . . 2 . 2 . . 43 Carter,Don 7-0 . 5 5 0.5-0 ...... 14 Gion,Brock 5-0 3 1 4 ...... 50 Murphy,Michael 7-0 3 1 4 ...... 32 Colvin,Derrius 5-0 2 2 4 ...... 29 Vorhis,A.J. Van 6-0 . 3 3 ...... 47 Bruhn,Garrett 7-0 1 2 3 ...... 10 Ollman,Bobby 7-0 2 . 2 ...... 78 Cornick,Paul 7-7 1 1 2 ...... 42 Lang,Derrick 7-0 2 . 2 ...... 30 Jastram,Ryan 7-0 2 . 2 ...... 11 Howard,Justin 7-1 2 . 2 ...... 46 Vandal,Lee 6-5 . 2 2 ...... 23 Voigtlander,Matt 7-0 1 1 2 ...... 58 Yaggie,Alex 1-0 . 1 1 ...... 59 Gimmestad,Tyler 5-0 . 1 1 0.5-0 ...... 6 Mack,Titus 7-7 1 . 1 ...... 16 Jensen,Brock 4-3 . 1 1 ...... 28 Sigers,Mike 7-1 1 . 1 ...... 1 . 81 Holloway,Warren 7-6 . 1 1 ...... 8 McNorton,D.J. 7-7 1 . 1 ...... TM TEAM 3-0 ...... 2-0 . . . Total...... 7-0 260 276 536 37-139 15-107 7-39 27 16 8-68 8 1 . Opponents...... 7-0 206 261 467 42-200 19-141 6-25 23 18 7-33 3 1 . 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Game Results (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

Overall Conference Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend ------Sep 04, 2010 at Kansas W 6-3 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 2:52 48417 * Sep 11, 2010 at #13 UNI 9-16 L 1- 1- 0 0- 1- 0 3:14 14422 Sep 18, 2010 MORGAN STATE W 35-9 2- 1- 0 0- 1- 0 2:59 17340 Sep 25, 2010 #20 SOUTH DAKOTA W 38-16 3- 1- 0 0- 1- 0 2:56 18248 * Oct 02, 2010 WESTERN ILLINOIS 16-28 L 3- 2- 0 0- 2- 0 2:54 18701 * Oct 09, 2010 at Youngstown State W 34-29 4- 2- 0 1- 2- 0 3:16 15068 * 10-16-10 at Illinois State 24-34 L 4- 3- 0 1- 3- 0 2:49 10131

*--Missouri Valley Football Conference game 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Team Game-by-Game (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

|---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| 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 Sep 04, 2010 at Kansas...... 32 73 0 12 12 95 0 14 12- 22- 1 95 0 14 1 22 0 22 3 58 0 18 168 Sep 11, 2010 at UNI...... 31 -40 1 16 20 247 0 51 20- 35- 2 247 0 51 5 78 0 23 2 29 0 19 207 Sep 18, 2010 MORGAN STATE...... 33 128 2 18 10 123 3 27 10- 20- 0 123 3 27 4 76 0 27 5 146 0 51 251 Sep 25, 2010 SOUTH DAKOTA...... 42 348 4 67 9 182 1 58 9- 19- 0 182 1 58 4 71 0 20 6 53 0 12 530 Oct 02, 2010 WESTERN ILLINOIS...... 31 164 1 42 12 239 0 47 12- 27- 0 239 0 47 5 106 0 43 3 12 0 5 403 Oct 09, 2010 at Youngstown State.... 35 215 2 56 14 211 3 51 14- 20- 1 211 3 51 6 155 0 38 0 0 0 0 426 10-16-10 at Illinois State...... 30 193 2 48 10 146 1 41 10- 18- 2 146 1 41 6 147 0 58 2 13 0 13 339

Totals...... 234 1081 12 67 87 1243 8 58 87-161- 6 1243 8 58 31 655 0 58 21 311 0 51 2324 Opponent...... 275 1361 8 73 116 1265 6 50 116-194- 7 1265 6 50 26 560 0 49 16 58 0 12 2626

Games played: 7 Avg per rush: 4.6 Avg per catch: 14.3 Pass efficiency: 127.83 Kick ret avg: 21.1 Punt ret avg: 14.8 All purpose avg/game: 475.6 Total offense avg/gm: 332.0 |------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Sep 04, 2010 at Kansas...... 33 44 77 7.0-20 4.0-17 2 2-0 1-0 4 7 1 0-0 0 0 0 6 Sep 11, 2010 at UNI...... 29 32 61 5.0-28 4.0-27 2 2-26 1-0 0 2 0 1-0 0 0 0 9 Sep 18, 2010 MORGAN STATE...... 27 62 89 10.0-32 1.0-17 0 0-0 2-39 4 3 0 5-5 0 0 0 35 Sep 25, 2010 SOUTH DAKOTA...... 39 34 73 4.0-30 4.0-30 0 0-0 2-0 4 4 0 5-5 0 0 0 38 Oct 02, 2010 WESTERN ILLINOIS...... 34 48 82 4.0-18 1.0-11 1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 16 Oct 09, 2010 at Youngstown State.... 53 26 79 4.0-8 1.0-5 2 3-11 0-0 0 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 34 10-16-10 at Illinois State...... 45 30 75 3.0-3 0.0-0 1 1-31 1-0 2 6 0 3-3 0 0 0 24

Totals...... 260 276 536 37.0-139 15.0-107 8 8-68 7-39 16 27 1 19-18 0 0 0 162 Opponent...... 206 261 467 42.5-200 18.5-139 3 7-33 6-25 18 23 1 13-12 0 0 0 135

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB Sep 04, 2010 at Kansas...... 8 353 44.1 52 0 2 0 2 3 2-2 44 0 3 191 63.7 1 0 Sep 11, 2010 at UNI...... 6 273 45.5 55 0 0 0 2 1 2-1 28 0 3 169 56.3 0 0 Sep 18, 2010 MORGAN STATE...... 5 195 39.0 49 0 0 0 0 2 1-0 0 0 5 320 64.0 1 0 Sep 25, 2010 SOUTH DAKOTA...... 3 125 41.7 54 0 0 1 1 2 1-1 28 0 7 443 63.3 1 0 Oct 02, 2010 WESTERN ILLINOIS...... 4 206 51.5 58 0 0 0 3 1 3-3 47 0 4 243 60.8 0 1 Oct 09, 2010 at Youngstown State.... 3 135 45.0 52 0 1 1 1 1 1-0 0 0 6 380 63.3 0 2 10-16-10 at Illinois State...... 2 108 54.0 57 0 0 0 2 1 1-1 39 0 5 331 66.2 0 0

Totals...... 31 1395 45.0 58 0 3 2 11 11 11-8 47 0 33 2077 62.9 3 3 Opponent...... 32 1301 40.7 75 1 0 4 7 7 17-13 43 0 34 2077 61.1 3 0 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

|---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| 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 Sep 04, 2010 at Kansas...... 32 96 0 51 19 197 0 32 19- 33- 1 197 0 32 2 84 0 49 5 8 0 6 293 Sep 11, 2010 at UNI...... 35 262 1 54 10 172 0 47 10- 20- 1 172 0 47 3 48 0 22 3 11 0 12 434 Sep 18, 2010 MORGAN STATE...... 38 81 0 20 12 126 0 50 12- 24- 2 126 0 50 4 75 0 24 3 26 0 11 207 Sep 25, 2010 SOUTH DAKOTA...... 35 165 2 23 19 157 0 17 19- 33- 2 157 0 17 6 123 0 35 0 0 0 0 322 Oct 02, 2010 WESTERN ILLINOIS...... 41 223 2 36 17 175 2 39 17- 24- 0 175 2 39 3 59 0 26 2 0 0 0 398 Oct 09, 2010 at Youngstown State.... 45 247 2 23 22 252 1 50 22- 31- 0 252 1 50 4 75 0 22 1 3 0 3 499 10-16-10 at Illinois State...... 49 287 1 73 17 186 3 49 17- 29- 1 186 3 49 4 96 0 41 2 10 0 10 473

Opponent totals...... 275 1361 8 73 116 1265 6 50 116-194- 7 1265 6 50 26 560 0 49 16 58 0 12 2626 North Dakota State...... 234 1081 12 67 87 1243 8 58 87-161- 6 1243 8 58 31 655 0 58 21 311 0 51 2324

Games played: 7 Avg per rush: 4.9 Avg per catch: 10.9 Pass efficiency: 117.56 Kick ret avg: 21.5 Punt ret avg: 3.6 All purpose avg/game: 467.0 Total offense avg/gm: 375.1 |------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Sep 04, 2010 at Kansas...... 24 40 64 7.0-26 1.0-11 0 0-0 1-1 4 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Sep 11, 2010 at UNI...... 30 46 76 15.0-91 11.0-77 0 1-0 2-4 0 6 1 1-1 0 0 0 16 Sep 18, 2010 MORGAN STATE...... 28 40 68 8.0-22 1.0-6 2 1-33 0-0 3 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 9 Sep 25, 2010 SOUTH DAKOTA...... 34 38 72 1.0-5 0.0-0 0 1-0 0-0 2 2 0 2-1 0 0 0 16 Oct 02, 2010 WESTERN ILLINOIS...... 31 36 67 4.0-23 2.0-20 0 1-0 0-0 4 8 0 4-4 0 0 0 28 Oct 09, 2010 at Youngstown State.... 30 29 59 2.5-16 2.0-12 0 1-0 1-2 2 0 0 2-2 0 0 0 29 10-16-10 at Illinois State...... 29 32 61 5.0-17 2.0-13 1 2-0 2-18 3 2 0 4-4 0 0 0 34

Opponent totals...... 206 261 467 42.5-200 18.5-139 3 7-33 6-25 18 23 1 13-12 0 0 0 135 North Dakota State...... 260 276 536 37.0-139 15.0-107 8 8-68 7-39 16 27 1 19-18 0 0 0 162

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB Sep 04, 2010 at Kansas...... 5 173 34.6 60 1 0 1 1 1 3-1 25 0 2 135 67.5 1 0 Sep 11, 2010 at UNI...... 3 154 51.3 75 0 0 0 1 1 5-3 32 0 5 318 63.6 0 0 Sep 18, 2010 MORGAN STATE...... 7 291 41.6 61 0 0 1 1 0 3-3 32 0 4 251 62.8 0 0 Sep 25, 2010 SOUTH DAKOTA...... 6 278 46.3 57 0 0 0 3 1 1-1 33 0 4 248 62.0 0 0 Oct 02, 2010 WESTERN ILLINOIS...... 6 208 34.7 46 0 0 1 0 3 0-0 0 0 5 314 62.8 0 0 Oct 09, 2010 at Youngstown State.... 2 76 38.0 40 0 0 0 0 0 3-3 43 0 7 420 60.0 1 0 10-16-10 at Illinois State...... 3 121 40.3 52 0 0 1 1 1 2-2 31 0 7 391 55.9 1 0

Opponent totals...... 32 1301 40.7 75 1 0 4 7 7 17-13 43 0 34 2077 61.1 3 0 North Dakota State...... 31 1395 45.0 58 0 3 2 11 11 11-8 47 0 33 2077 62.9 3 3 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Game Superlatives (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes...... 20 McNorton,D.J. vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) McNorton,D.J. at Illinois State (10-16-10) Yards Rushing...... 250 McNorton,D.J. vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) TD Rushes...... 3 McNorton,D.J. vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Long Rush...... 67 McNorton,D.J. vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Pass attempts...... 35 Mohler,Jose at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) Pass completions.... 20 Mohler,Jose at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) Yards Passing...... 247 Mohler,Jose at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) TD Passes...... 3 Jensen,Brock vs Morgan State (Sep 18, 2010) Mohler,Jose at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Long Pass...... 58 Jensen,Brock vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Receptions...... 7 Holloway,Warren vs Western Illinois (Oct 02, 2010) Yards Receiving..... 184 Holloway,Warren vs Western Illinois (Oct 02, 2010) TD Receptions...... 2 Holloway,Warren vs Morgan State (Sep 18, 2010) Long Reception...... 58 Holloway,Warren vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Field Goals...... 3 Jastram,Ryan vs Western Illinois (Oct 02, 2010) Long Field Goal..... 47 Jastram,Ryan vs Western Illinois (Oct 02, 2010) Punts...... 8 Prelvitz,John at Kansas (Sep 04, 2010) Punting Avg...... 54.0 Prelvitz,John at Illinois State (10-16-10) Long Punt...... 58 Prelvitz,John vs Western Illinois (Oct 02, 2010) Long Punt Return.... 51 Smith, Ryan vs Morgan State (Sep 18, 2010) Long Kickoff Return. 58 Howard,Justin at Illinois State (10-16-10) Tackles...... 12 Willson,Chad at Kansas (Sep 04, 2010) Sacks...... 2.0 Boyer,Coulter at Kansas (Sep 04, 2010) Boyer,Coulter vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Tackles For Loss.... 2.0 Boyer,Coulter at Kansas (Sep 04, 2010) Drevlow,Ryan vs Morgan State (Sep 18, 2010) Boyer,Coulter vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Interceptions...... 2 Eaves,Daniel vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Game Superlatives (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes...... 42 vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Yards Rushing...... 348 vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Yards Per Rush...... 8.3 vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) TD Rushes...... 4 vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Pass attempts...... 35 at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) Pass completions.... 20 at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) Yards Passing...... 247 at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) Yards Per Pass...... 10.6 at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) TD Passes...... 3 vs Morgan State (Sep 18, 2010) at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Total Plays...... 66 at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) Total Offense...... 530 vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Yards Per Play...... 8.7 vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Points...... 38 vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Sacks By...... 4 at Kansas (Sep 04, 2010) at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) First Downs...... 21 vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Penalties...... 13 at Kansas (Sep 04, 2010) Penalty Yards...... 105 at Kansas (Sep 04, 2010) Turnovers...... 4 at Illinois State (10-16-10) Interceptions By.... 2 vs Morgan State (Sep 18, 2010) vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Game Superlatives (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes...... 24 Leggett,Ashton, at Illinois State (10-16-10) Yards Rushing...... 158 Anderson, C., at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) TD Rushes...... 2 Warren,Dante, vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Long Rush...... 73 Smith,Erik, at Illinois State (10-16-10) Pass attempts...... 33 Warren,Dante, vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Pass completions.... 22 Hess, Kurt, at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Yards Passing...... 252 Hess, Kurt, at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) TD Passes...... 3 Brown,Matt, at Illinois State (10-16-10) Long Pass...... 50 DICKERSON,Don, vs Morgan State (Sep 18, 2010) Hess, Kurt, at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Receptions...... 10 Barnes, D., at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Yards Receiving..... 151 Barnes, D., at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) TD Receptions...... 2 Senatus, Lito, vs Western Illinois (Oct 02, 2010) Long Reception...... 50 OKAKPU,Chuka, vs Morgan State (Sep 18, 2010) Barnes, D., at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Field Goals...... 3 Hallgren, Billy, at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) SCARLETT,Kemar, vs Morgan State (Sep 18, 2010) Blose, Stephen, at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Long Field Goal..... 43 Blose, Stephen, at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Punts...... 7 ADAMS,Nicholas, vs Morgan State (Sep 18, 2010) Punting Avg...... 51.3 Bernard, Kyle, at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) Long Punt...... 75 Bernard, Kyle, at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) Long Punt Return.... 12 Herring, Jarred, at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) Long Kickoff Return. 49 Beshears, D.J., at Kansas (Sep 04, 2010) Tackles...... 12 Fort, L.J., at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) Sacks...... 4.0 Boothby, Ben, at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) Tackles For Loss.... 4.5 Boothby, Ben, at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) Interceptions...... 2 Jones,EJ, at Illinois State (10-16-10) 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Game Superlatives (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes...... 49 at Illinois State (10-16-10) Yards Rushing...... 287 at Illinois State (10-16-10) Yards Per Rush...... 7.5 at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) TD Rushes...... 2 vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) vs Western Illinois (Oct 02, 2010) at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Pass attempts...... 33 at Kansas (Sep 04, 2010) vs South Dakota (Sep 25, 2010) Pass completions.... 22 at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Yards Passing...... 252 at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Yards Per Pass...... 8.6 at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) TD Passes...... 3 at Illinois State (10-16-10) Total Plays...... 78 at Illinois State (10-16-10) Total Offense...... 499 at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Yards Per Play...... 7.9 at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) Points...... 34 at Illinois State (10-16-10) Sacks By...... 11 at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) First Downs...... 25 at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Penalties...... 16 vs Morgan State (Sep 18, 2010) Penalty Yards...... 164 vs Morgan State (Sep 18, 2010) Turnovers...... 3 at Kansas (Sep 04, 2010) at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) at Youngstown State (Oct 09, 2010) Interceptions By.... 2 at UNI (Sep 11, 2010) at Illinois State (10-16-10) 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Red-Zone Results (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

North Dakota State Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs ---- Failed to score inside RZ ---- Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game ------Sep 04 at Kansas...... W 6-3 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 *Sep 11 at UNI...... L 9-16 2 2 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 18 Morgan State...... W 35-9 5 5 35 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 25 South Dakota...... W 38-16 3 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Oct 02 Western Illinois...... L 16-28 5 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 *Oct 09 at Youngstown State.... W 34-29 5 3 21 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 *10-16-10 at Illinois State...... L 24-34 4 3 17 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 ------Totals 26 19 112 14 8 6 5 1 2 1 2 1 0 19 of 26 (73.1%)

Opponents Inside North Dakota State Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs ---- Failed to score inside RZ ---- Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game ------Sep 04 at Kansas...... W 6-3 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 *Sep 11 at UNI...... L 9-16 6 4 16 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 Sep 18 Morgan State...... W 35-9 3 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 25 South Dakota...... W 38-16 3 3 16 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Oct 02 Western Illinois...... L 16-28 4 4 28 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Oct 09 at Youngstown State.... W 34-29 4 3 16 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 *10-16-10 at Illinois State...... L 24-34 4 4 20 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------Totals 26 22 108 11 8 3 11 1 0 1 2 0 0 22 of 26 (84.6%) 2010 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State By-Quarter Statistics (as of Oct 16, 2010) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OT Qtr ------Sep 04 at Kansas...... W 6-3 2-13 15.4% 1-3 33.3% 1-4 25.0% 0-3 0.0% 0-3 0.0% *Sep 11 at UNI...... L 9-16 6-16 37.5% 2-4 50.0% 1-3 33.3% 1-3 33.3% 2-6 33.3% Sep 18 Morgan State...... W 35-9 3-11 27.3% 1-2 50.0% 0-3 0.0% 1-3 33.3% 1-3 33.3% Sep 25 South Dakota...... W 38-16 6-10 60.0% 1-2 50.0% 2-4 50.0% 1-1 100.0% 2-3 66.7% *Oct 02 Western Illinois...... L 16-28 3-13 23.1% 3-5 60.0% 0-2 0.0% 0-2 0.0% 0-4 0.0% *Oct 09 at Youngstown State.... W 34-29 2-8 25.0% 0-2 0.0% 2-2 100.0% 0-1 0.0% 0-3 0.0% *10-16-10 at Illinois State...... L 24-34 1-8 12.5% 0-2 0.0% 0-2 0.0% 1-3 33.3% 0-1 0.0% ------North Dakota State 23-79 29.1% 8-20 40.0% 6-20 30.0% 4-16 25.0% 5-23 21.7% 0-0 0.0% Opponents 46-108 42.6% 13-26 50.0% 11-31 35.5% 12-22 54.5% 10-29 34.5% 0-0 0.0%

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OT Qtr ------Sep 04 at Kansas...... W 6-3 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% *Sep 11 at UNI...... L 9-16 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% Sep 18 Morgan State...... W 35-9 2-2 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% Sep 25 South Dakota...... W 38-16 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% *Oct 02 Western Illinois...... L 16-28 2-4 50.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% 1-3 33.3% *Oct 09 at Youngstown State.... W 34-29 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% *10-16-10 at Illinois State...... L 24-34 0-2 0.0% 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-1 0.0% ------North Dakota State 6-10 60.0% 0-1 0.0% 1-1 100.0% 1-1 100.0% 4-7 57.1% 0-0 0.0% Opponents 3-4 75.0% 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% 1-2 50.0% 0-0 0.0%

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OT Qtr ------Sep 04 at Kansas...... W 6-3 31:05 6:31 6:53 10:08 7:33 *Sep 11 at UNI...... L 9-16 32:20 8:17 7:04 9:06 7:53 Sep 18 Morgan State...... W 35-9 22:50 1:53 7:38 5:46 7:33 Sep 25 South Dakota...... W 38-16 28:43 5:37 6:48 6:38 9:40 *Oct 02 Western Illinois...... L 16-28 27:01 7:38 6:37 6:47 5:59 *Oct 09 at Youngstown State.... W 34-29 26:30 6:43 5:37 6:57 7:13 *10-16-10 at Illinois State...... L 24-34 24:27 9:49 4:39 5:14 4:45 ------North Dakota State Total 192:56 46:28 45:16 50:36 50:36 0:00 Avg. 27:33 6:38 6:28 7:13 7:13 0:00 Opponents Total 227:04 58:32 59:44 54:24 54:24 0:00 Avg. 32:26 8:21 8:32 7:46 7:46 0:00