State BISON FootbalL Missouri Valley Football Conference Champions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 NCAA Division I FCS National Champions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 2017 Schedule North Dakota State Returns to FCS Title Game (13-1 overall, 7-1 MVFC) Date Opponent Time/Result S2 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W, 72-7 Saturday vs. Defending Champion James Madison S9 at #7/6 Eastern Washington W, 40-13 S23 ROBERT MORRIS (Trees Bowl) W, 56-0 THIS WEEK: No. 2 seed North Dakota State (13-1) S30 *MISSOURI STATE (Homecoming) W, 38-11 returns to the NCAA Division I Football Championship O7 *at Indiana State W, 52-0 Game for the sixth time in seven years Saturday, Jan.6, O14 *at #8/8 Youngstown State W, 27-24(ot) where the Bison will take on top-seeded defending NORTH DAKOTA STATE JAMES MADISON O21 *#10/12 WESTERN ILLINOIS W, 24-12 champion James Madison (14-0). Kickoff is scheduled BISON DUKES O28 *#NR/25 NORTHERN IOWA W, 30-14 for 11:05 a.m. at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. (13-1, 7-1 MVFC) (14-0, 8-0 CAA) N4 *at #10/8 State (Dakota Marker) L, 21-33 N11 *#10/10 SOUTH DAKOTA (Harvest Bowl) W, 49-14 Rank: 4/4 (STATS/Coaches) Rank: 1/1 (STATS/Coaches) Last Game: Dec. 15 def Last Game: Dec. 16 def. N18 *at #21/25 Illinois State W, 20-7 TELEVISION: ESPN2 will televise the game live with Dave Neal calling the play-by-play, Matt Stinch- Sam Houston St. 55-13 South Dakota St. 51-16 D2 ^SAN DIEGO W, 38-3 Streak: Won 5 Streak: Won 26 D9 ^#8/9 WOFFORD W, 42-10 comb as color analyst, and Quint Kessenich reporting On Road: 4-1 (Won 1) On Road: 5-0 (Won 10+1) D15 ^#5/5 SAM HOUSTON STATE W, 55-13 from the sidelines. Video streaming will be available Coach: Coach: Mike Houston J6 ^#1/1 JAMES MADISON 11 a.m. on WatchESPN.com and the ESPN app through partici- Record: 53-6 (4th) Record: 28-1 (2nd) *MVFC games #STATS/FCS Coaches ^FCS playoffs pating television providers.

Quick Facts RADIO: Coverage begins at 10:30 a.m. on the Peterson Farms Seed Bison Radio Network Location: Fargo, ND 58102 (pop. 105,549) with Jeff Culhane play-by-play, NDSU and Buffalo Bills Hall of FamerPhil Hansen analyst, and Founded: 1890 NDSU’s Jeremy Jorgenson sidelines. Extended coverage locally on 107.9 The Fox, Bison 1660 Enrollment: 14,358 (fall 2017) Nickname: Bison and 92.7 FM includes “Bison Tailgate” from 7:30-8:30 a.m. with Brad Jones, “Bison Game Day” Colors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343) from 8:30-10:30 a.m. and “Bison Hotline” for two hours following the network broadcast with Home Field: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700) hosts Keith Brake, Chris Hanson and former NDSU defensive end Cole Jirik. Surface: AstroTurf GameDay Grass Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS TICKETS: The general public ticket allotment for the Division I Football Championship Conference: Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) Game is sold out; however, tickets may be purchased via the NCAA Ticket Exchange, the official Last Year’s Record: 12-2 overall, 7-1 MVFC (1st, tie) fan-to-fan marketplace, at fcs.flashseats.com. Standing Room Only tickets go on sale Tuesday at Starters Returning: 16 (7 offense, 9 defense) 11 a.m. ET for $65 plus taxes and fees. For details, visit NCAA.com/FCS and click on the Tickets Basic Offense: Pro Style Basic Defense: 4-3 and Hospitality link. President: Dr. Dean L. Bresciani (Humboldt State, 1984) Director of Athletics: Matt Larsen (Stony Brook, 1996) PARKING AND TAILGATING: General public parking is $20 per spot and opens at 7 a.m. Athletic Department Phone: (701) 231-8981 Saturday in Toyota Stadium’s red, blue and green parking lots. RVs and campers will be charged Ticket Office Phone: (888) 231-6378 $40 per parking space occupied. ADA parking is available in the platinum, gold and blue lots. Football Staff All parking is on a first-come, first-served basis. Parking lots will remain open for tailgating after Head Coach: Chris Klieman (Northern Iowa, 1990) the game. All vehicles must be off property by 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Record at NDSU: 53-6 (4th season) Career Record: 56-13 (5th season) TEAM ARRIVAL AND TAILGATE TOWN: Fans are invited to line up on Lamar Hunt Way Assistant Coaches/Staff: from Toyota Stadium west to World Cup Way for team arrivals beginning with NDSU at 8:30 a.m. * (N. Iowa, 1990)...... Offensive Coordinator/RBs and JMU at 8:45 a.m. Tailgate Town, a free interactive fan festival, opens at 9 a.m. in the north (Wartburg, 1995)...... Defensive Coordinator/LBs plaza of Toyota Stadium with an NDSU pep rally scheduled for 9:50 a.m. Atif Austin (Iowa State, 2003)...... Special Teams Coordinator/WRs Conor Riley (Omaha, 2003)...... Running Game Coordinator/OL Nick Goeser (UW-Eau Claire, 2003)...... Defensive Tackles NDSU PEP FEST: Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster for Friday night’s NDSU Pep * (Minot State, 1977)...... Quarterbacks Fest at Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco. Tickets are $19 for adults, $10 for kids ages 3-12, and free for *Joe Klanderman (MSU Mankato, 2001)...... Defensive Backs children 2 and younger. Parking and admission are included in the cost of the ticket; food and (NDSU, 2009)...... Tight Ends/Fullbacks beverage are extra. The pre-party beer garden opens at 3:00 on the north side of Dr Pepper (NDSU, 2015)...... Cornerbacks *Buddha Williams (U. of Charleston, 2009)...... Defensive Ends Arena (age 21 and older only), doors open at 6:00, and the program begins at 7:30 p.m. featur- *Kody Morgan (UW-Stevens Point, 2012)...... Offensive Quality Control ing special performances by Blind Joe from NBC’s “The Voice” and NDSU’s BisonArts Singers, *Daniel Goodman (Emporia State, 2014)...... Defensive Quality Control plus NDSU president Dean Bresciani, athletic director Matt Larsen, the NDSU cheer team and Jake Otten (Cal Poly, 2013)...... Video Coordinator Gold Star Band, and former Bison football players. Visit NDSUAlumni.com for more details. Jim Kramer (Wis.-La Crosse, 1989)...... Dir. of Athletic Performance Hank Jacobs (NDSU, 2014)...... Dir. of Football Operations *press box on game day BISON IN WHITE, FANS IN GOLD: North Dakota State is the designated visiting team as the lower seed and will wear its white jersey, green “Harvest Helmet” and green pants. NDSU Athletic Communications is 10-0 wearing the green helmet and 2-0 wearing the white jersey and green helmet combo Contact: Ryan Perreault (2016 at South Dakota, 2017 at Eastern Washington). NDSU fans are encouraged to wear their Office: (701) 231-8331 Mobile: (701) 793-0521 Bison yellow or gold in all sections. Official NDSU sections are 122-133 behind the Bison bench Email: [email protected] Website: GoBison.com on the east side of Toyota Stadium, although some tickets purchased in advance may be in other sections of the stadium. /ndbison /ndsufootball /ndsuathletics BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 2 TEAM COMPARISONS NORTH DAKOTA STATE (13-1, 7-1 MVFC) JAMES MADISON (14-0, 8-0 CAA) NCAA RANKINGS TEAM STATS BISON OPP TEAM STATS DUKES OPP NDSU JMU Points/Game 40.3 11.5 Points/Game 35.9 10.7 Scoring Offense 2nd 8th First Downs 302 175 First Downs 310 206 Rushing Offense 4th 19th Rushing/Game 282.1 89.2 Rushing/Game 201.5 87.4 Passing Offense 88th 41st Passing/Game 180.0 147.9 Passing/Game 230.2 163.8 Total Offense 8th 21st Total Offense/Game 462.1 237.1 Total Offense/Game 431.7 251.1 Passing Eff. 4th 18th Had Intercepted 8 20 Had Intercepted 13 31 Scoring Defense 2nd 1st Standings -Lost 13-8 26-13 Fumbles-Lost 12-6 19-12 Rushing Defense 7th 6th VALLEY OVERALL Penalties-Avg. Yards 67-44.4 57-31.6 Penalties-Avg. Yards 97-68.6 94-51.4 Pass Defense 3rd 12th W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Net Punt Avg. 36.7 36.7 Net Punt Avg. 38.7 35.1 Total Defense 1st 3rd North Dakota State 7-1 .875 13-1 .929 Time of Possession/Game 33:26 26:34 Time of Possession/Game 30:29 29:31 Pass Eff. Defense 2nd 1st 3rd Down Conversions 48% 25% 3rd Down Conversions 41% 30% Net Punting 43rd 11th South Dakota State 6-2 .750 11-3 .786 4th Down Conversions 10/14 8/23 4th Down Conversions 6/12 8/19 Punt Returns 83rd 14th Northern Iowa 6-2 .750 8-5 .615 Kickoff Returns 14th 36th Western Illinois 5-3 .625 8-4 .667 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Turnover Margin 7th 1st South Dakota 4-4 .500 8-5 .615 RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG Fewest Penalty YPG 17th 94th Illinois State 4-4 .500 6-5 .545 Bruce Anderson 216 1153 5.3 11 82.4 Marcus Marshall 132 920 6.2 10 63.1 Time of Poss. 6th 43rd Youngstown State 4-4 .500 6-5 .545 Seth Wilson 70 407 5.8 1 58.1 Trai Sharp 159 739 4.6 4 52.8 3rd Down Conv. 8th 29th Southern Illinois 2-6 .250 4-7 .364 PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG 3rd Down Defense 3rd 8th Missouri State 2-6 .250 3-8 .273 151-242-8 62.4 27 166.9 Bryan Schor 257-385-12 66.8 26 219.6 4th Down Conv. 5th 43rd Indiana State 0-8 .000 0-11 .000 RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPG RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPG 4th Down Defense 22nd 42nd RJ Urzendowski 35 589 16.8 8 42.1 Terrence Alls 53 681 12.8 2 68.1 35 485 13.9 0 37.3 David Eldridge 41 524 12.8 4 37.4 #FCSPlayoffs Schedule DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FR DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FR All times Central 45-27-72 12.5 1 1-2 Kyre Hawkins 44-57-101 14.0 0 0-2 Nick DeLuca 38-32-70 9.5 1 3-0 Raven Greene 37-38-75 2.5 5 1-1 NCAA First Round Robbie Grimsley 30-33-63 4.0 4 1-2 Jordan Brown 40-34-74 3.5 9 0-1 Saturday, Nov. 25 at Stony Brook 59, Lehigh 29 THE SERIES: The North Dakota State-James Madison series is tied 1-1 with both previous at Weber State 21, Western Illinois 19 games being played at the Fargodome. NDSU won 26-14 in the 2011 FCS second round and at Northern Iowa 46, Monmouth 7 JMU won 27-17 in the 2016 FCS semifinals. The Bison are 4-1 against CAA opponents including at New Hampshire 14, Central Connecticut State 0 FCS semifinal wins over New Hampshire (2013) and Richmond (2015) and a national champion- at Kennesaw State 28, Samford 17 ship win over Towson (2013). Missouri Valley Football Conference teams are 22-18 against the South Dakota 38, at Nicholls State 31 CAA. James Madison is 3-2 against MVFC opponents and has won three straight including this Furman 28, at Elon 27 year’s 51-16 semifinal win over South Dakota State. San Diego 41, at Northern Arizona 10 MVFC, CAA IN TITLE GAME: This is the third time overall and second straight year the NCAA Second Round Missouri Valley Football Conference and Colonial Athletic Association are meeting in the NCAA Saturday, Dec. 2 Division I Football Championship Game. NDSU beat Towson 35-7 for the 2013 title and JMU at James Madison 26, Stony Brook 7 beat Youngstown State 28-14 last year. North Dakota State is making the MVFC’s 12th national Weber State 30, at Southern Utah 13 title game appearance and the league is 7-4 in the championship. James Madison is making at South Dakota State 37, Northern Iowa 22 the CAA’s 10th title game appearance and the league is 5-4. New Hampshire 21, at Central Arkansas 15 Kennesaw State 17, at Jacksonville State 7 at Sam Houston State 54, South Dakota 42 13-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: North Dakota State won its 13th football national at Wofford 28, Furman 10 championship in 2015. NDSU claimed three College Division national championships via the at North Dakota State 38, San Diego 3 polls in 1965, 1968 and 1969, five Division II titles through the playoff format in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1990, and was the first team in history to win five straight NCAA Quarterfinals national championships with FCS titles in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Friday, Dec. 8 at James Madison 31, Weber State 28 EIGHTH STRAIGHT POSTSEASON: This is NDSU’s eighth straight FCS playoff appearance Saturday, Dec. 9 and 31st postseason trip overall. The Bison are 62-15 in the postseason and 57-14 in the NCAA at North Dakota State 42, Wofford 10 playoff format since 1973. North Dakota State is 27-2 in the FCS playoffs and the first program at South Dakota State 56, New Hampshire 14 to advance to eight straight FCS quarterfinals and seven straight FCS semifinal games. The at Sam Houston State 34, Kennesaw State 27 Bison are 10-2 in championship games with the only losses coming in Division II to Texas State (1981) and Troy (1984). NCAA Semifinals Friday, Dec. 15 BISON RUN OVER BEARKATS IN SEMIFINALS: Running back Bruce Anderson scored at North Dakota State 55, Sam Houston State 13 a school-record five touchdowns and NDSU set school FCS playoff records for points, rushing Saturday, Dec. 16 yards (471) and total offense (642) in a 55-13 semifinal win over Sam Houston State. Ander- at James Madison 51, South Dakota State 16 son rushed 17 times for 183 yards and three TDs and his only two pass receptions of 23 and 31 yards both went for TDs. Seth Wilson carried 24 times for 194 yards. NDSU forced four NCAA Division I Championship Game turnovers including two Marquise Bridges . Tre Dempsey had a recovery Saturday, Jan. 6 and 60-yard return, and Jabril Cox made a season-high 13 tackles including five (2) North Dakota State vs. (1) James Madison, 11 a.m. (ESPN2) for no gain or lost yards. BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 3

Peterson Farms Seed BISON ROLL PAST WOFFORD IN QUARTERFINALS: North Dakota State limited Wofford’s triple-option offense to only 134 yards rushing, 120 less than the Terriers averaged coming in, Bison Radio Network and the Bison rolled to a 42-10 quarterfinal victory. had a team-high nine tackles NDSU football can be heard live on 24 stations across North including one for loss, Nick DeLuca had seven tackles with a sack and forced fumble, and Dakota and . Live audio streaming is available Caleb Butler had six tackles and a forced fumble. Nine players had at least one reception for for all games at GoBison.com/allaccess. Coverage includes NDSU. Easton Stick ran for a touchdown and completed TD passes to Connor Wentz, Seth 30-minute pregame and postgame shows. Head coach Chris Wilson and Jeff Illies. NDSU led 14-10 before tacking on three quick touchdowns in the sec- Klieman is also a guest on “The Bison Football Radio Show” ond quarter thanks to two Wofford fumbles. The Bison held the ball for nearly 36 minutes and each Monday during the season from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on outgained Wofford 464-177 while holding the Terriers to just 1 of 12 on third down. 107.9 The Fox, Bison 1660 and 92.7 FM, and various network affiliates. The studio line is (701) 476-1660. BISON TOP SAN DIEGO IN SECOND ROUND: Quarterback Easton Stick passed for three touchdowns and NDSU rushed for 301 yards in a 38-3 victory over San Diego in the second BROADCAST TEAM round. The Bison outgained San Diego 472-174. Bruce Anderson carried 14 times for 112 Jeff Culhane...... Play-By-Play yards, Ty Brooks carried 11 times for 88 yards and a TD, and Seth Wilson rushed 13 times for Phil Hansen...... Analyst 47 yards. Cam Pedersen’s season-long 47-yard field goal put NDSU ahead 17-0 by halftime Jeremy Jorgenson...... Sidelines and the Bison scored on their first three possessions of the second half. Nick DeLuca had an interception and two sacks to highlight the defensive effort. NDSU had seven tackles for loss. LOCATION SIGNAL Fargo KPFX-FM 107.9 The Fox SEVENTH STRAIGHT VALLEY TITLE: North Dakota State went 7-1 in the Missouri Valley Fargo KQWB-AM Bison 1660 & 92.7 FM Bemidji, MN KKWB-FM 102.5 Football Conference to win its third outright conference title (2012, 2013) and seventh straight Bismarck KXMR-AM 710 title overall. Northern Iowa is the only other MVFC team to win seven in a row (1990-1996). Bowman KPOK-AM 1340 NDSU’s longest streak of conference titles is seven straight (1964-1970). The Bison have won 34 Brainerd, MN KLKS-FM 100.1 conference titles altogether, including 26 in the North Central Conference and one in the Great Detroit Lakes, MN KDLB-FM 94.5 West Football Conference (2006). Devils Lake KDVL-FM 102.5 Dickinson KZRX-FM 92.1 TOP TWO SEEDS MEET: The top two seeds in the FCS playoffs have advanced to the Fergus Falls, MN KBRF-AM 1250 championship game for just the third time since 2009 when No. 2 seed Villanova beat No. 1 Fosston, MN KKCQ-FM 96.7 seed 23-21. NDSU was the No. 2 seed when the Bison beat top-seeded Sam Houston Glenwood, MN KMGK-FM 107.1 State 17-6 for the 2011 championship. Grafton KAUJ-FM 100.9 Harvey KHND-AM 1470 CONSECUTIVE LOSSES: James Madison, which owns one of the only eight victories over Jamestown KSJB-AM 600 North Dakota State since the beginning of the 2011 season, has the rare opportunity to win Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN KYCR-AM 1440 back-to-back games over NDSU. That hasn’t happened since 2010 when Northern Iowa, Illinois Minot KRRZ-AM 1390 State and Missouri State each beat the Bison in back-to-back seasons. Oakes KDDR-AM 1220 Park Rapids, MN KXKK-FM 92.5 CROWD NOISE EFFECT: The raucous environment inside the Fargodome has worked Roseau, MN KCAJ-FM 102.1 to North Dakota State’s advantage over the years, especially in the postseason. In 22 home Rugby KZZJ-AM 1450 playoff games, opposing teams have been called for 52 false starts. That is 44 percent of the Thief River Falls, MN KKAQ-AM 1460 opponents’ 118 penalties. Wahpeton KBMW-AM 1450 Williston KEYZ-AM 660 THIRD DOWN DEFENSE: North Dakota State has held its first two playoff opponents to just 4 of 41 on third down. San Diego, which entered as the No. 1 team in FCS converting 52 The Bison Football Show percent on third down, went 1 of 14 against the Bison. Wofford, which entered No. 3 in the North Dakota State University’s Jeremy Jorgenson hosts the FCS converting 50 percent on third down, was 1 of 12. Sam Houston State was 2 of 15. North weekly television show with head coach Chris Klieman live Dakota State ranks third in the FCS in third down defense allowing 25 percent. at 10:30 a.m. Sundays on KXJB-TV in Fargo and Grand Forks, and across the NBC North Dakota network in Bismarck, Minot, Dickinson and Williston. The show re-airs after the late local IRON MEN: Wide receiver RJ Urzendowski and long snapper James Fisher on Saturday news Sunday nights on KVLY-TV in Fargo and Grand Forks. will be NDSU’s only players to have played all 60 games in the past four seasons, one shy of the Online viewing is at www.valleynewslive.com. NDSU record 61 games played by safety Christian Dudzik (61 starts) and defensive end (49 starts) from 2011-2014. Nine current Bison have played at least 50 career games: Bison Television Schedule 59 by Fisher and Urzendowski, 58 by Nick DeLuca, Tre Dempsey, Jeff Illies and Connor Opponent Coverage Wentz, 56 by Grant Morgan and 54 by Austin Kuhnert and Nate Tanguay. The FCS record is MISS. VALLEY STATE NBC ND/ESPN3/ESPN College Extra 62 games by Appalachian State linebacker Pierre Banks, who made 47 starts from 2004-2008. at Eastern Washington NBC ND/ESPN3/ESPN College Extra ROBERT MORRIS NBC ND/ESPN3/ESPN College Extra RECORD-SETTING DAY FOR STICK: Quarterback Easton Stick has already set an NDSU MISSOURI STATE NBC ND/ESPN3/ESPN College Extra postseason record with 10 touchdown passes through the first three playoff games, including at Indiana State NBC ND/ESPN3/ESPN College Extra a single-game NDSU postseason record four TD passes in the semifinal win over Sam Houston at Youngstown State ESPN3/ESPN College Extra State. Stick’s 27 TD passes this year are second most in NDSU single-season history behind WESTERN ILLINOIS NBC ND/ESPN3/ESPN College Extra NORTHERN IOWA NBC ND/ESPN3/ESPN College Extra ’s 34 in 2013. at South Dakota State MidcoSN/NBC ND/ESPN3/Coll. Extra SOUTH DAKOTA NBC ND/ESPN3/ESPN College Extra BISON SET SINGLE-SEASON RUSHING RECORD: North Dakota State blew past its single- at Illinois State NBC ND/ESPN3/ESPN College Extra season school rushing record with a dominating 471 rushing yards in the semfinals. The Bison SAN DIEGO ESPN3/ESPN College Extra vaulted from seventh all-time to first with 3,949 yards surpassing the mark of 3,860 rushing WOFFORD ESPN2 yards by the 2013 national championship team. NDSU’s 47 rushing TDs are second most in SAM HOUSTON STATE ESPN2 school history behind the 49 rushing TDs in 10 regular season games by the 1986 national title JAMES MADISON ESPN2 team. NDSU’s 6.16 yards per rush are third in school history (6.41 in 1988 and 6.28 in 1984). BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 4

FCS Coaches Top 25 1,000-YARD SEASON FOR ANDERSON: NDSU junior running back Bruce Anderson has Issued Nov. 20, 2017 posted NDSU’s 27th 1,000-yard rushing season. He ran for a career-high 183 yards on 17 carries Team (First Place) W-L Pts. Prv in the semifinal win over Sam Houston State. Anderson is averaging 82.4 yards per game and 1 James Madison (26) 11-0 650 1 enters the championship with 1,153 yards on 216 carries averaging and 5.3 yards per carry. 2 Jacksonville State 10-1 612 2 King Frazier was the last Bison player to hit that mark with 1,158 rushing yards in 2015. 3 Central Arkansas 10-1 588 3 4 North Dakota State 10-1 547 6 STOPPING THE RUN: The Bison, who have allowed just 10 rushing TDs this year, continue 5 Sam Houston State 10-1 538 4 to lead the Missouri Valley Football Conference in rushing defense with 89.2 yards per game 6 South Dakota State 9-2 537 5 (7th in FCS) and 2.86 yards per carry (9th in FCS). Only three other Division I NDSU teams have 7 North Carolina A&T 11-0 481 T-7 allowed fewer than 100 rushing yards per game in a full season. NDSU Rushing Defense, since 2004 8 Weber State 9-2 438 9 67.2 yards per game allowed in 2006 (2.5/carry) 9 Wofford 9-2 430 T-7 89.2 yards per game allowed in 2017 (2.9/carry) 10 Western Illinois 8-3 410 10 91.3 yards per game allowed in 2013 (2.9/carry) 11 Stony Brook 9-2 364 12 93.9 yards per game allowed in 2012 (3.0/carry) 12 Grambling State 9-1 357 11 13 Southern Utah 9-2 326 18 BISON SCORING AT RECORD PACE: North Dakota State has scored 564 points this year 14 Samford 8-3 317 13 and is No. 2 in the FCS averaging 40.3 points per game, NDSU’s highest scoring average behind 15 McNeese State 9-2 242 19 the 1986 national champions, who put up 41.3 points per game including three playoff wins. 16 Kennesaw State 10-1 224 21 NDSU is second in school single-season history in scoring (581 points in 2013) and has 77 17 Elon 8-3 209 15 touchdowns, two shy of the school-record 79 TDs in 2013. The Bison outscored their first three 18 South Dakota 7-4 201 16 playoff opponents by an average of 45-8. James Madison is the No. 1 scoring defense in FCS 19 Eastern Washington 7-4 189 20 this year allowing just 10.7 points per game followed by NDSU at 11.5 points allowed per game. 20 New Hampshire 7-4 142 14 21 Northern Iowa 7-4 138 RV AFTER THE OPEN WEEK: NDSU’s win over San Diego was the 26th straight after an open 22 Nicholls State 8-3 115 17 week in the regular season and playoffs since a 2005 home loss to UC Davis. That streak in- 23 Monmouth 9-2 65 22 cludes 16 home games, five road games and five national championship games in Frisco, Texas. 24 Yale 9-1 58 RV 25 Furman 7-4 57 24 BISON AT HOME: NDSU is 64-6 at home since 2010. The Bison have won 59 of the last Others receiving votes: Northern Arizona 51, Austin Peay 49, 61 home games over non-conference opponents including 45 straight before last year’s NCAA Richmond 38, Illinois State 34, Delaware 12, San Diego 11, Central semifinal loss to James Madison. NDSU is 20-4 at home all-time against FCS Top 10 teams and Connecticut State 10, Sacramento State 6, Montana 2, Southeastern 21-1 at home in the FCS playoffs. North Dakota State ranks seventh in FCS this year with an Louisiana 1, Western Carolina 1 average home attendance of 18,333. The Bison drew 18,000-plus to 54 straight home contests from the 2011 quarterfinals through the 2017 second round. STATS FCS Top 25 Issued Nov. 19, 2017 AFTER HALFTIME: North Dakota State has scored on its opening drive of the half 18 of Team (First Place) W-L Pts. Prv 28 times this year with 16 touchdowns and two field goals. That includes touchdowns on the 1 James Madison (153) 11-0 3825 1 opening drive of the second half in 9 of 14 games. The Bison are averaging nearly 18 minutes 2 Jacksonville State 10-1 3591 2 in time of possession and outscoring opponents 256-66 after halftime. 3 Central Arkansas 10-1 3456 3 4 North Dakota State 10-1 3359 4 INTERCEPTION LEADERS: North Dakota State’s 20 interceptions this year are the second 5 Sam Houston State 10-1 3186 5 most by an NDSU Division I team (21 in 2011) and fourth in FCS behind James Madison (31), 6 South Dakota State 9-2 3110 6 Kennesaw State (24) and Northern Iowa (21). Safety Tre Dempsey leads NDSU with six inter- 7 North Carolina A&T 11-0 2706 8 ceptions and his 16 career picks are tied with Southern’s Danny Johnson for the most among 8 Wofford 9-2 2684 7 active FCS players. Dempsey’s 16 picks are tied with Steve Krumrei for second in NDSU history 9 Western Illinois 8-3 2443 9 behind Marcus Williams (21). Frank Esposito (8 in 1953) holds NDSU’s single-season record. 10 Stony Brook 9-2 2287 10 11 Weber State 9-2 2218 12 SACK LEADERS: North Dakota State’s 37 sacks this year are tied for 10th most in the FCS 12 Southern Utah 9-2 2046 14 and seventh most in school history. James Madison and Grambling lead the FCS with 48 sacks 13 Grambling State 9-1 1843 13 each this year. NDSU has recorded at least one sack in 12 of 14 games this year including six 14 Samford 8-3 1781 17 each in the wins over Youngstown State and Northern Iowa. Nick DeLuca and 15 Elon 8-3 1719 11 lead the Bison with 5.5 sacks apiece. 16 South Dakota 7-4 1332 15 17 Eastern Washington 7-4 1316 18 URZENDOWSKI ON NDSU CAREER LISTS: Wide receiver RJ Urzendowski continues to 18 Kennesaw State 10-1 1223 22 climb the NDSU charts for receptions, yards and touchdowns. He has caught at least one pass 19 McNeese 9-2 1203 19 in 52 of 59 career games. 20 Northern Iowa 7-4 931 24 NDSU Career Receptions NDSU Career Receiving Yards NDSU Career Receiving TDs 21 New Hampshire 7-4 656 16 195 - Zach Vraa, 2011-15 2957 - Zach Vraa, 2011-15 28 - Zach Vraa, 2011-15 22 Furman 7-4 613 20 178 - Kole Heckendorf, 2005-08 2732 - Kole Heckendorf, 2005-08 26 - Tim Strehlow, 1996-99 2544 - TR McDonald, 1990-93 24 - Len Kretchman, 1985-88 23 Illinois State 6-5 416 21 163 - Travis White, 2002-06 2414 - RJ Urzendowski, 2014-17 22 - TR McDonald, 1990-93 24 Yale 9-1 364 NR 161 - Warren Holloway, 2008-11 147 - Ryan Smith, 2010-13 22 - RJ Urzendowski, 2014-17 25 Northern Arizona 7-4 354 23 146 - RJ Urzendowski, 2014-17 Others receiving votes: Austin Peay 290, Nicholls State 221, Monmouth 157, Delaware 80, Richmond 71, Sacramento State 69, TIGHT END PRODUCTION: NDSU tight ends have been a steady weapon in the NDSU Columbia 48, Montana 32, Western Carolina 26, Central Connecticut passing game this season. Seniors Connor Wentz and Jeff Illies, junior Nate Jenson and State 21, San Diego 18, Youngstown State 13, North Carolina Central 8, sophomore have combined for 46 catches totaling 721 yards and 12 TDs. Southern University 4, Howard 2, Colgate 2, Bethune-Cookman 1 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 5

NDSU Ranking Week-By-Week PEDERSEN CLOSING IN ON PAT MARK: Junior kicker Cam Pedersen is 73 of 76 on PATs n North Dakota State was No. 2 in this year’s preseason STATS this season, second in school history behind Adam Keller’s 76 of 78 in 2013. Pedersen tied the FCS Top 25 and FCS Coaches Poll and dropped to No. 5 and 49-year old school record of 10 PAT kicks made in the 72-7 win over Mississippi Valley State. 6 after the loss at South Dakota State, the lowest the Bison Pedersen ranks second all-time at NDSU for PAT kicks made (179) and attempted (185). He also had been since November 2015. NDSU has the longest active ranks fourth in field goals made (36) and attempted (58). Pedersen connected on a season- streak at 104 straight weeks in the STATS FCS Top 25. long 47-yard field goal vs. San Diego. NDSU has attempted only two FGs the past six games. n NDSU garnered votes in the AP Top 25 poll after each of its JORDHEIM, DeLUCA TIE RECORDS: Linebacker Levi Jordheim’s three fumble recoveries first three national championships, for 10 straight weeks after against Northern Iowa tied the NDSU record set by Don Meyer at Northern Michigan in 1976 beating Iowa State in the 2014 opener, and for four weeks in and the Missouri Valley Football Conference record set by Missouri State’s Dempster Jackson 2016 after beating 11th-ranked Iowa. NDSU’s 74 votes after in 1985 vs. Southern Illinois. Linebacker Nick DeLuca’s two strip sacks tied the NDSU record of the Iowa win were the most for an FCS team in the AP Top 25. two forced fumbles done 31 times by 28 players, most recently by defensive end Cole Jirik in the 2012 win at Illinois State. 2017 SEASON STATS COACHES Preseason 2 2 SENIOR CLASS: North Dakota State’s 20-man senior class includes 17 fifth-year seniors 9/4 2 2 who arrived on campus for the 15-0 national championship season in 2013 plus wide receiver 9/11 2 2 RJ Urzendowski, who played as a true freshman in 2014. The Bison have a 53-6 record since 9/18 2 2 2014 with two NCAA FCS championships, four Missouri Valley Football Conference titles, a 33-3 9/25 2 2 10/2 2 2 home record, a 13-1 postseason record, and a 32-5 record over FCS Top 25 opponents. 10/9 2 2 10/16 2 2 WILSON THIRD FRESHMAN TO PLAY: Running back Seth Wilson from Holmen, Wis., 10/23 2 2 made his debut in the Northern Iowa game and is the third true freshman to play for NDSU this 10/30 2 2 season. Defensive end Logan McCormick from Appleton, Wis., and cornerback Josh Hayes 11/6 5 6 from Lakeland, Fla., have played since the season opener against Mississippi Valley State. They 11/13 4 6 were the first true freshmen to play for NDSU since 2015. NDSU redshirted its entire freshman 11/20 4 4 class in 2016, the only time that has happened in 14 years of Division I football. Postseason STATS–STATS FCS Top 25 COACHES–FCS Coaches Poll KLIEMAN, COX TAKE TOP MVFC HONORS: North Dakota State claimed three of the top five honors in the Missouri Valley Football Conference this year. Chris Klieman was selected as the Bruce Craddock Coach of the Year for the first time in his career. LinebackerJabril Cox is the third player in conference history to sweep the Freshman of the Year and Newcomer of the Year awards, joining Northern Iowa quarterback Sawyer Kollmorgen and Youngstown State Special Teams Tackles running back Martin Ruiz, and he is the first Bison player to win either award.

Total Kickoffs Punts LEAGUE-BEST 11 ALL-CONFERENCE: North Dakota State had a league-high 11 players Jabril Cox 14 12 2 voted to the All-Missouri Valley Football Conference team, the third most for NDSU in its 10 Aaron Mercadel 12 11 1 years in the league. NDSU had six first team picks: fullbackConnor Wentz, right guard Austin Dimitri Williams 11 9 2 Kuhnert, long snapper James Fisher, linebacker Nick DeLuca, and safeties Tre Dempsey and Jaylaan Wimbush 11 8 3 Robbie Grimsley. Second team selections from NDSU were running back Bruce Anderson, Chris Board 10 9 1 wide receiver RJ Urzendowski, center Tanner Volson, defensive tackle Aaron Steidl and Desmond Cain 6 6 0 linebacker Jabril Cox. Right tackle Zack Johnson, kicker Cam Pedersen, quarterback Easton Jaxon Brown 5 4 1 Stick and defensive tackle Nate Tanguay earned honorable mention. Dom Davis 5 5 0 Daniel Polansky 5 5 0 GRIMSLEY, STICK ACADEMIC HONORS: Junior safety Robbie Grimsley was voted to the Matt Plank 4 4 0 CoSIDA Academic All-District® team for the second straight season with a 3.56 GPA in crimi- James Hendricks 3 3 0 nal justice. He and junior quarterback Easton Stick (3.91, sport management) were voted to Levi Jordheim 3 3 0 the Missouri Valley Football Conference for the second year in a row. Senior wide receiver RJ Darren Kelley 3 3 0 Urzendowski (3.37, construction management) was an honorable mention to the MVFC team. Ty Brooks 2 2 0 Tre Dempsey 2 2 0 NATIONAL AWARD FINALISTS: North Dakota State had three finalists for the top four Connor Wentz 2 0 2 national awards presented by STATS FCS. For the third time in four years as head coach, Chris Brock Robbins 1 1 0 Klieman was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award presented to the FCS coach of the year. Eric Bachmeier 1 1 0 He finished 11th in the voting. Senior linebackerNick DeLuca was 12th in the voting for the Victor Kizewski 1 1 0 Buck Buchanan Award presented to the top defensive player, and linebacker Jabril Cox was Dan Marlette 1 1 0 sixth in the voting for the Jerry Rice Award presented to the top freshman in the FCS. James Fisher 1 0 1 Tre Fort 1 1 0 SEVEN ALL-AMERICANS: North Dakota State has seven All-Americans this year led by Josh Hayes 1 1 0 senior right guard Austin Kuhnert, a first team pick by the Coaches As- Bruce Anderson 1 1 0 sociation, FCS Athletic Directors Association, Associated Press, STATS and HERO Sports. Nick Ross Kennelly 1 1 0 DeLuca was named to the AP, STATS and HERO Sports first teams andJames Fisher made the Jalen Allison 1 1 0 STATS and HERO Sports first teams. Tre Dempsey was named to the AFCA and Walter Camp first teams and the HERO Sports second team. Robbie Grimsley made the STATS second team and Bruce Anderson made the HERO Sports second team. Jabril Cox was named a Freshman All-American by HERO Sports. BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 6

DeLUCA SELECTED FOR SENIOR BOWL: KLIEMAN WINS 50th GAME: Chris BIG LEAGUE BISON: North Dakota State North Dakota State linebacker Nick DeLuca Klieman is just the fifth Bison coach to reach will host Butler at Target Field in Minneapolis has accepted an invite to play in the Reese’s the 50-win mark and the second fastest be- in the season opener August 31, 2019. It will Senior Bowl scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Satur- hind Ron Erhardt. Klieman has a 53-6 record be the first Division I football game at the day, Jan. 27, in Mobile, Ala. The game will be at NDSU and has guided the Bison to their Major League Baseball stadium, which hosted televised live on NFL Network. DeLuca is the seventh straight conference championship a Division III game this year between in-state seventh NDSU player to be invited and the and two national titles. The Bison are 28-4 in rivals St. Thomas and Saint John’s. NDSU has fourth since 2014 behind current Broncos OL the MVFC the past four seasons, have gone more than 12,000 alumni in the Minneapolis- Billy Turner, Colts OL and Eagles 32-5 against FCS Top 25 teams, and have St. Paul area and nearly 26,000 alumni across QB . Other NDSU players in an FBS Top 25 win over No. 11 Iowa. North Minnesota. The game is in addition to a six- the Senior Bowl were WR Stacy Robinson Dakota State is 13-1 this season and has an game home schedule at Gate City Bank Field (1985), RB Lamar Gordon (2002) and P Mike FCS-best eight Top 25 victories. at the Fargodome in 2019, which is a 12-game Dragosavich (2008). regular season. DECADE LEADER: North Dakota State’s KUHNERT SELECTED TO SHRINE 105 wins this decade are more than any #PROBISON: Second-year Philadelphia GAME: North Dakota State right guard other program in college football. NDSU is Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz was se- Austin Kuhnert accepted an invite to play in 96-8 since the beginning of 2011, the first of lected as a Pro Bowl starter despite a season- the East-West Shrine Game scheduled for 3 five national championship seasons. North ending injury. Wentz is one of eight former p.m. ET on Saturday, Jan. 20, in St. Petersburg, Dakota State holds the distinction of being NDSU players in the NFL, second most behind Fla. The game will be televised live on NFL the winningest Division II program of the Harvard’s nine NFL players according to Pro Network. Kuhnert is the ninth NDSU player 1980s, going 103-20-2 from 1980-89 with four Football Reference. to be invited and the fifth since 2014 behind national titles in that span. Player Year Team Texans CB Marcus Williams, Chargers LB FCS Winningest Teams, 2010s (by wins) 105 - North Dakota State (105-13) John Crockett, RB 3rd Baltimore Ravens* Kyle Emanuel, Ravens RB John Crockett and Kyle Emanuel, LB 3rd Los Angeles Chargers offensive guard Zack Johnson. Other NDSU 86 - Sam Houston State (86-27) 78 - Eastern Washington (78-28) Joe Haeg, OL 2nd Indianapolis Colts players in the Shrine Game were T Lyle Stur- 76 - Jacksonville State (76-24) Ramon Humber, LB 9th Buffalo Bills geon (1936), FB Chad Stark (1987), DL Phil 73 - James Madison (73-28) CJ Smith, CB 2nd Cleveland Browns* Hansen (1991) and RB Pat Paschall (2010). 70 - New Hampshire (70-35) Billy Turner, OL 4th Denver Broncos Carson Wentz, QB 2nd Philadelphia Eagles PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: North Dakota FCS Winningest Teams, 2010s (by pct.) Marcus Williams, CB 4th Houston Texans *practice squad State had seven players earn nine Missouri .890 - North Dakota State (105-13) Valley Football Conference player of the week .800 - Harvard (64-16) honors this season: .761 - Sam Houston State (86-27) —Tanner Volson, Offensive Line (2x)... .760 - Jacksonville State (76-24) Graded 100% assignment and 87% technique with .736 - Eastern Washington (78-28) zero sacks against Mississippi Valley State...NDSU averaged 17.5 yards per carry while in the game... MORE THAN 700 WINS: North Dakota Graded 97% assignment and 83% technique with State has played 1,114 games with a 709-371- team-high seven knockdowns and zero sacks in win 34 record in 120 seasons of football, good over South Dakota. for a .652 winning percentage. Only four —Robbie Grimsley, Defensive...Two intercep- Ivy League teams each with at least 20 more tions, two pass breakups and four tackles at Eastern years of football have more wins at the FCS Washington...Part of a defense that held EWU to 73 yards in the final three quarters. level: Yale (902), Harvard (869), Penn (850) —Lance Dunn, Offensive...Scored four TDs and Princeton (821). Northern Iowa has the on four plays against Robert Morris...Had runs of second most wins among Missouri Valley 61, 5 and 45 yards and a 10-yard catch for 121 all- Football Conference programs with 663. purpose yards. NDSU’s 96 victories since 2011 are more than —Jabril Cox, Newcomer (2x)...Team-high any other team in Division I football ahead eight tackles including four on kickoff coverage, a of Alabama (87), Clemson (82), Sam Houston fumble recovery and a tackle for loss as NDSU held State (80) and Ohio State (79) through the Robert Morris to 57 total yards, four first downs and one trip past midfield...STATS FCS Freshman of end of December. the Week after a career-high eight tackles with two sacks and another key tackle for loss in overtime of SUCCESS VS. THE FBS: North Dakota a win at Youngstown State State has a 9-3 record against Football Bowl —Cam Pedersen, Special Teams...Kicked a Subdivision opponents and has won six in 36-yard game-winning field goal in overtime at a row against FBS foes since 2010 with wins Youngstown State...Also had a 19-yarder to tie the at Kansas (6-3), Minnesota (37-24), Colorado game at halftime and went 3 of 3 on PATs. State (22-7), Kansas State (24-21), Iowa State —Easton Stick, Offensive...Completed first 11 passes and finished 11 of 12 for 307 yards and a TD (34-14) and 11th-ranked Iowa (23-21). NDSU in the win over South Dakota...Also rushed seven has three future FBS games against Oregon in times for 39 yards and a TD. 2020, Arizona in 2022 and Colorado in 2024. —Jalen Allison, Defensive...Team-high and NDSU’s first three FBS wins were against Ball career-high 10 tackles with one sack in the win State (2006), Central Michigan (2007) and over South Dakota...Part of a defensive effort that Minnesota (2007). registered four sacks, nine QB hurries, and held USD to 14 points, its lowest scoring output in two years. BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 7 NDSU Head Coach #12 EASTON STICK, QB Chris Klieman 6-2 | 221 | Jr. | Omaha, Neb. | Creighton Prep HS Third all-time at NDSU with 59 career TD passes...Two-time captain and first sophomore n 2014, 2016, 2017 Eddie Robinson captain since 2005 QB Steve Walker...2015 MVFC All-Newcomer Team...2016 & 2017 All-MVFC Award Finalist honorable mention...MVFC Newcomer of the Week after accounting for three touchdowns n 2014 Rawlings Football/American in his first career start at Indiana State...First NDSU quarterback with back-to-back 100-yard Football Monthly FCS Coach of the Year rushing games (2015) since Kevin Feeney in October 1996...School-record 152 pass attempts n 2017 Bruce Craddock MVFC Coach of the Year without interception...Three-time MVFC Honor Roll...2016 & 2017 MVFC All-Academic first team. n 2012 Football Scoop FCS Coordinator of the Year 2015 Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Rush Yards TD Result North Dakota State head coach Chris at Montana DNP L, 35-38 Klieman (Northern Iowa, 1990) signed a new Weber State 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 24 0 W, 41-14 six-year contract in April 2016 that will keep North Dakota 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W, 34-9 at South Dakota State DNP W, 28-7 him at NDSU through the 2021 season. Northern Iowa DNP W, 31-28 NDSU didn’t skip a beat in Klieman’s first South Dakota DNP L, 21-24 year despite losing 23 seniors and welcom- at Indiana State 9 20 1 45.0 126 1 22 0 17 124 2 W, 28-14 * ing seven new assistant coaches. The Bison at Southern Illinois 12 17 1 70.6 138 2 77 1 16 130 0 W, 35-29 * scored 34 unanswered points to beat Big 12 Western Illinois 12 20 0 60.0 197 4 43 0 9 86 0 W, 59-7 * member Iowa State in the season opener as at Youngstown State 9 18 0 50.0 176 0 66 1 15 42 2 W, 27-24 * part of an FCS-record 33-game winning streak Missouri State 15 20 0 75.0 189 4 33 0 2 17 0 W, 55-0 * that extended into November. Montana 7 13 0 53.8 66 0 18 2 11 49 1 W, 37-6 * The 2015 Bison reloaded with seven new Northern Iowa 13 17 0 76.5 116 0 19 3 7 5 0 W, 23-13 * starters on defense. NDSU regrouped from a Richmond 13 20 1 65.0 136 2 27 0 5 21 0 W, 33-7 * season-opening loss at Montana and rallied vs Jacksonville State 0 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W, 37-10 to win eight straight games with a freshman SEASON TOTALS 90 147 4 61.2 1144 13 77 7 85 498 5 8-0 starter * quarterback after a midseason injury to even- tual NFL No. 2 overall draft pick Carson Wentz. 2016 Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Rush Yards TD Result Klieman guided the Bison to a 12-2 mark Charleston Southern 17 27 1 63.0 194 2 47 3 11 45 0 W, 24-17 (ot) * last year against the toughest schedule in Eastern Washington 17 26 0 65.4 257 2 42 0 10 60 1 W, 50-44 (ot) * school history, which featured 10 nationally at Iowa 11 19 1 57.9 124 1 24 3 11 35 0 W, 23-21 * ranked opponents. Illinois State 13 18 0 72.2 256 3 65 0 6 17 0 W, 31-10 * He is 53-6 as NDSU’s head coach includ- at Missouri State 11 20 0 55.0 159 1 43 2 5 -5 0 W, 27-3 * South Dakota State 14 20 0 70.0 143 0 44 1 12 86 2 L, 17-19 * ing a 28-4 record in the Missouri Valley at Western Illinois 9 18 2 50.0 160 1 48 0 6 45 0 W, 21-13 * Football Conference with two NCAA champi- at Northern Iowa 8 16 2 50.0 118 1 31 2 6 5 0 W, 24-20 * onships and four MVFC titles. The Bison are Youngstown State 6 12 1 50.0 89 1 29 1 6 65 0 W, 24-3 * 32-5 against FCS Top 25 teams and have an Indiana State 7 13 0 53.8 65 0 19 0 4 85 2 W, 41-17 * FBS Top 25 win over No. 11 Iowa. at South Dakota 13 20 1 65.0 154 3 40 1 7 44 0 W, 28-21 * A native of Waterloo, Iowa, he was a San Diego 12 20 0 60.0 208 3 49 0 4 99 0 W, 45-7 * three-time all-conference defensive back at South Dakota State 12 21 1 57.1 188 1 67 1 16 83 2 W, 36-10 * Northern Iowa from 1986-90. He and his wife, James Madison 19 38 0 50.0 216 0 51 1 9 21 0 L, 17-27 * Rhonda, have two sons, Devin and Colby, and SEASON TOTALS 169 288 9 58.7 2331 19 67 15 113 685 7 12-2 starter * one daughter, Haley. 2017 Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Rush Yards TD Result Year School Position Miss. Valley State 5 5 0 100.0 100 2 47 0 2 53 1 W, 72-7 * 1991 Northern Iowa Graduate Assistant at Eastern Washington 13 20 0 65.0 157 0 44 1 7 7 1 W, 40-13 * 1992 Northern Iowa Graduate Assistant Robert Morris 11 15 0 73.3 132 2 28 2 4 -6 0 W, 56-0 * 1993 Northern Iowa Assistant Coach Missouri State 15 21 0 71.4 220 2 32 1 2 -15 0 W, 38-11 * 1994 Western Illinois Assistant Coach at Indiana State 18 23 0 78.3 191 4 31 0 3 53 0 W, 52-0 * 1995 Western Illinois Assistant Coach at Youngstown State 11 20 0 55.0 113 2 22 1 11 172 1 W, 27-24 (ot) * 1996 Western Illinois Assistant Coach Western Illinois 11 18 2 61.1 221 1 58 1 9 61 2 W, 24-12 * 1997 Kansas Graduate Assistant Northern Iowa 8 23 2 34.8 136 1 31 1 6 36 0 W, 30-14 * at South Dakota State 16 28 3 57.1 229 2 32 3 10 28 1 L, 21-33 * 1999 Missouri State Assistant Coach South Dakota 11 12 0 91.7 307 1 77 0 7 39 1 W, 49-14 * 2002 Loras Defensive Coordinator at Illinois State 2 8 0 25.0 15 0 12 4 17 65 2 W, 20-7 * 2003 Loras Defensive Coordinator San Diego 9 16 0 56.3 171 3 48 4 8 54 1 W, 38-3 * 2004 Loras Defensive Coordinator Wofford 11 16 0 68.8 184 3 48 0 8 49 1 W, 42-10 * 2005 Loras Head Coach (3-7) Sam Houston State 10 17 1 58.8 160 4 31 0 4 32 1 W, 55-13 * 2006 Northern Iowa Assistant Coach vs James Madison 2007 Northern Iowa Assistant Coach SEASON TOTALS 151 242 8 62.4 2336 27 77 18 98 628 12 13-1 starter* 2008 Northern Iowa Co-Defensive Coordinator CAREER TOTALS 410 677 21 60.6 5811 59 77 40 296 1811 24 33-3 starter* 2009 Northern Iowa Defensive Coordinator 2010 Northern Iowa Defensive Coordinator SINGLE-GAME HIGHS 2011 North Dakota State Assistant Coach Rushing Attempts: 17, at Illinois State, 11/18/2017; at Indiana State, 10/24/2015 2012 North Dakota State Defensive Coordinator Rushing Yards: 172, at Youngstown State, 10/14/2017 (11 carries) 2013 North Dakota State Defensive Coordinator Rushing TDs: 2, seven times, last at Illinois State, 11/18/2017 Long Rush: 80, at Youngstown State, 10/14/2017 2014 North Dakota State Head Coach (15-1, 7-1) Passing Completions: 19, James Madison, 12/16/2016 2015 North Dakota State Head Coach (13-2, 7-1) Passing Attempts: 38, James Madison, 12/16/2016 2016 North Dakota State Head Coach (12-2, 7-1) Passing Yards: 307, South Dakota, 11/11/2017 2017 North Dakota State Head Coach (13-1, 7-1) Passing TDs: 4, at Indiana State, 10/7/2017; Western Illinois, 11/7/2015; Missouri State, 11/21/2015 Record at NDSU: 53-6, 28-4 MVFC (4th season) Interceptions: 3, at South Dakota State, 11/4/2017 Career Head Coaching Record: 56-13 (5th season) Long Pass: 77, South Dakota, 11/11/2017; at Southern Illinois, 10/31/2015 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 8 NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/College No. Name Pos. 1 Chris Board LB 6-1 230 Sr. Orlando, Fla./Timber Creek HS 65 Jack Albrecht OG 2 Dom Davis CB 5-11 182 So. Belleville, Ill./Belleville West HS 21 Jalen Allison CB 3 Tre Dempsey FS 5-10 184 Sr. Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland HS 97 Quinn Alo DT 4 Dimitri Williams WR 5-11 191 Jr. Lakeville, Minn./Rosemount HS 8 Bruce Anderson RB 5 Robbie Grimsley SS 6-0 191 Jr. Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS 88 Matt Anderson TE 6 James Hendricks SS 6-1 205 So. Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji HS 33 Austin Avery TE 7 Cole Davis QB 6-3 215 Sr. Kearney, Mo./Kearney HS 81 Josh Babicz TE 8 Bruce Anderson RB 5-11 216 Jr. Ruskin, Fla./Newsome HS 29 Eric Bachmeier SS 9 Marquise Bridges CB 5-11 182 So. Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle HS 71 Luke Bacon OT 10 Lance Dunn RB 5-9 211 Jr. Waterloo, Iowa/Waterloo West HS 47 Max Bautch LB 12 Easton Stick QB 6-2 221 Jr. Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep HS 41 Jack Begley LB 13 Desmond Cain WR 5-10 185 Jr. Boynton Beach, Fla./American Heritage HS/Illinois 33 Bryce Bennot CB 15 Daniel Polansky WR 6-0 190 Sr. Gatzke, Minn./Grygla HS 98 Matt Biegler DT 16 RJ Urzendowski WR 6-0 200 Sr. Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep HS 1 Chris Board LB 17 Felix Dixon CB 5-11 166 RFr. Clearwater, Fla./Countryside HS 19 Brant Bohmert WR 18 Adam Cofield RB 5-11 205 RFr. Lee’s Summit, Mo./Blue Springs South HS 9 Marquise Bridges CB 19 Jackson Koonce P 6-1 197 Sr. Oceanside, Calif./Oceanside HS/SMU 28 Ty Brooks RB 20 Darrius Shepherd WR 5-11 186 Jr. Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs HS 38 Jaxon Brown FS 21 Jalen Allison CB 6-0 184 Jr. Papillion, Neb./Papillion-La Vista HS 95 Caleb Butler DE 22 Garret Wegner P 6-0 184 RFr. Lodi, Wis./Lodi HS 13 Desmond Cain WR 23 Jaylaan Wimbush CB 6-0 192 Jr. St. Petersburg, Fla./Boca Ciega HS 40 Costner Ching TE 24 Demaris Purifoy RB 6-1 197 So. Wauwatosa, Wis./Wauwatosa West HS 18 Adam Cofield RB 26 Keenan Hodenfield FS 5-11 182 Sr. Ray, N.D./Ray HS 64 Colin Conner OT 27 Ross Godfrey CB 5-9 166 RFr. Sioux City, Iowa/Sioux City East HS 42 Jabril Cox LB 28 Ty Brooks RB 5-9 180 So. Fargo, N.D./Fargo South HS 92 Jack Darnell DT 29 Eric Bachmeier SS 6-2 202 Jr. Kindred, N.D./Kindred HS 7 Cole Davis QB 30 Seth Wilson RB 5-10 189 Fr. Holmen, Wis./Holmen HS 2 Dom Davis CB 31 Victor Kizewski WR 6-0 192 RFr. Stevens Point, Wis./Stevens Point HS 49 Nick DeLuca LB 32 Zak Kuntz FB 6-2 249 RFr. Grand Forks, N.D./Grand Forks Red River HS 3 Tre Dempsey FS 33 Bryce Bennot CB 5-8 174 Jr. Coloma, Wis./Wautoma HS 17 Felix Dixon CB 34 Brock Robbins FB 6-1 246 So. Cavalier, N.D./Cavalier HS 10 Lance Dunn RB 35 Josh Hayes CB 5-11 178 Fr. Lakeland, Fla./Lake Gibson HS 46 Ross Effertz CB 36 Cam Pedersen K 6-2 199 Jr. Eau Claire, Wis./Regis HS 82 Ben Ellefson TE 37 Tre Fort CB 5-8 185 So. Moorhead, Minn./Fargo Shanley HS 51 James Fisher LS 38 Jaxon Brown FS 6-2 203 So. Eau Claire, Wis./Regis HS 37 Tre Fort CB 39 Garrett Malstrom FB 6-0 250 So. Vergas, Minn./Frazee-Vergas HS 83 Dallas Freeman WR 42 Jabril Cox LB 6-3 227 RFr. Kansas City, Mo./Raytown South HS 46 Noah Gindorff TE 43 Beau Pauly LB 6-2 216 RFr. Becker, Minn./Becker HS 27 Ross Godfrey CB 44 Matt Plank LB 6-0 219 Sr. Gardner, Kan./Gardner Edgerton HS 5 Robbie Grimsley SS 45 Levi Jordheim LB 6-2 220 Jr. Dickinson, N.D./Dickinson HS 52 Jackson Hankey LB 46 Ross Effertz CB 5-11 200 So. Mandan, N.D./Mandan HS 35 Josh Hayes CB 48 Dan Marlette LB 6-1 225 Jr. Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington HS 76 Ben Hecht OG 49 Nick DeLuca LB 6-3 245 Sr. Omaha, Neb./Millard North HS 84 Trevor Heit WR 50 Ross Kennelly LB 5-11 212 RFr. Superior, Wis./Superior HS 6 James Hendricks SS 51 James Fisher LS 6-2 225 Sr. Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS 26 Keenan Hodenfield FS 53 Cole Karcz DT 6-4 262 So. Germantown, Wis./Germantown HS 3 Mason Hofstedt LB 54 OT 6-6 287 RFr. Becker, Minn./Becker HS 15 Holden Hotchkiss QB 55 Aaron Mercadel LB 5-11 206 So. Oakland, Calif./Saint Mary’s College HS 58 Josh Howieson OT 56 Justice Kelly DE 6-3 193 RFr. Milwaukee, Wis./University HS 86 Jeff Illies TE 58 Josh Howieson OT 6-5 293 RFr. Baxter, Minn./Brainerd HS 7 Peter Isais WR 59 Karson Schoening C 6-5 297 RFr. Rolla, N.D./Rolla HS 89 Cole Jacob WR 61 Zach Kubas OG 6-4 283 RFr. Dickinson, N.D./Trinity HS 66 Nash Jensen OG 62 Bryce Messner OG 6-3 291 Sr. McVille, N.D./Dakota Prairie HS 85 Nate Jenson TE 63 Aaron Steidl DT 6-2 288 Jr. Carlos, Minn./Alexandria Jefferson HS 68 Zack Johnson OT 64 Colin Conner OT 6-5 309 Jr. Mineral Point, Wis./Iowa-Grant HS 94 Stanley Jones DE 65 Jack Albrecht OG 6-5 278 So. Rolling Meadows, Ill./Fremd HS 45 Levi Jordheim LB 67 Cordell Volson OT 6-6 299 RFr. Balfour, N.D./Drake HS 53 Cole Karcz DT 68 Zack Johnson OT 6-6 312 So. Blaine, Minn./Spring Lake Park HS 56 Justice Kelly DE 69 Blake Williams DT 6-3 290 Jr. Washington, Mich./Romeo HS 78 Michael Kelly DT 71 Luke Bacon OT 6-5 299 Jr. Granville, N.D./Towner-Granville-Upham HS 50 Ross Kennelly LB 72 Erik Olson OT 6-5 277 Sr. Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS 31 Victor Kizewski WR 73 Zack Ziemer OG 6-4 299 Sr. Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS 19 Jackson Koonce P 74 Tanner Volson C 6-4 301 Jr. Balfour, N.D./Drake-Anamoose HS 61 Zach Kubas OG 75 Austin Kuhnert OG 6-4 304 Sr. Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington HS 75 Austin Kuhnert OG 76 Ben Hecht OG 6-5 277 RFr. Shawnee, Kan./Mill Valley HS 32 Zak Kuntz FB BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 9

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/College No. Name Pos. 77 Logan McCormick DE 6-2 232 Fr. Appleton, Wis./Kimberly HS 39 Garrett Malstrom FB 78 Michael Kelly DT 6-1 302 RFr. Oakes, N.D./Oakes HS 48 Dan Marlette LB 82 Ben Ellefson TE 6-3 250 So. Hawley, Minn./Hawley HS 44 Cody Mauch TE 83 Dallas Freeman WR 6-1 197 Jr. St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS 77 Logan McCormick DE 84 Trevor Heit WR 5-9 177 RFr. Pepin, Wis./Pepin-Alma HS 96 Greg Menard DE 85 Nate Jenson TE 6-6 246 Jr. Waupaca, Wis./Waupaca HS 55 Aaron Mercadel LB 86 Jeff Illies TE 6-3 235 Sr. Lidgerwood, N.D./Lidgerwood HS 62 Bryce Messner OG 87 Connor Wentz TE 6-3 250 Sr. Dunnellon, Fla./Dunnellon HS 90 Grant Morgan DT 88 Matt Anderson TE 6-4 247 So. Lakeland, Minn./Stillwater HS 72 Erik Olson OT 89 Cole Jacob WR 6-1 193 RFr. Medina, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret’s HS 43 Beau Pauly LB 90 Grant Morgan DT 6-4 283 Sr. Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh North HS 36 Cam Pedersen K 91 Derrek Tuszka DE 6-5 245 So. Warner, S.D./Warner HS 2 Cordell Pimienta WR 92 Jack Darnell DT 6-2 292 So. Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS 44 Matt Plank LB 93 Jarrod Tuszka DE 6-3 255 Sr. Warner, S.D./Warner HS 15 Daniel Polansky WR 94 Stanley Jones DE 6-3 245 Jr. Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck HS 24 Demaris Purifoy RB 95 Caleb Butler DE 6-3 244 Jr. Coon Rapids, Minn./Blaine HS 54 Dillon Radunz OT 97 Quinn Alo DT 6-2 296 RFr. LaMoure, N.D./LaMoure HS 25 Jake Reinholz K 98 Matt Biegler DT 6-3 272 RFr. Underwood, Minn./Underwood HS 34 Brock Robbins FB 99 Nate Tanguay DT 6-4 291 Sr. Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago HS 16 Noah Sanders QB Captains: #3 Tre Dempsey, #12 Easton Stick, #20 Darrius Shepherd, #49 Nick DeLuca, #99 Nate Tanguay 59 Karson Schoening C 20 Darrius Shepherd WR REDSHIRTS 63 Aaron Steidl DT No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/College 12 Easton Stick QB 1 Christian Watson WR 6-3 186 Fr. Tampa, Fla./Plant HS 56 Tanner Sundt DE 2 Cordell Pimienta WR 6-0 177 So. Ruskin, Fla./Lennard HS/Minot State 99 Nate Tanguay DT 3 Mason Hofstedt LB 6-0 193 Fr. Cannon Falls, Minn./Cannon Falls HS 60 Lane Tucker DT 5 Andy Voyen WR 6-2 196 Fr. Stillwater, Minn./Mahtomedi HS 91 Derrek Tuszka DE 7 Peter Isais WR 5-11 170 Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo./Pine Creek HS 93 Jarrod Tuszka DE 15 Holden Hotchkiss QB 6-3 191 Fr. Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland HS 25 Michael Tutsie SS 16 Noah Sanders QB 6-2 210 Fr. Lakeville, Minn./Apple Valley HS 16 RJ Urzendowski WR 17 Carson Yaggie WR 6-2 196 Fr. Breckenridge, Minn./Breckenridge HS 67 Cordell Volson OT 19 Brant Bohmert WR 5-11 179 Fr. Fargo, N.D./Northern Cass HS 74 Tanner Volson C 25 Jake Reinholz K 6-3 198 Fr. Fargo, N.D./Shanley HS 5 Andy Voyen WR 25 Michael Tutsie SS 5-10 188 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central HS 70 Spencer Waege DE 33 Austin Avery TE 6-3 241 Fr. Yorkville, Ill./Yorkville HS 1 Christian Watson WR 35 Dawson Weber FS 6-2 193 Fr. Elk Grove, Calif./Pleasant Grove HS 35 Dawson Weber FS 40 Costner Ching TE 6-3 249 Fr. Castlewood, S.D./Castlewood HS 22 Garret Wegner P 41 Jack Begley LB 6-3 218 Fr. Omaha, Neb./Millard North HS 87 Connor Wentz TE 44 Cody Mauch TE 6-4 234 Fr. Hankinson, N.D./Hankinson HS 69 Blake Williams DT 46 Noah Gindorff TE 6-6 249 Fr. Crosby, Minn./Crosby-Ironton HS 4 Dimitri Williams WR 47 Max Bautch LB 6-0 219 Fr. Ham Lake, Minn./Blaine HS 57 Zach Willis C 52 Jackson Hankey LB 6-1 217 Fr. Park River, N.D./Park River HS 30 Seth Wilson RB 56 Tanner Sundt DE 6-4 232 Fr. Farmington, Minn./Farmington HS 23 Jaylaan Wimbush CB 57 Zach Willis C 6-4 305 Fr. Fargo, N.D./West Fargo HS 17 Carson Yaggie WR 60 Lane Tucker DT 6-4 261 Fr. Gillette, Wyo./Campbell County HS 73 Zack Ziemer OG 66 Nash Jensen OG 6-4 349 Fr. Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS 70 Spencer Waege DE 6-4 245 Fr. South Shore, S.D./Watertown HS 81 Josh Babicz TE 6-6 225 Fr. Barrington, Ill./Barrington HS 96 Greg Menard DE 6-2 241 Sr. Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS PRONUNCIATIONS ROSTER BY STATE SQUAD BREAKDOWN Atif (aw-TEEF) Isais (eye-ZAY-us) Pedersen (PEAD-ur-sen) Minnesota...... 31 California...... 3 Starters Returning...... 16 Babicz (BAB-itch) Jabril (juh-BRILL) Pepin (PEPP-in) North Dakota...... 22 Iowa...... 2 Offense...... 7 Bachmeier (BOCK-my-ur) Jalen (JAY-lenn) Pimienta (pim-ee-EN-tuh) Wisconsin...... 16 Kansas...... 2 Defense...... 9 Bautch (like “ouch”) Jaylaan (JAY-lenn) Radunz (RAY-duhns) Florida...... 11 Colorado...... 1 Seniors...... 19 Bennot (BEN-it) Karcz (karch) Reinholz (RHINE-holtz) South Dakota...... 6 Indiana...... 1 Juniors...... 23 Biegler (BEE-glur) Kennelly (KEN-uh-lee) Roehl (like “roll”) Nebraska...... 5 Michigan...... 1 Sophomores ...... 19 Bohmert (BOAM-ert) Kizewski (key-SHEV-skee) Schoening (SHOO-ning) Illinois...... 4 Wyoming...... 1 Redshirt Freshmen ...... 21 DeLuca (duh-LOO-cuh) Klieman (KLY-men) Tanguay (TANG-way) Missouri...... 4 Freshmen...... 27 Demaris (duh-MAWR-iss) Koonce (koontz) Tutsie (TUHT-zee) Tallest: Gindorff...... 6-6 Ellefson (ELL-uff-son) Kubas (KOO-bus) Steidl (STY-dull) Shortest: Bennot/Fort...... 5-8 1/4 Gindorff (GHIN-dorf) Kuhnert (KOO-nert) Tuszka (TUSS-kuh) Heaviest: Jensen...... 349 Goeser (GAY-zer) Kuntz (koontz) Urzendowski (er-zen-DOW-skee) Lightest: Dixon/Godfrey...... 166 Hecht (HECKT) Lodi (LO-dye) Waege (WAY-jee) Heit (like “height”) Marquise (mahr-KEYS) Weber (WEBB-er) Hodenfield (HAH-den-fee-uld) Mauch (mouck) Yaggie (YAY-gee) Howieson (HOW-uh-son) Mercadel (MERK-uh-del) Ziemer (ZEE-murr) Illies (ILL-ee-us) BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 10 BISON DEPTH CHART OFFENSE DEFENSE Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown LT 64 Colin Conner 6-5 309 Jr. Mineral Point, Wis. LE 95 Caleb Butler 6-3 244 Jr. Coon Rapids, Minn. 71 Luke Bacon 6-5 299 Jr. Granville, N.D. 93 Jarrod Tuszka 6-3 255 Sr. Warner, S.D. LG 62 Bryce Messner 6-3 291 Sr. McVille, N.D. DT 99 Nate Tanguay 6-4 291 Sr. Mukwonago, Wis. 73 Zack Ziemer 6-4 299 Sr. Lakeville, Minn. 90 Grant Morgan 6-4 283 Sr. Oshkosh, Wis. C 74 Tanner Volson 6-4 301 Jr. Balfour, N.D. NG 63 Aaron Steidl 6-2 288 Jr. Carlos, Minn. 59 Karson Schoening 6-5 297 RFr. Rolla, N.D. 69 Blake Williams 6-3 290 Jr. Washington, Mich. RG 75 Austin Kuhnert 6-4 304 Sr. Sioux Falls, S.D. RE 91 Derrek Tuszka 6-5 245 So. Warner, S.D. 61 Zach Kubas 6-4 283 RFr. Dickinson, N.D. 94 Stanley Jones 6-3 245 Jr. Bismarck, N.D. RT 68 Zack Johnson 6-6 312 So. Blaine, Minn. WLB 1 Chris Board 6-1 230 Sr. Orlando, Fla. 67 Cordell Volson 6-6 299 RFr. Balfour, N.D. 45 Levi Jordheim 6-2 220 Jr. Dickinson, N.D. TE 87 Connor Wentz 6-3 250 Sr. Dunnellon, Fla. MLB 49 Nick DeLuca 6-3 245 Sr. Omaha, Neb. 86 Jeff Illies 6-3 235 Sr. Lidgerwood, N.D. 44 Matt Plank 6-0 219 Sr. Gardner, Kan. QB 12 Easton Stick 6-2 221 Jr. Omaha, Neb. SLB 42 Jabril Cox 6-3 227 RFr. Kansas City, Mo. 7 Cole Davis 6-3 215 Sr. Kearney, Mo. 1 Chris Board 6-1 230 Sr. Orlando, Fla. FB 34 Brock Robbins 6-1 246 So. Cavalier, N.D. CB 9 Marquise Bridges 5-11 182 So. Brooklyn Park, Minn. 39 Garrett Malstrom 6-0 250 So. Vergas, Minn. 35 Josh Hayes 5-11 178 Fr. Lakeland, Fla. RB 8 Bruce Anderson 5-11 216 Jr. Ruskin, Fla. SS 5 Robbie Grimsley 6-0 191 Jr. Hutchinson, Minn. 30 Seth Wilson 5-10 189 Fr. Holmen, Wis. 6 James Hendricks 6-1 205 So. Bemidji, Minn. WR 16 RJ Urzendowski 6-0 200 Sr. Omaha, Neb. FS 3 Tre Dempsey 5-10 184 Sr. Lakeland, Fla. 4 Dimitri Williams 5-11 191 Jr. Lakeville, Minn. 38 Jaxon Brown 6-2 203 So. Eau Claire, Wis. WR 20 Darrius Shepherd 5-11 186 Jr. Blue Springs, Mo. CB 21 Jalen Allison 6-0 184 Jr. Papillion, Neb. 83 Dallas Freeman 6-1 197 Jr. St. Michael, Minn. or 23 Jaylaan Wimbush 6-0 192 Jr. St. Petersburg, Fla. SPECIALISTS SPECIALISTS Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PK 36 Cam Pedersen 6-2 199 Jr. Eau Claire, Wis. P 19 Jackson Koonce 6-1 197 Sr. Oceanside, Calif. H 19 Jackson Koonce 6-1 197 Sr. Oceanside, Calif. 22 Garret Wegner 6-0 184 RFr. Lodi, Wis. LS 51 James Fisher 6-2 225 Sr. Bloomington, Minn. KR 4 Dimitri Williams 5-11 191 Jr. Lakeville, Minn. 50 Ross Kennelly 5-11 212 RFr. Superior, Wis. PR 5 Robbie Grimsley 6-0 191 Jr. Hutchinson, Minn. KO 36 Cam Pedersen 6-2 199 Jr. Eau Claire, Wis. 20 Darrius Shepherd 5-11 186 Jr. Blue Springs, Mo. 22 Garret Wegner 6-0 184 RFr. Lodi, Wis. 2017 STARTERS, GAME BY GAME OFFENSE TE/WR LT LG C RG RT FB/TE QB RB WR/TE WR MVSU Wentz Conner Messner T. Volson Kuhnert Johnson Robbins Stick Dunn Shepherd D. Williams at EWU Wentz Conner Messner T. Volson Kuhnert Johnson Illies Stick Dunn Shepherd Urzendowski RMU Wentz Conner Messner T. Volson Kuhnert Johnson Illies Stick Dunn Jenson Urzendowski MOST D. Williams Conner Messner T. Volson Kuhnert Johnson Illies Stick Dunn Shepherd Urzendowski at INST D. Williams Conner Messner T. Volson Kuhnert Johnson Wentz Stick Dunn Shepherd Urzendowski at YSU Wentz Conner Messner T. Volson Kuhnert Johnson Malstrom Stick Dunn Freeman D. Williams WIU Jenson Conner Messner T. Volson Kuhnert Johnson Illies Stick Dunn Freeman Cain UNI Wentz Conner Messner T. Volson Kuhnert Johnson Illies Stick Anderson Shepherd Urzendowski at SDSU Wentz Conner Messner T. Volson Kuhnert Johnson Malstrom Stick Anderson Illies D. Williams USD Wentz Conner Messner T. Volson Kuhnert Johnson Jenson Stick Anderson Shepherd Urzendowski at ILST Wentz Conner Messner T. Volson Bacon Johnson Illies Stick Anderson D. Williams Urzendowski SD Wentz Conner Messner T. Volson Kuhnert Johnson Malstrom Stick Anderson Illies D. Williams WOF Jenson Conner Messner T. Volson Kuhnert Johnson Robbins Stick Anderson Illies Freeman SHSU Wentz Conner Messner T. Volson Kuhnert Johnson Illies Stick Anderson Shepherd Urzendowski

DEFENSE LE DT NG RE SLB MLB WLB CB SS FS CB MVSU Butler Tanguay Steidl Jones Board DeLuca Jordheim Allison Grimsley Dempsey Wimbush at EWU Butler Tanguay Steidl Jones Board Marlette Jordheim Allison Grimsley Dempsey Wimbush RMU D. Tuszka Tanguay Steidl Jones Board Marlette Jordheim Allison Grimsley Dempsey Wimbush MOST Butler Tanguay Steidl Jones Board DeLuca Jordheim Allison Grimsley Dempsey Wimbush at INST Butler Tanguay Steidl D. Tuszka Board DeLuca Jordheim Allison Grimsley Dempsey Wimbush at YSU Butler Tanguay Steidl D. Tuszka Board DeLuca Jordheim Allison Grimsley Dempsey Wimbush WIU Butler Tanguay Steidl D. Tuszka Cox Plank DeLuca Allison Grimsley Dempsey Wimbush UNI Butler Tanguay Steidl D. Tuszka Cox DeLuca Jordheim Allison Grimsley Dempsey Wimbush at SDSU Butler Tanguay Steidl D. Tuszka Grimsley Plank DeLuca Allison Hendricks Dempsey Wimbush USD Butler Tanguay Steidl D. Tuszka Cox DeLuca Hendricks Allison Grimsley Dempsey Wimbush at ILST Butler Tanguay Steidl D. Tuszka Cox DeLuca Board Allison Grimsley Dempsey Wimbush SD Butler Tanguay Steidl D. Tuszka Cox DeLuca Board Allison Grimsley Dempsey Wimbush WOF Butler Tanguay Steidl D. Tuszka Cox DeLuca Board Allison Grimsley Dempsey Wimbush SHSU Butler Tanguay Steidl D. Tuszka Cox DeLuca Board Allison Grimsley Dempsey Wimbush BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 11

2017 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Game Results (as of Dec 31, 2017) All games

Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend Sep 02, 2017 MISS. VALLEY STATE W 72-7 1-0 0-0 3:12 18502 Sep 09, 2017 at #6 Eastern Washington W 40-13 2-0 0-0 3:05 10231 Sep 23, 2017 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) W 56-0 3-0 0-0 2:47 18308 * Sep 30, 2017 MISSOURI STATE W 38-11 4-0 1-0 2:47 18892 * Oct 07, 2017 at Indiana State W 52-0 5-0 2-0 3:05 4743 * Oct 14, 2017 at #8 Youngstown State Wo 27-24 6-0 3-0 3:07 16408 * Oct 21, 2017 #10 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 24-12 7-0 4-0 2:50 18630 * Oct 28, 2017 #25 NORTHERN IOWA W 30-14 8-0 5-0 2:58 18687 * Nov 04, 2017 at #8 South Dakota State L 21-33 8-1 5-1 3:01 18130 * Nov 11, 2017 #10 SOUTH DAKOTA W 49-14 9-1 6-1 2:55 18623 * Nov 18, 2017 at #21 Illinois State W 20-7 10-1 7-1 2:46 7664 ^ Dec 02, 2017 SAN DIEGO W 38-3 11-1 7-1 2:52 18067 ^ Dec 09, 2017 #8 WOFFORD W 42-10 12-1 7-1 2:42 17008 ^ Dec 15, 2017 #5 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 55-13 13-1 7-1 3:09 18279

*Missouri Valley Football Conference games ^NCAA Division I FCS playoffs

2017 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Dec 31, 2017) All games

First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Turn- Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs MISS. VALLEY STATE 72 - 7 31 / 3 20 / 0 9 / 2 2 / 1 53-498 / 27--31 11-17-0 / 7-22-1 185 / 89 70-683 / 49-58 77 / 177 0 / 1 Eastern Washington 40 - 13 31 / 11 20 / 4 9 / 4 2 / 3 63-375 / 24-70 13-22-0 / 10-30-2 157 / 134 85-532 / 54-204 38 / 61 2 / 2 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) 56 - 0 21 / 4 10 / 2 9 / 1 2 / 1 48-260 / 24-44 15-24-0 / 3-16-2 190 / 13 72-450 / 40-57 35 / 171 0 / 4 MISSOURI STATE 38 - 11 21 / 15 9 / 8 11 / 5 1 / 2 31-214 / 37-117 15-21-0 / 16-21-3 220 / 117 52-434 / 58-234 111 / 247 1 / 3 Indiana State 52 - 0 24 / 10 12 / 4 10 / 4 2 / 2 44-246 / 31-124 21-27-0 / 8-19-3 202 / 118 71-448 / 50-242 45 / 96 1 / 6 Youngstown State 27 - 24 21 / 16 13 / 8 7 / 6 1 / 2 41-280 / 45-150 11-21-0 / 11-15-0 113 / 188 62-393 / 60-338 106 / 53 0 / 0 WESTERN ILLINOIS 24 - 12 18 / 11 9 / 3 8 / 7 1 / 1 48-181 / 23-31 11-18-2 / 17-28-1 221 / 185 66-402 / 51-216 18 / 182 2 / 1 NORTHERN IOWA 30 - 14 15 / 11 7 / 5 5 / 4 3 / 2 41-169 / 37-48 8-23-2 / 14-22-2 136 / 109 64-305 / 59-157 51 / 126 2 / 5 South Dakota State 21 - 33 18 / 23 5 / 6 12 / 16 1 / 1 27-108 / 36-144 16-28-3 / 23-33-0 229 / 329 55-337 / 69-473 118 / 61 5 / 1 SOUTH DAKOTA 49 - 14 21 / 23 13 / 12 8 / 10 0 / 1 46-340 / 38-187 11-12-0 / 30-47-0 307 / 232 58-647 / 85-419 53 / 125 0 / 0 Illinois State 20 - 7 14 / 9 12 / 4 1 / 5 1 / 0 56-245 / 30-106 2-8-0 / 8-22-1 15 / 113 64-260 / 52-219 38 / 27 0 / 1 SAN DIEGO 38 - 3 20 / 10 13 / 3 7 / 5 0 / 2 46-301 / 29-62 9-17-0 / 14-29-2 171 / 112 63-472 / 58-174 22 / 129 1 / 3 WOFFORD 42 - 10 21 / 8 11 / 6 9 / 2 1 / 0 49-261 / 37-134 12-17-0 / 3-12-0 203 / 43 66-464 / 49-177 127 / 98 1 / 2 SAM HOUSTON STATE 55 - 13 26 / 21 16 / 5 10 / 12 0 / 4 48-471 / 18-63 11-18-1 / 29-52-3 171 / 289 66-642 / 70-352 113 / 182 1 / 4 Totals 564 - 161 302 / 175 170 / 70 115 / 83 17 / 22 641-3949 / 436-1249 166-273-8 / 193-368-20 2520 / 2071 914-6469 / 804-3320 952 / 1735 16 / 33

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting Penalties Opponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards Sacks MISS. VALLEY STATE 4-9 / 3-16 3-4 / 0-1 34:33 / 25:27 9 :0 6 9.4 / -1.1 10.9 / 4.0 9.8 / 1.2 0-0.0 / 10-29.8 10-80 / 6-50 5 / 0 Eastern Washington 7-14 / 4-13 0-1 / 0-2 42:40 / 17:20 2 5 :2 0 6.0 / 2.9 7.1 / 4.5 6.3 / 3.8 3-35.7 / 5-35.8 7-75 / 2-24 2 / 1 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) 10-17 / 0-9 1-2 / 0-0 39:21 / 20:39 1 8 :4 2 5.4 / 1.8 7.9 / 0.8 6.2 / 1.4 4-38.0 / 9-36.9 4-35 / 2-30 1 / 3 MISSOURI STATE 5-8 / 5-12 1-1 / 0-1 26:02 / 33:58 -7:56 6.9 / 3.2 10.5 / 5.6 8.3 / 4.0 1-47.0 / 3-39.3 6-65 / 4-24 0 / 1 Indiana State 6-12 / 2-12 1-1 / 0-2 36:50 / 23:10 1 3 :4 0 5.6 / 4.0 7.5 / 6.2 6.3 / 4.8 3-42.0 / 5-34.2 4-41 / 6-55 2 / 0 Youngstown State 4-11 / 7-14 0-0 / 0-0 27:09 / 32:51 -5:42 6.8 / 3.3 5.4 / 12.5 6.3 / 5.6 5-40.8 / 5-44.0 6-53 / 2-25 6 / 1 WESTERN ILLINOIS 6-14 / 3-13 2-3 / 0-1 34:16 / 25:44 8 :3 2 3.8 / 1.3 12.3 / 6.6 6.1 / 4.2 3-37.3 / 6-40.3 1-15 / 3-20 5 / 1 NORTHERN IOWA 3-14 / 5-15 0-0 / 0-0 31:29 / 28:31 2 :5 8 4.1 / 1.3 5.9 / 5.0 4.8 / 2.7 5-42.2 / 7-49.3 5-37 / 7-42 6 / 1 South Dakota State 5-10 / 3-12 0-0 / 1-2 24:56 / 35:04 -10:08 4.0 / 4.0 8.2 / 10.0 6.1 / 6.9 4-43.0 / 4-33.5 6-48 / 7-58 2 / 3 SOUTH DAKOTA 4-8 / 11-20 1-1 / 0-4 33:43 / 26:17 7 :2 6 7.4 / 4.9 25.6 / 4.9 11.2 / 4.9 3-45.0 / 5-42.6 6-46 / 3-5 4 / 0 Illinois State 5-15 / 1-13 0-0 / 1-2 36:27 / 23:33 1 2 :5 4 4.4 / 3.5 1.9 / 5.1 4.1 / 4.2 8-35.6 / 9-39.1 0-0 / 3-23 0 / 4 SAN DIEGO 7-14 / 1-14 0-0 / 0-1 30:27 / 29:33 0 :5 4 6.5 / 2.1 10.1 / 3.9 7.5 / 3.0 6-39.5 / 8-42.2 4-45 / 3-25 2 / 4 WOFFORD 10-13 / 1-12 0-0 / 3-4 35:55 / 24:05 1 1 :5 0 5.3 / 3.6 11.9 / 3.6 7.0 / 3.6 2-39.5 / 6-40.3 4-35 / 4-30 1 / 0 SAM HOUSTON STATE 5-11 / 2-15 1-1 / 3-3 34:18 / 25:42 8 :3 6 9.8 / 3.5 9.5 / 5.6 9.7 / 5.0 3-31.7 / 6-36.7 4-46 / 5-31 1 / 0 Totals 81-170 / 48-190 10-14 / 8-23 468:06 / 371:54 9 6 :1 2 6.2 / 2.9 9.2 / 5.6 7.1 / 4.1 50-39.2 / 88-38.7 67-621 / 57-442 37 / 19

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 12

2017 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Overall Team Statistics (as of Dec 31, 2017) All games

Team Statistics NDSU OPP SCORING 564 161 Points Per Game 40.3 11.5 Points Off Turnovers 130 40 FIRST DOWNS 302 175 R u s h in g 170 70 P a s s in g 115 83 P e n a lt y 17 22 RUSHING YARDAGE 3949 1249 Yards gained rushing 4185 1652 Yards lost rushing 236 403 Rushing Attempts 641 436 Average Per Rush 6.2 2.9 Average Per Game 282.1 89.2 TDs Rushing 47 10 PASSING YARDAGE 2520 2071 C o m p - A t t - I n t 166-273-8 193-368-20 Average Per Pass 9.2 5.6 Average Per Catch 15.2 10.7 Average Per Game 180.0 147.9 TDs Passing 28 7 TOTAL OFFENSE 6469 3320 Total Plays 914 804 Average Per Play 7.1 4.1 Average Per Game 462.1 237.1 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 25-570 73-1519 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 22-134 12-108 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 20-231 8-90 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 22.8 20.8 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.1 9.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 11.6 11.2 FUMBLES-LOST 13-8 26-13 PENALTIES-Yards 67-621 57-442 Average Per Game 44.4 31.6 PUNTS-Yards 50-1962 88-3404 Average Per Punt 39.2 38.7 Net punt average 36.7 36.7 KICKOFFS-Yards 99-6048 44-2719 Average Per Kick 61.1 61.8 Net kick average 40.9 38.6 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 3 : 2 6 2 6 : 3 4 3RD-DOWN Conversions 81/170 48/190 3rd-Down Pct 48% 25% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 10/14 8/23 4th-Down Pct 71% 35% SACKS BY-Yards 37-243 19-130 MISC YARDS 0 5 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 77 18 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 9-14 12-13 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (52-60) 87% (24-30) 80% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (45-60) 75% (15-30) 50% PAT-ATTEMPTS (73-77) 95% (15-16) 94% ATTENDANCE 164996 57176 Games/Avg Per Game 9/18333 5/11435 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total North Dakota State 168 140 170 83 3 564 Opponents 46 49 30 36 0 161 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 13

2017 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Dec 31, 2017) All games

SEASON CAREER

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Bruce Anderson 14 216 1186 33 1153 5.3 11 62 82.4 38 344 1987 78 1909 5.5 14 62 50.2 Ty Brooks 10 76 718 18 700 9.2 7 55 70.0 19 80 735 18 717 9.0 7 55 37.7 Lance Dunn 7 80 642 8 634 7.9 12 73 90.6 34 341 2146 48 2098 6.2 21 73 61.7 Easton Stick 14 98 777 149 628 6.4 12 80 44.9 39 296 2119 308 1811 6.1 24 80 46.4 Seth Wilson 7 70 413 6 407 5.8 1 58 58.1 7 70 413 6 407 5.8 1 58 58.1 Adam Cofield 6 43 166 3 163 3.8 1 11 27.2 6 43 166 3 163 3.8 1 11 27.2 Dimitri Williams 13 5 64 0 64 12.8 0 24 4.9 39 24 184 10 174 7.2 1 27 4.5 Dallas Freeman 10 3 35 0 35 11.7 0 31 3.5 26 3 35 0 35 11.7 0 31 1.3 Victor Kizewski 7 10 31 1 30 3.0 0 10 4.3 7 10 31 1 30 3.0 0 10 4.3 Cole Davis 7 2 20 0 20 10.0 1 17 2.9 21 7 30 6 24 3.4 1 17 1.1 Darrius Shepherd 13 3 10 0 10 3.3 0 5 0.8 41 24 180 2 178 7.4 1 31 4.3 TEAM 10 12 0 13 -13 -1.1 0 0 -1.3 Total 14 641 4185 236 3949 6.2 47 80 282.1 Opponents 14 436 1652 403 1249 2.9 10 46 89.2

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Easton Stick 14 173.69 151-242-8 62.4 2336 27 77 166.9 39 155.22 410-677-21 60.6 5811 59 77 149.0 Cole Davis 7 137.44 11-20-0 55.0 157 1 27 22.4 21 118.14 15-29-0 51.7 190 1 27 9.0 TEAM 10 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 14 166.33 166-273-8 60.8 2520 28 77 180.0 Opponents 14 95.13 193-368-20 52.4 2071 7 51 147.9

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g RJ Urzendowski 14 35 589 16.8 8 58 42.1 59 146 2414 16.5 22 77 40.9 Darrius Shepherd 13 35 485 13.9 0 49 37.3 41 120 1702 14.2 10 67 41.5 Jeff Illies 13 19 294 15.5 3 50 22.6 58 53 689 13.0 11 50 11.9 Connor Wentz 14 12 186 15.5 5 48 13.3 58 27 408 15.1 9 48 7.0 Nate Jenson 14 10 174 17.4 1 44 12.4 42 18 303 16.8 2 44 7.2 Bruce Anderson 14 8 156 19.5 3 48 11.1 38 20 249 12.4 4 48 6.6 Dallas Freeman 10 6 89 14.8 1 29 8.9 26 12 152 12.7 1 29 5.8 Seth Wilson 7 6 66 11.0 2 19 9.4 7 6 66 11.0 2 19 9.4 Lance Dunn 7 6 44 7.3 1 16 6.3 34 21 171 8.1 2 38 5.0 Dimitri Williams 13 5 123 24.6 0 77 9.5 39 18 226 12.6 0 77 5.8 Desmond Cain 14 5 78 15.6 0 26 5.6 14 5 78 15.6 0 26 5.6 Daniel Polansky 13 5 69 13.8 0 24 5.3 26 5 69 13.8 0 24 2.7 Ben Ellefson 14 5 67 13.4 3 21 4.8 28 5 67 13.4 3 21 2.4 Brock Robbins 13 4 32 8.0 0 15 2.5 21 4 32 8.0 0 15 1.5 Ty Brooks 10 3 54 18.0 1 27 5.4 19 3 54 18.0 1 27 2.8 Adam Cofield 6 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.2 6 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.2 Total 14 166 2520 15.2 28 77 180.0 Opponents 14 193 2071 10.7 7 51 147.9

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/g Easton Stick 14 340 628 2336 2964 211.7 39 973 1811 5811 7622 195.4 Bruce Anderson 14 216 1153 0 1153 82.4 38 344 1909 0 1909 50.2 Ty Brooks 10 76 700 0 700 70.0 19 80 717 0 717 37.7 Lance Dunn 7 80 634 0 634 90.6 34 341 2098 0 2098 61.7 Seth Wilson 7 70 407 0 407 58.1 7 70 407 0 407 58.1 Cole Davis 7 22 20 157 177 25.3 21 36 24 190 214 10.2 Adam Cofield 6 43 163 0 163 27.2 6 43 163 0 163 27.2 Dimitri Williams 13 5 64 0 64 4.9 39 24 174 0 174 4.5 Dallas Freeman 10 3 35 0 35 3.5 26 3 35 0 35 1.3 Victor Kizewski 7 10 30 0 30 4.3 7 10 30 0 30 4.3 Darrius Shepherd 13 3 10 0 10 0.8 41 24 178 0 178 4.3 TEAM 10 14 -13 0 -13 -1.3 Total 14 914 3949 2520 6469 462.1 Opponents 14 804 1249 2071 3320 237.1 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 14

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PAT PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Cam Pedersen - 9-14 73-76 - - - - - 100 - 36-58 179-185 - - - - - 287 Bruce Anderson 14 ------84 20 ------120 Lance Dunn 13 ------78 23 ------138 Easton Stick 12 ------72 24 - - - - 0-1 - - 144 RJ Urzendowski 8 ------48 22 ------132 Ty Brooks 8 ------48 8 ------48 Connor Wentz 5 ------30 9 ------54 Jeff Illies 3 ------18 11 ------66 Ben Ellefson 3 ------18 3 ------18 Seth Wilson 3 - - - - 2017- - North- 18 Dakota3 State- Football------18 Dallas Freeman 1 ------6 1 ------6 Adam Cofield North1 - Dakota- State- - Individual- - - Season/Career6 1 - Statistics- - (as- of- Dec- 31,- 2017)6 Nate Jenson 1 ------6 All games2 ------12 Cole Davis 1 ------6 1 ------6 Robbie Grimsley 1 - SEASON------6 1 - - CAREER- - - - - 6 Tre Dempsey 1 ------6 1 ------6 TEAM - - 0-1 - - - - 1 2 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Total 77 9-14 73-77 - - - - 1 564 OpponentsBruce Anderson 14 115318 12-1315615-16 0 0-1156 - 0-10 1465- 104.61 161 38 1909 249 0 1104 0 3262 85.8 Ty Brooks 10 700 54 0 86 0 840 84.0 19 717 54 0 280 0 1051 55.3 PuntLance Returns Dunn 7 634no. yds44 avg 0td lg0 0 678 96.9 no. 34yds 2098avg td171 lg 0 74 0 2343 68.9 DarriusEaston ShepherdStick 14 62814 1040 7.4 00 310 0 628 44.9 24 39280 181111.7 1 -1 84 0 0 0 1810 46.4 TreDarrius Dempsey Shepherd 13 104 4853 0.81040 62 0 601 46.2 4 413 1780.8 01702 6 280 2 0 2162 52.7 RobbieRJ Urzendowski Grimsley 14 30 58925 8.3 00 100 0 589 42.1 3 5925 8.313 02414 10 -4 0 0 2423 41.1 JamesDimitri HendricksWilliams 13 641 1232 2.0 00 3102 0 497 38.2 1 392 1742.0 0226 2 0 437 0 837 21.5 TotalSeth Wilson 7 40722 13466 6.1 00 310 0 473 67.6 7 407 66 0 0 0 473 67.6 OpponentsJeff Illies 13 120 108294 9.0 00 540 0 294 22.6 58 0 689 0 0 0 689 11.9 Connor Wentz 14 0 186 0 0 0 186 13.3 58 0 408 0 0 0 408 7.0 KickNate Returns Jenson 14 no.0 yds174 avg 0td lg0 0 174 12.4 no. 42yds avg0 td 303 lg 0 0 0 303 7.2 DimitriAdam WilliamsCofield 6 16314 310-122.1 00 410 0 162 27.0 20 4376 21.9163 0 -1 41 0 0 0 162 27.0 BruceDallas Anderson Freeman 10 356 1568926.0 00 640 0 124 12.4 40 110426 27.635 2152100 0 0 0 187 7.2 Ty Brooks 3 86 28.7 0 41 12 280 23.3 0 43 Tre Dempsey 14 0 0 3 0 104 107 7.6 58 0 0 3 0 126 129 2.2 Darrius Shepherd 1 2 2.0 0 2 1 2 2.0 0 2 Daniel Polansky Polansky 13 10 166916.0 00 1616 0 85 6.5 1 2616 16.00 0 69 16 0 16 0 85 3.3 TotalDesmond Cain 14 250 5707822.8 00 640 0 78 5.6 14 0 78 0 0 0 78 5.6 OpponentsBen Ellefson 14 730 15196720.8 00 600 0 67 4.8 28 0 67 0 0 0 67 2.4 Robbie Grimsley 14 0 0 25 0 36 61 4.4 43 0 0 25 0 104 129 3.0 InterceptionsJames Hendricks 14 no.0 yds0 avg 2td lg0 37 39 2.8 no. 16yds avg-4 td 0 lg 2 0 37 35 2.2 TreJabril Dempsey Cox 14 60 104017.3 01 600 32 32 2.3 16 14126 7.90 1 060 0 0 32 32 2.3 RobbieBrock RobbinsGrimsley 13 40 3632 9.0 01 270 0 32 2.5 11 21104 9.50 1 32 38 0 0 0 32 1.5 JamesVictor KizewskiHendricks 7 304 370 9.2 00 170 0 30 4.3 4 737 9.230 0 0 17 0 0 0 30 4.3 MarquiseJalen Allison Bridges 14 20 30 1.5 00 30 22 22 1.6 2 433 1.50 0 0 3 0 0 66 66 1.5 JabrilCole DavisCox 7 201 32032.0 00 320 0 20 2.9 1 2132 32.024 0 0 32 0 0 0 24 1.1 NickMarquise DeLuca Bridges 14 10 00 0.0 00 00 3 3 0.2 7 1793 13.30 1 0 40 0 0 3 3 0.2 Jaxon BrownBrown 11 10 -30 -3.0 00 00 -3 -3 -0.3 1 23-3 -3.00 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -3 -0.1 Jalen Allison 1 22 22.0 0 22 6 66 11.0 1 30 TEAM 10 -13 0 0 0 0 -13 -1.3 Total 20 231 11.6 2 60 OpponentsTotal 14 39498 252090 11.21341 57043 231 7404 528.9 Opponents 14 1249 2071 108 1519 90 5037 359.8 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg TreField Dempsey Goals 1 att -4good-4.0 long0 0blkd 1 att-4 good-4.0 0long 0 blkd RobbieCam Pedersen Grimsley 1 14 21 21.09 047 21 3 1 5821 21.036 0 52 21 4 Total 2 14 17 8.59 047 21 3 Opponents 2 13 18 129.0 052 12 0

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blk Jackson Koonce 48 1890 39.4 52 0 108 4145 38.4 54 0 Garret Wegner 2 72 36.0 36 0 2 72 36.0 36 0 Total 50 1962 39.2 52 0 Opponents 88 3404 38.7 76 1

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb ob Cam Pedersen 83 5057 60.9 17 7 157 9452 60.2 28 9 Garret Wegner 13 802 61.7 1 0 13 802 61.7 1 0 Jackson Koonce 3 189 63.0 1 0 5 309 61.8 1 0 Total 99 6048 61.1 19 7 Opponents 44 2719 61.8 18 1 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 15

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All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr2017 Northkr Dakotair total Stateavg/g Football Bruce Anderson 14 1153 156 0 156 0 1465 104.6 38 North1909 Dakota249 State0 Overall1104 Individual0 3262 Statistics85.8 (as of Dec 31, 2017) Ty Brooks 10 700 54 0 86 0 840 84.0 19 717 54 0 280 0 1051 55.3 2017 2017North NorthDakota Dakota State Football State Football All games Lance Dunn 7 634North 44Dakota0 State0 Overall0 678 Individual96.9 Statistics34 (as 2098of Dec 17131, 2017)0 74 0 2343 68.9 Easton Stick 14 North628 Dakota0 0 State0 Individual0 628All44.9 gamesSeason/Career39 Statistics1811 -1 (as of0 Dec0 31, 2017)0 1810 46.4 Darrius Shepherd 13 10 485 104 2 0 601 46.2 All games41 178 1702 PAT280 2 0 2162 52.7 RJ Urzendowski 14 0 589 0 0 0 589 Scoring42.1 59 td fg13 2414kick rush-4 rcv pass0 dxp saf0 pts2423 Total41.1 Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Dimitri Williams 13 64 123 0 310 0 497 38.2 39 174 226 0 437 0 837 21.5 SEASON PAT Cam Pedersen - 9-14 CAREER73-76 - - - - - 100 Easton Stick 14 340 628 2336 2964 211.7 Seth Wilson 7 407 66 0 0 0 473 67.6 7 407 66 0 0 0 473 67.6 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp safBrucepts AndersonTotal Offense14 - -g plays- rush- pass- total- -avg/g84 Bruce Anderson 14 216 1153 0 1153 82.4 Jeff Illies 13 0 294 0 0 0 294 22.6 58 0 689 0 0 0 689 11.9 CamAll Purpose Pedersen g rush- 9-14rcv 73-76pr - kr - ir- total- avg/gLance- 100 Dunn Easton Stickg13 rush- 14-rcv 340- pr628- 2336-kr 2964- ir -211.778total avg/gTy Brooks 10 76 700 0 700 70.0 Connor Wentz 14 0 186 0 0 0 186 13.3 58 0 408 0 0 0 408 7.0 Bruce AndersonAnderson 14 115314 - 156 - 0 -156 - 0- 1465- 104.6Easton- 84 Stick Bruce Anderson3812 1909- 14249- 216- 11530 -1104- 0 1153- 0 - 82.4326272 Lance85.8 Dunn 7 80 634 0 634 90.6 Nate Jenson 14 0 174 0 0 0 174 12.4 42 0 303 0 0 0 303 7.2 LanceTy Brooks Dunn 10 13700 - 54 - 0 - 86 - 0- 840- Ty84.0- Brooks78 Ty Brooks19 8 717- 10-54 76- 0700- 280- 0 700- 0 - 70.0105148 Seth55.3 Wilson 7 70 407 0 407 58.1 Adam Cofield 6 163 -1 0 0 0 162 27.0 6 163 -1 0 0 0 162 27.0 EastonLance DunnStick 7 12634 - 44 - 0 - 0 - 0- 678- RJ96.9- Urzendowski72 Lance Dunn34 8 2098- 171-7 80- 0634- 74- 0 634- 0 - 90.6234348 Cole68.9 Davis 7 22 20 157 177 25.3 Dallas Freeman 10 35 89 0 0 0 124 12.4 26 35 152 0 0 0 187 7.2 TyEaston Brooks Stick 14 6288 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0- 628- Connor44.9- 48 WentzSeth Wilson39 5 1811- -7-1 70- 0407- -00 407- 0 - 58.1181030 Adam46.4 Cofield 6 43 163 0 163 27.2 TreDarrius Dempsey Shepherd 1413 100 4850 1043 02 1040 107601 46.27.6 5841 1780 17020 2803 02 1260 2162129 52.72.2 RJDaniel Urzendowski Polansky 13 8 0 - 69 - 0 - 16 - 0- 85- Jeff-6.5 Illies48 Cole Davis26 3 - 0 -769 22- 0 20- 16157- 177- 0 - 25.31885 Dimitri3.3 Williams 13 5 64 0 64 4.9 ConnorRJ Urzendowski Wentz 14 5 0 - 589 - 0 - 0 - 0- 589- Seth42.1- 30Wilson Adam Cofield59 3 -13 2414-6 43- -4163- -00 163- 0 - 27.2242318 Dallas41.1 Freeman 10 3 35 0 35 3.5 DesmondDimitri Williams Cain 1413 640 12378 0 3100 0 49778 38.25.6 1439 1740 22678 0 4370 0 83778 21.55.6 JeffBen Illies Ellefson 14 3 0 - 67 - 0 - 0 - 0- 67- Ben-4.8 Ellefson18 Dimitri Williams28 3 - 0 13-67 5- 0 64- -00 -640 - 4.91867 Victor2.4 Kizewski 7 10 30 0 30 4.3 Seth WilsonWilson 7 4073 - 66 - 0 - 0 - 0- 473- Cole67.6- 18Davis Dallas Freeman7 1 407- 10-66 3- 0 35- -00 -350 - 3.54736 Darrius67.6 Shepherd 13 3 10 0 10 0.8 RobbieJeff Illies Grimsley 1413 0 2940 250 0 360 29461 22.64.4 4358 0 6890 250 0 1040 129689 11.93.0 BenJames Ellefson Hendricks 14 3 0 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 37- 39- Nate-2.8 18Jenson Victor Kizewski16 1 --4 -7 0 10- 2 30- -00 -3037 - 4.3635 TEAM2.2 10 14 -13 0 -13 -1.3 ColeConnor Davis Wentz 14 1 0 - 186 - 0 - 0 - 0- 186- Tre13.3- Dempsey6 Darrius Shepherd58 1 - 0 13408- 3- 0 10- -00 -100 - 0.84086 Total7.0 14 914 3949 2520 6469 462.1 JabrilNate JensonCox 14 0 1740 0 0 320 17432 12.42.3 1442 0 3030 0 0 320 30332 2.37.2 NateBrock Jenson Robbins 13 1 0 - 32 - 0 - 0 - 0- 32- Dallas-2.5 6 FreemanTEAM 21 1 - 0 10-32 14- 0-13- -00 -13- 0 - -1.3632 Opponents1.5 14 804 1249 2071 3320 237.1 TreAdam Dempsey Cofield 6 1631 - -1 - 0 - 0 - 0- 162- Adam27.0- 6CofieldTotal 6 1 163- 14- -1 914- 39490 - 2520-0 6469- 0-462.11626 27.0 VictorDallas KizewskiFreeman 107 3035 890 0 0 0 12430 12.44.3 267 3035 1520 0 0 0 18730 4.37.2 DallasJalen AllisonFreeman 14 1 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 22- 22- Robbie-1.6 6 GrimsleyOpponents43 1 - 0 14- 0 804- 12490 - 2071-0 3320- 66 -237.1666 1.5 AdamTre Dempsey Cofield 14 1 0 - 0 - 3 - 0 -104- 107- TEAM-7.6 6 58 - - 0 0-10 - 3 - -0 -1261 1292 2.2 ColeDaniel Davis Polansky 137 200 690 0 160 0 2085 2.96.5 2126 240 690 0 160 0 2485 1.13.3 Robbie Grimsley 1 ------Total- 6 77 9-14 73-77 - - - - 1 564 MarquiseDesmond BridgesCain 14 0 780 0 0 30 783 0.25.6 1714 0 780 0 0 30 783 0.25.6 TEAM - - 0-1 - - - - Opponents1 2 18 12-13 15-16 0-1 - 0-1 - 1 161 JaxonBen Ellefson Brown 1114 0 670 0 0 -30 67-3 -0.34.8 2328 0 670 0 0 -30 67-3 -0.12.4 Total 77 9-14 73-77 - - - - 1 564 TEAMRobbie Grimsley 1014 -130 0 250 0 360 -1361 -1.34.4 43 0 0 25 0 104 129 3.0 Opponents 18 12-13 15-16 0-1 - 0-1 - 1 161 TotalJames Hendricks 14 39490 25200 1342 5700 23137 740439 528.92.8 16 -4 0 2 0 37 35 2.2 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk OpponentsJabril Cox 14 12490 20710 1080 15190 9032 503732 359.82.3 14 0 0 0 0 32 32 2.3 Brock Robbins 13 0 32 0 0 0 32 Cam2.5 Pedersen 219-14 64.30 1-132 1-1 05-6 2-50 0-10 47 323 Jackson1.5 Koonce 48 1890 39.4 52 1 19 15 1 0 FieldVictor GoalsGoals Kizewski 7 fg30 attpct.good001-19 long020-29 0blkd30-39 040-49 3050-99 4.3lg blk Punting att7 good30 no.long0yds blkdavg0 lg tb0 fc i20050+ blk30 Garret4.3 Wegner 2 72 36.0 36 0 1 1 0 0 CamJalen PedersenPedersen Allison 14 9-140 1464.30 1-19 0 471-1 05-63 222-5 220-1FG1.6 Sequence47 3 Jackson Koonce5843North Dakota360 State485201890 39.440Opponents52 10 19 1566 1 660 Total1.5 50 1962 39.2 52 1 20 16 1 0 TotalCole Davis 7 20 14 0 9 0 47 0 3 0 20 Miss.2.9 Valley StateGarret Wegner2142,43 24 2 0 72 36.00- 36 0 1 10 0 240 Opponents1.1 88 3404 38.7 76 2 40 27 10 1 FGOpponentsMarquise Sequence Bridges 14 North0 Dakota13 0 State12 0 52 0Opponents0 3 3 Eastern0.2 WashingtonTotal 17(27),(38) 0 50 01962 39.20(38),(22)52 10 20 163 1 03 0.2 Miss.Jaxon Valley Brown State 11 42,430 0 0 0- -3 -3 Robert-0.3 Morris Opponents(Pa.) 23- 0 88 34040 38.70- 76 20 40 27-3 10 1-3 Kickoffs-0.1 no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln EasternPuntingTEAM Washington10 (27),(38)-13 0 no.0 yds0(38),(22)avg 0lg blk-13 Missouri-1.3 State no.(40) yds avg lg blk(40) Cam Pedersen 83 5057 60.9 17 7 RobertJacksonTotal Morris Koonce (Pa.) 14 -3949 2520 13448 1890570-39.423152 74040 528.9Indiana State Kickoffs108(36)4145 38.4no. yds54 avg0- tb ob retn net ydln Garret Wegner 13 802 61.7 1 0 MissouriGarretOpponents Wegner State 14 (40)1249 2071 1082 151972 (40)36.0 9036 50370 359.8Youngstown StateCam Pedersen(19),(36)2 72 36.083 505736 60.90(34),3917 7 Jackson Koonce 3 189 63.0 1 0 IndianaTotal State (36) 50 1962 -39.2 52 0 Western IllinoisGarret Wegner(37) 13 802 61.7(32),(52)1 0 Total 99 6048 61.1 19 7 20.8 40.9 24 YoungstownOpponentsField Goals State (19),(36)att good 88long3404blkd(34),3938.7 76 1 Northern IowaJackson Koonceatt44,33,(31)good long3 189 blkd63.0- 1 0 Opponents 44 2719 61.8 18 1 22.8 38.6 26 WesternCam Pedersen Illinois (37) 14 9 47 (32),(52)3 South Dakota TotalState 58- 36 99526048 61.14(21),(41)19 7 20.8 40.9 24 NorthernKickoffsTotal Iowa 44,33,(31)no. 14yds avg9 tb47 ob - 3 South DakotaOpponentsno.- yds avg44 2719tb 61.8ob- 18 1 22.8 38.6 26 SouthCamOpponents Pedersen Dakota State - 83 135057 60.912 1752 7 (21),(41)0 Illinois State 157- 9452 60.2 28 9- SouthGarret Dakota Wegner - 13 802 61.7 1 0 - San Diego 13(47) 802 61.7 1 0(48) IllinoisPuntingJackson State Koonce - 3 189 63.0no.1 yds0 - avg lg blk Wofford no.505 309yds 61.8avg lg1 blk0(40) SanTotalJackson Diego Koonce (47)99 6048 61.1 481918907 (48)39.4 52 0 Sam Houston State 108- 4145 38.4 54 0(28),(32) WoffordOpponentsGarret Wegner 50 44 2719 61.8 218 721 (40)36.0 36 0 2 72 36.0 36 0 SamTotal Houston State - 50 1962 (28),(32)39.2 52 0 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Opponents 88 3404 38.7 76 1 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb ob Cam Pedersen 83 5057 60.9 17 7 157 9452 60.2 28 9 Garret Wegner 13 802 61.7 1 0 13 802 61.7 1 0 Jackson Koonce 3 189 63.0 1 0 5 309 61.8 1 0 Total 99 6048 61.1 19 7 Opponents 44 2719 61.8 18 1 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 16

2017 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Dec 31, 2017) All games

SEASON CAREER

## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk 42 Jabril Cox 14 4 5 2 7 7 2 12.5 4 . 0 1 3 2 1 . 14 4 5 2 7 7 2 12.5 4 . 0 1 3 2 1 . 49 Nick DeLuca 12 3 8 3 2 7 0 9.5 5 . 5 1 2 . 3 . 58 1 5 3 1 7 2 3 2 5 25.0 8 . 5 7 1 0 . 5 . 5 Robbie Grimsley 14 3 0 3 3 6 3 4.0 1 . 0 4 7 2 1 . 43 1 0 4 1 1 1 2 1 5 9.0 3 . 0 11 1 4 2 3 . 1 Chris Board 12 2 5 2 5 5 0 2.5 . . 1 . . . 56 5 7 6 3 1 2 0 3.5 . . 4 . . . 95 Caleb Butler 14 2 9 2 0 4 9 10.0 4 . 5 . 1 . 1 . 41 4 7 3 3 8 0 18.5 1 0 . 5 . 3 1 2 . 3 Tre Dempsey 14 2 8 1 9 4 7 1.5 . 6 4 1 . . 58 1 2 2 7 2 1 9 4 7.5 . 16 2 5 1 1 . 21 Jalen Allison 14 3 1 1 5 4 6 3.0 1 . 0 1 6 . 1 . 43 8 8 4 7 1 3 5 4.5 2 . 5 6 2 0 1 3 . 45 Levi Jordheim 9 2 7 1 5 4 2 5.0 3 . 0 . 2 3 1 . 34 3 3 2 4 5 7 5.0 3 . 0 . 2 3 1 . 23 Jaylaan Wimbush 14 1 9 1 8 3 7 3.0 1 . 0 . 1 2 1 . 41 5 0 4 4 9 4 5.0 1 . 0 . 1 0 2 1 1 6 James Hendricks 14 2 3 1 3 3 6 3.0 . 4 3 . . . 16 2 3 1 3 3 6 3.0 . 4 3 . . . 69 Blake Williams 14 6 2 7 3 3 2.0 0 . 5 . 1 . . . 29 1 2 3 8 5 0 3.5 0 . 5 . 1 . . . 63 Aaron Steidl 14 1 4 1 6 3 0 4.0 ...... 43 3 5 4 9 8 4 9.5 3 . 0 . . 1 1 . 91 Derrek Tuszka 14 1 3 1 4 2 7 7.5 5 . 5 . 1 . 1 . 22 1 4 1 7 3 1 9.0 6 . 5 . 1 . 1 . 55 Aaron Mercadel 14 1 5 8 2 3 2.0 1 . 0 . . . 1 . 15 1 5 8 2 3 2.0 1 . 0 . . . 1 . 94 Stanley Jones 14 1 1 1 2 2 3 6.5 2 . 5 . . 1 1 1 39 2 1 3 0 5 1 16.0 6 . 0 . 1 2 1 1 53 Cole Karcz 14 6 1 5 2 1 3.5 3 . 0 . . . . . 18 6 1 6 2 2 3.5 3 . 0 . . . . . 90 Grant Morgan 14 8 1 0 1 8 2.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 56 2 1 4 3 6 4 6.5 1 . 0 . 1 . . . 93 Jarrod Tuszka 11 5 1 3 1 8 2.0 ...... 46 1 4 2 9 4 3 5.0 2 . 0 . 1 . 1 . 9 Marquise Bridges 14 1 2 6 1 8 1.5 . 2 2 . . . 17 1 2 7 1 9 1.5 . 2 2 . . . 99 Nate Tanguay 14 7 1 0 1 7 3.5 1 . 0 . 4 . . . 54 5 7 7 4 1 3 1 18.0 7 . 0 . 7 . 2 1 2 Dom Davis 9 7 8 1 5 0.0 . . 2 . . . 20 2 3 2 1 4 4 0.5 . . 6 . . . 44 Matt Plank 11 8 5 1 3 1.5 . . 1 . . . 44 5 1 6 5 1 1 6 7.0 . 1 3 . 2 . 4 Dimitri Williams 13 1 0 2 1 2 0.0 . . . . 2 . 39 1 3 6 1 9 0.0 . . . . 2 . 35 Josh Hayes 14 7 5 1 2 0.0 . . 3 . . . 14 7 5 1 2 0.0 . . 3 . . . 48 Dan Marlette 4 6 4 1 0 0.5 0 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 33 1 8 1 3 3 1 1.0 0 . 5 . 1 . 2 . 38 Jaxon Brown 11 5 2 7 0.0 . 1 1 . . . 23 1 1 4 1 5 0.0 . 1 1 . . . 13 Desmond Cain 14 5 1 6 0.0 ...... 14 5 1 6 0.0 ...... 43 Beau Pauly 5 . 6 6 0.5 ...... 5 . 6 6 0.5 ...... 15 Daniel Polansky 13 1 4 5 0.0 ...... 26 3 4 7 0.0 ...... 11 Darren Kelley 7 2 2 4 0.0 . . . 1 . . 12 2 2 4 0.0 . . . 1 . . 50 Ross Kennelly 7 4 . 4 1.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 7 4 . 4 1.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 98 Matt Biegler 2 2 1 3 0.0 ...... 2 2 1 3 0.0 ...... 92 Jack Darnell 4 . 3 3 0.5 0 . 5 . . . . . 11 2 9 1 1 0.5 0 . 5 . . . . . 77 Logan McCormick 12 1 2 3 1.5 0 . 5 . . 1 1 . 12 1 2 3 1.5 0 . 5 . . 1 1 . 87 Connor Wentz 14 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 58 3 1 4 0.0 ...... 8 Bruce Anderson 14 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 38 9 2 1 1 0.0 ...... 33 Bryce Bennot 2 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 3 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 28 Ty Brooks 10 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 19 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 83 Dallas Freeman 10 2 . 2 1.0 ...... 26 2 . 2 1.0 ...... 56 Justice Kelly 2 2 . 2 1.0 ...... 2 2 . 2 1.0 ...... 12 Easton Stick 14 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 39 3 . 3 0.0 ...... 64 Colin Conner 14 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 35 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 27 Ross Godfrey 2 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 2 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 29 Eric Bachmeier 8 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 29 7 3 1 0 0.0 ...... 37 Tre Fort 13 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 26 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 16 RJ Urzendowski 14 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 59 4 . 4 0.0 ...... 51 James Fisher 14 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 59 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 34 Brock Robbins 13 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 21 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 31 Victor Kizewski 7 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 7 1 . 1 0.0 ...... TM TEAM 10 . . . 0.0 ...... 30 Seth Wilson 7 . . . 0.0 . . . . . 1 7 . . . 0.0 . . . . . 1 Total 14 4 6 7 3 9 8 8 6 5 96 37 20 4 6 1 3 1 7 2 Opponents 14 4 8 8 5 1 6 1 0 0 59 19 8 4 5 8 9 4 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 17

2017 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Team Game-by-Game (as of Dec 31, 2017) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 02 MISS. VALLEY STATE 53 498 7 73 11 185 3 47 11-17-0 185 3 47 3 61 0 24 2 -1 0 3 683 Sep 09 at Eastern Washington 63 375 5 44 13 157 0 44 13-22-0 157 0 44 1 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 532 Sep 23 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) 48 260 5 61 15 190 2 28 15-24-0 190 2 28 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 7 450 Sep 30 MISSOURI STATE 31 214 3 46 15 220 2 32 15-21-0 220 2 32 2 80 0 64 2 4 0 6 434 Oct 07 at Indiana State 44 246 3 44 21 202 4 31 21-27-0 202 4 31 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 6 448 Oct 14 at Youngstown State 41 280 1 80 11 113 2 22 11-21-0 113 2 22 5 92 0 25 1 14 0 14 393 Oct 21 WESTERN ILLINOIS 48 181 2 23 11 221 1 58 11-18-2 221 1 58 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 8 402 Oct 28 NORTHERN IOWA 41 169 2 25 8 136 1 31 8-23-2 136 1 31 1 2 0 2 3 22 0 20 305 Nov 04 at South Dakota State 27 108 1 22 16 229 2 32 16-28-3 229 2 32 5 118 0 39 0 0 0 0 337 Nov 11 SOUTH DAKOTA 46 340 6 54 11 307 1 77 11-12-0 307 1 77 3 46 0 26 3 7 0 6 647 Nov 18 at Illinois State 56 245 3 56 2 15 0 12 2-8-0 15 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 6 260 Dec 02 SAN DIEGO 46 301 2 51 9 171 3 48 9-17-0 171 3 48 1 16 0 16 1 9 0 9 472 Dec 09 WOFFORD 49 261 3 33 12 203 3 48 12-17-0 203 3 48 3 94 0 41 2 12 0 10 464 Dec 15 SAM HOUSTON STATE 48 471 4 62 11 171 4 31 11-18-1 171 4 31 1 20 0 20 2 34 0 31 642 North Dakota State 641 3949 47 80 166 2520 28 77 166-273-8 2520 28 77 25 570 0 64 22 134 0 31 6469 Opponents 436 1249 10 46 193 2071 7 51 193-368-20 2071 7 51 73 1519 0 60 12 108 0 54 3320

Games: 14 • Avg/rush: 6.2 • Avg/catch: 15.2 • Pass effic: 166.33 • KR avg: 22.8 • PR avg: 6.1 • All purpose avg/game: 528.9 • Total offense avg/gm: 462.1

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 02 MISS. VALLEY STATE 27 26 53 11.0-53 5.0-35 0 0-0 1-17 3 4 0 10-10 0 0 1 7 72 Sep 09 at Eastern Washington 20 32 52 5.0-25 2.0-17 2 0-0 2--3 4 7 0 4-5 0 0 0 3 40 Sep 23 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) 24 20 44 8.0-18 1.0-5 2 2-0 2-28 4 2 0 8-8 0 0 0 21 56 Sep 30 MISSOURI STATE 33 54 87 8.0-25 0.0-0 1 0-0 3-27 1 2 0 5-5 0 0 0 14 38 Oct 07 at Indiana State 26 32 58 4.0-25 2.0-19 3 3-0 3-39 4 2 0 7-7 0 0 0 24 52 Oct 14 at Youngstown State 43 26 69 8.0-37 6.0-27 0 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 27 Oct 21 WESTERN ILLINOIS 32 20 52 7.0-28 5.0-25 0 0-0 1-4 2 4 1 3-3 0 0 0 0 24 Oct 28 NORTHERN IOWA 38 34 72 12.0-60 6.0-47 3 3-0 2-27 4 0 0 3-4 0 0 0 17 30 Nov 04 at South Dakota State 46 12 58 7.0-18 2.0-8 0 1-0 0-0 1 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 21 Nov 11 SOUTH DAKOTA 53 24 77 6.0-25 4.0-21 1 0-0 0-0 9 4 0 7-7 0 0 0 0 49 Nov 18 at Illinois State 23 32 55 4.0-22 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-32 3 4 0 2-3 0 0 0 6 20 Dec 02 SAN DIEGO 31 34 65 7.0-29 2.0-21 1 1-0 2--3 4 3 0 5-5 0 0 0 3 38 Dec 09 WOFFORD 30 26 56 3.0-21 1.0-11 3 2-21 0-0 5 3 1 6-6 0 0 0 14 42 Dec 15 SAM HOUSTON STATE 41 26 67 6.0-17 1.0-7 1 1--4 3-63 2 6 0 7-8 0 0 0 14 55 North Dakota State 467 398 865 96.0-403 37.0-243 17 13-17 20-231 47 46 2 73-77 0 0 1 130 564 Opponents 488 516 1004 59.0-218 19.0-130 9 8-18 8-90 9 45 4 15-16 0 0 1 40 161

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 02 MISS. VALLEY STATE 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0 0 11 673 61.2 2 0 Sep 09 at Eastern Washington 3 107 35.7 44 0 0 1 0 0 2-2 38 0 7 436 62.3 3 1 Sep 23 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) 4 152 38.0 46 0 0 2 0 2 0-0 0 0 9 537 59.7 0 0 Sep 30 MISSOURI STATE 1 47 47.0 47 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 40 0 8 518 64.8 0 0 Oct 07 at Indiana State 3 126 42.0 49 0 0 2 0 2 1-1 36 0 9 557 61.9 3 3 Oct 14 at Youngstown State 5 204 40.8 45 0 0 1 0 2 2-2 36 0 5 300 60.0 2 1 Oct 21 WESTERN ILLINOIS 3 112 37.3 49 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 37 0 5 319 63.8 0 0 Oct 28 NORTHERN IOWA 5 211 42.2 48 0 0 5 0 1 1-3 31 2 6 363 60.5 0 0 Nov 04 at South Dakota State 4 172 43.0 48 0 1 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 4 249 62.2 2 0 Nov 11 SOUTH DAKOTA 3 135 45.0 49 0 0 2 0 1 0-0 0 0 8 496 62.0 1 0 Nov 18 at Illinois State 8 285 35.6 52 0 0 0 1 4 0-0 0 0 4 247 61.8 3 0 Dec 02 SAN DIEGO 6 237 39.5 47 0 0 4 0 2 1-1 47 0 7 439 62.7 1 0 Dec 09 WOFFORD 2 79 39.5 40 0 0 1 0 0 0-1 0 1 7 382 54.6 2 0 Dec 15 SAM HOUSTON STATE 3 95 31.7 39 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 9 532 59.1 0 2 North Dakota State 50 1962 39.2 52 0 1 20 1 16 9-14 47 3 99 6048 61.1 19 7 Opponents 88 3404 38.7 76 1 2 40 10 27 12-13 52 0 44 2719 61.8 18 1 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 18

2017 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Dec 31, 2017) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 02 MISS. VALLEY STATE 27 -31 1 10 7 89 0 47 7-22-1 89 0 47 9 177 0 55 0 0 0 0 58 Sep 09 at Eastern Washington 24 70 1 20 10 134 0 50 10-30-2 134 0 50 3 59 0 21 1 2 0 2 204 Sep 23 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) 24 44 0 12 3 13 0 9 3-16-2 13 0 9 9 171 0 24 0 0 0 0 57 Sep 30 MISSOURI STATE 37 117 1 13 16 117 0 22 16-21-3 117 0 22 8 221 0 60 1 14 0 14 234 Oct 07 at Indiana State 31 124 0 46 8 118 0 51 8-19-3 118 0 51 3 42 0 16 1 54 0 54 242 Oct 14 at Youngstown State 45 150 1 36 11 188 2 35 11-15-0 188 2 35 2 36 0 21 3 17 0 10 338 Oct 21 WESTERN ILLINOIS 23 31 0 10 17 185 0 45 17-28-1 185 0 45 5 139 0 39 1 0 0 0 216 Oct 28 NORTHERN IOWA 37 48 0 13 14 109 2 32 14-22-2 109 2 32 6 122 0 33 0 0 0 0 157 Nov 04 at South Dakota State 36 144 2 19 23 329 2 45 23-33-0 329 2 45 2 33 0 22 1 -1 0 0 473 Nov 11 SOUTH DAKOTA 38 187 2 25 30 232 0 34 30-47-0 232 0 34 7 125 0 29 0 0 0 0 419 Nov 18 at Illinois State 30 106 1 25 8 113 0 29 8-22-1 113 0 29 1 11 0 11 3 16 0 12 219 Dec 02 SAN DIEGO 29 62 0 16 14 112 0 24 14-29-2 112 0 24 6 129 0 31 0 0 0 0 174 Dec 09 WOFFORD 37 134 1 38 3 43 0 27 3-12-0 43 0 27 5 92 0 30 1 6 0 6 177 Dec 15 SAM HOUSTON STATE 18 63 0 25 29 289 1 33 29-52-3 289 1 33 7 162 0 30 0 0 0 0 352 Opponents 436 1249 10 46 193 2071 7 51 193-368-20 2071 7 51 73 1519 0 60 12 108 0 54 3320 North Dakota State 641 3949 47 80 166 2520 28 77 166-273-8 2520 28 77 25 570 0 64 22 134 0 31 6469

Games: 14 • Avg/rush: 2.9 • Avg/catch: 10.7 • Pass effic: 95.13 • KR avg: 20.8 • PR avg: 9.0 • All purpose avg/game: 359.8 • Total offense avg/gm: 237.1

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 02 MISS. VALLEY STATE 34 44 78 1.0-1 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 7 Sep 09 at Eastern Washington 39 66 105 4.0-20 1.0-2 1 2-0 0-0 3 6 0 1-1 0 0 0 3 13 Sep 23 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) 36 38 74 7.0-29 3.0-19 0 0-0 0-0 0 5 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 30 MISSOURI STATE 27 34 61 6.0-23 1.0-6 1 1-12 0-0 2 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 0 11 Oct 07 at Indiana State 35 46 81 4.0-4 0.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 0 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 14 at Youngstown State 41 22 63 3.0-9 1.0-7 0 0-0 0-0 0 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 24 Oct 21 WESTERN ILLINOIS 40 30 70 5.0-15 1.0-9 0 0-0 2-43 1 1 0 0-1 0 0 0 6 12 Oct 28 NORTHERN IOWA 23 44 67 3.0-13 1.0-7 0 0-0 2-4 1 8 2 2-2 0 0 0 7 14 Nov 04 at South Dakota State 36 12 48 5.0-22 3.0-19 2 2-6 3-23 0 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 17 33 Nov 11 SOUTH DAKOTA 32 40 72 3.0-3 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 14 Nov 18 at Illinois State 43 24 67 8.0-41 4.0-30 1 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 1-1 0 0 0 0 7 Dec 02 SAN DIEGO 35 32 67 6.0-34 4.0-31 1 1-0 0-0 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Dec 09 WOFFORD 33 44 77 3.0-3 0.0-0 0 1-0 0-0 0 2 1 1-1 0 0 0 7 10 Dec 15 SAM HOUSTON STATE 34 40 74 1.0-1 0.0-0 1 0-0 1-20 0 4 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 13 Opponents 488 516 1004 59.0-218 19.0-130 9 8-18 8-90 9 45 4 15-16 0 0 1 40 161 North Dakota State 467 398 865 96.0-403 37.0-243 17 13-17 20-231 47 46 2 73-77 0 0 1 130 564

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 02 MISS. VALLEY STATE 10 298 29.8 51 0 0 4 1 1 0-0 0 0 3 163 54.3 0 0 Sep 09 at Eastern Washington 5 179 35.8 43 0 0 4 0 3 2-2 38 0 4 248 62.0 3 0 Sep 23 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) 9 332 36.9 46 0 0 7 0 1 0-0 0 0 1 65 65.0 1 0 Sep 30 MISSOURI STATE 3 118 39.3 43 0 0 1 0 1 1-1 40 0 2 126 63.0 0 0 Oct 07 at Indiana State 5 171 34.2 44 0 0 2 0 2 0-0 0 0 1 65 65.0 1 0 Oct 14 at Youngstown State 5 220 44.0 49 0 1 1 0 2 1-2 34 0 5 299 59.8 0 0 Oct 21 WESTERN ILLINOIS 6 242 40.3 51 0 0 2 2 3 2-2 52 0 4 260 65.0 4 0 Oct 28 NORTHERN IOWA 7 345 49.3 76 0 0 3 1 3 0-0 0 0 3 171 57.0 2 0 Nov 04 at South Dakota State 4 134 33.5 36 0 0 4 0 3 2-2 41 0 7 446 63.7 2 0 Nov 11 SOUTH DAKOTA 5 213 42.6 50 0 0 1 1 2 0-0 0 0 3 176 58.7 0 0 Nov 18 at Illinois State 9 352 39.1 59 0 0 3 3 0 0-0 0 0 2 130 65.0 2 0 Dec 02 SAN DIEGO 8 338 42.2 51 0 0 4 1 3 1-1 48 0 2 125 62.5 0 1 Dec 09 WOFFORD 6 242 40.3 50 1 1 1 1 2 1-1 40 0 3 190 63.3 0 0 Dec 15 SAM HOUSTON STATE 6 220 36.7 45 0 0 3 0 1 2-2 32 0 4 255 63.8 3 0 Opponents 88 3404 38.7 76 1 2 40 10 27 12-13 52 0 44 2719 61.8 18 1 North Dakota State 50 1962 39.2 52 0 1 20 1 16 9-14 47 3 99 6048 61.1 19 7 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 19

2017 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Red-Zone Results (as of Dec 31, 2017) 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 Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 02, 2017 MISS. VALLEY STATE W 72-7 6 6 42 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 09, 2017 at Eastern Washington W 40-13 4 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Sep 23, 2017 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) W 56-0 6 5 35 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 30, 2017 MISSOURI STATE W 38-11 3 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Oct 07, 2017 at Indiana State W 52-0 9 8 52 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Oct 14, 2017 at Youngstown State W 27-24 3 3 13 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 21, 2017 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 24-12 4 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct 28, 2017 NORTHERN IOWA W 30-14 4 2 10 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 04, 2017 at South Dakota State L 21-33 2 2 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 11, 2017 SOUTH DAKOTA W 49-14 5 5 35 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 18, 2017 at Illinois State W 20-7 3 3 20 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 02, 2017 SAN DIEGO W 38-3 2 2 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 09, 2017 WOFFORD W 42-10 5 5 35 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 15, 2017 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 55-13 4 3 20 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 60 52 334 45 28 17 7 2 2 0 2 2 0 52 of 60 (86.7%)

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 Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 02, 2017 MISS. VALLEY STATE W 72-7 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 09, 2017 at Eastern Washington W 40-13 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 23, 2017 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) W 56-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 30, 2017 MISSOURI STATE W 38-11 2 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct 07, 2017 at Indiana State W 52-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Oct 14, 2017 at Youngstown State W 27-24 3 3 17 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 21, 2017 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 24-12 3 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct 28, 2017 NORTHERN IOWA W 30-14 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 04, 2017 at South Dakota State L 21-33 5 5 30 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 11, 2017 SOUTH DAKOTA W 49-14 2 2 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 18, 2017 at Illinois State W 20-7 2 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Dec 02, 2017 SAN DIEGO W 38-3 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 09, 2017 WOFFORD W 42-10 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 15, 2017 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 55-13 5 3 13 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 Totals 30 24 130 15 10 5 9 0 3 2 1 0 0 24 of 30 (80.0%) BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 20

2017 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State By-Quarter Statistics (as of Dec 31, 2017) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 02, 2017 MISS. VALLEY STATE W 72-7 4-9 44.4 0-0 0.0 0-2 0.0 3-3 100.0 1-4 25.0 Sep 09, 2017 at Eastern Washington W 40-13 7-14 50.0 1-3 33.3 0-3 0.0 4-5 80.0 2-3 66.7 Sep 23, 2017 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) W 56-0 10-17 58.8 2-3 66.7 3-5 60.0 4-5 80.0 1-4 25.0 Sep 30, 2017 MISSOURI STATE W 38-11 5-8 62.5 1-1 100.0 0-2 0.0 3-3 100.0 1-2 50.0 Oct 07, 2017 at Indiana State W 52-0 6-12 50.0 2-3 66.7 0-3 0.0 1-1 100.0 3-5 60.0 Oct 14, 2017 at Youngstown State W 27-24 4-11 36.4 0-1 0.0 2-5 40.0 0-1 0.0 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 Oct 21, 2017 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 24-12 6-14 42.9 1-2 50.0 2-4 50.0 2-3 66.7 1-5 20.0 Oct 28, 2017 NORTHERN IOWA W 30-14 3-14 21.4 1-4 25.0 1-5 20.0 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 Nov 04, 2017 at South Dakota State L 21-33 5-10 50.0 2-3 66.7 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 1-2 50.0 Nov 11, 2017 SOUTH DAKOTA W 49-14 4-8 50.0 2-2 100.0 0-1 0.0 2-3 66.7 0-2 0.0 Nov 18, 2017 at Illinois State W 20-7 5-15 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-4 0.0 3-5 60.0 1-3 33.3 Dec 02, 2017 SAN DIEGO W 38-3 7-14 50.0 3-3 100.0 0-4 0.0 4-4 100.0 0-3 0.0 Dec 09, 2017 WOFFORD W 42-10 10-13 76.9 1-2 50.0 2-2 100.0 3-4 75.0 4-5 80.0 Dec 15, 2017 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 55-13 5-11 45.5 2-2 100.0 2-3 66.7 0-2 0.0 1-4 25.0 North Dakota State 81-170 47.6 19-32 59.4 13-46 28.3 31-44 70.5 18-47 38.3 0-1 0.0 Opponents 48-190 25.3 18-52 34.6 9-53 17.0 8-37 21.6 13-47 27.7 0-1 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 02, 2017 MISS. VALLEY STATE W 72-7 3-4 75.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 2-3 66.7 Sep 09, 2017 at Eastern Washington W 40-13 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Sep 23, 2017 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) W 56-0 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-2 50.0 Sep 30, 2017 MISSOURI STATE W 38-11 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 Oct 07, 2017 at Indiana State W 52-0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 14, 2017 at Youngstown State W 27-24 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 21, 2017 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 24-12 2-3 66.7 0-0 0.0 1-2 50.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 28, 2017 NORTHERN IOWA W 30-14 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Nov 04, 2017 at South Dakota State L 21-33 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Nov 11, 2017 SOUTH DAKOTA W 49-14 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 Nov 18, 2017 at Illinois State W 20-7 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Dec 02, 2017 SAN DIEGO W 38-3 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Dec 09, 2017 WOFFORD W 42-10 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Dec 15, 2017 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 55-13 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 North Dakota State 10-14 71.4 0-0 0.0 3-5 60.0 1-1 100.0 6-8 75.0 0-0 0.0 Opponents 8-23 34.8 2-4 50.0 1-4 25.0 2-4 50.0 3-11 27.3 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 02, 2017 MISS. VALLEY STATE W 72-7 34:33 7:28 6:08 10:21 10:36 Sep 09, 2017 at Eastern Washington W 40-13 42:40 7:23 10:38 11:22 13:17 Sep 23, 2017 ROBERT MORRIS (PA.) W 56-0 39:21 8:38 11:31 10:28 8:44 Sep 30, 2017 MISSOURI STATE W 38-11 26:02 5:53 2:57 8:42 8:30 Oct 07, 2017 at Indiana State W 52-0 36:50 7:11 10:53 9:00 9:46 Oct 14, 2017 at Youngstown State W 27-24 27:09 3:31 8:27 7:57 7:14 0:00 Oct 21, 2017 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 24-12 34:16 5:23 10:26 9:45 8:42 Oct 28, 2017 NORTHERN IOWA W 30-14 31:29 7:54 6:48 7:35 9:12 Nov 04, 2017 at South Dakota State L 21-33 24:56 6:47 6:42 7:05 4:22 Nov 11, 2017 SOUTH DAKOTA W 49-14 33:43 6:59 7:52 8:58 9:54 Nov 18, 2017 at Illinois State W 20-7 36:27 11:52 7:35 7:53 9:07 Dec 02, 2017 SAN DIEGO W 38-3 30:27 8:17 6:40 9:01 6:29 Dec 09, 2017 WOFFORD W 42-10 35:55 6:41 10:18 7:47 11:09 Dec 15, 2017 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 55-13 34:18 5:56 9:49 7:48 10:45 North Dakota State Total 468:06 99:53 116:44 123:42 127:47 0:00 Avg. 33:26 7:08 8:20 8:50 9:07 0:00 Opponents Total 371:54 110:07 93:16 86:18 82:13 0:00 Avg. 26:33 7:51 6:39 6:09 5:52 0:00 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 21

2017 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Rushing/Receiving Game-by-Game (as of Dec 31, 2017) All games

RUSHING No-Yds/TD MVSU EWU RMU-PA MOST INST YSU WIU UNI SDSU USD ILST SD WOFFOR SHSU Bruce Anderson RB 216-1153/11 7-52/0 23-160/1 10-31/1 11-106/1 12-50/0 16-68/0 21-93/0 26-78/1 8-30/0 14-33/1 22-95/1 14-112/0 15-62/2 17-183/3 Ty Brooks RB 76-700/7 11-127/2 9-39/0 DNP DNP - DNP DNP 7-59/1 6-49/0 9-152/3 10-51/0 11-88/1 10-73/0 3-62/0 Lance Dunn RB 80-634/12 7-142/2 19-148/3 3-111/3 10-91/2 16-74/2 12-38/0 13-30/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Easton Stick QB 98-628/12 2-53/1 7-7/1 4--6/0 2--15/0 3-53/0 11-172/1 9-61/2 6-36/0 10-28/1 7-39/1 17-65/2 8-54/1 8-49/1 4-32/1 Seth Wilson RB 70-407/1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - 3-1/0 13-88/1 2-3/0 13-47/0 15-74/0 24-194/0 Adam Cofield RB 43-163/1 - 4-16/0 25-89/0 8-32/0 6-26/1 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Demaris Purifoy RB 18-85/1 18-85/1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP D. Williams WR 5-64/0 1-5/0 DNP ------2-30/0 2-29/0 - - - Dallas Freeman WR 3-35/0 DNP DNP DNP - 1-31/0 - 1-2/0 - - - 1-2/0 DNP - - H. Van Dellen QB 5-33/1 1-10/1 DNP 2-12/0 - 2-11/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Victor Kizewski WR 10-30/0 6-24/0 DNP 2-3/0 - 2-3/0 DNP - DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP - Cole Davis QB 2-20/1 - - 1-17/1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP - 1-3/0 - D. Shepherd WR 3-10/0 - 1-5/0 1-3/0 - - 1-2/0 - - - - DNP - - - TEAM 12--13/0 - - DNP - 2--2/0 1-0/0 4--5/0 2--4/0 DNP 1--2/0 2-0/0 DNP DNP -

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD MVSU EWU RMU-PA MOST INST YSU WIU UNI SDSU USD ILST SD WOFFOR SHSU RJ Urzendowski WR 35-589/8 3-73/2 3-29/0 2-19/1 6-82/1 3-18/0 1-16/1 4-100/1 2-46/1 1-23/0 2-56/0 - 5-55/1 1-44/0 2-28/0 D. Shepherd WR 35-485/0 1-12/0 3-33/0 2-19/0 4-51/0 6-94/0 5-49/0 2-71/0 2-25/0 7-95/0 1-8/0 DNP - 1-9/0 1-19/0 Jeff Illies TE 19-294/3 DNP 1-14/0 3-53/0 2-45/1 1-12/0 2-14/0 2-8/0 1-5/0 - 2-96/0 - 1-8/0 2-11/1 2-28/1 Connor Wentz TE 12-186/5 1-15/0 - - - 3-36/2 - 1-5/0 1-5/0 3-29/1 2-48/1 - - 1-48/1 - Nate Jenson TE 10-174/1 - 5-75/0 1-9/0 1-5/0 - 1-22/1 - - - - - 1-41/0 1-22/0 - Bruce Anderson RB 8-156/3 1-6/0 - - 1-26/0 - - - - - 1-1/0 - 1-48/1 2-21/0 2-54/2 D. Williams WR 5-123/0 - DNP 1-7/0 - - 1-13/0 - - - 2-90/0 - - 1-13/0 - Dallas Freeman WR 6-89/1 DNP DNP DNP - 2-20/1 - - 1-29/0 1-14/0 - 1-12/0 DNP 1-14/0 - Desmond Cain WR 5-78/0 1-20/0 - - - 1-5/0 - - 1-26/0 1-19/0 1-8/0 - - - - Daniel Polansky WR 5-69/0 1-24/0 - 2-40/0 - 2-5/0 - - - - - DNP - - - Ben Ellefson TE 5-67/3 1-3/1 - - - 1-11/1 - 1-21/0 ------2-32/1 Seth Wilson RB 6-66/2 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - 2-25/0 - - 1-19/1 2-21/1 1-1/0 Ty Brooks RB 3-54/1 1-27/0 - DNP DNP - DNP DNP - 1-24/1 - 1-3/0 - - - Lance Dunn RB 6-44/1 - 1-6/0 1-10/1 1-11/0 1-2/0 1--1/0 1-16/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Brock Robbins FB 4-32/0 1-5/0 DNP 2-18/0 ------1-9/0 Sean Engel WR 1-15/0 - - 1-15/0 2017- NorthDNP Dakota- State- Football- - - - DNP DNP DNP Adam Cofield RB 1--1/0 - North- Dakota- State- Return1--1/0 Stats- Game-by-GameDNP DNP (asDNP of DecDNP 31, 2017)DNP DNP DNP DNP All games

PUNT RETURNS No-Yds MVSU EWU RMU-PA MOST INST YSU WIU UNI SDSU USD ILST SD WOFFOR SHSU D. Shepherd 14-104 1-3 - 1-7 2-4 1-6 1-14 3-14 3-22 - - DNP - - 2-34 Robbie Grimsley 3-25 ------1-6 1-9 1-10 - Tre Dempsey 4-3 1--4 ------3-7 - - - - James Hendricks 1-2 ------1-2 -

KICK RETURNS No-Yds MVSU EWU RMU-PA MOST INST YSU WIU UNI SDSU USD ILST SD WOFFOR SHSU D. Williams 14-310 - DNP - 1-16 - - - - 5-118 3-46 - 1-16 3-94 1-20 Bruce Anderson 6-156 - - - 1-64 - 5-92 ------Ty Brooks 3-86 2-45 1-41 DNP DNP - DNP DNP ------Daniel Polansky 1-16 1-16 ------DNP - - - D. Shepherd 1-2 ------1-2 - - DNP - - -

INT. RETURNS No-Yds MVSU EWU RMU-PA MOST INST YSU WIU UNI SDSU USD ILST SD WOFFOR SHSU Tre Dempsey 6-104 - - 1-23 1-0 1-17 - 1-4 1-0 - - - - - 1-60 Robbie Grimsley 4-36 - 2--3 - 1-12 - - - 1-27 ------James Hendricks 4-37 1-17 - 1-5 1-15 1-0 ------M. Bridges 2-3 ------2-3 Jabril Cox 1-32 ------1-32 - - - Jaxon Brown 1--3 - DNP DNP DNP ------1--3 - - Jalen Allison 1-22 - - - - 1-22 ------Nick DeLuca 1-0 - DNP DNP ------1-0 - -

FUMBLE RETURNS No-Yds MVSU EWU RMU-PA MOST INST YSU WIU UNI SDSU USD ILST SD WOFFOR SHSU Robbie Grimsley 1-21 ------1-21 - Tre Dempsey 1--4 ------1--4 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 22

2017 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State - Long Plays 25-YARD PLUS PLAYS LONG PLAYS (20+) BY THE NUMBERS Yds Type Player(s) Opponent Long Plays By Yards No. TD 80* Rush Easton Stick Youngstown State 100+ 0 0 77 Pass Dimitri Williams from Easton Stick South Dakota 90-99 0 0 73* Rush Lance Dunn Miss. Valley State 80-89 1 1 64 KR Bruce Anderson Missouri State 70-79 2 1 62* Rush Bruce Anderson Sam Houston State 60-69 4 2 61* Rush Lance Dunn Robert Morris (Pa.) 50-59 8 3 60 INT Tre Dempsey Sam Houston State 40-49 17 7 58* Pass RJ Urzendowski from Easton Stick Western Illinois 30-39 20 7 58 Rush Seth Wilson Sam Houston State 20-29 49 11 56 Rush Easton Stick Illinois State 55 Rush Ty Brooks Sam Houston State Long Plays By Type No. TD 54 Rush Ty Brooks South Dakota Rushing 42 19 54* Rush Ty Brooks South Dakota Passing 38 11 51* Rush Easton Stick San Diego Punt returns 2 0 50 Pass Jeff Illies from Easton Stick South Dakota Kick returns 13 0 49 Pass Darrius Shepherd from Easton Stick Western Illinois Interceptions 5 2 48* Pass Connor Wentz from Easton Stick Wofford Fumble returns 1 0 48* Pass Bruce Anderson from Easton Stick San Diego Other 0 0 47* Pass RJ Urzendowski from Easton Stick Miss. Valley State TOTAL 101 32 46* Rush Bruce Anderson Missouri State 46 Pass Jeff Illies from Easton Stick South Dakota 20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER 45* Rush Lance Dunn Robert Morris (Pa.) Player No. TD R P KR PR IR FR 45 Rush Easton Stick Miss. Valley State 44 Rush Easton Stick Indiana State Ty Brooks 18 5 13 2 3 0 0 0 44* Rush Lance Dunn Missouri State Bruce Anderson 14 8 8 4 2 0 0 0 44 Pass Nate Jenson from Easton Stick Eastern Washington Dimitri Williams 10 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 44* Rush Bruce Anderson Eastern Washington RJ Urzendowski 9 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 44 Pass RJ Urzendowski from Easton Stick Wofford Easton Stick 9 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 41 KR Dimitri Williams Wofford Lance Dunn 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 41 Pass Nate Jenson from Easton Stick San Diego Darrius Shepherd 7 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 41 KR Ty Brooks Eastern Washington Jeff Illies 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 40 Pass Connor Wentz from Easton Stick South Dakota Nate Jenson 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 39 KR Dimitri Williams South Dakota State Seth Wilson 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 37* Rush Bruce Anderson Sam Houston State Connor Wentz 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 36* Rush Ty Brooks Miss. Valley State Robbie Grimsley 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 35 Rush Bruce Anderson Missouri State Tre Dempsey 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 35 Pass RJ Urzendowski from Easton Stick South Dakota Desmond Cain 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 34 Rush Bruce Anderson San Diego Daniel Polansky 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 34 Rush Seth Wilson Sam Houston State Dallas Freeman 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 33 Rush Ty Brooks Wofford Jalen Allison 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33* Rush Bruce Anderson Sam Houston State Jabril Cox 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 32* Pass Jeff Illies from Easton Stick Missouri State Ben Ellefson 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 32 Pass Darrius Shepherd from Easton Stick South Dakota State TOTAL 101 32 42 38 13 2 5 1 32 INT Jabril Cox Illinois State 31 PR Darrius Shepherd Sam Houston State LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR 31* Pass RJ Urzendowski from Easton Stick Northern Iowa Rushing 31* Pass Bruce Anderson from Easton Stick Sam Houston State 80 Easton Stick vs Youngstown State (10/14/2017) 31 Rush Dallas Freeman Indiana State Rushing Touchdown 31* Rush Lance Dunn Eastern Washington 80 Easton Stick vs Youngstown State (10/14/2017) 31 Pass Darrius Shepherd from Easton Stick Indiana State 30 Rush Ty Brooks Wofford Passing 30 Rush Easton Stick Youngstown State 77 Dimitri Williams from Easton Stick 29 Pass Dallas Freeman from Easton Stick Northern Iowa vs South Dakota (11/11/2017) 28 KR Dimitri Williams Wofford Passing Touchdown 28 Pass Jeff Illies from Easton Stick Robert Morris (Pa.) 58 RJ Urzendowski from Easton Stick 28* Rush Seth Wilson South Dakota vs Western Illinois (10/21/2017) 27* INT Robbie Grimsley Northern Iowa 27 Pass Connor Wentz from Easton Stick Indiana State Punt Return 27 Pass Ty Brooks from Cole Davis Miss. Valley State 31 Darrius Shepherd vs Sam Houston State (12/15/2017) 26* Pass RJ Urzendowski from Easton Stick Missouri State Kick Return 26 Rush Ty Brooks San Diego 64 Bruce Anderson vs Missouri State (9/30/2017) 26 Pass Bruce Anderson from Easton Stick Missouri State Interception Return 26 KR Dimitri Williams South Dakota State 60 Tre Dempsey vs Sam Houston State (12/15/2017) 26 Pass Desmond Cain from Easton Stick Northern Iowa 26 KR Dimitri Williams South Dakota Fumble Return 25 Rush Ty Brooks Miss. Valley State 21 Robbie Grimsley vs Wofford (12/9/2017) 25 KR Dimitri Williams Wofford Punt 25 KR Dimitri Williams South Dakota State 52 Jackson Koonce vs Illinois State (11/18/2017) 25 Rush Easton Stick Northern Iowa 25 Rush Bruce Anderson Illinois State Field Goal 25 KR Bruce Anderson Youngstown State 47 Cam Pedersen vs San Diego (12/2/2017) * touchdown scored on play BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 23

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 26 Bruce Anderson vs Northern Iowa (Oct 28) Rushes 63 at Eastern Washington (Sep 09) Yards Rushing 194 Seth Wilson vs Sam Houston State (Dec 15) Yards Rushing 498 vs Miss. Valley State (Sep 02) TD Rushes 3 Lance Dunn at Eastern Washington (Sep 09) Yards Per Rush 9.8 vs Sam Houston State (Dec 15) Lance Dunn vs Robert Morris (Pa.) (Sep 23) TD Rushes 7 vs Miss. Valley State (Sep 02) Ty Brooks vs South Dakota (Nov 11) Pass attempts 28 at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Bruce Anderson vs Sam Houston State (Dec 15) Pass completions 21 at Indiana State (Oct 07) Long Rush 80 Easton Stick at Youngstown State (Oct 14) Yards Passing 307 vs South Dakota (Nov 11) Pass attempts 28 Easton Stick at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Yards Per Pass 25.6 vs South Dakota (Nov 11) Pass completions 18 Easton Stick at Indiana State (Oct 07) TD Passes 4 at Indiana State (Oct 07) Yards Passing 307 Easton Stick vs South Dakota (Nov 11) vs Sam Houston State (Dec 15) TD Passes 4 Easton Stick at Indiana St. (Oct 07) and vs SHSU (Dec 15) Total Plays 85 at Eastern Washington (Sep 09) Long Pass 77 Easton Stick vs South Dakota (Nov 11) Total Offense 683 vs Miss. Valley State (Sep 02) Receptions 7 Darrius Shepherd at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Yards Per Play 11.2 vs South Dakota (Nov 11) Yards Receiving 100 RJ Urzendowski vs Western Illinois (Oct 21) Points 72 vs Miss. Valley State (Sep 02) TD Receptions 2 three times Sacks By 6 at Youngstown State (Oct 14) Long Reception 77 Dimitri Williams vs South Dakota (Nov 11) vs Northern Iowa (Oct 28) Field Goals 2 Cam Pedersen at EWU (Sep 09) and at YSU (Oct 14) First Downs 31 vs Miss. Valley State (Sep 02) Long Field Goal 47 Cam Pedersen vs San Diego (Dec 02) at Eastern Washington (Sep 09) Punts 8 Jackson Koonce at Illinois State (Nov 18) Penalties 10 vs Miss. Valley State (Sep 02) Punting Avg 47.0 Jackson Koonce vs Missouri State (Sep 30) Penalty Yards 80 vs Miss. Valley State (Sep 02) Long Punt 52 Jackson Koonce at Illinois State (Nov 18) Turnovers 5 at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Punts inside 20 4 Jackson Koonce at Illinois State (Nov 18) Interceptions By 3 vs Missouri State (Sep 30) Long Punt Return 31 Darrius Shepherd vs Sam Houston State (Dec 15) at Indiana State (Oct 07) Long Kickoff Return 64 Bruce Anderson vs Missouri State (Sep 30) vs Sam Houston State (Dec 15) Tackles 13 Jabril Cox vs Sam Houston State (Dec 15) Punts 8 at Illinois State (Nov 18) Sacks 2.0 four times Punting Avg 47.0 vs Missouri State (Sep 30) Tackles For Loss 3.0 Jabril Cox at Youngstown State (Oct 14) Long Punt 52 at Illinois State (Nov 18) Interceptions 2 Robbie Grimsley at Eastern Washington (Sep 09) Punts inside 20 4 at Illinois State (Nov 18) Marquise Bridges vs Sam Houston State (Dec 15) Long Punt Return 31 vs Sam Houston State (Dec 15)

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS OPPONENT GAME HIGHS

Rushes 21 Nathan Mays at Youngstown State (Oct 14) Rushes 45 at Youngstown State (Oct 14) M. Weymiller vs Northern Iowa (Oct 28) Yards Rushing 187 vs South Dakota (Nov 11) Yards Rushing 104 LeMonte Booker at Indiana State (Oct 07) Yards Per Rush 4.9 vs South Dakota (Nov 11) TD Rushes 2 Chris Streveler vs South Dakota (Nov 11) TD Rushes 2 at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Long Rush 46 LeMonte Booker at Indiana State (Oct 07) vs South Dakota (Nov 11) Pass attempts 51 J. Briscoe vs Sam Houston State (Dec 15) Pass attempts 52 vs Sam Houston State (Dec 15) Pass completions 30 Chris Streveler vs South Dakota (Nov 11) Pass completions 30 vs South Dakota (Nov 11) Yards Passing 329 Taryn Christion at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Yards Passing 329 at South Dakota State (Nov 04) TD Passes 2 Nathan Mays at Youngstown State (Oct 14) Yards Per Pass 12.5 at Youngstown State (Oct 14) Eli Dunne vs Northern Iowa (Oct 28) TD Passes 2 at Youngstown State (Oct 14) Taryn Christion at South Dakota State (Nov 04) vs Northern Iowa (Oct 28) Long Pass 51 Isaac Harker at Indiana State (Oct 07) at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Receptions 10 Yedidiah Louis vs Sam Houston State (Dec 15) Total Plays 85 vs South Dakota (Nov 11) Yards Receiving 116 Dallas Goedert at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Total Offense 473 at South Dakota State (Nov 04) TD Receptions 2 D. Fountain vs Northern Iowa (Oct 28) Yards Per Play 6.9 at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Long Reception 51 Bob Pugh at Indiana State (Oct 07) Points 33 at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Field Goals 2 three times Sacks By 4 at Illinois State (Nov 18) Long Field Goal 52 Nathan Erickson vs Western Illinois (Oct 21) vs San Diego (Dec 02) Punts 10 Justin Read vs Miss. Valley State (Sep 02) First Downs 23 at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Punting Avg 49.3 Sam Kuhter vs Northern Iowa (Oct 28) vs South Dakota (Nov 11) Long Punt 76 Sam Kuhter vs Northern Iowa (Oct 28) Penalties 7 vs Northern Iowa (Oct 28) Punts inside 20 3 five times at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Long Punt Return 54 Bob Pugh at Indiana State (Oct 07) Penalty Yards 58 at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Long Kickoff Return 60 Deion Holliman vs Missouri State (Sep 30) Turnovers 6 at Indiana State (Oct 07) Tackles 17 Brett Taylor vs Western Illinois (Oct 21) Interceptions By 3 at South Dakota State (Nov 04) Sacks 3.0 Jon Petersen vs San Diego (Dec 02) Punts 10 vs Miss. Valley State (Sep 02) Tackles For Loss 3.0 Jon Petersen vs San Diego (Dec 02) Punting Avg 49.3 vs Northern Iowa (Oct 28) Interceptions 2 Elijah Campbell vs Northern Iowa (Oct 28) Long Punt 76 vs Northern Iowa (Oct 28) Punts inside 20 3 five times Long Punt Return 54 at Indiana State (Oct 07) BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 24

NCAA Statistics

North Dakota St. - 2017-18 Football Ranking Summary thru games 12/16/2017

National Conference Conference Statistic Rank Rank Value National Leader Value Leader Value

3rd Down Conversion Pct (123 ranked) 8 4 0.476 Princeton 0.516 Youngstown St. 0.500

3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (123 ranked) 3 1 0.253 McNeese 0.238 North Dakota St. 0.253

4th Down Conversion Pct (123 ranked) 5 1 0.714 Jacksonville St. 0.833 North Dakota St. 0.714

4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (123 ranked) 22 1 0.348 Richmond 0.200 North Dakota St. 0.348

Blocked Kicks (86 ranked) 54 4 2 South Carolina St. 9 South Dakota St. 6

Blocked Kicks Allowed (123 ranked) 86 10 4 11 teams tied 0 South Dakota St. 0

Blocked Punts (28 ranked) 28 2 1 South Carolina St. 7 South Dakota St. 3

Blocked Punts Allowed (121 ranked) 1 1 0 58 teams tied 0 5 teams tied 0

Completion Percentage (123 ranked) 28 5 0.608 Princeton 0.724 South Dakota 0.653

Defensive TDs (33 ranked) 33 5 2 Central Conn. St. 6 Western Ill. 4 Norfolk St. 6 UNI 4

Fewest Penalties (123 ranked) 38 5 67 VMI 38 Missouri St. 50

Fewest Penalties Per Game (123 ranked) 10 2 4.79 Furman 3.15 Missouri St. 4.55

Fewest Penalty Yards (123 ranked) 44 6 621 VMI 332 Missouri St. 427

Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (123 ranked) 17 4 44.36 VMI 30.18 Missouri St. 38.82

First Downs Defense (123 ranked) 9 1 175 McNeese 150 North Dakota St. 175

First Downs Offense (123 ranked) 5 3 302 Sam Houston St. 365 South Dakota 356

Fumbles Lost (123 ranked) 50 4 8 Howard 2 Youngstown St. 5 Lafayette 2 South Dakota 5

Fumbles Recovered (122 ranked) 7 1 13 Albany (NY) 16 North Dakota St. 13 Mercer 16 Southern Ill. 13

Kickoff Return Defense (123 ranked) 74 6 20.81 Mercer 14.41 Youngstown St. 16.76

Kickoff Returns (123 ranked) 14 3 22.80 Eastern Ky. 27.52 Illinois St. 25.38

Net Punting (123 ranked) 43 6 36.68 Incarnate Word 41.75 UNI 38.75

Passes Had Intercepted (123 ranked) 27 3 8 Wofford 3 Youngstown St. 4

Passes Intercepted (122 ranked) 4 2 20 James Madison 31 UNI 21

Passing Offense (123 ranked) 88 10 180.0 Sam Houston St. 362.7 South Dakota 333.2

Passing Yards Allowed (123 ranked) 3 2 147.9 Youngstown St. 143.7 Youngstown St. 143.7

Passing Yards per Completion (123 ranked) 11 1 15.18 The Citadel 20.04 North Dakota St. 15.18

Punt Return Defense (123 ranked) 83 6 9.00 Fordham 2.75 Southern Ill. 3.43

Punt Returns (123 ranked) 83 7 6.09 Southern U. 20.40 Western Ill. 16.93

Red Zone Defense (123 ranked) 59 5 0.800 UT Martin 0.606 Western Ill. 0.742

Red Zone Offense (123 ranked) 21 4 0.867 UNI 0.922 UNI 0.922

Rushing Defense (123 ranked) 7 1 89.2 McNeese 54.5 North Dakota St. 89.2

Rushing Offense (123 ranked) 4 1 282.1 Kennesaw St. 330.2 North Dakota St. 282.1

Sacks Allowed (123 ranked) 31 2 1.43 Furman 0.54 Southern Ill. 0.91

Scoring Defense (123 ranked) 2 1 11.5 James Madison 10.7 North Dakota St. 11.5

Scoring Offense (123 ranked) 2 1 40.3 Sam Houston St. 43.3 North Dakota St. 40.3

Tackles for Loss Allowed (123 ranked) 7 1 4.21 San Diego 3.15 North Dakota St. 4.21

Team Passing Efficiency (123 ranked) 4 1 166.33 Central Ark. 177.01 North Dakota St. 166.33

Team Passing Efficiency Defense (123 ranked) 2 1 95.13 James Madison 81.08 North Dakota St. 95.13

Team Sacks (123 ranked) 23 4 2.64 Sacramento St. 3.91 South Dakota 3.08

Team Tackles for Loss (122 ranked) 37 4 6.9 Montana 9.4 South Dakota 7.8

Time of Possession (123 ranked) 6 1 33:26 The Citadel 34:19 North Dakota St. 33:26

Total Defense (123 ranked) 1 1 237.1 North Dakota St. 237.1 North Dakota St. 237.1

Total Offense (123 ranked) 8 2 462.1 Sam Houston St. 538.1 South Dakota 523.6

Turnover Margin (123 ranked) 7 1 1.21 James Madison 1.71 North Dakota St. 1.21

Turnovers Gained (123 ranked) 3 1 33 James Madison 43 North Dakota St. 33

Turnovers Lost (123 ranked) 34 4 16 Youngstown St. 9 Youngstown St. 9 Sacramento St. 9

Winning Percentage (121 ranked) 3 1 0.929 N.C. A&T 1.000 North Dakota St. 0.929 James Madison 1.000 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 25

National Conference Conference Statistic Player Rank Rank Value National Leader Value Leader Value

All Purpose (200 ranked) Bruce Anderson 55 5 104.64 Detrez Newsome, Western Caro. 170.67 Jaelon Acklin, Western Ill. 135.33

Blocked Kicks (13 ranked) P. J. Hall, Sam Houston St. 4 Adam Conley, Illinois St. 2 Kevin Lazo, Bryant 4 Adam Reth, UNI 2 Darrius Montgomery, Incarnate Word 4 Kellen Soulek, South Dakota St. 2

Combined Kick Returns (199 ranked) Dimitri Williams 103 9 310 Kahlil Dawson, Portland St. 1,196 Cade Johnson, South Dakota St. 839

Completion Percentage (102 ranked) Easton Stick 21 4 0.624 Chad Kanoff, Princeton 0.732 Chris Streveler, South Dakota 0.657

Completions Per Game (150 ranked) Easton Stick 85 7 10.79 Devlin Hodges, Samford 28.92 Chris Streveler, South Dakota 24.31

Field Goal Percentage (88 ranked) Cam Pedersen 56 4 0.643 Chase Vinatieri, South Dakota St. 0.929 Chase Vinatieri, South Dakota St. 0.929

Field Goals Per Game (126 ranked) Cam Pedersen 81 8 0.64 Lorran Fonseca, Nicholls St. 1.58 Sam Drysdale, UNI 1.42

Forced Fumbles (35 ranked) Nick DeLuca 35 4 0.25 Richard Jarvis, Brown 0.60 Jeremy Chinn, Southern Ill. 0.36 Colby Isbell, Missouri St. 0.36

Fumbles Recovered (29 ranked) Levi Jordheim 9 1 3 8 players tied 4 Levi Jordheim, North Dakota St. 3 Jabril Cox 29 3 2 Christian Rozeboom, South Dakota St. 3 Robbie Grimsley 29 3 2 Jaylaan Wimbush 29 3 2

Interceptions Per Game (145 ranked) Tre Dempsey 19 1 0.4 Jordan Brown, James Madison 0.6 Tre Dempsey, North Dakota St. 0.4 Robbie Grimsley 69 6 0.3 James Hendricks 69 6 0.3

Kickoff Return TDs (6 ranked) Desmond Hite, Incarnate Word 3 Cade Johnson, South Dakota St. 2

Kickoff Returns (110 ranked) Juwan Petit-Frere, Southeastern La. 34.6 Cade Johnson, South Dakota St. 28.0

Passes Defended (58 ranked) Phillip Parham, Lafayette 1.7 Elijah Campbell, UNI 1.4

Passing Efficiency (102 ranked) Easton Stick 2 1 173.7 Hayden Hildebrand, Central Ark. 177.2 Easton Stick, North Dakota St. 173.7

Passing TDs (134 ranked) Easton Stick 10 3 27 Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston St. 45 Taryn Christion, South Dakota St. 35

Passing Yards (150 ranked) Easton Stick 38 5 2,336 Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston St. 5,003 Chris Streveler, South Dakota 4,134

Passing Yards Per Game (150 ranked) Easton Stick 66 7 166.9 Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston St. 357.4 Chris Streveler, South Dakota 318.0

Passing Yards per Completion (102 ranked) Easton Stick 3 1 15.47 Caylin Newton, Howard 18.29 Easton Stick, North Dakota St. 15.47

Points Responsible For (183 ranked) Easton Stick 4 3 234 Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston St. 288 Taryn Christion, South Dakota St. 266 Cam Pedersen 65 9 100 Bruce Anderson 96 12 84 Lance Dunn 111 15 78

Points Responsible For Per Game (150 ranked) Easton Stick 11 3 16.7 Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston St. 20.6 Chris Streveler, South Dakota 19.8 Cam Pedersen 99 11 7.1

Punt Return TDs (3 ranked) Davion Davis, Sam Houston St. 2 Rickey Nichols, Missouri St. 1 Justice Shelton-Mosley, Harvard 2 Steve McShane, Western Ill. 1 Deion Holliman, Missouri St. 1

Punt Returns (48 ranked) Justice Shelton-Mosley, Harvard 18.8 Deion Holliman, Missouri St. 12.4

Punting (108 ranked) Joe Zema, Incarnate Word 46.7 Lane Reazin, Southern Ill. 43.6

Receiving TDs (118 ranked) RJ Urzendowski 27 4 8 Davion Davis, Sam Houston St. 17 Jake Wieneke, South Dakota St. 16 Connor Wentz 70 8 5

Receiving Yards (149 ranked) RJ Urzendowski 105 14 589 Nathan Stewart, Sam Houston St. 1,648 Jaelon Acklin, Western Ill. 1,369 Darrius Shepherd 149 18 485

Receiving Yards Per Game (200 ranked) RJ Urzendowski 159 16 42.1 Keelan Doss, UC Davis 136.3 Jaelon Acklin, Western Ill. 114.1 Darrius Shepherd 197 20 37.3

Receptions Per Game (194 ranked) Keelan Doss, UC Davis 10.5 Jaelon Acklin, Western Ill. 7.0

Rush Yards Per Carry (139 ranked) Bruce Anderson 32 4 5.34 Daniel Smith, Campbell 9.13 Brady Mengarelli, South Dakota St. 5.82

Rushing TDs (121 ranked) Lance Dunn 13 2 12 Dominick Bragalone, Lehigh 18 Tevin McCaster, Youngstown St. 13 Easton Stick 13 2 12 Chandler Burks, Kennesaw St. 18 Bruce Anderson 19 5 11 Ty Brooks 59 10 7

Rushing Yards (199 ranked) Bruce Anderson 8 1 1,153 Dominick Bragalone, Lehigh 1,388 Bruce Anderson, North Dakota St. 1,153 Ty Brooks 67 9 700 Lance Dunn 91 11 634 Easton Stick 93 12 628 Seth Wilson 194 23 407

Rushing Yards Per Game (199 ranked) Bruce Anderson 26 4 82.4 Josh Mack, Maine 133.5 Tevin McCaster, Youngstown St. 96.9 Easton Stick 140 15 44.9

Sacks (189 ranked) Nick DeLuca 106 9 0.46 Jonathan Petersen, San Diego 1.38 Rickey Neal, UNI 0.73 Derrek Tuszka 148 14 0.39

Scoring (200 ranked) Cam Pedersen 24 4 7.1 Dominick Bragalone, Lehigh 12.0 Jake Wieneke, South Dakota St. 7.4 Bruce Anderson 70 12 6.0 Easton Stick 118 16 5.1

Solo Tackles (41 ranked) Mike Basile, Monmouth 7.6 Brett Taylor, Western Ill. 5.5

Tackles For Loss (87 ranked) Jonathan Petersen, San Diego 2.0 Darin Greenfield, South Dakota 1.5

Total Offense (200 ranked) Easton Stick 47 7 211.7 Chris Streveler, South Dakota 373.4 Chris Streveler, South Dakota 373.4 Bruce Anderson 139 12 82.4

Total Points Scored (0 ranked)

Total Tackles (199 ranked) Brett Taylor, Western Ill. 13.5 Brett Taylor, Western Ill. 13.5

Total Touchdowns (113 ranked) Bruce Anderson 11 2 14 Dominick Bragalone, Lehigh 22 Jake Wieneke, South Dakota St. 17 Lance Dunn 19 4 13 Easton Stick 24 6 12 Ty Brooks 77 13 8 RJ Urzendowski 77 13 8 Yards per Pass Attempt (102 ranked) Easton Stick 3 1 9.65 P.J. Blazejowski, Furman 10.56 Easton Stick, North Dakota St. 9.65

Yards per Reception (199 ranked) RJ Urzendowski 39 4 16.83 Andre Lindsey, Sacramento St. 30.24 Bob Pugh, Indiana St. 25.79 Darrius Shepherd 114 17 13.86 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 26 NDSU POSTSEASON RECORDS INDIVIDUAL SINGLE GAME RECORDS Total Offense Attempts:129, Carson Wentz, 2014 Least Yards Yielded Rushing: 6, Montana, 2015 Rushing Attempts: 34, Lamar Gordon, at Delta (4g) FCS second round State, 2000 D-II semifinal.FCS Playoffs: 29, DJ Total Offense Yards: 1035, Carson Wentz, 2014 (4g) Most Yards Yielded Rushing: 328, vs. Texas State, McNorton, at Eastern Washington, 2010 FCS TDs Scored: 9, Chris Simdorn, 1988 (4g) 1981 D-II championship. FCS Playoffs: 271, quarterfinal Points Scored: 54, Chris Simdorn, 1988 (4g) Georgia Southern, 2012 FCS semifinal Yards Gained Rushing: 227, John Crockett, Coastal Passes Intercepted: 3, Christian Dudzik, 2013 (4g); Least Yards Yielded Passing: 0, Minn. St. Mankato, Carolina, 2014 FCS quarterfinal Marcus Williams, 2012 (4g); Todd Zabel, 1988 1991 D-II first round TDs Rushing: 4, DJ McNorton, at Montana State, (4g) Most Yards Yielded Passing: 355, UC Davis, 1984 2010 FCS second round Punts: 22, Matt Voigtlander, 2011 (4g) D-II quarterfinal.FCS Playoffs: 288, Lehigh, Passing Attempts: 38, Easton Stick, James Punting Average: 46.8, Ben LeCompte (19-889), 2011 FCS quarterfinal Madison, 2016 FCS semifinal 2012 (4g) Least Yards Yielded Total Offense: 97, vs. Pass Completions: 19, Easton Stick, James Field Goal Attempts: not available Grambling, 1965 Pecan Bowl Madison, 2016 FCS semifinal Field Goals Made: 7, Ken Kubisz, 1983 (3g) Most Yards Yielded Total Offense: 526, vs. Texas Yards Gained Passing: 249, Brock Jensen, Furman, PATs Attempted: 23, Adam Keller, 2013 (4g) State, 1981 D-II championship. FCS Playoffs: 2013 FCS second round PATs Made: 23, Adam Keller, 2013 (4g) 443, James Madison, 2016 FCS semifinal Completion Percentage: .765 (13-17), Easton Stick, Least Points Yielded: 0, Lehigh, 2011 FCS Northern Iowa, 2015 FCS quarterfinal TEAM SINGLE GAME RECORDS quarterfinal; Cal Poly, 1990 D-II quarterfinal; Consecutive Passes Completed: 8, Brock Jensen, Rushing Attempts: 72, at Puget Sound, 1981 D-II Ashland, 1986 D-II quarterfinal vs. Towson, 2013 FCS championship quarterfinal. FCS Playoffs: 56, Montana, 2015 Most Points Yielded: 42, vs. Texas State, 1981 D-II Passes Had Intercepted: 3, Mark Nellermoe, at FCS second round championship. FCS Playoffs: 38, at Eastern UC Davis, 1982 D-II semifinal; Mark Rudrud, Yards Gained Rushing: 532, Ashland, 1986 D-II Washington, 2010 FCS quarterfinal Montana State, 1976 D-II semifinal. quarterfinal. FCS Playoffs: 471, Sam Houston Fumbles: 6, vs. North Alabama, 1985 D-II TDs Passing: 4, Easton Stick, Sam Houston State, State, 2017 FCS semifinal championship 2017 FCS Semifinal First Downs Rushing: 25, Ashland, 1986 D-II Fumbles Recovered: 5, vs. Montana, 1970 Camellia Receptions: 9, Chuck Wald, vs. Montana, quarterfinal; NE Missouri State, 1992 D-II first Bowl 1969 Camellia Bowl. FCS Playoffs: 8, Warren round Passes Intercepted: 4, Montana, 2015 FCS second Holloway, Lehigh, 2011 FCS quarterfinal TDs Rushing: 7, Augustana (S.D.), 1988 D-II first round; vs. Sam Houston State, 2012 FCS Total Offense Attempts:47, Easton Stick, James round. FCS Playoffs: 6, at Montana State, 2010 championship; NE Missouri State, 1992 D-II Madison, 2016 FCS semifinal FCS second round first round; Montana State, 1976 D-II semifinal Total Offense Yards: 335, Brock Jensen, Furman, Passes Attempted: 38, James Madison, 2016 FCS Punts: 9, vs. Sam Houston State, 2011 FCS 2013 FCS second round semifinal championship Punts: 9, Matt Voigtlander, vs. Sam Houston State, Passes Completed: 19, James Madison, 2016 FCS 2011 FCS championship semifinal; vs. Montana, 1969 Camellia Bowl Punting Average: 55.0 (4-220), Ben LeCompte, Yards Gained Passing: 249, Furman, 2013 FCS Georgia Southern, 2012 FCS quarterfinal second round Long Punt: 71, Ben LeCompte, Montana, 2015 FCS Passes Had Intercepted: 4, Montana State, 1976 second round D-II semifinal Long Field Goal: 53, Ryan Jastram, James Madison, Completion Percentage: .765 (13-17), Northern 2011 FCS second round Iowa, 2015 FCS quarterfinal Passes Intercepted: 2, Marquise Bridges, First Downs Passing: 13, vs. Grambling, 1965 Sam Houston State, 2017 FCS semifinal; Pecan Bowl Christian Dudzik, Coastal Carolina, 2013 TD Passes Thrown: 4, Sam Houston State, 2017 FCS FCS quarterfinal; Marcus Williams, vs. Sam semifinal Houston State, 2012 FCS championship Total Offense Attempts:83, Northern Colorado, Tackles: 29, Grant Olson, Wofford, 2012 FCS 1990 D-II first round. FCS Playoffs: 82, vs. quarterfinal Jacksonville State, 2015 FCS championship Yards Total Offense: 642, Sam Houston State, 2017 INDIVIDUAL SINGLE SEASON RECORDS FCS semifinal Rushing Attempts: 97, John Crockett, 2014 (4g) Touchdowns Scored: 8, vs. Indiana (Pa.), 1990 D-II Net Yards Rushing: 619, Tony Satter, 1990 (4g) championship TDs Rushing: 9, Chris Simdorn, 1988 (4g) Points Scored: 55, Sam Houston State, 2017 FCS Passing Attempts: 85, Brock Jensen, 2013 (4g) semifinal Pass Completions: 53, Carson Wentz, 2014 (4g); Field Goals Attempted: 4, at UC Davis, 1983 D-II Brock Jensen, 2013 (4g) semifinal Yards Gained Passing: 824, Carson Wentz, 2014 Field Goals Made: 4, at UC Davis, 1983 D-II (4g) semifinal Completion Percentage: .640, Bruce Grasamke PATs Attempted: 7, New Hampshire, 2013 (16-25), 1969 (1g) FCS semifinal; vs. Indiana (Pa.), 1990 D-II Passes Had Intercepted: 4, Mark Nellermoe, 1982 championship (2g) PATs Made: 7, Sam Houston State, 2017 FCS TDs Passing: 10, Easton Stick, 2017 (3g) semifinal; New Hampshire, 2013 FCS semifinal Receptions: 22, Warren Holloway, 2011 (4g) Yards Receiving: 317, Zach Vraa, 2013 (4g) TD Receptions: 4, Zach Vraa, 2013 (4g) BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. 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Quickie Statistics (4th quarter) San Diego vs #4 North Dakota State (Dec 02, 2017 at Fargo, ND)

SD NDSU Score 3 38 FIRST DOWNS 10 20 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 29-62 46-301 PASSING YDS (NET) 112 171 Passes Att-Comp-Int 29-14-2 17-9-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 58-174 63-472 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-9 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-129 1-16 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2--3 Punts (Number-Avg) 8-42.2 6-39.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 3-25 4-45 Possession Time 29:00 31:00 Third-Down Conversions 1 of 14 7 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0

San Diego North Dakota State Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Emilio Martinez 10 27 5 22 0 9 2.2 Bruce Anderson 14 112 0 112 0 34 8.0 Blake Martin 4 18 0 18 0 8 4.5 Ty Brooks 11 89 1 88 1 26 8.0 Justin Priest 1 16 0 16 0 16 16.0 Easton Stick 8 81 27 54 1 51 6.8 Reid Sinnett 2 15 0 15 0 8 7.5 Seth Wilson 13 49 2 47 0 15 3.6

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Anthony Lawrence 13-25-1 107 0 24 2 Easton Stick 9-16-0 171 3 48 4 Reid Sinnett 1-4-1 5 0 5 0 Cole Davis 0-1-0 0 0 0 0

Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Justin Priest 4 50 0 24 RJ Urzendowski 5 55 1 16 Ross Dwelley 3 27 0 12 Bruce Anderson 1 48 1 48 Blake Martin 3 19 0 7 Nate Jenson 1 41 0 41 Emilio Martinez 2 5 0 5 Seth Wilson 1 19 1 19

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Jack Flatau 8 338 42.2 51 3 0 Jackson Koonce 4 165 41.2 47 1 0 Garret Wegner 2 72 36.0 36 1 0

Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Robbie Grimsley 1 9 0 9

Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Emilio Martinez 6 129 0 31 Dimitri Williams 1 16 0 16

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Colton Georgi 5-6 11 0.0 1.0 Chris Board 2-4 6 0.0 0.0 Kim Mahoney 4-5 9 0.0 0.0 Robbie Grimsley 2-3 5 0.0 1.0 Jonathan Petersen 6-2 8 3.0 3.0 Jaylaan Wimbush 0-5 5 0.0 0.0 Marcus Vaivao 4-3 7 0.0 1.0 Marquise Bridges 3-1 4 0.0 0.0

Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 08:57 NDSU - Seth Wilson 19 yd pass from Easton Stick (Cam Pedersen kick), 7-82 3:42 0 - 7 05:24 NDSU - Easton Stick 51 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 5-75 2:34 0 - 14 2nd 14:13 NDSU - Cam Pedersen 47 yd field goal, 7-11 3:08 0 - 17 3rd 10:58 NDSU - Ty Brooks 23 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 8-65 4:07 0 - 24 07:53 NDSU - Bruce Anderson 48 yd pass from Easton Stick (Cam Pedersen kick), 3-52 1:31 0 - 31 02:57 NDSU - RJ Urzendowski 13 yd pass from Easton Stick (Cam Pedersen kick), 7-75 3:41 0 - 38 4th 13:59 SD - Patrick Murray 48 yd field goal, 8-46 3:56 3 - 38 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 28

Quickie Statistics (4th quarter) #8 Wofford vs #4 North Dakota State (Dec 09, 2017 at Fargo, ND)

WOFFORD NDSU Score 10 42 FIRST DOWNS 8 21 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 37-134 49-261 PASSING YDS (NET) 43 203 Passes Att-Comp-Int 12-3-0 17-12-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 49-177 66-464 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-21 Punt Returns-Yards 1-6 2-12 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-92 3-94 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-40.3 2-39.5 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-1 Penalties-Yards 4-30 4-35 Possession Time 22:42 37:08 Third-Down Conversions 1 of 12 10 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 4 0 of 0

Wofford North Dakota State Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Blake Morgan 10 60 6 54 0 38 5.4 Seth Wilson 15 74 0 74 0 19 4.9 Jamison Chapman 5 23 0 23 0 9 4.6 Ty Brooks 10 84 11 73 0 33 7.3 Andre Stoddard 6 18 0 18 1 4 3.0 Bruce Anderson 15 63 1 62 2 15 4.1 Brandon Goodson 9 29 12 17 0 10 1.9 Easton Stick 8 50 1 49 1 14 6.1

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Brandon Goodson 3-11-0 43 0 27 1 Easton Stick 11-16-0 184 3 48 0 Joe Newman 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 Cole Davis 1-1-0 19 0 19 0

Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long R.J. Taylor 2 38 0 27 Seth Wilson 2 21 1 18 Jason Hill 1 5 0 5 Bruce Anderson 2 21 0 19 Jeff Illies 2 11 1 7 Connor Wentz 1 48 1 48

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Luke Carter 6 242 40.3 50 2 1 Jackson Koonce 2 79 39.5 40 0 0

Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Dorian Lindsey 1 6 0 6 Robbie Grimsley 1 10 0 10 James Hendricks 1 2 0 2

Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Cole Cleary 2 44 0 28 Dimitri Williams 3 94 0 41 Nick Karas 1 9 0 9

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Colton Clemons 6-8 14 0.0 0.0 Chris Board 6-3 9 0.0 1.0 Malik Rivera 6-2 8 0.0 0.0 Nick DeLuca 4-3 7 1.0 1.0 Datavious Wilson 3-3 6 0.0 0.0 Caleb Butler 3-3 6 0.0 0.0 Terrance Morris 2-4 6 0.0 0.0 Blake Williams 2-3 5 0.0 0.0

Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 09:04 WOFFORD - Luke Carter 40 yd field goal, 8-46 4:24 3 - 0 06:07 NDSU - Connor Wentz 48 yd pass from Easton Stick (Cam Pedersen kick), 6-72 2:49 3 - 7 02:32 NDSU - Seth Wilson 18 yd pass from Easton Stick (Cam Pedersen kick), 4-73 2:11 3 - 14 2nd 10:31 WOFFORD - Andre Stoddard 3 yd run (Luke Carter kick), 6-22 3:28 10 - 14 04:49 NDSU - Bruce Anderson 1 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 9-57 5:40 10 - 21 03:50 NDSU - Jeff Illies 4 yd pass from Easton Stick (Cam Pedersen kick), 2-3 0:43 10 - 28 00:54 NDSU - Bruce Anderson 5 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 5-32 2:55 10 - 35 3rd 02:28 NDSU - Easton Stick 7 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 10-82 4:38 10 - 42 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 29

Quickie Statistics (4th quarter) #5 Sam Houston State vs #4 North Dakota State (Dec 15, 2017 at Fargo, ND)

SHSU NDSU Score 13 55 FIRST DOWNS 21 26 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 18-63 48-471 PASSING YDS (NET) 289 171 Passes Att-Comp-Int 52-29-3 18-11-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 70-352 66-642 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1--4 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-34 Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-162 1-20 Interception Returns-Yards 1-20 3-63 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-36.7 3-31.7 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-31 4-46 Possession Time 25:25 34:31 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 15 5 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 3 1 of 1

Sam Houston State North Dakota State Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Corey Avery 10 42 0 42 0 11 4.2 Seth Wilson 24 195 1 194 0 58 8.1 Ragan Henderson 2 28 0 28 0 25 14.0 Bruce Anderson 17 183 0 183 3 62 10.8 Remus Bulmer 4 1 1 0 0 1 0.0 Ty Brooks 3 62 0 62 0 55 20.7 Yedidiah Louis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Easton Stick 4 32 0 32 1 13 8.0

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Jeremiah Briscoe 29-51-3 289 1 33 1 Easton Stick 10-17-1 160 4 31 0 TEAM 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 Cole Davis 1-1-0 11 0 11 0

Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Yedidiah Louis 10 99 0 30 Bruce Anderson 2 54 2 31 Davion Davis 6 59 0 17 Ben Ellefson 2 32 1 17 Nathan Stewart 5 80 1 33 RJ Urzendowski 2 28 0 17 Corey Avery 3 18 0 13 Jeff Illies 2 28 1 16

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Connor Crow 6 220 36.7 45 1 0 Jackson Koonce 3 95 31.7 39 1 0

Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Darrius Shepherd 2 34 0 31

Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Nathan Stewart 6 135 0 30 Dimitri Williams 1 20 0 20 Kyran Jackson 1 27 0 27

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Justin Johnson 4-9 13 0.0 0.5 Jabril Cox 7-6 13 0.0 2.5 Adrian Contreras 3-9 12 0.0 0.0 Nick DeLuca 3-6 9 0.0 0.5 Hunter Brown 3-5 8 0.0 0.5 Tre Dempsey 2-4 6 0.0 0.5

Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 10:53 SHSU - Tre Honshtein 28 yd field goal, 13-78 4:03 3 - 0 06:30 NDSU - Easton Stick 6 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 10-75 4:23 3 - 7 05:01 NDSU - Bruce Anderson 62 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 1-62 0:18 3 - 14 01:24 NDSU - Bruce Anderson 23 yd pass from Easton Stick (Cam Pedersen kick), 4-95 1:26 3 - 21 2nd 08:58 NDSU - Bruce Anderson 37 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 3-43 1:16 3 - 28 06:16 NDSU - Bruce Anderson 33 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 5-44 2:29 3 - 35 00:44 NDSU - Jeff Illies 12 yd pass from Easton Stick (TEAM rush fumbld), 7-80 3:15 3 - 41 3rd 10:08 SHSU - Tre Honshtein 32 yd field goal, 10-48 3:35 6 - 41 09:20 NDSU - Ben Ellefson 17 yd pass from Easton Stick (Cam Pedersen kick), 2-75 0:51 6 - 48 07:36 SHSU - Nathan Stewart 2 yd pass from Jeremiah Briscoe (Tre Honshtein kick), 5-70 1:36 13 - 48 03:04 NDSU - Bruce Anderson 31 yd pass from Easton Stick (Cam Pedersen kick), 7-75 4:38 13 - 55 BISON FOOTBALL 2017 FCS CHAMPIONSHIP VS. JAMES MADISON PAGE 30 2017 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 31, 2017) FCS Playoffs

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral ^ Dec 02, 2017 SAN DIEGO W 38-3 18067 All games 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 ^ Dec 09, 2017 #8 WOFFORD W 42-10 17008 Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 ^ Dec 15, 2017 #5 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 55-13 18279 Non-Conference 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 *Missouri Valley Football Conference games ^NCAA Division I FCS playoffs Team Statistics NDSU OPP FIRST DOWNS 67 39 Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g R u s h in g 40 14 Bruce Anderson 3 - 3 46 358 1 357 7.8 5 62 119.0 P a s s in g 26 19 Seth Wilson 3 - 0 52 318 3 315 6.1 0 58 105.0 P e n a l ty 1 6 Ty Brooks 3 - 0 24 235 12 223 9.3 1 55 74.3 RUSHING YARDAGE 1033 259 Easton Stick 3 - 3 20 163 28 135 6.8 3 51 45.0 Rushing Attempts 143 84 Cole Davis 3 - 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 1.0 Average Per Rush 7.2 3.1 Total 3 143 1077 44 1033 7.2 9 62 344.3 Average Per Game 344.3 86.3 Opponents 3 84 319 60 259 3.1 1 38 86.3 TDs Rushing 9 1 PASSING YARDAGE 545 444 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g C o m p - A t t- In t 32-52-1 46-93-5 Easton Stick 3 - 3 212.78 30-49-1 61.2 515 10 48 171.7 Average Per Pass 10.5 4.8 Cole Davis 3 - 0 150.67 2-3-0 66.7 30 0 19 10.0 Average Per Catch 17.0 9.7 Total 3 209.19 32-52-1 61.5 545 10 48 181.7 Average Per Game 181.7 148.0 Opponents 3 82.36 46-93-5 49.5 444 1 33 148.0 TDs Passing 10 1 TOTAL OFFENSE 1578 703 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Average Per Play 8.1 4.0 RJ Urzendowski 3 - 1 8 127 15.9 1 44 42.3 Average Per Game 526.0 234.3 Bruce Anderson 3 - 3 5 123 24.6 3 48 41.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 5-130 18-383 Jeff Illies 3 - 3 5 47 9.4 2 16 15.7 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-55 1-6 Seth Wilson 3 - 0 4 41 10.2 2 19 13.7 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-60 1-20 Nate Jenson 3 - 1 2 63 31.5 0 41 21.0 FUMBLES-LOST 3-2 6-4 Ben Ellefson 3 - 0 2 32 16.0 1 17 10.7 PENALTIES-Yards 12-126 12-86 Darrius Shepherd 3 - 1 2 28 14.0 0 19 9.3 PUNTS-AVG 11-37.4 20-40.0 Connor Wentz 3 - 2 1 48 48.0 1 48 16.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 3 :3 3 2 6 :2 7 Dallas Freeman 2 - 1 1 14 14.0 0 14 7.0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 22/38 4/41 Dimitri Williams 3 - 1 1 13 13.0 0 13 4.3 4TH-DOWN Conversions 1/1 6/8 Brock Robbins 3 - 1 1 9 9.0 0 9 3.0 Total 3 32 545 17.0 10 48 181.7 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Opponents 3 46 444 9.7 1 33 148.0 Marquise Bridges 2 3 1.5 0 3 Nick DeLuca 1 0 0.0 0 0 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Tre Dempsey 1 60 60.0 0 60 Cam Pedersen 1-2 50.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 47 1 Jaxon Brown 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 PAT Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Jackson Koonce 9 339 37.7 47 0 5 2 0 0 Bruce Anderson 8 ------48 Garret Wegner 2 72 36.0 36 0 1 1 0 0 Cam Pedersen - 1-2 18-18 - - - - - 21 Easton Stick 3 ------18 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Seth Wilson 2 ------12 Robbie Grimsley 2 19 9.5 0 10 Jeff Illies 2 ------12 Darrius Shepherd 2 34 17.0 0 31 Connor Wentz 1 ------6 James Hendricks 1 2 2.0 0 2 Ben Ellefson 1 ------6 Total 5 55 11.0 0 31 Ty Brooks 1 ------6 Opponents 1 6 6.0 0 6 RJ Urzendowski 1 ------6 Total 19 1-2 18-19 - - - - - 135 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Opponents 2 4-4 2-2 - - - - - 26 Dimitri Williams 5 130 26.0 0 41 Total 5 130 26.0 0 41 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Opponents 18 383 21.3 0 31 North Dakota State 49 44 42 0 0 135 Opponents 6 7 10 3 0 26 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Bruce Anderson 3 357 123 0 0 0 480 160.0 Seth Wilson 3 315 41 0 0 0 356 118.7 Ty Brooks 3 223 0 0 0 0 223 74.3 Dimitri Williams 3 0 13 0 130 0 143 47.7 Easton Stick 3 135 0 0 0 0 135 45.0 Total 3 1033 545 55 130 60 1823 607.7 Opponents 3 259 444 6 383 20 1112 370.7 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Easton Stick 3 69 135 515 650 216.7 Bruce Anderson 3 46 357 0 357 119.0 Seth Wilson 3 52 315 0 315 105.0 Ty Brooks 3 24 223 0 223 74.3 Cole Davis 3 4 3 30 33 11.0 Total 3 195 1033 545 1578 526.0 Opponents 3 177 259 444 703 234.3 Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 42 Jabril Cox 3-3 13 7 20 3.5-14 . . 1 2 1-0 . . . 1 Chris Board 3-3 11 8 19 1.0-4 ...... 49 Nick DeLuca 3-3 9 10 19 3.5-32 3.0-32 1-0 . 1 . 1 . . 5 Robbie Grimsley 3-3 7 6 13 1.0-1 . . 2 . 2-21 1 . . 95 Caleb Butler 3-3 7 5 12 1.0-1 . . . 1 . 1 . . 3 Tre Dempsey 3-3 4 7 11 0.5-1 . 1-60 2 . 1--4 . . . 23 Jaylaan Wimbush 3-3 4 6 10 0.5-0 . . . 1 . . . . 9 Marquise Bridges 3-0 4 3 7 . . 2-3 1 . . . . . 38 Jaxon Brown 3-0 5 1 6 . . 1--3 1 . . . . . 44 Matt Plank 3-0 4 2 6 1.5-1 ...... Total 3 102 86 188 16-67 4-39 5-60 12 11 4-17 5 1 . Opponents 3 102 116 218 10-38 4-31 1-20 8 . 2-0 2 1 .