BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL Game Notes - Issue 2 - September 10, 2011 - Bemidji State at #16 Augustana College Beavers Begin NSIC Season at No
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BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL Game notes - Issue 2 - September 10, 2011 - Bemidji State at #16 Augustana College Beavers begin NSIC season at No. 16 Augustana College 2011 SCHEDULE Aug. 25 Minot (N.D.) State W, 27-0 BSU fell to the Vikings 10-0 last season Sept. 10 • at Augustana 1:00 p.m. Sept. 17 • Southwest Minnesota State 6:00 p.m. Sept. 24 • Minnesota Duluth 6:00 p.m. SETTING THE SCENE Oct. 1 • at Upper Iowa 1:00 p.m. Date: Saturday, September 10, 2011 Oct. 8 • Concordia-St. Paul 1:00 p.m. Oct. 15 • MSU Moorhead 1:00 p.m. Location: Sioux Falls, S.D. Oct. 22 • at U-Mary 2:30 p.m. Kickoff: 1:00 p.m. Oct. 29 • at Northern State 2:30 p.m. Nov. 5 • St. Cloud State 1:00 p.m. Stadium: Kirkeby-Over Stadium Nov. 12 • at Minnesota, Crookston 1:00 p.m. Stadium Capacity/Surface: 6,000/Field Turf Bemidji State Augustana College • Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference contest BEAVERS VIKINGS Local Radio: All times local 1-0; 0-0 NSIC 0-1; 0-0 NSIC QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location: Bemidji, Minn. (11,917) IN THE POLLS IN THE POLLS Play-by-play: Brian Schultz Founded: 1919 nr AFCA 16 AFCA Analyst: none Enrollment: 5,171 Conference: Northern Sun Intercollegiate nr d2football.com 14 d2football.com Sidelines: Kelly Schultz Website: www.northernsun.org na Super Region 3 na Super Region 3 Internet Audio: www.wmisfm.com/ and Affiliation: NCAA Division II Nickname: Beavers www.beaverradionetwork.com School Colors: Green & White 2011 LEADERS 2011 LEADERS Local Television: none PMS Color: Green (PMS 3305) Home Field: Chet Anderson Stadium Rushing: L. Rongstad Rushing: N. Mahone Play-by-Play: none Surface (capacity): Natural Grass (3,500) 13 att. / 50 yds / 1TD 13 att. / 55 yds / 0TD Analyst: none President: Dr. Richard Hanson Athletics Director: Dr. Rick Goeb Passing: L. Rongstad Passing: J. Hanson Web cast: http://www.pennatlantic.com/ Head Trainer: Bill Crews 15-23-0 / 169 yds / 0TD 23-33-1 / 235 yds / 2TD Assistant Trainer: Corinne Dauksavage Assistant Trainer: Travis Shock Receiving: B. Leonhardt Receiving: S.Holsen Assistant Trainer: Bekah Hessinger 6 rec. / 89 yds / 0TD 5 rec./ 73 yds / 1TD Trainer Phone: (218) 755-2769 Equipment Manager: Mel Nygaard Tackles: J. Bromm Tackles: N. Andreas Equipment Phone: (218) 755-3292 2s-6a=8 total 7s-8a=15 total Compliance/SWA: Sarah Levesque Athletics Secretary: Debbie Slough Athletics Phone: (218) 255-2941 Athletics Fax: (218) 755-3898 THE GAME TEAM INFORMATION 2010 Record: 7-4 The Bemidji State University football team (1-0; 0-0 NSIC, 0-0 NSIC North) begins the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Confer- NSIC Record: 6-4 / 4-2 (t-5th / t-3 North Div.) ence season at No. 16 Augustana College (S.D.) Sept. 10 at 1 p.m. The Beavers are coming off an Aug. 25 27-0 nonconfer- Starters Returning: 16 (8 O / 6 D / 2 ST) ence victory against Minot State University. The Vikings (0-1; 0-0 NSIC, 0-0 NSIC South) hosted No. 1 and defending national Starters Lost: 8 (3 O / 5 D / 0 ST) champion University of Minnesota Duluth Sept. 3 and fell by the score of 20-12. The game marks the 40th annual Shrine Letterwinners Returning: 47 (27 O /18 D / 2 ST) Game for Augustana. Letterwinners Lost: 21 (9 O /12 D/ 0 ST) PROGRAM HISTORY THE SERIES First Year of Football: 1926 All-Time Record: 316-398-24 (.444) Last season’s contest between the Beavers and Vikings was the first since 1989. Augustana won last year’s game 10-0 at NSIC Titles: 5 (1947-50-57-59-2006) Chet Anderson Stadium to improve to 4-1 all-time against BSU. The loss for the Beavers marked the first time in 133 games Years in Post-Season Play: 1 (2006) the team failed to score a point. In five games all-time against the Vikings, BSU has only surpassed 10 points once and that Mineral Water Bowl L, 35-27 (Pittsburg St.) was its lone victory (13-6) Sept. 22, 1962. The Beavers are 0-2 at Augustana, losing 22-6 in 1961 and 50-6 in 1989. More COACHING STAFF series information can be found on page 5. Head Coach Jeff Tesch Alma Mater Moorhead State ‘78 Office Phone: (218) 755-2772 THE COACHES e-mail [email protected] Bemidji State: Jeff Tesch is in his 16th season roaming the sidelines at Bemidji State. He has posted an overall record of Record at BSU: 99-64 (16th season) 99-64 (.607), which includes a 74-47 (.612) mark in NSIC tilts. In 16 seasons, Tesch has established BSU standards for Career Record: 99-64 (16th season) games coached (163), victories (99), career winning percentage (.607) and conference wins (74). Prior to his tenure at BSU, Assistants: Rich Jahner Ass’t HC/Co-DC/S Tesch, a two-time NSIC Coach of the Year (1999 and 2006), spent 12 years as an assistant at North Dakota, two on the staff Brent Bolte Co-DC/LB of Central Missouri and one season at Montana State. Eric Medberry OC/QB Augustana: Mike Aldrich’s debut as Augustana’s 21st head coach was one for the books. Aldrich took the reins in 2010 and Dr. Ken Traxler OL guided the Vikings to a school-record 11 wins. Augustana ended a 21-year drought in NCAA Division II playoff appearances Neil Linhart WR Gordie Houg II DL and in the second round defeated four-time national champion Grand Valley State 38-6 at Kirkeby-Over Stadium. It was the Karson Pike CB first time Augustana hosted a playoff game in addition to earning its first playoff win. Prior to being appointed head coach, Joe Ferraro RB Aldrich spent four seasons as the Vikings’ defensive coordinator after serving as assistant defensive coordinator and special ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS teams coordinator the previous two seasons. Asst. Dir./Football: Dax Larson (Minnesota State ‘07) Office: (218) 755-2763 THE PROGRAM Cell: (612) 718-0729 Bemidji State’s all-time record is 316-398-24 (.444) dating back to 1926, which includes a 177-249-9 (.416) mark in NSIC e-mail: [email protected] play. The Beavers own five conference titles (1947, 50, 57, 59 and 2006) and count the 2006 Mineral Water Bowl as their first SID Fax: (218) 755-3898 post-season appearance. Under the direction of Tesch, BSU has posted winning records in 11 of the last 12 years and have Football Press Box: (218) 755-3705 Website: www.bsubeavers.com registered nine consecutive winning home campaigns. 2011 2011 NSIC STANDINGS QUICK COUNT AFCA TOP 25 / COACHES POLL • Head coach Jeff Tesch is just one win short of 100 for his career. Sept. 5, 2011 || Week 1 NSIC Overall • The Beavers were slated eighth in the NSIC Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Rk School 2010 Record W L Pct W L Pct • Senior Cory Immerman (OL) and junior Brian Leonhardt (TE) were named to the Con- 1 Minnesota-Duluth (28) 1-0 uBEMIDJI ST. 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 sensus Draft Services 2011 Preseason All-America Honorable Mention Football Team. 2 Northwest Missouri State (1) 1-0 Concordia-St. Paul 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 • BSU returned nine all-conference players to the 2011 roster, including first-teamer Le- 3 Abilene Christian 1-0 Minn., Crookston 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 onhardt. 4 Grand Valley State 1-0 • The Beavers were 5-1 in 2010 when junior Dustin Kroeplin rushed for a touchdown and 5 North Alabama 1-0 Minn. Duluth 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 are 13-1 in his two-year career. 6 Texas A&M-Kingsville 1-0 MSU Moorhead 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 • BSU has never played on Augustana’s current field, Kirkeby-Over Stadium. That facility 7 Albany State 1-0 Northern State 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 opened in 2009 and the Vikings have lost just twice at home in that time. 8 Shepherd 1-0 St. Cloud State 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 • The Beavers held Minot State to just 27 rushing yards Aug. 25. Augustana struggled on 9 Bloomsburg 1-0 U-Mary 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 the ground against Minnesota Duluth Sept. 3, netting just nine rushing yards. 10 St. Cloud State 1-0 Upper Iowa 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 11 Delta State 1-1 THE LINE ON THE LINES 12 Central Missouri 1-0 Augustana 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Bemidji State returns most of its entire offensive line from last season, including all- 13 Nebraska-Kearney 1-0 Minnesota State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 conference players senior left tackle Davis Mickelson, senior center Cory Immerman 14 Valdosta State 1-0 SW Minn. St. 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 and junior left guard Brett DeLange. Last season the line protected an all-conference 15 Washburn 1-0 Wayne St. (Neb.) 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 second team running back in Dustin Kroeplin and honorable mention quarterback Derek 16 Augustana (S.D.) 0-1 Winona State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Edholm. On the defensive front, BSU will look to defensive ends senior Josh Beste and 17 Wayne State (Mich.) 1-0 junior Bryan Syrstad and nose tackle sophomore Matt Shaver to replace three all-con- 18 Mercyhurst 1-0 ference linemen. 19 Kutztown 1-0 2011 NATIONAL POLLS 20 Carson-Newman 1-0 HOME COOKIN’ 21 Colorado State-Pueblo 1-0 d2football.com NCAA Regional At home, the Beavers have a streak of nine winning seasons, owning a 4-1 home record in 22 California (Pa.) 0-1 2010.