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BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL Bemidji State Athletic Media Relations • 1500 Birchmont Drive NE #29, Bemidji, MN 56601 • BSUBeavers.com Assistant Director (Primary Contact): Collin Boyles • email: [email protected] • 0: (218) 755-2763 GAME 1 / NORTHERN STATE 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS BEMIDJI STATE (0-0; 0-0 NSIC NORTH) NR/NR BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS (0-0 / 0-0 NSIC NORTH) Date Opponent Time/Result Head Coach: Brent Bolte (Cornell College, ‘98) Sept. 5 • at Northern State ^ 6 p.m. Record at BSU: 24-10, 23-10 NSIC (Fourth Season) • Career Record: 24-10 (Fourth Season) • Versus NSU: 3-0 Sept. 12 • UMary (Midco) ^ 7 p.m. Sept. 21 • at Minnesota Crookston ^# 12 p.m. vs Sept. 28 • (14) Minnesota Duluth (Midco) ^! 4 p.m. Oct. 5 • (RV) Augustana @ 2 p.m. Oct. 12 • at Southwest Minn. State 3 p.m. NR/NR NORTHERN STATE WOLVES (0-0 / 0-0 NSIC NORTH) Oct. 19 • Winona State $ 1 p.m. Head Coach: Tom Dosch (Dickinson State, ‘92; North Dakota, ‘94) Oct. 26 • at Concordia-St. Paul 12 p.m. Record at NSU: 8-24, 8-24 (Third Season) • Career Record: 29-28 (Sixth Season) • Versus BSU: 0-2 Nov. 2 • St. Cloud State ^* 1 p.m. Nov. 9 • at MSU Moorhead ^& 1 p.m. Nov. 16 • at Minot State ^ 1 p.m. Sept. 5, 2019 • 6 p.m. • Aberdeen, S.D. • Swisher Field • NSIC Game ^ NSIC Division game Series History: BSU leads 22-19-1; BSU is 8-12 vs. NSU in Aberdeen; Last meeting 8/30/2018 in Bemidji, W 38-17 # Hubcap Rivalry ! Shrine Game @ Homecoming Radio: WMIS 92.1 FM • beaverradionetwork.com • Brian Schultz, pxp $ Lions Vision Awareness Game/Tackle Cancer * Military Appreciation/Senior Day & Battle Axe Rivalry RETURNING LEADERS All times local NORTHERN STATE (0-0; 0-0 NSIC NORTH) TALE OF THE TAPE - 2018 STATS RUSHING Date Opponent Time/Result Sept. 5 • Bemidji State ^ 6 p.m. Sept. 14 • at Minot State ^ 1 p.m. Sept. 21 • MSU Moorhead ^ 6 p.m. TOTAL Sept. 28 • at St. Cloud State ^ 5 p.m. OFFENSE Oct. 5 • at Upper Iowa 3 p.m. Oct. 12 • (3) Minnesota State 2:30 p.m. Oct. 19 • at Wayne State 1 p.m. Oct. 26 • (RV) Sioux Falls ^ 1 p.m. Nov. 2 • UMary ^ 1 p.m. JALEN FRYE Nov. 9 • at Minnesota Crookston ^ 12 p.m. Nov. 16 • Minnesota Duluth ^ 1 p.m. 620 YDS / 116 ATT / 5.3 YPC / 4 TD 4,353 YDS 3,986 YDS • NSIC Game ^ NSIC Division game All times local Passing Rushing Passing Rushing PASSING TEAM INFORMATION 1,971 yds 2,382 yds 2,738 yds 1,248 yds 2018 Record: 7-4 NSIC Record/Division: 7-4 / 5-2 (5th / 3rd North) Starters Returning: 12 (6 O / 5 D / 1 ST) 38.2 PPG SCORING OFFENSE 22.5 PPG Starters Lost: 10 (5 O / 6 D / 0 ST) Letterwinners Returning: 46 Letterwinners Lost: 24 19.1 PPG SCORING DEFENSE 27.7 PPG JARED HENNING PROGRAM HISTORY 26:07 TIME OF POSSESSION 28:49 491 YDS / 6 TD / 52-93-2 / 55.9% First Year of Football: 1926 All-Time Record: 366-435-24 (.458) 34% (52/153) 3RD DOWN CONVERSION (55/169) 33% NSIC Titles: 5 (1947-50-57-59-2006) RECEIVING NSIC Division Title 2 (2012, 2014) Years in Post-Season Play: 1 (2006) 67% (12/18) 4TH DOWN CONVERSION (10/29) 34% Mineral Water Bowl: 2016 / W, 36-23 (Washburn) 2006 / L, 35-27 (Pittsburg St.) 90% (44/49) RED ZONE EFFICIENCY (22/35) 63% COACHING STAFF 56 YPG (60/611) PENALTY YARDAGE (45/445) 41 YPG Head Coach Brent Bolte Alma Mater Cornell College ‘98 Office Phone: (218) 755-2768 JACOB ANDERSON e-mail [email protected] 341 YDS / 24 REC / 5 TD / 14.2 YPR Record at BSU: 24-10 (Third season) Career Record: 24-10 (Third season) TOTAL Record versus the NSIC: 23-10 DEFENSE DEFENSE Assistants: Rich Jahner Assoc. HC/S Jamie Bisch DC Ryan Olson Co-OC/OL Karson Pike Co-OC/QB Matt Cain ST Coordinator Darius Carey DL 3,765 YDS 4,487 YDS Alex Gray OLB Jordan Hein WR Passing Rushing Passing Rushing GABE AMES Dr. Ken Traxler OL 2,528 yds 1,237 yds 2,884 yds 1,603yds Sheldon Tucker Jr. CB 81 TKLS / 36 SOLO / 1 INT / 12 TFL / 2 FF Zach Riopelle RB 2016 MINERAL WATER BOWL CHAMPIONS 2 018 BEAVER FOOTBALL 1 GAME 1 / NORTHERN STATE #GrindTheAxe BSU WHEN... THINGS TO KNOW... AFCA TOP 25 POLL 2018 Bolte Aug. 26, 2019 || Preseason Rankings Overall... 7-4 24-10 THE GAME Rk School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. ‘18 1 Valdosta State (29) 14-0 792 1 ...at home 4-2 13-4 Bemidji State University opens the 94th season of Beaver Football Thurs- day, Sept. 5 with a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North Division 2 Ferris State (3) 15-1 768 2 ...away 3-2 10-6 3 Minnesota State 13-1 686 3 ...neutral site 0-0 1-0 matchup at Northern State University. They Beavers and Wolves kickoff the 4 Notre Dame (Ohio) 13-1 623 4 ...in overtime 0-1 1-1 2019 season at 6 p.m. from Swisher Field in Aberdeen, S.D. 5 Ouachita Baptist 12-1 585 6 6 Northwest Missouri State 10-3 580 10 7 Tarleton State 12-1 549 5 BSU scores 1st 7-3 19-5 THE SERIES 8 Lenoir-Rhyne 12-2 524 8 Opp scores 1st 0-1 5-5 Bemidji State and Northern State have played every season since 1980, 9 CSU-Pueblo 11-2 463 7 the third-longest consecutive streak for a BSU opponent. The Beavers hold a 10 Slippery Rock 11-3 446 12 11 Fort Hays State 9-3 419 22 Leading after 1st 7-2 18-5 three-game advantage in the series history, leading the Wolves, 22-19-1, in- 12 Grand Valley State 10-2 418 14 Trailing after 1st 0-0 4-3 cluding four straight and 15 of the last 19 matchups. BSU and NSU have only 13 Texas A&M-Commerce 10-3 385 9 Tied after 1st 0-2 2-2 met in a season opener once, ending in a 38-17 win by Bemidji State August 30 14 Minnesota Duluth 11-1 342 13 to begin the 2018 season. Freshman quarterback Brandon Alt began his career 15 West Georgia 10-2 330 16 Leading at half 6-1 21-3 16 Indianapolis 10-2 319 11 Trailing at half 1-3 2-7 with 199 passing yards and three touchdowns in the victory. BSU also ran the 17 Colorado School of Mines 10-2 288 18 Tied at half 0-0 1-0 ball efficiently with two 100+ yard rushers, including 109 yards on 16 carries by 18 Harding 9-3 223 20 19 Hillsdale 10-3 220 15 sophomore running back Jalen Frye. 20 Midwestern State 8-2 214 25 Leading after 3rd 6-1 21-1 Head Coach Brent Bolte, in his tfourth season as BSU’s head coach, is 24- 21 Wingate 9-4 175 24 Trailing after 3rd 1-3 3-7 10 since taking the reins of the program. His 24 wins since 2016 are the most for 22 West Chester 10-1 134 17 Tied after 3rd 0-0 0-2 23 Ashland 6-4 129 NR any BSU head coach in their first three seasons. 24 West Alabama 8-4 116 NR Largest Halftime Lead 49 49 25 Fairmont State 9-2 78 NR Largest Halftime Deficit 14 20 THE TEAMS Others Receiving Votes: Azusa Pacific, 71; Indiana Bemidji State: Bemidji State returns 13 starters on offense, defense and spe- (Pa.), 68; Bowie State, 66; New Haven, 65; Pittsburg Rushing for < 100 yds 0-2 1-6 cial teams, and 45 total letter winners for its 94th season as a program. Beavers State, 65; West Florida, 42; Sioux Falls, 25; Virginia Allowing < 100 rush yds 3-1 9-2 Offensive Player to Watch Nick Niemi anchors the offensive line during his se- Union, 21; California (Pa.), 19; Fayetteville State, 19; Rushing for 200+ yds 5-1 16-3 nior season after starting 14 of 25 career games in the Green and White. The Central Missouri, 15; Albany State (Ga.), 14; South- Allowing 200+ rush yds 0-1 0-4 ern Arkansas, 14; Augustana (S.D.), 12; Emporia Passing for 200+ yds 3-2 13-5 2018 Don Hansen All-Super Region Four Third Team Offense selection helped State, 11; Florida Tech, 10; Central Oklahoma, 9; Allowing 200+ pass yds 3-4 13-10 BSU rank third in the NSIC with 38.2 points per game, fourth with 214.7 rushing Chadron State, 8; Central Washington, 7; Ohio Do- 400-499 yds of total offense 3-0 8-1 yards per game and fifth with 393.9 total yards per game. Niemi started 8 of 10 minican, 7; Winona State, 6; Assumption, 5; Saginaw 500+ yds of total offense 1-0 11-2 Valley State (Mich.), 5; Angelo State, 2; Kutztown, 2; games played last season and was part of the offensive line that allowed the Shepherd, 2; Colorado Mesa, 1; Findlay, 1; Linden- Allowing 400+ yards 0-3 3-7 sixth fewest sacks in the NSIC. wood, 1; Missouri S&T, 1. Shutouts 2-0 3-1 The Beavers return two All-NSIC members on offense and four All-NSIC members on defense, including BSU’s Defensive Player to Watch and 2019 D2Football.com Top 25 Poll Scoring ≤ 7 points 0-0 0-1 Dec.