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6 NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS • 1998, 1999, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016 28 MIAA CHAMPIONSHIPS • 14 CONSECUTIVE NCAA PLAYOFF APPEARANCES SCHEDULE/RESULTS NEBRASKA-KEARNEY AT NORTHWEST 8/30 Missouri Western W, 28-6 Sat., Oct. 13, 2018 • 2 p.m. • Bearcat Stadium (6,500) 9/6 at Washburn W, 38-17 9/15 Missouri Southern W, 63-0 BEARCATS LOPERS Family Weekend 9/22 at Central Oklahoma L, 31-21 Record: 5-1 Record: 4-2 9/29 Emporia State W, 41-0 National Ranking: 7 (D2)/13 (AFCA) National Ranking: N/A Head Coach: Rich Wright (2nd Year) Head Coach: Josh Lynn Military Day Wright’s Record: 14-4 Lynn’s Record: 44-37/7-10 10/6 at Pittsburg State W, 31-7 10/13 Nebraska-Kearney 2 pm Homecoming 2018 BEARCAT CAPTAINS 10/20 at Lindenwood 1 pm 10/27 at Northeastern State 2 pm 11/3 Fort Hays State 1:30 pm Senior Day/Ag Day 11/10 at Central Missouri 1 pm #10 Ben Althoff #8 Austen Eskew #74 Zach Flott #5 Nick Hess #1 Anthony Lane NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE BEARCAT STORYLINES THIS WEEK’S GAME Saturday will mark Homecoming for the 2018 Northwest Missouri State football squad. North- west will play host to the Nebraska-Kearney Lopers at 2 p.m. at Bearcat Stadium.

IT HAS BEEN AWHILE Northwest is the only NCAA Div. II school to have not allowed a rushing touchdown. Northwest has not allowed a rushing touchdown since Dec. 10, 2016 in its NCAA playoff matchup against Ferris State.

20-YEAR REUNION OF 1998 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Northwest will celebrate the 20-year reunion this weekend of the 1998 ON THE AIR football team that won the first national championship in school history. • Stream - The MIAA Digital Network The 1998 squad became the first NCAA Div. II school to finish a season www.themiaanetwork.com at 15-0. Northwest defeated Carson-Newman 24-6 in the title game in Florence, Alabama, on Dec. 12, 1998. Members of the 1998 squad will • Radio - KXCV (90.5 FM) be honored at halftime of Saturday’s Homecoming game. Play-by-Play: John Coffey Analyst: Matt Tritten M-CLUB HALL OF FAME Sideline: Jenny James The M-Club Hall of Fame Class of 2018’s individual inductees include early age inductee Scott Kurtz (baseball) and modern age inductees Gabby • Live Stats Curtis (women’s basketball), Andy Erpelding (football) and Mel Tjeerdsma www.BearcatSports.com (football coach/athletic director). The two teams going into the M-Club will be the 2009-10 men’s tennis team and the 2010-11 women’s basketball squad. This year’s M-Club Hall of Fame class will be recognized at halftime of the football game. The Class of 2018 will be inducted into the M-Club Hall of Fame during the annual festivities on Fri., Oct. 12 in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom and will be recognized during the Homecoming football game on Sat., Oct. 13. GAME #7 - NEBRASKA-KEARNEY AT NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE SCHEDULE AND MEDIA 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Off Day Practice (6 pm) Media press Practice (6 pm) Practice (6 pm) Walk Through Game, 2 p.m. conference (noon) Postgame press Practice (6 pm) conference

MEDIA INFORMATION Practice All practice sessions are open to media and public unless otherwise post- ed. On days when post-practice interviews are conducted, media may Football History gather and view the final 20-30 minutes of practice before the workout is First year of football:...... 1908 complete. Media members wishing to film practice must contact the Me- All-time record:...... 587-400-33 dia Relations office two days prior to coming to practice. All media must 2017 record:...... 9-3, 9-2 MIAA wear issued credentials to practice to film or take pictures. Head coach:...... Rich Wright (2nd season) Wright’s overall record:...... 14-4 Credentials Wright’s record at Northwest:...... 14-4 Media credentials should be requested via e-mail at least one week in ad- Years in NCAA post-season play:...... 22 (14 consecutive) vance of game and will be mailed if time permits. Otherwise, credentials NCAA post-season record:...... 47-16 can be picked up at the Media Will Call at the base of the middle eleva- Last NCAA post-season appearance:...... 2017 tor shaft on the press box side of Bearcat Stadium on game day. Media Result:...... L, 21-18 (11/18/17) at Ashland (First Round) Will Call opens two and half hours prior to game time. Media seating is limited, so credentials will be issued according to the following protocol:

Weekly Media Press Conference 1. Local newspapers, wire services, national publications and newspapers Coach Wright and selected players will be available at Northwest’s regularly covering the Bearcats and opponent. weekly media luncheon, held Tuesdays at noon at the Pizza Ranch 2. Other daily newspapers with a preference to those covering the in Maryville. The luncheon will begin with lunch at noon followed by Bearcats on a regular basis. comments from fall coaches including Coach Wright. Contact the 3. Radio and television personnel reporting but not broadcasting. Northwest Athletic Media Relations Office with other questions or 4. Scouts from professional teams. requests in regards to interviews. 5. Non-daily publications with a preference to those covering the Bearcats on a regular basis. Game Day Services 6. Magazines and newsletters focusing primarily on one team with a Play-by-play, halftime and complete team and individual statistics preference to those covering the Bearcats on a regular basis. will be provided, along with postgame quotes and notes. In addition, a postgame fax service is available at no charge. Full game stats and Game Day Interviews a recap will be posted on Northwest’s official website promptly after Northwest’s locker room is closed to the media at home and on the road. the conclusion of the game (www.BearcatSports.com). For NCAA playoff games, the non-advancing coach and players will be available first followed by the advancing team and coach. Any individuals Game Notes and Stats selected for postgame press conference cannot do any other interviews Up-to-date statistics are available at www.BearcatSports.com. A full prior to press conference. PDF version of the game notes can be downloaded from the North- west website or can be emailed upon request to Colin McDonough Photographers ([email protected]). Photo credentials should be requested in the same manner as regular media credentials. Camera persons must stay out of the team area on Phone Lines both sidelines or they will be escorted from the stadium. Photo creden- Phone lines and ethernet hardlines for media and visiting radio are tials will be issued according to the following protocol: available. Please contact Colin McDonough prior to the game. 1. Local newspapers, wire services, national publications, local TV stations stations regularly covering the Bearcats and/or the opponent. Wireless Internet 2. Other daily newspapers and television stations with preference to Internet ports are available in the press box of Bearcat Stadium. Wire- those covering Northwest on a regular basis. less access is also available with a password provided by the athletic 3. Non-daily newspapers and other publications with a preference to department on the day of the game. those covering Northwest on a regular basis.

A photo work room will be available for credentialed media members Media Guides located in the North section of the Navy room underneath the West side Northwest Missouri State is no longer publishing media guides for any of Bearcat Stadium. Please contact Colin McDonough for more info. sport. An online version of the media supplement will be posted at Bear- catSports.com. The football record book is also available online. Media Entrance All media members may enter through the Bank Midwest entrance on Northwest Media Relations the west side of Bearcat Stadium or the player entrance. All credentialed Colin McDonough | Assistant A.D. for Media Relations media may access the elevators in the lobby to the fourth floor of Bear- O: (660) 562-1118 | C: (660) 254-4585 cats Stadium and Press Level Suites. E: [email protected]

@NWBearcatFB nwbearcat_fb WWW.BEARCATSPORTS.COM #OABAAB GAME #7 - NEBRASKA-KEARNEY AT NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE head coach Rich Wright. was THIS WEEK’S GAME 2018 MIAA Standings Saturday will mark Homecoming Northwest Missouri 5-1 named head coach at Northwest for the 2018 Northwest Missouri Pittsburg State 5-1 Missouri on Dec. 19, 2016. Wright State football squad. Northwest Fort Hays State 4-2 posted a 13-4 mark for the Bear- will play host to the Nebraska-Ke- Missouri Western 4-2 cats in 2017. Wright arrived at arney Lopers at 2 p.m. at Bearcat Nebraska-Kearney 4-2 Northwest in 2004 as the defen- Stadium. Central Missouri 3-3 sive line coach and coordinator of Central Oklahoma 3-3 special teams. In 2011, Wright was ALL-TIME SERIES VS. UNK Emporia State 3-3 named defensive coordinator and Northwest holds an 11-3 lead in Washburn 3-3 assistant head coach. A native of the all-time series vs. Nebraska-Ke- Lindenwood 2-4 Hamilton, N.Y., Wright earned his arney. The Bearcats have won all Missouri Southern 0-6 bachelor’s degree at Dana College six meetings between the two Northeastern State 0-6 in 1995 and his master’s at North- schools since the Lopers joined the west in 1996. MIAA. UNK’s last win in the series Josh Lynn was named the This Week’s Games came Nov. 10, 1990. Northwest is 18th head football coach in Ne- Sat., Oct. 13 6-0 all-time at home against Ne- Emporia St. at UCM, 1 pm braska-Kearney history on Jan. 4, braska-Kearney. Mo. Southern at Washburn, 1 pm 2017. The Lynn era started with a UCO at Mo. Western, 1 pm bang as the Lopers upset Missouri LAST TIME AROUND VS. UNK UNK at Northwest, 2 pm Western State, 14-3, in the 2017 The Northwest defense was on full Lindenwood at NE St., 2 pm season-opener. It marked UNK’s display last year in a 13-0 shutout Pittsburg St. at Fort Hays St., 2 pm first August or September win at UNK. The Lopers were held to since joining the MIAA in 2012. 58 yards and six first downs. UNK 0-for-14 on third-down conversions. Kearney went on to beat North- rushed for 38 yards and passed for eastern State, 42-27, and Missouri 20 yards. UNK quarterback Steve Southern State, 16-6. A native of THE COACHES Worthing was 2-for-22 passing with Northwest is led by second-year Eunice, N.M., and an Eastern New an interception. The Lopers were Mexico graduate, Lynn helped turn

DON BLACK AWARD 1977 - Shawn Geraghty, K 1998 - Chris Griesen, QB 1978 - Dave Toti, S 1999 - Tony Miles, WR The Don Black Award is pre- 1979 - Mark Smith, QB 2000 - Tony Miles, WR sented to the most valuable 1980 - Greg Lees, DB 2001 - Ryan Hackett, RB player in the annual Home- 1981 - Gary Hogue, TE 2002 - Damien Chumley, S coming contest. The award has 1982 - Dale DeBourge, RB 2003 - Chad Bostwick, LB been given out since 1972 and 1983 - Dale DeBourge, RB 2004 - Jamaica Rector, WR 41 student-athletes have re- 1984 - Steve Hansley, WR 2005 - Josh Lamberson, QB ceived the honor. 1985 - Dan Anderson, WR 2006 - Myles Burnsides, SS 1986 - Junior Mao, DL 2007 - Jared Erspamer, LB Don Black was a running back 1987 - Paul Watkins, DB 2008 - Joel Osborn, QB for the Bearcats from 1951- 1988 - Wes Camp, WR 2009 - Blake Bolles, QB 1953 and helped lead North- 1989 - Shannon Rooney, DB 2010 - Blake Bolles, QB west to an MIAA title in 1952. 1990 - Dave Svehla, LB 2011 - Blake Christopher, QB 1991 - Ed Tillison, FB 2012 - Jordan Simmons, RB Don Black Award Winners 1992 - Joseph Johnson, QB 2013 - Billy Creason, RB 1972 - Jim Albin, TB 1993 - Chris Brooks, HB 2014 - Jared Fox, SS 1973 - Mike Williams, G 1994 - Ryan Scheib - K/P 2015 - Brady Bolles, QB 1974 - Claude Arnick, HB 1995 - Greg Teale, QB 2016 - Kyle Zimmerman, QB 1975 - Steve Miller, FB 1996 - Jesse Haynes, RB 2017 - Shane Williams, WR 1976 - Kirk Mathews, QB 1997 - Chris Griesen, QB 2018 - TBD

@NWBearcatFB nwbearcat_fb WWW.BEARCATSPORTS.COM #OABAAB GAME #7 - NEBRASKA-KEARNEY AT NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE his alma mater around, leading the school (FBS, FCS, II, III) to not allow IN THE POLLS Greyhounds to 27 wins between a rushing touchdown in 2017. 2012-16. AFCA D2FB Preseason/Week 1 (MWSU) #5 #5 BACK TO THE GROUND GAME Week 2 (WU) #6 #5 20-YEAR REUNION OF 1998 Northwest has scored 17 rushing Week 3 (MSSU) #4 #3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP touchdowns this season after Week 4 (UCO) #4 #2 Northwest will celebrate the having rushed for 16 touchdowns Week 5 (ESU) #17 #11 Week 6 (PSU) #16 #9 20-year reunion this weekend of on the ground in the 2017 season. Week 7 (UNK) #13 #7 the 1998 football team that won Northwest has scored 37 rushing Week 8 (LU) Week 9 (NSU) the first national championship in touchdowns of its own during its Week 10 (FHSU) school history. The 1998 squad be- defensive streak of allowing no Week 11 (UCM) came the first NCAA Div. II school rushing scores. Playoffs FINAL to finish a season at 15-0. North- west defeated Carson-Newman SOME DEFENSIVE NUMBERS AFCA TOP-25 - Oct. 8 24-6 in the title game in Florence, The Northwest defense has not SCHOOL 2018 Record 1 Minnesota State (29) 6-0 Alabama, on Dec. 12, 1998. Mem- allowed an individual runner to 2 Grand Valley State 6-0 bers of the 1998 squad will be surpass 100 yards in the last 47 3 Ferris State (4) 6-0 4 West Georgia 6-0 honored at halftime of Saturday’s games. That came in the 2014 5 Ouachita Baptist 6-0 Homecoming game. NCAA playoff game against Min- 6 Minnesota Duluth 6-0 7 Texas A&M-Commerce 5-1 nesota Duluth (Drew Bauer - 131). 8 Valdosta State 6-0 In fact, the last MIAA runner to 9 Colorado School of Mines 6-0 M-CLUB HALL OF FAME 10 West Florida 5-1 The M-Club Hall of Fame Class of go for more than 100 yards on the 11 West Chester 6-0 12 MSU Texas 5-1 2018’s individual inductees include Bearcats was Missouri Southern’s 13 Northwest Missouri State 5-1 early age inductee Scott Kurtz (base- Chris Barnwell (104) back on Oct. 14 Colorado State-Pueblo 5-1 15 Southern Arkansas 6-0 ball) and modern age inductees 26, 2013, a span of 61 games. 16 Tarleton State 5-0 Gabby Curtis (women’s basketball), 17 Notre Dame (OH) 6-0 18 Pittsburg State 5-1 Andy Erpelding (football) and Mel DEFENSIVE SHOWDOWN 19 Kutztown 5-0 Northwest ranks No. 2 in the na- 20 Indianapolis 4-1 Tjeerdsma (football coach/athletic 21 Central Washington 4-2 director). The two teams going into tion in scoring defense (10.2 points 22 Tiffin 6-0 23 Indiana (Pa) 4-2 the M-Club will be the 2009-10 per game), while Nebraska-Kear- 24 Harding 4-2 men’s tennis team and the 2010-11 ney ranks No. 14 (16.3 ppg). 25 LIU-Post 5-0 women’s basketball squad. D2 FOOTBALL.COM - Oct. 9 The Class of 2018 will be IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS SCHOOL 2018 Record inducted into the M-Club Hall of Northwest ranks No. 5 in the 1 Minnesota State 6-0 2 Ferris State 6-0 Fame during the annual festivities nation in red zone defense (54.5 3 Grand Valley 6-0 on Fri., Oct. 12 in the J.W. Jones percent). Opponents have had 11 4 West Georgia 6-0 5 West Florida 5-1 Student Union Ballroom and will opportunities in the red zone and 6 Ouachita Baptist 6-0 be recognized at halftime of the have scored six times (three pass 7 Northwest Missouri 5-1 8 Minnesota Duluth 6-0 football game. TDs, three FGs). 9 Valdosta State 6-0 10 Colorado Mines 6-0 Northwest ranks No. 7 in 11 Texas A&M-Commerce 5-1 IT HAS BEEN AWHILE rushing defense (76.7 yards/game). 12 Midwestern State 5-1 13 CSU-Pueblo 5-1 Northwest is the only NCAA Div. II 14 Southern Arkansas 6-0 school to have not allowed a rushing 15 West Chester 6-0 100 WINS THIS DECADE 16 Tarleton State 5-0 touchdown. Northwest is the only NCAA Div. II 17 Pittsburg State 5-1 school to have captured 100 wins 18 Indianapolis 4-1 In fact, Northwest has not 19 Kutztown 5-0 allowed a rushing touchdown since in this decade. 20 Notre Dame 6-0 21 Central Washington 4-2 Dec. 10, 2016 in the NCAA semifi- The Bearcats have posted a 22 LIU-Post 5-0 nal playoff matchup against Ferris record of 102-14 since the start of 23 Harding 4-2 24 Tiffin 6-0 State. Since then, the Bearcats have the 2010 season. 25 IUP 4-2 gone 19 games since allowing a Minnesota-Duluth ranks sec- rushing score. ond in Div. II with 94 wins since the Northwest was the only NCAA start of 2010.

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HOMETOWN LOCKDOWN the endzone in two straight games. game, the previous Northwest In its last eight home games, North- Tatum, who also serves as the running back to rush for 100 yards west has allowed 29 total points team’s holder, scored his second in a game was Chase White against (3.625 points per game). Northwest collegiate touchdown on a 23-yard Missouri Western last season has pitched five shutouts in that run on a fake field goal against (11/11/2017). White carried 12 times eight-game stretch. Pittsburg State. for 100 yards against the Griffons. Northwest has allowed two Tatum had scored the week Strayhorn leads the Bearcats touchdowns to be scored over the before on a 72-yard flea-flicker in rushing yards (415) and yards per last 32 quarters at Bearcat Stadium. reception against Emporia State. carry (7.0). Northwest has yet to yield a Tatum leads the Bearcats in touchdown at home this year. receptions (22) and ranks second SPREADING IT AROUND on the squad in receiving yards Redshirt freshman quarterback Last 8 Home Games (375). Braden Wright has connected with W, 41-0 vs. Emporia State six different Bearcats for passing W, 63-0 vs. Missouri Southern HARPER TO THE HOUSE touchdowns in 2018. W, 28-6 vs. Missouri Western Freshman LaTroy Harper scored Shane Bane Jr. (4), Chase L, 13-12 vs. Fort Hays State his first collegiate touchdown on a White (3), Jaime Taylor (2), Alec W, 19-0 vs. Lindenwood 13-yard scoring strike from Braden Tatum (1), Josh Caldwell (1) and W, 17-10 vs. Central Oklahoma Wright in Northwest’s 31-7 win at LaTroy Harper (1) have all caught W, 63-0 vs. Missouri Southern Pittsburg State. touchdowns passes this season. W, 34-0 vs. Emporia State Harper has caught five passes for 55 yards this season. PIERCE-ING BLOCK 4TH QUARTER EDGE Junior Zach Pierce blocked a punt If it comes down to a fourth-quarter STRAYHORN NAMED MIAA in Saturday’s 31-7 win at Pitts- game, Northwest has the scoring OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF WEEK burg State. It was Northwest’s first edge. The Bearcats are out-scoring Junior running back Isaiah Strayhorn blocked kick of the season. the opposition in the fourth, 56-13. was named the MIAA’s co-offensive Prior to Pierce’s block, the last player of the week. Northwest player to block a punt 7 SHUTOUTS UNDER WRIGHT Strayhorn recorded his first was Bobby Gruenloh against Mis- Northwest has recorded seven 100-yard rushing game of his Bear- souri Western (11/11/2017). shutouts under the direction of head cat career when he ran for 147 yards coach Rich Wright. in a 31-7 win at Pittsburg State. FRESHMAN QB TERRITORY The Bearcats posted five shut- He carried the ball 11 times Braden Wright is entering rare ter- outs in 2017 and have added two and averaged 13.4 yards per car- ritory for Bearcat freshmen quarter- more in 2018. ry against the Gorillas. Five of his backs. 11 carries resulted in Bearcat first The last Northwest fresh- CHASE CAN SCORE downs. man signal caller to pass for more Senior Chase White has caught Strayhorn put the Bearcats on than 1,000 yards and 10-plus three passes this season and all the board in the first quarter on a touchdowns in a season came in three have gone for touchdowns. 1-yard score. Five of his 11 carries the 2004 campaign when Josh White’s three catches have gone went for first downs against the Go- Mathews relieved an injured Josh for 37 yards. rillas. Strayhorn ripped off a 67-yard Lamberson in the eighth game of White caught a 14-yard burst with the Bearcats backed up the season. Mathews passed for touchdown reception at Washburn. at their own 3-yard line in the first 1,263 yards and 11 touchdowns He also caught a 19-yard touch- quarter. Strayhorn had a 31-yard while leading Northwest to the down pass against Missouri South- scamper on a 2nd-and-5 from the quarterfinals of the 2004 NCAA ern. White added his third catch Bearcat 10-yard line in the second Div. II playoffs. and score on a 4-yard strike from quarter. Wright has passed for 1,423 Braden Wright at Pittsburg State. He is the first Northwest run- yards and 12 touchdowns through ning back to eclipse the 100-yard the first six games of the 2018 sea- TATUM FINDS ENDZONE AGAIN rushing mark this season. son. Wright has also rushed for 305 Sophomore Alec Tatum has found Prior to Strayhorn’s 100-yard yards and six touchdowns in 2018.

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QB RUSHING LEADERS MIAA honors. west ranks tied for No. 4 (with 11 Redshirt freshman Braden Wright’s others teams) in fewest turnovers six rushing scores rank T-No. 3 in Career Pass Receptions gained. 1. Jamaica Rector (2001-2004) 289 the nation in rushing touchdowns by 2. Kendall Wright (2005-2008) 243 The Bearcat defense has quarterbacks. 3. Tony Miles (1997-2000) 235 forced two interceptions and has 4. Jake Soy (2008-2011) 222 Wright’s six rushing touch- 5. Andre Rector (2002-2005) 213 recovered three fumbles. downs trails only Jayru Campbell 6. Dan Anderson (1982-1985) 198 Despite the lack of forced (Ferris State), who has 10 touch- 7. Steve Hansley (1983-1985) 196 turnovers on defense, Northwest’s 8. Shawn Bane Jr. (2015-pr.) 185 downs, and Preston Paden (Hard- 9. Tyler Shaw (2009-2012) 166 offense has had only seven turn- ing), who has seven scores. 10. Jordan Simmons (2009-2012) 162 overs (minus-2 differential).

Career Receiving Yards NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADER 1. Jamaica Rector (2001-2004) 4,497 Fewest Turnovers Gained Senior running back Josh Caldwell 2. Tony Miles (1997-2000) 3,890 1. Elizabeth City State 3 3. Jake Soy (2008-2011) 3,687 2. UNC-Pembroke 4 has rushed for 3,190 career rushing 4. Kendall Wright (2005-2008) 3,253 yards and ranks No. 6 among all 5. Steve Hansley (1983-1985) 3,118 Newberry 4 active NCAA Division II players. 6. Andre Rector (2002-2005) 3,049 T-4. Northwest Missouri 5 7. Shawn Bane Jr. (2015-pr.) 3,023 Caldwell has rushed for 28 career 8. Tyler Shaw (2009-2012) 3,021 touchdowns. 9. Dan Anderson (1982-1985) 2,651 26 IN A ROW OVER HORNETS 10. Mike Peterson (2004-2007) 1,987 Northwest scored a 41-0 win over

BANE AMONG LEADERS Career Touchdown Receptions Emporia State giving the Bearcats Shawn Bane Jr. ranks No. 5 among 1. Jake Soy (2008-2011) 45 their 26th straight win over the active NCAA Div. II players in 2. Jamaica Rector (2001-2004) 38 Hornets in the series. 3. Tony Miles (1997-2000) 37 receiving yards. Bane has posted 4. Tyler Shaw (2009-2012) 32 3,023 yards in 41 career games. 5. Shawn Bane Jr. (2015-pr.) 28 MOST POINTS UNDER WRIGHT 6. Steve Hansley (1983-1985) 26 Bane is tied for No. 6 on the NCAA 7. Kendall Wright (2005-2008) 21 The 31 points scored by Central active career leaders touchdown 8. Wade Hanson (1994-1997) 19 Oklahoma are the most given up by receptions list with 28. 9. Andre Rector (2002-2005) 18 Northwest under head coach Rich 10. Mike Peterson (2004-2007) 17 Bane ranks No. 5 among Wright. active players in all-purpose yards Career Punt Returns The last time Northwest gave with 4,811. 1. Kendall Wright (2005-2008) 115 2. Jamaica Rector (2001-2004) 112 up 30 points in a game came Sept. 3. Tony Miles (1997-2000) 104 19, 2015, in a Bearcat victory over BANE LOOKS TO MOVE UP 4. Jason Melnick (1994-1996) 90 Central Missouri, 34-30. 5. Joe Spinello (1965-1968) 73 THE CHARTS 6. Jordan Simmons (2009-2012) 66 The last team to score 31 Senior wide receiver Shawn Bane 7. Heath Parker (1988-1990) 65 or more points against Northwest Jr. (Sarasota, Fla.) is looking to 8. Joe Wingate (1970-1973) 62 came in the second round of the 9. Shawn Bane Jr. (2015-pres.) 60 move up the career receiving 10. Wayne Allen (1978) 58 2012 NCAA Div. II playoffs when charts in 2018. Minnesota State, Mankato posted a Bane ranks No. 8 in Bearcat Career Punt Return Yards 1. Jamaica Rector (2001-2004) 1,494 38-35 win over the Bearcats. history with 185 receptions. 2. Tony Miles (1997-2000) 1,490 He became only the eighth 3. Kendall Wright (2005-2008) 1,233 500 YARDS OF OFFENSE 4. Joe Spinello (1965-1968) 963 Northwest receiver to surpass 5. Jordan Simmons (2009-2012) 825 Northwest has posted back-to- 3,000 career yards. Bane has tallied 6. Jason Melnick (1994-1996) 782 back games of 500 yards or more 3,023 receiving yards, which ranks 7. Shawn Bane Jr. (2015-pres.) 708 of total offense. It’s the first time 8. Jeff Linden (1981-1984) 634 No. 7 on the all-time Northwest 9. Joe Wingate (1970-1973) 561 since the 2016 season that North- receiving yards chart. 10. Heath Parker (1988-1990) 406 west has done that. His 28 career touchdown re- The Bearcats piled up 509 ceptions rank No. 5 in program his- LIMITED TURNOVERS yards at Washburn and followed tory. Bane found the end zone 19 The Northwest defense has been that up with 588 yards against Mis- times in his first two seasons, but stingy with yards and points in 2018, souri Southern. was limited to six scores in 2017 yet has only produced five turnovers In 2016, Northwest had a while still earning second-team All- through the first six games. North- streak of four straight games of 500

@NWBearcatFB nwbearcat_fb WWW.BEARCATSPORTS.COM #OABAAB GAME #7 - NEBRASKA-KEARNEY AT NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE or more yards of total offense. TWO GRADUATES ON THE poll. Northwest had four first-place FIELD votes and 103 points in the coach- BANE TAKES IT TO THE HOUSE The National Football Founda- es poll. Shawn Bane Jr. returned a punt 88 tion (NFF) & College Hall of Fame yards for a touchdown in North- released a list of 1,200 student-ath- DOMINANT DEFENSE west’s 63-0 win over Missouri letes who have already earned The Northwest defense continued Southern. their undergraduate degrees and to be dominating in 2017. The It was the Northwest’s first will be playing college football this Bearcats ranked first in the na- punt return for a touchdown (non- fall while pursuing second diplo- tion in scoring defense (9.3 ppg), blocked) since Jordan Wright re- mas. Northwest Missouri State has total defense (212.8 yards/game), turned a punt 46 yards for a score a pair of graduates playing this blocked punts (7) and third down against Emporia State on Nov. 12, year in Michael Sorfonden (Harlan, conversion defense (19.9 percent). 2011. Iowa) and Josh Caldwell (Lee’s Summit, Mo.). FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS OF NO. BANE’S FIRST-HALF SHOW “The National Football Foun- 1-RANKED DEFENSE Bane put on a quite a show in the dation takes great pride in its role Northwest has been ranked No. first half against Missouri Southern. as a leading voice in the promotion 1 in the nation in total defense Bane scored on a 75-yard touch- of the scholar-athlete,” said NFF in each of the past four seasons. down pass from Braden Wright in Chairman Archie Manning. “And The Bearcats have ranked No. 1 the first quarter. highlighting the 1,200 student-ath- in scoring defense in each of last Bane then ended the first half letes who have not only earned three seasons. Northwest has been with an electrifying 88-yard punt their undergraduate degrees ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in return for a touchdown to give but are now pursuing additional rushing defense since 2014. Northwest a 35-0 lead at the break. diplomas sends a powerful mes- Bane tallied 193 all-purpose sage about the doors that college FIVE CAPTAINS yards -- all in the first half against football opens. This list allows us Head coach Rich Wright as des- Missouri Southern. to showcase those individuals who ignated five captains for the 2018 have truly taken full advantage of football season. Wright has named WRIGHT NAMED OFFENSIVE the opportunities created by col- defensive back Anthony Lane (Riv- PLAYER OF THE WEEK lege football.” iera Beach, Fla.), linebacker Nick Redshirt freshman quarterback Bra- The NFF compiled the list Hess (Liberty, Mo.), defensive end den Wright was named the MIAA with the help of athletics directors, Austen Askew (Lawson, Mo.), line- offensive player of the week after faculty athletics representatives backer Ben Althoff (Palmyra, Mo.) leading Northwest Missouri State and sports information directors and offensive lineman Zach Flott to a 38-17 victory at Washburn. from all divisions who identified (Ralston, Neb.) as the captains for Wright (Elkhorn, Nebras- the players on their 2018 fall ros- the upcoming year. ka) rushed for 118 yards and two ters who have already earned their Eskew and Althoff were touchdowns, while passing for 233 undergraduate degrees. A total of named to the first-team all-MIAA yards and another score against 235 schools responded, creating squad in 2017. Lane and Flott the Ichabods at Yager Stadium. the list of 1,200 student-athletes garnered second-team all-MIAA Wright scored on a 27-yard who are slated to play this year honors, while Hess notched third- run with 7:11 left in the second while pursuing additional diplo- team all-MIAA accolades. quarter to knot the game at 14-14. mas. Wright then put Northwest ahead 100-YARD GAMES FOR BANE for good in the third quarter when PRESEASON FAVORITES Shawn Bane tallied his 12th 100- he scored again on the ground Northwest was picked as the yard receiving game in Northwest’s from 17 yards out. Wright was 23- preseason favorite by both the 28-6 win over Missouri Western. of-35 passing, including a 14-yard media and coaches to win the 2018 Bane latched on to four pass- scoring strike to Chase White in MIAA football championship. The es for 102 yards and a score. Bane’s the fourth quarter. Bearcats received 14 first-place touchdown came on a 60-yard toss votes and 382 points in the media from Braden Wright in the second

@NWBearcatFB nwbearcat_fb WWW.BEARCATSPORTS.COM #OABAAB GAME #7 - NEBRASKA-KEARNEY AT NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE quarter to give Northwest a 14-3 PROGRAM OF THE DECADE crown in 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, lead. Northwest is the winningest NCAA 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015 and Bane notched five 100-yard Div. II program of this decade from 2016. games in 2015, four in 2016 and 2010-2017. Northwest is 97-13 for two in 2017. an .882 winning percentage since 28 MIAA TITLES 2010. The Bearcats have been Northwest has captured 28 MIAA WRIGHT STUFF ranked No. 1 in the NCAA Div. II football regular season titles. Redshirt freshman quarterback Bra- Top 25 poll 38 times since the start den Wright put on a quite a show of the 2010 season. GPA DECALS in his debut as the starter in a 28-6 Every Northwest football player victory over Missouri Western. By Wins (Since 2010) with a 3.0 or higher grade point av- 1. Northwest Missouri State 97 Wright was responsible for 2. Minnesota-Duluth 88 erage will have a special decal on all four Northwest touchdowns in 3. Shepherd 84 their helmet with their GPA, major the victory. Wright passed for three Colorado State-Pueblo 84 and advisor. Student-athletes with Minnesota State, Mankato 84 scores and ran in a 34-yard touch- a 4.0 GPA will have a gold decal on down to cap the scoring. By Winning Percentage (Since 2010) their helmet. 1. Northwest Missouri State .882 (97-13) Wright connected on touch- 2. Shepherd .866 (84-13) down passes to Jaime Taylor (52 Colorado State-Pueblo .866 (84-13) HUGHES FAMILY FIELDHOUSE yards), Shawn Bane Jr. (60 yards) 4. Minnesota-Duluth .846 (88-16) Located just northwest of Col- 5. Minnesota State, Mankato .832 (84-17) and Josh Caldwell (3 yards). lege Park and Bearcat Stadium Wright also led the Bearcats on the Northwest campus, the in rushing with 63 yards on only 14 STRAIGHT PLAYOFF Carl & Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse seven carries. APPEARANCES will serve as a host site for a wide Last season marked the 14th range of University and community straight season that Northwest activities. The project represents 24 CONSECUTIVE WINS OVER had qualified for the NCAA Div. II the single largest public-private THE LIONS playoffs. Northwest has made 22 Northwest scored a 63-0 win over partnership in Northwest’s 112-year overall appearances in the play- Missouri Southern for the 24th con- history – and one of the largest offs. Since 1996, the Bearcats have secutive victory over the Lions. public-private partnerships ever in made 20 playoff appearances – Northwest owns a 26-4 lead the region. only missing postseason action in over Missouri Southern in the all- 2001 and 2003. time series. The Hughes Fieldhouse features: • 137,250 square-foot recreation HOME COOKING IN PLAYOFFS and multipurpose facility featuring 14 STRAIGHT OVER WASHBURN Northwest has compiled a 29-3 all- Northwest defeated Washburn for recreation and exhibition space, time record at home in the NCAA the 14th straight time with a 38-17 • indoor flooring system, Div. II playoffs. In fact heading into victory at Yager Stadium on Sept. • 90-yard practice turf, the 2018 season, the Bearcats have 6. Northwest has won 24 of the • 300-meter indoor track, won 22 consecutive home playoff last 25 meetings between the two • spectator seating and games at Bearcat Stadium. teams • tiered meeting rooms The Hughes Fieldhouse is an SIX-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPS estimated $20 million project with SIX IN A ROW OVER GRIFFONS Northwest has captured six NCAA Northwest scored a 28-6 win over multiple financing sources, includ- Div. II national championship – the Missouri Western to record the ing commitments from the Univer- most national titles by any Division Bearcats’s sixth straight victory over sity, private support and communi- II program. Northwest won nation- the Griffons. ty support. The facility is named for al championships in 1998, 1999, Northwest has held Missouri the Carl and Cheryl Hughes family, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2016. Western without a touchdown in who committed a significant gift The Bearcat have played in 15 consecutive quarters dating to the project through the Hughes the NCAA Div. II national champi- back to the first quarter in the 2015 Family Foundation. onship game 10 times in the last 21 matchup. years. Northwest has played for the

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VICIS ZERO1 HELMET proudly announced today the 179 that ranked No. 1 in the nation in Northwest Missouri State will semifinalists, including Northwest scoring defense, total defense and outfit the football team with VICIS Missouri State senior linebacker third-down conversion defense. In ZERO1 Helmets. Ben Althoff, for the 2018 William 2018, Althoff has helped Northwest “The VICIS ZERO1 is a V. Campbell Trophy®. The award to a 3-1 start and No. 17 national game-changer and is delivering a recognizes an individual as the ab- ranking in the AFCA Div. II Coach- completely new approach to player solute best football scholar-athlete es Top 25. Althoff is a captain on safety,” head coach Rich Wright in the nation. Fidelity Investments this year’s Bearcat football squad. said. “We’ve been extremely is a proud partner of the Campbell Althoff has participated in a impressed with the research we’ve Trophy®. a local Maryville community spring seen on the ZERO1, and we’re ex- The NFF will announce 12- yard clean up. He has volunteered cited to have our players wearing 14 finalists on Oct. 31, and each at the courthouse for landscape the helmet this year.” of them will receive an $18,000 work. He has served lunch at “Northwest Missouri State Univer- postgraduate scholarship as a St. Gregory’s Catholic School to sity is a powerhouse program, win- member of the 60th NFF National students. He helped paint the ning six NCAA Division II titles in Scholar-Athlete Class. The finalists hallways at Eugene Field Elemen- the last two decades,” VICIS CEO will travel to New York City for the tary Schools. He has served as a and co-founder Dave Marver said. 61st NFF Annual Awards Dinner guest speaker at the 2018 Wilder- “We’re honored to protect them in on Dec. 4, where their accomplish- ness Camping and Retreat Center their pursuit for number seven.” ments will be highlighted in front Sports Camps. Ranked as the best helmet in the of one of the most powerful audi- National Football League and sur- ences in all of sports. Live during BEARCATS IN THE NFL passing all expectations of the NFL the event, one member of the class Northwest is represented in the Players Association helmet perfor- will be declared as the winner of National Football League by tight mance tests, VICIS ZERO1 Helmets the 29th William V. Campbell Tro- end Clayton Wilson (Seattle Sea- are currently equipping athletes on phy® and have his postgraduate hawks) and defensive lineman Matt over 400 high school teams. Addi- scholarship increased to $25,000. Longacre (Los Angeles Rams). tionally, more than 110 professional Nominated by their schools, Wilson signed a free agent and collegiate teams have commit- which are limited to one nominee deal with the Seahawks after ted to the ZERO1 Helmet coming each, candidates for the awards completing his collegiate career into the 2018 season. must be a senior or graduate stu- in 2017 for the Bearcats. Wilson “Our team has worked hard to dent in their final year of playing caught 80 passes for 694 yards and bring the ZERO1’s breakthrough eligibility, have a GPA of at least six touchdowns in 50 career games protective technology to players 3.2 on a 4.0 scale, have outstand- for the Bearcats. across the country,” says Marver. ing football ability as a first team VICIS designs the ZERO1 with player or significant contributor a unique structure compared to and have demonstrated strong other helmets on the market. A leadership and citizenship. The deformable outer shell and colum- class is selected each year by the nar layer slows and reduces impact NFF Awards Committee, which forces in a similar function to the is comprised of a nationally rec- bumper of a car. The helmet is also ognized group of media, College priced to be accessible to college Football Hall of Famers and athlet- and high school programs. ics administrators. Northwest Missouri State is ALTHOFF NAMED SEMIFINALIST represented by senior linebacker FOR CAMPBELL TROPHY Ben Althoff (Palmyra, Missouri/ Recognizing one of the most im- Palmyra HS). Althoff carries a 3.87 pressive groups of scholar-athletes grade point average with a double in the history of college football, major in agronomy and agricultural The National Football Founda- business. Althoff led the Bearcats tion & College Hall of Fame (NFF) in tackles in 2017 for a defense

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northwest Missouri state - two-deep (defense) DE 90 Mike Ehlke 6-5 248 Jr. Little Chute, Wis./Little Chute HS 63 Zach Howard 6-3 310 Fr. Bolivar, Mo./Bolivar HS

DT 98 Sam Roberts 6-5 265 So. Waynesville, Mo./Waynesville HS 95 Elijah Green 5-11 240 R-Fr. Maryville, Mo./Maryville HS

NG 55 Spencer Phillips 6-3 265 Jr. Glenwood, Iowa/Freemont-Mills HS 59 Dustin Piper 6-2 263 So. Maryville, Mo./Maryville HS

DE 8 Austen Askew 6-4 248 Sr. Lawson, Mo./Lawson HS 92 Tucker Tripp 6-3 230 R-Fr. Maryville, Mo./Maryville HS

ROV 5 Nick Hess 6-1 215 Sr. Liberty, Mo./Liberty North HS 36 Cole Bixler 6-1 217 Sr. Omaha, Neb./Omaha North HS OR 26 Jamaal Brazil 6-1 208 Jr. Flint, Mich./Park Hill HS

MIKE 10 Ben Althoff 6-1 220 Sr. Palmyra, Mo./Palmyra HS 7 Matt Connelly 5-11 230 Sr. Omaha, Neb./Omaha Westside HS

BUCK 49 Jackson Barnes 6-2 215 So. Kansas City, Mo./Liberty HS 35 Breyon Dennis 6-1 215 Sr. Kansas City, Mo./Rockhurst HS 50 Brody Buck 6-1 210 So. Omaha, Neb./Millard North HS

CB 27 J’Ravien Anderson 6-1 175 So. Fort Myers, Fla./North Fort Myers HS 23 Trey Washington 6-1 175 R-Fr. Grimes, Iowa/Dallas Center-Grimes HS

CB 14 Chama Pierre 6-2 185 Jr. Lake Worth, Fla./Lake Worth HS 20 Jerrell Green 5-10 170 Jr. Sun City, Ariz./Phoenix College

S 1 Anthony Lane 5-9 196 Sr. Riviera Beach, Fla./Palm Beach Gardens HS 21 Blake Bayer 6-0 180 So. Albia, Iowa/Albia HS

S 4 Jack Richards 5-9 175 Sr. Lee’s Summit, Mo./Lee’s Summit West HS 6 Trent Nally 6-3 198 Jr. Maryville, Mo./Maryville HS

@NWBearcatFB nwbearcat_fb WWW.BEARCATSPORTS.COM #OABAAB GAME #7 - NEBRASKA-KEARNEY AT NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE northwest Missouri state - two-deep (offense/special teams) LT 75 Tanner Owen 6-5 278 So. Kearney, Mo./Missouri 77 Jonathan Ortiz 6-6 280 Jr. Eudora, Kan./Eudora HS

LG 67 Gabe Bautz 6-3 305 So. Waukesha, Wis./Catholic Memorial HS 64 Austin Clarkson 6-6 185 So. Scottsbluff, Neb./Scottsbluff HS

C 58 Chase Thomas 6-3 289 Sr. Smithville, Mo./Smithville HS 73 Jake Noel 6-2 268 So. Sioux City, Iowa/Bishop Heelan HS

RG 76 Ryan Spelhaug 6-3 285 Jr. Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley HS 65 Tim Otting 6-4 272 Jr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Xavier HS

RT 74 Zach Flott 6-5 298 Sr. Ralston, Neb./Ralston HS 70 Trey Kothe 6-7 288 Sr. Macon, Mo./Macon Senior HS

WR 13 Shawn Bane 5-11 170 Sr. Sarasota, Fla./Sarasota HS 2 Jaime Taylor 5-11 170 Jr. Miami, Fla./Booker T. Washington HS

WR 19 Cody Massey 6-3 199 Jr. St. Joseph, Mo./Lafayette HS 88 LaTroy Harper 6-1 185 Fr. Hamilton, Mo./Penney HS 11 Kennedy Sykes 6-5 192 Sr. Long Beach, Calif./Mt. San Antonio JC

WR 85 Alec Tatum 5-9 167 So. Huntsville, Texas/Huntsville HS 84 Dante Keys 6-1 180 R-Fr. Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield HS

TE 15 Marqus Andrews 6-3 245 Jr. Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs HS 24 Chase White 6-0 216 Sr. Maize, Kan./Maize HS

RB 3 Isaiah Strayhorn 5-10 205 Jr. Chula Vista, Calif./Eastlake HS OR 25 Josh Caldwell 5-11 220 Sr. Lee’s Summit, Mo./Missouri Western 34 Brody McMahon 5-10 203 Jr. Maryville, Mo./Maryville HS

QB 12 Braden Wright 6-2 180 R-Fr. Elkhorn, Neb./Elkhorn South HS 17 Joe Brannan 6-2 204 So. Jacksonville, Ill./Jacksonville HS

P 30 Matt Thorman 6-0 210 Sr. Prairie Village, Kan./Bishop Miege HS

PK 47 Parker Sampson 5-10 185 So. Kansas City, Mo./Park Hill HS

H 85 Alec Tatum 5-9 167 So. Huntsville, Texas/Huntsville HS

LS 54 Michael Sorfonden 6-0 198 Jr. Harlan, Iowa/Harlan HS

PR 13 Shawn Bane 5-11 170 Sr. Sarasota, Fla./Sarasota HS

KR 13 Shawn Bane 5-11 170 Sr. Sarasota, Fla./Sarasota HS 18 Raymond Thomas 5-7 170 Fr. Bradenton, Fla./Braden River HS

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / Previous School 1 Anthony Lane CB 5-9 196 Sr. Riviera Beach, Fla. / Palm Beach Gardens HS No. Name Pos. 2 Jaime Taylor WR 5-11 170 Jr. Miami, Fla. / Booker T. Washington HS 10 Ben Althoff...... LB 3 Isaiah Strayhorn RB 5-10 205 Jr. Chula Vista, Calif. / Eastlake HS 27 J’Ravien Anderson...... CB 4 Jack Richards CB 5-9 175 Sr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. / Lee’s Summit West HS 15 Marqus Andrews...... TE 5 Nick Hess LB 6-1 215 Sr. Liberty, Mo. / Liberty North HS 13 Shawn Bane...... WR 6 Trent Nally S 6-3 198 Jr. Maryville, Mo. / Maryville HS 49 Jackson Barnes...... LB 7 Matt Connelly LB 5-11 230 Sr. Omaha, Neb. / Omaha Westside HS 67 Gabe Bautz...... OL 21 Blake Bayer...... S 8 Austen Eskew DE 6-4 248 Sr. Lawson, Mo. / Lawson HS 36 Cole Bixler...... LB 9 Mike Hohensee QB 6-2 210 Fr. Saint Charles, Ill. / St. Charles North HS 80 Faizol Bouchard...... WR 10 Ben Althoff LB 6-1 220 Sr. Palmyra, Mo. / Palmyra HS 17 Joe Brannan...... QB 11 Kennedy Sykes WR 6-5 192 Sr. Long Beach, Calif. / Mt. San Antonio 26 Jamaal Brazil...... LB 12 Braden Wright QB 6-2 180 R-Fr. Elkhorn, Neb. / Elkhorn South HS 31 Kier Brown...... RB 13 Shawn Bane Jr. WR 5-11 170 Sr. Sarasota, Fla. / Sarasota HS 50 Brody Buck...... LB 14 Chama Pierre DB 6-2 185 Jr. Lake Worth, Fla. / Lake Worth HS 25 Josh Caldwell...... RB 15 Marqus Andrews TE 6-3 245 Jr. Blue Springs, Mo. / Blue Springs HS 66 Brock Caviness...... OL 16 Jadyn Kowalski QB 6-4 219 So. Bellevue, Neb. / Bellevue West HS 64 Austin Clarkson...... OL 17 Joe Brannan QB 6-2 204 So. Jacksonville, Ill. / Jacksonville HS 7 Matt Connelly...... LB 18 Raymond Thomas RB 5-7 170 Fr. Bradenton, Fla. / Braden River HS 35 Breyon Dennis...... LB 19 Cody Massey WR 6-3 199 Jr. St. Joseph, Mo. / Lafayette HS 37 Brandon Dey...... LB 20 Jerrell Green DB 5-10 170 Jr. Sun City, Ariz. / Goodyear HS 90 Mike Ehlke...... DE 21 Blake Bayer S 6-0 180 So. Albia, Iowa / Albia Community HS 40 Adrean Eskew...... LB 22 Jacob Gassman FS 5-11 198 Jr. Kearney, Mo. / Kearney HS 8 Austen Eskew...... DE 23 Trey Washington DB 6-1 175 R-Fr. Grimes, Iowa / Dallas Center-Grimes HS 74 Zach Flott...... OL 24 Chase White TE 6-0 216 Sr. Maize, Kan. / Maize HS 93 TJ Garrity...... DE 25 Josh Caldwell RB 5-11 220 Sr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. / Missouri Western 22 Jacob Gassman...... FS 26 Jamaal Brazil LB 6-1 208 Jr. Flint, Mich. / Park Hill HS 61 Hunter Gerths...... OL 27 J’Ravien Anderson CB 6-1 175 So. Fort Myers, Fla. / North Fort Myers HS 99 Jacob Giese...... DT 28 Chase Shiltz RB 5-10 190 R-Fr. Creston, Iowa / Creston HS 72 Cody Gilman...... OL 29 Jake Marshall S 5-11 180 Jr. Saint Johns, Fla. / Bartram Trail HS 87 Gus Gomez...... WR 30 Matt Thorman P 6-0 210 Sr. Prairie Village, Kan. / Bishop Miege HS 60 Walker Graves...... DL 31 Kier Brown RB 5-10 198 So. Eldridge, Iowa / North Scott HS 95 Elijah Green...... DT 32 Keilon Hunter CB 5-9 155 Fr. Overland Park, Kan. / Blue Valley North HS 20 Jerrell Green...... CB 33 Austin Stuhr RB 6-0 180 R-Fr. Bradshaw, Neb. / Heartland Community HS 41 Chance Hall...... DB 34 Brody McMahon RB 5-10 203 Jr. Maryville, Mo. / Maryville HS 88 LaTroy Harper...... WR 35 Breyon Dennis LB 6-1 215 Sr. Kansas City, Mo. / Rockhurst HS 5 Nick Hess...... LB 36 Cole Bixler LB 6-1 217 Sr. Omaha, Neb. / Omaha North HS 51 Andy Hessler...... LB 37 Braden Dey LB 6-1 175 R-Fr. Lincoln, Neb. / Lincoln North Star HS 9 Mike Hohensee...... QB 39 Matt Murphy DB 6-0 175 Fr. New Lenox, Ill. / Lincoln Way West HS 63 Zach Howard...... DT 40 Adrean Eskew LB 6-1 220 R-Fr. Lawson, Mo. / Lawson HS 32 Keilon Hunter...... CB 41 Chance Hall DB 6-0 185 So. Omaha, Neb. / Omaha Central HS 94 Kaelin Key...... DT 42 Tate Snodgrass TE 6-6 200 R-Fr. West Burlington, Iowa / West Burlington HS 84 Dante Keys...... WR 43 Sam Phillips LB 6-2 210 R-Fr. Tabor, Iowa / Fremont Mills HS 70 Trey Kothe...... OL 44 Israel Pitchford LB 6-2 200 R-Fr. Waukesha, Wisc. / Waukesha North HS 16 Jadyn Kowalski...... QB 46 Matt Slominski TE 6-3 215 R-Fr. Elkhorn, Neb. / Elkhorn South HS 1 Anthony Lane...... CB 47 Parker Sampson K 5-10 185 So. Kansas City, Mo. / Park Hill HS 52 Jacob Marshall...... LB 48 Grant Matthies TE 6-3 215 Fr. Omaha, Neb. / Creighton Prep HS 29 Jake Marshall...... S 49 Jackson Barnes LB 6-2 215 So. Kansas City, Mo. / Liberty HS 89 Grant Martin...... WR 50 Brody Buck LB 6-1 210 So. Omaha, Neb. / Millard North HS 19 Cody Massey...... WR 51 Andy Hessler LB 6-0 225 Jr. Hartland, Wisc. / Arrowhead HS 48 Grant Matthies...... TE 52 Jacob Marshall LB 5-11 200 R-Fr. Kearney, Mo. / Kearney HS 34 Brody McMahon...... RB 53 Will Obert DE 6-3 242 So. Palmyra, Mo. / Palmyra HS 62 Shelby McMillen...... DE 54 Michael Sorfonden LS 6-0 198 Jr. Harlan, Iowa / Harlan Community HS 39 Matt Murphy...... DB 55 Spencer Phillips DE 6-3 265 Jr. Glenwood, Iowa / Fremont-Mills HS 6 Trent Nally...... S 57 Myles Scott DE 6-1 230 Jr. Tampa, Fla. / HB Plant HS 73 Jake Noel...... DT 58 Chase Thomas OL 6-3 289 Sr. Smithville, Mo. / Smithville HS 53 Will Obert...... DE 59 Dustin Piper DT 6-2 263 So. Maryville, Mo. / Maryville HS 77 Jonathan Ortiz...... OL 60 Walker Graves DL 6-3 309 Fr. Chillicothe, Mo. / Chillicothe HS 65 Tim Otting...... OL 61 Hunter Gerths OL 6-5 270 Jr. Albia, Iowa / Albia HS 75 Tanner Owen...... OL 62 Shelby McMillen DE 6-2 240 So. Stanberry, Mo. / Stanberry HS 83 Peyton Pedersen...... WR 63 Zach Howard DT 6-3 310 Fr. Bolivar, Mo. / Bolivar HS 43 Sam Phillips...... DE 64 Austin Clarkson OL 6-6 185 So. Scottsbluff, Neb. / Scottsbluff HS 55 Spencer Phillips...... De 65 Tim Otting OL 6-4 272 Jr. Cedar Rapids, Iowa / Xavier HS 78 Tyler Pierce...... DE 66 Brock Caviness OL 6-2 290 Jr. Knoxville, Iowa / Knoxville HS 91 Zach Pierce...... DL 67 Gabe Bautz OL 6-3 305 So. Waukesha, Wisc. / Catholic Memorial HS 14 Chama Pierre...... DB 68 Cody Tanner OL 6-2 285 R-Fr. Greenfield, Iowa / Creston HS 59 Dustin Piper...... DT 69 Jake White OL 6-1 265 R-Fr. Maryville, Mo. / Maryville HS 44 Israel Pitchford...... LB 70 Trey Kothe OL 6-7 288 Sr. Macon, Mo. / Macon Senior HS 86 Kyle Raunig...... TE 72 Cody Gilman OL 6-3 280 R-Fr. Hardin, Ill. / Calhoun HS 4 Jack Richards...... DB 73 Jake Noel DT 6-2 268 So. Sioux City, Iowa / Bishop Heelan HS 98 Sam Roberts...... DT 74 Zach Flott OL 6-5 298 Sr. Ralston, Neb. / Ralston HS 47 Parker Sampson...... PK 75 Tanner Owen OL 6-5 278 So. Kearney, Mo. / Kearney HS / Missouri 57 Myles Scott...... DE 76 Ryan Spelhaug OL 6-3 285 Jr. Bettendorf, Iowa / Pleasant Valley HS 28 Chase Shiltz...... RB 77 Jonathan Ortiz OL 6-6 280 Jr. Eudora, Kan. / Eudora HS 46 Matt Slominski...... TE 78 Tyler Pierce DE 6-4 190 R-Fr. Gladbrook, Iowa / Gladbrook-Reinbeck HS 42 Tate Snodgrass...... TE 80 Faizol Bouchard WR 5-7 155 So. Kansas City, Mo. / Staley HS 54 Michael Sorfonden...... LS 81 Joe Straws WR 6-0 202 Jr. Raytown, Mo. / Raytown HS 76 Ryan Spelhaug...... OL 83 Peyton Pedersen WR 6-4 185 R-Fr. Leon, Iowa / Central Decatur HS 81 Joe Straws...... WR 84 Dante Keys WR 6-1 180 R-Fr. Plainfield, Ind. / Plainfield HS 3 Isaiah Strayhorn...... RB 85 Alec Tatum WR 5-9 167 So. Huntsville, Texas / Huntsville HS 33 Austin Stuhr...... RB 86 Kyle Raunig TE 6-4 242 Jr. Olathe, Kan. / St. Thomas Aquinas HS 11 Kennedy Sykes...... WR 68 Cody Tanner...... OL 87 Gus Gomez WR 6-0 170 R-Fr. Stilwell, Kan. / Blue Valley HS 85 Alec Tatum...... WR 88 LaTroy Harper WR 6-1 185 Fr. Hamilton, Mo. / Penney HS 2 Jaime Taylor...... WR 89 Grant Martin WR 6-2 195 So. Omaha, Neb. / Omaha North HS 58 Chase Thomas...... OL 90 Mike Ehlke DE 6-5 248 Jr. Little Chute, Wisc. / Little Chute HS 18 Raymond Thomas...... RB 91 Zach Pierce DL 6-4 262 Jr. Gladbrook, Iowa / Gladbrook-Reinbeck HS 30 Matt Thorman...... P 92 Tucker Tripp DE 6-3 230 R-Fr. Maryville, Mo. / Maryville HS 92 Tucker Tripp...... DE 93 TJ Garrity DE 6-4 240 R-Fr. Waukesha, Wisc. / Waukesha South HS 23 Trey Washington...... DB 94 Kaelin Key DT 6-0 282 So. Shawnee Mission, Kan. / Kansas State 24 Chase White...... TE 95 Elijah Green DT 5-11 240 R-Fr. Maryville, Mo. / Maryville HS 69 Jake White...... OL 97 Noah Williams DE 6-5 240 So. Dodge City, Kan. / Dodge City HS 97 Noah Williams...... DE 98 Sam Roberts DE 6-5 265 So. Waynesville, Mo. / Waynesville HS 12 Braden Wright...... QB 99 Jacob Giese DT 6-3 295 Jr. West Branch, Iowa / West Branch HS

@NWBearcatFB nwbearcat_fb WWW.BEARCATSPORTS.COM #OABAAB GAME #7 - NEBRASKA-KEARNEY AT NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE HEAD COACH RICH WRIGHT 2014 & 2015 DII PROGRASS COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR • SECOND SEASON

HEAD COACH Richard Wright was named head coach at Northwest Missouri on Dec. 19, 2016. He arrived at North- west in 2004 as the defensive line coach and coordinator of special teams. In 2011, Wright was named defensive coordinator and assistant head coach.

The Northwest defense continued to be dominating in 2017. The Bearcats ranked first in the nation in scoring defense (9.3 ppg), total defense (212.8 yards/game), blocked punts (7) and third down conver- sion defense (19.9 percent). Northwest limited the opposition to 62.0 yards per game on the ground. The Bearcat defense did not allow a rushing touchdown in 2017. In fact, Northwest was the only NCAA school to not allow a rushing touchdown all of last season - including FBS, FCS, Division II and Division III. The Northwest defense had three players named to the All-MIAA First Team in defensive lineman Hometown: . Hamilton, N.Y. Austin Eskew, linebacker Ben Althoff and defensive back Marcus Jones. Wife: ...... Sarah Children: . . .Grace & Kate DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR Degrees: Dana College, 1995; In 2016, Northwest’s defense led the nation in total yards (240.9), rushing yards (67.7), scoring (12.0) . Northwest (M.Ed.) 1996 and blocked kicks (13). Four Bearcats earned first-team All-MIAA honors and four earned All-America honors. On five occasions, the Northwest defense held opponents under 200 yards of total offense and Since 2011 12 times held rushing attacks under 100 yards. The Bearcats’ four playoff opponents averaged just 54.7 • Northwest has gone 90-12 rushing yards, 170.5 passing yards, 225.5 total yards and 9.0 points per game. overall and 71-8 in MIAA play • The Bearcats have won four The Bearcats’ 2015 national championship featured one of the most well rounded defensive units in MIAA Championships (2013, history. Northwest led the nation in six categories including total defense, scoring defense, team sacks, 14, 15 & 16) rushing defense, team passing efficiency defense and third-down conversion percentage defense. • 47 first team All-MIAA honors The team finished atop the MIAA in 15 defensive categories as well, leading to six first-team All-MIAA • All-America honors: 18 (Don Hansen), 26 (D2Football. selections. Collin Bevins earned the third-consecutive MIAA Defensive Player of the Year award for the com), 15 (Daktronics/ Bearcats, setting school records in sacks (15.5) and tackles for loss (26.5). CoSIDA), 14 (AP Little All-America) and 5 (AFCA One of the most dominant defenses at any level of football could be found under Wright in 2014. The All-America). Bearcats led the nation in total defense and were ranked second in rushing defense, team pass efficien- • Scored 50 or more points 17 cy defense and third down conversion defense. Northwest ranked third in first down defense, fourth in times passing yards allowed and fifth in scoring defense. Five Bearcat defensive players earned first team All- • Been ranked No. 1 by the MIAA honors including Matt Longarcre who was named the MIAA Defensive Player of the Year in 2013 AFCA 32 times and in the and 2014. top-5 58 weeks • Seven Academic All-America In 2013, Wright’s defense was ranked ninth in the NCAA in total defense, allowing just 292.5 yards honors per game. The Bearcat defense led the MIAA defensively in pass yards allowed, sacks, pass efficiency defense, turnovers gained, third down percentage defense, blocked kicks, blocked punts and total defense.

THE WRIGHT RECORD AT NORTHWEST WRIGHT VS. THE MIAA

YEAR POSITION TEAM RECORD NOTES OPPONENT SINCE 2011 2004 Defensive Line / Special Teams Cord. 11-2 NCAA Divsion II Playoffs Emporia State (2-0) ...... 10-0 2005 Defensive Line / Special Teams Cord. 11-4 NCAA Divsion II Playoffs Washburn (2-0) ...... 8-0 2006 Defensive Line / Special Teams Cord. 14-1* NCAA Divsion II Playoffs Nebraska-Kearney (1-0) ...... 6-0 2007 Defensive Line / Special Teams Cord. 12-2* NCAA Divsion II Playoffs Missouri Southern (2-0) ...... 8-0 2008 Defensive Line / Special Teams Cord. 13-2* NCAA Divsion II Playoffs Central Missouri (1-0) ...... 6-1 2009 Defensive Line / Special Teams Cord. 14-1*^ National Champions Central Oklahoma (1-1) ...... 6-1 2010 Defensive Line / Special Teams Cord. 12-2* NCAA Divsion II Playoffs Northeastern State (1-0) ...... 6-0 2011 Defensive Coordinator 11-3 NCAA Divsion II Playoffs Lindenwood (1-0) ...... 4-0 2012 Defensive Coordinator 10-3 NCAA Divsion II Playoffs Pittsburg State (1-1) ...... 5-4 2013 Defensive Coordinator 15-0*^ National Champions Fort Hays State (0-1) ...... 6-1 2014 Defensive Coordinator 10-2* NCAA Division II Playoffs Missouri Western (2-0) ...... 8-1 2015 Defensive Coordinator 15-0*^ National Champions 2016 Defensive Coordinator 15-0*^ National Champions YEAR RECORD MIAA 2017 Head Coach 9-3 NCAA Division II Playoffs 2017 9-3 9-2 2018 Head Coach 5-1 2018 5-1 5-1 Northwest Totals 177-26 (.872) *9 MIAA Championships TOTAL 14-4 ...... 14-3 Defensive Coordinator / Head Coach Totals 90-12 (.882) ^4 NCAA Championships

@NWBearcatFB nwbearcat_fb WWW.BEARCATSPORTS.COM #OABAAB GAME #7 - NEBRASKA-KEARNEY AT NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE RECORD BREAKDOWN The 2012 Bearcat defense was nothing short of spectacular, ranking among the nation’s elite in scoring defense (second), turnover margin Current Streak ...... Won 2 (third), pass efficiency defense (seventh), pass defense (12th) and total Current Home Streak ...... Won 3 defense (17th). Current Road Streak ...... Won 1 Last Home Win ...... 41-0 vs. Emporia State (9/29/18) In his first season as the defensive coordinator, Josh Lorenson became Last Road Win . . . .31-7 at #8 Pittsburg State (10/6/18) the 10th All-America defensive lineman to play under Wright. The 2011 Last Loss ...... 31-21 at Central Oklahoma (9/22/18) Last Road Loss . . . 31-21 at Central Oklahoma (9/22/18) season also saw his defensive unit hold opponents under 100 yards rushing four times and under 100 yards passing three times. Wright 2018 Era ASSISTANT COACH Home ...... 3-0 . .7-1 Northwest tied for the most sacks in the nation in 2009 when 19 Away ...... 2-1 . .6-3 Bearcats combined for 48 sacks. Former player and current graduate Neutral site ...... 0-0 . .1-0 assistant Kendall Wright enjoyed one of the most decorated seasons as Natural Grass ...... 0-0 . .1-0 a return specialist in 2008, earning All-America accolades. Artificial Turf ...... 5-1 . 13-4 Day Games ...... 3-0 . 10-3 Three former players have been on NFL rosters, Longacre, Dave Night Games ...... 2-1 . .4-1 Tollefson and Steve Williams. Each have spent time with the Kansas vs. Ranked Opponents ...... 1-0 . .2-2 City Chiefs, Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots. Tollefson is a August ...... 1-0 . .2-0 two-time Super Bowl Champion earning his first ring with the New York September ...... 3-1 . .7-1 Giants in 2007 and again following the 2011 season. October ...... 1-0 . .4-1 November ...... 0-0 . .1-2 Wright began coaching during the 1991 season at Cortland State December ...... 0-0 . .0-0 before spending time at Dana College (Neb.) from 1993-94. Covering Leading at Halftime ...... 4-0 . 13-0 several facets of coaching, Wright has been an offensive coordinator, Trailing at Halftime ...... 0-1 . .0-3 linebackers coach, wide receivers coach and special teams coordinator. Tied at Halftime ...... 1-0 . .1-1 Scoring first ...... 5-0 . 13-2 PERSONAL Opponent scoring first ...... 0-1 . .1-2 A native of Hamilton, N.Y., Wright earned his bachelor’s degree at Scoring 19 points or less ...... 0-0 . .3-3 Dana College in 1995 and his master’s at Northwest in 1996. Wright Scoring 20-29 points ...... 1-1 . .3-1 resides in Maryville with his wife, Sarah, who is also a Northwest alum, Scoring 30-39 points ...... 2-0 . .4-0 Scoring 40-49 points ...... 1-0 . .2-0 and their daughters, Grace and Kate. Scoring 50 or more points ...... 1-0 . .2-0 Allowing 19 points or less ...... 5-0 . 13-1 BEARCAT DEFENSE UNDER WRIGHT Allowing 20-29 points ...... 0-0 . .1-2 Allowing 30-39 points ...... 0-1 . .0-1 NCAA Category . .2013 . .2014 . .2015 . .2016 . .2017 Allowing 40-49 points ...... 0-0 . .0-0 Total Defense . . . 292.5 . 213.1 . .224.0 . . 240.9 . .212.8 Allowing 50 or more points ...... 0-0 . .0-0 ...... (9th) . . (1st) . . (1st) . . (1st) . . .(1st) Gaining less than 20 first downs ...... 3-0 . .6-3 Rushing Defense . .112.9 . . 70.5 . . 59.3 . . 67.7 . . .62.0 Gaining 20 or more first downs ...... 2-1 . .8-1 Opponent gains 19 or less first downs . . . . . 2-0 . 11-3 ...... (20th) . . (2nd) . . (1st) . . (1st) . . (2nd) Opponent gains 20 or more first downs . . . . 2-1 . .2-1 Scoring Defense . .17.3 . . 14.8 . . 12.3 . . 12.0 . . .9.3 More rushing yards than opponent ...... 5-1 . 14-2 ...... (11th) . . (5th) . . (1st) . . (1st) . . .(1st) Fewer rushing yards than opponent ...... 0-0 . .0-2 Passing Defense . .179.6 . .142.6 . .164.7 . . 173.2 . .150.8 Rushing for less than 100 yards ...... 0-0 . .1-2 ...... (13th) . . (4th) . . (20th) . . (16th) . . (8th) Rushing for 100 or more yards ...... 5-1 . 13-2 3rd Down Def. Pct. .0.309 . .0.238 . .0.243 . . 0.272 . .0.199 Opponent rushes for less than 100 yards . . . . 2-0 . .8-2 ...... (11th) . . (2nd) . . (1st) . . (7th) . . .(1st) Opponents rushes for more than 100 yards . . . 2-0 . .5-1 More passing yards than opponent ...... 3-0 . 10-2 Fewer passing yards than opponent . . . . . 2-1 . .4-2 Passing for less than 200 yards ...... 0-0 . .1-2 Passing for 200 or more yards ...... 5-1 . 13-2 Opponent passes for less than 200 yards . . . 3-0 . .9-3 Opponents passes for more than 200 yards . . 2-1 . .5-1 More total yards than opponent ...... 5-0 . 13-2 Fewer or same total yards as opponent . . . . 0-1 . .1-2 Gaining less than 400 yards of offense . . . . . 1-1 . .5-4 Gaining more than 400 yards of offense . . . . 2-0 . .7-0 Opponent gains less than 400 yards of offense . 5-1 . 14-4 Opponent gains more than 400 yards of offense . 0-0 . .0-0 Commit zero turnovers ...... 0-1 . .4-1 Commit less than three turnovers ...... 5-0 . 10-2 Commit three or more turnovers ...... 0-0 . .0-1 Opponent commits zero turnovers ...... 1-1 . .3-2 Opponent commits less than three turnovers . . 4-0 . .9-1 Opponent commits three or more turnovers . . 0-0 . .2-1 Leading in time of possession ...... 4-0 . 12-1 Trailing in time of possession ...... 1-1 . .2-3

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THE LAST TIME Northwest Individual (* denotes NCAA II Playoff game) Northwest Team Rushed for 100 yards 300 yards rushing 147, Isaiah Strayhorn at Pittsburg State, 10/6/18 371, vs. Northeastern State, 10/15/16 Rushed for 200 yards 300 yards passing 229, James Franklin vs. Emporia State, 11/12/11 332 vs. Missouri Southern, 9/15/18 Rushed for 300 yards 400 yards passing *309, Xavier Omon at Chadron State, 12/1/07 414, at Washburn, 11/14/15 Passed for 300 yards 500 yards total offense 326, Zach Martin vs. Missouri Southern, 9/23/17 588 vs. Missouri Southern, 9/15/18 Passed for 400 yards 30 first downs 402, Brady Bolles at Washburn, 11/14/15 31 vs. Missouri Southern, 9/15/18 Had 150 or more yards receiving 50 points 157, Shawn Bane Jr. vs. Northeastern State, 10/15/16 63 vs. Missouri Southern, 9/15/18 Returned a punt for a touchdown Scored a safety Shawn Bane vs. Missouri Southern 9/15/18 (88 yards) vs. #6 Fort Hays State, 11/4/17 Returned a kickoff for a touchdown Posted a shutout Marcus Jones at Lindenwood 10/11/14 (96 yards) 41-0 vs. Emporia State, 9/29/18 Returned a fumble for a defensive touchdown Held an opponent under 100 yards rushing Brandon Yost at Pittsburg State, 10/17/15 (0 yards) 43 vs. Emporia State, 9/29/18 Returned an interception for a touchdown Held an opponent under 100 yards passing Jacob Gassman vs. Central Missouri, 9/30/17 (30 yards) 77, at Missouri Western , 11/11/17 Rushed for three touchdowns Held an opponent between 100 & 200 total yards 3, Phil Jackson II, vs. Nebraska-Kearney 9/4/14 194, vs. Emporia State , 9/22/18 Threw three touchdown passes Held an opponent under 100 total yards 3, Braden Wright vs. Emporia State, 9/28/18 69 vs. Missouri Southern, 9/23/17 Caught three touchdown passes Had 5 or more interceptions 3, Shawn Bane Jr. vs. Missouri Southern, 9/23/17 5, vs. Washburn 11/2/13 Kicked three field goals Blocked a punt 3, Parker Sampson at Missouri Western , 11/11/17 Zach Pierce, at Pittsburg State , 10/6/18 Had a 70-yard run from scrimmage Blocked a field goal 74, James Franklin vs Emporia State 11/12/11 Caleb Mather vs. Central Oklahoma, 10/7/17 Had a 70-yard pass completion Blocked an extra point attempt 76, Shawn Bane Jr. from Kyle Zimmerman vs. NSU, 10/15/16 *Cass Weitl, Ferris State, 12/10/16 Had 15 tackles 18, Jacob Vollstedt vs. Emporia State, 12/5/15 Had* 40-yard field goal 41, Parker Sampson at Central Oklahoma, 9/22/18 Had a 70-yard punt *70, Michael Stadler vs Valdosta State 12/15/07

Opponent Team Opponent Individual (* denotes NCAA II Playoff game) 300 yards rushing Rushed for 100 yards 397 vs. Missouri Western 11/1/14 *131, Drew Bauer, #2 Minnesota-Duluth, 11/22/14 300 yards passing Passed for 300 yards 309 vs. Central Missouri, 9/30/17 309, Brook Bolles Central Missouri, 9/30/17 400 yards passing Had 150 or more yards receiving *405, West Texas A&M, 11/24/08 191, Morris Williams II, Emporia State, 12/5/15 * 500 yards total offense Returned a punt for a touchdown *527, #7 Pittsburg State, 12/3/11 Jarrett Brooks, Missouri Western, 68-yards, 9/17/05 Recorded 30 first downs Returned a kickoff for a touchdown 32, #14 Pittsburg State, 10/29/05 DeAndre James, Fort Hays State, 10/24/15 Scored 50 points Returned an interception for a touchdown 56, #14 Pittsburg State, 10/29/05 Antwan Hadley, UNK off Jonathan Baker, 9/17/16 (85 yards) Scored a safety Rushed for three touchdowns TEAM, #5 Abilene Christian, 8/27/09 *#2 Midwestern State, 11/26/11 Shutout Northwest Threw three touchdown passes 20-0, South Dakota State, 9/4/03 4, Chandler Garrett, Central Oklahoma, 9/22/18 Held Northwest under 100 yards rushing Caught three touchdown passes 78 at Pittsburg State, 10/28/17 Gary McKnight vs. Northeastern State, 10/15/16 Held Northwest under 100 yards passing Kicked three field goals 99 vs. Missouri Western 11/1/14 *Hunter Heck vs. West Georgia, 12/12/15 Held Northwest between 100 & 200 total yards Had a 70-yard run from scrimmage 194, #14 Texas A&M-Kingsville, 9/2/10 74, Vershon Moore, Washburn, 10/23/11 Blocked a punt Had a 70-yard pass completion *Daniel Castro, Humboldt State, 11/28/15 80 Rashawn Eubanks from Cade Yeager at NSU, 10/14/17 Blocked a field goal Had 15 tackles vs. Emporia State, 8/31/17 16, Austin Tillman, Washburn, 9/6/18 Blocked an extra point attempt Had 40-yard field goal *Corey Bassett, Harding, 12/3/16 45, Alex Quevedo, Central Oklahoma, 9/22/18 Had a 70-yard punt *74, Justin Marcha, Emporia State, 11/26/16 @NWBearcatFB nwbearcat_fb WWW.BEARCATSPORTS.COM #OABAAB 2018 Northwest Missouri State GAMENorthwest #7 - NEBRASKA-KEARNEY Missouri Combined Team AT Statistics NORTHWEST (as of MISSOURI Oct 06, 2018) STATE All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral * Aug 30, 2018 MISSOURI WESTERN W 28-6 8750 All games 5-1 3-0 2-1 0-0 * Sep 06, 2018 at Washburn W 38-17 5320 Conference 5-1 3-0 2-1 0-0 * Sep 15, 2018 MISSOURI SOUTHERN W 63-0 8550 Non-Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 * Sep 22, 2018 at Central Oklahoma L 21-31 4140 * Sep 29, 2018 EMPORIA STATE W 41-0 6141 Team Statistics NWMSU OPP * Oct 06, 2018 at #8 Pittsburg State W 31-7 8828 FIRST DOWNS 133 98 R u s h in g 64 30 Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g P a s s in g 61 52 Strayhorn,I. 6 59 424 9 415 7.0 3 67 69.2 P e n a l ty 8 16 Wright,Braden 6 58 372 67 305 5.3 6 34 50.8 RUSHING YARDAGE 1218 460 Caldwell,Josh 6 56 289 10 279 5.0 4 32 46.5 Rushing Attempts 231 207 Thomas,Raymond 6 18 101 3 98 5.4 0 14 16.3 Average Per Rush 5.3 2.2 McMahon,Brody 6 16 68 4 64 4.0 2 25 10.7 Average Per Game 203.0 76.7 Kowalski,Jadyn 1 2 30 0 30 15.0 0 20 30.0 TDs Rushing 17 0 Tatum,Alec 6 1 23 0 23 23.0 1 23 3.8 PASSING YARDAGE 1500 1225 Shiltz,Chase 1 2 20 0 20 10.0 0 16 20.0 C o m p - A t t- In t 114-199-2 99-204-2 Brannan,Joe 3 4 19 1 18 4.5 0 8 6.0 Average Per Pass 7.5 6.0 Brown,Kier 2 3 6 0 6 2.0 1 3 3.0 Average Per Catch 13.2 12.4 Eskew,Austin 6 0 4 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.7 Average Per Game 250.0 204.2 Bane,Shawn 6 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.7 TDs Passing 12 7 Taylor,Jaime 6 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.5 TOTAL OFFENSE 2718 1685 Total 6 231 1363 145 1218 5.3 17 67 203.0 Average Per Play 6.3 4.1 Opponents 6 207 676 216 460 2.2 0 27 76.7 Average Per Game 453.0 280.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 9-209 26-456 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 15-207 10-51 Wright,Braden 6 139.43 107-188-2 56.9 1423 12 80 237.2 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 2-0 2-4 Brannan,Joe 3 107.65 5-8-0 62.5 43 0 17 14.3 FUMBLES-LOST 15-5 5-3 Kowalski,Jadyn 1 125.20 1-1-0 100.0 3 0 3 3.0 PENALTIES-Yards 37-367 44-389 TEAM 5 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 PUNTS-AVG 29-38.8 49-36.1 Harper,LaTroy 6 360.40 1-1-0 100.0 31 0 31 5.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 1 :1 4 2 8 :4 6 Total 6 138.49 114-199-2 57.3 1500 12 80 250.0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 37/90 25/95 Opponents 6 108.33 99-204-2 48.5 1225 7 72 204.2 4TH-DOWN Conversions 11/15 5/15

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Tatum,Alec 6 22 375 17.0 1 72 62.5 Green,Jerrell 1 0 0.0 0 0 Bane,Shawn 6 21 434 20.7 4 75 72.3 Hall,Chance 1 0 0.0 0 0 Thomas,Raymond 6 13 80 6.2 0 23 13.3 Taylor,Jaime 6 12 172 14.3 2 80 28.7 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Massey,Cody 5 12 145 12.1 0 41 29.0 Thorman,Matt 29 1126 38.8 57 2 9 9 4 0 Caldwell,Josh 6 9 30 3.3 1 15 5.0 Harper,LaTroy 6 5 55 11.0 1 16 9.2 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Gomez,Gus 2 4 60 15.0 0 19 30.0 Bane,Shawn 8 134 16.8 1 88 Andrews,Marqus 5 4 36 9.0 0 13 7.2 Tatum,Alec 4 27 6.8 0 12 White,Chase 6 3 37 12.3 3 19 6.2 Green,Jerrell 2 9 4.5 0 11 McMahon,Brody 6 2 18 9.0 0 9 3.0 Pierce,Zach 1 37 37.0 0 0 Keys,Dante 6 2 13 6.5 0 8 2.2 Total 15 207 13.8 1 88 Sykes,Kennedy 3 2 9 4.5 0 5 3.0 Opponents 10 51 5.1 0 18 Wright,Braden 6 1 31 31.0 0 31 5.2 Martin,Grant 1 1 3 3.0 0 3 3.0 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Total 6 114 1500 13.2 12 80 250.0 Bane,Shawn 5 67 13.4 0 18 Opponents 6 99 1225 12.4 7 72 204.2 Thomas,Raymond 4 142 35.5 0 39 Total 9 209 23.2 0 39 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Opponents 26 456 17.5 0 38 Sampson,Parker 4-8 50.0 0-0 0-0 3-5 1-2 0-1 41 0 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g PAT Bane,Shawn 6 4 434 134 67 0 639 106.5 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Tatum,Alec 6 23 375 27 0 0 425 70.8 Sampson,Parker - 4-8 28-29 - - - - - 40 Strayhorn,I. 6 415 2 0 0 0 417 69.5 Wright,Braden 6 ------36 Wright,Braden 6 305 31 0 0 0 336 56.0 Caldwell,Josh 5 - - 1-1 - - - - 32 Thomas,Raymon 6 98 80 0 142 0 320 53.3 Bane,Shawn 5 ------30 Total 6 1218 1500 207 209 0 3134 522.3 Strayhorn,I. 3 ------18 Opponents 6 460 1225 51 456 4 2196 366.0 White,Chase 3 ------18 Tatum,Alec 2 ------12 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g McMahon,Brody 2 ------12 Wright,Braden 6 246 305 1423 1728 288.0 Taylor,Jaime 2 ------12 Strayhorn,I. 6 59 415 0 415 69.2 Brown,Kier 1 ------6 Caldwell,Josh 6 56 279 0 279 46.5 Harper,LaTroy 1 ------6 Thomas,Raymond 6 18 98 0 98 16.3 Total 30 4-8 28-29 1-1 - - - - 222 McMahon,Brody 6 16 64 0 64 10.7 Opponents 7 4-6 7-7 - - - - - 61 Total 6 430 1218 1500 2718 453.0 Opponents 6 411 460 1225 1685 280.8 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Northwest Missouri 42 86 38 56 0 222 Opponents 14 17 17 13 0 61

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 4 Richards,Jack 6 25 15 40 2.0-4 . . 4 . 1-0 . . . 8 Eskew,Austin 6 15 12 27 8.0-27 4.0-22 . . 4 . . . . 55 Phillips,S. 6 11 15 26 4.5-12 ...... 5 Hess,Nick 6 15 7 22 5.0-19 1.5-11 . . 1 . . . . 49 Barnes,Jackson 6 11 11 22 1.0-4 . . . 3 . . . . Total 6 224 158 382 55-198 17-120 2-0 21 20 3-0 2 1 . Opponents 6 224 160 384 29-111 7-55 2-4 22 3 5-0 7 . . @NWBearcatFB nwbearcat_fb WWW.BEARCATSPORTS.COM #OABAAB GAME #7 - NEBRASKA-KEARNEY2018 Northwest Missouri AT NORTHWEST State MISSOURI STATE Northwest Missouri Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 06, 2018) All games

Team Statistics NWMSU OPP SCORING 222 61 Points Per Game 37.0 10.2 Points Off Turnovers 7 0 FIRST DOWNS 133 98 R u s h in g 64 30 P a s s in g 61 52 P e n a lt y 8 16 RUSHING YARDAGE 1218 460 Yards gained rushing 1363 676 Yards lost rushing 145 216 Rushing Attempts 231 207 Average Per Rush 5.3 2.2 Average Per Game 203.0 76.7 TDs Rushing 17 0 PASSING YARDAGE 1500 1225 C o m p - A t t - I n t 114-199-2 99-204-2 Average Per Pass 7.5 6.0 Average Per Catch 13.2 12.4 Average Per Game 250.0 204.2 TDs Passing 12 7 TOTAL OFFENSE 2718 1685 Total Plays 430 411 Average Per Play 6.3 4.1 Average Per Game 453.0 280.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 9-209 26-456 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 15-207 10-51 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 2-0 2-4 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.2 17.5 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 13.8 5.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE 0.0 2.0 FUMBLES-LOST 15-5 5-3 PENALTIES-Yards 37-367 44-389 Average Per Game 61.2 64.8 PUNTS-Yards 29-1126 49-1767 Average Per Punt 38.8 36.1 Net punt average 35.7 29.8 KICKOFFS-Yards 40-2211 17-988 Average Per Kick 55.3 58.1 Net kick average 38.9 38.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 1 : 1 4 2 8 : 4 6 3RD-DOWN Conversions 37/90 25/95 3rd-Down Pct 41% 26% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 11/15 5/15 4th-Down Pct 73% 33% SACKS BY-Yards 17-120 7-55 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 30 7 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 4-8 4-6 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (23-29) 79% (6-11) 55% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (21-29) 72% (3-11) 27% PAT-ATTEMPTS (28-29) 97% (7-7) 100% ATTENDANCE 23441 18288 Games/Avg Per Game 3/7814 3/6096 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Northwest Missouri 42 86 38 56 0 222 Opponents 14 17 17 13 0 61

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Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Strayhorn,I. 6 59 424 9 415 7.0 3 67 69.2 Bane,Shawn 8 134 16.8 1 88 Wright,Braden 6 58 372 67 305 5.3 6 34 50.8 Tatum,Alec 4 27 6.8 0 12 Caldwell,Josh 6 56 289 10 279 5.0 4 32 46.5 Green,Jerrell 2 9 4.5 0 11 Thomas,Raymond 6 18 101 3 98 5.4 0 14 16.3 Pierce,Zach 1 37 37.0 0 0 McMahon,Brody 6 16 68 4 64 4.0 2 25 10.7 Total 15 207 13.8 1 88 Kowalski,Jadyn 1 2 30 0 30 15.0 0 20 30.0 Opponents 10 51 5.1 0 18 Tatum,Alec 6 1 23 0 23 23.0 1 23 3.8 Shiltz,Chase 1 2 20 0 20 10.0 0 16 20.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Brannan,Joe 3 4 19 1 18 4.5 0 8 6.0 Hall,Chance 1 0 0.0 0 0 Brown,Kier 2 3 6 0 6 2.0 1 3 3.0 Green,Jerrell 1 0 0.0 0 0 Eskew,Austin 6 0 4 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.7 Total 2 0 0.0 0 0 Bane,Shawn 6 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.7 Opponents 2 4 2.0 0 4 Taylor,Jaime 6 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.5 TEAM 5 10 0 51 -51 -5.1 0 0 -10.2 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Total 6 231 1363 145 1218 5.3 17 67 203.0 Bane,Shawn 5 67 13.4 0 18 Opponents 6 207 676 216 460 2.2 0 27 76.7 Thomas,Raymond 4 142 35.5 0 39 Total 9 209 23.2 0 39 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Opponents 26 456 17.5 0 38 Wright,Braden 6 139.43 107-188-2 56.9 1423 12 80 237.2 Brannan,Joe 3 107.65 5-8-0 62.5 43 0 17 14.3 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Kowalski,Jadyn 1 125.20 1-1-0 100.0 3 0 3 3.0 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 TEAM 5 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 Harper,LaTroy 6 360.40 1-1-0 100.0 31 0 31 5.2 Total 6 138.49 114-199-2 57.3 1500 12 80 250.0 2018 Northwest Missouri State Opponents 6 108.33 99-204-2 48.5 1225 7 72 204.2 Northwest Missouri Overall Individual Statistics (as of Oct 06, 2018) All games

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Tatum,Alec 6 22 375 17.0 1 72 62.5 Bane,Shawn 6 4 434 134 67 0 639 106.5 Bane,Shawn 6 21 434 20.7 4 75 72.3 Tatum,Alec 6 23 375 27 0 0 425 70.8 Thomas,Raymond 6 13 80 6.2 0 23 13.3 Strayhorn,I. 6 415 2 0 0 0 417 69.5 Taylor,Jaime 6 12 172 14.3 2 80 28.7 Wright,Braden 6 305 31 0 0 0 336 56.0 Massey,Cody 5 12 145 12.1 0 41 29.0 Thomas,Raymo 6 98 80 0 142 0 320 53.3 Caldwell,Josh 6 279 30 0 0 0 309 51.5 Caldwell,Josh 6 9 30 3.3 1 15 5.0 Taylor,Jaime 6 3 172 0 0 0 175 29.2 Harper,LaTroy 6 5 55 11.0 1 16 9.2 Massey,Cody 5 0 145 0 0 0 145 29.0 Gomez,Gus 2 4 60 15.0 0 19 30.0 McMahon,Brody 6 64 18 0 0 0 82 13.7 Andrews,Marqus 5 4 36 9.0 0 13 7.2 Gomez,Gus 2 0 60 0 0 0 60 30.0 White,Chase 6 3 37 12.3 3 19 6.2 Harper,LaTroy 6 0 55 0 0 0 55 9.2 McMahon,Brody 6 2 18 9.0 0 9 3.0 White,Chase 6 0 37 0 0 0 37 6.2 Keys,Dante 6 2 13 6.5 0 8 2.2 Pierce,Zach 6 0 0 37 0 0 37 6.2 Andrews,Marqus 5 0 36 0 0 0 36 7.2 Sykes,Kennedy 3 2 9 4.5 0 5 3.0 Kowalski,Jadyn 1 30 0 0 0 0 30 30.0 Wright,Braden 6 1 31 31.0 0 31 5.2 Shiltz,Chase 1 20 0 0 0 0 20 20.0 Martin,Grant 1 1 3 3.0 0 3 3.0 Brannan,Joe 3 18 0 0 0 0 18 6.0 Strayhorn,I. 6 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.3 Keys,Dante 6 0 13 0 0 0 13 2.2 Total 6 114 1500 13.2 12 80 250.0 Green,Jerrell 5 0 0 9 0 0 9 1.8 Opponents 6 99 1225 12.4 7 72 204.2 Sykes,Kennedy 3 0 9 0 0 0 9 3.0 Brown,Kier 2 6 0 0 0 0 6 3.0 Eskew,Austin 6 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.7 Martin,Grant 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 3.0 TEAM 5 -51 0 0 0 0 -51 -10.2 Total 6 1218 1500 207 209 0 3134 522.3 Opponents 6 460 1225 51 456 4 2196 366.0

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PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Sampson,Parker - 4-8 28-29 - - - - - 40 Wright,Braden 6 246 305 1423 1728 288.0 Wright,Braden 6 ------36 Strayhorn,I. 6 59 415 0 415 69.2 Caldwell,Josh 5 - - 1-1 - - - - 32 Caldwell,Josh 6 56 279 0 279 46.5 Bane,Shawn 5 ------30 Thomas,Raymond 6 18 98 0 98 16.3 White,Chase 3 ------18 McMahon,Brody 6 16 64 0 64 10.7 Strayhorn,I. 3 ------18 Brannan,Joe 3 12 18 43 61 20.3 Tatum,Alec 2 ------12 Kowalski,Jadyn 1 3 30 3 33 33.0 McMahon,Brody 2 ------12 Harper,LaTroy 6 1 0 31 31 5.2 Taylor,Jaime 2 ------12 Tatum,Alec 6 1 23 0 23 3.8 Brown,Kier 1 ------6 Shiltz,Chase 1 2 20 0 20 20.0 Harper,LaTroy 1 ------6 Brown,Kier 2 3 6 0 6 3.0 Total 30 4-8 28-29 1-1 - - - - 222 Eskew,Austin 6 0 4 0 4 0.7 Opponents 7 4-6 7-7 - - - - - 61 Bane,Shawn 6 1 4 0 4 0.7 Taylor,Jaime 6 1 3 0 3 0.5 TEAM 5 11 -51 0 -51 -10.2 Total 6 430 1218 1500 2718 453.0 Opponents 6 411 460 1225 1685 280.8

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 Sampson,Parker 4-8 50.0 0-0 0-0 3-5 1-2 0-1 41 0 Thorman,Matt 29 1126 38.8 57 2 9 9 4 0 Total 29 1126 38.8 57 2 9 9 4 0 FG Sequence Northwest Missouri Opponents Opponents 49 1767 36.1 53 5 11 8 2 1 Missouri Western 32 44,(36),(20) Washburn 53,(39) (35) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Missouri Southern - - Sampson,Parker 40 2211 55.3 8 0 Central Oklahoma (41),(38) (45) Total 40 2211 55.3 8 0 17.5 38.9 26 Emporia State - - Opponents 17 988 58.1 5 0 23.2 38.5 26 Pittsburg State 38,40,(38) 40

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

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2018 Northwest Missouri State Northwest Missouri Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Oct 06, 2018) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 4 Richards,Jack 6 25 15 40 2.0-4 . . 4 . 1-0 . . . 8 Eskew,Austin 6 15 12 27 8.0-27 4.0-22 . . 4 . . . . 55 Phillips,S. 6 11 15 26 4.5-12 ...... 49 Barnes,Jackson 6 11 11 22 1.0-4 . . . 3 . . . . 98 Roberts,Sam 6 9 13 22 7.0-39 4.5-34 . . 5 . 1 . . 5 Hess,Nick 6 15 7 22 5.0-19 1.5-11 . . 1 . . . . 1 Lane,Anthony 5 14 7 21 2.0-7 . . 5 . . . . . 6 Nally,Trent 6 14 3 17 . . . 1 . 1-0 . . . 51 Hessler,Andy 2 11 5 16 7.0-14 1.0-3 . 1 1 . . . . 21 Bayer,Blake 6 11 2 13 1.0-1 . . 1 . . . . . 10 Althoff,Ben 4 6 6 12 1.5-3 ...... 7 Connelly,Matt 6 4 7 11 2.0-5 . . . 1 . 1 . . 90 Ehlke,Mike 6 5 6 11 4.0-28 2.5-24 . . 2 . . . . 41 Hall,Chance 3 6 5 11 . . 1-0 ...... 50 Buck,Brody 6 10 . 10 1.0-1 . . . . 1-0 . . . 22 Gassman,Jacob 1 6 2 8 . . . 1 . . . . . 23 Washington,Trey 3 5 2 7 . . . 1 . . . . . 36 Bixler,Cole 6 5 2 7 ...... 63 Howard,Zach 6 2 4 6 ...... 20 Green,Jerrell 5 2 4 6 1.0-2 . 1-0 1 . . . . . 43 Phillips,Sam 6 4 2 6 1.0-6 1.0-6 ...... 26 Brazil,Jamaal 6 3 2 5 ...... 99 Giese,Jacob 5 2 3 5 ...... 97 Williams,Noah 4 4 1 5 4.0-10 1.0-7 ...... 40 Eskew,Adrean 3 2 3 5 ...... 35 Dennis,Breyon 5 2 2 4 ...... 14 Pierre,Chama 4 3 1 4 . . . 1 . . . . . 91 Pierce,Zach 6 2 2 4 2.5-11 1.0-8 . . 2 . . 1 . 24 White,Chase 6 4 . 4 ...... 27 Anderson,J. 2 3 1 4 . . . 4 . . . . . 39 Murphy,Matt 3 2 1 3 ...... 29 Marshall,Jake 1 . 2 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 59 Piper,Dustin 3 . 2 2 ...... 81 Straws,Joe 3 1 1 2 ...... 57 Scott,Myles 4 . 2 2 0.5-5 0.5-5 . . 1 . . . . 32 Hunter,Keilon 1 . 1 1 ...... 92 Tripp,Tucker 2 . 1 1 ...... 95 Green,Elijah 4 . 1 1 ...... 15 Andrews,Marqus 5 1 . 1 ...... 3 Strayhorn,I. 6 1 . 1 ...... 37 Dey,Braden 2 . 1 1 ...... 44 Pitchford,I. 1 1 . 1 ...... 52 Marshall,Jacob 1 1 . 1 ...... 70 Kothe,Trey 5 . 1 1 ...... 30 Thorman,Matt 6 1 . 1 ...... Total 6 224 158 382 55-198 17-120 2-0 21 20 3-0 2 1 . Opponents 6 224 160 384 29-111 7-55 2-4 22 3 5-0 7 . .

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2018 Northwest Missouri State Northwest Missouri Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Oct 06, 2018) 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 Strayhorn,I. 6 59 424 9 415 7.0 3 67 69.2 6 59 424 9 415 7.0 3 67 69.2 Wright,Braden 6 58 372 67 305 5.3 6 34 50.8 6 58 372 67 305 5.3 6 34 50.8 Caldwell,Josh 6 56 289 10 279 5.0 4 32 46.5 6 56 289 10 279 5.0 4 32 46.5 Thomas,Raymond 6 18 101 3 98 5.4 0 14 16.3 6 18 101 3 98 5.4 0 14 16.3 McMahon,Brody 6 16 68 4 64 4.0 2 25 10.7 16 113 465 17 448 4.0 6 39 28.0 Kowalski,Jadyn 1 2 30 0 30 15.0 0 20 30.0 2 2 30 0 30 15.0 0 20 15.0 Tatum,Alec 6 1 23 0 23 23.0 1 23 3.8 16 1 23 0 23 23.0 1 23 1.4 Shiltz,Chase 1 2 20 0 20 10.0 0 16 20.0 1 2 20 0 20 10.0 0 16 20.0 Brannan,Joe 3 4 19 1 18 4.5 0 8 6.0 3 4 19 1 18 4.5 0 8 6.0 Brown,Kier 2 3 6 0 6 2.0 1 3 3.0 4 12 51 3 48 4.0 1 13 12.0 Eskew,Austin 6 0 4 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.7 6 0 4 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.7 Bane,Shawn 6 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.7 41 11 44 8 36 3.3 1 14 0.9 Taylor,Jaime 6 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.5 6 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.5 TEAM 5 10 0 51 -51 -5.1 0 0 -10.2 Total 6 231 1363 145 1218 5.3 17 67 203.0 Opponents 6 207 676 216 460 2.2 0 27 76.7

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Wright,Braden 6 139.43 107-188-2 56.9 1423 12 80 237.2 6 139.43 107-188-2 56.9 1423 12 80 237.2 Brannan,Joe 3 107.65 5-8-0 62.5 43 0 17 14.3 3 107.65 5-8-0 62.5 43 0 17 14.3 Kowalski,Jadyn 1 125.20 1-1-0 100.0 3 0 3 3.0 2 272.20 2-2-0 100.0 41 0 38 20.5 TEAM 5 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Harper,LaTroy 6 360.40 1-1-0 100.0 31 0 31 5.2 6 360.40 1-1-0 100.0 31 0 31 5.2 Total 6 138.49 114-199-2 57.3 1500 12 80 250.0 Opponents 6 108.33 99-204-2 48.5 1225 7 72 204.2

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Tatum,Alec 6 22 375 17.0 1 72 62.5 16 31 456 14.7 1 72 28.5 Bane,Shawn 6 21 434 20.7 4 75 72.3 41 185 3023 16.3 28 78 73.7 Thomas,Raymond 6 13 80 6.2 0 23 13.3 6 13 80 6.2 0 23 13.3 Taylor,Jaime 6 12 172 14.3 2 80 28.7 6 12 172 14.3 2 80 28.7 Massey,Cody 5 12 145 12.1 0 41 29.0 10 12 145 12.1 0 41 14.5 Caldwell,Josh 6 9 30 3.3 1 15 5.0 6 9 30 3.3 1 15 5.0 Harper,LaTroy 6 5 55 11.0 1 16 9.2 6 5 55 11.0 1 16 9.2 Gomez,Gus 2 4 60 15.0 0 19 30.0 2 4 60 15.0 0 19 30.0 Andrews,Marqus 5 4 36 9.0 0 13 7.2 28 10 90 9.0 1 16 3.2 White,Chase 6 3 37 12.3 3 19 6.2 27 10 69 6.9 3 19 2.6 McMahon,Brody 6 2 18 9.0 0 9 3.0 16 8 67 8.4 0 38 4.2 Keys,Dante 6 2 13 6.5 0 8 2.2 6 2 13 6.5 0 8 2.2 Sykes,Kennedy 3 2 9 4.5 0 5 3.0 15 19 213 11.2 0 37 14.2 Wright,Braden 6 1 31 31.0 0 31 5.2 6 1 31 31.0 0 31 5.2 Martin,Grant 1 1 3 3.0 0 3 3.0 2 1 3 3.0 0 3 1.5 Strayhorn,I. 6 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.3 6 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.3 Total 6 114 1500 13.2 12 80 250.0 Opponents 6 99 1225 12.4 7 72 204.2

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SEASON CAREER

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/g Wright,Braden 6 246 305 1423 1728 288.0 6 246 305 1423 1728 288.0 Strayhorn,I. 6 59 415 0 415 69.2 6 59 415 0 415 69.2 Caldwell,Josh 6 56 279 0 279 46.5 6 56 279 0 279 46.5 Thomas,Raymond 6 18 98 0 98 16.3 6 18 98 0 98 16.3 McMahon,Brody 6 16 64 0 64 10.7 16 113 448 0 448 28.0 Brannan,Joe 3 12 18 43 61 20.3 3 12 18 43 61 20.3 Kowalski,Jadyn 1 3 30 3 33 33.0 2 4 30 41 71 35.5 Harper,LaTroy 6 1 0 31 31 5.2 6 1 0 31 31 5.2 Tatum,Alec 6 1 23 0 23 3.8 16 1 23 0 23 1.4 Shiltz,Chase 1 2 20 0 20 20.0 1 2 20 0 20 20.0 Brown,Kier 2 3 6 0 6 3.0 4 12 48 0 48 12.0 Bane,Shawn 6 1 4 0 4 0.7 41 12 36 0 36 0.9 Eskew,Austin 6 0 4 0 4 0.7 6 0 4 0 4 0.7 Taylor,Jaime 6 1 3 0 3 0.5 6 1 3 0 3 0.5 TEAM 5 11 -51 0 -51 -10.2 Total 6 430 1218 1500 2718 453.0 Opponents 6 411 460 1225 1685 280.8

PAT PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Sampson,Parker - 4-8 28-29 - - - - - 40 - 9-15 33-34 - - - - - 60 Wright,Braden 6 ------36 6 ------36 Caldwell,Josh 5 - - 1-1 - - - - 32 5 - - 1-1 - - - - 32 Bane,Shawn 5 ------30 30 ------180 Strayhorn,I. 3 ------18 3 ------18 White,Chase 3 ------18 5 ------30 Taylor,Jaime 2 ------12 2 ------12 McMahon,Brody 2 ------12 6 ------36 Tatum,Alec 2 ------12 2 ------12 Harper,LaTroy 1 ------6 1 ------6 Brown,Kier 1 ------6 1 ------6 Total 30 4-8 28-29 1-1 - - - - 222 Opponents 7 4-6 7-7 - - - - - 61

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Bane,Shawn 8 134 16.8 1 88 65 735 11.3 1 88 Tatum,Alec 4 27 6.8 0 12 9 52 5.8 0 13 Green,Jerrell 2 9 4.5 0 11 2 9 4.5 0 11 Pierce,Zach 1 37 37.0 0 0 1 37 37.0 0 0 Total 15 207 13.8 1 88 Opponents 10 51 5.1 0 18

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Bane,Shawn 5 67 13.4 0 18 47 1049 22.3 0 56 Thomas,Raymond 4 142 35.5 0 39 4 142 35.5 0 39 Total 9 209 23.2 0 39 Opponents 26 456 17.5 0 38

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Hall,Chance 1 0 0.0 0 0 3 9 3.0 0 9 Green,Jerrell 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 2 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 2 4 2.0 0 4

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0

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SEASON CAREER

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Bane,Shawn 6 4 434 134 67 0 639 106.5 41 36 3023 735 1049 0 4843 118.1 Tatum,Alec 6 23 375 27 0 0 425 70.8 16 23 456 52 0 0 531 33.2 Strayhorn,I. 6 415 2 0 0 0 417 69.5 6 415 2 0 0 0 417 69.5 Wright,Braden 6 305 31 0 0 0 336 56.0 6 305 31 0 0 0 336 56.0 Thomas,Raymon 6 98 80 0 142 0 320 53.3 6 98 80 0 142 0 320 53.3 Caldwell,Josh 6 279 30 0 0 0 309 51.5 6 279 30 0 0 0 309 51.5 Taylor,Jaime 6 3 172 0 0 0 175 29.2 6 3 172 0 0 0 175 29.2 Massey,Cody 5 0 145 0 0 0 145 29.0 10 0 145 0 0 0 145 14.5 McMahon,Brody 6 64 18 0 0 0 82 13.7 16 448 67 0 0 0 515 32.2 Gomez,Gus 2 0 60 0 0 0 60 30.0 2 0 60 0 0 0 60 30.0 Harper,LaTroy 6 0 55 0 0 0 55 9.2 6 0 55 0 0 0 55 9.2 Pierce,Zach 6 0 0 37 0 0 37 6.2 19 0 0 37 0 0 37 1.9 White,Chase 6 0 37 0 0 0 37 6.2 27 328 69 0 0 0 397 14.7 Andrews,Marqus 5 0 36 0 0 0 36 7.2 28 0 90 0 7 0 97 3.5 Kowalski,Jadyn 1 30 0 0 0 0 30 30.0 2 30 0 0 0 0 30 15.0 Shiltz,Chase 1 20 0 0 0 0 20 20.0 1 20 0 0 0 0 20 20.0 Brannan,Joe 3 18 0 0 0 0 18 6.0 3 18 0 0 0 0 18 6.0 Keys,Dante 6 0 13 0 0 0 13 2.2 6 0 13 0 0 0 13 2.2 Green,Jerrell 5 0 0 9 0 0 9 1.8 5 0 0 9 0 0 9 1.8 Sykes,Kennedy 3 0 9 0 0 0 9 3.0 15 0 213 0 0 0 213 14.2 Brown,Kier 2 6 0 0 0 0 6 3.0 4 48 0 0 0 0 48 12.0 Eskew,Austin 6 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.7 6 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.7 Martin,Grant 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 3.0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 1.5 TEAM 5 -51 0 0 0 0 -51 -10.2 Total 6 1218 1500 207 209 0 3134 522.3 Opponents 6 460 1225 51 456 4 2196 366.0

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkd Sampson,Parker 8 4 41 0 15 9 41 0 Total 8 4 41 0 Opponents 6 4 45 0

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blk Thorman,Matt 29 1126 38.8 57 0 218 8039 36.9 62 1 Total 29 1126 38.8 57 0 Opponents 49 1767 36.1 53 1

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb ob Sampson,Parker 40 2211 55.3 8 0 53 2955 55.8 11 4 Total 40 2211 55.3 8 0 Opponents 17 988 58.1 5 0

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2018 OFFENSIVE STARTERS QB RB WR WR WR TE LT LG C RG RT Missouri Western Wright Caldwell Bane Massey Tatum Andrews Owen Bautz C. Thomas Spelhaug Flott Washburn Wright Caldwell Bane Massey Tatum Andrews Owen Bautz C. Thomas Spelhaug Flott Missouri Southern Wright Caldwell Bane Massey Tatum Andrews Owen Bautz C. Thomas Spelhaug Flott Central Oklahoma Wright Caldwell Bane Massey Tatum Andrews Owen Bautz C. Thomas Spelhaug Flott Emporia State Wright Strayhorn Bane Harper R. Thomas Andrews Owen Bautz C. Thomas Spelhaug Flott Pittsburg State Wright Strayhorn Bane Massey Tatum R. Thomas (WR) Owen Bautz C. Thomas Spelhaug Flott Nebraska-Kearney Lindenwood Northeastern State Fort Hays State Central Missouri

2018 DEFENSIVE STARTERS DE NG DT DE LB LB LB CB S S CB Missouri Western Ehlke Sp. Phillips Roberts Eskew Hess Althoff Hessler Lane Gassman Richards Hall Washburn Ehlke Sp. Phillips Roberts Eskew Hess Connelly Hessler Lane Bayer Richards Hall Missouri Southern Ehlke Sp. Phillips Roberts Eskew Hess Connelly Dennis Green Bayer Richards Hall Central Oklahoma Ehlke Sp. Phillips Roberts Eskew Hess Althoff Dennis Lane Bayer Richards Green Emporia State Ehlke Sp. Phillips Roberts Eskew Hess Althoff Barnes Pierre Lane Richards Anderson Pittsburg State Ehlke Sp. Phillips Roberts Eskew Hess Althoff Barnes Pierre Lane Richards Anderson Nebraska-Kearney Lindenwood Northeastern State Fort Hays State Central Missouri

2018 Northwest Missouri State Northwest Missouri Red-Zone Results (as of Oct 06, 2018) All games

Northwest Missouri 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 Aug 30, 2018 MISSOURI WESTERN W 28-6 3 1 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Sep 06, 2018 at Washburn W 38-17 5 5 31 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 15, 2018 MISSOURI SOUTHERN W 63-0 7 7 49 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 22, 2018 at Central Oklahoma L 21-31 3 2 15 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 29, 2018 EMPORIA STATE W 41-0 4 4 28 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 06, 2018 at Pittsburg State W 31-7 7 4 24 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 23 154 21 14 7 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 23 of 29 (79.3%)

Opponents Inside Northwest Missouri 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 Aug 30, 2018 MISSOURI WESTERN W 28-6 3 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 06, 2018 at Washburn W 38-17 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 15, 2018 MISSOURI SOUTHERN W 63-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sep 22, 2018 at Central Oklahoma L 21-31 2 2 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 29, 2018 EMPORIA STATE W 41-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct 06, 2018 at Pittsburg State W 31-7 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 11 6 30 3 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 6 of 11 (54.5%)

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#17 Brannan, Joe Comp-Att-Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack-Yds Effic Missouri Southern 3-6-0 50.0 31 0 17 0-0 93.40 Emporia State 2-2-0 100.0 12 0 8 0-0 150.40 TOTALS 5-8-0 62.5 43 0 17 0-0 107.65

#88 Harper, LaTroy Comp-Att-Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack-Yds Effic Missouri Southern 1-1 1.000 31 0 31 0-0 360.4

#16 Kowalski, Jadyn Comp-Att-Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack-Yds Effic Missouri Southern 1-1-0 100.0 3 0 3 0-0 125.20

#12 Wright, Braden Comp-Att-Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack-Yds Effic Missouri Western 16-24-0 .750 216 3 60 2-13 183.52 at Washburn 23-35-0 .657 233 1 36 1-7 131.06 Missouri Southern 15-22-1 .681 267 2 75 0-0 191.04 at Central Oklahoma 25-52-0 48.1 241 1 37 2-16 93.35 Emporia State 13-25-0 52.0 255 3 80 0-0 177.28 Pittsburg State 15-31-1 48.4 211 2 43 2-19 120.40 TOTALS 107-188-2 56.9 1423 12 80 7-55 139.43

2018 RUSHING AND RECEIVING GAME-BY-GAME

RUSHING no-yds/td mwsu wu mssu uco esu psu unk lu nsu fhsu ucm Bane 1-4/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-4/0 Brannon 2-7/0 DNP DNP 2-7/0 DNP DNP 0-0/0 Brown 3-6/1 DNP DNP 3-6/1 DNP DNP DNP Caldwell 49-228/4 10-42/0 9-61/1 13-78/2 8-18/0 9-31/1 7-51/0 Kowalski 2-30/0 DNP DNP 2-30/0 DNP DNP DNP McMahon 10-60/2 1-10/0 2-6/0 4-37/1 0-0/0 3-7/1 6-4/0 Shiltz 2-20/0 DNP DNP 2-20/0 DNP DNP DNP Strayhorn 48-268/2 6-22/0 13-88/1 10-57/1 7-36/0 12-65/0 11-147/1 Tatum 1-23/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-23/1 Taylor 1-3/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-3/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 Thomas 16-88/0 4-15/0 2-17/0 2-16/0 1-10/0 7-30/0 2-10/0 Wright 46-289/6 7-63/1 14-118/2 3-13/1 11-43/1 11-52/1 12-16/0 TEAM 28-152/1 41/276/4 43-256/6 28-110/1 48-205/3 43/241/2

RECEIVING no-yds/td mwsu wu mssu uco esu psu unk lu nsu fhsu ucm Andrews 4-36/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-11/0 1-13/0 2-12/0 0-0/0 Bane 21-375/4 4-102/1 5-76/0 2-90/1 3-54/1 3-17/1 4-95/0 Caldwell 9-30/1 3-7/1 3-25/0 1-2/0 1-(-2)/0 0-0/0 1-(-2)/0 Harper 5-55/1 0-0/0 1-2/0 2-27/0 1-13/0 0-0/0 1-13/1 Gomez 4-60/0 DNP DNP 1-17/0 DNP 3-43/0 DNP Keys 2-13/0 1-5/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-8/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 Martin 1-3/0 DNP DNP 1-3/0 DNP DNP DNP Massey 12-145/0 1-6/0 3-33/0 1-9/0 5-48/0 DNP 2-49/0 McMahon 1-9/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-9/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 Sykes 2-9/0 DNP DNP 1-5/0 0-0/0 1-4/0 0-0/0 Tatum 22-375/1 4-34/0 3-42/0 5-87/0 5-73/0 3-105/1 2-34/0 Taylor 12-172/2 2-60/1 3-11/0 0-0/0 5-24/0 2-77/1 0-0/0 Thomas 12-80/0 1-2/0 4-30/0 2-22/0 3-10/0 1-9/0 2-7/0 White 3-37/3 0-0/0 1-14/1 1-19/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-4/1 Wright 1-31/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-31/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 TEAM 16-216/3 23-233/1 20/332/2 25-241/1 15-267/3 15-211/2

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SACKS total mwsu wu mssu uco esu psu unk lu nsu fhsu ucm Ehlke 2.5 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 Eskew, Austin 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 Hess 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 Hessler 1.0 0.0 1.0 DNP DNP DNP DNP Phillips, Sam 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Pierce 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Roberts 4.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.5 Scott 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 Williams, N. 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 DNP 0.0 0.0 TEAM 0.0 5.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 2.0

TFLs total mwsu wu mssu uco esu psu unk lu nsu fhsu ucm Althoff 1.5 1.5 DNP DNP 0.0 0.0 0.0 Barnes 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Bayer 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Buck 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 Connelly 2.0 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 Ehlke 3.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 Eskew 9.0 0.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 Green 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Hess 5.0 0.5 0.0 2.0 1.5 0.0 1.0 Hessler 7.0 4.0 3.0 DNP DNP DNP DNP Lane 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 Phillips, Sam 3.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Phillips, Spencer 2.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 Pierce, Z. 2.5 0.0 1.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Richards 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Roberts 7.0 0.5 1.0 0.5 2.5 2.0 0.5 Scott 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 Williams, N. 4.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 TEAM 10.0 17.0 10.0 9.0 6.0 3.0

Tackles total mwsu wu mssu uco esu psu unk lu nsu fhsu ucm Althoff 6-6 1-1 DNP DNP 2-1 2-2 1-2 Anderson 3-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-1 2-0 Barnes 10-13 1-4 2-0 1-2 2-2 3-4 1-1 Bayer 10-2 0-0 5-1 1-0 2-0 2-0 0-1 Bixler 5-2 2-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 Brazil 3-2 0-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 Buck 10-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 5-0 1-0 Connelly 2-10 1-4 0-0 0-4 0-0 0-1 1-1 Dennis 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 Dey 0-1 DNP DNP 0-1 DNP 0-0 DNP Ehlke 5-6 0-0 2-1 1-0 0-2 2-2 0-1 Eskew, Adrean 2-3 DNP DNP 2-3 DNP 0-0 DNP Eskew, Austen 15-12 1-1 3-3 1-2 3-1 3-3 4-2 Gassman 6-2 6-2 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Giese 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 Green 2-4 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 Hall 6-5 3-2 2-2 1-1 0-0 DNP DNP Hess 15-7 5-2 2-2 3-1 2-1 1-1 2-0 Hessler 11-5 7-3 4-2 DNP DNP DNP DNP Howard 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-3 0-0 Hunter 0-1 DNP DNP 0-1 DNP 0-0 DNP Lane 14-7 1-0 4-1 DNP 2-3 2-0 5-3 Marshall, Jacob 1-0 DNP DNP 1-0 DNP 0-0 DNP Marshall, Jake 0-2 DNP DNP 0-2 DNP 0-0 DNP Murphy 2-1 DNP DNP DNP 1-0 1-0 0-1 Nally 14-3 0-2 3-0 0-1 6-0 3-0 2-0 Phillips, Sam 3-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 Phillips, Spencer 12-14 2-1 1-5 1-2 2-2 2-1 3-4 Pierce, Z. 2-2 0-0 1-2 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Pierre 3-1 DNP DNP 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 Piper 0-2 DNP DNP 0-1 0-1 0-0 DNP Pritchford 1-0 DNP DNP 1-0 DNP 0-0 DNP Richards 25-15 8-5 3-2 4-2 8-2 1-1 1-3 Roberts 9-13 0-1 1-0 1-2 2-2 2-5 3-3 Scott 0-2 DNP DNP 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 Straws 1-1 0-1 DNP 1-0 DNP 0-0 DNP Tripp 0-1 DNP DNP 0-1 DNP DNP DNP Washington 5-2 DNP DNP 1-0 DNP 2-1 2-1 Williams, N. 4-1 0-0 2-0 1-1 DNP 1-0 0-0 TEAM 47-26 42-22 31-36 36-20 35-26 33-28

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Team Totals ...... MWSU . . . . .NW Missouri Western 6 FIRST DOWNS ...... 20 ...... 13 Rushing ...... 7...... 7 Northwest 28 Passing ...... 11 ...... 6 Aug. 30, 2018 Penalty ...... 2...... 0 Maryville, Mo. • Bearcat Stadium NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 121...... 152 Rushing Attempts ...... 39 ...... 28 Average Per Rush ...... 3.1...... 5.4 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Rushing Touchdowns ...... 0...... 1 Missouri Western 0 3 0 3 6 Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . 146...... 168 Northwest Missouri 7 14 0 7 28 Yards Lost Rushing ...... 25 ...... 16 NET YARDS PASSING ...... 226...... 216 SCORING SUMMARY Completions-Attempts-Int . . .18-37-0 . . . . 16-24-0 MWSU-NW Average Per Attempt . . . . . 6.1...... 9.0 1st 1:55 NW Taylor, Jaime 52 pass from Wright, Braden (Sampson kick) 0 - 7 Average Per Completion . . . .12.6...... 13.5 7 plays, 73 yards, TOP 3:26 Passing Touchdowns ...... 0...... 3 2nd 12:04 MW Basch, Tyler 36 FG 3 - 7 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS . . . . 347...... 368 12 plays, 56 yards, TOP 4:51 Total offense plays ...... 76 ...... 52 NW Bane, Shawn 60 pass from Wright (Sampson kick) 3 - 14 Average Gain Per Play . . . . . 4.6...... 7.1 2 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:30 1:46 Caldwell, Josh 3 pass from Wright (Sampson kick) 3 - 21 RUSHING: Missouri Western-Marino,D. 14-75; Griffith,S. 8-27; Bailey 4 plays, 25 yards, 1:59 TOP Jr.,J. 7-12; Gray,D. 7-4; Hawkins,D. 3-3. Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 7-63; 4th 12:00 MW Basch, Tyler 20 FG 6 - 21 Caldwell,Josh 10-42; Strayhorn,I. 6-22; Thomas,Raymond 4-15; McMahon,Brody 1-10. 8 plays, 46 yards, 2:41 TOP 7:06 NW Wright 34 run (Sampson kick) 6 - 28 PASSING: Missouri Western-Marino,D. 18-37-0-226. Northwest 4 plays, 55 yards, 1:41 TOP Missouri-Wright,Braden 16-24-0-216.

Kickoff time: 7 pm • End of Game: 9:51 pm • Total elapsed time: 2:51 RECEIVING: Missouri Western-Mack,K. 7-67; Vang,L. 4-50; Cunningham,E. 3-64; Griffith,S. 2-minus 7; Horn Jr.,J. 1-42; Burau,B. 1-10. Northwest Missouri-Bane,Shawn 4-102; Tatum,Alec 4-34; Caldwell,Josh 3-7; Taylor,Jaime 2-60; Massey,Cody 1-6; Keys,Dante 1-5; Thomas,Raymond 1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS: Missouri Western-None. Northwest Missouri-None.

FUMBLES: Missouri Western-Griffith,S. 1-1. Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 1-1; Strayhorn,I. 1-0.

Team Totals ...... NW . . . . . WU Northwest 38 FIRST DOWNS ...... 28 ...... 18 Rushing ...... 16 ...... 3 Washburn 17 Passing ...... 12 ...... 12 Sept. 6, 2018 Penalty ...... 0 ...... 3 Topeka, Kan. • Yager Stadium NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 276...... 51 Rushing Attempts ...... 41 ...... 35 Average Per Rush ...... 6.7...... 1.5 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Rushing Touchdowns ...... 4...... 0 NW Missouri 7 7 10 14 38 Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . 299...... 110 Washburn 7 7 3 0 17 Yards Lost Rushing ...... 23 ...... 59 NET YARDS PASSING ...... 233...... 275 SCORING SUMMARY Completions-Attempts-Int . . .23-35-0 . . . . 17-33-1 NW-WU Average Per Attempt . . . . . 6.7...... 8.3 1st 08:20 NW Strayhorn, Isaiah 15 run (Sampson, Parker kick) 7 - 0 Average Per Completion . . . .10.1...... 16.2 9 plays, 59 yards, TOP 3:19 Passing Touchdowns ...... 1 ...... 2 05:35 WU Letcher, James 24 pass from Peterson, Blake (Schmiedeler kick) 7 - 7 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS . . . . 509...... 326 7 plays, 74 yards, TOP 2:39 Total offense plays ...... 76 ...... 68 2nd 10:09 WU Brania-Hopp, James 39 pass from Peterson (Schmiedeler kick) 7 - 14 Average Gain Per Play . . . . . 6.7...... 4.8 6 plays, 77 yards, TOP 2:55 07:11 NW Wright, Braden 27 run (Sampson kick) 14 - 14 RUSHING: Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 14-118; Strayhorn,I. 13-88; 9 plays, 62 yards, TOP 2:51 Caldwell,Josh 9-59; Thomas,Raymond 2-17; McMahon,Brody 2-6; TEAM 1-minus 12. 3rd 11:54 WU Schmiedeler 35 FG 14 - 17 Washburn-Browning,Hunter 6-24; Letcher,Jr.,Jam 2-14; Whitten,Curtis 8-8; 6 plays, 44 yards, TOP 2:59 Peterson,Blake 13-7; Brania-Hopp,Ja. 2-4; Willis,Zach 3-1; TEAM 1-minus 7. 07:08 NW Wright 17 run (Sampson kick) 21 - 17 11 plays, 77 yards, TOP 4:39 PASSING: Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 23-35-0-233. 02:38 NW Sampson 39 FG 24 - 17 Washburn-Peterson,Blake 17-33-1-275. 7 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:21 4th 12:42 NW White, Chase 14 pass from Wright (Sampson kick) 31 - 17 RECEIVING: Northwest Missouri-Bane,Shawn 5-76; Thomas,Raymond 4-30; 7 plays, 79 yards, TOP 2:30 Tatum,Alec 3-42; Massey,Cody 3-33; Caldwell,Josh 3-25; Taylor,Jaime 3-11; 02:01 NW Caldwell, Josh 17 run (Sampson kick) 38 - 17 White,Chase 1-14; Harper,LaTroy 1-2. Washburn-Letcher,Jr.,Jam 5-85; 11 plays, 86 yards, TOP 4:59 Hamilton,Will 5-65; Brania-Hopp,Ja. 3-94; Williams,Jace 2-5; Horner,Jake 1-16; Whitten,Curtis 1-10.

Kickoff time: 6 pm • End of Game: 8:48 pm • Total elapsed time: 2:48 hrs INTERCEPTIONS: Northwest Missouri-Hall,Chance 1-0. Washburn-None.

FUMBLES: Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 1-1; Taylor,Jaime 1-1; TEAM 1-0. Washburn-None.

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Team Totals ...... MSSU . . . . .NW Northwest 63 FIRST DOWNS ...... 11 ...... 31 Rushing ...... 5...... 16 Missouri Southern 0 Passing ...... 5...... 14 Sept. 15, 2018 Penalty ...... 1...... 1 Maryville, Mo. • Bearcat Stadium NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 38 ...... 256 Rushing Attempts ...... 35 ...... 43 Average Per Rush ...... 1.1...... 6.0 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Rushing Touchdowns ...... 0...... 6 Missouri Southern 0 0 0 0 0 Yards Gained Rushing ...... 82 ...... 269 NW Missouri 14 21 21 7 63 Yards Lost Rushing ...... 44 ...... 13 NET YARDS PASSING ...... 149...... 332 SCORING SUMMARY Completions-Attempts-Int . . .15-30-1 . . . . 20-30-1 MSSU-NW Average Per Attempt . . . . . 5.0...... 11.1 1st 07:28 NW Caldwell, Josh 7 run (Sampson, Parker kick) 7 - 0 Average Per Completion . . . . 9.9...... 16.6 12 plays, 63 yards, TOP 5:28 Passing Touchdowns ...... 0...... 2 02:51 NW Bane, Shawn 75 pass from Wright, Braden (Sampson kick) 14 - 0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS . . . . 187...... 588 1 play, 75 yards, TOP 0:11 Total offense plays ...... 65 ...... 73 2nd 12:44 NW Wright 8 run (Sampson kick) 21 - 0 Average Gain Per Play . . . . . 2.9...... 8.1 10 plays, 59 yards, TOP 3:25 02:08 NW White, Chase 19 pass from Wright (Sampson kick) 28 - 0 RUSHING: Missouri Southern-Dalton James 10-27; Satayven Chaves 3-12; 5 plays, 61 yards, TOP 1:49 Coleman Scott 3-9; Caleb Batie 6-6; Shemar Coleman 1-0; LeEarl Patterso 2-minus 00:31 NW Bane 88 punt return (Sampson kick) 35 - 0 5; TEAM 1-minus 5; Sean Kelly 9-minus 6. Northwest Missouri-Caldwell,Josh 13-78; 3rd 11:10 NW Strayhorn, Isaiah 2 run (Sampson kick) 42 - 0 Strayhorn,I. 10-57; McMahon,Brody 4-37; Kowalski,Jadyn 2-30; Shiltz,Chase 2-20; 5 plays, 70 yards, TOP 2:05 Thomas,Raymond 2-16; Wright,Braden 3-13; Brannan,Joe 2-7; Brown,Kier 3-6; TEAM 08:12 NW Caldwell 3 run (Sampson kick) 49 - 0 2-minus 8. 4 plays, 68 yards (Sampson kick) 04:48 NW McMahon, Brody 8 run (Sampson kick) 56 - 0 PASSING: Missouri Southern-Sean Kelly 13-24-1-130; LeEarl Patterso 4 plays, 44 yards, TOP 1:41 1-3-0-8; Coleman Scott 1-3-0-11. Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 15-22-1-267; 4th 07:57 NW Brown, Kier 1 run (Sampson kick) 63 - 0 Brannan,Joe 3-6-0-31; Kowalski,Jadyn 1-1-0-3; Harper,LaTroy 1-1-0-31. 4 plays, 39 yards, TOP 1:52 RECEIVING: Missouri Southern-Caleb Batie 4-32; Cole Dunbar 3-23; Aaron Kickoff time: 1:30 pm • End of Game: 4:08 pm • Total elapsed time: 2:38 Willis 2-59; Shemar Coleman 1-11; LeEarl Patterso 1-8; Dalton James 1-8; Jeremy Davis 1-7; Cody Lanning 1-3; Arrion Howard 1-minus 2. Northwest Missouri-Tatum,Alec 5-87; Bane,Shawn 2-90; Harper,LaTroy 2-27; Thomas,Raymond 2-22; Wright,Braden 1-31; White,Chase 1-19; Gomez,Gus 1-17; Andrews,Marqus 1-11; Massey,Cody 1-9; McMahon,Brody 1-9; Sykes,Kennedy 1-5; Martin,Grant 1-3; Caldwell,Josh 1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS: Missouri Southern-Deshon Cowling 1-4. Northwest Missouri-Green,Jerrell 1-0.

FUMBLES: Missouri Southern-TEAM 1-0. Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 1-1.

Team Totals ...... NW . . . . . UCO Central Oklahoma 31 FIRST DOWNS ...... 24 ...... 20 Rushing ...... 4...... 7 Northwest 21 Passing ...... 15 ...... 9 Sept. 22, 2018 Penalty ...... 6...... 6 Edmond, Okla. • Wantland Stadium NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 110...... 89 Rushing Attempts ...... 28 ...... 35 Average Per Rush ...... 3.9...... 2.5 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Rushing Touchdowns ...... 1...... 0 NW Missouri 0 3 0 18 21 Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . 127...... 126 Central Oklahoma 7 7 14 3 31 Yards Lost Rushing ...... 17 ...... 37 NET YARDS PASSING ...... 241...... 274 SCORING SUMMARY Completions-Attempts-Int . . .25-52-0 . . . . 17-33-0 NW-UCO Average Per Attempt . . . . . 4.6...... 8.3 1st 10:26 UCO Curry, L’liott 43 pass from Garrett, Chandler (Quevedo kick) 0 - 7 Average Per Completion . . . . 9.6...... 16.1 4 plays, 71 yards, TOP 1:40 Passing Touchdowns ...... 1...... 4 2nd 14:09 UCO McKenzie, Clay 2 pass from Garrett (Quevedo kick) 0 - 14 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS . . . . 351...... 363 15 plays, 65 yards, TOP 6:42 Total offense plays ...... 80 ...... 68 00:43 NW Sampson, Parker 41 FG 3 - 14 Average Gain Per Play . . . . . 4.4...... 5.3 11 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:24 3rd 4:05 UCO Turner, Ronnie 16 pass from Garrett (Quevedo kick) 3 - 21 RUSHING: Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 11-43; Strayhorn,I. 7-36; 12 plays, 99 yards, TOP 6:06 Caldwell,Josh 8-18; Thomas,Raymond 1-10; Taylor,Jaime 1-3. Central 2:29 UCO Basks, Dustin 72 pass from Garrett (Quevedo kick) 3 - 28 Oklahoma-Garrett,C. 18-59; McKenzie,C. 14-31; Quevedo,A. 1-2; Team 2-minus 3. 1 play, 72 yards, TOP 0:11 4th 14:56 NW Wright, Braden 4 run (Sampson kick) 10 - 28 PASSING: Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 25-52-0-241. Central 8 plays, 68 yards, TOP 2:26 Oklahoma-Garrett,C. 17-33-0-274. 10:39 NW Sampson 38 FG 13 - 28 8 plays, 45 yards, TOP 2:44 RECEIVING: Northwest Missouri-Tatum,Alec 5-73; Massey,Cody 5-48; 5:49 UCO Quevedo 45 FG 13 - 31 Taylor,Jaime 5-24; Bane,Shawn 3-54; Thomas,Raymond 3-10; Harper,LaTroy 1-13; 11 plays, 47 yards, TOP 4:50 Andrews,Marqus 1-13; Keys,Dante 1-8; Caldwell,Josh 1-minus 2. Central 4:00 NW Bane Jr., Shawn 7 pass from Wright (Caldwell, Josh run) 21 - 31 Oklahoma-Curry,L. 8-103; Basks,D. 4-105; McKenzie,C. 2-19; McGee,D. 1-24; 7 plays, 57 yards, TOP 1:40 Turner,R. 1-16; Williams,D. 1-7.

Kickoff time: 6 pm • End of Game: 9:05 pm • Total elapsed time: 3:05 INTERCEPTIONS: Northwest Missouri-None. Central Oklahoma-None.

FUMBLES: Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 2-0. Central Oklahoma-Garrett,C. 1-0.

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Team Totals ...... ESU . . . . . NW Northwest 41 FIRST DOWNS ...... 11 ...... 18 Rushing ...... 3...... 10 Emporia State 0 Passing ...... 8...... 8 Sept. 29, 2018 Penalty ...... 0...... 0 Maryville, Mo. • Bearcat Stadium NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 43 ...... 183 Rushing Attempts ...... 31 ...... 48 Average Per Rush ...... 1.4...... 3.8 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Rushing Touchdowns ...... 0...... 3 Emporia State 0 0 0 0 0 Yards Gained Rushing ...... 71 ...... 205 NW Missouri 7 20 7 7 41 Yards Lost Rushing ...... 28 ...... 22 NET YARDS PASSING ...... 151...... 267 SCORING SUMMARY Completions-Attempts-Int . . .17-37-0 . . . . 15-27-0 MSSU-NW Average Per Attempt . . . . . 4.1...... 9.9 1st 09:30 NW Bane, Shawn 3 pass from Wright, Braden (Sampson, Parker kick) 7 - 0 Average Per Completion . . . . 8.9...... 17.8 10 plays, 52 yards, TOP 5:03 Passing Touchdowns ...... 0...... 3 2nd 13:02 NW Caldwell, Josh 4 run (Sampson kick) 14 - 0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS . . . . 194...... 450 8 plays, 48 yards, TOP 4:03 Total offense plays ...... 68 ...... 75 10:57 NW Taylor, Jaime 80 pass from Wright (Sampson kick) 21 - 0 Average Gain Per Play . . . . . 2.9...... 6.0 1 play, 80 yards, TOP 0:12 08:00 NW Tatum, Alec 72 pass from Wright (kick failed) 27 - 0 RUSHING: Emporia State-Nault,Landon 11-29; Callins,Kai 9-19; 2 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:45 Harrison,Kyle 1-5; Marstall,Braxto 9-2; Wallace,T’Quan 1-minus 12. Northwest 3rd 09:11 NW Wright 4 run (Sampson kick) 34 - 0 Missouri-Strayhorn,I. 12-65; Wright,Braden 11-52; Caldwell,Josh 9-31; 13 plays, 71 yards, TOP 5:42 Thomas,Raymond 7-30; Brannan,Joe 2-11; McMahon,Brody 3-7; TEAM 4-minus 13. 4th 02:34 NW McMahon, Brody 1 run (Sampson kick) 41 - 0 11 plays, 44 yards, TOP 6:45 PASSING: Emporia State-Marstall,Braxto 16-34-0-142; Wallace,T’Quan 0-2-0-0; Harris,Tyler 1-1-0-9. Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 13-25-0-255; Kickoff time: 3:20 pm • End of Game: 5:48 pm • Total elapsed time: 2:28 Brannan,Joe 2-2-0-12.

RECEIVING: Emporia State-Brown,Justin 7-68; Harris,Tyler 2-17; Nault,Landon 2-15; Radel,Jaylon 1-11; Harrison,Kyle 1-10; Marstall,Braxto 1-9; Callins,Kai 1-8; Thomas,Corey 1-8; Strong,Denzel 1-5. Northwest Missouri-Tatum,Alec 3-105; Gomez,Gus 3-43; Bane,Shawn 3-17; Taylor,Jaime 2-77; Andrews,Marqus 2-12; Thomas,Raymond 1-9; Sykes,Kennedy 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS: Emporia State-None. Northwest Missouri-None.

FUMBLES: Emporia State-None. Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 3-0; Bane,Shawn 1-1; Caldwell,Josh 1-0.

Team Totals ...... NW . . . . . PSU Northwest 31 FIRST DOWNS ...... 19 ...... 18 Rushing ...... 11 ...... 5 Pittsburg State 7 Passing ...... 7...... 8 Oct. 6, 2018 Penalty ...... 1...... 5 Pittsburg, Kan. • Carnie Smith Stadium NET YARDS RUSHING ...... 241...... 118 Rushing Attempts ...... 43 ...... 32 Average Per Rush ...... 5.6...... 3.7 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score Rushing Touchdowns ...... 2...... 0 NW Missouri 7 21 0 3 31 Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . 295...... 141 Pittsburg State 0 0 0 7 7 Yards Lost Rushing ...... 54 ...... 23 NET YARDS PASSING ...... 211...... 150 SCORING SUMMARY Completions-Attempts-Int . . .15-31-1 . . . . 15-34-0 MSSU-NW Average Per Attempt . . . . . 6.8...... 4.4 1st 08:35 NW Strayhorn, Isaiah 1 run (Sampson, Parker kick) 7 - 0 Average Per Completion . . . .14.1...... 10.0 9 plays, 59 yards, TOP 4:19 Passing Touchdowns ...... 2...... 1 2nd 12:57 NW White, Chase 4 pass from Wright, Braden (Sampson kick) 14 - 0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS . . . . 452...... 268 4 plays, 66 yards, TOP 1:57 Total offense plays ...... 74 ...... 66 04:51 NW Harper, LaTroy 13 pass from Wright (Sampson kick) 21 - 0 Average Gain Per Play . . . . . 6.1...... 4.1 6 plays, 95 yards, TOP 2:24 00:34 NW Tatum, Alec 23 run (Sampson kick) 28 - 0 RUSHING: Northwest Missouri-Strayhorn,I. 11-147; Caldwell,Josh 7-51; 7 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:42 Tatum,Alec 1-23; Wright,Braden 12-16; Thomas,Raymond 2-10; Bane,Shawn 1-4; 4th 06:56 NW Sampson 38 FG 31 - 0 McMahon,Brody 6-4; TEAM 3-minus 18; Eskew,Austin 0-4. Pittsburg 7 plays, 51 yards, TOP 3:10 State-Adkins,Tyler 10-67; Horak,Tucker 5-22; Kintchen,Kiah 4-13; Scheurich,K. 00:48 PSU Harris, Elijah 10 pass from Harman, Matt (Vincent,Jared kick) 31 - 7 2-12; Roderique,John 7-9; TEAM 1-minus 1; Harman,Matt 3-minus 4. 10 plays, 91 yards, TOP 3:09 PASSING: Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 15-31-1-211. Pittsburg Kickoff time: 2:00 pm • End of Game: 4:55 pm • Total elapsed time: 2:55 State-Roderique,John 6-17-0-63; Harman,Matt 9-16-0-87; Clemons,Brenner 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Northwest Missouri-Bane,Shawn 4-95; Massey,Cody 2-49; Tatum,Alec 2-34; Thomas,Raymond 2-7; Harper,LaTroy 1-13; McMahon,Brody 1-9; White,Chase 1-4; Strayhorn,I. 1-2; Caldwell,Josh 1-minus 2. Pittsburg State-Kintchen,Kiah 4-36; West,Lorenzo 3-49; Harris,Elijah 2-17; Murphy,Bryce 2-9; Clemons,Brenner 1-22; Adkins,Tyler 1-19; Horak,Tucker 1-1; Scheurich,K. 1-minus 3.

INTERCEPTIONS: Northwest Missouri-None. Pittsburg State-Myers,Jaylon 1-0.

FUMBLES: Northwest Missouri-Wright,Braden 1-0; TEAM 1-0. Pittsburg State-Lewis,Carnell 1-1; Roderique,John 1-1.

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