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North Dakota State BISON FootbalL Missouri Valley Football Conference Champions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 NCAA Division I FCS National Champions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 2015 Schedule Bison Host Griz in FCS Second Round Rematch of 9-2 overall, 7-1 MVFC (1st, tie) Date Opponent Time Season Opener Aug. 29 at #13/12 Montana L, 35-38 Sept. 12 WEBER STATE (Trees Bowl) W, 41-14 THIS WEEK: No. 3 seed North Dakota State (9-2) Sept. 19 NORTH DAKOTA W, 34-9 hosts Montana (8-4) in the second round of the NCAA Oct. 3 *at #5/7 South Dakota State (Dakota Marker) W, 28-7 Division I FCS playoffs Saturday, Dec. 5, in a rematch Oct. 10 *#10/10 NORTHERN IOWA (Homecoming) W, 31-28 of the season opener. Game time is 2:30 p.m. at Gate NORTH DAKOTA STATE MONTANA Oct. 17 *SOUTH DAKOTA L, 21-24 City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700). Oct. 24 *at #18/21 Indiana State W, 28-14 BISON GRIZZLIES Oct. 31 *at Southern Illinois W, 35-29 TELEVISION: Live coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. (9-2, 7-1 MVFC) (8-4, 6-2 Big Sky) Nov. 7 *WESTERN ILLINOIS (Harvest Bowl) W, 59-7 on ESPN3, WatchESPN and ESPN College Extra with Rank: 2/3 (STATS/Coaches) Rank: 16/17 (STATS/Coaches) Nov. 14 *at #20/21Youngstown State W, 27-24 Trey Bender calling the play-by-play and Jay Taylor Last Game: Nov. 21 Last Game: Nov. 28 def. def. Missouri State 55-0 South Dakota St. 24-17 Nov. 21 *MISSOURI STATE W, 55-0 as color analyst. ESPN3 is available from participating Streak: Won 5 Streak: Won 4 Dec. 5 ^#16/17 MONTANA 2:30 p.m. Internet service providers on WatchESPN.com and the At Home: 5-1 (Won 2) On Road: 3-2 (Won 2) *MVFC games ^NCAA FCS Playoffs WatchESPN mobile app is available through partici- Coach: Chris Klieman Coach: Bob Stitt Rankings are STATS/FCS Coaches pating ESPN television providers. ESPN College Extra Record: 24-3 (2nd) Record: 8-4 (1st) Quick Facts is available on DirecTV and select cable providers. Location: Fargo, ND 58102 (pop. 105,925) RADIO: KFGO-AM 790 and Mix 101.9 FM of Fargo along with the Peterson Farms Seed Founded: 1890 Bison Radio Network will have live coverage beginning at 2 p.m. KFGO’s Scott Miller will de- Enrollment: 14,516 (fall 2015) scribe the play-by-play with NDSU and Buffalo Bills Hall of Famer Phil Hansen as color analyst, Nickname: Bison commentary from KFGO’s Jack Michaels, and NDSU’s Jeremy Jorgenson reporting from the Colors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343) sideline. A free audio stream will be available exclusively on GoBison.com/allaccess. Home Field: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700) Surface: AstroTurf GameDay Grass THE SERIES: This is the ninth all-time meeting between North Dakota State and Montana. Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS The series is tied 4-4 after Montana’s 38-35 win in Missoula in this year’s FCS Kickoff game on Conference: Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) ESPN. The Bison won the only meeting in Fargo 22-10 last season. The teams have met twice Last Year’s Record: 15-1 overall, 7-1 MVFC (1st, tie) before in the postseason. NDSU won 30-3 in the 1969 Camellia Bowl and 31-16 in the 1970 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 37/17 Camellia Bowl, both played in Sacramento, Calif. Starters Returning: 12 (8 offense, 4 defense) Basic Offense: Pro Style Basic Defense: 4-3 LAST MEETING: Joey Counts scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 2 seconds left to President: Dr. Dean L. Bresciani (Humboldt State, 1984) give Montana a 38-35 win over North Dakota State in Missoula on Aug. 29 in the second annual Director of Athletics: Matt Larsen (Stony Brook, 1996) FCS Kickoff on ESPN. NDSU quarterback Carson Wentz threw for two touchdowns and ran Athletic Department Phone: (701) 231-8981 for two more. He completed 16 of 28 passes for 198 yards and added 70 yards on the ground. Ticket Office Phone: (888) 231-6378 Running back King Frazier led NDSU with 91 yards on 15 carries. Montana outgained NDSU Football Staff 544-427 for the game, and the Griz converted 4 of 6 attempts on fourth down. Griz quarterback Head Coach: Chris Klieman (Northern Iowa, 1992) Brady Gustafson went 30-of-55 passing for 434 yards. Neither team led by more than eight Record at NDSU: 24-3 (2nd season) Career: 27-10 (3rd) points the entire game. The Bison played without starting cornerback CJ Smith, who was Assistant Coaches/Staff: coming back from a knee injury. Cornerback Jordan Champion led the Bison defense with 14 Matt Entz (Wartburg, 1995) ........................ Defensive Coordinator/LBs tackles and linebacker Nick DeLuca had an interception. *Tim Polasek (Concordia Wisconsin, 2002) ...Offensive Coordinator/RBs Atif Austin (Iowa State, 2003) ............. Special Teams Coordinator/WRs SIXTH STRAIGHT POSTSEASON: This is North Dakota State’s sixth straight appearance in Jamar Cain (New Mexico State, 2002) ...........................Defensive Ends *Nick Goeser (Wis.-Eau Claire, 2003) ...........DTs/Recruiting Coordinator the FCS playoffs. NDSU is 18-1 including four straight national championships and a quarter- *Randy Hedberg (Minot State, 1977) ...............................Quarterbacks final appearance in 2010. The Bison are 13-0 at home in the FCS playoffs and will have home *Joe Klanderman (Minn. St. Mankato, 2001) ...............Defensive Backs field advantage through at least the quarterfinal round with the No. 3 national seed. This is Conor Riley (Omaha, 2003) .............................................Offensive Line NDSU’s 29th postseason overall. NDSU has a 53-14 record all-time in the postseason including Tyler Roehl (NDSU, 2009) ..................................... Tight Ends/Fullbacks three College Division national championships in 1965, 1968 and 1969 and five Division II titles Joey Blackmore (NDSU, 2014) ................................ Defensive Assistant *Josh Kittell (Jamestown, 2008) ....................Offensive Quality Control in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1990. NDSU is 48-13 in the NCAA playoff format since 1973. Jake Otten (Cal Poly, 2013) ........................................Video Coordinator Hank Jacobs (NDSU, 2014) ............................Dir. of Football Recruiting BISON LAND 11 ON ALL-MVFC TEAM: North Dakota State had 11 players named to the Jim Kramer (Wis.-La Crosse, 1989) ............ Dir. of Athletic Performance All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first and second teams by a vote of the league’s head Brian Gordon (South Florida, 2002) ........ Dir. of FB Ops./Equip. Services coaches, sports information directors and media. NDSU led the league with seven selections *press box on game day on the first team. They were fullback Andrew Bonnet, left tackle Joe Haeg, left guard Zack Athletic Communications Johnson, defensive end Greg Menard, middle linebacker Nick DeLuca, cornerback CJ Smith Contact: Ryan Perreault and punter Ben LeCompte. On the second team were running back King Frazier, tight end Office: (701) 231-8331 Mobile: (701) 793-0521 Luke Albers, right guard Jeremy Kelly and long snapper James Fisher. Bison quarterback Email: [email protected] Website: GoBison.com Carson Wentz, wide receiver RJ Urzendowski and defensive tackle Nate Tanguay were honor- able mention. LeCompte was all-conference for the third straight year, Bonnet and Haeg for /ndbison /ndsufootball /ndsuathletics the second straight year, and Johnson for the second time in three seasons. BISON FOOTBALL 2015 PAGE 2 TEAM COMPARISONS NORTH DAKOTA STATE (9-2, 7-1 MVFC) MONTANA (8-4, 6-2 Big Sky) NCAA RANKINGS TEAM STATS BISON OPP TEAM STATS GRIZZLIES OPP NDSU UM Points/Game 35.8 17.6 Points/Game 31.2 23.6 Scoring Offense 12th 30th First Downs 249 150 First Downs 264 236 Rushing Offense 11th 62nd Rushing/Game 244.0 114.2 Rushing/Game 153.9 184.7 Passing Offense 57th 13th Passing/Game 207.3 177.0 Passing/Game 284.0 200.7 Total Offense 20th 24th Total Offense/Game 451.3 291.2 Total Offense/Game 437.9 385.3 Passing Eff. 4th 55th Had Intercepted 4 8 Had Intercepted 11 12 Scoring Defense 9th 46th VALLEY FOOTBALL STANDINGS Fumbles-Lost 18-11 13-7 Fumbles-Lost 20-11 31-14 Rushing Defense 16th 80th VALLEY OVERALL Penalties-Avg. Yards 57-47.2 58-44.3 Penalties-Avg. Yards 68-51.5 90-60.7 Pass Defense 16th 40th W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Net Punt Avg. 39.2 39.6 Net Punt Avg. 37.9 37.1 Total Defense 12th 63rd Time of Possession/Game 36:21 23:39 Time of Possession/Game 26:38 33:23 Pass Eff. Defense 14th 44th North Dakota State 7-1 .875 9-2 .818 3rd Down Conversions 50% 27% 3rd Down Conversions 37% 32% Net Punting 4th 12th Illinois State 7-1 .875 9-2 .818 4th Down Conversions 11/17 11/19 4th Down Conversions 18/36 18/39 Punt Returns 71st 81st Northern Iowa 5-3 .625 8-4 .667 Kickoff Returns 5th 86th South Dakota State 5-3 .625 8-4 .667 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Turnover Margin 57th 38th Western Illinois 5-3 .625 7-5 .583 RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG Penalty Yards/Gm 24th 44th Youngstown State 3-5 .375 5-6 .455 King Frazier 147 790 5.4 7 71.8 John Nguyen 172 836 4.9 3 69.7 Time of Poss. 1st 115th Indiana State 3-5 .375 5-6 .455 Bruce Anderson 66 409 6.2 1 37.2 Jeremy Calhoun 96 287 3.0 9 31.9 3rd Down Conv. 5th 75th South Dakota 3-5 .375 5-6 .455 PASSING C-A-I Pct.