22018018 NNORTHORTH DDAKOTAAKOTA FFOOTBALLOOTBALL MMEDIAEDIA GGUIDEUIDE Table of Contents . 1 TEAM INFORMATION UND Football Hall of Fame . .. 133 Alphabetical/Numerical Roster . 38-39 Academic Success. .134-136 THE UNIVERSITY Post-Fall Depth Chart . 40 Academic All-Conference . 137 About the University . 2-3 Roster Breakdown . 41 Scholarships and Endowments . .138-142 About Grand Forks . 4 Position Preview . 42-43 National Alumni FB Committee . 143 Ralph Engelstad Arena . 5-8 Player Profi les . 44-63 Athletics Facilities . .9-11 FOOTBALL HISTORY Academic Success. .12-13 2018 OPPONENT INFORMATION Early Football Beginnings . .. 145 National Champions . .14 Mississippi Valley State . .64 Memorial Stadium . 146 Gameday Experience . .15 Washington . .64 UND Traditions . 147 Strength Training . .16 Sam Houston State . .65 Sitting Bull Trophy . 148 Sports Medicine . .17 Idaho State . .65 Nickel Trophy . .. 148 Community Involvement . .18 Northern Colorado . .66 Potato Bowl USA . 149 Athletics Development . .19 Montana . .66 UND in the Pros . .150-153 UNDSports.com . .20 Sacramento State . .67 UND Coaching History . .. 154 Media Coverage . .21 Weber State . .67 UND in the Postseason . .155-174 Idaho . .68 Year-by-Year W/L Records . 175 GENERAL INFORMATION Portland State . .68 All-Time vs. Opponents . .176-184 Quick Facts . 23 Northern Arizona . .69 Year-by-Year Results . .. .185-189 Media Information . 24 Alerus Center . 25 2017 SEASON IN REVIEW UND Summer Football Camps . 26 2017 Season Recap . .71 2017 Team Awards . 72 FOOTBALL STAFF 2017 UND Starting Lineups . .73 Head Coach 2017 UND Statistics . .74-78 Bubba Schweigert . 28-29 2017 Game Recaps . .79-89 Assistant Coaches Paul Rudolph . 30 RECORDS & HONORS Eric Schmidt . 31 Regular Season Records . 90-93 Shawn Kostich . 32 All-time Kickoff and Punt Return TDs . .94 Luke Knauf . .. 32 Division I Record Book . .95-98 Jordan Gigli . .. 33 Postseason Records . 99-102 Malcolm Agnew . 33 Overall Records . 103-106 Danny Freund. .. 34 Team Single-Game Records . 107 Travis Stepps . 34 Top Single-Game Performances . 108-110 Joel Schwenzfeier . .. 35 Year-by-Year Team Statistics . 111-112 Carl Reinholz . .. 35 Strength & Conditioning Awards . 113 Nate Baukol . 35 Football Training Facilities . .. 114 All-Time All-Americans . .115-116 Support Staff All-Time All-Conference . .117-118 Matt Seamon . .. 36 All-Time UND Captains . .. .119-120 ON THE COVER Jake Howard . .. 36 All-Time Letterwinners . .121-127 Senior John Santiago (Andover, Minn.) is a Travis Kahlbaugh . 36 Honored Jerseys . .. .128-129 three-time All-America honoree and goes into Mitch Wigness. 36 UND All-Century Team . .. 130 his fi nal collegiate season already in the top 10 UND All-Alerus Team . 130 in several career statistical record lists, includ- Athletic Hall of Fame . .. .131-132 ing rushing yards, all-purpose yards and total touchdowns. CREDITS The 2018 University of North Dakota football media guide is a production of the UND Athletics Communications offi ce. The guide was written and edited by Assistant AD for Communications Mitchell Wigness with help from former associate athletic media relations director Ryan Powell. Research and editorial assis- tance provided by assistant communications director Alec Johnson. Editorial assistance was also provided by Senior Assistant AD for Communications Jayson Hajdu and the UND football staff . Action photos by Russ Hons, Kory Wallen, Eric Clausen, Tyler Ingham, Ryan Hellevang, Gene Richter and Allen Sorbo. Action photos from 2001 by Chuck Kimmerle except where noted. Special thanks to the Atlanta Falcons and Winnipeg Blue Bombers for allocated photo use. All other photos are UND athletics fi le photos except where noted. Cover design and inside page design by Amy Chandler, UND Athletics. Special thanks to the keen editing eyes of former North Dakota letterwinners Corey Colehour (1964-66) and DeWayne “Dewey” King (1945-46, 1948). 2018 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 1 22018018 NNORTHORTH DDAKOTAAKOTA FFOOTBALLOOTBALL MMEDIAEDIA GGUIDEUIDE • The University of North Dakota (UND) is the state’s oldest and largest University, with nearly 15,000 students and 200+ fi elds of study. • UND off ers opportunity at an aff ordable price tag. UND’s tuition and fees and room/meal plans cost $4,000 less per year than the national average for four-year public universities (College Board). • With 3,000 courses, nearly 40 online degree programs, and 80 graduate education programs; UND has more off erings than any higher education institution the state. • UND’s diverse student body represents all 50 states and over 60 countries. • NCAA Division I athletics gives UND fans across the country something to look forward to every season. • The state’s fl agship research university, UND has a reputation for research and scholarship in health sciences, energy and the environment, aerospace, and entrepreneurship. • UND is one of only 47 public universities in the nation with both accredited graduate schools of law and medicine. • Student life is an important element of the UND Located in Grand Forks in the heart of the experience. With service-learning groups, internships, Red River Valley, the University of North leadership positions in 275+ clubs and organizations, Dakota is the largest and most diversifi ed and education abroad, there are plenty of ways make institution of higher learning in a three- a diff erence. state region. One of fewer than 70 public institutions with both a law school and a • Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, UND is right medical school, UND consistently ranks at home in this vibrant college town of over 50,000 by most measures as one of the top 150 people located on the border of North Dakota and universities in the United States. Its complex. UND’s newest additions are the Minnesota. nearly 15,000 students – including over 2,860 Gorecki Alumni Center, nationally recognized graduate students, 220 law students, and 290 for its environmentally friendly sustainability by a solid foundation of the liberal arts with medical students – come from every state in features, Robin Hall, a privately-funded professional programs, a manageable size, the union and more than 85 countries. headquarters for the school’s Unmanned high-quality students and faculty, a varied Aircraft Systems division; the College of curriculum, nine colleges and schools, a widely Stretching out from the banks of the scenic Engineering and Mines’ Collaborative Energy recognized program of graduate education English Coulee, the 548-acre University of Center, a private-public project dedicated and research, rich cultural resources, and an North Dakota campus has been nationally to campus-wide academic and research outstanding record of alumni support. recognized for its landscaping and beauty. partnerships with the oil and gas industry; The 240-plus buildings demonstrate both the remodeled and expanded energy-effi cient UND is consistently ranked highly in college classic university architecture blended with and environmentally conscious Education guides, including U.S. News & World Report, more futuristic facilities in the Aerospace Building, the $20 million Wellness Center, Forbes, Princeton Review, and more. Its University Place, an innovative apartment- economic impact on the state of North Dakota style residence hall, the $124-million School and region is more than $1 billion. of Medicine and Health Sciences building; a renovated and expanded School of Law; the UND off ers more than 55 master’s and High Performance Athletics Center; and a more than 35 doctoral programs, as well renovated Wilkerson Hall, which will provide as professional programs in law (J.D.) and more dining options and gathering space for medicine (M.D.), and undergraduate degrees students. in 91 fi elds of study in its nine degree- granting colleges and schools: College of With 243 fi elds of study and nearly 3,000 Arts & Sciences, College of Business & Public courses, including internationally recognized Administration, College of Education & Human programs in aviation, aerospace, and Development, School of Graduate Studies, unmanned aircraft systems, UND has a vast The John D. Odegard School of Aerospace array of educational choices. The most Sciences, College of Nursing and Professional popular programs include engineering, Disciplines, College of Engineering and Mines, health professions, business, aerospace, and School of Law, and School of Medicine and education, The University is characterized Health Sciences. 2 2018 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 22018018 NNORTHORTH DDAKOTAAKOTA FFOOTBALLOOTBALL MMEDIAEDIA GGUIDEUIDE NOTABLE ALUMNI Tom Amberry, ‘46 Chuck Johnson, ‘48 Former world-record holder with 2,750 Sports writer and author, member of the consecutive free throws Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame Maxie Anderson, ‘56 Rick Kelleher, ‘69 First to cross Atlantic Ocean, North America Known as Don Bleu, host of The Gong Show in balloon Cora Smith King, 1889 James Maxwell Anderson, 1911 One of fi rst graduates; fi rst woman to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright pass N.D. state medical examination and perform surgery Sam Anderson, ‘69, ‘71 Actor, notably in Lost, Forrest Gump, Chuck Klosterman, ‘94 Friends, ER Best-selling author Chuck Klosterman (‘94), best-selling author of such books as Fargo Rock City and Downtown Owl, is one Ed Belfour, ‘87 Karen Nyberg, ‘94 of America’s foremost authorities on pop culture. Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender NASA astronaut Mark Chipman, ‘83, ‘85 Greg Page, ‘73 Owner, NHL’s Winnipeg Jets Executive Chairman, Cargill, Inc. Board