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North Dakota State BISON FootbalL 36 Conference Championships | 16 National Championships 2019 Missouri Valley Football Conference & NCAA FCS National Champions 2020-21 Schedule North Dakota State Hosts Central Arkansas (0-0 overall, 0-0 MVFC) Date Opponent Time 10/3 #11/11 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Only Game of Fall Season 2/21 *YOUNGSTOWN STATE 2:30 p.m. 3/6 *at Indiana State TBD THIS WEEK: No. 1-ranked and three-time 3/13 *ILLINOIS STATE 2:30 p.m. defending national champion North Dakota State 3/20 *at South Dakota TBD plays its only game of the fall football season 3/27 *at Missouri State TBD this Saturday, Oct. 3, against Central Arkansas. NORTH DAKOTA STATE CENTRAL ARKANSAS 4/3 *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 2:30 p.m. Game time is 2:30 p.m. at Gate City Bank Field at 4/10 *at Northern Iowa TBD the Fargodome. BISON BEARS 4/17 *NORTH DAKOTA 2:30 p.m. (0-0, 0-0 MVFC) (2-1, 0-0 Southland) #STATS/AFCA rankings *MVFC games ^FCS playoffs Saturday’s game will conclude fall camp for North Dakota State. The Bison will return to prac- Rank: 1/1 (STATS/AFCA) Rank: 11/11 (STATS/AFCA) Quick Facts tice this winter in anticipation of an eight-game Last Game: Jan. 11 def. Last Game: Sept. 26 def. Location: Fargo, ND 58102 (pop. 124,662) James Madison 28-20 Missouri State 27-20 Missouri Valley Football Conference schedule Streak: Won 37 Streak: Won 1 Founded: 1890 beginning Feb. 21 and leading into a 16-team FCS At Home: 0-0 (Won 28) On Road: 1-1 (Lost 1) Enrollment: 12,846 (fall 2020) playoff ending in mid-May. Coach: Matt Entz Coach: Nathan Brown Nickname: Bison Record: 16-0 (2nd) Record: 17-10 (3rd) Colors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343) Central Arkansas, meanwhile, enters Stadium: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700) Saturday’s game with a 2-1 record after beating Surface: AstroTurf GameDay Grass MVFC opponent Missouri State 27-20 last Saturday. UCA opted out of a potential spring season with Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS the Southland Conference and is playing a 10-game schedule this fall including rare home-and-home Conference: Missouri Valley Football (MVFC) series with both Missouri State and Eastern Kentucky plus three Football Bowl Subdivision teams. Last Year’s Record: 16-0, 8-0 MVFC (1st) Starters Returning/Lost: 14/8 TELEVISION: Statewide coverage on the NBC North Dakota network begins at 1 p.m. with Offense: 9/2 Defense: 5/6 pregame coverage hosted by Beth Hoole and Alex Egan. ESPN+ will carry the game broadcast Basic Offense: Pro Style Basic Defense: 4-3 President: Dr. Dean L. Bresciani (Humboldt State, 1984) beginning at 2:30 p.m. with Brian Shawn (play-by-play), Lee Timmerman (analyst) and Ryan Gellner Director of Athletics: Matt Larsen (Stony Brook, 1996) (sidelines). ESPN+ is available by subscription on ESPN.com and the ESPN app. Athletic Department Phone: (701) 231-8981 Ticket Office Phone: (888) 231-6378 RADIO: Coverage begins at 2 p.m. on the Peterson Farms Seed Bison Radio Network with fifth-year NDSU play-by-play voice Jeff Culhane joined by NDSU and Buffalo Bills hall of famer Phil Football Staff Hansen and NDSU sideline reporter Jeremy Jorgenson. Extended coverage locally on Bison 1660 Head Coach: Matt Entz (Wartburg College, 1995) Record at NDSU: 16-0 (2nd season) and 92.7 FM includes “Bison Tailgate” from 11:00-12:00 with Brad Jones and “Bison Game Day” Career Record: same from 12:00-2:00 with Keith Brake and Cole Jirik. Brake and Jirik return for “Bison Hotline” with Chris Assistant Coaches/Staff: Hanson for two hours following the network broadcast. *Randy Hedberg (Minot St., 1977) ............... Assoc. Head Coach Passing Game Coord./QBs SATELLITE RADIO: Saturday’s NDSU radio broadcast will be available on satellite radio stations *Tyler Roehl (NDSU, 2009) ...Off. Coord./Tight Ends/Fullbacks David Braun (Winona St., 2008) ...............Def. Coord./Safeties Sirius 108, XM 207 and online channel 967 at SiriusXM.com. Nick Goeser (UW-Eau Claire, 2003) .... Spec.Teams Coord./DTs AJ Blazek (Iowa, 2002) ....................................Offensive Line ONLINE: NDSU All Access offers free audio streaming of all NDSU football games as well as Dan Larson (UW-Eau Claire, 2003) ................... Running Backs *Kody Morgan (UW-Stevens Point, 2012) ............ Cornerbacks live video of Bison home games to subscribers on GoBison.com/allaccess and the NDSU Athletics Grant Olson (NDSU, 2014) ................................... Linebackers mobile app. Live stats for NDSU home games are available on BisonStats.com. Follow along with Noah Pauley (Minn.-Duluth, 2012) ...................Wide Receivers in-game updates on Twitter @NDSUfootball. *Buddha Williams (U. of Charleston, 2009) ..... Defensive Ends *Connor Senger (UW-Oshkosh, 2017) .........Off. Quality Control *Lee Pronschinske (Winona State, 2019) .. Def. Quality Control ATTENDANCE: Attendance for this game will be limited to player families. Stadium doors open Nathan Bjoralt (NDSU, 2013) .......Dir. of Football Ops. & Equip. at 1:30 p.m. Tailgating is not allowed, and parking will be limited to passenger vehicles only. There Josh Kittell (Jamestown, 2008) ....... Dir. of Football Recruiting will be no recreational vehicles, buses or trailers allowed in the parking lots. John Riley (Arkansas State, 2008) .. Dir. of Football Video Ops. Jim Kramer (UW-La Crosse, 1989) ...Asst. AD/Ath. Performance *press box on game day MASKS REQUIRED: Masks will be required upon entering the Fargodome and must be worn throughout the duration of the game. For those that do not have a mask, one will be provided. Failure Athletic Communications to follow the directions of event personnel or failure to wear a mask (when not eating or drinking) Contact: Ryan Perreault could result in ticket revocation and the loss of ticket privileges in the future. Office: (701) 231-8331 Mobile: (701) 793-0521 Email: [email protected] Website: GoBison.com NEW DIGITAL PROGRAMS: A new digital game day program will be available to fans free of Facebook: @NDSUathletics charge through GoBison.com and the NDSU Athletics mobile app available for download in the Twitter: @NDSUathletics @NDSUfootball Apple App Store and Google Play. A free roster card presented by Gate City Bank will be available for Instagram: @NDSUathletics @NDSUfootball pickup on the concourse. YouTube: @NDSUathletics THE SERIES: This is the first meeting between North Dakota State and Central Arkansas. NDSU is 13-1 against Southland Conference opponents including a 37-13 victory over Nicholls State in the second round of the 2019 FCS playoffs. UCA is 4-5 against Missouri Valley Football Conference teams including last week’s home win over Missouri State. BISON FOOTBALL 2020 vs. Central Arkansas PAGE 2 TEAM COMPARISONS NORTH DAKOTA STATE (0-0) CENTRAL ARKANSAS (2-1) 2019 STATS BISON OPP 2020 STATS BEARS OPP Points/Game 37.2 12.3 Points/Game 28.7 27.3 First Downs 344 245 First Downs 53 65 Rushing/Game 287.6 136.1 Rushing/Game 125.0 142.3 Passing/Game 181.9 138.6 Passing/Game 185.0 218.7 Total Offense/Game 469.5 274.7 Total Offense/Game 310.0 361.0 VALLEY OVERALL Had Intercepted 1 17 Had Intercepted 4 3 W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Fumbles-Lost 13-5 18-6 Fumbles-Lost 6-4 8-6 Illinois State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Penalties-Avg. Yards 97-54.4 79-42.2 Penalties-Avg. Yards 17-57.0 30-101.0 Indiana State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Net Punt Avg. 35.9 35.8 Net Punt Avg. 27.8 31.9 North Dakota 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Time of Poss./Game 31:54 28:06 Time of Poss./Game 25:19 34:41 North Dakota State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3rd Down Conversions 51% 34% 3rd Down Conversions 30% 34% Northern Iowa 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 4th Down Conversions 13/19 10/26 4th Down Conversions 1/3 4/7 South Dakota 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 South Dakota State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 TOP RETURNERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Southern Illinois 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG Western Illinois 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Trey Lance 169 1100 6.5 14 68.8 Kierre Crossley 35 217 6.2 2 72.3 Youngstown State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Adam Cofield 167 813 4.9 12 50.8 Cameron Myers 32 152 4.8 1 50.7 PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG Missouri State 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 Trey Lance 192-287-0 66.9 28 174.1 Breylin Smith 60-119-4 50.4 5 185.0 RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPG RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPG Christian Watson 34 732 21.5 6 45.8 L. Winningham 12 133 11.1 3 44.3 Schedule & Scores Phoenix Sproles 33 541 16.4 2 36.1 Tyler Hudson 11 167 15.2 1 55.7 All Times Central DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FR DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FR Jackson Hankey 55-72-127 9.0 1 0-0 Dre Matthews 14-8-22 4.0 0 0-1 Saturday, Sept. 12 Michael Tutsie 46-59-105 3.5 7 1-0 Cameron Godfrey 12-7-19 0.5 0 0-0 at Oklahoma 48, Missouri St. 0 James Kaczor 39-38-77 4.0 0 0-0 TJ Campbell 11-4-15 3.0 0 0-0 Saturday, Sept.