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CCSPONCORDIAONCORDIA UNIVERSITYNIVERSITY, ST. PAULAUL ATHLETICSTHLETICS GoldenGolden BBearear FFootballootball WeekWeek 5 Release,Release, OOctoberctober 55,, 22013013 cugoldenbears.com/footballcuc u gog o ldl d ene n beb e ara r s.s . coc o m/m / fof o oto t bab a lll l Assistant Athletic Director/Communications: Josh Deer | Ph: 651.641.8893 | Email: [email protected] | Fax: 651.641.8767 Graduate Assistant: Patrick Rydeen | Email: [email protected] | Address: 1282 Concordia Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104 QUICK FACTS CONCORDIACCONCNCORORDIDIA UNIVERSITYUNUNIVVERERSISITYTY School: ................... Concordia University, St. Paul (3-1(3(3-1-1 NSIC,NSSIIC,C, 0-00-0-0 NSICNSISIC SOUTH)SOSOUTUTH)H) Location: ........................................St. Paul, Minn. VSVS Address: ............................... 1282 Concordia Ave .................................................St. Paul, MN 55104 #2#2 MINNESOTAMININNENESOS TATA STATESTATATETE Founded/Enrollment: .........................1893 / 3,632 Nickname: ........................................Golden Bears (4-0(4(4-0-0 NSIC,NSISIC,C, 0-00-0-0 NSICNSISIC SOUTH)SOSOUTUTH)H) School Colors: ............ Navy Blue and Vegas Gold Game 5 | Saturday, October 5, 12 p.m. Stadium/Capacity: ....Sea Foam Stadium / 3,500+ Surface: ...................................................Sprinturf Sea Foam Stadium | St. Paul, Minn. | NSIC South Divisional Game Affi liation: .........................NCAA Division II / NSIC Watch Online & Mobile Live Stats: cugoldenbears.com/watch President: .......................................Rev. Tom Ries Director of Athletics: ........................Tom Rubbelke Live Stats: cugoldenbears.com/livefb Athletic Dept. Phone: .................... (651) 641-8854 NSIC Live Stats Matrix (all schools): nsicscores.com/livecentral.htm Athletic Trainer: .................................. Ted Trzynka NSIC Live Football Scoreboard: nsicscores.com FOOTBALL HISTORY HOMECOMING PRESENTS NATIONAL CHALLENGE on the MSU 45 yard line and drove down to the Maverick This Saturday, Concordia-St. Paul looks to Let the Good three yard line before settling for a 20 yard Tom Obarski First year of football: ...................................... 1969 Times ROAR in hosting #2 Minnesota State in the open- fi eld goal to take the lead. All-time record: ..................................... 201-225-2 ing weekend of NSIC divisional play. Concordia (3-1) hosts NCAA Division II-era record:..........................85-74 one of two unbeaten teams in the NSIC as Minnesota State 15th-ranked MSU would connect for a pair of fi eld goals in NSIC Record: ................................................67-61 is off to a 4-0 start. each quarter to take a 6-3 halftime lead. NSIC Championships: .................... 2 (2003, 2005) All-time bowl/playoff record: ............................. 0-3 The other unbeaten, #18 St. Cloud State, also takes on In the second half, it was all Mavericks as MSU scored a Years in postseason play: ........................3 (MWB) a 3-1 team on the road as SCSU travels to #7 Minnesota touchdown on its fi rst possession and added another touch- Mineral Water Bowl Appearances: ........................ Duluth. Two weeks ago, Concordia hosted SCSU and MSU down late in the third quarter while limiting Concordia to two ...........................2010, vs Pittsburg State (L, 9-13) traveled to UMD as the only four unbeatens in the league in fi rst downs and nine plays in the quarter. ............... 2005, vs Missouri Western St. (L, 23-35) an interesting twist on Saturday’s game. ............... 2003, vs Missouri Western St. (L, 14-24) Concordia added a fourth quarter touchdown, a 51-yard STRONG START FOR THE GOLDEN BEARS strike from James Peterson to Tre Mason with 2:24 to play COACHING STAFF Concordia improves to 3-1 for the 14th time in program his- to put the fi nal 30-10 on the scoreboard. tory dating back to 1969 and its the fi rst 3-1 start since the Head Coach: ...................................Ryan Williams 2010 Mineral Water Bowl team that fi nished 8-4 … Concor- Despite the fi nal margin, Concordia topped 300 yards of of- Alma Mater: ...................North Dakota State (‘01) dia’s previous 13 teams that started 3-1 have all fi nished fense (302) against the vaunted Maverick defense including Record at School: ........................11-15 (3rd year) .500 or better on the season ... it’s the best start to a sea- 228 through the air. MSU countered with 391 yards includ- Career Record: .............................................same son in head coach Ryan Williams’ third season. ing 216 on the ground, however. Concordia added 108 pen- Assistant Coaches: ................................................ alty yards in the defeat. Defensive Coordinator/DB: ...................Todd Strop A win for the Golden Bears would give them a 4-1 start for the Running Backs/Tight Ends: ..............Derek Branch fi rst time since their last NSIC Championship season in 2005 LAST WEEK: CONCORDIA 36, MSU MOORHEAD 34 Defensive Line: .............................Sam Cummings and would be the 10th 4-1 or better start in program history. Senior All-America defensive end Zach Moore provided the Offensive Line: ..................................Mike McHugh play of the game as he blocked the Dragons’ game-winning Graduate Asst/ILB: .............................Mike LaBore SERIES NOTES: CONCORDIA 2, MSU 5 23-yard fi eld goal with seven seconds to play to seal a two- Graduate Asst/WR: ................................DP Eyman Concordia is 2-5 all-time against MSU, losing the last two point road win. Graduate Asst/OLB:............................Rob Huberty meetings … Concordia is 1-2 all-time against the Mavericks Secondary: ........................................ Russell Gary at home with the only home win coming in 2005 at Griffi n Junior running back Tre Spears rushed for 150 yards on Special Teams/OL Asst: .................Josh Rosenthal Stadium … the Golden Bears are 0-2 against MSU at Sea 29 attempts with two touchdowns while backup Ronald Offensive Assistant: ..............................Lee Brekke Foam Stadium, losing in 2009 and 2011 … Concordia’s last Zollicoffer had a career-high 17 carries for 68 yards and a Offensive Assistant: ............................Ben Harmon win over the Mavericks was in 2010 in Mankato with MSU touchdown as the Golden Bears rushed for 235 yards on 54 Strength & Conditioning:...................Chad Behnke ranked #11 which gave Concordia a 3-1 start en route to an team attempts against the Dragons. Athletic Trainer:................................... Ted Trzynka 8-4 fi nish and a Mineral Water Bowl appearance. The Golden Bears also hit on two big plays, a 62-yard LAST MEETING, 2012: MSU 30, CONCORDIA 10 punt return for touchdown by Cordell Smith and a 54-yard TEAM INFORMATION It was a strong start for the Golden Bears on the road, after touchdown pass from Jared Russo to Matt Buhmann for getting stopped on their fi rst possession they forced MSU Buhmann’s fi rst career reception. Smith’s punt return was Overall record last year: ...................................2-9 receiver and current Minnesota Viking practice squad mem- followed by a two-point conversion in the second quarter to Conference record / fi nish: ............2-9 NSIC (13th) ber Adam Thielen to fumble the punt. Concordia recovered give Concordia an 8-7 lead that they’d never relinquish. Division record / fi nish: ...................1-6 South (6th) Postseason: ....................................................none 2013 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Starters retuning/lost: ......................... Offense: 7/4 Date Opponent Location - Stadium Time/Result ......................................................... Defense: 10/1 9/7 * ! Minot State (N.D.) St. Paul, Minn. - Sea Foam Stadium W, 29-0 ................................................. Special Teams: 4/2 9/14 * at Bemidji State Bemidji, Minn. - Chet Anderson Stadium W, 17-14 9/21 * @ #23 St. Cloud State St. Paul, Minn. - Sea Foam Stadium L, 3-34 9/28 * at MSU Moorhead Moorhead, Minn. - Alex Nemzek Stadium W, 36-34 10/5 * ^# #2 Minnesota State St. Paul, Minn. - Sea Foam Stadium 12 p.m. 10/12 * ^ at Upper Iowa Fayette, Iowa - Harms-Eischeid Stadium 6 p.m. 10/19 * ^% Sioux Falls (S.D.) St. Paul, Minn. - Sea Foam Stadium 11 a.m. 10/26 * ^ at Wayne State (Neb.) Wayne, Neb. - Bob Cunningham Field 1 p.m. 11/2 * ^ at Augustana (S.D.) Sioux Falls, S.D. - Kirkeby-Over Stadium 1 p.m. 11/9 * ^$ Southwest Minnesota State St. Paul, Minn. - Sea Foam Stadium 1 p.m. 11/16 * ^ Winona State St. Paul, Minn. - Sea Foam Stadium TBA *-NSIC games | ^ - NSIC South Division Games | ! - Family Day | @ - Day of Heroes # - Homecoming | % - Randy Shaver’s Tackle Cancer | $ - Senior Day all games (home & away) broadcast live on the web at www.cugoldenbears.com/watch 2013 CU FOOTBALL | WEEK 5 | MINNESOTA STATE | OCT 5, 12 P.M. | SEA FOAM STADIUM | ST. PAUL, MINN. Defensively, redshirt freshman linebacker Chris Krakau had backfi elds with a vengeance by ranking fi fth in the country AT A GLANCE... a breakthrough performance with career-highs of 10 tackles, with 14.0 sacks and 11th with 21.0 tackles for loss to gar- STATISTICAL COMPARISON 2.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks. One of his sacks in the ner multiple All-America First Team honors including by the 2013 Stats CU MSU Scoring Offense 21.2 41.2 fourth quarter caused a fumble, that he also recovered. American Football Coaches Association. Scoring Defense 20.5 19.5 First Downs 15.5 20.3 Four defenders topped 10-tackles for Concordia led by Josh Now a 6-6,