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North Dakota State BISON FootbalL 35 Conference Championships | 15 National Championships 2018 Missouri Valley Football Conference and NCAA Division I FCS Champions 2019 Schedule Bison Close Non-Conference Schedule Saturday (3-0 overall, 0-0 MVFC) Date Opponent Time A31 vs. Butler (at Target Field) W, 57-10 With Top-Five Matchup vs. UC Davis S7 NORTH DAKOTA W, 38-7 S14 at #18/18 Delaware W, 47-22 THIS WEEK: No. 1-ranked North Dakota S21 #4/4 UC DAVIS 2:30 p.m. State (3-0) closes out non-conference play this O5 *at Illinois State 12 p.m. week against No. 4 UC Davis (2-1). Game time is O12 *NORTHERN IOWA (Homecoming) 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at Gate City Bank NORTH DAKOTA STATE UC DAVIS O19 *MISSOURI STATE 2:30 p.m. Field at the Fargodome (18,700). NDSU extended O26 *at South Dakota State (Dakota Marker) 2 p.m. its winning streak to 24 games last week with a BISON AGGIES N2 *at Youngstown State 6 p.m. ET (3-0, 0-0 MVFC) (2-1, 0-0 Big Sky) N9 *WESTERN ILLINOIS (Harvest Bowl) 2:30 p.m. 47-22 victory at Delaware. UC Davis, which lost to Rank: 1/1 (STATS/AFCA) Rank: 4/4 (STATS/AFCA) N16 *SOUTH DAKOTA 2:30 p.m. Eastern Washington in the FCS quarterfinals last year, won its home opener 41-13 over Lehigh. Last Game: Sept. 14 def. Last Game: Sept. 14 def. N23 *at Southern Illinois 2 p.m. Delaware 47-22 Lehigh 41-13 *MVFC games Streak: Won 24 Streak: Won 2 TELEVISION: KVLY and the NBC North At Home: 1-0 (Won 20) On Road: 1-1 (Won 1) Quick Facts Dakota network will carry the game with Brian Coach: Matt Entz Coach: Dan Hawkins Location: Fargo, ND 58102 (pop. 105,549) Record: 3-0 (1st) Record: 17-10 (3rd) Founded: 1890 Shawn joined by Lee Timmerman and sideline Enrollment: 13,796 (fall 2018) reporter Ryan Gellner. Pregame coverage hosted Nickname: Bison by Beth Hoole, Alex Egan and Kyle Emanuel begins at 1:30 p.m. The game will be available to ESPN+ Colors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343) subscribers on ESPN.com and the ESPN app. Stadium: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700) Surface: AstroTurf GameDay Grass RADIO: Coverage begins at 2 p.m. on the Peterson Farms Seed Bison Radio Network with Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS fourth-year NDSU play-by-play voice Jeff Culhane joined by NDSU and Buffalo Bills hall of famer Phil Conference: Missouri Valley Football (MVFC) Hansen and NDSU sideline reporter Jeremy Jorgenson. Extended coverage locally on 107.9 The Last Year’s Record: 15-0, 8-0 MVFC (1st) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 39/22 Fox, Bison 1660 and 92.7 FM includes “Bison Tailgate” from 11:00-12:00 with Brad Jones and Nate Starters Returning/Lost: 7/15 Tanguay and “Bison Game Day” from 12:00-2:00 with Keith Brake and Cole Jirik. Brake and Jirik Offense: 3/8 Defense: 4/7 return for “Bison Hotline” with Chris Hanson and Kyle Emanuel for two hours following the network Basic Offense: Pro Style Basic Defense: 4-3 broadcast. President: Dr. Dean L. Bresciani (Humboldt State, 1984) Director of Athletics: Matt Larsen (Stony Brook, 1996) ONLINE: NDSU All Access offers free audio streaming of all NDSU football games as well as Athletic Department Phone: (701) 231-8981 live video of Bison home games to subscribers on GoBison.com/allaccess and the NDSU Athletics Ticket Office Phone: (888) 231-6378 mobile app. Live stats for NDSU home games are available on BisonStats.com. Follow along with Football Staff in-game updates on Twitter @NDSUfootball. Head Coach: Matt Entz (Wartburg College, 1995) Record at NDSU: 3-0 (1st season) TICKETS: Single-game tickets for all six NDSU home games went on sale Aug. 1 and sold out Career Record: same for the eighth straight year. A limited number of additional single-game tickets become available Assistant Coaches/Staff: each game week and will go on sale Fridays at 7 a.m. online only at GoBison.com/tickets. *Randy Hedberg (Minot St., 1977) ............... Assoc. Head Coach Passing Game Coord./QBs *Tyler Roehl (NDSU, 2009) ...Off. Coord./Tight Ends/Fullbacks THE SERIES: This is the 11th meeting between North Dakota State and UC Davis dating back David Braun (Winona St., 2008) ...............Def. Coord./Safeties to 1982. NDSU leads the series 6-4, but the teams have split four games in Fargo with the Aggies Nick Goeser (UW-Eau Claire, 2003) .... Spec.Teams Coord./DTs AJ Blazek (Iowa, 2002) ....................................Offensive Line holding a 2-1 advantage in three previous trips to the Fargodome. The Bison have won the last two Dan Larson (UW-Eau Claire, 2003) ................... Running Backs straight meetings 28-24 on the road in 2006 and 35-16 at home in 2007. *Kody Morgan (UW-Stevens Point, 2012) ............ Cornerbacks Grant Olson (NDSU, 2014) ................................... Linebackers GREAT WEST HISTORY: North Dakota State and UC Davis were founding members of the Great Noah Pauley (Minn.-Duluth, 2012) ...................Wide Receivers *Buddha Williams (U. of Charleston, 2009) ..... Defensive Ends West Football Conference in 2004, the first year of Division I football for both programs. The Bison *Ben Klinger (Minnesota, 2015) .................Off. Quality Control won 3 of 4 meetings as conference foes. NDSU won the Great West in 2006 and joined the Missouri *Luke Olson (Minnesota, 2012) ................ Def. Quality Control Valley Football Conference in 2008. UC Davis won Great West titles in 2005 and 2009 and remained Nathan Bjoralt (NDSU, 2013) .......Dir. of Football Ops. & Equip. Josh Kittell (Jamestown, 2008) ....... Dir. of Football Recruiting a league member through its final season in 2011 before joining the Big Sky Conference in 2012. John Riley (Arkansas State, 2008) .. Dir. of Football Video Ops. Jim Kramer (UW-La Crosse, 1989) ...Asst. AD/Ath. Performance PLAYOFF HISTORY: UC Davis is one of four teams North Dakota State has played four times in *press box on game day the NCAA playoffs. The Bison are 3-1 against UC Davis in the playoffs, 2-2 against Pittsburg State, Athletic Communications and 4-0 against both Sam Houston State and South Dakota State. The first four meetings between Contact: Ryan Perreault NDSU and UC Davis all came in the NCAA Division II playoffs. The Aggies hosted semifinal games in Office: (701) 231-8331 Mobile: (701) 793-0521 1982 and 1983 winning the first meeting 19-14 before falling to Texas State in the 1982 title game. Email: [email protected] NDSU won 26-17 at Davis in 1983 before winning its first of five Division II crowns 41-21 over Central Website: GoBison.com State (Ohio). The Bison won back-to-back quarterfinals against UC Davis at home in 1984 (31-21) Facebook: @NDSUathletics before a runner-up finish and 31-12 on the road in the 1985 championship season. Twitter: @NDSUathletics @NDSUfootball Instagram: @NDSUathletics @NDSUfootball YouTube: @NDSUathletics BISON FOOTBALL 2019 vs. UC Davis PAGE 2 TEAM COMPARISONS NORTH DAKOTA ST. (3-0, 0-0 MVFC) UC DAVIS (2-1, 0-0 Big Sky) NCAA RANKINGS TEAM STATS BISON OPP TEAM STATS AGGIES OPP NDSU UCD Points/Game 47.3 13.0 Points/Game 30.7 25.0 Scoring Off. 2nd 44th First Downs 71 42 First Downs 59 65 Rushing Off. 2nd 83rd Rushing/Game 316.3 93.7 Rushing/Game 105.7 155.0 Passing Off. 69th 9th Passing/Game 191.3 136.0 Passing/Game 332.0 226.3 Total Offense 6th 23rd Total Offense/Game 507.7 229.7 Total Offense/Game 437.7 381.3 Passing Eff. 1st 32nd Had Intercepted 0 4 Had Intercepted 2 3 Scoring Def. 6th 36th Standings & Schedule Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-0 Fumbles-Lost 5-3 8-6 Rushing Def. 14th 49th All times Central Penalties-Avg. Yards 14-41.0 14-34.0 Penalties-Avg. Yards 18-56.7 13-46.0 Passing Def. 8th 57th VALLEY OVERALL Net Punt Avg. 30.9 34.5 Net Punt Avg. 39.0 34.2 Total Defense 4th 43rd W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Time of Poss/Game. 32:04 27:56 Time of Poss/Game. 27:29 32:31 Pass Eff. Def. 2nd 43rd North Dakota State 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000 3rd Down Conversions 58% 28% 3rd Down Conversions 37% 46% Net Punting 100th 22nd Youngstown State 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000 4th Down Conversions 2/2 1/3 4th Down Conversions 8/13 2/5 Punt Returns 18th 35th Illinois State 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 Kick Returns 59th 71st South Dakota State 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Turnover Mar. 29th 14th Southern Illinois 0-0 .000 2-1 .667 RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG Pen Yds/Gm 24th 56th Northern Iowa 0-0 .000 1-1 .500 Trey Lance 27 234 8.7 4 78.0 Ulonzo Gilliam 54 280 5.2 4 93.3 Time of Poss. 19th 94th Kobe Johnson 21 194 9.2 1 64.7 PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG 3rd Dn Conv. 3rd 56th Indiana State 0-0 .000 1-2 .333 PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG Jake Maier 86-124-2 69.4 6 307.0 3rd Dn Def. 8th 87th Missouri State 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 Trey Lance 39-49-0 79.6 9 180.7 RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPG 4th Dn Conv.