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NORTHWEST MISSOURI Five NCAA Division II National Championships • 1998, 1999, 2009, 2013, 2015 28 MIAA Championships • 21 NCAA Playoff Appearances BEARCATS BULLDOGS (13-0, 11-0 MIAA) GAME (12-2, 9-2 GLIAC) No. 1 / No. 1 No. 15 / No. 14 Head Coach: Adam Dorrel 14 Head Coach: Tony Annese Sixth Season: 74-8 Fifth Season: 49-11 Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016 • 2:30 p.m. CT • Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, Mo. All-time series: First meeting Live Audio: KXCV/KRNW • John Coffey (play-by-play) • Matt Tritten (Analyst) • Ryan Elliott (Sideline) Live Video: Live webstream on ESPN3.com; Shawn Kenney (pbp) and Forrest Conoly (analyst) Television Coverage: ESPN3.com 2016 Bearcat Football Schedule • This will be the first all-time meeting between the two schools. Ferris State will be the third GLIAC opponent Northwest has ever faced. The Bearcats are 4-2 against Grand Valley State and 1-0 against Saginaw Valley State. • Northwest advanced to the national semifinal W, 41-14 W, 41-7 W, 52-14 with a 35-0 win over Harding. The Bisons came Welsh Stadium, Emporia, Kan. Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, Mo. Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, Mo. in averaging a nation’s best 381.5 yards per game rushing but were held to just 119 yards on 43 carries. The Bearcat offense scored 35 points on a Harding defense that was allowing just 13.7 points per contest. Northwest finished the game with 418 yards of total offense against the Bison defense that came into the game allowing just W, 45-21 W, 42-17 W, 56-10 245.6 yards per game, the nation’s best mark. Fred G Hughes Stadium, Joplin, Mo. Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Mo. Wantland Stadium, Edmond, Okla. • The winner of today’s game will advance to the NCAA Championship. The other semifinal game features North Alabama visiting Shepherd University. • Northwest has now set a program record with W, 74-29 W, 47-12 W, 69-10 28 straight victories. The previous mark of 24 Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, Mo. Harlen Hunter Stadium, St. Charles, Mo. Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, Mo. games was accomplished from Sept. 18, 1999 - Nov. 11, 2000. Grand Valley holds the NCAA Division II record for consecutive wins at 40 (8/27/05 - 12/1/07). • The 28-game win streak is the longest active winning streak in college football. Alabama has W, 28-7 W, 44-3 Nov. 19 | BYE won 25 straight games and will play Washington Lewis Stadium, Hays, Kan. Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, Mo. NCAA First Round on Dec. 31 • 2016 marked the program’s 28th MIAA title and is the fourth-straight championship under Adam Dorrel. • This is the 21st NCAA postseason appearance W, 44-13 W, 35-0 Dec. 10 | 2:30 p.m. for the Bearcats. All-time, Northwest is 45-15 Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, Mo. Bearcat Stadium, Maryville, Mo. NCAA Semifinal Round with five NCAA National Champions. • This will be the program’s 11th NCAA semifinal game. All-time, the Bearcats are 9-1, going 8-0 in home semifinal contests. Dec. 17 | 3 p.m. NCAA Division II Championship Game | Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan. Northwest (13-0) vs. Ferris State (12-2) • BearcatSports.com 2 Team Notes Continued ... • Senior QB Zimmerman is 1-of-9 finalists for the 2016 Harlon advantage in quarters three and four. Hill Trophy. That award is given to the top Division II player in the nation. Northwest has never had a Harlon Hill winner. Zim- • Since 2013, Northwest is 10-1 in playoff games, going 10-0 in merman was also named first team Academic All-America and Maryville. Dating back all the way to the 2004 playoffs, the Bear- garnered the tile of CoSIDA Academic All-America® of the Year, cats are 21-0 at home, outscoring opponents, 822-324. During given to each sport’s top performer. that stretch, Northwest has qualified for the NCAA Playoffs each year, a span of 13 straight seasons. • Senior Collin Bevins will go down as one of the greatest defensive linemen in Bearcat history. The senior from Creston, • Phil Jackson II enters today’s game with the most playoff expe- Iowa, now owns career records in tackles for loss (57.0) and rience on the offensive side of the ball. Jackson has rushed for sacks (33.0). He is also the single season record holder in both 498 yards on 112 carries in 11 playoff games. He tied a North- categories, recording 26.5 tackles for loss and 15.5 sacks in west playoff record as a freshman in 2013 with four rushing 2015 as a junior. He is a 2016 AFCA First Team All-American. scores against St. Cloud State (12/7/13). • Simon Mathiesen has now hit a school record 61 field goals • On the defensive side of the ball, Jacob Vollstedt and Collin in his time at Northwest, breaking the previous record of 52 set Bevins have each seen action in Northwest’s past three playoff by David Purnell (1996-99). His 118 total playoff points ranks campaigns. Vollstedt set a playoff record with 18 tackles against second all time in Bearcat history. Emporia State in last year’s national quarterfinal on Dec. 12. He has 61 career playoff tackles and 6.0 sacks. Bevins has 33 total • In the NCAA quarterfinal, Mathiesen connected on all five of playoff tackles and a playoff record 11.0 career sacks. his field goal attempts, setting a Bearcat single game record. The previous mark of four-made field goals was accomplished • Northwest had 22 student-athletes earn All-MIAA honors this four times previously. year, nine garnering first team honors. Zimmerman was named the Offensive Player of the Year while Adam Dorrel picked up • The Bearcats have recorded two shutouts in playoff history, his third MIAA Coach of the Year award. both coming against Harding by the exact same score. North- west won the Nov. 17, 2012 contest in Maryville, 35-0, and • In addition, 48 Northwest student-athletes earned MIAA handed the Bisons another 35-0 defeat on Dec. 3 in Bearcat Academic Honor Roll honors in a release earlier this week. Stadium. Mathiesen, Zimmerman, Jordan Grove, Caleb Mather and TJ Schieber were named MIAA Scholar Athletes. • Northwest has outscored opponents 368-98 in the first half of games this year. It hasn’t been much easier to score against the • Dorrel was named the AFCA Region Coach of the Year and is Bearcats in the final 30 minutes either. Northwest holds a 250-59 a finalist for Coach of the Year honors. Northwest in the NCAA Rankings Games through Dec. 3, 2016 NCAA MIAA NCAA Team Rankings Rank Rank Value Individual Rankings Player Rank Value Blocked Kicks (143 ranked)....................1 ......1 .....11 Field Goal Percentage (99 ranked). .Simon Mathieson.. 2 . 0.857 Blocked Punts Allowed (169 ranked) . 1 ......1 .....0 Completion Percentage (141 ranked). .Kyle Zimmerman .. 5 . 0.690 Red Zone Offense (170 ranked) . 1 ......1 ... 0.957 Passing TDs (194 ranked) . Kyle Zimmerman .. 5 . 36 Rushing Defense (170 ranked) . .1 ......1 ....68.2 Total Points Scored (134 ranked). .Simon Mathieson.. 5 . .132 Scoring Defense (170 ranked) . .1 ......1 ....12.1 Passing Efficiency (141 ranked). Kyle Zimmerman .. 6 . 170.9 Total Defense (170 ranked)....................1 ......1 ... 240.7 Passing Yards (200 ranked) . .Kyle Zimmerman .. 6 . 3,582 Winning Percentage (165 ranked) . 1 ......1 ... 1.000 Points Responsible For (197 ranked). Kyle Zimmerman .. 6 . .258 Completion Percentage (170 ranked)............2 ......1 ... 0.692 Scoring Offense (170 ranked)..................2 ......1 ....47.5 Yards per Reception (30 ranked). Shawn Bane Jr.... 9 . 22.81 Tackles for Loss Allowed (170 ranked) . .2 ......1 ....3.31 Field Goals Per Game (149 ranked). .Simon Mathieson..10...1.38 4th Down Conversion Pct (170 ranked) . 5 ......1 ... 0.727 Points Res. For Per Game (199 ranked). Kyle Zimmerman ..11...19.8 Team Passing Efficiency (170 ranked)............6 ......1 ...166.64 Blocked Kicks (14 ranked). .Caleb Mather . .14....2 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (170 ranked) . .7 ......1 ... 0.270 . .Edward Richey...14....2 Team Passing Efficiency Defense (170 ranked).....7 ......1 ... 98.55 . Jacob Vollstedt . 14....2 Blocked Punts (55 ranked) . 8 ......1 .....3 Scoring (189 ranked). Simon Mathieson..16...10.2 Passes Had Intercepted (170 ranked)............8 ......1 .....5 Yards per Pass Attempt (30 ranked). .Kyle Zimmerman ..18...8.82 Sacks Allowed (170 ranked) . .8 ......1 ....0.85 Tackles For Loss (142 ranked). Jacob Vollstedt . 20...1.7 First Downs Offense (170 ranked) . 9 ......2 ....307 Total Offense (200 ranked) . .Kyle Zimmerman ..20..295.8 Defensive TDs (49 ranked) . .10 . .2 .....5 Passing Yards Per Game (200 ranked). .Kyle Zimmerman ..21..275.5 Turnovers Lost (170 ranked) ..................10 . .1 .....13 Punt Returns (83 ranked). Shawn Bane Jr....22...12.3 Blocked Kicks Allowed (162 ranked)............11 . .1 .....1 Completions Per Game (150 ranked) . .Kyle Zimmerman ..24..21.54 Punt Return Defense (170 ranked) . .12 . .2 ....3.71 Interceptions Per Game (108 ranked). .Jack Young . 25...0.5 First Downs Defense (170 ranked) . .13 . .1 ....172 Rush Yards Per Carry (30 ranked). Phil Jackson II ...27...6.15 Total Offense (170 ranked) ...................14 . .1 ... 485.7 Passing Yards Allowed (170 ranked) ............16 . .1 ... 172.5 Receiving TDs (166 ranked). Shawn Bane Jr....31....10 Net Punting (170 ranked) ....................18 . .2 ... 36.67 Passes Defended (101 ranked) . .Anthony Lane . 47...1.3 Red Zone Defense (170 ranked)...............18 . .1 ... 0.667 Team Tackles for Loss (170 ranked) . 18 . .1 .... 8.7 Passing Offense (170 ranked) .................19 . .3 ... 296.8 3 Northwest (13-0) vs. Ferris State (12-2) • BearcatSports.com 2016 NCAA Division II Football Championship First Round Second Round Quarterfinals **Semifinals Championship November 19 November 26 December 3 December 10 December 17 *1 California (PA) (10-0) *California (PA) (44-23) *4 Fairmont St.