North Dakota State BISON FootbalL Missouri Valley Football Conference Champions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 NCAA Division I FCS National Champions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 2016 Schedule MVFC, CAA Champs North Dakota State, James Madison 12-1 overall, 7-1 MVFC (1st, tie) Date Opponent Time A27 #7/6 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W, 24-17 (ot) Meet in Friday Night FCS Semifinal on ESPN2 S10 #8/8 EASTERN WASHINGTON W, 50-44 (ot) THIS WEEK: Champions of the Missouri Valley S17 at #13/11 Iowa W, 23-21 Football Conference and Colonial Athletic Association O1 *#18/20 ILLINOIS ST. (Homecoming) W, 31-10 meet this week when No. 1 seed North Dakota State O8 *at Missouri State W, 27-3 O15 *#11/14 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. (Dakota Marker) L, 17-19 (12-1) hosts No. 4 seed James Madison (12-1) in the NORTH DAKOTA STATE JAMES MADISON O22 *at #12/13 Western Illinois W, 21-13 semifinal round of the NCAA Division I Football Cham- BISON DUKES O29 *at Northern Iowa W, 24-20 pionship at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Gate City Bank (12-1, 7-1 MVFC) (12-1, 8-0 CAA) N5 *#15/13 YOUNGSTOWN ST. (Harvest Bowl) W, 24-3 Field at the Fargodome (18,700). The winner advances N12 *INDIANA STATE W, 41-17 to the Jan. 7 national championship game in Frisco, Rank: 4/3 (STATS/Coaches) Rank: 5/5 (STATS/Coaches) Texas, against the winner of Saturday’s semifinal fea- Last Game: Dec. 10 def. Last Game: Dec. 9 def. N19 *at South Dakota W, 28-21 South Dakota St. 36-10 Sam Houston St. 65-7 D3 ^#24/25 SAN DIEGO W, 45-7 turing Youngstown State (11-3) at No. 2 seed Eastern Streak: Won 7 Streak: Won 10 D10 ^#7/7 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W, 36-10 Washington (12-1). At Home: 7-1 (Won 4) On Road: 4-1 (Won 4) D16 ^#5/5 JAMES MADISON 6 p.m. Coach: Coach: Mike Houston *MVFC games ^FCS playoffs #STATS/FCS Coaches (AP/FBS Coaches) TELEVISION: ESPN2 will televise the game live Record: 40-4 (3rd) Record: 12-1 (1st) Quick Facts with Anish Shroff play-by-play, Ahmad Brooks ana- Location: Fargo, ND 58102 (pop. 105,925) lyst and Cole Cubelic sidelines. Video streaming will be available on WatchESPN.com and the Founded: 1890 ESPN app through participating television providers. Enrollment: 14,432 (fall 2016) Nickname: Bison RADIO: Coverage begins at 5:30 p.m. on KPFX-FM 107.9 The Fox and the Peterson Farms Colors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343) Seed Bison Radio Network with Jeff Culhane play-by-play, NDSU and Buffalo Bills Hall of Famer Home Field: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700) Phil Hansen analyst, and NDSU’s Jeremy Jorgenson sidelines. A free live audio stream of the Surface: AstroTurf GameDay Grass Bison Radio Network broadcast is available on GoBison.com/allaccess. Extended coverage on Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS 107.9 The Fox and Bison 1660 includes “Bison Game Day” from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and “Bison Ho- Conference: Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) tline” for 2 hours following the network broadcast with hosts Keith Brake, Chris Hanson and Last Year’s Record: 13-2 overall, 7-1 MVFC (1st, tie) former NDSU safety Christian Dudzik. Lettermen Returning/Lost: 48/15 Starters Returning: 14 (6 offense, 8 defense) THE SERIES: This is the second meeting between North Dakota State and James Madi- Basic Offense: Pro Style Basic Defense: 4-3 son. NDSU won 26-14 in Fargo in the second round of the 2011 FCS playoffs. The Bison are 4-0 President: Dr. Dean L. Bresciani (Humboldt State, 1984) Director of Athletics: Matt Larsen (Stony Brook, 1996) against CAA teams including wins over New Hampshire in the 2013 semifinals (52-14), Towson Athletic Department Phone: (701) 231-8981 in the 2013 championship (35-7), and Richmond in the 2015 semifinals (33-7). Ticket Office Phone: (888) 231-6378 NDSU STOPS SDSU IN QUARTERFINALS: North Dakota State rushed for 302 yards and Football Staff held South Dakota State to 30 yards of total offense in the final three quarters of a 36-10 quar- Head Coach: Chris Klieman (Northern Iowa, 1990) terfinal victory. NDSU rebounded from its first double-digit deficit in more than a year with 36 Record at NDSU: 40-4 (3rd season) Career: 43-11 (3rd) unanswered points. King Frazier carried 15 times for 101 yards and Lance Dunn finished with Assistant Coaches/Staff: 13 carries for 91 yards including a 49-yard TD run. Quarterback had 16 carries (Wartburg, 1995)...... Defensive Coordinator/LBs for 83 yards and two TDs and went 12 of 21 passing for 188 yards including a 67-yard passing *Tim Polasek (Concordia Wisconsin, 2002)....Offensive Coordinator/RBs Atif Austin (Iowa State, 2003)...... Special Teams Coordinator/WRs TD to , who had four catches for a career-high 105 yards all in the second Jamar Cain (New Mexico State, 2002)...... Defensive Ends half. Greg Menard had five tackles including a strip sack and recovery,Tre Dempsey *Nick Goeser (Wis.-Eau Claire, 2003)...... DTs/Recruiting Coordinator intercepted his sixth pass of the season, defensive tackle Grant Morgan scored on a safety, * (Minot State, 1977)...... Quarterbacks and Caleb Butler had a pair of sacks. It was NDSU’s third win over SDSU in three FCS playoff *Joe Klanderman (Minn. St. Mankato, 2001)...... Defensive Backs rematches. The Bison held the ball for a season-high 40:55 including a 20-play, 82-yard, 12:09 Conor Riley (Omaha, 2003)...... Offensive Line (NDSU, 2009)...... Tight Ends/Fullbacks scoring drive in the second quarter to go ahead 14-10. (NDSU, 2015)...... Defensive Assistant *Kody Morgan (Wis.-Stevens Point, 2012)...... Offensive Quality Control BISON BEAT SAN DIEGO IN SECOND ROUND: Easton Stick passed for 208 yards and an Jake Otten (Cal Poly, 2013)...... Video Coordinator NDSU postseason-record three TDs to lead NDSU to a 45-7 victory over San Diego in the second Hank Jacobs (NDSU, 2014)...... Dir. of Football Operations round. Chase Morlock caught touchdowns of 16 and 49 yards, RJ Urzendowski caught an 11- Jim Kramer (Wis.-La Crosse, 1989)...... Dir. of Athletic Performance Nathan Bjoralt (NDSU, 2013)...... Dir. of Equipment Services yard TD, and running backs Lance Dunn and Bruce Anderson scored on fourth-quarter runs of *press box on game day 56 and 61 yards, respectively, to put an exclamation point on NDSU’s 21st straight postseason victory. The Bison averaged 9.6 yards per carry and rushed for 299 yards against the top-ranked Athletic Communications defense in FCS. MJ Stumpf had eight tackles plus a 40-yard return TD. Contact: Ryan Perreault Office: (701) 231-8331 Mobile: (701) 793-0521 SEVEN STRAIGHT POSTSEASONS: This is NDSU’s seventh straight FCS playoff appear- Email: [email protected] Website: GoBison.com ance and 30th postseason trip overall. The Bison are 59-14 in the postseason and 54-13 in the NCAA playoff format since 1973. NDSU has won 22 straight FCS playoff games since the 2010 /ndbison /ndsufootball /ndsuathletics quarterfinal loss in overtime at Eastern Washington, the eventual national champion that year. BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 2 TEAM COMPARISONS NORTH DAKOTA STATE (12-1, 7-1 MVFC) JAMES MADISON (12-1, 8-0 CAA) NCAA RANKINGS TEAM STATS BISON OPP TEAM STATS DUKES OPP NDSU JMU Points/Game 30.1 15.8 Points/Game 49.6 22.1 Scoring Offense 37th 1st First Downs 249 220 First Downs 350 238 Rushing Offense 9th 4th Rushing/Game 249.2 99.2 Rushing/Game 291.0 138.2 Passing Offense 99th 36th Passing/Game 163.3 211.0 Passing/Game 241.0 209.8 Total Offense 30th 3rd Total Offense/Game 412.5 310.2 Total Offense/Game 532.0 348.0 Passing Eff. 19th 1st Had Intercepted 9 18 Had Intercepted 8 20 Scoring Defense 3rd 24th VALLEY FOOTBALL STANDINGS -Lost 12-6 15-7 Fumbles-Lost 13-4 15-8 Rushing Defense 8th 38th VALLEY OVERALL Penalties-Avg. Yards 78-55.3 62-38.1 Penalties-Avg. Yards 87-61.5 67-44.8 Pass Defense 52nd 51st W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Net Punt Avg. 35.5 39.0 Net Punt Avg. 38.2 31.5 Total Defense 9th 31st x–North Dakota State 7-1 .875 12-1 .923 Time of Possession/Game 31:47 28:13 Time of Possession/Game 32:19 27:41 Pass Eff. Defense 29th 7th 3rd Down Conversions 47% 41% 3rd Down Conversions 53% 33% Net Punting 56th 14th xy–South Dakota State 7-1 .875 9-4 .692 4th Down Conversions 7/10 8/24 4th Down Conversions 12/21 10/21 Punt Returns 16th 1st Youngstown State 6-2 .750 11-3 .786 Kickoff Returns 37th 52nd Northern Iowa 4-4 .500 5-6 .455 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Turnover Margin 15th 7th Illinois State 4-4 .500 6-6 .500 RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG Fewest Penalty YPG 48th 74th Western Illinois 3-5 .375 6-5 .545 Lance Dunn 156 940 6.0 6 72.3 Khalid Abdullah 249 1528 6.1 20 117.5 Time of Poss. 22nd 16th South Dakota 3-5 .375 4-7 .364 King Frazier 171 835 4.9 10 69.6 Trai Sharp 103 593 5.8 5 45.6 3rd Down Conv. 11th 3rd Southern Illinois 2-6 .250 4-7 .364 PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG 3rd Down Defense 87th 16th Indiana State 2-6 .250 4-7 .364 Easton Stick 150-250-9 60.0 19 162.7 Bryan Schor 199-267-5 74.5 2648 220.7 4th Down Conv. 7th 37th Missouri State 2-6 .250 4-7 .364 RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPG RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPG 4th Down Defense 10th 51st x-clinched share of championship Darrius Shepherd 41 600 14.6 5 50.0 Brandon Ravenel 44 708 16.1 5 54.5 y-NCAA automatic qualifier (head-to-head win) RJ Urzendowski 29 518 17.9 3 39.8 Terrence Alls 39 575 14.7 5 44.2 DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FR DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FR MJ Stumpf 43-36-79 12.0 2 0-1 Brandon Hereford 53-43-96 7.5 0 0-0 #FCSPLAYOFFS SCHEDULE Robbie Grimsley 38-38-76 1.0 4 1-0 Gage Steele 46-41-87 3.5 1 0-0 All times Central Matt Plank 31-40-71 5.0 1 1-0 Jordan Brown 46-33-79 2.5 2 1-0 NCAA First Round Saturday, Nov. 26 (all on ESPN3) San Diego 35, at Cal Poly 21 SIX STRAIGHT CONFERENCE TITLES: North Dakota State won a share of its sixth straight at Villanova 31, Saint Francis 21 Missouri Valley Football Conference championship this season, tying South Dakota State with a at Chattanooga 45, Weber State 14 7-1 record in league play. NDSU won outright MVFC titles in 2012 and 2013. The Bison shared at New Hampshire 64, Lehigh 21 the 2011 title with Northern Iowa and the 2014 and 2015 crowns with Illinois State. North at Youngstown State 38, Samford 24 Dakota State has won 33 football conference championships including 26 in the North Central at Wofford 15, Charleston Southern 14 Conference (last in 1994) and one in the Great West Football Conference (2006). at Richmond 39, North Carolina A&T 10 at Central Arkansas 31, Illinois State 24 FIVE STRAIGHT NATIONAL TITLES: North Dakota State won its 13th football national championship last season. NDSU claimed three College Division national championships in NCAA Second Round 1965, 1968 and 1969, five Division II titles in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1990, and is the first Saturday, Dec. 3 (all on ESPN3) team in history to win five straight national championships with FCS titles in at #1 North Dakota State 45, San Diego 7 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. at #8 South Dakota State 10, Villanova 7 at #5 Sam Houston State 41, Chattanooga 36 HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE: NDSU is 18-0 at home in the FCS playoffs and has won 19 at #4 James Madison 55, New Hampshire 22 straight home playoff games including a 1992 Division II first round victory against Northeast Youngstown State 40, at #3 Jacksonville State 24 Missouri State in the final game at Dacotah Field. Minnesota State Mankato was the last team Wofford 17, at #6 The Citadel 3 to beat NDSU at home in the playoffs, a 27-7 defeat in the 1991 Division II first round. The Richmond 24, at #7 North Dakota 24 past six FCS national champions have played all their playoff games at home, a luxury NDSU is at #2 Eastern Washington 31, Central Arkansas 14 enjoying for the sixth straight season. NCAA Quarterfinals BISON AT HOME: North Dakota State is 55-5 at home since 2010. The Bison have won 54 Friday, Dec. 9 of the last 55 home games over non-conference opponents including 45 straight since a 2003 at #4 James Madison 65, #5 Sam Houston State 7 loss to UC Davis. NDSU is 16-3 at home all-time against FCS Top 10 teams. North Dakota State Saturday, Dec. 10 at #1 North Dakota State 36, #8 South Dakota State 10 ranks fifth in the FCS with an average home attendance of 18,590 through eight games and has at Youngstown State 30, Wofford 23 (2 OT) drawn 18,000-plus to 46 straight home contests. at #2 Eastern Washington 38, Richmond 0 LEAGUE-BEST 12 ALL-MVFC: North Dakota State led all schools with 12 players named NCAA Semifinals to the All-Missouri Valley Football Conference team plus three honorable mentions by a vote of Friday, Dec. 16 the league’s media, head coaches and sports information directors. First team picks were run- #4 James Madison at #1 North Dakota State, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) ning back King Frazier, fullback Chase Morlock, left guard Zack Johnson, right tackle Landon Saturday, Dec. 17 Lechler, linebacker MJ Stumpf, defensive end Greg Menard, and safeties Tre Dempsey and Youngstown St. at #2 Eastern Washington, 5:30 p.m. (ESPNU) Robbie Grimsley. Second team selections were right guard Jack Plankers, tight end Jeff Illies, defensive tackle Nate Tanguay, and long snapper James Fisher. Linebacker Pierre Gee- NCAA Division I Football Championship Game Tucker, cornerback Jalen Allison and quarterback Easton Stick earned honorable mention. Saturday, Jan. 7 The 12 honorees are NDSU’s second most in nine years of conference membership behind only 11 a.m. (ESPN2) the 15-0 team of 2013 that landed 14 players between the All-MVFC first and second teams. BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 3

PETERSON FARMS SEED ALL-NEWCOMER KOONCE SHUTS DOWN PUNT RETURN GAME: North Dakota State leads the FCS in punt return defense with only three opponent punt returns going for a net BISON RADIO NETWORK 0.0 yards. The FCS record is 0.96 yards allowed per punt return by the 1988 Yale team that held North Dakota State University football can be heard live on opponents to 23 yards on 24 returns. NDSU junior punter Jackson Koonce was named to the 23 stations across North Dakota and Minnesota. Live audio Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team and is averaging 36.9 yards on 55 streaming is available for all games at GoBison.com/allaccess. punts with a long of 54 at Western Illinois, 34 fair catches and 13 punts inside the 20. Coverage includes 30-minute pregame and postgame shows. Head coach Chris Klieman is also a guest on “The Bison ACADEMIC AWARD WINNERS: Defensive end Greg Menard (3.82 civil engineering) was Football Radio Show” each Monday during the season from 6 a repeat pick to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team. Safety Robbie Grimsley (3.58 to 7:30 p.m. on 107.9 The Fox, Bison 1660 and various network exercise science) and running back Chase Morlock (3.81 exercise science) were voted to the affiliates. The studio line is (701) 476-1660. CoSIDA Academic All-District 6 team. Menard, Morlock and quarterback Easton Stick (3.90 sport management) were voted to the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Academic first BROADCAST TEAM team and Grimsley was second team. Jeff Culhane...... Play-By-Play Phil Hansen...... Analyst BISON THIRD NATIONALLY IN SCORING DEFENSE: North Dakota State has the No. 3 Jeremy Jorgenson...... Sidelines scoring defense in FCS allowing 15.8 points per game, best among the final four teams in the FCS playoffs. Youngstown State is seventh (18.1 ppg), James Madison 24th (22.1 ppg) and LOCATION SIGNAL Eastern Washington 48th (25.5 ppg). NDSU ranks fifth in the FCS in red zone defense holding Fargo KPFX-FM 107.9 The Fox opponents to 29 scores in 42 trips (69%) inside the 20 with only 19 touchdowns. Fargo KQWB-AM Bison 1660 Bemidji, MN KKWB-FM 102.5 Bismarck KFYR-AM 550 DUKES SCORING EARLY AND OFTEN: James Madison is the No. 1 scoring team in the Bowman KPOK-AM 1340 FCS with an average of 49.6 points per game and the Dukes are getting on the board early, Brainerd, MN KLKS-FM 100.1 outscoring opponents 14-3 on average in the first quarter. JMU has scored 183 points in its last Detroit Lakes, MN KDLB-FM 94.5 three contests, including a 65-7 win over Sam Houston State in last week’s quarterfinals. It was Devils Lake KDVL-FM 102.5 the most points in the FCS playoffs since 1999 and the second largest margin of victory in the Dickinson KZRX-FM 92.1 FCS playoffs behind Montana’s 70-7 win over Troy in the 1996 semifinals. Fergus Falls, MN KBRF-AM 1250 Fosston, MN KKCQ-FM 96.7 DUNN CLOSING IN ON 1,000 YARDS: Sophomore running back Lance Dunn enters Fri- Glenwood, MN KMGK-FM 107.1 day’s game with a team-high 940 rushing yards and is averaging 109.7 yards over the past three Grafton KAUJ-FM 100.9 contests. Dunn has three 100-yard games this year including a career-high 145 in the regular- Harvey KHND-AM 1470 season finale at South Dakota. NDSU has had a 1,000-yard rusher 13 straight seasons including Jamestown KSJB-AM 600 King Frazier’s 1,158 yards last year. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN KYCR-AM 1440 Minot KHRT-AM 1320 RUSHING GAME HEATING UP: North Dakota State’s rushing game has been heating Oakes KDDR-AM 1220 (no semifinal) up over the past six weeks. The Bison have rushed for 1,670 yards the past six games (278.3 Park Rapids, MN KXKK-FM 92.5 ypg) against Northern Iowa (217), Youngstown State (240), Indiana State (243), South Dakota Roseau, MN KCAJ-FM 102.1 (no semifinal) (season-high 369), San Diego (299) and South Dakota State (302). NDSU is third in the FCS in Rugby KZZJ-AM 1450 tackles for loss allowed (3.62/game) and ninth in rushing offense with 249.2 ypg. Wahpeton KBMW-AM 1450 Williston KEYZ-AM 660 RUSHING DEFENSE: NDSU has the No. 8 rushing defense in FCS with opponents averag- ing 99.2 yards per game on the ground with only nine rushing touchdowns. The Bison held six THE BISON FOOTBALL SHOW opponents to season lows rushing—Iowa (34), Illinois State (37), Missouri State (30), Western North Dakota State University director of sales and Illinois (86), Northern Iowa (68) and Youngstown State (92). James Madison ranks fourth in broadcasting Jeremy Jorgenson hosts the weekly television rushing offense with 291.0 yards per game and a season-low of 126 at Villanova. show with head coach Chris Klieman live at 10:30 a.m. Sundays on KXJB-TV in Fargo and Grand Forks, and across the INTERCEPTION LEADERS: Junior free safety Tre Dempsey leads the Missouri Valley Foot- NBC North Dakota network in Bismarck, Minot, Dickinson and ball Conference with six and is tied for second with 12 passes defended. NDSU Williston. The show re-airs after the late local news Sunday has picked off a pass in 11 of 13 games and leads the MVFC with 18 interceptions including nights on KVLY-TV in Fargo and Grand Forks. Online viewing is three pick-sixes, one by Nick DeLuca against Eastern Washington two by MJ Stumpf against at www.valleynewslive.com. Iowa and San Diego.

BISON TELEVISION SCHEDULE TOUGHEST SCHEDULES: Five of the top 10 and seven of the 20 toughest schedules in Opponent Coverage the FCS reside in the Missouri Valley Football Conference with North Dakota State ranked first CHARLESTON SOUTHERN ESPN based on opponent win-loss records. EASTERN WASHINGTON NBC ND/ESPN3/College Extra at Iowa ESPN2 Team Conf. Opp. W% ILLINOIS STATE NBC ND/ESPN3/College Extra 1. North Dakota State (12-1) MVFC .663 at Missouri State NBC ND/ESPN3 2. Cal Poly (7-5) Big Sky .637 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE NBC ND/ESPN3 3. Richmond (10-4) CAA .636 4. South Dakota (4-7) MVFC .630 at Western Illinois NBC ND/ESPN3 5. South Dakota State (9-4) MVFC .629 at Northern Iowa NBC ND/ESPN3/College Extra — YOUNGSTOWN STATE NBC ND/ESPN3/College Extra 7. Northern Iowa (5-6) MVFC .626 INDIANA STATE NBC ND/ESPN3/College Extra 9. Youngstown State (11-3) MVFC .607 at South Dakota NBC ND/MidcoSN/ESPN3/College Extra 15. Illinois State (6-6) MVFC .579 SAN DIEGO ESPN3/College Extra 20. Missouri State (4-7) MVFC .573 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ESPN JAMES MADISON ESPN2 BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 4

FCS Coaches Top 25 RANKED OPPONENTS: NDSU’s seven Top 25 regular season opponents this year were Issued Nov. 21, 2016 the most the Bison have faced in a Division I regular season, and James Madison is the 10th this Team (First Place) W-L Pts. Prv season, tying high mark of 10 ranked opponents faced in 2014. NDSU opened this year with 1 Sam Houston State (22) 11-0 639 1 four straight wins over Top 25 foes, including the 11th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes in FBS. It was the 2 Jacksonville State (2) 10-1 616 2 first time since 2008 that NDSU has played four straight Top 25 teams in the regular season. 3 North Dakota State (1) 10-1 581 4 4 Eastern Washington (1) 10-1 575 3 NARROW LOSSES: North Dakota State’s last three losses have all come on the last play 5 James Madison 10-1 531 5 of the game, and seven of the last eight losses have been by a combined 24 points. NDSU has 6 The Citadel 10-1 501 6 only three double-digit losses since the beginning of the 2010 season—Western Illinois (2010), 7 South Dakota State 8-3 483 10 at Illinois State (2010), and at Northern Iowa (2014). 8 North Dakota 9-2 474 8 NDSU Losses, since 2010 9 Chattanooga 8-3 403 11 2016 - South Dakota State, 19-17* 2010 - at Eastern Washington, 38-31 (OT) 10 Charleston Southern 7-3 373 13 2015 - South Dakota, 24-21* 2010 - at Missouri State, 3-0 2010 - at Illinois State, 34-24 11 Villanova 8-3 361 15 2015 - at Montana, 38-35* 2014 - at Northern Iowa, 23-3 2010 - Western Illinois, 28-16 T12 Youngstown State 8-3 353 14 2012 - Indiana State, 17-14 2010 - at Northern Iowa, 16-9 T12 Richmond 8-3 353 7 2011 - Youngstown State, 27-24 *games won on final play 14 Grambling State 9-1 297 16 15 Lehigh 9-2 271 17 BOUNCING BACK: North Dakota State has won the next game after its last 13 losses, 16 Central Arkansas 9-2 246 12 including road wins at Western Illinois (2016), Indiana State (2015), Missouri State (2014), South 17 North Carolina A&T 9-2 232 9 Dakota (2012), Western Illinois (2011) and Youngstown State (2010). NDSU has not suffered 18 North Carolina Central 9-2 227 20 consecutive losses since a five-game losing streak in 2009. 19 Wofford 8-3 210 19 20 Cal Poly 7-4 157 23 SECOND LONGEST STREAK: NDSU’s 14-game winning streak snapped by South Dakota 21 New Hampshire 7-4 91 NR State on Oct. 15 was the second longest in Missouri Valley Football Conference history behind 22 Montana 6-5 81 21 NDSU’s 33-game streak that spanned the 2012, 2013 and 2014 seasons. The previous MVFC 23 Weber State 7-4 77 NR 24 Samford 7-4 63 18 mark was 13 straight wins by Western Kentucky (2002-03) and Northern Iowa (2006-07). 25 San Diego 9-1 58 NR TURNOVER LEADERS: North Dakota State leads the Missouri Valley Football Conference Others receiving votes: Illinois State (53), Kennesaw State (26), Princeton (22), Penn (14), Saint Francis (14), Southern (10), Western Illinois and is 15th in the FCS with a +10 turnover margin. NDSU has a 78-27 advantage over oppo- (9), Albany (9), Southern Utah (9), Southeastern Louisiana (7), Fordham (7), nents in points off turnovers. James Madison is seventh in the FCS with a +16 margin and is UT Martin (5), Northern Colorado (4), Tennessee State (4), Northern Iowa (2), outscoring teams 125-23 off turnovers. William & Mary (2). STATS FCS Top 25 ANDERSON KICK RETURN CAREER LEADER: NDSU sophomore Bruce Anderson is the Issued Nov. 21, 2016 FCS active career leader in kickoff returns with a 29.2 average. Anderson has 31 career returns Team (First Place) W-L Pts. Prv for 905 yards and two touchdowns. He had 585 yards and a school-record 36.56 yards per 1 Sam Houston State (111) 11-0 3676 1 return last year, including 100- and 97-yard touchdowns in the NCAA playoffs. 2 Jacksonville State (15) 10-1 3531 2 3 Eastern Washington (14) 10-1 3468 3 SUCCESS VS. THE FBS: North Dakota State has a 9-3 record against Football Bowl Sub- 4 North Dakota State (10) 10-1 3415 4 division opponents and has won six in a row against FBS foes since 2010 with wins at Kansas 5 James Madison (1) 10-1 3185 6 (6-3), Minnesota (37-24), Colorado State (22-7), Kansas State (24-21), Iowa State (34-14) and 6 The Citadel 10-1 2990 5 11th-ranked Iowa (23-21). NDSU did not play an FBS opponent in 2015 and does not have any 7 South Dakota State 8-3 2739 8 other FBS opponents scheduled until Oregon in 2020 and Colorado in 2024. NDSU’s first three 8 North Dakota 9-2 2598 10 FBS wins were against Ball State (2006), Central Michigan (2007) and Minnesota (2007). 9 Villanova 8-3 2270 13 10 Charleston Southern 7-3 2124 14 BACK-TO-BACK OVERTIMES: After not playing a home overtime game in the history of 11 Chattanooga 8-3 2093 12 NDSU football, the Bison started the season with back-to-back OT home wins over Charleston 12 Richmond 8-3 2033 7 Southern (24-17) and Eastern Washington (50-44). NDSU scored on its first offensive play in 13 Youngstown State 8-3 1938 15 both games, getting a 25-yard run from King Frazier and a 25-yard run from Lance Dunn. 14 Central Arkansas 9-2 1805 11 NDSU is the first Valley Football team to open a season with back-to-back OT wins. 15 Coastal Carolina 9-2 1602 16 16 Grambling State 8-1 1434 17 FOURTH QUARTER MARCH: North Dakota State held the ball for 10:45 and outgained 17 North Carolina A&T 9-2 1328 9 Iowa 126 to minus-9 in the fourth quarter of NDSU’s come-from-behind 23-21 victory. The Bi- 18 Lehigh 9-2 1252 19 son pulled within 21-20 with a 15-play, 80-yard drive that took 8:39 off the clock before getting 19 Wofford 8-3 1186 20 a three-and-out on defense to set up the game-winning field goal drive. The 15-play march 20 North Carolina Central 9-2 1147 24 was reminiscent of NDSU’s 18-play, 80-yard, 8:30 game-winning drive at Kansas State in 2013. 21 Cal Poly 7-4 778 21 22 New Hampshire 7-4 574 NR CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: The following players have earned Missouri Valley 23 Samford 7-4 497 18 Football Conference player of the week awards this season: 24 San Diego 9-1 300 NR — Zack Johnson, Offensive Line (2x)...Six knockdowns with zero hurries or sacks allowed in 73 snaps 25 Weber State 7-4 280 NR against Charleston Southern...Graded out at 98.6% on assignment and led the Bison line in finish (88%) and Others receiving votes: Illinois State (117), Albany (114), Princeton technique (76%)...Eight knockdowns in win at South Dakota...Graded 100% assignment and 84% technique (106), Montana (94), UT Martin (82), Penn (59), Western Illinois (48), Fordham as NDSU rolled to a season-high 369 yards rushing. (36), Saint Francis (30), Southeastern Louisiana (27), Northern Iowa (23), Maine (20), Southern Utah (17), Southern University (17), Duquesne (9), Northern — Nick DeLuca, Defensive...After missing the second half of the season opener with a shoulder Arizona (5), Tennessee State (5), McNeese (5), Kennesaw State (4), Nicholls (3), separation, made a game-high 15 tackles in the win over Eastern Washington...Also scored on a 40-yard Liberty (3), Northern Colorado (3), Harvard (2), Stony Brook (2), Dayton (1). interception return. BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 5

— MJ Stumpf, Defensive...Made three tackles and scored on a 21-yard interception return in the Special Teams Tackles victory at Iowa...Downed a punt at the Iowa 2 to set up one of five three-and-outs...Part of a defensive unit that held Iowa to 34 yards rushing in the game and minus-7 after halftime. Total Kickoffs Punts — Cam Pedersen, Special Teams...Converted 2 of 2 PAT kicks and made a 37-yard field goal on the 9 9 0 final play of the fourth quarter to give NDSU a 23-21 win at Iowa one week after a game-tying 28-yarder to Dan Marlette 9 9 0 force overtime in the win over Eastern Washington. Jake Brinkman 7 7 0 — Landon Lechler, Offensive Line...Five knockdowns with zero quarterback hurries or sacks in 70 Eric Perkins 6 6 0 snaps against Iowa...Led the Bison with a 100% assignment grade, 88% finish and 85% technique. Chase Morlock 6 6 0 — Tre Dempsey, Defensive...Two second-half interceptions, one pass breakup in the end zone, one Dimitri Williams 4 4 0 tackle for loss and four total tackles in NDSU’s 24-20 victory at Northern Iowa. — Austin Kuhnert, Offensive Line...Six knockdowns and did not allow a sack or hurry in 43 plays vs. Jaylaan Wimbush 5 5 0 Youngstown State...Graded 100% assignment, 87% technique and 84% finish as the Bison rushed for 240 Jaxon Brown 5 5 0 yards against a YSU team allowing only 102.9 per game. Bruce Anderson 4 4 0 — Darrius Shepherd, Special Teams...84-yard punt return touchdown after the game’s opening drive Matt Plank 4 4 0 sparked a 41-17 rout of Indiana State...NDSU’s first special teams TD of the season and Shepherd’s first Levi Jordheim 4 4 0 career return TD...Fourth longest punt return in NDSU history...Also had four pass receptions for 40 yards. Cam Pedersen 3 3 0 Eric Bachmeier 3 3 0 DeLUCA, TANGUAY OUT FOR SEASON: Senior middle linebacker Nick DeLuca had a Isaac Cenescar 2 2 0 season-ending shoulder surgery following the win at Iowa and can apply for a medical hard- Daniel Polansky 2 2 0 ship to return to the Bison in 2017. DeLuca was the only FCS player on the watch list for the Kurt Mattox 2 2 0 32nd annual Butkus Award, honoring the nation’s best collegiate linebacker, and also was on the STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year watch list. He was first-team all-conference and James Fisher 1 0 1 runner-up for Missouri Valley Football Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2015. Junior Connor Wentz 1 0 1 defensive tackle Nate Tanguay suffered a knee injury against Youngstown State and will miss MJ Stumpf 1 0 1 the remainder of the year. Tanguay was second-team all-conference with 31 tackles including Zack Ziemer 1 0 1 5.5 tackles for loss in nine starts.

COACHING STAFF INTACT: After having at least one new assistant coach every year since beginning Division I play in 2004, North Dakota State has the same full-time coaching staff NDSU Ranking Week-By-Week for the third straight season under head coach Chris Klieman. NDSU made two changes to n North Dakota State was the unanimous No. 1 in the final support staff adding former Bison defensive backBryan Shepherd as defensive assistant and 2015 polls and entered the 2016 season atop the STATS FCS former Wisconsin-Stout assistant Kody Morgan in the offensive quality control position. Top 25 and FCS Coaches Poll before slipping to No. 4 after a MOST WINS IN DIVISION I FOOTBALL: NDSU has the most wins in Division I football with home loss to then 11th-ranked South Dakota State. an 83-6 record since the beginning of the 2011 national championship season. The Bison went 14-1, 14-1, 15-0, 15-1 and 13-2 the past five years. Fifteen FCS programs have multiple 10-win n NDSU garnered votes in the AP Top 25 poll after each of seasons since 2011, and only four have reached the 10-win mark at least three times—NDSU its first three national championships, for 10 straight weeks (6), Sam Houston State (5), Eastern Washington (4) and Jacksonville State (4). after beating Iowa State in the 2014 season opener, and for Most Wins Since 2011, Division I four weeks in 2016 after beating 11th-ranked Iowa. NDSU’s 83 - North Dakota State 74 votes after the Iowa win were the most for an FCS team in 75 - Alabama the AP Top 25. 68 - Sam Houston State 68 - Clemson DATE STATS FCS 67 - Florida State Preseason 1 1 67 - Ohio State 9/5 1 1 9/12 1 1 BIG LEAGUE BISON: North Dakota State will host Butler at Target Field in Minneapolis 9/19 1 1 in the season opener August 31, 2019. It will be the first Division I football game at the Major 9/26 1 1 League Baseball stadium, which is hosting a Division III game next year between in-state rivals 10/3 1 1 St. Thomas and Saint John’s. NDSU has more than 12,000 alumni in the Minneapolis-St. Paul 10/10 1 1 area and nearly 26,000 alumni across Minnesota. The game is in addition to a six-game home 10/17 4 4 schedule at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome in 2019, which is a 12-game regular season. 10/24 4 4 10/31 4 4 11/7 4 4 #PROBISON: North Dakota State has eight former players active in the NFL and two 11/14 4 4 others in the CFL. Three Bison from last season are still with NFL teams including No. 2 overall 11/21 4 3 draft pick , fifth-round pickJoe Haeg, and undrafted free agent CJ Smith. On Postseason the sidelines, former Bison safety/punter (1984-1988) and longtime assistant coach (1996-2005) STATS–STATS FCS Top 25 Gus Bradley is in his fourth season as the Jaguars’ head coach. FCS–FCS Coaches Poll NFL Players Year Team John Crockett, RB 2nd , LB 2nd San Diego Chargers , OL 1st Indianapolis Colts Ramon Humber, LB 8th Buffalo Bills CJ Smith, CB 1st Philadelphia Eagles Billy Turner, OL 3rd Denver Broncos Carson Wentz, QB 1st Philadelphia Eagles Marcus Williams, CB 3rd New York Jets CFL Players Year Team , QB 2nd Ryan Smith, WR 3rd Winnipeg Blue Bombers BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 6 NDSU Head Coach #12 EASTON STICK, QB Chris Klieman 6-2 | 222 | So. | Omaha, Neb. | Creighton Prep HS n 2014, 2016 Eddie Robinson Award First sophomore team captain since 2005 quarterback Steve Walker...2015 Missouri Valley Finalist Football Conference All-Newcomer Team...Went 8-0 as the starting quarterback after an injury n 2014 Rawlings Football/American to NFL draft pick Carson Wentz...Took over after a 4-2 start, won back-to-back road games at Football Monthly FCS Coach of the Year Indiana State and Southern Illinois in his first two starts, and marched the Bison through the NCAA semifinals en route to a fifth straight national championship...Named MVFC Newcomer of n 2012 Football Scoop FCS Coordinator of the Year the Week after accounting for three touchdowns in his debut at Indiana State, where he rushed 17 times for 124 yards and two scores and went 9 of 20 passing with a TD...He was NDSU’s first North Dakota State head coach Chris 100-yard rusher of the season and followed with 130 yards at SIU to become the first NDSU Klieman (Northern Iowa, 1990) signed a new quarterback with back-to-back 100-yard rushing games since Kevin Feeney in October 1996... six-year contract in April that will keep him at Scored the game-winning TD on a 4-yard run with 35 seconds left at Youngstown State to erase NDSU through the 2021 football season. a 24-10 fourth quarter deficit...Appeared in 11 games altogether, finishing 90 of 147 passing for NDSU didn’t skip a beat in Klieman’s first 1,144 yards and 13 TDs with four interceptions...Passed for four touchdowns in each of his first year despite losing 23 seniors and welcom- two home games against Western Illinois and Missouri State...Finished as NDSU’s third leading ing seven new assistant coaches. The Bison rusher with 498 yards and five touchdowns on 85 carries, averaging 5.9 yards per carry...MVFC scored 34 unanswered points to beat Big 12 Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award and MVFC Honor Roll. member Iowa State in the season opener as part of an FCS-record 33-game winning streak 2015 GAME-BY-GAME that extended into November. Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Rush Yards TD Result Last year’s Bison reloaded with seven at Montana DNP L, 35-38 new starters on defense. NDSU regrouped Weber State 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 24 0 W, 41-14 from a season-opening loss at Montana and North Dakota 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W, 34-9 rallied to win eight straight games with a at South Dakota State DNP W, 28-7 freshman quarterback after a midseason Northern Iowa DNP W, 31-28 injury to eventual NFL No. 2 overall draft pick South Dakota DNP L, 21-24 Carson Wentz. at Indiana State 9 20 1 45.0 126 1 22 0 17 124 2 W, 28-14 * at Southern Illinois 12 17 1 70.6 138 2 77 1 16 130 0 W, 35-29 * Klieman is 40-4 as NDSU’s head coach Western Illinois 12 20 0 60.0 197 4 43 0 9 86 0 W, 59-7 * including three 7-1 runs through the Missouri at Youngstown State 9 18 0 50.0 176 0 66 1 15 42 2 W, 27-24 * Valley Football Conference for the program’s Missouri State 15 20 0 75.0 189 4 33 0 2 17 0 W, 55-0 * fourth, fifth and sixth straight titles. The Bison Montana 7 13 0 53.8 66 0 18 2 11 49 1 W, 37-6 * are 24-3 against FCS Top 25 teams and have Northern Iowa 13 17 0 76.5 116 0 19 3 7 5 0 W, 23-13 * an FBS Top 25 win over No. 11 Iowa. Richmond 13 20 1 65.0 136 2 27 0 5 21 0 W, 33-7 * A native of Waterloo, Iowa, he was a Jacksonville State 0 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W, 37-10 three-time all-conference defensive back at SEASON TOTALS 90 147 4 61.2 1144 13 77 7 85 498 5 8-0 starter * Northern Iowa from 1986-90. He and his wife, Rhonda, have two sons, Devin and Colby, and 2016 GAME-BY-GAME one daughter, Haley. Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Rush Yards TD Result Charleston Southern 17 27 1 63.0 194 2 47 3 11 45 0 W, 24-17 (ot) * Year School Position Eastern Washington 17 26 0 65.4 257 2 42 0 10 60 1 W, 50-44 (ot) * at Iowa 11 19 1 57.9 124 1 24 3 11 35 0 W, 23-21 * 1991 Northern Iowa Graduate Assistant Illinois State 13 18 0 72.2 256 3 65 0 6 17 0 W, 31-10 * 1992 Northern Iowa Graduate Assistant at Missouri State 11 20 0 55.0 159 1 43 2 5 -5 0 W, 27-3 * 1993 Northern Iowa Assistant Coach South Dakota State 14 20 0 70.0 143 0 44 1 12 86 2 L, 17-19 * 1994 Western Illinois Assistant Coach at Western Illinois 9 18 2 50.0 160 1 48 0 6 45 0 W, 21-13 * 1995 Western Illinois Assistant Coach at Northern Iowa 8 16 2 50.0 118 1 31 2 6 5 0 W, 24-20 * 1996 Western Illinois Assistant Coach Youngstown State 6 12 1 50.0 89 1 29 1 6 65 0 W, 24-3 * 1997 Kansas Graduate Assistant Indiana State 7 13 0 53.8 65 0 19 0 4 85 2 W, 41-17 * 1999 Missouri State Assistant Coach at South Dakota 13 20 1 65.0 154 3 40 1 7 44 0 W, 28-21 * 2002 Loras Defensive Coordinator San Diego 12 20 0 60.0 208 3 49 0 4 99 0 W, 45-7 * 2003 Loras Defensive Coordinator South Dakota State 12 21 1 57.1 188 1 67 1 16 83 2 W, 36-10 * 2004 Loras Defensive Coordinator SEASON TOTALS 150 250 9 60.0 2115 19 67 14 104 664 7 12-1 starter * 2005 Loras Head Coach (3-7) TWO-YEAR TOTALS 240 397 13 60.5 3259 32 77 21 189 1162 12 20-1 starter * 2006 Northern Iowa Assistant Coach SINGLE-GAME HIGHS 2007 Northern Iowa Assistant Coach Rushing Attempts: 17, at Indiana State, 10/24/2015 2008 Northern Iowa Co-Defensive Coordinator Rushing Yards: 130, at Southern Illinois, 10/31/2015 (16 carries) 2009 Northern Iowa Defensive Coordinator Rushing TDs: 2, five times, last vs. South Dakota State, 12/10/2016 2010 Northern Iowa Defensive Coordinator Long Rush: 60, at Southern Illinois, 10/31/2015 2011 North Dakota State Assistant Coach Passing Completions: 17, Eastern Washington, 9/10/2016; Charleston Southern, 8/27/2016 2012 North Dakota State Defensive Coordinator Passing Attempts: 27, Charleston Southern, 8/27/2016 2013 North Dakota State Defensive Coordinator Passing Yards: 257, Eastern Washington, 9/10/2016 2014 North Dakota State Head Coach (14-1, 7-1) Passing TDs: 4, Western Illinois, 11/7/2015; Missouri State, 11/21/2015 2015 North Dakota State Head Coach (13-2, 7-1) Interceptions: 2, at Northern Iowa, 10/29/2016; at Western Illinois, 10/22/2016 2016 North Dakota State Head Coach (12-1, 7-1) Long Pass: 77, at Southern Illinois, 10/31/2015 Record at NDSU: 40-4, 21-3 MVFC (3rd season) Career Head Coaching Record: 43-11 (4th season) BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 7 NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/College No. Name Pos. 1 **Chris Board LB 6-1 226 Jr. Orlando, Fla./Timber Creek HS 65 Jack Albrecht OG 1 Cole Jacob WR 6-1 180 Fr. Medina, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret’s HS 21 Jalen Allison CB 2 *Quinten McCoy CB 6-1 199 Sr. Dallas, Texas/Bowie HS/Santa Rosa JC 66 Quinn Alo DT 3 **Tre Dempsey FS 5-10 179 Jr. Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland HS 97 Brad Ambrosius DE 3 Devan Rindy WR 5-9 175 Fr. West Fargo, N.D./West Fargo HS 8 Bruce Anderson RB 4 *Dimitri Williams WR 5-11 187 So. Lakeville, Minn./Rosemount HS 88 Matt Anderson TE 5 *Robbie Grimsley SS 6-0 183 So. Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS 29 Eric Bachmeier SS 5 Bennett Rindy WR 6-0 190 RFr. West Fargo, N.D./West Fargo HS 71 Luke Bacon OT 6 James Hendricks QB 6-1 200 RFr. Laporte, Minn./Bemidji HS 30 Bryce Bennot CB 7 *Cole Davis QB 6-3 217 Jr. Kearney, Mo./Kearney HS 49 Matt Biegler TE 8 *Bruce Anderson RB 5-11 215 So. Ruskin, Fla./Newsome HS 1 Chris Board LB 9 Marquise Bridges CB 5-11 177 RFr. Brooklyn Park, Minn./DeLaSalle HS 9 Marquise Bridges CB 10 *Lance Dunn RB 5-9 207 So. Waterloo, Iowa/Waterloo West HS 52 Jake Brinkman LB 11 Darren Kelley DB 6-1 192 Jr. Baltimore, Md./Potomac HS/NDSCS 28 Ty Brooks RB 12 *Easton Stick QB 6-2 222 So. Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep HS 38 Jaxon Brown SS 13 ***Eric Perkins WR 5-8 184 Sr. Kewaskum, Wis./Kewaskum HS 95 Caleb Butler DE 13 Ross Godfrey CB 5-9 151 Fr. Sioux City, Iowa/Sioux City East HS 27 Isaac Cenescar SS 14 Henry Van Dellen QB 6-4 211 Fr. Plymouth, Minn./Providence Academy HS 30 Adam Cofield RB 15 Daniel Polansky WR 6-0 189 Jr. Gatzke, Minn./Grygla HS 64 Colin Conner OT 16 **RJ Urzendowski WR 6-0 194 Jr. Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep HS 42 LB 17 Felix Dixon CB 5-11 158 Fr. Clearwater, Fla./Countryside HS 92 Jack Darnell DT 17 Steven Nava QB 6-2 190 Fr. Rosemead, Calif./Rosemead HS 7 Cole Davis QB 18 *Khayvon Hawkins WR 6-0 197 So. Crystal, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper HS 35 Dom Davis CB 19 Jackson Koonce P 6-1 191 Jr. Oceanside, Calif./Oceanside HS/SMU 49 Nick DeLuca LB 20 *Darrius Shepherd WR 5-11 182 So. Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs HS 3 Tre Dempsey FS 21 *Jalen Allison CB 6-0 183 So. Papillion, Neb./Papillion-La Vista HS 17 Felix Dixon CB 21 Garret Wegner K 6-0 177 Fr. Lodi, Wis./Lodi HS 10 Lance Dunn RB 22 **King Frazier RB 5-11 212 Sr. Greenwood, Mo./Lee’s Summit HS/Nebraska 46 Ross Effertz CB 23 *Jaylaan Wimbush CB 6-0 188 So. St. Petersburg, Fla./Boca Ciega HS 82 TE 24 Demaris Purifoy RB 6-1 198 RFr. Wauwatosa, Wis./Wauwatosa West HS 80 Sean Engel WR 25 ***Chase Morlock RB 6-0 223 Sr. Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS 51 James Fisher LS 26 Keenan Hodenfield CB 5-11 180 Jr. Ray, N.D./Ray HS 37 Tre Fort CB 27 Isaac Cenescar SS 5-10 188 So. Orlando, Fla./Cypress Creek HS 81 Isaiah Frandsen WR 28 Ty Brooks RB 5-9 173 RFr. Fargo, N.D./Fargo South HS 22 King Frazier RB 29 *Eric Bachmeier SS 6-2 199 So. Kindred, N.D./Kindred HS 83 Dallas Freeman WR 30 Bryce Bennot CB 5-8 175 So. Coloma, Wis./Wautoma HS 47 Pierre Gee-Tucker LB 30 Adam Cofield RB 5-11 198 Fr. Lee’s Summit, Mo./Blue Springs South HS 13 Ross Godfrey CB 31 Victor Kizewski FS 6-0 182 Fr. Stevens Point, Wis./Stevens Point HS 5 Robbie Grimsley SS 32 Zak Kuntz FB 6-2 234 Fr. Grand Forks, N.D./Red River HS 18 Khayvon Hawkins WR 33 Moses Nyangacha SS 5-11 189 Fr. Robbinsdale, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper HS 76 Ben Hecht OG 34 Brock Robbins FB 6-1 238 RFr. Cavalier, N.D./Cavalier HS 84 Trevor Heit WR 35 Dom Davis CB 5-11 185 RFr. Belleville, Ill./Belleville West HS 6 James Hendricks QB 36 *Cam Pedersen K 6-2 198 So. Eau Claire, Wis./Regis HS 26 Keenan Hodenfield FS 37 Tre Fort CB 5-8 180 RFr. Moorhead, Minn./Fargo Shanley HS 58 Josh Howieson OT 38 Jaxon Brown SS 6-2 202 RFr. Eau Claire, Wis./Regis HS 98 Connor Hubbs DT 39 Garrett Malstrom FB 6-0 250 RFr. Vergas, Minn./Frazee-Vergas HS 86 Jeff Illies TE 40 Dan Sargeant FB 6-1 242 Jr. Chisago City, Minn./Chisago Lakes HS 1 Cole Jacob WR 41 ***MJ Stumpf LB 6-2 220 Sr. Harvey, N.D./Harvey HS 85 Nate Jenson TE 42 Jabril Cox LB 6-3 220 Fr. Raytown, Mo./Raytown South HS 66 Zack Johnson OG 43 Kurt Mattox LB 6-1 229 Jr. Brooklyn Park, Minn./Totino-Grace HS 68 Zack J. Johnson OT 44 *Matt Plank LB 6-0 223 Jr. Gardner, Kan./Gardner Edgerton HS 94 Stanley Jones DE 45 *Levi Jordheim LB 6-2 219 So. Dickinson, N.D./Dickinson HS 45 Levi Jordheim LB 46 Ross Effertz CB 5-11 199 RFr. Mandan, N.D./Mandan HS 53 Cole Karcz DE 47 ***Pierre Gee-Tucker LB 6-1 222 Sr. Belleville, Ill./Belleville West HS 11 Darren Kelley DB 48 *Dan Marlette LB 6-1 226 So. Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington HS 88 Justice Kelly DE 49 ***Nick DeLuca LB 6-3 245 Sr. Omaha, Neb./Millard North HS 69 Michael Kelly OL 49 Matt Biegler TE 6-3 255 Fr. Underwood, Minn./Underwood HS 50 Ross Kennelly LB 50 Ross Kennelly LB 5-11 204 Fr. Superior, Wis./Superior HS 31 Victor Kizewski FS 51 **James Fisher LS 6-2 216 Jr. Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS 19 Jackson Koonce P 51 Beau Pauly LB 6-2 208 Fr. Becker, Minn./Becker HS 63 Zach Kubas OL 52 Jake Brinkman LB 6-0 220 RFr. North Liberty, Iowa/Regina HS 75 Austin Kuhnert C 53 Cole Karcz DE 6-4 245 RFr. Germantown, Wis./Germantown HS 32 Zak Kuntz FB BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 8

NUMERICAL (cont.) ALPHABETICAL (cont.) No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/College No. Name Pos. 54 OT 6-6 266 Fr. Becker, Minn./Becker HS 89 Isaac Lashua TE 55 Aaron Mercadel LB 5-11 205 RFr. Oakland, Calif./Saint Mary’s College HS 78 Landon Lechler OL 56 Peder Olson LB 6-1 217 So. Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS 39 Garrett Malstrom RB 58 Josh Howieson OT 6-5 284 Fr. Baxter, Minn./Brainerd HS 48 Dan Marlette LB 59 Karson Schoening C 6-5 291 Fr. Rolla, N.D./Rolla HS 43 Kurt Mattox LB 60 Max Polson C 6-1 307 Jr. Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids HS 2 Quinten McCoy CB 63 *Aaron Steidl DT 6-2 288 So. Carlos, Minn./Alexandria Jefferson HS 96 Greg Menard DE 63 Zach Kubas OL 6-4 260 Fr. Dickinson, N.D./Trinity HS 55 Aaron Mercadel LB 64 *Colin Conner OT 6-5 305 So. Mineral Point, Wis./Iowa-Grant HS 98/62 Bryce Messner TE/OG 65 Jack Albrecht OG 6-5 276 RFr. Rolling Meadows, Ill./Fremd HS 90 Grant Morgan DT 66 ***Zack Johnson OG 6-4 331 Sr. Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS 25 Chase Morlock RB 66 Quinn Alo DT 6-2 288 Fr. LaMoure, N.D./LaMoure HS 17 Steven Nava QB 67 Cordell Volson OT 6-6 267 Fr. Balfour, N.D./Drake HS 33 Moses Nyangacha SS 68 Zack J. Johnson OT 6-6 301 RFr. Blaine, Minn./Spring Lake Park HS 72 Erik Olson OT 69 Blake Williams DT 6-3 287 So. Washington, Mich./Romeo HS 56 Peder Olson LB 69 Michael Kelly OL 6-2 265 Fr. Oakes, N.D./Oakes HS 51 Beau Pauly LB 70 ***Jack Plankers OL 6-7 322 Sr. Leonard, N.D./Kindred HS 36 Cam Pedersen K 71 *Luke Bacon OG 6-5 296 So. Granville, N.D./Towner-Granville-Upham HS 13 Eric Perkins WR 72 Erik Olson OT 6-5 272 Jr. Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS 44 Matt Plank LB 73 *Zack Ziemer OG 6-4 293 Jr. Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS 70 Jack Plankers OL 74 *Tanner Volson C 6-4 302 So. Balfour, N.D./Drake-Anamoose HS 15 Daniel Polansky WR 75 **Austin Kuhnert C 6-4 302 Jr. Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington HS 60 Max Polson C 76 Ben Hecht OG 6-5 267 Fr. Shawnee, Kan./Mill Valley HS 24 Demaris Purifoy RB 77 *Christian Triplett C 6-3 300 So. Maple Plain, Minn./Delano HS 54 Dillon Radunz OT 78 ***Landon Lechler OT 6-7 298 Sr. Beach, N.D./Beach HS 5 Bennett Rindy WR 80 Sean Engel WR 6-5 201 Fr. Chaska, Minn./Chaska HS 3 Devan Rindy WR 81 Isaiah Frandsen WR 6-2 200 Jr. Barron, Wis./Barron HS 34 Brock Robbins FB 82 Ben Ellefson TE 6-3 244 RFr. Hawley, Minn./Hawley HS 40 Dan Sargeant FB 83 Dallas Freeman WR 6-1 195 So. St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS 59 Karson Schoening C 84 Trevor Heit WR 5-9 173 Fr. Pepin, Wis./Pepin-Alma HS 20 Darrius Shepherd WR 85 *Nate Jenson TE 6-6 244 So. Waupaca, Wis./Waupaca HS 63 Aaron Steidl DT 86 **Jeff Illies TE 6-3 231 Jr. Lidgerwood, N.D./Lidgerwood HS 12 Easton Stick QB 87 **Connor Wentz TE 6-3 247 Jr. Dunnellon, Fla./Dunnellon HS 41 MJ Stumpf LB 88 Matt Anderson TE 6-4 251 RFr. Lakeland, Minn./Stillwater HS 99 Nate Tanguay DT 88 Justice Kelly DE 6-3 190 Fr. Milwaukee, Wis./University HS 77 Christian Triplett C 89 Isaac Lashua TE 6-4 244 So. Iola, Wis./Iola-Scandinavia HS 91 DE 90 **Grant Morgan DT 6-4 283 Jr. Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh North HS 93 Jarrod Tuszka DE 91 Derrek Tuszka DE 6-5 249 RFr. Warner, S.D./Warner HS 16 RJ Urzendowski WR 92 Jack Darnell DT 6-2 291 RFr. Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS 14 Henry Van Dellen QB 93 **Jarrod Tuszka DE 6-3 250 Jr. Warner, S.D./Warner HS 67 Cordell Volson OT 94 *Stanley Jones DE 6-3 244 So. Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck HS 74 Tanner Volson C 95 *Caleb Butler DE 6-3 241 So. Coon Rapids, Minn./Blaine HS 21 Garret Wegner K 96 **Greg Menard DE 6-2 239 Jr. Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS 87 Connor Wentz TE 97 ***Brad Ambrosius DE 6-4 246 Sr. De Pere, Wis./West De Pere HS 69 Blake Williams DT 98/62 *Bryce Messner TE/OG 6-3 283 Jr. McVille, N.D./Dakota Prairie HS 4 Dimitri Williams WR 98 Connor Hubbs DT 6-1 267 RFr. White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake HS 23 Jaylaan Wimbush CB 99 **Nate Tanguay DT 6-4 290 Jr. Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago HS 73 Zack Ziemer OG *letters earned Captains: #3 Tre Dempsey, #12 Easton Stick, #25 Chase Morlock, #41 MJ Stumpf, #49 Nick DeLuca, #99 Nate Tanguay

SQUAD ANALYSIS PRONUNCIATIONS ROSTER BY STATE Starters Returning...... 14 Ambrosius (am-BRO-shus) Illies (ILL-ee-us) Nyangacha (nye-anna-GOT-chuh) Minnesota...... 35 California...... 3 Offense...... 6 Atif (aw-TEEF) Jalen (JAY-lenn) Pedersen (PEAD-ur-sen) North Dakota...... 22 Iowa...... 3 Defense...... 8 Bachmeier (BOCK-my-ur) Jaylaan (JAY-lenn) Pepin (PEPP-in) Wisconsin...... 18 Kansas...... 2 Seniors...... 11 Bennot (BEN-it) Karcz (karch) Polasek (PAWL-uh-seck) Florida...... 7 Maryland...... 1 Juniors...... 24 Biegler (BEE-glur) Kennelly (KEN-uh-lee) Radunz (RAY-duhns) Missouri...... 5 Sophomores ...... 27 Demaris (duh-MAWR-iss) Kizewski (key-SHEV-skee) Roehl (like “roll”) Michigan...... 1 Illinois...... 3 Redshirt Freshmen ...... 21 Goeser (GAY-zer) Klieman (KLY-men) Schoening (SHOO-ning) Texas...... 1 Nebraska...... 4 Gee-Tucker (jee-tucker) Kuhnert (COO-nert) Tanguay (TANG-way) Freshmen...... 25 Hecht (HECKT) Lodi (LO-dye) Steidl (STY-dull) South Dakota...... 4 Tallest: Lechler/Plankers...... 6-6 3/4 Heit (like “height”) Marquise (mahr-KEYS) Tuszka (TUSS-cuh) Shortest: Eric Perkins...... 5-7 1/2 Hodenfield (HAH-den-fee-uld) Mercadel (MURR-cuh-del) Urzendowski (er-zen-DOW-skee) Heaviest: Zack Johnson...... 331 Howieson (HOW-uh-son) Nava (NAW-vuh) Lightest: Ross Godfrey...... 151 BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 9 BISON DEPTH CHART OFFENSE DEFENSE Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown LT 64 Colin Conner 6-5 305 So. Mineral Point, Wis. LE 97 Brad Ambrosius 6-4 246 Sr. De Pere, Wis. 68 Zack J. Johnson 6-6 301 RFr. Blaine, Minn. 95 Caleb Butler 6-3 241 So. Coon Rapids, Minn. LG 66 Zack Johnson 6-4 331 Sr. Apple Valley, Minn. DT 90 Grant Morgan 6-4 283 Jr. Oshkosh, Wis. 62 Bryce Messner 6-3 283 Jr. McVille, N.D. 69 Blake Williams 6-3 287 So. Washington, Mich. C 75 Austin Kuhnert 6-4 302 Jr. Sioux Falls, S.D. NG 63 Aaron Steidl 6-2 288 So. Carlos, Minn. 74 Tanner Volson 6-4 302 So. Balfour, N.D. 92 Jack Darnell 6-2 291 RFr. Champlin, Minn. RG 70 Jack Plankers 6-7 322 Sr. Leonard, N.D. RE 96 Greg Menard 6-2 239 Jr. Lakeville, Minn. 71 Luke Bacon 6-5 296 So. Granville, N.D. 93 Jarrod Tuszka 6-3 250 Jr. Warner, S.D. RT 78 Landon Lechler 6-7 298 Sr. Beach, N.D. WLB 41 MJ Stumpf 6-2 220 Sr. Harvey, N.D. 70 Jack Plankers 6-7 322 Sr. Leonard, N.D. 45 Levi Jordheim 6-2 219 So. Dickinson, N.D. TE 87 Connor Wentz 6-3 247 Jr. Dunnellon, Fla. MLB 44 Matt Plank 6-0 223 Jr. Gardner, Kan. 86 Jeff Illies 6-3 231 Jr. Lidgerwood, N.D. 48 Dan Marlette 6-1 226 So. Sioux Falls, S.D. QB 12 Easton Stick 6-2 222 So. Omaha, Neb. SLB 47 Pierre Gee-Tucker 6-1 222 Sr. Belleville, Ill. 7 Cole Davis 6-3 217 Jr. Kearney, Mo. 1 Chris Board 6-1 226 Jr. Orlando, Fla. FB 25 Chase Morlock 6-0 223 Sr. Moorhead, Minn. CB 23 Jaylaan Wimbush 6-0 188 So. St. Petersburg, Fla. 34 Brock Robbins 6-1 238 RFr. Cavalier, N.D. 35 Dom Davis 5-11 185 RFr. Belleville, Ill. RB 22 King Frazier 5-11 212 Sr. Greenwood, Mo. SS 5 Robbie Grimsley 6-0 183 So. Hutchinson, Minn. 10 Lance Dunn 5-9 207 So. Waterloo, Iowa 38 Jaxon Brown 6-2 202 RFr. Eau Claire, Wis. WR 16 RJ Urzendowski 6-0 194 Jr. Omaha, Neb. FS 3 Tre Dempsey 5-10 179 Jr. Lakeland, Fla. 83 Dallas Freeman 6-1 195 So. St. Michael, Minn. 29 Eric Bachmeier 6-2 199 So. Kindred, N.D. WR 20 Darrius Shepherd 5-11 182 So. Blue Springs, Mo. CB 21 Jalen Allison 6-0 183 So. Papillion, Neb. 4 Dimitri Williams 5-11 187 So. Lakeville, Minn. 2 Quinten McCoy 6-1 199 Sr. Dallas, Texas

SPECIALISTS SPECIALISTS Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown P 19 Jackson Koonce 6-1 191 Jr. Oceanside, Calif. K 36 Cam Pedersen 6-2 198 So. Eau Claire, Wis. KR 8 Bruce Anderson 5-11 215 So. Ruskin, Fla. H 7 Cole Davis 6-3 217 Jr. Kearney, Mo. 13 Eric Perkins 5-8 184 Sr. Kewaskum, Wis. LS 51 James Fisher 6-2 216 Jr. Bloomington, Minn. PR 13 Eric Perkins 5-8 184 Sr. Kewaskum, Wis. 20 Darrius Shepherd 5-11 182 So. Blue Springs, Mo.

STARTERS, GAME BY GAME OFFENSE TE/FB LT LG C RG RT TE/FB/RB QB RB WR/TE WR/RB/TE CSU Wentz Conner Johnson T. Volson Plankers Lechler Illies Stick Frazier Urzendowski Shepherd EWU Wentz Conner Johnson T. Volson Plankers Lechler Ellefson Stick Frazier Urzendowski Shepherd at Iowa Wentz Conner Johnson Kuhnert Plankers Lechler Robbins Stick Frazier Urzendowski Shepherd ILST Wentz Conner Johnson Kuhnert Plankers Lechler Illies Stick Frazier Freeman Williams at MOST Wentz Conner Johnson Kuhnert Plankers Lechler Illies Stick Frazier Urzendowski Shepherd SDSU Wentz Conner Johnson Kuhnert Plankers Lechler Illies Stick Frazier Freeman Morlock at WIU Wentz Conner Johnson Kuhnert Plankers Lechler Dunn Stick Frazier Urzendowski Shepherd at UNI Jenson Conner Johnson Kuhnert Plankers Lechler Illies Stick Morlock Urzendowski Shepherd YSU Wentz Conner Johnson Kuhnert Plankers Lechler Illies Stick Morlock Urzendowski Shepherd INST Wentz Conner Johnson Kuhnert Plankers Lechler Morlock Stick Frazier Urzendowski Shepherd at USD Wentz Conner Johnson Kuhnert Plankers Lechler Robbins Stick Frazier Messner Ellefson SD Wentz Conner Johnson Kuhnert Plankers Lechler Illies Stick Frazier Urzendowski Perkins SDSU Morlock Conner Johnson Kuhnert Plankers Lechler Dunn Stick Frazier Freeman Williams

DEFENSE LE DT NG RE SLB MLB/DB WLB CB SS FS CB CSU Ambrosius Tanguay Steidl Menard Gee-Tucker DeLuca Stumpf Wimbush Grimsley Dempsey Allison EWU Ambrosius Tanguay Steidl Menard Gee-Tucker DeLuca Stumpf Wimbush Grimsley Dempsey Allison at Iowa Ambrosius Tanguay Steidl Menard Gee-Tucker DeLuca Stumpf Wimbush Grimsley Dempsey Allison ILST Ambrosius Tanguay Steidl Menard Gee-Tucker Davis Stumpf Wimbush Grimsley Dempsey Allison at MOST Ambrosius Tanguay Steidl Menard Gee-Tucker Plank Stumpf Wimbush Grimsley Dempsey Allison SDSU Ambrosius Tanguay Steidl Menard Gee-Tucker Plank Stumpf Wimbush Grimsley Dempsey Allison at WIU Ambrosius Tanguay Steidl Menard Gee-Tucker Plank Stumpf McCoy Grimsley Dempsey Allison at UNI Ambrosius Tanguay Steidl Menard Gee-Tucker Plank Stumpf Wimbush Grimsley Dempsey Allison YSU Ambrosius Tanguay Steidl Menard Gee-Tucker Plank Stumpf Wimbush Grimsley Dempsey Allison INST Ambrosius Morgan Steidl Menard Gee-Tucker Plank Stumpf Wimbush Grimsley Dempsey Allison at USD Ambrosius Morgan Steidl Menard Gee-Tucker Plank Stumpf Wimbush Grimsley Dempsey Allison SD Ambrosius Morgan Steidl Menard Board Plank Stumpf Wimbush Grimsley Dempsey Allison SDSU Ambrosius Morgan Steidl Menard Board Plank Stumpf Wimbush Grimsley Dempsey Allison BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 10

2016 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Game Results (as of Dec 10, 2016) All games

Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend Aug 27, 2016 #6 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Wo 24-17 1-0 0-0 3:39 18881 Sep 10, 2016 #8 EASTERN WASHINGTON Wo 50-44 2-0 0-0 4:06 18906 Sep 17, 2016 at #11 Iowa W 23-21 3-0 0-0 3:05 70585 * Oct 01, 2016 #18 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-10 4-0 1-0 3:05 18907 * Oct 08, 2016 at Missouri State W 27-3 5-0 2-0 3:00 10462 * Oct 15, 2016 #11 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE L 17-19 5-1 2-1 3:19 18828 * Oct 22, 2016 at #12 Western Illinois W 21-13 6-1 3-1 3:03 5329 * Oct 29, 2016 at Northern Iowa W 24-20 7-1 4-1 3:19 12032 * Nov 05, 2016 #13 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 24-3 8-1 5-1 3:00 18332 * Nov 12, 2016 INDIANA STATE W 41-17 9-1 6-1 3:12 18276 * Nov 19, 2016 at South Dakota W 28-21 10-1 7-1 3:04 10011 ^ Dec 03, 2016 #24 SAN DIEGO W 45-7 11-1 7-1 2:50 18305 ^ Dec 10, 2016 #7 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 36-10 12-1 7-1 3:06 18285

* Missouri Valley Football Conference games ^ NCAA Division I FCS playoff games

2016 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Dec 10, 2016) All games

First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Return Turn- Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs CHARLESTON SOUTHE 24 - 17 21 / 11 11 / 5 10 / 5 0 / 1 44-230 / 34-169 17-27-1 / 8-20-1 194 / 94 71-424 / 54-263 96 / 77 2 / 1 EASTERN WASHINGTO 50 - 44 22 / 27 10 / 7 11 / 17 1 / 3 47-280 / 34-106 17-27-0 / 26-41-3 257 / 450 74-537 / 75-556 220 / 125 1 / 3 Iowa 23 - 21 21 / 12 13 / 6 8 / 5 0 / 1 49-239 / 25-34 11-19-1 / 13-24-1 124 / 197 68-363 / 49-231 39 / 79 1 / 1 ILLINOIS STATE 31 - 10 20 / 17 11 / 3 8 / 14 1 / 0 48-194 / 24-37 13-18-0 / 24-38-0 256 / 303 66-450 / 62-340 80 / 104 0 / 1 Missouri State 27 - 3 20 / 11 12 / 4 8 / 6 0 / 1 45-269 / 26-30 11-20-0 / 20-35-2 159 / 146 65-428 / 61-176 67 / 72 2 / 4 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 17 - 19 16 / 28 8 / 13 7 / 13 1 / 2 35-161 / 36-220 14-21-0 / 24-42-1 143 / 303 56-304 / 78-523 51 / 46 1 / 1 Western Illinois 21 - 13 18 / 17 10 / 6 8 / 10 0 / 1 42-197 / 33-86 9-19-2 / 19-27-2 160 / 183 61-357 / 60-269 51 / 77 2 / 3 Northern Iowa 24 - 20 16 / 17 9 / 4 7 / 11 0 / 2 45-217 / 26-68 8-16-2 / 20-39-4 118 / 216 61-335 / 65-284 123 / 120 2 / 4 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 24 - 3 12 / 17 8 / 9 4 / 7 0 / 1 32-240 / 41-92 6-12-1 / 18-29-1 89 / 222 44-329 / 70-314 43 / 69 1 / 2 INDIANA STATE 41 - 17 14 / 16 7 / 12 7 / 3 0 / 1 35-243 / 47-154 9-16-0 / 14-27-1 73 / 90 51-316 / 74-244 161 / 88 0 / 2 South Dakota 28 - 21 24 / 20 15 / 10 9 / 9 0 / 1 52-369 / 37-161 13-20-1 / 16-32-0 154 / 184 72-523 / 69-345 84 / 39 2 / 0 SAN DIEGO 45 - 7 19 / 17 9 / 5 10 / 12 0 / 0 31-299 / 29-95 12-20-0 / 24-39-1 208 / 200 51-507 / 68-295 66 / 169 0 / 1 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 36 - 10 26 / 10 19 / 2 5 / 7 2 / 1 52-302 / 22-37 12-21-1 / 13-17-1 188 / 155 73-490 / 39-192 82 / 101 1 / 2 Totals 391 - 205 249 / 220 142 / 86 102 / 119 5 / 15 557-3240 / 414-1289 152-256-9 / 239-410-18 2123 / 2743 813-5363 / 824-4032 1163 / 1166 15 / 25

3rd Down 4th Down Time of TOP Avg Avg Avg Punting Penalties Opponent Conversions Conversions Possession Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Number-Avg Number-Yards Sacks CHARLESTON SOUTHE 6-15 / 2-12 0-1 / 1-2 32:58 / 27:02 5 :5 6 5.2 / 5.0 7.2 / 4.7 6.0 / 4.9 6-32.5 / 6-42.7 6-70 / 6-45 1 / 3 EASTERN WASHINGTO 12-17 / 6-11 0-0 / 1-1 33:56 / 26:04 7 :5 2 6.0 / 3.1 9.5 / 11.0 7.3 / 7.4 4-36.0 / 3-43.7 13-137 / 9-67 5 / 0 Iowa 4-13 / 5-13 2-2 / 1-1 36:40 / 23:20 1 3 :2 0 4.9 / 1.4 6.5 / 8.2 5.3 / 4.7 5-31.6 / 6-45.5 1-15 / 3-16 2 / 3 ILLINOIS STATE 6-15 / 3-14 1-1 / 0-2 36:28 / 23:32 1 2 :5 6 4.0 / 1.5 14.2 / 8.0 6.8 / 5.5 6-36.3 / 7-40.7 3-15 / 2-15 6 / 0 Missouri State 5-13 / 6-16 1-1 / 0-1 33:05 / 26:55 6 :1 0 6.0 / 1.2 7.9 / 4.2 6.6 / 2.9 4-37.0 / 6-42.2 8-70 / 6-52 2 / 2 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 7-13 / 8-16 1-1 / 2-6 27:37 / 32:23 -4:46 4.6 / 6.1 6.8 / 7.2 5.4 / 6.7 5-39.2 / 0-0.0 6-65 / 7-65 1 / 1 Western Illinois 3-11 / 6-14 2-3 / 1-2 27:35 / 32:25 -4:50 4.7 / 2.6 8.4 / 6.8 5.9 / 4.5 3-37.0 / 3-35.3 8-61 / 4-33 2 / 0 Northern Iowa 3-12 / 6-14 0-0 / 0-0 33:37 / 26:23 7 :1 4 4.8 / 2.6 7.4 / 5.5 5.5 / 4.4 7-42.7 / 6-37.2 8-65 / 4-35 3 / 2 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 3-8 / 7-18 0-0 / 1-2 24:12 / 35:48 -11:36 7.5 / 2.2 7.4 / 7.7 7.5 / 4.5 4-35.5 / 4-42.8 5-57 / 3-20 4 / 1 INDIANA STATE 4-11 / 10-20 0-0 / 1-2 24:34 / 35:26 -10:52 6.9 / 3.3 4.6 / 3.3 6.2 / 3.3 5-36.4 / 6-40.2 7-66 / 8-73 3 / 0 South Dakota 9-13 / 9-17 0-0 / 0-1 37:10 / 22:50 1 4 :2 0 7.1 / 4.4 7.7 / 5.8 7.3 / 5.0 4-37.2 / 6-51.8 6-45 / 3-25 2 / 1 SAN DIEGO 4-9 / 6-14 0-1 / 0-3 24:24 / 35:36 -11:12 9.6 / 3.3 10.4 / 5.1 9.9 / 4.3 2-37.5 / 4-38.0 1-0 / 2-15 0 / 0 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 10-13 / 2-7 0-0 / 0-1 40:55 / 19:05 2 1 :5 0 5.8 / 1.7 9.0 / 9.1 6.7 / 4.9 1-33.0 / 3-41.7 6-53 / 5-34 3 / 1 Totals 76-163 / 76-186 7-10 / 8-24 413:11 / 366:49 4 6 :2 2 5.8 / 3.1 8.3 / 6.7 6.6 / 4.9 56-36.6 / 60-42.1 78-719 / 62-495 34 / 14

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 11

2016 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Overall Team Statistics (as of Dec 10, 2016) All games

Team Statistics NDSU OPP SCORING 391 205 Points Per Game 30.1 15.8 Points Off Turnovers 78 27 FIRST DOWNS 249 220 R u s h in g 142 86 P a s s in g 102 119 P e n a lt y 5 15 RUSHING YARDAGE 3240 1289 Yards gained rushing 3422 1698 Yards lost rushing 182 409 Rushing Attempts 557 414 Average Per Rush 5.8 3.1 Average Per Game 249.2 99.2 TDs Rushing 27 9 PASSING YARDAGE 2123 2743 C o m p - A t t - I n t 152-256-9 239-410-18 Average Per Pass 8.3 6.7 Average Per Catch 14.0 11.5 Average Per Game 163.3 211.0 TDs Passing 19 15 TOTAL OFFENSE 5363 4032 Total Plays 813 824 Average Per Play 6.6 4.9 Average Per Game 412.5 310.2 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 38-804 59-1082 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 11-144 3-0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 18-195 9-74 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 21.2 18.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 13.1 0.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 10.8 8.2 FUMBLES-LOST 12-6 15-7 PENALTIES-Yards 78-719 62-495 Average Per Game 55.3 38.1 PUNTS-Yards 56-2050 60-2527 Average Per Punt 36.6 42.1 Net punt average 35.5 39.0 KICKOFFS-Yards 71-4196 48-2967 Average Per Kick 59.1 61.8 Net kick average 40.3 39.9 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 1 : 4 7 2 8 : 1 3 3RD-DOWN Conversions 76/163 76/186 3rd-Down Pct 47% 41% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 7/10 8/24 4th-Down Pct 70% 33% SACKS BY-Yards 34-252 14-90 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 50 24 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 14-20 13-22 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 1-2 RED-ZONE SCORES (32-39) 82% (29-42) 69% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (23-39) 59% (19-42) 45% PAT-ATTEMPTS (47-48) 98% (22-23) 96% ATTENDANCE 148720 108419 Games/Avg Per Game 8/18590 5/21684 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total North Dakota State 94 130 67 87 13 391 Opponents 26 67 52 60 0 205 BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 12

2016 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Dec 10, 2016) All games

SEASON CAREER

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Lance Dunn 13 156 957 17 940 6.0 6 56 72.3 26 251 1446 38 1408 5.6 9 60 54.2 King Frazier 12 171 841 6 835 4.9 10 44 69.6 43 501 2652 43 2609 5.2 25 51 60.7 Easton Stick 13 104 764 100 664 6.4 7 52 51.1 24 189 1314 152 1162 6.1 12 60 48.4 Chase Morlock 12 48 367 1 366 7.6 2 71 30.5 57 241 1371 24 1347 5.6 13 71 23.6 Bruce Anderson 8 34 267 16 251 7.4 1 61 31.4 23 124 795 41 754 6.1 3 61 32.8 Darrius Shepherd 12 12 111 2 109 9.1 1 31 9.1 27 21 170 2 168 8.0 1 31 6.2 Dimitri Williams 13 9 45 6 39 4.3 0 13 3.0 25 18 119 10 109 6.1 1 27 4.4 Eric Perkins 9 1 29 0 29 29.0 0 29 3.2 51 4 45 0 45 11.2 0 29 0.9 Demaris Purifoy 2 8 20 0 20 2.5 0 9 10.0 2 8 20 0 20 2.5 0 9 10.0 Ty Brooks 9 4 17 0 17 4.2 0 11 1.9 9 4 17 0 17 4.2 0 11 1.9 RJ Urzendowski 13 2 4 5 -1 -0.5 0 4 -0.1 44 4 18 5 13 3.2 0 11 0.3 James Hendricks 2 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -2.0 2 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -2.0 TEAM 9 7 0 25 -25 -3.6 0 0 -2.8 Total 13 557 3422 182 3240 5.8 27 71 249.2 Opponents 13 414 1698 409 1289 3.1 9 47 99.2

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Easton Stick 13 148.94 150-250-9 60.0 2115 19 67 162.7 24 149.46 240-397-13 60.5 3259 32 77 135.8 TEAM 9 0.00 0-3-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Cole Davis 4 89.07 2-3-0 66.7 8 0 9 2.0 14 75.24 4-9-0 44.4 33 0 14 2.4 Total 13 146.50 152-256-9 59.4 2123 19 67 163.3 Opponents 13 117.78 239-410-18 58.3 2743 15 51 211.0

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Darrius Shepherd 12 41 600 14.6 5 67 50.0 27 81 1175 14.5 10 67 43.5 RJ Urzendowski 13 29 518 17.9 3 65 39.8 44 109 1813 16.6 14 77 41.2 Jeff Illies 13 17 233 13.7 5 33 17.9 44 31 366 11.8 8 33 8.3 Chase Morlock 12 14 241 17.2 3 52 20.1 57 44 642 14.6 8 55 11.3 Lance Dunn 13 9 91 10.1 1 38 7.0 26 14 117 8.4 1 38 4.5 Dimitri Williams 13 9 71 7.9 0 17 5.5 25 11 88 8.0 0 17 3.5 Nate Jenson 13 7 113 16.1 1 35 8.7 27 7 113 16.1 1 35 4.2 Connor Wentz 13 6 100 16.7 1 29 7.7 43 14 206 14.7 4 33 4.8 Dallas Freeman 13 6 63 10.5 0 17 4.8 15 6 63 10.5 0 17 4.2 Eric Perkins 9 5 38 7.6 0 9 4.2 51 17 171 10.1 0 33 3.4 Bruce Anderson 8 4 38 9.5 0 24 4.8 23 12 93 7.8 1 24 4.0 King Frazier 12 4 18 4.5 0 8 1.5 43 17 198 11.6 1 44 4.6 Easton Stick 13 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 24 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0.0 Total 13 152 2123 14.0 19 67 163.3 Opponents 13 239 2743 11.5 15 51 211.0

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/g Easton Stick 13 354 664 2115 2779 213.8 24 586 1162 3259 4421 184.2 Lance Dunn 13 156 940 0 940 72.3 26 251 1408 0 1408 54.2 King Frazier 12 171 835 0 835 69.6 43 501 2609 0 2609 60.7 Chase Morlock 12 48 366 0 366 30.5 57 241 1347 0 1347 23.6 Bruce Anderson 8 34 251 0 251 31.4 23 124 754 0 754 32.8 Darrius Shepherd 12 12 109 0 109 9.1 27 21 168 0 168 6.2 Dimitri Williams 13 9 39 0 39 3.0 25 18 109 0 109 4.4 Eric Perkins 9 1 29 0 29 3.2 51 4 45 0 45 0.9 Demaris Purifoy 2 8 20 0 20 10.0 2 8 20 0 20 10.0 Ty Brooks 9 4 17 0 17 1.9 9 4 17 0 17 1.9 Cole Davis 4 3 0 8 8 2.0 14 14 4 33 37 2.6 RJ Urzendowski 13 2 -1 0 -1 -0.1 44 4 13 0 13 0.3 James Hendricks 2 1 -4 0 -4 -2.0 2 1 -4 0 -4 -2.0 TEAM 9 10 -25 0 -25 -2.8 Total 13 813 3240 2123 5363 412.5 Opponents 13 824 1289 2743 4032 310.2 BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 13

2016 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Dec 10, 2016) All games

SEASON CAREER

PAT PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Cam Pedersen - 14-20 47-48 - - - - - 89 - 26-41 104-107 - - - - - 182 King Frazier 10 ------60 26 ------156 Lance Dunn 7 ------42 10 ------60 Darrius Shepherd 7 ------42 12 ------72 Easton Stick 7 - - - - 0-1 - - 42 12 - - - - 0-1 - - 72 Chase Morlock 5 ------30 21 ------126 Jeff Illies 5 ------30 8 ------48 RJ Urzendowski 3 ------18 14 ------84 MJ Stumpf 2 ------12 2 ------12 Connor Wentz 1 ------6 4 ------24 Nick DeLuca 1 ------6 1 ------6 Nate Jenson 1 ------6 1 ------6 Bruce Anderson 1 ------6 6 ------36 Grant Morgan ------1 2 ------1 2 Total 50 14-20 47-48 - - 0-1 - 1 391 Opponents 24 13-22 22-23 0-1 - - - - 205

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Eric Perkins 5 37 7.4 0 13 32 326 10.2 1 88 Darrius Shepherd 5 111 22.2 1 84 10 176 17.6 1 84 RJ Urzendowski 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 Total 11 144 13.1 1 84 Opponents 3 0 0.0 0 12

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Bruce Anderson 15 320 21.3 0 32 31 905 29.2 2 100 Ty Brooks 9 194 21.6 0 43 9 194 21.6 0 43 Eric Perkins 5 119 23.8 0 32 30 750 25.0 0 43 Dimitri Williams 4 89 22.2 0 38 6 127 21.2 0 38 Chase Morlock 3 39 13.0 0 18 7 126 18.0 0 29 Lance Dunn 2 43 21.5 0 22 4 74 18.5 0 25 Total 38 804 21.2 0 43 Opponents 59 1082 18.3 0 48

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Tre Dempsey 6 19 3.2 0 10 10 22 2.2 0 10 Robbie Grimsley 4 57 14.2 0 38 6 65 10.8 0 38 Jalen Allison 4 14 3.5 0 8 5 44 8.8 1 30 MJ Stumpf 2 61 30.5 2 40 2 61 30.5 2 40 Matt Plank 1 4 4.0 0 4 1 4 4.0 0 4 Nick DeLuca 1 40 40.0 1 40 6 93 15.5 1 40 Total 18 195 10.8 3 40 Opponents 9 74 8.2 0 30

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Aaron Steidl 1 20 20.0 0 20 1 20 20.0 0 20 Total 1 20 20.0 0 20 Opponents 1 10 10.0 0 10 BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 14

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All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Lance Dunn 13 940 91 0 43 0 1074 82.6 26 1408 117 0 74 0 1599 61.5 King Frazier 12 835 18 0 0 0 853 71.1 43 2609 198 0 0 0 2807 65.3 Darrius Shepherd 12 109 600 111 0 0 820 68.3 27 168 1175 176 0 0 1519 56.3 Easton Stick 13 664 -1 0 0 0 663 51.0 24 1162 -1 0 0 0 1161 48.4 Chase Morlock 12 366 241 0 39 0 646 53.8 57 1347 642 0 126 0 2115 37.1 Bruce Anderson 8 251 38 0 320 0 609 76.1 23 754 93 0 905 0 1752 76.2 RJ Urzendowski 13 -1 518 -4 0 0 513 39.5 44 13 1813 -4 0 0 1822 41.4 Jeff Illies 13 0 233 0 0 0 233 17.9 44 0 366 0 0 0 366 8.3 Eric Perkins 9 29 38 37 119 0 223 24.8 51 45 171 326 750 20160 1292 North25.3 Dakota State Football Ty Brooks 9 17 0 0 194 0 211 23.4 9 17 0 0 194 0 211 23.4 Dimitri Williams 13 39 71 0 89 0 199 15.3 25 109 88North 0Dakota127 State0 Overall324 13.0 Individual Statistics (as of Dec 10, 2016) Nate Jenson 13 0 113 0 0 20160 113 North8.7 Dakota State27 Football0 113 0 0 0 113 4.2All games Connor Wentz 13 0 North100 Dakota0 0 State0 Overall100 7.7 Individual Statistics43 0 (as206 of Dec0 10,0 2016)0 206 4.8 Dallas Freeman 13 0 63 0 0 0 63 4.8 All games15 0 63 0 0 0 63 4.2 MJ Stumpf 13 0 0 0 0 61 61 4.7 56 0 0 0 0 PAT61 61 1.1 Robbie Grimsley 13 0 0 0 0 57 57 4.4 Scoring 28 0 td0 fg 0 kick 0 rush65 rcv pass65 dxp2.3 saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Nick DeLuca 3 0 0 0 0 40 40 13.3 46 0 0 0 37 93 130 2.8 PAT Cam Pedersen - 14-20 47-48 - - - - - 89 Easton Stick 13 354 664 2115 2779 213.8 Demaris Purifoy 2 20 0 0 0 0 20 10.0 2 20 0 0 0 0 20 10.0 ScoringTre Dempsey 13 0td fg0 0kick 0 rush19 rcv 19pass 1.5dxp safKingpts Frazier43Total Offense0 100 - 0 g- plays0 - 22rush - pass22- total0.5- avg/g- 60 Lance Dunn 13 156 940 0 940 72.3 JalenCam PedersenAllison 13 0 - 14-200 47-480 0 - 14 - 14 - 1.1 - -Lance89 Dunn28Easton 0Stick 70 - 0 13- 0354 - 44664 - 211544- 27791.6- 213.8- 42 King Frazier 12 171 835 0 835 69.6 KingMatt Plank Frazier 13 010 0- 0 - 0 - 4 - 4 - 0.3 - -Easton60 Stick32Lance Dunn0 70 - 0 13- 0156 - 9404 - 0-14 0 9400.1- -72.342 Chase Morlock 12 48 366 0 366 30.5 LanceJames HendricksDunn 2 -4 7 0- 0 - 0 - 0 - -4 - -2.0 - -Darrius42 Shepherd2King Frazier-4 70 - 0 12- 0171 - 8350 - -4- 0 -2.0835- -69.642 Bruce Anderson 8 34 251 0 251 31.4 EastonTEAM Stick 9 -25 7 0- 0 - 0 - 0 --250-1 -2.8 - -Jeff 42Illies Chase Morlock5 - 12- 48 - 366 - - 0 366- -30.530 Darrius Shepherd 12 12 109 0 109 9.1 Total 13 3240 2123 144 804 195 6506 500.5 Darrius Shepherd 7 ------Chase42 MorlockBruce Anderson5 - 8- 34 - 251 - - 0 251- -31.430 Dimitri Williams 13 9 39 0 39 3.0 Opponents 13 1289 2743 0 1082 74 5188 399.1 Jeff Illies 5 ------RJ Urzendowski30 Darrius Shepherd3 - 12- 12 - 109 - - 0 109- - 9.118 Eric Perkins 9 1 29 0 29 3.2 ChaseField Goals Morlock att5 good- long- blkd- - - - -MJ Stumpf30 attDimitrigood Williamslong2 -blkd 13- 9 - 39 - - 0 39- - 3.012 Demaris Purifoy 2 8 20 0 20 10.0 RJCam Urzendowski Pedersen 203 - 14 52- 1- - - - -Bruce18 Anderson41Eric Perkins26 521 - 1 9- 1 - 29 - - 0 29- - 3.26 Ty Brooks 9 4 17 0 17 1.9 MJTotal Stumpf 202 - 14 52- 1- - - - -Connor12 WentzDemaris Purifoy1 - 2- 8 - 20 - - 0 20- -10.06 Cole Davis 4 3 0 8 8 2.0 BruceOpponents Anderson 221 - 13 50- 3- - - - -Nate 6JensonTy Brooks 1 - 9- 4 - 17 - - 0 17- - 1.96 RJ Urzendowski 13 2 -1 0 -1 -0.1 Connor Wentz 1 ------Nick DeLuca6 Cole Davis 1 - 4- 3 - 0 - - 8 -8 - 2.06 James Hendricks 2 1 -4 0 -4 -2.0 Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blk NateJackson Jenson Koonce 1 - 55 2029- 36.9- 54 - 0 - - -Grant6 Morgan55RJ2029 Urzendowski36.9 - 54 - 0 13- 2 - -1 - - 0 --1 1-0.12 TEAM 9 10 -25 0 -25 -2.8 NickEaston DeLuca Stick 1 - 1 - 21 21.0- 21 - 0 - - -Total6 1James21 Hendricks21.050 2114-200 47-482 1 - -4 - 0-10 --4 1-2.0391 Total 13 813 3240 2123 5363 412.5 GrantTotal Morgan - - 56 2050- 36.6- 54 - 0 - - 1Opponents2 TEAM 24 13-22 22-239 100-1 -25 - - 0 -25- --2.8205 Opponents 13 824 1289 2743 4032 310.2 OpponentsTotal 50 14-20 6047-482527 42.1- 65 - 0 0-1 - 1 391 Total 13 813 3240 2123 5363 412.5 Opponents 24 13-22 22-23 0-1 - - - - 205 Opponents 13 824 1289 2743 4032 310.2 Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb ob Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Cam Pedersen 69 4076 59.1 10 2 70 4141 59.2 11 2 Jackson Koonce 2 120 60.0 0 0 Cam Pedersen2 120 60.014-200 70.00 0-0 4-5 5-6 4-7 1-2 52 1 Jackson Koonce 55 2029 36.9 54 3 34 13 2 0 FieldTotal Goals 71fg4196 59.1pct. 01-1910 220-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Easton Stick 1 21 21.0 21 0 0 1 0 0 CamOpponents Pedersen 4814-202967 70.061.8 100-0 0 4-5 5-6 4-7 1-2 FG52 Sequence1 Jackson KoonceNorth Dakota State55 2029 36.9Opponents54 3 34 13 2 0 Total 56 2050 36.6 54 3 34 14 2 0 Charleston SouthernEaston Stick43,(52) 1 21 21.036,(46),5121 0 0 1 0 0 Opponents 60 2527 42.1 65 2 33 17 11 0 FG Sequence North Dakota State Opponents Eastern WashingtonTotal (28) 56 2050 36.6(37),4954 3 34 14 2 0 Charleston Southern 43,(52) 36,(46),51 Iowa Opponents 50,(37) 60 2527 42.1- 65 2 33 17 11 0 Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Eastern Washington (28) (37),49 Illinois State (47),30 (23) Cam Pedersen 69 4076 59.1 10 2 Iowa 50,(37) - Missouri StateKickoffs (38),(21),42 no. yds avg(50),45tb ob retn net ydln Jackson Koonce 2 120 60.0 0 0 Illinois State (47),30 (23) South DakotaCam State Pedersen(49) 69 4076 59.1(38),(42)10 2 Total 71 4196 59.1 10 2 18.3 40.3 24 Missouri State (38),(21),42 (50),45 Western IllinoisJackson Koonce28 2 120 60.0(29),(28),41,330 0 Opponents 48 2967 61.8 10 0 21.2 39.9 25 South Dakota State (49) (38),(42) Northern IowaTotal (25) 71 4196 59.1(30),(25)10 2 18.3 40.3 24 Western Illinois 28 (29),(28),41,33 Youngstown OpponentsState (36) 48 2967 61.8(32),34,2910 0 21.2 39.9 25 Northern Iowa (25) (30),(25) Indiana State (29),(45) (41) Youngstown State (36) (32),34,29 South Dakota - - Indiana State (29),(45) (41) San Diego 45,(31) 42 South Dakota - - South Dakota State (35),(45) (34) San Diego 45,(31) 42 South Dakota State (35),(45) (34) Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

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## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk 41 MJ Stumpf 13 4 3 3 6 7 9 12.0 2 . 5 2 3 1 . . 56 1 0 3 8 6 1 8 9 21.5 2 . 5 2 6 5 1 . 5 Robbie Grimsley 13 3 8 3 8 7 6 1.0 1 . 0 4 1 . 1 . 28 7 3 7 1 1 4 4 5.0 2 . 0 6 7 . 2 . 44 Matt Plank 13 3 1 4 0 7 1 5.0 . 1 2 . 1 . 32 4 1 5 7 9 8 5.5 . 1 2 . 2 . 47 Pierre Gee-Tucker 11 4 1 2 9 7 0 8.5 3 . 0 . 1 2 . . 44 7 4 6 6 1 4 0 10.0 3 . 0 2 3 2 . . 21 Jalen Allison 13 4 2 2 1 6 3 1.5 1 . 5 4 7 . 2 . 28 5 5 3 1 8 6 1.5 1 . 5 5 1 3 1 2 . 96 Greg Menard 13 2 3 3 4 5 7 15.0 1 0 . 5 . 1 2 2 1 42 5 3 6 7 1 2 0 33.0 2 3 . 5 . 1 5 4 1 3 Tre Dempsey 13 3 3 1 5 4 8 4.5 . 6 6 . . . 43 9 2 5 0 1 4 2 6.0 . 10 2 0 . 1 . 23 Jaylaan Wimbush 12 2 3 2 3 4 6 2.0 . . 7 . . 1 26 2 9 2 6 5 5 2.0 . . 7 . . 1 97 Brad Ambrosius 13 2 0 1 3 3 3 7.5 5 . 0 . 3 . 1 . 52 5 5 5 1 1 0 6 24.0 1 1 . 5 1 4 2 2 . 99 Nate Tanguay 9 1 4 1 7 3 1 5.5 0 . 5 . 1 . 1 1 40 5 0 6 4 1 1 4 15.5 6 . 0 . 3 . 2 1 63 Aaron Steidl 13 1 0 1 9 2 9 4.0 2 . 0 . . 1 1 . 28 2 1 3 2 5 3 5.0 3 . 0 . . 1 1 . 49 Nick DeLuca 3 1 4 1 2 2 6 2.0 . 1 1 . . . 46 1 1 5 1 4 0 2 5 5 15.5 3 . 0 6 8 . 2 . 35 Dom Davis 10 1 3 1 2 2 5 0.5 . . 4 . . . 10 1 3 1 2 2 5 0.5 . . 4 . . . 90 Grant Morgan 13 1 2 7 1 9 2.5 . . 1 . . . 41 1 5 2 6 4 1 3.5 . . 1 . . . 1 Chris Board 12 8 9 1 7 0.0 ...... 43 3 2 3 8 7 0 1.0 . . 3 . . . 93 Jarrod Tuszka 13 6 1 0 1 6 3.0 2 . 0 . 1 . 1 . 34 8 1 5 2 3 3.0 2 . 0 . 1 . 1 . 69 Blake Williams 13 6 9 1 5 1.5 ...... 14 6 9 1 5 1.5 ...... 48 Dan Marlette 13 6 7 1 3 0.5 ...... 28 1 2 9 2 1 0.5 ...... 95 Caleb Butler 13 9 3 1 2 4.5 4 . 0 . 1 . . . 26 1 7 1 0 2 7 7.5 5 . 0 . 2 1 1 . 94 Stanley Jones 13 4 8 1 2 4.0 1 . 0 . . 1 . . 24 1 0 1 7 2 7 9.5 3 . 5 . 1 1 . . 2 Quinten McCoy 12 6 5 1 1 0.5 ...... 16 6 5 1 1 0.5 ...... 52 Jake Brinkman 5 3 6 9 0.0 ...... 5 3 6 9 0.0 ...... 45 Levi Jordheim 13 3 5 8 0.0 ...... 24 5 9 1 4 0.0 ...... 92 Jack Darnell 6 2 6 8 0.0 ...... 6 2 6 8 0.0 ...... 38 Jaxon Brown 11 6 1 7 0.0 ...... 11 6 1 7 0.0 ...... 29 Eric Bachmeier 9 4 3 7 0.0 ...... 20 6 3 9 0.0 ...... 25 Chase Morlock 12 5 2 7 0.0 ...... 57 1 3 1 0 2 3 0.0 ...... 13 Eric Perkins 9 2 4 6 0.0 ...... 51 2 4 6 0.0 ...... 4 Dimitri Williams 13 3 2 5 0.0 ...... 25 3 2 5 0.0 ...... 43 Kurt Mattox 4 4 . 4 0.0 . . . . 1 . 7 4 2 6 0.0 . . . . 1 . 91 Derrek Tuszka 7 1 3 4 1.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 7 1 3 4 1.5 1 . 0 . . . . . 8 Bruce Anderson 8 3 1 4 0.0 ...... 23 7 2 9 0.0 ...... 27 Isaac Cenescar 9 1 2 3 0.0 ...... 10 3 3 6 0.0 ...... 36 Cam Pedersen 13 2 1 3 0.0 ...... 27 2 1 3 0.0 ...... 15 Daniel Polansky 7 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 13 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 73 Zack Ziemer 9 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 24 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 37 Tre Fort 12 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 12 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 78 Landon Lechler 13 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 53 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 9 Marquise Bridges 3 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 3 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 53 Cole Karcz 4 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 4 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 51 James Fisher 13 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 44 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 87 Connor Wentz 13 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 43 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 86 Jeff Illies 13 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 44 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 16 RJ Urzendowski 13 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 44 3 . 3 0.0 ...... 10 Lance Dunn 13 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 26 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 12 Easton Stick 13 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 24 1 . 1 0.0 ...... Total 13 4 5 0 4 0 7 8 5 7 87 34 18 4 0 7 1 1 3 Opponents 13 4 4 5 4 9 4 9 3 9 47 14 9 2 7 6 8 1 BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 16

2016 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Team Game-by-Game (as of Dec 10, 2016) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Aug 27 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 44 230 1 25 17 194 2 47 17-27-1 194 2 47 4 85 0 32 1 11 0 11 424 Sep 10 EASTERN WASHINGTON 47 280 4 41 17 257 2 42 17-27-0 257 2 42 6 138 0 28 1 4 0 4 537 Sep 17 at Iowa 49 239 1 44 11 124 1 24 11-19-1 124 1 24 1 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 363 Oct 01 ILLINOIS STATE 48 194 1 31 13 256 3 65 13-18-0 256 3 65 3 60 0 26 3 20 0 13 450 Oct 08 at Missouri State 45 269 2 53 11 159 1 43 11-20-0 159 1 43 2 43 0 22 1 -4 0 0 428 Oct 15 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 35 161 2 26 14 143 0 44 14-21-0 143 0 44 3 51 0 21 0 0 0 0 304 Oct 22 at Western Illinois 42 197 2 21 9 160 1 48 9-19-2 160 1 48 2 42 0 24 0 0 0 0 357 Oct 29 at Northern Iowa 45 217 2 29 8 118 1 31 8-16-2 118 1 31 4 94 0 43 1 11 0 11 335 Nov 05 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 32 240 2 71 6 89 1 29 6-12-1 89 1 29 1 38 0 38 1 0 0 0 329 Nov 12 INDIANA STATE 35 243 4 42 9 73 0 19 9-16-0 73 0 19 4 71 0 27 1 84 1 84 316 Nov 19 at South Dakota 52 369 1 44 13 154 3 40 13-20-1 154 3 40 3 68 0 32 1 16 0 16 523 Dec 03 SAN DIEGO 31 299 2 61 12 208 3 49 12-20-0 208 3 49 2 26 0 14 0 0 0 0 507 Dec 10 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 52 302 3 49 12 188 1 67 12-21-1 188 1 67 3 70 0 29 1 2 0 2 490 North Dakota State 557 3240 27 71 152 2123 19 67 152-256-9 2123 19 67 38 804 0 43 11 144 1 84 5363 Opponents 414 1289 9 47 239 2743 15 51 239-410-18 2743 15 51 59 1082 0 48 3 0 0 12 4032

Games: 13 • Avg/rush: 5.8 • Avg/catch: 14.0 • Pass effic: 146.50 • KR avg: 21.2 • PR avg: 13.1 • All purpose avg/game: 500.5 • Total offense avg/gm: 412.5

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Aug 27 CHARLESTON SOUTHE 25 36 61 8.0-21 1.0-7 0 0-0 1-0 3 7 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 24 Sep 10 EASTERN WASHINGTO 38 42 80 6.0-28 5.0-23 1 0-0 3-78 1 2 0 5-6 0 0 0 13 50 Sep 17 at Iowa 31 17 48 5.0-23 2.0-18 1 0-0 1-21 2 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 23 Oct 01 ILLINOIS STATE 31 34 65 9.0-66 6.0-51 1 1-0 0-0 2 4 0 4-4 0 0 0 7 31 Oct 08 at Missouri State 27 40 67 12.0-41 2.0-20 2 2-20 2-8 0 1 1 3-3 0 0 0 14 27 Oct 15 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 36 36 72 5.0-10 1.0-3 0 0-0 1-0 0 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 17 Oct 22 at Western Illinois 41 22 63 4.0-16 2.0-14 1 1-0 2-9 2 1 2 3-3 0 0 0 0 21 Oct 29 at Northern Iowa 31 30 61 6.0-26 3.0-20 0 0-0 4-18 0 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 24 Nov 05 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 41 42 83 9.0-40 4.0-28 1 1-0 1-5 1 2 0 3-3 0 0 0 10 24 Nov 12 INDIANA STATE 35 56 91 9.0-41 3.0-21 0 1-0 1-6 4 3 0 5-5 0 0 0 10 41 Nov 19 at South Dakota 43 14 57 5.0-20 2.0-14 2 0-0 0-0 1 7 0 4-4 0 0 0 0 28 Dec 03 SAN DIEGO 43 22 65 4.0-8 0.0-0 1 0-0 1-40 4 4 0 6-6 0 0 0 7 45 Dec 10 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 28 16 44 5.0-36 3.0-33 1 1-0 1-10 2 0 0 4-4 0 0 1 3 36 North Dakota State 450 407 857 87.0-376 34.0-252 11 7-20 18-195 22 40 3 47-48 0 0 1 78 391 Opponents 445 494 939 47.0-168 14.0-90 8 6-10 9-74 15 27 1 22-23 0 0 0 27 205

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Aug 27 CHARLESTON SOUTHE 6 195 32.5 36 0 0 3 0 0 1-2 52 0 3 175 58.3 1 0 Sep 10 EASTERN WASHINGTO 4 144 36.0 46 0 0 3 0 2 1-1 28 0 8 481 60.1 1 0 Sep 17 at Iowa 5 158 31.6 40 0 0 4 0 2 1-2 37 0 4 212 53.0 0 0 Oct 01 ILLINOIS STATE 6 218 36.3 40 0 0 4 0 2 1-2 47 0 6 355 59.2 0 0 Oct 08 at Missouri State 4 148 37.0 48 0 0 1 0 2 2-3 38 0 6 300 50.0 1 0 Oct 15 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 5 196 39.2 45 0 0 3 0 1 1-1 49 0 3 181 60.3 0 0 Oct 22 at Western Illinois 3 111 37.0 54 0 0 1 1 1 0-1 0 1 4 241 60.2 1 1 Oct 29 at Northern Iowa 7 299 42.7 52 0 3 3 1 0 1-1 25 0 5 285 57.0 1 0 Nov 05 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 4 142 35.5 41 0 0 4 0 0 1-1 36 0 5 321 64.2 1 0 Nov 12 INDIANA STATE 5 182 36.4 46 0 0 2 0 1 2-2 45 0 7 429 61.3 1 0 Nov 19 at South Dakota 4 149 37.2 49 0 0 3 0 2 0-0 0 0 5 304 60.8 2 1 Dec 03 SAN DIEGO 2 75 37.5 39 0 0 2 0 0 1-2 31 0 8 503 62.9 0 0 Dec 10 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 1 33 33.0 33 0 0 1 0 1 2-2 45 0 7 409 58.4 1 0 North Dakota State 56 2050 36.6 54 0 3 34 2 14 14-20 52 1 71 4196 59.1 10 2 Opponents 60 2527 42.1 65 0 2 33 11 17 13-22 50 3 48 2967 61.8 10 0 BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 17

2016 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Dec 10, 2016) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Aug 27 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 34 169 2 47 8 94 0 21 8-20-1 94 0 21 2 51 0 27 1 -4 0 0 263 Sep 10 EASTERN WASHINGTON 34 106 2 13 26 450 4 37 26-41-3 450 4 37 7 115 0 19 0 0 0 0 556 Sep 17 at Iowa 25 34 0 18 13 197 3 51 13-24-1 197 3 51 4 74 0 23 0 0 0 0 231 Oct 01 ILLINOIS STATE 24 37 0 21 24 303 1 41 24-38-0 303 1 41 6 104 0 22 0 0 0 0 340 Oct 08 at Missouri State 26 30 0 12 20 146 0 18 20-35-2 146 0 18 5 72 0 25 0 0 0 0 176 Oct 15 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 36 220 0 39 24 303 2 38 24-42-1 303 2 38 3 46 0 21 0 0 0 0 523 Oct 22 at Western Illinois 33 86 1 18 19 183 0 30 19-27-2 183 0 30 2 44 0 27 0 0 0 0 269 Oct 29 at Northern Iowa 26 68 0 28 20 216 2 27 20-39-4 216 2 27 4 120 0 48 0 0 0 0 284 Nov 05 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 41 92 0 13 18 222 0 37 18-29-1 222 0 37 4 63 0 22 0 0 0 0 314 Nov 12 INDIANA STATE 47 154 2 35 14 90 0 13 14-27-1 90 0 13 6 84 0 21 2 4 0 12 244 Nov 19 at South Dakota 37 161 1 25 16 184 2 36 16-32-0 184 2 36 2 39 0 21 0 0 0 0 345 Dec 03 SAN DIEGO 29 95 0 28 24 200 1 27 24-39-1 200 1 27 8 169 0 26 0 0 0 0 295 Dec 10 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 22 37 1 27 13 155 0 44 13-17-1 155 0 44 6 101 0 25 0 0 0 0 192 Opponents 414 1289 9 47 239 2743 15 51 239-410-18 2743 15 51 59 1082 0 48 3 0 0 12 4032 North Dakota State 557 3240 27 71 152 2123 19 67 152-256-9 2123 19 67 38 804 0 43 11 144 1 84 5363

Games: 13 • Avg/rush: 3.1 • Avg/catch: 11.5 • Pass effic: 117.78 • KR avg: 18.3 • PR avg: 0.0 • All purpose avg/game: 399.1 • Total offense avg/gm: 310.2

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Aug 27 CHARLESTON SOUTHE 35 54 89 4.0-28 3.0-24 1 1-0 1-30 0 5 0 2-2 0 0 0 3 17 Sep 10 EASTERN WASHINGTO 45 36 81 5.0-11 0.0-0 0 1-10 0-0 0 2 0 5-6 0 0 0 0 44 Sep 17 at Iowa 31 52 83 4.0-26 3.0-22 1 0-0 1-5 2 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 21 Oct 01 ILLINOIS STATE 31 62 93 3.0-6 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 10 Oct 08 at Missouri State 34 42 76 5.0-22 2.0-16 1 2-0 0-0 2 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Oct 15 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 28 38 66 2.0-8 1.0-6 2 1-0 0-0 0 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 7 19 Oct 22 at Western Illinois 35 24 59 2.0-5 0.0-0 0 0-0 2-33 2 1 1 1-1 0 0 0 3 13 Oct 29 at Northern Iowa 43 26 69 3.0-6 2.0-5 1 0-0 2-0 0 1 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 20 Nov 05 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 26 18 44 3.0-7 1.0-4 0 0-0 1-6 1 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Nov 12 INDIANA STATE 26 38 64 3.0-6 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 17 Nov 19 at South Dakota 52 20 72 2.0-12 1.0-11 1 1-0 1-0 3 1 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 21 Dec 03 SAN DIEGO 25 28 53 5.0-19 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 7 Dec 10 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 34 56 90 6.0-12 1.0-2 0 0-0 1-0 2 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 10 Opponents 445 494 939 47.0-168 14.0-90 8 6-10 9-74 15 27 1 22-23 0 0 0 27 205 North Dakota State 450 407 857 87.0-376 34.0-252 11 7-20 18-195 22 40 3 47-48 0 0 1 78 391

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Aug 27 CHARLESTON SOUTHE 6 256 42.7 54 0 0 1 1 2 1-3 46 0 4 236 59.0 0 0 Sep 10 EASTERN WASHINGTO 3 131 43.7 53 0 0 1 1 0 1-2 37 0 7 432 61.7 1 0 Sep 17 at Iowa 6 273 45.5 52 0 1 5 2 0 0-0 0 0 4 254 63.5 3 0 Oct 01 ILLINOIS STATE 7 285 40.7 45 0 0 2 0 2 1-1 23 0 3 178 59.3 0 0 Oct 08 at Missouri State 6 253 42.2 59 0 0 2 2 2 1-2 50 1 2 124 62.0 0 0 Oct 15 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-2 42 0 4 257 64.2 1 0 Oct 22 at Western Illinois 3 106 35.3 39 0 0 3 0 0 2-4 29 2 4 249 62.2 2 0 Oct 29 at Northern Iowa 6 223 37.2 51 0 0 2 1 2 2-2 30 0 4 248 62.0 0 0 Nov 05 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 4 171 42.8 53 0 0 2 1 3 1-3 32 0 2 126 63.0 1 0 Nov 12 INDIANA STATE 6 241 40.2 49 0 0 5 0 1 1-1 41 0 4 242 60.5 0 0 Nov 19 at South Dakota 6 311 51.8 65 0 1 4 3 2 0-0 0 0 4 251 62.8 1 0 Dec 03 SAN DIEGO 4 152 38.0 44 0 0 4 0 1 0-1 0 0 2 112 56.0 0 0 Dec 10 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 3 125 41.7 49 0 0 2 0 2 1-1 34 0 4 258 64.5 1 0 Opponents 60 2527 42.1 65 0 2 33 11 17 13-22 50 3 48 2967 61.8 10 0 North Dakota State 56 2050 36.6 54 0 3 34 2 14 14-20 52 1 71 4196 59.1 10 2 BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 18

2016 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Red-Zone Results (as of Dec 10, 2016) All games

North Dakota State Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Aug 27, 2016 CHARLESTON SOUTHER W 24-17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 10, 2016 EASTERN WASHINGTON W 50-44 3 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 17, 2016 at Iowa W 23-21 3 3 16 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 01, 2016 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 08, 2016 at Missouri State W 27-3 4 3 13 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Oct 15, 2016 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE L 17-19 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 22, 2016 at Western Illinois W 21-13 4 3 21 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 29, 2016 at Northern Iowa W 24-20 3 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 05, 2016 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 24-3 3 3 17 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 12, 2016 INDIANA STATE W 41-17 4 4 24 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 19, 2016 at South Dakota W 28-21 3 3 21 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 03, 2016 SAN DIEGO W 45-7 3 3 17 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 10, 2016 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 36-10 6 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Totals 39 32 187 23 16 7 9 3 0 1 1 2 0 32 of 39 (82.1%)

Opponents Inside North Dakota State Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Aug 27, 2016 CHARLESTON SOUTHER W 24-17 2 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 10, 2016 EASTERN WASHINGTON W 50-44 5 5 31 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 17, 2016 at Iowa W 23-21 2 2 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 01, 2016 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-10 3 2 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Oct 08, 2016 at Missouri State W 27-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Oct 15, 2016 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE L 17-19 6 3 16 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 Oct 22, 2016 at Western Illinois W 21-13 5 3 13 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Oct 29, 2016 at Northern Iowa W 24-20 4 4 20 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 05, 2016 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 24-3 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Nov 12, 2016 INDIANA STATE W 41-17 3 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 19, 2016 at South Dakota W 28-21 3 2 14 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Dec 03, 2016 SAN DIEGO W 45-7 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Dec 10, 2016 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 36-10 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 42 29 162 19 8 11 10 4 5 2 2 0 0 29 of 42 (69.0%) BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 19

2016 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State By-Quarter Statistics (as of Dec 10, 2016) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Aug 27, 2016 CHARLESTON SOUTHER W 24-17 6-15 40.0 2-4 50.0 2-5 40.0 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-0 0.0 Sep 10, 2016 EASTERN WASHINGTON W 50-44 12-17 70.6 2-4 50.0 4-4 100.0 3-3 100.0 3-6 50.0 0-0 0.0 Sep 17, 2016 at Iowa W 23-21 4-13 30.8 0-3 0.0 1-5 20.0 1-1 100.0 2-4 50.0 Oct 01, 2016 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-10 6-15 40.0 1-3 33.3 3-4 75.0 1-4 25.0 1-4 25.0 Oct 08, 2016 at Missouri State W 27-3 5-13 38.5 0-3 0.0 1-5 20.0 3-3 100.0 1-2 50.0 Oct 15, 2016 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE L 17-19 7-13 53.8 2-2 100.0 2-4 50.0 3-4 75.0 0-3 0.0 Oct 22, 2016 at Western Illinois W 21-13 3-11 27.3 0-0 0.0 1-3 33.3 2-4 50.0 0-4 0.0 Oct 29, 2016 at Northern Iowa W 24-20 3-12 25.0 1-3 33.3 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 0-5 0.0 Nov 05, 2016 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 24-3 3-8 37.5 1-3 33.3 1-2 50.0 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 Nov 12, 2016 INDIANA STATE W 41-17 4-11 36.4 2-2 100.0 0-3 0.0 1-2 50.0 1-4 25.0 Nov 19, 2016 at South Dakota W 28-21 9-13 69.2 3-4 75.0 3-3 100.0 1-2 50.0 2-4 50.0 Dec 03, 2016 SAN DIEGO W 45-7 4-9 44.4 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 1-2 50.0 2-3 66.7 Dec 10, 2016 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 36-10 10-13 76.9 1-2 50.0 4-4 100.0 2-4 50.0 3-3 100.0 North Dakota State 76-163 46.6 16-36 44.4 24-46 52.2 19-34 55.9 17-47 36.2 0-0 0.0 Opponents 76-186 40.9 23-52 44.2 16-47 34.0 21-39 53.8 16-47 34.0 0-1 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Aug 27, 2016 CHARLESTON SOUTHER W 24-17 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 Sep 10, 2016 EASTERN WASHINGTON W 50-44 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Sep 17, 2016 at Iowa W 23-21 2-2 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 Oct 01, 2016 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-10 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 08, 2016 at Missouri State W 27-3 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 15, 2016 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE L 17-19 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 22, 2016 at Western Illinois W 21-13 2-3 66.7 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-2 50.0 Oct 29, 2016 at Northern Iowa W 24-20 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Nov 05, 2016 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 24-3 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Nov 12, 2016 INDIANA STATE W 41-17 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Nov 19, 2016 at South Dakota W 28-21 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Dec 03, 2016 SAN DIEGO W 45-7 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Dec 10, 2016 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 36-10 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 North Dakota State 7-10 70.0 2-3 66.7 3-3 100.0 0-0 0.0 2-4 50.0 0-0 0.0 Opponents 8-24 33.3 0-1 0.0 3-5 60.0 1-2 50.0 4-15 26.7 0-1 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Aug 27, 2016 CHARLESTON SOUTHER W 24-17 32:58 9:11 8:31 8:46 6:30 0:00 Sep 10, 2016 EASTERN WASHINGTON W 50-44 33:56 9:26 8:33 7:59 7:58 0:00 Sep 17, 2016 at Iowa W 23-21 36:40 8:52 9:49 7:14 10:45 Oct 01, 2016 ILLINOIS STATE W 31-10 36:28 8:28 8:13 10:26 9:21 Oct 08, 2016 at Missouri State W 27-3 33:05 6:16 10:04 10:17 6:28 Oct 15, 2016 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE L 17-19 27:37 7:50 5:01 8:23 6:23 Oct 22, 2016 at Western Illinois W 21-13 27:35 2:12 7:17 9:35 8:31 Oct 29, 2016 at Northern Iowa W 24-20 33:37 7:37 9:50 8:23 7:47 Nov 05, 2016 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 24-3 24:12 5:27 5:00 3:30 10:15 Nov 12, 2016 INDIANA STATE W 41-17 24:34 4:15 7:33 5:47 6:59 Nov 19, 2016 at South Dakota W 28-21 37:10 9:04 7:56 11:08 9:02 Dec 03, 2016 SAN DIEGO W 45-7 24:24 7:34 5:21 4:17 7:12 Dec 10, 2016 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 36-10 40:55 6:28 13:24 9:48 11:15 North Dakota State Total 413:11 92:40 106:32 105:33 108:26 0:00 Avg. 31:47 7:07 8:11 8:07 8:20 0:00 Opponents Total 366:49 102:20 88:28 89:27 86:34 0:00 Avg. 28:13 7:52 6:48 6:52 6:39 0:00 BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 20

2016 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Rushing/Receiving Game-by-Game (as of Dec 10, 2016) All games

RUSHING No-Yds/TD CHAR_S EWU IOWA ILST MOST SDSU WIU UNI YSU INST USD SD SDSU Lance Dunn RB 156-940/6 12-50/0 14-128/2 11-61/0 14-49/0 10-44/0 4-8/0 8-29/0 23-118/0 16-76/1 8-48/1 14-145/0 9-93/1 13-91/1 King Frazier RB 171-835/10 11-79/1 10-39/1 16-99/1 20-76/0 19-126/2 13-45/0 20-89/2 6-26/1 DNP 8-23/1 22-91/1 11-41/0 15-101/0 Easton Stick QB 104-664/7 11-45/0 10-60/1 11-35/0 6-17/0 5--5/0 12-86/2 6-45/0 6-5/0 6-65/0 4-85/2 7-44/0 4-99/0 16-83/2 Chase Morlock RB 48-366/2 1-3/0 7-16/0 4-20/0 1-8/0 DNP 2-9/0 4-17/0 9-68/1 8-101/1 6-60/0 3-48/0 1-2/0 2-14/0 Bruce Anderson RB 34-251/1 7-32/0 4-17/0 4-31/0 DNP 8-90/0 4-13/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP - 4-61/1 3-7/0 D. Shepherd WR 12-109/1 1-19/0 2-20/0 2-9/0 1-31/1 - - 3-18/0 - - - 3-12/0 DNP - D. Williams WR 9-39/0 1-2/0 - - 1-2/0 1-1/0 - - - - 2-16/0 1-2/0 2-3/0 1-13/0 Eric Perkins WR 1-29/0 - - - - DNP DNP DNP DNP - - 1-29/0 - - Demaris Purifoy RB 8-20/0 DNP DNP DNP 3-9/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 5-11/0 DNP DNP DNP Ty Brooks RB 4-17/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 2-13/0 - - - 1-0/0 1-4/0 - - - RJ Urzendowski WR 2--1/0 - - - 1-4/0 ------1--5/0 James Hendricks QB 1--4/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1--4/0 DNP - DNP TEAM 7--25/0 DNP - 1--16/0 1--2/0 DNP - 1--1/0 1-0/0 1--2/0 DNP 1--2/0 DNP 1--2/0

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD CHAR_S EWU IOWA ILST MOST SDSU WIU UNI YSU INST USD SD SDSU D. Shepherd WR 41-600/5 4-64/1 4-63/1 3-23/0 2-18/0 4-62/1 6-74/0 3-74/0 1-12/0 2-18/0 4-40/0 4-47/1 DNP 4-105/1 RJ Urzendowski WR 29-518/3 2-59/1 2-62/0 2-16/0 2-70/1 4-73/0 4-42/0 - 3-43/0 - 1-15/0 2-31/0 4-60/1 3-47/0 Chase Morlock RB 14-241/3 2-31/0 1-13/0 1-7/1 1-52/0 DNP 1--2/0 2-25/0 - 2-27/0 - - 3-83/2 1-5/0 Jeff Illies TE 17-233/5 1-11/0 3-45/1 - 1-4/0 1-8/0 - 2-37/1 2-35/1 1-15/1 1-11/0 3-31/1 1-31/0 1-5/0 Nate Jenson TE 7-113/1 - 2-30/0 - 2-49/1 1-12/0 1-13/0 - - - 1-9/0 - - - Connor Wentz TE 6-100/1 - - 2-38/0 1-12/0 - - - - 1-29/0 - 2-21/1 - - Lance Dunn RB 9-91/1 1-13/0 3-27/0 1-2/0 1-38/1 - 1-5/0 - - - 1--1/0 1-7/0 - - D. Williams WR 9-71/0 3-1/0 - - - 1-4/0 1-11/0 - 1-11/0 - - 1-17/0 1-13/0 1-14/0 Dallas Freeman WR 6-63/0 1-9/0 1-9/0 - - - - 2-24/0 1-17/0 - - - 1-4/0 - Bruce Anderson RB 4-38/0 1--4/0 - 2-38/0 DNP - - DNP DNP DNP DNP - - 1-4/0 Eric Perkins WR 5-38/0 - 1-8/0 - 1-5/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP - - - 2-17/0 1-8/0 King Frazier RB 4-18/0 2-10/0 - - 2-8/0 - - - - DNP - - - - Easton Stick QB 1--1/0 ------1--1/0 - - -

2016 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Return Stats Game-by-Game (as of Dec 10, 2016) All games

PUNT RETURNS No-Yds CHAR_S EWU IOWA ILST MOST SDSU WIU UNI YSU INST USD SD SDSU D. Shepherd 5-111 - - - 1-0 - - - 1-11 1-0 1-84 1-16 DNP - Eric Perkins 5-37 1-11 1-4 - 2-20 DNP DNP DNP DNP - - - - 1-2 RJ Urzendowski 1--4 - - - - 1--4 ------

KICK RETURNS No-Yds CHAR_S EWU IOWA ILST MOST SDSU WIU UNI YSU INST USD SD SDSU Bruce Anderson 15-320 4-85 4-99 1-18 DNP - 2-34 DNP DNP DNP DNP - 1-14 3-70 Ty Brooks 9-194 DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-21 1-17 2-42 4-94 - 1-20 - - - Eric Perkins 5-119 - - - 2-51 DNP DNP DNP DNP - - 3-68 - - D. Williams 4-89 ------1-38 3-51 - - - Lance Dunn 2-43 - 1-21 - - 1-22 ------Chase Morlock 3-39 - 1-18 - 1-9 DNP ------1-12 -

INT. RETURNS No-Yds CHAR_S EWU IOWA ILST MOST SDSU WIU UNI YSU INST USD SD SDSU Tre Dempsey 6-19 - 1-0 - - - 1-0 1-9 2-0 - - - - 1-10 Jalen Allison 4-14 1-0 - - - 1-8 - 1-0 - - 1-6 - - - Robbie Grimsley 4-57 - 1-38 - - 1-0 - - 1-14 1-5 - - - - MJ Stumpf 2-61 - - 1-21 ------1-40 - Nick DeLuca 1-40 - 1-40 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Matt Plank 1-4 ------1-4 - - - - -

FUMBLE RETURNS No-Yds CHAR_S EWU IOWA ILST MOST SDSU WIU UNI YSU INST USD SD SDSU Aaron Steidl 1-20 - - - - 1-20 ------BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 21

2016 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State - Long Plays 25-YARD PLUS PLAYS LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS Yds Type Player(s) Opponent Long Plays By Yards No. TD 84* PR Darrius Shepherd Indiana State 100+ 0 0 71* Rush Chase Morlock Youngstown State 90-99 0 0 67* Pass Darrius Shepherd from Easton Stick South Dakota State 80-89 1 1 65* Pass RJ Urzendowski from Easton Stick Illinois State 70-79 1 1 61* Rush Bruce Anderson San Diego 60-69 3 3 56* Rush Lance Dunn San Diego 50-59 4 1 53 Rush Bruce Anderson Missouri State 40-49 16 8 52 Pass Chase Morlock from Easton Stick Illinois State 30-39 15 6 52 Rush Easton Stick San Diego 20-29 53 7 49* Rush Lance Dunn South Dakota State 49* Pass Chase Morlock from Easton Stick San Diego Long Plays By Type No. TD 48 Pass Darrius Shepherd from Easton Stick Western Illinois Rushing 35 11 47* Pass RJ Urzendowski from Easton Stick Charleston Southern Passing 30 12 44 Pass Darrius Shepherd from Easton Stick South Dakota State Punt returns 1 1 44 Rush King Frazier Iowa Kick returns 22 0 44 Rush Lance Dunn South Dakota Interceptions 4 3 43 KR Ty Brooks Northern Iowa Fumble returns 1 0 43 Pass RJ Urzendowski from Easton Stick Missouri State Other 0 0 42* Rush Easton Stick Indiana State TOTAL 93 27 42 Pass RJ Urzendowski from Easton Stick Eastern Washington 41* Rush Lance Dunn Eastern Washington 25-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER 40 Rush Chase Morlock South Dakota Player No. TD R P KR PR IR FR 40* INT Nick DeLuca Eastern Washington 40* Pass Darrius Shepherd from Easton Stick South Dakota Lance Dunn 14 5 11 1 2 0 0 0 40* INT MJ Stumpf San Diego Bruce Anderson 13 1 3 1 9 0 0 0 38 KR Dimitri Williams Youngstown State Darrius Shepherd 11 7 2 8 0 1 0 0 38* Pass Lance Dunn from Easton Stick Illinois State RJ Urzendowski 9 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 38 INT Robbie Grimsley Eastern Washington Easton Stick 8 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 37* Pass Darrius Shepherd from Easton Stick Eastern Washington Chase Morlock 7 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 37 Rush Easton Stick Youngstown State King Frazier 6 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 35 Rush Lance Dunn Iowa Ty Brooks 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 35* Pass Nate Jenson from Easton Stick Illinois State Jeff Illies 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 33* Pass Jeff Illies from Easton Stick Eastern Washington Eric Perkins 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 32 KR Bruce Anderson Charleston Southern MJ Stumpf 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 32 KR Eric Perkins South Dakota Nate Jenson 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 31* Rush Darrius Shepherd Illinois State Dimitri Williams 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 31* Pass Jeff Illies from Easton Stick Northern Iowa Connor Wentz 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 31 Rush Chase Morlock Indiana State Nick DeLuca 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 Rush Lance Dunn San Diego Robbie Grimsley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 Pass Jeff Illies from Easton Stick San Diego Aaron Steidl 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 Rush Easton Stick Iowa TOTAL 93 27 35 30 22 1 4 1 29 Pass Connor Wentz from Easton Stick Youngstown State 29 Rush Easton Stick San Diego LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR 29 Rush Chase Morlock Northern Iowa Rushing 29 Rush Eric Perkins South Dakota 71 Chase Morlock vs Youngstown State (11/5/2016) 29 KR Bruce Anderson South Dakota State Rushing Touchdown 28 Rush Lance Dunn South Dakota 71 Chase Morlock vs Youngstown State (11/5/2016) 28 Rush Easton Stick South Dakota 28 KR Bruce Anderson Eastern Washington Passing 27 KR Bruce Anderson Eastern Washington 67 Darrius Shepherd from Easton Stick 27 KR Dimitri Williams Indiana State vs South Dakota State (12/10/2016) 26 KR Ty Brooks Northern Iowa Passing Touchdown 26* Rush Easton Stick South Dakota State 67 Darrius Shepherd from Easton Stick 26 Pass Darrius Shepherd from Easton Stick South Dakota State vs South Dakota State (12/10/2016) 26 KR Eric Perkins Illinois State 25* Rush Lance Dunn Eastern Washington Punt Return 25 Pass RJ Urzendowski from Easton Stick Northern Iowa 84 Darrius Shepherd vs Indiana State (11/12/2016) 25 KR Bruce Anderson South Dakota State Kick Return 25 Rush King Frazier South Dakota State 43 Ty Brooks vs Northern Iowa (10/29/2016) 25* Rush King Frazier Charleston Southern Interception Return 40 MJ Stumpf vs San Diego (12/3/2016) * touchdown scored on play 40 Nick DeLuca vs Eastern Washington (9/10/2016) Fumble Return 20 Aaron Steidl vs Missouri State (10/8/2016) Punt 54 Jackson Koonce vs Western Illinois (10/22/2016) Field Goal 52 Cam Pedersen vs Charleston Southern (8/27/2016) BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 22

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 23 Lance Dunn at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) Rushes 52 at South Dakota (Nov 19) Yards Rushing 145 Lance Dunn at South Dakota (Nov 19) vs South Dakota State (Dec 10) TD Rushes 2 Lance Dunn vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Yards Rushing 369 at South Dakota (Nov 19) King Frazier at Missouri State (Oct 08) Yards Per Rush 9.6 vs San Diego (Dec 03) Easton Stick vs South Dakota State (Oct 15) TD Rushes 4 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) King Frazier at Western Illinois (Oct 22) vs Indiana State (Nov 12) Easton Stick vs Indiana State (Nov 12) Pass attempts 27 vs Charleston Southern (Aug 27) Easton Stick vs South Dakota State (Dec 10) vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Long Rush 71 Chase Morlock vs Youngstown State (Nov 05) Pass completions 17 vs Charleston Southern (Aug 27) Pass attempts 27 Easton Stick vs Charleston Southern (Aug 27) vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Pass completions 17 Easton Stick vs Charleston Southern (Aug 27) Yards Passing 257 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Easton Stick vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Yards Per Pass 14.2 vs Illinois State (Oct 01) Yards Passing 257 Easton Stick vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) TD Passes 3 vs Illinois State (Oct 01) TD Passes 3 Easton Stick vs Illinois State (Oct 01) at South Dakota (Nov 19) Easton Stick at South Dakota (Nov 19) vs San Diego (Dec 03) Easton Stick vs San Diego (Dec 03) Total Plays 74 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Long Pass 67 Easton Stick vs South Dakota State (Dec 10) Total Offense 537 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Receptions 6 Darrius Shepherd vs South Dakota State (Oct 15) Yards Per Play 9.9 vs San Diego (Dec 03) Yards Receiving 105 Darrius Shepherd vs South Dakota State (Dec 10) Points 50 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) TD Receptions 2 Chase Morlock vs San Diego (Dec 03) Sacks By 6 vs Illinois State (Oct 01) Long Reception 67 Darrius Shepherd vs South Dakota State (Dec 10) First Downs 26 vs South Dakota State (Dec 10) Field Goals 2 Cam Pedersen at Missouri State (Oct 08) Penalties 13 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Cam Pedersen vs Indiana State (Nov 12) Penalty Yards 137 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Cam Pedersen vs South Dakota State (Dec 10) Turnovers 2 vs Charleston Southern (Aug 27) Long Field Goal 52 Cam Pedersen vs Charleston Southern (Aug 27) at Missouri State (Oct 08) Punts 7 Jackson Koonce at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) at Western Illinois (Oct 22) Punting Avg 42.7 Jackson Koonce at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) Long Punt 54 Jackson Koonce at Western Illinois (Oct 22) at South Dakota (Nov 19) Punts inside 20 2 Jackson Koonce vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Interceptions By 4 at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) Jackson Koonce at Iowa (Sep 17) Punts 7 at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) Jackson Koonce vs Illinois State (Oct 01) Punting Avg 42.7 at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) Jackson Koonce at South Dakota (Nov 19) Long Punt 54 at Western Illinois (Oct 22) Long Punt Return 84 Darrius Shepherd vs Indiana State (Nov 12) Punts inside 20 2 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Long Kickoff Return 43 Ty Brooks at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) at Iowa (Sep 17) Tackles 15 Nick DeLuca vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) vs Illinois State (Oct 01) Sacks 2.5 Brad Ambrosius vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) at Missouri State (Oct 08) Tackles For Loss 3.0 Matt Plank at Missouri State (Oct 08) at South Dakota (Nov 19) Stanley Jones at South Dakota (Nov 19) Long Punt Return 84 vs Indiana State (Nov 12) Interceptions 2 Tre Dempsey at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 23

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS OPPONENT GAME HIGHS

Rushes 21 Roland Genesy, vs Indiana State (Nov 12) Rushes 47 vs Indiana State (Nov 12) Yards Rushing 141 Taryn Christion, vs South Dakota State (Oct 15) Yards Rushing 220 vs South Dakota State (Oct 15) TD Rushes 2 Mike Holloway, vs Charleston Southern (Aug 27) Yards Per Rush 6.1 vs South Dakota State (Oct 15) Long Rush 47 Mike Holloway, vs Charleston Southern (Aug 27) TD Rushes 2 vs Charleston Southern (Aug 27) Pass attempts 42 Taryn Christion, vs South Dakota State (Oct 15) vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Pass completions 26 Gage Gubrud, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) vs Indiana State (Nov 12) Yards Passing 450 Gage Gubrud, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Pass attempts 42 vs South Dakota State (Oct 15) TD Passes 4 Gage Gubrud, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Pass completions 26 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Long Pass 51 CJ Beathard, at Iowa (Sep 17) Yards Passing 450 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Receptions 11 Dallas Goedert, vs South Dakota State (Oct 15) Yards Per Pass 11.0 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Yards Receiving 169 Stu Stiles, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) TD Passes 4 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) TD Receptions 2 Cooper Kupp, vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Total Plays 78 vs South Dakota State (Oct 15) Matt VandeBerg, at Iowa (Sep 17) Total Offense 556 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Long Reception 51 George Kittle, at Iowa (Sep 17) Yards Per Play 7.4 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Field Goals 2 Chase Vinatieri, vs South Dakota State (Oct 15) Points 44 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Nathan Knuffman, at Western Illinois (Oct 22) Sacks By 3 vs Charleston Southern (Aug 27) Austin Errthum, at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) at Iowa (Sep 17) Long Field Goal 50 Zach Drake, at Missouri State (Oct 08) First Downs 28 vs South Dakota State (Oct 15) Punts 7 Reece Attard, vs Illinois State (Oct 01) Penalties 9 vs Eastern Washington (Sep 10) Punting Avg 51.8 Miles Bergner, at South Dakota (Nov 19) Penalty Yards 73 vs Indiana State (Nov 12) Long Punt 65 Miles Bergner, at South Dakota (Nov 19) Turnovers 4 at Missouri State (Oct 08) Punts inside 20 3 Mark Schuler, vs Youngstown State (Nov 05) at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) Long Punt Return 12 Rondell Green, vs Indiana State (Nov 12) Interceptions By 2 at Western Illinois (Oct 22) Long Kickoff Return 48 Jalen Rima, at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) Tackles 15 Dylan Cole, at Missouri State (Oct 08) Punts 7 vs Illinois State (Oct 01) Sacks 1.5 Colby Isbell, at Missouri State (Oct 08) Punting Avg 51.8 at South Dakota (Nov 19) Tackles For Loss 2.5 Dylan Cole, at Missouri State (Oct 08) Long Punt 65 at South Dakota (Nov 19) Jon Petersen, vs San Diego (Dec 03) Punts inside 20 3 vs Youngstown State (Nov 05) Interceptions 1 Troy McGowens, vs Charleston Southern (Aug 27) Long Punt Return 12 vs Indiana State (Nov 12) Brandon Snyder, at Iowa (Sep 17) Darron Wheeler, at Western Illinois (Oct 22) Adam Brott, at Western Illinois (Oct 22) M. Washington, at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) Elijah Campbell, at Northern Iowa (Oct 29) LeRoy Alexander, vs Youngstown State (Nov 05) Danny Rambo, at South Dakota (Nov 19) Nick Farina, vs South Dakota State (Dec 10) BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 24

NCAA Statistics

North Dakota St. - 2016-17 Football Ranking Summary thru games 12/10/2016

National Conference Conference Statistic Rank Rank Value National Leader Value Leader Value

3rd Down Conversion Pct (122 ranked) 11 2 0.466 Cal Poly 0.536 Youngstown St. 0.479

3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (122 ranked) 87 6 0.409 Jacksonville St. 0.231 Southern Ill. 0.297

4th Down Conversion Pct (122 ranked) 7 1 0.700 Nicholls St. 0.857 North Dakota St. 0.700

4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (122 ranked) 10 2 0.333 Stony Brook 0.118 Western Ill. 0.313

Blocked Kicks (85 ranked) 31 3 3 Monmouth 8 Indiana St. 4 Georgetown 8 Western Ill. 4

Blocked Kicks Allowed (122 ranked) 15 3 1 14 teams tied 0 Indiana St. 0 South Dakota 0

Blocked Punts (27 ranked) Jackson St. 5 South Dakota St. 2

Blocked Punts Allowed (122 ranked) 1 1 0 63 teams tied 0 5 teams tied 0

Completion Percentage (122 ranked) 35 4 0.594 James Madison 0.718 South Dakota St. 0.642

Defensive TDs (30 ranked) 16 3 3 New Hampshire 7 South Dakota St. 4 UNI 4

Fewest Penalties (122 ranked) 82 9 78 Delaware 40 Missouri St. 48

Fewest Penalties Per Game (122 ranked) 48 7 6.00 Delaware 3.64 Illinois St. 4.17

Fewest Penalty Yards (122 ranked) 86 8 719 Delaware 356 South Dakota 450

Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (122 ranked) 54 7 55.31 Delaware 32.36 South Dakota St. 40.23

First Downs Defense (122 ranked) 54 2 220 Harvard 170 UNI 183

First Downs Offense (122 ranked) 22 4 249 Eastern Wash. 353 South Dakota St. 294

Fumbles Lost (120 ranked) 29 3 6 Maine 1 South Dakota St. 5 Valparaiso 1 Western Ill. 5

Fumbles Recovered (121 ranked) 68 5 7 Albany (NY) 15 Indiana St. 11 Youngstown St. 11 South Dakota 11

Kickoff Return Defense (122 ranked) 29 1 18.34 Duquesne 13.28 North Dakota St. 18.34

Kickoff Returns (122 ranked) 37 5 21.16 Towson 25.59 Southern Ill. 23.63

Net Punting (122 ranked) 56 7 35.54 Wofford 41.63 South Dakota 41.37

Passes Had Intercepted (121 ranked) 33 3 9 North Dakota 3 Southern Ill. 7 Illinois St. 7

Passes Intercepted (120 ranked) 6 1 18 4 teams tied 20 North Dakota St. 18

Passing Offense (122 ranked) 99 10 163.3 Eastern Wash. 402.2 Southern Ill. 331.6

Passing Yards Allowed (122 ranked) 52 3 211.0 William & Mary 154.2 Youngstown St. 182.9

Passing Yards per Completion (122 ranked) 20 2 13.97 Kennesaw St. 17.66 Youngstown St. 14.01

Punt Return Defense (122 ranked) 1 1 0.00 North Dakota St. 0.00 North Dakota St. 0.00

Punt Returns (122 ranked) 16 1 13.09 James Madison 28.05 North Dakota St. 13.09

Red Zone Defense (122 ranked) 5 1 0.690 Grambling 0.621 North Dakota St. 0.690

Red Zone Offense (121 ranked) 52 5 0.821 Yale 0.966 South Dakota 0.882

Rushing Defense (122 ranked) 8 1 99.2 Colgate 69.4 North Dakota St. 99.2

Rushing Offense (122 ranked) 9 2 249.2 The Citadel 348.2 Youngstown St. 257.1

Sacks Allowed (122 ranked) 10 1 1.08 Wofford 0.21 North Dakota St. 1.08

Scoring Defense (122 ranked) 3 1 15.8 Villanova 15.0 North Dakota St. 15.8

Scoring Offense (122 ranked) 37 3 30.1 James Madison 49.6 South Dakota St. 33.2

Tackles for Loss Allowed (122 ranked) 3 1 3.62 The Citadel 3.25 North Dakota St. 3.62

Team Passing Efficiency (122 ranked) 19 2 146.50 James Madison 179.27 South Dakota St. 156.61

Team Passing Efficiency Defense (122 ranked) 29 3 117.78 San Diego 89.90 Illinois St. 110.91

Team Sacks (122 ranked) 19 3 2.62 Colgate 3.40 Youngstown St. 3.14

Team Tackles for Loss (122 ranked) 35 1 6.6 Grambling 9.3 North Dakota St. 6.6 Stetson 9.3

Time of Possession (122 ranked) 22 3 31:47 San Diego 35:08 Youngstown St. 33:39

Total Defense (122 ranked) 9 1 310.2 Villanova 259.8 North Dakota St. 310.2

Total Offense (122 ranked) 30 4 412.5 Sam Houston St. 547.3 Southern Ill. 470.2

Turnover Margin (122 ranked) 15 1 0.77 Southern U. 1.64 North Dakota St. 0.77 South Carolina St. 1.64

Turnovers Gained (122 ranked) 17 1 25 Albany (NY) 32 North Dakota St. 25 Southern U. 32

Turnovers Lost (121 ranked) 23 2 15 5 teams tied 10 South Dakota St. 14

Winning Percentage (121 ranked) 1 1 0.923 4 teams tied 0.923 North Dakota St. 0.923 BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 25

National Conference Conference Statistic Player Rank Rank Value National Leader Value Leader Value

All Purpose (200 ranked) Lance Dunn 143 12 82.62 Detrez Newsome, Western Caro. 213.00 Jody Webb, Youngstown St. 155.50

Blocked Kicks (8 ranked) Hunter Kiselick, Georgetown 4 Dalton Keene, Illinois St. 2

Combined Kick Returns (200 ranked) Chris Rowland, Tennessee St. 1,103 Deion Holliman, Missouri St. 950

Completion Percentage (104 ranked) Easton Stick 32 4 0.600 Bryan Schor, James Madison 0.745 Taryn Christion, South Dakota St. 0.643

Completions Per Game (149 ranked) Easton Stick 84 7 11.54 Devlin Hodges, Samford 31.25 Taryn Christion, South Dakota St. 21.46

Field Goal Percentage (85 ranked) Cam Pedersen 40 4 0.700 Eric Medina, Texas Southern 0.938 Jerry Nunez, Indiana St. 0.833

Field Goals Per Game (126 ranked) Cam Pedersen 35 6 1.08 Connor Mitchell, Murray St. 1.82 Zak Kennedy, Youngstown St. 1.42

Forced Fumbles (54 ranked) Folarin Orimolade, Dartmouth 0.50 Jameer Thurman, Indiana St. 0.36

Fumbles Recovered (24 ranked) Pierre Gee-Tucker 24 2 2 Noah Fitzgerald, Fordham 4 Derek Rivers, Youngstown St. 3 Greg Menard 24 2 2 Xavier Stephens, Northern Ariz. 4

Interceptions Per Game (141 ranked) Tre Dempsey 12 1 0.5 Danny Johnson, Southern U. 0.6 Tre Dempsey, North Dakota St. 0.5 Jalen Allison 59 3 0.3 Robbie Grimsley 59 3 0.3

Kickoff Return TDs (4 ranked) Dante Satcher, Robert Morris 2 Jalen Rima, UNI 1 Harold Cooper, Rhode Island 2 D.J. Davis, Southern Ill. 1 Bailey Gissenger, Valparaiso 2 Deion Holliman, Missouri St. 1

Kickoff Returns (118 ranked) Darius Hammond, Charleston So. 33.7 D.J. Davis, Southern Ill. 26.0

Passes Defended (62 ranked) Tyler Williams, Central Ark. 2.1 Davonte Harris, Illinois St. 1.4

Passing Efficiency (104 ranked) Easton Stick 15 2 148.9 Bryan Schor, James Madison 183.8 Taryn Christion, South Dakota St. 154.8

Passing TDs (138 ranked) Easton Stick 33 5 19 Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston St. 57 Taryn Christion, South Dakota St. 30

Passing Yards (150 ranked) Easton Stick 52 5 2,115 Gage Gubrud, Eastern Wash. 4,807 Taryn Christion, South Dakota St. 3,714

Passing Yards Per Game (150 ranked) Easton Stick 74 7 162.7 Gage Gubrud, Eastern Wash. 369.8 Taryn Christion, South Dakota St. 285.7

Passing Yards per Completion (104 ranked) Easton Stick 12 1 14.10 Justin Alo, Southeastern La. 17.06 Easton Stick, North Dakota St. 14.10

Points Responsible For (200 ranked) Easton Stick 23 3 156 Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston St. 348 Taryn Christion, South Dakota St. 222 Cam Pedersen 99 10 89

Points Responsible For Per Game (149 ranked) Easton Stick 48 6 12.0 Jeremiah Briscoe, Sam Houston St. 26.8 Chris Streveler, South Dakota 18.6 Cam Pedersen 144 12 6.8

Punt Return TDs (5 ranked) Darrius Shepherd 5 1 1 Rashard Davis, James Madison 4 6 players tied 1

Punt Returns (47 ranked) Khalid Thomas, Alabama St. 17.4 Darien Townsend, Youngstown St. 11.9

Punting (102 ranked) Jackson Koonce 92 9 36.9 Miles Bergner, South Dakota 47.5 Miles Bergner, South Dakota 47.5

Receiving TDs (134 ranked) Jeff Illies 92 8 5 Shaq Hill, Eastern Wash. 16 Jake Wieneke, South Dakota St. 16 Darrius Shepherd 92 8 5 Jake Wieneke, South Dakota St. 16

Receiving Yards (150 ranked) Darrius Shepherd 100 8 600 Cooper Kupp, Eastern Wash. 1,520 Jake Wieneke, South Dakota St. 1,316 RJ Urzendowski 138 14 518

Receiving Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Darrius Shepherd 129 11 50.0 Cooper Kupp, Eastern Wash. 126.7 Jake Wieneke, South Dakota St. 101.2 RJ Urzendowski 191 17 39.8

Receptions Per Game (195 ranked) Darrius Shepherd 156 14 3.4 Karel Hamilton, Samford 10.1 Dallas Goedert, South Dakota St. 7.1

Rush Yards Per Carry (143 ranked) Lance Dunn 21 2 6.03 Mike Holloway, Charleston So. 8.39 Jody Webb, Youngstown St. 6.28 King Frazier 75 8 4.88

Rushing TDs (130 ranked) King Frazier 22 2 10 Khalid Abdullah, James Madison 20 Martin Ruiz, Youngstown St. 12 Easton Stick 73 8 7 John Lovett, Princeton 20 Lance Dunn 101 10 6

Rushing Yards (200 ranked) Lance Dunn 31 3 940 Chase Edmonds, Fordham 1,799 Jody Webb, Youngstown St. 1,200 King Frazier 45 5 835 Easton Stick 91 10 664

Rushing Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Lance Dunn 56 5 72.3 Chase Edmonds, Fordham 163.5 Jody Webb, Youngstown St. 100.0 King Frazier 62 6 69.6 Easton Stick 126 12 51.1

Sacks (46 ranked) Greg Menard 18 3 0.81 Karter Schult, UNI 1.55 Karter Schult, UNI 1.55

Scoring (200 ranked) Cam Pedersen 54 5 6.8 John Lovett, Princeton 12.6 Miles Bergner, South Dakota 7.5 King Frazier 147 16 5.0

Solo Tackles (29 ranked) Brett Taylor, Western Ill. 8.5 Brett Taylor, Western Ill. 8.5

Tackles For Loss (90 ranked) Greg Menard 56 2 1.2 Keontre Anderson, Jackson St. 2.3 Karter Schult, UNI 2.2

Total Offense (200 ranked) Easton Stick 58 6 213.8 Gage Gubrud, Eastern Wash. 412.7 Taryn Christion, South Dakota St. 311.5 Lance Dunn 170 11 72.3 King Frazier 175 12 69.6

Total Points Scored (0 ranked)

Total Tackles (187 ranked) Dylan Cole, Missouri St. 12.9 Dylan Cole, Missouri St. 12.9

Total Touchdowns (136 ranked) King Frazier 53 5 10 Khalid Abdullah, James Madison 22 Jake Wieneke, South Dakota St. 16 Lance Dunn 136 13 7 Darrius Shepherd 136 13 7 Easton Stick 136 13 7

Yards per Pass Attempt (104 ranked) Easton Stick 10 2 8.46 Bryan Schor, James Madison 9.92 Taryn Christion, South Dakota St. 8.56

Yards per Reception (200 ranked) RJ Urzendowski 32 4 17.86 Brandon Acker, Southeastern La. 21.47 Zac Hoover, Missouri St. 19.08 Darrius Shepherd 106 12 14.63 BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 26 NDSU POSTSEASON RECORDS INDIVIDUAL SINGLE GAME RECORDS INDIVIDUAL SINGLE SEASON RECORDS TEAM SINGLE GAME RECORDS Rushing Attempts: 34, Lamar Gordon, at Delta Rushing Attempts: 97, John Crockett, 2014 (4g) Rushing Attempts: 72, at Puget Sound, 1981 D-II State, 2000 D-II semifinal Net Yards Rushing: 619, Tony Satter, 1990 (4g) quarterfinal Yards Gained Rushing: 227, John Crockett, Coastal TDs Rushing: 9, Chris Simdorn, 1988 (4g) Yards Gained Rushing: 532, Ashland, 1986 D-II Carolina, 2014 FCS quarterfinal Passing Attempts: 85, Brock Jensen, 2013 (4g) quarterfinal TDs Rushing: 4, D.J. McNorton, at Montana State, Pass Completions: 53, Carson Wentz, 2014 (4g); First Downs Rushing: 25, Ashland, 1986 D-II 2010 FCS second round Brock Jensen, 2013 (4g) quarterfinal; NE Missouri State, 1992 D-II first Passing Attempts: 29, Carson Wentz, vs. Yards Gained Passing: 824, Carson Wentz, 2014 round Jacksonville State, 2015 FCS championship (4g) TDs Rushing: 7, Augustana (S.D.), 1988 D-II first Pass Completions: 17, Brock Jensen, Lehigh, 2011 Completion Percentage: .640, Bruce Grasamke round FCS quarterfinal (16-25), 1969 (1g) Passes Attempted: 31, vs. Jacksonville State, 2015 Yards Gained Passing: 249, Brock Jensen, Furman, Passes Had Intercepted: 4, Mark Nellermoe, 1982 FCS championship 2013 FCS second round (2g) Passes Completed: 19, vs. Montana, 1969 Camellia Completion Percentage: .765 (13-17), Easton Stick, TDs Passing: 8, Brock Jensen, 2013 (4g) Bowl Northern Iowa, 2015 FCS quarterfinal Receptions: 22, Warren Holloway, 2011 (4g) Yards Gained Passing: 249, Furman, 2013 FCS Consecutive Passes Completed: 8, Brock Jensen, Yards Receiving: 317, Zach Vraa, 2013 (4g) second round vs. Towson, 2013 FCS championship TD Receptions: 4, Zach Vraa, 2013 (4g) Passes Had Intercepted: 4, Montana State, 1976 Passes Had Intercepted: 3, Mark Nellermoe, at Total Offense Attempts:129, Carson Wentz, 2014 D-II semifinal UC Davis, 1982 D-II semifinal; Mark Rudrud, (4g) Completion Percentage: .765 (13-17), Northern Montana State, 1976 D-II semifinal Total Offense Yards: 1035, Carson Wentz, 2014 (4g) Iowa, 2015 FCS quarterfinal TDs Passing: 3, Easton Stick, San Diego, 2016 FCS TDs Scored: 9, Chris Simdorn, 1988 (4g) First Downs Passing: 13, vs. Grambling, 1965 second round; Brock Jensen, New Hampshire, Points Scored: 54, Chris Simdorn, 1988 (4g) Pecan Bowl 2013 FCS semifinal; Chris Simdorn, vs. Indiana Passes Intercepted: 3, Christian Dudzik, 2013 (4g); TD Passes Thrown: 3, San Diego, 2016 FCS second (Pa.), 1990 D-II championship Marcus Williams, 2012 (4g); Todd Zabel, 1988 round; New Hampshire, 2013 FCS semifinal; Receptions: 9, Chuck Wald, vs. Montana, (4g) vs. Indiana (Pa.), 1990 D-II championship 1969 Camellia Bowl Punts: 22, Matt Voigtlander, 2011 (4g) Total Offense Attempts:83, Northern Colorado, Total Offense Attempts:42, Mark Nellermoe, at UC Punting Average: 46.8, Ben LeCompte (19-889), 1990 D-II first round Davis, 1982 D-II semifinal 2012 (4g) Yards Total Offense: 627, vs. Indiana (Pa.), 1990 D-II Total Offense Yards: 335, Brock Jensen, Furman, Field Goal Attempts: not available championship 2013 FCS second round Field Goals Made: 7, Ken Kubisz, 1983 (3g) Touchdowns Scored: 8, vs. Indiana (Pa.), 1990 D-II Punts: 9, Matt Voigtlander, vs. Sam Houston State, PATs Attempted: 23, Adam Keller, 2013 (4g) championship 2011 FCS championship PATs Made: 23, Adam Keller, 2013 (4g) Points Scored: 52, New Hampshire, 2013 FCS Punting Average: 55.0 (4-220), Ben LeCompte, semifinal Georgia Southern, 2012 FCS quarterfinal Field Goals Attempted: 4, at UC Davis, 1983 D-II Long Punt: 71, Ben LeCompte, Montana, 2015 FCS semifinal second round Field Goals Made: 4, at UC Davis, 1983 D-II Long Field Goal: 53, Ryan Jastram, James Madison, semifinal 2011 FCS second round PATs Attempted: 7, New Hampshire, 2013 Passes Intercepted: 2, Christian Dudzik, Coastal FCS semifinal; vs. Indiana (Pa.), 1990 D-II Carolina, 2013 FCS quarterfinal; Marcus championship Williams, vs. Sam Houston State, 2012 FCS PATs Made: 7, New Hampshire, 2013 FCS semifinal championship Least Yards Yielded Rushing: 6, Montana, 2015 Tackles: 29, Grant Olson, Wofford, 2012 FCS FCS second round quarterfinal Most Yards Yielded Rushing: 328, vs. Texas State, 1981 D-II championship Least Yards Yielded Passing: 0, Minn. St. Mankato, 1991 D-II first round Most Yards Yielded Passing: 355, UC Davis, 1984 D-II quarterfinal Least Yards Yielded Total Offense: 97, vs. Grambling, 1965 Pecan Bowl Most Yards Yielded Total Offense: 526, vs. Texas State, 1981 D-II championship Least Points Yielded: 0, Cal Poly, 1990 D-II quarterfinal; 0, Ashland, 1986 D-II quarterfinal Most Points Yielded: 42, vs. Texas State, 1981 D-II championship Fumbles: 6, vs. North Alabama, 1985 D-II championship Fumbles Recovered: 5, vs. Montana, 1970 Camellia Bowl Passes Intercepted: 4, Montana, 2015 FCS second round; vs. Sam Houston State, 2012 FCS championship; NE Missouri State, 1992 D-II first round; Montana State, 1976 D-II semifinal Punts: 9, vs. Sam Houston State, 2011 FCS championship BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 27

Quickie Statistics (Final) #24 San Diego vs #3 North Dakota State (Dec 03, 2016 at Fargo, ND)

SD NDSU Score 7 45 FIRST DOWNS 17 19 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 29-95 31-299 PASSING YDS (NET) 200 208 Passes Att-Comp-Int 39-24-1 20-12-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 68-295 51-507 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 8-169 2-26 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-40 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-38.0 2-37.5 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 2-15 1-0 Possession Time 35:36 24:24 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 14 4 of 9 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 3 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 3-3

San Diego North Dakota State Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Jonah Hodges 19 93 0 93 0 28 4.9 Easton Stick 4 99 0 99 0 52 24.8 Jereke Armstrong 4 6 1 5 0 3 1.2 Lance Dunn 9 98 5 93 1 56 10.3 Jacob Arnell 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0 Bruce Anderson 4 69 8 61 1 61 15.2 Anthony Lawrence 3 4 5 -1 0 4 -0.3 King Frazier 11 41 0 41 0 11 3.7

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Anthony Lawrence 23-38-1 187 1 27 0 Easton Stick 12-20-0 208 3 49 0 Jonah Hodges 1-1-0 13 0 13 0

Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Jonah Hodges 7 68 0 27 RJ Urzendowski 4 60 1 20 Ross Dwelley 5 48 1 23 Chase Morlock 3 83 2 49 Justin Priest 4 38 0 13 Eric Perkins 2 17 0 9 Jereke Armstrong 3 2 0 5 Jeff Illies 1 31 0 31

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Jack Flatau 4 152 38.0 44 1 0 Jackson Koonce 2 75 37.5 39 0 0

Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long

Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Jacob Arnell 7 149 0 26 Chase Morlock 1 12 0 12 Griffin Intrieri 1 20 0 20 Bruce Anderson 1 14 0 14

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Nic Henson 6-3 9 0.0 1.0 MJ Stumpf 8-0 8 0.0 1.0 Max Michaels 3-3 6 0.0 0.5 Jaylaan Wimbush 4-2 6 0.0 1.0 Alec Moreno 2-4 6 0.0 0.0 Matt Plank 3-2 5 0.0 0.0 Devyn Bryant 4-1 5 0.0 0.0 Chris Board 2-3 5 0.0 0.0

Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 10:49 NDSU - MJ Stumpf 40 yd interception return (Cam Pedersen kick) 0 - 7 2nd 07:11 NDSU - Chase Morlock 16 yd pass from Easton Stick (Cam Pedersen kick), 4-66 2:05 0 - 14 00:39 NDSU - RJ Urzendowski 11 yd pass from Easton Stick (Cam Pedersen kick), 8-75 1:45 0 - 21 3rd 06:56 SD - Ross Dwelley 1 yd pass from Anthony Lawrence (Patrick Murray kick), 11-61 5:55 7 - 21 04:48 NDSU - Chase Morlock 49 yd pass from Easton Stick (Cam Pedersen kick), 5-73 2:02 7 - 28 4th 10:13 NDSU - Cam Pedersen 31 yd field goal, 6-58 2:45 7 - 31 06:58 NDSU - Lance Dunn 56 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 5-60 2:48 7 - 38 00:19 NDSU - Bruce Anderson 61 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 3-68 1:39 7 - 45 BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 28

Quickie Statistics (Final) #7 South Dakota State vs #3 North Dakota State (Dec 10, 2016 at Fargo, ND)

SDSU NDSU Score 10 36 FIRST DOWNS 10 26 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 22-37 52-302 PASSING YDS (NET) 155 188 Passes Att-Comp-Int 17-13-1 21-12-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 39-192 73-490 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-2 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-101 3-70 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-10 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-41.7 1-33.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-34 6-53 Possession Time 19:05 40:55 Third-Down Conversions 2 of 7 10 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 3-6

South Dakota State North Dakota State Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Kyle Paris 2 28 0 28 0 27 14.0 King Frazier 15 102 1 101 0 25 6.7 Brady Mengarelli 7 25 2 23 1 16 3.3 Lance Dunn 13 91 0 91 1 49 7.0 Dallas Goedert 1 2 0 2 0 2 2.0 Easton Stick 16 89 6 83 2 17 5.2 Isaac Wallace 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Chase Morlock 2 14 0 14 0 13 7.0

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Taryn Christion 13-17-1 155 0 44 3 Easton Stick 12-21-1 188 1 67 1

Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long Dallas Goedert 6 55 0 21 Darrius Shepherd 4 105 1 67 Jake Wieneke 5 75 0 44 RJ Urzendowski 3 47 0 23 Marquise Lewis 2 25 0 14 Dimitri Williams 1 14 0 14 Eric Perkins 1 8 0 8

Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Taryn Christion 2 83 41.5 49 1 0 Jackson Koonce 1 33 33.0 33 1 0 Brady Hale 1 42 42.0 42 1 0

Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Eric Perkins 1 2 0 2

Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Jacob Brown 4 67 0 23 Bruce Anderson 3 70 0 29 Isaac Wallace 2 34 0 25

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Christian Rozeboom 5-7 12 0.0 0.0 Robbie Grimsley 4-1 5 0.0 0.0 Chris Balster 7-2 9 0.0 1.0 Greg Menard 2-3 5 1.0 1.0 Jared Blum 0-8 8 0.0 0.5 MJ Stumpf 2-2 4 0.0 0.0 Jordan Brown 6-1 7 0.0 1.0 Caleb Butler 3-0 3 2.0 2.0

Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 1st 11:16 SDSU - Brady Mengarelli 5 yd run (Chase Vinatieri kick), 7-75 3:44 7 - 0 04:33 SDSU - Chase Vinatieri 34 yd field goal, 7-71 3:19 10 - 0 01:29 NDSU - Lance Dunn 49 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 6-71 2:59 10 - 7 2nd 01:48 NDSU - Easton Stick 3 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 20-82 12:09 10 - 14 3rd 09:13 NDSU - Grant Morgan safety 10 - 16 05:27 NDSU - Cam Pedersen 35 yd field goal, 7-45 3:40 10 - 19 01:29 NDSU - Cam Pedersen 45 yd field goal, 4-2 0:59 10 - 22 4th 09:57 NDSU - Easton Stick 14 yd run (Cam Pedersen kick), 10-90 4:50 10 - 29 07:14 NDSU - Darrius Shepherd 67 yd pass from Easton Stick (Cam Pedersen kick), 2-68 0:52 10 - 36 BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 29

2016 North Dakota State Football North Dakota State Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 10, 2016) 2016 FCS Playoffs

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral ^ Dec 03, 2016 #24 SAN DIEGO W 45-7 18305 All games 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 ^ Dec 10, 2016 #7 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 36-10 18285 Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 * Missouri Valley Football Conference games Non-Conference 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 ^ NCAA Division I FCS playoff games Team Statistics NDSU OPP Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g FIRST DOWNS 45 27 Lance Dunn 2 - 1 22 189 5 184 8.4 2 56 92.0 R u s h in g 28 7 Easton Stick 2 - 2 20 188 6 182 9.1 2 52 91.0 P a s s in g 15 19 King Frazier 2 - 2 26 143 1 142 5.5 0 25 71.0 P e n a l ty 2 1 Bruce Anderson 2 - 0 7 76 8 68 9.7 1 61 34.0 RUSHING YARDAGE 601 132 Dimitri Williams 2 - 1 3 22 6 16 5.3 0 13 8.0 Rushing Attempts 83 51 Chase Morlock 2 - 1 3 16 0 16 5.3 0 13 8.0 Average Per Rush 7.2 2.6 Total 2 83 634 33 601 7.2 5 61 300.5 Average Per Game 300.5 66.0 Opponents 2 51 193 61 132 2.6 1 28 66.0 TDs Rushing 5 1 PASSING YARDAGE 396 355 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g C o m p - A t t- In t 24-41-1 37-56-2 Easton Stick 2 - 2 166.99 24-41-1 58.5 396 4 67 198.0 Average Per Pass 9.7 6.3 Total 2 166.99 24-41-1 58.5 396 4 67 198.0 Average Per Catch 16.5 9.6 Opponents 2 118.07 37-56-2 66.1 355 1 44 177.5 Average Per Game 198.0 177.5 TDs Passing 4 1 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g TOTAL OFFENSE 997 487 RJ Urzendowski 2 - 1 7 107 15.3 1 23 53.5 Average Per Play 8.0 4.6 Darrius Shepherd 1 - 0 4 105 26.2 1 67 105.0 Average Per Game 498.5 243.5 Chase Morlock 2 - 1 4 88 22.0 2 49 44.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 5-96 14-270 Eric Perkins 2 - 1 3 25 8.3 0 9 12.5 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 1-2 0-0 Jeff Illies 2 - 1 2 36 18.0 0 31 18.0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 2-50 1-0 Dimitri Williams 2 - 1 2 27 13.5 0 14 13.5 FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 4-1 Bruce Anderson 2 - 0 1 4 4.0 0 4 2.0 PENALTIES-Yards 7-53 7-49 Dallas Freeman 2 - 1 1 4 4.0 0 4 2.0 PUNTS-AVG 3-36.0 7-39.6 Total 2 24 396 16.5 4 67 198.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 2 :3 9 2 7 :2 1 Opponents 2 37 355 9.6 1 44 177.5 3RD-DOWN Conversions 14/22 8/21 4TH-DOWN Conversions 0/1 0/4 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Cam Pedersen 3-4 75.0 0-0 0-0 2-2 1-2 0-0 45 0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg MJ Stumpf 1 40 40.0 1 40 PAT Tre Dempsey 1 10 10.0 0 10 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Cam Pedersen - 3-4 10-10 - - - - - 19 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Lance Dunn 2 ------12 Jackson Koonce 3 108 36.0 39 0 3 1 0 0 Easton Stick 2 ------12 Chase Morlock 2 ------12 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Bruce Anderson 1 ------6 Eric Perkins 1 2 2.0 0 2 MJ Stumpf 1 ------6 Total 1 2 2.0 0 2 Darrius Shepherd 1 ------6 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 RJ Urzendowski 1 ------6 Grant Morgan ------1 2 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Total 10 3-4 10-10 - - - - 1 81 Bruce Anderson 4 84 21.0 0 29 Opponents 2 1-2 2-2 - - - - - 17 Chase Morlock 1 12 12.0 0 12 Total 5 96 19.2 0 29 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Opponents 14 270 19.3 0 26 North Dakota State 14 21 15 31 0 81 Opponents 10 0 7 0 0 17 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Lance Dunn 2 184 0 0 0 0 184 92.0 Easton Stick 2 182 0 0 0 0 182 91.0 Bruce Anderson 2 68 4 0 84 0 156 78.0 King Frazier 2 142 0 0 0 0 142 71.0 Chase Morlock 2 16 88 0 12 0 116 58.0 Total 2 601 396 2 96 50 1145 572.5 Opponents 2 132 355 0 270 0 757 378.5 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Easton Stick 2 61 182 396 578 289.0 Lance Dunn 2 22 184 0 184 92.0 King Frazier 2 26 142 0 142 71.0 Bruce Anderson 2 7 68 0 68 34.0 Chase Morlock 2 3 16 0 16 8.0 Total 2 124 601 396 997 498.5 Opponents 2 107 132 355 487 243.5 Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 41 MJ Stumpf 2-2 10 2 12 1.0-1 . 1-40 ...... 44 Matt Plank 2-2 5 3 8 . . . . 1 . . . . 96 Greg Menard 2-2 5 3 8 2.0-11 1.0-10 . . 1 1-0 1 . . 21 Jalen Allison 2-2 6 1 7 . . . 2 . . . . . 1 Chris Board 2-2 3 4 7 ...... 23 Jaylaan Wimbush 2-2 4 3 7 1.0-2 ...... 5 Robbie Grimsley 2-2 5 1 6 . . . 1 . . . . . 35 Dom Davis 2-0 3 2 5 . . . 1 1 . . . . 38 Jaxon Brown 2-0 4 1 5 ...... 3 Tre Dempsey 2-2 3 1 4 1.0-1 . 1-10 ...... Total 2 71 38 109 9-44 3-33 2-50 4 6 1-0 2 . 1 Opponents 2 59 84 143 11-31 1-2 1-0 4 3 . . . .