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North Dakota State BISON FootbalL 35 Conference Championships | 15 National Championships 2018 Missouri Valley Football Conference and NCAA Division I FCS Champions 2019 Schedule No. 1 Bison Welcome Missouri State Saturday for (6-0 overall, 2-0 MVFC) Date Opponent Time A31 vs. Butler (at Target Field) W, 57-10 Trees Bowl, Code Green Game S7 NORTH DAKOTA W, 38-7 S14 at #18/18 Delaware W, 47-22 THIS WEEK: No. 1-ranked North Dakota S21 #4/4 UC DAVIS W, 27-16 State (6-0, 2-0 MVFC) is the lone remaining un- O5 *at #10/6 Illinois State W, 37-3 beaten team among the FCS playoff conferences O12 *#10/10 NORTHERN IOWA (Homecoming) W, 46-14 heading into this week’s Trees Bowl game. NDSU NORTH DAKOTA STATE MISSOURI STATE O19 *MISSOURI STATE (Trees Bowl) 2:30 p.m. will play Missouri State (1-4, 1-1 MVFC) at 2:30 O26 *at South Dakota State (Dakota Marker) 2 p.m. p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at Gate City Bank Field BISON BEARS N2 *at Youngstown State 6 p.m. ET at the Fargodome (18,700). It is also the annual (6-0, 2-0 MVFC) (1-4, 1-1 MVFC) N9 *WESTERN ILLINOIS (Harvest Bowl) 2:30 p.m. Code Green game and fans are asked to wear Rank: 1/1 (STATS/AFCA) Rank: NR/NR (STATS/AFCA) N16 *SOUTH DAKOTA 2:30 p.m. green in all sections of the Fargodome. Last Game: Oct 12 def. Last Game: Oct 12 lost to N23 *at Southern Illinois 2 p.m. Northern Iowa 46-14 South Dakota 45-10 #Rankings are STATS/AFCA *MVFC games Streak: Won 27 Streak: Lost 1 TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY: Unclaimed At Home: 3-0 (Won 22) On Road: 1-2 (Won 1) Quick Facts student tickets will go on sale to the public at Coach: Matt Entz Coach: Dave Steckel Location: Fargo, ND 58102 (pop. 105,549) 7 p.m. Wednesday on GoBison.com/tickets. Record: 6-0 (1st) Record: 13-36 (5th) Founded: 1890 Reserved seats will be $41 plus fees in sections Enrollment: 13,173 (fall 2019) 13-15. The Bison Ticket Office will be open Thursday and Friday in the south lobby of the Sanford Nickname: Bison Health Athletic Complex from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday in the Fargodome lobby at 9:30 a.m. Colors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343) Stadium: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700) Surface: AstroTurf GameDay Grass TELEVISION: KVLY and the NBC North Dakota network will carry the game with Brian Shawn Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS joined by Lee Timmerman and sideline reporter Ryan Gellner. Pregame coverage hosted by Beth Conference: Missouri Valley Football (MVFC) Hoole, Alex Egan and Kyle Emanuel begins at 1:30 p.m. The game will be available to ESPN+ sub- Last Year’s Record: 15-0, 8-0 MVFC (1st) scribers on ESPN.com and the ESPN app. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 39/22 Starters Returning/Lost: 7/15 RADIO: Coverage begins at 2 p.m. on the Peterson Farms Seed Bison Radio Network with Offense: 3/8 Defense: 4/7 fourth-year NDSU play-by-play voice Jeff Culhane joined by NDSU and Buffalo Bills hall of famer Basic Offense: Pro Style Basic Defense: 4-3 Phil Hansen and NDSU sideline reporter Jeremy Jorgenson. Extended coverage locally on 107.9 President: Dr. Dean L. Bresciani (Humboldt State, 1984) The Fox, Bison 1660 and 92.7 FM includes “Bison Tailgate” from 11:00-12:00 with Brad Jones and Director of Athletics: Matt Larsen (Stony Brook, 1996) “Bison Game Day” from 12:00-2:00 with Keith Brake and Cole Jirik. Brake and Jirik return for “Bison Athletic Department Phone: (701) 231-8981 Hotline” with Chris Hanson and Kyle Emanuel for two hours following the network broadcast. Ticket Office Phone: (888) 231-6378 Football Staff ONLINE: NDSU All Access offers free audio streaming of all NDSU football games as well as Head Coach: Matt Entz (Wartburg College, 1995) live video of Bison home games to subscribers on GoBison.com/allaccess and the NDSU Athletics Record at NDSU: 6-0 (1st season) mobile app. Live stats for NDSU home games are available on BisonStats.com. Follow along with Career Record: same in-game updates on Twitter @NDSUfootball. Assistant Coaches/Staff: *Randy Hedberg (Minot St., 1977) ............... Assoc. Head Coach THE SERIES: This is the 12th meeting between North Dakota State and Missouri State since Passing Game Coord./QBs *Tyler Roehl (NDSU, 2009) ...Off. Coord./Tight Ends/Fullbacks 2008. NDSU has won eight straight and leads the series 9-2 after last year’s 48-7 victory in Spring- David Braun (Winona St., 2008) ...............Def. Coord./Safeties field. Missouri State is 1-4 in Fargo with its only win coming in the 2009 Harvest Bowl game, 21-17. Nick Goeser (UW-Eau Claire, 2003) .... Spec.Teams Coord./DTs AJ Blazek (Iowa, 2002) ....................................Offensive Line LAST YEAR: NDSU’s Easton Stick tied a school record with five touchdown passes—all in the Dan Larson (UW-Eau Claire, 2003) ................... Running Backs *Kody Morgan (UW-Stevens Point, 2012) ............ Cornerbacks first half—in last year’s 48-7 win over Missouri State. Stick completed his first 11 passes and finished Grant Olson (NDSU, 2014) ................................... Linebackers 15 of 24 passing for 238 yards. Tight end Ben Ellefson caught touchdowns from 29 and 5 yards, Noah Pauley (Minn.-Duluth, 2012) ...................Wide Receivers Dallas Freeman (29 yards) and Nate Jenson (43) caught their first touchdowns of the season, and *Buddha Williams (U. of Charleston, 2009) ..... Defensive Ends Lance Dunn added a 27-yard TD as the Bison built a 34-0 halftime lead. Adam Cofield added touch- *Ben Klinger (Minnesota, 2015) .................Off. Quality Control *Luke Olson (Minnesota, 2012) ................ Def. Quality Control down runs from 14 and 5 yards in the third quarter for NDSU, which had nine players combine for Nathan Bjoralt (NDSU, 2013) .......Dir. of Football Ops. & Equip. 245 yards on the ground. Seth Wilson, playing his first game of the year, led all rushers with 95 yards Josh Kittell (Jamestown, 2008) ....... Dir. of Football Recruiting on eight attempts. Jabril Cox made a game-high nine tackles with one of NDSU’s four sacks. John Riley (Arkansas State, 2008) .. Dir. of Football Video Ops. Jim Kramer (UW-La Crosse, 1989) ...Asst. AD/Ath. Performance *press box on game day TREES BOWL GAMES: This is the 29th Trees Bowl game sponsored by the North Dakota Forest Service. NDSU is 25-3 in the Trees Bowl and has won 10 straight including last year’s 21-17 victory Athletic Communications over South Dakota State. The event dates back to 1990 with one cancellation in 2001. Missouri State Contact: Ryan Perreault is making its first appearance as the Trees Bowl opponent. Office: (701) 231-8331 Mobile: (701) 793-0521 Email: [email protected] CODE GREEN: Saturday is NDSU’s annual “Code Green” game, and fans are asked to wear green Website: GoBison.com to the game in all sections of the Fargodome. Code Green represents the Bison football defensive Facebook: @NDSUathletics philosophy of play hard, play fast and play together. NDSU is currently ranked third in the FCS for Twitter: @NDSUathletics @NDSUfootball total defense (275.0 yards/game), third in scoring defense (12.0 points/game), fourth in pass ef- Instagram: @NDSUathletics @NDSUfootball YouTube: @NDSUathletics ficiency defense (103.60) and sixth in third down defense (.277). NDSU’s seven touchdowns allowed are the fewest in the FCS through six games this season. BISON FOOTBALL 2019 vs. MISSOURI STATE PAGE 2 TEAM COMPARISONS NORTH DAKOTA ST. (6-0, 2-0 MVFC) MISSOURI ST. (1-4, 1-1 MVFC) NCAA RANKINGS TEAM STATS BISON OPP TEAM STATS BEARS OPP NDSU MSU Points/Game 42.0 12.0 Points/Game 20.0 41.2 Scoring Off. 3rd 98th First Downs 133 86 First Downs 99 97 Rushing Off. 5th 117th Rushing/Game 297.8 96.0 Rushing/Game 73.6 238.0 Passing Off. 95th 46th Passing/Game 177.3 179.0 Passing/Game 241.6 220.6 Total Offense 8th 101st Total Offense/Game 475.2 275.0 Total Offense/Game 315.2 458.6 Passing Eff. 2nd 81st Had Intercepted 0 8 Had Intercepted 5 3 Scoring Def. 3rd 120th Standings & Schedule Fumbles-Lost 6-4 8-2 Fumbles-Lost 9-4 7-4 Rushing Def. 14th 112th All times Central Penalties-Avg. Yards 28-44.8 31-40.2 Penalties-Avg. Yards 35-64.4 38-86.6 Passing Def. 20th 53rd VALLEY OVERALL Net Punt Avg. 36.7 34.6 Net Punt Avg. 40.7 35.6 Total Defense 3rd 106th W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Time of Poss./Game 32:23 27:37 Time of Poss./Game 31:32 28:28 Pass Eff. Def. 4th 117th North Dakota State 2-0 1.000 6-0 1.000 3rd Down Conversions 54% 28% 3rd Down Conversions 26% 36% Net Punting 39th 8th South Dakota State 2-0 1.000 5-1 .833 4th Down Conversions 3/4 4/11 4th Down Conversions 5/10 5/8 Punt Returns 10th 118th South Dakota 2-0 1.000 3-3 .500 Kick Returns 26th 72nd Illinois State 1-1 .500 4-2 .667 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Turnover Mar. 11th 86th Indiana State 1-1 .500 3-3 .500 RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG Pen Yds/Gm 25th 80th Northern Iowa 1-1 .500 3-3 .500 Ty Brooks 61 446 7.3 2 74.3 Donovan Daniels 62 121 2.0 0 24.2 Time of Poss.