2014 north dakota football Game noteS game NORTH DAKOTA 22, 00 BSC AT MONTANA STATE 22, 00 BSC 5 SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 • 3:05 P.M. CT • Bobcat Stadium

UND SCHEDULE THE BLITZ DATE OPPONENT (2014 Record) (Upcoming TV) TIME • A er going 2-2 in non-conference play, North Dakota travels to No. 13 Montana State 08/28 at San Jose’ State (0-0, 0-0 MWC) (ESPN3.com) L, 42-10 on Saturday to get the program’s third season in the Big Sky Conference underway. The 09/06 Robert Morris (0-0, 0-0 NEC) (Midco SN) W, 16-13 Bobcats have won the ini al two Big Sky mee ngs between the programs by a com- 09/13 at Missouri State (0-0, 0-0 MVFC) L, 38-0 bined score of 118-30. The border rivalry had been dormant since 1983. 09/20 Stony Brook (0-0, 0-0 CAA) (Midco SN) W, 13-3 •The Bobcats own a 10-6 record in games played in Bozeman and a 17-13-1 edge in the 09/27 at Montana State* (0-0, 0-0 BSC) (Big Sky TV) 3:05 p.m. all- me series that dates back to 1948. The teams played almost regularly from 1953 to 10/04 Montana* (0-0, 0-0 BSC) (Midco SN) 1:30 p.m. 1983 with no games held in 1955, 1970 and 1981. 10/11 Portland State* (0-0, 0-0 BSC) (Midco SN) 1:30 p.m. • UND is 2-6 so far in Big Sky road games, but those two victories have come up in the 10/25 at Southern Utah* (0-0, 0-0 BSC) (Big Sky TV) 2:05 p.m. Big Sky road opener both seasons. The Green and White won their league debut at 11/01 at E. Washington* (0-0, 0-0 BSC) (Big Sky TV) 4:05 p.m. Sacramento State 34-13 in 2012 and defeated Idaho State in Pocatello in last year’s road 11/08 Weber State* (0-0, 0-0 BSC) (Midco SN) 12 p.m. opener 28-25. 11/15 Northern Arizona* (0-0, 0-0 BSC) (Midco SN) 12 p.m. • UND moved back to the .500 mark on the season with a 13-3 victory over Stony Brook 11/22 at Northern Colorado* (0-0, 0-0 BSC) (Big Sky TV) 1 p.m. this past Saturday. It was one of the team’s be er defensive performances since joining Home games listed in BOLD the FCS in 2008. UND has only allowed fewer points to an FCS team once the defense All Ɵ mes central * denotes Big Sky Conference games held Drake scoreless in a 16-0 shutout in the 2011 season opener. • Junior Dayo Idowu had two of his team’s seven sacks against the Seawolves and also UND-Montana STATE SERIES forced a fumble and recovered two. The seven sacks are also a UND Division I single- All-Time Series MSU leads 17-13-1 game record and the unit also added 16 tackles for a loss. UND at Montana State (Bozeman) MSU leads 10-6 • The middle linebacker duo of Taj Rich and Will Ratelle both set single-game career highs with 19 and 14 tackles, respec vely. Rich’s 19 total stops were the most by a FCS COACHES defender last week and also a set a UND Division I single-game record. Bubba Schweigert, UND (1st season) • Ratelle’s 14 stops would have broken the Division I mark as well, which he shared with UND/Overall Record 2-2/24-23 Cam Kuksa and Dan Hendrickson at 13. vs. Montana State First Mee ng • With two more fumble recoveries in the win over Stony Brook, UND now has eight on the season, which is ed for thte second most in the FCS. The 2013 defense had four Rob Ash, Montana State (7th season) total throughout the 11-game schedule. Montana State/Overall Record 59-29/235-128-5 • Senior Alex Tillman came up with UND’s fi rst intercep on of the season in the third vs. UND 2-0 quarter - the squad was the last of the Big Sky’s 13 schools to record an INT. Tillman took his fi rst career intercep on back 92 yards for a touchdown and fi rst defensive score of the season for UND. UND RADIO NETWORK Locally KQHT 96.1 FM LIVE FROM BOZEMAN Jack Michaels Play-by-Play Video: www.WatchBigSky.com Mike Berg Analyst Radio: UND Radio Network (96.1 FM — Grand Forks) - pregame show at 2 p.m. CT Paul Ralston Sidelines Audio: UND Radio Network broadcast also available at www.UNDSports.com Chat: Chat live at www.UNDSports.com INTERNET Stats: Live stats available at www.MSUBobcats.com Live video: www.WatchBigSkyc.om Twi er: For live scoring updates and game notes follow @UNDFootball Live stats: www.MSUBobcats.com Live chat: www.UNDSports.com TILLMAN NETS UND’S FIRST big sky DEFENSIVE honor Senior cornerback Alex Tillman became the fi rst UND defender to be named the ROOT SPORTS Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week since joining the league in 2012. Con- ference offi cials made the announcement on Monday a er the Houston, Texas na ve had fi ve tackles and a pass break-up to go with his game-changing 92-yard intercep on return for a touchdown in the third quarter of the win over Stony Brook. Tillman’s fi rst career intercep on and subsequently UND’s fi rst of the season came with the home team leading 6-3 and Stony Brook facing a 2nd-and-goal from the UND 7-yard line.

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NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes

»GENERAL »2013 RESULTS School ...... University of North Dakota DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATTEN RECORD Location ...... Grand Forks, ND (58202) 08/29 Valparaiso W, 69-10 9269 1-0, 0-0 Founded ...... 1883 09/07 (6) South Dakota State L, 35-28 10038 1-1, 0-0 Enrollment ...... 14,326 (Spring 2014) 09/14 (15) Montana L, 55-17 9726 1-2, 0-0 School Colors ...... Kelly Green & White 09/28 (11) Montana State* L, 63-20 8899 1-3, 0-1 Home Arena (Capacity) ...... Alerus Center (12,283) 10/05 at Idaho State* W, 28-25 7568 2-3, 1-1 National Affi liation ...... NCAA Division I 10/12 (6) Eastern Washington L, 35-14 7951 2-4, 1-2 Conference ...... Big Sky 10/19 Sacramento State* L, 31-7 6634 2-5, 1-3 President ...... Dr. Robert Kelley 10/26 at Portland State L, 14-10 5120 2-6, 1-4 Director of Athletics ...... Brian Faison 11/02 at (14) Northern Arizona* L, 48-27 4895 2-7, 1-5 Senior Woman Administrator ...... Daniella Irle 11/09 Northern Colorado* W, 24-21 5984 3-7, 2-5 Faculty Athletic Representative ...... Sue Jeno 11/16 at UC Davis* L, 34-18 5688 3-8, 2-6 Athletic Department ...... 701.777.2234 Home games listed in BOLD Ticket Offi ce ...... 701.777.0855 * denotes Big Sky Conference games Press Box ...... 701.792.1501/1502 » »2014 REGULAR SEASON HISTORY DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME First Year of Football ...... 1894 08/28 at San Jose State San Jose, Calif. L, 42-10 All-time Record ...... 622-385-30 (119 seasons) 09/06 Robert Morris Grand Forks, N.D. W, 16-13 All-time DI Record ...... 31-33 (fi ve seasons) 09/13 at Missouri State Springfi eld, Mo. L, 38-0 All-time DII Record ...... 589-349-30 (133 seasons) 09/20 Stony Brook Grand Forks, N.D. W, 13-3 »TEAM INFORMATION 09/27 at Montana State* Bozeman, Mont. 2:30 p.m. 2013 Overall Record ...... 3-8 10/04 Montana* Grand Forks, N.D. 1:30 p.m. 2013 Home Record...... 2-5 10/11 Portland State* Grand Forks, N.D. 1:30 p.m. 2013 Away Record ...... 1-3 10/25 at Southern Utah* Cedar City, Utah 2:05 p.m. 2013 Neutral Record ...... 0-0 11/01 at Eastern Washington* Cheney, Wash. 4:05 p.m. 2013 Big Sky Record/Finish ...... 2-6 | 10th 11/08 Weber State* Grand Forks, N.D. 12 p.m. 11/15 Northern Arizona* Grand Forks, N.D. 12 p.m. Starters Returning/Lost 11/13 11/22 at Northern Colorado* Greeley, Colo. 1 p.m. Off ense: 6/5 Home games listed in BOLD All times central Defense: 4/7 * denotes Big Sky Conference games Specialists: 1/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 33/25 Off ense: 13/10 »MEDIA INFORMATION Defense: 18/14 Football Contact/Associate Director ...... Ryan Powell Specialists: 2/1 Powell’s Offi ce Phone ...... (701) 777-2986 Powell’s Cell Phone ...... (701) 213-5921 »COACHING STAFF Powell’s Email ...... [email protected] Head Coach/Cornerbacks . . .Bubba Schweigert (Jamestown, 1985) Record at UND ...... 2-2 | .500 (fi rst season) AMR Mailing Address ...... Athletic Media Relations Offi ce Career Record as Head Coach ...... 24-23 (four seasons) University of North Dakota Hyslop Sports Center Room 120 Defensive Coordinator/ILBs ...... Eric Schmidt (1st season) 2751 2nd Avenue North, Stop 9013 Off ensive Coordinator/QBs ...... Paul Rudolph (1st season) Grand Forks, ND 58202-9013 Special Teams Coord./TEs ...... Shawn Kostich (1st season) Running backs/Recruiting Coord...... Kevin Maurice (1st season) »WEEKLY SCHEDULE Wide Receivers ...... Danny Freund (4th season) Head Coach Bubba Schweigert and selected players will participate Off ensive Line ...... Luke Knauf (1st season) in a weekly press conference each Monday during the season. The Safeties ...... Marty Rodgers (1st season) press conference will be held at 3 p.m. in the players’ lounge at Me- Defensive Line ...... Jordan Gigli (1st season) morial Stadium. Media members wishing to conduct interviews at Outside Linebackers ...... Joel Schwenzfeier (2nd season) any other time during the week need to make arrangements with Athletic Trainer ...... Steve Westereng (16th season) Football SID Ryan Powell. Assistant Athletic Trainer ...... John Flatt (6th season) Strength & Conditioning ...... Nate Baukol (12th season) Coach Schweigert will also particpate each week on the Big Sky Equipment Manager ...... Travis Kahlbaugh (12th season) Coaches’ Teleconference. This call is held each Wednesday and mod- Administrative Assistant ...... Cindy Klug (24th season) erated by Big Sky Assistant Commissioner Jon Kasper. The call-in number is 1.866.398.2885 and you must have a password (517644).

NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes

RATELLE RACKING UP THE TACKLES 2014 STATISTICAL COMPARISON Junior middle linebacker Will Ratelle has registered 47 tackles in his North DakotA-MONTANA STATE fi rst four career starts, including a career-high 14 stops in the victory over Stony Brook. His total of 47 is just three shy of his previous two TEAM STATISTICS UND MSU seasons combined when he had 25 in both his redshirt freshman and Points Per Game 9.8 40.2 sophomore seasons in a reserve role. In the home opener against Rob- Total Off ense 823 1939 ert Morris, he led UND with a then career-high 13 total takedowns. Rushing A empts 136 198 Ratelle also had a team-high 11 tackles at Missouri State and opened Rushing Yards 381 979 the season by making a then career-high nine stops at San Jose’ State Rushing Per Game 95.2 244.8 on Aug. 28. Yards Per Carry 2.8 4.9 Rushing Touchdowns 1 14 RICH REWARDS Passing 34-77-4 72-104-3 Sophomore Taj Rich played in all 11 games a year ago, but primarily as Passing Yardage 442 960 a special teams contributor. The Minneapolis na ve is one of several Passing Per Game 110.5 240.0 defenders, however, that took advantage of a clean slate with the new Yards Per Comple on 13.0 13.3 coaching staff and earned a star ng job at middle linebacker. Through Passing Touchdowns 2 7 four games, Rich has not disappointed. He ranks second on the team Points Allowed Per Game 24.0 33.0 with 41 tackles and is coming off a game where he made a career-high Rushing Yards Allowed 648 172.0 and UND Division I single-game record 19 tackles in the home win over Yards Per Carry Allowed 3.4 4.7 Stony Brook (Sept. 20). Rich had two total tackles in 2013. Passing Yards Allowed 726 1152 Total Off ense Allowed 1374 1840 Ferguson ceases scoreless Stretch Fumbles Lost/Intercep ons 4/4 4/3 Sophomore Joe Mollberg connected with true freshman Dev Ferguson Pun ng Average 42.3 45.0 Field Goals 4-6 5-7 on a 68-yard scoring strike in the second quarter of Saturday’s 13-3 Penal es-Yards 27-231 28-243 victory over Stony Brook. Ferguson’s fi rst career touchdown gave UND Sacks By 10 8 a 6-3 advantage and, thanks to a stout defensive eff ort by the Green and White, would be all the points the team would end up needing. It NORTH DAKOTA (2014 LEADERS) was also the fi nal comple on of the game as UND’s defense kept Stony Passing Brook off the scoreboard the rest of the way and added six more points Joe Mollberg 33-72-4-430, 2 TDs to the lead on Alex Tillman’s 92-yard intercep on return for a touch- down. A er being shutout on the road at Missouri State, the UND of- Rushing fense had been held scoreless for six-plus quarters da ng back to the Kyle Norberg 32-77 16-13 victory over Robert Morris (Sept. 6) before Ferguson strided into Cedric Simmons 26-96 the end zone. Adam Shaugabay 23-96

DEFENSE STARTS FRESH Receiving Through four games, 14 diff erent players have started on defense for R.J. McGill 10-137, 1 TD UND and 11 of those were fi rst- me starters, including nine in the sea- Dev Ferguson 4-98, 1 TD son opener at San Jose’ State (Aug. 28). The only two players that had Jer Garman 4-26 starts prior to the season were defensive ends Spencer Cummings and Alec Carrothers. Five of the teams top six tacklers all made their fi rst Defense career starts against the Spartans. Will Ratelle 47T-3.0TFL-1.0SACK Taj Rich 41T-3.0TFL-1PBU HIGH SCHOOL FLASHBACK Dayo Idowu 24T-3.5TFL-2.0SACKS Redshirt freshman Kyle Norberg saw ac on on both sides of the ball two weeks ago at Missouri State (Sept. 13), but was solely used as the MONTANA STATE (2014 LEADERS) feature running back in Saturday’s win over Stony Brook. A er ge ng Passing his feet wet at his new posi on with fi ve carries for 24 yards against Dakota Prukup 64-95-3, 7 TDs the Bears, Norberg toted the rock 27 mes for 53 yards against the Rushing Seawolves. The 27 carries are the most by a UND back this season. Nor- Dakota Prukup 64-338, 6 TDs berg split reps between linebacker and running back prior to the Mis- Shawn Johnson 35-215, 1 TD souri State game, but with injuries sidelining two of UND’s top three Anthony Knight 41-161, 6 TDs running backs last week, the coaches allowed Norberg to focus his prepara on on the off ensive side of the ball. Running the ball is noth- Receiving ing new to the former two-way standout from Cary Grove, Ill. However, Mitch Griebel 17-146 it had been nearly two years since he had been called upon to do so. Brian Flotkoe er 12-166, 1 TD He excelled at the fullback posi on during his fi nal prep season when Tiai Salanoa 10-93 his team ran the triple op on and he set a Cary Grove single-season record with 2,334 rushing yards. He had been only a star ng linebacker Defense during his sophomore and junior seasons at the high school level. He Alex Singleton 29T-2.0TFL-1.0SACK came to UND to play middle linebacker and that is where he prac ced Cole Moore 26T-3.0TFL-2.0SACKS during his redshirt season and the beginning of the 2014 campaign. Robert Marshall 26T-2PBUS-1FR Against the Bears, he played at linebacker during goal-line situa ons and got his fi rst collegiate carry on the fi nal play of the third quarter.

NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes

OPPONENT Preview: montana state BIG SKY STATISTICAL RANKINGS Head coach Rob Ash no longer has quarterback Denarius McGee and running Cody Kirk - a tandem that helped lead the Bobcats to a 55-10 UND montana state win over UND in 2011 and a 63-20 triumph last season, but his off ense 2. Scoring Defense (24.0 ppg) 1. Pun ng (44.5 net/punt) has not skipped a beat. 2. Total Defense (343.5 ypg) 2. Total Off ense (485.0 ypg) t2. Red Zone Defense (10-13) 2. Rushing Off ense (245.0 ypg) Those two have been adequately replaced by Dakota Prukup and Shawn 3. Rushing Defense (162.0 ypg) 2. Passing Effi ciency (163.2) Johnson, but the Bobcats will enter Big Sky play on the heels of a s nging 3. Sacks By (10) 3. Scoring Off ense (40.2 ppg) 52-51 loss to No. 2 Eastern Washington last Saturday in Bobcat Stadium. 4. Passing Defense (181.5 ypg) 3. Punt Returns (7.0 ypr) The Eagles went for two and the win instead of forcing over me a er 4. Kickoff Returns (23.2 ypr) 3. 3rd Down Conversions (41.9) pulling to within 51-50 with 27 seconds remaining and EWU quarterback 4. Punt Returns (6.8 ypr) 4. First Downs (21.5/g) Vernon Adams ran in for the go-ahead points in a game that saw both 5. Pun ng (36.5 net/punt) 5. Rushing Defense (172.0 ypg) teams combine for 1,128 yards of total off ense. 5. Turnover Margin (+1; 0.25/g) 5. Passing Off ense (240.0 ypg)

Johnson accounted for a MSU-record 374 all-purpose yards and scored three touchdowns in the setback (1 rush, 2 receiving), but earned The Sports Network Na onal Off ensive Player of the Week accolade and was also named the ROOT SPORTS Big Sky Special Teams Player of the Week for his eff orts.

Prukup replaced the All-American McGee and has the directed the Bobcats’ off ense to the 40.2 ppg. The dual-threat signal caller leads the team with 338 rushing yards and six touchdowns, while also comple ng over 67 percent of his passes for 881 yards and seven more scores. Four of those scoring tosses came against the Eagles in a game where he went 17-for-26 through the air for 248 yards and added 68 rushing yards and a ground score.

Defensively, the Bobcats are yielding 33.0 ppg and 460 yards of total off ense per game to their opponents. Montana State enters the game ranked 13th in The Sports Network Top 25 and 17th in the FCS Coaches Poll. Saturday will be the Bobcats’ 2014 Homecoming game.

HISTORY OF THE SERIES This will be the third mee ng between the two schools as Big Sky foes and 32nd overall. MSU leads the all- me series 17-13-1 and has won both matchups since the series resumed in 2012 (had been dormant since 1983). UND had won the previous four mee ngs leading up to

NOTEABLES: OFFENSE POS No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Notes WR 5 Dev Ferguson Fr. 6-1 180 Hauled in fi rst career touchdown on a 68-yard scoring pass vs. SBU WR 7 R.J. McGill Sr. 5-9 172 Missed all of 2013 season and six games in 2012 with knee injury, 85 career recep ons are most on the roster, team-high 10 so far in 2014 QB 14 Joe Mollberg So. 6-2 225 Making his eighth career start at San Jose’ State, fi rst in a season opener FB 30 Dwayne Pecosky Sr. 6-0 240 Named one of four permanent team captains in a vote by teammates RB 42 Kyle Norberg RFr. 6-1 220 Made fi rst career at running back a er conver ng from linebacker follow ing win over Robert Morris (Sept. 6); rushed 27 mes for 53 yards vs. SBU RT 63 Sean Meehan Jr. 6-5 294 Started all 11 games at right guard in 2013, moves outside to RT in 2014 RG 69 Ben Henson Sr. 6-1 290 Started all 11 games at nose guard in 2013, switched to O-line in spring and has started fi rst four games at right guard LG 71 Brandon Anderson So. 6-6 313 Made 26 consecu ve starts since redshirt freshman season of 2011 C 73 Colton Boas Jr. 6-1 300 Only newcomer to earn star ng posi on along off ensive front

NOTEABLES: DEFENSE POS No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Notes SS 8 Cole Reyes RFr. 6-2 205 Made a career-high eight tackles in return to star ng lineup a er missing two games, had six tackles in collegiate debut at San Jose’ State CB 20 Alex Tillman Sr. 5-10 190 Named ROOT SPORTS Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week a er running INT back 92 yards for a touchdown vs. Stony Brook CB 21 Chris Brown Jr. 5-8 165 10 tackles in fi rst four career starts here in 2014 OLB 31 Dayo Idowu Jr. 6-2 210 Had two sacks, forced a fumble and recovered two more in win over SBU MLB 32 Taj Rich So. 6-1 225 Set a UND Division I single-game record with 19 tackles in win over SBU FS 38 William James Jr. 5-11 190 Had a career-high 10 tackles in home win over Robert Morris MLB 51 Will Ratelle Jr. 5-11 250 Ranks among top 10 na onally in the FCS in total tackles with 47 DE 91 Spencer Cummings Sr. 6-4 280 Only returning starter on defense from 2013 to retain job for 2014 season

NOTEABLES: SPECIAL TEAMS POS No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Notes PK 4 Reid Taubenheim Fr. 6-1 185 First Team All-State honoree in 2013 by Minnesota Football Coaches Assoc. P 86 Connor Boleduc Fr. 6-3 195 Owns a 42.3 ypp average through four career games

NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes

SAN JOSE’ STATE (1-2, 0-0 MWC) PORTLAND STATE (1-3, 0-0 BSC) 8.28 North Dakota* W, 42-10 8.30 at Oregon State L, 29-14 SERIES HISTORY WITH 9.6 at Auburn* L,, 59-135 9.6 Western Oregon W, 45-38 2014 OPPONENTS 9.20 at Minnesota L,L, 24-724-24 9.13 at Washington State L,, 59-21 9.27 Nevada* 9.20 at Cal Poly L, 42-1442-14 at San Jose’ State 10.4 UNLV* 10.4 UC Davis* 10.18 at Wyoming* 10.11 at North Dakota*kota* (Thur., Aug. 28) 10.25 at Navy 10.18 Northern Arizona*izona* All-Time Record: First Meeting 11.1 Colorado State* 10.25 at Weber Stateate 11.8 at Fresno State* 11.1 Idaho State 11.15 Hawaii* 11.8 at Montana State vs. ROBERT MORRIS 11.21 at Utah State* 11.15 at Sacramento State* (Sat., Sept. 6) 11.29 at San Diego State* 11.21 Eastern Washington* All-Time Record: First Meeting ROBERT MORRIS (0-4, 0-0 NEC) SOUTHERN UTAH (0-4, 0-0 BSC) 8.28 Eastern Kentucky L, 29-10 8.30 at Nevada L, 28-19 at MISSOURI STATE 9.6 at North Dakota L,L 116-136-1 9.6 Southeastern Louisianaana L,L, 41-14414 -1 9.13 at Lafaye e LL, 550-30- 9.13 South Dakota State L,L, 26-626- (Sat., Sept. 13) 9.20 at Dayton L,L, 31-731- 9.20 at Fresno State L,L, 56-165656-1 All-Time Record: First Meeting 10.4 Monmouth 9.27 Weber State* 10.11 at Sacred Heart* 10.4 at Cal Poly* 10.18 Central Connec cutt State*State*e 10.11 Eastern Washington** vs. STONY BROOK 10.25 at Bryant* 10.18 at Idaho State* (Sat., Sept. 20) 11.8 Wagner* 10.25 North Dakota* All-Time Record: UND leads 1-0-0 11.15 St Francis-PA* 11.8 at Sacramento Statee 11.22 at Duquesne* 11.15 Montana Last Meeting: UND 31, SB 24 (2009) 11.22 at Northern Arizona MISSOURI STATE (3-1, 0-0 MVFC) at MONTANA STATE* 8.28 at Northwestern State W, 34-27 EASTERN WASHINGTON (3-1, 0-0 BSC) 9.6 at Oklahoma State L, 40-23 8.23 vs. Sam Houston State W, 56-35 (Sat., Sept. 27) 9.13 North Dakota W,, 38-0 8.30 vs. Montana-Western W, 41-9 All-Time Record: MSU leads 16-13-1 9.20 at Central Arkansass W W,, 33333-31-3-31 9.6 at Washington L, 59-5259--525 10.4 Youngstown State** 9.20 at Montana State W, 52-5152-2-515 Last Meeting: MSU 63, UND 20 (2013) 10.11 at South Dakota State*atate*e 9.27 at UC Davis* 10.18 vs. South Dakota* 10.4 Idaho State* MONTANA* 10.25 at Illinois State* 10.1 at Southern Utah* 11.1 at Indiana State* 10.18 Northern Colorado* (Sat., Oct. 4) 11.8 Southern Illinois* 10.25 at Northern Arizona** All-Time Record: UM leads 12-8-1 11.15 North Dakota State* 11.1 North Dakota* Last Meeting: UM 55, UND 17 (2013) 11.22 at Northern Iowa* 11.8 Montana* 11.21 at Portland State* STONY BROOK (1-3, 0-0 CAA) PORTLAND STATE* 8.28 Bryant L,, 13-7 WEBER STATE (0-4, 0-0 BSC) (Sat., Oct. 11) 9.6 at Connec cut L, 19-1619- 8.28 at Arizona State L, 45-14 9.13 American Interna onalnanal W, 20-320 9.6 North Dakota Stateate L, 24-724 7 All-Time Record: Series tied 2-2 9.20 at North Dakota L, 1313-3 9.13 Sacramento Statee L,L 442-312-31 Last Meeting: PSU 10, UND 7 (2013) 9.27 William & Mary* 9.20 Stephen F. Aus n L,L, 35-203535-20 10.4 at Towson* 9.27 Southern Utah* 10.11 Maine* 10.11 Cal Poly* at SOUTHERN UTAH* 10.18 at Elon* 10.18 Montana State* (Sat., Oct. 25) 10.25 at New Hampshire* 10.25 Portland State* All-Time Record: Series tied 3-3 11.8 James Madison* 11.1 Northern Arizona*a* 11.15 Rhode Island* 11.8 at North Dakota** Last Meeting: UND 33, SUU 29 (2012) 11.22 at Albany* 11.15 vs. Northern Colorado* 11.22 at Idaho State* MONTANA STATE (2-2, 0-0 BSC) at EASTERN WASHINGTON* 9.30 at Arkansas State L, 37-10 NORTHERN ARIZONA (2-2, 0-0 BSC) (Sat., Nov. 1) 9.6 Black Hills Statete W,W, 57-1057-7 10 8.30 at San Diego State L, 38-7 All-Time Record: EWU leads 2-0 9.13 Central Arkansassas W,W 443-3333-33 9.6 at Abilene Chris an W, 27-21 9.20 Eastern Washingtonngton L, 52-5152-2 515 9.13 New Mexico Highlandland W,W, 6262-23-223 Last Meeting: EWU 35, UND 14 (2013) 9.27 North Dakota** 9.20 at South Dakota* L, 28-2128-21 10.4 at Sacramentoo State*Statete* 9.27 vs. Cal Poly* WEBER STATE* 10.11 at UC Davis* 10.4 at Northern Colorado*ada o** 10.18 Weber State* 10.18 at Portland State* (Sat. Nov. 8) 11.1 at Cal Poly* 10.25 vs. Eastern Washington*ngton* All-Time Record: First Meeting 11.8 Portland State*e* 11.1 at Weber State* 11.15 Idaho State* 11.8 UC Davis* 11.22 at Montana* 11.15 at North Dakota* at NORTHERN ARIZONA* 11.22 Southern Utah* (Sat. Nov. 15) MONTANA (2-2, 0-0 BSC) All-Time Record: NAU leads 4-0 8.30 at Wyoming L, 17-12 NORTHERN COLORADO (1-2, 0-0 BSC) 9.6 Central Washington W, 48-14 9.6 at UNLV L, 13-1213 12 Last Meeting: NAU 48, UND 27 (2013) 9.13 South Dakota W,, 28-20 9.13 Houston Bap st W, 2828-208-220 9.20 at North Dakota Stateate L, 22-1022-10 9.20 at Northern Iowa LL, 446-76-6-7 vs. NORTHERN COLORADO* 9.27 Northern Colorado** 9.27 at Montana* 10.4 at North Dakota* 10.4 Northern Arizona** (Sat., Nov. 22) 10.18 UC Davis* 10.11 Sacramento State** All-Time Record: Series tied 13-13 10.25 at Cal Poly* 10.18 at Eastern Washington*gtot n*n 11.1 Sacramento State* 10.25 Idaho State* Last Meeting: UND 24, UNC 21 (2013) 11.8 at Eastern Washington*ton* 11.1 at UC Davis* 11.15 at Southern Utah* 11.15 at Weber State* 11.22 Montana State* 11.22 North Dakota*

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REYES MISSES HOME OPENER 2014 PRESEASON polls Redshirt safety Cole Reyes returned to the star ng lineup a er miss- Football championship subdivision ings due to injury and did not skip a beat. He totalled a career-high eight tackles and was in on solo stops on Stony Brook’s fi rst two plays FCS COACHES POLL of the game. He made his collegiate debut at San Jose’ State (Aug. 28) 1. North Dakota State (26) 4-0 650 1 and had six tackles against the Spartans. 2. Eastern Washington 3-1 623 2 3. Coastal Carolina 4-0 578 5 4. McNeese State 1-1 545 6 MCGILL BACK IN THE FOLD 5. Villanova 2-1 526 7 Senior R.J. McGill is back healthy a er nearly a year-and-a-half away 6. Montana 2-2 505 3 from the gridiron. McGill par cipated in spring drills a er missing half 7. New Hampshire 2-1 494 9 the 2012 season and all of the 2013 season with a knee injury. He re- 8. Jacksonville State 2-1 492 8 9. South Dakota State 3-1 449 10 turned to ac on in the season opener at San Jose’ State (Aug. 28) and 10. Northern Iowa 1-2 408 11 through four games, leads the team with 10 catches for 137 yards and 11. Southeastern Louisiana 2-2 368 4 a touchdown. McGill is also averaging 26.8 yards per kickoff return. 12. Youngstown State 3-1 303 15 The ming of McGill’s return could not be be er for the receiving 13. William & Mary 3-1 301 17 corps, who has to replace more than 95 percent of its recep ons from 14. Bethune-Cookman 2-1 273 12 15. Cha anooga 1-2 271 14 the 2013 season. All-American Greg Hardin (67) and Blair Townsend 16. Southern Illinois 3-1 269 13 (29) both graduated, while sophomores Kenny Golladay (69; North- 17. Montana State 2-2 241 16 ern Illinois) and Jameer Jackson (52; Minnesota State) both opted to 18. Eastern Kentucky 4-0 210 22 transfer a er the coaching change. McGill has 85 career catches for 19. Fordham 3-1 188 19 964 yards to his credit. The other two wideouts returning on the squad 20. Tennessee State 3-1 154 20 21. Richmond 2-2 141 18 with catches from last season are Romon Bridges (9 for 56) and Casey 22. Illinois State 2-0 101 24 Young (2 for 21). 23. Liberty 3-1 80 NR 24. Missouri State 3-1 65 NR CREATING TURNOVERS 25. Charleston Southern 4-0 39 NR Through four games, the North Dakota defense has created nine turn- Dropped From Rankings: Bryant, Furman, Northern Arizona, Sam overs and eight of those have come via fumble recovery. The eight Houston State fumble recoveries are already two mes more than the team pro- duced during the en re 2013 season and ed for second most in the Others Receiving Votes: Sam Houston State 26, Towson 22, Furman FCS. UND was the fi nal Big Sky team to corral an intercep on, but Alex 18, Alcorn State 16, Samford 16, Harvard 13, Northern Arizona 13, Sac- Tillman made it a meaningful one, taking it back 92 yards for a game- ramento State 12, Stephen F. Aus n 9, Indiana State 7, North Carolina A&T 7, Albany 5, Alabama State 3, South Dakota 3, Bryant 2, Cal Poly 2, changing touchdown in the 13-3 win over Stony Brook. Northwestern State 1, Southeast Missouri State 1 SHAUGABAY sits out home win over sbu SPORTS NETWORK/FATHEAD.COM POLL Senior Adam Shaugabay missed the Stony Brook contest with an injury. 1. North Dakota State Bison (150) 4-0 3966 1 He was injured late in the Missouri State game a er racking up career- 2. Eastern Washington Eagles (9) 3-1 3819 2 3. Coastal Carolina Chan cleers 4-0 3405 5 highs in rushes (19) and rushing yards (52). Shaugabay currently shares 4. New Hampshire Wildcats 2-1 3292 7 the team lead at 96 rushing yards with Cedric Simmons. Shaugabay 5. McNeese State Cowboys 1-1 3207 6 and Simmons were both sidelined for the Missouri State game. There 6. Villanova Wildcats 2-1 3180 8 status will be re-evaluated on a weekly basis. 7. Montana Grizzlies 2-2 3008 4 8. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 2-1 2825 9 DEFENSE, SPECIAL TEAMS YIELDS POTATO 9. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 3-1 2710 10 10. Northern Iowa Panthers 1-2 2350 11 BOWL WIN 11. Southeastern Louisiana Lions 2-2 2323 3 The defense forced three turnovers and the special teams blocked 12. William & Mary Tribe 3-1 2008 13 three kicks to give fi rst-year head coach Bubba Schweigert his ini al 13. Montana State Bobcats 2-2 1739 14 win at the helm of the UND program in this past Saturday’s Potato 14. Cha anooga Mocs 1-2 1619 15 15. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 2-1 1539 12 Bowl game vs. Robert Morris at the Alerus Center. 16. Fordham Rams 3-1 1502 18 17. Southern Illinois Salukis 3-1 1500 16 Those eff orts combined with three fi eld goals (20, 45, 35) by freshman 18. Youngstown State Penguins 3-1 1383 19 Reid Taubenheim and a 32-yard touchdown recep on by senior R.J. 19. Eastern Kentucky Colonels 4-0 1186 23 McGill provided UND with the 16-13 victory over the visi ng Colonials. 20. Richmond Spiders 2-2 1124 17 21. Tennessee State Tigers 3-1 906 20 22. Liberty Flames 3-1 739 24 A er having a 10-game winning streak snapped in the annual spud- 23. Illinois State Redbirds 2-0 291 NR revering contest by South Dakota State last season, UND began a new 24. Albany Great Danes 3-0 269 NR Potato Bowl streak and extended its home-opening one to 28 consecu- 25. Delaware Blue Hens 2-1 181 NR ve triumphs. Others receiving votes: Sam Houston State 161, Northern Arizona 145, Towson 137, Furman 136, Samford 118, Missouri State 116, Southeast Defensive end Spencer Cummings came up big on special teams in the Missouri State 73, James Madison 65, Indiana State 61, Charleston second half, blocking both of RMU’s poten al game-tying fi eld goals Southern 60, Harvard 55, Bryant 55, Alabama State 46, North Carolina a er McGill put his team ahead for good with his fi rst touchdown since A&T 42, Alcorn State 36, Eastern Illinois 35, South Carolina State 33, the 2012 Potato Bowl win over Portland State. South Dakota 27, Maine 25, Presbyterian 23, Woff ord 19, Northwest- ern State 18, Bucknell 18, Sacramento State 17, Gardner-Webb 17, San Diego 14, Abilene Chris an 13, Texas Southern 10, Tennessee Tech 8, On UND’s lone touchdown drive, McGill gave his squad prime fi eld po- Princeton 6, Western Illinois 4, Stephen F. Aus n 3, Cal Poly 2, Sacred si on with a 41-yard return out to the UND 46-yard line. He fi nished Heart 2, Central Arkansas 2, Western Carolina 1, Lamar 1. with three catches for 65 yards in the contest.

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BLOCK PARTY NICKNAME HISTORY Robert Morris had four placekicking opportuni es during the Potato Bowl (Sept. 6) and only the The University of North Dakota boasts a point-a er-a empt following the visitor’s second touchdown found its way through the uprights. proud history of varsity athle cs nicknames. The other three were defl ected by senior Spencer Cummings, who blocked two second-half fi eld UND’s fi rst offi cial athle cs nickname was goals, and sophomore Jordan Hinojosa, who blocked RMU’s ini al PAT. Blocking kicks is nothing the “Flickertails,” although its origin remains new to the UND program, who led all of the Football Championship Subdivision in 2012 with 10. somewhat a mystery. The nickname made its The special teams unit had four in 2013 with senior Ben Henson collec ng two of those. Class- fi rst public appearance in a Grand Forks Herald account of UND’s football loss to Minnesota on mate Shea Walker is the team’s ac ve leader with fi ve, while Cummings now has three to his Oct. 8, 1904, 15 years a er UND’s fi rst athle cs credit a er Saturday’s two-block day. Since moving up to the Division I ranks in 2008, UND has contest was played. According to Lee Bohnet’s now blocked a total of 40 kicks during those six-plus seasons. A Century of UND Sports, “The author was not iden fi ed, but there is strong evidence Through four weeks of the 2014 season, Cummings is one of fi ve FCS players with mul ple the nickname was coined by a Minneapolis blocked kicks (Devin Border of Eastern Kentucky leads with three) and UND is ed for fourth with sportswriter who may have covered the game three blocked kicks. for the Herald. The writer lauded the fi gh ng spirit of the North Dakota players.” CUMMINGS NAMED ROOT SPORTS BIG SKY PLAYER OF THE WEEK In 1911, UND’s student body offi cially adopted Senior Spencer Cummings picked up North Dakota’s fi rst ROOT SPORTS Big Sky Player of the “Flickertails” as its athle cs nickname. UND Week accolade this season when league offi cials named him the special teams recipient on Sept. would remain known as the “Flickertails” (as well, unoffi cially, as the “Nodaks”) for a third 8. Cummings blocked two poten al game-tying fi eld goals in the second half of Saturday’s 16-13 of a century, establishing an early athle cs Potato Bowl victory over Robert Morris. Cummings also had three tackles, including one for a history. loss. He is the fi rst UND player to earn a weekly award since Greg Hardin earned the same honor following a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at Idaho State (Oct. 5) last season. In the fall of 1930, the university adopted the nickname “Sioux” for its varsity teams HINOJOSA returns from one-game absence following a successful renaming campaign by Sophomore nose guard Jordan Hinojosa missed the MIssouri State game with an injury, but was the Dakota Student, UND’s student newspaper. back in ac on for the home win over Stony Brook. The Minnesota transfer had started the fi rst The word “Figh ng” was later added, and UND two games of his UND career, collec ng fi ve unassisted tackles. Junior Kyle Woodsmall earned would be known as the “Figh ng Sioux” un l his fi rst career start back on his home soil in place of Hinojosa. Woodsmall is one of two Mis- the summer of 2012. sourians on the roster. Woodsmall also started the Stony Brook win and equaled his career-high with three tackles. The university u lized several”Figh ng Sioux” logos throughout the decades, perhaps most notably the green geometric logo introduced RUHE OUT FOR THE SEASON in 1976 and the most recent full-color logo was Redshirt freshman Kyle Ruhe was injured on a punt-coverage play in the third quarter of the unveiled in 1999. The former was designed by Missouri State game (Sept. 13) and will miss the remainder of the season. Ruhe had started two an ar st at the UND News Bureau, while the games at ght end and his 51-yard recep on at San Jose State was the longest of the season for la er was created by noted Na ve American a UND pass catcher through three games. ar st and UND alum Benne Brien.

Big Sky Conference Football Standings The University of North Dakota offi cially re red BIG SKY GAMES ALL GAMES its long me “Figh ng Sioux” nickname and logo prior to the 2012-13 athle cs season. Team W L PCT. PF PA W L PCT. PF PA Streak E. Washington 0 0 .000 0 0 3 1 .750 201 154 W1 UND’s varsity athle cs teams will operate Sac State 0 0 .000 0 0 3 1 .750 164 113 W2 without an offi cial nickname un l 2015, when Montana 0 0 .000 0 0 2 2 .500 98 73 L1 the university will undertake the process of Montana State 0 0 .000 0 0 2 2 .500 161 132 L1 adop ng the third offi cial nickname in school North Dakota 0 0 .000 0 0 2 2 .500 39 96 W1 history. Un l 2015, the university’s varsity Northern Arizona 0 0 .000 0 0 2 2 .500 117 110 L1 athle cs teams will be referred to as “the Cal Poly 0 0 .000 0 0 1 2 .333 70 86 W1 University of North Dakota,” “North Dakota,” Idaho State 0 0 .000 0 0 1 2 .333 73 130 W1 or “UND.” Northern Colo. 0 0 .000 0 0 1 2 .333 47 79 L1 UC Davis 0 0 .000 0 0 1 2 .333 73 111 L1 UND SPorts extra 2014-15 Portland State 0 0 .000 0 0 1 3 .250 94 168 L2 University of North Dakota fans can enjoy Southern Utah 0 0 .000 0 0 0 4 .000 55 151 L2 weekly highlights, interviews and features Weber State 0 0 .000 0 0 0 4 .000 72 146 L4 courtesy of the UND Sports Extra television show on Midco Sports Network. THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Saturday, Sept. 27 Saturday, Sept. 20 UND Sports Extra makes its 2014-15 debut on Northern Colorado at #7 Montana #2 Eastern Washington 52, @#14 Montana State 51 Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 7 p.m. CT and will air each North Dakota at #13 Montana State @South Dakota 28, #22 Northern Arizona 21 Tuesday throughout the athle cs season. The Sacramento State at Idaho State @#1 North Dakota State 22, #4 Montana 10 30-minute show will feature highlights, inter- Cal Poly at Northern Arizona @#11 Northern Iowa 46, Northern Colorado 7 views and special features on all UND teams, #2 Eastern Washington at UC Davis @North Dakota 13, Stony Brook 3 with Dan Hammer, the voice of UND Sports, Weber State at Southern Utah @Stephen F. Aus n 35, Weber State 20 serving as host. @Sacramento State 59, Menlo 14 @Cal Poly 42, Portland State 14 @Fresno State 56, Southern Utah 16

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HOLMEN, MILLER MAKE IT 21 GROUND GAME TAKES A HIT Redshirt freshman Brandon Miller and true freshman Jacob Holmen Sophomore Cedric Simmons led UND in carries in each of the fi rst two became the 20th and 21st players, respec vley to make their UND de- games with 13 a piece at San Jose’ State (Aug. 28) and vs. Robert Mor- buts this season when they saw ac on in the home-opening win over ris (Sept. 6), but has missed the last two games with an injury. Simmons Robert Morris. A back-up off ensive lineman, Miller did not see ac on s ll shares the team lead in rushing yards with 96 and had earned the at San Jose’ State (Aug. 28), while Holmen dressed for the fi rst me in start vs. the Colonials a er coming off the bench in the season opener. his career against the Colonials. Nineteen of their teammates made He was injured late in the contest vs. RMU. their UND debuts against the Spartans. NEWCOMERS CONTRIBUTE IN OPENER SWEDISH MISSILE The North Dakota football team traveled 60 players to San Jose’ State Junior safety William James had a career-high 10 tackles and forced for the season opener on Aug. 28 and a quarter of those traveling were the fi rst turnover of the season for the UND defense in the win over newcomers. Of those 15 newcomers, six started, 14 played and, in- Robert Morris (Sept. 6). James has one of the be er feel-good sto- cluding redshirt freshmen, 19 total players made their UND debuts. ries in college football, arriving in Grand Forks from his na ve Sweden True freshmen Reid Taubenheim scored the team’s fi rst points of the in January of 2012 just looking for an opportunity to make the team season, drilling a 42-yard fi eld goal on his fi rst collegiate a empt. as a walk-on. In less than two years, the 5-foot-11 defensive back has Sophomore Cedric Simmons led the team with 54 yards rushing in a earned a scholarship and a star ng role. He made nine tackles in 10 matchup against his former team. Senior Alex Tillman had three tack- games last season in a special teams role and has already racked up 17 les, a pass break-up and 75 yards in kick return yardage. tackles through three games this season. PERMANENT CAPTAINS FOR 2014 IT’S TAUBEN-TIME Head coach Bubba Schweigert announced the four permanent team Freshman placekicker Reid Taubenheim started his UND career by captains for the 2014 season at the end of fall camp. The quartet of making his fi rst four fi eld goal a empts, including three straight to upperclassmen include off ensive lineman Brandon Anderson, fullback open the Robert Morris victory (Sept. 6). The former Minnesota All- Dwayne Pecosky, middle linebacker Will Ratelle and cornerback Alex Stater made a 42-yarder at San Jose’ State (Aug. 28) in his collegiate Tillman. Anderson owns the longest consecu ve start streak on the debut, then hit from 45, 20 and 35 yards out in the fi rst-half vs. the team at 23. Pecosky has found a home at fullback a er playing both Colonials. . off ensive and defensive line earlier in his career. Ratelle registered a career-high nine tackles in his fi rst career start at San Jose’ State this OLSON PRESSED INTO ACTION past Thursday, while Tillman is one of three FBS transfers on the roster With starter Cole Reyes out of ac on and his strong safety back-up and earned a star ng job at cornerback and kick returner during fall Baylee Carr not at full strength, junior Dillon Olson received the fi rst camp. start of his career vs. Robert Morris (Sept. 6). The walk-on from Grygla, Minn., had played in three games during the 2012 and 2013 seasons combined entering the campaign and had made only two career tack- les. In his star ng role, Olson tripled his tackle total, registering six and he also added a pass break-up.

UND’S 2014 OFFENSIVE STARTING LINEUPS Date Opponent RT RG C LG LT WR WR/TE TE QB RB FB/WR 8/28 at San Jose State Meehan Henson Boas Anderson Barton Walker Ruhe Adler Mollberg Garman Pecosky 9/6 Robert Morris Meehan Henson Boas Anderson Barton Walker Ivery Adler Mollberg Simmons McGill 9/13 at Missouri State Meehan Henson Boas Anderson Barton Ferguson Ruhe Adler Mollberg Garman McGill 9/20 Stony Brook Meehan Henson Boas Anderson Barton Walker Ferguson Adler Mollberg Norberg McGill 9/27 at Montana State* 10/4 Montana* 10/11 Portland State* 10/25 at Southern Utah* 11/1 at E. Washington* 11/8 Weber State* 11/15 Northern Arizona* 11/22 at Northern Colorado* UND’S 2014 DEFENSIVE STARTING LINEUPS Date Opponent RE NG LE ZOLB WILB SILB SOLB RC FS SS LC 8/28 at San Jose State Carrothers Hinojosa Cummings Idowu Ratelle Rich Labat Brown James Reyes Tillman 9/6 Robert Morris Carrothers Hinojosa Cummings Idowu Ratelle Rich Labat Brown James Olson Tillman 9/13 at Missouri State Carrothers Woodsmall Cummings Idowu Ratelle Rich Labat Brown James Carr Tillman 9/20 Stony Brook Carrothers Woodsmall Cummings Idowu Ratelle Rich Labat Brown James Reyes Tillman 9/27 at Montana State* 10/4 Montana* 10/11 Portland State* 10/25 at Southern Utah* 11/1 at E. Washington* 11/8 Weber State* 11/15 Northern Arizona* 11/22 at Northern Colorado*

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FBS FOES BACK ON THE SLATE program, along with our administra on, decided is necessary.” A er playing at least one game against an FBS opponent in each of the previous four seasons, UND took a one-year break from playing a team UND owns a 62-45-3 advantage in the all- me series that dates back to from the highest level of college football in 2013. That break is over now 1894. The Green and White won the last mee ng between the two pro- a er opening the 2014 season with a 42-10 loss at San Jose’ State on grams in 2003 — a 28-21 decision in over me. Both teams have made Aug. 28. The Spartans were the fi rst opponent in what will be a stretch the full transi on from NCAA Division II status to Division I since the last of fi ve straight seasons where UND will face an FBS opponent. Here is a mee ng 11 seasons ago. NDSU started its transi on in 2004, while UND look at those opponents for the next fi ve seasons: began its in 2008.

2014: Thur, Aug. 28 at San Jose’ State (Mountain West) “I want our football players to have the full experience of being a UND 2015: Sat., Sept. 5 at Wyoming (Mountain West) football player and, to me, that includes playing North Dakota State. 2016: TBA vs. Bowling Green (MAC) True rivalry games are a big part of college football,” Schweigert added. 2017: Thur., Aug. 31 at Utah (Pac-12) “You see Iowa State playing Iowa, Michigan State playing Michigan, Au- 2018: Sat., Sept. 1 at Washington (Pac-12) burn playing Alabama and so on. There is no reason North Dakota and North Dakota State should not be playing. ANDERSON ANCHORS O-LINE Junior Brandon Anderson has started all 26 contests for UND over the “As I traveled around the region talking to some of our football alums, past two-plus seasons. He is the only off ensive lineman who can make one of their fondest memories is playing against our rival North Dakota that claim and is coming off a season where he earned All-Big Sky hon- State. Too many young men have missed out on that opportunity over orable men on honors. He started all 11 games as a redshirt freshman, the last 11 years.” making eight at le guard, two at right guard and one at right tackle. Anderson and classmate Sean Meehan anchored both guard spots last UND will receive a cash guarantee of $125,000 for the 2015 contest and season, star ng all 11 games at le and right guard, respec vely. $140,000 for the 2019 contest.

FLIP FLOP FBS inFLUENCE Three seniors on the 2014 squad will be playing on a diff erent side of The 2014 roster features a trio of players that transferred from FBS the ball than they did as juniors. Tyrhe Ivery returns to wide receiver programs. Sophomore nose guard Jordan Hinojosa was the fi rst to com- a er playing solely at defensive back and on special teams a year ago. mit a er spending the 2013 season redshir ng with the Minnesota Go- Ivery is no stranger to the posi on, having played wideout as a redshirt phers. He spent his fi rst collegiate season at Coff eyville Community Col- freshman in 2011 when he caught 14 passes for 116 yards and two lege in 2012 and has three seasons to play at UND. Senior cornerback touchdowns. His best game at the posi on came in the 2011 season Alex Tillman spent his fi rst four seasons at Houston. He redshirted in fi nale when UND rallied to beat South Dakota to share the Great West 2010 before playing the 2011-13 seasons as a reserve defensive back for tle. Ivery had eight grabs for 48 yards and his fi rst two collegiate touch- the Cougars. Junior linebacker Marcus Jenkins-Moore missed his only downs in the 35-34 victory. As a sophomore in 2012, Ivery played on season at Kansas with an injury in 2013, but has two more to play a er both sides of the ball, catching two passes for 26 yards and a touch- arriving in Grand Forks just over a week into fall camp. Jenkins-Moore down, while adding a career-high eight tackles. Also switching sides of played two seasons at Pierce College before joining the Jayhawks’ pro- the ball this season are classmates Shea Walker and Ben Henson. In fact, gram. the duo are trading posi ons. Walker started seven games at center as a junior, but will man the nose guard posi on in 2014. Henson started The last UND player to transfer in from that level was quarterback all 11 games at nose guard, but is looking to secure the star ng center Braden Hanson. The le -hander played one season for UND a er spend- spot in fall camp. ing three seasons plus a redshirt campaign at North Carolina. Hanson suff ered a broken leg in his UND debut, but came back for the second FOREIGN AID half of the season and a NCAA record for le -handed quarterbacks by Sweden na ve William James’ me as the lone European on the North throwing for 660 yards in a wild win over Montana. The passing total Dakota football roster ended in May when Amsterdam na ve Dylan was also a Big Sky and UND single-game record. Bakker signed on to play for UND a er a successful two-year s nt at West Hills College in Coalinga, Calif. Bakker is expected to compete for 2014 BIG SKY PRESEASON POLLS playing me at inside linebacker a er earning All-Golden Gate Confer- ence First Team honors in 2013. James, who was a special teams con- Coaches Media tributor a year ago as a sophomore, earned the star ng free safety spot 1. Eastern Washington (12) 1. Eastern Washington (34) a er pu ng together a nice fall camp. 2. Montana (1) 2. Montana (1) 3. Montana State 3. Montana State (1) NDSU RIVALRY RENEWED 4. Cal Poly 4. Cal Poly University of North Dakota Athle c Department offi cials announced on 5. Northern Arizona 5. Northern Arizona Aug. 22 that a contract has been signed for its football program to re- 6. Southern Utah 6. Southern Utah new its rivalry with in-state foe North Dakota State. The contract calls 7. Sacramento State 7. UC Davis for a pair of gridiron matchups that will be the fi rst between the two 8. Portland State 8. Portland State programs as Division I foes and take place at Gate City Bank Field in 9. UC Davis 9. Sacramento State Fargo on Sept. 19, 2015 and Sept. 7, 2019. 10. North Dakota 10. Idaho State 11. Weber State 11. North Dakota “Our football student-athletes deserve the chance to play against North 12. Idaho State 12. Weber State Dakota State and the game has been off the schedule for too long,” 13. Northern Colorado 13. Northern Colorado Head Coach Bubba Schweigert said. “It is me to do whatever it takes to get the game back and if that means going down to Fargo a couple of mes to renew this great rivalry, then that is something the football

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2014 AWARDS AND HONORS Explosive plays (plays of 25+ yards) ROOT SPORTS BIG SKY PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Rushing (0) SPECIAL TEAMS Yds Player (Opponent/Date) Result Spencer Cummings, DE vs. Robert Morris (Sept. 6) Passing (6) DEFENSIVE Yds Player (Opponent/Date) Result Alex Tillman, CB vs. Stony Brook (Sept. 20) 68 Joe Mollberg to Dev Ferguson (SBU, 9/20) TD 51 Joe Mollberg to Kyle Ruhe (at SJSu, 8/28) 1st Down 40 Joe Mollberg to Brandon Walker (RMU, 9/6) 1st Down 2013 AWARDS AND HONORS 32 Joe Mollberg to R.J. McGill (RMU, 9/6) TD ROOT SPORTS BIG SKY PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 30 Joe Mollberg to Kyle Ruhe (RMU, 9/6) 1st Down 26 Joe Mollberg to R.J. McGill (RMU, 9/6) 1st Down SPECIAL TEAMS Greg Hardin, WR at Idaho State (Oct. 5) Kickoff Returns (4) Yds Player (Opponent/Date) Result COLLEGE FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE WEEKLY AWARDS 41 R.J. McGill (RMU, 9/6) 1st Down National Kick Returner of the Week 39 Alex Tillman (at SJSU, 8/28) 1st Down Greg Hardin, WR at Idaho State (Oct. 5) 36 R.J. McGill (at SJSU, 8/28) 1st Down National Wide Receiver of the Week 27 R.J. McGill (SBU, 9/20) 1st Down Kenny Golladay, WR, at Northern Arizona (Nov. 2) Intercep on Returns (1) THE SPORTS NETWORK Yds Player (Opponent/Date) Result Co-National Freshman of the Week 92 Alex Tillman (SBU; 9/20) TD Ryan Bartels, QB, at Northern Arizona (Nov. 2) Fumble Returns (0) Yds Player (Opponent/Date) Result ALL-BIG SKY Greg Hardin, WR (First Team) Players Total (Types) Touchdowns (Yardage) Greg Hardin, KR (Third Team) Joe Mollberg 6 (comple ons) 2 (32, 68) R.J. McGill 5 (2 recep ons, 3 KORs) 1 (32) ALL-BIG SKY HONORABLE MENTION Kyle Ruhe 2 (recep ons) 0 Brandon Anderson, OL Alex Tillman 2 (1 KOR, 1 INT) 1 (92) Dominique Bennett, ST Dev Ferguson 1 (recep on) 1 (68) Kenny Golladay, WR Brandon Walker 1 (recep on) 0 Garrison Goodman, LB Joe Kleason, OL Cam Kuksa, DB Zeb Miller, PK

ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-AMERICA TEAM Greg Hardin, WR (Third Team)

BEYOND SPORTS NETWORK ALL-AMERICA TEAM Greg Hardin, WR (Second Team)

THE SPORTS NETWORK FCS ALL-AMERICA TEAM Greg Hardin, WR (Third Team)

2013 ACADEMIC HONORS NFF HAMPSHIRE HONOR SOCIETY Jake Hoerchner, OL Jake Miller, RB Zeb Miller, PK Brian Otto, LB

BIG SKY ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM Baylee Carr, DB Devin Coyle, DB Jake Hoerchner, OL William James, DB Luke Mathewson, LB Zeb Miller, PK Joe Mollberg, QB Brian Otto, LB

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BUBBA SCHWEIGERT THE SCHWEIGERT FILE HEAD COACH Birthdate • Sept. 15, 1962 Hometown Year at UND: 15th year (1st as headad ccoach)ooaaca h) • Zeeland, N.D. Collegiate Experience: 30th year Education Hometown: Zeeland, N.D. • Bachelor’s Degree: Business Administration - Jamestown ‘85 Alma Mater: University of Jamestownt wn (‘(‘91)91)) • Master’s Degree: Physical Education - North Dakota ‘95 Family Kyle “Bubba” Schweigert was named head coach at the • Wife, Laura; sons, Alex & Cooper University of North Dakota on Dec. 24, 2013, bringing with him Coaching a wealth of collegiate coaching experience and success. • 2014-present - Head Coach University of North Dakota The Zeeland, N.D., native returned to Grand Forks after 10 years • 2008-13 - Defensive Coordinator away from a program that he helped lead to the 2001 NCAA Southern Illinois University Division II national title as defensive coordinator. • 2004-07 - Head Coach University of MInnesota Duluth Most recently, Schweigert was the defensive coordinator at • 1997-2003 - Defensive Coordinator Southern Illinois for the previous six seasons (2008-13) and University of North Dakota served as associate head coach for the last fi ve of that stretch. • 1990-96 - Secondary Coach His 2010 defense led the Missouri Valley in total defense and his University of North Dakota unit fi nished in the top half of the league in that category in four • 1989-90 - Graduate Assistant of his six campaigns at SIU. University of North Dakota • 1985-90 - Assistant Coach Also during his six seasons at SIU, Schweigert tutored three fi rst University of Jamestown team All-Americans and 20 all-conference selections (10 fi rst team, six second team, four honorable mentions). His defensive standouts have included linebacker and 2012 graduate Jayson DiManche, currently playing for Cincinnati Bengals, and cornerback Korey Lindsey, a three-time All-American and a 2011 draft pick of the Bengals.

In 2013, SIU linebacker Bryan Presume earned fi rst team All- MVFC honors after ranking third in the league with 104 tackles. His 55 solo stops were tops in the conference.

“It is truly an honor and a privilege to serve the University of North Dakota as its head football coach,” said Schweigert at the time of his hiring. “I am looking forward to hiring a staff and building a program that will represent UND in a fi rst-class manner, both on and off the fi eld.

“We will put forth great eff ort to facilitate positive relations with fans, alumni, the community and the student body. We look forward to playing exciting championship football in front of thousands of loyal fans as we strive to win the Big Sky Conference championship and, ultimately, reach the pinnacle of FCS football.”

Prior to arriving at SIU, Schweigert took on his fi rst head coaching job at the collegiate level, leading the Division II program at Minnesota Duluth from 2004-07. He guided the Bulldogs to a 21-20 overall record during his tenure, including the program’s fi rst North Central Conference title in 2005. The NCAA playoff berth that season was the program’s second in On Dec 28, 2013, Schweigert was introduced as the head coach at the University four seasons. That same season, Schweigert was also named the of North Dakota during a press conference in front of a standing-room only crowd at the Alerus Center. 2014 North Dakota football Game notes

Head Coach Bubba Schweigert instructs his team during the 2014 spring game at the Alerus Center. This will be Schweigert’s second stint at UND after serving as an assistant coach for 15 seasons from 1989-2003.

D2football.com Northwest Region Coach of the Year and the AFCA Division II Coach of the BUBBA SCHWEIGERT Year for Region 5. VS. OPPONENTS Before leading the staff at Duluth, he spent 15 seasons as an assistant coach in Grand Forks Augustana 2-2 (1989-2003) where he was part of eight NCAA playoff teams and six NCC title squads. Bemidji State 2-0 Central Washington 1-1 Schweigert was elevated to defensive coordinator at UND prior to the 1997 season and left Chadron State 2-0 for Duluth after the 2003 UND team fi nished as national runner-up. Schweigert was named the American Football Coaches Association Division II Assistant Coach of the Year in 2000. Concordia-St. Paul 1-1 Northern Iowa 0-1 In his seven seasons as UND’s defensive coordinator, Schweigert’s defensive players earned Wisconsin-La Crosse 0-1 14 All-America honors and 23 fi rst-team All-NCC accolades. His 2001 defense yielded just Mary 1-0 191.4 yards of off ense and 50.3 rushing yards per game, while limiting opponents to 12.5 MSU-Moorhead 2-0 points per game on the way to the program’s fi rst national championship. Missouri Western State 0-1 Schweigert began his coaching career at his alma mater, now the University of Jamestown, Upper Iowa 2-0 from 1985-1988. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Jamestown Minnesota State 2-2 and a master’s degree from UND. In 2002, he was honored with Jamestown’s Rollie Greeno Missouri State 0-1 Award for outstanding Omaha 1-3 BUBBA SCHWEIGERT’S COACHING RECORD commitment in the fi eld of education and North Dakota 0-4 Year NCC*/Big Sky Win% Finish Overall Win% coaching. Robert Morris 1-0 2004* 1-5-0 .167 6th 4-7-0 .600 St. Cloud State 3-1 2005* 4-2-0 .667 t1st 8-4-0 .545 Schweigert and his wife, San Jose State 0-1 2006* 4-4-0 .500 4th 6-4-0 .273 Laura, have two sons, 2007* 3-5-0 .325 t5th 4-6-0 .727 South Dakota 1-3 Alex and Cooper. 2014 0-0-0 .000 2-2-0 .500 Stony Brook 1-0 Totals 12-16-0 .429 24-23-0 .511 Western Washington 2-0 Years at UND: 15 (fi rst as head coach) * Big Sky Member Opponents from Minnesota Duluth tenure

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NO. NAME POS. YR. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 2014 FALL ROSTER 1 Tyrhe Ivery*** WR SR 6-0 160 Garland, Texas/Garland HS (Alphabetical) 2 Jer Garman*** RB SR 5-9 190 Marion, Iowa/Linn-Mar HS 36 ADLER, Zach ...... TE 3 Marcus Jenkins-Moore LB JR 6-3 210 Louisville, Ky./Kansas 71 ANDERSON, Brandon OL 4 Reid Taubenheim PK FR 6-1 185 Farmington, Minn./Farmington HS 53 APLIN, Grant ...... OL 5 Dev Ferguson WR FR 6-1 180 Wauwatosa, Wis./Wauwatosa West HS 42 BAKKER, Dylan ...... LB 6 Ryan Bartels* QB SO 6-3 215 Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore HS 6 BARTELS, Ryan ...... QB 7 R.J. McGill*** WR SR 5-9 175 Phoenix, Ariz./St. Mary’s HS 74 BARTON, Devin ...... OL 7 Keaton Studsrud QB FR 6-1 185 St. Louis Park, Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret’s 68 BECK, Dylan ...... OL 8 Cole Reyes DB RFR 6-2 205 Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg HS 76 BELL, Dan ...... OL 9 Dillon Olson DB JR 6-0 200 Grygla, Minn./Grygla-Goodridge HS 13 BLACKMON, Domo . .DB 10 Brandon Walker WR FR 6-1 185 Flint, Mich./Carman-Ainsworth HS 73 BOAS, Colton ...... OL 11 Miguel Cerriteno WR JR 6-2 195 Las Vegas, Nev./Feather River CC 34 BOLLANT, Garrett . . . .DB 12 Brian Labat LB SO 6-3 225 Detroit Lakes, Minn./Detroit Lakes HS 86 BOLDUC, Connor . . . . . P 13 Domo Blackmon DB JR 6-0 190 Avon, Ind./Arizona Western College 16 BRIDGES, Romon . . . WR 13 Jake Hanson QB SO 6-0 205 Grafton, N.D./Grafton HS 21 BROWN, Chris ...... DB 14 Joe Mollberg* QB SO 6-2 225 Detroit Lakes, Minn./Detroit Lakes HS 18 BROWN, Pat ...... WR 15 Garret Reineke** LB SR 6-0 205 Thompson, N.D./Thompson HS 37 BUTLER, Javen ...... LB 16 Romon Bridges* WR JR 5-8 155 Stockton, Calif./Edison HS 40 CARR, Baylee ...... DB 17 Charles Flowers DB SO 5-11 180 Chino Hills, Calif./Citrus College 83 CARR, Stetson ...... WR 18 Pat Brown WR JR 5-11 175 North Pole, Alaska/Eielson HS 93 CARROTHERS, Alec . . DL 18 Chris Carter DB FR 5-10 190 Bloomfi eld Hills, Mich./Brother Rice HS 18 CARTER, Chris ...... DB 19 Deion Harris DB FR 6-3 180 Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS 11 CERRITENO, Miguel . WR 20 Alex Tillman DB SR 5-10 190 Houston, Texas/Houston 54 CHEATOM, Marcus . . DL 21 Chris Brown** DB JR 5-8 165 Culver City, Calif./Culver City HS 77 CIESLAK, Austin . . . . . DL 22 Cedric Simmons RB SO 6-1 215 Gilbert, Ariz./Mesa CC 72 COX, Mat ...... OL 23 Josh Seibel DB RFR 5-11 170 Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck HS 33 COYLE, Devin ...... DB 24 Maverick Edmunds DB SO 5-10 175 Chanhassen, Minn./Chanhassen HS 46 COYNE, Tyler ...... FB 25 Josiah Montague DB FR 5-11 180 Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka HS 91 CUMMINGS, Spencer DL 26 Connor O’Brien LB RFR 6-1 225 Lemont, Ill./Lemont HS 48 DISTERHAUPT, Jake . . LB 27 Patrick Sharp RB RFR 5-10 185 Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North HS 99 DRANKA, Brandon . . . DL 28 Dustin Iverson* FB SO 6-3 250 Elgin, N.D./Grant Country HS 24 EDMUNDS, Maverick DB 29 Dylan Harmston LB FR 6-2 215 Menomonie, Wis./Menomonie HS 96 ESPINOZA, Berto . . . . DL 30 Dwayne Pecosky* FB SR 6-0 240 Commerce City, Colo./J.K. Mullen HS 5 FERGUSON, Dev . . . . WR 31 Dayo Idowu* LB JR 6-2 210 Woodbury, Minn./Eastridge HS 34 FIEDLER, Luke ...... TE 32 Taj Rich* LB SO 6-1 225 Minneapolis, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper HS 17 FLOWERS, Charles . . .DB 33 Devin Coyle* DB SO 5-11 195 Mandan, N.D./Mandan HS 98 FLUEGGE, Sam ...... PK 34 Garrett Bollant DB FR 5-11 175 Lodi, Wis./Lodi HS 64 FRANCIS, Jacob ...... OL 34 Luke Fiedler TE FR 6-5 225 Orlando, Fla./Freedom HS 2 GARMAN, Jer ...... RB 35 Tanner Vesledahl FB SO 6-3 230 Mott, N.D./Mott Regent HS 43 GREELY, Drew ...... LB 36 Zach Adler* TE JR 6-3 245 Omaha, Neb./Westside HS 13 HANSON, Jake ...... QB 37 Javen Butler** LB JR 6-2 200 Pittsburg, Calif./Pittsburg HS 29 HARMSTON, Dylan . . LB 38 William James* DB JR 5-11 190 Sollentuna, Sweden/Sigrid Rudbecks 19 HARRIS, Deion ...... DB 39 Adam Shaugabay*** RB SR 6-0 200 Warroad, Minn./Warroad HS 92 HARRIS, Tank ...... DL 40 Baylee Carr*** DB SR 5-10 195 Hazen, N.D./Hazen HS 58 HARTLEY, Tahje ...... LB 42 Dylan Bakker LB JR 6-2 225 Amsterdam, The Netherlands/West Hills CC 60 HELLMAN, Jace ...... OL 42 Kyle Norberg LB/RB RFR 6-1 220 Cary Grove, Ill./Cary Grove HS 69 HENSON, Ben ...... DL 43 Drew Greely DL FR 6-3 230 Wayzata, Minn./Wayzata HS 44 HICKEL, Alex ...... LB 44 Alex Hickel** LB SR 6-1 220 Grand Forks, N.D./Red River HS 94 HINOJOSA, Jordan . . .DL 45 Luke Mathewson* TE SO 6-5 250 Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville HS 80 HOLMEN, Jacob . . . . . LS 46 Tyler Coyne FB FR 6-1 230 Plymouth, Minn./Maple Grove HS 31 IDOWU, Dayo...... DB 47 Tucker Nordby TE SO 6-4 240 Harvey, N.D./Harvey HS 28 IVERSON, Dustin . . . . . FB 48 Jake Disterhaupt LB RFR 6-0 185 Willow River, Minn./Moose Lake-Willow River HS 1 IVERY, Tyrhe ...... WR 49 Brandon Larson* LS SO 6-2 215 Bemidji, Minn./Bemidji HS 38 JAMES, William ...... DB 50 Alex Nelson LB SR 6-2 230 Minot, N.D./Minot HS 3 JENKINS-MOORE, Marcus . . . LB 51 Will Ratelle** LB JR 5-11 250 Edina, Minn./St. Thomas Academy 12 LABAT, Brian ...... LB 49 LARSON, Brandon . . . LS

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NO. NAME POS. YR. HT. WT. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 2014 FALL ROSTER 52 Ben Peters*** LB SR 6-0 240 Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton HS (Alphabetical) 53 Grant Aplin OL FR 6-1 290 Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen HS 45 MATHEWSON, Luke . . TE 54 Marcus Cheatom* DL SO 6-1 285 Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice HS 95 MCELROY, Jake ...... DL 58 Tahje Hartley LB FR 6-3 210 Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park HS 7 MCGILL, R.J...... WR 60 Jace Hellman OL JR 6-4 290 Grand Forks, N.D./Red River HS 63 MEEHAN, Sean ...... OL 61 Brandon Miller OL RFR 6-5 290 Waterford, Wis./Waterford Union HS 89 MEINDEL, Mitch ...... P 63 Sean Meehan* OL JR 6-5 300 Trevor, Wis./Wilmot HS 61 MILLER, Brandon . . . . OL 64 Jacob Francis OL FR 6-4 290 Liberty, Mo./Liberty HS 14 MOLLBERG, Joe . . . . .QB 66 Demon Taylor OL FR 6-4 280 St. Louis, Mo./Soldan International Studies 25 MONTAGUE, Josiah . .DB 67 Shea Walker*** DL SR 6-1 300 St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS 50 NELSON, Alex ...... LB 68 Dylan Beck OL FR 6-4 290 Lakota, N.D./Lakota HS 42 NORBERG, Kyle . . . LB/RB 69 Ben Henson*** OL SR 6-1 290 Buff alo, Minn./Buff alo HS 47 NORDBY, Tucker . . . . . TE 71 Brandon Anderson** OL JR 6-6 310 Sartell, Minn./Sartell HS 26 O’BRIEN, Connor . . . . LB 72 Mat Cox OL RFR 6-5 250 Olympia, Wash./Capital HS 9 OLSON, Dillon ...... DB 73 Colton Boas OL JR 6-1 300 Bloomfi eld, Iowa/Iowa Central CC 30 PECOSKY, Dwayne . . . FB 74 Devin Barton** OL SR 6-5 310 Carrington, N.D./Carrington HS 52 PETERS, Ben ...... LB 75 Adam Stiner OL FR 6-6 280 Verona, Wis./Verona HS 51 RATELLE, Will ...... LB 76 Dan Bell OL RFR 6-5 275 Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls HS 15 REINEKE, Garret . . . . . LB 77 Austin Cieslak DL FR 6-4 250 Hazen, N.D./Hazen HS 8 REYES, Cole ...... DB 78 A.J. Stockwell OL RFR 6-5 290 Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS 32 RICH, Taj ...... LB 80 Jacob Holmen LS FR 6-2 200 Minot, N.D./Minot HS 88 RUHE, Kyle ...... TE 81 Luke Stanley WR FR 6-4 200 Menomonie, Wis./Menomonie HS 90 SCHMITZ, Nick ...... DL 82 Zack Selland WR RFR 6-4 185 Tualatin, Ore./Horizon Christian Academy 6 SEIBEL, Josh ...... DB 83 Stetson Carr WR RFR 6-2 185 Hazen, N.D./University of Mary 82 SELLAND, Zack . . . . . WR 86 Connor Bolduc P FR 6-3 195 Mahtomedi, Minn./Mahtomedi HS 27 SHARP, Patrick ...... RB 87 Casey Young** WR JR 6-1 205 Aurora, Colo./Regis Jesuit HS 39 SHAUGABAY, Adam . . RB 88 Kyle Ruhe TE RFR 6-5 230 Temecula, Calif./Great Oak HS 22 SIMMONS, Cedric . . . . RB 89 Mitch Meindel* P SO 6-2 190 Waukesha, Wis./Catholic Memorial HS 81 STANLEY, Luke ...... WR 90 Nick Schmitz DL RFR 6-4 230 Mekinock, N.D./Midway HS 75 STINER, Adam ...... OL 91 Spencer Cummings*** DL SR 6-4 280 Hugo, Minn./White Bear Lake HS 78 STOCKWELL, A.J...... OL 92 Tank Harris DL FR 6-3 275 Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park HS 7 STUDSRUD, Keaton . .QB 93 Alec Carrothers* DL SO 6-3 255 Omaha, Neb./Millard West HS 4 TAUBENHEIM, Reid . . PK 94 Jordan Hinojosa DL SO 6-3 275 Miami, Fla./Minnesota 66 TAYLOR, Demon . . . . . OL 95 Jake McElroy DL SO 6-3 250 Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS 20 TILLMAN, Alex ...... DB 96 Berto Espinoza DL SR 6-2 260 Quincy, Calif./Feather River CC 35 VESLEDAHL, Tanner . . FB 97 Kyle Woodsmall* DL JR 6-4 260 Wildwood, Mo./Lafayette HS 10 WALKER, Brandon . . WR 98 Sam Fluegge PK FR 6-0 165 Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS 67 WALKER, Shea ...... DL 99 Brandon Dranka DL FR 6-2 235 Huntley, Ill./Huntley HS 97 WOODSMALL, Kyle . . DL * denotes letters earned 87 YOUNG, Casey ...... WR YR – eligibility for 2014 season

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NORTH DAKOTA OFFENSE NORTH DAKOTA DEFENSE LT 74 Devin Barton (Sr., 6-5, 310) ...... Carrington, N.D. ZOLB 31 Dayo Idowu (Jr., 6-2, 210) ...... Woodbury, Minn. LT 72 Mat Cox (RFr., 6-5, 260) ...... Olympia, Wash. ZOLB 48 Jake Disterhaupt (RFr., 6-0, 210) ...... Willow River, Minn.

LG 71 Brandon Anderson (Jr., 6-6, 310) ...... Sartell, Minn. LDE 93 Alec Carrothers (So., 6-3, 255) ...... Omaha, Neb. LG 61 Brandon Miller (RFr., 6-5, 290) ...... Waterford, Wis. LDE 96 Berto Espinoza (Sr., 6-2, 260) OR ...... Quincy, Calif. LDE 43 Drew Greeley (Fr., 6-3, 230) ...... Wayzata, Minn. C 73 Colton Boas (Jr., 6-1, 300) ...... Bloomfi eld, Iowa C 64 Jake Francis (Fr., 6-4, 290) ...... Liberty, Mo. NG 94 Jordan Hinojosa (So., 6-3, 275) ...... Miami, Fla. NG 97 Kyle Woodsmall (Jr., 6-4, 261) ...... Wildwood, Mo. RG 69 Ben Henson (Sr., 6-1, 290) ...... Buff alo, Minn. RG 60 Jace Hellman (Jr., 6-4, 290) ...... Grand Forks, N.D. RDE 91 Spencer Cummings (Sr., 6-4, 283) ...... Hugo, Minn. RDE 99 Brandon Dranka (Fr., 6-2, 235) ...... Huntley, Ill. RT 63 Sean Meehan (Jr., 6-5, 300) ...... Trevor, Wis. RT 72 Mat Cox (RFr., 6-5, 260) ...... Olympia, Wash. SOLB 12 Brian Labat (So., 6-3, 225) ...... Detroit Lakes, Minn. SOLB 15 Garre Reineke (Sr., 6-0, 205) ...... Thompson, N.D. WRX 10 Brandon Walker (Fr., 6-1, 185) ...... Flint, Mich. WRX 5 Dev Ferguson (Fr., 6-1, 180) ...... Wauwatosa, Wis. SILB 51 Will Ratelle (Jr., 5-11, 250) ...... Edina, Minn. SILB 26 Connor O’Brien (RFr., 6-1, 225) ...... Lemont, Ill. WRZ 7 R.J. McGill (Sr., 5-9, 175) ...... Phoenix, Ariz. WRZ 11 Miguel Cerriteno (Jr., 6-2, 195) ...... Las Vegas, Nev. WILB 32 Taj Rich (So., 6-1, 225) ...... Minneapolis, Minn. WILB 52 Ben Peters (Sr., 6-0, 240) ...... Chandler, Ariz. WRB 1 Tyrhe Ivery (Sr., 6-0, 160)...... Garland, Texas WRB 23 Josh Seibel (RFr., 5-11, 170) ...... Bismarck, N.D. LCB 20 Alex Tillman (Sr., 5-10, 190) ...... Houston, Texas LCB 18 Chris Carter (Fr., 5-10, 190)...... Bloomfi eld Hills, Mich. FB 30 Dewayne Pecosky (Sr., 6-0, 240) ...... Commerce, Colo. FB 28 Dus n Iverson (So., 6-3, 250) ...... Elgin, N.D. FS 38 William James (Jr, 5-11, 190) ...... Sollentuna, Sweden FS 25 Josiah Montague (Fr., 5-11, 180) ...... Minnetonka, Minn. QB 14 Joe Mollberg (So., 6-2, 225) ...... Detroit L akes, Minn. QB 6 Ryan Bartels (So., 6-3, 215) ...... Sycamore, Ill. SS 8 Cole Reyes (RFr., 6-2, 205) ...... Schaumburg, Ill. SS 40 Baylee Carr (Sr., 5-10, 195) ...... Hazen, N.D. TE 36 Zach Adler (Jr., 6-3, 245) ...... Omaha, Neb. TE 45 Luke Mathewson (So., 6-5, 250) ...... Libertyville, Ill. RCB 21 Chris Brown (Jr., 5-8, 165) ...... Culver City, Calif. RCB 19 Deion Harris (Fr., 6-3, 180)...... Hibbing, Minn. RB 2 Jer Garman (Sr., 5-9, 190) OR ...... Marion, Iowa RB 42 Kyle Norberg (RFr., 6-1, 220) ...... Cary Grove, Ill. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 1 Tyrhe Ivery (Tie-ree) NORTH DAKOTA SPECIALISTS 2 Jer Garman (Jair) P 86 Connor Bolduc (Fr., 6-3, 195) ...... Mahtomedi, Minn. 4 Reid Taubenheim (Tob-en-hyme) P 52 Ben Peters (Sr., 6-1, 250) ...... Chandler, Ariz. 6 Ryan Bartels (Bar-tulls) 11 Miguel Cerriteno (Sare-uh-tee-no) PK 4 Reid Taubenheim (Fr., 6-1, 185) ...... Famington, Minn. 12 Brian Labat (Luh-bat) PK 98 Sam Fluegge (Fr., 6-0, 165) ...... Apple Valley, Minn. 13 Domo Blackmon (Dom-o) 15 Garret Reineke (Ry-na-kee) LS 80 Jacob Holmen (Fr., 6-2, 200) ...... Minot, N.D. 23 Josh Seibel (Sye-bell) LS 49 Brandon Larson (So., 6-2, 215) ...... Bemidji, Minn. 25 Josiah Montague (Mon-tuh-gue) 30 Dewayne Pecosky (Pa-koss-kee) H 86 Connor Bolduc (Fr., 6-3, 195) ...... Mahtomedi, Minn. 31 Dayo Idowu (Dye-o E-dough-woo) 32 Taj Rich (like Taj Mahal) PR 20 Alex Tillman (Sr., 5-10, 190) ...... Houston, Texas 34 Luke Fiedler (Fidd-ler) PR 7 R.J. McGill (Sr., 5-9, 175) ...... Phoenix, Ariz. 39 Adam Shaugabay (Shog-uh-bee) 42 Dylan Bakker (Bock-ur) KR 7 R.J. McGill (Sr., 5-9, 175) ...... Phoenix, Ariz. 45 Luke Mathewson (Math-hue-son) KR 10 Brandon Walker (Fr., 6-1, 185) ...... Flint, Mich. 48 Jake Disterhaupt (Diss-ter-hopt) 51 Will Ratelle (Ra-tell) 73 Colton Boas (Bose) 86 Connor Bolduc (Bole-duck) 88 Kyle Ruhe (Roo) 89 Mitch Meindel (Mine-del) 94 Jordan Hinojosa (E-no-HO-suh) 96 Berto Espinoza (Bear-toe Ess-puh-nose-uh) 98 Sam Fluegge (Flig-ghee) 99 Brandon Dranka (Drank-uh)

NORTHNORTH DAKOTADAKOTA atat montanasan Jose’ statestate • • sept.Aug. 2728,, 20142014 •• 3:059 p.m. p.m. CT CT • Spartan• bobcat stadiumstadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes #40 BAYLEE CARR, DB STAT TRACKER » CARR’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK #36 ZACH ADLER, TE 2011 11-0 12 2 14 0.0-0 0-0 1 0-0 2 0 0.0-0 » ADLER’S CAREER RECEIVING 2012 11-7 31 26 57 1.0-2 0-0 2 0-0 1 0 0.0-0 YEAR GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG 2013 9-9 21 23 44 1.0-1 0-0 3 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 2012 9-0 1 8 8.0 0 8 2014 4-1 13 7 20 2.0-10 0-0 1 0-0 2 0 0.0-0 2013 11-8 0 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 35-17 77 58 135 4.0-13 0-0 7 0-0 5 0 0.0-0 2014 4-4 2 4 2.0 0 5 Totals 24-12 3 12 4.0 0 8 » CARR’S PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 10, 10/20/12 vs. Montana » ADLER’S PERSONAL HIGHS Solo Tackles: 7, 10/20/12 vs. Montana Receptions: 2, 08/28/14 at San Jose State Forced Fumbles: 1 (5x), last 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook Receiving Yards: 8, 11/17/12 at Northern Colorado Longest Reception: 8, 11/17/12 at Northern Colorado #93 ALEC CARROTHERS, DE #6 RYAN BARTELS, QB » CARROTHERS’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS » BARTELS’ CAREER PASSING STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK YEAR GP-GS COMP ATT PCT YDS LONG TD INT RATING 2013 11-3 5 3 8 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 0.0-0 2013 8-4 116 190 61.1 1396 75 8 6 130.35 2014 4-4 3 4 7 1.0-3 0-0 0 1-0 0 1 0.0-0 2014 1-0 1 4 25.0 12 0 0 0 0.0 Totals 15-7 8 7 15 1.0-3 0-0 0 1-0 0 2 0.0-0 Totals 9-4 116 190 61.1 1396 75 8 6 130.35 » CARROTHERS’ PERSONAL HIGHS » BARTELS’ PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 4, 08/28/14 at San Jose’ State Completions: 39, 11/02/13 at Northern Arizona Solo Tackles: 3, 09/14/13 vs. Montana Attempts: 59, 11/02/13 at Northern Arizona Yards passing: 367, 11/02/13 at Northern Arizona #18 CHRIS CARTER, DB Passing touchdowns: 4, 11/02/13 at Northern Arizona » CARTER’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK #13 DOMO BLACKMON, DB 2014 4-0 3 4 7 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 » BLACKMON’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Totals 4-0 3 4 7 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK 2014 1-0 1 1 2 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 » CARTER’S PERSONAL HIGHS Totals 1-0 1 1 2 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 Tackles: 3, 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook Solo Tackles: 1 (3x), last 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook » BLACKMON’S PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 2, 09/13/14 at Missouri State #11 MIGUEL CERRITENO, WR Solo Tackles: 1, 09/13/14 at Missouri State » CERRITENO’S CAREER RECEIVING YEAR GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG #86 CONNOR BOLEDUC, P 2014 3-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 » BOLEDUC’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Totals 3-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 YEAR GP-GS NO. YDS AVG. LG TB FC I20 50+ BLK 2014 4-4 32 1353 42.3 59 1 10 4 3 0 » CERRITENO’S PERSONAL HIGHS Totals 4-4 32 1353 42.3 59 1 10 4 3 0 Receptions: N/A Receiving Yards: N/A » BOLEDUC’S PERSONAL HIGHS Longest punt: 59, 09/13/14 at Missouri State #54 MARCUS CHEATOM, DL Total punts: 11, 09/13/14 at Missouri State » CHEATOM’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK #21 CHRIS BROWN, DB 2013 10-0 1 4 5 0.0-0 0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0.0-0 » CHRIS BROWN’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS 2014 2-0 0 1 1 0.0-0 0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0.0-0 YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK Totals 12-0 1 5 6 0.0-0 0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0.0-0 2012 9-0 4 3 7 0.0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 2013 11-0 3 2 5 0.0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 » CHEATOM’S PERSONAL HIGHS 2014 4-4 4 6 10 0.0-0 0-0 0 1-15 0 0 0.0-0 Tackles: 2, 08/28/13 vs. Valparaiso Totals 24-4 11 11 22 0.0-0 0-0 2 1-15 0 0 0.0-0 Solo Tackles: 1, 10/26/13 at Portland State

» BROWN’S PERSONAL HIGHS #91 SPENCER CUMMINGS, DE Tackles: 6, 08/28/14 at San Jose’ State » CUMMINGS’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Solo Tackles: 3, 10/05/13 at Idaho State YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK 2011 11-0 6 2 8 4.0-6 0-0 0 0.0-0 0 1 0.0-0 #37 JAVEN BUTLER, LB 2012 11-2 3 9 12 1.0-3 0-0 0 0.0-0 0 1 0.0-0 » BUTLER’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS 2013 11-11 12 8 20 2.0-5 0-0 1 0.0-0 0 2 0.0-0 YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK 2014 4-4 6 1 7 3.0-3 0-0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0.0-0 2012 10-0 3 4 7 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 Totals 37-17 27 20 47 10.0-17 0-0 1 0.0-0 0 4 0.0-0 2013 11-0 6 4 10 1.0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 0.0-0 2014 4-0 1 2 3 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 » CUMMINGS’ PERSONAL HIGHS Totals 25-0 10 10 20 1.0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 Tackles: 5, 10/06/12 at Eastern Washington Solo Tackles: 4, 10/12/13 at Eastern Washington » BUTLER’S PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 3, 11/02/13 at Northern Arizona Solo Tackles: 2, 10/19/13 vs. Sacramento State

NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes

#48 JAKE DISTERHAUPT, LB #19 DEION HARRIS, DB » DISTERHAUPT’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS » HARRIS’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK 2014 4-0 4 5 9 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 2014 4-0 0 1 1 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 Totals 4-0 4 5 9 0.0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 Totals 4-0 0 1 1 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0

» DISTERHAUPT’S PERSONAL HIGHS » HARRIS’ PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 4, 09/13/14 at Missouri State Tackles: 1, 09/13/14 at Missouri State Solo Tackles: 2, 09/13/14 at Missouri State Solo Tackles: N/A #99 BRANDON DRANKA, DL #44 Alex hickel, LB » DRANKA’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS » HICKEL’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK 2014 4-0 1 4 5 0.5-0 0-0 0 1-0 0 0 0.0-0 2011 2-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0.0-0 Totals 4-0 1 4 5 0.5-0 0-0 0 1-0 0 0 0.0-0 2012 10-0 7 2 9 1.5-11 0 0 0 1-0 0 1.5-11 2013 11-2 8 7 15 1.0-1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0-0 » DRANKA’S PERSONAL HIGHS 2014 0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0-0 Tackles: 3, 09/13/14 at Missouri State Totals 23-2 15 9 24 2.5-12 0 0 0 1-0 0 1.5-11 Solo Tackles: 1, 09/13/14 at Missouri State » HICKEL’S PERSONAL HIGHS #24 MAVERICK EDMUNDS, DB Tackles: 4, 10/12/13 vs. Eastern Washington » EDMUND’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Solo Tackles: 3, 10/12/13 vs. Eastern Washington YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK 2013 2-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 #94 JORDAN HINOJOSA, DL 2014 4-0 3 2 5 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 » HINOJOSA’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Totals 6-0 3 2 5 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK 2014 3-0 0 6 6 1.5-5 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 0.0-0 » EDMUND’S PERSONAL HIGHS Totals 3-0 0 6 6 1.5-5 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 0.0-0 Tackles: 3, 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook Solo Tackles: 1 (3x), last 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook » HINOJOSA’S PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 3, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris #5 DEV FERGUSON, WR Solo Tackles: N/A » FERGUSON’S CAREER RECEIVING YEAR GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG #31 DAYO ID OWU, LB 2014 4-0 4 98 24.5 1 68 » IDOWU’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Totals 4-0 4 98 24.5 1 68 YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK 2012 9-0 2 2 4 0.0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0-0 » FERGUSON’S PERSONAL HIGHS 2013 10-0 17 10 27 4.0-13 1-10 2 1-17 1 0 0.0-0 Receptions: 2, 09/13/14 at Missouri State 2014 4-4 9 15 24 3.5-22 0 1 1-0 2 1 2.0-18 Receiving Yards: 68, 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook Totals 23-4 19 12 31 4.0-13 1-10 2 2-17 3 0 2.0-18 Longest Reception: 68, 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook » IDOWU’S PERSONAL HIGHS #2 JER GARMAN, RB Tackles: 8 (2x), last 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook » GARMAN’S CAREER RUSHING // RECEIVING STATISTICS Solo Tackles: 5, 10/05/13 at Idaho State YEAR GP-GS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG // REC YDS AVG TD LONG Tackles for loss: 3, 10/05/13 at Idaho State 2011 11-0 59 270 4.6 2 18 // 3 12 4.0 0 5 Interceptions: 1, 10/05/13 at Idaho State 2012 8-0 26 85 3.3 0 18 // 0 0 0.0 0 0 2013 11-2 45 158 3.5 0 18 // 3 26 8.7 0 15 #28 DUSTIN IVERSON, FB 2014 4-2 19 49 2.8 1 10 // 4 26 6.5 0 23 » IVERSON’S CAREER RECEIVING AND RUSHING STATISTICS Totals 34-4 149 566 3.8 3 18 // 10 64 6.4 0 23 YEAR GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG // ATT YDS AVG TD LONG 2013 11-0 4 26 6.5 0 8 // 2 3 1.5 0 3 » GARMAN’S PERSONAL HIGHS 2014 4-0 1 6 6.0 0 6 // 0 0 0.0 0 0 Carries: 16 (2x), last 10/29/11 at Northern Colorado Totals 15-0 5 32 6.4 0 8 2 3 1.5 0 3 Yards Rushing: 93, 09/24/11 vs. Black Hills State TDs Rushing: 2, 09/24/11 vs. Black Hills State » IVERSON’S PERSONAL HIGHS Longest Rush: 18 (3x), last 09/28/13 vs. Montana State Receptions: 2, 10/19/13 vs. Sacramento State Receptions: 2, 09/13/14 at Missouri State Receiving Yards: 16, 10/19/13 vs. Sacramento State Yards Receiving: 23, 08/28/14 at San Jose’ State Longest Reception: 8, 10/19/13 vs. Sacramento State #43 DREW GREELY, LB #1 TYRHE IVERY, WR » GREELY’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS IVERY’S CAREER RECEIVING YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK YEAR GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG // ATT YDS AVG TD LONG 2014 4-0 3 3 6 1.0-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 2011 11-1 14 116 8.3 2 54 // 1 4 4.0 0 4 Totals 4-0 3 3 6 1.0-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 2012 9-0 2 26 13.0 1 15 // 0 0 0.0 0 0 2013 6-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 // 0 0 0.0 0 0 » GREELY’S PERSONAL HIGHS 2014 4-1 3 37 12.3 0 24 // 1 0 0.0 0 0 Tackles: 2 (2x), last 09/13/14 at Missouri State Totals 24-2 19 179 8.9 3 54 2 4 2.0 0 4 Solo Tackles: 1 (3x), last 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook » IVERY’S PERSONAL HIGHS Receptions: 8, 11/18/11 vs. South Dakota Receiving Yards: 48, 11/18/11 vs. South Dakota TDs Receiving: 2, 11/18/11 vs. South Dakota

NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes

» IVERY’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS #14 JOE MOLLBERG, QB YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK » MOLLBERG’S CAREER PASSING STATISTICS 2011 11-2 2 0 2 0.0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0.0-0 YEAR GP-GS COMP ATT PCT YDS LONG TD INT RATING 2012 9-0 6 2 8 0.0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0.0-0 2013 10-7 141 241 58.5 1729 80 7 13 117.6 2013 6-0 1 2 3 0.0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0.0-0 2014 4-4 33 72 45.8 430 68 2 4 94.1 Totals 26-2 6 2 10 0.0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0.0-0 Totals 14-11 174 313 55.6 2159 80 9 17 112.2

» IVERY’S PERSONAL HIGHS » MOLLBERG’S PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 2 (4x), last 11/03/12 vs. Southern Utah Completions: 33, 10/12/13 vs. Eastern Washington Solo Tackles: 2 (2x), last 10/27/12 at Montana State Attempts: 45, 10/12/13 vs. Eastern Washington Yards passing: 355, 10/12/13 vs. Eastern Washington #38 WILLIAM JAMES, DB Passing touchdowns: 2, (2x) last 09/14/13 vs. Montana » JAMES’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK #25 JOSIAH MONTAGUE, DB 2013 10-0 7 2 9 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0.0-0 » MONTAGUE’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS 2014 4-4 7 12 19 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0.0-0 YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK Totals 14-4 14 14 28 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0.0-0 2014 2-0 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 Totals 2-0 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 » JAMES’ PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 10, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris » MONTAGUE’S PERSONAL HIGHS Solo Tackles: 3, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris Tackles: N/A Solo Tackles: N/A #3 MARCUS JENKINS-MOORE, LB » JENKINS-MOORE’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS #42 KYLE NORBERG, RB YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK » NORBERG’S CAREER RUSHING // RECEIVING STATISTICS 2014 4-0 2 2 4 1.0-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 YEAR GP-GS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG // REC YDS AVG TD LG Totals 4-0 2 2 4 1.0-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 2014 3-1 32 77 2.4 0 16 // 0 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 3-1 32 77 2.4 0 16 // 0 0 0.0 0 0 » JENKINS-MOORE’S PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 2, 08/28/14 at San Jose’ State » NORBERG’S PERSONAL HIGHS Solo Tackles: 1 (2x), last 09/13/14 at Missouri State Carries: 27, 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook Yards rushing: 53, 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook #12 BRIAN LABAT, LB Rushing touchdowns: N/A » LABAT’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK #26 CONNOR O’BRIEN, LB 2013 2-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0-0 » O’BRIEN’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS 2014 4-4 8 11 19 2.0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0-0 YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK Totals 6-4 8 11 19 2.0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0-0 2014 4-0 2 4 6 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 Totals 4-0 2 4 6 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 » LABAT’S PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 8, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris » O’BRIEN’S PERSONAL HIGHS Solo Tackles: 3 (2x), last 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris Tackles: 2 (2x), last 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook Solo Tackles: 1 (2x), last 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris #89 MITCH MEINDEL, P » MEINDEL’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS NO. YDS AVG. LG TB FC I20 50+ BLK #30 DEWAYNE PECOSKY, FB 2013 11-11 48 2002 41.7 62 1 5 19 5 1 » PECOSKY’S CAREER RUSHING // RECEIVING STATISTICS 2014 0-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 YEAR GP-GS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG // REC YDS AVG TD LONG Totals 11-11 48 2002 41.7 62 1 5 19 5 1 2013 11-6 0 0 0.0 0 0 // 3 15 5.0 0 12 2014 4-1 1 1 1.0 0 0 // 2 13 6.5 0 10 » MEINDEL’S PERSONAL HIGHS Totals 11-6 1 1 1.0 0 0 // 5 28 5.6 0 12 Longest punt: 64, 09/28/13 vs. Montana State Total punts: 8, 10/26/13 at Portland State » PECOSKY’S PERSONAL HIGHS Carries: 1, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris #7 R.J. MCGILL, WR Yards rushing: 1, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris » MCGILL’S CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS Receptions: 2, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris YEAR GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG Yards receiving: 13, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris 2010 11-0 19 119 6.3 0 16 2011 9-6 34 433 12.7 1 40 #52 BEN PETERS, LB 2012 5-5 22 275 12.5 1 36 » PETERS’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS 2013 Redshirt (Injured) YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK 2014 4-3 10 137 13.7 1 32 2011 11-0 10 3 13 2.5-3 0-0 0 1-0 0 0 0-0.0 Totals 29-14 85 964 11.3 2 40 2012 11-11 25 30 55 4.0-10 0-0 0 0-0 1 4 0-5.3 2013 11-11 34 24 58 5.5-13 0-0 2 1-0 0 1 1.0-5 » MCGILL’S PERSONAL HIGHS 2014 4-0 7 6 13 0.0-0 0-0 0 Receptions: 7, 11/18/11 vs. South Dakota Totals 37-22 69 57 126 12.0-26 0-0 2 1-0 0 5 1.5-8 Yards receiving: 89 (2x), last 11/18/11 vs. South Dakota » PETERS’ PERSONAL HIGHS » MCGILL’S KICKOFF RETURN STATISTICS Tackles: 9, 10/27/12 at Montana State YEAR GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG Solo Tackles: 5 (2x), last 10/27/12 at Montana State 2010 11-0 12 258 21.5 0 54 2011 9-6 14 322 23.0 0 40 2012 5-5 0 0 0.0 0 0 2013 Redshirt (Injured) 2014 4-3 6 161 26.8 0 41 Totals 29-14 75 827 23.2 0 40

NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes #51 WILL RATELLE, LB #22 CEDRIC SIMMONS, RB YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK » SIMMON’S CAREER RUSHING // RECEIVING STATISTICS 2012 9-0 15 10 25 1.0-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0.0 YEAR GP-GS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG // REC YDS AVG TD LG 2013 8-0 15 10 25 1.0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0.0 2014 2-1 26 96 3.7 0 14 // 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4 2014 4-4 19 28 47 3.0-9 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 Totals 2-1 26 96 3.7 0 14 // 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4 Totals 21-4 49 48 97 5.0-12 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 » SIMMON’S PERSONAL HIGHS » RATELLES’ PERSONAL HIGHS Carries: 13 (2x), last 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris Tackles: 14, 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook Yards rushing: 54, 08/28/14 at San Jose’ State Solo Tackles: 7, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris #4 REID TAUBENHEIM, PK #15 GARRET REINEKE, LB » TAUBENHEIM’S CAREER FIELD GOAL KICKING STATISTICS » REINEKE’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS FG-FGA PCT. LONG PATS PCT. YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK 2014 4-4 4-6 .667 45 3-4 .750 2012 7-0 5 1 6 1.0-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 Totals 4-4 4-6 .667 45 3-4 .750 2013 11-0 1 0 1 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0.0 2014 4-0 4 6 10 3.5-21 0-0 0 0-0 1 0 2.0-11 » TAUBENHEIM’S PERSONAL HIGHS Totals 22-0 10 7 17 4.5-23 0-0 0 0-0 1 0 2.0-11 Long Field Goal: 45, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris Field Goals Made: 3, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris » REINEKE’S PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 9, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris #20 ALEX TILLMAN, DB Solo Tackles: 3 (2x), last 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris » TILLMAN’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK #8 COLE REYES, DB 2011* 4-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 » REYES’ CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS 2012* 9-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK 2013* 13-0 5 4 9 0.0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 2014 2-2 6 8 14 1.5-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 2014 4-4 9 6 15 2.0-13 1-92 3 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 Totals 2-2 6 8 14 1.5-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 Totals 26-0 5 4 9 0.0-0 1-92 4 0 0 0 0.0-0

» REYES’ PERSONAL HIGHS » TILLMAN’S PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 8, 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook Tackles: 5 (2x), last 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook Solo Tackles: 3, 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook Solo Tackles: 3, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris *First three seasons were played at the University Houston #32 TAJ RICH, LB » RICH’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS #10 BRANDON WALKER, WR YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK » WALKER’S CAREER RECEIVING 2013 11-0 0 2 2 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 YEAR GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG 2014 4-4 7 15 22 1.0-4 0-0 1 1-0 0 0 0.0-0 2014 4-2 3 42 14.0 0 40 Totals 15-4 7 17 24 1.0-4 0-0 1 1-0 0 0 0.0-0 Totals 4-2 3 42 14.0 0 40

» RICH’S PERSONAL HIGHS » WALKER’S PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 19, 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook (*UND Division I single-game record) Receptions: 2, 08/28/14 at San Jose’ State Solo Tackles: 4 (2x), last 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook Receiving Yards: 40, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris Longest Reception: 40, 09/06/14 vs. Robert Morris #88 KYLE RUHE, TE » RUHE’S CAREER RECEIVING #97 kyle woodsmall, De YEAR GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG » WOODSMALL’S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS 2014 3-0 3 83 27.7 0 51 YEAR GP-GS UA A TOT TFL INT PBU RF FF QBH SACK Totals 3-0 3 83 27.7 0 51 2012 2-0 2 1 3 2.0-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 2013 10-0 3 2 5 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 » RUHE’S PERSONAL HIGHS 2014 4-2 2 3 5 2.5-5 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 Receptions: 1 (3x), last 09/13/14 at Missouri State Totals 16-2 7 6 13 4.5-8 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0.0-0 Receiving Yards: 51, 08/28/14 at San Jose’ State Longest Reception: 51, 08/28/14 at San Jose’ State » WOODSMALL’S PERSONAL HIGHS Tackles: 3 (2x), last 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook #39 ADAM SHAUGABAY, RB Solo Tackles: 2 (3x), last 09/20/14 vs. Stony Brook » SHAUGABAY’S CAREER RUSHING // RECEIVING STATISTICS YEAR GP-GS ATT YDS AVG TD LONG // REC YDS AVG TD LG #87 Casey young, WR 2011 11-0 12 62 5.2 1 19 // 0 0 0.0 0 0 » YOUNG’S CAREER RECEIVING // RUSHING STATISTICS 2012 8-0 10 49 4.9 1 21 // 0 0 0.0 0 0 YEAR GP-GS REC YDS AVG TD LONG // ATT YDS AVG TD LG 2013 11-0 45 80 1.8 8 13 // 7 73 10.4 0 22 2012 11-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 // 0 0 0.0 0 0 2014 3-0 23 96 4.2 0 14 // 1 0 0.0 0 0 2013 11-0 2 21 10.5 0 16 // 0 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 33-0 90 287 3.3 2 21 // 8 73 9.1 0 0 2014 1-0 0 0 0.0 0 0 // 0 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 23-0 2 21 10.5 0 16 // 0 0 0.0 0 0 » SHAUGABAY’S PERSONAL HIGHS Carries: 19, 09/13/14 at Missouri State » YOUNG’S PERSONAL HIGHS Yards rushing: 52, 09/13/14 at Missouri State Receptions: 1, (2x) last 11/02/13 at Northern Arizona Rushing touchdowns: 3, 08/29/13 vs. Valparaiso Receiving Yards: 16, 11/02/13 at Northern Arizona Longest Reception: 16, 11/02/13 at Northern Arizona

NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes

2014 combined statistics

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral Aug 28, 2014 at San Jose State L 10-42 10371 All games 2-2 2-0 0-2 0-0 Sep 06, 2014 ROBERT MORRIS W 16-13 9118 Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 09/13/14 at Missouri State L 0-38 18386 Non-Conference 2-2 2-0 0-2 0-0 Sep 20, 2014 STONY BROOK W 13-3 7030 Team Statistics UND OPP Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g FIRST DOWNS 34 73 Cedric Simmons 2 - 1 26 104 8 96 3.7 0 14 48.0 R u s h i n g 15 37 Adam Shaugabay 3 - 0 23 98 2 96 4.2 0 19 32.0 P a s s i n g 1 6 3 1 Kyle Norberg 3 - 1 32 96 19 77 2.4 0 16 25.7 P e n a l t y 3 5 Jer Garman 4 - 2 19 59 6 53 2.8 1 10 13.2 RUSHING YARDAGE 381 648 Joe Mollberg 4 - 4 25 93 45 48 1.9 0 15 12.0 Rushing Attempts 136 188 R.J. McGill 4 - 3 2 10 0 10 5.0 0 5 2.5 Average Per Rush 2.8 3.4 Ryan Bartels 1 - 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 6.0 Average Per Game 95.2 162.0 Brandon Walker 4 - 3 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 1.0 TDs Rushing 1 4 Dwayne Pecosky 4 - 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 2 0.2 PASSING YARDAGE 442 726 Total 4 136 471 90 381 2.8 1 19 95.2 C o m p - A t t - I n t 34-77-4 59-86-1 Opponents 4 188 756 108 648 3.4 4 33 162.0 Average Per Pass 5.7 8.4 Average Per Catch 13.0 12.3 Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Average Per Game 110.5 181.5 Joe Mollberg 4 - 4 94.06 33-72-4 45.8 430 2 68 107.5 TDs Passing 2 7 Ryan Bartels 1 - 0 50.20 1-4-0 25.0 12 0 12 12.0 TOTAL OFFENSE 823 1374 Tyrhe Ivery 4 - 1 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Average Per Play 3.9 5.0 Total 4 90.56 34-77-4 44.2 442 2 68 110.5 Average Per Game 205.8 343.5 Opponents 4 164.05 59-86-1 68.6 726 7 51 181.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 12-278 10-229 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-27 12-166 Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g INT RETURNS: #-Yards 1-92 4-56 R.J. McGill 4 - 3 10 137 13.7 1 32 34.2 FUMBLES-LOST 5-4 10-8 Dev Ferguson 4 - 2 4 98 24.5 1 68 24.5 PENALTIES-Yards 27-231 23-184 Jer Garman 4 - 2 4 26 6.5 0 23 6.5 PUNTS-AVG 32-42.3 22-38.5 Kyle Ruhe 3 - 2 3 83 27.7 0 51 27.7 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 6 : 5 0 3 3 : 1 0 Brandon Walker 4 - 3 3 42 14.0 0 40 10.5 3RD-DOWN Conversions 12/57 25/57 Tyrhe Ivery 4 - 1 3 37 12.3 0 24 9.2 4TH-DOWN Conversions 0/1 0/4 Dwayne Pecosky 4 - 1 2 13 6.5 0 10 3.2 Zach Adler 4 - 4 2 4 2.0 0 5 1.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Dustin Iverson 4 - 0 1 6 6.0 0 6 1.5 Alex Tillman 1 92 92.0 1 92 Adam Shaugabay 3 - 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Cedric Simmons 2 - 1 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 -2.0 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Total 4 34 442 13.0 2 68 110.5 Connor Bolduc 32 1353 42.3 59 1 9 4 4 0 Opponents 4 59 726 12.3 7 51 181.5 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Alex Tillman 4 27 6.8 0 17 Reid Taubenheim 4-6 66.7 0-0 1-2 1-2 2-2 0-0 45 0 Total 4 27 6.8 0 17 Opponents 12 166 13.8 1 40 PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Reid Taubenheim - 4-6 3-4 - - - - - 15 R.J. McGill 6 161 26.8 0 41 Dev Ferguson 1 ------6 Alex Tillman 4 75 18.8 0 39 Alex Tillman 1 ------6 Brandon Walker 2 42 21.0 0 24 R.J. McGill 1 ------6 Total 12 278 23.2 0 41 Jer Garman 1 ------6 Opponents 10 229 22.9 0 46 Total 4 4-6 3-4 - - - - - 39 Opponents 13 2-5 12-13 - - - - - 96 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g R.J. McGill 4 10 137 0 161 0 308 77.0 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Alex Tillman 4 0 0 27 75 92 194 48.5 North Dakota 0 18 14 7 0 39 Adam Shaugaba 3 96 0 0 0 0 96 32.0 Opponents 20 24 35 17 0 96 Dev Ferguson 4 -4 98 0 0 0 94 23.5 Cedric Simmons 2 96 -4 0 0 0 92 46.0 Total 4 381 442 27 278 92 1220 305.0 Opponents 4 648 726 166 229 56 1825 456.2 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Joe Mollberg 4 97 48 430 478 119.5 Adam Shaugabay 3 23 96 0 96 32.0 Cedric Simmons 2 26 96 0 96 48.0 Kyle Norberg 3 32 77 0 77 25.7 Jer Garman 4 19 53 0 53 13.2 Total 4 213 381 442 823 205.8 Opponents 4 274 648 726 1374 343.5 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 51 Will Ratelle 4-4 19 28 47 3.0-9 1.0-3 . 1 1 1-0 . . . 32 Taj Rich 4-4 11 30 41 3.0-7 . . 1 1 1-4 . . . 31 Dayo Idowu 4-4 9 15 24 3.5-22 2.0-18 . 1 1 2-0 1 . . 40 Baylee Carr 4-1 13 7 20 2.0-10 1.0-9 . 1 . . 2 . . 12 Brian Labat 4-4 8 11 19 2.0-3 ...... Total 4 145 192 337 34-115 10-59 1-92 10 5 8-19 4 3 . Opponents 4 113 130 243 33-93 6-33 4-56 11 10 4-0 3 . .

NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes

2014 team statistics

Team Statistics UND OPP SCORING 39 96 Points Per Game 9.8 24.0 Points Off Turnovers 20 74 FIRST DOWNS 34 73 R u s h in g1537 P a s s in g 16 31 P e n a lt y35 RUSHING YARDAGE 381 648 Yards gained rushing 471 756 Yards lost rushing 90 108 Rushing Attempts 136 188 Average Per Rush 2.8 3.4 Average Per Game 95.2 162.0 TDs Rushing 1 4 PASSING YARDAGE 442 726 C o m p - A t t - I n t 34-77-4 59-86-1 Average Per Pass 5.7 8.4 Average Per Catch 13.0 12.3 Average Per Game 110.5 181.5 TDs Passing 2 7 TOTAL OFFENSE 823 1374 Total Plays 213 274 Average Per Play 3.9 5.0 Average Per Game 205.8 343.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 12-278 10-229 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-27 12-166 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 1-92 4-56 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.2 22.9 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.8 13.8 INT RETURN AVERAGE 92.0 14.0 FUMBLES-LOST 5-4 10-8 PENALTIES-Yards 27-231 23-184 Average Per Game 57.8 46.0 PUNTS-Yards 32-1353 22-847 Average Per Punt 42.3 38.5 Net punt average 36.5 36.4 KICKOFFS-Yards 12-745 19-1116 Average Per Kick 62.1 58.7 Net kick average 38.8 37.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 6 : 5 0 3 3 : 1 0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 12/57 25/57 3rd-Down Pct 21% 44% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 0/1 0/4 4th-Down Pct 0% 0% SACKS BY-Yards 10-59 6-33 MISC YARDS 11 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 4 13 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 4-6 2-5 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (3-6) 50% (10-13) 77% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (1-6) 17% (9-13) 69% PAT-ATTEMPTS (3-4) 75% (12-13) 92% ATTENDANCE 16148 28757 Games/Avg Per Game 2/8074 2/14378 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total North Dakota 0 18 14 7 0 39 Opponents 20 24 35 17 0 96

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2014 DEFENSIVE statistics

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 51 Will Ratelle 4-41928473.0-91.0-3.11 1-0... 32 Taj Rich 4-4 11 30 41 3.0-7 . . 1 1 1-4 . . . 31 Dayo Idowu 4-4 9 15 24 3.5-22 2.0-18 . 1 1 2-0 1 . . 40 Baylee Carr 4-1 13 7 20 2.0-10 1.0-9 . 1 . . 2 . . 38 William James 4-4 7 12 19 ...... 12 Brian Labat 4-4 8 11 19 2.0-3 ...... 20 Alex Tillman 4-4 9 6 15 2.0-13 1.0-10 1-92 3 . .... 52 Ben Peters 4-0 8 6 14 ...... 8 Cole Reyes 2-268141.5-3...... 15 Garrett Reineke 4-0 5 8 13 5.0-23 2.0-11 . . . . 1 . . 21 Chris Brown 4-44610. . ...1-15... 48 Jake Disterhaupt 4-0 4 5 9 ...... 9 Dillon Olson 4-1 3 5 8 . . . 1 . .... 18 Chris Carter 4-0 3 4 7 ...... 91 Spencer Cummings4-46173.0-3...... 2. 93 Alec Carrothers 4-4 3 4 7 1.0-3 . . 1 1 1-0 . . . 94 Jordan Hinojosa 3-2 . 6 6 1.5-5 . . . 1 . . 1 . 43 Drew Greely 4-0 3 3 6 1.0-3 1.0-3 ...... 96 Berto Espinoza4-0426 . . .1. .... 26 Connor O'Brien 4-0 2 4 6 ...... 99 Brandon Dranka4-01450.5-0. ... 1-0... 24 Mav Edmunds 4-0 3 2 5 ...... 97 Kyle Woodsmall4-22352.5-51.0-4...... 3 Jenkins-Moore 4-0 2 2 4 1.0-3 ...... 37 Javen Butler 4-0123 ...... 67 Shea Walker 2-0 1 2 3 1.5-3 ...... 14 Joe Mollberg 4-42. 2 ...... 13 Domo Blackmon 1-0 1 1 2 ...... 45 Luke Mathewson4-0112 ...... 39 Adam Shaugabay 3-0 . 1 1 ...... 36 Zach Adler 4-4.11 ...... 54 Marcus Cheatom 2-0 . 1 1 ...... 30 Dwayne Pecosky4-11. 1 ...... 11 Miguel Cerriteno 3-0 1 . 1 ...... 28 Dustin Iverson4-01. 1 . . ... 1-0... 19 Deion Harris 4-0 . 1 1 ...... 63 Sean Meehan 4-41. 1 ...... Total 4 145 192 337 34-115 10-59 1-92 10 5 8-19 4 3 . Opponents 4 114 128 242 33-93 6-33 4-56 11 10 4-0 3 . .

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TEAM GAMe-BY-GAME

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 28 at San Jose State 32 118 1 15 14 126 0 51 14-20-1 126 0 51 6 123 0 39 0 0 0 0 244 Sep 06 ROBERT MORRIS 34 113 0 19 8 155 1 40 8-22-0 155 1 40 2 64 0 41 2 29 0 17 268 09/13/14 at Missouri State 34 84 0 16 10 82 0 24 10-28-2 82 0 24 3 64 0 24 1 -2 0 0 166 Sep 20 STONY BROOK 36 66 0 11 2 79 1 68 2-7-1 79 1 68 1 27 0 27 1 0 0 2 145 North Dakota 136 381 1 19 34 442 2 68 34-77-4 442 2 68 12 278 0 41 4 27 0 17 823 Opponents 188 648 4 33 59 726 7 51 59-86-1 726 7 51 10 229 0 46 12 166 1 40 1374

Games played: 4 Avg per rush: 2.8 Avg per catch: 13.0 Pass efficiency: 90.56 Kick ret avg: 23.2 Punt ret avg: 6.8 All purpose avg/game: 305.0 Total offense avg/gm: 205.8 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 28 at San Jose State 36 38 74 5.0-14 1.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 10 Sep 06 ROBERT MORRIS 39 60 99 8.0-22 1.0-10 0 3-15 0-0 5 5 3 1-1 0 0 0 6 16 09/13/1 at Missouri State 35 40 75 5.0-27 1.0-10 2 3-4 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 20 STONY BROOK 35 54 89 16.0-52 7.0-38 2 2-0 1-92 0 3 0 1-2 0 0 0 14 13 North Dakota 145 192 337 34.0-115 9.0-58 4 8-19 1-92 5 10 3 3-4 0 0 0 20 39 Opponents 113 130 243 33.0-93 6.0-33 3 4-0 4-56 10 11 0 12-13 0 0 0 74 96

OPPONENT GAMe-BY-GAME

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 28 at San Jose State 40 150 2 20 23 256 3 51 23-26-0 256 3 51 1 21 0 21 2 73 1 40 406 Sep 06 ROBERT MORRIS 56 214 1 30 13 149 1 38 13-24-0 149 1 38 5 89 0 26 3 15 0 12 363 09/13/14 at Missouri State 46 235 1 33 11 149 3 40 11-17-0 149 3 40 1 34 0 34 2 22 0 23 384 Sep 20 STONY BROOK 46 49 0 12 12 172 0 38 12-19-1 172 0 38 3 85 0 46 5 56 0 21 221 Opponents 188 648 4 33 59 726 7 51 59-86-1 726 7 51 10 229 0 46 12 166 1 40 1374 North Dakota 136 381 1 19 34 442 2 68 34-77-4 442 2 68 12 278 0 41 4 27 0 17 823

Games played: 4 Avg per rush: 3.4 Avg per catch: 12.3 Pass efficiency: 164.05 Kick ret avg: 22.9 Punt ret avg: 13.8 All purpose avg/game: 456.2 Total offense avg/gm: 343.5 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 28 at San Jose State 32 36 68 7.0-18 1.0-4 2 1-0 1-4 2 1 0 6-6 0 0 0 14 42 Sep 06 ROBERT MORRIS 37 12 49 10.0-25 2.0-12 0 1-0 0-0 6 1 0 1-2 0 0 0 12 13 09/13/1 at Missouri State 20 56 76 6.0-22 2.0-11 1 1-0 2-43 0 8 0 5-5 0 0 0 42 38 Sep 20 STONY BROOK 24 26 50 10.0-28 1.0-6 0 1-0 1-9 2 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 6 3 Opponents 113 130 243 33.0-93 6.0-33 3 4-0 4-56 10 11 0 12-13 0 0 0 74 96 North Dakota 145 192 337 34.0-115 9.0-58 4 8-19 1-92 5 10 3 3-4 0 0 0 20 39

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CAREER STARts Scoring plays Off ensive Line 11 12 13 14 T Brandon Anderson (25) - 11 11 4 26 at San Jose’ State (8/28) Qtr Time Plays Yds TOP *Ben Henson (15) - 2 11 4 17 Taubenheim 42yd FG 2 1:53 6 65 3:29 Sean Meehan (15) - - 11 4 15 Garman 7yd rush 4 1:17 7 55 2:45 Devin Barton (6) - - 2 4 6 Robert Morris (9/6) Qtr Time Plays Yds TOP Colton Boas (4) - - - 4 4 Taubenheim 20yd FG 2 9:40 6 28 3:15 Taubenheim 45yd FG 2 6:18 5 12 1:29 Quarterback 11 12 13 14 T Taubenheim 35yd FG 2 00:24 5 32 00:54 Joe Mollberg (4) - - 7 4 11 McGill 32yd pass (Mollberg) 3 7:22 4 54 1:58 Ryan Bartels (0) - - 4 - 4 at Missouri State (9/13) Qtr Time Plays Yds TOP Running Back 11 12 13 14 T N/A Jer Garman (0) - - - 2 2 Cedric Simmons (0) - - - 1 1 Stony Brook (9/20) Qtr Time Plays Yds TOP Kyle Norberg (1) - - - 1 1 Ferguson 68yd pass (Mollberg) 2 5:30 2 72 00:45 Tillman 92yd INT return 3 - - - - Tight Ends/Fullbacks 11 12 13 14 T Zach Adler (4) - - 8 4 12 BIG SKY SEASON at Montana State (9/27) Qtr Time Plays Yds TOP Dwayne Pecosky (0) - - 5 1 6 Montana (10/4) Qtr Time Plays Yds TOP Wide Receivers 11 12 13 14 T R.J. McGill (3) 6 5 - 3 14 Portland State (10/11) Qtr Time Plays Yds TOP Tyrhe Ivery (0) 2 - - 1 3 Brandon Walker (1) - - - 2 2 at Southern Utah (10/25) Qtr Time Plays Yds TOP Dev Ferguson (1) - - - 2 2 Romon Bridges (1) - - 1 - 1 at Eastern Washington (11/1) Qtr Time Plays Yds TOP

Defensive Line 11 12 13 14 T Weber State (11/8) Qtr Time Plays Yds TOP Spencer Cummings (15) - 2 11 4 17 ^Shea Walker (0) - - 7 - 7 Northern Arizona (11/15) Qtr Time Plays Yds TOP Alec Carrothers (4) - - 2 4 6 at Northern Colorado (11/22) Qtr Time Plays Yds TOP Jordan Hinojosa (0) - - - 2 2 Kyle Woodsmall (2) - - - 2 2

Outside Linebackers 11 12 13 14 T 2013 TEAM AWARDS Dayo Idowu (4) - - - 4 4 Most Valuable Off ensive Player ...... Greg Hardin Brian Labat (4) - - - 4 4 Most Valuable Defensive Player ...... Garrison Goodman Most Valuable Special Teams Player ...... Zeb Miller Inside Linebackers 11 12 13 14 T Most Valuable Defensive Lineman ...... Ben Henson Ben Peters (0) - 11 11 - 22 Most Valuable Off ensive Lineman ...... Brandon Anderson Will Ratelle (4) - - - 4 4 Most Valuable Linebacker ...... Garrison Goodman Taj Rich (4) - - - 4 4 Most Valuable Off ensive Back ...... Jake Miller Most Valuable Defensive Back ...... Cam Kuksa Safe es 11 12 13 14 T Most Valuable Receiver ...... Greg Hardin Baylee Carr (0) - 7 9 1 17 Rookie of the Year ...... Cam Kuksa William James (4) - - - 4 4 Most Improved Player ...... William James Cole Reyes (1) - - - 2 2 Ira Frendberg Award (Most Inspirational) ...... Dwayne Pecosky Dillon Olson (0) - - - 1 1 Most Valuable Off ensive Scout ...... Patrick Sharp Most Valuable Defensive Scout ...... Cole Reyes Cornerbacks 11 12 13 14 T 2013 UND Captains ...... Garrison Goodman and Blair Townsend Chris Brown (4) - - - 4 4 returning players are bolded Alex Tillman (4) - - - 4 4

Specialists 11 12 13 14 T Brandon Larson (0) - - 11 3 14 Mitch Meindel (0) - - 11 - 11 Connor Bolduc (4) - - - 4 4 Reid Taubenheim (4) - - - 4 4 Jacob Holmen (3) - - - 3 3

(#) parenthesis indicates consecuƟ ve starts * Started 11 games at nose guard in 2013 ^ Started 7 games at center in 2013

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UND OVERALL STATISTICS

RUSHING No.-Yds./TD SJSU RMU MoSt SBU MSU UM PSU SUU EWU WSU NAU UNC Cedric Simmons 26-96/0 13-54/0 13-42/0 DNP DNP Adam Shaugabay 23-96/0 2-6/0 2-38/0 19-52/0 DNP Kyle Norberg 32-77/0 0-0/0 DNP 5-24/0 27-53/0 Jer Garman 19-53/0 8-36/1 7-9/0 3-3/0 1-5/0 Joe Mollberg 25-48/0 8-26/0 8-21/0 4-(-4)/0 5-1/0 R.J. McGill 2-10/0 1-5/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-5/0 Ryan Bartels 1-6/0 DNP DNP 1-6/0 DNP Brandon Walker 1-4/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-4/0 Dwayne Pecosky 1-1/0 0-0/0 1-1/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 Tyrhe Ivery 1-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-0/0 Dev Ferguson 1-(-4)/0 1-(-4)/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0

PASSING Comp-Att/INT SJSU RMU MoSt SBU MSU UM PSU SUU EWU WSU NAU UNC Joe Mollberg 33-72/4 14-20/1 8-21/0 9-24/2 2-7/1 Ryan Bartels 1-4/0 DNP DNP 1-4/0 DNP

RECEIVING No.-Yds./TD SJSU RMU MoSt SBU MSU UM PSU SUU EWU WSU NAU UNC R.J. McGill 10-137/1 3-21/0 3-65/1 3-40/0 1-11/0 Dev Ferguson 4-98/1 1-10/0 0-0/0 2-20/0 1-68/1 Jer Garman 4-26/0 1-23/0 1-7/0 2-(-4)/0 0-0/0 Brandon Walker 3-42/0 2-2/0 1-40/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 Kyle Ruhe 3-83/0 1-51/0 1-30/0 1-2/0 DNP Tyhre Ivery 3-37/0 2-13/0 0-0/0 1-24/0 0-0/0 Dwayne Pecosky 2-13 0-0/0 2-13/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 Zach Adler 2-4 2-4/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 Dustin Iverson 1-6/0 0-0/0 1-6/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 Adam Shaugabay 1-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 Cedric Simmons 1-(-4)/0 1-(-4)/0 0-0/0 DNP DNP

TOTAL TACKLES UA-A-TOT SJSU RMU MoST SBU MSU UM PSU SUU EWU WSU NAU UNC Will Ratelle 19-28-47 4-5-9 7-6-13 5-6-11 3-11-14 Taj Rich 11-30-41 2-4-6 1-5-6 4-6-10 4-15-19 Dayo Idowu 9-15-24 3-4-7 1-6-7 1-0-1 4-5-9 Baylee Carr 13-7-20 2-1-3 4-4-8 4-2-6 3-0-3 Brian Labat 8-11-19 3-2-5 3-5-8 2-3-5 0-1-1 William James 7-12-19 1-1-2 3-7-10 2-3-5 1-1-2 Alex Tillman 9-6-15 2-1-3 3-2-5 2-0-2 2-3-5 Ben Peters 8-6-14 3-1-4 2-0-2 2-5-7 1-0-1 Cole Reyes 6-8-14 1-5-6 DNP DNP 5-3-8 Garrett Reineke 5-8-13 0-0-0 3-6-9 1-0-1 1-2-3 Chris Brown 4-6-10 2-4-6 1-2-3 1-0-1 0-0-0 Jake Disterhaupt 4-5-9 0-1-1 0-3-3 3-1-4 1-0-1 Dillon Olson 3-5-8 2-0-2 1-5-6 0-0-0 0-0-0 Chris Carter 3-4-7 0-1-1 1-1-2 1-0-1 1-2-3 Alec Carrothers 3-4-7 2-2-4 0-1-1 0-1-1 1-0-1 Spencer Cummings 6-1-7 3-0-3 3-0-3 0-1-1 0-0-0 Berto Espinoza 4-2-6 2-1-3 1-0-1 0-1-1 1-0-1 Drew Greely 3-3-6 1-1-2 1-0-1 0-2-2 1-0-1 Connor O’Brien 2-4-6 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-2-2 0-2-2 Jordan Hinojosa 0-6-6 0-2-2 0-3-3 DNP 0-1-1 Brandon Dranka 1-4-5 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-2-3 0-1-1 Kyle Woodsmall 2-3-5 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 2-1-3 Maverick Edmunds 3-2-5 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-2-3 Marcus Jenkins-Moore 2-2-4 0-1-1 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-1-1 Shea Walker 1-2-3 DNP DNP 0-1-1 1-1-2 Javen Butler 1-2-3 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-2-2 0-0-0 Domo Blackmon 1-1-2 DNP DNP 1-1-2 DNP Deion Harris 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 Marcus Cheatom 0-1-1 DNP 0-1-1 DNP 0-0-0

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10 Aug. 28, 2014 • Spartan Stadium (San Jose, Calif.) 42

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- San Jose State picked up a 42-10 victory over North Dakota Quickie Statistics (Final) in the season opener for both schools Thursday at Spartan Stadium. It was also North Dakota vs San Jose State (Aug 28, 2014 at San Jose, Calif.) the debut for head coach Bubba Schweigert, who led a UND team up against UND SJ an Football Bowl Subdivision opponent for just the seventh me in program Score 10 42 history. FIRST DOWNS 12 23 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-118 40-150 PASSING YDS (NET) 126 256 Unfortunately, the result was the same as the previous six against a foe from Passes Att-Comp-Int 20-14-1 26-23-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 52-244 66-406 the highest level of NCAA football. Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-73 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-123 1-21 All fi ve of the Spartans’ off ensive scoring drives were of eight plays or more as Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-4 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-38.2 2-42.5 the home team controlled the game from the outset. SJSU had 406 yards of Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 total off ense, while allowing only 244 to UND. Penalties-Yards 10-61 4-40 Possession Time 28:08 31:52 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 12 7 of 11 The visitors got 55 of those on their fi nal drive as senior running back Jer Gar- Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 1 man scored UND’s lone touchdown of the game on a 7-yard scamper with just Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 5-5 over a minute to play. Finding the end zone provided a li le boost for a team North Dakota San Jose State that will return to Grand Forks next Saturday for its home opener vs. Robert Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Cedric Simmons 13 56 2 54 0 14 4.2 TUCKER, Thomas 20 86 5 81 0 17 4.1 Morris. Jer Garman 8 36 0 36 1 10 4.5 MONROE, Brandon 9 37 5 32 1 8 3.6 Joe Mollberg 8 33 7 26 0 15 3.2 JURICH, Blake 4 23 3 20 1 20 5.0 Adam Shaugabay 2 6 0 6 0 4 3.0 ERVIN, Tyler 2 13 0 13 0 10 6.5 “There were some good things that we can take from tonight,” Schweigert said. Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack “We have to take this thing one day at a me and keep ge ng be er. We also Joe Mollberg 14-20-1 126 0 51 1 JURICH, Blake 22-25-0 250 3 51 0 made some mistakes and a lot of mes it was about what we were doing and GRAY, Joe 1-1-0 6 0 6 1 not necessarily what our opponent was doing.” Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long R.J. McGill 3 21 0 11 WINSTON, Tyler 10 96 2 18 Tyrhe Ivery 2 13 0 9 WILSON, Hansell 4 85 0 51 Trailing 14-0 a er SJSU converted its fi rst two drives into touchdowns, UND had Zach Adler 2 4 0 5 SMITH, Shane 3 12 1 5 its fi rst good chance to score on the visitor’s third possession when the ground Brandon Walker2205 FREEMAN, Billy 2 21 0 16 Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB game spurred by quarterback Joe Mollberg and running back Cedric Simmons Connor Bolduc 5 191 38.2 44 0 0 CARRIZOSA, Mich 2 85 42.5 49 1 0 worked the ball down to the SJSU 22-yard line. Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long ERVIN, Tyler 2 73 1 40 However, the Spartans came up with a stop on third down when Cleveland Wal- Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long lace intercepted an underthrown pass intended for senior R.J. McGill. The only Alex Tillman 4 75 0 39 CRAWLEY, Tim 1 21 0 21 turnover by either team in the opening half would keep UND off the scoreboard R.J. McGill 2 48 0 36 for the me being and SJSU quarterback Blake Jurich and company answered Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Will Ratelle 4-5 9 0.0 0.0 TAGO, Christian 5-1 6 0.0 0.0 with another methodical touchdown drive. Dayo Idowu 3-4 7 0.0 0.5 RACITI, Travis 1-5 6 0.0 0.5 Taj Rich 2-4 6 0.0 1.0 McKNIGHT, Mauri 5-0 5 1.0 1.0 Chris Brown 2-4 6 0.0 0.0 HIGHTOWER, Forr 4-1 5 0.0 2.5 This one was capped by a 15-play, 81-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown pass Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H to Shane Smith. The Spartans were 6-for-6 on third-down conversions in their 1st 08:24 SJ - WINSTON, Tyler 14 yd pass from JURICH, Blake (LOPEZ, Austin kick), 8-61 2:38 0 - 7 fi rst three drives of the game as UND seemed just a fi nger p away from swing- 02:25 SJ - JURICH, Blake 2 yd run (LOPEZ, Austin kick), 10-53 4:07 0 - 14 2nd 05:29 SJ - SMITH, Shane 3 yd pass from JURICH, Blake (LOPEZ, Austin kick), 15-81 7:40 0 - 21 ing the momentum the other way. 01:53 UND - Reid Taubenheim 42 yd field goal, 6-65 3:29 3 - 21 3rd 06:38 SJ - MONROE, Brandon 2 yd run (LOPEZ, Austin kick), 9-65 4:55 3 - 28 00:14 SJ - ERVIN, Tyler 40 yd punt return (LOPEZ, Austin kick) 3 - 35 Mollberg got the off ense going through the air on the ensuing possession, con- 4th 08:26 SJ - WINSTON, Tyler 18 yd pass from JURICH, Blake (CARRIZOSA, Mich kick), 8-77 4:19 3 - 42 nec ng on a 51-yard pass play to redshirt freshman Kyle Ruhe. It was the fi rst 01:17 UND - Jer Garman 7 yd run (Reid Taubenheim kick), 7-55 2:45 10 - 42 career recep on for Ruhe and moved the ball to the SJSU 39-yard line. catches for 96 yards and capped the home team’s scoring midway through the A er a 13-yard gain by Simmons on the next play moved the ball to SJSU’s 26- fi nal quarter. yard line, the sophomore was fl agged for a chop-block penalty that ended up cos ng the team 15 yards. He quickly got 14 of those yards back on 3rd-and-23 Linebacker Will Ratelle led the UND defense with a career-high nine tackles in to put the off ense back into fi eld goal range. what was the junior’s fi rst career start. Ratelle and his defensive teammates lim- ited the Spartans to just 154 yards in the second half a er the home team mus- True freshman Reid Taubenheim would make good on his fi rst career a empt, tered 252 in the opening 30 minutes. drilling a 42-yarder for UND’s fi rst points of the season. Mollberg was effi cient through the air, connec ng on 14-of-20 passes for 126 The Spartans opened their next drive with a 51-yard comple on of their own yards, while also ne ng 26 on the ground. Simmons, who was with the SJSU as Jurich found Hansell Wilson behind the UND secondary. UND would buckle program for 18 months earlier in his career, carried 13 mes for a team-high 54 down and come up with its ini al third-down stop of the game and Aus n Lo- yards against his former team. pez, who was 28-for-33 during his career on fi eld goals, missed a 40-yard at- tempt. GAME NOTES: Captains for the season opener were seniors Brandon Anderson, Dwayne Pecosky, Will Ratelle and Alex Tillman … The 42-yard fi eld goal by Reid UND had just over a minute to work with on the clock, but a er a penalty Taubenheim was the fi rst of his career … Senior Jer Garman’s 7-yard touchdown stalled the drive, Schweigert opted to let the clock run out and send his team run was the fi rst for him since his true freshman season in 2011 when he had two into the locker room trialing 21-3. … Junior Chris Brown had six tackles in his fi rst career start and exceeded his total of fi ve from his sophomore season … Cedric Simmons led the team with 54 yards The Spartans con nued to contain the UND off ense a er the break and tacked rushing against his former team … Senior R.J. McGill had a team-high three catch- on three more second-half touchdowns, including a 40-yard punt return by Ty- es for 21 yards in his fi rst ac on in over a season-and-a-half … Fourteen of the ler Ervin, to put the game away. team’s 15 newcomers that traveled saw game ac on, including nine true fresh- men … In the previous four seasons combined, only eight true freshmen played. A er Ervin’s punt return, Jurich found Tyler Winston from 18 yards out for the duo’s second scoring connec on of the game. Winston had a game-high 10 Blair Townsend … Le tackle Devin Barton made his fi rst career start … Senior Joe

NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes GAME 2 robert morris north dakota

13 Sept. 6, 2014 • Alerus Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 16

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - A trio of key blocked kicks and a stout defensive Quickie Statistics (Final) eff ort down the stretch allowed North Dakota to secure a 16-13 vic- Robert Morris vs North Dakota (Sep 06, 2014 at Grand Forks, N.D.) tory over Robert Morris in the 49th annual Potato Bowl Saturday at RMU UND the Alerus Center. Score 13 16 FIRST DOWNS 19 10 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 56-214 34-113 PASSING YDS (NET) 149 155 It was also the ini al win for fi rst-year head coach Bubba Schweigert Passes Att-Comp-Int 24-13-0 22-8-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 80-363 56-268 and the 28th straight home-opening win for UND (1-1) da ng back to Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-15 1985. Punt Returns-Yards 3-15 2-29 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-89 2-64 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-33.4 8-41.2 “I was proud of the eff ort by our guys tonight,” Schweigert said. “We Fumbles-Lost 4-3 1-1 had our back against the wall several mes there in the second half Penalties-Yards 6-48 8-70 Possession Time 34:41 25:19 and our defense came up big.” Third-Down Conversions 8 of 18 3 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 2-3

The defense did the job down the stretch, but it was a pair of big plays Robert Morris North Dakota by senior R.J. McGill that put the Green and White ahead for good Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg OWENS, Rameses 39 210 11 199 1 30 5.1 Cedric Simmons 13 48 6 42 0 12 3.2 midway through the third quarter. THERMIL, Ryan 10 21 2 19 0 5 1.9 Adam Shaugabay 2 38 0 38 0 19 19.0 MITCHELL, Duane 2 10 0 10 0 8 5.0 Joe Mollberg 8 36 15 21 0 12 2.6 BLACKMON,Jordan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Jer Garman 7 13 4 9 0 6 1.3 A er RMU marched down the fi eld on a 14-play, 78-yard drive to open Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack the second half and retake a 13-9 advantage on a 2-yard run by Rame- BRUMBAUGH, Luke 13-24-0 149 1 38 1 Joe Mollberg 8-21-0 155 1 40 2 ses Owens, the Phoenix na ve came up with two of the biggest plays Tyrhe Ivery 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long of the night. MITCHELL, Duane 6 61 1 37 R.J. McGill 3 65 1 32 WILLIAMS, J. 2 43 0 28 Dwayne Pecosky 2 13 0 10 NETTLES, Chaq 2 2 0 5 Brandon Walker 1 40 0 40 He brought the ensuing kickoff back 41 yards, se ng up the off ense on OWENS, Rameses 1 38 0 38 Kyle Ruhe 1 30 0 30 UND’s 46-yard line. McGill then capped a four-play, 54-yard drive with Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB a 32-yard touchdown recep on where he carried an RMU defender LaMANCUSA, Tony 7 234 33.4 41 1 0 Connor Bolduc 8 330 41.2 54 1 0 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long the fi nal four yards for his fi rst touchdown since the 2012 season. EDDIE, Antwan2302 Alex Tillman 2 29 0 17 DAVIS, Kenny 1 12 0 12

“I was mad a er I didn’t get in the fi rst me on a similar play earlier in Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long EDDIE, Antwan 3 54 0 26 R.J. McGill 2 64 0 41 the game, so I was going to do whatever it took to get in,” McGill said.” DAVIS, Kenny 2 35 0 21

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL MUELLER, Luke 8-0 8 0.0 2.0 Will Ratelle 7-6 13 0.0 0.0 Schweigert’s fi rst win of his UND head-coaching tenure came in front WOODS, Sam 4-2 6 0.0 0.0 William James 3-7 10 0.0 0.0 of 9,118 fans at the Alerus Center. Those fans saw the defense force LAMICA, Nic 3-2 5 0.5 1.5 Garrett Reineke 3-6 9 1.0 2.5 STOJKOVIC, Mike 3-1 4 0.0 2.0 Baylee Carr 4-4 8 0.0 1.0 three turnovers and freshman kicker Reid Taubenheim connect on Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H three fi rst-half fi eld goals of 20, 35 and 45 yards to help solidify the 1st 01:52 RMU - MITCHELL, Duane 6 yd pass from BRUMBAUGH, Luke (KHALEGHI,Hunter kick blockd), 7-57 3:17 6 - 0 2nd 09:40 UND - Reid Taubenheim 20 yd field goal, 6-28 3:15 6 - 3 team’s 10th win in the last 11 tries in the annual spud-observing con- 06:18 UND - Reid Taubenheim 45 yd field goal, 5-19 1:29 6 - 6 test. 00:24 UND - Reid Taubenheim 35 yd field goal, 5-32 0:54 6 - 9 3rd 09:28 RMU - OWENS, Rameses 2 yd run (KHALEGHI,Hunter kick), 14-78 5:32 13 - 9 07:22 UND - R.J. McGill 32 yd pass from Joe Mollberg (Reid Taubenheim kick), 4-54 1:58 13 - 16 Defensive end Spencer Cummings blocked both of the Colonials’ fi eld goal a empts in the second half, including a 38-yard a empt by Hunt- er Khaleghi with just over fi ve minutes to play that kept the home team GAME NOTES: Seniors Alex Tillman and Dwayne Pecosky along with up by three. juniors Brandon Anderson and Will Ratelle served as game captains ... UND picked up its 28th straight win in its home opener da ng back to The defense would force a punt on RMU’s next possession, but a 1985 ... Ratelle registered a career-high 13 tackles ... Juniors William 3-and-out by the UND off ense gave the visitors one more chance. James (10) and Garret Reineke (9) also had career-highs in tackles ... Reineke also fi nished with his fi rst career sack and 2.5 tackles for a loss Facing a 4th-and-15 a er a sack by junior Garret Reineke, RMU quar- ... Senior R.J. McGill scored his fi rst touchdown since ge ng in the end terback Luke Brumbaugh had the shotgun snap go off his shin and zone against Portland State on Sept. 8 (2012) ... Junior Dillon Olson made freshman defensive end Brandon Dranka was there to pounce on the his fi rst career start in place of injured Cole Reyes ... Olson had six tackles loose ball. With just over a minute le on the clock, quarterback Joe ... Sophomore defensive tackle Jordan Hinojosa blocked the fi rst kick of Mollberg was able to kneel down three mes to end the contest. the season for UND, ba ng away a PAT a er RMU’s fi rst touchdown ... Cummings now has three blocked kicks in his career a er registering two McGill fi nished with three catches for 65 yards, while Mollberg went on the evening. 8-for-21 through the air for 155 yards and the scoring strike to his se- nior wideout.

Owens fi nished with 199 rushing yards and 156 of those came in the second half, but three turnovers cost the RMU off ense that outgained UND’s 363-268.

Junior Will Ratelle led the UND defense in tackles for the second straight game, collec ng a career-high 13 in the victory.

NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes GAME 3 north dakota missouri state

0 Sept. 13, 2014 • Plaster Stadium (Springfi eld, Mo.) 38

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Missouri State pulled away in the second half to post a Quickie Statistics (Final) 38-0 victory over North Dakota in front of a record home crowd of 18,386 at North Dakota vs Missouri State (09/13/14 at Springfield, Mo.) Plaster Stadium. The Bears (2-1) led 14-0 at hal ime and senior quarterback UND MSU Kierra Harris threw three second-half touchdown passes to put the game away Score 0 38 in what was the fi rst mee ng between the two teams on the gridiron. FIRST DOWNS 7 17 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 34-84 46-235 PASSING YDS (NET) 82 149 Both teams forced three turnovers in the contest, but the Bears were able to Passes Att-Comp-Int 28-10-2 17-11-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 62-166 63-384 turn theirs into 21 points, while UND (1-2) could not get on the scoreboard fol- Fumble Returns-Yards 1-4 0-0 lowing any of Missouri State’s three fumbles. Punt Returns-Yards 1--2 2-22 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-64 1-34 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-43 Punts (Number-Avg) 11-42.7 6-40.2 “I was disappointed at hal ime because I felt like we missed some opportuni- Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-3 es to score and we gave up a score because of a poor decision on special Penalties-Yards 3-35 3-15 Possession Time 29:28 30:32 teams and by not protec ng the ball when we were backed up,” UND head Third-Down Conversions 3 of 18 6 of 13 coach Bubba Schweigert said. ”I felt like we were s ll in the game, but we just Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0 didn’t generate enough on the off ensive side. Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-1 2-2 North Dakota Missouri State “Defensively, we made plays to give us some opportuni es, but we were not Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Adam Shaugabay 19 54 2 52 0 9 2.7 Calan Crowder 13 119 0 119 0 33 9.2 able to convert those into points. We never really had any momentum tonight.” Kyle Norberg 5 27 3 24 0 16 4.8 Kierra Harris 9 51 10 41 1 28 4.6 Ryan Bartels 1 6 0 6 0 6 6.0 Ryan Heaston 8 35 4 31 0 14 3.9 R.J. McGill 1 5 0 5 0 5 5.0 Cedric Miller 7 21 0 21 0 8 3.0 A er a scoreless fi rst quarter where the teams combined for fi ve punts, the Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack MSU defense put the fi rst points of the game on the board early in the second Joe Mollberg 9-24-2 70 0 24 2 Kierra Harris 11-16-0 149 3 40 1 quarter. Nose tackle Cecil Bra on fell on a loose ball in the end zone a er Joe Ryan Bartels 1-4-0 12 0 12 0 Brodie Lambert 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 Mollberg fumbled a er being sacked by Sean Bernard. Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long R.J. McGill 3 40 0 19 LeMrcus Stewart 2 38 1 40 Dev Ferguson 2 20 0 12 Malik Earl 2 27 0 16 A er the UND off ense went three-and-out, junior Garre Reineke came up with Jer Garman 2 -4 0 0 Phoenix Johnson 2 4 0 9 one of those forced fumbles for the visitors on the opening play of Missouri Tyrhe Ivery 1 24 0 24 Willis Chambers 1 37 1 37 Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB State’s next drive. He stripped Julian Burton of the ball a er the only comple- Connor Bolduc 11 470 42.7 59 2 1 Chris Sullens 6 241 40.2 47 5 0 on of the second quarter for MSU and Alec Carrothers recovered the fumble Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long to give UND its best star ng posi on at the MSU 44-yard line. Alex Tillman 1 -2 0 0 Julian Burton 1 23 0 23 Matt Rush 1 -1 0 0

Mollberg drove UND down to 11-yard line, but missed on a third-down pass Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Brandon Walker 2 42 0 24 Cedric Miller 1 34 0 34 and Reid Taubenheim was wide right on a 29-yard fi eld goal a empt to keep R.J. McGill 1 22 0 22 the Bears advantage at 7-0. Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Will Ratelle 5-6 11 0.0 2.0 Dylan Cole 4-5 9 0.5 1.5 A er four punts and a lost fumble on his team’s fi rst fi ve possessions, Missouri Taj Rich 4-6 10 0.0 0.0 Cal Schaffitzel 2-7 9 0.0 0.5 Ben Peters 2-5 7 0.0 0.0 Andrew Beisel 0-7 7 0.0 0.5 State quarterback Kierra Harris was fi nally able to crack the UND defense on Baylee Carr 4-2 6 0.0 0.0 Sean Bernard 2-3 5 1.0 2.0 the Bears’ fi nal possession of the fi rst half. Harris opened the scoring drive Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H with a 28-yard rush, then capped it with 22 seconds remaining in the half on a 2nd 13:21 MSU - Cecil Bratton 0 yd fumble recovery (Marcelo Bonani kick) 0 - 7 00:22 MSU - Kierra Harris 4 yd run (Marcelo Bonani kick), 8-79 2:42 0 - 14 4-yard carry. 3rd 04:40 MSU - Willis Chambers 37 yd pass from Kierra Harris (Marcelo Bonani kick), 7-89 3:19 0 - 21 00:09 MSU - LeMrcus Stewart 40 yd pass from Kierra Harris (Marcelo Bonani kick), 6-65 2:25 0 - 28 4th 14:03 MSU - Gannon Sinclair 5 yd pass from Kierra Harris (Marcelo Bonani kick), 1-5 0:07 0 - 35 That touchdown put Missouri State up by 14 at the half as Harris would go onto 07:21 MSU - Marcelo Bonani 49 yd field goal, 8-39 4:31 0 - 38 account for all four of the Bears’ off ensive scores. He fi nished 11-for-16 for 149 yards through the air and added 41 yards on the ground. UND 5-yard line. Harris tossed his third scoring pass of the game on the next Meanwhile, sophomore Joe Mollberg struggled to fi nd a rhythm, fi nishing 9-for- play, fi nding Gannon Sinclair in the back of the end zone. 24 for 70 yards and two intercep ons for the visitors, who mustered only seven fi rst downs in the contest and were forced to punt 11 mes. It was the fi rst me Shaugabay fi nished with career-highs in carries (19) and rushing yards (52), but UND was shutout since the 2010 season opener at Idaho. the visitors could manage only 166 yards of total off ense. Senior R.J. McGill had a team-high three catches for 40 yards. S ll down only 14, UND’s defense forced another turnover on the Bears’ open- ing possession of the second half, but the off ense could only move the ball to GAME NOTES: Game captains were seniors Dwayne Pecosky and Alex Tillman midfi eld before freshman Connor Bolduc had to punt for the sixth me in the along with juniors Brandon Anderson and Will Ratelle ... Junior Kyle Woods- game. mall – one of two Missouri na ves on the team – made his fi rst career start … With 11 tackles, junior Will Ratelle has already established a new career-high This me Harris put his team into the end zone thanks to a 37-yard scoring for tackles in a season with 33 through three contests – he had 25 in both his strike to Willis Chambers. His fi rst touchdown pass of the game came on a 3rd- freshman and sophomore seasons … Sophomore Taj Rich registered a career- and-9. high 10 tackles and recovered a fumble … Idaho was the last team to shutout North Dakota (45-0; 2010 season opener) … Freshman Connor Bolduc averaged Senior Baylee Carr forced UND’s third fumble of the game and set up the of- 42.7 yards on 11 punts, including a career-long 59-yarder. fense on the 35-yard line, but a er a pair of carries by senior Adam Shaugabay, Mollberg was picked off on third down to squelch that scoring chance.

Harris would lead his team to another touchdown on the Bears’ ensuing drive, connec ng with LeMarcus Stewart from 40 yards out this me to push their lead to 28-0.

The Missouri State defense would force its third turnover early in the fourth quarter when Alexz Jones intercepted Mollberg and ran the ball back to the

NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes GAME 4 stony brook north dakota

3 Sept. 20, 2014 • Alerus Center (Grand Forks, N.D.) 13

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - North Dakota found a way once again to protect Quickie Statistics (Final) its home fi eld, registering a 13-3 victory over Stony Brook in the team’s Stony Brook vs North Dakota (Sep 20, 2014 at Grand Forks, N.D.)

fi nal non-conference tune-up Saturday at the Alerus Center. It was a SBU UND defensive slugfest for the en re 60 minutes, but it was UND (2-2) that Score 3 13 FIRST DOWNS 14 5 made the key plays in the second half to preserve the win over the RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 46-49 36-66 PASSING YDS (NET) 172 79 Seawolves (1-3). Passes Att-Comp-Int 19-12-1 7-2-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 65-221 43-145 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Holding onto a 6-3 lead late the third quarter, the Seawolves had Punt Returns-Yards 5-56 1-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-85 1-27 moved the ball down to the UND 7-yard line and were facing a second- Interception Returns-Yards 1-9 1-92 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-41.0 8-45.2 and-goal when senior Alex Tillman made the most empha c of those Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1 key plays for the home team’s defense. The Houston transfer stepped Penalties-Yards 9-81 6-65 Possession Time 35:37 24:23 in front of a John Kinder pass and took UND’s fi rst intercep on of the Third-Down Conversions 4 of 15 2 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 0 of 0 season back 92 yards for a touchdown. Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 0-1

Stony Brook North Dakota The extra-point would make the score 13-3, but the Stony Brook de- Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg COKER, M. 19 63 4 59 0 12 3.1 Kyle Norberg 27 69 16 53 0 11 2.0 fense would not let that lead get any bigger en route to limi ng UND KENNER, J. 9 18 5 13 0 6 1.4 Jer Garman 1 5 0 5 0 5 5.0 to only fi ve fi rst downs and 145 yards of total off ense for the game. FREDERICKS, T. 2 5 1 4 0 5 2.0 Joe Mollberg 5 17 12 5 0 10 1.0 COXSON, A. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Brandon Walker 1 4 0 4 0 4 4.0

Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long Sack Fortunately for the home team, the Green and White defenders stood KINDER, J. 12-18-1 172 0 38 5 Joe Mollberg 2-7-1 79 1 68 1 even taller down the stretch. The Seawolves moved the ball into UND BEDNARSKI, C. 0-1-0 0 0 0 2 Receiving No. Yards TD Long Receiving No. Yards TD Long territory on its next two drives a er Tillman’s pick, but each me failed TYE, W. 5 103 0 38 Dev Ferguson 1 68 1 68 to score. COXSON, A. 3 20 0 7 R.J. McGill 1 11 0 11 LEVEL, J. 2 26 0 14 WASHINGTON, D. 1 12 0 12

Senior Baylee Carr forced a fumble on a third-and-long that teammate Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Dayo Idowu recovered. Then, a er another three-and-out by the of- ALLEN, L. 7 287 41.0 47 4 1 Connor Bolduc 8 362 45.2 54 1 0 Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long Punt Returns No. Yards TD Long fense, linebackers Taj Rich and Garre Reineke stuff ed a 4th-and-2 at- TYE, W. 5 56 0 21 Alex Tillman1002 tempt by SBU on the opening play of the fourth quarter to once keep Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long Kick Returns No. Yards TD Long the Seawolves at bay. HART, M. 2 70 0 46 R.J. McGill 1 27 0 27 WOODS, J. 1 15 0 15

Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Tackles UA-A Total Sacks TFL Rich fi nished with a career-high and UND Division I single-game record CHEESEBORO, N. 4-4 8 0.0 0.5 Taj Rich 4-15 19 0.0 2.0 THOMPSON, A. 5-0 5 0.0 3.0 Will Ratelle 3-11 14 1.0 1.0 19 total tackles as he and fellow inside linebacker Will Ratelle com- RICARD, C. 3-2 5 1.0 1.0 Dayo Idowu 4-5 9 2.0 2.5 bined for 33 stops in the game. Ratelle set a career-high for the third QUINTIN, J. 2-3 5 0.0 1.0 Cole Reyes 5-3 8 0.0 1.5 me this season with 14 stops, while the UND defense had seven sacks Qtr Time Scoring Play V-H 2nd 06:22 SBU - BALL, G. 36 yd field goal, 4-3 1:33 3 - 0 and 16 tackles for a loss in the contest. 05:30 UND - Dev Ferguson 68 yd pass from Joe Mollberg (Reid Taubenheim kick failed), 2-72 0:45 3 - 6 3rd 04:42 UND - Alex Tillman 92 yd interception return (Reid Taubenheim kick) 3 - 13 Stony Brook would not get past midfi eld again and Idowu would put a stamp on the defensive eff ort by forcing a fumble and recovering it with less than a minute to play. 30 minutes. Even though the UND off ense could not fi nd much trac on in the con- test, the unit did provide some fi reworks in the second quarter when SBU managed only 49 rushing yards on 46 a empts in the contest and sophomore Joe Mollberg found freshman Dev Ferguson on a 68-yard got a majority of its 221 yards of total off ense through the air (172). scoring strike. The touchdown came a er Tillman had muff ed a punt, Tight end Will Tye had 103 of those receiving yards on a game-high fi ve se ng up SBU on the UND 22-yard line. The defense did not break recep ons. though, forcing a 36-yard fi eld goal a empt by Graham Ball that was good for the fi rst points of the game. GAME NOTES: Captains for the game were seniors Dwayne Pecosky and Alex Tillman along with juniors Brandon Anderson and Will Ratelle … Till- Converted linebacker Kyle Norberg got UND’s scoring drive started man’s 92-yard intercep on return for a touchdown is the longest in UND with a 4-yard rush, then on 2nd-and-6 from his own 32-yard line, Moll- Division I era and longest since Kelly Howe had a 97-yard return down to berg threw a high-arching pass right into the arms of Ferguson, who the 1-yard line against Mankato State in 1998 … UND is now 2-0 all- me broke through a shoe-string tackle a empt and raced into the end against Stony Brook and has run an intercep on back for a touchdown in zone for his fi rst collegiate score. both contests (Dominique Hawkins; 35 yards in 2009) … With two more fumble recoveries, UND now has eight total on the season … Sophomore Norberg got the start at running back, but was held in check for most Taj Rich had a career-high and UND Division I single-game record 19 to- of the evening fi nishing with 53 net yards on 27 carries. He was playing tal tackles … UND had 18 tackles for a loss combined in the fi rst three linebacker up un l two weeks ago, but made the switch prior to the games of the season, while the unit had 16 in this contest … Freshman Missouri State game where he rushed fi ve mes for 24 yards. Dev Ferguson’s 68-yard touchdown recep on in the second quarter was Ferguson’s touchdown grab equaled the team’s off ensive output from the longest comple on and play of the season for the UND off ense ... its opening 18 plays and it would end up being the second and fi nal Redshirt freshman Cole Reyes had eight tackles, including fi ve solo stops comple on of the game for Mollberg. He only a empted seven passes in his return to ac on a er missing the last two games with an injury. as the Seawolves yielded only six yards of off ense to UND in the closing

NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium 2014 North Dakota football Game notes

LAST TIME IT HAPPENED ... INDIVIDUAL RUSHING Rushing, 30 mes or more ...... 32, Jake Miller vs. Southern Utah, W 26-20, Oct. 1, 2011 Rushing, 25 mes or more ...... 32, Jake Miller vs. Southern Utah, W 26-20, Oct. 1, 2011 Rushing, 3 TDs ...... 3, Jake Miller and Adam Shaugabay, W 69-10, Aug. 29, 2013 Rushing, 2 or more TDs ...... 3, Jake Miller and Adam Shaugabay, W 69-10, Aug. 29, 2013 Had a 100-yard rushing game ...... Jake Miller vs. Valparaiso (108), W 69-10, Aug. 29, 2013 Had a rush of 70 yards or more ...... 70, Jake Miller at Fresno State, L 27-22, Sept. 17, 2011 Had a rush of 60 yards or more ...... 70, Jake Miller at Fresno State, L 27-22, Sept. 17, 2011 Had a rush of 50 yards or more ...... 51, Jake Miller at Sac State, W 35-13, Sept. 22, 2012

INDIVIDUAL PASSING Passing, 500 yards or more ...... 660, Braden Hanson vs. Montana, W 40-34, Oct. 20, 2012 Passing, 400 yards or more ...... 660, Braden Hanson vs. Montana, W 40-34, Oct. 20, 2012 Passing, 300 yards or more ...... 344, Ryan Bartels vs. Northern Colorado, W 24-21, Nov. 9, 2013 A empted 40 or more passes ...... 47, Ryan Bartels vs. Northern Colorado, W 24-21, Nov. 9, 2013 A empted 30 or more passes ...... 35, Ryan Bartels at UC Davis, L 34-18, Nov. 16, 2013 Completed 40 or more passes ...... 42, Braden Hanson vs. Montana, W 40-34, Oct. 20, 2012 Completed 30 or more passes ...... 31, Ryan Bartels vs. Northern Colorado, W, 24-21, Nov. 9, 2013 Completed 20 or more passes ...... 31, Ryan Bartels vs. Northern Colorado, W, 24-21, Nov. 9, 2013 Threw six or more touchdown passes ...... 6, Marcus Hendrickson vs. Portland State, W 45-37, Sept. 8, 2012 Threw fi ve or more touchdown passes ...... 5, Braden Hanson vs. Montana, W 40-34, Oct. 20, 2012 Threw four or more touhdown passes ...... 4, Ryan Bartels at Northern Arizona, L 48-27, Nov. 2, 2013 Completed a pass of 80 yards or more ...... 80, Joe Mollberg (to Greg Hardin) at Portland State, L 14-10, Oct. 26, 2013 Completed a pass of 70 yards or more ...... 80, Joe Mollberg (to Greg Hardin) at Portland State, L 14-10, Oct. 26, 2013 Completed a pass of 60 yards or more ...... 68, Joe Mollberg (to Dev Ferguson) vs. Stony Brook, W 13-3, Sept. 20, 2014 Completed a pass of 50 yards or more ...... 68, Joe Mollberg (to Dev Ferguson) vs. Stony Brook, W 13-3, Sept. 20, 2014

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING Caugth 12 or more passes ...... 16, Kenny Golladay at Northern Arizona, L 48-27, Nov. 2, 2013 Caught 10 or more passes ...... 11, Greg Hardin at UC Davis, L 34-18 Nov. 16, 2013 Caught 8 or more passes ...... 11, Greg Hardin at UC Davis, L 34-18 Nov. 16, 2013 Had 200 or more yards receiving ...... 207, Greg Hardin vs. South Dakota State, L 35-28, Sept. 7, 2013 Had 150 or more yards receiving ...... 179, Greg Hardin at UC Davis, L 34-18 Nov. 16, 2013 Had 100 or more yards receiving ...... 179, Greg Hardin at UC Davis, L 34-18 Nov. 16, 2013 Had three 100-yard receivers ....Greg Hardin (12-333), Blair Townsend (12-152) and Jameer Jackson (8-124) vs. Montana, W 40-34, Oct. 20, 2012 Had two 100-yard receivers...... Kenny Golladay (16-123) and Greg Hardin (8-118) at Northern Arizona, L 48-27, Nov. 2, 2013 Caught four or more TDs ...... 4, Kenny Golladay at Northern Arizona, L 48-27, Nov. 2, 2013 Caught three or more TDs ...... 4, Kenny Golladay at Northern Arizona, L 48-27, Nov. 2, 2013 Caught two or more TDs ...... 4, Kenny Golladay at Northern Arizona, L 48-27, Nov. 2, 2013 Caught a pass of 80 yards or more ...... 80, Greg Hardin (from Joe Mollberg) at Portland State, L 14-10, Oct. 26, 2013 Caught a pass of 70 yards or more ...... 80, Greg Hardin (from Joe Mollberg) at Portland State, L 14-10, Oct. 26, 2013 Caught a pass of 60 yards or more ...... 68, Dev Ferguson (from Joe Mollberg) vs. Stony Brook, W 13-3, Sept. 20, 2014 Caught a pass of 50 yards or more ...... 68, Dev Ferguson (from Joe Mollberg) vs. Stony Brook, W 13-3, Sept. 20, 2014

INDIVIDUAL RETURNS Returned a fumble for a touchdown ...... Ben Peters (0 yards) vs. Idaho State, W 28-25, Oct. 5, 2013 Returned an intercep on for a touchdown ...... Alex Tillman (92 yards) vs. Stony Brook, W 13-3, Sept. 20, 2014 Returned a kickoff for a touchdown ...... Greg Hardin (99 yards) at Idaho State, W 28-25, Oct. 5, 2013 Returned a punt for a touchdown ...... Kenny Golladay (64 yards) vs. Valparaiso, W 69-10, Aug. 29, 2013 Returned a blocked extra-point for two points ...... Cordero Finley vs. Black Hills State, W 53-19, Sept. 24, 2012 Returned a blocked punt for a touchdown...... Wes Atkinson vs. Mankato State, W 35-28, Sept. 25, 1999

TEAM TOTAL OFFENSE Had 600 or more yards of total off ense ...... 702 vs. Montana, W 40-34, Oct. 20, 2012 Had 500 or more yards of total off ense ...... 541 vs. Valparaiso, W 69-10, Aug. 29, 2013 Had 400 or more yards of total off ense ...... 428 at UC Davis, L 34-18, Nov. 16, 2013

TEAM MISCELLANEOUS Recorded a safety ...... vs. Sioux Falls, W 15-13, Nov. 5, 2011 Recorded a shutout ...... vs. SD Mines, W 66-0, Aug. 30, 2012 Scored a defensive touchdown ...... vs. Stony Brook, W 13-3, Sept. 20, 2014 Scored 60 or more points ...... 69, vs. Valparaiso, W 69-10, Aug. 29, 2013 Scored 50 or more points ...... 69, vs. Valparaiso, W 69-10, Aug. 29, 2013 Scored 40 or more points ...... 69, vs. Valparaiso, W 69-10, Aug. 29, 2013

NORTH DAKOTA at montana state • sept. 27, 2014 • 3:05 p.m. CT • bobcat stadium