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BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL Bemidji State Athletic Media Relations • 1500 Birchmont Drive NE #29, Bemidji, MN 56601 • BSUBeavers.com Assistant Director (Primary Contact): Collin Boyles • email: [email protected] • 0: (218) 755-2763 GAME 1 / WINONA STATE 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS BEMIDJI STATE (0-0; 0-0 NSIC NORTH) 25/NR BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS (0-0 / 0-0 NSIC NORTH) Date Opponent Time/Result Head Coach: Brent Bolte (Cornell College, ‘98) Aug. 31 • at Winona State 6 p.m. Record at BSU: 9-3 (Second Season) • Career Record: 9-3 (Second Season) • Versus WSU: 0-0 Sept. 9 • Concordia-St. Paul ! 4 p.m. Sept. 16 • at Augustana 1 p.m. vs Sept. 23 • Southwest Minn. State @ 2 p.m. Sept. 30 • at Minnesota Crookston ^# 1 p.m. NR/NR WINONA STATE WARRIORS (0-0 / 0-0 NSIC SOUTH) Oct. 7 • U-Mary ^$ 1 p.m. Oct. 14 • at Minot State ^ 1 p.m. Head Coach: Tom Sawyer (Winona State, ‘83; Winona State, ‘89) Oct. 21 • at Northern State ^ 2:30 p.m. Record at WSU: 164-76 (22nd Season) • Career Record: 164-76 (22nd Season) • Versus Bemidji State: 11-3 Oct. 26 • Minnesota Duluth ^% 7:05 p.m. Nov. 4 • St. Cloud State ^* 1 p.m. Nov. 11 • at MSU Moorhead ^& 1 p.m. Aug. 31, 2017 • 6:00 p.m. • Winona, Minn. • Altra Federal Credit Union Stadium • NSIC Game ^ NSIC Division game Series History: Winona State leads, 44-30-1 • First met: 10/1/32 - Winona State, 12-0 ! Shrine Game @ Homecoming # Hubcap Rivalry Radio: WMIS 92.1 FM • beaverradionetwork.com • Brian Schulz, pxp $ Lions Vision Awareness Game % Make-A-Wish Game * Military Appreciation/Senior Day & Battle Axe Rivalry All times local RETURNING LEADERS WINONA STATE (0-0, 0-0 NSIC) Date Opponent Time/Result TALE OF THE TAPE - 2016 STATS RUSHING Aug. 31 • Bemidji State 6 p.m. Sept. 9 • at St. Cloud State 6 p.m. Sept. 16 • MSU Moorhead 1 p.m. Sept. 23 • at Minot State 2 p.m. TOTAL Sept. 30 • Upper Iowa ^ 1 p.m. Oct. 7 • at Sioux Falls ^ 6 p.m. OFFENSE Oct. 14 • at Concordia-St. Paul ^ 6 p.m. Oct. 21 • Wayne State ^ 2 p.m. Oct. 28 • at Minnesota State ^ 1 p.m. Nov. 4 • at Southwest Minn. State ^ 1 p.m. TAHI NOMANE Nov. 19 • Augustana ^ 7 p.m. 614 YDS / 141 ATT / 11 TD / 51.2 YPG • NSIC Game ^ NSIC Division game 6,299 YDS 4,864 YDS All times local Passing Rushing Passing Rushing PASSING TEAM INFORMATION 3,524 yds 2,775 yds 3,095 yds 1,769 yds 2016 Record: 9-3 NSIC Record/Division: 8-3 / 5-2 (3rd / 2nd North) Starters Returning: 15 (6 O / 8 D / 1 ST) Starters Lost: 8 (5 O / 3 D / 0 ST) 45.6 PPG SCORING OFFENSE 37.1 PPG Letterwinners Returning: 46 (20 O / 24 D / 2 ST) Letterwinners Lost: 19 (12 O / 7 D / 0 ST) 24.4 PPG SCORING DEFENSE 17.6 PPG PROGRAM HISTORY JORDAN HEIN First Year of Football: 1926 26:34 TIME OF POSSESSION 31:18 3,007 YDS / 31 TD / 171-300-15 57% All-Time Record: 351-428-24 (.452) NSIC Titles: 5 (1947-50-57-59-2006) 46% (72/156) 3RD DOWN CONVERSION (60/148) 41% NSIC Division Title 2 (2012, 2014) RECEIVING Years in Post-Season Play: 1 (2006) Mineral Water Bowl: 2016 / W, 36-23 (Washburn) 54% (13/24) 4TH DOWN CONVERSION (10/17) 59% 2006 / L, 35-27 (Pittsburg St.) 87% (47/54) RED ZONE EFFICIENCY (41/52) 79% COACHING STAFF Head Coach Brent Bolte 69 YPG (91/830) PENALTY YARDAGE (72/682) 62 YPG Alma Mater Cornell College ‘98 Office Phone: (218) 755-2768 BLAKE HOLDER e-mail [email protected] Record at BSU: 9-3 (Second season) 785 YDS / 32 REC / 8 TD / 24.5 YPR Career Record: 9-3 (Second season) Record versus the NSIC: 8-3 TOTAL DEFENSE Assistants: DEFENSE Rich Jahner Assoc. HC/S Craig Bagnell OC/QB Rob Aurich DC/LB Damon Benham DB Matt Cain DL Jordan Noskowiak WR Matt Phipps RB 4,728 YDS 3,500 YDS Ryan Olson OL Dr. Ken Traxler TE Passing Rushing Passing Rushing TRYSTEN ROSS 2,881 yds 1,847 yds 2,010 yds 1,490 yds 97 TACKLES / 10.0 TFL / 2.5 SACKS / 1 FF 2016 MINERAL WATER BOWL CHAMPIONS 2 0 17 BEAVER FOOTBALL 1 GAME 1 / WINONA STATE #GrindTheAxe GAME 1 / WINONA STATE #GrindTheAxe BSU WHEN... THINGS TO KNOW... AFCA TOP 25 POLL BSU-WSU THINGS TO KNOW... ACTIVE ALL-CONFERENCE Aug. 14, 2017 || Preseason Rankings MEMBERS... 2016 Since ‘99 BY THE NUMBERS ... • The Beavers enter the 2017 ranked 3rd in the overall NSIC Preseason Coaches’ Poll Overall... 9-3 124-75 THE GAME Rk School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. BSU WSU 2016 First Team and 2nd in the North Division for the second consecutive season. ...at home 5-1 65-29 Bemidji State University and Winona State University kick off the 2017 Northern 1 Northwest Missouri St. (34) 15-0 850 1 Record... 9-3 8-3 No. Name Position • ...away 3-2 53-44 Sun Intercollegiate Conference football schedule at 6 p.m. Thursday, August 31 2 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 12-1 765 4 Points/Game 45.6 37.1 Senior right tackle Brandon Schindler was named to the Tyrant Scouting Division II 59 Alex Burgess DE ...neutral site 1-0 7-4 at Warrior Stadium in Winona, Minn. The Beavers enter the season with high ex- 3 Ferris St. (Mich.) 12-3 716 5 Opp. Points/Game 24.4 17.6 Preseason All-American Team prior to this season after earning his first All-NSIC First 39 Jamison Evans LB ...in overtime 1-0 6-2 pectations after winning their first postseason title in the 2016 Mineral Water Bowl. 4 Emporia St. (Kan.) 11-2 652 10 Team honor in 2016. 36 Gunner Olszewski DB 5 Texas A&M-Commerce 10-2 634 9 Rushing Attempts 512 407 • Senior quarterback Jordan Hein was selected as the NSIC North Division Offensive Player 45 Trysten Ross LB 6 North Alabama 11-2 622 2 Yards Rushing/Game 231.2 160.8 of the Year for the second consecutive season, this year sharing the honor with MSU Moor- 75 Brandon Schindler OL 7 Shepherd (W.Va.) 13-1 574 3 BSU scores 1st 6-1 89-20 THE SERIES Opp. Rushing Attempts 501 415 head wide receiver Damon Gibson. Opp scores 1st 3-2 35-53 Winona State leads the all-time series against Bemidji State, 44-30-1, including 8 California (Pa.) 11-1 568 7 Opp. Yards Rush/Game 153.9 135.5 2016 Second Team 9 Indiana (Pa.) 10-2 500 12 • Corner back Gunner Olszewski also earned the NSIC North Division Defensive Player No. Name Position the most recent meeting Sept. 19, a 20-17 victory for the Warriors. The Beavers Leading after 1st 6-2 80-11 10 Minnesota-Duluth 10-2 431 14 Passes Attempted 375 379 of the Year honor, the first NSIC POTY award for the Alvin, Texas native. 7 Jordan Hein QB Trailing after 1st 2-1 20-47 had won three of the five meetings prior to that, including a Thursday night sea- 11 Valdosta St. (Ga.) 8-3 390 18 Passes Completed 207 225 • The duo of Hein and Olszewski combine for the first sweep of the NSIC Preseason 17 Blake Holder WR Tied after 1st 1-0 24-15 son-opening road victory, 34-27 in overtime, Sept. 5, 2013 against the Warriors. 12 Colorado St.-Pueblo 8-3 349 NR Yards Pass/Game 293.7 281.4 Player of the Year awards in program history. 63 Jake Krause OL Head Coach Brent Bolte, in his second season as BSU’s head coach, is 9-3 13 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 9-3 302 25 Opp. Passes Attempted 463 366 • The Beavers enter the season ranked among the AFCA Top 25 Poll for the first time 93 Jake Wirsching DL Leading at half 8-2 103-10 since taking the reins of the program. He helped guide Bemidji State to a 45-17 14 LIU-Post (N.Y.) 12-1 288 11 Opp. Passes Completed 254 187 since 2007, coming in at No. 25 in this season’s preseason coaches’ poll compared to No. 15 Harding (Ark.) 13-1 281 6 2015 First Team Trailing at half 1-1 15-53 Opp. Yards Pass/Game 240.1 182.7 20 to begin the 2007 season. Tied at half 0-0 7-10 road upset over previously No. 6 ranked Minnesota State University Mankato, the 16 Colorado School of Mines 10-3 254 15 No. Name Position • BSU jumped back into AFCA Top 25 Poll relevancy last season after being ranked for program’s first national ranking since 2011 and BSU’s first post-season victory. 17 Sioux Falls (S.D.) 12-1 235 8 Total Plays 887 786 7 Jordan Hein QB Leading after 3rd 8-0 106-11 18 Southwest Baptist (Mo.) 10-2 227 22 Total Offense 6,299 4,864 the first time since Oct. 17, 2011. Bemidji State climbed as high as No. 21, one spot away 36 Gunner Olszewski * DB Trailing after 3rd 1-2 11-60 19 North Carolina-Pembroke 10-2 220 13 Avg. Yards/Game 524.9 442.2 from its highest ever ranking in program history. * - Defensive Newcomer of the Year Tied after 3rd 0-1 8-2 THE TEAMS 20 Minnesota St. 8-3 201 NR Avg.