1999 South Dakota State University Football
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Footba SDSU Who, What & Where of South Dakota State University Name of school: South Dakota State University Barrios office phone: (605) 688-4108 City/Zip: Brookings, SD 57007 Bohn office phone: (605) 688-6223 Founded: February 21, 1881 Etter office phone: (605) 688-6337 Enrollment: 8,635 (fall, 1998) Eidsness office phone: (605) 688-5531 Colors: Yellow and Blue Russow office phone: (605) 688-6525 Affiliation: NCAADivision II Conference: North Central Intercollegiate Athletic First year of football: 1889 Conference, more commonly known as Overall all-time record: 455-373-38 the North Central Conference or NCC. NCAA playoff appearances: 1 President: Dr. Peggy Gordon Elliott Last year in NCAA playoffs: 1979 Alma Mater, Yr.: Transylvania, 1959 Result: lost 50-7 to Youngstown Athletics Director: Dr. Fred Oien Overall Record Last Year: 6-5 Alma Mater, Yr. South Dakota State, 1972 Home Record: 4-2 Athletic Dept. Phone: (605) 688-5625 Away Record: 2-3 Ticket Office Phone: (605) 688-6510 Conference Record: 5-4 Final ranking (poll): not ranked Head Coach: John Stiegelmeier Alma Mater/Year: South Dakota State, 1979 Sports Information Dir: Ron Lenz Record at school (yrs): third season SID office telephone: (605) 688-4623 Career record: 10-11-0 SID home telephone: (605) 692-7787 Stiegelmeier office phone: (605) 688-5525 email: [email protected] Stiegelmeier home phone: (605) 693-3654 Best time to reach coach: 10 a.m.-noon Assistant SID: Jason Hove Assistant coaches: Phil Barrios (Dakota State, 1988) linebackers, Asst SID telephone: (605) 688-4822 special teams; Curt Bohn (Nebraska Wesleyan, 1990) defensive line; Eric Eidsness Asst. SID home phone: (605) 692-1679 (Sioux Fal Is, 1992), offensive coordinator-quarterbacks; Greg Etter (Mankato State, Fax: (605) 688-5999 1987) defensive coordinator, secondary; Craig Russow (SDSU, 1992) offensive SID mailing address: Sports Information Office line; Stanley J. Marshall HPER Center Graduate Assistants: Tim Belmore, Kyle Groos, Luke Meadows, South Dakota State University Mark Hanson. Brookings, SD 57007-1497 LETTERMEN LOST - 23 ****Sterne Akin, LB ****Michael Hunter, DB ****Tom O'Brien, P ***Adam Booth, DB ***Dan Wilkinson, LB ***Thad Amundson, CB ****Bryan Jaske, OL ****Craig Ploetz, OL ***Noel Bouche', QB **Rob Hillman, DB ****Zach Carter, DL ****Kelly Kobernusz, OL ****Vic Sosa, DB ***Brian Jost, RB *Matt Jensen, WR ****Brett Gorden, K ****Ryan Miller, DL ****Corey Wulf, LB ***Ryan Richardson, WR ****Steve Heiden, TE ****Lee Munger, DL ***Chris Beck, OL ***Geoff Wilber, LB LETTERMEN RETURNING - 30 ***Greg Niederauer, WR **Jason Melcher, DB *Brad Beck, OL *Dale Heiden, DB *Matt Peterson, DL · ***Brandon Peterson, DL **Chris Paul, FB *Tim Bottum, FB *Casey Hillman, DB *Josh Ranek, RB **Brock Beran, WR **Willi Pung, LB * Josh Buchholtz, WR * John Hodorff, LB **Matt Berry, OL **Chris Reiner, DB *Jamie Dietterle, TE *Mike Kool, DB **Brian Helmstetter, WR **Andy Rennerfeldt, QB *Nathan Foster, LB *Scott Munger, OL **Keith Knuppe, LB **Matt Rock, OL *Cody Franzen, LB *Scott Nedved, FB **Travis Lindekugel, DL *Matt Anderson, DL *Kyle Haroldson, LB *Mark Nelson, FB JACKRABBIT YEARBOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS '99 Schedule, '98 scores, '98 NCC standings .... Page 1 Player Profiles .......................................... Pages 12-30 1999 Opponents .............................................. Page 44 About South Dakota State University ............ Pages 2-3 Coughlin-Alumni Stadium ............................... Page 31 1999 NCC Composite Schedule ...................... Page 45 People Behind The Scenes ................. : .............. Page 4 1998 Statistics ......................................... Pages 32-33 Jackrabbit Lettermen ................................ Pages 46-49 Coach Stiegelmeier ........................................... Page 5 SDSU School Records ............................. Pages 34-36 Jackrabbit Captains .........................................page 50 Assistant Coaches ........................................ Pages 6-7 North Central Conference Records .................. Page 37 Jacks On The All-Conference Team ............... Pages 51 1999 Outlook ............................................... Pages 8-9 SDSU All-Americans ................................ Pages 38-42 SDSU Year-by-Year Won-Lost Records ... Pages 52-53 1999 Roster .............................................. · Pages 10-11 Jacks In The Pros ............................................ Page 43 SDSU Year-by-Year Scores ...................... Pages 54-56 The 1999 South Dakota State Universityfootba ll media guide was written, edited and published by the Jackrabbit SportsInformation Service and printedby the SOSU Printing Lab for distribution to media members covering SOSU and the North Central Conference. Seven hundred copies were printedat the cost of $5.21 per copy. Cover photos are by the SDSU Instructional Technology Center. Thank you for your interest in SDSU football. Inside Front Cover '99 Jackrabbit Football 1999 SDSU Schedule SEPTEMBER 2 Grand Valley State Allendale, Ml 7 p.m. EDT (Series: First Meeting ) 11 Wayne State Wayne, NE 12:30 p.m. (Series: First Meeting) 18 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE BROOKINGS BEEF BOWL -1 P.M. (Series: 55th game - SOSU won last year 31-28 in Brookings - SOSU leads series 38-14-2) 25 University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO Noon MT (Series: 28th game - UNC won 44-24 last year in Greeley - UNC leads series 15-12) OCTOBER 2 MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE BROOKINGS SHRINE GAME - 1 P.M. (Series: 7 4th game - SDSU won 41-13 in Vermillion - SOSU leads series 55-14-4) 9 Minnesota State, Mankato Mankato, MN 1 p.m. a won year (Series:S,h game - M nkato 21-7 last in Mankato - MSU leads the series f-11) 16 NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY BROOKINGS CEREAL BOWL - 1 P.M. (Series: 86th game - NOSU won last year 35-32 in Fargo - NDSU leads series 45-35-5) 23 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS HOBO DAY- 1 P.M. (Series: 79th Game - UNO won last year 20-6 at Brookings - UNO leads series 42-31-5) 30 University of Nebraska-Omaha Omaha, NE 1 p.m. (Series: 31st game - SDSU won last year 30-27 in 2 OT at Brookings - SOSU leads series 20-9-1) NOVEMBER 6 University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD 12:30 p.m. (Series: 101s t game - SOSU won last year 24-10 in Brookings - USO leads the series 49-44-7) 13 ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY ST. CLOUD, MN 1 P.M. (Series: 29th game - SOSU won last year 27-0 at St. Cloud - SOSU leads series 21-7) 1998 South Dakota State University · 1998 North Central Conference Football Scores - Won 6, Lost 5 Football Standings SDSU Opp Team (Overall Record) W-L 56 Wisconsin-Stout ..................................... 13 Northern Colorado (11-2) ............................... :8-1 13 Cal-Davis ................................................ 30 Nebraska-Omaha (9-3) ................................... 8-1 6 North Dakota .......................................... 20 North Dakota (8-3) .......................................... 7 -2 10 at Minnesota State ..................................24 North Dakota State (7 -4) ................................. 6-3 24 South Dakota .......................................... 1O South Dakota State (6-5) ................................5-4 27 St. Cloud State .........................................0 Minnesota State-Mankato (5-6) ...................... .4-5 30 Nebraska-Omaha ... : .................... (2 OD 27 St. Cloud State (3-8) ....................................... 3-6 32 at North Dakota State ............................. 35 Augustana (4-7) .............................................. 2-8 s 31 Augu tana ..............................................28 South Dakota (3-8) ......................................... 1-8 24 a Northern Colorad ............................. t o .44 Morningside (2-9) ............................................ 1_-8 41 Morningside at Vermillion ........................ 13 '99 Jackrabbit Football Page - 1 About South Dakota State University EARLY HISTORY South Dakota State University, the state's land grant institution, was authorized in 1881 by the Territorial Legislative Assembly. Territorial council member John O'Brien Scobey, failing to obtain the penitentiary for Brookings, managed to secure Dakota Agricultural College for his city. Although allocations fell short of the actual cost, the school was able open in the fall of 1884 because the president, George Lilley, was Willing to advance $500 (one third of his salary) to finish three rooms in the new Central building. "Old Central" was soon joined by South (1885) and North (1887), forming the nucleus of campus activities for a decade and a half. DEVELOPMENT During the first year of operation, only preparatory classes were held. College classes started in 1885 with 5 Sciences, Home Economics, Peggy Gordon Elliott became teachers and 1 7 freshman and 61 Engineering, Nursing, and Pharmacy SDSU's eighteenth president on Januar' preparatory students. Growth was slow and a Graduate Division. A seventh, 1, 1998. and erratic for many years, but by the General Registration, was added later. In turn of the century there were 242 1975 the Division of Education was SOUTH DAKOTA'S LARGEST students. By 1990 SDSU had an created, which became the College of With 8,635 students registered for enrollment of over 9,000 students. It has Education and Counseling in 1991. the Fall of 1998, enrollment at SDSU granted over 48,500 degrees since the Today, degrees are offered through continues to be the largest of all the college was chartered in 1881 . these eight colleges: state's institutions of higher