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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: 8,162 (fall 1997) Menage officephone: (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: 449-368-38 the North Central Conference or NCC. NCAA playoff appearances: 1 President Dr. Peggy Gordon Elliott Last year in NCAA playoffs: 1979 Alma Mater: Transylvania Result: lost 50-7 to Youngstown Athletics Director: Dr. Fred Oien Overall Record Last Year: 4-6 Alma Mater.Yr. South Dakota State, 1972 Home Record: 3-2 Athletic Dept. Phone: (605) 688-5625 Away Record: 1-4 Ticket Office Phone: (605) 688-6510 Conference Record: 3-6 Final ranking (poll): not ranked Head Coach: John Stiegelmeier Alma Mater/Year: South Dakota State, 1979 SportsInformation Dir: Ron Lenz Record at school (yrs): second season SID office telephone: (605) 688-4623 Career record: 4-6-0 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: 1 O a.m . .:noon Assistant SID: Jasori Hove Assistant coaches: Phil Barrios (Dakota State, 1988) linebackers, Asst SID telephone: (605) 688-4822 special teams; Curt Bohn (Nebraska Wesleyan, 1990)·<Jefensiveline ; Greg Etter Asst. SID home phone: (605) 692-1679 (Mankato State, 1987) defensive coordinator, secondary; Jeff Menage (Southwest Fax: (605) 688-5999 State, 1987) offensivecoordinator, quarterbacks; Craig Russow (SDSU, 1992) offen SID mailing address: Sports Information Office sive line; Stanley J. Marshall HPER Center Graduate Assistants: Mike Fossum, Curt Sienkiewicz, Tim Belmore, South Dakota State University Mark Hein Brookings, SD 57007-1497 LETTERMEN LOST-14 Brett Beran, WR Mike Struck, DB *** Lance Wipf, TE * Matt Nehl, FB Troy Hart, OL Jeff Wolgamott, DE Matt Brechler, RB * Dan Pravaeck, DE Nate Millerbernd, WR Chip Frederickson, LB Morris Ruesink, TE **** Brad Peterson, DL John Hofer, OC Matt Sutton, DB LETTERMEN RETURNING -38 * Sterne Akin, LB Lee Munger, DL * Adam Booth, DB Lance Zell, DL * Jason Melcher, DB *** Zach Carter, OT Tom O'Brien, P ** Noel Bouche', QB * Brock Beran, WR * Chris Paul, FB . *** Brett Gorden, K Craig Ploetz, OG Brian Jost, RB * Matt Berry, OC * Willi Pung, LB Steve Heiden, TE Luke Smith, DB Greg Niederauer, WR * Dale Heiden, DB * Chris Reiner, LB *** Mike Hunter, DB Vic Sosa, DB ** Brandon Peterson, DL * Brian Helmstetter, WR * Andy Rennerfeldt, QB Bryan Jaske, OL Corey Wulf, LB ** Ryan Richardson, QB * Rob Hillman, DB * Matt Rock, OT *** Kelly Kobernusz, OL Thad Amundson, DB ** Dan Wilkinson, LB * Keith Knuppe, LB Ryan Miller, DL Chris Beck, OL ** Geoff WiI ber, LB * Travis Lindekubel, DL JACKRABBIT YEARBOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS '98 Schedule, '97 scores, '97 NCC standings .... Page 1 Player Profiles .......................................... Pages 12-31 Jackrabbit Lettermen ................................ Pages 46-49 About South Dakota State University ............ Pages 2-3 1997 Statistics ......................................... Pages 32-33 Jackrabbit Captains ......................................... page 50 People Behind The Scenes ................................. Page 4 SDSU School Records ............................. Pages 34-36 Jacks On The All-Conference Team ......... Pages 51-52 Coach Stiegelmeier ........................................... Page 5 Coughlin-Alumni Stadium ............................... Page 37 SDSU Year-by-Year Won-Lost Records ... Pages 52-53 Assistant Coaches ........................................Pages 6-7 SDSU All-Americans ................................Pages 38-42 SDSU Year-by-Year Scores ...................... Pages 54-56 1998 Outlook ............................................... Pages 8-9 Jacks In The Pros ............................................ Page 43 1998 Roster ..............................................Pages 10-11 1998 Opponents ........................................ Page 44-45 The 1998 South Dakota State University football media guide was written, edited and published by the Jackrabbit SportsInformation Service and printed by the SDSU Printing Lab for distribution to media members covering SDSU and the North Central Conference. Seven hundred copies were printed at the cost of $5.21 per copy. Cover photos are by Jim Welch fromthe SDSU Instructional Technology Center. Some action shots are courtesy Eric Landwehr, Brookings Register. Thank you for your interest in SOSU football. Inside Front Cover '98 Jackrabbit Football 1998 SDSU Schedule SEPTEMBER 5 WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITY-STOUT BROOKINGS 1 P.M. (Series: Second Meeting - SDSU won 27-13 in Brookings in 1984) 12 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS BROOKINGS SHRINE GAME -1 P.M. (Series: Second Meeting - SOSU won 17-7 in Davis, CA, in 1997) 19 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS BEEF BOWL - 2 P.M. (Series: 78th Game - UNO won last year 28-7 at Grand Forks - UNO leads series 41-31-5) 26 Mankato State University Mankato, MN 1 p.m. (Series: 29th game - Mankato won 21-7 last year in Brookings - MSU leads the series 17-11) OCTOBER 3 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS CEREAL BOWL -1 P.M. (Series: 100th game - USO won last year 21-3 in Vermillion and leads the series 49-43-7) 10 St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN Noon (Series: 28th game - SDSU won last year 20-16 at Brookings - SDSU leads series 20-7) 17 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-OMAHA BROOKINGS HOBO DAY- 1 P.M. (Series: 30th game - UNO won last year 31-21 in Omaha - SDSU leads series 19-9-1) 24 North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 7 p.m. (Series: 85th game - SDSU won last year 34-27 at Brookings - NDSU leads series 44-35-5) 31 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE BROOKINGS 1 P.M. (Series: 54th game - Augustana won last year 28-22 - SDSU leads series 37-14-2) NOVEMBER . , 7 University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO Noon MT (Series: 27th game - UNC won 17-7 last year in Brookings - UNC leads series 14-12) 14 Morningside College Sioux City, IA 1 p.m. (Series: 73rd game - SDSU won 35-20 last year - SDsU leads series 54-14-4) 1997 South Dakota State University 1997 North Central Conference Football Scores - Won 4, Lost 6 Football Standings SDSU Opp Team (Overall Record) W-L 17 @Cal-Davis ............................................ 7 Northern Colorado (13-2) ................................ 8-1 7 @North Dakota .................................... 28 North Dakota State (9-3) ............. ; ...................7 -2 7 Mankato State ..................................... 21 North Dakota (8-2) .......................................... 7-2 3 @South Dakota .................................... 21 Nebraska-Omaha (8-3) ................................... 6-3 20 St. Cloud State .................................... 1 6 St. Cloud State (6-5) .......................................5-4 21 @Nebraska-Omaha .............................. 31 South Dakota State (4-6) ................................3-6 34 North Dakota State .............................. 27 South Dakota (5-6) .........................................3-6 22 @Augustana ......................................... 28 Augustana (5-6) .... ...........· ...............................3-6 7 Northern Colorado ............................... 1 7 Mankato State (4-7) ........................................3-6 35 Morningside ......................................... 20 Morningside (0-11) ..........................................0-9 '98 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 Biological Sciences, Home Economics, SDSU's eighteenth president on January teachers and 17 freshman and 61 Engineering, Nursing, and Pharmacy 1, 1998 following the retirement of preparatory students. Growth was slow and a Graduate Division. A seventh, Robert T. Wagner. 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, 162 students registered for enrollment of over 9,000 students with Education and Counseling in 1991. the Fall of 1997, enrollment at SDSU nearly 8,100 at the Brookings campus. It Today, degrees are offered through continues to be the largest of all the has granted over 46,500 degrees since these eight colleges: state's institutions _of higher education. the college was chartered in 1881. Agricultural and Biological Sciences More than 200 majors, minors and