100 Years of Football: 1997 Yearbook
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1997 Yearbook $7ru! 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: 8,350 (fal I 1996) Menage office phone: (605) 688-5531 Colors: Yellow and Blue Russow office phone: (605) 688-6525 Affiliation: NCAA Division II Conference: North Central Intercollegiate Athletic First year of football: 1889 Conference, more commonly known as Overall all-time record: 446-362-39 the North Central Conference or NCC. NCAA playoff appearances: 1 President Dr. Robert T. Wagner Last year in NCAA playoffs: 1979 Alma Mater, Yr.: Augustana, SD, 1954 Result: lost 50-7 to Youngstown Athletics Director: Dr. Fred Oien Overall Record Last Year: 7-4 Alma Mater ,.Yr. South Dakota State, 1972 Home Record: 5-0 Athletic Dept. Phone: (605) 688-5625 Away Record: 2-4 Ticket Office Phone: (605) 688-6510 Conference Record: 6-3 (tied second) Final ranking (poll): not ranked Head Coach: John Stiegelmeier SportsInformation Dir: Ron Lenz Alma Mater/Year: South Dakota State, 1979 SID office telephone: (605) 688-4623 Record at school (yrs): first season SID home telephone: (605) 692-7787 Career record: 0-0-0 email: [email protected] Stiegelmeier office phone: (605) 688-5525 Assistant SID: Steve Randall Stiegelmeier home phone: (605) 693-3654 Asst SID telephone: (605) 688-4822 Best time to reach coach: 10 a.m."'noon Asst. SID home phone: (605) 692-4740 Assistant coaches: Phil Barrios (Dakota State, 1988) linebackers, email: [email protected] special teams; Curt Bohn (Nebraska Wesleyan, 1990}. defensive line; Greg Etter Fax: (605) 688-5999 (Mankato State, 1987) defensive coordinator, secondary; Jeff Menage (Southwest SID mailing address: Sports Information Office State, 1987) offensive coordinator, quarterbacks; Craig Russow (SDSU, 1992) offen Stanley J. Marshall HPER Center sive line; South Dakota State University Graduate Assistants: Eric Eidsness, Mike Fossum, Kevin Jones, Tim Brookings, SD 57007-1497 Steinbach Overnight address: 11th Street and 16th Avenue LETTERMEN LOST - 17 * Gif Anderson, DB **** Jay Bohlinger, OG **** Jeff Koller, DE **** Chad Peters, LB **** Brad Wendland, LB **** Jason Aune, DE * Walker Brown, DB **** Rusty Lenners, WR Tim Sylliaasen, WR ** Dan Bauman, WR ** Jason Harris, FS **** Joel Lensegrav, CB **** Kent Timmerman, OC **** Matt Beier, WR **** Cody King, TE *** Bill Perron, QB **** Brent Venenga, DE LETTERMEN RETURNING - 40 Brett Beran, WR ** Zach Carter, OT Ryan Miller, DL * Chris Beck, OL * Ryan Richardson, QB *** Troy Hart, OL Chip Frederickson, LB Lee Munger, DL * Adam Booth, DB * Morris Ruesink, OL *** Nate Millerbernd, WR Brett Gorden, K Tom O'Brien, P * Noel Bouche', QB * Tim Senjem, RB *** Brad Peterson, DL Steve Heiden, TE Craig Ploetz, OG * Matt Brechler, RB * Matt Sutton, DB Mike Struck, DB John Hofer, OC Luke Smith, DB * Darrick Dierkhising, DE * John Thielman, WR *** Lance Wipf, TE Mike Hunter, DB Vic Sosa, DB * Brian Jost, RB * Dan Wilkinson, LB *** Jeff Wolgamott, DE Bryan Jaske, OL Corey Wulf, LB * Greg Niederauer, WR * Geoff Wilber, LB ** Sterne Akin, LB ** Kelly Kobernusz, OL * Thad Amundson, DB * Brandon Peterson, DL * Lance Zell, DL JACKRABBIT YEARBOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS '97 Schedule, '96 scores, '96 NCC standings ....Page 1 Player Profiles .......................................... Pages 12-31 1997 Composite Schedule .............................. Page 45 About South Dakota State University ............Pages 2-3 1996 Statistics .........................................Pages 32-33 Jackrabbit Lettermen ................................Pages 46-49 People Behind The Scenes ................................Page 4 SDSU School Records .............................Pages 34-36 Jackrabbit Captains ......................................... page 50 Coach Stiegelmeier ............................. .'............. Page 5 Coughlin-Alumni Stadium ...............................Page 37 Jacks On The All-Conference Team .........Pages 51-52 Assistant Coaches ........................................Pages 6-7 SDSU All-Americans ................................Pages 38-42 SDSU Year-by-Year Won-Lost Records ...Pages 52-53 1997 Outlook ...............................................Pages 8-9 Jacks In The Pros ............................................Page 43 SDSU Year-by-Year Scores ......................Page s 54-56 1997 Roster ............................... , ..............Pages 10-11 1997 Opponents ..............................................Page 44 Jacks On WNAX ...............................lnside Back Cover The 1997 South Dakota State University football media guide was written, edited and published by the Jackrabbit Sports Information Service and printed by the SDSU Printing Lab for distribution to media members covering SOSU and the North Central Conference. Eight hundred copies were printed at the cost of $5. 21 per copy. Cover photos are by Jim Welch from the SDSU Instructional Technology Center. Some action shots are courtesy Eric Landwehr, Brookings Register. Thank you for your interest in SOSU football. Inside Front Cover '97 Jackrabbit Football 1997 SDSU Schedule SEPTEMBER 6 open date 13 University of California-Davis Davis, CA 7 p.m. (SERIES: First meeting) 20 University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 2 p.m. (SERIES: 77th game - SDSU won last year 28-23 at Brookings -UNO leads series 40-31-5 - Potato Bowl) 27 MANKATO STATE BROOKINGS 1 P.M. (SERIES: 28th game -SDSU won last year 31-27 at Brookings -MSU leads the series 16-11 - BEEF BOWL) OCTOBER 4 University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD 6 p.m. (SERIES: 99th game - SDSU won last year 28-17 at Brookings - USO leads the series 48-43-7 - Dakota Day) 11 ST. CLOUD STATE BROOKINGS 1 P.M. (SERIES: 27th game -SDSU won 17-13 at St. Cloud last year -SDSU leads the series 19-7 - HOBO DAY) 18 University of Nebraska-Omaha Omaha, NE 1 p.m. (SERIES: 29th game - UNO won last year 19-17 at Omaha - SDSU leads the seires 19-8-1) 25 NORTH DAKOTA STATE BROOKINGS 1 P.M. (SERIES: 84th game -NDSU won last year 31-7 at Fargo - NDSU leads the series 44-34-5 - CEREAL BOWL) NOVEMBER 1 Augustana Sioux Falls, SD 1 p.m. (SERIES: 53rd game - SDSU won 27-14 last year at Sioux Falls -SDSU leads the series 37-13-2) 8 NORTHERN COLORADO BROOKINGS 1 P.M. (SERIES: 26th game - UNC won 21-6 last year at Greeley -UNC leads the series 13-12) 15 MORNINGSIDE BROOKINGS 1 P.M. (SERIES: 72nd game -SDSU won 31-13 last year at Brookings - SDSU leads the series 53-14-4) 1996 South Dakota State University 1996 NORTH CENTRAL Football Scores - Won 7, Lost 4 CONFERENCE STANDINGS SDSU Opp Team (Overall) W-L 6 @Northwest Missouri......................................... 23 Nebraska-Omaha (10-2) ................................................ 8-1 56 SD Tech ........................................._.......... ..........._ 0 South Dakota State (7 -4) .............................................. 6-3 27 @Augustana ...................................................... 14 Northern Colorado (12-3) .............................................. 6-3 17 @St. Cloud State ............................................... 13 North Dakota (7-3) ........................................................ 6-3 28 North Dakota ..................................................... 23 North Dakota State (6-4) ... : ........................................... 5-4 28 South Dakota ........._...... ..................................... 17 South Dakota (6-5) ....................................................... .4-5 7 @North Dakota State......................................... 31 St. Cloud State (5-6) .................................................... .4-5 31 Morningside.................. ..................................... 13 Mankato State (5-6) ......................................................4-5 6 @Northern Colorado .......................................... 21 Augustana (3-8) ............................................................ 2-7 17 @Nebraska-Omaha ........................................... 19 Morningside (1-10) ........................................................ 0-9 31 Mankato State ................................................... 27 '97 Jackrabbit Football Page - 1 About South Dakota State University When a university has something very special to offer, people sense it. South Dakota State University is one of those universities. We don't pretend to be something we're not. Instead, we take great pride in what we are - a mid-sized university with some very big qualities. SDSU is a four-year, comprehensive university ranked by U.S. News & World Report in 1996 as the "most efficient" university in its category and a "best value" university. Founded in 1881 , SDSU is the state's only land-grant institution; serving the people of the state through academics, research and extension. As the state's largest university, SDSU offers the most academic programs in the state. The University offers 200 majors, minors and options from these colleges: Agriculture & Biological Sciences, Arts & Science, Education, Engineering, Family & and placement services. problems we solve reach far beyond Consumer Sciences, General SDSU is small when you look at its the borders of our state. Registration, Nursing, and Pharmacy. friendly, open campus and discussion The 1996-97 enrollment included SDSU is enormous when you look style classes. It's small when you see students from 44 states and 40 at the number of programs