North Dakota State BISON FootbalL Missouri Valley Football Conference Champions 2011, 2012, 2013 NCAA Division I FCS National Champions 2011, 2012, 2013 2014 SCHEDULE Valley Football Title Up For Grabs Saturday When (10-1 overall, 6-1 MVFC) Date Opponent Time Bison Host Youngstown State in Harvest Bowl Aug. 30 at Iowa State W, 34-14 Sept. 6 at Weber State W, 24-7 THIS WEEK: North Dakota State (10-1, 6-1 MVFC) Sept. 13 INCARNATE WORD W, 58-0 looks to win at least a share of the Missouri Valley Sept. 20 #4/3 MONTANA W, 22-10 Football Conference championship for the fourth Oct. 4 *at Western Illinois W, 17-10 straight season when the Bison host Youngstown NORTH DAKOTA STATE YOUNGSTOWN STATE Oct. 11 *#12/13 SOUTHERN ILL. (Homecoming) W, 38-10 State (7-4, 4-3 MVFC) in the annual Harvest Bowl game Oct. 18 *#22/23 INDIANA STATE W, 34-17 at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, at Gate City Bank Field BISON PENGUINS Oct. 25 *at South Dakota W, 47-7 at the Fargodome (18,700). NDSU clinched last year’s (10-1, 6-1 MVFC) (7-4, 4-3 MVFC) Nov. 1 *#18/19 S. DAKOTA ST. (Dakota Marker) W, 37-17 title at Youngstown State. Rank: 4/4 (TSN/Coaches) Rank: 15/16 (TSN/Coaches) Nov. 8 *at #19/20 Northern Iowa L, 3-23 Last Game: Nov. 15 Last Game: Nov. 15 def. Missouri St. 45-10 lost to Indiana St. 27-24 Nov. 15 *at Missouri State W, 45-10 TELEVISION: NBC North Dakota, ESPN3 and Nov. 22 *YOUNGSTOWN ST. (Harvest Bowl) 2:30 p.m. Streak: Won 1 Streak: Lost 2 *MVFC games ESPN GamePlan will have live coverage with Brian At Home: 5-0 (Won 19) On Road: 2-2 (Lost 1) Rankings are Sports Network/FCS Coaches Shawn calling the play-by-play, Lee Timmerman Coach: Chris Klieman Coach: Eric Wolford and Kevin Feeney providing analysis, and Beth Record: 10-1 (1st) Record: 31-25 (5th) QUICK Facts Hoole reporting from the sidelines. Live video will be Location: Fargo, ND 58102 (pop. 105,549) available by subscription at GoBison.com/allaccess. Founded: 1890 Enrollment: 14,747 (fall 2014) RADIO: KFGO-AM 790 and KRWK-FM 101.9 of Fargo along with the Peterson Farms Nickname: Bison Seed Bison Radio Network will have live coverage beginning at 2 p.m. KFGO’s Scott Miller Colors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343) will describe the play-by-play with NDSU and Buffalo Bills Hall of Famer Phil Hansen as color Home Field: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700) analyst and NDSU’s Jeremy Jorgenson reporting from the sidelines. A live audio stream will be Surface: AstroTurf GameDay Grass available free of charge on GoBison.com/allaccess. Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS Conference: Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) THE SERIES: This is the ninth meeting between North Dakota State and Youngstown State Last Year’s Record: 15-0 overall, 8-0 MVFC (1st) and the seventh as Valley Football opponents. The series is tied 4-4 overall, 3-3 in conference Lettermen Returning/Lost: 38/25 play and 2-2 at home and on the road. The first six meetings were all decided by single digits, Starters Returning: 10 (4 offense, 6 defense) but NDSU has won the last two meetings by 41 and 18 points. Basic Offense: Pro Style Basic Defense: 4-3 Series History President: Dr. Dean L. Bresciani 1972 in Fargo - NDSU 16, Youngstown State 10 Director of Athletics: Matt Larsen 1973 in Youngstown - Youngstown State 12, NDSU 10 Athletic Department Phone: (701) 231-8981 2008 in Youngstown - Youngstown State 32, NDSU 24 Ticket Office Phone: (888) 231-6378 2009 in Fargo - Youngstown State 39, NDSU 35 2010 in Youngstown - NDSU 34, Youngstown State 29 Football Staff 2011 in Fargo - Youngstown State 27, NDSU 24 Head Coach: Chris Klieman (Northern Iowa, 1992) 2012 in Fargo - NDSU 48, Youngstown State 7 Record at NDSU: 10-1 (1st season) 2013 in Youngstown - NDSU 35, Youngstown State 17 Career Record: 13-8 (2nd season) Assistant Coaches/Staff: LAST YEAR IN YOUNGSTOWN: North Dakota State clinched the Missouri Valley Football Matt Entz (Wartburg, 1995) .................................Defensive Coord./LBs Conference title with a 35-17 win at 15th-ranked Youngstown State last season. Brock Jensen *Tim Polasek (Concordia Wisconsin, 2002) ...........Offensive Coord./RBs was 17 of 22 passing for 200 yards and four touchdowns, Sam Ojuri ran for 146 yards on 17 Atif Austin (Iowa State, 2003) ......................Special Teams Coord./WRs carries, and John Crockett had 120 yards on 15 carries as the Bison averaged 6.7 yards per *Jamar Cain (New Mexico State, 2002) .........................Defensive Ends rush. Kevin Vaadeland caught two TDs, Andrew Bonnet had a TD catch, and Zach Vraa led Nick Goeser (UW-Eau Claire, 2003) ......................DTs/Recruiting Coord. *Randy Hedberg (Minot State, 1977) ...............................Quarterbacks all receivers with seven catches for 101 yards. Jordan Champion made eight tackles starting *Joe Klanderman (Minn. State Mankato, 2001) ...........Defensive Backs in place of Marcus Williams, and Carlton Littlejohn had seven stops. YSU’s Martin Ruiz rushed Conor Riley (Omaha, 2003) .............................................Offensive Line 17 times for 74 yards and the Penguins used three quarterbacks with second-stringer Dante Tyler Roehl (NDSU, 2009) ..................................... Tight Ends/Fullbacks Nania completing five passes for 67 yards. Joey Blackmore (NDSU, 2014) ................................ Defensive Assistant *Hank Jacobs (NDSU, 2014) ...........................Offensive Quality Control Jake Otten (Cal Poly, 2013) ........................................Video Coordinator TITLE CHASE: North Dakota State is looking to become just the second school in Valley Jim Kramer (Wis.-La Crosse, 1989) ............ Dir. of Athletic Performance Football history to win four straight league championships behind Northern Iowa’s run of seven Brian Gordon (South Florida, 2002) ........ Dir. of FB Ops./Equip. Services straight titles from 1990 to 1996. NDSU is 6-1 and tied atop the standings with Illinois State, *press box on game day which went 6-0 to win its only league title in 1999. — If NDSU and Illinois State finish 7-1, the teams would be co-champions and NDSU MEDIA Relations would be the automatic qualifier based on its No. 1 ranking in the Gridiron Power Index. Contact: Ryan Perreault — If NDSU, Illinois State and Northern Iowa all lose, the two-way tie between ISU and Office: (701) 231-8331 Mobile: (701) 793-0521 NDSU would be broken by comparing each team’s record against the next highest team in the Email: [email protected] Website: GoBison.com standings. ISU would get the AQ in that scenario, based on its win against Youngstown State. — If NDSU and Illinois State lose, and Northern Iowa wins, the three-way tiebreaker edge /ndbison /ndsuathletics /ndsuathletics would go to UNI (UNI would get the AQ since the Panthers beat both of the other tied teams.) BISON FOOTBALL 2014 PAGE 2 TEAM COMPARISONS NORTH DAKOTA STATE (10-1, 6-1 MVFC) YOUNGSTOWN STATE (7-4, 4-3 MVFC) NCAA RANKINGS TEAM STATS BISON OPP TEAM STATS PENGUINS OPP NDSU YSU Points/Game 32.6 11.4 Points/Game 28.5 22.2 Scoring Offense 35th 52nd First Downs 232 149 First Downs 235 214 Rushing Offense 18th 24th Rushing/Game 224.5 111.2 Rushing/Game 213.3 139.5 Passing Offense 74th 54th Passing/Game 200.2 147.9 Passing/Game 220.1 228.9 Total Offense 33rd 29th Total Offense/Game 424.6 259.1 Total Offense/Game 433.4 368.4 Passing Eff. 13th 10th Had Intercepted 8 12 Had Intercepted 5 8 Scoring Defense 2nd 31st Valley Football StanDINGS Fumbles-Lost 9-4 21-8 Fumbles-Lost 18-10 18-4 Rushing Defense 14th 30th VALLEY OVERALL Penalties-Avg. Yards 70-50.2 49-37.0 Penalties-Avg. Yards 57-44.2 66-55.0 Pass Defense 5th 77th Net Punt Avg. 38.2 38.3 Net Punt Avg. 33.1 35.3 Total Defense 3rd 51st W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Time of Possession/Game 34:24 25:36 Time of Possession/Game 30:32 29:28 Pass Eff. Defense 2nd 83rd North Dakota State 6-1 .857 10-1 .909 3rd Down Conversions 48% 26% 3rd Down Conversions 41% 37% Net Punting 12th 91st Illinois State 6-1 .857 9-1 .900 4th Down Conversions 4/7 10/25 4th Down Conversions 7/12 10/15 Punt Returns 30th 40th Northern Iowa 5-2 .714 7-4 .636 Kickoff Returns 77th 106th South Dakota State 4-3 .571 7-4 .636 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Turnover Margin 16th 75th Youngstown State 4-3 .571 7-4 .636 RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG Penalty Yards/Gm 38th 13th Indiana State 4-3 .571 7-4 .636 John Crockett 243 1257 5.2 14 114.3 Martin Ruiz 247 1287 5.2 10 117.0 Time of Poss. 1st 53rd Southern Illinois 3-4 .429 6-5 .545 King Frazier 90 481 5.3 2 43.7 Jody Webb 99 707 7.1 9 64.3 3rd Down Conv. 10th 50th Western Illinois 2-5 .286 4-7 .364 PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG 3rd Down Defense 5th 50th Carson Wentz 163-256-8 63.7 17 196.5 Hunter Wells 106-176-4 60.2 12 181.9 4th Down Conv. 36th 33rd Missouri State 1-6 .143 4-7 .364 RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPG RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPG 4th Down Defense 21st 112th South Dakota 0-7 .000 2-9 .182 Zach Vraa 36 546 15.2 3 49.6 Andrew Williams 47 907 19.3 5 90.7 RJ Urzendowski 20 355 17.8 2 32.3 Jelani Berassa 31 554 17.9 6 50.4 DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int.