North Dakota State BISON FootbalL Missouri Valley Football Conference Champions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 NCAA Division I FCS National Champions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 2016 Schedule Bison Face Nation’s Top Passing Attack Saturday When 1-0 overall, 0-0 MVFC Date Opponent Time Eastern Washington Visits Fargo for Trees Bowl Aug. 27 #7/6 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W, 24-17 (ot) Sept. 10 #8/8 EASTERN WASHINGTON 2:30 p.m. THIS WEEK: North Dakota State faces the top- Sept. 17 at Iowa 11 a.m. rated passing attack in the FCS this week when the Oct. 1 *ILLINOIS STATE (Homecoming) 1 p.m. Bison (1-0) host Eastern Washington (1-0). Game time Oct. 8 *at Missouri State 2 p.m. is 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at Gate City Bank Field NORTH DAKOTA STATE EASTERN WASHINGTON Oct. 15 *SOUTH DAKOTA ST. (Dakota Marker) 2:30 p.m. at the Fargodome (18,700). The Eagles passed for 496 Oct. 22 *at Western Illinois 6 p.m. yards in a 45-42 win over Washington State last week. BISON EAGLES Oct. 29 *at Northern Iowa 6 p.m. (1-0, 0-0 MVFC) (1-0, 0-0 Big Sky) Nov. 5 *YOUNGSTOWN STATE (Harvest Bowl) 2:30 p.m. TELEVISION: NBC North Dakota and ESPN3 Rank: 1/1 (STATS/Coaches) Rank: 8/8 (STATS/Coaches) Nov. 12 *INDIANA STATE 2:30 p.m. coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. with Brian Shawn calling Last Game: Aug. 27 def. Last Game: Sept. 3 def. Charleston So. 24-17 (ot) Washington St. 45-42 Nov. 19 *at South Dakota 2 p.m. the play-by-play, Lee Timmerman color analyst, and Streak: Won 10 Streak: Won 1 *MVFC games Rankings are STATS/FCS Coaches Beth Hoole reporting from the sidelines. At Home: 1-0 (Won 6) On Road: 1-0 (Won 1) Coach: Chris Klieman Coach: Beau Baldwin Quick Facts Record: 29-3 (3rd) Record: 74-30 (9th) Location: Fargo, ND 58102 (pop. 105,925) RADIO: Coverage begins at 2 p.m. on KPFX-FM Founded: 1890 107.9 The Fox and the Peterson Farms Seed Bison Enrollment: 14,516 (fall 2015) Radio Network with Jeff Culhane calling the play-by-play, NDSU and Buffalo Bills Hall of Famer Nickname: Bison Phil Hansen as color analyst, and NDSU’s Jeremy Jorgenson reporting from the sideline. Colors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343) Extended coverage on 107.9 The Fox includes “Bison Game Day” from 12 to 2 p.m. and “Bison Home Field: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700) Hotline” for 2 hours following the network broadcast with hosts Keith Brake, Chris Hanson Surface: AstroTurf GameDay Grass and former NDSU safety Christian Dudzik. Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS Conference: Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) ONLINE: NDSU All Access live video streaming for home games is by subscription on Last Year’s Record: 13-2 overall, 7-1 MVFC (1st, tie) GoBison.com/allaccess. Audio streaming of the Bison Radio Network broadcast for every NDSU Lettermen Returning/Lost: 48/15 football game is available free of charge. Live stats for NDSU home games are available on Starters Returning: 14 (6 offense, 8 defense) BisonStats.com. Follow @NDSUfootball on Twitter for game updates. Basic Offense: Pro Style Basic Defense: 4-3 President: Dr. Dean L. Bresciani (Humboldt State, 1984) TICKETS: Tickets for North Dakota State’s home football games in 2016 are sold out. Director of Athletics: Matt Larsen (Stony Brook, 1996) Additional tickets that become available will go on sale at 8 a.m. Friday before each game on Athletic Department Phone: (701) 231-8981 GoBison.com/tickets and at the Bison Ticket Office in the east lobby of the Fargodome. Ticket Office Phone: (888) 231-6378 THE SERIES: This is the second meeting between North Dakota State and Eastern Football Staff Washington. NDSU lost 38-31 in overtime at Eastern Washington in the 2010 NCAA quarter- Head Coach: Chris Klieman (Northern Iowa, 1990) finals. The Eagles went on to beat Villanova in the semifinals and Delaware in the champion- Record at NDSU: 29-3 (3rd season) Career: 32-10 (3rd) ship. NDSU trailed 14-0 early in the first quarter but came back to tie it at 17 when Mike Sigers Assistant Coaches/Staff: returned the second half kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown. EWU answered with an 88-yard kick Matt Entz (Wartburg, 1995) ........................ Defensive Coordinator/LBs return TD by Jesse Hoffman, and NDSU tied it again on a 5-yard interception return by Marcus *Tim Polasek (Concordia Wisconsin, 2002) ...Offensive Coordinator/RBs Williams. NDSU took its first lead late in the fourth on a 21-yard pass from Brock Jensen to DJ Atif Austin (Iowa State, 2003) ............. Special Teams Coordinator/WRs McNorton. EWU forced overtime with a 13-play, 90-yard scoring drive in the final 2 1/2 minutes Jamar Cain (New Mexico State, 2002) ...........................Defensive Ends *Nick Goeser (Wis.-Eau Claire, 2003) ...........DTs/Recruiting Coordinator then scored on the first play of OT on a 25-yard pass from Bo Levi Mitchell to Tyler Hart. *Randy Hedberg (Minot State, 1977) ...............................Quarterbacks *Joe Klanderman (Minn. St. Mankato, 2001) ...............Defensive Backs TREES BOWL: This is the 26th annual Trees Bowl game sponsored by the North Dakota Conor Riley (Omaha, 2003) .............................................Offensive Line Forest Service. NDSU is 22-3 in the game and has won seven straight including last year’s 41-14 Tyler Roehl (NDSU, 2009) ..................................... Tight Ends/Fullbacks win over Weber State. Western Illinois was the last team to beat NDSU in the Trees Bowl with a Bryan Shepherd (NDSU, 2015) ............................... Defensive Assistant 27-22 win in 2008. The event began in 1990 and has missed only the 2001 season due to the *Kody Morgan (Wis.-Stevens Point, 2012) .....Offensive Quality Control cancellation of the Maine game after 9/11. Jake Otten (Cal Poly, 2013) ........................................Video Coordinator Hank Jacobs (NDSU, 2014) ............................Dir. of Football Recruiting Jim Kramer (Wis.-La Crosse, 1989) ............ Dir. of Athletic Performance BISON STOP CHARLESTON SOUTHERN IN #FCSKICKOFF: King Frazier ran for a 25-yard Brian Gordon (South Florida, 2002) ........ Dir. of FB Ops./Equip. Services touchdown on the first play of overtime and Jaylaan Wimbush broke up a fourth-and-9 pass in *press box on game day the end zone to seal North Dakota State’s 24-17 win over sixth-ranked Charleston Southern in the third annual FCS Kickoff game on ESPN two weeks ago. NDSU took its first lead 17-10 early Athletic Communications in the fourth quarter when Easton Stick hit RJ Urzendowski on a 47-yard touchdown pass. Contact: Ryan Perreault CSU missed a 51-yard game-winning field goal attempt at the end of regulation. Office: (701) 231-8331 Mobile: (701) 793-0521 Email: [email protected] Website: GoBison.com FIRST OVERTIME GAME IN FARGO: North Dakota State’s 24-17 victory over Charleston Southern was the first overtime game played at the Fargodome and the first since the 2010 quarterfinal loss at Eastern Washington. NDSU snapped a four-game losing streak in OT dating /ndbison /ndsufootball /ndsuathletics back to 1997 and improved to 3-5 overall in overtime games. BISON FOOTBALL 2016 vs. EASTERN WASHINGTON PAGE 2 TEAM COMPARISONS NORTH DAKOTA STATE (1-0, 0-0 MVFC) EASTERN WASHINGTON (1-0, 0-0 Big Sky) NCAA RANKINGS TEAM STATS BISON OPP TEAM STATS EAGLES OPP NDSU EWU Points/Game 24.0 17.0 Points/Game 45.0 42.0 Scoring Offense 40th 13th First Downs 21 11 First Downs 28 32 Rushing Offense 24th 56th Rushing/Game 230.0 169.0 Rushing/Game 110.0 97.0 Passing Offense 45th 1st Passing/Game 194.0 94.0 Passing/Game 496.0 418.0 Total Offense 32nd 4th Total Offense/Game 424.0 263.0 Total Offense/Game 606.0 515.0 Passing Eff. 35th 3rd Had Intercepted 1 1 Had Intercepted 1 1 Scoring Defense 27th 72nd VALLEY FOOTBALL STANDINGS Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Rushing Defense 55th 31st VALLEY OVERALL Penalties-Avg. Yards 6-70.0 6-45.0 Penalties-Avg. Yards 12-118.0 12-101.0 Pass Defense 8th 99th W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Net Punt Avg. 33.2 40.8 Net Punt Avg. 50.7 39.8 Total Defense 21st 80th Time of Possession/Game 32:58 27:02 Time of Possession/Game 27:43 32:09 Pass Eff. Defense 4th 79th Missouri State 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 3rd Down Conversions 6/15 2/12 3rd Down Conversions 6/11 7/12 Net Punting 63rd 2nd Illinois State 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 4th Down Conversions 0/1 1/2 4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0 Punt Returns 16th 58th Youngstown State 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Kickoff Returns 43rd 93rd Indiana State 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 TOP RETURNERS TOP RETURNERS Turnover Margin 63rd 42nd Western Illinois 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG Fewest Penalty YPG 65th 99th Northern Iowa 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 King Frazier 11 79 7.2 1 79.0 Gage Gubrud 14 77 5.5 1 77.0 Time of Poss. 27th 75th North Dakota State 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Lance Dunn 12 50 4.2 0 50.0 PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG 3rd Down Conv. 43rd 15th South Dakota State 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 PASSING C-A-I Pct.