SID: Nick Kornder Office: (605) 626-7748 Cell: (605) 380-9537 Northern Football Email: [email protected] Web: www.northern.edu/athletics Weekly Wolves Notes - Tuesday, August 30 2005 Current NSIC Standings Game 2 - Augustana (0-1, 0-0) @ Northern State (1-0, 0-0) NSIC Overall Date: Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005 Kickoff: 7:00 p.m. (CDT) W L Pct. W L Pct. Site: Aberdeen, S.D. Series: 20-5-1 Augie Northern State 0 0 .000 1 0 1.00 Stadium: Clark Swisher Field Capacity: 6,000 Surface: Turf SW Minnesota State 0 0 .000 1 0 1.00 Northern State Radio: KSDN-Radio 930 AM Concordia-St. Paul 0 0 .000 1 0 1.00 Bemidji State 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 (Gene Reich-Play-by-Play, Mike Levsen -Color) MSU Moorhead 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Internet: Live Radio on www.northern.edu/athletics Minnesota, Crookston 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Live Stats at: www.northern.edu/athletics/Depthome/fb/live/xlive.htm Wayne State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Winona State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 As of 8/29/05 A Tougher Task Ahead NSIC/NCC GAMES TODAY Northern State will take on in state rival Augustana for the 27th time Saturday, Sept 3 in two school's history. Augie holds a series edge of 20-5-1 and have NSIC Games won six of the last seven meetings, including a 36-16 decision last sea- Emporia State at WINONA STATE 1 p.m. son in Sioux Falls. Nebraska-Kearney at WAYNE STATE 1 p.m. Peru State at SW MINNESOTA STATE 1:30 p.m. Last week Northern State pounded Mayville State 60-13 to start off 1-0, St. Cloud State at MINN-CROOKSTON 1:30 p.m. while Augustana lost at Concordia St. Paul 30-33. BEMIDJI STATE at Minot State 1:30 p.m. MSU MOORHEAD at Concordia-Moor 1:30 p.m. Story lines CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL at Minnesota Duluth 6 p.m. • This year marks the 101st year of football at NSU Augustana at NORTHERN STATE 7 p.m. • Both programs are under 1st year head coaches NCC Games • NSU's Boden is looking for his second collegiate win Thursday, September 1 • Augie's Salem is looing for his first collegiate win Oklahoma Panhandle St at Minnesota State 6:30 p.m. • NSU is 5-20-1 vs Augie all-time Saturday, September 3 • NSU went 6-5 last season 1-3 in non-conference last year West Chester at North Dakota 1 p.m. • NSU was 1-1 in home non-conference games last year Truman State at South Dakota 2 p.m. NW Missouri State at Nebraska-Omaha 6 p.m. NSIC/NCC GAMES LAST WEEK 2005 NORTHERN STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Thursday, August 25 Last Years South Dakota 77 @ Minnesota, Crookston 0 DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/Result Series Results NW Missouri St. 24 @ Minnesota State 21 (OT) Aug. 27 Mayville State (ND) Aberdeen, SD 60-13 Win 4-0-1 NSU DNP Sept. 3 Augustana (S.D) Aberdeen, SD 7:00 p.m. 20-5-1 Augie 16-36 L Saturday, August 27 Sept. 10 Nebraska-Kearney Kearney, NE 3:00 p.m. 16-7-1 UNK 20-10 W Mayville State 13 @ Northern State 60 Sept. 17 St. Cloud State St. Cloud , MN 6:00 p.m. 7-1-1 SCSU 7-42 L Sept. 24 MSU Moorhead* Moorhead, MN 1:30 p.m. 22-19-1 NSU 37-10 W Augustana 30 @ Concordia St. Paul 33 Oct. 1 Concordia-St. Paul*! Aberdeen, SD 2:30 p.m. 4-2 CSP 14-35 L Winona State 16 @ Truman State 21 Oct. 8 Wayne State (Neb.)* Wayne, NE 1:00 p.m. 14-5 NSU 37-23 W Jamestown 10 @ Southwest Minnesota State 16 Oct. 15 Winona State* Aberdeen, SD 1:30 p.m. 16-15 NSU 28-60 L Wayne State (NE) 0 @ St. Cloud State 35 Oct. 22 Bemidji State* Bemidji, MN 1:30 p.m. 16-11-1 NSU 34-31 W Nebraska-Omaha 41 @ Nebraska-Kearney 17 Oct. 29 Minnesota-Crookston*& Aberdeen, SD 1:30 p.m. 5-1 NSU 22-12 W North Dakota 44 @ Central Washington 20 Nov. 5 SW Minnesota State *^ Minneapolis, MN TBA 17-6-2 NSU 44-9 W Minnesota Duluth 28 @ Chadron State 17 Home Games in BOLD * = Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Game ! = Homecoming & = Shrine Game ^ = NSIC Metrodome Classic BENTLEY NAMED NSIC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK 2004 NSIC Football Standings (Final) Bentley, a 5-9, 195-pound junior from Gardena, NSIC Record Overall Record CA, rushed for 173 yards on nine carries and W L Win% GP PF PA W L Win % GP PF PA scored four touchdowns in a 60-13 victory over Winona State 7 0 1.000 7 294 131 10 2 .833 12 464 247 Mayville State University. Bentley averaged Northern State 5 2 .714 7 216 180 6 5 .545 11 292 304 Bemidji State 5 2 .714 7 230 129 8 3 .727 11 422 242 19.2 yards per carry and caught two passes for Concordia St. Paul 4 3 .571 7 261 192 7 4 .636 11 383 284 89 yards and one touchdown. Bentley matched Southwest Minnesota State 3 4 .429 7 162 228 5 6 .455 11 274 296 the NSU single game record with four rushing Minnesota Crookston 2 5 .286 7 139 198 2 8 . 200 10 173 332 touchdowns, all in the first half. Wayne State (NE) 2 5 .286 7 133 201 3 8 .273 11 225 337 Minnesota State Moorhead 0 7 .000 7 100 276 0 11 .000 11 132 448 NORTHERN STATE VS.AUGSTANA COLLEGE Page 2 Sept. 3, 2005 National Rankings LAST WEEKS GAME VS. MAYVILLE STATE American Football Coaches Association 2005 Last Aug 27th, 2005 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Records Rk Team Record Points Rank Mayville State 0 0 6 7 13 0-1 1. Valdosta St. (Ga.) (25) 1-0 625 1 Northern State 21 27 3 9 60 1-0 2. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 1-0 593 3 3. Texas A&M-Kingsville 1-0 555 4 Wolves Blast Past Mayville State 60-13 in Season Opener 4. North Dakota 1-0 530 6 5. Northwest Missouri St. 1-0 524 5 Aberdeen, SD - The Chris Boden Era could not have started better than it did as Johnny 6. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 1-0 488 7 Bentley scored on a seven-yard touchdown on the Wolves first offense play of the season as the 7. Nebraska-Omaha 1-0 454 8 Wolves cruised to a 60-13 win over Mayville State. In front of over 3,800 fans at the new Clark 8. East Stroudsburg (Pa.) 1-0 435 9 Swisher Field, Bentley had a career game as he scored five touchdowns, rushed for 173 yards 9. Delta St. (Miss.) 1-0 419 17 and hauled in two passes for 89 yards after playing only in the first half. 10. Albany St. (Ga.) 1-0 345 11 The Wolves dominated from the start after a bad snap on a punt set them up on the Comets seven-yard line. On the next play Bentley broke through a pair of tackles to score his first of four 11. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 0-1 336 2 rushing touchdowns of the first half. 12. Edinboro (Pa.) 1-0 323 14t The Wolves scored touchdowns on their first six possessions as they cruised out to a 42-0 13. Tuskegee (Ala.) 1-0 305 16 lead. Bentley then put himself in the NSU record book as he motored 83 yards with 3:01 left in 14. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) 1-0 299 21 the first to put the Wolves up 48-0 at the half. The 83 yard scamper set the NSU record for the 15t. Arkansas Tech 1-0 260 18 longest run for a touchdown, as he broke Tyrone Morgan’s record of 81 yards against Southwest 15t. West Chester (Pa.) 1-0 260 19 State back in 2000. For the day Bentley rushed nine times for 173 and four touchdowns for an 17. Catawba (N.C.) 1-0 217 20 average of 19.2 yards per carry. He also caught two passes for 89 yards and a touchdown. 18. St. Cloud State (Minn.) 1-0 169 22 Wolves quarterback Drew Corre was nearly perfect in Boden’s new offense as he went 9 for 10 19. Michigan Tech 1-0 151 24 for 158 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Mike Dill took advantage of his only carry as he blasted 20. South Dakota 1-0 141 25t his way 42 yards for a touchdown with 7:22 left in the game. 21. Northwood (Mich.) 0-1 140 10 With 60 points the Wolves came with five points of breaking the school records for points in a game. The old record was set back in 1969 when the Wolves racked up 64 points on Black Hills State. 22. Tarleton St. (Texas) 0-0 103 23 The Wolves summed 540 total yards, 351 on the ground and 189 through the air. The Wolves 23. C.W. Post (N.Y.) 0-0 54 25t defense was stellar against the rush as they held the Comets to –5 yards rushing on 31 attempts. 24. Central Arkansas 1-0 45 NR For the game the Comets amassed only 130 total offense. 25. Central Oklahoma 0-1 44 12 Leading the Wolves defense was Jackson Hegerfeld and Stephon Betts, who both had nine 8/30/2005 tackles.