SOUTH DAKOTA STATE JACKRABBIT ATHLETICS NEWS RELEASE Jackrabbit Sports Information • 2820 HPER Center • Brookings, SD 57007-1497 Football Contact/Assistant AD-Sports Information: Jason Hove E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (605) 688-4623 Mobile: (605) 695-1827 Fax: (605) 688-5999 Facebook: www.facebook.com/jackrabbit.nation Twitter: @GoJacksSDSU Website: www.GoJacks.com 2019 FOOTBALL INFORMATION Jacks close regular slate at USD JACKRABBIT GAME NOTES — NOV. 23 #5/5 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (8-3, 5-2 MVFC) at SOUTH DAKOTA (4-7, 3-4 MVFC) South Dakota Showdown Series 2 p.m. Saturday DakotaDome; Vermillion, South Dakota SERIES NOTES • 55th meeting (UNI leads series, 31-21-2) • UNI won last season’s matchup, 24-9, on Oct. 20, 2018, in Cedar Falls, Iowa MEDIA INFORMATION HEAD COACH: Bob • Game will be televised on Midco Sports Network and ESPN+, with the broadcast team HEAD COACH: John Nielson (Wartburg, of Jay Elsen (play-by-play), Kurtiss Riggs (color) and Elaina Lanson (sidelines) Stiegelmeier (SDSU, 1982) • Live stats available at GoYotes.com 1979) • 206-106-1 record in • Pre-game radio show begins at 1 p.m. Central Time on the Jackrabbit Sports Network, • 166-103 record in 23 27 seasons as a colle- which includes originating station WNAX 570 AM-Yankton and the following affiliates: seasons — all at South giate head coach, • KJJQ 910 AM-Brookings • KBFS 1450 AM-Belle Fourche • KDSJ 980 AM-Deadwood Dakota State including a 20-26 record • KORN 1490 AM-Mitchell • KELO 1320 AM/KELQ 107.9 FM-Sioux Falls STARTERS RETURNING: 17 in four seasons at South • KCCR 1240 AM-Pierre • KLOH 1050 AM/94.1 FM-Pipestone, Minn. (8 Off., 7 Def., 2 ST) Dakota • KWYR 93.7 FM-Winner • KXLG 99.1 FM/100.1 FM-Watertown STARTERS RETURNING: 15 • Radio team of Tyler Merriam (play-by-play), Brady Hale (color) and Scotty Kwas (7 Off., 6 Def., 2 ST) (sidelines) will call the action • Audio streaming (free) and video streaming (subscription) available through Jackrabbits All-Access media portal at GoJacks.com 2019 SCHEDULE TA L E O F T H E TA P E AUGUST SOUTH DAKOTA CATEGORY SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 29 at Minnesota L, 21-28 30.8 Points Per Game 32.3 SEPTEMBER 33.5 Points Allowed Per Game 16.4 7 LONG ISLAND [Dairy Drive] W, 38-3 192.0 Rushing Yardage Per Game 212.0 14 DRAKE W, 38-10 160.1 Rush Yardage Allowed/Game 131.4 21 SOUTHERN UTAH [Beef Bowl] W, 43-7 248.2 Passing Yardage Per Game 188.2 OCTOBER 10.8 Average Per Catch 14.5 5 *SOUTHERN ILLINOIS [Hobo Day] W, 28-10 296.9 Pass Yardage Allowed/Game 161.8 12 *at Youngstown State W, 38-28 440.2 Total Offense Per Game 400.2 19 *at Indiana State W, 42-23 457.0 Total Offense Allowed/Game 293.2 26 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE [Dakota Marker] L, 16-23 20.7 Kick Return Average 18.8 NOVEMBER 6.4 Punt Return Average 12.0 2 *at Missouri State W, 35-14 9-133 Interception Returns 16-164 9 *ILLINOIS STATE [Hall of Fame/Military Appreciation] L, 18-27 14-11 Fumbles-Lost 19-11 16 *NORTHERN IOWA [Precision Ag Bowl] W, 38-7 89-892 Penalties-Yards 63-542 23 *at South Dakota 2 p.m. * Missouri Valley Football Conference game 29:10 Time of Possession/Game 30:14 All times Central 73/161 (45%) Third-Down Conversions 52/125 (42%) GAME NOTES — SOUTH DAKOTA STATE at SOUTH DAKOTA RECENT SERIES SCORES Sports Information Contact: Jason Hove Nov. 20, 2019 VERSUS SOUTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS, S.D. — The South Dakota State University football team will make its closing argument for its postseason profile Saturday, traveling to in-state rival South 2000: South Dakota 41, South Dakota State 28 Dakota for the two squads’ regular season finale. (Nov. 4, 2000, at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium) Kickoff for the South Dakota Showdown Series contest is set for 2 p.m. at the 2001: South Dakota State 20, South Dakota 3 DakotaDome in Vermillion. Television coverage will be available through Midco Sports (Oct. 27, 2001, at Vermillion) Network and ESPN+. 2002: South Dakota State 27, South Dakota 20 SDSU enters the matchup with an 8-3 overall record, including a 5-2 mark in the (Nov. 2, 2002, at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium) Missouri Valley Football Conference that puts the Jackrabbits in a four-way tie for 2003: South Dakota State 22, South Dakota 11 second place in the league standings with Illinois State, Northern Iowa and Southern (Oct. 25, 2003, at Vermillion) Illinois. 2012: South Dakota State 31, South Dakota 8 USD, meanwhile, holds a 4-7 overall record, including a 3-4 ledger in MVFC games. (Nov. 17, 2012, at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium) The Coyotes are coming off a 49-14 defeat at top-ranked North Dakota State last 2013: South Dakota State 27, South Dakota 12 week, but are 2-1 in home league games so far this season. (Nov. 16, 2013, at Vermillion) THE SERIES: According to SDSU records, Saturday’s game will mark the 112th 2014: South Dakota State 37, South Dakota 14 (Nov. 22, 2014, at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium) meeting on the gridiron between SDSU and South Dakota, with the Jackrabbits holding a 54-50-7 series advantage on the strength of winning each of the last 10 matchups. 2015: South Dakota State 30, South Dakota 23 The series dates back to 1889, when the two squads played to a 6-6 tie. (Nov. 14, 2015, at Vermillion) The current SDSU winning streak began with a 20-3 Jackrabbit victory in Vermillion 2016: South Dakota State 28, South Dakota 21 during the 2001 season. After SDSU made the jump to Division I following the 2003 (Nov. 12, 2016, at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium) season, the series was dormant until 2012, when the Coyotes landed in the Missouri 2017: South Dakota State 31, South Dakota 28 Valley Football Conference as part of their own D-I pursuits. (Nov. 18, 2017, at Vermillion) Three of the last four meetings have been decided by one touchdown or less, 2017: South Dakota State 49, South Dakota 27 including a 31-28 Jackrabbit victory at the DakotaDome in the 2017 regular season (Nov. 17, 2018, at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium) finale, Nov. 18, 2017. Both teams went on to earn at-large playoff berths in 2017 — for USD it was the first postseason bid in football at the Division I level. In last season’s contest, SDSU raced out to a 28-7 first-quarter lead and ran its way to a 49-27 victory at a wintry Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. Pierre Strong, Jr. scored on touchdown runs of 30 and 73 yards in the first quarter and closed out the scoring with a 46-yard scoring run in the closing minutes en route to 253 yards on only 10 carries. Strong’s rushing performance marked the 10th-most yards in a single game by a Jackrabbit running back in program history. SECOND-HALF SURGES: SDSU has a long history of peaking in the second half of the league season since joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2008. Over the last 11-plus seasons, the Jackrabbits have compiled a 36-11 record in the second half of the league schedule, running the table with four wins in 2013, 2017 and 2018 en route to Football Championship Subdivision playoff berths. SDSU has posted a 3-1 record in the second half seven other times, with its worst showing a 2-2 mark in 2010. ELITE COMPANY: South Dakota State is one of only two Football Championship Subdivision programs to reach the playoffs each of the last seven seasons, including making back-to-back national semifinal appearances in 2017 and 2018. North Dakota State holds the longest active streak with nine straight trips to the playoffs. 100 FCS WINS: South Dakota State recorded its 100th win as a Football Championship Subdivision program with a 62-30 victory at Missouri State on Oct. 21, 2017. Since moving to the FCS ranks at the start of the 2004 season, the Jackrabbits have posted a 124-70 overall record (.639 winning percentage). SDSU has now turned in a winning record in 14 of 16 full seasons as an FCS member and has compiled a 66-29 mark (.695 winning percentage) in Missouri Valley Football Conference games. 2 2019 Jackrabbit Football GAME NOTES — SOUTH DAKOTA STATE at SOUTH DAKOTA 2019 GAME HIGHS ANOTHER WINNING SEASON: With an 8-3 record so far in 2019, the Jackrabbits have secured their eighth consecutive winning season. TEAM GAME HIGHS Since finishing with back-to-back 5-6 overall records in 2010 and 2011, SDSU has RUSHING ATTEMPTS: 43, vs. North Dakota State, compiled a combined 73-31 record since the start of the 2012 campaign, including 10-26-2019 RUSHING YARDS: 369, vs. Drake, 9-14-2019 posting 11 wins in 2017 and 10 victories in 2018 en route to semifinal appearances in YARDS PER RUSH: 9.0, vs. Drake, 9-14-2019 the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS: 3, six times (last: at Missouri State, SDSU also put together a string of eight consecutive winning seasons from 2002- 11-2-2019) 2009. The 2002 and 2003 seasons were played at the NCAA Division II level before PASS ATTEMPTS: 28, at Indiana State, 10-19-2019 moving to the FCS ranks in 2004. PASS COMPLETIONS: 18, at Indiana State, 10-19-2019 YARDS PASSING: 294, at Missouri State, 11-2-2019 The program’s longest streak for consecutive winning seasons is nine, from 1913- YARDS PER PASS: 13.8, vs.