SU State University 411� - .--- ..,... -.-- .--- - -.. ,_ t..I.. i ,., '.- SDSU � �ol, � : Name of school: South Dakota State University Eidsness office phone: (605) 688-5531 City/Zip: Brookings, SD 57007 Meadows office phone: (605) 688-6525 Founded: February 21, 1881 Graduate Assistants: Josh Anderson. Mike Deschneau, Corey Enrollment: 9,350 (fall, 2001) Shea, Kris Garry Colors: Yellow and Blue First year of football: 1889 Affiliation:. NCAA Division II Overall all-time record: 473-389-38 (104 seasons) Conference: North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Years in NCAA playoffs: 1 Conference, more commonly known as Last year in NCAA playoffs: 1979 the North Central Conference or NCC. Result: lost 50-7 to Youngstown President: Dr. Peggy Gordon Miller Overall Record Last Year: 5-6 Alma Mater, Yr.: Transylvania, 1959 Athletics Director: Dr. Fred Oien Alma Mater.Yr. South Dakota State, 1972 Athletic Dept. Phone: (605) 688-5625 Ticket Office Phone: (605) 688-6510 4-1 1-5 Head Coach: John Stiegelmeier 4-4 Alma Mater/Year: South Dakota State. 1979 Record at school (yrs) fifth season Sports Information Dir: Ron Lenz Career record: 29-25-0 SID office telephone: (605) 688-4623 Stiegelmeier office phone: (605) 688-5525 SID home telephone: (605) 692-7787 Stiegelmeier home phone: (605) 693-3654 email: [email protected] Best time to reach coach: 10 a.m.-noon Assistant SID: Jason Hove Assistant coaches: Karl Ballard (Colorado Asst SID telephone: (605) 688-4822 State. 1996) linebackers; Greg Etter (Mankato State, 1987) defensive coordinator, Asst. SID home phone: (605) 692-1679 secondary; Eric Eidsness (Sioux Fal Is, 1992) offensive coordinator, quarterbacks; Fax: (605) 688-5999 Luke Meadows (SDSU, 2001,) offensive line: Tim Steinbach (St. John's, 1993) SID mailing address: Sports Information Office defensive line, recruiting coordinator. Stanley J Marshall HPER Center Ballard office phone: (605) 688-4108 South Dakota State University Steinbach office phone: (605) 688-6223 Brookings, SD 57007-1497 Etter office phone: (605) 688-6337 Overnight address: 11th Street and 16th Avenue Lettermen.. •• Matt Anderson Lost - (22)DL "* • Mike Kool - DB ••* Nate Scheuer - OL • • Jesse Ranek - LB • Brennan Kjerstad -TE • Matt Arcadi - WR • Doug Thue - LB ...• Josh Buchholtz - WR ***• Matt Peterson - DL Doug Schultz - OL • ·••· Cody Franzen - LB •·· • Josh Ranek - RB Adolph Shepardson- WR Brad Cave - K •••• Casey Hillman, CB Kris Garry - WR *' Andrew Brandt - TE • Brent Herrboldt - WR • ·•• John Hodortf - LB ··• Brian King - FB MichaelCunningham - DL • Greg Hoffman - OL Lettermen• •• Kyle Haroldson Returning - LB (33)·•· Brandon Theisse ·- LB Bo Johnston - DL • Scott Connot - DB • Matt Pollock - DB ••• Shane Delbridge - DL * Frank Blalark - DB Justin Landis - DB • Derek DeGeest - DL • Josh Stephan - DL • •• Ben Fast - DL .. Kevin Brown - RB Craig Martinmaas - FB • Jett Hesse - WR • Michael Suhn - OL ••• Jason Langland - P " Dallas Clarksean - DL Ben Studer - OL • Tom Higbee - OL • Adam Threadgold - TE ... Scott Nedved - RB •• Dan Fjeldheim - OB Andrew Wagstrom - DL • Solomon Johnson - WR * Nick Wilson - OB ••• Phil Oksness - LB " ·Joe Ford - DB • Joe Abell - DE • Ryan Lowry - TE ••• Jeff Schultz - LB •• Rodney Francois - RB • Chris Coauette - LB • Andy Lueth - OT -. JACKRABBIT YEARBOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS ' '02 Schedule, '01 scores, '01 NCC standings ....Page 1 2001 Stats ...................................... .........Pages 36-37 Team Captains .................................................Page 47 About SDSU .. ................... .......................... Pages 2-3 SDSU Records ............................ ....... ...Pages 38-40 AII-Americans ........................................... Pages 48-52 Behind the Scenes ........................................ Pages 4-5 2001 Acheivements ......................................... Page 41 Coughlin-Alumni Stadium ................ ... ..... ....Page 53 Season Outlook ............................................ Pages 6-7 About the NCC ... ....... .................................Page 42 Lettermen ................................................. Pages 54-�, 2002 Roster ..................................................Pages 8-9 Composite Schedule ....................................... Page 43 Year By Year .............................................Pages 58-5' Coach Stig ............. ............................. ..Pages 10-11 All-NCC Players .............................................. Page 44 Leaders ............................................................Page &O Assistant Coaches .................................... Pages 12-14 NCC Recrods ....... ...........................................Page 45 SDSU Year-by-Year Scores ...................... Pages 61-6 Player Proliles .......................................... Pages 15-35 Jacks in the Pros ..... .................. ................... Page 46 WHO, WHAT AND WHERE ABOUT SDSU FOOTBALL 2002 2002 JACKRABBIT SCHEDULE SEPT EMBER 14 CHADRON STATE BROOKINGS Cereal Bowl 7 P.M. (Second meeting - Chadron won 31-21 last year 'at Chadron and leads the series 1-0) 21 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-OMAHA BROOKINGS Beef Bowl 7 P. M. (Series: 34th game - last year UNO won 28-17 in Omaha - SOSU leads series 20-12-1) 28 St. Cloud State St. Cloud, MN 1 p.m. (Series: 32nd game - SOSU won last year 30-24 in Brookings - SOSU leads series 24-7) OCTOBER 5 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS Hobo Day (Series: 82nd Game - UNO won 44-9 last year in Grand Forks - UNO leads series 43-33-5) 2 P.M. 12 WESTERN WASHINGTON BROOKINGS 7 p.m. (Second Meeting - Western Washington won 45-28 last year in Bellingham - WWU leads series 1 -0)) 19 Augustana College Sioux Falls Noon. (Series: 58th game - SOSU won 31-21 last year in Brookings - SOSU leads series 41-14-2) 26 NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY BROOKINGS Shrine Game 1 p.m. (Series: 89th game - NOSU won last year 45-38 at Fargo - NOSU leads series 48-35-5) NOVEMBER 2 UNIVERSITY.OF SOUTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS 1 p.m. (Series: 103rd game - SDSU won 21-3 last year - USO leads the series 50-45-7) 9 University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO Noon (Series: 30th game - UNC won 36-21 in Brookings last year - UNC leads series 16-13) 16 Minnesota State, Mankato Mankato, MN Noon (Series: 33rd game - SDSU won 35-0 in Brookings last year � MSU leads the series 19-13) 2001 So.uth Dakota State University 2001 North Central Conference Football Scores - Won 5, Lost 6 Football Standings SDSU Opp Team (Overall Record) W-L 34 Ferris State .............................................24 North Dakota (14-1) ........................................ 7-1 21 @Chadron State ..................................... 31 Nebraska-Omaha (8-3) ...................................6-2 17 @Nebraska-Omaha................................. 28 North Dakota State (7-3).................................. 5-3 30 St. Cloud State ....................................... 24 Northern Colorado (7 -4) ..................................4-4 9 @North Dakota ... : .................................. .44 South Dakota State (5-6) .......... �..................... 4-4 28 @Western Washington ............................45 Augustana (5-5) .............................................. 3-5 31 Augustana ..............................................21 Minnesota State, Mankato (4-7) ...................... 3-5 38 @North Dakota State ..............................45 St. Cloud State (4-7) .......................................3-5 20 @South Dakota .........................................3 South Dakota (2-8) ......................................... 1-7 21 Northern Colorado ..................................36 35 Minnesota State, Mankato ........................0 '02 JACKRABBIT FOOTBALL PAGE - 1 ·._i;' (,p_: About . South Dakota ' -.,... 'lf{ ..•, _, '- 1, /, State University � �•;ti . • ''. ,· r - �-. EARLY HISTORY South Dakota State University, the state's �--., land grant institution, was authorized in 1881 by _,. -- .. the Territorial Legislative Assembly and is a t'.�,!:·,:-- university with a strong emphasis on teaching, - -- research and extension. With a national reputation, SDSU was Ii !I • ranked as the most efficient university in the �(■ ,■ �• ■1 ■ ,■ �- Midwest by US News and World Report and has made the magazine's listing for an exceptional I�■ ,■ i,-■ ili I �t3 i lilll combination of quality and value. 1 Peggy Gordon Miller became SDSU's 11111 , .:i ... ·. al,)'1" - � ■ :' , -�m l�-- eighteenth president on January 1, 1998. SDFCA HALL OF FAME - The- South Dakota- Football Coaches Association., Hall of Fame After territorial council member John plaque is on display in the concourse at Frost Arena on the South Dakota State University O'Brien Scobey managed to secure Dakota campus. Agricultural College for Brookings, the school opened in the fall of 1884 after the president, George Lilley, was advanced $500 (one third of chairs of instruction established in 1884 Today, SDSU is a comprehensive four-year his salary) to finish three rooms in the new included agriculture, science, mathematics, university offering more than 200 majors, Central building. "Old Central" was soon joined English, modern languages, military tactics, minors and options. by South (1885) and North (1887), forming the veterinary science, practical business, political With 9,350 students registered for the Fall nucleus of campus activities for a decade and a and domestic economy, and music. By 1907, of 2,001, enrollment at SDSU continues to be half. the year the name of the institution was changed the largest of all the state's