BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL Bemidji State Athletic Media Relations • 1500 Birchmont Drive NE #29, Bemidji, MN 56601 • BSUBeavers.com Assitant Director (Primary Contact): Collin Boyles • email: [email protected] • 0: (218) 755-2763 GAME 5 2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS RV/NR BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS (3-1 / 0-0 NSIC NORTH) BEMIDJI STATE (3-1; 0-0 NSIC NORTH) Interim Head Coach: Brent Bolte (Cornell College, 1998) Date Opponent Time/Result Record at BSU: 3-1 (18th Overall/1st HC Season) • Career Record: 3-1 (First Season) • Versus U-Mary: 0-0 Sept. 1 • Upper Iowa W, 38-24 Sept. 10 • at (6) Minnesota State W, 45-17 vs Sept. 17 • Wayne State W, 45-17 Sept. 24 • at (14) Sioux Falls L, 37-36 NR/NR U-MARY MARAUDERS (0-4 / 0-0 NSIC SOUTH) Oct. 1 • at U-Mary ^ 1:00 p.m. Head Coach: Josh Kotelnicki (North Dakota, 2002; Murray State, 2003) Oct. 8 • Northern State ^ 1:00 p.m. Record at Mary: 6-20 (Third Season) • Career Record: 6-20 (Third Season) • Versus Bemidji State: 0-2 Oct. 15 • Minot State ^ 2:00 p.m. Oct. 22 • at (RV) Minnesota Duluth ^ 1:00 p.m. Oct. 29 • at St. Cloud State ^ 1:00 p.m. Oct. 1, 2016 • 1 p.m. • Bismarck, N.D. • MDU Resources Community Bowl Nov. 5 • MSU Moorhead ^ 1:00 p.m. Nov. 12 • Minnesota Crookston ^ 1:00 p.m. Series History: Bemidji State leads 6-4; BSU is 3-2 vs. Mary in Bismarck; Last meeting 10/3/15 vs. Mary W, 39-7 Radio: WMIS 92.1 FM • beaverradionetwork.com • Brian Schultz, pxp U-MARY (0-4; 0-0 NSIC SOUTH) Date Opponent Time/Result BSU’S LEADERS Sept. 1 • at Concordia-St. Paul L, 17-0 Sept. 10 • (21) Augustana L, 63-0 Sept. 17 • at Soutwest Minn. State L, 47-23 TALE OF THE TAPE RUSHING Sept. 24 • Winona State L, 51-0 Oct. 1 • (RV) Bemidji State 1 p.m. Oct. 8 • at St. Cloud State 1 p.m. TOTAL Oct. 15 • at Minnesota Crookston 1 p.m. Oct. 22 • MSU Moorhead 1 p.m. OFFENSE Oct. 29 • Northern State 1 p.m. Nov. 5 • at (RV) Minnesota Duluth 1 p.m. Nov. 12 • at Minot State 1 p.m. GENA ADAMS • NSIC Game ^ NSIC Division game All times local 343 YDS / 42 ATT / 8.2 AVG / 85.8 YPG 2,003YDS 779 YDS TEAM INFORMATION Passing Rushing Passing Rushing PASSING 2015 Record: 7-4 1,148 yds 855 yds 220 yds 559 yds NSIC Record/Division: 7-4/6-1 (6th / t-1 North) Starters Returning: 19 (10 O / 8 D / 1 ST) Starters Lost: 4 (1 O / 3 D / 0 ST) Letterwinners Returning: 49 (26 O / 22 D / 1 ST) 41.0 PPG SCORING OFFENSE 5.8 PPG Letterwinners Lost: 15 (6 O / 9 D / 0 ST) 23.8 PPG SCORING DEFENSE 44.5 PPG JORDAN HEIN PROGRAM HISTORY 29:10 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:35 First Year of Football: 1926 1148 YDS / 9 TD / 89-147-7 60.5% All-Time Record: 345-426-24 (.449) 52.5% (31/59) 3RD DOWN CONVERSION (15/61) 24.6% NSIC Titles: 5 (1947-50-57-59-2006) RECEIVING NSIC Division Title 2 (2012, 2014) Years in Post-Season Play: 1 (2006) 75% (3/4) 4TH DOWN CONVERSION (4/12) 33.3% Mineral Water Bowl L, 35-27 (Pittsburg St.) 90% (18/20) RED ZONE EFFICIENCY (3/6) 50% COACHING STAFF Interim Head Coach Brent Bolte 80.0 YPG (32/320) PENALTY YARDAGE (15/121) 30.3 YPG Alma Mater Cornell College ‘98 Office Phone: (218) 755-2768 JUWAAN RICHARD e-mail [email protected] 223 YDS / 18 REC / 2 TD / 12.4 YPR Record at BSU: 3-1 (First season) Career Record: 3-1 (First season) Record versus the NSIC: 3-1 TOTAL DEFENSE DEFENSE Assistants: Rich Jahner Ass’t HC/Co-DC/S Craig Bagnell OC/QB Andy Allison WR Rob Aurich LB/ST Matt Cain DL 1,842 YDS 2,073 YDS Dr. Ken Traxler DT Passing Rushing Passing Rushing GUNNER OLSZEWSKI 1,055 yds 787 yds 1,068 yds 1,005 yds 39 TACKLES / 3 INTS / 5 PBU / 1 FR 2 016 BEAVER FOOTBALL 1 GAME 5 at U-MARY GAME NOTES BSU WHEN... THINGS TO KNOW... AFCA TOP 25 POLL 2016 Since ‘99 Sept. 26, 2016 || Week Four Overall... 3-1 119-73 THE GAME Rk School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. ...at home 2-0 62-28 The Bemidji State University football program looks to bounce back from a one- 1 Northwest Missouri St. (30) 4-0 750 1 ...away 1-1 51-43 point loss, its first of 2016, during the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference’s 2 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 4-0 713 2 ...neutral site 0-0 6-4 opening week of divisional play. BSU (3-1, 0-0 NSIC North) travels to University 3 West Georgia 4-0 658 3 ...in overtime 0-0 5-2 of Mary (0-4, 0-0 NSIC North) for the 11th meeting in the series. The Beavers fell 4 Shepherd (W.Va.) 4-0 637 4 out of the American Football Coaches Association Top 25 Poll but remains just 5 Ashland (Ohio) 4-0 622 5 6 Texas A&M-Commerce 3-0 586 6 BSU scores 1st 3-1 86-20 eight points away from the No. 25 spot. 7 Henderson St. (Ark.) 4-0 563 8 Opp scores 1st 0-0 32-51 8 Indiana (Pa.) 3-0 533 9t THE SERIES 9 Slippery Rock (Pa.) 4-0 511 10 Leading after 1st 3-1 77-10 The Beavers and Marauders play for the 11th time in the series, dating back to 10 Midwestern St. (Texas) 3-0 458 11 11 Tuskegee (Ala.) 4-0 424 12 Trailing after 1st 0-0 18-46 Oct. 7, 2006, a 27-21 victory for U-Mary in Bemidji, Minn. Bemidji State took its Tied after 1st 0-0 23-15 12 Sioux Falls (S.D.) 4-0 386 4 most dominant win over U-Mary a season ago, sealing a 39-7 win on homecom- 13 Ferris St. (Mich.) 3-1 374 7 Leading at half 3-1 98-9 ing, Oct. 3, 2015. BSU is 3-2 all-time in Bismarck, N.D. 14 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 4-0 365 15 Trailing at half 0-0 14-52 Brent Bolte, in his 18th season overall with Bemidji State, is 3-1 after stepping 15 Assumption (Mass.) 4-0 325 17 Tied at half 0-0 7-10 in as interim head coach. Previously serving as defensive coordinator, Bolte has led 16 Florida Tech 4-0 302 19 the “Gang Green” defense to sixth in the NSIC in scoring defense this season. 17 Colorado Mesa 4-0 289 18 Leading after 3rd 3-0 101-11 18 North Alabama 2-1 261 20 Trailing after 3rd 0-1 10-59 19 Minnesota St. 3-1 178 21 Tied after 3rd 0-0 8-1 THE TEAMS 20 Harding (Ark.) 4-0 172 25 Bemidji State: BSU fell out of the AFCA Top 25 Poll following a 37-36 loss at 21 North Carolina-Pembroke 4-0 123 NR Largest Halftime Lead 24 49 No. 14 University of Sioux Falls, Sept. 24. Despite losing its No. 22 ranking, 22 Central Missouri 3-1 116 13 Largest Halftime Deficit 0 34 the Beavers remain just eight points away from the No. 25 spot, held by NSIC 23 Emporia St. (Kan.) 3-1 97 NR 24 California (Pa.) 3-0 71 NR foe Augustana University. Bemidji State pulled away to a 20-3 halftime lead in Rushing for < 100 yds 0-0 7-27 25 Augustana (S.D.) 3-1 48 16 Allowing < 100 rush yds 1-0 63-14 Sioux Falls, S.D., behind three touchdown passes from junior quarterback Jor- Rushing for 200+ yds 2-1 65-6 dan Hein. The Beavers held the Cougars to three points combined in the first, Others Receiving Votes: Bemidji State, 40; Allowing 200+ rush yds 0-1 10-34 second and fourth quarters, but allowed 34 points and 344 yards in the third Southwest Baptist (Mo.), 37; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 32; Passing for 200+ yds 3-1 58-30 quarter. BSU went 61 yards on seven plays during the final drive of the game West Texas A&M, 32; Wayne St. (Mich.), 20; LIU- Allowing 200+ pass yds 2-1 45-43 and fell short on a two-point conversion attempt to steal the win. Post (N.Y.), 8; Winston-Salem St. (N.C.), 6; Minne- sota-Duluth, 3; Humboldt St. (Calif.), 2; McKendree 400-499 yds of total offense 1-1 49-13 After throwing for 250+ yards in five games last season, Hein has begun 500+ yds of total offense 2-0 20-3 (Ill.), 2; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 2; Colorado School of allowing 400+ yards 1-1 18-37 the 2016 campaign with four consecutive games above the 250-yard mark. All Mines, 1; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 1; Ouachita Baptist three of his passing scores against USF came in the first half while he added (Ark.), 1; Western St. (Colo.), 1. Shutouts 0-0 8-5 a rushing touchdown in the final seconds of the fourth quarter. Senior wide re- Scoring ≤ 7 points 0-0 0-8 ceiver Juwaan Richard led the team in receptions for the third straight week, d2football.com TOP 25 Scoring 8-19 points 0-0 5-23 hauling in five catches each game.