Bison Football, Page 2... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOOTBALL Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 Athletic Media Relations CONTACT NDSU Dept 1200 Jeff Schwartz, Director PO Box 6050 Fax: (701) 231-8022 (701) 231-8332 Fargo, ND 58108-6050 Web site: GoBison.com [email protected] #24 North Dakota State Hosts Indiana State in Harvest Bowl on Oct. 23 NORTH DAKOTA STATE GAME EIGHT – #24 BISON vs. Indiana State 2010 Schedule 3:07 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010 (4-3, 1-3 Valley Football) Fargodome (Artificial / 18,700) DATE OPPONENT TIME Fargo, N.D. Sept. 4 at Kansas W 6-3 Sept. 11 *at #13/14 UNI L 9-16 North Dakota NBC TV Network / Bison Radio Network Sept. 18 MORGAN STATE W 35-9 Sept. 25 #20/21 SOUTH DAKOTA W 38-16 GAME EIGHT: No. 24-ranked North Dakota State (4-3, 1-3 Valley Football) is scheduled Oct. 2 *WESTERN ILLINOIS (HC) L 16-28 to host Indiana State University (4-2, 2-1 Valley Football) for a Missouri Valley Football Oct. 9 *at Youngstown State W 34-29 Conference game at 3:07 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, in the Fargodome (18,700) ... The Bison Oct. 16 *at Illinois State L 24-34 lost 34-24 at Illinois State on Oct. 16 ... It is the 37th annual Harvest Bowl ... NDSU is 31-2-2 Oct. 23 *INDIANA STATE 3:07 p.m. in 35 previous games ... The 1991 game was cancelled due to a blizzard ... The Bison lost (HARVEST BOWL) 21-17 to Missouri State in last year’s game ... Indiana State defeated visiting Missouri State Nov. 6 *SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 3 p.m. 38-35 in overtime on Oct. 16 ... The Sycamores have won three straight and are currently a Nov. 13 *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 3 p.m. half-game behind Western Illinois in the conference standings ... Indiana State is averaging (DAKOTA MARKER/TREES) Nov. 20 *at Missouri State 1 p.m. 51 points per game over the last three contests. *–Missouri Valley Football Conference game TICKETS: Tickets for North Dakota State home football games are available in advance Home games FARGODOME (18,700) in BOLD at the Bison Sports Arena ticket office, online at GoBison.com/tickets, or toll free at (888) All game times LOCAL 231-NDSU. AT HOME: North Dakota State has compiled a 226-35-3 record at home since 1964 ... The Bison are 81-21-0 in the Fargodome since moving from Dacotah Field in 1993 ... NDSU INDIANA STATE is 2-1 this season at home and are 32-10 since head coach Craig Bohl took over in 2003. TELEVISION: The game will be televised on the North Dakota NBC TV Network ... Val- 2010 Schedule/Results ley News Live (KVLY-TV, NBC, Channel 11/KXJB-TV, CBS, Channel 4, Fargo) sports director (4-2, 2-1 Valley Football) Scott Peters; KFYR-TV (Channel 5, Bismarck) sports director Lee Timmerman, and former DATE OPPONENT TIME Bison standout and current Moorhead High head coach Kevin Feeney are in the booth, Sept. 4 ST. JOSEPH’S (IND.) W 57-7 while Valley News Live weekend anchor Brian Shawn is on the sidelines ... The other net- Sept. 11 at Cincinnati (FBS) L 7-40 work stations include KMOT-TV (Channel 10, Minot), KQCD-TV (Channel 7, Dickinson) and Sept. 25 *at Western Illinois L 7-40 KUMV-TV (Channel 8, Williston). Oct. 2 QUINCY (ILL.) W 56-22 SERIES RECORD: This is the third meeting between North Dakota State and Indiana Oct. 9 *ILLINOIS STATE W 59-24 Oct. 16 *MISSOURI STATE (OT) W 38-35 State in a series that began in 2008 ... NDSU leads the series 2-0 ... The Bison won 56-17 in Oct. 23 *at #24 North Dakota State 4 p.m. Terre Haute (see recap on page 4) during the 2009 season. Oct. 30 *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 3:05 p.m. GoBISON.COM VIDEO/AUDIO/LIVE STATS: Follow on the Internet at GoBison.com Nov. 6 *NORTHERN IOWA 3:05 p.m. with live streaming video, audio (Bison Radio Network) and live in-game statistics. Nov. 13 *at Youngstown State 1 p.m. IN THE NCAA FCS STATISTICS: North Dakota State leads the nation in net punting Nov. 20 *at Southern Illinois 2 p.m. (41.19 avg.) and John Prelvitz moved up to No. 2 nationally, averaging 45.00 yards per punt *–Missouri Valley Football Conference game ... Team-wise, NDSU is 14th in punt returns (14.81 ypr) and 20th in scoring defense (19.29 Home games at MEMORIAL STADIUM (12,734) in ppg) ... Individually, freshman Ryan Smith is 13th in punt returns (14.15 ypr), and junior BOLD D.J. McNorton is 22nd in rushing (99.29 ypg) and 29th in all-purpose yards (131.14 ypg). All game times LOCAL SPECIAL TEAMS X-FACTOR: Senior punter John Prelvitz punted two times for an aver- age of 54 yards per attempt at Illinois State on Oct. 16 ... Prelvitz leads the Missouri Valley Football Conference and ranks 2nd in NCAA FCS in punting at 45.00 avg. -- and the Bison are 1st in net punting at 41.15 ... Against Kansas, he matched a career-high with eight punts for an average of 44.1 and net of 38.1 yards per kick (compared to 23 net per kick for KU) in Lawrence (9-4-10) ... Against Ilinois State, Prelvitz placed one inside the 20 (40 in career) ... He has twenty-two 50+ yard punts in his career. McNORTON ON THE LOOSE: D.J. McNorton rushed 20 times for 133 yards and a touchdown in North Dakota State’s 34-24 loss at Illinois State (10-16-10) ... It was the third # Continuing the Championship Tradition # Bison Football, Page 2... MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL STANDINGS (Oct. 16, 2010) Valley Points Overall Points TEAM W-L Pct. For-Opp W-L Pct. For-Opp #18/21 Western Illinois 3-1 .750 137-094 5-2 .714 259-139 Indiana State 2-1 .667 104-099 4-2 .667 224-168 #19/22 Northern Iowa 2-1 .667 078-068 3-3 .500 117-131 Illinois State 3-2 .600 143-176 4-3 .571 201-267 Southern Illinois 2-2 .500 121-117 3-4 .429 215-183 South Dakota State 2-2 .500 092-087 2-4 .333 098-130 Missouri State 1-2 .500 111-107 2-4 .333 225-236 #24 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 1-3 .250 083-107 4-3 .571 162-135 FCS Coaches Youngstown State 1-3 .250 123-137 3-4 .429 231-212 Top 25 Issued Oct. 18, 2010 -- SCHEDULE next poll Oct. 25, 2010 Saturday, Oct. 23 Team (1st Votes) Record Pts. LW *#18/21 Western Illinois at Missouri State, 1 p.m. 1. Appalachian State (25) 6-0 672 1 *Youngstown State at South Dakota State, 2 p.m. 2. Delaware (1) 7-0 641 2 *Indiana State at #24 North Dakota State, 3:07 p.m. 3. Jacksonville State (1) 7-0 616 3 *Illinois State at #19/22 Northern Iowa, 4:05 p.m. 4. Stephen F. Austin 5-1 596 4 5. William & Mary 5-1 575 5 RESULTS 6. Villanova 4-2 539 7 Saturday, Oct. 16 7. Montana 5-2 493 11 *South Dakota State 31, #15/17 Southern Illinois 10 8. Eastern Washington 5-2 461 12 *Illinois State 34, #14/15 North Dakota State 24 9. New Hampshire 4-3 399 T15 *Indiana State 38, Missouri State 35 (OT) 10. Wofford 5-1 391 17 *#22/24 Northern Iowa 19, South Dakota 14 11. James Madison 4-2 344 6 *#23 Western Illinois 40, Youngstown State 38 12. Massachusetts 4-2 332 8 *--Conference game All times central 13. Southeast Missouri State 6-1 310 20 14. Liberty 5-2 281 21 15. Richmond 3-3 279 19 100-yard game of the season and career ... McNorton also caught two passes for 13 yards 16. Montana State 5-2 244 10 ... In seven games this season, McNorton has rushed 110 times for 695 yards (6.3 ypc) 17. South Carolina State 4-2 234 9 and five touchdowns for an average of 99.3 yards per game ... He has caught 13 passes 18. Western Illinois 5-2 210 23 for 196 yards (15.1 ypr) and two TDs ... McNorton ranks 22nd nationally in rushing (99.29 19. Bethune-Cookman 6-0 183 NR ypg) and 29th in all-purpose yards (131.... McNorton had 221 all-purpose yards including 20. Northern Arizona 4-2 147 NR a career-high six receptions for 131 yards and a TD in North Dakota State’s 34-29 win at 21. Cal Poly 4-3 128 13 Youngstown State (10-9-10) ... He had receptions of 51 (a career long) and 47 yards in the 22. Northern Iowa 3-3 116 24 23. Penn 4-1 107 25 win ... McNorton also rushed 17 times for 90 yards. 24. North Dakota State 4-3 101 14 MISTER WILLSON: North Dakota State linebacker Chad Willson made 11 tackles 25. Furman 4-2 56 NR including eight solos and a tackle for loss in North Dakota State’s 34-24 loss at Illinois State Other receiving votes (points in parentheses): (10-16-10) ... Willson reached double-figure tackles for the second time this season, also Grambling State (38), Chattanooga (34), Elon (34), making 12 tackles at Kansas in the season opener ... He is second on the team with 43 Georgia Southern (31), Jacksonville (24), Dayton (21), tackles including 20 solos and 1.5 tackles for loss.