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 face UNI in top-10 clash JACKRABBIT GAME NOTES — NOV. 16 #4/5 NORTHERN IOWA (7-3, 5-1 MVFC) at #8/9 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (7-3, 4-2 MVFC) Senior Day/Precision Agriculture Bowl 2 p.m. Saturday Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium; Brookings, 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: Mark • Game will be televised on ESPN3 as the MVFC Game of the Week, with the broadcast HEAD COACH: John Farley (Northern Iowa, team of Adam Seidel (play-by-play), Danan Hughes (color) and Kelly Burke (sidelines) Stiegelmeier (SDSU, 1987) • Live stats available at GoJacksLive.com 1979) • 156-81 record in 19 • Pre-game radio show begins at 1 p.m. Central Time on the Jackrabbit Sports Network, • 165-103 record in 23 seasons as a collegiate which includes originating station WNAX 570 AM-Yankton and the following affiliates: seasons — all at South head coach — all at • KJJQ 910 AM-Brookings • KBFS 1450 AM-Belle Fourche • KDSJ 980 AM-Deadwood Dakota State Northern Iowa • KORN 1490 AM-Mitchell • KELO 1320 AM/KELQ 107.9 FM-Sioux Falls STARTERS RETURNING: 17 STARTERS RETURNING: 15 • KCCR 1240 AM-Pierre • KLOH 1050 AM/94.1 FM-Pipestone, Minn. (8 Off., 7 Def., 2 ST) (7 Off., 7 Def., 1 ST) • KWYR 93.7 FM-Winner • KXLG 99.1 FM/100.1 FM-Watertown • Radio team of Tyler Merriam (play-by-play), Brady Hale (color) and Scotty Kwas (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 NORTHERN IOWA CATEGORY SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 29 at Minnesota L, 21-28 24.0 Points Per Game 31.7 SEPTEMBER 19.0 Points Allowed Per Game 17.3 7 LONG ISLAND [Dairy Drive] W, 38-3 111.2 Rushing Yardage Per Game 219.1 14 DRAKE W, 38-10 116.2 Rush Yardage Allowed/Game 129.1 21 SOUTHERN UTAH [Beef Bowl] W, 43-7 211.5 Passing Yardage Per Game 187.4 OCTOBER 14.6 Average Per Catch 14.6 5 *SOUTHERN ILLINOIS [Hobo Day] W, 28-10 194.8 Pass Yardage Allowed/Game 169.5 12 *at Youngstown State W, 38-28 322.7 Total Offense Per Game 406.5 19 *at Indiana State W, 42-23 311.0 Total Offense Allowed/Game 298.6 26 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE [Dakota Marker] L, 16-23 15.0 Kick Return Average 18.5 NOVEMBER 6.1 Punt Return Average 11.4 2 *at Missouri State W, 35-14 13-98 Interception Returns 13-142 9 *ILLINOIS STATE [Hall of Fame/Military Appreciation] L, 18-27 11-7 Fumbles-Lost 19-11 16 *NORTHERN IOWA [Precision Ag Bowl] 2 p.m. 44-397 Penalties-Yards 60-522 23 *at South Dakota 2 p.m. * Missouri Valley Football Conference game 28:30 Time of Possession/Game 30:00 All times Central 43/136 (32%) Third-Down Conversions 49/115 (43%) GAME NOTES — SOUTH DAKOTA STATE vs. NORTHERN IOWA RECENT SERIES SCORES Sports Information Contact: Jason Hove Nov. 12, 2019 VERSUS NORTHERN IOWA BROOKINGS, S.D. — Another week, another home game for the South Dakota State University football team against a ranked opponent. 2006: Northern Iowa 27, South Dakota State 17 For the third home game in a row and the third time in four weeks, the Jackrabbits (Sept. 16, 2006, at Cedar Falls, Iowa) will play a game at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium with Football Championship Subdivision 2007: Northern Iowa 31, South Dakota State 17 playoff implications. (Sept. 15, 2007, at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium) Saturday, SDSU hosts Northern Iowa on Senior Day in a battle between two teams 2008: Northern Iowa 34, South Dakota State 20 in the FCS top 10. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. Saturday’s game also has been designated (Sept. 20, 2008, at Cedar Falls, Iowa) as the second annual Precision Agriculture Bowl at SDSU. 2009: South Dakota State 24, Northern Iowa 14 The Jackrabbits, 7-3 overall and 4-2 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference have (Oct. 24, 2009, at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium) dropped their last two home games, falling to top-ranked North Dakota State, 23-16, 2010: Northern Iowa 24, South Dakota State 14 on Oct. 26, followed by a 27-18 setback to then-No. 11/12 Illinois State last week. (Oct. 2, 2010, at Cedar Falls, Iowa) SDSU dropped from fourth in last week’s rankings to eighth in the STATS FCS 2011: Northern Iowa 31, South Dakota State 14 media poll and ninth in the most recent FCS coaches’ rankings. (Oct. 15, 2011, at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium) Northern Iowa, meanwhile, has won its last four games to enter Saturday’s matchup 2012: Northern Iowa 27, South Dakota State 6 with a 7-3 overall record and a second-place mark of 5-1 in the MVFC standings. The (Oct. 20, 2012, at Cedar Falls, Iowa) Panthers have steadily risen in the polls in recent weeks and find themselves fourth in 2013: South Dakota State 37, Northern Iowa 34 [2 OT] the media poll and fifth in the coaches’ poll released Nov. 11. (Oct. 26, 2013, at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium) THE SERIES: Saturday’s game marks the 55th meeting between meeting on the 2014: South Dakota State 31, Northern Iowa 28 gridiron between South Dakota State and Northern Iowa. The two squads met regularly (Oct. 18, 2014, at Cedar Falls, Iowa) from the time the series started in 1935 until UNI (formerly Iowa Teachers College) left 2015: Northern Iowa 10, South Dakota State 7 the North Central Conference in the late 1970s to join the Division I ranks. (Oct. 24, 2015, at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium) UNI holds a 31-21-2 advantage in the series, including a 9-5 advantage since SDSU 2016: South Dakota State 45, Northern Iowa 24 joined the Football Championship Subdivision in 2004. (Nov. 19, 2016, at Cedar Falls, Iowa) In last season’s matchup, Oct. 20, 2018, at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the 2017: Northern Iowa 38, South Dakota State 18 Panthers held SDSU out of the end zone in a 24-9 home victory. (Oct. 14, 2017, at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium) Chase Vinatieri accounted for all of SDSU’s points with three field goals, including a ^South Dakota State 37, Northern Iowa 22 school-record-tying 57-yarder midway through the fourth quarter that pulled the (Dec. 2, 2017, at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium) Jackrabbits to within 14-9. 2018: Northern Iowa 24, South Dakota State 9 UNI scored the final 10 points of the game on a 32-yard field goal by Austin Errthum (Oct. 20, 2018, at Cedar Falls, Iowa) and a 30-yard interception return for touchdown by Xavior Williams in the final minute. ^ Football Championship Subdivision playoff game The two teams have split the two previous games played at Dana J. Dykhouse Overall, UNI leads the series, 31-21-2 Stadium. Both games were played in 2017, with Northern Iowa winning the regular season matchup, 38-18, before the Jackrabbits avenged that loss with a 37-22 victory in the second round of the FCS playoffs. 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 36-10 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 123-70 overall record (.637 winning percentage). SDSU has turned in a winning record in 13 of 15 full seasons and has compiled a 65-29 mark (.691 winning percentage) in Missouri Valley Football Conference games. 2 2019 Jackrabbit Football GAME NOTES — SOUTH DAKOTA STATE vs. NORTHERN IOWA 2019 GAME HIGHS RABBITS RANKED: The South Dakota State University football team matched its highest-ever ranking in a preseason poll by checking in at No. 3 in the initial STATS TEAM GAME HIGHS FCS media poll of the 2019 season. RUSHING ATTEMPTS: 43, vs. North Dakota State, The Jackrabbits also were ranked fourth in the preseason coaches’ poll conducted by 10-26-2019 RUSHING YARDS: 369, vs. Drake, 9-14-2019 the American Football Coaches Association.