MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY | www.msubeavers.com SPORTS INFORMATION • 500 UNIVERSITY AVE W • MINOT, ND 58707 • PHONE: (701) 858-3681 • FAX: (701) 858-3136 FOOTBALL GAMEDAY NOTEBOOK 2017 GAME INFORMATION Teams: Minot State vs. Concordia-St. Paul | Series: Concorida-St. Paul Leads 5-1 Date: Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 | Time: 7 p.m. | Site: Seafoam Stadium Radio: KCJB 910 AM | Television: MidcoSN Live audio: kcjb.com | Live stats/video: msubeavers.com/stayconnected Facebook: www.facebook.com/MSUBeavers | Twitter: @MSUBeavers You Tube: www.youtube.com/TheMSUBeavers THIS WEEK: Minot State opens the 2017 season on the road against Concor- dia-St. Paul in a game that will be televised on the Midco Sports Network. The game also marks the debut of Mike Aldrich as the head coach of the Beavers. 2017 SCHEDULE RECORDS: Minot State finished the 2016 season with a 3-8 overall record, while Concordia-St. Paul closed the season with a 2-9 overall mark. Concorida- Overall: 0-0 | NSIC: 0-0 | NSIC North: 0-0 St. Paul leads the all-time series with Minot State 5-1 and has reeled off four Home: 0-0 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0 consecutive wins against the Beavers. Minot State’s lone win in the series came in 2009 when the Beavers claimed a 24-21 victory. AUGUST 31 at Concordia-St. Paul % (MidCoSN2) .. 7 p.m. COACHES CORNER: Minot State’s head coach is Mike Aldrich, who is in his first season at the helm. He was the head coach at Augustana from 2010-12 and compiled a 22-13 overall record. Concordia-St. Paul is coached by Shan- SEPTEMBER non Currier who is in his second stint as the Golden Bears head coach. He was 9 AUGUSTANA % ..........................1 p.m. 32-12 in his first stint before posting a 2-9 mark last season. 16 at Southwest Minnesota State % ...... 6 p.m. 23 WINONA STATE %* ....................2 p.m. FOLLOW THE BEAVERS: The game is broadcast locally on KCJB 910-AM with 30 at Mary %#! (MidCoSN2) .............. 2:30 p.m. Scott Kittell calling the play-by-play. Live audio can be accessed online at kcjb. com. The game will be broadcast by the MidCo Sports Network as the NSIC OCTOBER Thursday Game of the Week. Minot State athletics also is active on Facebook, 5 NORTHERN STATE %# (MidCoSN) ....7 p.m. Twitter, Instagram and YouTube with all feeds accessible through the home page. 14 BEMIDJI STATE %# ..........................1 p.m. 21 at Minnesota Duluth %# ............................ 1 p.m. RANKINGS: Minot State and Concordia-St. Paul are not ranked in the Ameri- 28 at Minnesota Crookston %# ...................... 1 p.m. can Football Coaches Association Top 25 poll. Minnesota Duluth (No. 10), Sioux Falls (No. 17), Minnesota State (No. 20) and Bemidji State (No. 25) of the NOVEMBER NSIC are all ranked in the preseason poll. 4 MSU MOORHEAD %# (MidCoSN) ..1 p.m. 11 at St. Cloud State %# ......................... 1 p.m. RECENT HISTORY: The two teams last met on 2015 in Herb Parker Stadium as the Golden Bears toppled the Beavers 28-13 to extend their winning streak Home Games in Bold against the Beavers to four straight. That victory was preceeded by a 29-0 win in 2013, a 43-31 victory in 2011 and a 38-17 win in 2010. Minot State posted its % Denotes Northern Sun game lone win in the series in 2009 with a 24-21 victory. # Denotes NSIC North game * Denotes Homecoming SLOW START: Minot State will be attempting to bring an end to a long losing ! Denotes Battle of the Big Lake Game streak in season-opening games. The Beavers have dropped 14 straight season openers with their last win in a season opener coming against Bemidji State in 2002 with a 35-28 victory. AFCA Top 25 Poll (Preseason Poll) 1 Northwest Missouri St. (34) 15-0 850 GOOD HANDS TEAM: Minot State senior center Logan Gunderson is one of 2 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 12-1 765 146 nominees for the prestigious Allstate Insurance Company and the Ameri- 3 Ferris St. (Mich.) 12-3 716 4 Emporia St. (Kan.) 11-2 652 can Football Coaches Association 2017 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. The 5 Texas A&M-Commerce 10-2 634 award honors football student-athletes who are dedicated to volunteerism and 6 North Alabama 11-2 622 enriching the lives of others. The award winners will be announced in Septem- 7 Shepherd (W.Va.) 13-1 574 ber. 8 California (Pa.) 11-1 568 9 Indiana (Pa.) 10-2 500 HE’S BAAACK: Minot State senior quarterback Zac Cunha returned to the 10 Minnesota-Duluth 10-2 431 team for his sixth season and won the battle for the starting job during fall 11 Valdosta St. (Ga.) 8-3 390 camp. Cunha suffered a season-ending injury in the first game of the season 12 Colorado St.-Pueblo 8-3 349 13 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 9-3 302 in 2015 and then suffered another season-ending injury in the second game of 14 LIU-Post (N.Y.) 12-1 288 the 2016 campaign. He has played in 35 games in his MSU career and is 544- 15 Harding (Ark.) 13-1 281 of-1026 for 6,557 yards and 43 touchdowns. He has completed 53.0 percent of 16 Colorado School of Mines 10-3 254 his passes and posted a career 112.9 efficiency rating. 17 Sioux Falls (S.D.) 12-1 235 18 Southwest Baptist (Mo.) 10-2 227 NOTING THE BEAVERS: Minot State has 44 freshmen, or redshirt freshmen, 19 North Carolina-Pembroke 10-2 220 on the 2017 roster...The Beavers will feature 17 seniors in the starting lineup... 20 Minnesota St. 8-3 201 The Beavers starting offensive line as played in a combined 98 games led by 21 Central Missouri 9-3 189 Gunderson who has started 33 consecutive games...Mike Aldrich posted a 3-0 22 Southern Arkansas 9-3 157 record against Concorida-St. Paul as the head coach of Augustana from 2010- 23 Colorado Mesa 9-3 154 12. 24 Midwestern St. (Texas) 8-3 138 25 Bemidji (Minn.) 9-3 133 MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY | www.msubeavers.com MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY | FOOTBALL 2017 HEAD TO HEAD MATCHUP (2016 Statistics) 2017 NORTHERN SUN STANDINGS NSIC NORTH DIVISION Division NSIC Overall Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Strk Minot State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- Bemidji State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- MINOT STATE (3-8, 3-8, 1-5) CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (2-9, 2-9, 2-4) Mary 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- MINOT OPP CSP OPP Minnesota Crookston 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- SCORING 194 379 SCORING 217 412 Minnesota Duluth 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- Points Per Game 17.6 34.5 Points Per Game 19.7 37.5 MSU Moorhead 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- Points Off Turnovers 24 111 Points Off Turnovers 31 68 Northern State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- St. Cloud State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- FIRST DOWNS 185 219 FIRST DOWNS 198 244 Rushing 71 127 Rushing 73 119 NSIC SOUTH DIVISION Passing 97 77 Passing 102 102 Division NSIC Overall Penalty 17 15 Penalty 23 23 Team W-L Pct. W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Strk RUSHING YARDAGE 1317 2985 RUSHING YARDAGE 1290 2303 Augustana 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- Yards gained rushing 1784 3173 Yards gained rushing 1719 2546 Concorida-St. Paul 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- Yards lost rushing 467 188 Yards lost rushing 429 243 Minnesota State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- Rushing Attempts 409 475 Rushing Attempts 368 493 Sioux Falls 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- Average Per Rush 3.2 6.3 Average Per Rush 3.5 4.7 SW Minnesota 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- Average Per Game 119.7 271.4 Average Per Game 117.3 209.4 Upper Iowa 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- TDs Rushing 15 24 TDs Rushing 11 28 Wayne State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- PASSING YARDAGE 2187 1852 PASSING YARDAGE 2351 2345 Winona State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 -- Comp-Att-Int 189-316-16 129-253-7 Comp-Att-Int 202-402-10 185-302-8 Week 1 Schedule Thursday, August 31 Average Per Pass 6.9 7.3 Average Per Pass 5.8 7.8 Upper Iowa at Minnesota Crookston, 4 p.m. Average Per Catch 11.6 14.4 Average Per Catch 11.6 12.7 Wayne State at Northern State, 6 p.m. Average Per Game 198.8 168.4 Average Per Game 213.7 213.2 Minnesota State at Mary, 6 p.m. TDs Passing 11 22 TDs Passing 15 22 Bemidji State at Winona State, 6 p.m. TOTAL OFFENSE 3504 4837 TOTAL OFFENSE 3641 4648 Sioux Falls at Minnesota Duluth, 6:05 p.m. St. Cloud State at Southwest Minnesota State, 7 p.m. Total Plays 725 728 Total Plays 770 795 Minot State at Concordia-St. Paul, 7 p.m. Average Per Play 4.8 6.6 Average Per Play 4.7 5.8 Saturday, Sept. 1 Average Per Game 318.5 439.7 Average Per Game 331.0 422.5 Minnesota State Moorhead at Augustana, 1 p.m.