THE WHO, WHAT AND WHERE OF SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY JACKRABBIT FOOTBALL LOCATION-Brookings, SD 57007-1497 STADIUM-Coughlin-Alumni Stadium (capacity 16,000) 1983 RECORD-Won 5, Lost 6 largest crowd ever 15,866 on Hobo Day, 1975-turnstile ENROLLMENT-7,000 est 1983 CONFERENCE RECORD-Won 3, Lost 6 (tied for count. PRESIDENT-Dr. H. Ray Hoops 8th) HEAD FOOTBALL COACH-Wayne Haensel (SDSU, CONFERENCE- North Central Intercollegiate Athletic LETTERMEN LOST: 20 1958) 3rd year as head coach, appointed to head coach Conference, more commonly known as the North Central LETTERMEN RETURN ING-Offense 7, Defense 5 position in November, 1981; appointed to SDSU staff July, Conference or NCC. SDSU is a charter member of the 1971 SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR- Ron Lenz league, formed in 1921. Other league members are (SDSU, 1970) appointed Sept, 1977. Augustana College of Sioux Falls, SD; University of South ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACHES- Home Telephone-605-693-3406; Dakota in Vermillion; University of North Dakota in Grand Defensive coordinator-Don Charlson (SDSU, 1978) Office Telephone-605-688-4623. Forks; North Dakota State University in Fargo; Morningside appointed April, 1982 College in Sioux City, la.; St. Cloud State in St. Cloud, Offensive coordinator-Gary Hoffman (Westmar, FOOTBALL STAFF TELEPHONES Minn; Mankato State in Mankato Minn.; University of 1966) appointed January, 1980 OFFICE: HOME: Nebraska-Omaha in Omaha; and University of Northern Secondary- Larry Ireland (Yankton College, 1968) ap­ Coach Haensel 605-688-6525 605-692-9039 Colorado in Greeley. pointed July, 1981 Coach Charlson 605-688-5525 605-697-6351 Receivers- Brad Erickson (SDSU, 1974) appointed Coach Erickson 605-688-6527 AFFILIATION-NCAA Division II 605-692-4108 August, 1976 Coach Hoffman 605-688-6223 605-692-8208 NICKNAME-Jackrabbits Linebackers-Mark Ekeland (Augustana, 1973) ap­ Coach Ireland 605-688-6525 605-692-4870 pointed July, 1983 Coach Ekeland 605-688-5027 605-692-7934 Yellow and Blue COLORS- Areas of responsibility: Haensel coaches the offense ATHtETIC TICKET OFFICE 605-688-5422 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR-Harry Forsyth (SDSU, 1951) has line; Hoffman coaches the offensive backfield; Charlson Fred Oien, ticket manager. been on staff since 1956; appointed athletic director June, coaches the defensive line. 1980. JACKRABBIT ATHLETIC STAFF ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE GOLF-WOMEN TICKET OFFICE Dr. Harry Forsyth Dr. Mylo Hellickson Dave Workman Jean Minor Office: 688-5625 Office: 688-5141 Office: 688-6224 Office: 688-5422 Home: €,92-2215 Home: 692-4414 Home: 693-4716 INTRAMURAL OFFICE ATHLETIC TRAINER EQUIPMENT MANAGER Warren Williamson TICKET MANAGER Dr. James Booher Jack Moberg Office: 688-4724 Fred Oien Office: 688-5824 Office: 688-5722 Home: 692-5329 Office: 688-5422 Home: 692-4814 Home: 692-6872 Home: 692-9126 SOFTBALL ASSIST ANT TRAINER FOOTBALL COACH Deb Allyn JACKRABBIT CLUB & Barb Moran Wayne Haensel Office: 688-5819 SUMMER WORKSHOPS Office: 688-5022 Office; 688-6525 Home: Gwen Andersen Home: 692-7717 Home: 692-9039 Office: 688-6623 SPORTS INFORMATION Home: 692-2596 BASEBALL COACH ASSISTANT FOOTBALL Ron Lenz Mark Ekeland Defensive Coordinator Office: 688-4623 GRADUATE COORDINATOR-HPER Office: 688-5027 Don Charlson Home: 693-3406 Dr. Jack Ewing Home: 692-7934 Office: 688-5525 Office: 688-4924 Home: 697-6351 SWIMMING Home: 692-8834 BASKETBALL COACH- MEN Men & Women Gene Zulk LINEBACKERS Brad Erickson MAINTENANCE OFFICE Office: 688-5626 Mark Ekeland Office: 688-6527 Bill Lindsey Home: 692-5003 Office: 688-5027 Home: 692-4108 Office: 688-6216 Home: 692-7934 Home: 692-4675 ASSISTANT BASKETBALL-MEN TRACK-MEN Dave Workman RECEIVERS Scott Underwood INTRAMURAL BUILDING Office: 688-6224 Brad Erickson Office: 688-5526 Larry Meisenheimer Office: 688-6527 Home: 692-1457 Office: 688-6610 BASKETBALL-WOMEN Home: 692-41-08 Home: 629-2611 Nancy Neiber TRACK-WOMEN Office: 688-5527 OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR Ruth.Marske GRADUATE STUDENTS Gary Hoffman Office: 688-6510 Office: 688-5723 CROSS COUNTRY Office: 688-6223 Home: 692-6597 Men & Women Home: 692-8208 FOOTBALL PRESS BOX Scott Underwood VOLLEYBALL Coughlin-Alumni Stadium Office: 688-5526 SECONDARY Deb Allyn 688-4623 Home: 692-1457 Larry Ireland Office: 688-5819 Office: 688-6525 FOOTBALL STADIUM Home: 692-4870 WRESTLING LOCKERROOM Office: 688-5026 688-5 18 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1984 Schedule. ........1 NCC Champions. .23 1984 Outlook .. .2-3 Beef Bowl Scores To Date. .24 About The Coaches ... 4-5 Al I-NCC Selections .. .25 SDSU Lettermen ..... .6-10 Year By Year Records. .2 6-27 SDSU Footbal I Captains. .11 Team Statistics..... .28-29 About SDSU ...... ...12 Hobo Day Results. ...30 Behind The Scenes ..... ...13 Record By Season. 31-35 SDSU Football Records. .14-17 Notes ......... 36 SDSU 1984 Roster ...... .18-19 Quick Facts .... Inside Front Cover All-Time Scores vs. Opponents. .20 Media Information. Inside Back Cover All-Time Records vs. Opponents... .21 Composite NCC Schedule. ... Back Cover NCC Standings. .22 The 1984 Jackrabbit Football Press Guide was written, edited and published by the Jackrabbit Sports Information Service for distribution to media members covering SDSU and North Central Con­ ference football. Thank you for your interest in SDSU football and if there is anything we can do to assist you in covering the Jacks, please ask, Ron Lenz, Sports Information Director, Stanley J. Mar- shall, HPER Center, Box 2820, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota 57007...... Telephone 605-688-4623- 1983 RESULTS ATTENDANCE Sept. 3-SDSU 21, Mankato State 14 at Brookings .............................. 3,087 Sept. 10-SDSU 20, Drake 3 at Des Moines, IA ..................................· 7,250 Sept. 17 -SDSU 17, Morningside 10 at Sioux City, IA ............................ 5,642 Sept 24-SDSU 28, North Dakota 27 at Grand Forks, ND ......................... 6,800 Oct. 1 -St. Cloud State 28, SDSU 22 at Brookings ............................ 5,119 Oct. 8-Nebraska-Omaha44, SDSU 16 at Omaha, Neb ......................... 6,400 Oct. 15-North Dakota State 24, SDSU 12 at Brookings ......................... 9,308 Oct. 22-SDSU 13, Augustana 9 at Brookings ................................. : 3,739 Oct. 29-South Dakota 48, SDSU 23 at Brookings .............................. 5,482 Nov. 5-Mankato State 30, SDSU 27 at Mankato ............................. 2,375 Nov. 12-Northern Colorado 21, SDSU 14 at Brookings .......................... 562 1984 SCHEDULE Sept. 1-Portland State University at Portland, Ore .........................(PDT) 1:00P.M. Sept. 8-WISCONSIN-STOUT at BROOKINGS ..............· .... .............. 2:00 P.M. Cheerleaders Day-Scout Day Sept. 15-MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE at BROOKINGS ........................... 2:00 P.M. 19th annual Shrine Game Sept. 22-UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA at BROOKINGS .................... 2:00 P.M. 18th annual Beef Bowl Sept. 29-St. Cloud State University at St. Cloud, MN ........................... · 1 :30 P.M. Oct. 6-NEBRASKA-OMAHA at BROOKINGS ............................... 2:00 p.M. 71st Hobo Day Game Oct. 13-North Dakota State at Fargo, ND ................................... 1 :30 P:M. Oct. 20-Augustana College at Sioux Falls, SD ................................. 1 :30 P.M. Oct. 27-University of South Dakota at Vermillion, SD ......................... 1 :30 P.M. Nov. 3-MANKATO STATE at BROOKINGS .................................. 1:30 P.M. Coaches Day Nov. 10-University of Wyoming at Laramie ....................... .. (MST) 1 :00 P.M. 1985 SCHEDULE 1986 SCHEDULE Sept. 7-OPEN Sept. 6-OPEN Sept. 14-at South Dakota Sept. 13-SOUTH DAKOTA Sept. 21 -NEBRASKA-O MAHA Sept. 20-at Nebraska-Omaha Sept. 28-NORTH DAKOTA Sept. 27-at North Dakota Oct. 5-at Morningside Oct. 11 -NORTH DAKOTA STA TE Oct. 12-at North Dakota State Oct. 4- MORNINGSIDE Oct. 19-SOUTH DAKOTA Oct. 18-at South Dakota Oct. 26-AUGUSTANA Oct. 25 _:_at Augustana Nov. 2-at Mankato Nov. 1- MANKATO Nov. 9-ST. CLOUD Nov. 8-at St. Cloud Nov. 16-at Northern Colorado Nov. 15-NORTHERN COLORADO *Hobo Day will be the Sept. 28 game with UNO in 1985. SDSU Page 1 NEW SEASON, NEW FACES, NEW OUTLOOK When the 1984 footbal I season opens at Port I and State Sept. 1, South Dakota State will have a LETTERMEN LOST: 21 (Offense a, Defense 13) new offense, a lot of new faces, ****Dave Fremark, LB ***Todd Roberts, CB and some new enthusiasm. * ** * Matt H i ppe, WR ** * E d W i I kins, DT State's traditional ground­ ****Steve Sundet, RB **Ken Jensen, OT pounding offense will take to the ***Mike Ethier, WR **Al Molitor, FB air this season, a situation dictated ***Jim Gray, OT **Kevin Murray, SS by the quarterbacks currently ***Lee Schmidt, OT **Jim Smith, FS wearing the Yellow and Blue. *** Mike Law, QB *Steve Barrick, OT Defensively, graduation took ***Mike Orr, OG *Gary Poland, QB seven starters and 14 lettermen so *** Randy Pirner, CB *Gary Fisher, CB a rebuilding job is in store there. ***Wade Rasmussen, SS *Dave Bidinger, LB New names? State with Mike ***Mike Reiner, QT Busch at quarterback. A Huron High graduate, he played at Idaho State for two years, honing hjs LETTERMEN RETURN ING: 23 (Offense 14, Defense 9) passing skills for a team _which ***Greg Dralle, ILB *Jim Kaufman, LB threw the bal I 40 or 50 times a ***John Lewis, OLB *Kim McDermott, OT game. ***Rod Riehl, RB *Jeff Mounts, OC "Mike is the best passer we have·· ***Kevin Skalla, RB *D oug Pearson, OG had at State in a long time," coach ***Rick Wegher, RB * Bob Reeves, WR Wayne Haensel says. "And he has **Kevin Cade, NG *Scott Schaefer, WR a good football mind. He **Mark Diesch, OT *Jay Sahler, DT understands the game." **Paul Prout, FB * Rick Sweet, OG A leader maybe? Under **Greg Sorensen, CB *Dennis Thomas, TE pressure, we'll see. But that's **Todd Yackley, OLB *Jeff Thorpe, OG something State has been short on · *Ross Brockshus, ILB *J eff Tiefenthaler, WR for a long time. *Rick Wirtjes, F S While Busch has the inside track to replace Mike Law as starting quarterback, the job won't be his TOP RETURNEES: without a battle.