SID: Jacque Scoby Office: (605) 626-7748 Cell: (785) 285-0538 Northern Football Email: [email protected] Web: www.nsuwolvesathletics.com Weekly Wolves Notes - Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Game 11 - Northern State (1-9, 1-8) vs. Augustana (6-4, 6-3) CUrrent NSIC Standings Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008 Kickoff: 1 p.m. (CDT) NSIC Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Site: Aberdeen, S.D. Series: AC leads 22-5-1 #6 Minn.-Duluth 9 0 1.00 10 0 1.00 Stadium: Swisher Field Capacity: 6,000 Surface: Turf Minnesota State 8 1 .889 8 2 .800 Northern State Radio: KSDN-AM Radio 930 AM Wayne St. 7 2 .778 8 2 .800 (Gene Reich-Play-by-Play) St. Cloud State 7 2 .778 7 3 .700 Augustana 6 3 .667 6 4 .600 Internet: Live Radio on www.nsuwolvesathletics.com Winona St. 6 3 .667 6 4 .600 Streaming video at www.northernsun.tv Southwest MN St. 5 4 .556 5 5 .500 U-Mary 4 5 .444 4 6 .400 Bemidji St. 3 6 .333 4 6 .400 Ethanol Bowl Conc.-St. Paul 3 6 .333 4 6 .400 As the only two South Dakota schools in the NSIC, Northern State and MSU Moorhead 2 7 .222 2 8 .200 UM, Crookston 1 8 .111 2 8 .200 Augustana meet on Saturday for the inaugural Ethanol Bowl, sponsored by the Upper Iowa 1 8 .111 1 9 .100 South Dakota Corn Council. Augustana enters the ranks of the NSIC for the Northern St. 1 8 .111 1 9 .100 first time this season and sports a 6-4 overall and 6-3 conference record in its first season of play. The Wolves are looking to send their seniors out in style UpcoMinG NSIC SCHEDulE Saturday, November 8 by giving them a victory in their final game of their careers. 1 pm *Minnesota Crookston at Upper Iowa 1 pm *Wayne State at Mary Story lines 1 pm *SW Minnesota State at MSU Moorhead • AC leads the all-time series with the Wolves 22-5-1. 1 pm *St. Cloud State at Minnesota State 1 pm *Concordia-St. Paul at Bemidji State • Augustana has won the last four meetings between the two teams, including a 37-16 1 pm *Winona State at #6 Minnesota-Duluth win last season. 1 PM *AUGUSTANA AT NORTHERN STATE • The Vikings have lost their last two games heading into Saturday's season finale. • NSU is looking to break a 4-game losing skid. NSIC GAMES LAST WEEK • Saturday marks the first annual Ethanol Bowl, sponsored by the South Dakota Corn Saturday, November 1 Council. 1 pm *#8 Minn.-Duluth 63, at Minn., Crookston 7 • The Vikings have had at least one NSIC Player of the Week in four of the previous 1 pm *Concordia-St. Paul 17, at Wayne State 41 ten weeks of the season. 1 pm *Augustana 24, at Winona State 41 1 pm *Upper Iowa 14, at Minnesota State 35 1 pm *Mary 10, at Bemidji State 31 1 pm *MSU Moorhead 7, at St. Cloud State 42 1 PM *NORTHERN ST. 32, AT SW MINNESOTA STATE 39 2008 Northern State Football Schedule Last Year's * - Denotes NSIC Conference Game DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/Result Results AUG. 28 MISSOURI WESTERN ABERDEEN, S.D. L, 27-38 DNP 2008 NSIC Preseason Coaches Poll Sept. 6 *Winona State Winona, Minn. L, 14-39 L, 20-49 Points SEPT. 3 *& UPPER IOwa ABERDEEN, S.D. L, 26-31 W, 55-35 1. Minnesota Duluth (7) 151 SEPT. 20 *$ ST. CLOUD STATE ABERDEEN, S.D. L, 12-17 L, 7-17 2. Winona State (4) 148 Sept. 27 *Bemidji State Bemidji, Minn. L, 20-31 L, 7-35 OCT. 4 *! MINNESOTA, CROOKSTON ABERDEEN, S.D. W, 35-0 W, 52-9 3. Minnesota State (3) 141 Oct. 11 *Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minn. L, 7-55 DNP 4. Augustana 127 OCT. 16 *UNIVERSITY OF MARY ABERDEEN, S.D. L, 31-34 (OT) L, 13-37 5. St. Cloud State 120 Oct. 25 *MSU Moorhead Moorhead, Minn. L, 26-29 W, 21-20 6. University of Mary 116 Nov. 1 *Southwest Minnesota St. Marshall, Minn. L, 31-39 W, 31-27 7. Wayne State 109 NOV. 8 *% AUGUSTANA ABERDEEN, S.D. 1:00 PM L, 16-37 8. Bemidji State 96 Home Games in BOLD * = Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Game ! = Homecoming & = Shrine Game 9. Concordia-St. Paul 76 ^ = NSIC Metrodome Classic % = NSIC Crossover Rival Game $ = Take a Kid to the Game 10. NORTHERN STATE 60 11. Southwest Minnesota State 46 WOLVES ON THE WEB: All of NSU's 2008 home games and every NSIC game of 12. MSU Moorhead 37 the year will be webcast in real time on http://northernsun.tv, allowing Wolves fans to keep up to 13. Upper Iowa 32 14. Minnesota, Crookston 15 date with the action every week! first place votes in ( ) NORTHERN STATE vs. Southwest Minnesota State Page Oct. 8, 008 National Rankings Last Week vs. SW Minnesota State: American Football Coaches Association Prev. 1 2 3 4 F Rk Team Record Points Rank 1. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (23) 9-0 645 1 Northern State 0 7 13 12 32 2. Abilene Christian (Texas) (3) 9-0 627 2 SW Minnesota 14 14 3 8 39 3. Northwest Missouri St. 9-1 592 3 4. Delta St. (Miss.) 8-1 571 5 MARSHALL, Minn. – It was the tale of two separate teams when the 5. North Alabama 9-1 536 6 Northern State Wolves football team faced off against Southwest Minnesota 6. Minnesota-Duluth 10-0 489 8 State, but not in the sense that one would normally think. A strong second-half 7. California (Pa.) 9-1 485 7 8. Central Washington 9-1 473 9 showing by the Wolves was enough to overcome a 21-point halftime defecit, but 9. West Texas A&M 9-1 444 10 a late touchdown by the Mustangs snagged a victory for the home team, as the 10. Pittsburg State (Kan.) 9-1 397 12 Mustangs prevailed 39-31 in front of 1,323 fans at the Regional Event Center. 11. Tuskegee (Ala.) 9-0 395 11 After spotting the Mustangs a quick 28-0 lead, a Jim Green interception late 12. Chadron State (Neb.) 9-1 356 13 in the first half proved to be the spark the Wolves needed to get in the scoring 13. Valdosta State (Ga.) 7-2 330 14 14. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 9-1 325 4 column as they took only two plays to put a six up on the scoreboard after Trent 15. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 7-2 292 15 DesLauriers caught a 29-yard touchdown from Eric Ellingson. Thomas Parrott 16. American International (Mass.) 9-0 229 17 added the extra point to put the score at 28-7 with :27 left on the clock, and the 17. West Chester (Pa.) 8-2 224 19 score would hold until halftime. 18. Indiana (Pa.) 7-2 199 18 19. Tarleton St. (Texas) 8-2 177 20 The Wolves came out with a fire in their eyes to start the second half, and 20. Edinboro (Pa.) 8-2 145 21 the first installment of the newly-found moxy was a 37-yard kick return by Marty 21. Seton Hill (Pa.) 9-1 89 NR Ponzo to set the Wolves up at the Southwest 46-yard line. A facemask penalty 22. Wingate (N.C.) 8-1 118 22 on the play would place the ball at the Mustang 31-yard line. An 11-yard run by 23. Fayetteville St. (N.C.) 8-2 107 16 Tavis Ve’e and a 12-yard run by Eric Ellingson set up a 3-yard touchdown run 24. Ashland (Ohio) 7-3 69 225 25. Wayne State (Mich.) 8-2 38 NR by Ve’e to push the score to 28-14 to start a back-and-forth second half. Down 32-31 after a 17-yard TD strike from Ellingson to John Michael Migdal Week 11 Poll, November 4, 2008 on a 4th-and-7 play, the Mustings forced a 3-and-out and a Wolves punt to take over at their own 29-yard line with 2:09 remaining in the game. In what has been the luck of NSU team for the better part of the season, Mustang quarterback Josh Shudlick found Derek Townsend for a 60-yard touchdown to put the Mustangs up 37-32. The home team would then get the 2-point conversion to put the score at 39-32 with 1:38 remaining in the game. After the Mustang kicker booted the kickoff out-of-bounds, the Wolves took over at their own 40-yard line. Ellingson completed two consecutive passes to Brian Jark four 12 and 14 yards, respectively, the Wolves had a first down at the Southwest 34 yard line. After two incomplete passes and a 1-yard rush by Ellingson, the Wolves faced a fourth down and were not able to convert. The final score ended as 39-32 in favor of Southwest Minnesota State. The National Rankings Wolves were led on offense by sophomore quarterback Eric Ellingson who d2football.com completed 21 of 34 passes for 265 yards and four touchdowns (2 rush, 2 pass). Rk Team Record Ve’e led the Northern State rushing effort with 49 yards on 13 carries and one 1 Grand Valley 8-0 touchdown, and Jark led all Wolves receivers with 107 yards on six catches. 2 Abilene Christian 8-0 3 Northwest Missouri 8-1 Trent DesLauriers and Migdal each had a touchdown reception.