NORTHERN STATE WOLVES FOOTBALL Northern State Athletic Communications • 1200 S. Jay St., Aberdeen, SD 57041 • NSUWOLVES.COM • Ashley Gauer (Media Contact) Assistant Director of Athletics, Communications • [email protected] • 605.626.7748 • 612.875.1583 • 605.626.2238 (Fax) Twitter: @WolvesAthletics • FB Twitter: @NSUFOOTBALL • Facebook: /nsuwolvesathletics • Instagram: @nsuwolves 2018 Schedule GAME COVERAGE Overall: 0-0 | NSIC: 0-0 | NSIC North: 0-0 Radio: ESPN Radio Aberdeen - 1420 AM and 107.1 FM Listen Live: http://www.hubcityradio.com/foxsportsaberdeenlistenlive/ Home: 0-0 | Away: 0-0 Video Webcast: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/northern/ Live Stats: http://sidearmstats.com/northern/football/ AUGUST QUICK HITS ON THE WOLVES 30 at Bemidji State 6 p.m. • The Northern State football team is coming off their third straight 6-5 season in 2017. • A total of nine school records were broken a season ago including single game points scored, yards SEPTEMBER per rush, rushing touchdowns, touchdowns scored, and punting yards, as well as single season yards 6 MINOT STATE*%# 7 p.m. per rush and career field goals and PATs made. • The Wolves were picked eighth overall in the league and fourth in the NSIC North. 15 at MSU Moorhead 3 p.m. • They return one NSIC All-Conference performer in Noah MacPherson. MacPherson was named 22 ST. CLOUD STATE* 1 p.m. All-Conference second team a season ago, leading the defense with 77 tackles, including five tackles for 29 WINONA STATE$ 2:30 p.m. a loss. • MacPherson was named one of the NSU Players to Watch in the league, alongside Zech Culbreath OCTOBER who started all 11 games in 2017, recording 253 yards receiving and two touchdowns. Culbreath led the returns with 424 kick return yards, a 97-yard long, and one touchdown. 6 at Concordia-St. Paul 12 p.m. • The Wolves will open the 2018 season with a new look, following the addition of offensive coordinator 13 AUGUSTANA! 1 p.m. Myers Hendrickson. 20 at Southwest Minn. State 5 p.m. • Northern returns six starters on offense, eight on defense, and one on special teams heading into 27 at U-Mary* 2 p.m. the opener. Weather Forecast NOVEMBER • Thursday calls for partly cloudy skies early. Scattered thunderstorms developing later at night with 3 MINNESOTA CROOKSTON* 1 p.m a 40% chance of rain. A high of 75 and low of 59, with south winds at 10 to 20 mph. 10 at Minnesota Duluth* 1 p.m. matching up with the beavers of bemidji state *NSIC North %Ag Bowl !Blackout Cancer • Bemidji State opens the season picked fifth overall in the league and second in the NSIC North #MidcoSN Game of the Week $Gypsy Days Division. • Senior defensive back Gunner Olszewski earned his second straight NSIC North Division Defensive Preseason Player of the Year honor. He earned All-NSIC North Division First Team Defense each of the NSIC Overall Standings past three seasons and All-NSIC Special Teams Second Team in 2017. NSIC Points • Bemidji State returns seven starters on offense and four on defense, including seven All-NSIC W-L .......For .......Opp selections (Lacowski, Daniello, Olszewski, Vogeler, Ames, Aanerud, and Gross) in total. • The Beavers averaged 202.5 rushing yards, 194.0 passing yards, and 396.5 yards of total offense Minnesota State ............0-0 ........N/A .......N/A per game last season. Winona State .................0-0 ........N/A .......N/A • In 2017, BSU sat second in the league in points scored per game (35.3) and third in the NSIC in Minnesota Duluth ..........0-0 ........N/A .......N/A interceptions (20) and yards per kick return (22.1). Sioux Falls .....................0-0 ........N/A .......N/A • Andrew Lackowski returns for his final season, after finishing the year second in the league, Bemidji State .................0-0 ........N/A .......N/A averaging 87.2 rushing yards per game. St. Cloud State ..............0-0 ........N/A .......N/A • BSU enters their second season under the direction of head coach Brent Bolte. Wayne State ..................0-0 ........N/A .......N/A Last Match-Up Upper Iowa ....................0-0 ........N/A .......N/A • The Wolves fell to the Beavers 44-17 in 2017, with BSU recording 544 yards of total offense. Northern State ...............0-0 ........N/A .......N/A • Hunter Trautman threw for a game high 218 yards, completing 26-of-50 attempts. MSU Moorhead .............0-0 ........N/A .......N/A • Noah MacPherson led the game with 12 tackles, including a 0.5 sack for a total loss of four yards. Augustana .....................0-0 ........N/A .......N/A • Northern is 20-21-1 all-time against Bemidji State and 3-5 under the direction of Dosch. Minot State ....................0-0 ........N/A .......N/A • The Wolves last defeated the Beavers in 2014 with a score of 48-41. Concordia-St. Paul ........0-0 ........N/A .......N/A Southwest Minnesota ....0-0 ........N/A .......N/A A Season Ago University of Mary ..........0-0 ........N/A .......N/A • The Wolves went 6-5 overall and 5-2 in the NSIC North Division in 2017, while the Beavers went Minnesota Crookston ....0-0 ........N/A .......N/A 8-3 overall and 6-1 in the North. Week 1: NSIC Schedule August 30 - September 1 NSIC DIVISIONAL STANDINGS NSIC NORTH NSIC SOUTH Concordia-St. Paul at Sioux Falls 6 p.m. Div. .....NSIC Div. .....NSIC Southwest Minn. St. at Minnesota State 6 p.m. Bemidji State ........................0-0 ..........0-0 Augustana ............................0-0 ......... 0-0 Minnesota Crookston ...........0-0 ..........0-0 Concordia-St. Paul ...............0-0 ......... 0-0 Minnesota Duluth at Minot State 6 p.m. Minnesota Duluth .................0-0 ..........0-0 Minnesota State Mankato .....0-0 ......... 0-0 Northern State at Bemidji State 6 p.m. Minot State ...........................0-0 ..........0-0 Sioux Falls ............................0-0 ......... 0-0 U-Mary at St. Cloud State 6 p.m. MSU Moorhead ....................0-0 ..........0-0 Southwest Minnesota State ..0-0 ......... 0-0 Winona State at Wayne State 6 p.m. Northern State ......................0-0 ..........0-0 Upper Iowa ...........................0-0 ......... 0-0 Minnesota Crookston at MSU Moorhead 6:30 p.m. St. Cloud State .....................0-0 ..........0-0 Wayne State .........................0-0 ......... 0-0 9/1 - Augustana at Upper Iowa 6 p.m. U-Mary ..................................0-0 ..........0-0 Winona State ........................0-0 ......... 0-0 NORTHERN STATE WOLVES FOOTBALL NSIC Football Week 1 • Wolves at Bemidji State Beavers • Chet Anderson Stadium • Thursday, August 30 • 6 p.m. Radio: Fox Sports Radio Aberdeen - 1420 AM and 107.1 FM • Listen Live: http://www.hubcityradio.com/foxsportsaberdeenlistenlive/ Video Webcast: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/northern/ • Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=222509 AFCA TOP-25 POLL HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON Rk Team (1st Place Votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. NORTHERN STATE WOLVES BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS 1 Texas A&M-Commerce (13) 14-1 748 1 2 West Florida (14) 11-4 721 2 3 Minnesota St. (2) 13-1 691 4 TEAM STATS TEAM STATS 4 Indiana (Pa.) (2) 13-1 666 3 NSU Opp. BSU Opp. T-5 Fort Hays St. (Kan.) 11-1 591 8 T-5 Northwest Missouri St. (2) 9-3 591 16 Points per Gm 24.1 27.4 Points per Gm 35.3 17.3 7 Harding (Ark.) 11-4 550 6 First Downs 191 228 First Downs 227 182 8 Ferris St. (Mich.) 11-2 503 5 9 Central Washington 11-1 494 7 Rushing/Gm 155.9 182.5 Rushing/Gm 202.5 104.9 10 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 8-3 478 NR Passing/Gm 172.4 204.4 Passing/Gm 194.0 194.4 11 Midwestern St. (Texas) 10-1 473 11 Total Offense/Gm 328.3 386.9 Total Offense/Gm 396.5 299.3 12 West Alabama 10-3 470 12 13 Indianapolis (Ind.) 11-1 402 13 Interceptions 7 14 Interceptions 20 6 14 Colorado St.-Pueblo 9-3 401 17 Fumbles-Lost 20-12 27-11 Fumbles-Lost 17-10 17-6 15 Ashland (Ohio) 11-2 350 10 16 Shepherd (W.Va.) 10-1 332 14 Penalties-Yds./Gm 67-576 76-653 Penalties-Yds./Gm 80-622 57-468 17 Assumption (Mass.) 11-2 292 9 Net Punt Avg. 32.3 32.3 Net Punt Avg. 31.5 31.8 18 Central Missouri 9-3 209 NR 19 West Georgia 9-4 196 19 Time of Possession 28:19 31:41 Time of Possession 27:18 32:42 20 Sioux Falls (S.D.) 9-3 158 20 3rd-Down Conv. 60/167 45/154 3rd-Down Conv. 65/153 67/185 21 Winona St. (Minn.) 10-2 134 15 4th-Down Conv. 10/21 15/28 4th-Down Conv. 11/17 11/28 22 Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 8-3 118 NR 23 Ohio Dominican 7-3 105 NR 24 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 9-3 102 NR INDIVIDUAL STATS INDIVIDUAL STATS 25 Findlay (Ohio) 10-3 101 22 Rushing Att. Net Avg. TD YPG Rushing Att. Net Avg. TD YPG D2FOOTBALL.COM TOP-25 POLL N. Truen 147 1061 7.2 15 96.5 A. Lackowski 161 959 6.0 5 87.2 Rk Team Record Last Wk C. Kelly 83 258 3.1 3 23.5 T. Nomane 116 618 5.3 5 56.2 1 IUP 11-0 1 H. Trautman 61 207 3.4 0 23.0 J. Hein 103 271 2.6 1 24.6 2 Minnesota State 11-0 2 3 Ashland 10-1 3 4 Shepherd 10-0 4 Passing C-A-I Pct. Yds. TD YPG Passing C-A-I Pct. Yds. TD YPG 5 Midwestern State 9-0 5 6 Ferris State 9-1 6 H.