BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL Bemidji State Athletic Media Relations • 1500 Birchmont Drive NE #29, Bemidji, MN 56601 • BSUBeavers.com Assistant Director (Primary Contact): Collin Boyles • email: [email protected] • 0: (218) 755-2763 GAME 2 / CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS BEMIDJI STATE (0-1; 0-0 NSIC NORTH) NR/NR BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERS (0-1 / 0-0 NSIC NORTH) Date Opponent Time/Result Head Coach: Brent Bolte (Cornell College, ‘98) Aug. 31 • at Winona State L, 30-20 Record at BSU: 9-4 (Second Season) • Career Record: 9-4 (Second Season) • Versus CSP: 0-0 Sept. 9 • Concordia-St. Paul ! 4 p.m. Sept. 16 • at Augustana 1 p.m. vs Sept. 23 • Southwest Minn. State @ 2 p.m. Sept. 30 • at Minnesota Crookston ^# 1 p.m. NR/NR CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL GOLDEN BEARS (1-0 / 0-0 NSIC SOUTH) Oct. 7 • U-Mary ^$ 1 p.m. Oct. 14 • at Minot State ^ 1 p.m. Head Coach: Shannon Currier (Hamline, ‘93; Bemidji State, ‘96) Oct. 21 • at Northern State ^ 2:30 p.m. Record at CSP: 35-21, 28-18 NSIC (Sixth Season) • Career Record: 55-56 (11th Season) • Versus BSU: 4-0 Oct. 26 • Minnesota Duluth ^% 7:05 p.m. Nov. 4 • St. Cloud State ^* 1 p.m. Nov. 11 • at MSU Moorhead ^& 1 p.m. Sept. 9, 2017 • 4:00 p.m. • Bemidji, Minn. • Chet Anderson Stadium • NSIC Game ^ NSIC Division game Series History: Bemidji State leads, 8-7 • First met: 10/2/99 - Bemidji State, 54-7 ! Shrine Game @ Homecoming # Hubcap Rivalry Radio: WMIS 92.1 FM • beaverradionetwork.com • Brian Schulz, pxp $ Lions Vision Awareness Game % Make-A-Wish Game * Military Appreciation/Senior Day & Battle Axe Rivalry Television: KBSU Ch. 17 All times local 2017 BSU LEADERS CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL (1-0, 0-0 NSIC) Date Opponent Time/Result TALE OF THE TAPE RUSHING Aug. 31 • Minot State W, 24-0 Sept. 9 • at Bemidji State 4 p.m. Sept. 16 • St. Cloud State 6 p.m. Sept. 23 • at MSU Moorhead 6 p.m. TOTAL Sept. 30 • No. 20 Minnesota State ^ 12 p.m. Oct. 7 • at Upper Iowa ^ 5 p.m. OFFENSE Oct. 14 • Winona State ^ 6 p.m. Oct. 21 • No. 17 Sioux Falls ^ 12 p.m. Oct. 28 • at Wayne State ^ 1 p.m. Nov. 4 • at Augustana ^ 1 p.m. ANDREW LACKOWSKI Nov. 11 • Southwest Minn. State ^ 1 p.m. 39 YDS / 9 ATT / 4.3 YPC / 39.0 YPG • NSIC Game ^ NSIC Division game 365 YDS 367 YDS All times local Passing Rushing Passing Rushing PASSING TEAM INFORMATION 308 yds 57 yds 168 yds 199 yds 2016 Record: 9-3 NSIC Record/Division: 8-3 / 5-2 (3rd / 2nd North) Starters Returning: 15 (6 O / 8 D / 1 ST) Starters Lost: 8 (5 O / 3 D / 0 ST) 20.0 PPG SCORING OFFENSE 24.0 PPG Letterwinners Returning: 46 (20 O / 24 D / 2 ST) Letterwinners Lost: 19 (12 O / 7 D / 0 ST) 30.0 PPG SCORING DEFENSE 0.0 PPG PROGRAM HISTORY JORDAN HEIN First Year of Football: 1926 27:09 TIME OF POSSESSION 29:51 308 YDS / 1 TD / 25-52-1 48% All-Time Record: 351-429-24 (.452) NSIC Titles: 5 (1947-50-57-59-2006) 50% (9/18) 3RD DOWN CONVERSION (5/12) 42% NSIC Division Title 2 (2012, 2014) RECEIVING Years in Post-Season Play: 1 (2006) Mineral Water Bowl: 2016 / W, 36-23 (Washburn) 0% (0/2) 4TH DOWN CONVERSION (0/1) 0% 2006 / L, 35-27 (Pittsburg St.) 100% (2/2) RED ZONE EFFICIENCY (4/5) 80% COACHING STAFF Head Coach Brent Bolte 106 YPG (12/106) PENALTY YARDAGE (6/70) 70 YPG Alma Mater Cornell College ‘98 Office Phone: (218) 755-2768 BLAIR VAN ESS e-mail [email protected] Record at BSU: 9-4 (Second season) 71 YDS / 6 REC / 1 TD / 11.8 YPR Career Record: 9-4 (Second season) Record versus the NSIC: 8-4 TOTAL DEFENSE Assistants: DEFENSE Rich Jahner Assoc. HC/S Craig Bagnell OC/QB Rob Aurich DC/LB Damon Benham DB Matt Cain DL Jordan Noskowiak WR Matt Phipps RB 370 YDS 239 YDS Ryan Olson OL Dr. Ken Traxler TE Passing Rushing Passing Rushing TRYSTEN ROSS 308 yds 62 yds 175 yds 64 yds 9 TACKLES / 2.0 TFL 2016 MINERAL WATER BOWL CHAMPIONS 2 0 17 BEAVER FOOTBALL 1 GAME 2 / CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL #GrindTheAxe BSU WHEN... THINGS TO KNOW... AFCA TOP 25 POLL 2017 Since ‘99 Sept. 4, 2017 || Week One Rankings Overall... 0-1 124-76 THE GAME Rk School (1st votes) Pts. Prev. ...at home 0-0 65-29 Bemidji State University begins its 2017 home schedule Saturday as Concordia 1 Northwest Missouri St. 850 1 ...away 0-1 53-45 University-St. Paul enters Chet Anderson Stadium. The Beavers (0-1) looks to 2 Ferris St. (Mich.) 799 3 ...neutral site 0-0 7-4 bounce back from a season-opening loss while slowing the momentum of the 3 Texas A&M-Commerce 776 5 ...in overtime 0-0 6-2 Golden Bears (1-0) after a 24-0 win to begin 2017. 4 Shepherd (W.Va.) 726 7 5 California (Pa.) 675 8 6 Indiana (Pa.) 649 9 BSU scores 1st 0-0 89-20 THE SERIES 7 Colorado St.-Pueblo 644 12 Opp scores 1st 0-1 35-54 Bemidji State leads the all-time series against Concordia-St. Paul, 8-7, includ- 8 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 541 13 9 Sioux Falls (S.D.) 502 17 Leading after 1st 0-0 80-11 ing the most recent meeting Sept. 26, 2015, a 47-7 victory for the Beavers. 10 LIU-Post (N.Y.) 486 14 Trailing after 1st 0-1 20-48 Bemidji State has won six of the last eight games and opened the series with a 11 North Alabama 468 6 Tied after 1st 0-0 24-15 54-7 win on Oct. 2, 1999. 12 Minnesota St. 412 20 Head Coach Brent Bolte, in his second season as BSU’s head coach, is 9-4 13 Central Missouri 401 21 Leading at half 0-0 103-10 since taking the reins of the program. He helped guide Bemidji State to a 45-17 road 14 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 338 2 Trailing at half 0-1 15-54 15 Emporia St. (Kan.) 310 4 Tied at half 0-0 7-10 upset over previously No. 6 ranked Minnesota State University Mankato, the pro- 16 Midwestern St. (Texas) 298 24 gram’s first national ranking since 2011 and BSU’s first post-season victory in 2016. 17 Colorado Mesa 293 23 Leading after 3rd 0-0 106-11 18 Indianapolis (Ind.) 246 NR Trailing after 3rd 0-1 11-61 19 Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) 201 NR Tied after 3rd 0-0 8-2 THE TEAMS 20 Albany St. (Ga.) 197 NR Bemidji State: Despite a miscue in the 2017 season-opener at Winona State 21 Minnesota-Duluth 139 10 Largest Halftime Lead - 49 University, BSU remains determined to reach the NCAA Division II playoffs. The 22 Tuskegee (Ala.) 138 NR Largest Halftime Deficit 14 34 Beavers received votes in the American Football Coaches Association Top 25 23 Henderson St. (Ark.) 126 NR Poll for the second consecutive week after entering the season ranked No. 25 24 West Chester (Pa.) 101 NR 25 West Georgia 79 NR Rushing for < 100 yds 0-1 8-29 overall. Six Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference programs earned votes Allowing < 100 rush yds 0-1 65-15 Rushing for 200+ yds 0-0 68-7 during the Week One rankings, led by University of Sioux Falls at No. 9. Three Others Receiving Votes: Valdosta St. (Ga.), 76; Allowing 200+ rush yds 0-0 10-35 NSIC North programs are included on the list, led by University of Minnesota Florida Tech, 68; Arkansas Tech, 66; Colorado School Passing for 200+ yds 0-1 62-33 Duluth at No. 21 and concluded by Minnesota State University Moorhead that of Mines, 60; Harding (Ark.), 53; Central Washington, Allowing 200+ pass yds 0-1 48-46 received two fewer votes than Bemidji State (13). BSU looks to continue its 43; North Greenville (S.C.), 43; Ashland (Ohio), 32; Delta St. (Miss.), 28; Southern Arkansas, 22; Hum- 400-499 yds of total offense 0-0 49-13 short-term success during the month of September under Head Coach Brent 500+ yds of total offense 0-0 25-5 boldt St. (Calif.), 20; Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 19; Allowing 400+ yards 0-0 19-39 Bolte, going 3-1 last season during the opening month and outscoring oppo- North Carolina-Pembroke, 16; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), nents 164-95. Last week’s 30-20 loss to Winona State was the first game BSU 14; Slippery Rock (Pa.), 14; Bemidji St. (Minn.), 13; Shutouts 0-0 8-5 scored below 30 points since Nov. 7, 2015. Bowie St. (Md.), 13; Minnesota St.-Moorhead, 11; Scoring ≤ 7 points 0-0 0-8 Senior quarterback Jordan Hein continued his high-offensive production Assumption (Mass.), 8; Gannon (Pa.), 8; Eastern Scoring 8-19 points 0-0 5-23 despite Winona State outgaining Bemidji State, 370-365. Hein extended his 250- New Mexico, 7; Southwest Baptist (Mo.), 5; Virginia Scoring 20-29 points 0-1 35-25 St., 5; Findlay (Ohio), 2; Notre Dame (Ohio), 2; Wi- Scoring 30-39 points 0-0 34-8 yard passing streak to six games, dating back to last season, with a 308-yard nona St. (Minn.), 2; Angelo St. (Texas), 1; East Cen- Scoring 40-49 points 0-0 36-5 performance against the Warriors.