2018 NORTH DAKOTA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES north dakota (2-2) at Northern Colorado (0-4, 0-1) Nottingham Field * Greeley, Colo. * Sept. 29, 2018 *Radio: Home of Economy Radio Network *Stream: Pluto TV ON TAP »2018 SCHEDULE The Fighting Hawks head to Greeley, Colo., for a battle with former North Central DATE OPPONENT TIME Conference and Big Sky Conference foe Northern Colorado next Saturday. UNC 8/30 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE W, 35-7 has been a bit snake-bit in the early stages of 2018, losing all four games, two of them by three points each. 9/8 at #9 Washington L, 3-45 9/15 at Sam Houston State W, 24-23 UP NEXT 9/22 IDAHO STATE L, 21-25 UND gets its bye week on Oct. 6, then returns to host Montana on Oct. 13 at the 9/29 at Northern Colorado 1 p.m. Alerus Center. 10/13 MONTANA 1 p.m. LAST TIME OUT 10/20 at Sacramento State 8 p.m. North Dakota was held scoreless in the second half and Idaho State escaped the 10/27 WEBER STATE 2 p.m. Alerus Center with a 25-21 win in the annual Potato Bowl and Homecoming game. 11/03 at Idaho 4 p.m. UND, after converting on all five of its third-down attempts in the first half, was just 11/10 PORTLAND STATE 2 p.m. 1-for-10 on second-half third-down tries. 11/17 at Northern Arizona 3:30 p.m. Home games listed in BOLD | All times Central The teams piled up over 1,000 yards of total offense, including 664 of those com- ing in the first half. ISU’s Tanner Gueller hooked up with brother, Mitch, for a 64- yard scoring strike with 7:42 to play to put the Bengals up for good, 25-21. UND-UNC series All-Time Series UND leads, 17-12 ALL-TIME SERIES vs. THE BEARS Streak UND has won 5 straight North Dakota leads the all-time series against Northern Colorado, 17-12, winning In Greeley UNC leads, 9-7 each of the last five meetings. UND is 6-1 against the Bears in FCS-level match- ups, with the only loss coming by one point in 2012 in Greeley, Colo. UNC won 10 of the first 17 meetings, but North Dakota has gone 10-2 since then (1999-on). Head Coaches Bubba Schweigert, UND (5th season) LOOKING LIKE A MILLION! The University of North Dakota welcomed its millionth fan into the Alerus Center UND/Overall Record 26-24/48-45 (9) all-time in the homecoming game against Idaho State on Sept. 22. Last season, vs. Northern Colorado 4-0 an average of 10,428 fans attended each game, the second-highest average at- tendance in the building’s history. Earnest Collins, Northern Colorado (8th season) UNC/Overall Record 24-56 (8) / 32-69 (10) MOORE ENSHRINED Former UND standout runningback Phillip Moore was enshrined in the UND Athlet- vs. UND 1-6 ics Hall of Fame on Sept. 22. The Grand Forks Central grad rushed for a school- record 5,697 yards in his four seasons (1995-98) and added 51 rushing touch- Home of Economy Radio Network downs, also a school record that still stands. Locally in Grand Forks 96.1 FM WHAT’S GOOD? Jack Michaels Play-by-Play • North Dakota has won five straight against Northern Colorado Mike Berg Analyst • Bubba Schweigert is 4-0 all-time against the Bears. Paul Ralston Sidelines • UND owns a 14-8 mark at the Alerus under head coach Bubba Schweigert. • In the building all-time, North Dakota is 84-26 in 17 seasons. JAXSON TURNER OVERDRIVE Live stream: WatchBigSky.com / Pluto TV Sophomore Jaxson Turner blocked his first career kick, a big fourth-quarter block Live audio: fightinghawks.com (free) that gave UND one final chance on offense in the waning minutes of the game vs. Idaho State. Live stats: uncbears.com/sidearmstats/football KETTERING-HAM AND GOOSE-EGGS Junior quarterback Nate Ketteringham threw his first interception in his Fighting Hawk career Sept. 22 vs. Idaho State. It came after 105 attempts without a pick to start his UND career. RODGERS THAT Donnell Rodgers collected a career-high eight total tackles against Idaho State, all solo. He added 3.0 tackles for loss as well, also a career high for a single game. www.facebook.com/UNDFootball @UNDFootball www.youtube.com/user/UNDAthletics www.Pluto.TV MEDIA CONTACT: Mitch Wigness - 701.777.4210 (office); 317.989.2731 (cell); [email protected]; @UNDfootball, @MitchWigness GAME 5: AT NORTHERN COLORADO 2018 NORTH DAKOTA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES »GENERAL »2017 RESULTS School ...........................University of North Dakota DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATTEN RECORD Location ...........................Grand Forks, ND (58202) 08/31 at (25) Utah L, 37-16 45905 0-1, 0-0 Founded ............................................1883 09/09 Missouri State W, 34-0 12057 1-1, 0-0 Enrollment .........................................14,406 09/16 at (23) South Dakota L, 45-7 9645 1-2, 0-0 School Colors ...........................Kelly Green & White 09/23 Montana State* L, 49-21 12342 1-3, 0-1 Home Arena (Capacity) ................Alerus Center (12,283) 09/30 at UC Davis* L, 48-24 9508 1-4, 0-2 National Affiliation. .NCAA Division I 10/07 Northern Colorado* W, 48-38 10234 2-4, 1-2 Conference ...................................Independent 10/14 at (24) Montana* L, 41-17 25085 2-5, 1-3 President ...................................Mark Kennedy 10/21 Sacramento State* L, 34-27 9259 2-6, 1-4 Director of Athletics. Bill Chaves 10/28 at Portland State* W, 48-21 3002 3-6, 2-4 Senior Woman Administrator (Summit League) ..Amanda Hajdu 11/04 at (17) Southern Utah* L, 47-21 7641 3-7, 2-5 Senior Woman Administrator (MVFC, NCHC). Kara Helmig 11/11 (19) Eastern Washington* L, 21-14 8271 3-8, 2-6 Faculty Athletic Representative .................... Sue Jeno Home games listed in BOLD Athletic Department ........................(701) 777-2234 * denotes Big Sky Conference games Ticket Office ...............................(701) 777-0855 Press Box. (701) 792-1501/1502 »2018 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME »HISTORY 08/30 Mississippi Valley State Grand Forks, N.D. W, 35-7 09/8 at Washington Seattle, Wash. L, 3-45 First Year of Football .................................1894 09/15 at Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas W, 24-23 All-time Record ....................647-407-30 (120 seasons) 09/22 Idaho State Grand Forks, N.D. L, 21-25 All-time DI Record .......................57-58 (10 seasons) 09/ at Northern Colorado Greeley, Colo. 1 p.m. All-time DII Record .................590-349-30 (110 seasons) 10/13 Montana Grand Forks, N.D. 1 p.m. 10/20 at Sacramento State Sacramento, Calif. 8 p.m. »COACHING STAFF 10/27 Weber State Grand Forks, N.D. 2 p.m. Head Coach/Corners .... Bubba Schweigert (Jamestown, 1985) 11/03 at Idaho Moscow, Idaho 4 p.m. Record at UND .........................26-24 (four seasons) 11/10 Portland State Grand Forks, N.D. 2 p.m. Career Record as Head Coach ...........48-45 (eight seasons) 11/17 at Northern Arizona Flagstaff, Ariz. 3:30 p.m. Home games listed in BOLD | All times Central Defensive Coordinator/OLBs ........Eric Schmidt (5th season) Offensive Coordinator/QBs .........Paul Rudolph (5th season) »MEDIA INFORMATION Special Teams Coord./TEs . .Shawn Kostich (5th season) Football Contact/Assistant AD for Comm. .......Mitch Wigness Running Backs .................Malcolm Agnew (2nd season) Wigness’ Office Phone. (701) 777-4210 Wide Receivers. Danny Freund (8th season) Wigness’ Cell Phone .........................(317) 989-2731 Offensive Line. Luke Knauf (5th season) Wigness’ Email [email protected] Defensive Backs. Travis Stepps (3rd season) Defensive Line ......................Jordan Gigli (5th season) AMR Mailing Address ..........Athletic Media Relations Office Recruiting Coordinator/Safeties. Joel Schwenzfeier (6th season) University of North Dakota Video Coordinator/ILBs. Carl Reinholz (5th season) Hyslop Sports Center Room 120 Athletic Trainer ...................Matt Seamon (2nd season) 2751 2nd Avenue North, Stop 9013 Athletic Trainer ...................Jake Howard (2nd season) Grand Forks, ND 58202-9013 Strength & Conditioning ........... Nate Baukol (16th season) Equipment Manager ...........Travis Kahlbaugh (16th season) »SOCIAL MEDIA »TEAM INFORMATION Twitter ...............................@UNDFootball Instagram. UNDFootball 2017 Overall Record. .3-8 2017 Home Record .....................................2-3 Facebook ............ www.Facebook.com/UNDFootball 2017 Away Record .....................................1-5 2017 Big Sky Record/Finish .........................2-6 | t-9 »UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA Starters Returning/Lost .............................. 12/13 HOME OF ECONOMY RADIO NETWORK Offense: 7/4 Play-By-Play .......................... Jack Michaels Defense: 5/6 Color Analyst. .Mike Berg Specialists: 0/3 Sideline Reporter ........................Paul Ralston Letterwinners Returning/Lost ......................... 37/21 Offense: 18/8 Defense: 19/10 Specialists: 0/3 GAME 5: AT NORTHERN COLORADO 2018 NORTH DAKOTA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES PLAYING 21 NO BS AGAINST FBS North Dakota’s win at No. 5 Sam Houston State Sept. 15 snapped Santiago has compiled some of his best games against the top tal- the nation’s longest home winning streak at 21 games, handing the ent. In his four games against FBS opponents in his career, the An- Bearkats their first loss at home in nearly three years (Sept. 19, 2015 dover, Minn., native has rushed for 426 yards with three 100-yard to Lamar). games. Here’s a look at his outings against FBS foes: ROAD RANKED RIGHTEOUSNESS Santiago vs. FBS schools With the win at SHSU, the Fighting Hawks also captured their first 2018 18-139 at Washington triumph against a ranked foe since Oct. 1, 2016 vs. Cal Poly and the 2017 10-20 at Utah first away from Grand Forks since Oct. 3, 2015 at Portland State. 2016 18-119 at BGSU 2015 24-148 at Wyoming GIMME FIVE TOTAL 70-426 That Sept.