North Dakota State BISON FootbalL 36 Conference Championships | 16 National Championships 2019 Missouri Valley Football Conference & NCAA FCS National Champions 2020-21 Schedule North Dakota State Hosts Youngstown State (1-0 overall, 0-0 MVFC) Date Opponent Time 10/3 #11/11 CENTRAL ARKANSAS W, 39-28 Sunday in Valley Football Opener 2/21 *YOUNGSTOWN STATE 2:30 p.m. 2/27 *at Southern Illinois 12 p.m. THIS WEEK: No. 1-ranked North Dakota 3/6 *at Missouri State 2 p.m. State (1-0, 0-0 MVFC) kicks off the long-awaited 3/13 *ILLINOIS STATE 2:30 p.m. Missouri Valley Football Conference spring 3/20 *NORTH DAKOTA 2:30 p.m. schedule this Sunday, Feb. 21, against NORTH DAKOTA STATE YOUNGSTOWN STATE 3/27 *at South Dakota 1 p.m. Youngstown State (0-0). Game time is 2:30 p.m. 4/3 *SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 2:30 p.m. at Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome. The BISON PENGUINS 4/10 *at Northern Iowa 4 p.m. (1-0, 0-0 MVFC) (0-0, 0-0 MVFC) #STATS/AFCA rankings *MVFC games ^FCS playoffs game is being played Sunday due to the North Dakota high school wrestling state champion- Rank: 1/1 (STATS/AFCA) Rank: NR/NR (STATS/AFCA) Quick Facts ships in the Fargodome on Saturday. Last Game: Oct. 3 def. Last Game: Nov. 23, 2019 Location: Fargo, ND 58102 (pop. 124,662) Central Arkansas, 39-28 def. Illinois State 21-3 Streak: Won 38 Streak: Won 1 Founded: 1890 TELEVISION: Statewide coverage on the At Home: 1-0 (Won 29) On Road: 0-0 (Lost 9) Enrollment: 12,846 (fall 2020) NBC North Dakota network begins at 1:30 p.m. Coach: Matt Entz Coach: Doug Phillips Nickname: Bison Record: 17-0 (2nd) Record: 0-0 (1st) Colors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343) ESPN+ will carry the game beginning at 2:30 p.m. Stadium: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700) ESPN+ is available by subscription on ESPN.com Surface: AstroTurf GameDay Grass and the ESPN app. Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS Conference: Missouri Valley Football (MVFC) RADIO: Coverage begins at 2 p.m. on the Peterson Farms Seed Bison Radio Network includ- Last Year’s Record: 16-0, 8-0 MVFC (1st) ing 107.9 The Fox in Fargo. Extended coverage locally on Bison 1660 and 92.7 FM includes “Bison Starters Returning/Lost: 14/8 Tailgate” from 11:00-12:00, “Bison Game Day” from 12:00-2:00 and the “Bison Hotline” call-in show Offense: 9/2 Defense: 5/6 following the network broadcast. Basic Offense: Pro Style Basic Defense: 4-3 President: Dr. Dean L. Bresciani (Humboldt State, 1984) Director of Athletics: Matt Larsen (Stony Brook, 1996) ONLINE: NDSU All Access offers free audio streaming of all NDSU football games as well as Athletic Department Phone: (701) 231-8981 live video of Bison home games to subscribers on GoBison.com/allaccess and the NDSU Athletics Ticket Office Phone: (888) 231-6378 mobile app. Live stats for NDSU home games are available on BisonStats.com. Follow along with Football Staff in-game updates on Twitter @NDSUfootball. Head Coach: Matt Entz (Wartburg College, 1995) Record at NDSU: 17-0 (2nd season) ATTENDANCE: Seating for this week’s game is limited to 50 percent capacity up to 9,500 spec- Career Record: same tators. Any available single-game tickets for NDSU home games will go on sale to the public this Assistant Coaches/Staff: Wednesday, Feb. 17, at GoBison.com/tickets and the Bison Ticket Office. *Randy Hedberg (Minot St., 1977) ............... Assoc. Head Coach Passing Game Coord./QBs PARKING AND STADIUM ENTRANCE: On game day, parking lots will open at noon and stadium *Tyler Roehl (NDSU, 2009) ...Off. Coord./Tight Ends/Fullbacks David Braun (Winona St., 2008) ...............Def. Coord./Safeties doors open at 12:30 p.m. Tailgating will not be allowed while stadium capacity is less than 100 per- Nick Goeser (UW-Eau Claire, 2003) .... Spec.Teams Coord./DTs cent. Parking will be $5 per spot and there will be no recreational vehicles, buses or trailers allowed Joe Beschorner (Simpson, 2000) ..................... Running Backs in the parking lots. Those with game tickets in Sections 1-6 or Sections 24-34 should park on the Dan Larson (UW-Eau Claire, 2003) ....................Offensive Line *Kody Morgan (UW-Stevens Point, 2012) ............ Cornerbacks east side of the Fargodome in lots B or C and enter through the north and east entrances. Those with Grant Olson (NDSU, 2014) ................................... Linebackers game tickets in Sections 7-23 should park on the west side of the Fargodome in lots E, F or G and Noah Pauley (Minn.-Duluth, 2012) ...................Wide Receivers enter through the south and west entrances. *Buddha Williams (U. of Charleston, 2009) ..... Defensive Ends *Connor Senger (UW-Oshkosh, 2017) .........Off. Quality Control *Lee Pronschinske (Winona State, 2019) .. Def. Quality Control MASKS REQUIRED: Masks will be required upon entering the Fargodome and must be worn Nathan Bjoralt (NDSU, 2013) .......Dir. of Football Ops. & Equip. throughout the duration of the game. For those that do not have a mask, one will be provided. Failure Josh Kittell (Jamestown, 2008) ....... Dir. of Football Recruiting to follow the directions of event personnel or failure to wear a mask (when not eating or drinking) John Riley (Arkansas State, 2008) .. Dir. of Football Video Ops. Jim Kramer (UW-La Crosse, 1989) ...Asst. AD/Ath. Performance could result in ticket revocation and the loss of ticket privileges in the future. *press box on game day NEW DIGITAL PROGRAMS: A new digital game day program will be available to fans free of Athletic Communications charge through GoBison.com and the NDSU Athletics mobile app available for download in the Contact: Ryan Perreault Apple App Store and Google Play. A free roster card presented by Gate City Bank will be available for Office: (701) 231-8331 Mobile: (701) 793-0521 Email: [email protected] pickup on the concourse. Website: GoBison.com Facebook: @NDSUathletics THE SERIES: This is the 15th meeting between North Dakota State and Youngstown State. Twitter: @NDSUathletics @NDSUfootball NDSU has won eight in a row to take a 10-4 lead in the all-time series dating back to 1972. YSU is 2-4 Instagram: @NDSUathletics @NDSUfootball in the Fargodome with both wins coming by a combined seven points in 2009 and 2011. YouTube: @NDSUathletics BISON FOOTBALL 2020-21 PAGE 2 TEAM COMPARISONS NORTH DAKOTA ST. (1-0, 0-0 MVFC) YOUNGSTOWN ST. (0-0, 0-0 MVFC) 2019 STATS BISON OPP 2019 STATS PENGUINS OPP Points/Game 37.2 12.3 Points/Game 30.4 26.8 First Downs 344 245 First Downs 241 200 Rushing/Game 287.6 136.1 Rushing/Game 187.4 170.7 Passing/Game 181.9 138.6 Passing/Game 190.8 168.4 Total Offense/Game 469.5 274.7 Total Offense/Game 378.2 339.1 VALLEY OVERALL Had Intercepted 1 17 Had Intercepted 8 11 W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Fumbles-Lost 13-5 18-6 Fumbles-Lost 11-6 16-9 North Dakota State 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Penalties-Avg. Yards 97-54.4 79-42.2 Penalties-Avg. Yards 77-65.2 71-55.8 Southern Illinois 0-0 .000 1-0 1.000 Net Punt Avg. 35.9 35.8 Net Punt Avg. 33.2 33.3 Illinois State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Time of Poss./Game 31:54 28:06 Time of Poss./Game 32:13 27:47 North Dakota 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3rd Down Conversions 51% 34% 3rd Down Conversions 40% 34% Northern Iowa 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 4th Down Conversions 13/19 10/26 4th Down Conversions 5/15 7/16 South Dakota 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 South Dakota State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 TOP RETURNERS (2019 stats) TOP RETURNERS (2019 stats) Western Illinois 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG Youngstown State 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Kobe Johnson 86 660 7.7 4 47.1 Christian Turner 58 274 4.7 3 22.8 Missouri State 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 Jalen Bussey 6 123 20.5 2 123.0 London Pearson 24 186 7.8 1 15.5 PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPG (Indiana State not participating) Zeb Noland 9-14-0 64.3 1 15.0 Joe Craycraft 66-127-3 52.0 8 81.2 RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPG RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPG Christian Watson 34 732 21.5 6 45.8 Christian Turner 21 91 4.3 1 7.6 Schedule & Scores Josh Babicz 12 192 16.0 5 12.8 Samuel St. Surin 16 246 15.4 1 20.5 All Times Central DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FR DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FR Jackson Hankey 55-72-127 9.0 1 0-0 Zaire Jones 35-25-60 0.0 3 0-1 Friday, Feb. 19 Michael Tutsie 46-59-105 3.5 7 1-0 Terray Bryant 30-16-46 0.0 2 0-1 *South Dakota State at Northern Iowa, 7 p.m. James Kaczor 39-38-77 4.0 0 0-0 Jaelin Madison 22-19-41 1.0 0 0-0 Saturday, Feb. 20 *Southern Illinois at North Dakota, 12 p.m. THE LAST MEETING: North Dakota State scored six first-half touchdowns and dealt *Illinois State at Missouri State, 1 p.m.