sout:h. dakot:a st:at:e college FOOTE.ALL � E C .A B T .1 e a . 3 • SOUTH DAKOTA STA TE COLLEGE 1963 PRESS, RADIO, TV GUIDE PREPARED BY THE STATE COLLEGE NEWS BUREA Don Scannell, director Jerry Richardson, sports information Terry Khalili, layout and art Abbey Studios and Les Bork, photos Printing by the State College Printing Laboratory GENERAL INFORMATION - - - - - - - - - - .:.._ - - - - - - - LOCATION: Brookings, S. D. tral Intercollegiate Athletic (population 10,500),northeast Conference ( Member since corner of the city founding of conference, 1921) MAIL ADDRESS: College CONFERENCE CHAM­ Station, Brookings, S. D. PIONSHIPS: ENROLLMENT: Football: 1922, 1924, 1926, 3,700 (approximate) 1933, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1953, PRESIDENT: 1954, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1962 Dr. H. M. Briggs Basketball: 1929, 1940, 1954, FOUNDED: September 24, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1884 (first class es held ) 1963 • NICKNAME: Jackrabbits Track: 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, COLORS: Yellow and Blue 1929, 1932, 1947, 1948, 1950, STADIUM: Coughlin-Alumni 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, Stadium, capacity 10,500 1959, 1960. CONFERENCE: North Cen- Baseball: 1959 table of uontents General Information___ �inside front cover Athletic Staff 1 · Opponents• Schedules_____ back cover 1963 Schedule 2 1962 Record ___ 2 Forecast for '63 3 • Traveling with the Jacks __________ 4 Sket�h of Ralp Ginn 6 Football Coaching Staff 7 Player Sketches 8 Record Against 1963 Opponents 14 Roster 16 State College Football Records 18 SDSC Record in NCC Football 20 NCC Grid Champions____ 21 1962 Individual Statistics 22 1.962 Team Statistics 23 Record by Season 26 Officials for 1963 Home Games 31 Press and Radio Information 32 Ticket Information inside back cover ST A TE COLLEGE A TH LET IC STAFF Director, Athletics and Physical Education- Axel Bundgaard Wrestling Coach ( Midland, 1939) Warren Williamson Head Football Coach and Trainer Associate Director Tom Woodall (Iowa Wesleyan, Ralph A. Ginn (Tarkio, 1930) 1957) Line Coach Cross Country Coach · Stanley Marshall (SDSC, 1950) Tom Woodall Backfield Coach Director of Graduate Program Ervin Huether (Yankton, 1943) Glenn E. Robinson Fr-an Coach Baseball Coach V/l Williamson (SDSC, 1951) Erv Huether - Ba.;....... � all Coach Golf Coach James D. Iverson ( Kansas State, Jim Iverson 1952) Tennis Coach Assistant Basketball Coach Jim Marking Jim Marking ( SDSC, 1950) Ticket Manager Track Coach Harry Forsyth ( SDSC, 1951) Glenn E. Robinson ( Monmouth, Equipment Manager 1932) John A. Johnson ( SDSC,1927) 1 . 1963 football suhednle Sept� 14-MONTANA STATE COLLEGE, Great Falls, Mont . ________________________________________________8• 00, m .s. t. Sept. 21-NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY, Lincoln, Neb. ____ 2:00 Sept. 28-COLORADO STATE COLLEGE-HOME ________ l:30 Oct. 5-AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, Sioux Falls ____________ S:00 Oct. 12-UNIVERSITY·OF NORTH DAKOTA, Grand Forks __________________________________ . _____________ l:30 Oct. 19-UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA, HOME (Hobo Day) __________ l:30 Oct. 26-NORTH DAKOTA STATE U.-HOME (Parents Day) _____________________________________________ l:30 Nov. 2-STATE COLLEGE OF IOWA-HOME _________ .____ l:30 Nov. 9-MORNINGSIDE, Sioux City ______ l:30 Nov. 16-ARKANSAS STATE COLLEGE, Jonesboro, Ark..___________ �--------------------------------2:00 1962 reoord SDS Opp 25 U OF TOLEDO 14 7 ARKANSAS ST A TE COLLEGE 9 l O MONT ANA STA TE COLLEGE 14 28 AUGUST ANA COLLEGE 7 26 U OF NORTH DAKOTA 0 24 U OF SOUTH DAKOTA 0 17 N. 0. STATE U 6 13 STA TE COLLEGE OF IOWA 13. 41 · MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE 7 47 COLO. STATE COLLEGE 0 Season's Record W-7;L-2;T-1 Conference Record W-S;L-0;T-1 -----------------=- forecast for '63 Last /November 17, when the Jack­ is back as one of the most spirited and rabbits walked off the field after their competitive athletes ever to play for finalgame of the '62 season, the outlook South Dakota State. "Ras" was the for the coming year wasn't exactly good, league's leadiri� receiver last year, w� but it wasn't bad either. · named an all-conference selection, and • Coach Ralph Ginn knew he'd be is one of the Jackrabbit tri-captains. aced with rebuilding one of the most Jim Dwyer, who earned a starting potent scoring combinations the Jack- role as a halfback while still a sopho­ rabbits have had in recent years. The more, is a likely candidate to play oppo­ '62 Jacks could run, pass, and kick. Now site Rasmussen. the passing and kicking would have to Backing up at the halfback slot will be replaced. be Daryl Martin, a senior and two­ On the other hand, the solid Jack­ time letterman, LeRoy "Butch" Benson, rabbit line was left large! y intact, the a sophomore who has shown consider­ running . game hadn't suffered much, able promise; Terry Gukeisen a junior, and there were some good prospects and Reed Sanderson, a sophomore. coming up from the ranks. Junior Gale Douglas, who saw action Since that time, the picture has at fullback last year, could inherit the changed somewhat. Ineligibilities and starting post this fall, with sophomore a dropout hit both the line and back­ Jim Nesvold also in contention. field, to put a greater load on the new­ Back to bolster the Jackrabbit line comers. are Tri-Captain Jerry Ochs and letter­ Joining the casualty list since Novem­ men Roger Larson and Lyle Farrand ber have been fullback Dave Korver, at center; lettermen Fred Holloway, tackle Dick Knofczynski and halfback Dennis Dee and Dave Westbrock at the Gary Boner. Boner, who is eligible un­ tackles; Stan Jacobsen, Gary Neuharth der the NCAA but not the North Cen­ and Bob Williams at the guards, Arden tral, has been described by Ginn as "the Mackenthun and Darrel Tramp at the most exciting runner to come along in ends. Letterman Don Huls could play at this league in a decade." His loss will either end or guard. be keenly felt by the Jacks. No small factor in the Jackrabbit out­ Biggest problem will be at quarter­ look for 1963 is the schedule. Termed back, where experience is in short a "suicide schedule" by Ginn, it opens supply and the shoes of all-conference on the road with Montana State, Sept. Dean Koster will be difficult to fill. 14, followed by Nebraska one week Although spring drills produced some later. Both teams can fieldgreater depth "almost" quarterbacks, none has so far and manpower than the Jacks. come to the fore as the man who's going In the North Central, Ginn regards run the team. Tri-Captain Doug the University of North Dakota and 11- :terson, versatile and a highly capable State College of Iowa as favorites based . achlete who was one of the league's on _returns from a year ago, with Au­ outstanding secondary men last year, gustana, Morningside and the University will probably get first crack at the post. of South Dakota in the role of possible Backing him up will be Bob Webben­ dark horse candidates. North Dakota hurst, a junior, . and sophomores Ron State with a new coaching staff and a Meyer and Dave Glasrud. veteran squad will be much improved At -the halfbacks, Wayne Rasmussen over last year. 3 Traveling with the Jacks • One of the fringe benefits of getting and even down to and including strong­ your backbone jolted five times a week ly recommended bits of advice as "rest and twice on Saturday is the football in your rooms . take a walk . take trip. in a movie .. or, Defeat the Bobcats! The Jackrabbits take five to six of ( or whoever the opponent happens to them each year, ranging from a bus ride be that weekend)." to nearby Sioux Falls to a prop-jet flight Although little time is allowed for to Denver or Toledo. sightseeing, shopping or other self in­ Although the trips are not exactly dulgences, the trips do have a certain sightseeing excursions and follow a rigid, educational value. Players get a chance hour-by-hour schedule from start to fin­ to meet people, see other campuses in ish, they do _have their compensations. other parts of the country, and generally A student who has seldom ventured see themselves in somewhat better per­ far out of Peever, Pukwana, or for that spective. matter, Sioux Falls, except in the family A college staff member traveling with auto, suddenly finds himself winging the team once made the comment, "I half-way across the country, staying at wish all of our students had an oppor­ a metropolitan hotel and eating in a tunity to make a trip like this. It would first-class restaurant. add a lot to their education. " His 40-odd White shirts, coats and ties are the fellow passengers would be quick to standard dress for Jackrabbit teams on agree. the road, who, except for their size and This year, the Jacks will make trips to a somewhat ruddier glow about them, Great Falls, Mont.; Lincoln, Ne could easily be mistake!) for a traveling Sioux Falls; Grand Forks, N. D. ; S � debate team or men's choral group. City, Iowa, and Jonesboro, Ark.-s The day of the trip, each player is states in as many games. issued a trip itinerary which carries an The accompanying pictures were explicit breakdown of the schedule to he taken on last years' trip to Colorado followed-mealtimes, arrival and depar­ State. ture times, chalk talks, workouts, taping, 4 Moment of decision . Getting there is the easy part ... trav­ .. "prayer meet­ eling Q_ffers a chance to read, nap, chat ing " atmosphere pervades locker room and relax, saving energies for later. as Coach Ralph Ginn gives final in­ structions. Tension, determination Homework comes along . with ... mark face games on ten successive weekends and of game-bound players.No backing ou practice every night, homework must now.