SID: Jacque Scoby Office: (605) 626-7748 Cell: (785) 285-0538 Northern Football Email: [email protected] Web: www.nsuwolvesathletics.com Weekly Wolves Notes - Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Game 7 - Northern State (1-6, 1-5) vs. Univ. of Mary (3-4, 3-3) Current NSIC Standings Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008 Kickoff: 7:07 p.m. (CDT) NSIC Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Site: Aberdeen, S.D. Series: UM leads 2-0 #9 Minn.-Duluth 6 0 1.00 7 0 1.00 Stadium: Swisher Field Capacity: 6,000 Surface: Turf Augustana 5 1 .833 5 2 .714 Northern State Radio: KSDN-FM Radio 94.1 FM Minnesota State 5 1 .833 5 2 .714 St. Cloud State 5 1 .833 5 2 .714 (Gene Reich-Play-by-Play) Wayne St. 4 2 .667 5 2 .714 Television: Live on KSFY and KFYR Winona St. 4 2 .667 4 3 .571 Internet: Live Radio on www.nsuwolvesathletics.com U-Mary 3 3 .500 3 4 .429 Southwest MN St. 3 3 .500 3 4 .429 Streaming video at www.northernsun.tv Conc.-St. Paul 2 4 .333 3 4 .429 Bemidji St. 1 5 .167 2 5 .286 UM, Crookston 1 5 .167 2 5 .286 On the air... MSU Moorhead 1 5 .167 1 6 .143 Thursday's game will be carried live on TV stations around North and South Upper Iowa 1 5 .167 1 6 .143 Dakota. KSFY in Sioux Falls will carry the action in South Dakota, while KFYR, Northern St. 1 5 .167 1 6 .143 KMOT, KUMN and KQCD stations in North Dakota are slated to carry the play- UpcoMinG NSIC SCHEDulE by-play. Lee Timmerman of KFYR and Eric Thorstenson of KSFY will have the Saturday, October 18 play-by-play action and Tim Peters of KSFY will be doing the sideline report- 1 pm *Minnesota, Crookston at Bemidji St. ing. 1 pm *Winona State at Wayne State 1 pm *Augustana at Upper Iowa 1 pm *SW Minnesota State at Concordia-St. Paul Story lines 1 pm *Minnesota State at MSU Moorhead • UM has won the only two all-time meetings between the teams, including a 37-13 1 pm *#9 Minnesota Duluth at St. Cloud State win last season in a game played at the Metrodome. • Thursday's game marks the first time either team will have the home field advantage. Saturday, October 11 Both previous meetings between UM and the Wolves have been played at the Metrodome. 7:07 PM *MARY AT NORTHERN ST. • The Wolves have blocked at least one kick in each of the last three games. Senior Chris McClellan is the latest player to get a hand on a kick, blocking a PAT in the NSIC GAMES LAST WEEK Saturday, October 11 fourth quarter last Saturday. 1 pm *St. Cloud St. 48, at Minnesota, Crookston 7 • UM's Pierre Atkinson is the reigning NSIC Defensive Player of the Week, making three 1 pm *Bemidji State 11, at Wayne State 30 sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss in the Marauders' OT win over MSU Moorhead. This marks 1 pm *Upper Iowa 14, at Winona State 49 the second time this season the Wolves play host to the previous defensive player of the 1 pm *MSU Moorhead 17, at Mary 24 (OT) week. 1 pm *Concordia-St. Paul 0, at Minnesota State 35 1 pm *SW Minnesota State 20, at Augustana 39 1 PM *NORTHERN STATE 7, AT #9 MINN.-DULUTH 55 2008 Northern State Football Schedule * - Denotes NSIC Conference Game Last Year's DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/Result Results 2008 NSIC Preseason Coaches Poll AUG. 28 MISSOURI WESTERN ABERDEEN, S.D. L, 27-38 DNP Sept. 6 *Winona State Winona, Minn. L, 14-39 L, 20-49 Points SEPT. 3 *& UPPER IOwa ABERDEEN, S.D. L, 26-31 W, 55-35 1. Minnesota Duluth (7) 151 SEPT. 20 *$ ST. CLOUD STATE ABERDEEN, S.D. L, 12-17 L, 7-17 2. Winona State (4) 148 Sept. 27 *Bemidji State Bemidji, Minn. L, 20-31 L, 7-35 3. Minnesota State (3) 141 OCT. 4 *! MINNESOTA, CROOKSTON ABERDEEN, S.D. W, 35-0 W, 52-9 4. Augustana 127 Oct. 11 *Minnesota Duluth Duluth, Minn. L, 7-55 DNP 5. St. Cloud State 120 OCT. 16 *UNIVERSITY OF MARY ABERDEEN, S.D. 7:00 PM L, 13-37 6. University of Mary 116 Oct. 25 *MSU Moorhead Moorhead, Minn. 1:00 pm W, 21-20 7. Wayne State 109 Nov. 1 *Southwest Minnesota St. Marshall, Minn. 1 p.m. W, 31-27 NOV. 8 *% AUGUSTANA ABERDEEN, S.D. 1:00 PM L, 16-37 8. Bemidji State 96 Home Games in BOLD * = Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Game ! = Homecoming & = Shrine Game 9. Concordia-St. Paul 76 ^ = NSIC Metrodome Classic % = NSIC Crossover Rival Game $ = Take a Kid to the Game 10. NORTHERN STATE 60 11. Southwest Minnesota State 46 12. MSU Moorhead 37 WOLVES ON THE WEB: All of NSU's 2008 home games and every NSIC game of 13. Upper Iowa 32 the year will be webcast in real time on http://northernsun.tv, allowing Wolves fans to keep up to 14. Minnesota, Crookston 15 date with the action every week! first place votes in ( ) NORTHERN STATE vs. UNIV. of MARY Page Oct. 14, 008 National Rankings Last Week vs. Minnesota-Duluth: American Football Coaches Association Prev. 1 2 3 4 F Rk Team Record Points Rank 1. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (19) 6-0 643 1 Northern State 7 0 0 0 7 2. North Alabama (4) 7-0 624 2 Minn.-Duluth 7 35 7 6 55 3. Abilene Christian (Texas) (3) 6-0 603 3 4. West Texas A&M 7-0 567 4 DULUTH, MINN. - The Northern State University Wolves knew they had a 5. Northwest Missouri St. 6-1 540 5 tough challenge on their hands, heading into Saturday’s contest on the road 6. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 7-0 516 6 against the ninth ranked team in the country. And the University of Minnesota- 7. Delta St. (Miss.) 5-1 481 7 8. California (Pa.) 6-1 446 8 Duluth Bulldogs did not disappoint, scoring 35 second-quarter points and hand- 9. Minnesota-Duluth 7-0 439 9 ing the Wolves a 55-7 loss in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference football 10. Valdosta State (Ga.) 5-1 414 10 action. 11. Central Washington 6-1 404 11 Bulldog quarterback Ted Schlafke, who had already surpassed the 10,000- 12. Tuskegee (Ala.) 6-0 358 12 yard passing mark earlier this season, threw five TD passes to four different t13. Chadron State (Neb.) 6-1 324 13 t13. Pittsburg State (Kan.) 6-1 324 14 receivers on Saturday to become UMD’s all-time TD pass leader. The Bulldogs 15. Wingate (N.C.) 7-0 269 15 also put up an impressive defensive front, holding NSU to just 154 yards of total 16. Edinboro (Pa.) 6-1 257 18 offense and one score. 17. Tarleton St. (Texas) 6-1 235 19 The Wolves’ lone touchdown of the day came in the first quarter on a 18. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 4-2 185 21 19. Seton Hill (Pa.) 7-0 153 24 10-yard Eric Ellingson (Riverside, Calif.) strike to sophomore wide receiver 20. Albany St. (Ga.) 5-1 137 23 Trent DesLauries (Clark, S.D.). NSU made it into the red zone just twice more 21. Central Missouri 5-2 113 17 - once in the second quarter and once in the third - but both drives ended with 22. Nebraska-Omaha 4-2 70 NR turnovers. 23. Indiana (Pa.) 4-2 65 16 Defensively, sophomore linebacker Chris Hurd (Rapid City, S.D.) led the 24. American International (Mass.) 6-0 50 NR 25. West Virginia St. 5-1 43 20 way with seven total tackles, two of which were for a loss. Junior Andrew Wanner (Groton, S.D.) got his first interception of the year, returning a third- Week 8 Poll, October 14, 2008 quarter pick for 18 yards. Senior linebacker Chris McClellan (Hartsville, Tenn.) came up big on spe- cial teams, picking up NSU’s third blocked kick in as many games when he blocked David Nadeau’s eighth and final extra point attempt. The Wolves have a short week to recover as they return home to face the University of Mary in a Thursday night contest. That game, which will be televised live on KSFY (South Dakota), KFYR, KMOT, KUMN and KQCD (North Dakota), is slated for a 7 p.m. start at Swisher Stadium. National Stat Review: (As of 10/13/08; 148 players ranked in each category) National Rankings Northern: Mary: d2football.com Category Player Rank Actual Category Player Rank Actual Rk Team Record 1 Grand Valley 6-0 Pass Eff. E. Ellingson 73 122.54 Rushing J. Lomax 51 81.00 2 North Alabama 7-0 Total Off. E. Ellingson 35 236.57 Punting C. Vokos 68 37.52 3 Abilene Christian 6-0 Field Goals R. Thibodeaux T-91 .43 4 West Texas A&M 7-0 Recep./Gm B. Jark T-25 6.17 5 Northwest Missouri 6-1 Punting T. Parrott 92 35.50 Scoring J. Lomax T-74 6.86 6 Central Washington 6-1 KO Ret. M. Ponzo 86 21.42 Sacks P. Atkinson T-15 .93 7 Bloomsburg 7-0 TFL P. Atkinson T-51 1.36 8 Valdosta State 5-1 All-Purp. M. Ponzo 95 109.57 9 Minnesota-Duluth 7-0 Sacks B. Johnson T-96 .57 10 Delta State 5-1 Tackles A.