BEMIDJI STATE FOOTBALL Game notes - Issue 4 - September 22, 2012 - Bemidji State at Sioux Falls Beavers battle third straight undefeated opponent; Sioux Falls 2012 SCHEDULE Aug. 31 • Upper Iowa W, 25-23 Bemidji State fell to Wayne State 20-17 at home last week Sept. 8 • at (RV) Minnesota State L, 38-10 Sept. 15 • (RV) Wayne State L, 20-17 Sept. 22 • at Sioux Falls 1:00 p.m. SETTING THE SCENE Sept. 29 • Minnesota, Crookston 1:00 p.m. Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012 Oct. 6 • at U-Mary 2:30 p.m. Oct. 13 • Northern State 1:00 p.m. Location: Sioux Falls, S.D. Oct. 20 • at Minnesota Duluth 1:00 p.m. Kickoff: 12:00 p.m. Oct. 27 • at St. Cloud State 1:00 p.m. Nov. 3 • MSU Moorhead 1:00 p.m. Stadium: Bob Young Field Nov. 10 • Minot State 1:00 p.m. Stadium Capacity/Surface: 5,400/Mondo Field Bemidji State Sioux Falls • Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference contest BEAVERS COUGARS Local Radio: All times local 1-2; 1-2 NSIC 3-0; 3-0 NSIC QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location: Bemidji, Minn. (13,431) IN THE POLLS IN THE POLLS Play-by-play: Brian Schultz Founded: 1919 NR AFCA RV AFCA Analyst: none Enrollment: 5,360 Conference: Northern Sun Intercollegiate NR d2football.com NR d2football.com Sidelines: none Website: www.northernsun.org - Super Region 3 - Super Region 3 Internet Audio: www.wmisfm.com/ and Affiliation: NCAA Division II Nickname: Beavers www.beaverradionetwork.com School Colors: Green & White 2012 LEADERS 2012 LEADERS Local Television: none PMS Color: Green (PMS 3305) Home Field: Chet Anderson Stadium Rushing: L. Rongstad Rushing: K. Porter Play-by-Play: none Surface (capacity): Natural Grass (3,500) 42 att. / 101 yds / 1TD 46 att. / 224 yds / 2TD Analyst: none President: Dr. Richard Hanson Athletics Director: Dr. Rick Goeb Passing: L. Rongstad Passing: T. Perkins Web cast: www.pennatlantic.com Head Trainer: Bill Crews 58-103-1 / 707 yds / 5TD 57-99-1 / 711 yds / 10TD Assistant Trainer: Corinne Dauksavage Assistant Trainer: Travis Shock Receiving: J. Lee Receiving: C. Hanna Assistant Trainer: Bekah Hessinger 15 rec. / 214 yds / 0TD 18 rec. / 289 yds / 5TD Trainer Phone: (218) 755-2769 Equipment Manager: Mel Nygaard Tackles: C. Crosby Tackles: M. White Equipment Phone: (218) 755-3292 12s-21a=33 total 9s-13a=22 total Compliance/SWA: Sarah Levesque Athletics Secretary: Debbie Slough Athletics Phone: (218) 255-2941 Athletics Fax: (218) 755-3898 THE GAME TEAM INFORMATION The Bemidji State University football team (1-2; 1-2 NSIC, 0-0 NSIC North) faces its third consecutive unde- 2011 Record: 8-3 NSIC Record: 7-3 / 3-3 North (t-4 / t-4) feated team Sept. 22 at 12 p.m. when it travels to University of Sioux Falls (3-0; 3-0 NSIC, 0-0 NSIC South) in Starters Returning: 16 (8 O / 7 D / 1 ST) a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference contest at Bob Young Field. The Beavers are also battling their third Starters Lost: 9 (4 O / 5 D / 1 ST) straight team receiving votes in the AFCA national poll after falling to Wayne State College Sept. 15 20-17 in Letterwinners Returning: 39 (18 O /20 D / 1 ST) Bemidji, Minn. New league member Sioux Falls has a 3-0 record after defeating fellow newcomers Minot State Letterwinners Lost: 24 (14 O /9 D/ 1 ST) University 42-20 in Minot, N.D. last week. PROGRAM HISTORY First Year of Football: 1926 THE SERIES All-Time Record (87th season): 324-403-24 (.448) Saturday’s game will mark just the third all-time meeting between Bemidji State and Sioux Falls. BSU and USF NSIC Titles: 5 (1947-50-57-59-2006) met in Sioux Falls, S.D. in 1982 with the Cougars winning 14-12. The next season USF traveled to Bemidji and Years in Post-Season Play: 1 (2006) the Beavers took that game 31-0. More series information on page 7. Mineral Water Bowl L, 35-27 (Pittsburg St.) COACHING STAFF THE COACHES Head Coach Jeff Tesch Bemidji State: Jeff Tesch is in his 17th season roaming the sidelines at Bemidji State. He has posted an overall Alma Mater Moorhead State ‘78 record of 107-69 (.608), which includes a 82-52 (.612) mark in NSIC tilts. In 17 seasons, Tesch has established Office Phone: (218) 755-2772 BSU standards for games coached (176), victories (107), career winning percentage (.608) and conference wins e-mail [email protected] (82). He secured his 100th victory at BSU in grand fashion with a 30-27 overtime upset road victory at then-No. Record at BSU: 107-69 (17th season) Career Record: 107-69 (17th season) 16 Augustana College Sept. 10, 2011. Prior to his tenure at BSU, Tesch, a two-time NSIC Coach of the Year Assistants: (1999 and 2006), spent 12 years as an assistant at North Dakota, two on the staff of Central Missouri and one Rich Jahner Ass’t HC/Co-DC/S season at Montana State. More Tesch on page 8. Brent Bolte Co-DC/LB Sioux Falls: Introduced as USF’s 20th head coach February 20, 2010, Jed Stugart is in his third season at the Eric Medberry OC/QB helm with a 21-5 record. In his first season at USF, Stugart led the Cougars to a 13-1 record, fifth straight Great Dr. Ken Traxler OL Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) crown and fifth consecutive appearance in the NAIA National Championship George Percak-Dennett OLB Taylor Summers DL Game. Prior to USF, Stugart served as the linebackers coach at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV), Adam Riggers WR complied a 26-7 record as head coach during three seasons at MidAmerica Nazarene University (MNU) and was Andrew Beach RB on staff at Northern Colorado from 1999-2006. ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Asst. Dir./Football: Dax Larson (Minnesota State ‘07) THE PROGRAM Office: (218) 755-2763 Bemidji State is in its 87th season of football and owns an all-time record is 324-403-24 (.447) dating back to Cell: (612) 718-0729 1926, which includes a 185-253-9 (.424) mark in NSIC play. The Beavers own five conference titles (1947, 50, e-mail: [email protected] 57, 59 and 2006) and count the 2006 Mineral Water Bowl as their first post-season appearance. Under the direc- SID Fax: (218) 755-3898 tion of Tesch, BSU has posted winning records in 13 of the last 14 years and have registered 10 consecutive Football Press Box: (218) 755-3705 winning home campaigns. Website: www.bsubeavers.com 2012 BEAVER FOOTBALL 1 Bemidji State Football 2012 NSIC STANDINGS GAME QUICK SNAP AFCA TOP 25 / COACHES POLL • Sioux Falls is receiving votes in the AFCA poll. Sept. 17, 2012 || Week 3 NSIC Overall • BSU was 4-0 against the NSIC South last season and are 5-2 in the last seven meetings Rk School Rcd LW W L Pct W L Pct with the division. 1 Pittsburg State (29) 3-0 1 Minnesota Duluth 3 0 1.00 3 0 1.00 • The Cougars own the third best scoring offense in the league (28th in the nation), posting 2 Minnesota-Duluth 3-0 2 Sioux Falls 3 0 1.00 3 0 1.00 39.7 points per game, while the defense has allowed only 16.3 points per contest to sit 3 Colorado St.-Pueblo 3-0 3 fourth in the NSIC and 23rd nationally. Minnesota State 3 0 1.00 3 0 1.00 4 Grand Valley State 3-0 4 • The Beavers have the second best pass defense in the NSIC, while sitting third in total 5 Winston-Salem State (1) 3-0 5 U-Mary 3 0 1.00 3 0 1.00 defense after allowing an average of 295.3 yards in the first three games of the season. 6 California (Pa.) 3-0 6 • USF senior defensive back Robert Virgil ranks tied for second nationally with an average Wayne State (Neb) 3 0 1.00 3 0 1.00 7 Missouri Western State 3-0 8 Augustana 2 1 .667 2 1 .667 of an interception per game. • Junior punter/place kicker Zach Pulkinen is third in the NSIC punting average (41.2 8 New Haven 3-0 7 Winona State 2 1 .667 2 1 .667 yds/gm), senior quarterback Lance Rongstad is tied for fourth in total offense (269.3 yds/ 9 Washburn 3-0 9 Upper Iowa 1 2 .333 1 2 .333 gm) and senior linebacker Cory Crosby is fifth in the league in tackles with 33 (12 solo). 10 Humboldt State 3-0 11 St. Cloud State 1 2 .333 1 2 .333 11 Bloomsburg 3-0 12 12 Northwest Missouri State 2-1 13 Concordia-St.Paul 1 2 .333 1 2 .333 SEASON LONG COUNT • BSU has posted a winning record in 12 of the last 13 seasons under head coach Jeff 13 Ouachita Baptist 2-0 15 SW Minnesota St 1 2 .333 1 2 .333 Tesch. 14 Indiana (Pa.) 3-0 17 uBEMIDJI STATE 1 2 .333 1 2 .333 • The Beavers also have 10 consecutive winning seasons at home after going 5-1 in 2011 15 Midwestern St. (Texas) 1-1 16 Northern State 0 3 .000 0 3 .000 to tie a program record for wins at home (1985 - 5-0 and 2000 - 5-0). 16 Valdosta State 2-1 18 MSU Moorhead 0 3 .000 0 3 .000 • Tesch signed a new six-year contract extension over the summer.