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THIS WEEK: Two of the winningest programs in Football Championship Subdivision history will be featured on ESPN in the second annual “FCS Kickoff” game when four-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State plays at Montana on Saturday, Aug. 29. Game time is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. MDT at Washing-ton Grizzly Stadium (25,217) in Missoula, Mont. TELEVISION: Live coverage on ESPN will begin at 2:30 p.m. CDT with Brent Musburger calling the play-by-play, Jesse Palmer as color analyst, and Maria Taylor reporting from the sidelines.

RADIO: KFGO-AM 790 and Mix 101.9 FM of Fargo along with the Peterson Farms Seed Bison Radio Network will have live coverage beginning at 2 p.m. CDT. KFGO’s Scott Miller will describe the play-by-play with NDSU and Buffalo Bills Hall of Famer Phil Hansen as color analyst and NDSU’s Jeremy Jorgenson reporting from the sidelines. A free audio stream will be available on GoBison.com/allaccess.

THE SERIES: NDSU has won the last four straight over Montana to take a 4-3 lead in the series. Montana won games in 1914, 1921 and 1941 in Missoula before a pair of NDSU wins in the 1969 and 1970 Camellia Bowl games in Sacramento, Calif. The teams have not met in Mis-soula since 2003 when NDSU rallied from a 24-2 halftime deficit to win 25-24 in Missoula. Tight end Mike Wieser caught a 20-yard pass from running back Rod Malone on a fake field goal with 2:13 left to provide the winning score and the Griz missed a 40-yard field goal as time expired. NDSU is 5-2 against Big Sky Conference opponents since beginning Division I play in 2004.

LAST YEAR IN FARGO: Adam Keller kicked a school-record five field goals to lift North Dakota State to a 22-10 win last year in Montana’s first trip to Fargo. Keller connected from 41, 22, 32 and a season-long 47 yards in the first half as NDSU scored on four of its first five posses-sions. His 30-yarder with 1:43 left in the game capped a 13-play, 46-yard drive that ate up more than 7 minutes of the fourth quarter. Carson Wentz was 16 of 24 passing for 167 yards and John Crockett rushed 28 times for 144 yards as NDSU outgained Montana 447 to 256 in total offense. The Bison controlled the clock with a 39:06 to 20:54 advantage in time of possession.

BISON PICKED TO WIN; THREE ALL-MVFC: NDSU was tabbed to win the Missouri Valley Football Conference crown with 32 of 40 first-place votes in a poll of the league’s head coaches, media and sports information directors. The Bison had fullback Andrew Bonnet, left tackle Joe Haeg and punter Ben LeCompte voted to the preseason all-conference team. Quarterback Carson Wentz, tight end Luke Albers, long snapper James Fisher, offensive linemen Zack Johnson and Jeremy Kelly, and cornerback CJ Smith were honorable mention. Last year’s co-champ Illinois State received the other eight first-place tallies and was slated for second in the poll. Northern Iowa, South Dakota State and Indiana State each won a postseason game last year and were third, fifth and sixth, respectively. Youngstown State, one of two league schools with a new head coach (Missouri State is the other), was picked fourth in the poll. The Penguins tied Indiana State for 5th last year.

WENTZ UP FOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Quarterback Carson Wentz is on the STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year and College Football Performance Awards FCS National Performer of the Year watch lists after a record-setting campaign in his first year as the Bison starter. Wentz, the NCAA championship game MVP and first team Capital One Academic All-American®, set NDSU single-season records for passing attempts, completions, yards, and total offense per game. He completed 228 of 358 passes for 3,111 yards with 25 touchdowns and 10 intercep-tions, and was NDSU’s second-leading rusher with 138 carries for 642 yards and six TDs while averaging 4.7 yards per carry. His rushing total was the most by a Bison QB since the veer-option offense led by Kevin Feeney in 1996.

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Missouri Valley Football Conference Champions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014NCAA Division I FCS National Champions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2015 Schedule(0-0 overall, 0-0 MVFC)

Date Opponent TimeAug. 29 at Montana 1:30 p.m. MTSept. 12 WEBER STATE 2:30 p.m.Sept. 19 NORTH DAKOTA 2:30 p.m.Oct. 3 *at South Dakota State (Dakota Marker) 6 p.m.Oct. 10 *NORTHERN IOWA (Homecoming) 1 p.m.Oct. 17 *SOUTH DAKOTA 2:30 p.m.Oct. 24 *at Indiana State 1 p.m. ETOct. 31 *at Southern Illinois 2 p.m.Nov. 7 *WESTERN ILLINOIS (Harvest Bowl) 2:30 p.m.Nov. 14 *at Youngstown State 2 p.m. ETNov. 21 *MISSOURI STATE 2:30 p.m.*MVFC games

Quick FactsLocation: Fargo, ND 58102 (pop. 105,549)Founded: 1890Enrollment: 14,747 (fall 2014)Nickname: BisonColors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343)Home Field: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700)Surface: AstroTurf GameDay GrassAffiliation: NCAA Division I FCSConference: Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC)Last Year’s Record: 15-1 overall, 7-1 MVFC (1st, tie)Lettermen Returning/Lost: 37/17Starters Returning: 12 (8 offense, 4 defense)Basic Offense: Pro Style Basic Defense: 4-3President: Dr. Dean L. Bresciani (Humboldt State, 1984)Director of Athletics: Matt Larsen (Stony Brook, 1996)Athletic Department Phone: (701) 231-8981Ticket Office Phone: (888) 231-6378

Football StaffHead Coach: Chris Klieman (Northern Iowa, 1992)Record at NDSU: 15-1 (1 season)Career Record: 18-8 (2 seasons)Assistant Coaches/Staff:Matt Entz (Wartburg, 1995) ........................ Defensive Coordinator/LBsTim Polasek (Concordia Wisconsin, 2002) .....Offensive Coordinator/RBsAtif Austin (Iowa State, 2003) ............. Special Teams Coordinator/WRsJamar Cain (New Mexico State, 2002) ........................... Defensive EndsNick Goeser (UW-Eau Claire, 2003) ..............DTs/Recruiting CoordinatorRandy Hedberg (Minot State, 1977) .................................QuarterbacksJoe Klanderman (MSU Mankato, 2001) ........................Defensive BacksConor Riley (Omaha, 2003) .............................................Offensive LineTyler Roehl (NDSU, 2009) ..................................... Tight Ends/FullbacksJoey Blackmore (NDSU, 2014) ................................ Defensive AssistantJosh Kittell (Jamestown, 2008) ......................Offensive Quality ControlJake Otten (Cal Poly, 2013) ........................................Video CoordinatorJim Kramer (Wis.-La Crosse, 1989) ............ Dir. of Athletic PerformanceBrian Gordon (South Florida, 2002) ........ Dir. of FB Ops./Equip. Services

Athletic CommunicationsContact: Ryan PerreaultOffice: (701) 231-8331 Mobile: (701) 793-0521Email: [email protected] Website: GoBison.com

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Bison, Griz Open College Football Season Saturdayon ESPN in Second Annual #FCSKickoff

NORTH DAKOTA STATEBISON(0-0, 0-0 MVFC)Rank: 1/1 (STATS/Coaches)

Last Game: Jan. 10 def. Illinois State 29-27Streak: Won 6On Road: 5-1 (Won 1)Coach: Chris KliemanRecord: 15-1 (2nd)

MONTANAGRIZZLIES(0-0, 0-0 Big Sky)Rank: 13/12 (STATS/Coaches)

Last Game: Dec. 6 lost to Eastern Wash. 20-37Streak: Lost 1At Home: 7-0 (Won 7)Coach: Bob StittRecord: 0-0 (1st)

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BISON LEAD FCS WITH FIVE STATS PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS: North Dakota State led the nation with five players selected to the STATS FCS Preseason All-America team. Left tackle Joe Haeg and punter Ben LeCompte made the first team, fullback/tight end Andrew Bonnet and left guard Zack Johnson are on the second team, and long snapper James Fisher is on the third team. The Missouri Valley Football Conference led the nation with 17 preseason All-Americans.

NDSU LEADS WITH FOUR ON FAB 50 LIST: North Dakota State had a nation’s best four players named to the College Sporting News Preseason Fab 50 FCS All-America Team and the Missouri Valley Football Conference led all conferences with 12 selections. Quarterback Carson Wentz, fullback Andrew Bonnet, left tackle Joe Haeg and punter Ben LeCompte were NDSU’s four honorees. Wentz, Haeg and Bonnet all were named to the year-end Fab 50 All-America list last season.

RETURNING 12 STARTERS: North Dakota State returns 12 starters from last year’s team that won a fourth straight FCS national championship and went 7-1 to claim a share of its fourth straight Missouri Valley Football Conference title. NDSU returns eight starters on offense and four on defense. In addition, all-conference left guard Zack Johnson is back from a knee injury that kept him out in 2014, and All-America punter Ben LeCompte is back after ranking second nationally in punting average last season.

RUNNING BACK ROTATION: North Dakota State will likely use a combination of returners Chase Morlock and King Frazier along with redshirt freshman Lance Dunn at running back to replace John Crockett, who accounted for 2,419 all-purpose yards including a school-record 1,994 rushing yards last year. It won’t be the first time NDSU has relied on multiple backs. The Bison had dual 1,000-yard rushers in 2011, 2012 and 2013 before Crockett became the featured running back in 2014 and NDSU has had at least one 1,000-yard rusher 12 straight seasons. NDSU 1,000-Yard Rushers 2014 - John Crockett (1994) 2013 - John Crockett (1277) and Sam Ojuri (1398) 2012 - John Crockett (1038) and Sam Ojuri (1047) 2011 - DJ McNorton (1020) and Sam Ojuri (1105) 2010 - DJ McNorton (1559) 2009 - Pat Paschall (1397)

VALLEY FOOTBALL STANDINGS VALLEY OVERALL W-L Pct. W-L Pct. North Dakota State 7-1 .875 15-1 .938Illinois State 7-1 .875 13-2 .867Northern Iowa 6-2 .750 9-5 .643South Dakota State 5-3 .625 9-5 .643Indiana State 4-4 .500 8-6 .571Youngstown State 4-4 .500 7-5 .583Southern Illinois 3-5 .375 6-6 .500Western Illinois 3-5 .375 5-7 .417Missouri State 1-7 .125 4-8 .333South Dakota 0-8 .000 2-10 .167

VALLEY FOOTBALL SCHEDULESaturday, Aug. 29North Dakota State at Montana, 1:30 p.m. MT

Thursday, Sept. 3Eastern Illinois at Western Illinois, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 5Illinois State at Iowa, 11 a.m.South Dakota State at Kansas, 11 a.m.Youngstown State at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. ETButler at Indiana State, 3 p.m. ETSouthern Illinois at Indiana, 4 p.m. ETMissouri State at Memphis, 6 p.m.South Dakota at Kansas State, 6 p.m.Northern Iowa at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE (15-1, 7-1 MVFC) TEAM STATS BISON OPPPoints/Game 32.9 14.1First Downs 343 238Rushing/Game 235.2 125.4Passing/Game 197.0 155.0Total Offense/Game 432.2 280.4Had Intercepted 10 19Fumbles-Lost 17-6 25-10Penalties-Avg. Yards 97-49.8 79-40.6Net Punt Avg. 38.4 38.8Time of Possession/Game 34:04 25:563rd Down Conversions 48% 32%4th Down Conversions 7/11 15/32

TOP RETURNERSRUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPGKing Frazier 111 616 5.5 4 38.5Chase Morlock 51 365 7.2 4 22.8PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPGCarson Wentz 228-358-10 63.7 25 194.4RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPGZach Vraa 42 637 15.2 4 45.5RJ Urzendowski 32 626 19.6 5 39.1DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FRJordan Champion 36-32-68 3.0 0 0-0Nick DeLuca 22-45-67 2.5 3 0-0Brian Schaetz 13-38-51 7.0 0 0-1

MONTANA (9-5, 6-2 Big Sky) TEAM STATS GRIZZLIES OPPPoints/Game 29.6 21.0First Downs 262 274Rushing/Game 167.9 148.1Passing/Game 226.6 211.4Total Offense/Game 394.4 359.4Had Intercepted 7 14Fumbles-Lost 7-4 15-11Penalties-Avg. Yards 73-45.3 83-54.7Net Punt Avg. 34.3 33.4Time of Possession/Game 28:09 31:503rd Down Conversions 42% 40%4th Down Conversions 9/15 12/28

TOP RETURNERSRUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPGJohn Nguyen 33 265 8.0 2 18.9Lorenzo Logwood 30 121 4.0 0 15.1PASSING C-A-I Pct. TD YPGBrady Gustafson 0-2-0 0.0 0 0.0RECEIVING Rec Yds Avg TD YPGJamaal Jones 67 1044 15.6 8 74.6Josh Janssen 16 266 16.6 3 19.0DEFENSE U-A-TT TFL Int. FF-FRK. Van Ackeren 56-66-122 5.0 1 1-3Jeremiah Kose 44-73-117 9.0 2 0-1Herbert Gamboa 46-61-107 10.5 0 1-1

TEAM COMPARISONSNCAA RANKINGS NDSU MONTScoring Offense 24th 44thRushing Offense 13th 57thPassing Offense 78th 46thTotal Offense 28th 52ndPassing Eff. 8th 37thScoring Defense 3rd 19thRushing Defense 22nd 37thPass Defense 6th 56thTotal Defense 5th 39thPass Eff. Defense 5th 50thNet Punting 9th 68thPunt Returns 44th 32ndKickoff Returns 57th 101stTurnover Margin 16th 3rdPenalty Yards/Gm 39th 22ndTime of Poss. 2nd 100th3rd Down Conv. 5th 28th3rd Down Defense 18th 73rd4th Down Conv. 22nd 28th4th Down Defense 51st 32nd

2008 - Tyler Roehl (1053) 2007 - Tyler Roehl (1431) 2006 - Kyle Steffes (1250) 2005 - Kyle Steffes (1071) 2004 - Kyle Steffes (1055) 2003 - Rod Malone (1251)


VRAA GETS SIXTH SEASON: All-conference wide receiver Zach Vraa is back for a sixth season after redshirting in 2010 and having his 2011 freshman season cut short with a broken collarbone in his first game. He started in 11 of 13 games played as a sophomore in 2012 and had a record-setting junior year in 2013 when he finished 10th in the FCS with a school-record 1,191 yards (seventh in MVFC history) and was third nationally with a school-record 15 touch-downs (second in MVFC history). Wide receiver Nate Moody is also returning for a fifth season after a knee injury early last year.

VRAA MOVING UP: North Dakota State sixth-year wide receiver Zach Vraa is in position to become NDSU’s all time leader in pass receptions, receiving yards and touchdown catches. Vraa has caught a pass in 41 of 43 games in his career and ranks fourth in NDSU career receptions (152) and third in receiving yards (2,390) and touchdown catches (23). NDSU Career Receiving Yards 1. 2732 - Kole Heckendorf, 2005-08 (43g) 2. 2544 - TR McDonald, 1990-93 (39g) 3. 2447 - Zach Vraa, 2011-15 (43g) NDSU Career Receiving TDs 1. 26 - Tim Strehlow, 1996-99 2. 24 - Len Kretchman, 1985-88 3. 23 - Zach Vraa, 2011-14 NDSU Career Receptions 1. 178 - Kole Heckendorf, 2005-08 2. 163 - Travis White, 2002-06 3. 161 - Warren Holloway, 2008-11 4. 155 - Zach Vraa, 2011-15

NEW-LOOK DEFENSE: There will be plenty of new faces on the Bison defense as NDSU looks to replace two starting defensive ends, two outside linebackers and two safeties. And junior middle linebacker Nick DeLuca started only five games down the stretch last year in place of injured Travis Beck. NDSU does return experience at defensive end, where junior Brad Ambosius and sophomores Greg Menard and Jarrod Tuszka were part of the regular rotation behind starters Mike Hardie and Buck Buchanan Award winner Kyle Emanuel. At safety, two-time All-American Colten Heagle and 61-game starter Christian Dudzik are gone. Sophomore Tre Dempsey was a regular part of the Bison nickel defense last year and other front-runners are special-teams standouts Chris Board and Andrew Smith.

BISON AT HOME: North Dakota State has won 23 straight home games and 48 of the last 49 home games over non-conference opponents including 38 straight since a 2003 loss to UC Davis. NDSU is 10-2 at home against Top 10 teams after beating No. 3/4-ranked Montana and No. 6/6 Coastal Carolina. The Bison are 40-3 at home over the past five seasons and have the longest home winning streak in Division I football. Division I Home Winning Streaks 23 - North Dakota State (MVFC) 16 - Baylor (Big 12) 14 - Florida State (ACC) 14 - Boise State (Mountain West) 14 - Fordham (Patriot)

NDSU THIRD IN FCS ATTENDANCE: North Dakota State finished third in average home game attendance among the Football Championship Subdivision according to the final num-bers released by the NCAA for the 2014 season. NDSU drew an average of 18,571 over nine dates, down slightly from the school-record 18,622 set in 2013. The Bison led the FCS in total attendance with 167,136.

TICKETS SOLD OUT: Tickets for all six North Dakota State home games sold out within one hour August 1. It is the fourth straight year NDSU has sold out the entire football season on the first day of single-game ticket sales. NDSU had previously sold more than 12,000 season tickets. Additional reserved and standing-room-only tickets may become available at 8 a.m. Fri-day of game week on GoBison.com/tickets. Student tickets will be available online at GoBison.com/students beginning at 8 a.m. Monday of game week.

SUCCESS VS. THE FBS: North Dakota State has an 8-3 record against Football Bowl Sub-division opponents and has won five in a row against FBS foes since 2010 with wins at Kansas (6-3), Minnesota (37-24), Colorado State (22-7), Kansas State (24-21) and Iowa State (34-14). NDSU is scheduled to play at Iowa next season and Oregon in 2020.

PETERSON FARMS SEEDBISON RADIO NETWORK

North Dakota State University football can be heard live on 20 stations across North Dakota and Minnesota. Live audio streaming is available online at GoBison.com/allaccess. Coverage includes 30-minute pregame and postgame shows. Head coach Chris Klieman is also a guest on “Bison Feedback” each Monday during the season from 6 to 7 p.m. on KFGO and various network affiliates. The studio line is (701) 237-5948.

Fargo .......................................................... KFGO-AM 790Fargo .......................................................... KRWK-FM 101.9Albany, MN ................................................. KDDG-FM 105.5Bemidji, MN ................................................ KKWB-FM 102.5Bismarck .................................................... KFYR-AM 550Bowman ..................................................... KPOK-AM 1340 Devils Lake ................................................. KDVL-FM 102.5Dickinson .................................................... KLTC-AM 1460Fergus Falls, MN ......................................... KZCR-FM 103.3Fosston, MN ............................................... KKCQ-FM 96.7Glenwood, MN ............................................ KMGK-FM 107.1Grafton ....................................................... KAUJ-FM 100.9Harvey ........................................................ KHND-AM 1470Jamestown ................................................. KSJB-AM 600Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (north) ............... WLKX-FM 95.9Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (south) ............... KBGY-FM 107.5Minot ......................................................... KHRT-AM 1320Park Rapids, MN .......................................... KXKK-FM 92.5Rugby ......................................................... KZZJ-AM 1450Williston ..................................................... KEYZ-AM 660

Scott MillerPlay-by-Play

Phil HansenColor Analyst

THE BISON FOOTBALL SHOWNorth Dakota State University director of sales and broadcasting Jeremy Jorgenson hosts the weekly television show with head coach Chris Klieman live at 10:30 a.m. Sundays on KXJB-TV 4 in Fargo and Grand Forks, and across the NBC North Dakota network in Bismarck, Minot, Dickinson and Williston. The show re-airs after the late local news Sunday nights on KVLY-TV 11 in Fargo and Grand Forks, and on Midco Sports Network at 6 and 11:30 p.m. Thursdays and 2:30 p.m. Fridays. Online viewing is at www.valleynewslive.com.

BISON TELEVISION SCHEDULEOpponent Coverageat Montana ESPNWeber State NBC ND/ESPN3North Dakota NBC ND/ESPN3at South Dakota State MidcoSN/NBC ND/ESPN3Northern Iowa NBC ND/ESPN3South Dakota NBC ND/MidcoSN/ESPN3at Indiana State MVFC TVat Southern Illinois NBC ND/ESPN3Western Illinois NBC ND/ESPN3at Youngstown State NBC ND/ESPN3Missouri State NBC ND/ESPN3

Jeremy JorgensonSidelines


FCS Coaches Top 25Preseason - August 5, 2015

Team (First Place) W-L Pts. Prv1 North Dakota State (24) 15-1 600 12 Illinois State 13-2 551 23 Villanova 11-3 512 74 Sam Houston State 11-5 511 65 Coastal Carolina 12-2 502 56 Eastern Washington 11-3 481 47 New Hampshire 12-2 445 38 Chattanooga 10-4 409 89 Jacksonville State 10-2 396 910 Northern Iowa 9-5 381 1011 Montana State 8-5 296 2012 Montana 9-5 278 1113 James Madison 9-3 272 1914 Liberty 9-5 256 1715 South Dakota State 9-5 215 1316 Youngstown State 7-5 205 2517 Eastern Kentucky 9-4 171 2118 Richmond 9-5 170 1619 Southeastern Louisiana 9-4 164 1220 Indiana State 8-6 106 1821 Fordham 11-3 103 1422 Harvard 10-0 99 1523 McNeese State 6-5 91 NR24 Idaho State 8-4 82 NR25 Eastern Illinois 5-7 73 NR

Others receiving votes: Alcorn State 52, Stephen F. Austin 51, William & Mary 43, Cal Poly 42, Northern Arizona 34, Bethune-Cookman 25, North Carolina A&T 24, Jackson State 21, South Carolina State 21, Charleston Southern 14, Sacred Heart 14, Western Carolina 13, Furman 12, South Dakota 12, Maine 9, Bucknell 9, Lehigh 8, Towson 5, Samford 5, Bryant 4, San Diego 4, Yale 4, Central Arkansas 2, Duquesne 2, UT Martin 1.

FOUR-PEATS: North Dakota State earned a share of its fourth straight Missouri Valley Football Conference championship last year tying Illinois State with a 7-1 record in conference play. NDSU was the second school in Valley Football history to win four straight league titles behind Northern Iowa’s run of seven straight from 1990 to 1996. NDSU was just the second team in NCAA history to win four straight national championships. Augustana College of Rock Island, Ill., won four NCAA Division III titles from 1983-86. Carroll College of Helena, Mont., won four straight NAIA championships from 2002-05.

KLIEMAN INKED THROUGH 2020 SEASON: North Dakota State head coach Chris Klieman (Northern Iowa, 1992) accepted a two-year contract extension in the offseason that will keep him with the Bison until January 2021. Klieman led the Bison to a 15-1 record, a fourth straight Missouri Valley Football Conference championship with a 7-1 mark, and an unprecedented fourth straight NCAA Division I FCS national title. NDSU didn’t skip a beat in Klieman’s first year despite losing 23 seniors and welcoming seven new assistant coaches. The Bison scored 34 unanswered points to beat Big 12 member Iowa State in the season opener as part of an FCS-record 33-game winning streak that extend-ed into November. North Dakota State went 9-1 against Top 25 competition and earned the No. 2 national seed for the FCS playoffs. NDSU had nine players named All-America, including Buck Buchanan Award-winning defensive end Kyle Emanuel, and four Capital One Academic All-America® selections. Klieman was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award and was named the Rawlings Football/American Football Monthly FCS Coach of the Year. The head coach at Division III Loras College in 2005, Klieman came to NDSU from Northern Iowa in 2011 as the defensive backs coach and was the defensive coordinator in 2012 and 2013. He also made coaching stops at Western Illinois (1994-96), Kansas (1997), Missouri State (1999) and Loras (2002-04). He is a native of Waterloo, Iowa, and was a three-time all-conference defensive back at UNI from 1986-90.


2014 GAME-BY-GAME Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Result at Iowa State 28 18 0 64.3 204 0 44 1 11 125.5 W, 34-14 at Weber State 22 13 2 59.1 192 0 27 1 1 114.2 W, 24-7 Incarnate Word 18 14 0 77.8 237 3 60 0 0 243.4 W, 58-0 Montana 24 16 0 66.7 167 1 25 0 0 138.9 W, 22-10 at Western Illinois 29 19 1 65.5 240 0 35 1 10 128.1 W, 17-10 Southern Illinois 13 7 1 53.8 174 2 75 2 12 201.7 W, 38-10 Indiana State 29 20 0 69.0 222 2 48 1 4 156.0 W, 34-17 at South Dakota 26 14 0 53.8 231 3 34 1 6 166.6 W, 47-7 South Dakota State 20 12 1 60.0 115 1 33 1 3 114.8 W, 37-17 at Northern Iowa 25 15 1 60.0 132 0 20 3 22 96.4 L, 3-23 at Missouri State 22 15 2 68.2 247 5 45 2 4 219.3 W, 45-10 Youngstown State 19 12 1 63.2 126 2 18 1 3 143.1 W, 38-14 South Dakota State 25 14 0 56.0 235 2 41 0 0 161.4 W, 27-24 Coastal Carolina 17 11 0 64.7 173 2 41 0 0 189.0 W, 39-32 Sam Houston State 19 13 1 68.4 179 1 35 2 12 154.4 W, 35-3 vs Illinois State 22 15 0 68.2 237 1 42 4 24 173.7 W, 29-27 TOTALS 358 228 10 63.7 3111 25 75 20 112 154.1

2015 GAME-BY-GAME Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Result at Montana Weber State North Dakota at South Dakota State Northern Iowa South Dakota at Indiana State at Southern Illinois Western Illinois at Youngstown State Missouri State

SINGLE-GAME HIGHSRushing Attempts: 16, vs Illinois State, 1/10/2015; South Dakota State, 11/1/2014Rushing Yards: 120, Youngstown State, 11/22/2014Rushing TDs: 1, seven timesLong Rush: 41, Younstown State, 11/22/2014Passing Attempts: 29, at Western Illinois, 10/4/2014; Indiana State, 10/18/2014Passing Completions: 20, Indiana State, 10/18/2014Passing Yards: 247, at Missouri State, 11/15/2014Passing TDs: 5, at Missouri State, 11/15/2014Interceptions: 2, at Missouri State, 11/15/2014; at Weber State, 9/6/2014Long Pass: 75, Southern Illinois, 10/11/2014

#11 CARSON WENTZ, QB6-6 | 235 | Sr. | Bismarck, N.D. | Bismarck Century HS Candidate for STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2015...Only FCS quarterback on the Top 30 Watch List for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award...Rated No. 3 senior quar-terback prospect in June by ESPN NFL analyst Mel Kiper Jr...Second-year team captain...2014 CoSIDA Academic All-American® and NCAA championship game MVP...As a first-year starter, ral-lied the Bison out of a 14-0 deficit in the season-opener at Iowa State and orchestrated two late game-winning drives in the playoffs against South Dakota State and Illinois State...Only North Dakota native to quarterback the Bison to a national championship...His 642 rushing yards were the most by a Bison QB since the veer-option offense of 1996...Enters his senior year as NDSU’s career leader averaging 7.54 yards per play.

STATS FCS Top 25Preseason - August 10, 2015

Team (First Place) W-L Pts. Prv1 North Dakota State (144) 15-1 3671 12 Illinois State (3) 13-2 3423 23 Sam Houston State 11-5 3264 64 Villanova 11-3 3249 75 Coastal Carolina 12-2 2900 56 Eastern Washington 11-3 2830 47 Jacksonville State 10-2 2705 98 Chattanooga 10-4 2590 89 New Hampshire 12-2 2570 310 Northern Iowa 9-5 2212 1011 Montana State 8-5 2038 2012 James Madison 9-4 1766 1813 Montana 8-5 1710 1314 Youngstown State 7-5 1662 2215 Liberty 9-5 1623 1716 South Dakota State 9-5 1390 1217 Eastern Kentucky 9-4 1073 2118 Richmond 9-5 1016 1619 Southeastern Louisiana 9-4 791 1420 Fordham 11-3 663 1121 Indiana State 8-6 635 1922 Idaho State 8-4 627 2523 Harvard 10-0 620 1524 Stephen F. Austin 8-5 554 NR25 McNeese State 6-5 440 NR

Others receiving votes: Eastern Illinois 431, William & Mary 225, Cal Poly 189, Alcorn State 144, South Carolina State 126, North Carolina A&T 108, Northern Arizona 74, Western Carolina 65, Bethune-Cookman 56, Sacred Heart 46, Charles-ton Southern 40, Samford 38, Southern Illinois 26, Western Illinois 23, Jackson State 19, Jacksonville 16, Lehigh 15, Dela-ware 14, Bryant 11, San Diego 10, Bucknell 9, Northwestern State 9, Lamar 9, Towson 8, Dartmouth 6, Grambling State 6, Central Arkansas 6, Yale 5, Southern University 4, Wagner 3, Duquesne 2, Maine 2, Mercer 2, Missouri State 1, Tennessee State 1, Furman 1, Abilene Christian 1, South Dakota 1, North Carolina Central 1.


ALPHABETICALNo. Name Pos.88 Luke Albers TE65 Jack Albrecht OG21 Jalen Allison CB97 Brad Ambrosius DE42 Bruce Anderson RB8 Darius Anderson RB/WR49 Matt Anderson TE29 Eric Bachmeier CB71 Luke Bacon OT31 Tom Barneson K4 Bryce Bennot CB1 Chris Board SS46 Andrew Bonnet FB/TE33 Marquise Bridges WR52 Jake Brinkman LB31 Ty Brooks CB38 Jaxon Brown SS56 Caleb Butler DE57 Bryan Carlton DT27 Isaac Cenescar SS5 Jordan Champion CB64 Colin Conner OT84 Shadeed Crockett WR30 Jedre Cyr FB92 Jack Darnell DT7 Cole Davis QB19 Dom Davis CB49 Nick DeLuca LB3 Tre Dempsey FS10 Lance Dunn RB34 Ross Effertz CB39 Ben Ellefson TE98 Austin Farnlof DT51 James Fisher LS37 Tre Fort CB81 Isaiah Frandsen WR22 King Frazier RB83 Dallas Freeman WR21 Ian Gallagher P47 Pierre Gee-Tucker LB50 Gray Gochenour LB35 Robbie Grimsley FS59 Joe Haeg OT53 Max Haskins OL18 Khayvon Hawkins WR17 James Hendricks QB26 Keenan Hodenfield FS95 Connor Hubbs DT86 Jeff Illies TE85 Nate Jenson TE66 Zack Johnson OG68 Zack J. Johnson OT94 Stanley Jones DE45 Levi Jordheim LB53 Cole Karcz DE54 Jeremy Kelly OG75 Austin Kuhnert C89 Isaac Lashua TE19 Ben LeCompte P/K78 Landon Lechler OL14 Bo Liekhus LB37 Garrett Malstrom RB48 Dan Marlette LB43 Kurt Mattox LB2 Quinten McCoy CB96 Greg Menard DE55 Aaron Mercadel LB

NUMERICAL ROSTERNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/College 1 *Chris Board SS 6-1 218 So. Orlando, Fla./Timber Creek HS 2 Quinten McCoy CB 6-1 198 Jr. Dallas, Texas/Bowie HS/Santa Rosa JC 3 *Tre Dempsey FS 5-10 175 So. Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland HS 4 Bryce Bennot CB 5-8 173 RFr. Coloma, Wis./Wautoma HS 4 Dimitri Williams WR 5-11 174 Fr. Lakeville, Minn./Rosemount HS 5 ***Jordan Champion CB 5-9 189 Sr. Avondale, Ariz./Westview HS 5 Michael Veldman QB 6-3 190 Fr. Becker, Minn./Becker HS 6 ***CJ Smith CB 5-11 188 Sr. Savage, Minn./Burnsville HS 7 Cole Davis QB 6-3 212 So. Kearney, Mo./Kearney HS 8 Darius Anderson RB/WR 5-7 182 Sr. Kapolei, Hawai’i/Island Pacific Academy/Valley City State 8 Braden Sikes SS 5-11 192 Fr. Excelsior, Minn./Minnetonka HS 9 Colter Pritchard WR 5-6 167 So. Langdon, N.D./Langdon Area HS 10 Lance Dunn RB 5-9 206 RFr. Waterloo, Iowa/Waterloo West HS 11 ***Carson Wentz QB 6-6 235 Sr. Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck Century HS 12 Easton Stick QB 6-2 215 RFr. Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep HS 13 **Eric Perkins WR 5-8 180 Jr. Kewaskum, Wis./Kewaskum HS 14 **Bo Liekhus LB 6-0 217 Jr. Plattsmouth, Neb./Bellevue West HS 15 Daniel Polansky WR 6-0 189 So. Gatzke, Minn./Grygla HS 16 *RJ Urzendowski WR 5-11 195 So. Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep HS 17 James Hendricks QB 6-1 189 Fr. Laporte, Minn./Bemidji HS 18 Khayvon Hawkins WR 6-0 199 RFr. Crystal, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper HS 19 Dom Davis CB 5-11 177 Fr. Belleville, Ill./Belleville West HS 19 ***Ben LeCompte P/K 5-10 196 Sr. Barrington, Ill./Barrington HS 20 Darrius Shepherd WR 5-11 180 RFr. Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs HS 21 Jalen Allison CB 6-0 177 RFr. Papillion, Neb./Papillion-La Vista HS 21 Ian Gallagher P 6-3 176 RFr. Walworth, Wis./Big Foot HS 22 *King Frazier RB 5-11 213 Jr. Greenwood, Mo./Lee’s Summit HS/Nebraska 23 Jaylaan Wimbush FS 6-0 185 RFr. St. Petersburg, Fla./Boca Ciega HS 24 Demaris Purifoy RB 6-1 188 Fr. Wauwatosa, Wis./Wauwatosa West HS 25 **Chase Morlock RB 6-0 221 Jr. Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead HS 26 Keenan Hodenfield FS 5-11 181 So. Ray, N.D./Ray HS 27 Isaac Cenescar SS 5-10 187 RFr. Orlando, Fla./Cypress Creek HS 28 **Andrew Smith FS 6-0 193 Jr. Sioux Falls, S.D./Roosevelt HS 29 Eric Bachmeier CB 6-2 195 RFr. Kindred, N.D./Kindred HS 30 ***Jedre Cyr FB 6-0 234 Sr. Glyndon, Minn./Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton HS 31 *Tom Barneson K 6-4 220 Jr. Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial HS 31 Ty Brooks CB 5-9 161 Fr. Fargo, N.D./Fargo South HS 32 Dakota Reid CB 5-9 185 RFr. Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park HS 33 Marquise Bridges WR 5-11 170 Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn./DeLaSalle HS 34 Brock Robbins FB 6-1 230 Fr. Cavalier, N.D./Cavalier HS 34 Ross Effertz CB 5-11 196 Fr. Mandan, N.D./Mandan HS 35 Robbie Grimsley FS 6-0 181 Fr. Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS 36 Cam Pedersen K 6-1 170 Fr. Eau Claire, Wis./Regis HS 37 Tre Fort CB 5-8 171 Fr. Moorhead, Minn./Fargo Shanley HS 37 Garrett Malstrom RB 6-1 225 Fr. Frazee, Minn./Frazee HS 38 Jaxon Brown SS 6-2 189 Fr. Eau Claire, Wis./Regis HS 39 Ben Ellefson TE 6-3 243 Fr. Hawley, Minn./Hawley HS 40 Dan Sargeant FB 6-1 242 So. Chisago City, Minn./Chisago Lakes HS 41 **MJ Stumpf LB 6-2 218 Jr. Harvey, N.D./Harvey HS 42 Bruce Anderson RB 5-11 202 Fr. Ruskin, Fla./Newsome HS 43 Kurt Mattox LB 6-1 222 So. Brooklyn Park, Minn./Totino-Grace HS 44 Matt Plank LB 6-0 224 So. Gardner, Kan./Gardner Edgerton HS 45 Levi Jordheim LB 6-1 214 RFr. Dickinson, N.D./Dickinson HS 46 ***Andrew Bonnet FB/TE 6-3 250 Sr. Council Bluffs, Iowa/Underwood HS 47 **Pierre Gee-Tucker LB 6-1 217 Jr. Belleville, Ill./Belleville West HS 48 Dan Marlette LB 6-1 218 RFr. Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington HS 49 Matt Anderson TE 6-4 228 Fr. Lakeland, Minn./Stillwater HS 49 **Nick DeLuca LB 6-3 244 Jr. Omaha, Neb./Millard North HS 50 Gray Gochenour LB 5-10 242 Fr. Urbandale, Iowa/Dowling Catholic HS 50 Logan Nelson LB 6-1 185 Fr. Andover, Minn./Blaine HS 51 *James Fisher LS 6-2 213 So. Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS 52 Jake Brinkman LB 6-0 210 Fr. North Liberty, Iowa/Regina HS 53 Cole Karcz DE 6-4 233 Fr. Germantown, Wis./Germantown HS 53 Max Haskins OL 6-5 275 Fr. River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS 54 *Jeremy Kelly OG 6-6 300 Sr. Somerset, Wis./Somerset HS/Minnesota-Crookston 55 Aaron Mercadel LB 5-11 196 Fr. Oakland, Calif./Saint Mary’s College HS 56 Caleb Butler DE 6-3 240 RFr. Coon Rapids, Minn./Blaine HS


NUMERICAL ROSTER (cont.)No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School/College 57 Bryan Carlton DT 6-3 248 Fr. Chanhassen, Minn./Minnetonka HS 58 Andrew Trzebiatowski OT 6-5 310 Fr. Amherst Junction, Wis./Amherst HS 59 ***Joe Haeg OT 6-6 310 Sr. Lake Shore, Minn./Brainerd HS 60 Max Polson C 6-1 305 So. Coon Rapids, Minn./Coon Rapids HS 61 ***Brian Schaetz DT 6-1 287 Sr. Denmark, Wis./Denmark HS 62 Bryce Messner DT 6-3 284 So. McVille, N.D./Dakota Prairie HS 63 Aaron Steidl DT 6-2 279 RFr. Carlos, Minn./Alexandria Jefferson HS 64 Colin Conner OT 6-5 303 RFr. Mineral Point, Wis./Iowa-Grant HS 65 Jack Albrecht OG 6-5 274 Fr. Rolling Meadows, Ill./Fremd HS 66 Zack Johnson OG 6-4 326 RJr. Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS 67 Brock Russell OG 6-2 264 Sr. Mandan, N.D./Mandan HS/Bemidji State 68 Zack J. Johnson OT 6-6 276 Fr. Blaine, Minn./Spring Lake Park HS 69 Blake Williams DT 6-3 274 RFr. Washington, Mich./Romeo HS 70 **Jack Plankers OT 6-7 321 Jr. Leonard, N.D./Kindred HS 71 Luke Bacon OT 6-5 297 RFr. Granville, N.D./Towner-Granville-Upham HS 72 Erik Olson OT 6-5 269 So. Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS 73 Zack Ziemer OG 6-4 291 So. Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS 74 Tanner Volson OG 6-4 304 RFr. Balfour, N.D./Drake-Anamoose HS 75 *Austin Kuhnert C 6-4 301 So. Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington HS 75 Tucker Wojahn DE 6-3 210 RFr. Velva, N.D./Velva HS/Univ. of Mary 76 Trent Mooney OG 6-5 269 Fr. Lamar, Mo./Lamar HS 77 Christian Triplett C 6-3 301 RFr. Maple Plain, Minn./Delano HS 78 **Landon Lechler OT 6-7 301 Jr. Beach, N.D./Beach HS 80 ***Nate Moody WR 6-1 196 Sr. Dickinson, N.D./Dickinson HS 81 Isaiah Frandsen WR 6-2 198 So. Barron, Wis./Barron HS 82 ***Zach Vraa WR 6-2 202 Sr. Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount HS 83 Dallas Freeman WR 6-0 187 RFr. St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS 84 Shadeed Crockett WR 6-2 186 Jr. Champlin, Minn./Maple Grove HS/Montana State 85 Nate Jenson TE 6-6 243 RFr. Waupaca, Wis./Waupaca HS 86 *Jeff Illies TE 6-3 221 So. Lidgerwood, N.D./Lidgerwood HS 87 *Connor Wentz TE 6-3 248 So. Dunnellon, Fla./Dunnellon HS 88 ***Luke Albers TE 6-5 250 Sr. Iola, Wis./Iola-Scandinavia HS 89 Isaac Lashua TE 6-4 239 RFr. Iola, Wis./Iola-Scandinavia HS 90 *Grant Morgan DT 6-4 283 So. Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh North HS 91 Derrek Tuszka DE 6-5 226 Fr. Warner, S.D./Warner HS 92 Jack Darnell DT 6-2 277 Fr. Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park HS 93 *Jarrod Tuszka DE 6-3 243 So. Warner, S.D./Warner HS 94 Stanley Jones DE 6-3 240 RFr. Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck HS 95 Peder Olson LS/LB 6-0 216 RFr. Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS 95 Connor Hubbs DT 6-1 283 Fr. White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake HS 96 *Greg Menard DE 6-2 239 So. Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North HS 97 **Brad Ambrosius DE 6-4 246 Jr. De Pere, Wis./West De Pere HS 98 Austin Farnlof DT 6-1 275 Jr. Cave Creek, Ariz./Boulder Creek HS 99 *Nate Tanguay DT 6-4 285 So. Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago HS

Captains: #5 Jordan Champion, #6 CJ Smith, #11 Carson Wentz, #59 Joe Haeg, #82 Zach Vraa

ALPHABETICAL (cont.)No. Name Pos. 62 Bryce Messner DT80 Nate Moody WR76 Trent Mooney OG90 Grant Morgan DT25 Chase Morlock RB50 Logan Nelson LB72 Erik Olson OT95 Peder Olson LS/LB36 Cam Pedersen K13 Eric Perkins WR44 Matt Plank LB70 Jack Plankers OT15 Daniel Polansky WR60 Max Polson C9 Colter Pritchard WR24 Demaris Purifoy RB32 Dakota Reid CB34 Brock Robbins FB67 Brock Russell OG40 Dan Sargeant FB61 Brian Schaetz DT20 Darrius Shepherd WR8 Braden Sikes SS28 Andrew Smith FS6 CJ Smith CB63 Aaron Steidl DT12 Easton Stick QB41 MJ Stumpf LB99 Nate Tanguay DT77 Christian Triplett C58 Andrew Trzebiatowski OT91 Derrek Tuszka DE93 Jarrod Tuszka DE16 RJ Urzendowski WR5 Michael Veldman QB74 Tanner Volson OG82 Zach Vraa WR11 Carson Wentz QB87 Connor Wentz TE69 Blake Williams DT4 Dimitri Williams WR23 Jaylaan Wimbush FS75 Tucker Wojahn DE73 Zack Ziemer OG

ROSTER BY STATEMinnesota ....................... 36Wisconsin ........................ 20North Dakota................... 19Florida ............................... 6Illinois ............................... 5Nebraska ........................... 5South Dakota .................... 5Iowa .................................. 4Missouri ............................ 4Arizona .............................. 2California........................... 1Kansas ............................... 1Hawaii ............................... 1Michigan ........................... 1Texas ................................. 1

PRONUNCIATIONSAmbrosius (am-BRO-shus)Atif (aw-TEEF)Bachmeier (BOCK-my-ur)Bonnet (BAWN-it)Cyr (SEER)Demaris (duh-MAWR-iss)Goeser (GAY-zer)Gee-Tucker (jee-tucker)Gochenour (GOAK-ah-now-ur)Hodenfield (HAH-den-fee-uld)Illies (ILL-ee-us)Jalen (JAY-lenn)Jaylaan (JAY-lenn)Jedre (JED-ree)

SQUAD ANALYSISLettermen Returning/Lost ................ 37/17Starters Returning ..................................12 Offense ...............................................8 Defense ...............................................4Seniors ...................................................14Juniors ...................................................16Sophomores ..........................................23Redshirt Freshmen ...............................26Freshmen ...............................................32Tallest: Landon Lechler/Jack Plankers .... 6-7Shortest: Colter Pritchard ..................... 5-6Heaviest: Zack Johnson........................326Lightest: Ty Brooks ...............................161

Karcz (karch)Klieman (KLY-men)Kuhnert (COO-nert)LeCompte (lah-COMPT)Liekhus (LEAK-us)Marquise (mahr-KEYS)Mercadel (MURR-cuh-del)Pedersen (PEAD-ur-sen)Polasek (PAWL-uh-seck)Roehl (like “roll”)Schaetz (shatts)Tanguay (TANG-way)Trzebiatowski (treb-uh-TOSK-ee)Vraa (rhymes with draw)


OFFENSEPos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown WR 82 Zach Vraa 6-2 202 Sr. Rosemount, Minn. 18 Khayvon Hawkins 6-0 199 RFr. Crystal, Minn. LT 59 Joe Haeg 6-6 310 Sr. Lake Shore, Minn. 78 Landon Lechler 6-7 301 Jr. Beach, N.D. LG 66 Zack Johnson 6-4 326 RJr. Apple Valley, Minn. 74 Tanner Volson 6-4 304 RFr. Balfour, N.D. C 75 Austin Kuhnert 6-4 301 So. Sioux Falls, S.D. 77 Christian Triplett 6-3 301 RFr. Maple Plain, Minn. RG 54 Jeremy Kelly 6-6 300 Sr. Somerset, Wis. 73 Zack Ziemer 6-4 291 So. Lakeville, Minn. RT 78 Landon Lechler 6-7 301 Jr. Beach, N.D. 71 Luke Bacon 6-5 297 RFr. Granville, N.D. TE 46 Andrew Bonnet 6-3 250 Sr. Council Bluffs, Iowa 88 Luke Albers 6-5 250 Sr. Iola, Wis. QB 11 Carson Wentz 6-6 235 Sr. Bismarck, N.D. 12 Easton Stick 6-2 215 RFr. Omaha, Neb. 7 Cole Davis 6-3 212 So. Kearney, Mo. FB 30 Jedre Cyr 6-0 234 Sr. Glyndon, Minn. RB 25 Chase Morlock 6-0 221 Jr. Moorhead, Minn. or 22 King Frazier 5-11 213 Jr. Greenwood, Mo. 10 Lance Dunn 5-9 206 RFr. Waterloo, Iowa WR 16 RJ Urzendowski 5-11 195 So. Omaha, Neb. 20 Darrius Shepherd 5-11 180 RFr. Blue Springs, Mo.

SPECIALISTSPos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PK 19 Ben LeCompte 5-10 196 Sr. Barrington, Ill. 31 Tom Barneson 6-4 220 Jr. Eau Claire, Wis. H 7 Cole Davis 6-3 212 So. Kearney, Mo. 19 Ben LeCompte 5-10 196 Sr. Barrington, Ill. LS 51 James Fisher 6-2 213 So. Bloomington, Minn.

OFFENSE TE/WR LT LG C RG RT FB/WR QB FB/WR/RB RB WR at IAST Vaadeland Haeg Schueller Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Cyr Crockett Vraaat WEBER Vaadeland Haeg Kuhnert Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Urzendowski Crockett VraaUIW Vaadeland Haeg Kuhnert Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Urzendowski Crockett VraaMONTANA Vaadeland Haeg Kuhnert Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Dudzik Crockett Vraaat WIU Vaadeland Haeg Kuhnert Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Woods Crockett VraaSIU Vaadeland Haeg Schueller Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Urzendowski Crockett VraaINST Woods Haeg Schueller Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Morlock Crockett Gebhartat USD Gebhart Haeg Schueller Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Cyr Crockett VraaSDSU Vaadeland Haeg Schueller Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Urzendowski Crockett Vraaat UNI Vaadeland Haeg Kuhnert Hinz Kelly Lechler Cyr Carson Wentz Woods Crockett Vraaat MOST Vaadeland Haeg Kuhnert Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Urzendowski Crockett VraaYSU Vaadeland Haeg Kuhnert Hinz Kelly Lechler Gebhart Carson Wentz Urzendowski Crockett VraaSDSU Vaadeland Haeg Kuhnert Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Urzendowski Crockett VraaCCU Vaadeland Haeg Kuhnert Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Cyr Crockett GebhartSHSU Vaadeland Haeg Kuhnert Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Urzendowski Crockett Gebhartvs ILST Vaadeland Haeg Kuhnert Hinz Kelly Lechler Bonnet Carson Wentz Urzendowski Crockett Gebhart

DEFENSE LE DT NG RE SLB MLB WLB CB SS FS CB at IAST Hardie Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton Littlejohn Beck Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ Smithat WEBER Ambrosius Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton Littlejohn Beck Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ SmithUIW Ambrosius Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton Littlejohn Beck Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ SmithMONTANA Ambrosius Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton Littlejohn Beck Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ Smithat WIU Ambrosius Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton Littlejohn Beck Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ SmithSIU Hardie Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton Littlejohn Beck Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ SmithINST Hardie Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton Littlejohn Beck Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ Smithat USD Hardie Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton DeLuca Littlejohn Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ SmithSDSU Ambrosius Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton Littlejohn Beck Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ Smithat UNI Hardie Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton Littlejohn Beck Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ Smithat MOST Hardie Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton Littlejohn Beck Champion Heagle Dudzik DempseyYSU Hardie Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton Littlejohn Beck Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ SmithSDSU Hardie Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton DeLuca Littlejohn Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ SmithCCU Hardie Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton DeLuca Littlejohn Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ SmithSHSU Hardie Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton DeLuca Littlejohn Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ Smithvs ILST Hardie Tanguay Schaetz Emanuel Thorton DeLuca Littlejohn Champion Heagle Dudzik CJ Smith

DEFENSEPos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown LE 97 Brad Ambrosius 6-4 246 Jr. De Pere, Wis. 94 Stanley Jones 6-3 240 RFr. Bismarck, N.D. DT 61 Brian Schaetz 6-1 287 Sr. Denmark, Wis. 90 Grant Morgan 6-4 283 So. Oshkosh, Wis. NG 99 Nate Tanguay 6-4 285 So. Mukwonago, Wis. 63 Aaron Steidl 6-2 279 RFr. Carlos, Minn. RE 96 Greg Menard 6-2 239 So. Lakeville, Minn. 93 Jarrod Tuszka 6-3 243 So. Warner, S.D. SLB 47 Pierre Gee-Tucker 6-1 217 Jr. Belleville, Ill. 45 Levi Jordheim 6-1 214 RFr. Dickinson, N.D. MLB 49 Nick DeLuca 6-3 244 Jr. Omaha, Neb. 44 Matt Plank 6-0 224 So. Gardner, Kan. WLB 41 MJ Stumpf 6-2 218 Jr. Harvey, N.D. 48 Dan Marlette 6-1 218 RFr. Sioux Falls, S.D. CB 6 CJ Smith 5-11 188 Sr. Savage, Minn. or 21 Jalen Allison 6-0 177 RFr. Papillion, Neb. 32 Dakota Reid 5-9 185 RFr. Chicago, Ill. SS 1 Chris Board 6-1 218 So. Orlando, Fla. or 28 Andrew Smith 6-0 193 Jr. Sioux Falls, S.D. 35 Robbie Grimsley 6-0 181 Fr. Hutchinson, Minn. FS 3 Tre Dempsey 5-10 175 So. Lakeland, Fla. 23 Jaylaan Wimbush 6-0 185 RFr. St. Petersburg, Fla. CB 5 Jordan Champion 5-9 189 Sr. Avondale, Ariz. 21 Jalen Allison 6-0 177 RFr. Papillion, Neb.

SPECIALISTSPos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown P 19 Ben LeCompte 5-10 196 Sr. Barrington, Ill. KR 13 Eric Perkins 5-8 180 Jr. Kewaskum, Wis. 42 Bruce Anderson 5-11 202 Fr. Ruskin, Fla. PR 13 Eric Perkins 5-8 180 Jr. Kewaskum, Wis. 20 Darrius Shepherd 5-11 180 RFr. Blue Springs, Mo.

BISON DEPTH CHART

STARTERS, GAME BY GAME


2014 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Game Results (as of Jan 10, 2015)

All games

Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time AttendAug 30, 2014 at Iowa State W 34-14 1-0 0-0 3:19 54800Sep 06, 2014 at Weber State W 24-7 2-0 0-0 2:53 14577Sep 13, 2014 INCARNATE WORD W 58-0 3-0 0-0 2:55 19020Sep 20, 2014 #3 MONTANA W 22-10 4-0 0-0 2:56 18890

* Oct 04, 2014 at Western Illinois W 17-10 5-0 1-0 3:00 5111* Oct 11, 2014 #12 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 38-10 6-0 2-0 2:58 19034* Oct 18, 2014 #22 INDIANA STATE W 34-17 7-0 3-0 3:05 18477* Oct 25, 2014 at South Dakota W 47-7 8-0 4-0 3:06 9823* Nov 01, 2014 #18 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 37-17 9-0 5-0 2:44 18832* Nov 08, 2014 at #19 Northern Iowa L 3-23 9-1 5-1 3:00 14777* Nov 15, 2014 at Missouri State W 45-10 10-1 6-1 2:47 4597* Nov 22, 2014 #20 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 38-14 11-1 7-1 2:52 18696^ Dec 06, 2014 #13 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 27-24 12-1 7-1 3:10 18113^ Dec 13, 2014 #6 COASTAL CAROLINA W 39-32 13-1 7-1 3:11 18049^ Dec 19, 2014 #19 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 35-3 14-1 7-1 3:00 18025^ Jan 10, 2015 vs #7 Illinois State W 29-27 15-1 7-1 3:12 20918

* Missouri Valley Football Conference games^ NCAA Division I FCS playoff games


2014 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Overall Team Statistics (as of Jan 10, 2015)

All games

Team Statistics NDSU OPPSCORING 527 225 Points Per Game 32.9 14.1 Points Off Turnovers 110 23FIRST DOWNS 343 238 R u s h i n g 176 111 P a s s i n g 146 110 P e n a l t y 21 17RUSHING YARDAGE 3764 2006 Yards gained rushing 3980 2392 Yards lost rushing 216 386 Rushing Attempts 719 520 Average Per Rush 5.2 3.9 Average Per Game 235.2 125.4 TDs Rushing 35 14PASSING YARDAGE 3152 2480 C o m p - A t t - I n t 231-364-10 237-446-19 Average Per Pass 8.7 5.6 Average Per Catch 13.6 10.5 Average Per Game 197.0 155.0 TDs Passing 26 11TOTAL OFFENSE 6916 4486 Total Plays 1083 966 Average Per Play 6.4 4.6 Average Per Game 432.2 280.4KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 36-714 57-1092PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 26-250 19-187INT RETURNS: #-Yards 19-242 10-80KICK RETURN AVERAGE 19.8 19.2PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 9.6 9.8INT RETURN AVERAGE 12.7 8.0FUMBLES-LOST 17-6 25-10PENALTIES-Yards 97-797 79-649 Average Per Game 49.8 40.6PUNTS-Yards 60-2689 91-3860 Average Per Punt 44.8 42.4 Net punt average 38.4 38.8KICKOFFS-Yards 104-6427 53-3194 Average Per Kick 61.8 60.3 Net kick average 41.7 39.7TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 4 : 0 4 2 5 : 5 63RD-DOWN Conversions 102/211 71/221 3rd-Down Pct 48% 32%4TH-DOWN Conversions 7/11 15/32 4th-Down Pct 64% 47%SACKS BY-Yards 43-273 20-112MISC YARDS 0 -1TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 63 27FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 29-34 13-18ON-SIDE KICKS 1-1 0-2RED-ZONE SCORES (61-69) 88% (28-33) 85%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (42-69) 61% (18-33) 55%PAT-ATTEMPTS (60-62) 97% (24-24) 100%ATTENDANCE 167136 103685 Games/Avg Per Game 9/18571 6/17281 Neutral Site Games 1/20918

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalNorth Dakota State 94 150 157 126 0 527Opponents 37 78 36 74 0 225


2014 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Jan 10, 2015)

All games

Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/gJohn Crockett 16-16 368 2028 34 1994 5.4 21 80 124.6Carson Wentz 16-16 138 760 118 642 4.7 6 41 40.1King Frazier 16-0 111 627 11 616 5.5 4 33 38.5Chase Morlock 16-1 51 368 3 365 7.2 4 66 22.8Darius Anderson 16-0 18 84 8 76 4.2 0 15 4.8Andrew Bonnet 16-14 6 36 4 32 5.3 0 16 2.0Tyler Wrice 8 - 0 6 44 14 30 5.0 0 14 3.8Eric Perkins 12-0 1 12 0 12 12.0 0 12 1.0Zach Vraa 14-12 1 7 0 7 7.0 0 7 0.5Christian Dudzik 16-16 2 7 3 4 2.0 0 7 0.2Cole Davis 5 - 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.8RJ Urzendowski 16-9 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.2Joe Haeg 16-16 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0TEAM 12-0 14 0 21 -21 -1.5 0 0 -1.8Total 16 719 3980 216 3764 5.2 35 80 235.2Opponents 16 520 2392 386 2006 3.9 14 66 125.4

Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/gCarson Wentz 16-16 154.14 228-358-10 63.7 3111 25 75 194.4Cole Davis 5 - 0 82.00 2-5-0 40.0 25 0 14 5.0John Crockett 16-16 564.40 1-1-0 100.0 16 1 16 1.0Total 16 154.28 231-364-10 63.5 3152 26 75 197.0Opponents 16 99.47 237-446-19 53.1 2480 11 72 155.0

Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/gZach Vraa 14-12 42 637 15.2 4 48 45.5RJ Urzendowski 16-9 32 626 19.6 5 60 39.1John Crockett 16-16 30 397 13.2 1 40 24.8Kevin Vaadeland 15-14 25 265 10.6 3 33 17.7Trevor Gebhart 16-6 21 291 13.9 2 75 18.2Andrew Bonnet 16-14 18 228 12.7 2 31 14.2Carey Woods 16-3 16 165 10.3 0 23 10.3Luke Albers 14-0 13 177 13.6 4 25 12.6Chase Morlock 16-1 8 87 10.9 0 30 5.4Jeff Illies 16-0 7 56 8.0 1 21 3.5Darius Anderson 16-0 5 51 10.2 0 21 3.2Connor Wentz 15-0 4 42 10.5 2 14 2.8King Frazier 16-0 2 41 20.5 1 29 2.6Tyler Wrice 8 - 0 2 20 10.0 0 12 2.5Eric Perkins 12-0 2 19 9.5 0 14 1.6Carson Wentz 16-16 1 16 16.0 1 16 1.0Isaiah Frandsen 4 - 0 1 15 15.0 0 15 3.8Demitrius Gray 9 - 0 1 14 14.0 0 14 1.6Jedre Cyr 16-4 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.3Total 16 231 3152 13.6 26 75 197.0Opponents 16 237 2480 10.5 11 72 155.0

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lgCJ Smith 15 177 11.8 0 48Christian Dudzik 7 59 8.4 0 26Eric Perkins 3 11 3.7 0 15Tyler Wrice 1 3 3.0 0 3Total 26 250 9.6 0 48Opponents 19 187 9.8 0 80

Interceptions no. yds avg td lgChristian Dudzik 4 59 14.8 0 31Nick DeLuca 3 48 16.0 0 35Colten Heagle 3 11 3.7 0 6Esley Thorton 2 2 1.0 0 2Carlton Littlejohn 1 0 0.0 0 0Tre Dempsey 1 2 2.0 0 2Travis Beck 1 21 21.0 0 21Shea DeJong 1 69 69.0 1 69CJ Smith 1 -7 -7.0 0 0Pierre Gee-Tucker 1 10 10.0 0 10Kyle Emanuel 1 27 27.0 0 27Total 19 242 12.7 1 69Opponents 10 80 8.0 0 45

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lgEric Perkins 14 338 24.1 0 37Christian Dudzik 10 172 17.2 0 25Darius Anderson 5 77 15.4 0 26Chase Morlock 3 63 21.0 0 29John Crockett 2 28 14.0 0 15Andrew Bonnet 1 0 0.0 0 0Nick DeLuca 1 36 36.0 0 36Total 36 714 19.8 0 37Opponents 57 1092 19.2 1 98

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lgCarlton Littlejohn 1 5 5.0 1 5Total 1 5 5.0 1 5Opponents 1 72 72.0 1 72



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PATScoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf ptsAdam Keller - 29-34 58-59 - - - - - 145John Crockett 22 - - - - - - - 132Carson Wentz 7 - - 1-1 - - - - 44King Frazier 5 - - - - - - - 30RJ Urzendowski 5 - - - - - - - 30Luke Albers 4 - - - - - - - 24Zach Vraa 4 - - - - - - - 24Chase Morlock 4 - - - - - - - 24Kevin Vaadeland 3 - - - - - - - 18Trevor Gebhart 2 - - - - - - - 12Connor Wentz 2 - - - - - - - 12Andrew Bonnet 2 - - - - - - - 12Jeff Illies 1 - - - - - - - 6Carlton Littlejohn 1 - - - - - - - 6Shea DeJong 1 - - - - - - - 6Tom Barneson - - 2-3 - - - - - 2Total 63 29-34 60-62 1-1 - - - - 527Opponents 27 13-18 24-24 - - 0-3 - - 225

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/gCarson Wentz 16 496 642 3111 3753 234.6John Crockett 16 369 1994 16 2010 125.6King Frazier 16 111 616 0 616 38.5Chase Morlock 16 51 365 0 365 22.8Darius Anderson 16 18 76 0 76 4.8Andrew Bonnet 16 6 32 0 32 2.0Tyler Wrice 8 6 30 0 30 3.8Cole Davis 5 6 4 25 29 5.8Eric Perkins 12 1 12 0 12 1.0Zach Vraa 14 1 7 0 7 0.5Christian Dudzik 16 2 4 0 4 0.2RJ Urzendowski 16 1 3 0 3 0.2TEAM 12 14 -21 0 -21 -1.8Total 16 1083 3764 3152 6916 432.2Opponents 16 966 2006 2480 4486 280.4

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blkAdam Keller 29-34 85.3 3-4 10-10 5-6 10-12 1-2 50 1

FG Sequence North Dakota State OpponentsIowa State (19),(21) -Weber State (38) 48Incarnate Word (44) 37Montana (41),(22),(32),(47),(30) (20)Western Illinois (20),54,19 (30)Southern Illinois (46) (44),46Indiana State (19),(50),34 (39)South Dakota (23),(21),(49),(23) -South Dakota State 42,(33),(45),(45) (37)Northern Iowa (21) (43),(36),(42)Missouri State (19) (21),46Youngstown State (30) -South Dakota State (42),(29) (33)Coastal Carolina (27),49 (32),(25)Sam Houston State - (22),46Illinois State (41),(41),(24) -

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blkBen LeCompte 59 2671 45.3 66 10 14 23 20 0TEAM 1 18 18.0 18 0 0 0 0 1Total 60 2689 44.8 66 10 14 23 20 1Opponents 91 3860 42.4 59 4 38 29 20 0

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydlnBen LeCompte 72 4474 62.1 31 8Tom Barneson 32 1953 61.0 9 0Total 104 6427 61.8 40 8 19.2 41.7 23Opponents 53 3194 60.3 15 2 19.8 39.7 25



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All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/gJohn Crockett 16 1994 397 0 28 0 2419 151.2Carson Wentz 16 642 16 0 0 0 658 41.1King Frazier 16 616 41 0 0 0 657 41.1Zach Vraa 14 7 637 0 0 0 644 46.0RJ Urzendowski 16 3 626 0 0 0 629 39.3Chase Morlock 16 365 87 0 63 0 515 32.2Eric Perkins 12 12 19 11 338 0 380 31.7Christian Dudzik 16 4 0 59 172 59 294 18.4Trevor Gebhart 16 0 291 0 0 0 291 18.2Kevin Vaadelan 15 0 265 0 0 0 265 17.7Andrew Bonnet 16 32 228 0 0 0 260 16.2Darius Anderson 16 76 51 0 77 0 204 12.8Luke Albers 14 0 177 0 0 0 177 12.6CJ Smith 15 0 0 177 0 -7 170 11.3Carey Woods 16 0 165 0 0 0 165 10.3Nick DeLuca 16 0 0 0 36 48 84 5.2Shea DeJong 2 0 0 0 0 69 69 34.5Jeff Illies 16 0 56 0 0 0 56 3.5Tyler Wrice 8 30 20 3 0 0 53 6.6Connor Wentz 15 0 42 0 0 0 42 2.8Kyle Emanuel 16 0 0 0 0 27 27 1.7Travis Beck 11 0 0 0 0 21 21 1.9Isaiah Frandsen 4 0 15 0 0 0 15 3.8Demitrius Gray 9 0 14 0 0 0 14 1.6Colten Heagle 16 0 0 0 0 11 11 0.7Pierre Gee-Tuck 10 0 0 0 0 10 10 1.0Jedre Cyr 16 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.3Cole Davis 5 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.8Tre Dempsey 15 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1Esley Thorton 16 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1TEAM 12 -21 0 0 0 0 -21 -1.8Total 16 3764 3152 250 714 242 8122 507.6Opponents 16 2006 2480 187 1092 80 5845 365.3


2014 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Jan 10, 2015)

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Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf38 Carlton Littlejohn 16-16 58 59 117 7.0-33 3.0-24 1-0 4 5 4-5 2 . .20 Colten Heagle 16-16 59 40 99 3.0-8 . 3-11 4 1 . 1 . .53 Kyle Emanuel 16-16 50 47 97 32.5-138 19.5-110 1-27 3 9 . 3 . .9 Esley Thorton 16-16 33 40 73 7.0-32 3.0-24 2-2 2 4 1-0 3 1 .35 Christian Dudzik 16-16 45 28 73 1.0-1 . 4-59 7 . 1-0 2 . .5 Jordan Champion 16-16 36 32 68 3.0-6 . . 10 1 . . . .49 Nick DeLuca 16-5 22 45 67 2.5-6 . 3-48 1 . . . . .52 Travis Beck 11-11 20 42 62 2.0-13 1.0-10 1-21 7 1 . . . .61 Brian Schaetz 16-16 13 38 51 7.0-23 2.0-13 . . 5 1-0 . . .6 CJ Smith 15-15 29 18 47 . . 1--7 17 . . . . .24 Tre Dempsey 15-1 24 18 42 0.5-3 . 1-2 5 . . 1 . .99 Nate Tanguay 16-16 14 24 38 5.0-33 3.0-30 . 1 2 . 1 . .97 Brad Ambrosius 16-5 11 16 27 5.5-36 2.5-16 . . 7 1-0 1 . .91 Mike Hardie 12-11 8 18 26 4.0-14 3.0-12 . 1 4 . 1 . .1 Chris Board 16-0 11 11 22 1.0-1 . . 1 . . . . .7 Zach Colvin 16-0 11 9 20 . . . 3 . . 1 . .41 MJ Stumpf 16-0 8 9 17 1.5-7 . . . 1 . . . .96 Greg Menard 14-0 8 7 15 3.5-21 3.0-20 . . . 1-0 . . .90 Grant Morgan 16-0 2 9 11 . . . . 2 . . . .55 Alex Hahn 11-0 5 5 10 2.5-10 2.0-9 . . . . . . .28 Andrew Smith 14-0 6 3 9 . . . . . . . . .14 Bo Liekhus 14-0 4 4 8 1.0-5 1.0-5 . . . . . . .44 Matt Plank 4-0 1 6 7 0.5-0 . . . . . . . .25 Chase Morlock 16-1 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .2B Shea DeJong 2-0 2 2 4 . . 1-69 . . . . . .47 Pierre Gee-Tucker 10-0 2 2 4 . . 1-10 . . . . . .93 Jarrod Tuszka 11-0 . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .22 King Frazier 16-0 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .11 Carson Wentz 16-16 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .26 Keenan Hodenfield 1-0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .43 Kurt Mattox 2-0 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .19 Ben LeCompte 16-0 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .31 Tom Barneson 9-0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .54 Jeremy Kelly 16-16 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .95 D'Andre Gillins 1-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .65 Adam Schueller 14-5 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .62 Bryce Messner 3-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .81 Isaiah Frandsen 4-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .87 Connor Wentz 15-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .58 James Gates 4-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .46 Andrew Bonnet 16-14 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .40 Dan Sargeant 2-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . .82 Zach Vraa 14-12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .23 John Crockett 16-16 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Total 16 500 546 1046 90-390 43-273 19-242 66 42 9-5 17 1 .Opponents 16 544 748 1292 54-189 20-112 10-80 35 25 6-72 14 3 .


2014 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Team Game-by-Game (as of Jan 10, 2015)

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TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns totDate Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg offAug 30 at Iowa State 44 302 4 80 18 204 0 44 18-28-0 204 0 44 2 29 0 17 2 1 0 1 506Sep 06 at Weber State 47 179 2 16 13 192 0 27 13-22-2 192 0 27 1 16 0 16 1 19 0 19 371Sep 13 INCARNATE WORD 40 246 4 36 16 262 3 60 16-20-0 262 3 60 0 0 0 0 6 46 0 47 508Sep 20 MONTANA 55 280 0 35 16 167 1 25 16-24-0 167 1 25 1 17 0 17 2 42 0 26 447Oct 04 at Western Illinois 41 149 1 15 20 256 1 35 20-30-1 256 1 35 2 35 0 25 3 15 0 10 405Oct 11 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 48 252 3 48 7 174 2 75 7-13-1 174 2 75 1 19 0 19 1 2 0 0 426Oct 18 INDIANA STATE 52 209 2 18 20 222 2 48 20-31-0 222 2 48 3 62 0 29 2 49 0 48 431Oct 25 at South Dakota 43 293 2 33 14 231 3 34 14-27-0 231 3 34 2 26 0 26 1 21 0 21 524Nov 01 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 53 290 3 34 12 115 1 33 12-20-1 115 1 33 4 85 0 36 1 1 0 1 405Nov 08 at Northern Iowa 28 43 0 12 15 132 0 20 15-25-1 132 0 20 4 59 0 18 2 46 0 30 175Nov 15 at Missouri State 44 226 1 57 15 247 5 45 15-22-2 247 5 45 2 69 0 37 2 10 0 15 473Nov 22 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 49 353 3 41 12 126 2 18 12-19-1 126 2 18 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 479Dec 06 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 39 181 1 27 14 235 2 41 14-25-0 235 2 41 2 39 0 20 1 -1 0 0 416Dec 13 COASTAL CAROLINA 47 327 3 70 11 173 2 41 11-17-0 173 2 41 5 109 0 28 1 -2 0 0 500Dec 19 SAM HOUSTON STATE 39 219 4 55 13 179 1 35 13-19-1 179 1 35 2 36 0 22 0 0 0 0 398Jan 10 vs Illinois State 50 215 2 35 15 237 1 42 15-22-0 237 1 42 5 113 0 31 0 0 0 0 452North Dakota State 719 3764 35 80 231 3152 26 75 231-364-10 3152 26 75 36 714 0 37 26 250 0 48 6916Opponents 520 2006 14 66 237 2480 11 72 237-446-19 2480 11 72 57 1092 1 98 19 187 0 80 4486

Games: 16 • Avg/rush: 5.2 • Avg/catch: 13.6 • Pass effic: 154.28 • KR avg: 19.8 • PR avg: 9.6 • All purpose avg/game: 507.6 • Total offense avg/gm: 432.2

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts offDate Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o ptsAug 30 at Iowa State 35 24 59 8.0-28 4.0-17 1 0-0 2-30 1 5 0 4-4 0 0 0 10 34Sep 06 at Weber State 33 44 77 9.0-35 5.0-30 1 1-5 0-0 1 7 1 3-3 0 0 0 7 24Sep 13 INCARNATE WORD 29 42 71 8.0-27 3.0-15 3 1-0 2-79 1 4 0 7-8 0 0 0 17 58Sep 20 MONTANA 23 18 41 3.0-9 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-0 10 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 22Oct 04 at Western Illinois 34 40 74 2.0-12 1.0-8 2 1-0 1-2 0 7 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 17Oct 11 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 36 30 66 5.0-30 2.0-11 2 1-0 0-0 3 5 0 5-5 0 0 0 3 38Oct 18 INDIANA STATE 18 40 58 6.0-44 5.0-41 0 0-0 0-0 8 5 0 4-4 0 0 0 0 34Oct 25 at South Dakota 37 22 59 4.0-18 2.0-15 1 1-0 2-1 4 5 0 5-5 0 0 0 14 47Nov 01 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 29 20 49 5.0-31 4.0-30 1 1-0 1-6 3 4 0 4-4 0 0 0 10 37Nov 08 at Northern Iowa 41 24 65 5.0-14 2.0-8 1 1-0 1-0 2 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3Nov 15 at Missouri State 30 56 86 8.0-38 4.0-29 3 1-0 2-48 0 2 0 6-6 0 0 0 14 45Nov 22 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 32 24 56 7.0-22 2.0-13 1 1-0 3-36 2 2 0 5-5 0 0 0 28 38Dec 06 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 23 50 73 3.0-18 1.0-12 0 0-0 1-2 4 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 27Dec 13 COASTAL CAROLINA 28 50 78 3.0-21 2.0-19 0 0-0 1-3 3 6 0 4-4 1 0 0 0 39Dec 19 SAM HOUSTON STATE 38 50 88 10.0-37 5.0-24 1 0-0 1-35 0 2 0 5-5 0 0 0 7 35Jan 10 vs Illinois State 34 12 46 4.0-6 1.0-1 0 0-0 1-0 0 3 0 2-3 0 0 0 0 29North Dakota State 500 546 1046 90.0-390 43.0-273 17 9-5 19-242 42 66 1 60-62 1 0 0 110 527Opponents 544 748 1292 54.0-189 20.0-112 14 6-72 10-80 25 35 3 24-24 0 0 0 23 225

Punting Field Goals KickoffsDate Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb obAug 30 at Iowa State 5 215 43.0 58 0 2 1 1 1 2-2 21 0 6 384 64.0 4 0Sep 06 at Weber State 4 175 43.8 52 0 0 2 1 3 1-1 38 0 5 319 63.8 4 0Sep 13 INCARNATE WORD 3 125 41.7 43 0 1 0 0 1 1-1 44 0 10 624 62.4 2 1Sep 20 MONTANA 2 83 41.5 44 0 0 1 0 2 5-5 47 0 7 448 64.0 5 1Oct 04 at Western Illinois 3 109 36.3 46 0 0 1 0 3 1-3 20 1 4 244 61.0 1 1Oct 11 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 5 199 39.8 65 0 1 1 2 1 1-1 46 0 6 373 62.2 1 0Oct 18 INDIANA STATE 2 94 47.0 47 0 0 0 0 0 2-3 50 0 7 443 63.3 1 0Oct 25 at South Dakota 3 122 40.7 42 0 0 2 0 0 4-4 49 0 9 579 64.3 4 1Nov 01 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 2 129 64.5 66 0 1 0 2 0 3-4 45 0 8 515 64.4 6 0Nov 08 at Northern Iowa 10 481 48.1 55 0 2 2 4 3 1-1 21 0 2 130 65.0 0 0Nov 15 at Missouri State 5 207 41.4 61 1 2 1 2 1 1-1 19 0 8 443 55.4 0 1Nov 22 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 1 59 59.0 59 0 0 0 1 0 1-1 30 0 7 455 65.0 6 0Dec 06 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 4 192 48.0 58 0 0 2 2 3 2-2 42 0 6 344 57.3 2 2Dec 13 COASTAL CAROLINA 3 129 43.0 59 0 0 0 2 1 1-2 27 0 7 396 56.6 1 1Dec 19 SAM HOUSTON STATE 5 239 47.8 53 0 0 1 2 3 0-0 0 0 6 389 64.8 3 0Jan 10 vs Illinois State 3 131 43.7 53 0 1 0 1 1 3-3 41 0 6 341 56.8 0 0North Dakota State 60 2689 44.8 66 1 10 14 20 23 29-34 50 1 104 6427 61.8 40 8Opponents 91 3860 42.4 59 0 4 38 20 29 13-18 44 1 53 3194 60.3 15 2


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OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns totDate Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg offAug 30 at Iowa State 26 102 2 16 20 151 0 48 20-31-2 151 0 48 2 41 0 27 2 24 0 24 253Sep 06 at Weber State 29 66 1 27 26 240 0 49 26-43-0 240 0 49 1 15 0 15 1 2 0 2 306Sep 13 INCARNATE WORD 31 55 0 12 14 95 0 23 14-30-2 95 0 23 7 133 0 34 0 0 0 0 150Sep 20 MONTANA 19 68 1 21 15 188 0 72 15-29-1 188 0 72 1 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 256Oct 04 at Western Illinois 42 253 1 66 10 68 0 19 10-21-1 68 0 19 2 36 0 22 1 -2 0 0 321Oct 11 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 31 121 0 41 18 146 1 26 18-33-0 146 1 26 5 94 0 23 1 9 0 9 267Oct 18 INDIANA STATE 21 31 0 13 15 196 1 35 15-32-0 196 1 35 6 104 0 33 0 0 0 0 227Oct 25 at South Dakota 35 121 0 13 15 122 1 20 15-29-2 122 1 20 4 94 0 28 1 -9 0 0 243Nov 01 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 23 89 1 34 14 187 1 42 14-28-1 187 1 42 2 32 0 17 1 8 0 8 276Nov 08 at Northern Iowa 44 218 2 30 7 93 0 20 7-20-1 93 0 20 2 97 0 56 5 10 0 5 311Nov 15 at Missouri State 41 99 0 14 12 141 1 35 12-23-2 141 1 35 7 95 0 23 1 34 0 34 240Nov 22 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 32 81 0 16 15 135 2 21 15-26-3 135 2 21 1 21 0 21 1 10 0 10 216Dec 06 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 36 143 2 22 13 132 1 38 13-22-1 132 1 38 2 30 0 18 1 80 0 80 275Dec 13 COASTAL CAROLINA 43 186 3 32 11 197 0 48 11-24-1 197 0 48 5 162 1 98 1 13 0 13 383Dec 19 SAM HOUSTON STATE 40 106 0 19 21 232 0 39 21-32-1 232 0 39 3 35 0 15 1 1 0 1 338Jan 10 vs Illinois State 27 267 1 58 11 157 3 41 11-23-1 157 3 41 7 86 0 21 2 7 0 8 424Opponents 520 2006 14 66 237 2480 11 72 237-446-19 2480 11 72 57 1092 1 98 19 187 0 80 4486North Dakota State 719 3764 35 80 231 3152 26 75 231-364-10 3152 26 75 36 714 0 37 26 250 0 48 6916

Games: 16 • Avg/rush: 3.9 • Avg/catch: 10.5 • Pass effic: 99.47 • KR avg: 19.2 • PR avg: 9.8 • All purpose avg/game: 365.3 • Total offense avg/gm: 280.4

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts offDate Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o ptsAug 30 at Iowa State 39 40 79 2.0-12 1.0-11 0 0-0 0-0 3 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 14Sep 06 at Weber State 31 50 81 3.0-4 1.0-1 0 0-0 2-0 2 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 7Sep 13 INCARNATE WORD 31 48 79 2.0-3 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 20 MONTANA 45 54 99 2.0-10 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 3 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 10Oct 04 at Western Illinois 42 38 80 3.0-12 1.0-10 2 2-0 1--3 0 2 1 1-1 0 0 0 0 10Oct 11 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 18 58 76 4.0-20 2.0-12 1 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 10Oct 18 INDIANA STATE 37 66 103 4.0-10 1.0-4 2 1-72 0-0 0 5 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 17Oct 25 at South Dakota 37 28 65 2.0-7 1.0-6 0 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 7Nov 01 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 29 70 99 3.0-7 1.0-3 0 0-0 1-0 2 1 0 2-2 0 0 0 3 17Nov 08 at Northern Iowa 35 28 63 6.0-31 3.0-22 2 1-0 1-45 1 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 10 23Nov 15 at Missouri State 24 68 92 2.0-4 2.0-4 0 0-0 2-29 0 3 1 1-1 0 0 0 3 10Nov 22 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 31 42 73 2.0-4 1.0-3 1 1-0 1-9 0 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 14Dec 06 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 24 58 82 3.0-6 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 24Dec 13 COASTAL CAROLINA 35 42 77 4.0-14 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 32Dec 19 SAM HOUSTON STATE 32 32 64 5.0-16 2.0-12 2 0-0 1-0 2 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3Jan 10 vs Illinois State 54 26 80 7.0-29 4.0-24 3 1-0 0-0 4 3 1 3-3 0 0 0 0 27Opponents 544 748 1292 54.0-189 20.0-112 14 6-72 10-80 25 35 3 24-24 0 0 0 23 225North Dakota State 500 546 1046 90.0-390 43.0-273 17 9-5 19-242 42 66 1 60-62 1 0 0 110 527

Punting Field Goals KickoffsDate Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb obAug 30 at Iowa State 6 274 45.7 56 0 0 2 3 2 0-0 0 0 3 165 55.0 0 1Sep 06 at Weber State 5 222 44.4 54 0 0 2 1 3 0-1 0 1 2 128 64.0 1 0Sep 13 INCARNATE WORD 8 345 43.1 50 0 0 1 1 2 0-1 0 0 1 65 65.0 1 0Sep 20 MONTANA 6 254 42.3 51 0 0 3 2 0 1-1 20 0 3 192 64.0 2 0Oct 04 at Western Illinois 5 183 36.6 39 0 0 2 0 1 1-1 30 0 3 184 61.3 0 1Oct 11 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 7 266 38.0 58 0 1 2 1 3 1-2 44 0 3 195 65.0 2 0Oct 18 INDIANA STATE 7 325 46.4 56 0 0 3 3 2 1-1 39 0 3 156 52.0 0 0Oct 25 at South Dakota 5 204 40.8 55 0 1 3 1 1 0-0 0 0 2 94 47.0 0 0Nov 01 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 5 227 45.4 53 0 0 1 2 3 1-1 37 0 4 235 58.8 0 0Nov 08 at Northern Iowa 6 242 40.3 59 0 0 2 1 2 3-3 43 0 6 376 62.7 2 0Nov 15 at Missouri State 7 313 44.7 59 0 0 1 2 1 1-2 21 0 3 177 59.0 1 0Nov 22 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 4 174 43.5 57 0 0 3 1 1 0-0 0 0 2 130 65.0 2 0Dec 06 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 4 150 37.5 42 0 1 2 0 2 1-1 33 0 5 305 61.0 3 0Dec 13 COASTAL CAROLINA 4 171 42.8 56 0 1 1 1 1 2-2 32 0 6 382 63.7 1 0Dec 19 SAM HOUSTON STATE 7 310 44.3 51 0 0 7 1 2 1-2 22 0 2 116 58.0 0 0Jan 10 vs Illinois State 5 200 40.0 48 0 0 3 0 3 0-0 0 0 5 294 58.8 0 0Opponents 91 3860 42.4 59 0 4 38 20 29 13-18 44 1 53 3194 60.3 15 2North Dakota State 60 2689 44.8 66 1 10 14 20 23 29-34 50 1 104 6427 61.8 40 8


2014 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State Red-Zone Results (as of Jan 10, 2015)

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North Dakota State Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZDate Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half GameAug 30, 2014 at Iowa State W 34-14 4 4 20 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 06, 2014 at Weber State W 24-7 3 2 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Sep 13, 2014 INCARNATE WORD W 58-0 4 4 27 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 20, 2014 MONTANA W 22-10 5 4 16 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0Oct 04, 2014 at Western Illinois W 17-10 4 3 17 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0Oct 11, 2014 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 38-10 3 3 21 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oct 18, 2014 INDIANA STATE W 34-17 6 4 24 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0Oct 25, 2014 at South Dakota W 47-7 5 5 23 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Nov 01, 2014 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 37-17 5 5 31 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Nov 08, 2014 at Northern Iowa L 3-23 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0Nov 15, 2014 at Missouri State W 45-10 6 6 38 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Nov 22, 2014 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 38-14 7 6 38 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0Dec 06, 2014 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 27-24 3 2 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0Dec 13, 2014 COASTAL CAROLINA W 39-32 3 3 17 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Dec 19, 2014 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 35-3 3 3 21 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Jan 10, 2015 vs Illinois State W 29-27 6 6 29 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 69 61 349 42 25 17 19 2 1 2 0 3 061 of 69 (88.4%)

Opponents Inside North Dakota State Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZDate Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half GameAug 30, 2014 at Iowa State W 34-14 2 2 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 06, 2014 at Weber State W 24-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Sep 13, 2014 INCARNATE WORD W 58-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Sep 20, 2014 MONTANA W 22-10 3 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0Oct 04, 2014 at Western Illinois W 17-10 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Oct 11, 2014 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 38-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oct 18, 2014 INDIANA STATE W 34-17 3 2 10 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0Oct 25, 2014 at South Dakota W 47-7 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Nov 01, 2014 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 37-17 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Nov 08, 2014 at Northern Iowa L 3-23 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Nov 15, 2014 at Missouri State W 45-10 2 2 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Nov 22, 2014 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 38-14 2 2 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Dec 06, 2014 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 27-24 4 4 24 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Dec 13, 2014 COASTAL CAROLINA W 39-32 5 5 25 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Dec 19, 2014 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 35-3 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Jan 10, 2015 vs Illinois State W 29-27 2 2 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 33 28 154 18 10 8 10 1 3 1 0 0 028 of 33 (84.8%)


2014 North Dakota State FootballNorth Dakota State By-Quarter Statistics (as of Jan 10, 2015)

All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OvertimeAug 30, 2014 at Iowa State W 34-14 9-15 60.0 2-3 66.7 2-4 50.0 2-4 50.0 3-4 75.0Sep 06, 2014 at Weber State W 24-7 5-13 38.5 1-2 50.0 3-6 50.0 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3Sep 13, 2014 INCARNATE WORD W 58-0 8-12 66.7 3-4 75.0 3-4 75.0 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0Sep 20, 2014 MONTANA W 22-10 7-15 46.7 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 2-3 66.7 3-5 60.0Oct 04, 2014 at Western Illinois W 17-10 8-14 57.1 0-2 0.0 3-5 60.0 2-4 50.0 3-3 100.0Oct 11, 2014 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 38-10 6-12 50.0 1-4 25.0 0-1 0.0 1-3 33.3 4-4 100.0Oct 18, 2014 INDIANA STATE W 34-17 12-18 66.7 4-6 66.7 4-5 80.0 4-4 100.0 0-3 0.0Oct 25, 2014 at South Dakota W 47-7 6-13 46.2 3-5 60.0 2-4 50.0 1-2 50.0 0-2 0.0Nov 01, 2014 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 37-17 5-12 41.7 0-2 0.0 1-4 25.0 2-3 66.7 2-3 66.7Nov 08, 2014 at Northern Iowa L 3-23 1-14 7.1 0-3 0.0 0-4 0.0 1-4 25.0 0-3 0.0Nov 15, 2014 at Missouri State W 45-10 4-11 36.4 0-3 0.0 2-3 66.7 1-2 50.0 1-3 33.3Nov 22, 2014 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 38-14 6-10 60.0 0-2 0.0 4-4 100.0 2-4 50.0 0-0 0.0Dec 06, 2014 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 27-24 7-13 53.8 1-2 50.0 1-3 33.3 2-4 50.0 3-4 75.0Dec 13, 2014 COASTAL CAROLINA W 39-32 7-13 53.8 3-4 75.0 3-4 75.0 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3Dec 19, 2014 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 35-3 6-13 46.2 1-3 33.3 1-4 25.0 1-3 33.3 3-3 100.0Jan 10, 2015 vs Illinois State W 29-27 5-13 38.5 0-2 0.0 2-4 50.0 2-3 66.7 1-4 25.0

North Dakota State 102-21 48.3 20-51 39.2 32-62 51.6 25-50 50.0 25-48 52.1 0-0 0.0Opponents 71-221 32.1 13-58 22.4 19-57 33.3 18-50 36.0 21-56 37.5 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OvertimeAug 30, 2014 at Iowa State W 34-14 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Sep 06, 2014 at Weber State W 24-7 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0Sep 13, 2014 INCARNATE WORD W 58-0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Sep 20, 2014 MONTANA W 22-10 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Oct 04, 2014 at Western Illinois W 17-10 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Oct 11, 2014 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 38-10 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Oct 18, 2014 INDIANA STATE W 34-17 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0Oct 25, 2014 at South Dakota W 47-7 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0Nov 01, 2014 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 37-17 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0Nov 08, 2014 at Northern Iowa L 3-23 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Nov 15, 2014 at Missouri State W 45-10 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Nov 22, 2014 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 38-14 0-1 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Dec 06, 2014 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 27-24 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Dec 13, 2014 COASTAL CAROLINA W 39-32 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0Dec 19, 2014 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 35-3 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0Jan 10, 2015 vs Illinois State W 29-27 2-2 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0

North Dakota State 7-11 63.6 0-2 0.0 3-3 100.0 2-3 66.7 2-3 66.7 0-0 0.0Opponents 15-32 46.9 4-5 80.0 3-4 75.0 1-3 33.3 7-20 35.0 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OvertimeAug 30, 2014 at Iowa State W 34-14 35:47 7:26 8:05 9:48 10:28Sep 06, 2014 at Weber State W 24-7 32:52 7:23 8:45 6:23 10:21Sep 13, 2014 INCARNATE WORD W 58-0 30:30 6:38 10:48 9:29 3:35Sep 20, 2014 MONTANA W 22-10 39:06 10:32 9:29 7:41 11:24Oct 04, 2014 at Western Illinois W 17-10 32:08 9:48 5:56 8:25 7:59Oct 11, 2014 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W 38-10 32:11 8:31 7:04 8:06 8:30Oct 18, 2014 INDIANA STATE W 34-17 41:12 11:59 9:43 9:34 9:56Oct 25, 2014 at South Dakota W 47-7 32:42 9:35 9:29 6:04 7:34Nov 01, 2014 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 37-17 38:20 6:24 10:23 10:55 10:38Nov 08, 2014 at Northern Iowa L 3-23 30:41 8:42 8:14 7:00 6:45Nov 15, 2014 at Missouri State W 45-10 33:00 7:45 8:41 8:12 8:22Nov 22, 2014 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W 38-14 33:22 5:56 12:00 10:01 5:25Dec 06, 2014 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 27-24 31:25 7:46 6:48 9:09 7:42Dec 13, 2014 COASTAL CAROLINA W 39-32 32:30 7:12 9:11 7:03 9:04Dec 19, 2014 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 35-3 31:59 7:34 7:28 9:42 7:15Jan 10, 2015 vs Illinois State W 29-27 37:15 9:04 9:35 8:04 10:32

North Dakota State Total 545:00 132:15 141:39 135:36 135:30 0:00Avg. 34:03 8:15 8:51 8:28 8:28 0:00

Opponents Total 415:00 107:45 98:21 104:24 104:30 0:00Avg. 25:56 6:44 6:08 6:31 6:31 0:00


NCAA Statistics

North Dakota St. - 2014-15 Football Ranking Summary thru games 01/10/2015

StatisticNational

RankConference

RankValue

NationalLeader

ValueConferenceLeader

Value

3rd Down Conversion Pct (121 ranked) 5 2 0.483 Yale 0.517 Illinois St. 0.508

3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (121 ranked) 18 2 0.321 Bethune-Cookman 0.250 UNI 0.287

4th Down Conversion Pct (121 ranked) 22 2 0.636 Coastal Caro. 0.800 Illinois St. 0.727

4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (121 ranked) 51 5 0.469 Sacred Heart 0.231 UNI 0.375

Blocked Kicks (92 ranked) 92 9 1 William & Mary 10 Illinois St.

UNI

Western Ill.

6

6

6

Blocked Kicks Allowed (121 ranked) 49 4 3 8 teams tied 0 Indiana St.

Southern Ill.

South Dakota St.

2

2

2

Blocked Punts (36 ranked) William & Mary

Colgate

6

6

UNI 4

Blocked Punts Allowed (121 ranked) 41 2 1 40 teams tied 0 South Dakota 0

Completion Percentage (121 ranked) 22 1 0.635 Chattanooga 0.676 North Dakota St. 0.635

Defensive TDs (0 ranked)

Fewest Penalties (121 ranked) 101 10 97 Gardner-Webb 43 Southern Ill. 48

Fewest Penalties Per Game (121 ranked) 50 7 6.06 Gardner-Webb 3.58 Southern Ill. 4.00

Fewest Penalty Yards (121 ranked) 91 9 797 Gardner-Webb 343 Southern Ill. 416

Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (121 ranked) 39 7 49.81 Gardner-Webb 28.58 Southern Ill. 34.67

First Downs Defense (121 ranked) 55 3 238 Wagner 160 Missouri St. 221

First Downs Offense (121 ranked) 3 1 343 Eastern Wash. 362 North Dakota St. 343

Fumbles Lost (121 ranked) 18 3 6 4 teams tied 3 Missouri St. 4

Fumbles Recovered (121 ranked) 48 3 9 Albany (NY) 20 Indiana St. 15

Kickoff Return Defense (121 ranked) 47 3 19.16 Hampton 14.42 South Dakota St. 18.70

Kickoff Returns (121 ranked) 57 5 19.83 UNI 26.30 UNI 26.30

Net Punting (121 ranked) 9 1 38.37 Montana St. 40.65 North Dakota St. 38.37

Passes Had Intercepted (121 ranked) 37 3 10 Citadel 1 Missouri St.

Youngstown St.

8

8

Passes Intercepted (121 ranked) 5 1 19 Jacksonville 24 North Dakota St. 19

Passing Offense (121 ranked) 78 8 197.0 Idaho St. 348.1 Indiana St. 269.8

Passing Yards Allowed (121 ranked) 6 1 155.0 Samford 139.1 North Dakota St. 155.0

Passing Yards per Completion (121 ranked) 21 5 13.65 Southeastern La. 16.59 Illinois St. 15.51

Punt Return Defense (121 ranked) 79 5 9.84 Northwestern St. 0.33 UNI 6.20

Punt Returns (121 ranked) 44 7 9.62 South Carolina St. 19.86 South Dakota St. 13.21

Red Zone Defense (121 ranked) 92 8 0.848 Sacred Heart 0.471 UNI 0.750

Red Zone Offense (121 ranked) 13 3 0.884 UNI 0.980 UNI 0.980

Rushing Defense (121 ranked) 22 3 125.4 Bethune-Cookman 79.9 UNI 107.7

Rushing Offense (121 ranked) 12 2 235.3 Cal Poly 351.8 Illinois St. 241.3

Sacks Allowed (121 ranked) 22 2 1.25 Valparaiso 0.42 Youngstown St. 1.17

Scoring Defense (121 ranked) 3 1 14.1 Harvard 12.3 North Dakota St. 14.1

Scoring Offense (121 ranked) 24 2 32.9 Eastern Wash. 44.1 Illinois St. 38.3

Tackles for Loss Allowed (121 ranked) 1 1 3.38 North Dakota St. 3.38 North Dakota St. 3.38

Team Passing Efficiency (121 ranked) 8 2 154.28 Villanova 175.25 Illinois St. 155.58

Team Passing Efficiency Defense (121 ranked) 5 1 99.47 Southeastern La. 94.30 North Dakota St. 99.47

Team Sacks (121 ranked) 18 3 2.69 Grambling 3.75 UNI 3.64

Team Tackles for Loss (121 ranked) 72 4 5.6 Grambling 10.1 UNI 8.5

Time of Possession (121 ranked) 2 1 34:03 Charleston So. 34:05 North Dakota St. 34:03

Total Defense (121 ranked) 5 1 280.4 Bethune-Cookman 237.5 North Dakota St. 280.4

Total Offense (121 ranked) 28 3 432.3 Yale 571.5 Illinois St. 463.6

Turnover Margin (121 ranked) 16 3 0.75 Albany (NY) 1.25 UNI 0.86

Turnovers Gained (121 ranked) 11 3 28 N.C. A&T 36 UNI 31

Turnovers Lost (121 ranked) 19 2 16 Cal Poly 7 Missouri St. 12

Winning Percentage (119 ranked) 2 1 0.938 Harvard 1.000 North Dakota St. 0.938


Statistic PlayerNational

RankConference

RankValue National Leader Value

ConferenceLeader

Value

All Purpose (200 ranked) John Crockett 15 4 151.19 Johnta' Hebert, Prairie View 225.30 David Johnson, UNI 180.50

Blocked Kicks (18 ranked) Devin Borders, Eastern Ky.

P. J. Hall, Sam Houston St.

J. Moreland, James Madison

5

5

5

Collin Keoshian, Illinois St.

David McDaniel, Western Ill.

3

3

Combined Kick Returns (175 ranked) Christian Dudzik 170 13 231 Ed Eagan, Northwestern St. 1,254 Tay Willis, Southern Ill. 870

Completion Percentage (95 ranked) Carson Wentz 18 1 0.637 Jacob Huesman, Chattanooga 0.685 Carson Wentz, North Dakota St. 0.637

Completions Per Game (125 ranked) Carson Wentz 60 4 14.25 KD Humphries, Murray St. 26.58 Mike Perish, Indiana St. 24.92

Field Goal Percentage (92 ranked) Adam Keller 13 5 0.853 David Last, San Diego

Tyler McNannay, Eastern Wash.

1.000

1.000

Justin Syrovatka, South Dakota St. 0.950

Field Goals Per Game (124 ranked) Adam Keller 2 2 1.81 Michael Schmadeke, UNI 1.93 Michael Schmadeke, UNI 1.93

Forced Fumbles (27 ranked) Felix Small, N.C. Central 0.58 Connor Underwood, Indiana St. 0.29

Fumbles Recovered (42 ranked) Carlton Littlejohn 2 1 4 Alex Perry, Delaware St. 5 Carlton Littlejohn, North Dakota St. 4

Interceptions (143 ranked) Christian Dudzik 102 5 0.3 Zach Adler, Marist

Jarrett Dieudonne, Wagner

0.6

0.6

Deiondre' Hall, UNI 0.4

Kickoff Return TDs (4 ranked) Pokey Harris, Murray St. 3 Jordan Wallace, Indiana St.

David Johnson, UNI

Tevin Allen, Illinois St.

1

1

1

Kickoff Returns (114 ranked) Jarrett Morgan, Valparaiso 34.9 Tevin Allen, Illinois St. 27.9

Passes Defended (45 ranked) CJ Smith 20 4 1.2 Jamal Agnew, San Diego 2.1 Travis Starks, Indiana St. 1.5

Passing Efficiency (95 ranked) Carson Wentz 8 2 154.1 John Robertson, Villanova 181.3 Tre Roberson, Illinois St. 155.3

Passing TDs (100 ranked) Carson Wentz 11 2 25 Justin Arias, Idaho St. 38 Tre Roberson, Illinois St. 30

Passing Yards (125 ranked) Carson Wentz 13 3 3,111 Justin Arias, Idaho St. 4,076 Mike Perish, Indiana St. 3,515

Passing Yards Per Game (125 ranked) Carson Wentz 44 4 194.4 Justin Arias, Idaho St. 339.7 Mike Perish, Indiana St. 270.4

Passing Yards per Completion (95 ranked) Carson Wentz 17 3 13.64 Bryan Bennett, Southeastern La. 16.48 Tre Roberson, Illinois St. 15.49

Points Responsible For (191 ranked) Carson Wentz

Adam Keller

John Crockett

11

46

48

2

9

10

194

145

138

John Robertson, Villanova 280 Tre Roberson, Illinois St. 248

Points Responsible For Per Game (200 ranked) Carson Wentz

Adam Keller

John Crockett

42

77

91

5

10

12

12.1

9.1

8.6

John Robertson, Villanova 21.5 Tre Roberson, Illinois St. 16.7

Punt Return TDs (7 ranked) Chandler Curtis, Mercer 3 Brad Blumenshine, Western Ill.

Charles Brown, UNI

Lemarcus Stewart, Missouri St.

1

1

1

Punt Returns (55 ranked) Antoni Hamilton, South Carolina St. 25.6 Je Ryan Butler, South Dakota St. 13.2

Punting (102 ranked) Ben LeCompte 2 1 45.3 Kyle Loomis, Portland St. 46.0 Ben LeCompte, North Dakota St. 45.3

Receiving TDs (94 ranked) RJ Urzendowski 94 14 5 Deandre Carter, Sacramento St. 17 Jake Wieneke, South Dakota St. 16

Receiving Yards (199 ranked) Zach Vraa

RJ Urzendowski

105

109

13

15

637

626

R.J. Harris, New Hampshire 1,551 Jake Wieneke, South Dakota St. 1,404

Receiving Yards Per Game (200 ranked) Zach Vraa 155 17 45.5 Grant Wallace, Yale 113.9 Jake Wieneke, South Dakota St. 100.3

Receptions Per Game (197 ranked) Spencer Kulcsar, Penn 8.3 Mycole Pruitt, Southern Ill. 6.8

Rush Yards Per Carry (30 ranked) John Gibbs Jr., Alcorn 7.38 Marshaun Coprich, Illinois St. 6.15

Rushing TDs (84 ranked) John Crockett 6 3 21 Marshaun Coprich, Illinois St. 27 Marshaun Coprich, Illinois St. 27

Rushing Yards (200 ranked) John Crockett

Carson Wentz

King Frazier

3

113

123

3

12

13

1,994

642

616

Marshaun Coprich, Illinois St. 2,274 Marshaun Coprich, Illinois St. 2,274

Rushing Yards Per Game (200 ranked) John Crockett

Carson Wentz

King Frazier

9

184

192

3

13

15

124.6

40.1

38.5

Khairi Dickson, Saint Francis (PA) 155.3 Marshaun Coprich, Illinois St. 151.6

Sacks (49 ranked) Kyle Emanuel 4 1 1.22 Alec May, Georgetown 1.50 Kyle Emanuel, North Dakota St. 1.22

Scoring (190 ranked) Adam Keller

John Crockett

10

29

4

6

9.1

8.3

Tyler Varga, Yale 15.6 Zach Zenner, South Dakota St. 11.3

Solo Tackles (31 ranked) Donald Payne, Stetson 7.8

Tackles For Loss (85 ranked) Kyle Emanuel 3 1 2.1 James Cowser, Southern Utah 2.4 Kyle Emanuel, North Dakota St. 2.1

Total Offense (200 ranked) Carson Wentz

John Crockett

39

95

4

10

234.6

125.6

Garrett Safron, Sacramento St. 353.4 Tre Roberson, Illinois St. 283.3

Total Tackles (198 ranked) Carlton Littlejohn 148 17 7.3 Donald Payne, Stetson 14.5 Jake Farley, UNI 8.9

Yards per Pass Attempt (30 ranked) Carson Wentz 8 3 8.69 Dakota Prukop, Montana St. 9.73 Tre Roberson, Illinois St. 8.97

Yards per Reception (150 ranked) RJ Urzendowski

Zach Vraa

7

58

1

8

19.56

15.17

Kegan Moore, Stetson 26.38 RJ Urzendowski, North Dakota St. 19.56

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