THE SERIES
The Morningside-Northwestern rivalry is one that is no stranger to both sets of fans, with the teams’ annual matchups coming with their share of nail biting, lead swapping, big plays, and high stakes. Morningside is 12-2 against the Sioux County rival since 2010, holding an 11-1 record in the regular season and 1-1 record in the NAIA Football Championship Series. The teams last met when Morningside punched its ticket to the NAIA FCS national championship last December in a 28-19 decision at Elwood Olsen Stadium.
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Northwestern was last victorious over Morningside on May 1, 2021, as it headed to the 2020 title game courtesy of a 44-41 victory. continued on
Ryan continued to acknowledge that Cole has big shoes to fill, following the likes of Sims, AP Ponder, Tyler Kavan, and Brandon Wegher, to name a few.
Keys for Morningside to repeat include being able to run the ball on offense and getting to the quarterback on defense. Coach Steve Ryan explained at Morningside’s fall sports media day, “Running back is going to take a little more time to figure out. Ryan Cole will be ready to go, but KJ Williams and Bryson Freeberg have both had great offseasons.”
Mustang FOOTBALL SATURDAY, SEPT. 3
Morningside football looks to repeat last year’s Great Plains Athletic Conference championship and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Championship in 2022, but even with returning NAIA Player of the Year, Joe Dolincheck, back under center, the Mustangs have a long road ahead of them in order to repeat.
“He’s a young back and he’s never been put in that situation,” explained the Mustangs’ veteran head coach. “Ryan Cole can do everything. He doesn’t necessarily have the speed that those other guys had, but he’ll do a good job.”
A traditionally stout Morningside defense might be where rebuilding will be needed the most. “Statistically, Tyler Wingert had the greatest single season we’ve ever seen at linebacker,” digested Ryan. “One person that is going to help fill that hole is Josh Miller.”
Miller, who missed last year due to injury, is a transplant from the safety position, and looks to be part of a speedier Mustang defense than has been fielded in the past.
“We’ve been moving to being smaller and faster on defense for quite a few years now. I think part of it is just that our linebackers and safeties are fast. You’re talking about an outstanding safety that is now playing Mike linebacker, alongside experienced guys on the edge.”
Caden Schulte LS JR 6-0 185 Sioux City, IA 62 Jason Simcoe OL SR 6-4 300 KS City, MO 63 Xander Stoltzfus OL SO 6-2 250 Muscatine, IA 64 Riley Lindberg OL SR 6-5 235 Fremont, NE 65 Travis Rivera OL SO 6-3 295 Sioux City, IA 66 Mason Williams OL SR 6-3 265 Omaha, NE 67 Caiden Elsberry OL FR 6-2 265 Des Moines, IA 68 Dylan Walker OL SO 6-4 260 Des Moines, IA 69 Levi Belina LB FR 6-0 180 Clarkston, NE 70 Ben Drouin OL FR 6-1 265 KS City, MO 71 Grady Keefer OL SO 6-4 240 Oklahoma City, OK 72 Jack James OL FR 6-1 255 Omaha, NE 73 Cody Harris OL FR 6-5 220 Bennington, NE 74 Tristin Johnston OL SR 6-4 290 Osceola, NE 75 William Karpstein OL FR 6-6 275 Blackfoot, ID 76 Alex Ausdemore OL SO 6-2 240 Neola, IA 77 Jakob Jerabek OL JR 6-5 295 Ashton, NE 78 Kaleb Pedersen OL SO 6-3 315 St. Paul, NE 79 Caden Hester OL SO 6-4 260 Oklahoma City, OK 80 Alex Godfredsen WR SO 6-3 193 Rock Valley, IA 81 Andrew Karls WR FR 6-2 180 Saint Cloud, MN 82 Jakob Nelson WR FR 6-3 220 Donahue, IA 83 Tyler Strauss WR JR 5-10 165 Fort Calhoun, NE 84 Roderick Washington WR SR 6-6 210 Austin, TX 85 Owen Osbahr TE SO 6-2 225 Shelby, IA 86 Aiden Queen TE SO 6-3 230 Fremont, NE 87 Austin Jensen WR/P FR 6-4 185 Remsen, IA 88 Laken Harnly WR JR 5-10 170 Bellevue, NE 89 Griffin Kraft TE FR 6-3 205 North Liberty, IA 90 Gage Haake DL SR 6-2 235 Stapleton, NE 91 Brady Schlaeger DL JR 6-2 280 Spencer, IA 92 Logan Feige DL JR 6-4 260 Onawa, IA 93 Darien Rabe DL SO 6-3 245 Gayville, SD 94 Logan Schuelke DL SR 6-1 270 Greenwood, NE 95 Austin Jurgens DL SO 6-3 225 Odell, NE 95 Wyatt Fanning DL FR 5-11 230 Eagle, NE 96 Brandon Beeson DL SO 6-2 225 DeWitt, NE 96 Zack Gau DL FR 6-1 250 Eden Prairie, MN 97 Gabe Mehrens DL SO 6-1 240 Lincoln, MO 97 Chase Harden DL FR 6-2 240 Howell, Mich. 98 Jonah Kollbaum DL SR 6-2 270 Bronson, IA 98 Austin Patton DL FR 6-2 190 Malvern, IA 99 Zach McKee DL SR 6-1 250 Hawarden, IA 99 Rylie Thomsen DL FR 6-4 225 St. Paul, NE Ben Dunlap DB SO 6-3 200 Emmetsburg, IA
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Dylan Gray LB FR 6-0 210 Lincoln, NE Kaden Helt RB SO 6-1 200 Sergeant Bluff, IA Malik Hampton DB FR 5-11 170 Wildwood, MO Jaden Schmaderer DL SO 6-0 220 Omaha, NE
MUSTANGS
MORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY
Head coach: Steve Ryan Assistant coaches: Andrew Rode, Casey Jacobsen, Nathan Turner, Jay Schlichte, Taylor James, Roger Jansen, Reggie Corbin, Tarence Roby
Austin Johnson WR SR 6-0 195 Sioux Falls, SD 1 Jimmy Quaintance DB SO 6-1 180 Omaha, NE 2 Caleb Schweigart WR SR 5-10 170 Omaha, NE 2 Marco Alvarado DB FR 6-5 170 N Sioux City, SD 3 Jamal Jones DB SR 6-0 170 Adelanto, CA 3 Jack Gilligan QB FR 6-1 185 Dubuque, IA 4 Lonell Boyd Jr. DB SR 5-10 195 St. Louis, MO 4 Easton Harms WR FR 6-1 185 Odebolt, IA 5 K.J. Williams RB JR 5-8 185 N Liberty, IA 5 Preston Ames DB FR 6-0 190 Bellevue, NE 6 Dijion Walls DB JR 6-1 180 Hazelwood, MO 6 Ethan Owen WR JR 6-0 185 Lamoni, IA 7 Bryson Freeberg RB JR 5-10 195 Neola, IA 7 Parker Frye QB SO 6-1 190 St. Charles, MO 7 Jace Elliott WR FR 6-2 184 Lincoln, NE 8 Michael Payne WR JR 5-10 165 Omaha, NE 8 Lynx Gregorie DB FR 5-6 145 Nora Springs, IA 9 Drew Sellon WR FR 6-0 170 Fremont, NE 9 Chandler Bendorf DB SO 5-10 185 Omaha, NE 10 Zach Norton WR JR 6-0 180 Sioux Falls, SD 10 Chase Price DB FR 6-0 185 Arnold, MO 11 Lennx Brown WR SO 6-3 218 Council Bluffs, IA 11 Jack Kratz DB FR 6-2 185 Vermillion, SD 12 Joe Dolincheck QB SR 6-1 210 Bellevue, NE 12 Amos Rasmussen DB FR 5-8 170 Irwin, IA 13 Joshua Miller LB SR 6-2 225 Walton, IA 13 Ervin Feleti RB FR 5-11 200 Barrow, AK 14 Lucas Johannsen QB FR 6-2 200 Bellevue, NE 14 Cade Harriman DB FR 6-0 185 Holstein, IA 15 Benedict Steffens K JR 5-11 170 Spirit Lake, IA 15 Livai Opetai RB FR 6-2 220 Blair, NE 15 Lane Nelson K FR 6-0 190 Walnut, IA 16 Joshua Simmons WR JR 6-1 200 Council Bluffs, IA 16 Daimond Casseus DB FR 5-9 175 St. Louis, MO 17 Weston Schultz DL SR 6-3 240 Mason City, IA 17 Kale Bird QB SO 5-10 190 Bennington, IA 18 Dallas Kluender QB FR 6-3 215 Moville, IA 18 Javon Comas DB FR 5-11 170 Hesperia, CA 19 Jon Andreasen DB JR 5-9 190 Lincoln, NE 19 Greg Clark QB FR 6-1 200 Dassel, MN 20 Chase Carter K SR 6-1 195 Knoxville, IA 20 Fred Lageschulte DB SO 5-9 140 Saint Joseph, MO 21 Jalen Portis LB SR 6-1 220 Phoenix, Ariz. 21 Drake Wemark WR FR 6-2 205 New Hampton, IA 22 Caden Ochsendorf DB JR 6-0 175 Amboy, MN 22 Koy Davis WR SO 6-0 205 Lemoore, CA 23 Blake Daly DB FR 5-9 170 Elkhorn, NE 23 Gabriel Calhoon WR SO 6-3 190 Tulsa, OK 24 Logan Macumber DB JR 6-0 205 Elkhorn, NE 24 Hank Kroger RB FR 5-10 200 Elkhorn, NE 26 Ben Chelsvig DB SR 6-1 185 Story City, IA 26 Nigel Bridger RB SO 5-10 200 Crete, NE 27 Jaylen Burch RB FR 6-8 170 Overland Park, KS 27 Gary Barbour DB FR 6-2 170 Florissant, MO 28 Cooper Von Seggern DL SR 6-1 236 Wisner, NE 28 Mikah Holcomb DB FR 6-1 190 Oklahoma City, OK 29 Drew Bessey DB SR 6-0 190 Palmyra, NE 29 Kaleb Bleil WR FR 5-8 160 Moville, IA 30 Austin McClain DB SO 5-10 190 Sioux City, IA 30 Valonz Powell WR FR 6-3 170 St. Louis, MO 31 Luke Paulsen LB/P FR 6-0 175 Kingsley, IA 31 Dylan Hosek TE SO 6-1 250 Traer, IA 32 Tevin Harms TE JR 6-0 240 Odebolt, IA 32 Kyle Sisler WR FR 5-11 175 Runnells, IA 33 Jack Sievert TE SO 6-2 210 St. Ansgar, IA 33 Brecken Freeberg LB FR 6-0 205 Neola, IA 34 Brody Nelson LB SO 5-11 210 Beatrice, NE 34 Drew Benson RB FR 5-10 190 Sioux City, IA 35 Sione Tuifua TE SR 6-3 240 Barrow, AK 35 Parker Navitsky LB SO 6-0 210 Rochester, MN 36 Ryan Cole RB SO 5-11 190 St. Ansgar, IA 36 Kyle Hirsch WR FR 5-11 190 Gayville, SD 37 Isaac Bower LB SR 5-9 205 Massena, IA 37 John Sievert TE JR 6-2 235 St. Ansgar, IA 38 Blake Brown RB SO 5-10 180 Wakefield, NE 38 Micah Davis LB SO 6-2 190 Paullina, IA 39 Isaac Pingel LB JR 6-0 200 Spencer, IA 39 Austin Kremkoski TE FR 6-3 185 Oakland, IA 40 Reece Spieler WR FR 6-2 185 Le Mars, IA 40 Taylor Korth TE FR 6-3 230 Ponca, NE 41 CJ Dean LB JR 6-1 195 Madrid, IA 42 Justin McElligott P JR 5-9 190 Alpine, CA 43 Colton Dreith DL JR 6-0 225 Storm Lake, IA 44 Kody Noble TE SO 5-11 200 Hull, IA 45 Landry Phipps LB SO 6-0 210 Aubrey, TX 46 Nathan Gallup LB SO 6-0 190 Denison, IA 47 Tate Kounkel LB SO 5-11 200 Merrill, IA 48 Mason Limbach LB FR 6-0 200 Fremont, NE 49 Cooper King LB JR 6-0 210 Des Moines, IA 50 Jacob Murphy LS SR 5-10 200 Sioux Falls, SD 50 Sergio Silveyra DL SO 6-2 225 Crete, NE 51 Alex Hansen OL SO 6-2 255 St. Ansgar, IA 51 Riliegh Belt LB JR 5-10 200 Sioux City, IA 52 Hayden Thilges OL SO 6-0 250 KS City, MO 52 Gaige Heissel LB SO 6-0 185 Moville, IA 53 Braeden Paul OL JR 6-3 280 Temecula, CA 53 Dakota Swanson LB FR 5-10 195 Winterset, IA 54 Joshua Gayer DL JR 6-4 280 Inwood, IA 54 Josh Wilson LB FR 6-1 180 Cedar Creek, NE 55 Tyler Anderson OL SR 6-4 280 Ida Grove, IA 55 Brayden Cleeton DL SO 6-4 255 Monticello, IA 56 Colby Roos OL SR 6-1 280 Sioux City, IA 56 Alex Reinhardt DL SO 6-2 250 Dakota Dunes, SD 57 Haden Mendel LB JR 6-0 220 Worthing, SD 57 Cole Haberman DL FR 6-0 240 Omaha, NE 58 Christian Riha OL SR 5-11 255 Omaha, NE 58 Connor Boehr DL SR 6-3 260 York, NE 59 Sam Hoppe LB SO 6-0 200 Hastings, NE 59 Eli Murray OL SO 6-2 200 Onawa, IA 60 Blake Bellamy LB FR 6-0 210 Winterset, IA 61
RED NORTHWESTERNRAIDERS COLLEGE 0 Tyler Jones DL 6-4 300 Sr. Twin Lakes, IA 0 Tyreece Wynne WR 5-9 170 So. Omaha, NE 1 Cade Moser WR 6-5 195 Sr. Rock Valley, IA 1 Derrick Robinson DB 5-9 170 Fr. Leavenworth, KS 2 Logan Meyer RB 6-1 210 So. Alvord, IA 2 Luke Jeltema DB 6-0 170 Fr. Orange City, IA 3 Konner McQuillan RB 6-1 215 Jr. Leavenworth, KS 3 Nate Rice DB 6-0 180 Jr. Sioux City, IA 4 Michael Storey WR 6-3 185 Sr. Spencer, IA 4 Cody Moser DB 6-2 180 Jr. Rock Valley, IA 5 Caleb Kats WR 6-0 180 Fr. Rock Valley, IA 5 Noah Van’t Hof DB 6-2 205 Sr. Lester, IA 6 Lucas Nagel TE 6-4 225 Jr. George, IA 6 Jaden Snyder DB/P 6-2 215 Sr. Larchwood, IA 7 Luke Guggenmos QB 6-3 210 Jr. Palmer, AR 7 Gavin Lorenzen DB 5-11 165 So. Larchwood, IA 8 Tanner Schouten WR 6-3 180 So. Orange City, IA 8 Korbyn Gramstad DE 6-2 235 Jr. Lester, IA 9 Cade Clayberg WR 5-11 180 Jr. Tea, SD 9 Eli Stader K 6-0 210 Jr.. Cedar Grove, WI 10 Clayton Bosma DB 6-2 180 So. Sioux Center, IA 10 Hunter Brown P/K 6-2 210 Fr. Papillion, NE 11 Blake Fryar QB 6-1 195 Sr. Waukee, IA 12 Jalyn Gramstad QB 6-0 195 So. Lester, IA 13 Dalton Jacobsma LB 6-1 225 So. Orange City, IA 14 Hunter Wohler QB 5-10 170 Fr. Topeka, KS 14 Cayden Jensen DB 6-0 165 Fr. Adair, IA 16 Jackson Hofland WR 6-1 185 So. Orange City, IA 17 Logan Dykstra QB 6-5 235 Fr. Lynden, WA 18 Colby Postma QB 6-0 180 So. Doon, IA 18 Bryce Paulsen DB 6-2 200 Sr. Marshall, MN 20 Kole Telford RB 5-11 200 So. Rock Rapids, IA 21 Isaiah Robinson RB 5-5 160 So. Garretson, SD 21 Clifton Jackson DB 5-8 160 Fr. Orlando, FL 22 Drew Quinlin TE 6-1 225 So. Oregon, MO 23 Morris Hofer DE 6-1 230 Jr. Onida, SD 24 Tristan Mulder LB 6-1 225 So. Rock Valley, IA 25 Brendan Zeutenhorst TE 6-6 225 Sr. Sioux Center, IA 25 Jase Amelse LB 6-0 200 So. Pella, IA 26 Brandon Hines DB 5-9 180 Fr. Slidell, La. 27 Jadyn Williams DE 6-1 215 Sr. Independence, MO 28 Parker Johnson DB 5-8 185 Fr. Grinnell, IA 30 Jessen Reinking DE 6-3 235 Jr. Kingsley, IA 32 Jonah Hofer WR 5-10 185 So. Bridgewater, SD 34 Ben Egli LB 6-0 205 Fr. Fort Dodge, IA 35 Blake Anderson TE 6-4 225 Jr. Oakland, NE 36 Garrett Packer RB 5-11 230 Sr. Zeering, IA 37 Tyler Zeimen RB 5-10 190 Sr. Cherokee, IA 38 Ben Kingery LB 5-10 225 So. Casey, IA 39 Grant Louwagie LB 6-1 230 Fr. Marshall, MN 40 Dominic Abraham LB 5-9 180 Fr. Garretson, SD 42 Mo Watson LB 5-10 220 So. Ankeny, IA 43 Parker Fryar LB 6-3 220 So. Waukee, IA 44 Brennan Holder LB 6-0 205 So. Rockwell City, IA 45 Justin Regehr LB 6-0 200 Fr. Phoenix, AZ 46 Drake Harder DE 6-5 240 So. Mountain Lake, MN 51 Tanner Oleson LB 6-1 215 Sr. Larchwood, IA 52 Cameron Morgan OL 6-1 255 Fr. Stillwater, MN 52 Zach Vander Griend LB 5-11 210 So. West Point, NE 53 Kole Cleveringa OL 6-4 290 So. Sioux Center, IA 54 Will Faber DL 6-1 235 So. Lynden, WA 54 Jawan Grant OL 5-11 275 Jr. Park Hill, MO 55 Trystin Voss DL 6-2 260 Fr. Rogersville, MO 55 Tye Stuck OL 6-2 260 Fr. Bellevue, NE 56 Jordan DeSmet OL 6-3 265 So. Larchwood, IA 58 Travis Grover OL 6-5 320 Jr. Spencer, IA 60 Isaac Grev DL 6-3 285 So. Odin, MN 65 Alan Garner OL 6-0 275 Jr. Chula Vista, CA 66 Patrick Gottburg OL 6-1 245 So. Sioux City, IA 67 Dalton Thomas OL 6-3 270 Fr. Sheldon, IA 68 Mitchell Nelson OL 6-2 275 Fr. Sioux Falls, SD 69 Jack Johnson OL 6-0 285 Sr. Blue Springs, MO 74 Greg Will OL 6-3 285 Sr. Spirit Lake, IA 75 Josh Thomas OL 6-1 310 Jr. Huntley, IL 76 Thomas Ostrem OL 6-3 280 Fr. Tea, SD 79 Darlin Marquez OL 5-11 260 Sr. Ireton, IA 80 Peyton Carroll TE 6-3 200 Fr. Brandon, SD 83 Steven Christion WR 6-0 185 Fr. Lennox, SD 84 Ian Jacob TE 6-4 215 Fr. Lynden, WA 85 Jaxon Meyer DE 6-3 215 Fr. Alvord, IA 87 Ben Vander Griend WR 6-0 185 Jr. West Point, NE 88 Dexter Wiese WR 6-2 165 So. Orange City, IA 89 Ty Schafer WR 6-0 185 So. Sioux Falls, SD 92 Colby Immeker DL 6-1 240 So. Orange City, IA 93 Peyton Nieuwsma DL 6-1 270 Jr. Sioux Falls, SD 96 Garrett Raymon DL 5-11 220 Sr. Hills, MN 97 Jacob Dragstra DL 5-11 240 So. Sioux Center, IA 98 Ty Hulshof DE 6-2 215 Fr. Sioux Center, IA 99 Adam Gubbels DE 5-11 220 Jr. Council Bluffs, IA Head Coach: Matt McCarty Assistant Coaches: Billy Kirch, Jake Menage, Brad Zeutenhorst, Ross Fernstrum, Brice Byker, Gabe Davis, Benji Kasel, Levi Letsche, Sam Rall, Josh Fakkema, Brett Moser
MORNINGSIDE STATS ABOUT MORNINGSIDE Location: Sioux City, IA Founded: 1894 Colors: Maroon and White TEAM STATISTICS MSIDE OPP. FIRST DOWNS 444 324 Rushing 178 133 Passing 254 181 Penalty 12 10 RUSHING YARDAGE 3107 2447 Rushing Attempts 544 394 Average Per Rush 5.7 6.2 Average Per Game 221.9 244.7 TDs Rushing 53 40 PASSING YARDAGE 5410 3935 Comp-Att-Int 60-530-13 251-366-9 Average Per Pass 10.2 10.8 Average Per Catch 10.2 10.8 Average Per Game 386.4 393.5 TDs Passing 50 38 TOTAL OFFENSE 8517 6382 Average Per Game 608.4 638.2 KICK RETURN 26-470 19-372 PUNT RETURN 43-620 40-519 INT RETURN 15-180 10-134 FUMBLES-LOST 12-7 10-6 PENALTIES-YARDS 71-689 53-528 PUNTS-AVG 28-34.3 19-38.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 31:00 30:46 3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS 98-175 69-119 4TH DOWN CONVERSIONS 20-32 12-20 POS. NO. PLAYER YR. HT. WT. QB 12 JOE DOLINCHECK SR. 6’1 210 QB 14 Luke Johannsen Fr. 6’2 200 RB 36 RYAN COLE SO. 5’11 190 RB 5 Bryson Freeberg Jr. 5’10 185 TE 35 SIONE TUIFUA SR. 6’4 240 TE 86 Aiden Queen So. 6’3 235 LT 55 TYLER ANDERSON SR. 6’4 280 LT 74 Tristin Johnston Sr. 6’4 280 LG 58 CHRISTIAN RIHA SR. 6’0 250 LG 51 Alex Hansen So. 6’2 260 C 66 MASON WILLIAMS SR. 6’2 260 C 52 Hayden Thilges So. 6’0 260 RG 56 COLBY ROOS SR. 6’1 260 RG 65 Travis Rivera So. 6’2 290 RT 64 RILEY LINDBERG SR. 6’4 260 RT 68 Dylan Walker Fr. 6’4 255 H 33 JACK SIEVERT SO. 6’2 225 H 44 Kody Noble So. 5’11 210 WR 1 AUSTIN JOHNSON SR. 6’1 190 WR 10 Zach Norton Jr. 6’0 180 WR 2 CALEB SCHWEIGART SR. 5’10 175 WR 8 Michael Payne Jr. 5’11 180 POS. NO. PLAYER YR. HT. WT. DE 17 WESTON SCHULTZ SR. 6’3 245 DE 90 Gage Haake Sr. 6’2 235 DL 99 ZACH MCKEE SR. 6’1 250 DL 91 Brady Schlaeger So. 6’2 280 DL 98 JONAH KOLLBAUM SR. 6’3 270 DL 94 Logan Schuelke Sr. 6’1 270 DE 28 COOPER VONSEGGERN SR. 6’1 235 DE 59 Austin Jurgens So. 6’3 235 LB 39 ISAAC PINGEL JR. 6’0 215 LB 37 Isaac Bower Sr. 5’9 210 LB 13 JOSHUA MILLER SR. 6’2 215 LB 57 Haden Mendel Jr. 6’0 220 LB 21 JALEN PORTIS SR. 5’11 215 LB 34 Brody Nelson So. 5’11 210 CB 6 DIJION WALLS JR. 6’1 180 CB 16 Daimond Casseus Fr. 5’10 175 SF 29 DREW BESSEY SR. 6’0 190 SF 22 Caden Ochsendorf Jr. 6’0 185 SF 4 LONELL BOYD JR. SR. 5’10 185 SF 26 Ben Chelsvig Sr. 6’0 185 CB 19 JON ANDREASEN JR. 5’10 180 CB 24 Logan Macumber Jr. 6’0 190 POS. NO. PLAYER YR. HT. WT. K 20 CHASE CARTER SR. 6’1 195 S/Sn 50 JACOB MURPHY SR. 5’10 190 KR 2 CALEB SCHWEIGART SR. 5’10 180 KR 8 MICHAEL PAYNE JR. 5’11 180 P 42 JUSTIN MCELLIGOTT JR. 5’9 190 L/Sn 50 JACOB MURPHY SR. 5’10 190 H 1 AUSTIN JOHNSON SR. 6’1 190 PR 2 CALEB SCHWEIGART SR. 5’10 180 Morningside Offense Morningside Defense Morningside Special Teams
ABOUT NORTHWESTERN Location: Orange City, IA Founded: 1882 Colors: Red and White POS. NO. PLAYER HT. WT. YR. QB 11 BLAKE FRYAR 6’1 195 Sr. 12 Jalyn Gramstad 6’0 195 So. RB 2 LOGAN MEYER 6’1 210 So. 3 Konner McQuillan 6’0 205 Jr. TE 3 5 BLAKE ANDERSON 6’4 225 Sr. 25 Brendan Zeutenhorst 6’6 215 Sr. LT 74 GREG WILL 6’3 285 Sr. 56 Jordan DeSmet 6’3 265 Jr. LG 79 DARLIN MARQUEZ 5’11 260 Sr. 66 Patrick Gottburg 6’1 250 Jr. C 69 JACK JOHNSON 6’1 285 Sr. 52 Cameron Morgan 6’2 255 Fr. RG 54 JAWAN GRANT 6’0 275 Jr. 75 Josh Thomas 6’2 295 Jr. RT 58 TRAVIS GROVER 6’5 320 Sr. 53 Kole Cleveringa 6’4 290 So. WR 8 TANNER SCHOUTEN 6’3 185 So. 89 Ty Schafer 6’0 180 So. WR 4 MICHAEL STOREY 6’3 190 Sr. 87 Ben Vander Griend 6’0 185 Jr. WR 1 CADE MOSER 6’5 185 Sr. 19 Austyn Gerard 5’10 175 Fr. POS. NO. PLAYER HT. WT. YR. DE 23 MORRIS HOFER 6’1 230 Jr. 99 Adam Gubbels 6’0 220 Jr. DL 0 TYLER JONES 6’4 300 Sr. 96 Garrett Raymon 5’11 220 Sr. DL 7 JACOB DRAGSTRA 5’11 240 So. 93 Peyton Nieuwsma 6’1 270 Sr. DE 8 KORBYN GRAMSTAD 6’2 235 Jr. 46 Drake Harder 6’4 245 Jr. LB 51 TANNER OLESON 6’1 215 Sr. 34 Ben Egli 6’0 205 Fr. LB 24 TRISTAN MULDER 6’1 225 So. 38 Ben Kingery 5’11 225 So. LB 43 PARKER FRYAR 6’3 220 So. 44 Brennan Holder 6’0 195 So. CB 4 CODY MOSER 6’1 180 Jr. 3 Nate Rice 6’0 175 Jr. SS 6 JADEN SNYDER 6’2 205 Sr. 10 Clayton Bosma 6’2 185 So. FS 5 NOAH VAN’T HOF 6’1 205 Sr. 18 Bryce Paulsen 6’2 200 Sr. CB 7 GAVIN LORENZEN 5’11 165 So. 1 Derrick Robinson 5’11 170 Fr. POS. NO. PLAYER HT. WT. YR. K 9 ELI STADER 6’0 210 Jr. S/Sn 98 TY HULSHOF 6’2 220 Fr. KR 8 TANNER SCHOUTEN 6’3 185 So. KR 20 KOLE TELFORD 5’11 200 So. P 6 JADEN SNYDER 6’2 205 Sr. L/Sn 89 TY SCHAFER 6’0 185 So. H 12 JALYN GRAMSTAD 6’0 195 So. PR 89 TY SCHAFER 5’11 170 R-Fr. Northwestern Offense Northwestern Defense Northwestern Special Teams NORTHWESTERN STATS TEAM STATISTICS NORTHWESTERN OPP. FIRST DOWNS 353 207 Rushing 132 82 Passing 193 111 Penalty 28 14 RUSHING YARDAGE 2026 1306 Rushing Attempts 502 427 Average Per Rush 4.0 3.1 Average Per Game 144.7 93.3 TDs Rushing 29 11 PASSING YARDAGE 4331 2509 Comp-Att-Int 286-457-12 450-215-26 Average Per Pass 9.5 5.58 Average Per Catch 15.1 Average Per Game 309.4 179.21 TDs Passing 46 17 TOTAL OFFENSE 6357 3815 Average Per Game 454.1 272.5 KICK RETURN 29-703 57-1216 PUNT RETURN 20-147 12-87 INT RETURN 26-384 12-190 FUMBLES-LOST 10-8 12-6 PENALTIES-YARDS 57-576 96-875 PUNTS-AVG 20-32.74 78-32.51 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 34:34 27:12 3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS 92/180 58/202 4TH DOWN CONVERSIONS 11/22 18/37
THE MATCH-UP
With neither team scheduling a Week 0 contest, this clash of the titans will give fans a first look at what each team is going to field for the Playersseason.towatch
for Morningside include the returning NAIA Player of the Year, Joe Dolincheck, flanked by sophomore running back Ryan Cole. Dolincheck will be looking to connect with Austin Johnson, Zach Norton, and Caleb Schweigart, not to mention a veteran tight end in Sione Tuifua.
The Mustangs’ defense will see Josh Miller running point, with familiar names like Weston Schultz, Cooper VonSeggern, Jalen Portis, and Lonell Boyd Jr. playing major roles in limiting the Raiders’ offensive production.
Northwestern’s offense showcases familiar names like quarterback Blake Fryar and receiver Cade Moser. Fryar proved a solid backup for the Raiders last season, completing 155 passes in 239 attempts for 25 Parkertouchdowns.FryarisNorthwestern’s returning tackle leader, recording 109 tackles a season ago.
continued from page one Join both teams on the field following the team meetings for a prayer honoring Morningside football staff member and former Northwestern player Dirk Bak.
