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2014 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH FOOTBALL BULLDOGS AT A GLANCE

ON THE COVER |Aaron Roth is among three seniors who will captain the Bulldogs in 2014, but the lone member of that trio with any previous experience in that department.

The preseason All-American wide receiver and return specialist handled that same role one year ago for a UMD club that went 11-2 and nailed down a sixth straight NCAA II playoff berth.

CREDITS EDITOR Bob Nygaard DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Bob Nygaard CONTRIBUTORS Mitch Callister Joe Hansen PHOTOGRAPHY Brett Groehler Ken Moran Dave Harwig Kathy Roth Karen Zibolski PRINTING Arrowhead Printing ADVERTISING SALES Brian Nystrom Jay Finnerty LAYOUT UMD Athletics COVER DESIGN WestmorelandFlint

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Inside The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference . . . . . . . . 2 Malosky Stadium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Head Coach Curt Wiese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Assistant Coaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 All-Time UMD Coaching Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Assistant Coaches/Support Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2014 Bulldog Returnees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18 2014 UMD Newcomers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-20 The Last Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2014 UMD Roster and Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2013 UMD Statistics and Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23 81 Years of Bulldog Football. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25 Harlon Hill/Gene Upshaw Award Candidates . . . . . . . 26 NFF Scholar-Athletes/Liberty Mutual C.O.Y. Award . . . 27 UMD All-Americans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Bulldog All-Conference Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 UMD and the NFL/Post-Season Bowl Players . . . . . . . 30 Bulldog Team Award Winners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Bulldog Team Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 UMD Individual Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-34 Bulldog Bests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-36 UMD All-Time vs. Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Longest Plays by a Bulldog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Year-By-Year Final UMD Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 UMD in the NCAA II Playoffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-47 All-Time Bulldog Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-53

Name: University of Minnesota Duluth Founded: 1895 Enrollment: 11,400 Chancellor: Dr. Lendley C. Black Nickname: Bulldogs School Colors: Maroon and Gold National Affiliation: NCAA Division II Conference: Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference NS!C Football Members: Augustana College (S.D.), Bemidji State University, Concordia University-St. Paul, Minnesota State University-Mankato, Minnesota State University-Moorhead, University of Mary, University of Minnesota Crookston, University of Minnesota Duluth, Minot State University, Northern State University, St. Cloud State University, University of Sioux Falls, Southwest Minnesota State University, Upper Iowa University, Wayne State College (Neb.), Winona State University Stadium (Capacity): James S. Malosky Stadium (4,500) Surface: A-Turf (artificial) Press Box Phone: (218) 726-7224 Athletic Director: Josh Berlo Faculty Athletic Representative: Dr. Stephen Castleberry Head Coach: Curt Wiese Alma Mater (Year): Minnesota State-Mankato (2000) Record at UMD (Year): 11-2-0 (2nd) Career College Coaching Record (Year): 20-13 (4th) Assistant Coaches: John Steger, Dan Larson, Peter Lue, Greg Bower, Trey Dill, Garth Heikkinen, Tyler Johnson, Andy Merfeld, Noah Pauley, Scott Hanna Head Athletic Trainer: Mike Wendinger Equipment Manager: John Hanna Athletics Phone: 218-726-8168 Athletics Ticket Phone: 218-726-8595

PROGRAM HISTORY

First Year of Football: 1930 (no teams from 1943-45) Lifetime Record (Year): 476-260-24 (82nd) NCAA II Championships: 2 (2010, 2008) NCAA II Playoff Appearances: 8 (2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2005, 2002) Bowl Appearances: 1 (Mineral Water Bowl – 2001) Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships (0verall): 18 (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2002, 1996, 1995, 1990, 1985, 1980, 1979, 1948, 1946, 1939, 1937, 1934, 1932) Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North Division Championships: 6 (2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008) North Central Conference Championships: 1 (2005) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships: 3 (1973, 1961, 1960)

TEAM INFORMATION

2013 Overall Record: 11-2 2013 Overall NSIC Record (Place): 10-1 (T2nd) 2013 NSIC North Division Record (Place): 7-0 (1st) Returning Lettermen: 43 (Offense: 18; Defense: 24; Special Teams: 1) Lettermen Lost: 27 (Offense: 9; Defense: 17; Special Teams: 1) Starters Returning: 13 (Offense: 7; Defense: 5; Special Teams: 1) Starters Lost: 11 (Offense: 4; Defense: 6; Special Teams: 1) 2014 Team Captains: Jacob Brusehaver, Yusef Hassan, Aaron Roth

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THE NORTHERN SUN INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE From its modest origin as a six-team alliance 82 years ago, the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference has matured into a 16-team union of upper Midwest colleges and universities to form arguably the strongest affiliation in NCAA Division II sports.

The NSIC can trace its roots to 1932 when six schools, including Bemidji State University, Minnesota State University-Mankato, Minnesota State University-Moorhead, St. Cloud State University, the University of Minnesota Duluth and Winona State University signed on as charter members. All remain active subscribers of the league today.

Southwest Minnesota State University was added in 1969, followed by Northern State University in 1978, Wayne State College (Neb.) in 1998, Concordia University-St. Paul and the University of Minnesota-Crookston in 1999, the University of Mary and Upper Iowa University in 2006, and Augustana College in 2008.

Minnesota State-Mankato, St. Cloud State and UMD later left the league to join the North Central Conference but returned to their NSIC roots in 2008.

The University of Minnesota-Morris and Michigan Tech University were once part of the NSIC family as well. In 2012-13, the NSIC expanded by two with the addition of Minot State University and the University of Sioux Falls, In 1992 the NSIC became a true athletic showcase for both men and women with the merger of the traditional Northern Intercollegiate Conference and the Northern Sun Conference, the home of women’s athletics since 1979.

Before all of the NSIC affiliates became certified for championship competition in the NCAA in 1995, its member institutions filled prominent roles in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

NIC and NSC clubs annually dispatched qualified

ALL-TIME NSIC FOOTBALL STANDINGS Team

UMD U. of Sioux Falls Minnesota State-Mankato St. Cloud State Augustana Michigan Tech# Northern State Concordia-St. Paul Winona State Minnesota State-Moorhead U. of Mary Wayne State Minnesota-Morris# Bemidji State Southwest Minnesota State Upper Iowa Minot State Minnesota Crookston

W L T PCT Titles Last 220 80 5 .730 18 2012 15 7 0 .682 0 ---148 75 8 .658 16 2013 180 102 9 .634 15 2011 38 25 0 .603 0 --71 53 1 .568 7 1974 120 119 3 .502 3 1999 64 66 0 .492 2 2005 220 231 8 .488 18 2007 216 229 9 .486 14 1995 34 37 0 .479 0 --64 71 0 .474 0 --99 117 4 .450 8 1987 187 260 9 .420 5 2006 114 198 5 .368 1 1990 21 58 0 .266 0 --5 17 0 .227 0 --21 105 0 .167 0 ---

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student-athletes to national tournaments and captured several NAIA team and individual title.

The NSIC celebrates its 83rd season of competition this year and clearly continues to make a major imprint nationally, winning an impressive 13 national titles since 2006 -- including a pair of football championships by UMD in 2008 and 2010. The Bulldogs accomplished that feat in historic fashion, becoming the first NCAA II team ever to go a perfect 15-0 in a season twice.

In addition, NSIC student-athletes have made quite a splash on the national scene. Among those are a pair of UMD outside hitters -- Vicky Braegelmann,

a two-time AVCA National Player of the Year who, in 2007-08, was bestowed with NCAA Division II Honda Women’s Athlete of the Year Award, and Kate Lange, the reigning AVCA Player of the Year -- as well as current Bulldog assistant football coach and 2012 Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year Award winner Garth Heikkinen, The NSIC has long provided competitive intercollegiate athletic programs for its members and several conference athletes have distinguished themselves on a larger stage such as the Olympics, Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Basketball Association.

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JAMES S. MALOSKY STADIUM Northern Minnesota’s premier outdoor athletic venue, James S. Malosky Stadium has been the home of UMD football for close to five decades. And, the Bulldogs have certainly taken advantage of their home turf during that time.

In 240 lifetime appearances at Malosky Stadium heading into the 2014 season, the Bulldogs have posted a 182-54-4 overall football record for .767 winning percentage. Only five times has UMD ever failed to produce a .500 or above mark at the on-campus facility, which is named after legendary Bulldog football coach Jim Malosky and opened on Oct. 29, 1966.

Six summers ago, a $6.5 million, four-level structure, which includes a concession area, spacious club room and press/broadcast facilities, was added to the grandstand. The following year, a new $325,000 scoreboard, 48’ x 33’ in size, was added to the north end zone and now contains a 12’ x 22’ LED videoscreen. In 1999, Malosky Stadium underwent a $1.6 million facelift, complete with the installation of a new football playing surface -- which was replaced five years later with A-Turf -- along with an eightlane, all-weather track.

In addition to housing the football, women’s soccer and track and field Bulldogs, the 4,500seat Malosky Stadium also hosts a number of high school athletic events throughout the year as well as various UMD intramural activities.

SINGLE-GAME MALOSKY STADIUM ATTENDANCE HIGHS Attend.

1. 6,044 2. 5,948 3. 5,862 4. 5,389 5. 5,723 6. 5,252 7. 5,238 8. 5,217 9. 5,150 10. 5,055 11. 5,022 12. 4,893 13. 4,850 14. 4,770 15. 4,660

Date Oct. 22, 2011 Oct. 20, 2012 Oct. 31, 1981 Sept. 3, 2009 Sept. 20, 2013 Oct. 17, 2009 Nov. 16, 2002 Sept. 7, 2013 Sept. 12, 1981 Sept. 8, 2012 Sept. 7, 2002 Sept. 11, 2004 Oct. 3, 1981 Oct. 11, 2011 Sept. 19, 2009

Result UMD 37, Northern State 6 UMD 30, Bemidji State 0 MSU-Moorhead 29, UMD 0 Central Washington 13, UMD 10 MSU-Mankato 21, UMD 17 UMD 31, St. Cloud State 7 UMD 42, Winona State 25 UMD 32, Sioux Falls 7 UMD 23, Minnesota-Morris 7 UMD 38, Winona State 16 UMD 44, MSU-Mankato 9 UW-La Crosse 34, UMD 13 UMD 32, Southwest Minn. State 3 UMD 49, Upper Iowa 22 UMD 42, Augustana 21

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Year W L T Pct. 2005 . . . . . 4 . . . 1 . . 0 . . . . .800 2006 . . . . . 3 . . . 2 . . 0 . . . . .600 2007 . . . . . 2 . . . 4 . . 0 . . . . .333 2008 . . . . . 6 . . . 0 . . 0 . . . 1.000 2009 . . . . . 6 . . . 2 . . 0 . . . . 750 2010 . . . . . 8 . . . 0 . . 0 . . . 1.000 2011 . . . . . 6 . . . 1 . . 0 . . . . .857 2012 . . . . . 6 . . . 0 . . 0 . . . 1.000 2013 . . . . . 5 . . . 1 . . 0 . . . . .833 Totals . . . . 182 . . 54 . . . 4 . . . . . . .767

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HEAD COACH CURT WIESE Talk about a debut!

After spending the previous five years overseeing offensive units that moved the football with as much proficiency as any NCAA Division II team in the country, Curt Wiese received a muchdeserved promotion on Dec. 21, 2012 when he became just the sixth head coach in UMD’s storied eight-decade history. In his first season at the UMD helm, Wiese guided the Bulldogs to an 11-2 overall record, a sixth straight berth in the NCAA Division II playoffs, a sixth Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference North Division title in as many years and a No. 8 national ranking in the final American Football Coaches Division II poll. Wiese’s troops also shined in the classroom this past fall as 14 Bulldogs earned NSIC All-Academic Team status, including offensive lineman Andrew Pattock, who was named a first team CoSIDA Academic All-American.

For his exemplary efforts, Wiese was selected the 2013 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award winner for Division II, a prestigious honor recognizing coaches for their responsibility, integrity, sportsmanship and excellence, on and off the field.

During Wiese’s successful five-season run as the team’s offensive coordinator, the Bulldogs finished near the top of the NCAA II leader board four times in scoring (third in 2012 with a schoolrecord 46.5 points per game average, fifth in 2008, sixth in 2010 and ninth in 2009) and in 2012 possessed the nation’s seventh best rushing attack (after ranking seventh, fourth, and third, respectively, in that department the previous three seasons). The 2012 Bulldogs were also the nation’s leader in third down conversions (54.8 percent).

In addition, no less than 15 of his pupils landed some kind of All-American recognition, including a pair of Harlon Hill Award finalists -- quarterback Ted Schlafke (2008), the school’s career passing and total offense leader, and running back Isaac Odim (2009), UMD’s No. 1all-time aground gainer and scorer and the holder of 17 school records. In addition, his starting offensive guard from 2009-12, Garth Heikkinen, became the school’s first recipient of the Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year of Award and earned a playing spot in the annual East-West Shrine Game in January 2013 while offensive tackle Jake Bscherer participated in the Seattle Seahawks and Minnesota Vikings Training Camps later that year.

Since Wiese’s arrival at UMD in February 2008, the Bulldogs have gone 73-8 (for a .901 winning percentage -- a figure unmatched by any NCAA II school) and captured two NCAA II national championships (2008 and 2010) along with five

NSIC titles while producing two perfect 15-0 seasons.

Wiese, 38, came to UMD following two years of employment as the head coach at NCAA Division III member Marietta College (Ohio). He compiled a 9-11 career overall record with the Pioneers, including a 6-4 mark in 2006.

The Stoughton, Wis., native signed on with the Marietta football program in 2003 when he became the team’s offensive coordinator -- a duty he continued to maintain after he was elevated to head coach. In five years of directing the Marietta offense,Wiese helped churn out two All-Americans, 12 All-Ohio Athletic Conference selections and five Academic All-OAC honorees and was a finalist for the American Football Coaches Association Division III Assistant Coach of the Year Award in 2004.

Prior to his move to Marietta, Wiese worked as a graduate assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, tutoring the tight ends for two years and the offensive line for one season. He entered the coaching arena on the heels of a solid four-year collegiate playing career.After three seasons at Minnesota State University-Mankato (1995-97), Wiese transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where as a senior in 1998, he quarterbacked the Pointers to a share of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title.

Wiese graduated from Minnesota State-Mankato in 2000 with a B.A. degree in technology education and received a Master’s degree in educational professional development from Wisconsin-Eau Claire two years later. He and his wife, Jenny, have three daughters -- Alexis, Makenna and Brooke -- and make their home in Hermantown.

THE NUMBERS ON WIESE

WIESE AGAINST THE COMPETITION Here is how Curt Wiese has fared against the opposition during his head coaching tenure at UMD: Team W L PCT. Bemidji State 1 0 1.000 Emporia State 1 0 1.00 U. of Mary 1 0 1.000 Minnesota Crookston 1 0 1.000 MSU-Mankato 0 1 .000 MSU-Moorhead 1 0 1.000 Minot State 1 0 1.000 Northern State 1 0 1.000 Northwest Mo. State 0 1 .000 St. Cloud State 1 0 1.000 Sioux Falls 1 0 1.000 Upper Iowa 1 0 1.000 Wayne State 1 0 1.000

WIESE’S COACHING MILESTONES First Collegiate Win Marietta College 28, Emory and Henry College 20 (Sept. 2, 2006) First UMD Win UMD 32, Sioux Falls 7 (Sept. 7, 2013)

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Year Team W L Pct. W L Pct. Place 2006 Marietta College 6 4 .600 5 4 .556 4th-T 2007 Marietta College 3 7 .300 3 6 .333 7th-T 2013 Minnesota Duluth 11 2 .846 10 1 .909 2nd-T Totals 20 13 .606 18 11 .621 Curt Wiese’s favorite team: wife Jenny and daughters Makenna, Brooke, Alexis.

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BULLDOG ASSISTANT COACHES

JOHN STEGER

Defensive Coordinator The senior member of the UMD football staff, John Steger embarks on his 14th season -- in his second tour of duty -- as the Bulldogs’ defensive coordinator in 2014. He thrived in that role for 11 years before departing in 2009 for Southern Illinois University, where he served as the Salukis’ inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator for a pair of years.

Under Steiger’s expert watch, UMD has consistently finished among the NCAA II and league defensive leaders and has also earned plenty of national notice both as a team and individually. Last season, for example, the Bulldog ranked fourth among all NCAA II institutions in total defense (281.9 yards per game) and were fifth in rushing defense (77.6 ypg). In 2008, Steger was chosen as a finalist for the footballscoop.com NCAA Coordinator of the Year Award after the Bulldogs gave up just four defensive touchdowns over the course of their four-game NCAA II national title run. During his 13 years at UMD, he has helped produce eight All-Americans and 27 All-NSIC/North Central Conference first team selections.

Steger joined the UMD football family in 1999 after working the previous 11 years as a defensive coordinator at two NCAA Division III schools. He served a seven-season stint at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and in his final year there, the Blugolds topped the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in total defense, rushing defense, and scoring defense. For his efforts, the Wisconsin High School Coaches Association chose him as their 1998 College Assistant Coach of the Year.

Steger began his coaching career at Sul Ross State University where,for four seasons (1988-91), he was employed as the Lobo’s defensive coordinator afterdoing two years of graduate assistantship duty at that Texas institution.

A native of Dubuque, Iowa, Steger started a pair of seasons at linebacker while attending Loras College (Iowa) and co-captained the Duhawks as a senior in 1984.

Steger, 51, received a B.A. degree in both physical education and business from Loras College in 1985 and a Master’s degree in education from Sul Ross State three years later. He and his wife, Barb, make their home in Duluth.

DAN LARSON

Offensive Coordinator Dan Larson was hired as UMD’s new offensive coordinator one winter ago (succeeding his current boss, head coach Curt Wiese) and in his inaugural Bulldog season he sat at the controls of a unit that ranked third in the nation in time of possession (34:55) and ninth in rushing offense (286.5 yards per game). Three of his pupils also went on to attain All-American status -- tackle Tom Olson, guard Andrew Muer and center Grant Schnobrich -- while tackle Peter Bateman, wide out Aaron Roth and running back Austin Sikorski accompanied that trio on the All-NSIC first or second teams.

Larson signed on with the Bulldogs in January 2013, having been employed the previous five years as Macalester College’s offensive coordinator. Under Larson’s watch, the Scots set school records for both scoring (34.2 points per game) and passing yards (215.1 ypg) in 2012 while going 6-4 on the year. Two years earlier, Macalester rolled up a program-best 423.2 yards of total offense per game and had the unique distinction of averaging over 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing during the course of the season.

Prior to joining the Macalester staff, Larson worked as the running backs coach and special teams coordinator at Colgate University, from 2006 to 2007. During his final year with the Red Raiders, he tutored running back Jordan Scott, the 2007 FBS (NCAA IAA) national rushing yardage leader.

Larson began his collegiate coaching career at Marietta College (Ohio), where, as a colleague of Wiese’s, spent a pair of seasons (2003-04) as the Pioneers’ strength and conditioning coach in addition to overseeing the running backs and punters. In 2005, he relocated to the University of WisconsinStout football program and oversaw the Blue Devil wide receivers and special team units.

A native of Baldwin, Wis., Larson was a three-year starter on the defensive line at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and, as a senior in 2002, captained the Blugolds while attaining All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference recognition.

Larson, 35, earned a B.A. degree in mass communications/public relations from Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2003 and a Master’s degree in education from Marietta College two years later. He and his wife, Erin, have one daughter, Stella , and live in Hermantown.

PETER LUE

GREG BOWER

Offensive Line

Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs

The play of UMD’s offensive interior falls under the domain of Peter Lue, who has skillfully handled that key responsibility the past eight years.

During his tenure with the Bulldogs, Lue has had a hand in mentoring no less than 17 All-NSIC and/or All-North Central Conference selections in Nate Baier (first team in 2008 and second team in 2007), Peter Bateman (second team in 2013), Jake Bscherer (first team in 2012), Mitch Cady (first team in 2008 and honorable mention in 2007), Cory Flesch (first team in 2011), Russell Foster (second team in 2006), Garth Heikkinen (first team in 2010-12 and honorable mention in 2009), Francis Herzog (honorable mention in 2011 and first team in 2010), Eli Kelly (second team in 2011 and first team in 2010), Tobias Lemke (first team in 2008-09), Mark Knudsen (first team in 2006), Andrew Muer (first team in 2013), Tom Olson (first team in 2013 and honorable mention in 2011-12), Grant Schnobrich (first team in 2013 and second team in 2012) and Sam Whitney (first team in 2009 and honorable mention in 2008). Heikkinen, UMD’s first four-time All-Conference honoree, was the recipient of the 2012 Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of theYearAward and earned All-American first or second team distinction from six different groups as a senior and five the previous year. Baier, Cady, Lemke and Olson all secured All-American first team status during their respective senior seasons as well.

Lue, 42, who is in charge of UMD’s Big Dog and youth football camps and clinics and helps oversee the Bulldogs’ community service activities, served a four-year assistant coaching hitch (offensive line) at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Pa., and in 2005 was promoted to director of football operations at that NCAA I-AA institution. He joined the Explorer staff in 2002, fresh off a two-season stay as William Paterson University’s line coach and special teams coordinator. From 1996-1999, he was employed in that same capacity at Parsippany Hills (N.J.) High School. A defensive lineman at Rowan University (N.J.) from 1992-95, Lue and the Profs advanced to a pair of NCAA Division III championship game appearances (1993 and 1995).

Lue, a native of Parsippany, N.J., graduated from Rowan U. in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.

Greg Bower will begin his second year with the UMD football staff in 2014, having taken over as the team’s special teams coordinator and defensive secondary coach on Jan. 14, 2013. In his first season with the Bulldogs, he tutored a pair of All-NSIC honorees in cornerback Kenny Chowa and strong safety Travis Nordhus.

Bower had spent the previous five seasons handling the defensive coordinator role at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. In 2013, the Falcon defense racked up 80 tackles for loss, including 30 sacks, 30 pass breakups, and 12 fumble recoveries -- all highs under Bower’s watch. They also came away with 14 interceptions, equaling the 2008 club’s efforts.

Before enlisting his services at UW-River Falls, the 42-year old Bower was employed as an assistant coach for eight seasons at Northern Illinois University, a member of NCAA FBS (Division IA) ranks. He coached the Huskies’ tight ends from 2004-07 and the defensive tackles from 2002-03 after spending a pair of seasons in a graduate assistant role (2000-01). Bower got his coaching start at his alma mater, Loras College, where he served as the defensive coordinator during the last four of his seven seasons at that Iowa-based insitution (he was a full-time linebacker coach and graduate assistant before that). During his time at Loras (1993-99), the Duhawks posted five .500 or better seasons and produced seven All-Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) defensive performers, including a pair of first team selections.

Bower, who was born in Monroe, Wis., lettered four years at Loras from 1989-92 and started at linebacker for the Duhawks as a junior and senior. He had a hand in 147 career tackles and was an integral part of the IIAC’s No. 2-ranked defense in both 1989 and 1990.

A 1989 graduate of Orangeville (Ill.) High School, Bower earned his B.A. degree in history from Loras in 1993 and as well as his Master’s degree in physical education in 2001. He and his wife, Liz, have three children -- son Brett and daughters Faith and Grace -- and reside in Proctor, Minn.

BULLDOG ASSISTANT COACHES

TREY DILL

GARTH HEIKKINEN Tight Ends

Outside Linebackers

Wide Receivers

TThe 2014 season marks Trey Dill’s fourth year at UMD where he’ll once again supervise UMD’s first line of defense. Over that last three autumns, he’s worked with the likes of two-time All-NSIC selections Chris Vandervest and Buma Foncham.

The 29-year old Dill previously served a two-season appointment as the inside linebackers coach at intrastate rival St. Cloud State University and helped groom a pair of All-NSIC performers during his time with the Huskies (who qualified for the 2010 NCAA II playoffs). He signed on with the St. Cloud State staff fresh off a four-year playing career as a reserve linebacker at that same institution.

A two-time member of the North Central Conference Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll, Dill is currently completing a Master’s degree in Sports Administration from St. Cloud State, where he graduated in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing.

The St. Cloud Tech High School alumnus and his wife, Holly, reside in Hermantown, Minn. He is the son of Bemidji State University Athletic Director Tracy Dill.

Garth Heikkinen entered the coaching arena as UMD graduate assistant (tight ends) in the summer of 2013 -- just six months after completing what arguably stands as the most decorated playing career in Bulldog football history, As a senior co-captain with the 2012 Bulldogs, Heikkinen was bestowed with the Gene Upshaw Division II Lineman of the Year Award (a UMD first) in addition to being selected to a Bulldog-record six different All-American teams -- Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, (2football.com, Daktronics), Don Hansen and Beyond Sports College Network In January 2013 he took part in the East-West Shrine Game,joining former New England Patriot and Green Bay Packer offensive lineman DaveViaene (1988) as the only two Bulldogs to ever do so. The Duluth Central High School alumnus started a program-high 54 straight games on his way to becoming UMD’s first four-time All-NSIC honoree (first team in 201012 and honorable mention in 2009). In 2011, Heikkinen attained All-American status from five different groups including the AFCA, D2Football. com Daktronics, Associated Press, and Beyond Sports College Network.During his time as a starter, the Bulldogs went 47-7, captured one NCAA II championship (2010) and four overall NSIC titles Voted UMD’s Outstanding Senior Athlete for 2012-13 Heikkinen, who attended the 2013 Minnesota Vikings Rookie Camp, graduated from UMD in December 2012 with a B.S. degree in criminology and is now pursuing a Master’s of Education degree.

Tyler Johnson, a mainstay on the UMD defensive line from 2006-09, made his way back to his alma mater last fall to assume a graduate assistant coaching role (outside linebackers).

Folllowing his graduation from UMD in the spring of 2010 with a B.A.S. degree in elementary education, Johnson had taught third grade in the city he was born and raised – Rhinelander, Wis. – while also serving on the football coaching staff at Rhinelander High School. In 2012, he took over as the team’s defensive coordinator and helped shepherd the Hodags to their first WIAA playoff appearance in 23 years.

Johnson, who is now pursuing a Master’s of Education degree at UMD, received All-NSIC second team recognition as a senior in 2009 after being credited with a personal-best 19 total tackles and two pass breakups from the nose tackle position. A two-time NSIC All-Academic Team honoree and 2007 North Central Conference Commissioners honor roll recipient, he started the final 20 games of his college career.

Homegrown talent Noah Pauley, who between 2007-10 established himself as one of UMD’s more dynamic performers, will embark on his second year as a graduate assistant with the Bulldogs in 2014 and his third go-around with the coaching staff.

Pauley, a Bulldog student assistant coach during the 2011 season, will be involved with the team’s receivers – something he knows a thing or two about. In 47 career outings, the former Duluth Central High School three-sport star hauled in 100 passes (a milestone only nine other Bulldogs have ever reached) for 1,108 yards and nine touchdowns. He made his final catch as a collegian in UMD’s NCAA II quarterfinal round victory over Augustana College on Dec. 4, 2010 – and suffered a season-ending clavicle injury that same afternoon, forcing him to take in the national championship game two weeks later from the sidelines. After cutting his collegiate teeth as a true freshman in 2007, Pauley proceeded to pace the Bulldogs in both punt and kick returns the following season when they brought home their second NCAA II crown in two years. As a junior, Pauley brought back 16 of the team’s 17 punts.

A 2012 UMD graduate (B.S. degree in criminology), Pauley is currently enrolled in the Master’s of Education program at UMD. He and his wife, Hannah, were married this past July and make their home in Duluth.

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NOAH PAULEY

ALL-TIME BULLDOG COACHING RECORDS Overall Conference Coach (Years) W L T PCT W L T PCT Frank Kovach (1930) 0 3 2 .200 0 0 0 .000 Lloyd Peterson (1931-42, 46-57) 84 76 9 .524 53 50 3 .513 Jim Malosky (1958-97) 255 125 13 .665 180 75 10 .698 Vince Repesh/Jim Malosky Jr.# (1998) 4 7 0 .364 3 3 0 .500 Kyle Schweigert (2004-07) 22 21 0 .511 12 16 0 .428 Bob Nielson (1999-2003, 2008-12) 100 26 0 .789 78 15 0 .830 Curt Wiese (2013-present) 11 2 0 .846 10 1 0 .909 Totals (81 years) 476 260 24 .642 336 160 13 .673 interim co-coaches

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BULLDOG ASSISTANT COACHES/FOOTBALL SUPPORT STAFF

Scott Hanna Assistant Coach

Matt Bauman Strength & Conditioning Coach

Mike Wendinger Director of Medical Services

Donny Hermanson Athletic Trainer

Brandon Tetrault Athletic Trainer

Dr. Jay Butcher Team Physician

Dr. Xan Corville Team Surgeon

Dr. Justin Cummins Team Surgeon

Dr. Sam Hokie Team Surgeon

Dr. Ben Nelson Team Physician

Dr. Ann Sudoh Team Physician

Jon Fundine Student Athletic Trainer

Carissa Kilmer Student Athletic Trainer

Jennifer Kunshier Student Athletic Trainer

Megan Rinke Student Athletic Trainer

John Hanna Equipment Manager

Max Florestano Video Coordinator

Andrew Ambrosius Student Manager

Josh Black Student Manager

Paul Leonidas Student Manager

ANDY MERFELD Defensive Backs

The newest addition to the Bulldog football coaching staff, Andy Merfeld enlisted his services as a graduate assistant in 2014 and will help Greg Bower counsel the team’s defensive secondary.

Merfeld spent the past eight seasons serving as the defensive coordinator and strength and conditioning coach for football at Madison Edgewood High School. During his time there, the Crusaders secured eight straight Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association berths and, in 2011, established a program record for wins (10) while advancing to the WIAA State Tournament semifinals.

A three-sport athlete (football, hockey and baseball) at Edgewood High School and an All-Badger South Conference linebacker, Merfeld went on to attend the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated in 2009 with a B.S. degree in sociology. He started in the Master’s of Education program this fall at UMD.

THE 2014 BULLDOGS NATE ATKINSON Pos: Offensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 6-5/285 Year: Freshman Hometown: Duluth, Minn.

BEAU BATES

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Undeclared.

ZACH BASSUENER

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Pos: Defensive Back Ht/Wt: 6-0/215 Year: Freshman Hometown: Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Sociology.

PETER BATEMAN

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Pos: Offensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 6-5/290 Year: Sophomore Hometown: La Crescent, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Answered the starting call at the left tackle position in all 13 games last fall -- one of just two returning Bulldog offensive linemen to do so ... was cited for his dandy debut season with a selection to the All-NSIC North Division second team ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012. MAJOR: Exercise Science.

Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-0/225 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Excelsior, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Spent the 2013 season backing up Colby Ring at inside linebacker and is now projected to be the departed All-American’s successor ... finished with the most tackles (35) of any UMD non-starter one year ago and wound up placing 10th on the team’s defensive charts ... appeared in 13 games last fall and registered at least one tackle in all but one of those outings ... had a career-high five stops in consecutive home engagements with Minot State and Minnesota-Crookston ... also had forced fumble and one kick return (for 19 yards) to his 2013 credit ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 5 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13) and Minot State (10/19/13). Sacks - 1 vs. Minot State (10/19/13). Tackles For Loss - 2.5 vs. Minot State (10/19/13). Pass Breakups - 1 at Wayne State (9/28/13).

MAJOR: Exercise Science.

BATES’ DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2013 0 19 16 35 1.0 5.0

DREW BAUER

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Pos: Quarterback Ht/Wt: 6-2/210 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Inver Grove Heights,Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Seized the No. 1 quarterback designation prior to start of the 2013 season and never looked back ... paced the Bulldogs in total offense by passing for 1,579 yards (while going 150-of-259) and adding another 802 yards -- the second highest total of any Bulldog -- on the ground ... made quite the post-season splash by running for a 173 yards and a 2013 team-high four touchdowns on just 14 carries in UMD’s 55-13 thumping of Emporia State in the NCAA II playoff opener ... became the first UMD quarterback to haul in a touchdown pass one week earlier in the 2013 regular season finale at Northern State, hooking up with wide out Justin Fowlkes on a 15-yard scoring strike ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012.

COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Attempts - 31 at Northwest Missouri State (11/30/13) and Bemidji State (10/26/13). Pass Completions - 20 at Bemidji State (10/26/13). Passing Yards - 237 at Bemidji State (10/26/13). Passing Touchdowns - 4 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13). Longest Pass Completion - 42 yds. at Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/12/13). Rushing Attempts - 20 at Northwest Missouri State (11/30/13). Rushing Yards - 173 vs. Emporia State (11/23/13). Rushing Touchdowns - 4 vs. Emporia State (11/23/13). Longest Rush - 55 yds. vs. Emporia State (11/13/13). Total Plays - 51 at Northwest Missouri State (11/30/13). Total Offense Yards - 289 at Bemidji State (10/26/13).MAJOR: Finance.

NATE BEAULIEU Pos: Running Back Ht/Wt: 5-8/205 Year: Freshman Hometown: Duluth, Minn.

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AS A BULLDOG: Joined the Bulldogs for spring practice this past April ... rushed for 22 yards on four carries in the Maroon-White Spring Game ... last played competitive football in 2011 -- at Duluth’s Central/Denfeld High School under head coach Chris Vold, a former UMD assistant ... his great grandfather, Lloyd Peterson, is a charter member of the UMD Athletic Hall of Fame who coached the football Bulldogs for 24 years, while his grandfather, Lino Rauzi, was a Bulldog football letterman during the late 1950s. MAJOR: Exercise Science.

JOHN BEDNARCZYK

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Pos: Offensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 6-3/285 Year: Freshman Hometown: Robbinsdale, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering.

CALEB BELKNAP

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Pos: TE/RB Ht/Wt: 6-0/215 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Menasha, Wis.

AS A BULLDOG: Entered the UMD program as a running back but will may also be used at tight end in 2014 ... appeared in two games last season and recorded all seven of his rush attempts (for 18 yards) at Northern State in midNovember ... also saw field time in UMD’s NCAA II playoff matchup at Northwest Missouri State ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Rushing Attempts - 7 at Northern State (11/16/13). Rushing Yards - 18 at Northern State (11/16/13). Longest Rush - 8 yds. at Northern State (11/16/13). MAJOR: Markeing.

BELKNAP’S RUSHING STATISTICS

Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2013 0 7 18 2.6 0 8

BAUER’S PASSING STATISTICS Year GS Cmp Att Int Pct Yds TD Lng 2013 13 150 259 8 57.9 1,579 17 42

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BAUER’S RUSHING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2013 13 150 802 5.3 9 55

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Pos: Defensive Back Ht/Wt: 6-0/200 Year: Junior Hometown: Plymouth, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Enjoyed a strong follow up to a promising rookie season last fall ... started the final seven games of 2013 at free safety ... his sophomore year stat line showed 38 total tackles, three pass breakups and one interception (versus Emporia State in the NCAA II playoffs at Malosky Stadium ... 10 of his 60 lifetime tackles have come at the expense of Minnesota State-Moorhead and that includes a career-high six-stop performance last October in Moorhead ... served as the No. 1 backup to senior and three-time All-NSIC free safety Cameron Harper two years ago ... accrued 22 tackles that season while seeing field time in all 12 Bulldog outings ... wore No. 30 during his first two seasons in the UMD program ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 6 at Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/12/13) Interceptions - 1 vs. Emporia State (11/13/13). Pass Breakups - 1 (Three Times). MAJOR: Business.

Year 2012 2013 Totals

BOEGEL’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS GS UT AT TT Sack 0 15 7 22 0.0 7 18 20 38 0.0 7 33 27 60 0.0

PBU 0 3 3

BOEGEL’S INTERCEPTION STATISTICS

Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2012 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2013 7 1 19 19.0 0 19

Totals 7 1 19 19.0 0 19

BEAU BOFFERDING Pos: WR/RB Ht/Wt: 5-8/180 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Marshall, Minn.

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AS A BULLDOG: Is being counted on to provide the Bulldog offense with horsepower at the wide receiver and tailback positions ... could also see deployment as a kick returner this fall as well ... was on the receiving end of a pair of passes one year ago ... also rushed nine times for 59 yards (all in UMD’s 55-13 playoff triumph over Emporia State last November) ... bypassed both the Bemidji State and Minnesota Crookston matchups (Oct. 26 and Nov. 2) while nursing a thumb injury ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Receptions - 1 at Wayne State (9/28/13) and vs. Sioux Falls (9/7/13). Longest Pass Reception - 12 yds. at Wayne State (9/28/13).

Rushing Attempts - 9 vs Emporia State (11/23/13). Rushing Yards - 59 vs. Emporia State (11/23/13). Longest Rush - 25 yds. Emporia State (11/23/13). MAJOR: Public Health.

BOFFERDING’S RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2013 0 2 16 8.0 0 12

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Biology.

ANDREW BREES

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Pos: Placekicker/Punter Ht/Wt: 6-3/195 Year: Junior Hometown: West Allis, Wis.

AS A BULLDOG: Will engage in his third season of handling UMD’s placekicking responsibilities in 2014 in addition to being a backup punter ... secured a spot on the 2014 USA College Football Preseason All-American team ... was also among 36 collegiate placekickers nationwide to make the Watch List for the 2014 Fred Mitchell Award for excellence on the football field and in the community ... placed second among Bulldogs in scoring one year ago with 81 points, connecting on 10 of 15 field goals (including 2-for-2 from 40 yards and out) and 51 of 58 extra point kicks ... got his first taste of punting activity at UMD as a sophomore and averaged 34.6 yards on 16 kicks (the last Bulldog to do kick/punt double duty was Randy Fietek in 1989) ... booted his way onto the All-NSIC North Division first team in 2012 ... was the second-leading scorer among league kickers with 94 points ... went 8-for-12 in field goal tries last fall with two of those coming in the NCAA II playoff opener at Missouri Western ... accounted for a personalhigh 11 points in that setback to the Griffons .... nailed his first 41 extra points as a Bulldogs before seeing that streak come to an end six weeks into the season at Minot State ... also had a pair of two-point conversion (both via the rush) last season ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Field Goals - 2 (Four Times).

Field Goal Attempts - 4 vs. Missouri Western (11/17/12).

Longest Field Goal - 46 yds. vs. Mary (11/3/12). Extra Point Kicks - 10 at Concordia-St. Paul (9/15/12). Extra Point Kick Attempts - 10 at Concordia-St. Paul (9/15/12).

Consecutive Extra Point Kicks - 41 (8/30/12-10/13/12) Consecutive Field Goals - 5 (10/26/13-11/16/13). Points -11 vs. Missouri Western (11/17/12). MAJOR: Health Care Management.

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BREES’ FIELD GOAL STATISTICS Year FG 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lng Blk 2012 8-12 0-0 4-5 3-4 1-3 0-0 46 0 2013 10-15 0-0 3-5 5-8 2-2 0-0 41 1 Totals 18-27 0-0 7-10 8-12 3-5 0-0 46 1

BREES’ PUNTING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg I20 TB Blk 50+ Lng 2012 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2013 7 16 554 34.6 3 0 0 1 59 Totals 7 16 554 34.6 3 0 0 1 59

BOFFERDING’S RUSHING STATISTICS

Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2013 0 9 59 6.6 0 25

DARYL BROWN

KALE BOOMER Pos: Defensive Back Ht/Wt: 6-1/190 Year: Freshman Hometown: Grand Portage, Minn.

High School: Marshall

BREES’ SCORING STATISTICS Year GS 1Pt FG 2PT TP 2012 0 66-69 8-12 2-2 94 2013 0 51-58 10-15 0-0 81 Totals 0 117-127 18-27 2-2 175

Pos: Defensive Back Ht/Wt: 5-10/170 Year: Senior Hometown: Plymouth, Minn.

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AS A BULLDOG: Signed on with the Bulldog program this past winter after spending the previous four years at the University of North Dakota ... started three seasons at cornerback for North Dakota, an NCAA Division IAA (FCS) institution ... closed out the 2013 season ranking ninth among North Dakota defenders with 37 total tackles ... also came away with one interception in addition to breaking up three passes while starting all 11 games ... was limited to nine appearances and six starts as a sophomore because of a nagging foot injury ... wound up 14 tackles, including nine solos, and also recovered his first -- and only -- fumble to date that season ... received the 2012 North Dakota Athletic Directors Award of Merit ... carved out a spot on the College Sports Journal All-Freshman Team (FCS) and was a All-Great Lakes West honorable mention selection in 2011 after figuring in on 30 tackles in 11 starts at the right corner ... also had a pair of interceptions that fall ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman at North Dakota in 2010.

MAJOR: Communication.

GAVIN BROWN Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-3/225 Year: Senior Hometown: Becker, Minn.

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AS A BULLDOG: Has been bitten severely by the injury bug the past two seasons, but enters his farewell collegiate go-around with a clean bill of health and his sites set on securing a starting outside linebacker assignment ... was shelved for five of UMD’s 13 games last fall with an ailing knee ... came away with 13 total tackles (including 10 solos and two sacks) and two quarterback hurries in his eight appearances off the bench ... began 2012 in a promising fashion -- started the first five games of the year at outside linebacker before a nagging ailment limited his activity to just two more outings the rest of the way ... still managed to be involved in a personal-best 28 total tackles that fall ... enlisted his services with the 2011 Bulldog linebacking brigade as a true freshman ... made his UMD debut on Sept. 17, 2011 at Wayne State and proceeded to accrue field time in each of the year’s remaining 11 games ... had 20 tackles on the year and placed second among all Bulldogs with 5.5 sacks (which went for a team-leading 41 yards in losses). COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 12 vs.

Winona State (9/8/12). Sacks - 1.0 (8 Times). Tackles For Loss - 1.5 vs. Winona State (9/8/12) and at Southwest Minnesota State (8/30/12). MAJOR: Marketing.

Year 2011 2012 2013 Totals

BROWN’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS GS UT AT TT Sack 0 12 8 20 5.5 5 10 18 28 1.0 0 10 3 13 2.0 5 32 29 61 8.5

TFL 5.5 3.5 3.0 12.0

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THE 2014 BULLDOGS JACOB BRUSEHAVER

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Pos: Defensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 6-4/255 Year: Senior Hometown: Hutchinson, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Will proudly serve as a team captain and the Bulldogs’ starting defensive left end this fall ... parlayed hard work and patience into a first-team promotion one year ago ... made 10 starts in all (sat out the other three games because of an injured shoulder) and had 15 total tackles to show for it ... was also credited with a pair of quarterback sacks as a junior ... has accounted for nearly a third of his collegiate tackles (10 of 33) in three lifetime matchups against Minnesota State-Moorhead ... is heavily involved as a volunteer in both the Duluth and Hutchinson areas ... has been nominated for 2014 Allstate American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team® and was a finalist for UMD’s Shjon Podein Community Service Award in 2013 ... is no slouch in the classroom either, twice qualifying for the NSIC All-Academic Team (2012 and 2013) ... came on in relief in 2012 to make 14 total tackles, including seven unassisted stops ... recorded a 2012 UMD singlegame high with his 2.5 tackles for loss against Minnesota State-Moorhead that October ... was drydocked for the two final outings of 2012 with a lower body injury ... was relegated to spot duty three years ago ... finished 2011 with four total tackles to his name while spelling starter Wade Sebold on the left side ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 5 at Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/12/13). Sacks - 2.0 vs.

Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/6/12). Tackles For Loss - 2.5 vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/6/12). MAJOR: Exercise Science.

BRUSEHAVER’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack 2011 0 2 2 4 0.0 2012 0 7 7 14 2.0 2013 10 8 7 15 2.0 Totals 0 17 16 33 4.0

TFL 0.5 4.5 3.0 8.0

MATT CATTON

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Pos: Offensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 6-5/255 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Maple Grove, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Filled in where needed along the Bulldogs’ offensive front one year ago as a reserve, but came out of 2014 spring drills with the starting center appointment in tow ... made 10 appearances last fall wearing No. 73 ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012.

MAJOR: Civil Engineering.

JAMES CONNER

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Pos: Defensive Back Ht/Wt: 5-9/195 Year: Junior Hometown: Inver Grove Heights,Minn.

Pos: Wide Receiver Ht/Wt: 5-8/175 Year: Freshman Hometown: Cottage Grove, Wis.

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Exercise Science.

ADAM DINGMANN

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Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-3/225 Year: Freshman Hometown: Cold Spring, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Health Education.

BRYAN EDWARDS

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Pos: Tight End Ht/Wt: 6-4/215 Year: Freshman Hometown: Elk River, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Undeclared.

KARL FINKEL

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Pos: Defensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 5-11/210 Year: Freshman Hometown: Lakeville, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Undeclared.

DARION FLETCHER

AS A BULLDOG: Made more encouraging strides as a sophomore and should play a central role in the Bulldogs’ 2014 defensive secondary scheme ... lined up directly behind three-time All-NSIC honoree Kenny Chowa at the left corner post one year ago ... accumulated 25 unassisted tackles and 35 total stops while appearing in all 13 games last fall ... his three interception -- two of which came in the NCAA II playoff opener with Emporia State -- tied for the team lead while his six pass breakups took a backseat only to one other 2013 Bulldog (senior cornerback Chris Blake with nine) ... was the only true freshman to be pressed into service two years ago ... made his presence felt from the get-go in the UMD secondary and wound up the year with 33 total tackles and five pass breakups ... turned in a 10-stop performance in the Bulldogs’ 42-34 home triumph over Augustana College on Sept. 22 ... made three starts -- all at the left cornerback spot ... picked up at least one tackle in all but one (Minnesota Crookston) of UMD’s 12 outings ... wore No. 19 as a rookie. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 10 vs. Augustana (9/22/12). Interceptions - 2 vs. Emporia State (11/23/13). Pass Breakups - 2 at Upper Iowa (9/14/13) and vs. Sioux Falls (9/7/13).

MAJOR: Business.

FLETCHER’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack PBU 2012 3 20 13 33 0.0 5 2013 0 25 10 35 0.0 6 Totals 3 45 23 68 0.0 11

FLETCHER’S INTERCEPTION STATISTICS

Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2012 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 2013 0 3 44 14.7 0 42

Totals 3 3 44 14.7 0 42

NOLAN FOLKERT Pos: Offensive Line Ht/Wt: 6-4/285 Year: Freshman Hometown: Elgin, Minn.

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Geological Sciences

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Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-3/240 Year: Senior Hometown: Minnetonka, Minn.

JUSTIN FOWLKES Pos: Wide Receiver Ht/Wt: 5-8/180 Year: Junior Hometown: Delevan, Wis.

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AS A BULLDOG: Continued his development as a dynamic piece in UMD’s offensive puzzle last fall ... placed fifth among 2013 Bulldogs in all-purpose yards (600, including 139 on 17 pass catches and 67 off of eight rushing attempts) ... also averaged a team-leading 30.3 yards per kick return as a sophomore ... busted loose for a careerbest 82-yard return in the Oct. 19, 2013 matchup with Minot State ... put up some favorable numbers -- 23 receptions for 332 and a pair of touchdowns -- during his first year of intercollegiate activity ... managed to make a catch in all but one his 12 appearances as a redshirt freshman ... was on the receiving end of UMD’s longest pass play from scrimmage in 2013 (a 64-yarder from quarterback Chase Vogler) ... also flexed plenty of muscle as a return specialist -- brought back a team-high 21 kickoffs in all including one 80 yards for a touchdown at St. Cloud State on Sept. 29 ... added another 16 yards on the ground (rushing four times) two years ago ... started against both Minnesota State-Moorhead and Bemidji State that season ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Receptions - 5 vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/6/12). Pass Reception Yards - 81 vs. Minnesota StateMoorhead (10/6/12). Pass Reception Touchdowns - 1 (Three Times). Longest Pass Reception - 64 yds. vs. Bemidji State (10/20/12). Rushing Attempts - 2 (Three Times).

Rushing Yards - 23 at Bemidji State (10/26/13). MAJOR: Community Health Education.

FOWLKES’ RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2012 2 23 332 14.4 2 64 2013 0 17 139 8.2 1 27 Totals 2 40 471 11.8 3 64

FOWLKES’ RUSHING STATISTICS

Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2012 2 4 16 4.0 0 8 2013 0 8 67 8.4 0 20 Totals 2 12 83 6.9 0 20

FOWLKES’ KICKOFF RETURN STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2012 2 21 584 27.8 1 80 2013 0 13 394 30.3 0 82 Totals 2 34 978 28.8 1 82

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AS A BULLDOG: Teamed with All-American Colby Ring to form arguably the NSIC’s most formidable inside linebacker tandem last fall ... latched on to a full-time starting job for the first time as a junior and responded by making with 50 tackles (21 solos and 29 assists) to rank fourth on the team’s defensive charts ... was a 2013 NSIC All-Academic honoree ... backed up Blake Rogers at the outside linebacker post in 2012 and racked up more tackles (30) than any UMD non-starter ... also wrapped up the year with one interception --- his first as a Bulldog vs. Missouri Western in the NCAA II playoffs -- and one fumble recovery, which he turned into a touchdown at Minnesota Crookston ... was called into action in 12 games three years ago, earning the starting nod in one of those (the NCAA II quarterfinal round playoff bout with Wayne State U.) ... managed to get in on four tackles that season ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 8 at Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/12/13). Sacks - 1.0 vs. Minot State (10/19/13) and at Missouri Western (11/17/12). Tackles For Loss - 1.5 vs. St. Cloud State (10/5/13) and Mary (11/3/12). Interceptions - 1 at Missouri Western (11/17/12). BEFORE UMD: Received his precollegiate training at Hopkins High School, where he started for two seasons (2008 and 2009) at linebacker for head coach John DenHartog’s Royals … was awarded All-Classic Lake Conference first team and a second team honors after helping the Royals closed out 2009 with a share of their first Classic Lake Conference title in 10 years ... also gained All-Classic Lake Conference acclaim as a junior. PERSONAL: Is the son of Mike and Pat Grady.

GRADY’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2011 1 0 4 4 0.0 0.5 2012 0 11 19 30 1.5 5.5 2013 13 21 29 50 1.5 5.0

Totals 14 32 52 84 3.0 11.0 GRADY’S INTERCEPTION STATISTICS

Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng

2011 1 0 0 0.0 0 0

2012 0 1 27 27.0 0 27 2013 13 0 0 0.0 0 0

Totals 14 1 27 27.0 0 27

Pos: Tight End Ht/Wt: 6-5/250 Year: Senior Hometown: Eden Prairie, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Is primed and ready to take on a more prominent tight end role this year -- and should due to the graduation of the 2013 starting duo of Pat Alexander and Jeremy Reierson ... also served as UMD’s No. 1 short snapper last fall ... caught five passes for 66 yards and a pair of touchdowns (both in a 52-0 home victory over Minot State on Oct. 19) as a Bulldog newcomer ... those two pass receiving touchdowns were a 2013 team singlegame high .... transferred to UMD in 2013 after spending three years at the University of North Dakota ... handled North Dakota’s short and long snapper responsibilities during the 2011 and 2012 seasons ... was selected to the All-Big Sky Academic Team as a sophomore and received the Athletic Director Award of Merit that year and the one previous as well ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010 ... his uncle, Bruce Grant (1980-83), and cousin, Rick Fritz (1998-2002), both starred at quarterback for the Bulldogs ... is the grandson of former Minnesota Vikings coaching legend Bud Grant. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Receptions - 2 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13) and Minot State (10/19/13). Pass Reception Yards - 32 vs. Minot State (10/19/13). Pass Reception Touchdowns - 2 vs. Minot State (10/19/13). Longest Pass Reception - 29 yds. vs.

Minot State (10/19/13). MAJOR: Communication.

GRANT’S RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2013 0 5 66 13.2 2 29

JONATHAN HARDEN

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Pos: Defensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 5-10/295 Year: Junior Hometown: St. Paul, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Made himself right at home in his new football surroundings last fall and certainly helped fortify UMD’s first line of defense ... set up shot at nose tackle, relieving Buma Foncham for the year’s opening 12 games before cracking the starting lineup in the season finale at Northwest Missouri State ... was involved in 13 tackles one year ago, 4.5 of which occurred behind the line of scrimmage ... also had one of the team’s two blocked kicks as a junior (a field goal try at Northern State on Nov. 16) ... sported No. 93 for the Bulldogs in 2013 ... manned the Western Michigan University defensive trenches for one season (2012) before enlisting his services with the Bulldogs ... appeared in 12 games with the 2012 Broncos, including one as a starter (vs. Illinois on Sept. 1), and amassed 19 total tackles (six solos and 13 assisted stops). COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 7 vs. Northern State (10/22/11).

Sacks - 1.0 vs. Bemidij State (10/20/12) and at Minot State (10/13/12). Tackles For Loss - 2.0 (3 Times).

MAJOR: Business.

HARDEN’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2013 1 7 6 13 1.5 4.5

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THE 2014 BULLDOGS YUSEF HASSAN

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Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-0/230 Year: Senior Hometown: Burnsville, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Has been entrusted with team captaincy duties for 2014 and is one of 10 battle-tested linebackers UMD will have at its disposal ... has appeared in 32 of 38 games over the last three seasons, all in a support function or in special teams situations (long snapper since 2011) ... concluded last season with nine total tackles and notched the first two quarterback sacks of his collegiate career (one each in the first and last home games of the year) ... wore No. 55 prior to his senior year ... was credited with eight total tackles -- including three stops each on the road vs. Concordia-St. Paul and St. Cloud State -- in 2012 ... did time in all 11 regular season outings as a sophomore, failed to hit the field at Missouri Western for the NCAA II playoffs in mid-November ... played in 10 outings three years ago and collected six tackles (one each against six different opponents) along the way ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 4 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13). Sacks 1.0 vs. Emporia State (11/23/13) and Sioux Falls (9/7/13).

Tackle For Loss - 1.0 vs. Emporia State (11/23/13) and Sioux Falls (9/7/13). MAJOR: Exercise Science.

HASSAN’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2011 0 4 2 6 0.0 0.0 2012 0 4 4 8 0.0 0.0 2013 0 2 7 9 2.0 2.0

Totals 0 10 13 23 2.0 2.0

CAMERON HEHN

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Pos: Offensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 6-6/285 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Waukesha, Wis.

AS A BULLDOG: Will be looking to bounce back from an injury-plagued 2013 -- one that basically limited his field exposure to three games ... was the No. 2 man at right tackle last year and will come into the 2014 season occupying that same spot on the depth chart behind Phillip Rutz ... wore jersey No. 68 last season ... was redshirted as a firstyear freshman in 2012. MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering.

REGIS HENKE

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Pos: Defensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 6-3/225 Year: Freshman Hometown: Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering.

CRAIG HUBERTY Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 5-11/235 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Lena, Wis.

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AS A BULLDOG: Was a source of reliable backup support for the Bulldog linebacker corps last fall and that looks to be the cards for him again this year ... had a hand in three total tackles in five games during his debut Bulldog season ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012 ... is the younger brother of one-time All-American linebacker Rob Huberty, who wrapped up his UMD playing days three years ago and is now as assistant football coach at NSIC rival Concordia University-St. Paul. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 2 at Northern State (11/16/13). Tackle For Loss - 1.0 at Northern State (11/16/13). MAJOR: Criminology.

HUBERTY’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2013 0 1 2 3 0.0 1.0

KENNY KIRKVOLD

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Pos: Defensive Line Ht/Wt: 6-3/225 Year: Freshman Hometown: Winona, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering.

ERIC KLINE

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Pos: Quarterback Ht/Wt: 6-4/215 Year: Junior Hometown: Coon Rapids, Minn.

Previous School: Cerritos College

AS A BULLDOG: Debuted with the Bulldogs in 2013 and dutifully bided his time as the team’s No. 2 signal caller ... took snaps in all but two outings one year ago and wound up throwing for 153 yards and a pair of scores while going 14-of-19 ... added 49 yards and three touchdowns via the rush (on 20 carries) ... went down with a knee injury in the 2013 NCAA II playoff opener against Emporia State and sat out the season finale one week later at Northwest Missouri State ... notched UMD’s only two-point conversion off the run last fall (was 1-for-2 in that department) ... spent two seasons with the South Dakota State University football program before migrating to UMD last fall ... completed four of 11 passes for 32 yards and rushed for 24 yards on six attempts while appearing in six games -- including one as a starter (the season opener at the University of Kansas) -- with the 2012 Jackrabbits – ... was redshirted as a first-year SDSU freshman in 2011. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Attempts - 5 at Upper Iowa (9/14/13). Pass Completions - 3 (Three Times). Passing Yards - 44 vs. Minot State (10/19/13). Passing Touchdowns -1 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13) and Sioux Falls (9/7/13). Longest Pass Completion - 24 yds. vs. Minot State (10/19/13).

Rushing Attempts - 4 (Three Times) Rushing Yards - 39 at Wayne State (9/28/13). Rushing Touchdowns - 1 (Three Times). Longest Rush - 26 yds. at Wayne State (9/28/13).

Total Plays - 9 at Upper Iowa (9/14/13). Total Offense Yards - 68 at Wayne State (9/28/13). MAJOR: Organizational Management.

KLINE’S PASSING STATISTICS Year GS Cmp Att Int Pct Yds TD Lng 2013 0 14 19 1 73.7 153 2 24 KLINE’S RUSHING STATISTICS

Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2013 0 20 49 2.5 3 26

ALEX KNUTSON

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Pos: Wide Receiver Ht/Wt: 5-9/180 Year: Freshman Hometown: North Mankato, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Business.

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HUNTER MALBERG

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Pos: Defensive Back Ht/Wt: 6-0/180 Year: Sophomore Hometown: North Bend, Wash.

Pos: Defensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 6-4/260 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Little Falls, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Passed his collegiate initiation with flying colors last fall ... held the distinction of being the only true freshman to be called into duty one year ago (and did so so in all 13 games) ... backed up Chris Blake at left cornerback and finished the season with 11 total tackles ... put an exclamation point on his rookie go-around by picking off two passes (tying a 2013 UMD single-game best) in UMD’s NCAA II playoff setback at Northwest Missouri State ... wore No. 26 in 2013. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 2 (Four Times). Interceptions - 2 at Northwest Missouri State (11/30/13). Pass Breakups -1 at Northwest Missouri State (11/30/13). Tackle For Loss 0.5 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13).MAJOR: Exercise Science.

AS A BULLDOG: Has thrust himself into the starting right defensive end picture after serving as senior All-American Chris Vandervest’s under study at that spot last fall ... had 22 total tackles, including 5.5 for a negative yardages -- one year ago ago ... twice set UMD 2013 single-game highs for sacks with 2.0 against Emporia State and Minot State ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012.

COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 8 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13). Sacks - 2.0 vs. Emporia State (11/23/13) and Minot State (10/19/13). Tackle For Loss - 3.0 vs. Minot State (10/19/13). MAJOR: Exercise Science.

LAMBRECHT’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2013 0 13 9 22 4.0 5.5

LOGAN LAUTERS

NICK LARSON Pos: Running Back Ht/Wt: 6-0/210 Year: Freshman Hometown: Savage, Minn.

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Business.

JUSTIN LAUREYS Pos: Quarterback Ht/Wt: 6-1/175 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Granger, Ind.

Pos: Running Back Ht/Wt: 5-9/210 Year: Junior Hometown: Cedarburg, Wis.

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AS A BULLDOG: Came into fall camp listed third on the team’s quarterback depth charts ... has yet to take a snap with the Bulldogs ... connected on nine of 15 passes for 105 yards and one touchdown in last April’s Maroon-White Spring Game ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012. MAJOR: Exercise Science.

LAUREYS’S PASSING STATISTICS Year GS Cmp Att Int Pct Yds TD Lng 2013 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0

AS A BULLDOG: Was plowing a path toward potential NSIC stardom before a season-ending knee injury at the University of Mary on Nov. 2 drew his sophomore year to a grinding halt ... still managed to set personal bests for rushing yards (782, which ranked third on the club) and touchdowns (12) despite missing nearly a third of the 2013 season ... posted the highest per run yard average (a career-high 6.9) of any Bulldog last fall ... eclipsed the 100-yard rushing barrier three times as sophomore, highlighted by a 153-yard, three-touchdown afternoon at Minnesota State-Moorhead in mid-October ... wore No. 11 during his rookie and sophomore seasons ... procured a spot on the 2012 All-NSIC North Division second team after finishing third on the UMD rushing charts with 703 yards on 121 carries ... ran for eight touchdowns that year as well ... ground out a pair of 100-yard games two years ago -- in the first (109 yards at Southwest Minnesota State) and last (149 yards vs. Northern State) matchups of the regular season ... carried the ball in all 12 outings in 2012 and also caught three passes for three yards ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Rushing Attempts - 22 vs. Northern State (11/10/12). Rushing Yards - 153 at MSU-Moorhead (10/12/13). Rushing Touchdowns - 3 at MSU-Moorhead (10/12/13) and at Wayne State (9/28/13). Longest Rush - 64 yds. at Wayne State (9/28/13). Pass Receptions - 2 vs. Bemidji State (10/20/13). Pass Reception Yards - 17 at Upper Iowa (9/14/13). Longest Pass Reception - 17 yds. at Upper Iowa (9/14/13). MAJOR: Health Care Management.

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MALBERG’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year GS UT AT TT Sack PBU 2013 0 6 5 11 0.0 1

MALBERG’S INTERCEPTION STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2013 0 2 16 8.0 0 16

BEN McDONALD

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Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-1/215 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Mahtomedi, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Emerged on the Bulldog defensive landscape last season and tucked a healthy amount of NCAA II combat -- 13 games worth -- under his belt ... was responsible for 21 total tackles one year ago (seven solo stops and 14 assisted take downs) ... also recovered two fumbles (both versus Minot State on Oct. 19), a number unsurpassed by any other 2013 Bulldog ... saw extensive duty on all four UMD punt and kickoff units as well ... wore No. 54 last season ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012.

COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 5 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13). Sacks - 1.0 vs. Sioux Falls (9/7/13). Tackle For Loss - 1.0 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13) and Sioux Falls (9/7/13). MAJOR: Business.

McDONALD’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2013 0 7 14 21 1.0 2.5

LAUTER’S RUSHING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2012 0 121 703 5.8 8 60 2013 3 109 757 6.9 12 64 Totals 3 230 1,460 6.3 20 64

LAUTER’S RECEIVING STATISTICS

Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2012 0 3 3 1.0 0 2 2013 3 3 29 9.7 0 17 Totals 3 6 32 5.3 0 17

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THE 2014 BULLDOGS TYLER McLAUGHLIN

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Pos: Placekicker Ht/Wt: 6-1/180 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Andover, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Will once again add depth to UMD’s kicking game ... strutted his stuff in two outings last fall -- Minot State on Oct. 19 (two-of-two extra points and two kickoffs) and Minnesota Crookston two weeks later (two-of-two field goals and one kickoff) ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012 ... his younger brother, Derek, is a rookie running back with the 2014 Bulldogs. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Field Goals - 2 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13). Field Goal Attempts - 2 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13). Longest Field Goal - 34 yds. vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13).

Extra Point Kicks - 2 vs. Minot State (10/19/13). Extra Point Kick Attempts - 2 vs. Minot State (10/19/13). Points - 6 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13). MAJOR: Chemical Engineering.

McLAUGHLIN’S FIELD GOAL STATISTICS Year FG 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lng Blk 2013 2-2 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 34 0

McLAUGHLIN’S SCORING STATISTICS Year GS 1Pt FG 2PT TP 2013 0 2-2 2-2 0-0 8

RYAN MIESBAUER

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Pos: Tight End Ht/Wt: 5-9/205 Year: Senior Hometown: South Range, Wis.

AS A BULLDOG: Has been used in a restrictive manner the last three seasons, but should push for more game-day activity at tight end in his final collegiate campaign ... made five appearances (all with special teams) as a junior ... was in on one tackle last fall .... is still seeking his first collegiate pass reception ... qualified for the NSIC All-Academic Team for a second straight time in 2013 ... commenced his sophomore year on a disheartening note by sitting out the season opener at Southwest Minnesota State with an ailing hamstring and then rejoined the ranks of wounded Bulldogs the first week of November (knee) and never suited up again in 2012 ... was limited to just three games of work due that entire season to the injury bug ... was relegated to mostly fill-in special teams tasks in 2011 ... received playing time in a pair of games and had one tackle to show for it (versus Upper Iowa on Sept. 10) ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. MAJOR: Exercise Science.

MIESBAUER’S RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 2013 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0

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TYLER MORRIS Pos: Defensive Back Ht/Wt: 6-0/185 Year: Freshman Hometown: Pasco, Wash.

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering.

ANDREW MUER

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Pos: Offensive Line Ht/Wt: 6-3/270 Year: Senior Hometown: Perham, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Could add another chapter to UMD’s rich Olinemen legacy before his playing days are over ... will partake in his third season of starting activity this fall with the six-time defending NSIC North Division champion Bulldogs ... was showered with an ample amount of praise prior to the start of the 2014 fall camp, landing a spot on both the Beyond Sports Network (BSN) USA College Football Preseason All-America first teams ... moved from right guard to left guard as a junior and attained BSN All-America second team All-NSIC first team status ... first landed full-time employment on the offensive front lines two years ago and responded to that promotion with a selection to Don Hansen’s All-America Team as an honorable mention pick ... was summoned into the starting lineup once in 2011 -- as a replacement for the injured Francis Herzog -- against Minnesota State-Moorhead on Oct. 1, 2011 at Malosky Stadium ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010.

MAJOR: Civil Engineering.

Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-3/230 Year: Junior Hometown: Prescott, Wis.

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AS A BULLDOG: Had his sophomore year cut short due to a knee injury (that also kept on him on the shelf for the entire 2014 spring drills) but with his recovery now complete, UMD’s outside linebacking -- and special teams -- outlook for this fall is that much brighter ... made his UMD debut in last September’s showdown with Minnesota State-Mankato and proceeded to play in six more games before enduring the season-ending blow at a Nov. 6 practice ... had nine total tackles, including one sack, and one forced fumble on the year ... joined one dozen other Bulldogs on the 2013 NSIC All-Academic Team ... was deployed on mainly on special teams two seasons ago and went without a tackle in his three outings ... switched jersey numbers before the 2013 season (from 58 to 37) ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 3 vs. Minot State (10/19/13). Sacks - 1.0 vs.

Minot State (10/19/13). Tackle For Loss - 1.0 vs. Minot State (10/19/13). MAJOR: Civil Engineering.

NAHORNIAK’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2012 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2013 0 5 4 9 1.0 1.0 Totals 0 5 4 9 1.0 1.0

CLINT NIEVINSKI Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-0/215 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Mosinee, Wis.

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AS A BULLDOG: Will be eagerly seeking additional work opportunities at inside linebacker this fall after being relegated to mainly bit parts one year ago ... registered six total tackles during the course of the 2013 season ... appeared in five games last year, including four home dates ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 2 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13) and Minot State (10/19/13). MAJOR: Business.

NIEVINSKI’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2013 0 2 4 6 0.0 0.0

KENYON PHILLIPS Pos: Tight End Ht/Wt: 6-5/220 Year: Freshman Hometown: Eagan, Minn.

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering.

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THE 2014 BULLDOGS CONNOR RANDALL Pos: Offensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 6-5/290 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Eagan, Minn.

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AS A BULLDOG: Will pick up right where he left off last November -- helping anchor the right side of UMD’s offensive line ... earned a starting berth at right guard for the initial two games of 2013 season before suffering an ankle injury ... did not return to the trenches for six weeks (Nov. 2 versus Minnesota Crookston) and ultimately regained his first-team status in the regular season finale at Northern State ... played in just seven games last fall, five in a starting capacity ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012.

MAJOR: Accounting.

NATE RICCI Pos: Wide Receiver Ht/Wt: 6-0/175 Year: Freshman Hometown: Stillwater, Minn.

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Undeclared.

LARRY RICE

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Pos: Defensive Back Ht/Wt: 5-10/195 Year: Senior Hometown: Minnetonka, Minn.

AARON ROTH

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Pos: Wide Receiver Ht/Wt: 5-11/185 Year: Senior Hometown: Plymouth, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Was bestowed with 2014 preseason AllAmerican second team citations from two different groups (USA College Football and the College Development Football League) -- and there’s no reason to believe he won’t live up to that billing ... is UMD’s first two-year captain since 2008 (All-American quarterback Ted Schlafke) ... heads into the year with the ninth most pass catches (105) in program history ... placed first among his 2013 teammates in both punt (14) and kickoff (18) returns and was second in pass receptions (39 for 356 yards and a pair of touchdowns) en route to being chosen to the All-NSIC second team ... was the only Bulldog to attain a NSIC Player of the Week citation during the 2013 season -- was named the league’s (as well as the Beyond Sports Network’s) Special Team’s Player of the Week after returning a punt 83 yards for the eventual game-winning score in UMD’s 32-14 road victory over Mary on Nov. 9 ... collared BSN Network AllAmerican (third team) and All-NSIC (first team) recognition as a sophomore ... led the 2012 Bulldogs in all-purpose yards (1,041), kick return average (32.9 yards per attempt) and punt returns (14 -- no other Bulldog had any) and was third in pass receptions (31) ... took two kickoffs back for touchdowns as a sophomore (the first Bulldog to do so in three years) ... was chosen the NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week for his for his spirited play in the UMD’s 42-34 home victory over Augustana on Sept. 22, 2012 ... was as a promising addition to the Bulldog receiving crew three seasons ago ... took a backseat to only fellow true freshman Zach Zweifel on UMD’s 2011 reception list ... rolled up 35 receptions and three touchdowns in 14 outings that season

and twice snagged six catches in a single game (the lone Bulldog to accomplish that feat in 2011) ... also proved to be a valuable special teams fit with the 2011 Bulldogs -- ranked first on the club in punt returns and brought back the third most kickoffs (nine each) ... fielded a Minnesota Crookston punt and took it 65 yards for a touchdown on Nov. 5, 2011. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Receptions - 7 at Bemidji State (10/26/13). Pass Reception Yards - 113 at Minot State (10/13/12). Pass Reception Touchdowns - 1 (8 Times). Longest Pass Reception - 45 yds. at Minot State (10/13/12). Rushing Attempts - 3 at Mary (11/9/13).

Rushing Yards - 40 at Mary (11/9/13). Longest Rush - 32 yds. at Mary (11/9/13). MAJOR: Marketing.

ROTH’S PASS RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 4 35 335 9.6 3 24

2012 8 31 461 14.9 3 45 2013 13 39 356 9.1 2 35

Totals 25 105 1,152 11.0 8 45

ROTH’S RUSHING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 4 6 31 5.2 0 14 2012 8 10 37 3.7 0 16 2013 13 13 81 6.2 0 32 Totals 25 29 149 5.1 0 32

ROTH’S PUNT RETURNING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD 2011 4 9 166 18.4 1 2012 8 14 115 8.2 0 2013 13 10 131 13.1 1 Totals 25 33 412 12.5 2

Lng 65 40 83 83

ROTH’S KICK RETURNING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD 2011 4 9 191 21.2 0 2012 8 13 428 32.9 2 2013 13 18 363 20.2 0 Totals 25 40 982 24.6 2

Lng 35 92 50 92

AS A BULLDOG: Endured a year he’d just as soon forget in 2013 ... settled in as UMD’s No. 2 left cornerback at the start of season, but a chronic ankle injury impeded any real hope he had of proving himself ... made one, brief appearance as a junior -- at home against Minnesota StateMankato on Sept. 21 and came away with no statistics ... sported No. 29 during this inaugural season with the Bulldogs ... enrolled at UMD in the fall of 2013 with two years of community college experience (North Dakota State College of Science) behind him. MAJOR: Exercise Science.

RICE’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year GS UT AT TT Sack PBU 2013 0 0 0 0 0.0 0

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THE 2014 BULLDOGS AUSTIN SIKORSKI Pos: Running Back Ht/Wt: 5-10/200 Year: Senior Hometown: Plover, Wis.

PHILLIP RUTZ Pos: Offensive Line Ht/Wt: 6-5/290 Year: Senior Hometown: Amherst, Wis.

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AS A BULLDOG: Became an instant fix at right guard when starter Conner Randall was knocked out of commission two weekends into 2013 ... proceeded to make his first five starts in a UMD uniform before succumbing to a an ankle injury (the same ailment that did in Randall) during the Buldlogs’ last regular season home engagement with Minnesota Crookston (Nov. 2) ... was subsequently shelved for the remainder of the season ... provided UMD’s offensive line with reserve reinforcement the prior two seasons ... lined up directly behind a pair of All-NSIC tackles -- Tom Olson and Jake Bscherer -- on the Bulldogs 2012 depth chart and spelled Olson on the right side one year earlier ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. MAJOR: Biology.

JAY SCHLICHTE

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Pos: Tight End Ht/Wt: 6-3/240 Year: Junior Hometown: Mankato, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Is back to bolster the tight end position, but has designs on becoming a bigger factor this time around ... went without a catch for the second year in a row last season ... played in four games as a sophomore, doubling his previous year total ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. MAJOR: Economics.

SCHLICHTE’S RECEIVING STATISTICS

Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng

2012 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2013 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

Totals 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

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AS A BULLDOG: Is the reigning NSIC North Division Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and a 2014 USA College Football Preseason first team All-American ... has been the triggerman of UMD’s robust ground attack since 2011 ... attained All-NSIC acclaim in each of the last two seasons (first team in 2013 and second team the previous year) ... rushed for a career-high for a career-high 1,260 yards -- the fifth highest single-season output in program history -- and 16 touchdowns on 197 carries for a 6.4 yards per carry average ... gashed the Minnesota State-Moorhead defense to the tune of 212 yards via the run last October (on 21 rushes) ... also paced the 2013 Bulldogs in scoring with 96 points in addition to catching seven ball for 46 yards ... enters 2014 ranking ninth on UMD’s all-time ground gainer charts (2,736 yards) ... has eleven 100-yard ushing days to his collegiate credit, five of which he racked up last fall ... rebounded -- in a big-time way -- from an injury-shortened 2011 season ... tied for top rushing honors (with quarterback Chase Vogler) among 2012 Bulldogs with 893 yards on a UMD-high 151 attempts ... reached the end zone 14 times via the run that fall ... collected five of those touchdowns -- one shy of the program single-game record -- in the Bulldogs’ triple overtime NCAA II playoff setback at Missouri Western on Nov. 17, 2012 ... also tacked on another 65 yards off of six pass catches one year ago ... wore no. 21 prior to the 2013 season ... was UMD’s top ground gainer until going down with a season-ending knee injury three series into the Oct. 22, 2011 clash at Northern State ... erupted for 185 yards (a 2011 team best) and three touchdowns on just 19 carries in a 41-28 victory at Mary one week before that ... hit pay dirt from 75 yards out for one of those scores against Mary, which was the longest play from scrimmage by any 2011 Bulldog ... compiled UMD’s highest per-game rushing average (72.9) three years ago ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010 and didn’t practice the entire fall after injuring his foot in preseason drills. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Rushing Attempts - 26 at Missouri Western (11/17/12). Rushing Yards - 212 at Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/12/13). Rushing Touchdowns - 5 at Missouri Western (11/17/12). Longest Rush - 75 yds. at Mary (10/15/11). Pass Receptions - 3 at St. Cloud State (9/29/12). Pass Reception Yards - 31 at St. Cloud State (9/29/12). Longest Pass Reception - 23 yds. vs. Minnesota State-Mankato (9/21/13). MAJOR: Environmental Studies.

SIKORSKI’S RUSHING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 6 108 583 5.4 7 75 2012 10 151 893 5.9 14 54 2013 10 197 1,260 6.4 16 55 Totals 26 456 2,736 6.0 37 75

SIKORSKI’S PASS RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 6 8 29 9.7 0 14 2012 10 6 60 10.0 0 16 2013 10 7 46 6.6 0 23 Totals 26 21 135 6.4 0 23

TYLER SMRCINA Pos: Defensive Back Ht/Wt: 5-11/185 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Hudson, Wis.

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AS A BULLDOG: Patrolled the UMD defensive secondary in all 13 games one year ago, including five as the starting free safety ... came through with 32 total tackles (17 solos and 15 assists) to rank 12th among the 2013 Bulldogs ... also chalked up one pass breakup ... showed what he can do on the other side of the football during UMD’s NCAA II playoff bout with Northwest Missouri State by latching on to a pass from offensive tackle Tom Olson and turning it into a 24-yard gain out of punt formation on a 4th-and-10 situation ... wore No. 27 last fall ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 6 at Upper Iowa (9/14/13). Tackles For Loss - 1.0 at Upper Iowa (9/14/13) and at U. of Mary (11/9/13).

MAJOR: Psychology.

SMRCINA’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year GS UT AT TT Sack PBU 2013 5 17 15 32 0.0 1.0

TIM SOMMER Pos: Defensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 6-5/255 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Neenah, Wis.

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AS A BULLDOG: Lobbied hard for a starting defensive end appointment during 2014 spring drills ... should see a signifigant upgrade in playing time this fall ... had total two tackles in five appearances one season ago with those coming in the final two homes clashes of the year ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 1 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2/13) and vs. Emporia State (11/23/13). Tackles For Loss - 0.5 vs Emporia State (11/23/13). MAJOR: Civil Engineering.

SOMMER’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2013 0 0 2 2 0.0 0.5

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THE 2014 BULLDOGS BRENT STIGLICH Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-0/225 Year: Junior Hometown: Curtiss, Wis.

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AS A BULLDOG: Has steadily gained steam throughout his Bulldog career and should figure even more prominently in UMD’s inside linebacker plans this fall ... delivered a 30-tackle season as a sophomore while backing up current Bulldog senior captain Gavin Grady ... also had three quarterback hurries, one pass breakup and one forced fumble in 13 outings ... experienced a bit of a delay to the start of his UMD career -- spent the first four games of 2012 tending to an lower body injury he suffered prior to fall camp ... turned out to be one of UMD’s most-utilized reserve linebackers after that and wrapped up the year with 24 total tackles ... collected 10 of those stops at Minot State on Oct. 13 ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 10 at Minot State (10/13/12).

Tackles For Loss - 1.0 at Minnesota Crookston (10/27/12).

MAJOR: Psychology.

DAN WILLS

STIGLICH’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2012 0 13 11 24 0.0 1.5 2013 0 15 15 30 0.0 0.5 Totals 0 28 26 54 0.0 2.0

NICK THORPE

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Pos: Defensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 6-5/245 Year: Freshman Hometown: Cold Spring, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering.

85

Pos: Tight End Ht/Wt: 6-6/220 Year: Freshman Hometown: Mankato, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering.

KEGAN WIRTZ AARON WARREN

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Pos: Defensive Back Ht/Wt: 6-3/190 Year: Freshman Hometown: Minneapolis, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Accounting.

WILLY WESTERMAN Pos: Offensive Line Ht/Wt: 6-3/270 Year: Sophomore Hometown: Ashland, Wis.

75

Pos: Defensive Back Ht/Wt: 6-2/190 Year: Freshman Hometown: De Pere, Wis.

25

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Teaching Science.

ALEX WOOD

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Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-1/190 Year: Freshman Hometown: Lakeville, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2013. MAJOR: Teaching Social Studies.

AS A BULLDOG: A second straight year of reserve deployment on UMD’s offensive front could be on the horizon, but is expected to put up a stiff challenge for a first-string gig ... hit the field in six games last fall ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012. MAJOR: Business.

ISAAC VESEL

99

Pos: Defensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 6-0/275 Year: Sophomore Hometown: La Cresent, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Was hampered by a nagging upper body injury one year ago that partly resulted in him making just two appearances (against Sioux Falls in the season opener and Northern State on Nov. 16) ... went without a tackle during that constricted field time ... was listed as the second team nose tackle on the 2014 preseason depth chart ... wore No. 63 at the start of last season before switching to No. 99 ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2012.

MAJOR: Physical Education.

VESEL’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2013 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0

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Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-1/230 Year: Junior Hometown: Dennison, Minn.

AS A BULLDOG: Elevated his game to the next level last season and is geared to keep that trend going in 2014 ... posted UMD’s fifth highest tackle total as a sophomore (48 -- which tied him with his starting outside linebacker comrade, senior Nate Zuk) ... also shared the team lead in quarterback sacks with four in addition to amassing a career-best 3.0 sacks and 7.0 tackles for loss ... made his first -- and only -- interception to date a memorable one by taking it back 48 yards for touchdown last year’s road opener at Upper Iowa ... was the only 2013 Bulldog to lock down both All-NSIC (honorable mention) and NSIC All-Academic honors last season ... initially shifted to the top of the depth charts in 2012 after first-string outside Gavin Brown went down with a mid-season injury ... retained his spot in the starting lineup for the last seven outings of that year ... generated six tackles in UMD’s season-ending loss at Missouri Western, which gave him 37 stops on the year ... also forced one fumble two seasons ago ... was redshirted as a firstyear freshman in 2011. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 6 (Three Times). Sacks - 2.0 at St. Cloud State (9/29/12).

Tackle For Loss - 2.0 at St. Cloud State (9/29/12). Interceptions - 1 at Upper Iowa (9/14/13). Interception Touchdowns - 1 at Upper Iowa (9/14/13). MAJOR: Exercise Science.

ZIBOLSKI’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2012 7 19 18 37 2.0 3.0 2013 13 25 23 48 3.0 7.0 Totals 20 44 41 85 5.0 10.0

ZIBOLSKI’S INTERCEPTION STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2012 7 0 0 0.0 0 0 2013 13 1 48 48.0 1 48 Totals 20 1 48 48.0 1 48

MITCHELL ZIEGLER Pos: Defensive Lineman Ht/Wt: 6-2/230 Year: Senior Hometown: Kenosha, Wis.

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AS A BULLDOG: Will relocate back to the defensive line for his farewell fall with the Bulldogs after undergoing a trial run at tight end one year ago ... generated no statistics other than one pass breakup (at Bemidji State on Oct. 26) on either side of the football as a junior, but did play in 10 of the team’s 13 outings ... served as Wade Sebold’s primary backup in 2012 and had six tackles to show for it ... wound up getting into all 12 games that fall ... made nine appearances in 2011 and was credited with a pair of total tackles (both of which were registered in UMD’s home opener with Upper Iowa) ... did not participate in the 2012 spring drills after undergoing shoulder surgery in the offseason ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010.

COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 2 vs. Mary (11/3/12) and Upper Iowa (9/10/11). Sacks - 0.5 vs. Minnesota StateMoorhead (10/6/12). Tackles for Loss - 0.5 vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/6/12). MAJOR: Marketing.

ZACH ZWEIFEL Pos: Wide Receiver Ht/Wt: 6-1/185 Year: Senior Hometown: Monona, Wis.

ZIEGLER’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2011 0 1 1 2 0.0 0.0 2012 0 0 6 6 0.5 0.5 2013 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Totals 0 1 7 8 0.5 0.5

AS A BULLDOG: Enters the stretch run of a rewarding collegiate pass catching career with aspirations of making this season his best yet ... has finished on top of the Bulldogs’ receptions charts in each of the previous three seasons, including last fall when he grabbed a personal-best 44 passes for 518 yards and six touchdowns (another career high) ... had a pair of eight-catch afternoons on his junioryear stat sheet (at Minnesota State-Moorhead on Oct. 12 and at Northern State five weeks later) and was on the receiving end of UMD’s longest pass play from scrimmage as well (42 yards versus Minnesota State-Moorhead) ... his 121 lifetime catches are the sixth most ever turned in by a Bulldog while his 1,570 reception yards rank seventh alltime ... not only placed first among all 2012 Bulldogs in reception (39), but also in receiving yards (585), reception touchdowns (5) and average yards per catch (15.0) ... was a 2012 All-NSIC North Division honorable mention pick ... corralled at least one pass in the initial 10 games of the 2012, including his most ever to that point (8) against Mary in Week 10, but was blanked in that department the rest of the year ... burst onto the Bulldog scene in 2011 and flourished as a true freshman ... reigned as UMD’s’ 2011 reception leader with 38 catches and was accorded All-NSIC North Division second team recognition for his spirited efforts ... matched a 2011 Bulldog single-game high with six receptions (and a touchdown) in UMD’s 37-6 Homecoming win over Northern State ... was scratched from the lineup for the Nov. 5, 2011 bout against Minnesota Crookston with a shoulder injury. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Receptions - 8 (Three Times). Pass Reception Yards - 106 at Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/2/13). Pass Reception Touchdowns 1 (12 Times). Longest Pass Reception - 42 yds. at Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/12/13). MAJOR: Exercise Science.

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Year 2011 2012 2013 Totals

ZWEIFEL’S RECEIVING STATISTICS GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 10 38 467 12.3 1 33 12 39 585 15.0 5 37 13 44 518 11.8 6 42 35 121 1,570 13.0 12 42

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THE 2014 UMD NEWCOMERS

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Tory Adams RB/Fr. Hutchinson, Minn.

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Jason Anderson OL/Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn.

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Josh Anttila WR/So. Antioch, Ill.

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Jason Balts WR/Fr. Barron, Wis.

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Terrance Bowers WR/Fr. Hopkins, Minn.

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Adam Essler RB/Fr. New London, Minn.

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Chris Edyvean DL/Fr. Hurley, Wis.

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Jon Evenson LB/Fr. Moose Lake, Minn.

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Alex Helmer LB/Fr. Prescott, Wis.

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Zach Hillman LB/Jr. Plainfield, Ind.

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D.J. Jones DB/Jr. Callahan, Fla.

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Bryce Juedes DB/Fr. Mequon, Wis.

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Matt Juneau OL/Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn.

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Jared Karow DB/Fr. Franklin, Wis.

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Alex Lasinski WR/Fr. Hortonville, Minn.

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Tyler Lattery TE/Fr. Lakeville, Minn.

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Sam Lynch DB/Fr. Plymouth, Minn.

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Shawn Magee QB-P/Fr. Rice Lake, Wis.

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Dillon Martinez DB/Fr. Holmen, Wis.

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Derek McLaughlin RB/Fr. Andover, Minn.

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Sam Musa LB/Fr. Coon Rapids, Minn.

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A.J. Naatz LB/Fr. Menomonie, Wis.

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Jamiah Newell RB/Fr. Lakeville, Minn.

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Austin Noble OL/Fr. Cannon Falls, Minn.

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Andrew Schiessl LB/Fr. Menasha, Wis.

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Brandon Scott DL/Fr. Kasson, Minn.

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Jack Sims TE/Fr. Edina, Minn.

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Eriq Smith OL/Fr. Shoreview, Minn.

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Ty Sullivan DB/Fr. Owatonna, Minn.

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Jake Tanner WR/Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn.

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Jason Telin OL/Fr. Oakdale, Minn.

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Cal Durni DL/Fr. Brookfield, Wis.

Jordan Hollie DB/Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn.

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Ryan Duxbury DB/Fr. Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.

13 Mitchell Johnson-Martin DB/Fr. La Crosse, Wis.

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THE 2014 UMD NEWCOMERS/LAST TIME THE LAST TIME . . .

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Sean Van Helden LB/Fr. Stevens Point, Wis.

29 AaronWakefield-Zubiate RB/Fr. 69

Trapper Ward OL/Fr. Rice Lake, Wis.

Trevor Thompson DL/Fr. Neenah, Wis.

Superior, Wis.

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Gus Wedig LB/Fr. Walworth, Wis.

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KICK RETURN FOR TD UMD - Justin Fowlkes at St. Cloud State (9/22/12), 80 yards OPP - Talo Pascal, Minnesota Crookston (10/27/12), 88 yards PUNT RETURN FOR TD UMD - Aaron Roth at Mary (11/9/13), 83 yards OPP - Paul Woodward, Northern State (11/10/12), 32 yards -- off a blocked punt INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR TD UMD - Colby Ring at Northwest Missouri State 11/30/13 -- NCAA II playoffs), 48 yards OPP - Aldin Foster-Rettig, Northwest Missouri State (12/13/08 -- NCAA II playoffs), 44 yards FUMBLE RECOVERY FOR TD UMD - Chris Vandervest at Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/12/2013), 91 yards OPP - Corey Orth, Colorado State-Pueblo (11/26/11 -- NCAA II playoffs), 0 yards EXTRA POINT ATTEMPT RETURN FOR 2 PTS UMD - Jim Johnson vs. Central Washington (9/23/06) OPP - Trevor Hyatt, Chadron State (11/22/08) SHUTOUTS UMD - UMD 52, Minot State 0 (10/19/13) OPP - Wayne State College 7, UMD 0 (9/17/11) OVERTIME GAME Missouri Western 57, UMD 55 3OT (11/17/12 - NCAA II playoffs) 100 RUSHING YARDS Drew Bauer vs. Emporia State (11/23/13 -NCAA II playoffs), 173 yards Austin Sikorski Emporia State (11/23/13- NCAA II playoffs), 122 yards 200 RUSHING YARDS Austin Sikorski at Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/12/13), 212 yards 300 YARDS PASSING Ted Schlafke at St. Cloud State (11/10/07), 350 yards 400 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Ted Schlafke at St. Cloud State (11/10/07), 495 yards 150 YARDS PASS RECEIVING D.J. Winfield at Central Washington (8/30/10), 160 yards TWO BULLDOGS RUSHED FOR 100 YARDS Drew Bauer (173) and Austin Sikorski (122) vs. Emporia State (11/13/13- NCAA II Playoffs) THREE BULLDOGS RUSHED FOR 100 YARDS Chase Vogler (224), Logan Lauters (149) and Austin Sikorski (102) vs. Northern State (11/10/12)

Joe Yernatich OL/Fr. Duluth, Minn.

2013 UMD WON-LOSS SUMMARY

Home Overall Away Overall Day Games Night Games Natural Grass Artificial Turf Leading After 1st Quarter Trailing After 1st Quarter Tied After 1st Quarter Leading at Halftime Trailing at Halftime Tied at Halftime Leading After 3rd Quarter Trailing After 3rd Quarter Tied After 3rd Quarter Overtime When Scoring First When Opp. Scores First

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Chris Vandervest

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THE 2014 UMD ROSTER AND SCHEDULE NO. NAME POS. HGT. WGT. YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS TEAM) 1 Darion Fletcher DB 5-9 195 Jr. Inver Grove Heights, Minn. (Simley H.S.) 2 Beau Bofferding WR/RB 5-8 180 So. Marshall, Minn. (Marshall H.S.) 3 Logan Lauters RB 5-9 210 Jr. Cedarburg Wis. (Cedarburg H.S.) 4 Daryl Brown DB 5-10 170 Sr. Plymouth, Minn. (U. of North Dakota) 4 Adam Essler RB 5-10 180 Fr. New London, Minn. (New London-Spicer H.S.) 5 Nate Ricci WR 6-0 175 Fr. Stillwater, Minn. (Stillwater H.S.) 6 D.J Jones DB 5-9 160 Jr. Callahan, Fla. (Fond Du Lac C.C.) 7 Tyler Smrcina DB 5-11 185 So. Hudson, Wis. (Hudson H.S.) 8 Jordan Hollie DB 6-0 180 Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Osseo H.S.) 9 Drew Bauer QB 6-2 210 So. Inver Grove Heights, Minn. (Eagan H.S.) 10 Eric Kline QB 6-4 215 Jr. Coon Rapids, Minn. (South Dakota State U.) 10 Sam Lynch DB 6-0 180 Fr. Plymouth, Minn. (Benilde-St. Margaret’s H.S.) 11 Yusef Hassan LB 6-0 230 Sr. Burnsville, Minn. (Bursville H.S.) 11 Bryce Juedes DB 5-10 190 Fr. Mequon, Wis. (Homestead H.S. ) 12 Terrance Bowers WR 5-10 155 Fr. Hopkins, Minn. (Hopkins H.S.) 13 Mitchell Johnson-Martin DB 5-7 170 Fr. La Crosse, Wis. (La Crosse Central H.S.) 14 Justin Laureys QB 6-1 175 So. Granger, Ind. (South Bend Clay H.S.) 15 Shawn Magee QB/P 6-4 205 Fr. Rice Lake, Wis. (Rice Lake H.S.) 16 Kale Boomer DB 6-1 190 Fr. Grand Portage, Minn. (Cook County H.S.) 17 Justin Fowlkes WR 5-8 180 Jr. Delavan, Wis. (Delavan-Darien H.S.) 18 Josh Anttila WR 6-0 205 So. Antioch, Ill. (U. of Dubuque) 19 David Boegel DB 6-0 200 Jr. Plymouth, Minn. (Wayzata H.S.) 20 Tory Adams RB 6-1 190 Fr. Hutchinson, Minn. (Hutchinson H.S.) 21 Larry Rice DB 5-10 195 Sr. Minnetonka, Minn. (N.D. State College of Science) 22 James Conner WR 5-8 175 Fr. Cottage Grove, Wis. (Monona Grove H.S.) 23 Tyler McLaughlin PK 6-1 180 So. Andover, Minn. (Andover H.S.) 24 Hunter Malberg DB 6-0 180 So. North Bend, Wash. (Mount Si H.S.) 25 Kegan Wirtz DB 6-2 190 Fr. De Pere, Wis. (West De Pere H.S.) 26 Derek McLaughlin RB 5-11 190 Fr. Andover, Minn. (Andover H.S.) 27 Dillon Martinez DB 5-10 160 Fr. Holmen, Wis.(Holmen H.S.) 28 Austin Sikorski RB 5-10 200 Sr. Plover, Wis. (Stevens Point H.S.) 28 Ryan Duxbury DB 6-0 195 Fr. Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. (Wisconsin Rapids H.S.) 29 Aaron Wakefield-Zubiate RB 5-9 190 Fr. Superior, Wis. (Superior H.S.) 30 Adam Dingmann LB 6-3 225 Fr. Cold Spring, Minn. (Rocori H.S.) 31 Nate Beaulieu RB 5-8 205 Fr. Duluth, Minn. (Duluth Central/Denfeld H.S.) 32 Zach Bassuener DB 6-0 215 Fr. Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. (Wisconsin Rapids H.S.) 33 Nathan Zibolski LB 6-1 230 Jr. Dennison, Minn. (Cannon Falls H.S.) 34 Caleb Belknap TE/RB 6-0 215 So. Menasha, Wis. (Menasha H.S.) 35 Aaron Warren DB 6-3 190 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. (DeLaSalle H.S.) 36 Tyler Morris DB 6-0 185 Fr. Pasco, Wash. (Liberty Christian School) 37 Mark Nahorniak LB 6-3 230 Jr. Prescott, Wis. (Prescott H.S.) 38 Jamiah Newell RB 5-7 170 Fr. Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville North H.S.) 39 Nick Larson RB 6-0 210 Fr. Savage, Minn. (Shakopee H.S.) 40 Jared Karow DB 6-0 170 Fr. Franklin, Wis. (Franklin H.S.) 41 Craig Huberty LB 5-11 235 So. Lena, Wis. (Lena H.S.) 42 Alex Wood LB 6-1 190 Fr. Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville North H.S.) 43 Beau Bates LB 6-0 225 So. Excelsior, Minn. (Minnetonka H.S.) 44 Ryan Miesbauer TE 5-9 205 Sr. South Range, Wis. (Northwestern H.S.) 44 Ty Sullivan DB 6-0 180 Fr. Owatonna, Minn. (Owatonna H.S.) 45 Clint Nievinski LB 6-0 215 So. Mosinee, Wis. (Mosinee H.S.) 46 Ben McDonald LB 6-1 215 So. Mahtomedi, Minn. (Mahtomedi H.S.) 47 Regis Henke DL 6-3 225 Fr. Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. (Wisconsin Rapids H.S.) 48 Mitchell Ziegler DL 6-2 230 Sr. Kenosha, Wis. (Bradford H.S.) 48 Gus Wedig LB 6-3 205 Fr. Walworth, Wis. (Big Foot H.S.) 49 Zach Hillman LB 6-1 215 Jr. Plainfield, Ind. (Vermilion C.C.) 50 Alex Helmer LB 6-1 190 Fr. Prescott, Wis. (Prescott H.S.) 51 Gavin Grady LB 6-3 240 Sr. Minnetonka, Minn. (Hopkins H.S.) 52 Gavin Brown LB 6-3 225 Sr. Becker, Minn. (Becker H.S.) 52 Jon Evenson LB 5-11 190 Fr. Moose Lake, Minn. (Moose Lake-Willow River H.S.) 53 Andrew Schiessl LB 6-1 210 Fr. Menasha, Wis. (Menasha H.S.) 54 A.J. Naatz LB 6-1 215 Fr. Menomonie, Wis. (Menomonie H.S.) 55 Sam Musa LB 6-2 185 Fr. Coon Rapids, Minn. (Fridley H.S.) 56 Sean Van Helden LB 6-2 215 Fr. Stevens Point, Wis. (Stevens Point Area H.S.) 57 Cal Durni DL 6-1 215 Fr. Brookfield, Wis. (Brookfield East H.S).

58 Kenny Kirkvold DL 6-3 225 Fr. Winona, Minn. (Cotter, H.S.) 59 Brent Stiglich LB 6-0 225 Jr. Curtiss, Wis. (Medford H.S.) 62 Eriq Smith OL 6-2 320 Fr. Shoreview, Minn. (Irondale H.S.) 64 Austin Noble OL 6-4 285 Fr. Cannon Falls, Minn. (Cannon Falls H.S.) 65 Nate Atkinson OL 6-5 285 Fr. Duluth, Minn. (Duluth East H.S.) 66 Matt Juneau OL 6-5 270 Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Champlin Park H.S.) 67 Jason Anderson OL 6-3 280 Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Champlin Park H.S.) 68 Matt Catton OL 6-5 265 So. Maple Grove, Minn. (Osseo H.S.) 69 Trapper Ward OL 6-5 265 Fr. Rice Lake, Wis. (Rice Lake, H.S.) 70 Andrew Muer OL 6-3 275 Sr. Perham, Minn. (Perham H.S.) 71 Nolan Folkert OL 6-4 285 Fr. Elgin, Minn. (Plainview-Elgin-Millville H.S.) 72 Connor Randall OL 6-5 290 So. Eagan, Minn. (Eagan H.S.) 73 Jason Telin OL 6-3 315 Fr. Oakdale, Minn. (Tartan H.S.) 74 Joe Yernatich OL 6-4 285 Fr. Duluth, Minn. (Duluth East H.S.) 75 Willy Westerman OL 6-3 270 So. Ashland, Wis. (Ashland H.S.) 76 Peter Bateman OL 6-5 290 So. La Crescent, Minn. (La Crescent H.S.) 77 Cameron Hehn OL 6-6 285 So. Waukesha, Wis. (Pewaukee H.S.) 78 Phillip Rutz OL 6-5 290 Sr. Amherst, Wis. (Amherst H.S.) 79 John Bednarczyk OL 6-3 285 Fr. Robbinsdale, Minn. (Totino-Grace H.S.) 80 Alex Knutson WR 5-9 180 Fr. North Mankato, Minn. (Mankato West H.S.) 81 Taylor Grant TE 6-5 250 Sr. Eden Prairie, Minn. (U. of North Dakota) 81 Tyler Lattery TE 6-3 235 Fr. Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville South H.S.) 82 Keynon Phillips TE 6-5 220 Fr. Eagan, Minn. (Eastview H.S.) 83 Jake Tanner WR 5-8 165 Fr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Park Center H.S.) 84 Andrew Brees PK/P 6-3 195 Jr. West Allis, Wis. (Greendale H.S.) 85 Dan Wills TE 6-6 220 Fr. Mankato, Minn. (Mankato West H.S.) 86 Aaron Roth WR 5-11 185 Sr. Plymouth, Minn. (Wayzata H.S.) 86 Jason Balts WR 5-11 175 Fr. Barron, Wis. (Barron H.S.) 87 Jay Schlichte TE 6-3 240 Jr. Mankato, Minn. (Mankato West H.S.) 88 Zach Zweifel WR 6-1 185 Sr. Monona, Wis. (Monona Grove H.S.) 88 Alex Lasinski WR 5-10 170 Fr. Hortonville, Minn. (Hortonville H.S.) 89 Bryan Edwards TE 6-4 215 Fr. Elk River, Minn. (Elk River H.S.) 90 Nick Thorpe DL 6-5 245 Fr. Cold Spring, Minn. (Rocori H.S.) 91 Trevor Thompson DL 6-1 225 Fr. Neenah, Wis. (Neenah H.S.) 92 Karl Finkel DL 5-11 210 Fr. Lakeville. Minn. (Lakeville North H.S.) 93 Chris Edyvean DL 6-4 245 Fr. Hurley, Wis. (Hurley H.S.) 94 Tim Sommer DL 6-5 255 So. Neenah, Wis. (Neenah H.S.) 95 Brandon Scott DL 6-3 240 Fr. Kasson, Minn. )Kasson-Mantorville H.S.) 96 Jonathan Harden DL 5-10 295 Jr. St. Paul, Minn. (Western Michigan U.) 97 Jake Lambrecht DL 6-4 260 So. Little Falls, Minn. (Little Falls H.S.) 98 Jacob Brusehaver DL 6-4 255 Sr. Hutchinson, Minn. (Hutchinson H.S.) 98 Jack Sims TE 6-4 225 Fr. Edina, Minn. (Benilde-St. Margaret’s H.S) 99 Isaac Vesel DL 6-0 275 So. La Crescent, Minn. (La Crescent H.S.)

HEAD COACH: Curt Wiese ASSISTANT COACHES: John Steger, Dan Larson, Peter Lue, Greg Bower, Trey Dill, Garth Heikkinen, Tyler Johnson, Andy Merfeld, Noah Pauley, Scott Hanna

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2014 UMD SCHEDULE

Date Opponent Time Sept. 6 Concordia-St. Paul* 6:05 p.m.

Sept. 13 at Augustana* 1:05 p.m.

Sept. 20 Southwest Minnesota State*+ 6:05 p.m.

Sept. 27 at Winona State* 6:00 p.m.

Oct. 4 MSU-Moorhead*# 6:05 p.m.

Oct. 11 at St. Cloud State* 1:00 p.m.

Oct. 18 Northern State*@ 1:05 p.m.

Oct. 25 Bemidji State*^ 1:05 p.m.

Nov. 1 at2014 Minnesota Crookston* 1:00 UMD SCHEDULE p.m.

Date Opponent Time Nov.6 8 Concordia-St. U. of Mary*~ 1:05 Sept.

Paul* 6:05 p.m. p.m.13 at Augustana* Sept.

1:05 p.m.

Nov.20 15 Southwest at MinotMinnesota State* State*+ 6:05 1:30 p.m.

Sept. p.m.

Sept. 27 at Winona State* 6:00 p.m. *Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference6:05 Game Oct. 4 MSU-Moorhead*# p.m.

Oct. 11 at St. Cloud State* 1:00 p.m.

Oct. 18 Northern State*@ 1:05 p.m.

Oct. 25 Bemidji State*^ 1:05 p.m.

Nov. 1 at Minnesota Crookston* 1:00 p.m.

Nov. 8 U. of Mary*~ 1:05 p.m.

Nov. 15 at Minot State* 1:30 p.m. *Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Game +Student Appreciation Night #Military Appreciation Night @Homecoming ^UMD Faculty/Staff Day ~Senior Day

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2013 UMD STATs AND RESULTS

SCORING BY QUARTERS

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

Minnesota Duluth

147

171

116

106

0

540

Opponents

37

104

55

27

0

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TEAM STATISTICS FIRST DOWNS

By Rushing

By Passing

By Penalty NET YARDS RUSHING Yards Gained Yards Lost Rushing Attempts Avg. Yards Per Game NET YARDS PASSING Comp-Att-Int Avg. Yards Per Game TOTAL PLAYS/YARDS Avg. Yards Per Play Avg. Yards Per Game FUMBLES/FUMBLES LOST PENALTIES/PENALTY YARDS THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS AVG. TIME OF POSSESSION RUSHING Austin Sikorski Drew Bauer Logan Lauters Chaz Thomas Jeron Johnson Steve Ierulli Aaron Roth Andrew Brees Justin Fowlkes Beau Bofferding Eric Kline Joe Reichert Caleb Belknap Zach Zweifel Brent Jorgensen TEAM UMD TOTALS OPP TOTALS PASSING Drew Bauer Eric Kline Brent Jorgenson Justin Fowlkes Tom Olson UMD TOTALS OPP TOTALS RECEIVING Zach Zweifel Aaron Roth Joe Reichert Justin Fowlkes Jeremy Reierson Pat Alexander Austin Sikorski Taylor Grant Austin Selvick Logan Lauters Beau Bofferding Jeron Johnson Steve Ierulli Tyler Smrcina Drew Bauer Nate Zuk UMD TOTALS OPP TOTALS

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UMD 288 173 95 20 3,735 4,034 299 647 287.3 1,859 174-293-9 143.0 940/5,594 6.0 430.3 25/11 69/781 87/191 11/27 34:59

OPP 196 61 110 25 1,024 1,461 437 400 78.8 2,666 206-399-16 205.1 799/3,690 4.6 283.8 25/17 54/613 46/177 5/18 25:09

2013 BULLDOG FOOTBALL RESULTS (Overall: 11-2, NSIC: 10-1)

DATE Sept. 07 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30

RESULT UMD 32, Sioux Falls 7* UMD 37, Upper Iowa 19* MSU-Mankato 21, UMD 17* UMD 64, Wayne State 21* UMD 34, St. Cloud State 7* UMD 69, MSU-Moorhead 45* UMD 52, Minot State 0* UMD 31, Bemidji State 21* UMD 57, Minnesota Crookston 3* UMD 32, Mary 14* UMD 39, Northern State 7* UMD 55, Emporia State 13+ Northwest Missouri State 45, UMD 21+

*Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Game +NCAA II Playoffs Home Games Are Listed in Boldface

ATTEND. 5,217 1,052 5,723 2,418 3,616 689 2,212 930 3,480 1,360 1,954 902 4,514

Home Record: 5-1 Road Record: 6-1

TC GAIN LOSS NET AVG TD LNG FIELD GOALS FG-FGA PCT 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG BLK Andrew Brees 10-15 66.7 0-0 3-5 5-8 2-2 0-0 41 1 197 1,290 30 1,260 6.4 16 66 Tyler McLaughlin 2-2 100.0 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 34 0 150 944 142 802 5.3 9 55 Alex Brown 1-1 100.0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 21 0 109 782 25 757 6.9 12 64 50 223 11 212 4.2 1 19 TP RUSH PASS TOT AVG/G 24 185 3 182 7.6 1 62 TOTAL OFFENSE 409 802 1,579 2,381 183.2 33 181 6 175 5.3 3 50 Drew Bauer Austin Sikorski 197 1,260 0 1,260 96.9 13 86 5 81 6.2 0 32 Logan Lauters 109 757 0 757 75.7 3 68 0 68 22.7 0 42 Chaz Thomas 50 212 0 212 23.6 8 67 0 67 8.4 0 20 Eric Kline 39 49 153 202 18.4 9 59 0 59 6.6 0 25 OTHERS 136 655 127 782 60.2 20 86 37 49 2.5 3 26 UMD TOTALS 940 3,735 1,859 5,594 430.3 5 23 0 23 4.6 0 13 OPP TOTALS 799 1,024 2,666 3,690 283.8 7 18 0 18 2.6 0 8 1 12 0 12 12.0 0 12 SCORING TD 1P 2P(RUSH) 2PT(PASS) 2PT(REC) FG SAF DXP PTS 8 10 25 -15 -1.9 0 9 Austin Sikorski 16 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 96 10 0 15 -15 -1.5 0 0 Andrew Brees 0 51-58 0-2 0-0 0 10-15 0 0 81 Logan Lauters 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 72 647 4,034 299 3,735 5.8 45 66 Drew Bauer 10 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 60 400 1,461 437 1,024 2.6 10 46 Zach Zweifel 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 36 Jeremy Reierson 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 32 ATT COMP INT PCT YDS TD LNG EFF Eric Kline 3 0-0 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 20 259 150 8 57.9 1,579 17 42 124.6 Steve Ierulli 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 18 19 14 1 73.7 153 2 24 165.5 Aaron Roth 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 18 13 8 0 61.5 88 2 22 169.2 Taylor Grant 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 12 1 1 0 100.0 15 1 15 556.0 Colby Ring 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 12 1 1 0 100.0 24 0 24 301.6 Austin Selvick 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 12 293 174 7 59.4 1,859 22 42 131.3 Alex Brown 0 6-7 0-0 0-0 0 1-1 0 0 9 399 206 16 51.6 2,666 20 86 116.3 Tyler McLaughlin 0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 2-2 0 0 8 Pat Alexander 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 REC YDS AVG TD LNG AVG/G Justin Fowlkes 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 44 518 11.8 6 42 39.8 Joe Reichert 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 39 356 9.1 2 35 27.4 Chris Vandervest 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 25 319 12.8 1 39 26.6 Nathan Zibolski 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 17 139 8,2 1 27 11.6 Nate Zuk 12 159 13.2 5 28 12.2 Chaz Thomas 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 9 88 9.8 1 23 6.8 Buma Foncham 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 7 46 6.6 0 29 3.5 Jeron Johnson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 73 59-67 1-4 1-2 1 13-18 0 0 540 5 66 13.2 2 22 6.6 UMD TOTALS 30 28-29 0-0 0-0 2 5-10 0 0 223 3 55 18.3 2 17 4.6 OPP TOTALS 3 29 9.7 0 12 2.9 YARDS RUSH REC PR KR IR TOT 2 16 8.0 0 14 1.8 ALL-PURPOSE Sikorski 1,260 46 0 0 0 1,306 2 13 6.5 0 4 1.9 Austin Aaron Roth 81 356 131 363 0 931 2 6 3.0 0 24 0.6 Drew Bauer 802 15 0 0 0 817 1 24 24.0 0 15 1.8 Logan Lauters 757 29 0 0 0 786 1 15 15.0 1 15 1.2 Justin Fowlkes 67 139 0 394 0 600 1 1 1.0 1 1 0.1 OTHERS 768 1,274 29 171 300 2,542 174 1,859 10.7 22 42 143.0 UMD TOTALS 3,735 1,859 160 928 300 6,982 206 2,666 12.9 20 86 205.1 OPP TOTALS 1,024 2,666 67 1,246 87 5,090

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2013 UMD STATS AND SUPERLATIVES PUNTING Alex Brown Andrew Brees UMD TOTALS OPP TOTALS INTERCEPTIONS Travis Nordhus Darion Fletcher Colby Ring Hunter Malberg Buma Foncham David Boegel Nathan Zibolski Kenny Chowa Chris Blake UMD TOTALS OPP TOTALS KICK RETURNS Aaron Roth Justin Fowlkes Travis Nordhus OTHER UMD TOTALS OPP TOTALS

NO YDS AVG LNG TB FC I20 BLK 30 1,001 33.4 49 1 12 10 0 16 554 34.6 59 0 3 3 0 46 1,555 33.8 59 1 15 13 0 84 2,874 34.2 59 4 34 19 1

PUNT RETURNS Aaron Roth David Boegel UMD TOTALS OPP TOTALS

NO YDS AVG TD LNG 3 1 0.3 0 1 3 44 14.7 0 42 3 88 29.3 2 48 2 16 8.0 0 16 1 60 60.0 1 60 1 19 19.0 0 19 1 48 48.0 1 48 1 2 2.0 0 2 1 22 22.0 0 22 16 300 18.8 4 60 9 87 9.7 0 26 NO YDS AVG 18 363 20.2 13 394 30.3 6 127 21.2 4 44 11.0 41 928 22.6 78 1,246 16.0

TD LNG 0 50 0 82 0 29 0 19 0 82 0 51

DEFENSIVE STATS SOLO AST TOT TFL/YDS SACKS/YDS INT/YDS PBU FR/YDS FF BKICK Colby Ring 30 36 66 8.0/28 2.0/13 3/88 3 1/0 2 0 Chris Vandervest 32 27 59 18.0/68 5.0/38 0/0 1 2/91 0 0 Kenny Chowa 41 11 52 7.0/18 1.0/3 1/2 4 0/0 1 0 Gavin Grady 21 29 50 5.0/15 1.5/9 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Nathan Zibolski 25 23 48 7.0/24 3.0/15 1/48 3 2/0 1 0 Nate Zuk 25 23 48 10.0/32 4.0/18 0/0 2 1/0 0 0 Travis Nordhus 19 23 42 0.5/1 0.0/0 3/1 4 0/0 0 0 Chris Blake 29 12 41 2.0/7 0.0/0 1/22 9 0/0 0 0 David Boegel 18 20 38 0.5/3 0.0/0 1/19 3 0/0 0 1 Beau Bates 19 16 35 5.0/14 1.0/4 0/0 1 0/0 3 0 Darion Fletcher 25 10 35 2.5/4 0.0/0 3/44 6 0/0 0 0 Tyler Smrcina 17 15 32 2.5/7 0.0/0 0/0 1 0/0 1 0 Brent Stiglich 15 15 30 0.5/0 0.0/0 0/0 1 0/0 1 0 Ryan Peterson 16 14 30 4.5/20 2.5/16 0/0 0 1/0 2 0 Jordan Bauman 12 15 27 3.5/12 0.5/4 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Buma Foncham 5 17 22 3.0/8 0.0/0 1/60 0 0/0 0 0 Jake Lambrecht 13 9 22 5.5/32 4.0/26 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 Ben McDonald 7 14 21 2.5/6 1.0/3 0/0 0 2/0 0 0 Jacob Brusehaver 8 7 15 3.0/18 2.0/11 0/0 0 1/0 0 0 Jonathan Harden 7 6 13 4.5/17 1.5/10 0/0 0 0/0 0 1 Gavin Brown 10 3 13 3.0/11 2.0/6 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Wade Sebold 6 7 13 0.5/2 0.0/0 0/0 1 2/0 1 0 Jason Carlson 6 6 12 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 1 0/0 0 0 Hunter Malberg 6 5 11 0.5/1 0.0/0 2/16 1 0/0 1 0 Mark Nahorniak 5 4 9 1.0/4 1.0/4 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 Yusef Hassan 2 7 9 2.0/15 2.0/15 0/0 0 1/0 0 0 Clint Nievinski 2 4 6 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Austin Selvick 3 3 6 1.0/16 0.0/0 0/0 0 1/0 0 0 Matt Wicklund 0 5 5 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 1 1/0 0 0 Andrew Muer 2 1 3 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Beau Bofferding 0 3 3 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Craig Huberty 1 2 3 1.0/2 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Justin Fowlkes 1 1 2 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Tim Sommer 0 2 2 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 1/0 0 0 Steve Ierulli 1 0 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Zach Zweifel 0 1 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Austin Sikorski 0 1 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Connor Randall 1 0 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Ryan Miesbauer 1 0 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Caleb Belknap 0 1 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 Mitchell Ziegler 0 0 0 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 1 0/0 0 0 UMD TOTALS 431 398 829 105/388 34/195 16/100 43 16/91 15 2 OPP TOTALS 532 474 1006 78/256 22/109 9/87 27 11/0 15 5

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YDS 131 29 115 138

AVG 13.1 29.0 8.2 11.5

TD 1 0 1 0

LNG 83 0 40 36

2013 UMD SINGLE-GAME HIGHS INDIVIDUAL Rushing Attempts: 24 by Austin Sikorski vs.

Sioux Falls (9/7) Rushing Yards: 212 by Austin Sikorski vs. MSU Moorhead (10/12) Rushing TDs: 4 by Drew Bauer vs. Emporia State (11/23) Long Run: 66 yards by Austin Sikorski vs. St. Cloud State (10/5) Pass Attempts: 31 by Drew Bauer vs. Bemidji State (10/26) and vs. Northwest Missouri State (11/30) Pass Completions: 20 by Drew Bauer vs. Bemidji State (10/26) Passing Yards: 237 by Drew Bauer vs. Bemidji State (10/26) Passing TDs: 4 by Drew Bauer vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/2) Long Pass: 42 yards from Drew Bauer to Zach Zweifel vs. MSU Moorhead (10/12) Pass Receptions: 8 by Zach Zweifel vs. MSU Moorhead (10/12) and vs. Northern State (11/16) Receiving Yards: 106 by Zach Zweifel vs. MSU Moorhead (10/12) TD Receptions: 2 by Taylor Grant vs. Minot State (10/19) Total Plays: 51 by Drew Bauer vs. Northwest Missouri State (11/30) Total Offense Yards: 289 by Drew Bauer vs.

Bemidji State (10/26) Total TDs: 4 by Drew Bauer vs. Emporia State (11/23) Total Tackles: 13 by Kenny Chowa vs Upper Iowa (9/14) QB Sacks: 2.0 by Jake Lambrecht vs Minot State (10/19) and vs. Emporia State (11/23) Tackles For a Loss: 3.5 by Chris Vandervest vs.

Emporia State (11/23) Interceptions - 2 by Darion Fletcher, Travis Nordhus, and Hunter Malberg TEAM First Downs: 28 vs. Sioux Falls (9/7) Total Plays: 79 vs. Sioux Falls (9/7) Total Yards: 619 vs. MSU Moorhead (10/12) Yards Per Play Average: 9.0 vs. MSU Moorhead (10/12) Rushing Attempts: 59 vs. Sioux Falls (9/7), St. Cloud State (10/5), and U-Mary (11/9) Rushing Yards: 476 vs. Emporia State (11/23) Yards Per Rush Average: 9.2 vs. MSU Moorhead (10/12) Passing Yards: 237 vs. Bemidji State (10/26) Yards Per Pass Average: 10.1 vs. Minot State (10/19) QB Sacks: 7 vs. Minot State (10/19) and Emporia State (11/23) Turnovers: 3 vs. Sioux Falls (9/7), Minnesota State (9/21), St. Cloud State (10/5), and Bemidji State (10/26) Interceptions: 5 vs. Emporia State (11/23)

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THIS IS BULLDOG FOOTBALL over Minnesota State University-Moorhead) to claim a share of the NSIC title with MSU-Moorhead. The following year, the Bulldogs did what no UMD outfit had So recordvs the 1930-31 yearbook, The Chronicle, ever done before — finished a season unbeaten and depicting the origins of Bulldog football when the untied — as it posted a perfect 10-0-0 overall record University of Minnesota Duluth wasn’t the University while leading all NCAA II teams in both scoring offense of Minnesota Duluth at all, but rather the Duluth State (35.4 points per game) and scoring defense (7.6 ppg).

Teachers College (DSTC). “Coach Kovach,” a.k.a. Frank

By October 1981, UMD had strung together a 20-game Kovach, an industrial arts specialist organized and winning streak, which at the time was the longest in coached the first team that would later evolve into one all of college football. Then, on Halloween of that year, of the most successful college programs in the land.

MSU-Moorhead knocked the Bulldogs from the ranks Appropriately enough, Kovach directed his troops of the unbeaten, stunning the overflow record-crowd of to a winless season as the Bulldogs debuted in 1930 5,862 at Griggs Field with a 29-0 victory. UMD went on with two ties — a scoreless deadlock against Itasca to finish the season sporting a 9-1-0 mark in all games Junior College, and a 6-6 verdict versus Duluth Junior and placed second to (who else?) MSU-Moorhead in College — and three losses in their only five outings. the league standings.

Following Kovach’s baptismal year, he yielded the The Bulldogs returned to the top of the NSIC heap coaching gavel to Lloyd Peterson in 1931, beginning in 1985 by reeling off seven straight wins to end the an era that would continue through the 1957 season. year, and also laid claim to conference crowns in 1990, Peterson’s (and DSTC’S) first victory ever came in the 1995 and 1996. second tilt of the season against Winona State Teacher’s The 1997 season marked the end of a truly golden College, a 7-0 whitewash. era for Bulldog football. Due to health concerns, the In 1932, the Bulldogs were jammed in a four-way legendary Jim Malosky was forced to retire following a tie for first place in the Northern Intercollegiate Conmemorable 40-year coaching run at UMD. The highest ference, their initial taste of championship football, winning coach in NCAA Division II football history at and in 1934 DSTC captured its first outright title. The the time, Malosky just seemed to get better with age latter part of the 1930s was one of the more fruitful Senior strong safety Jim Johnson and the Bulldogs whoop as his troops finished below the .500 mark on only periods in Bulldog history. From 1934 to 1939, DSTC it up following UMD’s NCAA Division II national title victory two occasions during his final 28 seasons. constructed a 31-7-2 record with championships again over Northwest Missouri State University in 2008.

Upon Malosky’s departure, UMD floundered somein 1937 and 1938. what until the dawn of a new century. Bob Nielson’s The pre-World War II days found the Bulldogs’ footAfter nearly a 30-year absence, UMD rejoined the arrival as head coach in 1999 signaled a resurgence ball program struggling and 1941 produced the worst Northern (Sun) Intercollegiate Conference in 1976. and, in 2001, Nielson and the Bulldogs posted a campaign in the school’s history to that point with a Over the next 28 years, the Bulldogs would suffer just 9-3-0 overall mark, the most victories in a season for 1-6 record. When world peace was restored, however, one losing season in conference play while amassing UMD since 1990. The Bulldogs, who fell just short of the Bulldogs made a quick comeback as they tied for a 196-95-5 record en route to capturing nine NSIC an NSIC crown for the second straight season, made the NIC crown in 1946 and again in 1948. championships. The first of those crowns came in the school’s first-ever postseason appearance by takThe Bulldogs played an independent schedule in 1979 when UMD won its final five league match ups ing part in the 37th Mineral Water Bowl in Excelsior 1949 and traded in their green and gold colors in of the year (including a convincing 34-8 home win Springs, Mo., against Central Missouri State University.

1950 to become the Maroon & Gold of One season later, in 2002, the Bulldogs the University of Minnesota Duluth. enjoyed one of their most productive seaThe newly-named UMD the aligned with sons in team history to that point, going the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Cona perfect 11-0 during the regular season ference (MIAC) in 1950. The 1951 season (including a 9-0 mark in NSIC play when it boiled down to a showdown between the averaged a league-record 47.9 points per Bulldogs and Gustavus Adolphus, and, outing) and earning their inaugural berth in 17-degree wintry weather, the Gusties in the NCAA II playoffs. UMD, which set or stopped the Bulldogs’ drive to bring home equalled 59 team and individual records their first MIAC championship. The followduring the course of the year and were ing season was the most disastrous year NSIC champs for the first time in a half UMD has ever experienced as it suffered dozen years, suffered a 45-41 last-second through an 0-7-1 record. road setback to Northwest Missouri State The mid-1950s were a period for slowly University in its NCAA playoff debut. refueling the program with respectability.

UMD continued its victorious ways in In 1957 Peterson stepped down after 24 2003, posting an 8-3 overall mark. A Nov. years of skiled shepherding the Bulldogs.

15 game against Winona State was to be His replacement was a Crosby-Ironton the Bulldogs’ temporary farewell to the native who had worked wonders at Morris NSIC following 42 years of affiliation split and Morningside (Edina) High Schools — by 26 seasons in the MIAC. After five years Jim Malosky — and within three years, the on the Bulldog sidelines, Nielson traded Bulldogs had earned a MIAC crown. in his headset on December 1, 2003 to UMD successfully defended its title in take over as UMD’s Director of Athletics.

1961, but the slumped again in the midOne of Nielson’s first major moves was to 1960s with three successive sub-.500 hire his successor. Looking west, he found seasons. The Bulldogs were nosed out his man in Kyle “Bubba” Schweigert, who Fueled by a gritty “bend-but-don’t break” defensive unit, the Bulldogs capped off their for the crown in 1967, despite cobbling had paid his dues the previous 15 years together a nifty 7-1-1 record, but again fell second 15-0 season (an NCAA II football first) by upending Delta State University 20-17 as highly-regarded assistant coach at the below the .500 mark in 1968 and 1969. in the 2011 national championship clash.

University of North Dakota. Schweigert

“Duluth State Teachers College had its first team in 1930, and 28 players responded to Coach Kovach’s call ...”

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With Frank Kovach (far left) at the coaching helm, Duluth State Teacher’s College engaged in its first year of varsity competition in 1930, but had to wait until the following fall to post the school’s inaugural win. piloted the Bulldogs through their inaugural go-around of North Central Conference activity five years ago, but it didn’t take long for his troops to settle into their new digs. UMD used a relentless and a record-breaking air attack to tie for the 2005 NCC crown and qualify for NCAA II postseason play for the second time in four years. Schweigert stepped down as head coach after the 2007 season (the final year of competition for the historic NCC) and his replacement was also his predecessor, Bob Nielson. In his first year back at the controls, Nielson proceeded to marshal the Bulldogs through a season for the ages, claiming the school’s first NCAA II title in any sport and going a perfect 150. UMD, which amassed a 10-0 record in NSIC play -- a league first , capped off the 2008 season with a 21-14 triumph over Northwest Missouri State in the NCAA II championship in Florence, Ala. Two weeks earlier, the Bulldogs registered what is arguably the

Ricky Fritz quarterbacked the Bulldogs to their first-ever NCAA II playoff appearance as a senior in 2002.

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most momentous victory in UMD athletic history by derailing perennial NCAA II powerhouse Grand Valley State University 19-13 in overtime. That win came on the road over a team which had, at the time, gone 51-1 and won two NCAA II championships during the past four years. Although it wasn’t able to successfully defend their national title the following fall, UMD still managed to advance to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA II playoffs and walk off with its second straight outright NSIC crown.

But it didn’t take long for the Bulldogs to regain their national championship touch. In 2010, just 24 months removed from capturing the school’s first NCAA II crown in any sport, UMD cobbled together another remarkable 15-0 run. Despite being without the services of four key members of its opening day starting cast on offense -- including three-time All-American running back Isaac Odim (who suffered a season-ending knee injury six weeks in), UMD still managed to walk out of Florence with another NCAA II title trophy in tow, thanks in part to a defense which allowed just 12.7 points per outing during the year -- a figure unmatched by any club in the nation. What’s more, the Bulldogs became the first team in NCAA II history to finish 15-0 in more than one season and just the eighth school to have been crowned champion more than once. Although the Bulldogs were unable to retain the NCAA II title belt in 2011, they did manage to capture a share of their school-record fourth NSIC crown in a row and rolled up 31 consecutive conference victories (four shy of the league record) before succumbing on the road to Wayne State College (Neb.) in week three of the season. UMD also secured its fourth NCAA II playoff berth in as many years and, in the second round, toppled No. 1-ranked and undefeated Colorado State University-Pueblo 24-21 on the road before falling 31-25 to visiting Wayne State University(Mich.) in the quarterfinals the ensuing week. The 2012 season would turn out to be Nielson’s final go-around at UMD as he resigned in late December to assume the head coaching position at Western Illinois University. That was a little over a month after his Bulldogs won a fifth successive NSIC title and participated in NCAA II postseason play for a fifth straight time.

Curt Weise, who was Nielson’s trusty and talented offensive coordinator for five years, was promoted to the

head job in late December 2012 and picked up right where his predecessor left off, directing the Bulldogs to a 11-2 record ,a sixth NSIC North Division title in as many years and another berth in the NCAA II playoffs.

UMD has harvested several outstanding players throughout its rich 81-year history including halfbacks Ted McKnight (the 1976 NCAA II rushing leader), Dick Pesonen and Lou Barle, end Tom Adams, offensive tackle Vern Emerson, and defensive tackle Dave Viaene-- all of whom did time in the National Football League.Another Bulldog product, the late Dan Devine, gained national recognition as a respected collegiate and professional coach. Devine, who captained and quarterbacked UMD in 1947, went on to enjoy prosperous head coaching stays at the University of Missouri, the University of Notre Dame (where he won a national championship) and the Green Bay Packers. Most recently, outside linebacker Russ Rabe, UMD’s all-time quarterback sack leader, joined the school’s legends by signing a free agent contract with the New Orleans Saints in April 2005 before going on suit up for the NFL Europe’s Hamburg Sea Devils the next summer. In addition, quarterback Ted Schlafke distinguished himself following a brilliant four-year collegiate stay in 2008 by becoming the first Bulldog to land a spot on the American Football Coaches Association All-American team as well as the first to be a Harlon Hill Award (most outstanding player in NCAA) quarter finalist. Odim repeated that Harlon Hill feat one year later while landing on five separate All-American teams.The school’s only three-year football All-American (2008-10), Odim exited UMD owning no less than 17 team single-game, single-season and lifetime records and, in the summer of 2011, strutted his stuff with the San Diego Chargers of the NFL during the preseason as a free agent. Two years a go, offensive guard Garth Heikkinen, who started in a school-record 54 consecutive games, was bestowed with the Gene Upshaw Division II National Lineman of the Year Award (a UMD first) in addition to being named to a programbest six different All-American teams.

UMD, which featured the likes of defensive tackle Craig Nasvik (above), won the first of two NIC championships in 1979 and launched a winning streak that would reach a school-record 20 games late into the 1981 season.

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UMD AND THE HARLON HILL TROPHY/GENE UPSHAW AWARD The Harlon Hill Trophy has been awarded annually since 1986 to the most outstanding player in NCAA Division II football and is voted on by the sports information directors from the nation’s 150-plus NCAA II football-playing schools.

UMD’S HARLON HILL TROPHY CANDIDATES

2009—Isaac Odim (RB) - Top 9 Finalist (Finished 4th in the final voting) 2008—Ted Schlafke (QB) - Quarterfinalist (Finished 4th in the final voting) 2005—Greg Aker (WR) - Top 24 Candidate 2003—Tim Battaglia (WR) - Top 24 Candidate 1986—Corey Veech (RB) - Top 24 Candidate

Isaac Odim

Ted Schlafke

Greg Aker

Tim Battaglia

Corey Veech

GENE UPSHAW DIVISION II LINEMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD

The Gene Upshaw Lineman of the Year Award has been presented annually since 2004 to the top NCAA Division II junior or senior offensive or defensive lineman in the nation. Sports information directors from each of the football-playing Division II institutions are the sole voters.

UMD’S GENE UPSHAW AWARD CANDIDATES 2012—Garth Heikkinen (Recipient)

Garth Heikkinen

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2010—Isaac Odim 1997—Steve Blackmarr

Steve Blackmarr

Isaac Odim

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COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD (NCAA DIVISION II) The Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award is the leading college footballhonor recognizing coaches for their sportsmanship, integrity, responsibility and excellence, on and off field.

UMD’S LIBERTY MUTUAL COACH OF THE YEAR CANDIDATES 2013—Curt Wiese (Recipient) 2011—Bob Nielson (Finalist) 2010—Bob Nielson (Recipient)

Curt Wiese

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BULLDOG ALL-AMERICANS

Robbie Aurich

Nate Baier

Gary Birkholz

Mitch Cady

Terry Egerdahl

Cody Eich

BULLDOG ALL-AMERICANS

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Garth Heikkinen

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2013—Colby Ring-LB (*1st Team/#2nd Team/ +HM) 2013—Tom Olson-OT (@1st Team, ^1st Team) 2013—Chris Vandervest-DE (^HM) 2013—Grant Schnobrich-C (^HM) 2012—Garth Heikkinen-OG (#1st Team/

*1st Team/+1st Team/@1st Team/^1st Team/∆2nd Team) 2012—Aaron Roth-RS/WR (∆3rd Team) 2012—Buma Foncham-NT (^HM) 2012—Andrew Muer-OG (^HM) 2012—Chase Vogler-QB (^HM) 2011—Garth Heikkinen-OG (*1st Team/

+1st Team/@1st Team/#2nd Team/∆HM) 2011—David Nadeau-PK (+2nd Team) 2011—Cody Eich-DB (^HM) 2011—Cory Flesch-OT (+HM) 2011—Rob Huberty-LB (+HM) 2011—Derrick Zappa-DB (^HM) 2010—Cody Eich-DB (^1st Team) 2010—Kiel Fechtelkotter-LB (#1st Team/+1st

Team/@1st Team) 2010—Jim Kunz-NT (^1st Team) 2010—Issac Odim-RB (#2nd Team/@2nd Team) 2010—D.J. Winfield-WR (@2nd Team) 2009—Robbie Aurich-LB (@1st Team/

^1st Team/+3rd Team) 2009—Tobias Lemke-C (+@1st Team)

2009—Isaac Odim-RB (*1st Team/+1st Team/

@1st Team/^1st Team) 2008—Nate Baier-OG (^1st Team/

#2nd Team/+2nd Team/ @2nd Team) 2008—Mitch Cady-OT (^1st Team) 2008—Jim Johnson-DB (^2nd Team) 2008—Tobias Lemke-C (^3rd Team) 2008—Isaac Odim-RB (^3rd Team/+HM) 2008—Ted Schlafke-QB (#1st Team/

*1st Team/^1st Team/@HM) 2008—D.J. Winfield-WR (3rd Team)^ 2008—Tyler Yelk-DB (+1st Team/@3rd Team/

#2nd Team/^3rd Team) 2008—Ben Loth-LB (^HM) 2005—Marcus Davis-DB (~4th Team) 2004—Russ Rabe-LB (@3rd Team) 2003—Russ Rabe-DE (^1st Team) 2002—Peter Lawton-OG (^2nd Team) 2002—Nate Reimers-OT (^3rd Team) 2001—Peter Lawton-OG (^HM) 2001—Kevin Westbrock-DB (^HM) 1989—Brent Griffith-OT (#^2nd Team) 1988—Chris Westberg-DB (^1st Team) 1986—Corey Veech-RB (#2nd Team) 1986—Scott Claflin-DB (#HM) 1986—Wayde Preston-LB (#HM) 1986—Mark Turcott-DT (#HM)

1983—Marty Fadness-LB (#HM) 1982—Gary Birkholz-OG/OC (#1st Team/≠ Second Team) 1981—Brad Havron-DE (≠2nd Team) 1981—Boyd Hanson-RB (#HM) 1980—Amory Bodin-RB (≠HM) 1980—Mike Thomas-OT (#3rd Team) 1979—Tom Lawrence-DB (#HM) 1978—Cal Barr-LB (#3rd Team) 1978—Amory Bodin-RB (#HM) 1976—Ted McKnight-RB (#1st Team) 1975—Terry Egerdahl-RB (#1st Team) 1974—Mark Johnson-DB (#1st Team) 1961—Ron Kostiliz-OT (≠2nd Team) 1961—John Nachtsheim-RB (≠2nd Team) 1959—Dick Pesonen-RB (#HM) #Associated Press Little All-American *American Football Coaches Association +d2football.com @Daktronics ^Don Hansen Football Gazette ∆Beyond Sports College Network ~CollegeSports.com ≠NAIA

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Jim Kunz

Tobias Lemke

Ted McKnight

Isaac Odim

Russ Rabe

Colby Ring

Ted Schlafke

Chris Westberg

Tyler Yelk

Tom Olson

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UMD ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS ALL-NORTHERN SUN INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE

2013—Kenny Chowa, DB; Buma Foncham, DL; Andrew Muer, OL; Tom Olson, OL; Colby Ring,

LB; Grant Schnobrich, OL; Austin Sikorski, RB; Chris Vandervest, DL. 2012—Andrew Brees, PK; Jake Bscherer, OL; Kenny Chowa, DB; Buma Foncham, DL; Cameron

Harper, DB; Garth Heikkinnen, OL; Andrew Muer, OL; Colby Ring, LB; Aaron Roth, RS. 2011—Cody Eich, DB; Cory Flesch, OL; Garth Heikkinen, OL; Rob Huberty, LB; David

Nadeau, PK; Chris Vandervest, DL; Derrick Zappa, LB. 2010—Robbie Aurich, LB; Cody Eich, DB; Kiel Fechtelkotter, LB*; Cory Flesch, OL; Cameron

Harper, DB; Garth Heikkinen, OL; Francis Herzog, OL; Rob Huberty, LB; Eli Kelley, OL; Jim

Kunz, DL; David Nadeau, PK; Isaac Odim, RB#; Chase Vogler, QB; D.J. Winfield, WR/KR/PR. 2009–Robbie Aurich, LB*; Jake Coauette, TE; Kiel Fechtelkotter, LB; Korey Horn, LB; Tobias

Lemke, OC; David Nadeau, PK; Isaac Odim, RB#; Kevin Pexa, DE; Cole Strilzuk, DB;

Sam Whitney, OT; D.J. Winfield, WR/RS; Brandon Wood, DB. 2008–Nate Baier, OG; Mitch Cady, OT; Jake Comnick, LB; Drew Fautsch, DE; Jim Johnson,

DB; Tobias Lemke, OC; Ben Loth, LB; Isaac Odim, RB; Ted Schlafke, QB#; D.J.

Winfield, WR~; Tyler Yelk, DB. 2003—Adam Fechhelm, C; Chris Gaines, CB; Dave Otto, LB; Russ Rabe, DE; Dan Soldner, OG. 2002— Tim Battaglia, WR@; Nate Davis, DE; Ricky Fritz, QB#; Chad Gerlach, PK; Cash Langeness, DB; Peter Lawton, OG; Nate Reimers, OT; Ben Tahja, DT; Mike Walters, DT. 2001—Steve Battaglia, WR; Peter Lawton, OT; Patrick Paulsen, OT; Kevin Westbrock, DB*.

2000—Steve Battaglia, WR; Peter Lawton, OT; Jimmy Malo, LB; Kevin Westbrock, DB. 1999—None 1998—Jeff Holubar, DE; Nate Miller, DT; Tim Rohweder, OG; Trevor Theelke, QB. 1997— Wes Bonine, SE; Brian DeDominces, DB; Sam Hardwig, HB; Nate Miller, DT; Tim Rohweder, OG. 1996— Sam Hardwig, HB; Mike Haedt, LB; Kurt King, OG; Brian Oman, OT; Shawn Racine,

DB; Andy Wolf, DB. 1995— David Floysand,QB; Scott Graunke, DE *; Kurt King, OG; Brian Oman, OT; Brian Potocnik, LB; Chad Stoskopf, DE. 1994—Marc Achterkirch, LB; Kurt King, OG; Tony Poncelet, TE; Noble Rainville, PK. 1993—Marc Achterkirch, LB; Dave Emerson, OG; Paul Lombard, OC; Greg Valaskey, QB. 1992—Mark Adler, DE; Ted Greely, OC; Bob Schwartz, OT; Jason Wolf, DB; Jeff Walker, TE. 1991—Sean Callahan, LB; Paul Paczynski, OT; Eric Rajala, HB; Bob Schwartz, OT. 1990— Korey Jazdzewski, DT; Paul Paczynski, OT; Eric Rajala, HB; Dale Roehl, DB; Ron Viaene, DT; Chris Westberg, DB. 1989—Mark Callaway, DB; Scott Concannon, DE; Dale Gessell, QB; Brent Griffith, OT. 1988—Jeff Dunnell, C; Bill Mestelle, DB; Steve Siroin, DE; Chris Westberg, DB. 1987— Jeff Dunnell, C; Jim Malosky, Jr., QB; Bill Mestelle, DB; Greg Ogren, LB; Mike Petrich, DB; Ron Terres, DB; Dave Viaene, DT. 1986— Scott Claflin, DB; Jim Malosky, Jr., QB; Phil Peichel, LB; Wayde Preston, LB; Mark Turcott, DT; Corey Veech, HB. 1985— Leon Banks, C; Jon DeRungs, DE; Kevin Nevala, DB; Steve Peterson, DB+; Craig Potocnik, LB; Mark Turcott, DT; Corey Veech, HB. 1984—Paul Eid, C; Scott Marshall, FB; Steve McGuire, OT; Jeff Sajdak, DB. 1983— Bill Dunsmoor, OG; Marty Fadness, LB; Judd Frahm, DT; Steve Graham, TE; Bruce Grant, QB. 1982— Gary Birkholz, C; Boyd Hanson, HB; Brad Havron, DE; Steve Graham, TE; Craig Nasvik, DT. 1981— Gary Birkholz, C; Jim Crawford, DB; Boyd Hanson, HB; Tom Lawrence, DB; Tom Stoll, HB. 1980— Amory Bodin, RB+; Tom Lawrence, DB; Craig Nasvik, DT; Tom Stoll, HB; Tom Swanson, C; Mike Thomas, OT. 1979—Dave Kent, OT; Tom Lawrence, DB; Brad Mundy, TE; Tom Stoll, HB; Mark Tuska, DE. 1978—Amory Bodin, HB; Cal Barr, LB; Vince Ekroot, DT. 1977—Dave Nelson, OG; Cal Barr, LB; Dan Hofman, DE. 1976—Dave Nelson, OG; Ted McKnight, HB; Pat Kubat, DT. 1948—John Kutschied, T; Fred Murphy, HB. 1947—Bob Galinski, HB; Wes Olson, T. 1946—Bob Galinski, HB; Gus Novotney, E; Wes Olson, T. 1942—None 1941—None 1940—Ozzie Simonich, T. 1939—Al Wendfelt, LT; Ozzie Simonich, T. 1938—Francis Gorham, LE; Al Wendfelt, RG. 1936—Louis Barle, T; Maurice Gorham, QB. 1935—Irving Apmann, G; Louis Barle, T. 1934—Jack O’Hehir, RT; Norm Johnson, LG. 1933—None 1932—Frank Visavotti, T.

Peter Lawton

Eric Rajala

Tyler Yelk

ALL-NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE 2007— Tyler Yelk, DB 2006— Greg Aker, WR; Mark Knudsen, OG 2005-- None 2004—Geoff Fischer, DE; Russ Rabe, LB.

ALL-MINNESOTA INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

1975—Barry Becklin, LB; Terry Egerdahl, HB; Pat Kubat, DT; Dave Nelson, OG. 1974—Barry Becklin, LB; Terry Egerdahl, HB; Mark Johnson, DB; Pat Kubat, DT. 1973—John Casey, C; Terry Egerdahl, HB; Mark Johnson, DB; Eric Kaiser, FB; Mike Staum, DE. 1972—Scott Hanna, C; Steve Skildum, LB. 1971—Daryl Niemi, DT; Steve Skildum, LB. 1970—Tom Cady, C. 1969—Al Decker, G. 1968—Neil Ladsten, T; Dick Voltzke, FB. 1967— Vern Emerson, DT, OT; Eric Eversley, HB; Dave Halverson, G; Neil Ladsten, DE; Bob Wilkowski, E. 1966—Vern Emerson, DT; Eric Eversley, HB; Don Larson, DE. 1965—Pat Delaney, LB; Gary Egerdahl, DB; Dean Hoglund, DE. 1964—Dick Fisher, LB; Dean Hoglund, DE; Dick LeBeau, HB. 1963—Dick Carlson T; Dick LeBeau, HB; Ken Schloer, LB. 1962— Ed Galarneault, T; Jack McDowell, G; John Nachtsheim, HB; Bob Naslund, QB; Ken Schloer, FB; Jerry Wherley, C. 1961— Tom Adams, E; Pat Delaney, G; Bruce Johnson, HB; Ron Kosteliz, T; Ed Lundstrom, QB; John Nachtsheim, HB; Jerry Wherley, C. 1960— Pat Delaney, G; Skip Fontaine, QB; Ron Kosteliz, T; Dave Lindstrom, E; John Nachtsheim, HB; Jerry Richardson, HB; Jerry Wherley, C. 1959—George Melin, T; Dick Pesonen, HB; Lino Rauzi, G. 1958—Dick Pesonen, HB. 1957—Dick Forbort, E; Marv Heikkinen, HB; Dennis Peterson, C. 1956—Darrel Warner, HB. 1955—None 1954—Dave Erholtz, E; Darrel Warner, HB. 1953—None 1952—Bobby Daniels, DB 1951—Ken Johnson, FB; Phil LeTourneau, C; Bob Murray, E.

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Tom Stoll

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BULLDOGS IN THE NFL/POSTSEASON BOWL PARTICIPANTS

Tom Adams

Lou Barle

Terry Egerdahl

National Football League Draft Picks From UMD Player Brent Griffith Dave Viaene Ted McKnight Terry Egerdahl Dick Voltzke Vern Emerson

Pos OT DT RB RB FB OT

Year 1990 1988 1977 1976 1969 1968

Round (No.) 7th (166) 8th (214) 2nd (51) 6th (180) 14th (350) 12th (313)

Vern Emerson

Team Buffalo Houston Oakland Minnesota Green Bay St. Louis

Ted McKnight

Bulldogs in the National Football League Player Pos Team(s) Dave Viaene OT New England, Green Bay Ted McKnight RB Kansas City, Buffalo Vern Emerson OT St. Louis Tom Adams TE Minnesota Dick Pesonen DB Green Bay, Minnesota,

New York Giants Lou Barle FB Detroit, Cleveland Rams

Year(s) 1989-90, 92 1977-82 1968-71 1962 1960-64 1938-39

Bulldogs in NFL Europe Player Russ Rabe

Pos Team(s) LB Hamburg Sea Devils

Year(s) 2006

Dave Viaene

Tom Adams

UMD Postseason Bowl/All-Star Game Players Player Pos Garth Heikkinen OG Ted Schlafke QB Tyler Yelk DB Greg Aker WR Russ Rabe LB Russ Rabe LB Tim Rohweder OG Dave Emerson OG Dave Viaene OTL Eric Eversley DB

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Vern Emerson

Brent Griffith

Ted McKnight

Dick Pesonen

Dave Viaene

Dick Voltzke

Bowl/All-Star Game East-West Shrine Game Cactus Bowl (NCAA II All-Star Game) Cactus Bowl (NCAA II All-Star Game) World Championship of American Football Hula Bowl Cactus Bowl (NCAA II All-Star Game) Snow Bowl (NCAA II All-Star Game) Snow Bowl (NCAA II All-Star Game) East-West Shrine Game Upper Midwest College All-Star Game

Garth Heikkinen

Year 2012 2008 2008 2007 2005 2005 1999 1994 1988 1968

Russ Rabe

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UMD TEAM AWARD WINNERS JIM OVERLIE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD 2013—Tom Olson (o),

Chris Vandervest (d) 2012—Chase Vogler (o),

Colby Ring (d) 2011—Chase Vogler (o),

Cameron Harper (d) 2010—Chase Vogler (o),

Kiel Fechtelkotter (d) 2009—Isaac Odim (o),

Robbie Aurich (d) 2008—Ted Schlafke (o),

Tyler Yelk (d) 2007—Ted Schlafke (o),

Jim Johnson, Tyler Yelk (d)

2006—Ted Schlafke (o),

Tyler Yelk (d) 2005—Ted Schlafke (o),

Marcus Davis (d) 2004—Dave Rufledt (o),

Russ Rabe (d) 2003—Cash Langeness (o),

Russ Rabe (d) 2002—Ricky Fritz (o),

Nate Davis (d) 2001—Ricky Fritz (o),

Kevin Westbrock (d) 2000—Steve Battaglia (o),

Kevin Westbrock (d)

2013—Tom Olson (o),

Chris Vandervest (d) 2012—Garth Heikkinen (o),

Chris Vandervest (d) 2011—Garth Heikkinen (o),

Chris Vandervest (d) 2010—Garth Heikkinen (o),

Jim Kunz (d) 2009—Tobias Lemke (o),

Tyler Johnson (d) 2008—Nate Baier (o),

Dustin Timmersman (d) 2007—Russell Foster (o),

Dustin Timmersman (d) 2006—Mark Knudsen (o),

Dustin Timmersman (d)

2005—Talo Tavale (o),

Matt Hofman (d) 2004—Adam Fechhelm (o),

Geoff Fischer (d) 2003—Dan Soldner 2002—Peter Lawton 2001—Peter Lawton 2000—Peter Lawton 1999—Mike Tuisee 1998—Tim Rohweder 1997—Tim Rohweder 1996—Kurt King 1995—Kurt King 1994—Kurt King 1993—Dave Emerson 1992—Bob Schwartz

1999—Ricky Fritz (o),

Justin Wood (d) 1998—Trevor Theelke 1997—Brian DeDominces 1996—Trevor Theelke 1995—Scott Graunke 1994—Marc Achterkirch 1993—Greg Valaskey 1992—Greg Valaskey 1991—Eric Rajala 1990—Eric Rajala 1989—Dale Gessell 1988—Chris Westberg 1987—Mike Petrich

1986—Corey Veech 1985—Steve Peterson 1984—Scott Marshall 1983—Steve Graham 1982—Boyd Hanson 1981—Tom Stoll 1980—Amory Bodin 1979—Tom Stoll 1978—Amory Bodin 1977—Dave Nelson, Doug Lien 1976—Ted McKnight 1975—Terry Egerdahl 1974—Mark Johnson 1973—Terry Egerdahl

1972—Steve Skildum 1971—Tom Cady 1970—Al Decker 1969—Dick Voltzke 1968—Gary Egerdahl 1967—Gary Egerdahl 1966—Eric Eversley 1962-65—NA 1961—John Nachtsheim 1960—Skip Fontaine

DUCE RASMUSSEN OUTSTANDING LINEMAN AWARD 1991—Paul Paczynski 1990—Paul Paczynski 1989—Scott Concannon 1988—Jeff Dunnell 1987—Jeff Dunnell 1986—Mark Turcott 1985—Leon Banks 1984—Steve McGuire 1983—Bill Dunsmoor, Judd Frahm 1982—Brad Havron 1981—Gary Birkholz 1980—Mike Thomas 1979—Vince Ekroot, Mark Tuska 1978—Vince Ekroot 1977—Dave Nelson 1976—Pat Kubat

1975—Pat Kubat 1974—Pat Kubat 1973—John Casey 1972—Scott Hanna 1971—Daryl Niemi 1970—Tom Cady 1969—Bruce Bloomgren 1968—Glen Kelly 1967—Vern Emerson 1966—Jerry Broselle 1965—Dean Hoglund 1964—Dean Hoglund 1963—Dick Carlson 1962—Jerry Wherley 1961—Ron Kosteliz 1960—Pat Delaney

1959—George Melin 1958—Clyde Smith 1957—Dick Forbort 1956—Dick Forbort 1955—Ken Lundgren 1954—John Bymark 1953—Earl DeRocher

Ricky Fritz

Gary Egerdahl

Paul Paczynski

Ted Schlafke

Kurt King

Dave Nelson

Greg Valaskey

Jeff Dunnell

Chase Vogler

Dick Forbort

Pat Kubat

Dustin Timmersman

Peter Lawton

Amory Bodin

Garth Heikkinen

Vince Ekroot

Tyler Yelk

Kevin Westbrock

Tim Rohweder

Tom Stoll

Trevor Theelke

UMD TEAM RECORDS FIRST DOWNS Game: 37 vs. Concordia St. Paul (9/15/12) Season: 335 (2008) FIRST DOWNS RUSHING Game: 27 vs. Bemidji State (10/12/91) and Southwest Minnesota State (10/16/76) Season: 208 (2010) FIRST DOWNS PASSING Game: 18 vs. Augustana (10/6/07), South Dakota (10/29/05) and MSU-Moorhead (9/17/05) Season: 140 (2008) FIRST DOWNS BY PENALTY Game: 6 vs. Wisconsin-Stout (11/11/00) Season: 29 (2002) RUSHES Game: 82* vs. Southwest Minnesota State* (10/22/88) Season: 722 (2010) RUSHING YARDAGE Game: 556* vs. Southwest Minnesota State (10/16/76) Season: 4,137 (2010) RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS Game: 9 vs. Southwest Minnesota State (10/16/76) Season: 50 (2009) PASS ATTEMPTS Game: 64 vs. North Dakota (11/12/05) Season: 498 (2005) PASS COMPLETIONS Game: 37 vs. St. Cloud State (11/10/07) Season: 310 (2005)

PASS COMPLETION PERCENTAGE Game: 1.000 (9/9) vs. Wisconsin-Superior (9/5/81) Season: .636 (222/346) (2008) PASSING YARDAGE Game: 458 vs. South Dakota (10/29/05) Season: 3,369 (2005) TOUCHDOWNS BY PASSING Game: 7 vs. South Dakota (10/29/05) Season: 37 (2008 and 2002) PASSES INTERCEPTED Game: 8 vs. Southwest Minnesota State (11/7/87) Season: 21 (2004) TOTAL PLAYS Game: 98 vs. Winona State (11/4/00) Season: 1,014 (2008) TOTAL OFFENSE Game: 675 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (9/15/12) Season: 7,966 (2010) YARDS PER PLAY Game: 10.2 (59/601) vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/3/09) & Waldorf College (10/4/03) Season: 6.62 (973/6,449) (2010) TOUCHDOWNS Game: 11 vs. Minnesota-Crookston (9/28/02) Season: 86 (2008) POINTS Quarter: 41 (1st quarter) vs.

MSU-Moorhead (10/3/09) Half: 55 (1st half) vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/3/09) Game: 76 vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/3/09) and Minnesota-Crookston (9/28/02) Season: 595 (2010)

POINTS ALLOWED Game: 63 vs. Winona State (10/18/97) Season: 301 (2005) INTERCEPTIONS Game: 7 vs. Winona State (10/3/81) and Southwest Minnesota State (10/3/81) Season: 35 (1981) QUARTERBACK SACKS Game: 10 vs. Bemidji State (9/1/07) Season: 49 (2008) WINNING STREAKS Overall: 20 games (11/3/79 to 10/24/81) Home: 18 games (10/21/00 to 8/28/04) Away: 24 games (11/10/07 to 9/15/12) Conference: 34 games (9/30/08 to 9/22/12- NSIC) LOSING STREAKS Overall: 10 games (9/27/52 to 10/3/53) Home: 7 games (10/30/54 to 10/6/56) Away: 7 games (11/3/51 to 10/3/53) Conference: 9 games (11/3/51-10/3/53 - MIAC) VICTORIES IN ONE SEASON: Overall: 15 (2010 & 2008) Home: 8 (2010) Away: 9 (2008) Conference: 10 (2013, 2012, 2010, 2009 & 2008 - NSIC) MARGINS OF VICTORY UMD: 71 points — UMD 71, Minnesota-Morris 0 (9/17/01 in Duluth) OPP: 54 points — St. John's 60, UMD 6 (9/28/63 in Duluth)

*NSIC record

UMD’S NCAA DIVISION II STATISTICAL CHAMPIONS Player Mike Petrich Amory Bodin Ted McKnight Terry Egerdahl

INDIVIDUAL Catergory Interceptions Scoring Rushing Yardage Punt Return Yardage

Year Avg./Total 1987 0.82 ipg 1980 11.6 ppg 1976 148.2 ypg 1975 27.7 ypr

TEAM Year Catergory 2012 Third Down Percentage 2010 Scoring Defense 2005 Kickoff Return Yardage 1980 Scoring Offense 1980 Scoring Defense 1980 Rushing Offense 1977 Scoring Defense 1974 Scoring Defense

Avg./Total 54.84 percent 12.7 ppg 26.8 ypr 35.4 ppg 7.6 ppg 307.3 ypg 7.8 ppg 5.6 ppg

Note: UMD also holds one other NCAA II record: Most Blocked Field Goals in One Game: 4 vs. Winona State on Nov. 4, 2000 -- all in the fourth quarter

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Running back Amory Bodin and the 1980 Bulldogs ranked first in the NCAA Division II in both scoring offense and scoring defense -- one of only two schools to ever accomplish that feat. Bodin finished that year as the NCAA II scoring leader with 116 points in 10 games.

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UMD INDIVIDUAL RECORDS RUSHES Game: 41 — Sam Hardwig vs. Minnesota- Morris (10/23/95) Season: 269 — Corey Veech (1986) Career: 606 — Corey Veech (1983-86) RUSHING YARDAGE Game: 236 — Erik Conner vs. Bemidji State (10/21/00) Season: 1,808 — Isaac Odim (2009) Career: 4,242 — Isaac Odim (2008-010) RUSHING YARD AVERAGE Game: 15.4 (11/169) — Isaac Odim vs.

MSU-Moorhead (10/2/10) Season: 7.3 (224/1,638) — Isaac Odim (2008) Career: 7.2 (589/4,242) — Isaac Odim (2008-10) TOUCHDOWNS BY RUSHING Game: 6 — Ted McKnight vs. Southwest Minnesota State (10/16/76)* Season: 29 by Isaac Odim (2009) Career: 72 — Isaac Odim (2008-10) 100+ YARDS RUSHING GAMES Season: 12 — Isaac Odim (2008) Career: 25 — Isaac Odim (2008-10) Consecutive: 12 — Isaac Odim (2009) PASS ATTEMPTS Game: 64 — Ted Schlafke vs. North Dakota (11/12/05) Season: 490 — Ted Schlafke (2005) Career: 1,692 — Ted Schlafke (2005-08) Without an Interception: 133 — Trevor Theelke (1996) PASS COMPLETIONS Game: 37 — Ted Schlafke vs. St. Cloud State (11/10/07) Season: 305 — Ted Schlafke (2005) Career: 1,055— Ted Schlafke (2005-08) Consecutive: 15 — Ricky Fritz vs. Winona State (11/6/99) PASS COMPLETION PERCENTAGE Game: 1.000 (8/8) — Erik Anderson vs.

Minnesota-Morris (9/17/01) Season: .657 (46/70) — Cash Langeness (2003) Career: .624 (1,055/1,692) — Ted Schlafke (2005-08)

Ted McKnight

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Cash Langeness PASSING YARDAGE Game: 457 — Ted Schlafke vs. South Dakota (10/29/05) Season: 3,335 — Ted Schlafke (2005) Career:11,587 — Ted Schlafke (2005-08) TOUCHDOWN PASSES Game: 6 by Ted Schlafke vs. South Dakota (10/29/05) and by Ricky Fritz vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/12/02) and Bemidji State (10/27/01) Season: 35 — Ted Schlafke (2008) Career: 106 — Ted Schlafke (2005-08) Consecutive Games with a Touchdown Pass: 18 — Ted Schlafke (9/27/05-10/7/06) PASS RECEPTIONS Game: 12 — Tim Battaglia vs. Bemidji State (10/27/01) Season: 77 — Vinny Flury (2005) Career: 189 — Tim Battaglia (2000-2003) Consecutive Games with a Pass Reception: 40 — D.J. Winfield (9/28/08-11/27/10) PASS RECEPTION YARDAGE Game: 249 — Tim Battaglia vs.

Concordia-St. Paul (10/25/03) Season: 1,201 — D.J. Winfield (2008) Career: 3,585 — Tim Battaglia (2000-2003) PASS RECEPTION YARD AVERAGE Game: 35.1 (7/246) — Steve Battaglia vs.

Concordia-St.Paul (10/7/00) Season: 27.7 (14/388) — Gene Giles (1982) Career: 22.9 (42/916) — Mike Petrich (1985-87, 89) PASS RECEPTION TOUCHDOWNS Game: 5 — Tim Battaglia vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/12/02)* Season: 19 — Tim Battaglia (2002) Career: 38 — Tim Battaglia (2000-2003) Consecutive Games with a Touchdown Reception: 8 — Greg Aker (9/17/05-11/5/05) ALL-PURPOSE YARDS Game: 354 — Isaac Odim vs. Concordia-St. Paul (8/29/09) Season: 2,496 — Isaac Odim (2009) Career: 5,593 — Isaac Odim (2008-10)

INTERCEPTIONS THROWN Game: 7 — Jim Malosky, Jr. vs. Southwest Minnesota State (11/7/87) Season: 17 — Ted Schlafke (2005) Career: 53 — Ted Schlafke (2005-08) and Ricky Fritz (1998-2002) TOTAL PLAYS Game: 84 — Ted Schlafke vs. St. Cloud State (11/10/07) Season: 631 — Ted Schlafke (2007) Career: 2,237 — Ted Schlafke (2005-08) TOTAL YARDAGE Game: 508 — Ted Schlafke vs. St. Cloud State (11/5/05) Season: 3,591# — Ted Schlafke (2005) Career: 13,021 — Ted Schlafke (2008) INTERCEPTIONS Game: 3 — by Eight Bulldogs (including Mike Petrich three times) Season: 9 — Chris Westberg (1988) and Mike Petrich (1987) Career: 19 — Mike Petrich (1985-87, 89) and Scott Claflin (1983-86) INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDAGE Game: 144 — Chris Westberg vs. Minnesota Morris (10/1/88) Season: 278 — Chris Westberg (1988) Career: 363 — Mike Petrich (1985-87, 89) PASS BREAKUPS Game: 4 — by Brandon Wood vs. Northern Sate (10/10/09) Season: 15 — Marcus Davis (2005) Career: 28 — Brandon Wood (2006-09) PUNTS Game: 12 — Steve Kragseth vs. Northern Michigan (9/10/83) Season: 69 — John Olson (1970) Career: 215 — Luke Radke (2004-07) PUNTING YARDAGE Game: 481 — Steve Kragseth vs. Northern Michigan (9/10/83) Season: 2,809 — John Olson (1970) Career: 7,907 — Luke Radke (2004-07) PUNTING AVERAGE Game: 51.0 (4/204)— Luke Radke vs. South Dakota (9/15/07) Season: 43.0 — Amory Bodin (1977) Career: 39.6 — Amory Bodin (1976-78, 1980)

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UMD INDIVIDUAL RECORDS PUNT RETURNS Game: 8 — Corey Veech vs. Bemidji State (11/2/85) Season: 39 — Cash Langeness (2002) Career: 91 — Cash Langeness (2000-03) PUNT RETURN YARDAGE Game: 106 — Cash Langeness vs. Southwest Minnesota State (9/20/03) Season: 360 — Terry Egerdahl (1975) Career: 843 — Cash Langeness (2000-03) PUNT RETURN AVERAGE Game: 52.0 — Ted McKnight vs. MSU- Moorhead (11/6/76) Season: 27.7 — Terry Egerdahl (1975) Career: 11.3 — Terry Egerdahl (1972-75) KICKOFF RETURNS Game: 8 — Erik Hanson vs. St. Cloud State (9/11/99) Season: 29 — Erik Hanson (1999) Career: 77 — Cash Langeness (2000-03) KICKOFF RETURN YARDAGE Game: 179 — Erik Hanson vs.

MSU-Mankato (9/4/99) Season: 719 — Marcus Davis (2005) Career: 2,123 — Cash Langeness (2000-03) KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE Game: 44.8 (4/179) — Erik Hanson vs. MSU Mankato (9/4/99) Season: 35.9 (13/467) — Isaac Odim (2009) Career: 27.6 (23/724) — Isaac Odim (2008-10) TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS Game: 6* — Ted McKnight vs.

Southwest Minnesota State (10/16/76) Season: 33 — Isaac Odim (2009) Career: 82 — Isaac Odim (2008-10) POINTS Game: 36* — Ted McKnight vs.

Southwest Minnesota State (10/16/76) Season: 198 — Isaac Odim (2009) Career: 492 — Isaac Odim (2008-10)

David Nadeau EXTRA POINTS (1) MADE Game: 10 — Chad Gerlach vs. Minnesota- Crookston (9/28/02) and vs. Waldorf College (10/04/03) Season: 74 — David Nadeau (2010) Career: 258 — David Nadeau (2008-11 ) Consecutive: 75 — David Nadeau (10/30/10-12/3/11) EXTRA POINTS (1) ATTEMPTED Game: 11 — Chad Gerlach vs. Minnesota- Crookston (9/28/02) Season: 78 — David Nadeau (2010) Career: 271 — David Nadeau (2008-11)

FIELD GOALS MADE Game: 4 — David Nadeau vs. Bemidji State (9/24/11) and Mark Holsten vs. Southwest Minnesota State (9/29/84) Season: 15 — David Nadeau (2010) Career: 44 — David Nadeau (2008-11) Consecutive 12 - David Nadeau (10/30/10- 12/18/10) FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED Game: 5 — Britt Bauman vs. Upper Iowa (10/25/04) Season: 18 —David Nadeau (2010) Career: 60— David Nadeau (2008-11) POINTS BY A PLACEKICKER Game: 14 — David Nadeau vs. Mary (9/27/08) and Chad Gerlach vs. Bemidji State (11/2/02) Season: 119 — David Nadeau (2010) Career: 390— David Nadeau (2008-11) TOTAL TACKLES Game: 18 — Brian Potocnik vs. Northern State (9/26/92) Season: 108 — Marc Achterkirch (1994) Career: 323 — Tyler Yelk (2005-08) QUARTERBACK SACKS Game: 4.5 — Sean Callahan vs. Wisconsin-Eau Claire (9/15/90) Season: 15 — Russ Rabe (2003) Career: 29 — Russ Rabe (2001-04) GAMES PLAYED Season: 15 — By Many (2010 and 2008) Career: 57 — Cody Eich & Rob Huberty (2008-11) Consecutive: 57 - Cody Eich & Rob Huberty (2008-11) GAMES STARTED Season: 15 — By Many (2010 and 2008) Career: 54 — Tom Olson (2010-13) and Garth Heikkinen (2009-12) Consecutive: Tom Olson (2010-13) and Garth Heikkinen (2009-12)

#NCAA II freshman record *NSIC Record

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RUSHING YARDS

Att Yds TD 1. Erik Conner vs. Bemidji State (10/21/00) 23 236 2 2. Ted McKnight vs. Southwest Minnesota State (10/16/76) 17 235 6 3. Ted McKnight vs. Wisconsin-Superior (9/11/76) 16 232 4 4. Ted McKnight vs. Bemidji State (10/23/76) 17 229 4 5. Isaac Odim vs. Northern State (10/10/09) 28 228 3 6. Chase Vogler vs. Northern State (11/10/12) 22 224 5 7. Dave Rufledt vs. Concordia-St. Paul (10/25/03) 24 219 5 8. Eric Rajala vs. MSU-Moorhead (11/3/90) 24 216 1 9. Erik Conner vs. Minnesota-Morris (10/25/97) 23 213 3 10. Austin Sikorski vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/12/13) 21 212 3 11. Ted McKnight vs. Michigan Tech (11/6/76) 30 210 3 12. Joe Russell vs. MSU-Moorhead (9/18/04) 31 210 2 13. Sam Hardwig vs. Minnesota-Morris (10/28/95) 41 208 3 14. Jack Martinsen vs. MSU-Mankato (10/26/77) 36 207 3 15. Tom Murray vs. Michigan Tech (9/18/87) 29 203 1 PASSING YARDS Att Comp Int Yds TD 1. Ted Schlafke vs. South Dakota (10/29/05) 46 31 1 457 6 2. Ted Schlafke vs. St. Cloud State (11/5/05) 52 34 4 430 5 3. Ricky Fritz vs. Concordia-St. Paul (10/7/00) 49 24 3 413 3 4. Ricky Fritz vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/12/02) 27 19 1 379 6 5. Ted Schlafke vs. St. Cloud State (11/10/07) 57 37 1 350 0 6. Ted Schlafke vs. MSU-Moorhead (9/17/05) 34 28 1 347 4 7. Ted Schlafke vs. MSU-Mankato (10/13/07) 57 32 2 340 1 8. Ted Schlafke vs. Nebraska-Omaha (10/8/05) 47 31 1 338 4 9. Ted Schlafke vs. Nebraska-Omaha (10/20/07) 48 29 0 332 2 10. Ricky Fritz vs. Northwest Missouri State (11/23/02) 43 18 2 330 4 TOTAL OFFENSE TP Yds TD 1. Ted Schlafke vs. St. Cloud State (11/5/05) 73 508 5 2. Ted Schlafke vs. South Dakota (10/29/05) 58 504 6 3. Ted Schlafke vs. St. Cloud State (11/10/07) 84 495 1 4. Ricky Fritz vs. Concordia-St. Paul (10/7/00) 54 410 3 5. Chase Vogler vs. Concordia-St. Paul (9/15/12) 36 396 5 6. Cash Langeness vs. Concordia-St. Paul (10/25/03) 31 395 3 7. Ted Schlafke vs. Missouri Western (9/8/07) 51 389 3 8. Ricky Fritz vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/12/02) 29 380 6 9. Chase Vogler vs. Missouri Western (11/17/12) 49 379 2 9. Ted Schlafke vs. Western Washington (9/29/07) 50 379 3 PASS RECEPTIONS No Yds TD 1. Tim Battaglia vs. Bemidji State (10/27/01) 12 194 4 1. Greg Aker vs. South Dakota (9/16/06) 12 105 1 1. Brandan Anson vs. Western Washington (9/29/07) 12 101 2 1. Brad Foss vs. St. Cloud State (11/10/07) 12 99 0 5. Brandan Anson vs. MSU-Mankato (10/13/07) 11 113 0 5. Jeff Wenngatz vs. MSU-Moorhead (11/14/98) 11 109 0 5. Brandan Anson vs. Nebraska-Omaha (10/20/07) 11 80 0 8. Tim Battaglia vs. Concordia-St. Paul (10/25/03) 10 249 2 8. Tim Battaglia vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/12/02) 10 228 5 8. Greg Aker vs. South Dakota (10/29/05) 10 185 4 8. Greg Aker vs. Nebraska-Omaha (10/8/05) 10 173 3 8. D.J. Winfield vs. Mary (9/25/08) 10 172 1 8. Tim Battaglia vs. South Dakota (9/13/03) 10 145 0

SINGLE-SEASON BESTS

RUSHING YARDS 1. Isaac Odim (2009) 2. Isaac Odim (2008) 3. Ted McKnight (1976) 4. Corey Veech (1986) 5. Austin Sikorski (2013) 6. Dave Rufledt (2003) 7. Brad Foss (2010) 8. Amory Bodin (1980) 9. Amory Bodin (1978) 10. Dave Rufledt (2002) PASSING YARDS 1. Ted Schlafke (2005) 2. Ted Schlafke (2008) 3. Ricky Fritz (2002) 4. Ted Schlafke (2007) 5. Ted Schlafke (2006) 6. Ricky Fritz (2000) 7.

Chase Vogler (2012) 8. Ricky Fritz (2001) 9.

Chase Vogler (2010) 10.

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Att Yds Loss Net Avg 259 1,845 37 1,808 7.0 224 1,655 17 1,638 7.3 220 1,524 42 1,482 6.7 269 1,419 42 1,377 5.1 197 1,290 30 1,260 6.4 176 1,256 38 1,218 6.9 202 1,188 37 1,151 5.7 175 1,102 45 1,057 6.0 183 1,002 45 957 5.2 211 1,010 63 947 4.5 Att Comp Int Pct Yds 490 305 17 .622 3,335 328 213 10 .649 3,018 287 160 12 .557 2,760 455 285 11 .626 2,698 419 256 15 .601 2,536 319 145 13 .455 2,315 264 169 7 .640 2,307 254 135 15 .531 2,133 205 127 3 .620 1,913 280 179 7 .639 1,873

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TD 29 26 22 19 16 21 12 18 7 9 TD 33 35 34 22 16 22 19 26 17 13 Ted Schlafke

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ALL-TIME BULLDOG BESTS TOTAL OFFENSE TP Rush Pass Yds TD 1. Ted Schlafke (2005) 625# 256 3,335 3,591# 35 2. Ted Schlafke (2008) 461 495 3,198 3,513 42 3.

Chase Vogler (2012) 399 893 2,307 3,200 36 4. Ted Schlafke (2007) 631 500 2,698 3,198 24 5. Ricky Fritz (2002) 361 295 2,760 3,055 39 6.

Chase Vogler (2010) 350 905 1,913 2,818 24 7. Ted Schalfke (2006) 520 183 2,536 2,719 17 8. Ricky Fritz (2000) 414 317 2,315 2,632 24 9.

Chase Vogler (2011) 452 646 1,873 2,519 19 10. Ricky Fritz (2001) 331 293 2,133 2,426 29 PASS RECEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD 1. Vinny Flury (2005) 77 867 11.3 5 2. D.J. Winfield (2008) 71 1,201 16.9 14 3. Brandan Anson (2007) 69 586 8.5 3 4. Greg Aker (2006) 68 675 9.9 4 5. Greg Aker (2005) 67 1,005 15.0 15 6. Tim Battaglia (2003) 60 1,119 18.6 8 7. Steve Battaglia (2002) 60 988 16.5 9 8. Tim Battaglia (2002) 55 1,166 21.2 19 9. Steve Battaglia (2001) 55 940 17.1 12 10. Jeff Wenngatz (1998) 53 758 14.3 6 SCORING TD EP-1 EP-2 FG Pts 1. Isaac Odim (2009) 33 0 0 0 198 2. Isaac Odim (2008) 30 0 0 0 180 3. Ted McKnight (1976) 24 0 0 0 144 4. Dave Rufledt (2003) 22 0 0 0 132 5.

Corey Veech (1986) 20 0 1 0 122 6. David Nadeau (2011) 0 74 0 15 119 7. Tim Battaglia (2002) 19 0 1 0 116 7. Amory Bodin (1980) 19 0 1 0 116 9. Isaac Odim (2010) 19 0 0 0 114 10. John Nachtsheim (1961) 17 0 5 0 112

CAREER BESTS

RUSHING YARDS Att. Yds Loss Net Avg TD 1. Isaac Odim (2008-10) 589 4,313 71 4,242 7.2 72 2. Dave Rufledt (2001-04) 648 3,479 151 3,228 5.1 47 3. Brad Foss (2007-10) 531 3,101 100 3,001 5.6 30 4. Ted McKnight (1973-76) 502 3,067 110 2,957 5.9 47 5. Chase Vogler (2009-12) 525 3,405 502 2,903 5.5 39 6. Corey Veech (1983-86) 606 2,904 136 2,768 4.6 30 7. Austin Sikorski (2011- ) 456 2,836 100 2,736 6.0 37 8. Amory Bodin (1976-78, '80) 498 2,782 120 2,662 5.4 25 9. Tom Stoll (1978-81) 501 2,694 64 2,630 5.2 27 10. Boyd Hanson (1979-82) 509 2,618 43 2,575 5.1 36 PASSING YARDS Att Comp Pct Int Yds TD 1. Ted Schlafke (2005-08) 1,692 1,055 .624 53 11,591 106 2. Ricky Fritz (1998-2002) 1,090 547 .502 53 8,711 90 3.

Chase Vogler (2009-12) 938 593 .632 26 7,583 59 4.

Trevor Theelke (1995-98) 563 284 .504 16 4,175 32 5. Bruce Grant (1980-83) 482 254 .527 23 3,690 36 6. Jim Malosky (1984-87) 455 212 .465 34 2,866 41 7. Ray Norsted (1962-65) 447 179 .400 28 2,321 23 8. David Floysand (1992-95) 349 141 .404 27 2,147 15 9. Doug Lien (1974-77) 273 129 .473 20 1,847 21 10. Wally Fontaine (1955-59) 250 112 .448 22 1,795 12 TOTAL OFFENSE TP Rush Pass Yds TD 1. Ted Schlafke (2005-08) 2,237 1,434 11,587 13,021 118 2.

Chase Vogler (2009-12) 1,463 2,903 7,583 10,486 98 3.

Ricky Fritz (1998-2002) 1,464 1,215 8,711 9,926 104 4.

Trevor Theelke (1995-98) 843 1,021 4,175 5,196 53 5. Isaac Odim (2008- 10) 589 4,242 0 4,242 72 6. Bruce Grant (1980-83) 628 199 3,690 3,887 43 7. Jim Malosky (1984-87) 781 824 2,866 3,690 58 8. Dave Rufledt (2001-04) 648 3,228 0 3,228 47 9. Brad Foss (2007-10) 531 3,001 0 3,001 30 10. Ted McKnight (1973-76) 502 2,957 0 2,957 30 PASS RECEPTIONS No. Yards Avg. TD 1. Tim Battaglia (2000-03) 189 3,685 19.5 38 2. Steve Battaglia (1999-2002) 182 3,037 16.7 33 3. Greg Aker (2003-06) 178 2,211 12.4 25 4. D.J. Winfield (2007-10) 170 2,896 17.0 27 5. Tony Doherty (2005-08) 148 1,861 12.6 15 6. Zach Zweifel (2011- ) 121 1,570 13.0 12 7. Terry Egerdahl (1972-75) 111 1,425 12.8 12 8. Jeff Wenngatz (1996-99) 107 1,616 15.1 12 9. Aaron Roth (2011- ) 105 1,152 11.0 8 10. Vinny Flury (2004-05) 102 1,075 10.5 6

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DEFENSIVE LEADERS (CAREER) TOTAL TACKLES No. 1. Tyler Yelk (DB; 2005-08) 323 2. Robbie Aurich (LB; 2006-10) 310 3. Colby Ring (LB; 2010-13) 283 4. Cameron Harper (DB; 2009-12) 282 5. Kevin Westbrock (DB; 1998-01) 277 6. Jim Johnson (DB; 2005-08) 276 7. Marc Achterkirch (LB; 1991-94) 261 8. Jeff Sajdak (DB; 1982-85) 257 9. Kiel Fechtelkotter (LB; 2007-10) 255 10. Cody Eich (DB; 2008-11) 249 SACKS No. 1. Russ Rabe (LB/DE; 2001-04) 29.0 2. Sean Callahan (LB; 1988-91) 22.5 3. Geoff Fischer (DE; 2001-04) 21.5 4. Rob Huberty (LB; 2008-11) 18.5 Cody Ahmann (LB;2004-07) 18.5 6. Nate Davis (DT; 1999-02) 17.0 Scott Concannon (DE; 1986-89) 17.0 Steve Ahlers (DE; 1982-84) 17.0 9. Mark Turcott (DT; 1983-86) 16.0 10. Chris Vandervest (DE; 2010-13) 15.5 INTERCEPTIONS No. 1. Mike Petrich (1985-87, ‘89) 19 Scott Claflin (1983-86) 19 3. Jim Crawford (1979-81) 17 4. Jason Wolf (1989-92) 15 Chris Westberg (1986-90) 15 6. Tim Garceau (2003-06) 14 Cash Langeness (2000-03) 14 Tom Lawrence (1978-81) 14 9. Mark Callaway (1986-89) 13 10. Jim Johnson (2005-08) 12 Tim Visina (1979-81) 12 DEFENSIVE LEADERS (SEASON) TOTAL TACKLES UT AT TT 1. Marc Achterkirch (LB; 1994) 55 53 108 2. Kevin Westbrock (DB; 2000) 64 43 107 3. Kiel Fechtelkotter (LB; 2010) 43 62 105 4. Craig Potocnik (LB; 1984) 39 64 103 5. Colby Ring (LB; 2011) 51 50 101 Robbie Aurich (LB; 2008) 57 44 101 7. Brian DeDominces (DB; 1997) 63 37 100 8. Cody Eich (DB; 2011) 47 46 93 Robbie Aurich (LB; 2009) 53 40 93 Brian Potocnik (LB; 1992) 40 53 93 SACKS No. 1. Russ Rabe (DE; 2003) 15.0 2. Steve Ahlers (DE; 1984) 12.0 3. Geoff Fischer (DE; 2004) 10.5 4. Nate Davis (DE; 2002) 9.5 5. Nate Miller (DT; 1997) 9.0 Sean Callahan (LB; 1991) 9.0 7. Cody Ahmann (LB; 2005) 8.0 Russ Rabe (LB; 2004) 8.0 Chad Stoskopf (DE; 1993) 8.0 10. Rob Huberty (LB; 2010) 7.5 Kevin Pexa (DE; 2009) 7.5 Ben Loth (LB; 2008) 7.5 Jeff Holubar (DE; 1998) 7.5 Sean Callahan (LB; 1990) 7.5 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds TD 1. Chris Westberg (1988) 9 278 2 Mike Petrich (1987) 9 151 1 3. Scott Claflin (1986) 8 74 0 Kelly Fleissner (1977) 8 71 0 5. Tim Garceau (2004) 7 98 0 Jim Crawford (1981) 7 64 0 7. Cole Strilzuk (2008) 6 241 1 Cash Langeness (2001) 6 66 1 Jason Wolf (1990) 6 53 0 Dale Roehl (1990) 6 37 0 Scott Claflin (1985) 6 30 0 Note: Tackle statisitics are not available before 1981; interceptions before 1976.

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UMD VS. ALL-TIME OPPONENTS/LONGEST PLAYS Opponent W L T Augsburg College 15 10 0 Augustana College (S.D.) 7 2 0 Bemidji State 42 10 1 California U. (Pa.) 1 0 0 Central Missouri State 0 1 0 Central Washington 2 2 0 Chadron State 3 0 0 Colorado State-Pueblo 1 0 0 Concordia College (Moorhead) 10 13 2 Concordia-St. Paul 7 3 0 Delta State 1 0 0 Duluth Junior College 3 1 1 Emporia State 3 0 0 Eveleth Junior College 2 2 0 Grand Valley State 1 1 0 Gustavus Adolphus 8 15 1 Hamline University 17 6 1 Hibbing Junior College 3 0 0 Humboldt State 0 0 1 Idaho State 1 0 0 Itasca Junior College 0 0 1 Luther College (Iowa) 1 0 0 Macalester College 18 5 1 U. of Mary 7 0 0 Michigan Tech 13 3 0 Minnesota (Junior Varsity) 0 2 0 Minnesota-Crookston 10 1 0 Minnesota-Morris 22 5 1 Minnesota State-Mankato 20 14 1 Minnesota State-Moorhead 34 17 4 Minot State 2 0 0 Missouri Western State 1 1 0 Montana 0 1 0 Montana State 0 3 0 Nebraska-Kearney 1 0 0 Nebraska-Omaha 1 3 0 North Dakota 0 8 0 North Dakota State 0 1 0 Northwest Missouri State 2 2 0 Northern Arizona 0 2 0 Northern Iowa 0 1 1 Northern Michigan 1 11 0 Northern State (S.D.) 21 10 0 Northland College 3 2 0 Northwestern College (Iowa) 3 0 0 Portland State 0 1 0 Saginaw Valley State 1 0 0 St. Cloud State 22 24 0 St. Francis (Ill.) 0 2 0 St. John’s (Minn.)

11 19 0 St. Mary’s College (Minn.)

4 0 0 St. Olaf College 2 1 0 St. Thomas (Minn.)

15 8 1 U. of Sioux Falls 1 0 0 South Dakota 3 4 0 South Dakota State 1 1 0 Southwest Minnesota State 26 5 1 Truman (Northeast Missouri) State 0 1 0 Upper Iowa 5 0 0 Virginia Junior College 2 3 0 Waldorf College 1 0 0 Wayne State (Mich.)

0 1 0 Wayne State (Neb.) 11 1 0 Western Washington 2 0 0 Winona State 32 10 0 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 6 2 0 Wisconsin-La Crosse 1 2 0 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 0 1 0 Wisconsin-Platteville 1 0 0 Wisconsin-River Falls 1 0 0 Wisconsin-Stout 2 3 1 Wisconsin-Superior 37 12 6 Totals 476 260 24 Boldface Indicates 2014 Opponents

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First Meeting 1951 2004 1931 2008 2001 2006 2004 2011 1950 1999 2010 1930 1954 1930 2008 1951 1951 1935 1990 1994 1930 1988 1950 2006 1947 1948 1999 1974 1932 1932 2012 2007 1995 1991 2009 2004 1963 1965 2002 1992 2005 1961 1980 1930 1980 1994 2011 1933 1991 1936 1950 1950 1950 2013 2001 1966 1976 1983 2004 1930 2003 2011 1993 2006 1931 1937 1996 1971 1984 1994 1938 1931

Last Meeting UMD, 16-3 (1975) UMD, 42-34 (2012) UMD. 31-21 (2013) UMD, 45-7 (2008) CMS, 48-17 (2001) UMD, 35-10 (2010) UMD, 20-10 (2008) UMD, 24-21 (2011) UMD, 10-6 (1975) UMD, 70-24 (2012) UMD, 20-17 (2010) UMD, 13-7 (1946) UMD, 55-13 (2013) UMD, 21-6 (1939) GVS, 24-10 (2009) UMD, 28-0 (1975) UMD, 38-6 (1975) UMD, 19-7 (1939) Tie, 7-7 (1990) ISU, 29-24 (1994) Tie, 0-0 (1930) UMD, 24-0 (1988) UMD, 13-7 (1975) UMD, 32-14 (2013) UMD, 32-3 (1993) UMJV, 26-13 (1949) UMD, 57-3 (2013) UMD, 44-6 (2002) MSUM, 21-17 (2013) UMD, 69-45 (2013) UMD, 52-0 (2013) UMD, 47-18 (2008) UM, 54-6 (1995) MSU, 37-0 (1996) UMD, 42-7 (2009) UNO, 42-17 (2007) UND, 31-14 (2007) NDSU, 55-8 (1965) NMSU, 45-21 (2013) NAU, 40-6 (1997) UNI, 49-14 (2005) NMU, 24-14 (1998) UMD, 39-7 (2013) UMD, 31-0 (1947) UMD, 69-0 (1986) PSU, 35-21 (1994) UMD, 30-27 (2011) UMD, 34-7 (2013) CSF, 42-17 (1992) UMD, 30-7 (1983) UMD, 27-6 (1954) UMD, 14-6 (1975) UMD, 20-0 (1977) UMD, 32-7 (2013) USD, 36-22 (2007) UMD, 12-7 (1967) UMD, 45-20 (2012) TSU, 20-19 (1983) UMD, 37-19 (2013) UMD, 18-0 (1934) UMD, 73-6 (2003) WSC, 31-25 (2011) UMD, 64-21 (2013) UMD, 22-14 (2007) UMD, 38-16 (2012) UWEC, 28-14 (1998) UWL, 34-13(2004) UWM, 13-0 (1971) UMD, 10-0 (1984) UMD, 17-14 (1994) UWS, 17-15 (2000) UMD, 42-6 (1989)

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LONGEST PLAYS BY A BULLDOG Run: 98 yards by Dick LeBeau vs. Hamline U.

(10/27/62) Pass: 94 yards from Joe Beaupre to Mike Petrich

vs. Wisconsin-Superior (9/3/88) Punt: 81 yards by Greg Valaskey vs. Northern

Arizona (11/14/92) Field Goal: 55 yards by David Nadeau vs. Mary

(10/15/11) Punt Return: 100 yards by Bob Naslund vs. St.

Thomas (10/29/60) Kickoff Return: 95 yards by Cash Langeness vs. St.

Cloud State (9/9/00) and vs.

Southwest State (9/23/00)

95 yards by Ed Lundstrom vs. Gustavus

Adolphus (10/1/60) Interception Return: 99 yards by Chris Westberg

vs. Minnesota-Morris (10/1/88)

99 yards by Gene Giles vs. Wisconsin-

Superior (9/5/81) Fumble Return: 99 yards by Jim Johnson vs. St. Cloud

State (10/18/08)

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UMD YEARLY RECORDS

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YEAR COACH W L T PCT PF PA 1930 Frank Kovach 0 3 2 .200 6 100 1931 Lloyd Peterson 1 5 0 .167 13 76 1932 Lloyd Peterson 3 3 0 .500 32 79 1933 Lloyd Peterson 3 3 1 .500 85 28 1934 Lloyd Peterson 6 1 0 .857 105 15 1935 Lloyd Peterson 4 2 0 .667 82 70 1936 Lloyd Peterson 4 1 0 .800 57 13 1937 Lloyd Peterson 5 2 0 .714 114 51 1938 Lloyd Peterson 7 0 1 .938 98 28 1939 Lloyd Peterson 5 1 1 .786 82 39 1940 Lloyd Peterson 2 5 0 .286 40 91 1941 Lloyd Peterson 1 6 0 .143 41 146 1942 Lloyd Peterson 2 3 1 .417 32 80 1943-45 no teams 1946 Lloyd Peterson 4 1 2 .714 66 34 1947 Lloyd Peterson 3 4 0 .429 63 67 1948 Lloyd Peterson 4 3 0 .571 97 90 1949 Lloyd Peterson 4 3 0 .571 121 103 1950 Lloyd Peterson 4 3 0 .571 140 132 1951 Lloyd Peterson 5 2 1 .688 136 92 1952 Lloyd Peterson 0 7 1 .062 47 217 1953 Lloyd Peterson 3 4 0 .429 129 88 1954 Lloyd Peterson 5 3 0 .625 77 83 1955 Lloyd Peterson 3 5 0 .375 62 134 1956 Lloyd Peterson 4 4 0 .500 111 139 1957 Lloyd Peterson 2 5 1 .688 62 137 1958 Jim Malosky 4 4 0 .500 165 167 1959 Jim Malosky 5 2 1 .688 141 101 1960 Jim Malosky 6 1 1 .813 221 78 1961 Jim Malosky 8 1 0 .889 354 101 1962 Jim Malosky 6 2 1 .722 151 46 1963 Jim Malosky 3 6 0 .333 112 187 1964 Jim Malosky 4 5 0 .444 215 114 1965 Jim Malosky 4 5 0 .444 148 197 1966 Jim Malosky 5 3 1 .611 166 105 1967 Jim Malosky 7 1 1 .833 247 111 1968 Jim Malosky 4 6 0 .400 205 170 1969 Jim Malosky 4 6 0 .400 212 202 1970 Jim Malosky 7 2 1 .750 153 117 1971 Jim Malosky 6 3 1 .650 146 83 1972 Jim Malosky 5 4 0 .556 193 134 1973 Jim Malosky 8 1 0 .889 174 78 1974 Jim Malosky 7 2 1 .750 123 52 1975 Jim Malosky 8 2 0 .800 201 94 1976 Jim Malosky 6 4 0 .600 251 137 1977 Jim Malosky 7 3 0 .700 246 78 1978 Jim Malosky 7 3 0 .700 248 109 1979 Jim Malosky 8 2 0 .800 268 79 1980 Jim Malosky 10 0 0 1.000 354 76 1981 Jim Malosky 9 1 0 .900 295 106 1982 Jim Malosky 7 2 0 .778 298 143 1983 Jim Malosky 6 4 0 .600 206 141 1984 Jim Malosky 6 4 0 .600 169 129 1985 Jim Malosky 8 2 0 .800 226 132 1986 Jim Malosky *8 1 2 .818 361 84 1987 Jim Malosky *8 3 0 .727 309 147 1988 Jim Malosky 7 4 0 .636 301 123 1989 Jim Malosky 5 5 0 .500 205 97 1990 Jim Malosky 9 1 1 .864 266 136 1991 Jim Malosky 6 4 0 .600 258 192 1992 Jim Malosky 5 5 1 .500 193 226 1993 Jim Malosky 8 3 0 .727 245 188 1994 Jim Malosky 4 7 0 .363 229 249 1995 Jim Malosky 8 2 1 .777 254 195 1996 Jim Malosky 8 3 0 .727 372 228 1997 Jim Malosky 4 6 0 .400 250 231 1998 Vince Repesh/Jim Malosky Jr 4 7 0 .363 238 289 1999 Bob Nielson 3 8 0 .272 198 288 2000 Bob Nielson 7 4 0 .636 315 256 2001 Bob Nielson 9 3 0 .750 408 218 2002 Bob Nielson 11 1 0 .917 539 216 2003 Bob Nielson 8 3 0 .727 401 198 2004 Kyle Schweigert 4 7 0 .363 203 300 2005 Kyle Schweigert 8 4 0 .667 358 301 2006 Kyle Schweigert 6 4 0 .600 210 231 2007 Kyle Schweigert 4 6 0 .400 225 280 2008 Bob Nielson 15 0 0 1.000 613 173 2009 Bob Nielson 11 2 0 .846 498 163 2010 Bob Nielson 15 0 0 1.000 595 190 2011 Bob Nielson 11 3 0 .786 412 265 2012 Bob Nielson 10 2 0 .833 558 281 2013 Curt Wiese 11 2 0 .846 540 223

Totals 476 260 24 .642 17,323 11,361 #interim coaches *Later forfeited entire season

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W L T PCT PF PA Place 2 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 0 1 4 0 2 3 0

.667 20 29 T1st .625 41 14 3rd .750 44 3 1st .500 38 58 3rd .667 51 13 T2nd 1.000 70 13 1st 1.000 26 0 1st .750 35 19 T2nd .400 33 66 4th .200 35 106 5th .400 32 80 4th

2 0 2 1 3 0 4 1 0

.750 41 14 T1st .333 20 48 T5th .800 84 45 T1st

3 3 0 .500 114 132 T5th 5 1 0 .833 111 59 T2nd 0 6 0 .000 34 176 9th 3 3 0 .500 116 74 T5th 4 2 0 .667 50 63 T3rd 1 5 0 .167 42 127 7th 3 4 0 .429 66 12 5th 2 5 0 .286 62 137 6th 4 3 0 .571 159 153 4th 4 2 1 .643 113 101 3rd 6 1 0 .857 215 72 1st 7 0 0 1.000 305 60 1st 5 1 1 .786 131 39 2nd 2 5 0 .400 84 147 6th 2 5 0 .400 140 102 5th 3 4 0 .429 104 124 5th 4 2 1 .643 126 78 3rd 5 1 1 .786 167 90 T2nd 2 5 0 .286 113 110 7th 2 5 0 .286 144 148 6th 4 2 1 .643 94 100 3rd 5 2 0 .714 122 56 3rd 4 3 0 .571 175 120 T3rd 6 1 0 .857 138 78 T1st 4 2 1 .643 63 27 T3rd 6 1 0 .857 129 41 2nd 5 2 0 .714 216 86 T2nd 4 3 0 .517 172 72 T4th 6 2 0 .750 225 74 T2nd 7 1 0 .875 219 66 T1st 8 0 0 1.000 281 69 1st 5 1 0 .833 169 61 2nd 5 1 0 .833 196 75 2nd 4 2 0 .667 138 84 T2nd 4 2 0 .667 113 68 T3rd 6 0 0 1.000 154 47 1st 4 0 2 .833 178 21 T1st 5 1 0 .833 188 62 1st 4 2 0 .667 163 64 3rd 3 3 0 .500 108 51 T4th 5 1 0 .833 153 86 T1st 4 1 0 .800 148 82 3rd 4 1 1 .750 117 74 T2nd 4 2 0 .667 146 84 T2nd 3 3 0 .500 153 99 T4th 5 0 1 .917 169 71 T1st 6 0 0 1.000 271 99 1st 4 2 0 .667 204 111 2nd 3 3 0 .500 135 156 4th 3 5 0 .375 162 180 T6th 5 3 0 .625 241 192 T3rd 7 2 0 .778 346 132 2nd 9 0 0 1.000 431 141 1st 6 2 0 .667 281 162 3rd 1 5 0 .167 105 190 6th 4 2 0 .667 200 188 T1st 4 4 0 .500 145 210 4th 3 5 0 .375 167 221 T5th 10 0 0 1.000 461 111 1st 10 0 0 1.000 436 119 1st 10 0 0 1.000 479 120 1st 8 2 0 .800 313 174 T1st 10 1 0 .909 503 224 1st 10 1 0 .909 464 165 T2nd 336 160 13 .673 12,320 7,584

Frank Kovach

Lloyd Peterson

Jim Malosky

Kyle “Bubba” Schweigert

Bob Nielson

Curt Wiese

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BULLDOGS IN THE NCAA PLAYOFFS

UMD vs.

Northwest Missouri State

UMD vs.

North Dakota

November 23, 2002 Maryville, Mo.

November 12, 2005 Grand Forks, N.D.

BEARCATS OUTLAST BULLDOGS 45-41 IN NCAA II PLAYOFF THRILLER

Bob Nielson couldn’t have put it any better.

“It was one of those shoot out games where it seemed whoever had the last possession would win,” said the third-year University of Minnesota Duluth after Jeromy Scaggs’ three-yard touchdown with just 31 seconds remaining rallied Northwest Missouri State University to a 45-41 win over his Bulldogs in the first round of the NCAA Division II playoffs. “I liked the way we hung in right to the end and battled back -- especially in the third quarter. Ultimately, I guess we just gave them too much time to work with on their final drive.”

The 2002 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference champion Bulldogs, who were making their first-ever NCAA II postseason appearance, finished their memorable season with an 11-1 overall record.

Defense took a back seat in Saturday’s game as the two teams combined for 1,032 yards of total offense. (579-453 in favor of Northwest Missouri State).

UMD senior quarterback Rick Fritz, appearing in his school-record 47th game, threw for 330 yards and four touchdowns while completing 18 of 43 passes.

Junior wide receiver Tim Battaglia had seven receptions for 159 yards including a 66-yard score that put UMD up 41-38 -- only its second lead of the afternoon -- with 3:02 left in regulation. However, the Bearcats, ranked fourth in the latest AFCA Top 25 poll, put together a six-play, 61-yard drive that ended with Scagg’s winning score.

The Bulldogs got on the board first 10:31 into the opening quarter when Fritz and sophomore wide receiver Chris Kuhl hooked up on a 16-yard touchdown strike. The 12-0 Bearcats then responded with 17 unanswered points to take a 17-10 lead into the locker room at intermission Junior placekicker Chad Gerlach kicked two field goals in the setback, including a career-best 47-yarder just before halftime, while junior cornerback Cash Langeness returned a fumble 55 yards for one of six third quarter touchdowns the two teams scored.

Sophomore running back Dave Rufledt rushed 13 times for 36 yards to lead the Bulldogs, who were held to 123 yards on the ground but did hold a slight edge in time of possession (31:15 to 28:45).

UMD 7 NW Missouri State 3

3 20 11 -- 41 14 21 7 -- 45

Rickenbrode Stadium Attendance: 7,600

Scoring Summary Team Stats UMD NMSU UMD - (1st) Kuhl 16-yd pass from First Downs 24 29

Fritz (Gerlach kick) Rushes/yds 36/123 433/209 NMSU - (1st) Ibarra 34-yd FG Passing yds 330 370 NMSU - (2nd) Rector 45-yd punt return Total Plays/yds 79/453 73/579

(Ibarra kick) Att-Comp-Int 18-43-2 24-40-2 NMSU - (2nd) Roberts 2-yd run (Ibarra kick) Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-2 UMD - (2nd) Gerlach 47-yd FG Penalties/yds 8/69 7/65 UMD - (3rd) T. Battaglia 34-yd pass 3rd Down Conv.

4/15 5/10

Fritz (Gerlach kick) Poss. Time 31:15 28:45 NMSU - (3rd) Roberts 5-yd run (Ibarra kick) UMD - (3rd) Langeness 55-yd fumble return

(Gerlach kick) NMSU - (3rd) Roberts 1-yd run (Ibarra kick) UMD - (3rd) S. Battaglia 35-yd pass from Fritz (Gerlach kick) NMS - (3rd) Rector 64-yd pass from McMenamin (Ibarra kick) UMD - (4th) Gerlach 37-yd FG UMD - (4th) T. Battaglia 66-yd pass from Fritz (Fritz pass) NMSU - (4th) Scaggs 3-yd run (Ibarra kick)

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UMD GROUNDED BY NORTH DAKOTA IN NCAA II PLAYOFF LOSS

The University of Minnesota Duluth literally threw everything it had at the

University of North Dakota, and, in the end, it wasn’t quite enough as the host Fighting Sioux pulled out a hard-fought 23-12 victory in an NCAA Division II playoffs opener.

“We laid it on the field today and I’m proud of my guys,” said UMD head coach Kyle “Bubba” Schweigert. “In the end, we had a difficult time moving the ball with any consistency against a very good defensive team.”

Ted Schlafke was involved in all but one of UMD’s offensive plays in the setback, tying an NCAA II playoff record with 64 pass attempts and rushing 14 times (for a minus 12 yards). The freshman quarterback completed 34 passes for 295 yards and one touchdown while directing UMD’s no-huddle offense which was, with the exception of a handful of plays, void of any running backs.

“They brought a lot of pressure from different spots and we had to adjust,” said Schlafke, who became the first quarterback in 16 years to lead the Bulldogs in rushes (135). “We put up 101 points in our previous two games combined and we really expected to do the same kind of thing offensively today.”

Following the opening kickoff, the Bulldogs mounted a 14-play, 68-yard drive which took them down to the Sioux seven-yard line. A 24–yard field goal by Britt Baumann was nullified by an illegal procedure penalty and his ensuing try from 29 yards sailed wide right.

On North Dakota’s first play from scrimmage, wide receiver Weston Dressler ran 39 yards which led to an eventual 39-yard field goal by Jeff Glas four minutes into the opening quarter. The Sioux proceeded to start the second quarter with a three-yard touchdown run by Chris Beatty to go up 10-0.

A little more than five minutes later, Schlafke threw a 26-yard pass to Ross Schumacher for the sophomore wide receiver’s second touchdown reception of the season. The snap on the extra point try was muffed, making it 10-6 in UND’s favor. Reed Manke’s scored what wound up being the final touchdown of the afternoon with 4:22 remaining in the second quarter when he plowed in from two yards out to give North Dakota a 17-6 lead at halftime.

Each team booted a pair of second half field goals -- Baumann hit from 35 and 37 yards while Glas countered with a 37- and 24-yarder to make it a 23-12 final.

Sophomore wide receiver Vinny Flury and rookie wide out Tony Doherty each had a team-high nine receptions, while Schumacher caught six passes. Flury closed out the year with a Bulldog single-season record 77 catches.

UMD held a 19-18 edge in first downs but was out gained 362-282 in total yardage.

“We were only a couple of plays away from being on the other side of today’s final outcome” said nose tackle Matt Hoffman , one of 10 seniors on the 2005 Bulldog roster. “Last year we had only one win in the NCC so this season was huge step for the football program.”

UMD North Dakota

0 3

6 14

3 0

3 6

-- 12 -- 23

Scoring Summary Team Stats UND - (1st) Glas 39-yd FG First Downs UND - (2nd) Beatty 3-yd run (Glas kick) Rushes/yds UMD - (2nd) Schumacher 26-yd pass Passing yds

from Schlafke (run failed) Total Plays/yds UND - (2nd) Manke 2-yd run (Glas kick) Att-Comp-Int UMD - (3rd) Baumann 35-yd FG Fumbles-lost UND - (4th) Glas 37-yd FG Penalties/yds UMD - (4th) Baumann 20-yd FG 3rd Down Conv.

UND - (4th) - Glas 24-yd FG Poss. Time

Alerus Center Attendance: 5,223 UMD 19 15/-13 295 79/282 34-64-2 2-1 6/64 6/21 30:12

UND 18 43/229 133 71/362 17-28-0 3-3 10/89 8/16 29:48

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BULLDOGS IN THE NCAA PLAYOFFS

UMD vs.

Chadron State

UMD vs.

Grand Valley State

November 22, 2008 Duluth, Minn.

November 29, 2008 Allendale, Mich.

BULLDOGS GROUND EAGLES 20-10; SOAR INTO NCAA QUARTERFINALS

Ted Schlafke launched his memorable college career three years ago

against Chadron State College. He wasn’t about to end it against those same Eagles.

The University of Minnesota Duluth senior quarterback had a hand in all three touchdowns, helping spark the No. 6 Bulldogs to a 20-10 victory over No. 12 Chadron State in the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs at James S. Malosky Stadium. The win was UMD’s first ever in three lifetime NCAA playoff games and marked the first postseason home appearance in the 76-year history of its storied football program.

UMD, which came into the day averaging 46.2 points per game was unable to establish consistent offensive rhythm against the Eagles’ tough defense, which used a solid pass rush to prevent Schlafke from getting comfortable in the pocket. UMD failed to score in the opening 15 minutes of play for the first time this fall after racking up an NCAA II-best 164 first-quarter points.

“I didn’t throw the ball great all day,” said Schlafke, who completed ten of 25 passes for a season-low 137 yards with no interceptions. “It might have been an off day for me.”

Schlafke’s six-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter put the Bulldogs ahead 7-0, a lead UMD would take into halftime. The Bulldogs went up 20-0 on a pair of third-quarter touchdowns -- a 15-yard strike from Schlafke (his 100th as collegian) to sophomore wide out Noah Pauley and Schlafke’s 3-yard scoring run. Chadron State (11-2), the three-time defending Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference champion, got on the scoreboard when Trevor Hyatt blocked UMD’s extra point attempt and returned it for two points. The Eagles would score on the next possession to cut the gap to 20-10, but could get no closer as the UMD defense tightened up and did not allow any fourth-quarter points.

The Bulldogs again used a physical running attack to wear the Eagles down and control the clock, owning a 38:26-21:34 advantage in time of possession.

Sophomore running back Isaac Odim turned in another stellar performance, rushing 25 times for 192 yards, both career highs. The Bulldogs rolled up 251 yards on the ground while holding Eagles to just eight yards on 17 attempts.

“We knew coming in that they had a good defensive scheme. They move guys around and do a lot of blitzing,” said Odim. “Our preparation paid off.”

UMD’s defense matched the offensive unit stride for stride. The Eagles’ offense was held to 70 first-half yards, and just 178 for the game. Strong safety Jim Johnson, one of 12 Bulldogs seniors who made their final collegiate home appearances Saturday, led the way with nine tackles.

Chadron State UMD

0 0

0 7

10 13

0 0

-- 10 -- 20

Malosky Stadium Attendance: 1,464

Scoring Summary Team Stats CSC UMD UMD - (2nd) Schlafke 6-yd run First Downs 11 21

(Nadeau kick) Rushes/yds 17/8 57/251 UMD- (3rd) Pauley 15-yd pass from Passing yds 170 137

Schlafke (Nadeau kick) Total Plays/yds 53/178 82/388 UMD- (3rd) Schlafke 3-yd run Att-Comp-Int 23-36-1 10-25-0

(Nadeau kick blocked) Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-0 CSC- (3rd) Trevor Hyatt PAT return Penalties/yds 6/94 8/76 CSC - (3rd) Harrington 12-yd pass 3rd Down Conv.

3/12 10/20

from Treffer Poss. Time 21:34 38:26

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ONE GRAND VICTORY!

Isaac Odim’s two-yard touchdown run in the second overtime and Kiel Fechtelkotter’s ensuing interception sealed the Bulldogs’ historic 19-13 victory over No. 1 Grand Valley State University in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Division II playoffs.

“This was a tremendous win against an outstanding opponent,” said UMD head coach Bob Nielson. “It wasn’t pretty at times, but we found a way to get it done. Our defense was consistent all day – they bent a little but didn’t break – and offensively we made enough of the right plays to win.”

The Bulldogs found themselves trailing for the first time in 14 games when Grand Valley, which was 51-1 in its previous 52 games, took at 3-0 lead with 2:57 remaining in the first quarter on Todd Carter’s 28-yard field goal. Senior quarterback Ted Schlafke hooked up with Odim on a 16-yard scoring strike to go up 7-3 six seconds into the second quarter before Carter nailed another field goal from 36 yards out three minutes later to pull the Lakers to within one.

It remained 7-6 until D.J. Winfield hauled in a 34-yard touchdown pass from Schlafke late in the third quarter, but freshman placekicker David Nadeau, who had earlier missed a 39-yard field goal, had his extra point conversion kick blocked. Grand Valley, which came into afternoon riding a 29-game home winning streak, sent the game into overtime on Jonn Mathews’ seven-yard scoring reception with only 66 seconds remaining in regulation.

Both teams failed to score in the first overtime – Carter missed his third field goal try of the day (from 37 yards) while Schlafke was picked off on UMD’s opening play. Odim then found the end zone four plays into the Bulldogs’ next series before Fechtelkotter sealed the win with his third interception of the year at UMD’s 15-yard line.

The game featured two Harlon Hill Trophy quarter finalists in Schalfke and Brad Iciek. Schlafke connected on 14 of 26 passes for 160 yards and a pair of scores but was intercepted a season-high three times. Iciek also threw three picks (doubling his previous 2008 total) and was just 13-of-46 for 160 yards. It didn’t help the Grand Valley quarterback’s stats that the Bulldogs were credited with a season-high nine pass breakups, including three by free safety Tyler Yelk.

“That was the difference in the ball game -- we were able to disrupt their passing attack,” said Nielson. “Our defense has proven all year they are difficult to run against, but today we didn’t let them get anything going through the air.”

UMD not only held the potent Laker offense to just one touchdown on the day, but also just 269 yards of total offense -- almost 200 yards below their season average.

“Our strategy coming in was to attack on defense and those guys did a great job of doing that,” said Schlafke. “ It was great how everyone came together with a little adversity there at the end. But we were still able to pull it out in overtime, and I think that says a lot about this team.”

UMD 0 Grand Valley State 3

7 3

6 0

0 7

Scoring Summary GVS - (1st) Carter 28-yd FG UMD - (2nd) Odim 16-yd pass from

Schlafke (Nadeau kick) GVS - (2nd) Carter 36-yd FG UMD - (3rd) Winfield 34-yd pass from

Schlafke (Nadeau kick blocked) GVS - (4th) Matthews 7-yd pass from

Iciek (Carter kick) UMD- (OT) - Odim 2-yd run (Nadeau kick blocked)

6 0

-- 19 -- 13

Lubbers Stadium Attendance: 3,548

Team Stats First Downs Rushes/yds Passing yds Total Plays/yds Att-Comp-Int Fumbles-lost Penalties/yds 3rd Down Conv.

Poss. Time

UMD GVSU 17 18 42/110 30/109 160 160 68/270 76/269 14-26-3 13-46-3 3-0 2-0 7/50 7/58 6/16 2/15 33:01 26:59

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UMD vs.

California University (Pa.)

UMD vs.

Northwest Missouri State

December 6, 2008 California, Pa.

December 13, 2008 Florence, Ala.

BULLDOGS STILL PERFECT ... AND NCAA II TITLE GAME BOUND

Fourteen down, one to go.

Isaac Odim scored four touchdowns and the University of Minnesota Duluth defense once again took care of business on the other side of the football while rolling to a convincing 45-7 victory over host California University of Pennsylvania in the NCAA Division II semifinals.

“I don’t want to say that today’s game was perfect but we played pretty close to that,“ said UMD head coach Bob Nielson,. “I’m really proud of our football team and how we responded coming off the big win against (No. 1 ranked) Grand Valley State last week and played, without question, our best football game of the year.”

It was a record-breaking day for Odim as the sophomore running back broke 32-year old single-season marks for rushing yardage rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns. The Rochester, Minn. native ran for 126 yards – including a 51-yard scoring jaunt which gave UMD a 31-0 third-quarter lead – on 17 carries and eclipsed the 100-yard barrier for the seventh straight game.

Playing before a national television audience for the second time this fall, the Bulldogs also got touchdowns from sophomore Brad Foss (a nine-yard run) and senior wide receiver Tony Doherty (a four-yard pass reception which closed out the scoring) and a 23-yard field goal from freshman David Nadeau. UMD piled up 451 yards of total offense, 211 of which came in the first half when it jumped out to a 17-0 lead. Bulldog senior quarterback Ted Schlafke, who was making his school-record tying 46th consecutive start, connected on 12 of 21 passes for 141 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Doherty and sophomore wide out D.J. Winfield paced the Bulldogs with three receptions each.

UMD came into the afternoon sporting the nation’s second toughest defense against the run and held the No. 7 Vulcans to just 56 yards (almost 150 yards below their season average) on 27 attempts. Sophomore inside linebacker Robbie Aurich was credited with game-high 11 total tackles while senior strong safety Jim Johnson had eight stops and a pair of interceptions.

“The d-line was unbelievable with the pressure they put on their quarterback today,” said Johnson.”They are the ones who deserve all of the credit,” The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference champion Vulcans who were hosting their second NCAA II semifinal game in as many years, finished 12-2.

UMD CU

7 0

10 14 14 -- 45 0 7 0 -- 7

Adamson Stadium Attendance: 3,200

Scoring Summary Team Stats UMD CU UMD - (1st) Odim 1-yd run First Downs 22 15

(Nadeau kick) Rushes/yds 55/310 27/56 UMD - (2nd) Odim 6-yd run Passing yds 141 185

(Nadeau kick)

Total Plays/yds 76/451 64/241 UMD - (2nd) Nadeau 23-yd FG Att-Comp-Int 12-21-0 18-37-3 UMD - (3rd) Odim 38-yd pass from Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-1

Schlafke (Nadeau kick) Penalties/yds 4/23 3/16 UMD - (3rd) Odim 51-yd run 3rd Down Conv.

8/16 2/13

(Nadeau kick) Poss. Time 35:37 24:23 CU - (3rd) Jackson 6-yd pass from

McCabe (Hagerman kick) UMD - (4th) Foss 9-yd run (Nadeau kick) UMD - (4th) Doherty 4-yd pass from Schlafke (Nadeau kick)

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SIMPLY THE BEST!

Yes, defense still wins championships and for the University of Minnesota

Duluth that meant claiming the most consequential title NCAA Division II football has to offer.

The Bulldogs, buoyed by a defensive unit which has been nothing short of stifling all year long, put a huge exclamation mark on a season for the ages by holding off No. 3 Northwest Missouri State University 21-14 in the NCAA II championship. UMD finished the year a perfect 15-0 -- one of only three NCAA II schools to ever reach that mark.

“All I can say is ‘wow,’” said UMD head coach Bob Nielson. “The kind of win we had today really speaks to the character of our football team. They never give up and are always supportive of one another, no matter what the circumstances.

Today’s game is simply a great ending to a great, great year.”

For the 14th time in 15 games this season, No. 6 UMD got on the scoreboard first when senior wide receiver Tony Doherty hauled in a 38-yard touchdown catch from senior All-American quarterback Ted Schlafke with 14 seconds remaining in the opening half. The Bulldogs extended their lead to 14-0 midway though the third quarter on a Schalfke-to-Isaac Odim scoring strike from five yards out before Odim made it 21-0 a liitle more than a minute into the fourth quarter by plowing ahead for his school-record 30th overall touchdown this fall.

Northwest Missouri added a pair of scores in the last eight minutes of regulation – a 44-yard interception return by Aldwin Foster-Rettig and a one-yard touchdown reception by Ralphael Robinson to pull to within seven. But, on the ensuing kickoff following Robinson’s touchdown, Northwest Missouri State attempted an on-side kick which was smothered by Bulldog senior Luke Schalekamp sealing UMD’s first NCAA II championship in any sport.

“That touchdown just before halftime was a big momentum builder for us,” said Schlafke. “We managed the clock pretty well (by driving 75 yards on six plays in just 1:03) and the TD was on a route we actually haven’t thrown all year.”

Northwest Missouri State (12-2), competing in its fourth consecutive NCAA II title game, managed just 106 yards on the ground (on 32 carries) and coughed the ball up on four occasions – two fumbles and two interceptions. The quarterbacking tandem of Joel Osborn and Blake Bolles combined for 189 yards while completing 18 of 30 passes, but were also sacked six times – twice by seniors Ben Loth and Drew Fautsch Loth, Fautsch and the rest of the Bulldog defensive unit wound up allowing only four touchdowns during their four-game postseason run against a quartet of Top 12 clubs.

“We did some really effective things with our pass rush today,” said sophomore inside linebacker Robbie Aurich, who was credited with a game-high 13 total tackles. “I thought our defensive coordinator John Steger developed a terrific game plan and we just went out and executed it.”

UMD 0 NW Missouri State 0

7 0

7 0

7 -- 21 14 -- 14

Scoring Summary UMD - (2nd) Doherty 38-yd pass from

Schlafke (Nadeau kick) UMD - (3rd) Odim 5-yd pass from

Schlafke (Nadeau kick) UMD - (4th) Odim 4-yd run

(Nadeau kick) NMSU - (4th) Foster-Rettig 44-yd

interception return (Frevert kick) NMSU - (4th) Robinson 1-yd pass

from Osborn (Frevert kick)

Team Stats First Downs Rushes/yds Passing yds Total Plays/yds Att-Comp-Int Fumbles-lost Penalties/yds 3rd Down Conv.

Poss. Time

Braly Stadium Attendance: 6,219 UMD 17 43/145 128 66/273 14-23-2 0-0 1/12 6/15 34:18

NMSU 19 32/106 189 62/295 18-30-2 6-2 3/30 6/12 25:42

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UMD vs.

Nebraska-Kearney

UMD vs.

Grand Valley State

November 21, 2009 Duluth, Minn.

November 28, 2009 Duluth, Minn.

UMD STRIKES EARLY AND OFTEN IN ROLLING PAST NEBRASKA-KEARNEY

The University of Minnesota Duluth picked an opportune time -- the opening

of the win-or-go-home postseason -- to deliver perhaps its most impressive allaround performance of 2009.

Junior running back Isaac Odim rushed for three touchdowns and rookie quarterback Chase Vogler ran for one score and threw for another as Bulldogs opened their NCAA Division II national title defense by overwhelming the University of Nebraska-Kearney 42-7 in a second round playoff clash at James S. Malosky Stadium.

“We played our best game of the year and I knew we would have to,” said UMD head coach Bob Nielson. “I was very pleased with the way we executed both offensively and defensively. I thought our defense was outstanding from start to finish and Chase did an exceptional job at managing the offense.”

The No. 4 Bulldogs jumped out to a 28-0 halftime lead (getting 14 of those points off Loper turnovers) before adding a pair of third-quarter touchdowns to put the game away. Odim, one of nine finalists for the 2009 Harlon ll Trophy, eclipsed the 100-yard rushing barrier for the 12th time in 12 games this season, rolling up 102 yards on 17 carries. In the process, he became UMD’s all-time rushing leader with 3,379 yards. His backfield mate, junior Brad Foss, rushed 18 times for another 103 yards against a Loper club which had given up an average of just 83.2 yards per game on the ground heading into the day. It marked the fourth game this year that both members of the Odim-Foss tandem ran for 100 yards or more.

“We are a team which has to run the football effectively to be successful,“ said Nielson. “Having two quality backs like we do is extremely important. I think Brad showed today, like he pretty much has all season, that when Isaac is not in the game, our running attack doesn’t drop off much.”

Vogler, the first true freshman to hold a starting quarterback role at UMD in 47 years, completed 13 of 19 passes -- including a 32-yard touchdown strike to sophomore wide receiver D.J. Winfield just before the halftime -- with no interceptions. He and the Bulldogs amassed 428 yards of total offense and held a 2:1 advantage in possession time (40:46 to 19:04) while putting the clamps on Nebraska-Kearney’s school-record 11-game winning streak.

The UMD defense, which has now allowed only five touchdown in five postseason engagements going back to last year, was paced by linebackers Robbie Aurich, the 2009 NSIC Defensive Player of the Year, and Max Phillips, both of whom were credited with a team-high five tackles. Senior cornerback Brandon Wood and his backup, junior Forest Clements, each picked off a pass for the Bulldogs, who limited the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference champion Lopers (11-2 overall) to just 63 yards of total offense through three quarters and 158 for the game.

Nebraska-Kearney 0 UMD

14

0 0 14 14

7 0

-- 7 -- 42

Malosky Stadium Attendance: 3,257

Scoring Summary Team Stats UNK UMD UMD - (1st) Odim 6-yd run First Downs 9 24

(Nadeau kick) Rushes/yds 26/130 52/287 UMD- (1st) Odim 6-yd run Passing yds 28 141

(Nadeau kick) Total Plays/yds 42/158 72/428 UMD- (2nd) Vogler 9-yd run Att-Comp-Int 5-16-2 14-20-0

(Nadeau kick) Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0 UMD- (2nd) Winfield 32-yd pass Penalties/yds 4/29 6/44

from Vogler (Nadeau kick) 3rd Down Conv.

2/9 6/12 UMD- (3rd) Odim 20-yd run Poss. Time 19:04 40:56

(Nadeau kick) UMD- (3rd) Foss 9-yd run (Nadeau kick) UNK- (4th) Dring 36-yd run (Alegria kick)

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GRAND VALLEY STATE DASHES UMD’S REPEAT TITLE HOPES

There will be no national championship repeat for the University of Minnesota

Duluth. Grand Valley State University saw to that by keeping the high-powered Bulldog offense in check en route to a 24-10 NCAA Division II quarterfinal victory before a UMD postseason record crowd of 4,211 at James S. Malosky Stadium.

The day started out in an auspicious manner for No. 4 UMD, as junior running back Isaac Odim took the opening kick 91 yards into the end zone. The No. 3 Lakers answered with two touchdowns 1:36 apart before sophomore placekicker David Nadeau nailed a 34-yard field goal with 3:30 to play in the first quarter to cut the Grand Valley State lead to 14-10. Justin Trumble’s field goal from 30 yards out four minutes into the second quarter put the Lakers back up by 7, a lead it would carry into halftime.

Grand Valley State quarterback Brad Iciek, who like Odim is one of nine finalists for the 2009 Harlon Hill Trophy, connected on a 32-yard scoring strike with Greg Gay at the 7:31 mark of the third quarter to close out the scoring.

“I thought our guys played exceptionally hard,” said head coach Bob Nielson, whose Bulldogs defeated the Lakers in double overtime on the road in last year’s NCAA II quarterfinals. “But Grand Valley State certainly deserved to win today -they made more plays than we did.”

After mustering just 59 yards of total offense in the opening 30 minutes of play, UMD moved the football inside the Grand Valley State 30-yard in each of its first four possessions of the second half, but failed to come away with any points. Three of those drives ended on interceptions and the other on downs. The Lakers, who have won four of the last seven NCAA II crowns, rolled up 393 yards on the afternoon, including 168 on the ground -- the most by any UMD opponent this season.

Odim was held to a career-low 67 rushing yards (on 18 carries) after having come into the day averaging the fourth highest run total in the nation (145.1 yards per game). The 2009 NSIC Offensive Player of the Year did, however, help the Bulldog cause by racking up 175 yards (four shy of the school single-game record) on four kick returns. Freshman quarterback Chase Vogler completed eight of 20 passes for 102 yard, but was picked off four times -- one less than he had in the previous 12 games combined.

“Our offense had to do a better job of putting points on the board,” said Odim, “But we really can’t make any excuses this time. They just outplayed us.”

For the 15th time in the past 17 games, junior inside linebacker paced Robbie Aurich paced the Bulldogs in tackles with nine while cornerback Brandon Wood, free safety Brad Just and nose guard Tyler Johnson all were credited with eight stops. Wood and Johnson were two of the 12 UMD seniors playing in their final collegiate games.

“I can’t say enough about the seniors,” said Johnson, whose eight tackles were a personal best. “ We would have liked to out on top again but we can’t knock the season we had.”

Grand Valley State UMD

14 10

3 0

7 0

0 0

-- 24 -- 10

Malosky Stadium Attendance: 4,211

Scoring Summary Team Stats UMD- (1st) Odim 91-yd kickoff return First Downs

(Nadeau kick) Rushes/yds GV- (1st) Bass 23-yd pass from Passing yds

Iciek (Trumble kick) Total Plays/yds GV- (1st) Gates 1-yd run (Trumble kick) Att-Comp-Int UMD- (1st) Nadeau 34-yd FG Fumbles-lost GV- (2nd) Trumble 30-yd FG Penalties/yds GV- (3rd) Gay 32-yd pass from 3rd Down Conv.

Iciek (Trumble kick) Poss. Time

GVSU UMD 18 12 41/168 32/156 225 102 68/393 52/258 14-27-0 8-20-4 2-0 0-0 4/29 4/30 7/16 2/9 35:06 24:54

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UMD vs.

St. Cloud State

UMD vs.

Augustana

November 27, 2010 Duluth, Minn.

December 4, 2010 Duluth, Minn.

OVERTIME WIN SENDS BULLDOGS ON TO NCAA II PLAYOFF QUARTERFINALS

Finding a way to win is what makes championship teams championship teams.

The University of Minnesota Duluth earned its third NCAA Division II quarterfinal berth in as many years by pulling out a 20-17 overtime victory over St. Cloud State University Saturday afternoon in a manner which could hardly be viewed as ordinary.

The Bulldogs got a 19-yard field goal by David Nadeau as time expired in regulation to force the extra session and a 24-yard effort from their junior placekicker on their first possession of overtime. UMD sealed the victory, its seventh straight against the Huskies, four plays later when Tyler Aldridge’s three-point attempt sailed wide left.

“This was one of those character wins,” said UMD head coach Bob Nielson. “We kept on battling and found a way to win. We didn’t start the game well on either side of the football, and maybe were a little out of sync -- perhaps because we made it out on the field to practice once all week. But right now, we are excited about the chance to keep playing.”

The Bulldogs could have found themselves in a deep hole early, but thanks to some costly penalties in the red zone by the Huskies and a couple of missed fields, trailed just 7-0 after the first quarter. Sophomore quarterback Chase Vogler raced 31 yards for a touchdown with 3:25 to go in the half to draw UMD even and senior running back Brian Hanson gave the Bulldogs its last lead of regulation (14-7) at the 3:55 mark of the third quarter when he scored on a 13-yard run. Hanson’s touchdown, his personal-high sixth of the season, capped off four-play, 44-yard drive which was set up by junior Cody Eich’s block of a Husky punt. St. Cloud State went up 17-14 in the fourth quarter on a 40-yard field goal by Aldridge and a two-yard run from quarterback Phillip Klaphake and appeared to have sealed its third NCAA II playoff win ever after Marvin Matthews intercepted junior D.J. Winfield’s halfback option pass in the St. Cloud State end zone with just 1:50 to play. The Huskies, however, went three and out and, following a partially blocked punt, UMD proceeded to march 38 yards in 48 seconds before Nadeau’s clutch kick.

“That defensive stand was huge for us,” said junior outside linebacker Derrick Zappa, one of three Bulldogs who was credited with a team-best nine total tackles. “We really wanted to get the ball back into our offense’s hands, so we just stacked the box and prevented them from getting that game-ending first down.”

UMD, which came into the afternoon averaging a NCAA II-leading 46.1 points per game, out gained its longtime intrastate rivals in total offense by a 359-264 margin, and amassed 227 yards on the ground to just 88 for St. Cloud State. Vogler rushed for a career-high 109 yards on 18 carries and also completed 12 of 16 passes for another 132 yards while throwing just his second interception in 167 attempts this season.

“Give them credit -- St. Cloud State’s defense played exceptionally well,” said Vogler.

“They pretty much shut down our running attack for most of the game. We had to make some adjustments and do what it took to win. Today it worked for us.”

St. Cloud State UMD

7 0

0 7

0 7

1 0 0 -- 17 3 3 -- 20

Scoring Summary SCSU- (1st) Steward 1-yd run

(Aldridge kick) UMD- (2nd) Vogler 31-yd run

(Nadeau kick) UMD- (3nd) Hanson 13-yd run

(Nadeau kick) SCSU- (4th) Aldridge 40-yd FG SCSU- (4th) Klaphake 2-yd run

(Aldridge kick) UMD- (4th) Nadeau 19-yd FG UMD- (OT) Nadeau 24-yd FG

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Malosky Stadium Attendance: 2,122

Team Stats SCSU UMD First Downs 16 19 Rushes/yds 41/88 43/227 Passing yds 176 132 Total Plays/yds 65/264 62/359 Att-Comp-Int 24-16-0 19-12-2 Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-2 Penalties/yds 8/51 8/59 3rd Down Conv.

1/13 2/9 Poss. Time 30:57 29:03

UMD GRINDS OUT 24-13 PLAYOFF WIN OVER AUGUSTANA

Conditions are not generally friendly for football in December. This is emphatically

the case in Duluth, where even its famous Christmas City of the North parade is held in November. It was in these blustery conditions that the University of Minnesota Duluth locked horns with Augustana College in an NCAA football quarterfinal Saturday in Duluth. Despite playing without a pair of offensive starters -- three-time All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference wide out D.J. Winfield and senior tight end Ryan Hayes -- both suspended for team rule violations, the No. 1-ranked Bulldogs still gutted out a 24-13 victory over their NSIC rivals, implementing an obstinate rushing attack reminiscent of the Jim Malosky-era of UMD football.

It was a savage bulldozing, fully decisive and devoid of elegance. UMD amassed 247 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns on 61 carries, throwing the ball just nine times in the program’s first-ever December engagement at James S. Malosky Stadium. Senior running back Brian Hanson paced the ground-pounding attack with 124 yards (on a Bulldog season-high 25 carries) but there was plenty for everyone as sophomore quarterback Chase Vogler and senior running back Brad Foss combined for 126 more yards on the ground behind the driving blocks of UMD’s offensive line.

“We had success because of the big boys up front,” said Hanson. “They did a great job of handling all the crazy fronts that Augie threw at them.”

The UMD defense was just as feral, limiting No. 9 Augustana to just 180 yards of total offense – a Vikings’ season low – while sacking sophomore quarterback Josh Hanson four times. Junior outside linebacker Derrick Zappa led the hit parade with six tackles, including three for a loss. Senior nose tackle Jim Kunz was dominant, too, registering five tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Kunz paced a UMD defensive line effort that senior inside linebacker Robbie Aurich praised specifically at the post-game press conference, noting their performance as a game-changer.

Augustana’s Hanson echoed Aurich’s sentiments, calling UMD “definitely the most physical defense we’ve seen this year.”

That physicality was on full display late in the first half when Augustana chose to attack through the air into a stiff wind with just over one minute remaining. Following two incomplete passes on their own 37-yard line, the second of which was nearly ruled intentional grounding, the Vikings again chose to pass rather than drain the clock and UMD’s time out cache with a run. This time, Kunz burst through the A-gap, collapsing the pocket around Hanson who fumbled. Aurich scooped the loose ball and skated into the end zone for a UMD touchdown. Augustana would never completely recover.

“That was really a key play,” said UMD head coach Bob Nielson. “That made it a totally different feel at halftime.

“We’re a team that wants to run the football first,” he added. “Today we were able to do that. It wasn’t easy because we were going up against an awfully good defensive team. The big thing was we were patient with our running game and kept the ball away from them. We had the ball twice as long as they did (39:16 to 20:44) and anytime you can do that you have a pretty good chance at winning the football game.”

Augustana

UMD

6 7

0 7 14 3

Scoring Summary AC- (1st) Schulte 34-yd pass

from Hanson UMD- (1st) Hanson 4-yd run

(Nadeau kick) UMD- (2nd) Foss 1-yd run

(Nadeau kick) UMD- (2nd) Aurich 23-yd fumble rec.

(Nadeau kick) UMD- (3rd) Nadeau 42-yd FG AC- (3rd) Clark 1-yd run

0 0

-- 13 -- 24

Malosky Stadium Attendance: 3,083

Team Stats AC UMD First Downs 11 19 Rushes/yds 25/50 61/247 Passing yds 130 61 Total Plays/yds 53/180 70/308 Att-Comp-Int 28-14-1 9-5-1 Fumbles-lost 2-2 2-1 Penalties/yds 0/0 3/30 3rd Down Conv.

2/12 6/12 Poss. Time 20:44 39:16

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UMD vs.

Northwest Missouri State

UMD vs.

Delta State

December 11, 2010 Duluth, Minn.

December 18, 2010 Florence, Ala.

BULLDOGS PUT THE FREEZE ON BEARCATS

The weather conditions at James S. Malosky Stadium were nothing short of bone

chilling, but that suited the University of Minnesota Duluth just fine.

The Bulldogs battled gusty winds and frigid temperatures (which reached -14 windchill) with a punishing running attack and some key defensive stops in defeating Northwest Missouri State University 17-13 in the semifinals of the NCAA II playoffs.

UMD rushed 56 times for 226 yards and got a pair of second-half touchdowns from senior running back Brian Hanson and sophomore quarterback Chase Vogler while holding the defending NCAA II champion Bearcats to their second lowest scoring output of the season. Northwest Missouri State, which came into the day riding a 12-game winning streak was making its sixth straight NCAA II semifinal appearance (it had won the previous five).

“We are a ground-pound team, and our guys up front, I have to give them all the credit again,” said Hanson. “They made their blocks, opened holes, and I just had to hit them.”

Vogler paced all Bulldog ground gainers with 101 yards on 18 carries, the most pivotal of which came with 4:12 remaining in the fourth quarter when he scrambled 34 yards for the go-ahead touchdown on a fourth-and-three situation. That capped off a 13-play, 80-yard drive which consumed nearly half a quarter (7:21) and gave UMD its only lead of the game. Northwest Missouri State sandwiched a pair of Jordan Simmons’ touchdowns (a 14-yard pass from Blake Bolles and a one-yard run) around a 27-yard field goal from junior placekicker David Nadeau to take a 13-3 advantage late into the third quarter before Hanson’s four-yard scoring jaunt ignited the UMD comeback. Hanson wound up with 72 yards on 19 attempts -- one week after scorching Augustana College for 124 yards in the NCAA II quarterfinals.

Despite the adverse conditions, Bolles still managed to go 19-for-29 in the air for 141 yards but was intercepted three times -- twice by junior strong safety Cody Eich and once by sophomore free safety Cameron Harper on the Bearcats’ second-to-the-last series of the night. UMD limited Northwest Missouri State to just 108 yards rushing with senior inside linebacker Kiel Fechtelkotter (nine total tackles), Harper (eight) and senior right cornerback Forest Clements (eight) leading the charge.

The game marked the first NCAA II semifinal the Bulldogs have ever hosted and the latest in the season they’ve played at home. For those 3,627 who braved the elements, it was all worth it.

“We are certainly very happy about the win, and what makes it that much more rewarding when it comes against a team and program with the kind of class and tradition that Northwest Missouri has,” said UMD head coach Bob Nielson. “It certainly makes the win mean that much more, and I couldn’t be more proud of our guys.”

“We haven’t seen too many teams run the football like this,” said Bearcats head coach Mel Tjeerdsma. “It’s a lot different. UMD is going to be a national champion as far as I’m concerned.”

Northwest Missouri State 0 UMD

0

6 3

7 7

Scoring Summary NMSU - (2nd) Simmons 14-yd pass

from Bolles

UMD- (2nd) Nadeau 27-yd FG

NMSU- (3rd) Simmons 1-yd run

(Adolf kick) UMD- (3rd) Hanson 4-yd run

(Nadeau kick) UMD- (4th) Vogler 34-yd run

(Nadeau kick)

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0 7

-- 13 -- 17

Team Stats First Downs Rushes/Yards Passing yds Total Plays/yds Att-Comp-Int Fumbles-lost Penalties/yds 3rd Down Conv.

Poss. Time

Malosky Stadium Attendance: 3,257 NMSU 15 31/108 141 60/249 29-19-3 2-0 2/15 3/11 26:16

UMD 15 56/226 28 68/254 12-4-0 1-0 2/20 6/16 33:44

NADEAU’S LAST-SECOND FIELD GOAL GIVES DELTA STATE THE BOOT

David Nadeau, by his own admission, has had better kicks during his three years at

the University of Minnesota-Duluth, but none have been more important than the one he booted early Saturday afternoon in Florence, Ala. The junior placekicker put an exclamation point on a perfect season for the Bulldogs by nailing a 32-yard field goal as time expired, sending UMD to a 20-17 victory over Delta State University in the NCAA Division II championship game.

“When it came off of my foot, I knew it would be close,” said Nadeau. “It wasn’t the best kick I ever hit before by any means, but when I saw it going up, I knew then it was going in so I just turned around and ran.”

With the win, No. 1 UMD not only took home a second national championship but became the first NCAA II club ever to go 15-0 in a season more than once, duplicating the mark turned in by the 2008 Bulldogs on their way to the school’s first NCAA II crown of any kind.

“What a great game,” said UMD head coach Bob Nielson. “It was one of those days when both teams had an opportunity to win. We just kept plugging away and believing and when you do that, good things usually happen.”

UMD, which was meeting Delta State for the first time ever, struck first by getting a 32yard field goal from Nadeau four minutes in, eight plays after junior Zach Hulce brought back the opening kickoff 47 yards on his first return as a Bulldog. Freshman Joe Reichert recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff at the Delta State 34-yard line, but UMD was unable to capitalize -- instead giving the ball back to the Statesmen deep in Bulldog territory after Alex Miller’s punt was blocked (for the first time this season) following a muffed snap and returned to the UMD 11. Three snaps later , Micah Davis and Maurice Moore hooked up on an eight-yard scoring strike to give the Statesmen a 7-3 lead. The Bulldogs answered on their next series as junior quarterback Chase Vogler found a wide open Ben Helmer in the end zone from 14 yards. One possession after the Statesmen were snuffed by the Bulldogs on a fourth-and-goal situation at the UMD two, Davis hit Chance Davis with a 16-yard touchdown pass and Delta State went into the half up 14-10.

The Bulldogs regained the lead with 8:20 to go in regulation when senior running back Brad Foss rumbled 12 yards for his 12th touchdown of the season. Delta State knotted the game at the 2:22 mark of the fourth quarter on Matt Snyder’s 27-yard field goal after they were unable to punch the ball in on three tries from within the Bulldog twoyard line. It was another example of the bend-but-don’t break defense which has been a trademark of UMD all season long.

“I thought we executed extremely well in the red zone today, particularly in third and fourth down situations,” said Nielson, “We got some penetration at critical times when we needed to.”

Sophomore free safety Cameron Harper spearheaded a Bulldog defensive unit which forced four turnovers (three fumbles and an interception by junior strong safety Cody Eich which eventually led to Nadeau’s last-second field goal), finishing the afternoon with 17 total tackles -- one shy of the school mark.

Delta State UMD

7 10

7 0

0 0

3 10

-- 17 -- 20

Braly Stadium Attendance: 4,027

Scoring Summary Team Stats DSU UMD UMD- (1st) Nadaeu 32-yd FG

First Downs 20 19 DSU- (1st) Moore 8-yd pass from Rushes/yds 31/106 52/240

Davis (Snyder kick) Passing yds 240 118 UMD (1st) Helmer 14-yd pass

Total Plays/yds 66/346 71/358

from Vogler (Nadaeu kick) Att-Comp-Int 35-24-1 19-11-0 DSU- (2nd) Castile 28-yd pass Fumbles-lost 3-3 1-1

from Davis (Snyder kick) Penalties/yds 7/40 3/34 UMD- (4th) Foss 12-yd run (Nadeau kick) 3rd Down Conv.

4/12 2/13 DSU (4th) Snyder 27-yd FG

Poss. Time 26:50 33:10 UMD (4th) Nadeau 32-yd FG

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UMD vs.

Saginaw Valley State

UMD vs.

CSU-Pueblo

November 19, 2011 Duluth, Minn.

November 26, 2011 Pueblo, Colo.

BULLDOGS SNEAK PAST SAGINAW VALLEY STATE IN OVERTIME

It was a battle of the rush versus the pass Saturday afternoon. And the rush won.

University of Minnesota Duluth senior running back Zach Hulce and junior quarterback Chase Vogler each ran for a pair of touchdowns to lead the ground-happy Bulldogs to 30-27 overtime victory over Saginaw Valley State University in the opening round of the NCAA II playoffs at James S. Malosky Stadium. The defending national champions used a punishing running attack -- they rolled up 260 yards on 61 carries -- and a couple of critical defensive stops to advance to a second-round match up at No. 1 ranked and undefeated Colorado State University-Pueblo. Saginaw Valley (7-4-0 overall), did almost of its offensive damage through the air, amassing 344 yards compared to just 34 via the rush.

In the first-ever meeting between the two clubs, UMD drew first blood on a nine-yard touchdown run by Vogler in the opening quarter. The Cardinals answered with a 76yard scoring strike from Jon Jennings to Jeff Jannis -- the longest play from scrimmage by a Bulldog opponent this season -- to draw even.

Hulce put the Bulldogs back on top with a 10-yard scoring run nine minutes into the second quarter. UMD stretched its lead to 17-7 with four seconds to go before halftime on a clutch 40-yard field goal by old reliable, senior placekicker David Nadeau.

“Big players do big things in big games, but it’s all about the team,” said Hulce, who grounded out 126 yards on a personal-best 27 attempts on the day for his fourth 100yard game of 2011. “I just try to do anything I can to help us win.”

Saginaw Valley State, a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the Super Region Three’s No. 5 seed, took its only lead of the game at 21-17 early in the fourth quarter on Jannis’ third receiving score of the day before Hulce responded with a 22-yard touchdown run. Down by three with just over a minute to play, the Cardinals strung together an impressive drive, but were ultimately forced to kick a game-tying 42-yard field goal with two seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime.

After surrendering a quick first down, the Bulldog defense regrouped in overtime, holding the Cardinals to a field goal. That was enough for the UMD offense, which set itself up with first and goal from the one after a 23-yard completion from Vogler to freshman wide out Aaron Roth on UMD’s second play of overtime. Vogler punched it in on a quarterback sneak on the ensuing play, giving the Bulldogs the victory -- their 14th straight at home and third in three lifetime overtime playoff games -- in walk-off fashion.

“The offensive line got a good push all day,” said Vogler, “From my point it’s easy, I just take the ball and go forward.”

Saginaw Valley State UMD

0 7

7 7 10 0

10 3 -- 27 7 6 -- 30

Scoring Summary Team Stats UMD- (1st) Vogler 9-yd run First Downs

(Nadeau kick) Rushes/yds SVSU- (2nd) Janis 76-yd pass Passing yds

from Jennings (Stanford kick) Total Plays/yds UMD- (2nd) Hulce 10-yd run Att-Comp-Int

(Nadeau kick) Fumbles-lost UMD- (2nd) Nadeau 40-yd FG Penalties/yds SVSU- (3rd) Janis 65-yd pass 3rd Down Conv.

from Jennings (Stanford kick) Poss. Time SVSU- (4th) Janis 22-yd pass from

Jennings (Stanford kick) UMD- (4th) Hulce 22-yd run (Nadeau kick) SVSU- (4th) Stanford 21-yd FG SVSU- (OT) Stanford 42-yd FG UMD- (OT) Vogler 1-yd run

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Malosky Stadium Attendance: 1,012 SVSU UMD 13 23 23/34 61/260 324 84 55/358 77/344 32-18-0 16-10-0 0-0 0-0 5/55 2/10 5/13 5/17 20:22 39:38

UMD LOWERS THE PLAYOFF BOOM ON TOP-RANKED THUNDERWOLVES

Trailing at halftime to the nation’s top-ranked team in their own backyard -- and with the season on the line at that -- is the kind of challenge that the University of Minnesota Duluth and its battle-tested playoff warrior Chase Vogler appear well-suited. Take what happened Saturday in Pueblo, Colo., for example.

Vogler engineered a pair of key second-half scoring drives to help rally the Bulldogs past Colorado State University-Pueblo 24-21 , putting the clamps on CSU-Pueblo’s 15-game winning streak (the longest in the country) and propelling UMD into the NCAA II playoff quarterfinals for a fourth consecutive year.

“That was a heck of game today,” said UMD head coach Bob Nielson. “I’m really proud of our guys, the way they battled back and overcame adversity. When times got tough, the character of this team really showed.”

CSU-Pueblo, which came into the day sporting the top scoring defense (9.1 points per game) in the country, marched 80 yards after the opening kickoff and grabbed an early 7-0 lead on J.B. Mathews’s 14-yard touchdown run. Senior placekicker David Nadeau got the Bulldogs on the board with a 46-yard field goal on their first series and then UMD went ahead seven seconds into the second quarter when sophomore wide receiver Joe Reichert hauled in a 14-yard toss in the end zone from Vogler, which was intended for, and tipped by, tight end Ben Helmer. The ThunderWolves (11-1), who were making their first NCAA II postseason appearance ever, regained the lead with 2:06 to go before halftime after a snap sailed over Vogler’s head and was recovered in the UMD end zone by CSU-Pueblo’s Corey Orth.

The two clubs traded touchdowns on their only full possessions of the third quarter. Senior running back Zach Hulce plowed in from one yard out for his team-leading 12th TD of the year to put UMD up 17-14 before the ThunderWolves countered with an 18-yard scoring juant from quarterback Ross Dausin. The 21-17 CSU-Pueblo lead stood until midway through the final quarter when rookie running back Brian Lucas’s one-yard run capped off a five-play, 49-yard scoring drive to secure the win.

“They are the No. 1 defense in the nation for a reason,” said Vogler, whose 31-yard scamper was the main spark in that final scoring drive. “They did a lot of confusing things up front and stunted differently but we made some adjustments in the second half. Both Hulce and Lucas ran hard all day and got some big first downs for us. And, the defense once again was outstanding -- especially in the second half.”

Vogler accounted for 183 yards of offense, amassing 60 on the ground as well as 83 through the air. Hulce picked up a game-high 84 rushing yards while Lucas added 62 for the Bulldogs. UMD finished with just 287 yards of total offense, but held the ThunderWolves to even less – 224, including a mere 79 in the last two quarters.

“We knew they were a team that really wanted to try to run the ball and control the ball,” said senior outside linebacker Rob Huberty, who was credited with a team-leading nine tackles and had one of UMD’s season-high five sacks. “That has been our goal every week – to limit the opposing team’s running game and force them to be one-dimensional. We thought if we could do that, we’d be successful today.”

CSU-Pueblo

UMD

7 3

7 7

7 7

0 7

-- 21 -- 24

Scoring Summary Team Stats CSUP- (1st) Mathews 14-yd run First Downs

(Major kick) Rushes/yds UMD- (1st) Nadeau 46-yd FG Passing yds UMD- (2nd) Reichert 14-yd pas Total Plays/yds

from Vogler (Nadeau kick) Att-Comp-Int CSUP- (2nd) Orth 0-yd fumble recovery Fumbles-lost

(Major kick) Penalties/yds UMD- (3rd) Hulce 1-yd run 3rd Down Conv.

(Nadeau kick) Poss. Time CSUP- (3rd) Dausin 18-yd run (Major kick) UMD- (4th) Lucas 1-yd run (Nadeau kick)

DeRose Thunderbowl Attendance 9,117 CSUP 13 33/91 133 57/224 14-24-0 0-0 9/58 6/15 25:59

UMD 19 56/204 83 70/287 8-14-1 4-1 5/40 7/14 34:01

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UMD vs.

Wayne State (Mich.)

UMD vs.

Missouri Western

December 3, 2011 Duluth, Minn.

November 17, 2012 St. Joseph, Mo.

WAYNE STATE OUTLASTS UMD 31-25 IN NCAA II QUARTERFINALS

One of the most dominant four-year runs in NCAA Division II football history came to an end Saturday afternoon as a visiting team walked off the field at James S. Malosky Stadium with a victory in tow for the first time in two years.

Wayne State University made sure of that, fighting off a furious comeback effort by the University of Minnesota Duluth to hold on for a 31-25 triumph in the NCAA II playoff quarterfinals. The defending NCAA II champion Bulldogs had come out on top in each of their previous 14 tries at home, dating back to a 2009 quarterfinal loss to Grand Valley State University.

UMD struck first on in its initial possession, marching 35 yards on 12 plays before three-time All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference senior placekicker David Nadeau nailed a 39-yard field goal to put UMD in front for the only time the entire day. The remainder of the first half served as a defensive battle, and a touchdown reception by Wayne State’s Troy Burrell put the Warriors 7-3 at the break.

The Warriors opened the second half with a 60-yard scoring drive, extending its lead to 14-3. UMD, however, responded immediately as D.J. Winfield brought back the ensuing kick off 87 yards for a score -- a career long and the third touchdown return of his career.

The senior from Mount Iron, Minn., who was making his first appearance of the season, finished as the Bulldogs’ leading receiver with 101 yards on six catches. Wayne State used another Mickey Mohner-to-Burrell touchdown pass and a 38-yard field goal (after successfully executing an on-side kick) to grab a 24-11 advantage after three quarters, setting the stage for perhaps another Bulldog come-from-behind playoff. Freshman tailback Brian Lucas ran 22 yards for touchdown 73 seconds into the fourth quarter to move UMD to within striking distance, but the Warriors answered again with a rushing score of their own with just under 10 minutes remaining in regulation. The Bulldogs pulled to within six points at the 6:29 mark when first-year freshman wide out Aaron Roth hauled down a highlight reel catch in the end zone on an 11-yard pass from junior quarterback Chase Vogler. The UMD defense then forced Wayne State to punt on its next series and got as far as midfield, but had a hail mary pass attempt was batted down in the end zone as time expired.

“Wayne State did a good job getting after us,” said Vogler, who was sacked a seasonhigh five times -- all in the first half -- and wound up completing 16 of 28 passes for 202 yards. “They scouted us well.”

The game was a of tale of two halves -- UMD owned a substantial advantage in time of possession (20:36 to 9:24), first downs (12 to 4), total plays (41 to 18) and total yards (126 to 66) in the opening 30 minutes while the Warriors turned the tables in the second half in those same categories (22:31 to 7:29 in time of possession; 12 to 10 in first downs; 44 to 26 in total plays; and 229 to 174 in total offense).

The setback drew the curtain on the playing careers of 13 UMD seniors, who collectively rolled up a 52-5 overall record, won two NCAA II national titles and four Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference crowns, made four consecutive NCAA II playoff appearances and pieced together two separate 17-game winning streaks.

Wayne State (Mich.)

UMD

0 3

7 0

17 7 8 14

-- 31 -- 25

Malosky Stadium Attendance: 3,659

Scoring Summary Team Stats WSU UMD UMD- (1st) Nadaeu 39-yd FG

First Downs 16 22 WS- (2nd) Burrell 11-yd pass from Rushes/yds 41/103 38/98

Mohner (Terleckyj kick) Passing yds 190 202 WS- (3rd) Privett 1-yd run (Terleckyj kick) Total Plays/yds 62/293 67/300 UMD- (3rd) Winfield 87-yd return Att-Comp-Int 15-21-0 16-29-1

(Olson pass from Vogler) Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-2 WS- (3rd) Burrell 38-yd pass from Mohner) Penalties/yds 8/80 4/45

(Terleckyj kick) 3rd Down Conv. 7/16 6/12 WS- (3rd) Terleckyj 38-yd FG Poss. Time 31:55 28:05 UMD- (4th) Lucas 22-yd run (Nadeau kick) WS- (4th) Davis 7-yd run (Terleckyj kick) UMD- (4th) Roth 11-yd pass from Vogler (Nadeau kick)

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TRIPLE-OVERTIME LOSS OUSTS BULLDOGS FROM NCAA II POSTSEASON

As remarkable a career Chase Vogler has had at the University of Minnesota Duluth, the way it ended couldn’t have been any more heartbreaking.

On his final snap as a collegian, the standout senior quarterback stumbled and fell while rolling out on UMD’s two-point conversion try in the third overtime, and then watched from the ground as No. 9 Missouri Western State University celebrated a 57-55 victory in the opening round of the NCAA Division II playoffs Saturday afternoon. But that one bit of misfortune didn’t diminish the superb and gritty performance he put forth in St. Joseph, Mo.

Vogler generated a career-high 379 yards of total offense, ran for a pair of touchdowns and deftly handled the controls of the Bulldog offense -- one which amassed 34 first downs, was 13-of-21 on third/fourth down conversions and rang up the highest point total ever in a UMD loss. The numbers, of course, meant nothing to him. Only the outcome did.

“Obviously, it’s a disappointing way to end your season,” said Vogler, who suffered just his sixth setback in 52 lifetime starts with the Bulldogs. “It came down to those small things and just one more thing went their way than it did ours.”

Seventh-ranked UMD, which hadn’t allowed a first-quarter point since the third week of the season coming into the day, trailed 14-6 after the opening 15 minutes but used touchdown runs by Vogler and sophomore running back Austin Sikorski to take a 20-14 lead into halftime. Missouri Western, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion, went back on top on its opening possession of the second half, but Vogler answered again for the Bulldogs, scoring on a one-yard quarterback sneak at the 7:40 mark of the third quarter. Missouri Western sandwiched a pair of Travis Partridge scoring runs around Sikorski’s one-yard plunge, creating a 35-35 deadlock with just over five minutes to go. Vogler and the Bulldogs drove 57 yards on their last series of regulation, but were stopped just inches short of a first down on the Griffon 18-yard line, turning the ball over and forcing overtime.

The shoot out continued with both clubs trading touchdowns in each of the three over times with Sikorski doing the honors for UMD all three times. The two teams combined for 1,147 total yards with UMD holding a slight edge (603) in that department.

“I thought we gave up too many big plays and too many long runs ,” said UMD head Bob Nielson. “We also didn’t make the stops when we needed them in overtime. But I am proud of our guys and the way they left it all out there. And, if there is a better play maker in Division II football than Chase, I haven’t seen him. He carried us today.”

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Missouri Western 14 UMD 6

0 7 14 7 7 8 14 8 7 7 7 6

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Spratt Stadium Attendance: 4,149

Scoring Summary Team Stats MWSU MW- (1st) Crockom 21-yd pass from First Downs 25

Partridge (Anderson kick) Rushes/yds 43/225 UMD- (1st) Brees 21-yd FG Passing yds 319 MW- (1st) Jordan 8-yd pass from Total Plays/yds 76/544

Partridge (Anderson kick) Att-Comp-Int 33-24-1 UMD- Brees 25-yd FG Fumbles-lost 1-0 UMD- (2nd) Vogler 15-yd run (Brees kick) Penalties/yds 6/36 UMD- (2nd) Sikorski 12-yd run (Brees kick) 3rd Down Conv. 8/12 MW- (3rd) Knox 16-yd pass from Poss. Time 23:27

Partridge (Anderson kick) UMD- (3rd) Vogler 1-yd run (Helmer pass from Vogler) MW- (4th) Partridge 9-yd run (Anderson kick) UMD- (4th) Sikorski 1-yd run (Brees kick) MW- (4th) Partridge 1-yd run (Anderson kick) MW- (OT1) Hill 7-yd run (Anderson kick) UMD- (OT2) Sikorski 2-yd run (Brees kick) UMD- (OT2) Sikorski 4-yd run (Brees kick) MW- (OT3) Partridge 1-yd run (Anderson kick) MW- (OT3) Partridge 1-yd run (Jordan pass from Partridge) UMD- (OT3) Sikorski 3-yd run (Vogler rush failed)

UMD 34 72/408 195 92/603 20-14-1 0-0 2/10 11/18 36:33

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BULLDOGS IN THE NCAA PLAYOFFS

UMD vs.

Emporia State

UMD vs.

Northwest Missouri State

November 23, 2013 Duluth, Minn.

November 30, 2013 Maryville, Mo.

UMD GETS IT DONE ON THE GROUND AND ON DEFENSE AGAINST EMPORIA STATE

The University of Minnesota Duluth’s ground (and occasional pound) show put on perhaps its most impressive performance of the 2013 season Saturday afternoon -- and its defensive effort wasn’t too shabby, either.

The Bulldogs rolled up nearly 500 rushing yards and held Emporia State University to its lowest total offense output of the season while cruising to a 5513 home victory in the opening round of the NCAA II playoffs.

No. 5 UMD and the No. 14 Hornets entered the second quarter tied at 13-13 before the Bulldogs reeled off 42 unanswered points en route posting its most lopsided victory in 17 lifetime NCAA II playoff games. Red shirt freshman quarterback Drew Bauer made his postseason debut a memorable one by rushing 14 times for a career-high 173 yards and four touchdowns. He bolted 55 yards into the end zone on the second play of the game for the first of those scores and added three more touchdowns in the second quarter to help give the Bulldogs a comfortable 41-13 lead at the break. Junior running back Austin Sikorski added 122 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries for his fifth 100-yard run game of the year (and third in a row). Steve Ierulli, one of 20 UMD seniors who were making what could be their final home appearance, scored on thirdquarter runs of 60 and 5 yards to cap off the triumph.

Defensively, the Bulldogs made it a long afternoon for Hornets -- especially their quarterback, Corben Jones, who was thrust in his first collegiate starting assignment due to an injury to record-setting regular Brent Wilson last week.

UMD wound up sacking Jones seven times, which was one sack shy of the school single-game record, and also picked him off five times. Senior strong safety Travis Nordhus and sophomore cornerback Darion Fletcher, each had two interceptions. UMD held Emporia State (9-2) just 171 yards (342 yards below its per game average this fall) including minus-2 via the rush.

“I thought it was a good team victory for us -- both offensively and defensively,” said first-year UMD head coach Curt Wiese. “To hold a talented offense like that to minus yards on the ground is really phenomenal. Drew Bauer and Austin Sikorski obviously played well and the guys on the perimeter, like the tight ends, did an outstanding job holding them out of the box.”

Emporia State

13 0 0 0 -- 13 Malosky Stadium UMD 13 28 14 0 -- 55 Attendance: 902 Scoring Summary Team Stats ESU UMD- (1st) Bauer 55-yd run

First Downs 14

(Brees kick failed) Rushes/yds 30/-2 ESU- (1st) Kuhns 34-yd FG Passing yds 173 ESU- (1st) Kuhns 20-yd FG Total Plays/yds 62/171 UMD- (1st) Sikorski 56-yd run Att-Comp-Int 12-35-5

(Brees kick)) Fumbles-lost 0-0 ESU- (1st) Willis 55-yd pass from Corben Penalties/yds 5/51

(Kuhns kick) 3rd Down Conv. 3/15 UMD- (2nd) Bauer 10-yd run Poss. Time 23:00

(Brown kick) UMD- (2nd) Bauer 1-yd run (Brown kick) UMD- (2nd) Reierson 6-yd pass from Bauer (Brown kick) UMD- (2nd) Bauer 5-yd run (Brown kick) UMD- (3rd) Ierulli 6-yd run (Brown kick) UMD- (3rd) Ierulli 50-yd run (Brown kick)

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UMD BOWS OUT OF NCAA II PLAYOFFS WITH 45-21 LOSS AT NMSU

For the University of Minnesota Duluth it was a case of too little, too late in its NCAA Division II second-round playoff clash with Northwest Missouri State University.

The No. 5 Bulldogs dug themselves a 31-0 third quarter hole and, despite a late rally, wound up falling 45-21 to the No. 2 ranked Bearcats before a crowd of 4,514 in Maryville, Mo. UMD concluded the season at 11-2 overall.

“We gave up a couple of big defensively and offensively we couldn’t stay on the field,” said Bulldog head coach Curt Wiese. “Our third-down execution was bad and not being able to run the ball effectively didn’t help us either.”

Trevor Adams threw for four touchdowns, including a pair to Clint Utter, while helping Northwest Missouri State build a 31-0 lead through three quarters. The Bulldogs reeled off 21 points in the opening nine minutes of the fourth quarter, getting a one-yard touchdown run from junior runnning back Austin Sikorski, a 48-yard pick-six from senior inside linebacker Colby Ring, and a nine-yard scoring strike from freshman quarterback Drew Bauer to junior wide out Zach Zweifel. Northwest Missouri State’s Brady Boiles put the game on ice and handed the Bulldogs only their sixth loss in 18 lifetime NCAA II playoff games by running for two short scores in the final 3:31 of play.

“We were able to put a couple of drives together in the fourth quarter and gain a little bit of momentum,” said Wiese. “Unfortunately, it just wasn’t enough in the end.”

The Bearcats, who came into the day with the eighth best defense in the NCAA II (285.5 yards per game) held UMD to 260 total yards on the afternoon -- its lowest output since Oct. 29, 2011 (242 yards in a 35-7 loss at St. Cloud State) -- and just 98 yards on the ground. That was 205 yards below the Bulldogs’ season average. The Bearcats finished with just 91 rushing yards but passed for 334. Adams was picked off three times, twice by rookie cornerback Hunter Malberg in the game’s opening nine minutes

Bauer rushed 20 times for a team-high 43 yards, with 33 of that total coming on a fourth-quarter run, while Sikorski ground out 21 yards on 13 carries to close the year with the fifth-highest single-season rushing harvest ever turned in by a Bulldog (1,260 yards). Bauer went 13-of-31 for 138 yards through the air with one interception and was sacked seven times.

The loss marked the end of the line for 20 UMD seniors, including senior offensive tackle Tom Olson, who started in his 54th consecutive game (tying him with his former linemate Garth Heikkinen for the top spot on the school’s ironman charts) and also attempted, and completed, his first collegiate pass, on a fake punt in the second quarter, hitting Tyler Smrcina for a 24-yard gain.

“For the seniors, it’s been the best years of our lives,” said Ring, who had a teamhigh nine total tackles giving him 284 stops for his career -- the third highest total in Bulldog history. “Obviously, it would have been nice to go out with a national championship, but I have no regrets. I told our younger guys after the game to keep the tradition going here and never take anything for granted.” ” Northwest Missouri State 0 UMD 0

10 21 14 -- 45 0 0 21 -- 21

Bearcat Stadium Attendance: 4,514

Scoring Summary Team Stats MWSU NWMSU- (2nd) Mathieson 21-yd FG First Downs 18 NWMSU- (2nd) Utter 11-yd pass from Adams Rushes/yds 34/91

(Mathieson kick) Passing yds 334 NWMSU- (3rd) Thomas 18-yd pass from Total Plays/yds 64/425

Adams (Mathieson kick) Att-Comp-Int 19-30-3 NWMSU- (3rd) Jozaltes 50-yd pass from Fumbles-lost 1-0

Adams (Mathieson kick) Penalties/yds 6/69 NWMSU- (3rd) Utter 3-yd pass from Adams 3rd Down Conv. 5/12

(Mathieson kick) Poss. Time 28:51 UMD- (4th) Sikorski 1-yd run (Brees kick) UMD- (4th) Ring 48-yd interception (Reierson pass from Bauer) UMD- (4th) Zweifel 9-yd pass from Bauer (Bauer pass failed) NWMSU- (4th) Bolles 2-yd run (Mathieson kick) NWMSU- (4th) Bolles 1-yd run (Mathieson kick)

UMD 15 39/98 162 71/260 14-32-1 5-1 3/30 2/15 31:09

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ALL-TIME UMD RESULTS 1930 (0-3-2) Coach: Frank Kovach Captain: Harvey Walsh

1935 (4-2-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Norm Johnson

Northland College.......................L 0-10 Itasca JC.....................................T 0-0 Virginia JC...................................L 0-35 Eveleth JC...................................L 0-49 Duluth JC....................................T 6-6

MSU-Moorhead...........................L 0-32 Bemidji State..............................W 13-12 Hibbing JC..................................W 26-6 St. Cloud State............................W 13-0 MSU-Mankato.............................L 12-14 Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 18-6

1931 (1-5-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Manley Burns Northland College.......................L 0-9 Winona State..............................W 7-0 Virginia JC...................................L 0-9 Duluth JC....................................L 6-18 Bemidji State..............................L 0-14 Wisconsin-Superior.....................L 0-26 1932 (3-3-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Stan Micolojak

(NIC: 2-1; T-1st)

MSU-Mankato.............................L 0-14 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 7-6 Virginia JC...................................W 12-6 Eveleth JC...................................L 0-18 Bemidji State..............................W 13-9 Wisconsin-Superior.....................L 0-26...........................................

1933 (3-3-1) (NIC: 2-1-1; 3rd) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Neil Scott Virginia JC...................................L 2-6 MSU-Moorhead...........................T 7-7 MSU-Mankato.............................W 3-0 St. Cloud State............................ L 0-7 Duluth JC....................................W 35-0 Wisconsin-Superior.....................L 7-8 Bemidji State..............................W 31-0 1934 (6-1-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Jack O’Hehir

(NIC: 3-1; 1st)

Virginia JC...................................W 18-0 St. Cloud State............................W 14-0 MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 17-0 Mankato State............................W 13-0 Duluth JC....................................W 26-6 Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 17-6 Bemidji State..............................L 0-3

1936 (4-1-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain:

(NIC: 2-2; 3rd)

(NIC: 2-1; T-2nd)

Winona State..............................W 25-0 St. Cloud State............................L 0-7 Bemidji State..............................W 26-6 Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 3-0 St. John’s....................................W 3-0 1937 (5-2-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Babe Nagolski

(NIC: 3-0; 1st)

St. John’s....................................L 6-16 Wisconsin-Superior.....................L 0-13 St. Cloud State ..........................W 20-13 Wisconsin-Eau Claire..................W 12-7 Northland College.......................W 26-0 Bemidji State..............................W 31-2 Winona State..............................W 19-0 1938 (7-0-1) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Francis Gorham

(NIC: 3-0; T-1st)

(NIC: 2-3; 4th)

Wisconsin-Superior ....................L 0-12 St. John's....................................L 7-13 St. Cloud State............................L 6-19 Winona State..............................W 13-7 MSU-Mankato.............................W 14-12 MSU-Moorhead...........................L 0-18 Bemidji State..............................L 0-10 1941 (1-6-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Verner Johnson

(NIC: 1-4; 5th)

MSU-Moorhead...........................W 13-7 St. John's....................................L 6-13 Bemidji State..............................L 0-34 MSU-Mankato.............................L 9-21 Wisconsin-Superior.....................L 0-27 St. Cloud State............................L 0-13 Winona State..............................L 13-31 1942 (2-3-1) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Gus Novotney

(NIC: 2-3; 4th)

MSU-Moorhead...........................W 6-0 St. Cloud State............................L 7-25 Winona State..............................W 19-2 MSU-Mankato.............................L 0-19 Bemidji State..............................L 0-34 Wisconsin-Superior.....................T 0-0 No Teams (1943-1945)

Eveleth JC...................................W 21-13 Wisconsin-Eau Claire..................W 12-0 St. Cloud State............................W 6-0 Hibbing JC..................................W 20-6 Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 19-7 Bemidji State..............................W 6-0 Wisconsin-Stout..........................T 0-0 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 14-2 1939 (5-1-1) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Charles Peglow

1940 (2-5-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Eugene Dixon

(NIC: 3-1; T-2nd)

21-6 Eveleth JC ..................................W MSU-Mankato.............................W 13-0 St. Cloud State............................W 7-6 Hibbing JC..................................W 19-7 Bemidji State..............................W 9-6 Moorhead State..........................L 6-7 Wisconsin-Superior.....................T 7-7

1946 (4-1-2) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Gus Novotney

(NIC: 2-0-2; T-1st)

Winona State..............................W 22-7 Northland College.......................W 6-0 MSU-Moorhead...........................T 7-7 Bemidji State..............................W 12-0 Wisconsin-Superior.....................L 6-13 Duluth JC....................................W 13-7 MSU-Mankato.............................T 0-0 1947 (3-4-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson

(NIC: 1-3; T-5th)

Northland College.......................W 31-0 Wisconsin-Superior.....................L 0-19 St. Cloud State............................L 7-26 Winona State..............................L 0-7 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 6-3 Bemidji State..............................L 7-12 Michigan Tech.............................W 12-0 1948 (4-3-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Dan Devine

(NIC: 4-1; T-1st)

Winona State..............................W 19-6 Michigan Tech.............................L 13-19 Bemidji State..............................W 32-6 Minnesota JV..............................L 0-26 St. Cloud State............................L 14-26 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 6-0 MSU-Mankato.............................W 13-7 1949 (4-3-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Olav Lee MSU-Moorhead...........................L 6-13 Bemidji State..............................W 13-12 MSU-Mankato.............................W 18-12 St. Cloud State............................L 6-7 Winona State..............................W 32-6 Minnesota JV..............................L 13-26 Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 33-27

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ALL-TIME UMD RESULTS 1950 (4-3-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Fred Murphy

1961 (8-1-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Dave Lindstrom

(MIAC: 3-3; T-5th)

St. Olaf.......................................W 19-6 St. Mary’s....................................W 20-6 St. Thomas..................................L 12-41 Macalester..................................L 6-27 St. John’s....................................L 18-33 Concordia-Moorhead..................W 39-19 Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 26-0 1951 (5-2-1) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Bob Murray

Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 43-6 Northern Michigan......................L 6-35 Macalester..................................W 47-13 Augsburg........................................W 45-14 Gustavus Adolphus...........................W 70-0 Hamline......................................W 61-0 Concordia-Moorhead..................W 34-14 St. John’s........................................W 12-6 St. Thomas..................................W 36-13

(MIAC:5-1; T-2nd)

1962 (6-2-1) (MIAC: 5-1-1; 2nd) Coach: Jim Malosky Captains: Bruce Johnson, Jerry Wherley

Wisconsin-Superior.....................T 7-7 Bemidji State..............................L 18-26 Augsburg........................................W 6-0 St. John’s........................................W 18-6 Hamline......................................W 21-6 St. Thomas..................................W 20-14 St. Mary’s........................................W 34-6 Gustavus Adolphus.....................L 12-27 1952 (0-7-1) (MIAC: 0-6; 9th) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Ken Johnson, Holly Tucker Wisconsin-Superior..........................T 6-6 St. John’s........................................L 7-13 Macalester..................................L 0-6 Michigan Tech.............................L 7-35 Hamline...........................................L 6-28 Gustavus Adolphus ..........................L 14-55 Augsburg....................................L 0-32 Concordia-Moorhead..................L 7-48 1953 (3-4-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Roland Cloutier

(MIAC: 3-3; T-5th)

Wisconsin-Superior.....................L 13-14 Macalester......................................L 9-12 Concordia-Moorhead..................L 25-27 St. John’s....................................W 33-6 St. Thomas.......................................L 14-16 Augsburg........................................W 14-6 St. Mary’s....................................W 21-7 1954 (5-3-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Dave Erholtz

(MIAC: 4-2; T-3rd)

Augsburg....................................W 7-6 Emporia State..................................W 20-7 Macalester..................................W 13-6 Hamline...........................................W 3-0 St. Mary’s........................................W 27-6 Concordia-Moorhead........................L 0-6 Gustavus Adolphus.....................L 0-39 Wisconsin-Superior..........................L 7-13 1955 (3-5-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Wally Aunan

(MIAC: 1-5; 7th)

Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 7-0 St. John’s........................................L 6-13 Augsburg........................................L 0-6 St. Thomas..................................L 0-26 Hamline......................................W 30-27 Concordia-Moorhead..................L 6-35 Gustavus Adolphus...........................L 0-20 Emporia State.............................W 13-7 1956 (4-4-0) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captain: Darrell Warner

(MIAC: 3-4; 5th)

Concordia-Moorhead........................L 0-21 St. John’s....................................L 0-44 St. Thomas.......................................L 14-34 Macalester......................................W 18-6

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(MIAC: 7-0; 1st)

Wisconsin-Superior.....................L 6-7 Northern Michigan...........................W 14-0 St. John’s....................................L 0-6 St. Thomas.......................................W 22-0 Macalester......................................W 14-10 Augsburg....................................W 31-8 Gustavus Adolphus.....................W 22-6 Hamline...........................................W 34-7 Concordia-Moorhead........................T 8-8 Augsburg....................................L 6-21 Gustavus Adolphus.....................W 7-0 Hamline...........................................W 21-0 Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 45-13 1957 (2-5-1) (MIAC: 2-5; 6th) Coach: Lloyd Peterson Captains: Dick Forbort, Marv Heikkinen Wisconsin-Superior..........................T 0-0 Hamline......................................W 18-7 Concordia-Moorhead..................L 6-34 St. John’s........................................L 7-17 St. Thomas..................................W 12-3 Macalester..................................L 19-40 Augsburg........................................L 0-10 Gustavus Adolphus...........................L 0-26 1958 (4-4-0) (MIAC: 4-3; 4th) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Dick Ferrera, Clyde Smith Wisconsin-Superior.....................L 6-14 Gustavus Adolphus.....................L 20-34 Hamline...........................................W 22-6 Concordia-Moorhead........................L 30-38 St. John’s....................................L 29-42 St. Thomas.......................................W 7-6 Macalester......................................W 24-14 Augsburg....................................W 27-13 1959 (5-2-1) (MIAC: 4-2-1; 3rd) Coach: Jim Malosky Captains: Lino Rauzi, John Drazenovich Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 28-0 Augsburg........................................W 38-25 Gustavus Adolphus...........................L 7-22 Hamline......................................W 14-0 St. Thomas..................................T 12-12 Macalester..................................W 28-14 St. John’s........................................W 14-6 Concordia-Moorhead..................L 0-22 1960 (6-1-1) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Wallace Fontaine

(MIAC: 6-1; 1st)

Wisconsin-Superior.....................T 6-6 Concordia-Moorhead........................W 40-22 St. John’s....................................L 7-8 St. Thomas.......................................W 61-6 Macalester......................................W 39-0 Augsburg....................................W 26-14 Gustavus Adolphus.....................W 20-14 Hamline...........................................W 22-8

1963 (3-6-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Ken Schloer

(MIAC: 2-5; 6th)

Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 28-7 North Dakota..............................L 0-33 Concordia-Moorhead..................L 16-36 St. John’s........................................L 6-60 St. Thomas..................................L 0-14 Macalester..................................W 12-0 Augsburg........................................L 12-14 Gustavus Adolphus...........................W 26-7 Hamline......................................L 12-16 1964 (4-5-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Dick Fisher

(MIAC: 2-5; 5th)

Wisconsin-Eau Claire.......................W 29-6 Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 46-6 Hamline...........................................W 34-0 Concordia-Moorhead........................L 6-24 St. John’s....................................L 12-21 St. Thomas.......................................L 20-22 Macalester......................................W 42-0 Augsburg....................................L 6-14 Gustavus Adolphus.....................L 20-21 1965 (4-5-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Ray Norsted

(MIAC: 3-4; 5th)

Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 38-6 North Dakota State.....................L 8-55 Gustavus Adolphus...........................L 6-17 Hamline......................................W 22-16 Concordia-Moorhead..................L 12-48 St. John’s........................................L 8-17 St. Thomas..................................L 6-20 Macalester..................................W 34-6 Augsburg........................................W 16-0 1966 (5-3-1) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Steve Sands

(MIAC: 4-2-1; 3rd)

South Dakota State..........................L 0-27 Augsburg....................................L 0-13 Gustavus Adolphus.....................T 14-14 Hamline......................................L 6-18 Concordia-Moorhead........................W 18-6 St. John’s....................................W 22-7 St. Thomas.......................................W 20-14 Macalester......................................W 47-6 Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 40-0

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ALL-TIME UMD RESULTS 1967 (7-1-1) (MIAC: 5-1-1; T-2nd) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Eric Eversley

1971 (6-3-1) (MIAC: 5-2; 3rd) Coach: Jim Malosky Captains: John Zupetz, Pete Furo

Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 68-14 South Dakota State.....................W 12-7 St. Thomas..................................W 42-26 Macalester..................................W 38-10 Augsburg........................................W 29-0 Gustavus Adolphus...........................L 16-26 Hamline......................................W 22-13 Concordia-Moorhead..................T 8-8 St. John’s........................................W 12-7

Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 10-0 MSU-Moorhead...........................T 14-14 Hamline......................................L 7-10 Concordia-Moorhead..................W 13-0 St. John’s........................................W 22-21 St. Thomas..................................W 14-0 Macalester..................................W 16-7 Augsburg........................................W 38-0 Gustavus Adolphus...........................L 12-18 Wisconsin-Milwaukee..................L 0-13

1968 (4-6-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Neil Ladsten

(MIAC: 2-5; 7th)

Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 33-6 MSU-Moorhead................................W 36-26 St. John’s....................................L 6-21 St. Thomas.......................................L 16-18 Macalester......................................W 26-6 Augsburg....................................W 23-0 Gustavus Adolphus.....................L 6-10 Hamline...........................................L 22-32 Concordia-Moorhead........................L 14-23 MSU-Mankato.............................L 23-28 1969 (4-6-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Al Decker

(MIAC: 2-5; 6th)

Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 36-0 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 26-12 St. John’s........................................L 12-16 St. Thomas..................................W 27-8 Macalester..................................L 35-38 Augsburg........................................W 37-6 Gustavus Adolphus...........................L 14-20 Hamline......................................L 12-32 Concordia-Moorhead..................L 7-28 MSU-Mankato.............................L 6-42

1972 (5-4-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Steve Skildum

(MIAC: 4-3; T-3rd)

Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 12-0 MSU-Moorhead................................L 6-14 Gustavus Adolphus.....................L 12-17 Hamline...........................................W 49-13 Concordia-Moorhead........................W 10-9 St. John’s....................................L 0-34 St. Thomas.......................................W 21-19 Macalester......................................W 56-0 Augsburg....................................L 27-28 1973 (8-1-0) (MIAC: 6-1; T-1st) Coach: Jim Malosky Captains: Darrell McKibbon, Scott Lyons,

Eric Kaiser Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 29-0 Michigan Tech.............................W 7-0 Augsburg........................................L 12-14 Gustavus Adolphus...........................W 14-13 Hamline......................................W 17-13 Concordia-Moorhead..................W 16-13 St. John’s........................................W 28-12 St. Thomas..................................W 30-13 Macalester..................................W 21-0

1970 (7-2-1) (MIAC: 4-2-1; 3rd) Coach: Jim Malosky Captains: Tom Cady, Slats Fairbanks

1974 (7-2-1) (MIAC: 4-2-1; T-3rd) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Mark Johnson, Barry Becklin

Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 20-0 MSU-Moorhead................................W 23-7 Concordia-Moorhead........................W 14-8 St. John’s....................................L 18-22 St. Thomas.......................................W 3-0 Macalester......................................T 14-14 Augsburg....................................W 16-15 Gustavus Adolphus.....................L 15-41 Hamline...........................................W 14-0 St. Cloud State............................W 16-10

Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 20-14 Minnesota-Morris........................W 20-0 Gustavus Adolphus.....................W 22-0 St. Cloud State.................................W 20-14 Macalester......................................W 6-0 St. John’s....................................W 15-0 Concordia-Moorhead........................W 14-10 Augsburg....................................L 6-7 Hamline...........................................T 0-0 St. Olaf.......................................L 0-7

1975 (8-2-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Terry Egerdahl

(MIAC: 6-1; 2nd)

Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 34-6 Minnesota-Morris............................W 22-13 Gustavus Adolphus...........................W 28-0 St. Cloud State............................L 16-34 Macalester..................................W 13-7 St. John’s........................................L 10-13 Concordia-Moorhead..................W 10-6 Augsburg........................................W 16-3 Hamline......................................W 38-6 St. Olaf............................................W 14-6 1976 (6-4-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Pat Kubat

(NIC: 5-2; T-2nd)

Winona State..............................W 40-0 Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 35-7 St. Cloud State.................................L 0-10 Northern Michigan .....................L 0-44 Minnesota-Morris........................L 6-35 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 70-0 Bemidji State...................................W 42-13 St. Thomas.......................................W 24-0 MSU-Moorhead...........................L 13-14 Michigan Tech.................................W 21-14 1977 (7-3-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Dave Nelson

(NIC: 4-3; T-4th)

Michigan Tech.............................W 28-6 Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 33-0 Bemidji State..............................L 18-21 St. Cloud State............................W 12-0 Minnesota-Morris............................L 14-17 Southwest Minnesota State.........W 49-7 MSU-Mankato.............................W 21-6 St. Thomas..................................W 20-0 MSU-Moorhead................................L 8-21 Winona State...................................W 43-0 1978 (7-3-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Kelly Fleissner

(NIC:6-2; T-2nd)

Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 21-14 Bemidji State..............................W 42-0 Michigan Tech.................................W 24-19 Minnesota-Morris........................L 7-12 MSU-Mankato..................................W 26-7 Southwest Minnesota State.........W 57-0 St. Cloud State.................................L 23-30 Wisconsin-Stout..............................L 2-21 Winona State...................................W 14-0 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 32-6

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ALL-TIME UMD RESULTS MSU-Moorhead................................W 38-10 Winona State..............................W 50-0 Minnesota-Morris............................W 19-17 Northern State............................W 20-0 Bemidji State...................................W 10-7 #Minnesota-Morris......................W 20-10 1986 (8-1-2)^ Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Mark Turcott

(NIC: 4-0-2; T-1st)

Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 27-6 St. Cloud State.................................W 27-7 Michigan Tech.............................W 31-15 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 28-3 Winona State...................................W 49-0 Minnesota-Morris........................T 7-7 Northern State.................................W 56-0 Bemidji State..............................T 3-3 Northern Michigan......................L 29-35 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 35-8 Northwestern (IA)#......................W 69-0

1979 (8-2-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Roger Ollila

(NIC: 7-1; T-1st)

Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 49-0 Bemidji State...................................W 40-3 Michigan Tech.............................W 17-7 Minnesota-Morris............................L 17-19 MSU-Mankato.............................W 21-7 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 37-0 St. Cloud State............................W 14-6 Wisconsin-Stout..........................L 0-13 Winona State..............................W 39-17 MSU-Moorhead................................W 34-8 1980 (10-0-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Amory Bodin

(NIC: 8-0; 1st)

Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 49-0 Minnesota-Morris........................W 24-21 MSU-Mankato..................................W 38-6 Northwestern College..................W 24-7 Southwest Minnesota State.........W 28-7 St. Cloud State.................................W 35-12 Bemidji State..............................W 55-7 Winona State...................................W 38-0 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 32-9 Northern State.................................W 31-7 1981 (9-1-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Tom Lawrence

(NIC: 5-1; 2nd)

Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 68-23 Minnesota-Morris............................W 23-7 MSU-Mankato.............................W 21-9 Northwestern College......................W 27-6 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 32-3 St. Cloud State............................W 10-7 Bemidji State...................................W 21-3 Winona State..............................W 49-10 MSU-Moorhead................................L 0-29 Northern State............................W 44-10

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1982 (7-2-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Boyd Hanson

(NIC: 5-1; 2nd)

Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 39-3 Northern Michigan .....................L 21-48 MSU-Mankato..................................W 42-17 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 51-13 MSU-Moorhead...........................L 20-30 Winona State...................................W 32-8 Minnesota-Morris........................W 35-17 Northern State.................................W 30-7 Bemidji State..............................W 28-0 1983 (6-4-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Mark Ogren

(NIC: 4-2; T-2nd)

Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 12-7 Northern Michigan ..........................L 7-23 Northeast Missouri (Truman)State.. L 19-20 Southwest Minnesota State.........W 30-17 MSU-Moorhead................................W 20-14 Winona State..............................L 14-28 Minnesota-Morris............................W 42-0 Northern State............................L 8-10 Bemidji State...................................W 24-15 St. John’s#..................................W 30-7 1984 (6-4-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Andy Verhel

(NIC: 4-2; T-3rd)

Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 32-0 MSU-Mankato.............................L 0-34 Northern Michigan .....................L 14-24 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 25-6 MSU-Moorhead...........................L 7-14 Winona State...................................W 16-14 Minnesota-Morris........................L 14-31 Northern State.................................W 32-3 Bemidji State..............................W 19-0 Wisconsin-Platteville#.................W 10-0 1985 (8-2-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Steve Peterson

(NIC: 6-0; 1st)

Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 28-0 St. Cloud State............................L 10-24 Northern Michigan...........................L 14-51 Southwest Minnesota State.........W 17-13

1987 (8-3-0)^ (NIC: 5-1; 1st) Coach: Jim Malosky Captains: Mike Louhi, Jim Malosky Jr., Phil Peichel Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 16-13 St. Cloud State............................L 15-22 Michigan Tech.................................W 41-10 MSU-Moorhead................................W 31-14 Winona State..............................W 28-10 Minnesota-Morris............................W 56-3 Northern State ...........................W 30-8 Bemidji State...................................W 40-0 Northern Michigan...........................L 10-23 Southwest Minnesota State.........L 14-27 MSU-Moorhead#........................W 24-17 1988 (7-4-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Jeff Dunnell

(NIC: 4-2; 3rd)

Wisconsin-Superior.....................W 52-7 North Dakota...................................L 14-28 Northern Michigan......................L 7-24 Winona State...................................W 33-7 Minnesota-Morris........................W 22-10 Northern State.................................L 7-17 Bemidji State..............................W 43-3 Michigan Tech.............................W 41-0 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 55-14 MSU-Moorhead...........................L 3-13 Luther College#...........................W 24-0 1989 (5-5-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Dale Gessell

(NIC: 3-3; T-4th)

Wisconsin-Superior..........................W 42-6 North Dakota..............................L 14-17 Wisconsin-Eau Claire..................L 10-16 Winona State..............................W 54-6 Minnesota-Morris ...........................W (OT) 13-10 Northern State............................L 3-6 Bemidji State...................................W 26-6 Michigan Tech.................................W 31-7 Southwest Minnesota State.........L 0-7 MSU-Moorhead................................L 12-16 1990 (9-1-1) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Ron Viaene

(NIC: 5-1; T-1st)

St. Cloud State.................................W 17-14 Wisconsin-Eau Claire.......................W 35-14 Humboldt State..........................T 7-7 Minnesota-Morris........................W 14-7 Northern State.................................L 17-20 Bemidji State..............................W 28-17 Michigan Tech.............................W 33-15 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 19-7 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 34-23 Winona State...................................W 41-12 Northern State#..........................W 21-0

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(NIC: 4-1; 3rd)

1994 (4-7-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Marc Achterkirch

(NSIC: 3-3; T-4th)

Montana State............................L 14-30 Wisconsin-Eau Claire..................W 21-7 St. Cloud State............................L 14-17 St. Francis.......................................L 33-35 Minnesota-Morris............................W 34-0 Northern State............................W 21-14 Bemidji State...................................W 48-19 Michigan Tech.................................W 28-21 Southwest Minnesota State.........L 7-43 MSU-Moorhead................................Cancelled (snow) Winona State..............................W 38-6

Montana State............................L 7-37 St. Cloud State.................................L 7-35 Portland State.............................L 21-35 Bemidji State..............................W 48-13 Wisconsin River Falls.......................W 17-14 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 21-9 MSU-Moorhead...........................L 7-17 Winona State...................................L 20-40 Minnesota-Morris........................W 42-0 Northern State.................................L 15-20 Idaho State.................................L 24-29

1992 (5-5-1) (NSIC: 4-1-1; T-2nd) Coach: Jim Malosky Captains: Mark Adler, Bob Schwartz

1995 (8-2-1) (NSIC: 5-0-1; T-1st) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Brian Potocnik

Wisconsin-Eau Claire.......................W 17-6 St. Cloud State ................................L 0-33 St. Francis...................................L 17-42 Northern State.................................W 9-0 Bemidji State..............................W 22-13 Michigan Tech.............................L 20-40 Southwest Minnesota State..............T 18-18 MSU-Moorhead...........................L 6-21 Winona State...................................W 21-0 Minnesota-Morris........................W 41-22 Northern Arizona.........................L 22-31

Wisconsin-Stout..............................W 21-20 St. Cloud State ..........................L 23-29 Montana.....................................L 6-54 Bemidji State ..................................W 40-9 Wayne State (Neb.).....................W 22-15 Southwest Minnesota State.........W 28-21 MSU-Moorhead................................T 14-14 Winona State..............................W 24-20 Minnesota-Morris............................W 35-0 Northern State............................W 28-7 Southwest Minnesota State#......W 13-6

1993 (8-3-0) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Greg Valaskey

1996 (8-3) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Kurt King

(NSIC: 4-2; T-2nd)

Wisconsin-Eau Claire..................W 24-15 St. Cloud State ..........................L 0-47 Wisconsin-Stout..............................W 14-11 Northern State ...........................L 22-26 Bemidji State..................................W 20-0 Michigan Tech.................................W 32-3 Southwest Minnesota State........W 31-28 MSU-Moorhead...............................W 23-0 Winona State.............................L 15-17 Minnesota-Morris............................W 35-13 Wayne State (Neb.)#..................W 29-28

(NSIC: 6-0; 1st)

MSU-Mankato.............................L 18-34 St. Cloud State ................................L 16-34 Montana State............................L 0-37 Wayne State (Neb.) .........................W 50-21 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 28-27 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 39-22 Winona State...................................W 55-30 Minnesota-Morris........................W 52-0 Northern State.................................W 48-20 Bemidji State..............................W 49-0 Wisconsin-La Crosse#.................W 13-6

1997 (4-6) Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Josh Sandell

(NSIC: 4-2; 2nd)

Northern Michigan...........................L 7-24 MSU-Mankato .................................L 20-31 St. Cloud State............................L 13-25 Northern Arizona.........................L 6-40 Southwest Minnesota State.........L 14-20 MSU-Moorhead................................W 31-14 Winona State..............................L 35-63 Minnesota-Morris............................W 48-7 Northern State............................W 35-7 Bemidji State...................................W 41-0 1998 (4-7) (NSIC: 3-3; 4th) Interim Coaches: Vince Repesh, Jim Malosky Jr Captain: Trevor Theelke MSU-Mankato.............................L 7-31 Northern Michigan .....................L 14-24 Wisconsin-Eau Claire.......................L 14-28 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 13-7 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 37-34 Winona State...................................L 19-27 Minnesota-Morris........................W 41-6 Northern State.................................L 7-34 Bemidji State..............................L 18-48 Wayne State (Neb.)..........................W 41-13 MSU-Moorhead#........................L 27-37 1999 (3-8) Coach: Bob Nielson Captain: Jeff Wenngatz

(NSIC: 3-5; T-6th)

MSU-Mankato..................................L 15-37 St. Cloud State ..........................L 0-49 Minnesota-Crookston..................W 27-24 Southwest Minnesota State..............L 9-14 MSU-Moorhead................................L 14-20 Concordia-St. Paul......................L 27-35 Northern State.................................L 7-16 Bemidji State..............................L 26-35 Wayne State (Neb.).....................W 31-19 Winona State...................................W 21-17 Wisconsin-La Crosse#.................L 21-22 2000 (7-4) (NSIC: 5-3; T-3rd) Coach: Bob Nielson Captains: Erik Conner, Chris Markas MSU-Mankato..................................W 23-18 St. Cloud State ................................W 36-29 Minnesota-Crookston.......................W 13-9 Southwest Minnesota State.........W 35-24 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 26-7 Concordia-St. Paul...........................L 27-37 Northern State............................L 26-49 Bemidji State...................................W 38-19 Wayne State (Neb.)..........................W 45-13 Winona State..............................L (2OT) 31-34 Wisconsin-Stout#........................L 15-17 2001 (9-3) (NSIC: 7-2; 2nd) Coach: Bob Nielson Captains: Rob Tadych, Kevin Westbrock MSU-Mankato.............................W 31-28 South Dakota ..................................W 14-10 Minnesota-Morris............................W 71-0 Minnesota-Crookston..................L 13-17 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 51-7 MSU-Moorhead................................W 35-14 Concordia-St. Paul......................W 19-16 Northern State.................................W 48-0 Bemidji State..............................W 42-38 Wayne State (Neb.).....................W 37-17 Winona State#............................L 30-33 Central Missouri State~...............L 17-48

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ALL-TIME UMD RESULTS/THE LAST TIME...

2002 (11-1) (NSIC: 9-0; 1st) Coach: Bob Nielson Captains: Nate Davis, Ricky Fritz, Peter Lawton

2007 (4-6) (NCC: 3-5; T-5th) Coach: Kyle Schweiert Captains: Nate Fears, Jon Rufledt, Ted Schlafke

MSU-Mankato..................................W 44-9 South Dakota .............................W 23-21 Minnesota-Morris........................W 44-6 Minnesota-Crookston.......................W 76-14 Southwest Minnesota State.........W 38-7 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 53-27 Concordia-St. Paul...........................W 36-12 Northern State............................W 48-22 Bemidji State...................................W 52-25 Wayne State (Neb.)..........................W 42-3 Winona State...................................W 42-25 Northwest Missouri State@..........L 41-45

Bemidji State...................................W 31-14 Missouri Western State ...................L 27-45 South Dakota..............................L 22-36 Central Washington.....................L 21-43 Western Washington........................W 22-14 Augustana College......................W 34-7 MSU-Mankato .................................L 14-35 Nebraska Omaha........................L 17-42 North Dakota...................................L 14-31 St. Cloud State............................W 23-13

2003 (8-3) (NSIC: 6-2; 3rd) Coach: Bob Nielson Captains: Tim Battalgia, Cash Langeness, Dave Otto, Adam Skinner, Dan Soldner MSU-Mankato.............................W 40-20 South Dakota .............................L 7-10 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 39-0 Northern State............................L 7-46 Waldorf College...............................W 73-6 Wayne State (Neb.)..........................W 49-18 Minnesota-Crookston..................W 28-0 Concordia-St. Paul...........................W 56-33 Bemidji State..............................W 34-21 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 51-20 Winona State..............................L 17-24 2004 (4-7) (NCC: 1-5; 6th) Coach: Kyle Schweigert Captains: Adam Fechhelm, Geoff Fischer, Luke Jipson, Pat Kelly, Russ Rabe, Dave Rufledt Chadron State.................................W 35-21 Concordia-St. Paul .....................L 6-38 Wisconsin-La Crosse........................L 13-34 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 14-10 Upper Iowa .....................................W 30-7 MSU-Mankato..................................L 13-34 Nebraska-Omaha........................L 24-38 North Dakota..............................L 0-26 Augustana College...........................W 47-16 South Dakota..............................L 21-48 St. Cloud State.................................L 0-28 2005 (8-4) (NCC: 4-2; T-1st) Coach: Kyle Schweigert Captains: Ben Bowditch, Brandon Cooley, Kevin Krenz, Chris Lapakko Chadron State.............................W 28-17 Concordia-St. Paul ..........................W 31-10 Northern Iowa.............................L 14-49 MSU-Moorhead................................W 55-7 Upper Iowa ................................W 18-7 MSU-Mankato.............................W 28-23 Nebraska-Omaha..............................W 38-35 North Dakota...................................L 10-33 Augustana College......................L 23-26 South Dakota...................................W 56-43 St. Cloud State............................W 45-28 North Dakota@............................L 12-23 2006 (6-4) (NCC: 4-4; 4th) Coach: Kyle Schweigert Captains: Mark Knudsen, Kevin Krenz, Trent Scheidecker, Ted Schlafke Bemidji State..............................W 23-7 U. of Mary .......................................W 42-14 South Dakota..............................L 14-27 Central Washington..........................W 31-25 Western Washington....................W 20-10 Augustana College...........................L 7-35 MSU-Mankato ............................W (OT) 16-13 Nebraska Omaha..............................L 14-38 North Dakota..............................L 14-38 St. Cloud State.................................W 29-24

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2008 (15-0) (NSIC: 10-0; 1st) Coach: Bob Nielson Captains: Nate Baier, Jim Johnson, Ted Schlafke, Tyler Yelk Concordia-St. Paul......................W 40-0 Missouri Western State ...............W 47-18 Southwest Minnesota State..............W 43-21 Augustana College......................W 40-10 U. of Mary........................................W 44-7 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 52-10 Northern State ................................W 55-7 St. Cloud State............................W 38-21 Bemidji State...................................W 48-21 Minnesota-Crookston..................W 63-7 Winona State...................................W 38-7 Chadron State@...............................W 20-10 Grand Valley State@....................W (OT) 19-13 California U. (Pa.)@.....................W 45-7 Northwest Missouri State+..........W 21-14 2009 (11-2) (NSIC: 10-0; 1st) Coach: Bob Nielson Captains: Tobias Lemke, Cole Strilzuk, Brandon Wood Concordia-St.Paul............................W 56-0 Central Washington..........................L 10-13 Southwest Minnesota State.........W 34-27 Augustana College...........................W 42-21 U. of Mary...................................W 35-7 MSU-Moorhead................................W 76-7 Northern State............................W 42-0 St. Cloud State.................................W 31-7 Bemidji State..............................W 35-34 Minnesota-Crookston.......................W 44-0 Winona State..............................W 41-16 Nebraska-Kearney@.........................W 42-7 Grand Valley State@.........................L 10-24

Winona State..............................W 24-6 U. of Mary....................................W 41-28 Northern State.................................W 37-6 St. Cloud State............................L 7-35 Minnesota Crookston.......................W 49-7 MSU-Mankato..................................W 31-19 Saginaw Valley State@......................W (OT) 30-27 CSU-Pueblo@..............................W 24-21 Wayne State (Mich.)@......................L 25-31 2012 (10-2) (NSIC: 10-1; 1st) Coach: Bob Nielson Captains: Joe Akey, Cameron Harper, Garth Heikkinen, Ben Helmer, Chase Vogler Southwest Minnesota State.........W 45-20 Winona State...................................W 38-16 Concordia-St. Paul......................W 70-24 Augustana College...........................W 42-34 St. Cloud State............................L 49-51 MSU–Moorhead...............................W 45-14 Minot State.................................W 44-6 Bemidji State...................................W 30-0 Minnesota-Crookston..................W 38-14 U. of Mary.......................................W 53-14 Northern State.................................W 49-31 Missouri Western State@.............L (3OT) 55-57 2013 (11-2) (NSIC: 10-1; T-2nd) Coach: Curt Wiese Captains: Travis Nordhus, Tom Olson, Colby Ring, Aaron Roth, Nate Zuk Sioux Falls.......................................W 32-7 Upper Iowa.................................W 37-19 MSU–Mankato.................................L 17-21 Wayne State................................W 64-21 St. Cloud State.................................W 34-7 MSU-Moorhead...........................W 69-45 Minot State.....................................W 52-0 Bemidji State..............................W 31-21 Minnesota Crookston.......................W 57-3 U. of Mary...................................W 32-14 Northern State............................W 39-7 Emporia State@...............................W 55-13 Northwest Missouri State@..........L 21-45

Home Games Are Listed in Boldface @NCAA II Playoffs +NCAA II Championship (Florence, Ala.) #NSIC Metrodome Classic (Minneapolis, Minn.) ~Mineral Water Bowl (Excelsior Springs, Mo.) ^Later forfeited entire season

2010 (15-0) (NSIC: 10-0; 1st) Coach: Bob Nielson Captains: Isaac Odim, Kiel Fechtelkotter Central Washington.....................W 35-10 Upper Iowa.................................W 62-13 Wayne State (Neb.)..........................W 42-10 Bemidji State...................................W 44-21 MSU-Mooorhead.........................W 56-7 Winona State...................................W 59-17 U. of Mary........................................W 49-0 Northern State............................W 27-7 St. St. Cloud State............................W 40-17 Minnesota Crookston..................W 55-7 MSU-Mankato.............................W 45-21 St. Cloud State@..............................W(OT) 20-17 Augustana College@........................W 24-13 Northwest Missouri State@..............W 17-13 Delta State+...............................W 20-17 2011 (11-3) (NSIC: 8-2; T-1st) Coach: Bob Nielson Captains: Cory Flesch, Rob Huberty Augustana ..................................W 20-12 Upper Iowa......................................W 49-22 Wayne State (Neb.).....................L 0-7 Bemidji State..............................W 26-23 MSU-Moorhead................................W 49-21

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