2012 umd football yearbook

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LAYOUTUMD Athletics

COVER DESIGNWestmorelandFlint

ON THE COVER | Fourth-year

starting quarterback Chase Vogler will

man the offensive controls for the

Bulldogs during their drive for five (as in

consecutive Northern Sun Intercollegiate

Conference championships) crusade

in 2012, which just happens to be the

80th season of intercollegiate football

at UMD.

The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference . . . . . . . 2James S. Malosky Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Head Coach Bob Nielson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5Bulldog Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7All-Time UMD Coaching Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7UMD Football Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8The 2012 UMD Bulldogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-212011 UMD Statistics and Results . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-2380 Years of Bulldog Football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25Harlon Hill Candidates/NFF Scholar-Athletes . . . . . . 26UMD All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Bulldog Team Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Bulldog All-Conference Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29UMD and the NFL/Post-Season Bowl Players . . . . . . 30Bulldog Team Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31UMD Individual Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-33Bulldog Bests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-35UMD All-Time vs. Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Longest Plays by a Bulldog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Year-By-Year Final UMD Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37UMD in the NCAA II Playoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-45The Last Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45All-Time Bulldog Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-51

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BULLDOGS AT A GLANCEName: University of Minnesota Duluth Founded: 1895 Enrollment: 11,800 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: Bob Nielson Faculty Athletic Representative: Allen Mensinger Head Coach: Bob Nielson Alma Mater (Year): Wartburg College (1982) Record at UMD (Year): 90-24-0 (10th) Career College Coaching Record (Year): 160-57-1 (20th) Assistant Coaches: Curt Wiese, John Steger, Peter Lue, Tyler Yelk, Trey Dill, Jake Landry, Andy Prevost, D.J. Winfield Head Athletic Trainer: Mike Wendinger 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): 455-256-24 (80th) NCAA II Championships: 2 (2010, 2008) NCAA II Playoff Appearances: 6 (2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2005, 2002) Bowl Appearances: 1 (Mineral Water Bowl – 2001) Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships: 17 (2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2002, 1996, 1995, 1990, 1985, 1980, 1979, 1948, 1946, 1939, 1937, 1934, 1932) North Central Conference Championships: 1 (2005) Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships: 3 (1973, 1961, 1960)

TEAM INFORMATION 2011 Overall Record: 11-3 2011 Overall NSIC Record (Place): 8-2 (1st-Tie) 2011 NSIC North Division Record (Place): 5-1 (1st-Tie) Returning Lettermen: 54 (Offense: 28; Defense: 25; Special Teams: 1) Lettermen Lost: 14 (Offense: 7; Defense: 6; Special Teams: 1) Starters Returning: 15 (Offense: 8; Defense: 6; Special Teams: 1) Starters Lost: 9 (Offense: 3; Defense: 5; Special Teams:1) 2012 Team Captains: Joe Akey, Cameron Harper, Garth Heikkinen, Ben Helmer, Chase Vogler

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THE NORTHERN SUN INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCEFrom its modest origin as a six-team alliance 80

years ago, the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Confer-ence 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, Min-nesota 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, Concor-dia University-St. Paul and the University of Minne-sota-Crookston in 1999, the University of Mary and Upper Iowa University in 2006, and Augustana Col-lege 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. This fall, the NSIC will again expand by two with the addition of Minot State University and the Univer-sity of Sioux Falls,

In 1992 the NSIC became a true athletic show-case 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 Na-tional Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

NIC and NSC clubs annually dispatched qualified student-athletes to national tournaments and cap-tured several NAIA team and individual title.

The NSIC celebrates its 81st season of competi-tion this year and clearly continues to make a major imprint nationally, winning an impressive 11 national titles since 2006 -- including a pair of football cham-pionships 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 as well, collecting a host of individual honors. Among those is UMD outside hitter Vicky Braegelmann, a two-time AVCA National Player of the Year who, in 2007-08, was be-stowed with NCAA Division II Honda Women’s Athlete of the Year Award.

The NSIC has long provided competitive intercol-legiate 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 Na-tional Basketball Association.

NORTHERN SUN INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE MEMBER SCHOOLS

ALL-TIME NSIC FOOTBALL STANDINGSTeam W L T PCT Titles LastAugustana 29 11 0 .725 0 ---UMD 200 78 5 .715 17 2011St. Cloud State 163 97 9 .623 15 2011Minnesota State-Mankato 126 75 8 .622 14 2011Michigan Tech# 71 53 1 .572 7 1974Concordia-St. Paul 57 51 0 .528 2 2005Northern State 110 107 3 .507 3 1999Minnesota State-Moorhead 211 212 9 .499 14 1995Wayne State 56 57 0 .496 0 ---U. of Mary 24 25 0 .490 0 ---Winona State 205 224 8 .478 18 2007Minnesota-Morris# 99 117 4 .459 8 1987Bemidji State 177 248 9 .418 5 2006Southwest Minnesota State 103 187 5 .358 1 1990Upper Iowa 13 44 0 .234 0 ---Minnesota Crookston 17 87 0 .163 0 ---Minot State 0 0 0 .000 0 ---U. of Sioux Falls 0 0 0 .000 0 ----

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Northern Minnesota’s premier outdoor athlet-ic venue, James S. Malosky Stadium has been the home of University of Minnesota Duluth football for close to five decades. The Bulldogs have certainly taken advantage of their home turf during that time. Since moving from Public Schools Stadium in West Duluth to campus for good on Oct. 29, 1966, UMD has posted an impressive 171-53-4 overall record (.759) in 228 appearances at the complex named after legendary Bulldog football coach Jim Malosky. Moreover, UMD has suffered through just five losing seasons at Malosky Stadium (1968, 1994, 1998, 1999, and 2007) and pieced together a school-record 18-game home win-ning streak that spanned from October 2000 through October 2004.

Four summers ago, a $6.5 million, four- level structure, which houses a concession area, club room and press facilities, was added to the grandstand. In 1999, Malosky Stadium un-derwent 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 eight-lane, all-weather track. In addition to housing the football, women’s soccer and track and field Bulldogs, the 4,500-seat Malosky Stadium also hosts a number of high school athletic events throughout the year as well as various UMD intramural activities.

THE BULLDOGS ALL-TIME AT MALOSKY STADIUMYear W L T Pct.1966 . . . . . 2 . . .0 . . .0 . . . 1.0001967 . . . . . 3 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..7501968 . . . . . 2 . . .3 . . .0 . . . . ..4001969 . . . . . 2 . . .2 . . .0 . . . . ..5001970 . . . . . 4 . . .0 . . .1 . . . . ..9001971 . . . . . 3 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..7501972 . . . . . 4 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..8001973 . . . . . 3 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..7501974 . . . . . 3 . . .0 . . .1 . . . . ..8751975 . . . . . 5 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..8331976 . . . . . 4 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..8001977 . . . . . 2 . . .2 . . .0 . . . . ..500

Year . . . . . . . W . . . . L . . . T . . . . . . Pct.1990 . . . . . 4 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..8001991 . . . . . 3 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..7501992 . . . . . 3 . . .1 . . .1 . . . . ..7001993 . . . . . 5 . . .0 . . .0 . . . 1.0001994 . . . . . 2 . . .3 . . .0 . . . . ..4001995 . . . . . 3 . . .0 . . .1 . . . . ..8751996 . . . . . 4 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..8001997 . . . . . 3 . . .2 . . .0 . . . . ..6001998 . . . . . 2 . . .3 . . .0 . . . . ..4001999 . . . . . 1 . . .4 . . .0 . . . . ..2002000 . . . . . 5 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..8332001 . . . . . 5 . . .0 . . .0 . . . 1.000

JAMES S. MALOSKY STADIUM

Year W L T Pct.1978 . . . . . 3 . . .2 . . .0 . . . . ..6001979 . . . . . 4 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..8001980 . . . . . 4 . . .0 . . .0 . . . 1.0001981 . . . . . 5 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..8331982 . . . . . 4 . . .0 . . .0 . . . 1.0001983 . . . . . 4 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..8001984 . . . . . 3 . . .0 . . .0 . . . 1.0001985 . . . . . 3 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..7501986 . . . . . 5 . . .0 . . .0 . . . 1.0001987 . . . . . 5 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..8331988 . . . . . 2 . . .2 . . .0 . . . . ..5001989 . . . . . 4 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..500

Year W L T Pct.2002 . . . . . 6 . . .0 . . .0 . . . 1.0002003 . . . . . 4 . . .0 . . .0 . . . 1.0002004 . . . . . 3 . . .3 . . .0 . . . . ..5002005 . . . . . 4 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..8002006 . . . . . 3 . . .2 . . .0 . . . . ..6002007 . . . . . 2 . . .4 . . .0 . . . . ..3332008 . . . . . 6 . . .0 . . .0 . . . 1.0002009 . . . . . 6 . . .2 . . .0 . . . . . 7502010 . . . . . 8 . . .0 . . .0 . . . 1.0002011 . . . . . 6 . . .1 . . .0 . . . . ..857Totals. . . . . 171 . . .53 . . . 4 . . . . . .759

SINGLE-GAME MALOSKY STADIUM ATTENDANCE HIGHS Attend. Date Result 1. 6,044 Oct. 22, 2011 UMD 37, Northern State U. 6 2. 5,862 Oct. 31, 1981 MSU-Moorhead 29, UMD 0 3. 5,389 Sept. 3, 2009 Central Washington 13, UMD 10 4. 5,252 Oct. 17, 2009 UMD 31, St. Cloud State 7 5. 5,238 Nov. 16, 2002 UMD 42, Winona State 25 6. 5,150 Sept. 12, 1981 UMD 23, Minnesota-Morris 7 7. 5,022 Sept. 7, 2002 UMD 44, MSU-Mankato 9 8. 4,893 Sept. 11, 2004 UW-La Crosse 34, UMD 13 9. 4,850 Oct. 3, 1981 UMD 32, Southwest Minn. State 310. 4,770 Oct. 11, 2011 UMD 49, Upper Iowa 2211. 4,660 Sept. 19, 2009 UMD 42, Augustana 2112. 4,632 Oct. 7, 2000 Concordia-St. Paul 37, UMD 2713. 4,607 Sept. 18, 2010 UMD 42, Wayne State 1014. 4,555 Sept. 1, 2007 UMD 31, Bemidji State 1415. 4,545 Oct. 16, 2010 UMD 49, Mary 0

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HEAD COACH BOB NIELSON

NIELSON AGAINST THE COMPETITIONHere is how Bob Nielson has fared as a collegiate head coach against UMD’ s 2012 opponents:

Team W L PCTAugustana 4 0 1.000Bemidji State 8 1 .889Concordia-St. Paul 7 2 .778U. of Mary 4 0 1.000Minnesota Crookston 8 1 .889Minot State 0 0 .000MSU-Moorhead 8 1 .888Northern State 6 4 .600St. Cloud State 5 2 .714Southwest Minnesota State 7 1 .875Winona State 8 3 .727

NIELSON’S COACHING MILESTONESFirst Win Ripon College 28, Mount Senario 14 (Sept. 2, 1989) First UMD Win UMD 27, Minnesota-Crookston 24 (Sept. 18, 1999) 100th Win UMD 42, Winona State 25 (Nov. 16, 2002)

The numbers certainly speak for themselves. Two NCAA II cham-pionships, five Northern Sun In-tercollegiate Confernece titles (including the last four in a row), three perfect 11-0 regular sea-sons, five NCAA II playoff appear-ances, 90 victories and a .789 overall winning percentage. Bob Nielson has accomplished all this -- and much more -- in just nine seasons of head coaching activity at UMD.

Last fall, Nielson directed his troops, which included 15 All-NSIC picks and a quartet of All-Americans, to an 11-3 overall record and a quarterfinal round berth (their fourth in as many years) in the NCAA II playoffs before bow-ing out to eventual national runnerup Wayne State University.

In 2010, he and the Bulldogs did something no other NCAA II club had ever been able to do – finish 15-0 for a second time. Along the way, UMD laid claim to the school’s second NCAA II title and third consecutive NSIC crown, amassing a 10-0 league mark for the third time in as many years. For his efforts, Nielson was bestowed with two of the most prestigious national coaching honors in Division II football – the American Football Coaches Associa-tion DII Coach of the Year and the Liberty Mutual DII Coach of the Year awards – in addition to being selected for that same honor by Don Hansen’s Foot-ball Gazette and the NSIC. On an individual front, 10 Bulldogs (the most in team history) received some form of All-American recognition and 19 were All-NSIC North Division selections (another all-time best). That included senior running back Isaac Odim, who not only was chosen the NSIC Offensive Player of the Year for a second successive year and be-came the school’s first three-time All-American, but was also one of just 16 recipients -- from all NCAA and NAIA divisions -- of the National Football Foun-

dation Scholar-Athlete Award as well as Capital One’s Academic All-America Player of the Year for football (college division).

Nielson returned to the UMD sidelines in 2008 following a four-season hiatus and pro-ceeded to oversee one of the most impressive one-season turnarounds in NCAA Division II history, taking a club which had gone 4-6 in 2007 and molding it into a national champion. Along the way, his Bulldogs rolled up a 15-0 overall mark (only the third NCAA II team to ever accomplish that feat), set or equaled 50

team and individual records, captured the NSIC title and turned out a whopping nine All-Americans and 17 All-NSIC North Division honorees.

He followed that up three years ago by going 11-2 in all games and advancing to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA II playoffs. UMD, which also maintained its stranglehold on the NSIC title trophy by posting a second straight 10-0 mark in league play, was rep-resented by an even dozen players on All-NSIC North Division first team. One of those Bulldogs -- Isaac Odim -- joined quarterback Ted Schlafke (2008) as the school’s first two finalists for the Harlon Hill Tro-phy.

Nielson, who spent five seasons as UMD’s head coach until stepping down in 2003, officially was reassigned to that post on Jan. 3, 2008, succeed-ing Kyle “Bubba” Schweigert (who resigned after four years at the Bulldog helm to become defensive coor-dinator at Southern Illinois University). He continues to double as UMD’s director of intercollegiate athlet-ics, a position he’s held since the 2003-04 season.

Named the 2008 NCAA II Coach of the Year by American Football Monthly magazine, D2Football.com, and the Football Gazette, Nielson now owns a dazzling 90-24 overall record at UMD (that .789 winning percentage is far and away the best mark in

(Overall) (Conference) (NCAA Playoffs)Year Team W L T Pct. W L T Pct. Place W L Pct.1989 Ripon College 2 6 1 .277 1 5 0 .167 4th-T 1990 Ripon College 7 2 0 .778 4 2 0 .667 2nd-T1991 Wartburg College 6 4 0 .600 5 3 0 .625 3rd-T1992 Wartburg College 5 5 0 .500 5 3 0 .625 3rd-T1993 Wartburg College 9 2 0 .818 8 0 0 1.000 1st 0 1 .0001994 Wartburg College 10 2 0 .833 7 1 0 .875 2nd 1 1 .5001995 Wartburg College 9 1 0 .900 7 1 0 .875 2nd1996 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 5 5 0 .500 3 4 0 .429 1997 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 7 3 0 .700 4 3 0 .5711998 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 10 3 0 .769 5 2 0 .714 1st-T 2 1 .6671999 Minnesota Duluth 3 8 0 .273 3 5 0 .375 6th-T2000 Minnesota Duluth 7 4 0 .636 5 3 0 .625 3rd-T2001 Minnesota Duluth 9 3 0 .750 7 2 0 .778 2nd2002 Minnesota Duluth 11 1 0 .917 9 0 0 1.000 1st 0 1 .0002003 Minnesota Duluth 8 3 0 .727 6 2 0 .667 3rd2008 Minnesota Duluth 15 0 0 1.000 10 0 0 1.000 1st 4 0 1.0002009 Minnesota Duluth 11 2 0 .846 10 0 0 1.000 1st 1 1 .5002010 Minnesota Duluth 15 0 0 1.000 10 0 0 1.000 1st 4 0 1.0002011 Minnesota Duluth 11 3 0 .786 8 2 0 .800 1st-T 2 1 .667Totals 160 57 1 .736 117 38 0 .755 14 6 .700

THE NUMBERS ON NIELSON

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HEAD COACH BOB NIELSONthe program’s storied 79-year exis-tence) and is 160-57-1 (.736) in his 19 seasons of coaching at the collegiate level.

During his first five years with the Bulldogs, Nielson helped take UMD football to new heights. In 2002, for example, his Bulldogs posted their first 11-0 regular season re-cord ever, advanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs for the first time and captured the NSIC champion-ship. In the process, some 57 UMD team and individual standards fell by the wayside and a then school-record nine players landed All-NSIC acclaim.

One year earlier, UMD made its inaugural post-season appearance (the Mineral Water Bowl in Excelsior Springs, Mo.) and rolled up a 9-3 overall mark. In 2000, Nielson’s second year in the Twin Ports, the Bulldogs went 7-4 -- their first winning season since 1996 -- while experiencing their greatest one-sea-son improvement to that point (they managed a 3-8 mark the previous fall).

The 2002 NSIC Coach of the Year and a runnerup for the American Football Monthly magazine NCAA II Coach of the Year award that same year, Nielson joined the UMD staff after experiencing a substan-tial amount of success at the NCAA III level. In his third, and final year at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, he guided the Blugolds to a share of the 1998 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

title (their first since 1983) and an initial berth in NCAA III post-season play. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, which advanced all the way to the semifinal round of the NCAA III playoffs that fall, finished with a 10-3 overall record, setting a school single-season mark for victories in the process. In three seasons at the Blugold helm, Nielson, the Football Gazette’s 1998 Division III Coach of the Year, amassed a mark of 22-11 while producing a total of six All-Americans, 22 All-WIAC picks and 50 WIAC All-Academic Team hon-orees. In addition to his coaching duties, the Marion, Iowa, native also was Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s associ-

ate athletic director and a member of its Department of Kinesiology teach-ing staff.

Nielson was employed the previ-ous five years (1991-95) as both the head football and director of athlet-ics at his alma mater, Wartburg Col-lege, In addition to stringing together five successive non-losing seasons at the Waverly, Iowa-based school, he directed the Knights to back-to-back NCAA III playoff appearances (1993 and 1994) and an Iowa Conference crown in 1993.

The Iowa Conference Coach of Year award recipient in 1993, Nielson began his head coaching career at Ripon (Wis.) College, compiling a 9-8-1 record in two years with that NCAA III program. In the second of those two seasons, the Red Hawks turned in their first winning mark (7-2) in eight seasons. From 1981-88,

Nielson served as an assistant coach at Wartburg, working six years as the Knights’ offensive line coach and two seasons as their defensive coordinator.

Nielson, who will turn 53 this September, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education from Wartburg College in 1982 (he graduated with a 4.00 cumulative grade point average) and a Master’s degree in physical education from the University of Northern Iowa six years later. He and his wife, Terri, have three children -- Amanda Taylor (who lives in Erie, Colo.) and twins Kyle and Kasey -- and reside in Hermantown.

NIELSON BY THE NUMBERSRecord at UMD (Year) 90-24 (10th)Overall Coaching Record (Year) 160-57-1 (20th)Career NCAA II Playoff Record 11-3Career NCAA III Playoff Record 3-3Career NSIC Record 68-14Career Home Record (UMD) 47-8

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TYLER YELK Special Teams Coordinator

Former All-American free safety Tyler Yelk is back for his fourth season of assistant coaching duty at his alma mater in 2012. This fall he will take on the role of special teams coordinator in addition to supervising the defensive secondary and serving as the team’s recruiting coordinator. He owns the distinction of being the only individual to win a national championship with the Bulldogs as both a player and a coach.

In four seasons as a starter, Yelk had a hand in more total tackles (323) than anyone in the storied history of UMD football. As a senior, he landed a spot on no less than three All-American teams (Associated Press, Football Gazette and Daktronics) in addition to being named to the All-NSIC/All-North Central Conference first team for the second straight time. The Arlington, Wis., product finished third among his 2008 UMD teammates in tackles with 70 stops after topping the club in each of the previous three years -- the first Bulldog to ever accomplish that feat. A 2006 All-NCC second team pick, Yelk participated in the Cactus Bowl (NCAA II senior all--star game) in January 2009 along with fellow Bulldog Ted Schlafke.

The 27-year old Yelk graduated from UMD in December 2008 with a degree in exercise science and is enrolled in the Master’s of Education program at UMD.

CURT WIESEOffensive Coordinator

En route to winning two national champion-ships and four NSIC crowns, UMD has moved the football with as much proficiency as perhaps any NCAA Division II club in the country over the last four seasons -- or basically the time Curt Wiese took over as the commander of the Bulldogs’ high-octane offensive attack.

Since Wiese’s arrival, UMD has finished near the top of the NCAA II leader board three times in scoring (fifth in 2008, ninth in 2009, and sixth two years ago) and last fall possessed the na-tion’s seventh best rushing offense (after ranking fourth and third, respectively, in that department the previous two seasons). In addition, no less than 12 of his pupils have landed some kind of All-American recognition, including a pair of Harlon Hill Award finalists -- quarterback Ted Schlafke, the school’s career passing and total offense leader, and running back Isaac Odim, UMD’s all-time top ground gainer and scorer and the holder of 17 school records.

Wiese landed on the UMD campus in February 2008 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 joined the Marietta football staff in 2003 when he became the team’s offensive coordinator -- a duty he continued to maintain after he was promoted to head coach. In five years of directing the Marietta offense, Wiese helped produce 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 Divi-sion 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. Wiese entered the coaching arena just over a decade ago on the heels of a 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, 36, graduated from MSU-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.

JOHN STEGERDefensive Coordinator

John Steger, who thrived for 11 seasons as UMD’s defensive coordinator before departing for Southern Illinois University two years ago, is back with the Bulldog coaching staff to assume his old position.

Under Steiger’s skillful watch, the Bulldogs had consistently finished among the national leaders in a number of defensive statistical categories. Three years ago, for example, his charges allowed the second fewest points, the fourth fewest rushing yards, and the fifth fewest total yards per game in the entire NCAA II ranks. In 2008, Steger was chosen as a finalist for the footballscoop.com NCAA Coordinator of the Year Award after the Bulldogs allowed just four defensive touchdowns over the course of UMD’s four-game NCAA II national title run. During his 11 years with the Bulldogs, he helped produce six All-Americans and 24 All-NSIC/North Central Conference first team selections and was part of four conference championship teams. One of his prized prodigies, All-American defensive end Russ Rabe, closed out his senior year in 2004 ranking second in the nation in quarterback sacks before going on to participate in a pair of National Football League preseason camps (New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers) and compete with the NFL Europe’s Hamburg Sea Devils during the 2006 season.

Steger joined the Bulldog family in 1999 after being employed the previous 11 years as a defen-sive coordinator at two NCAA Division III schools. He served a seven-season stint at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, working for three of those years (1996-98) with current Bulldog Head Coach Bob Nielson. During his final year in Eau Claire, the Blugolds topped the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Ath-letic 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 he was employed for four seasons (1988-91) as the Lobo’s defensive coordinator after serving two years as a graduate assistant at the 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, 50, received a B.A. 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.

BULLDOG ASSISTANT COACHES

PETER LUEOffensive Line

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

During his somewhat brief tenure with the Bulldogs, Lue has had a hand in producing no less than 11 All-NSIC North Division and/or All-North Central Conference selections in Nate Baier (first team in 2008, second team in 2007), Mitch Cady (first team in 2008 and honorable mention in 2007), Cory Flesch (first team in 2011), Garth Heikkinen (first team in 2011 and 2010), 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 2009 and 2008), Mark Knudsen (first team in 2006), Tom Olson (honorable mention in 2011), Rus-sell Foster (second team in 2006) and Sam Whitney (first team in 2009 and honorable mention in 2008). Baier, Cady and Lemke all secured All-American first team status during their respective senior seasons as well while Heikkinen earned first or second team distinction from four different groups last fall.

Lue, 41, who also is the director of UMD’s successful summer football camps and clinics, 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 helped lead the Profs 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.

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BULLDOG ASSISTANT COACHES

ALL-TIME BULLDOG COACHING RECORDS Overall ConferenceCoach (Years) W L T PCT W L T PCTFrank Kovach (1930) 0 3 2 .200 0 0 0 .000Lloyd Peterson (1931-42, 46-57) 84 76 9 .524 53 50 3 .513Jim Malosky (1958-97) 255 125 13 .665 180 75 10 .698Vince Repesh/Jim Malosky Jr.# (1998) 4 7 0 .364 3 3 0 .500Kyle Schweigert (2004-07) 22 21 0 .511 12 16 0 .428Bob Nielson (1999-2003, 2008-present) 90 24 0 .789 68 14 0 .830Totals (79 years) 455 256 24 .620 316 158 13 .650

#interim co-coachesJim Malosky

JAKE LANDRY Wide Receivers

Jake Landry made his coaching debut with the reigning NCAA II champion Bulldogs in 2011 -- one year after putting the wraps on a four-year quarterbacking career at the University of North Dakota.

A native of Grand Forks, N.D., Landry started at quarterback his final two seasons for his hometown Fighting Sioux and also served as a team captain both of those years. In 29 lifeetime appearances, including 18 as a starter, he completed 305 of 510 passes (59.8 percent) for 2,210 yards and 26 touch-downs while compiling a 186.86 passing efficiency rating. Landry, who was a redshirted freshman in 2007 when North Dakota and UMD were colleagues in the now-defunct North Central Conference, finished second in the Great West Conference in passing average (179.5 yards per game) as a junior and was fourth in total offense (198.6 ypg).

Landry, 24, received a bachelor’s degree in communication from North Dakota in 2011 and is currently working on a Master’s of Education degree at UMD.

TREY DILL Defensive Line

One of several new addition to the Bulldog coaching staff last fall, Trey Dill is back in 2012 to once again supervise UMD’s first line of defense and work with the likes of All-NSIC selections Joe Akey and Chris Vandervest.

Dill, 27, 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 perform-ers during his time with the Huskies (who qualified for the 2010 NCAA II playoffs). He enlisted his services with the St. Cloud State staff fresh off a four-year playing career as a reserve linebacker at that 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, the former Holly Kiffmeyer, were married this past March.

Dill is the son of St. Cloud State Associate Athletic Director Tracy Dill.

ANDY PREVOST Outside Linebackers

Andy Prevost returns for his second year of tending to UMD’s outside linebackers, having had the opportunity to tutor a pair NSIC senior standouts -- Rob Huberty and Derrick Zappa -- last fall.

The 26-year old Prevost spent the 2010 season working as a student assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He lettered two years on the offensive line for the Blugolds and, as a senior, attained a spot on the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference All-Sportsmanship team for displaying exemplary sportsmanship throughout the 2009 season.

A native of Galesville, Wis., and a 2005 graduate of Gale-Ettrick-Tremplealeau High School, Prevost earned a Bachelor’s degree in organizational communication/informaton systems from Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2011 and is now pursuing a Master’s of Education degree at UMD.

He and his wife, Cortney, reside in Duluth..

D.J. WINFIELD Punt and Kick Returners/Receivers

After closing the books on a record-breaking playing career with the Bulldogs last December, D.J. Winfield will continue to be a part of the UMD football program in 2012 as a student assistant coach.

Winfield, who hails from Mountain Iron, Minn., currently ranks third on UMD’s all-time charts for both pass reception yards (2,896) and touchdowns (27) and is fourth in catches (170). He played -- and started in -- 42 games over the course of five years, and along the way secured a pair of All-American citations (Daktronics first team in 2010 and Football Gazette third team in 2008) while being selected to the All-NSIC North Division first team three times (2008-10). In 2008, Winfield established a Bulldog single-season standard for pass receiving yards (1,201 on 71 receptions) en route to landing the NSIC’s Newcomer of the Year Award for the NCAA II national champion Bulldogs. In addition to his ball catching prowess (he registered at least one reception in a school-record 40 straight outings between Sept. 28, 2008 and Nov. 27, 2010), Winfield proved to be one of the more gifted return specialists in UMD history as well, bringing back three kickoffs and one punt for a touchdown as a collegian.

He is expected to graduate from UMD next De-cember with a Bachelor’s degree in integrated elementary education and special education.

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AS A BULLDOG: Missed virtually the entire 2011 season with a knee injury, but enters this year with a clean bill of health and the honor of serving as a team captain for the 80th edition of Bulldog football ... was knocked out of commis-sion in last year’s opener at Augustana College and sub-sequently underwent surgery ... still secured a spot on the NSIC All-Academic Team last fall ... reigned as the 2010 Bulldog leader in both sacks (6.5) and tackles for a loss (11.0) while nailing down All-NSIC North Division second team recognition ... started all 15 games at right end that fall and had 44 total tackles, including 23 solos, to show for it ... registered one of UMD’s four blocked kicks in 2010 ... took part in nine games three seasons ago and made his first start in the Bulldogs’ nationally-televised home clash with Central Washington ... closed out 2009 with nine total tackles and a pair of pass breakups ... missed four engagements during first half of that season while nurs-ing a foot sprain ... received UMD’s Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year Award for 2008 ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2008. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tack-les — 7 vs. St. Cloud State (10/30/10) Sacks — 2.0 vs. St. Cloud State (11/27/10) and 2.0 vs. St. Cloud State (10/30/2010). Tackles For Loss - 3.0 vs. Nebraska-Kearney (11/21/09). MAJOR: Master’s of Business Administration.

AKEY’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2009 1 5 4 9 0.5 1.5 2010 15 23 21 44 6.5 11.0 2011 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 Totals 17 28 25 53 7.0 12.5

AS A BULLDOG: Took on a considerably larger role with UMD’s first line of defense last fall -- secured a starting left end appointment in just under half (six, including the first five in a row) of the club’s 14 outings ... responded to that added responsibility with a 28-tackle season .... registered one of UMD’s seven blocked kicks in 2011 (a field goal try at Wayne State College on Sept. 17) ... was among 13 Bulldogs who were 2011 NSIC All-Academic Team picks ... backed up left end Joe Akey two years year ago and closed out the season with 13 total tackles and a pair of sacks ... got his hands on an errant Central Washington pass in the 2010 season opener for his first collegiate intercep-tion ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009 ... is the younger brother of UMD strength and conditioning coach Matt Bauman. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 7 vs MSU-Moorhead (10/1/11). Sacks - 1.0 vs. Wayne State College (9/18/10) and Bemidji State (9/25/10). Tackles For Loss - 1.0 (4 Times). MAJOR: Biology.

BAUMAN’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2010 0 8 5 13 2.0 4.0 2011 6 7 21 28 0.0 2.5 Totals 6 15 26 41 2.0 6.5

Pos: Defensive LineHt/Wt: 6-4/245Year: JuniorHometown: Stratford, Wis.High School: Stratford

JORDAN BAUMAN

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Pos: Defensive LineHt/Wt: 6-3/260Year: SeniorHometown: Merrill, Wis.High School: Merrill

JOE AKEY

90

AS A BULLDOG: His return should help make the Bulldogs’ tight end position one of the deepest in all of NCAA II foot-ball ... appeared in 10 games as a sophomore and latched on to three passes on the year (all coming in within the confines of Malosky Stadium) ... came away with five re-ceptions during his first year of intercollegiate activity in 2010 ... started two of UMD’s four NCAA playoff assign-ments that year (Augustana and Northwest Missouri State) ... exited the NCAA title clash with Delta State in the open-ing half after banging up his knee ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Recep-tions - 2 vs. Delta State (12/18/2010) and vs. Augustana (12/4/2010). Pass Reception Yards - 32 at Upper Iowa (9/11/2010). Longest Pass Reception - 32 yds. at Upper Iowa (9/11/10). MAJOR: Elementary Education.

ALEXANDER’S RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2010 2 5 64 12.8 0 32 2011 0 3 32 10.7 0 20 Totals 2 8 96 12.0 0 32

Pos: Tight EndHt/Wt: 6-5/250Year: JuniorHometown: Hillsboro, Wis.High School: Hillsboro

PAT ALEXANDER

42 Pos: Defensive BackHt/Wt: 5-11/180Year: JuniorHometown: Superior, Wis.High School: Superior

CHRIS BLAKE

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AS A BULLDOG: Has bided his time the past two seasons as the top relief man at the right and left corners, but an upgrade to first-team status in 2012 could be in the offing ... was in on 12 total tackles last fall, five of which came in NSIC triumphs over Mary and Minnesota Crookston ...picked up UMD’s last interception of 2011 on Nov. 5 against Minnesota Crookston .... qualified for the NSIC All-Academic Team as a sophomore ... made seven solo tackles and assisted on two other stops during the course of the 2010 season ... registered his first collegiate pick in UMD’s 62-13 road thrashing of Upper Iowa in that year’s conference opener ... was redshirted as a first-year fresh-man in 2009. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 5 vs. Min-nesota Crookston (11/5/11) and at Mary (10/15/11). Interceptions - 1 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11) and at Upper Iowa (9/11/10). MAJOR: Marketing.

BLAKE’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack PBU 2010 0 7 2 9 0.0 0 2011 0 7 5 12 0.0 0 Totals 0 14 7 21 0.0 0

BLAKE’S INTERCEPTION STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2010 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 2011 0 1 2 2.0 0 2 Totals 0 2 2 1.0 0 2

Pos: Defensive BackHt/Wt: 5-11/190Year: Freshman Hometown: Plymouth, MinnHigh School: Wayzata

DAVID BOEGEL

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. MAJOR: Business.

Pos: PlacekickerHt/Wt: 6-2/185Year: FreshmanHometown: West Allis, Wis.High School: Greendale

ANDREW BREES

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AS A BULLDOG: Took a substantial leap forward as a soph-omore and had the numbers to prove it ... answered the starting call at left cornerback in 13 of 14 outings last fall -- bypassed the Oct. 1 home clash with Minnesota State-Moorhead while nursing an injured shoulder ... his 59 total tackles were good for eighth place on UMD’s 2011 defen-sive charts ... also paced the Bulldogs in interceptions last season with two and returned one of those thefts 39 yards for a touchdown in UMD’s 20-12 season-opening victory at Augustana College ... was a 2011 All-NSIC North Divi-sion honorable mention selection ... filled a backup role two years ago and figured in on 17 total tackles, with 13 of those stops coming in the opening five outings of the season ... made his first collegiate start in the 2010 opener at Central Washington ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 8 at St. Cloud State (10/29/11). Interceptions - 1 at Winona State (10/8/11) and at Augustana (9/3/11). Pass Break-ups - 1 vs. Minnesota State-Mankato (11/12/11) and at Augustana (9/3/11). MAJOR: Business.

CHOWA’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack PBU 2010 1 13 4 17 0.0 0 2011 13 45 14 59 0.0 2 Totals 14 58 18 76 0.0 2

CHOWA’S INTERCEPTION STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2010 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 2011 13 2 40 20.0 1 39 Total 14 2 40 20.0 1 39

Pos: Defensive BackHt/Wt: 5-9/185Year: JuniorHometown: Menomonie, Wis.High School: Menomonie

KENNY CHOWA

29

Pos: Running BackHt/Wt: 5-10/230Year: JuniorHometown: Pine City, Minn.High School: Pine City

BILLY CHRISTIANSON

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Pos: Defensive BackHt/Wt: 5-10/185Year: SophomoreHometown: Plover, Wis.High School: Stevens Point

DAN DESORCY

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Pos: Defensive LineHt/Wt: 6-4/250Year: SophomoreHometown: Hutchinson, Minn.High School: Hutchinson

JACOB BRUSEHAVER

98

AS A BULLDOG: Found playing opportunities scarce in the de-fensive secondary one year ago, but will be looking to climb the depth chart this fall and change that ... was redshirted as a first year freshman in 2010. MAJOR: Undeclared.

AS A BULLDOG: Will once again have to overcome a number of stiff challenges to latch on to a regular backfield berth in 2012 ... appeared in one game last fall (against Upper Iowa in the home opener), but, for the second year in a row, posted no offensive statistics ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. MAJOR: Criminology.

CHRISTIANSON’S RUSHING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2010 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2011 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

AS A BULLDOG: Has his sights set on securing more perma-nent deployment at defensive end this fall after receiving spot duty at that post one year ago ... finished 2011 with four total tackles to his credit while spelling starter Wayne Sebold on the left side ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 1 (4 Times). Tackles For Loss - 0.5 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11). MAJOR: Exercise Science.

BRUSEHAVER’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2011 0 2 2 4 0.0 0.5

Pos: Offensive Line Ht/Wt: 6-7/290Year: Freshman Hometown: Hamel, Minn.High School: Wayzata

DILAN CZECH

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AS A BULLDOG: Handled UMD’s punting duties for the first time in 2011 ... averaged 35.9 yards per punt last fall and placed just under 38 percent of his kicks (18 of 48) inside the opposition’s 20-yard line ... was chosen the NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week after turning in a 44.7 yard average and nailing a career-best 62-yarder in a 37-6 NSIC win over visiting Northern State on Oct. 22 ... his 2011 resume also included a NSIC All-Academic Team citation ... served as third-year regular Alex Miller’s understudy two seasons ago and accrued no field time ... underwent shoulder surgery that winter ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Punts - 7 (3 Times). Punting Yardage - 313 vs. Northern State (10/22/11). Punting Average - 44.7 (7/313) vs. Northern State (10/22/11). Longest Punt - 62 yards vs. Northern State (10/22/11). MAJOR: Management Info. Systems.

BROWNS’S PUNTING STATISTICSYear GS No Yds Avg I20 TB Blk Lng2011 14 48 1,724 35.9 18 3 3 62

Pos: Punter/PlacekickerHt/Wt: 6-1/200Year: JuniorHometown: Elkhart Lake, Wis.High School: Elkhart Lake

ALEX BROWN

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Pos: LinebackerHt/Wt: 6-2/220Year: SophomoreHometown: Becker, Minn.High School: Becker

GAVIN BROWN

52

AS A BULLDOG: Was a source of instant assistance with the 2011 Bulldog linebacking brigade as a true freshman ... made his UMD debut on Sept. 17 at Wayne State and pro-ceeded to accrue field time in each of the year’s remaining 11 games ... had 20 tackles on the season and placed second among all Bulldogs with 5.5 sacks (which went for a team-leading 41 yards in losses). COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 4 vs. Saginaw Valley State (11/19/11). Sacks - 1 (5 Times). Tackles For Loss - 1 (5 Times). MAJOR: Unde-clared.

BROWN’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2011 0 12 8 20 5.5 5.5

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Pos: Wide ReceiverHt/Wt: 5-10/185Year: JuniorHometown: Rosemount, Minn.Previous Team: Augustana College

GARRETT GLAUS

AS A BULLDOG: Is one of the many veteran ball catchers UMD will have at its disposal this fall ... got his first taste of in-tercollegiate competition one year ago (12 games worth) ... was relegated primarily to special teams assignments but did make one reception (in a 49-7 home route of Minne-sota Crookston) during the course of the season ... received NSIC All-Academic Team honors in 2011 .. was required to sit out the entire 2010 season accordance with the NSIC transfer rules ... enrolled at UMD in 2010 after spending the previous year as a freshman redshirt with the Augustana College (S.D.) program. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Receptions - 1 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11). Pass Reception Yards - 9 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11). Longest Pass Reception - 9 yds. vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11). MA-JOR: Accounting.

GLAUS’S RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 0 1 9 9.0 0 9

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Pos: Defensive LineHt/Wt: 5-11/255Year: SophomoreHometown: Duluth, Minn.High School: Duluth East

BUMA FONCHAM

95

AS A BULLDOG: Gave the Bulldog faithful plenty of reason to be optimistic about UMD’s future defensive line situa-tion with a solid debut season in 2011 ... moved into the No. 1 nose guard slot one month into the year after Chris Vandervest relocated to defensive end ... accumulated 29 total tackles, including 5.5 behind the line of scrimmage, last fall ... started in nine of the last 10 engagements of the year (did not play against Minnesota Crookston because of an injured toe) ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 7 vs. Northern State (10/22/11). Sacks - 0.5 vs. Northern State (10/22/11). Tackles For Loss - 2.0 vs. Northern State (10/22/11). MA-JOR: Civil Engineering.

FONCHAM’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2011 9 8 21 29 0.5 5.5

AS A BULLDOG: Emerged from spring practice as a viable starting inside linebacker candidate ... was called into ac-tion in 12 games last season, cracking the starting lineup in one of those (the NCAA II quarterfinal round playoff bout with Wayne State U.) ... managed to get in on four tackles one year ago ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 2 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11) and Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/1/11). Tackles For Loss - 0.5 vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/1/11). MAJOR: Civil Engineering.

GRADY’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2011 1 0 4 4 0.0 0.5

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. MAJOR: Business

Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-3/235Year: SophomoreHometown: Minnetonka, Minn.High School: Hopkins

GAVIN GRADY

51

Pos: LinebackerHt/Wt: 6-3/200Year: FreshmanHometown: Racine, Wis.Previous Team: Racine Lutheran

DYLAN GRAF

53

Pos: Defensive Back Ht/Wt: 6-0/190Year: Freshman Hometown: Wausau, Wis.High School: Wausau West

TY FISCHER

25

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. MAJOR: Exercise Science.

Pos: Defensive Line Ht/Wt: 6-3/240Year: Freshman Hometown: Mequon, Wis.High School: Homestead

ADAM GORMAN

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Pos: Wide Receiver Ht/Wt: 5-8/170Year: Freshman Hometown: Delevan, Wis.High School: Delevan-Darien

JUSTIN FOWLKES

17

AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. MAJOR: Undeclared.

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AS A BULLDOG: Has now hit the final leg of career which already rates among the finest of any Bulldog to ever set up shop in the trenches ... is one of five seniors entrusted with team captaincy duties for the 2012 Bulldogs ... will take a string of 42 consecutive starts (five shy of quarterback Ted Schlafke’s school record) into the 2012 season ... attained All-American status from four different national groups last fall -- Ameri-can Football Coaches Association (first team), Associated Press (Little All-American second team), D2Football.com (first team) and Daktronics (first team) after anchoring an offensive line which helped UMD roll up the highest regular season rushing yardage total in the NSIC ... also nailed down a spot on the All-NSIC North Division first team for a second straight year in 2011 ... took on added responsibilities last fall handling the team’s short snapper role ... is a two-time winner of the team’s Duce Rasmussen Outstanding Lineman Award (2010 and 2011) ... played a central part in UMD’s high-octane offensive scheme as a sophomore and corralled Daktronics All-Super Region 3 second team recognition for his efforts ... seized control of the starting left guard assign-ment during 2009 spring drills that year and never looked back ... proceeded to corral a spot on the All-NSIC North Division (honorable mention) later that year ... even had one pass reception to his 2009 credit (vs. Central Washington on opening night at Malosky Stadium) ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2008 and landed the Bulldogs’ Offen-sive Scout Team Player of the Year Award ... his grandfather, the late Wally Heikkinen, was a three-time UMD hockey team captain during the early 1950s. MAJOR: Criminology.

AS A BULLDOG: Returns to headline UMD’s experience-laden tight end corps and embark upon his third year of starting activity ... will serve as a team captain this fall as well ... enjoyed a breakout year in 2011 and was aptly decorated with All-NSIC North Division honorable mention honors ... finished fifth among the 2011 Bulldogs in pass receptions with 16, three of which he parlayed into touchdowns ... that included a pair of scores in UMD’s 49-22 pasting of Upper Iowa in early September ... was a 2011 NSIC All-Academic Team pick to boot ... cracked the starting lineup six times as a sophomore, including the NCAA II champion-ship tilt in Florence, Ala., where he snagged the Bulldogs’ initial touchdown (and his first score as a collegian) on a 14-yard strike from Chase Vogler ... spread his five pass receptions between five different 2010 opponents ... found field time somewhat scarce three years ago and came away with no catches ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2008. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Receptions - 3 vs. Upper Iowa (9/10/11). Pass Reception Yards - 41 vs. Upper Iowa (9/10/11). Pass Reception Touchdowns - 2 vs. Upper Iowa (9/10/11). Longest Pass Reception - 31 yds. Upper Iowa (9/10/11). MAJOR: Civil Engineering.

HELMER’S PASS RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2009 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2010 6 5 60 12.0 1 23 2011 14 16 135 8.4 3 31 Total 20 21 195 9.2 4 31

Pos: Offensive LineHt/Wt: 6-4/315Year: SeniorHometown: Duluth, Minn.High School: Duluth Central

GARTH HEIKKINEN

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Pos: Tight EndHt/Wt: 6-3/245Year: SeniorHometown: Ellsworth, Wis.High School: Ellsworth

BEN HELMER

81

Pos: LinebackerHt/Wt: 6-0/220Year: SophomoreHometown: Burnsville, Minn.High School: Burnsville

YUSEF HASSAN

55

AS A BULLDOG: Earned his stripes last fall backing up All-American outside linebacker Derrick Zappa and serving as UMD’s No. 1 long snapper ... appeared in 10 games and collected six tackles (one each against six different oppo-nents) along the way ... was redshirted as a first-year fresh-man in 2010. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 1 (6 Times). MAJOR: Exercise Science.

HASSAN’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2011 0 4 2 6 0.0 0.0

AS A BULLDOG: Could add another chapter to UMD’s rich leg-acy of defensive backs before his playing days are over ... enters the 2012 season with more starting experience tucked under his belt (29 straight games over the last two years) than any Bulldog defender ... will captain UMD this fall along with four other seniors ... racked up the fourth most total stops (76) on the team as a junior and topped all Bull-dogs with his four pass breakups ... was the lone 2011 Bulldog to reach double figures for tackles twice, doing so against a pair of NCAA II playoff participants (St. Cloud State and Wayne State U.) ... his spirited efforts last fall were appropriately rewarded with a second straight All-NSIC North Division accolade (second team in 2011 and first team the previous year) ... was also the recipient of UMD’s Most Valuable Defensive Player Award for 2011 ... is a two-time NSIC All-Academic Team honoree as well ... trailed only All-American linebacker Kiel Fechtelkotter on UMD’s 2010 defensive charts with 92 tackles and was in on more unas-sisted stops (49) than any other Bulldog ... also paced the club in interceptions, including a key fourth-quarter theft in the Bulldogs’ 17-14 playoff semifinal triumph over North-west Missouri State ... made quite a statement the following week on the biggest stage in NCAA II football -- the national championship in Florence, Ala. -- by picking up 17 tackles (one stop shy of the school record) .. first surfaced on the UMD defensive scene in 2009 and did an admirable job of furnishing the defending NCAA II champions with some extra muscle in the defensive backfield ... ranked eighth among Bulldogs in tackles with 39 -- a number unsur-passed by any non-starter ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2008. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 17 vs. Delta State (12/18/10). Interceptions - 1 (6 Times). Pass Breakups - 2 vs. Saginaw Valley State (11/19/11) and at Upper Iowa (9/11/10). MAJOR: Accounting.

HARPER’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack PBU 2008 0 26 13 39 0.0 2 2009 15 49 43 92 1.0 4 2011 14 39 36 75 0.0 4 Total 29 114 92 206 1.0 10

HARPER’S INTERCEPTION STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2009 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 2010 15 5 43 8.6 0 22 2011 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 Total 29 6 43 7.2 0 22

Pos: Defensive BackHt/Wt: 6-2/210Year: SeniorHometown: Blaine, Minn.Previous Team: Spring Lake Park

CAMERON HARPER

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AS A BULLDOG: After being deployed as the team’s No. 2 strong safety the last three season, 2012 may finally be his time to really shine ... came off the bench to record nine solo tackles and assist on two other stops one year ago ... doubled his tackle harvest in 2010 from the previous year, closing out the season with a dozen stops, including four each against NSIC rivals Bemidji State (Sept. 25) and Minnesota Crookston (Nov. 6) ... also pulled down his lone collegiate interception to date at the expense of St. Cloud State on Oct. 30 ... figured in on six tackles three years ago, with a trio of stops coming in UMD’s 31-7 Homecom-ing triumph over St. Cloud State (Oct. 17, 2009) ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2008. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 4 at Minnesota Crookston (11/6/10) and vs. Bemidji State (9/25/10). Interceptions - 1 vs. St. Cloud State (10/30/10). Pass Breakups - 1 vs. Northern State (10/22/11) and Minnesota Crookston (10/31/09). MAJOR: Exercise Science.

HOEKSTRA’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack PBU 2009 0 1 5 6 0.0 1 2010 0 8 4 12 0.0 0 2011 0 9 2 11 0.0 1 Total 0 18 11 29 0.0 2

HOEKSTRA’S INTERCEPTION STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2009 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2010 0 1 30 30.0 0 30 2011 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Total 0 1 30 30.0 0 30

Pos: Defensive BackHt/Wt: 6-4/220Year: SeniorHometown: Weston, Wis.High School: D.C. Everest

JORDAN HOEKSTRA

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AS A BULLDOG: Saw limited field time one year ago, but en-ters his sophomore season with aspirations of becoming a more frequent contributor to the Bulldog offensive cause ... will also be looking to haul in his first collegiate reception ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010 ... followed in the UMD football footsteps of Francis Herzog, his older sibling and a four-year letterman (offensive line) with the Bulldogs from 2008-11. MAJOR: Business.

HERZOG’S RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

Pos: Wide ReceiverHt/Wt: 6-5/205Year: SophomoreHometown: Eau Claire, Wis.High School: Eau Claire Memorial

KAL HERZOG

20 Pos: QuarterbackHt/Wt: 6-1/185Year: SophomoreHometown: St. Louis Park, Minn.High School: St. Louis Park

GREG HYNES

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AS A BULLDOG: Headed into preseason camp competing for the No. 3 quarterback spot behind seniors Chase Vogler and John Lynch ... has yet to take a snap with the Bulldogs ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. MAJOR: Business.

HYNES’S PASSING STATISTICSYear GS Cmp Att Int Pct Yds TD Lng2011 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0

HYNES’S RUSHING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

Pos: Running BackHt/Wt: 5-8/195Year: JuniorHometown: Bradenton, Fla.Previous School: U. of North Alabama

STEVE IERULLI

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AS A BULLDOG: Wasted little time in making himself feel right at home in a Bulldog uniform last fall after transferring from the University of North Alabama ... ran 33 times for 165 yards and a pair of touchdowns in 2011 ... amassed 75 of those yards (on 15 rushes) in a 49-7 home win against Minnesota Crookston last November ... did basi-cally all of his ball-toting work last year during UMD’s five regular season home games (he also had two attempts for no yards at the U. of Mary) ... was blanked in the pass reception department one year ago ... attended North Alabama for three semesters prior to enrolling at UMD in January 2011 ... managed just eight carries for 19 yards in five games with the Lions during the 2010 season ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman at North Alabama in 2009. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Rushing Attempts - 15 vs. Min-nesota Crookston (11/5/11). Rushing Yards - 76 vs. Min-nesota Crookston (11/5/11). Rushing Touchdowns - 1 vs. Northern State (10/22/11) and Minnesota State-Moor-head (10/1/11). Longest Rush - 17 yds. vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11). MAJOR: Communication.

IERULLI’S RUSHING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 0 33 165 5.0 2 17

IERULLI’S RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

AS A BULLDOG: Was shelved for all of 2011 thanks to a foot injury ... made four appearances two years ago while en-trenched as UMD’s No. 3 field general ... attempted five passes and rushed twice on the year ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009 ... has lettered twice with the baseball Bulldogs (2010 and 2012) ... had no deci-sions in four outings on the mound this past spring af-ter going 0-2 in five starts two years before that ... also batted ..267 (8-for-30) that rookie season ... missed the entire 2011 hardball campaign because of an injured el-bow. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Completions - 2 at Minnesota Crookston (11/6/10). Passing Yards - 28 at Minnesota Crookston (11/6/10). Longest Pass Completion - 15 at Minnesota Crookston (11/6/10). Rushing Attempts - 2 at MSU-Moorhead (10/2/10). MAJOR: Teaching Social Stud-ies.

JORGENSEN’S PASSING STATISTICSYear GS Cmp Att Int Pct Yds TD Lng2010 0 2 5 0 .400 28 0 152011 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0Totals 0 2 5 0 .400 28 0 15

JORGENSEN’S RUSHING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2010 0 2 -4 -2.0 0 0 2011 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 0 2 -4 -2.0 0 0

Pos: QuarterbackHt/Wt: 6-2/195Year: JuniorHometown: De Pere, Wis.High School: De Pere

BRENT JORGENSEN

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Pos: Running BackHt/Wt: 6-0/205Year: JuniorHometown: Los Angeles, Calif.Previous School: Cerritos College

JERON JOHNSON

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011 .... signed on with Bulldogs last fall following a six-year absence from competitive football ... starred for two seasons at Cerritos College (Norwalk, Calif.) ... rushed for an even 900 yards in 2005 en route to being selected the Falcons’ Most Valuable Player ... exited the Falcon program as its 10th all-time leading ground gainer (1,412 yards) MAJOR: Business.

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AS A BULLDOG: Is being looked at as one of the key person-nel to help shore up the UMD linebacker position, which suffered some heavy graduation losses ... spelled two-time All-NSIC first teammer Rob Huberty on the left outside slot one year ago and wound up making 12 tackles ... quali-fied for the NSIC All-Academic Team as both a junior and sophomore ... made three tackles in nine appearances in 2011 after contributing 12 total tackles (including seven unassisted stops) to the Bulldog defensive effort one year earlier ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2008. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 4 vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/1/11). Tackles For Loss - 0.5 vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/11/11). Pass Breakups - 1 vs. Wi-nona State (10/9/10). MAJOR: Marketing.

LLOYD’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2009 0 7 5 12 0.0 0.0 2010 0 2 1 3 0.0 0.0 2011 0 6 6 12 0.0 0.5 Total 0 15 12 27 0.0 0.5

Pos: LinebackerHt/Wt: 6-2/220Year: SeniorHometown: Luxemburg, Wis.High School: Luxemburg-Casco

NICK LLOYD

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Pos: Denfensive BackHt/Wt: 6-0/200Year: FreshmenHometown: Marengo, Wis.High School: Ashland

ALEX KOVALA

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. MAJOR: History.

Pos: Running Back Ht/Wt: 5-8/195Year: Freshman Hometown: Cedarburg, Wis.High School: Cedarburg

LOGAN LAUTERS

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Pos: Offensive Line Ht/Wt: 6-1/280Year: Freshman Hometown: Inver Grove Heights, Minn.High School: Rosemount

RYAN LINK

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. MAJOR: Accounting.

Pos: Offensive LineHt/Wt: 6-2/285Year: FreshmanHometown: East Grand Forks, Minn.High School: Sacred Heart

AUSTIN LeTEXTIER

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. MAJOR: Teaching Mathematics.

Pos: Running BackHt/Wt: 5-11/210Year: SophomoreHometown: Damascus, Md. Previous School: West Point Prep

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AS A BULLDOG: Made quite the splash during his inaugural season with the Bulldogs -- rushed for more yards (888) and more touchdowns (8) than any true freshman in the 79-year history of UMD football ... finished second only to senior Zach Hulce on the 2012 Bulldog ground yardage charts, but did pace the club in carries (173) ... debuted in style by rolling up a career-high and team-leading 116 yards on 19 attempts while sparking the Bulldogs to a 20-12 victory over nationally-ranked Augustana in last year’s season opener ... also had 11 receptions (tops among all UMD backs) last year ... joined the Bulldogs for the 2011 spring drills ... spent the previous fall with the West Point Prep football program in Fort Monmouth, N.J. where he played in all 10 games (linebacker/running back/punter ) ... is a 2009 graduate of Damascus High School. COLLE-GIATE HIGHS: Rushing Attempts - 19 at Augustana (9/3/11). Rushing Yards - 116 at Augustana (9/3/11). Rushing Touchdowns - 2 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11) and Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/11/11). Longest Rush - 67 yds. at Augustana (9/3/11). Pass Receptions - 2 vs. Minnesota State-Mankato (11/12/11) and at St. Cloud State (10/29/11). Pass Reception Yards - 29 at St. Cloud State (10/29/11). Longest Pass Reception - 18 yds. at St. Cloud State (10/29/11). MAJOR: Business.

LUCAS’S RUSHING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 5 173 888 5.1 8 67

LUCAS’S RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 5 11 82 7.5 0 18

BRIAN LUCAS

AS A BULLDOG: Has provided the Bulldogs with valuable quarterbacking insurance behind starter Chase Vogler the past couple of seasons ... threw for just 34 yards while connecting on 4 of 14 throws as a junior ... engaged in at least one offensive series in seven games overall last season, including the memorable 24-21 triumph over pre-viously unbeaten and No. 1 ranked Colorado State-Pueblo in the NCAA II playoffs ... did run for his first touchdown as a collegian in 2011 (against Minnesota Crookston on Nov. 5) ... compiled an impressive quarterback efficiency rating of 208.01 in 2010, going 26-of-37 for 371 yards and six touchdowns with no picks in 2010 ... appeared in all but four games two years ago -- bypassed the St. Cloud State clash on Oct. 30 after suffering a concussion the pre-vious week at Northern State ... came off the bench to rack up a quick 122 passing yards and one touchdown while connecting on eight of nine throws at MSU-Moorhead in early October of that year ... bid the 2009 season a pre-mature adieu after fracturing his elbow in week two against Central Washington ... sat out the remainder of the year as a medical redshirt ... made his first collegiate start in the 2009 opener with Concordia-St. Paul and followed suit five days later before being shelved three series into the Central Washington clash ... threw for 137 yards and two scores and was 8-for-17 in the 56-0 whitewashing of Concordia-St. Paul ... was afforded the opportunity to learn from, and closely observe, one of the best in the business -- All-American quarterback Ted Schlafke -- four years ago ... relieved Schlafke in nine of the UMD’s 15 outings en route to becoming just the second first-year freshman quarterback in the previous 24 years to see field time for the Bulldogs ... completed nine of 19 passes for 114 yards and a pair of touchdowns that fall. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Completions - 8 at MSU-Moorhead (10/2/10) and 8 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (8/29/09). Pass Attempts - 17 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (8/29/09). Passing Yards - 137 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (8/29/09). Passing Touchdowns - 2 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (8/29/09). Longest Pass Completion - 60 yds. vs. Concordia-St. Paul (8/29/09). Interceptions Thrown - 1 vs. Northern State (10/11/08). Rushing Attempts - 6 at Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/4/08). Rushing Yards - 5 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11). Rushing Touchdowns - 1 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11)Longest Rush - 4 yds. vs Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11). Total Plays - 18 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (8/29/09). Total Yards - 139 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (8/29/09). MAJOR: Criminology.

LYNCH’S PASSING STATISTICSYear GS Cmp Att Int Pct Yds TD Lng2008 0 9 19 1 .474 114 2 222009 2 9 18 0 .500 138 2 602010 0 26 37 0 .702 371 6 392011 0 4 14 0 .285 34 0 22Total 2 48 88 1 .545 657 10 60

LYNCH’S RUSHING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2008 0 8 0 0.0 0 2 2009 2 2 1 0.5 0 2 2010 0 3 0 0.0 0 1 2011 0 3 -4 -1.3 1 4 Total 2 16 -3 -1.9 1 4

Pos: QuarterbackHt/Wt: 6-4/200Year: SeniorHometown: Plymouth, Minn.High School: Benilde-St. Margaret’s

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Pos:Tight EndHt/Wt: 5-9/205Year: So.Hometown: South Range, Wis. High School: Northwestern

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Pos: Offensive LineHt/Wt: 6-2/280Year: SophomoreHometown: Perham, Minn.High School: Perham

ANDREW MUER

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AS A BULLDOG: Paid his dues as the Bulldogs’ second string right guard last year ... was ushered into the starting line-up once in 2011 -- as a replacement for the the injured (and since graduated) Francis Herzog -- against Minne-sota State-Moorhead on Oct. 1 at Malosky Stadium ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. MAJOR: Civil Engineering.

AS A BULLDOG: Was relegated to mostly fill-in special teams tasks in 2011, but eyes extended playing assignments with the offensive unit this time round ... appeared in a pair of games last season 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

RYAN MIESBAUER

THE 2012 BULLDOGS

AS A BULLDOG: Projected himself into the starting tight end picture for the first time last fall and, along with the likes of Ben Helmer, gave the Bulldogs a nifty pair of bookends at that position ... wrapped up 2011 with six receptions for 46 yards and one touchdown (against Minnesota State-Moor-head in UMD’s Hall of Fame Game) ... caught two passes for 13 yards two seasons back while being deployed in a re-serve capacity ...was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009 ... his younger brother, Sam, is a rookie tight end with the 2012 Bulldogs. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Receptions - 2 vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/1/11) and at Bemidji State (9/24/11). Pass Reception Yards - 26 vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/1/11). Pass Reception Touchdowns - 1 vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/11/11). Longest Pass Reception - 26 yds. vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/1/11). MAJOR: Civil Engineering.

OLSON’S RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2010 0 2 13 6.5 0 8 2011 13 6 46 7.6 1 23 Totals 13 8 59 7.4 1 23

AS A BULLDOG: Benefitted nicely from another year of sea-soing and departed 2011 with an All-NSIC North Division honorable mention citation in tow ... has been a member of the starting lineup (right tackle) for every one of the Bull-dogs’ 29 engagements over the last two seasons ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. MAJOR: Exercise Science.

Pos: Tight EndHt/Wt: 6-3/235Year: JuniorHometown: Foley, Minn.High School: Foley

KRIS OLSON

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Pos: Offensive LineHt/Wt: 6-6/285Year: JuniorHometown: Coon Rapids, Minn.High School: Totino-Grace

TOM OLSON

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Pos: Offensive Line Ht/Wt: 6-3/295Year: SophomoreHometown: Circle Pines, Minn.High School: Centennial

ANDREW PATTOCK

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AS A BULLDOG: Will push starting center Grant Schnobrich for snaps this fall ... saw limited field action one year ago and then was idled for the entire 2012 spring drills after un-dergoing offseason shoulder surgery .... secured a spot on the UMD Athletic Academic Scholar List for compiling the best cumulative grade point average (3.94) of any football Bulldog during the 2011-12 school year ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. MAJOR: Biochemical and Molecular Biology.

AS A BULLDOG: Looms as as one of the leading contend-ers in the battle for the starting strong safety rights ... closed out 2011 with 14 total tackles ... also brought back 10 kickoffs as a sophomore, including one against Upper Iowa for 88 yards and a touchdown -- the second longest return by a Bulldog in the last eight years (sur-passed only by Isaac Odim’s 92-yard effort in the 2009 season finale with Grand Valley State) ... assisted UMD’s 2010 defensive cause with 21 total tackles and some stellar play on the kickoff coverage unit ... took part in all 15 games that year ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 6 at Upper Iowa (9/11/10). MAJOR: Environmental Science.

NORDHUS’S DEFENSIVE STATS Year GS UT AT TT Sack PBU 2010 0 11 10 21 0.0 0 2011 0 8 6 14 0.0 0 Totals 0 19 16 35 0.0 0

NORDHUS’S KICKOFF RETURN STATS Year GS No. Yds Avg TD Lng 2010 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2011 0 10 261 26.1 1 88 Totals 0 10 261 26.1 1 88

Pos: Defensive BackHt/Wt: 6-0/190Year: JuniorHometown: Rochester, Minn.High School: Rochester Mayo

TRAVIS NORDHUS

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Pos: LinebackerHt/Wt: 6-3/200Year: Freshman Hometown: Prescott, Wis.High School: Prescott

MARK NAHORNIAK

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. MAJOR: Civil Engineering.

Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-4/215Year: Freshman Hometown: Lino Lakes, Minn.High School: Centennial

RYAN PETERSON

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Pos: Defensive BackHt/Wt: 6-1/195Year: SophomoreHometown: Kettle Moraine, Wis.High School: Kettle Moraine

KERWIN McKAY

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AS A BULLDOG: Attended UMD last year but did not go out for football after being redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. MAJOR: Psychology.

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THE 2012 BULLDOGSJOE REICHERT

6Pos: Wide ReceiverHt/Wt: 6-3/210Year: JuniorHometown: Superior, Wis.High School: Superior

AS A BULLDOG: Shifted his game into high gear last year and there is no reason not to expect more of the same in 2012 ... finished third on UMD’s 2011 pass catch charts with 34 and was first in touchdowns with four ... also posted the best yards per catch average (12.5) of any Bulldog regular last season and was on the receiv-ing end of the longest pass play of 2011 (a 51-yard toss from Chase Vogler against Minnesota Crookston on Nov. 5) ...had managed at least one reception in 13 straight games before being blanked in the 2011 finale against Wayne State ... rushed for another 37 yards on just four carries last season ... qualified for the 2011 NSIC All-Aca-demic Team ... was assigned mainly to special teams detail two years ago ... caught three passes that season, with two of those catches coming at the expense of Bemidji State in late September ... also had a hand in five tackles in 2010 ... suffered a concussion in the Oct. 30 , 2010 home clash with St. Cloud State and did not accompany the team to Minnesota Crookston the next weekend ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Receptions - 5 vs. Minnesota State-Mankato (11/12/11) and at Wayne State College (9/17/11). Pass Reception Yards - 82 at. Bemidji State (9/24/11). Pass Reception Touchdowns - 2 vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/11/11). Longest Pass Reception - 51 yds. vs. Minne-sota Crookston (11/5/11). MAJOR: Mathematics.

REICHERT’S PASS RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2010 0 3 26 8.7 0 13 2011 10 34 425 12.5 4 51 Totals 10 37 451 12.2 4 51

AS A BULLDOG: Is the lone holdover from last year’s starting linebacker cast and a major component in UMD’s defen-sive scheme for 2012 ... became the seventh Bulldog to reach the triple-digit tackle plateau in 2011 -- racked up 101 stops, including 2.5 quarterback sacks ... delivered a 2011 UMD best 12-tackle performance in a 26-23 victory at Bemidji State on Sept. 24 ... more than earned his keep in 2010 supporting UMD’s second all-time leading tackler, Robbie Aurich, on the inside ... played in all 15 games two years ago and accumulated more total tackles (37) and solo stops (24) than any Bulldog reserve ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 12 at Bemidji State (9/24/11). Sacks - 1.0 (3 Times). Tackles For Loss - 1.5 at Bemidji State (9/24/11) and Min-nesota Crookston (11/6/10). MAJOR: Marketing.

RING’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2010 0 24 13 37 2.0 2.5 2011 13 51 50 101 2.0 6.5 Totals 13 75 63 138 4.0 9.0

Pos: LinebackerHt/Wt: 6-1/220Year: JuniorHometown: Baxter, Minn.High School: Brainerd

COLBY RING

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Pos: Defensive Line Ht/Wt: 6-3/245Year: Freshman Hometown: Blaine, Minn.High School: Spring Lake Park

JESSE REEMTSMA

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Pos: Tight End Ht/Wt: 6-6/250Year: Junior Hometown: Rio, Wis.Previous School: U. of Wisconsin

JEREMY REIERSON

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AS A BULLDOG: Should figure quite prominently in UMD’s tight end plans this season ... lettered last fall in a sup-porting role and wound up with a pair of catches when all was said and done ... did not dress for two outings -- Up-per Iowa (ankle) and Northern State (shoulder) -- on ac-count of injuries ... spent two years (2008 and 2009) as a member of the University of Wisconsin football program before enlisting his services at UMD ... was redshirted his first season with the Badgers and saw no intercollegiate action the following fall. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Recep-tions - 1 at St. Cloud State (10/29/11) and Winona State (10/8/11). Pass Reception Yards - 4 at Winona State (10/8/11). Pass Reception Touchdowns - 1 at Winona State (10/8/11). Longest Pass Reception - 4 yds. at Wi-nona State (10/8/11). MAJOR: Biology.

REIERSON’S PASS RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 0 2 6 3.0 1 4

AS A BULLDOG: Was senior Joe Doherty’s understudy at the left cornerback post last season and now has designs of becoming the Bulldogs’ every-down guy at that position... had a hand in four total tackles on the year with three of those stops coming in a 49-22 home trouncing of Upper Iowa on Sept. 22 .. was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 3 vs. Upper Iowa (9/10/11). MAJOR: Chemical Engineering.

RENK’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack PBU 2011 0 3 1 4 0.0 0

Pos: Defensive BackHt/Wt: 5-9/180Year: SophomoreHometown: Peru, Ill.High School: LaSalle-Peru Township

SAM RENK

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AS A BULLDOG: Is hoping three years worth of patience. dili-gence and hard work translates into some ample game-day linebacking spells this season ... has yet to register a de-fensive statistic with the Bulldogs ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009 ... his father, Steve, was a four-year football letterman at UMD (linebacker from 1978-81). MAJOR: Management.

AS A BULLDOG: Is ready to step center stage in the middle of UMD’s offensive front ... cut his teeth as UMD’s second string ball snapper the last two seasons, relieving two-time All-NSIC North Division selection Eli Kelley ... col-lared his first collegiate start last fall (versus Minnesota Crookston) while Kelley was out with a banged-up ankle ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. MAJOR: Management.

AS A BULLDOG: Received a handsome promotion one game into 2011 following a season-ending injury to Joe Akey and retained his grip on the starting right end job for the remain-ing 13 engagements ... his sophomore statistical printout included 23 total tackles and one quarterback sack ... put an exclamation point on the 2011 season with a career-high seven-tackle afternoon against Wayne State U. in the NCAA II quarterfinals ... was credited with two solo tackles and helped out on four other stops two years ago ... picked up half of those total tackles at Minnesota Crookston in early November of that year ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles -7 vs. Wayne State U. (12/3/11). Sacks - 1.0 at Colorado State-Pueblo (11/26/11). Tackles For Loss - 1.0 at Colorado State-Pueblo (11/26/11) and vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11). MAJOR: Exercise Science.

SEBOLD’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2010 0 2 4 6 0.0 1.5 2011 13 7 16 23 1.0 2.5 Totals 13 9 20 29 1.0 4.0

AS A BULLDOG: Will join the sweepstakes for added pass-catching opportunities with the Bulldogs this fall ... heads into 2012 in pursuit of his first collegiate reception ... qual-fied for the NSIC All-Academic Team last fall ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. MAJOR: Civil Engineering.

SELVICK’S RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2010 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2011 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 0 0 0 0.0 0 0

Pos: LinebackerHt/Wt: 5-11/220Year: JuniorHometown: Chisago City, Minn.High School: Chisago Lakes

ERIC SARGEANT

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Pos: Offensive LineHt/Wt: 6-3/290Year: JuniorHometown: Cedar Rapids, IowaHigh School: Kennedy

GRANT SCHNOBRICH

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Pos: Defensive LineHt/Wt: 6-5/265Year: JuniorHometown: Colby, Wis.High School: Colby

WADE SEBOLD

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Pos: Wide ReceiverHt/Wt: 6-4/205Year: JuniorHometown: New Berlin, Wis.High School: Eisenhower

AUSTIN SELVICK

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Pos: Offensive LineHt/Wt: 6-4/300Year: SophomoreHometown: Amherst, Wis.High School: Amherst

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AS A BULLDOG: Lettered last year as a reliable reserve of-fensive tackle and that may be the scenario facing him for 2012 ... was All-NSIC North Division honoree Tom Olson’s top reliever on the right side last fall ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. MAJOR: Biology.

PHILLIP RUTZ

Pos: Wide Receiver Ht/Wt: 5-9/185Year: Sophomore Hometown: Plymouth, Minn.High School: Wayzata

AARON ROTH

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AS A BULLDOG: Was a most promising addition to the Bull-dog receiving ranks last fall ... took a backseat to only fel-low true freshman Zach Zweifel on UMD’s 2011 reception list ... rolled up 35 catches and three touchdowns in 14 outings last fall ... snagged six catches twice (the lone Bull-dog to accomplish that feat) in NSIC triumphs over Winona State and Minnesota State-Mankato ... also proved to be a valuable special teams fit with the 2011 Bulldogs -- paced 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. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Receptions - 6 vs. Minnesota State-Mankato (11/12/11) and at Winona State (10/8/11). Pass Recep-tion Yards - 45 vs. Minnesota State-Mankato (11/12/11). Pass Reception Touchdowns - 1 (3 Times). Longest Pass Reception - 24 yds. vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11). MAJOR: Business.

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

ROTH’S PUNT RETURNING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 4 9 166 18.4 1 65

ROTH’S KICK RETURNING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 4 9 191 21.2 0 35

Pos: Tight End Ht/Wt: 6-2/240Year: Freshman Hometown: Mankato, Minn.High School: Mankato West

JAY SCHLICHTE

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. MAJOR: Civil Engineering.

Pos: LinebackerHt/Wt: 5-11/230Year: SeniorHometown: Plainfield, Ill.Previous School: Joliet J.C.

BLAKE ROGERS

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AS A BULLDOG: Another 2011 arrival with plenty of upside ... steadily gained steam throughout his maiden Bulldog season and wrapped up the year with nine total tackles, including a pair of key stops at Colorado State-Peublo in the NCAA II playoffs ... was also credited with two pass breakups as a junior while backing up starting inside line-backer Max Phillips ... latched on with the Bulldog program for the 2011 spring drills fresh off a two-year career at Joliet Junior College ... finished with 81.0 total tackles, includ-ing 7.5 for a loss, during his final season (2010) with the Wolves ... was a two-time All-North Central Community Col-lege Conference and All-Region IV pick. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 3 vs. Upper Iowa (9/10/11). Sacks - 1 at Colorado State-Peublo (11/26/11). Tackles For Loss - 1 at Colorado State-Peublo (11/26/11) and vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11). MAJOR: Criminology.

RODGER’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2011 0 2 7 9 1.0 2.5

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Pos: Running BackHt/Wt: 5-10/200Year: SophomoreHometown: Plover, Wis.High School: Stevens Point

AUSTIN SIKORSKI

AS A BULLDOG: Is back -- all primed and fit -- to fortify the Bulldogs’ running attack this fall following an injury-short-ened 2011 season ... was UMD’s leading ground gainer until going on the disabled list (knee) three series into the Oct. 22 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 ... raced 75 yards for one of those scores against Mary, which was the longest play from scrimmage by any 2011 Bulldog ... com-piled UMD’s highest per-game rushing average (72.9) one year 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 - 21 at Winona State (10/8/11). Rushing Yards - 185 at Mary (10/15/11). Rushing Touchdowns - 3 at Mary (10/15/11). Longest Rush - 75 yds. at Mary (10/15/11). Pass Recep-tions - 1 (3 Times). Pass Reception Yards - 14 at Winona State (10/8/11) Longest Pass Reception - 14 at Winona State (10/8/11). MAJOR: Environmental Sustainability.

SIKORSKI’S RUSHING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 6 108 583 5.4 7 75

SIKORSKI’S PASS RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 6 8 29 9.7 0 14

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THE 2012 BULLDOGS

Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-0/210Year: Freshman Hometown: Curtiss, Wis.High School: Medford

BRENT STIGLICH

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AS A BULLDOG: Was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2011. MAJOR: Elementary Education.

AS A BULLDOG: Took a couple of years off from intercollegiate athletics prior to reelinsting with the Bulldogs this fall ... joined the U.S. Army National Guard in 2010 and suse-quently did a tour of duty in Iraq and Kuwait ... received a fair amount of interior line time three seasons ago and had 13 total tackles -- including three quarterbavk sacks -- to show for it ... was a redshirted as a first-year fresh-man in 2008. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 3 at U. of Mary (9/26/09) and vs. Concordia-St. Paul (8/29/09). Sacks - 1.0 (3 Times). Tackles For Loss - 2.0 at U. of Mary (9/26/09). MAJOR: Exercise Science.

SMALL’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2009 0 10 3 13 3.0 5.0

Pos: Defensive LineHt/Wt: 6-3/245Year: JuniorHometown: Madison, Wis.High School: Madison La Follette

DARNELL SMALL

92 AS A BULLDOG: Is literally and figuratively the senior member of UMD’s wide out fraternity ... virtually duplicated his re-ception totals from his sophomore year last fall (194 yards on 18 catches in 14 games) ... took in the Oct. 1 matchup with Minnesota State-Moorhead from the sidelines while nursing a upper leg injury ... mustered just one reception in the final four outings of 2011 ... also returned a pair of punts for seven yards as junior ... attained his second straight NSIC All-Academic Team honor last season ... trailed only All-American D.J. Winfield on the 2010 UMD receiving charts ... caught 18 passes for 242 yards and three touchdowns as a sophomore while taking part in all 15 outings ... also had eight starts to his 2010 credit ... reg-istered his lone catch of 2009 in his first-ever start against Central Washington before a national television audience ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2008 ... closed the books on a four-year baseball career (pitcher and out-fielder) with the Bulldogs this past spring ... posted a 4.96 earned run average while going 10-12 with four saves in 53 lifetime mound appearances and batted .256 ... was UMD’s lone representative on the 2010 NSIC All-Tournament Team. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Receptions - 3 vs. St. Cloud State 910/30/10) and 3 vs. Mary (10/16/10). Pass Reception Yards - 62 vs. St. Cloud State (10/30/10). Longest Pass Reception - 40 yds. vs. St. Cloud State (10/30/10). MAJOR: Exercise Science.

STINOGEL’S RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2009 1 1 3 3.0 0 3 2010 8 18 252 14.0 3 40 2011 2 18 194 10.7 0 28 Totals 11 37 449 12.1 3 40

Pos: Wide ReceiverHt/Wt: 6-3/210Year: SeniorHometown: St. Cloud, Minn.High School: St. Cloud Tech

COLLIN STINOGEL

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AS A BULLDOG: Had some obvious catching up to do at the 2012 spring drills while coming back from an extensive stay on the disabled list ... saw a potentially bright 2010 season come to an abrupt halt just two games into the year with the culprit being a knee sprain incurred against Upper Iowa ... not only sat out the remainder of that season, but all of 2011 as well ... made his UMD debut in that Sept. 11, 2010 tussle with Upper Iowa and rushed for 51 yards on eight carries before calling it a season ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Rushing Attempts - 8 at Upper Iowa (9/11/10). Rushing Yards - 51 at Upper Iowa (9/11/10). Longest Rush - 14 yds. at Upper Iowa (9/11/10). MAJOR: Communications.

THOMAS’S RUSHING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2010 0 8 51 6.4 0 14 2011 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 0 8 61 6.4 0 14

Pos: Running BackHt/Wt: 5-10/215Year: JuniorHometown: Las Vegas, Nev.High School: Pal Verde

CHAZ THOMAS

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Pos: PlacekickerHt/Wt: 5-10/185Year: SophomoreHometown: Brumunddal, NorwayPrevious Team.: Montana State U.

KIM TORP

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AS A BULLDOG: Counts himself among the trio of young hope-fuls seeking to become record-breaking placekicker David Nadeau’s successor ... bypassed all of 2012 spring prac-tice with a knee injury ... was redshirted in 2010 -- his first year with the Bulldogs ... went out for football at Montana State University in 2008 and attended school there for one semester. MAJOR: Management.

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AS A BULLDOG: Returns for a fourth, and final, season of work as UMD’s offensive ringleader ... has been voted a share of the team captaincy honors for 2012 ... delivered a strong follow up to his exceptional sophomore season last fall, connecting on a career-high and NSIC-leading 63.9 percent of his passes ... threw for 1,873 yards and 13 touchdowns while being bestowed with All-NSIC North Division honorable mention acclaim ... eclipsed the 100-yard rushing barrier for the third time as a Bulldog with a 106-yard afternoon against Minnesota State-Mankato on Nov. 12 ... enters the 2012 season ranking third all-time among Bulldogs both in passing yardage (5,276) and total offense (7,286 yards) ... also has amassed more yards on the ground (2,010 for a 5.2 yards per carry average) than any signal caller to ever wear a UMD uniform ... is a remarkable 36-4 as a starter, with two of those losses coming against NCAA II playoff competition (Grand Val-ley State in 2009 and Wayne State U. last December) ... ramped up his game a few notches as a sophomore and had the statistics to back that claim ... completed 127 of 205 passes (62.0 percent) for a career-high 1,913 yards and 17 touchdowns in 2010 while throwing just three inter-ceptions ...sported the NSIC’s best passing efficiency rat-ing at 164.78 en route to attaining All-North Division first team status ... put up 103 passes to open his sophomore season before being picked off for the first time (vs. Mary on Oct. 16) ... established a program record that season for ground yardage by a quarterback with 905, obliterating the previous mark of 744 yards held by Cash Langeness (2004) ... turned in his first two 100-yard ground games two years ago -- both in the NCAA II playoffs vs. St. Cloud State (109) and Northwest Missouri State (101) ... under-went a quick indoctrination process in his new football digs three years ago and survived a test under fire in the process ... was pushed into action five quarters into 2009 after Jon Lynch incurred a season-ending elbow injury against Cen-tral Washington ... became the first true freshman in 47 years to start at quarterback for the Bulldogs the following week at Southwest Minnesota State ... went six-plus games (and 91 pass attempts) before tossing his first collegiate interception at Northern State on Oct. 10, 2009 ... con-nected on a commendable 62.4 percent of his throws (118

Pos: QuarterbackHt/Wt: 6-1/195Year: SeniorHometown: Inver Grove Heights, Minn.High School: Rosemount

CHASE VOGLER

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Pos: Defensive BackHt/Wt: 6-1/200Year: SophomoreHometown: Escanaba, Mich.High School: Escanaba

MITCHELL Van EFFEN

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THE 2012 BULLDOGS

AS A BULLDOG: Will take up residence in the defensive sec-ondary this fall after a two-year trial run at wide receiver ... went without a pass reception one year ago ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010 ... his older sister, Amanda, was a four-time softball letterwinner (out-fielder) at UMD. MAJOR: Accounting.

VAN EFFEN’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2011 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0

AS A BULLDOG: Stepped up to be a stabilizing front three force for the Bulldogs last season ... attracted some much-deserved national attention heading into this fall -- was deemed a 2012 preseason All-American by Beyond Sports College Network ... is one of two All-NSIC North Division first team selections the Bulldogs retain from a year ago (senior offensive lineman Garth Heikkinen is the other) ... opened 2011 at noseguard before shifting over to left end for the season’s last nine games ... ranked ninth among all 2011 Bulldogs in tackles with 42 (the most of any down lineman) and was third in stops for a loss (11.0) ... was chosen the team’s Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman (the Duce Rass-mussen Award) for 2011 ... displayed plenty of potential and promise while serving in a backup capacity two years ago ... was involved in 16 total tackles, including 3.5 which oc-curred behind the line of scrimmage ... also forced one fum-ble that season ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 8 vs. Northern State (10/22/11) Sacks - 2.0 at Augustant (9/3/11). Tackles for Loss - 3.0 at Mary (10/15/11). MAJOR: Excercise Science.

VANDERVEST’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2010 0 9 67 16 2.0 3.5 2011 13 22 20 42 5.0 11.0 Totals 13 31 87 58 7.0 14.5

Pos: Defensive LineHt/Wt: 6-1/275Year: JuniorHometown: Green Bay, Wis.High School: Ashwaubenon

CHRIS VANDERVEST

96of 189 for 1,490 yards and 10 touchdowns) on the year ... also ranked fourth among all Bulldogs in rushing with 459 yards on 73 carries and nine touchdowns (which were sec-ond only to Isaac Odim’s school-record 29 scores) ... com-piled a 136.59 quarterback rating during his rookie season. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Completions - 18 vs. MSU-Mankato (11/12/11). Pass Attempts - 32 at Wayne State College (9/17/11). Passing Yards - 217 vs. Augustana (9/19/09). Passing Touchdowns - 3 vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/1/2011) and Bemidji State (9/25/10). Longest Pass Completion - 89 yds. at Central Washington (8/28/10). Interceptions Thrown - 4 vs. Grand Valley State (11/28/09). Rushing At-tempts - 21 vs. Delta State (12/18/10). Rushing Yards - 109 vs. St. Cloud State (11/27/10). Longest Rush - 55 yds. at Central Washington (8/28/10). Total Plays - 47 at Wayne State College (9/17/11). Total Yards - 268 vs. Bemidji State (9/25/10). MAJOR: Criminology.

VOGLER’S PASSING STATISTICSYear GS Cmp Att Int Pct Yds TD Lng2009 11 118 189 9 .624 1,490 10 692010 15 127 205 3 .619 1,913 17 892011 14 179 280 7 .639 1,873 13 51Total 40 424 674 19 .629 5,276 40 209

VOGLER’S RUSHING STATISTICS Year GS Att Yds Avg TD Lng 2009 11 73 459 6.3 9 53 2010 15 145 905 6.2 7 55 2011 14 172 646 3.8 6 54 Total 40 390 2,010 5.2 22 162

VOLGER’S TOTAL OFFENSE STATISTICS Year GS TP Rush Pass Total TD 2009 11 262 459 1,490 1,949 19 2010 15 350 905 1,913 2,818 24 2011 14 452 646 1,873 2,519 19 Total 40 1,064 2,010 5,276 7,286 62

2011 UMD WON-LOSS SUMMARY W LHome Overall 6 1Away Overall 5 2Day Games 9 2 Night Games 2 1Natural Grass 0 1Artificial Turf 11 2Leading After 1st Quarter 8 1Trailing After 1st Quarter 3 1 Tied After 1st Quarter 0 1Leading at Halftime 9 0Trailing at Halftime 2 2Tied at Halftime 0 1 Leading After 3rd Quarter 10 0Trailing After 3rd Quarter 1 3Tied After 3rd Quarter 0 0Overtime 1 0When Scoring First 9 1When Opponent Scores First 2 2

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AS A BULLDOG: A change of scenery awaits him in 2012, specifically a switch from defensive nose tackle to offen-sive guard ... accumulated 19 tackles as a sophomore while backing up starter Buma Foncham in the middle of the defensive front ... logged a limited number of plays two years ago, partly due to a shoulder injury he sustained in late October ... finished with three tackles on the season ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 3 (3 Times). Sacks - 1.0 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11). Tackles For Loss - 1.0 vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11) and vs. Wayne State (9/18/10). MAJOR: Marketing.

WICKLUND’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2010 0 2 1 3 0.5 1.5 2011 0 5 14 19 1.0 2.5 Totals 0 7 15 21 1.5 4.0

AS A BULLDOG: Has unfortunately spent a sizable chunk of the past two seasons battling the injury bug instead of op-posing offenses ... his sophomore year was just six weeks old when a knee injury put him on the wounded list for good ... concluded 2011 with six tackles ... suffered a knee sprain late in UMD’s 2010 home opener with Wayne State College and never set foot on the field from that point on ... that injury also limited his 2011 spring practice participation ... had racked up nine total tackles in those first two-plus games of 2010 ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2009. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 5 vs. Wayne State College (9/18/10). Sacks - 0.5 vs. Wayne State College (9/18/10). Tackles For Loss - 2.5 vs. Wayne State College (9/18/10). MAJOR: Environmental Sustainability.

ZUK’S DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Year GS UT AT TT Sack TFL 2010 0 5 4 9 0.5 2.5 2011 0 2 4 6 0.0 0.0 Totals 0 7 8 15 0.5 2.5

Pos: Offensive LineHt/Wt: 6-3/250Year: JuniorHometown: Duluth, Minn.High School: Two Harbors

MATT WICKLUND

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Pos: LinebackerHt/Wt: 6-1/230Year: JuniorHometown: Willow River, Minn.High School: Moose Lake-Willow River

NATE ZUK

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Pos: Defensive LineHt/Wt: 6-2/235Year: SophomoreHometown: Kenosha, Wis.High School: Bradford

MITCH ZIEGLER

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AS A BULLDOG: Will have to contend with at least five other battled-tested defensive ends in his quest for a playing time upgrade this fall ... made nine appearances last season 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 undergo-ing shoulder surgery in the offseason ... was redshirted as a first-year freshman in 2010. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Total Tackles - 2 vs. Upper Iowa (9/10/11). MAJOR: Business.

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

THE 2012 BULLDOGS

Pos: Defensive LineHt/Wt: 6-3/290Year: Freshman Hometown: Stevens Point, Wis.High School: Stevens Point

ALEX WACHOWIAK

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Pos: Linebacker Ht/Wt: 6-1/220Year: Freshman Hometown: Dennison, Minn.High School: Cannon Falls

NATHAN ZIBOLSKI

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Pos: Wide Receiver Ht/Wt: 6-0/195Year: Sophomore Hometown: Monona, Wis.High School: Monona Grove

ZACH ZWEIFEL

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AS A BULLDOG: Prospered in his new football surroundings last year and provided an instant spark to UMD’s passing game ... reigned as the Bulldogs’ reception leader with 38 catches and was accorded All-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conferee North Division second team recognition for his spirited efforts ... matched a 2011 UMD single-game high with six receptions (and a touchdown) in a 37-6 Home-coming win over Northern State ... was scratched from the Bulldog lineup for the Nov. 5 bout against Minnesota Crookston with a shoulder injury. COLLEGIATE HIGHS: Pass Receptions - 6 vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/1/11). Pass Reception Yards - 99 vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/1/11). Pass Reception Touchdowns - 1 vs. Northern State (10/22/11). Longest Pass Reception - 33 yds. vs. Minnesota State-Moorhead (10/1/11). MAJOR: Unde-clared.

ZWEIFEL’S RECEIVING STATISTICS Year GS No Yds Avg TD Lng 2011 10 38 467 12.3 1 33

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THE 2012 UMD NEWCOMERS

Drew BauerQB/Fr.

Inver Grove Heights, Minn.. 9 Caleb Belknap

RB/Fr.Menasha, Wis.

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Willy WestermanOL/Fr.

Ashland, Wis.

Connor RandallOL/Fr.

Eagan, Minn.

Matt CattonOL/Fr.

Maple Grove, Minn.

Peter BatemanOL/Fr.

La Crescent, Minn.

Cameron HehnOL/Fr.

Waukesha, Wis. 76 75 73 72 68

Jacob SassOL/Fr.

Waseca, Minn. 62

Jake BschererOL/Sr.

Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 79

7 Gavin GlennQB/Fr.

Adel, Iowa

Darion FletcherDB/Fr.

Inver Grove Heights, Minn. 19 Tyler Smrcina

DB/Fr.Hudson, Wis.

26Tyler McLaughlinPK/Fr.

Andover, Minn. 23

Lex PelkeWR/Fr.

Menomonie, Wis.

Isaac VeselDL/Fr.

La Crescent, Minn.

Tim SommerDL/Fr.

Neenah, Wis.

Jake LambrechtDL/Fr.

Little Falls, Minn.

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94 97 99 Craig HubertyLB/Fr.

Lena, Wis.

Clint NievinskiLB/Fr.

Mosinee, Wis.

Ben McDonaldLB/Fr.

Mahtomedi, Minn.

Beau BatesLB/Fr.

Excelsior, Minn.

Ben YoungDB/Fr.

Madison, Wis.

Jesse JohnsonDB/Fr.

Benton, Ark. 38 35 43 45 54 60 David Runnoe

OL/Fr.Appleton, Wis.

Clay LeVasseurLB/Fr.

Rogers, Minn.

Sam OlsonTE/Fr.

Foley, Minn.

Eric WoodcockTE/Fr.

Eagan, Minn.85 Justin Laureys

QB/Fr.Granger, Ind.

2 Beau BofferdingWR/Fr.

Marshall, Minn.

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TEAM STATISTICS UMD OPP FIRST DOWNS 296 201 By Rushing 179 85 By Passing 96 106 By Penalty 21 10 NET YARDS RUSHING 3,266 1,422 Yards Gained 3,638 1,858 Yards Lost 372 436 Rushing Attempts 673 452 Avg. Yards Per Game 233.3 101.6 NET YARDS PASSING 1,907 2,429 Comp-Att-Int 183-296-7 212-343-6 Avg. Yards Per Game 136.2 173.5 TOTAL PLAYS/YARDS 969/5,173 795/3,851 Avg. Yards Per Play 5.3 4.8 Avg. Yards Per Game 369.5 275.1 FUMBLES/FUMBLES LOST 18/8 16/4 PENALTIES/PENALTY YARDS 64/607 82/669 THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONS 80/187 55/175 FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS 16/27 12/23 AVG. TIME OF POSSESSION 33:08 26:52

RUSHING TC GAIN LOSS NET AVG TD LNGZach Hulce 152 949 16 933 6.1 12 68Brian Lucas 173 918 30 888 5.1 8 67Chase Vogler 172 903 257 646 3.8 6 54Austin Sikorski 108 598 15 583 5.4 7 75Steve Ierulli 33 168 3 165 5.0 2 17Joe Reichert 4 37 0 37 9.2 0 17Aaron Roth 6 32 1 31 5.2 0 14Nate Bauer 6 28 0 28 4.7 0 11D.J. Winfield 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0Jon Lynch 3 5 9 -4 -1.3 1 4TEAM 15 0 41 -41 -2.7 0 0UMD TOTALS 673 3,638 372 3,266 4.9 36 75OPP TOTALS 452 1,858 436 1,422 3.1 15 69

PASSING ATT COMP INT PCT YDS TD LNG EFFChase Vogler 280 179 7 63.9 1,873 13 51 130.44Jon Lynch 14 4 0 28.6 34 0 22 48.97TEAM 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.00 UMD TOTALS 296 183 7 61.8 1,907 13 51 125.71OPP TOTALS 343 212 6 61.8 2,429 17 76 134.15

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG TD LNG AVG/GZach Zweifel 38 467 12.3 1 33 33.4Aaron Roth 35 335 9.6 3 24 23.9Joe Reichert 34 425 12.5 4 51 30.4Collin Stinogel 18 194 10.8 0 28 16.2Ben Helmer 16 135 8.4 3 31 9.6Brian Lucas 11 82 7.5 0 18 5.9Justin Claiborne 7 36 5.1 0 8 2.8D.J. Winfield 6 101 16.8 0 25 101.0Kris Olson 6 46 7.7 1 23 3.3Pat Alexander 3 32 10.7 0 20 3.2Ben Helmer 5 60 12.0 1 23 4.3Austin Sikorski 3 29 9.7 0 14 3.6Zach Hulce 3 10 3.3 0 17 0.8Jeremy Reierson 2 6 3.0 1 4 0.6Garrett Glaus 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.8UMD TOTALS 183 1,907 10.4 13 51 136.2OPP TOTALS 212 2,429 11.5 17 76 173.5

FIELD GOALS FG-FGA PCT 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG BLK David Nadeau 13-16 81.2 1-1 3-4 2-2 6-8 1-1 55 1

2011 BULLDOG FOOTBALL RESULTS (Overall: 11-3, NSIC: 8-2)

DATE RESULT ATTEND.Sept. 3 #1 UMD 20, #8 Augustana 12 5,718Sept. 10 #1 UMD 49, Upper Iowa 22* 4,777Sept. 17 Wayne State (Neb.) 7, #1 UMD 0 2,015Sept. 24 #11 UMD 26, #24 Bemidji State 23 2,745Oct. 1 #10 UMD 49, MSU-Moorhead* 21 4,990Oct. 8 # 9 UMD 24, Winona State 6* 5,033Oct. 15 # 9 UMD 41, U. of Mary 28* 2,391Oct. 22 # 7 UMD 37, Northern State 6* 6,044@Oct. 29 #11 St. Cloud State 35, #6 UMD 7* 5,158Nov. 5 # 15 UMD 49, Minnesota Crookston 7* 2,107Nov. 12 # 10 UMD 31, MSU-Mankato 19* 3,458Nov. 19 # 9 UMD 30, Saginaw Valley State 27+ (OT) 1,012Nov. 26 #9 UMD 24, #1 Colorado State-Pueblo 21+ 9,117Dec. 3 Wayne State (Mich.) 31, #9 UMD 25+ 3,659 *Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Game +NCAA II Playoffs @School Record Home Games Are Listed in Boldface Home Record: 6-1 Road Record: 5-2

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total

Minnesota Duluth 96 101 87 122 6 412

Opponents 54 60 68 80 3 265

TOTAL OFFENSE TP RUSH PASS TOT AVG/GChase Vogler 452 646 1,873 2,519 179.9Zach Hulce 152 933 0 933 71.8Brian Lucas 173 888 0 888 63.4Austin Sikorski 108 583 0 583 72.9Steve Ierulli 33 165 0 165 15.0OTHERS 51 51 34 85 6.1 UMD TOTALS 969 3,266 1,907 5,173 369.5OPP TOTALS 795 1,422 2,429 3,851 275.1

SCORING TD 1P 2P(RUSH) 2PT(PASS) 2PT(REC) FG SAF DXP PTSDavid Nadeau 0 51-51 0-0 0-0 0 13-16 0 0 90Zach Hulce 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 72Brian Lucas 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 48Austin Sikorski 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 42Chase Vogler 6 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 0 36Joe Reichert 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 24Aaron Roth 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 24Ben Helmer 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 18Steve Ierulli 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 12Kris Olson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 8Jeremy Reierson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6Kenny Chowa 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6Travis Nordhus 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6Jon Lynch 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6D.J. Winfield 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6Zach Zweifel 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 6TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 2UMD TOTALS 53 51-51 0-0 1-1 1 13-16 0 0 412OPP TOTALS 35 27-30 1-1 1-3 1 8-12 0 0 265

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS RUSH REC PR KR IR TOTBrian Lucas 888 82 0 0 0 970Zach Hulce 933 10 0 15 0 958Aaron Roth 31 335 166 191 0 723Chase Vogler 646 0 0 0 0 646Austin Sikorski 583 29 0 0 0 612OTHERS 185 1,451 32 721 62 2,451UMD TOTALS 3,266 1,907 198 927 62 6,360OPP TOTALS 1,422 2,429 157 1,288 26 5,322

2011 UMD STATISTICS AND RESULTS

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2011 UMD SINGLE-GAME HIGHSINDIVIDUALRushing Attempts: 27 by Zach Hulce vs. Saginaw Valley State (11/19)Rushing Yards: 185 by Austin Sikorski vs. Mary (10/15)Rushing TDs: 3 by Austin Sikorski vs. Mary (10/15)Long Run: 75 yards by Austin Sikorski vs. Mary (10/15)Pass Attempts: 32 by Chase Vogler vs. WSC (9/17)Pass Completions: 18 by Chase Vogler vs. MSU-Mankato (10/30)Passing Yards: 204 by Chase Vogler vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/1)Passing TDs: 3 by Chase Vogler vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/1) Long Pass: 51 yards by Chase Vogler to Joe Reichert vs. Minnesota-Crookston (11/15)Pass Receptions: 6 by Three Players, including Aaron Roth twiceReceiving Yards: 101 by D.J. Winfield vs. Wayne State U. (12/3)TD Receptions: 2 by Joe Reichert vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/1) and Ben Helmer vs. Upper Iowa (9/10) Total Plays: 31 by Chase Vogler vs. Winona State (10/8) Total Offense Yards: 250 vs. Chase Vogler vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/1)Total TDs: 3 by Austin Sikorski vs. Mary (10/15) Total Tackles: 12 by Colby Ring vs. Bemidji State (9/24) QB Sacks: 2.0 by Derrick Zappa vs. Wayne State U. (Dec. 3) and Bemidji State (9/24) and Chris Vandervest vs. Augustana (9/3)Tackles For a Loss: 4.0 by Derrick Zappa vs. Wayne State U. (Dec. 3) Interceptions - 1 by Six Players, including Kenny Chowa twice

TEAMFirst Downs: 27 vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/1)Total Plays: 80 vs. Winona State (10/8)Total Yards: 552 vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/1)Yards Per Play Average: 8.4 (66 for 552) vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/1)Rushing Attempts: 62 vs. Winona State (10/8)Rushing Yards: 410 vs. Winona State (10/8)Yards Per Rush Average: 7.9 (44 for 348) vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/1)Passing Yards: 204 vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/1)Yards Per Pass Average: 11.0 (12 for 165) vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5)QB Sacks: 5 vs. CSU-Pueblo (11/26)Turnovers: 3 vs. Wayne State U. (12/3) and MSU-Moorhead (10/1)Interceptions: 2 vs. Winona State (10/8)

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG TD LNGAaron Roth 9 166 18.4 1 65Zach Zweifel 6 14 2.3 0 12Garrett Glaus 2 9 4.5 0 7Collin Stinogel 2 7 3.5 0 4Justin Claiborne 1 2 2.0 0 1Joe Doherty 1 0 0.0 0 0UMD TOTALS 21 198 9.4 1 65OPP TOTALS 19 157 8.3 1 36

2011 UMD STATISTICS AND SUPERLATIVESPUNTING NO YDS AVG LNG TB FC I20 BLKAlex Brown 48 1,724 35.9 62 3 10 18 3TEAM 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0UMD TOTALS 51 1,724 33.8 62 3 10 18 3OPP TOTALS 77 2,885 37.5 73 4 17 15 1

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG TD LNGKenny Chowa 2 40 20.0 1 39Chris Blake 1 2 2.0 0 2Max Phillips 1 6 6.0 0 6 Cody Eich 1 14 14.0 0 14Derrick Zappa 1 0 0.0 0 0UMD TOTALS 6 62 10.3 1 39OPP TOTALS 7 26 3.7 0 20

KICK RETURNS NO YDS AVG TD LNGJustin Clairborne 14 279 19.9 0 38Travis Nordhus 10 261 26.1 1 88 Aaron Roth 9 191 21.2 0 35Ben Helmer 2 0 0.0 0 0Mustafa Akbar 2 49 24.5 0 25D.J. Winfield 2 132 66.0 1 87Zach Hulce 1 15 15.0 0 15TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0UMD TOTALS 41 927 22.6 2 88OPP TOTALS 62 1,288 20.8 1 91

DEFENSIVE STATS SOLO AST TOT TFL/YDS SACKS/YDS INT/YDS PBU FR/YDS ff BKICKColby Ring 51 50 101 6.5/28 2.0/14 0/0 1 0/0 0 0 Cody Eich 47 46 93 3.0/10 0.0/0 1/14 4 1/0 2 0Derrick Zappa 43 39 82 15.5/7.1 6.0/39 1/0 2 0/0 1 2Cameron Harper 39 36 75 5.5/15 0.0/0 0/0 4 0/0 0 0Rob Huberty 36 38 74 15.0/80 5.0/35 0/0 1 1/0 1 1Max Phillips 19 44 63 4.5/18 1.0/11 1/6 2 0/0 0 0Joe Doherty 41 20 61 2.0/5 0.0/0 0/0 2 0/0 1 0Kenny Chowa 45 14 59 0.5/1 0.0/0 2/40 2 1/0 0 0Chris Vandervest 22 20 42 11.0/42 5.0/30 0/0 1 0/0 0 0Fossam Foncham 8 21 29 5.5/15 0.5/4 0/0 1 0/0 0 1Jordan Bauman 7 21 28 2.5/8 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 1Wade Sebold 7 16 23 2.5/9 1.0/8 0/0 2 0/0 0 0Gavin Brown 12 8 20 5.5/41 5.5/41 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Matt Wicklund 5 14 19 2.5/7 1.0/5 0/0 1 1/0 0 0Travis Nordhus 8 6 14 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Nick Lloyd 6 6 12 0.5/1 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Chris Blake 7 5 12 1.0/4 0.0/0 1/2 0 0/0 0 0Mustafa Akbar 6 6 12 0.5/1 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Jarrell Young 2 9 11 0.5/1 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 1Jordan Hoekstra 9 2 11 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 1 0/0 0 0Blake Rogers 2 7 9 2.5/13 1.0/6 0/0 2 0/0 0 0Garrett Glaus 3 5 8 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 1 0Nate Zuk 2 4 6 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Yusef Hassan 4 2 6 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Gavin Grady 0 4 4 0.5/1 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Sam Renk 3 1 4 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Jacob Brusehaver 2 2 4 0.5/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Qortney Mcleod 3 0 3 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0David Nadeau 1 1 2 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Mitchell Ziegler 1 1 2 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Chaz Thomas 1 0 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Joe Reichert 1 0 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Tom Olson 1 0 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Aaron Roth 1 0 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Kris Olson 0 1 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Ben Helmer 0 1 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Collin Stinogel 1 0 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Steve Ierulli 0 1 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0Ryan Miesbauer 0 1 1 0.0/0 0.0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0TEAM UMD TOTALS 446 452 898 88/371 28/193 6/62 26 4/0 6 7OPP TOTALS 471 700 1,171 76/265 22/138 7/26 35 7/0 9 5

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Senior strong safety Jim Johnson and the Bulldogs whoop it up following UMD’s NCAA Division II national title victory over Northwest Missouri State University in 2008.

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

So records the 1930-31 yearbook, The Chronicle, depicting the origins of Bulldog football when the University of Minnesota Duluth wasn’t the University of Minnesota Duluth at all, but rather the Duluth State Teachers College (DSTC). “Coach Kovach,” a.k.a. Frank Kovach, an industrial arts specialist organized and coached the first team that would later evolve into one of the most successful college programs in the land.Appropriately enough, Kovach directed his troops to a winless season as the Bulldogs debuted in 1930 with two ties — a scoreless deadlock against Itasca Junior College, and a 6-6 verdict versus Duluth Junior College — and three losses in their only five outings. Following Kovach’s baptismal year, he yielded the coaching gavel to Lloyd Peterson in 1931, beginning an era that would continue through the 1957 season. Peterson’s (and DSTC’S) first victory ever came in the second tilt of the season against Winona State Teacher’s College, a 7-0 whitwash. In 1932, the Bulldogs were jammed in a four-way tie for first place in the Northern Intercollegiate Conference, their initial taste of championship football, and in 1934 DSTC captured its first outright title. The latter part of the 1930s was one of the more fruitful periods in Bulldog history. From 1934 to 1939, DSTC constructed a 31-7-2 record with championships again in 1937 and 1938. The pre-World War II days found the Bulldogs’ football program struggling and 1941 produced the worst campaign in the school’s history to that point with a 1-6 record. When world peace was restored, however, the Bulldogs made a quick comeback as they tied for the NIC crown in 1946 and again in 1948. The Bulldogs played an independent schedule in 1949 and traded in their green and gold colors in 1950 to become the Maroon & Gold of the University of Minnesota Duluth. The newly-named UMD the aligned with the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) in 1950. The 1951 season boiled down to a showdown between the Bulldogs and Gustavus Adolphus, and, in 17-degree wintry weather, the Gusties stopped the Bulldogs’ drive to bring home their first MIAC championship. The following season was the most disastrous year UMD has ever experienced as it suffered through an 0-7-1 record. The mid-1950s were a period for slowly refueling the program with respect-ability. In 1957 Peterson stepped down after 24 years of skilling shepherding the Bulldogs. His replacement was a Crosby-Ironton native who had worked wonders at Morris and Morningside (Edina) High Schools — Jim Malosky — and within three years, the Bulldogs had earned a MIAC crown. UMD successfully defended its title in 1961, but the program slumped again in the mid-1960s with three successive sub-.500 seasons. The Bulldogs were

nosed out for the crown in 1967, despited cobbling together a nifty 7-1-1 record, but again fell below the .500 mark in 1968 and 1969. After nearly a 30-year absence, UMD rejoined the Northern (Sun) Intercollegiate Conference in 1976. Over the next 28 years, the Bulldogs would suffer just one losing season in conference play while amassing

a 196-95-5 record en route to capturing nine NSIC championships. The first of those crowns came in 1979 when UMD won its final five league matchups of the year (including a convincing 34-8 home win 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 outfif had ever done before — finished a season unbeaten and untied — as it posted a perfect 10-0-0 overall record while leading all NCAA II teams in both scoring offense (35.4 points per game) and scoring defense (7.6 ppg). By October 1981, UMD had strung together a 20-game winning streak, which at the time was the longest in all of college football. Then, on Halloween of that year, MSU-Moorhead knocked the Bulldogs from the ranks of the unbeatens, stunning the overflow record-crowd of 5,862 at Griggs Field with a 29-0 victory. UMD went on to finish the season sporting a 9-1-0 mark in all games and placed second to (who else?) MSU-Moorhead in the league standings. The Bulldogs returned to the top of the NSIC heap in 1985 by reeling off seven straight wins to end the year, and also laid claim to conference crowns in 1990, 1995 and 1996. The 1997 season marked the end of a truly golden era for Bulldog football. Due to health concerns, the legendary Jim Malosky was forced to retire following a memorable 40-year coaching run at UMD. The win-ningest coach in NCAA Division II football history at the time, Malosky just seemed to get better with age as his troops finished below the .500 mark on only two occasions during his final 28 seasons. Upon Malosky’s departure, UMD floundered somewhat until the dawn of a new century. Bob Nielson’s arrival as head coach in 1999 signaled a resurgence and, in 2001, Nielson and the Bulldogs posted a 9-3-0 overall mark, the most victories in a

season for UMD since 1990. The Bulldogs, who fell just short of an NSIC crown for the second straight season, made the school’s first-ever postseason appearance by tak-ing part in the 37th Mineral Water Bowl in Excelsior Springs, Mo., against Central Missouri State University. One season later, in 2002, the Bull-dogs enjoyed one of their most productive seasons in team history to that point, going a perfect 11-0 during the regular season (including a 9-0 mark in NSIC play when it averaged a league-record 47.9 points per outing) and earning their inaugural berth in the NCAA II playoffs. UMD, which set or equalled 59 team and individual records during the course of the year and were NSIC champs for the first time in a half dozen years, suffered a 45-41 last-second road setback to Northwest Missouri State University in its NCAA playoff debut. UMD continued its victorious ways in 2003, posting an 8-3 overall mark. A Nov. 15 game against Winona State was to be the Bulldogs’ temporary farewell to the NSIC following 42 years of affiliation split by 26 seasons in the MIAC. After five years on the Bulldog sidelines, Nielson traded in his headset on December 1, 2003 to take over as UMD’s Director of

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Fueled by a gritty “bend-but-don’t break” defensive unit, the Bulldogs capped off their second 15-0 season (an NCAA II football first) by upending Delta State University 20-17 in the 2011 national championship clash.

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Athletics. One of Nielson’s first major moves was to hire his successor. Looking west, he found his man in Kyle “Bubba” Schweigert, who had paid his dues the previous 15 years as highly-regarded assistant coach at the University of North Dakota. Schweigert piloted the Bulldogs through their inaugural go-around of North Central Conference activity five years ago, but tt 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

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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 15-0. 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 posted what is arguably the most momentuous 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 stll 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 championship belt in 2011, they did manage to capture a share of their school-record

fourth NSIC title 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, 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. UMD has harvested several outstanding players throughout its rich 79-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 Vi-aene-- 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, UMD outside linebacker Russ Rabe, UMD’s all-time quarterback sack leader, joined the program’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 distinquished himself following a brilliant four-year playing career 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) quarterfinalist. Odim repeated that Harlon Hill feat one year later while landing on a program-high five different All-American teams. The school’s only three-time football All-American (2008-10), Odim exited UMD owning no less than 17 team single-game, single-season and career 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.

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

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 which would reach a school-record 20 games late into the 1981 season.

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.

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UMD AND THE HARLON HILL TROPHY

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 fron the nation’s 150-plus NCAA II football-playing schools.

UMD HARLON HILL TROPHY CANDIDATES2009—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 Candidate1986—Corey Veech (RB) - Top 24 Candidate

Ted SchlafkeIsaac Odim

Greg Aker Tim Battaglia Corey Veech

NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD WINNERS

2010—Isaac Odim 1997—Steve Blackmarr

Steve Blackmarr Isaac Odim

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BULLDOG ALL-AMERICANS

Nate Baier Gary Birkholz Mitch Cady Terry Egerdahl

2011—Garth Heikkinen-OG (1st Team/1st Team/1st Team/2nd Team)*+@#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)*+@^2008—Nate Baier-OG (1st Team/2nd Team/2nd Team/2nd Team)^#+@2008—Mitch Cady-OT (1st Team)^2008—Jim Johnson-DB (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~CollegeSports.com≠NAIA

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)^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)≠

Mark Johnson

BULLDOG ALL-AMERICANS

Ted McKnight

Robbie Aurich

Garth Heikkinen Tobias Lemke

Ted Schlafke Chris Westberg Tyler YelkRuss Rabe

Cody Eich

Kiel Fechtelkotter Jim Kunz

Isaac Odim

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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 Lawton2001—Peter Lawton2000—Peter Lawton1999—Mike Tuisee1998—Tim Rohweder1997—Tim Rohweder1996—Kurt King1995—Kurt King1994—Kurt King1993—Dave Emerson1992—Bob Schwartz1991—Paul Paczynski1990—Paul Paczynski1989—Scott Concannon1988—Jeff Dunnell1987—Jeff Dunnell1986—Mark Turcott

1985—Leon Banks1984—Steve McGuire1983—Bill Dunsmoor, Judd Frahm1982—Brad Havron1981—Gary Birkholz1980—Mike Thomas1979—Vince Ekroot, Mark Tuska1978—Vince Ekroot1977—Dave Nelson1976—Pat Kubat1975—Pat Kubat1974—Pat Kubat1973—John Casey1972—Scott Hanna1971—Daryl Niemi1970—Tom Cady1969—Bruce Bloomgren

DUCE RASMUSSEN OUTSTANDING LINEMAN AWARD

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)1999—Ricky Fritz (o), Justin Wood (d)1998—Trevor Theelke1997—Brian DeDominces1996—Trevor Theelke1995—Scott Graunke1994—Marc Achterkirch1993—Greg Valaskey

1992—Greg Valaskey1991—Eric Rajala1990—Eric Rajala1989—Dale Gessell1988—Chris Westberg1987—Mike Petrich1986—Corey Veech1985—Steve Peterson1984—Scott Marshall1983—Steve Graham1982—Boyd Hanson1981—Tom Stoll1980—Amory Bodin1979—Tom Stoll1978—Amory Bodin1977—Dave Nelson, Doug Lien

1976—Ted McKnight1975—Terry Egerdahl1974—Mark Johnson1973—Terry Egerdahl1972—Steve Skildum1971—Tom Cady1970—Al Decker1969—Dick Voltzke1968—Gary Egerdahl1967—Gary Egerdahl1966—Eric Eversley1962-65—NA1961—John Nachtsheim1960—Skip Fontaine

1968—Glen Kelly1967—Vern Emerson1966—Jerry Broselle1965—Dean Hoglund1964—Dean Hoglund1963—Dick Carlson1962—Jerry Wherley1961—Ron Kosteliz1960—Pat Delaney1959—George Melin1958—Clyde Smith1957—Dick Forbort1956—Dick Forbort1955—Ken Lundgren1954—John Bymark1953—Earl DeRocher

Kurt KingPaul Paczynski Ted SchlafkeRicky Fritz Gary Egerdahl

UMD TEAM AWARD WINNERS

Amory Bodin

Greg Valaskey

JIM OVERLIE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD

Kevin Westbrock

Dave Nelson

Dustin Timmersman Dick Forbort Pat KubatJeff Dunnell Trevor Theelke Tim Rohweder

Peter Lawton

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ALL-NORTHERN SUN INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE2011—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—None1998—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—None1941—None1940—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—None1932—Frank Visavotti, T.

#NSIC Most Valuable Offensive Player*NSIC Most Valuable Defensive Player+NSIC Player of the Year~NSIC Newcomer of the Year@NSIC Glen Galligan Award winner Note: List includes first team selections only

Scott Graunke

UMD ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

ALL-NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE2007— Tyler Yelk, DB2006— Greg Aker, WR; Mark Knudsen, OG2005-- None 2004—Geoff Fischer, DE; Russ Rabe, LB.

ALL-MINNESOTA INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE1975—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 Wherely, 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—None1954—Dave Erholtz, E; Darrel Warner, HB.1953—None1952—Bobby Daniels, DB1951—Ken Johnson, FB; Phil LeTourneau, C; Bob Murray, E.

Tyler YelkPeter Lawton

Kiel FechtelkotterTom Stoll

Eric Rajala

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National Football League Draft Picks From UMDPlayer Pos Year Round (No.) Team Brent Griffith OT 1990 7th (166) BuffaloDave Viaene DT 1988 8th (214) HoustonTed McKnight RB 1977 2nd (51) OaklandTerry Egerdahl RB 1976 6th (180) MinnesotaDick Voltzke FB 1969 14th (350) Green BayVern Emerson OT 1968 12th (313) St. Louis

Bulldogs in the National Football LeaguePlayer Pos Team(s) Year(s) Dave Viaene OT New England, Green Bay 1989-90, 92Ted McKnight RB Kansas City, Buffalo 1977-82Vern Emerson OT St. Louis 1968-71Tom Adams TE Minnesota 1962Dick Pesonen DB Green Bay, Minnesota, New York Giants 1960-64Lou Barle FB Detroit, Cleveland Rams 1938-39

Bulldogs in NFL EuropePlayer Pos Team(s) Year(s) Russ Rabe LB Hamburg Sea Devils 2006

Tom Adams Lou Barle Terry Egerdahl

Vern Emerson Brent Griffith Ted McKnight

Dick Pesonen Dave Viaene Dick Voltzke

BULLDOGS IN THE NFL/POSTSEASON BOWL PARTICIPANTS

UMD Postseason Bowl/All-Star Game PlayersPlayer Pos Bowl/All-Star Game YearTed Schlafke QB Cactus Bowl (NCAA II All-Star Game) 2008Tyler Yelk DB Cactus Bowl (NCAA II All-Star Game) 2008Greg Aker WR World Championship of American Football 2007Russ Rabe LB Hula Bowl 2005Russ Rabe LB Cactus Bowl (NCAA II All-Star Game) 2005Tim Rohweder OG Snow Bowl (NCAA II All-Star Game) 1999Dave Emerson OG Snow Bowl (NCAA II All-Star Game) 1994Dave Viaene OTL East-West Shrine Game 1988Eric Eversley DB Upper Midwest College All-Star Game 1968

Vern Emerson

Dave Viaene

Ted McKnight

Tom Adams

Greg Aker Russ Rabe

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FIRST DOWNS Game: 32 vs. Bemidji State (9/16/78) 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: 78 vs. Michigan Tech (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 YARDS Game: 634 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (18/29/09) 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 (10/18/98) 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: 22 games (11/10/07 to Present) Conference: 30 games (9/30/08 to Present-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* (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 TEAM RECORDS

ANNUAL NCAA DIVISION II STATISTICAL CHAMPIONSINDIVIDUAL

Player Catergory Year Avg./TotalMike Petrich Interceptions 1987 0.82 ipgAmory Bodin Scoring 1980 11.6 ppgTed McKnight Rushing Yardage 1976 148.2 ypgTerry Egerdahl Punt Return Yardage 1975 27.7 ypr

TEAMYear Catergory Avg./Total2010 Scoring Defense 12.7 ppg 2005 Kickoff Return Yardage 26.8 ypr1980 Scoring Offense 35.4 ppg1980 Scoring Defense 7.6 ppg1980 Rushing Offense 307.3 ypg1977 Scoring Defense 7.8 ppg1974 Scoring Defense 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

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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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)

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)

PASSES INTERCEPTED 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)

Mike Petrich

Cash Langeness

Ted McKnight

UMD INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

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David Nadeau

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 (2008-210)POINTS Game: 36* — Ted McKnight vs. Southwest Minnesota State (10/16/76) Season: 198 — Isaac Odim (2009) Career: 492 — Isaac Odim (2008-10)

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)

UMD INDIVIDUAL RECORDSFIELD 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: 47 — Ted Schlafke (2005-08) Consecutive: 47 — Ted Schlafke (2005-08)

#NCAA II freshman record

Isaac OdimMarc Achterkirch

D.J. Winfield

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SINGLE-GAME BESTSRUSHING YARDS Att Yds TD1. Erik Conner vs. Bemidji State (10/21/00) 23 236 22. Ted McKnight vs. Southwest Minnesota State (10/16/76) 17 235 63. Ted McKnight vs. Wisconsin-Superior (9/11/76) 16 232 44. Ted McKnight vs. Bemidji State (10/23/76) 17 229 45. Isaac Odim vs. Northern State (10/10/09) 28 228 36. Dave Rufledt vs. Concordia-St. Paul (10/25/03) 24 219 57. Eric Rajala vs. MSU-Moorhead (11/3/90) 24 216 18. Erik Conner vs. Minnesota-Morris (10/25/97) 23 213 39. Ted McKnight vs. Michigan Tech (11/6/76) 30 210 310. Joe Russell vs. MSU-Moorhead (9/18/04) 31 210 211. Sam Hardwig vs. Minnesota-Morris (10/28/95) 41 208 312. Jack Martinsen vs. MSU-Mankato (10/26/77) 36 207 313. Tom Murray vs. Michigan Tech (9/18/87) 29 203 114. Bill Shaugnessy vs. Minnesota-Morris (10/17/98) 20 202 2

PASSING YARDS Att Comp Int Yds TD1. Ted Schlafke vs. South Dakota (10/29/05) 46 31 1 457 62. Ted Schlafke vs. St. Cloud State (11/5/05) 52 34 4 430 53. Ricky Fritz vs. Concordia-St. Paul (10/7/00) 49 24 3 413 34. Ricky Fritz vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/12/02) 27 19 1 379 65. Ted Schlafke vs. St. Cloud State (11/10/07) 57 37 1 350 06. Ted Schlafke vs. MSU-Moorhead (9/17/05) 34 28 1 347 47. Ted Schlafke vs. MSU-Mankato (10/13/07) 57 32 2 340 18. Ted Schlafke vs. Nebraska-Omaha (10/8/05) 47 31 1 338 49. Ted Schlafke vs. Nebraska-Omaha (10/20/07) 48 29 0 332 210. Ricky Fritz vs. Northwest Missouri State (11/23/02) 43 18 2 330 4

TOTAL OFFENSE TP Yds TD1. Ted Schlafke vs. St. Cloud State (11/5/05) 73 508 52. Ted Schlafke vs. South Dakota (10/29/05) 58 504 63. Ted Schlafke vs. St. Cloud State (11/10/07) 84 495 14. Ricky Fritz vs. Concordia-St. Paul (10/7/00) 54 410 35. Cash Langeness vs. Concordia-St. Paul (10/25/03) 31 395 36. Ted Schlafke vs. Missouri Western (9/8/07) 51 389 37. Ricky Fritz vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/12/02) 29 380 68. Ted Schlafke vs. Western Washington (9/29/07) 50 379 39. Ted Schalfke vs. St. Cloud State (11/11/06) 70 378 110. Ted Schlafke vs. MSU-Moorhead (9/17/05) 41 362 4 PASS RECEPTIONS No Yds TD1. Tim Battaglia vs. Bemidji State (10/27/01) 12 194 41. Greg Aker vs. South Dakota (9/16/06) 12 105 11. Brandan Anson vs. Western Washington (9/29/07) 12 101 21. Brad Foss vs. St. Cloud State (11/10/07) 12 99 05. Brandan Anson vs. MSU-Mankato (10/13/07) 11 113 05. Jeff Wenngatz vs. MSU-Moorhead (11/14/98) 11 109 05. Brandan Anson vs. Nebraska-Omaha (10/20/07) 11 80 08. Tim Battaglia vs. Concordia-St. Paul (10/25/03) 10 249 28. Tim Battaglia vs. MSU-Moorhead (10/12/02) 10 228 58. Greg Aker vs. South Dakota (10/29/05) 10 185 48. Greg Aker vs. Nebraska-Omaha (10/8/05) 10 173 38. D.J. Winfield vs. Mary (9/25/08) 10 172 18. Tim Battaglia vs. South Dakota (9/13/03) 10 145 0

SINGLE-SEASON BESTSRUSHING YARDS Att Yds Loss Net Avg TD1. Isaac Odim (2009) 259 1,845 37 1,808 7.0 292. Isaac Odim (2008) 224 1,655 17 1,638 7.3 263. Ted McKnight (1976) 220 1,524 42 1,482 6.7 224. Corey Veech (1986) 269 1,419 42 1,377 5.1 195. Dave Rufledt (2003) 176 1,256 38 1,218 6.9 216. Brad Foss (2010) 202 1,188 37 1,151 5.7 127. Amory Bodin (1980) 175 1,102 45 1,057 6.0 188. Amory Bodin (1978) 183 1,002 45 957 5.2 79. Dave Rufledt (2002) 211 1,010 63 947 4.5 910. Erik Conner (2000) 212 994 58 936 4.4 2

PASSING YARDS Att Comp Int Pct Yds TD 1. Ted Schlafke (2005) 490 305 17 .622 3,335 332. Ted Schlafke (2008) 328 213 10 .649 3,018 353. Ricky Fritz (2002) 287 160 12 .557 2,760 344. Ted Schlafke (2007) 455 285 11 .626 2,698 225. Ted Schlafke (2006) 419 256 15 .601 2,536 166. Ricky Fritz (2000) 319 145 13 .455 2,315 227. Ricky Fritz (2001) 254 135 15 .531 2,133 268. Chase Vogler (2010) 205 127 3 .620 1,913 179. Chase Vogler (2011) 280 179 7 .639 1,873 1310. Trevor Theelke (1996) 189 103 2 .545 1,690 15

#NCAA II freshmen record

ALL-TIME BULLDOG BESTS

Erik Conner

Tim Battaglia

Ted Schlafke

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ALL-TIME BULLDOG BESTSTOTAL OFFENSE TP Rush Pass Yds TD1. Ted Schlafke (2005) 625# 256 3,335 3,591# 352. Ted Schlafke (2008) 461 495 3,198 3,513 423. Ted Schlafke (2007) 631 500 2,698 3,198 244. Ricky Fritz (2002) 361 295 2,760 3,055 395. Chase Vogler (2010) 350 905 1,913 2,818 246. Ted Schalfke (2006) 520 183 2,536 2,719 177. Ricky Fritz (2000) 414 317 2,315 2,632 248. Chase Vogler (2011) 452 646 1,873 2,519 199. Ricky Fritz (2001) 331 293 2,133 2,426 2910. Trevor Theelke (1996) 300 463 1,690 2,153 26

PASS RECEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD1. Vinny Flury (2005) 77 867 11.3 52. D.J. Winfield (2008) 71 1,201 16.9 143. Brandan Anson (2007) 69 586 8.5 34. Greg Aker (2006) 68 675 9.9 45. Greg Aker (2005) 67 1,005 15.0 156. Tim Battaglia (2003) 60 1,119 18.6 87. Steve Battaglia (2002) 60 988 16.5 98. Tim Battaglia (2002) 55 1,166 21.2 199. Steve Battaglia (2001) 55 940 17.1 1210. Jeff Wenngatz (1998) 53 758 14.3 6

SCORING TD EP-1 EP-2 FG Pts1. Isaac Odim (2009) 33 0 0 0 1982. Isaac Odim (2008) 30 0 0 0 1803. Ted McKnight (1976) 24 0 0 0 1444. Dave Rufledt (2003) 22 0 0 0 1325. Corey Veech (1986) 20 0 1 0 1226. David Nadeau (2011) 0 74 0 15 1197. Tim Battaglia (2002) 19 0 1 0 1167. Amory Bodin (1980) 19 0 1 0 1169. Isaac Odim (2010) 19 0 0 0 11410. John Nachtsheim (1961) 17 0 5 0 112

CAREER BESTSRUSHING YARDS Att. Yds Loss Net Avg TD1. Isaac Odim (2008-2010) 589 4,313 71 4,242 7.2 722. Dave Rufledt (2001-04) 648 3,479 151 3,228 5.1 473. Brad Foss (2007-10) 531 3,101 100 3,001 5.6 304. Ted McKnight (1973-76) 502 3,067 110 2,957 5.9 475. Corey Veech (1983-86) 606 2,904 136 2,768 4.6 306. Amory Bodin (1976-78, '80) 498 2,782 120 2,662 5.4 257. Tom Stoll (1978-81) 501 2,694 64 2,630 5.2 278. Boyd Hanson (1979-82) 509 2,618 43 2,575 5.1 369. Terry Egerdahl (1972-75) 604 2,686 121 2,565 4.2 2210. Erik Conner (1997-2000) 597 2,766 221 2,545 4.3 31

PASSING YARDS Att Comp Pct Int Yds TD1. Ted Schlafke (2005-08) 1,692 1,055 .624 53 11,591 1062. Ricky Fritz (1998-2002) 1,090 547 .502 53 8,711 903. Chase Vogler (2009- ) 424 674 .629 19 5,276 40 4. Trevor Theelke (1995-98) 563 284 .504 16 4,175 325. Bruce Grant (1980-83) 482 254 .527 23 3,690 366. Jim Malosky (1984-87) 455 212 .465 34 2,866 417. Ray Norsted (1962-65) 447 179 .400 28 2,321 238. David Floysand (1992-95) 349 141 .404 27 2,147 159. Doug Lien (1974-77) 273 129 .473 20 1,847 2110. Wally Fontaine (1955-59) 250 112 .448 22 1,795 12

TOTAL OFFENSE TP Rush Pass Yds TD1. Ted Schlafke (2005-08) 2,237 1,434 11,587 13.021 1182. Ricky Fritz (1998-2002) 1,464 1,215 8,711 9,926 1043. Chase Vogler (2009- ) 1,064 2,010 5,276 7,286 624. Trevor Theelke (1995-98) 843 1,021 4,175 5,196 535. Isaac Odim (2008- 10) 589 4,242 0 4,242 726. Bruce Grant (1980-83) 628 199 3,690 3,887 437. Jim Malosky (1984-87) 781 824 2,866 3,690 588. Dave Rufledt (2001-04) 648 3,228 0 3,228 479. Brad Foss (2007-10) 531 3,001 0 3,001 3010. 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 19.5 382. Steve Battaglia (1999-2002) 182 3,037 16.7 333. Greg Aker (2003-06) 178 2,211 12.4 254. D.J. Winfield (2007-10) 170 2,896 17.0 275. Tony Doherty (2005-08) 148 1,861 12.6 156. Terry Egerdahl (1972-75) 111 1,425 12.8 127. Jeff Wenngatz (1996-99) 107 1,616 15.1 128. Vinny Flury (2004-05) 102 1,075 10.5 69. Steve Graham (1980-83) 101 1,224 12.1 910. Brandan Anson (2006-07) 96 877 9.1 4

DEFENSIVE LEADERS (CAREER)

TOTAL TACKLES No.1. Tyler Yelk (DB, 2005-08) 3232. Robbie Aurich (LB; 2006-10) 310 3. Kevin Westbrock (DB; 1998-01) 2774. Jim Johnson (DB; 2005-08) 2765. Marc Achterkirch (LB; 1991-94) 2616. Jeff Sajdak (DB; 1982-85) 2577. Kiel Fechtelkotter (LB; 2007-10) 2558. Cody Eich (DB; 2008-11) 2499. Derrick Zappa (LB; 2008-11) 23910. Craig Potocnik (LB; 1984-87) 240 Nate Fears (LB; 2004-2007) 240SACKS No.1. Russ Rabe (LB/DE; 2001-04) 29.02. Sean Callahan (LB; 1988-91) 22.53. Geoff Fischer (DE; 2001-04) 21.54. Rob Huberty (LB; 2008-11) 18.5 Cody Ahmann (LB;2004-07) 18.56. Nate Davis (DT; 1999-02) 17.0 Scott Concannon (DE; 1986-89) 17.0 Steve Ahlers (DE; 1982-84) 17.08. Mark Turcott (DT; 1983-86) 16.010. Kevin Pexa (DE; 2006-09) 14.0 Mark Adler (DE; 1989-92) 14.0 Tom Rapps (DE; 1982-85) 14.0INTERCEPTIONS No.1. Mike Petrich (1985-87, 1989) 19 Scott Claflin (1983-86) 193. Jim Crawford (1979-81) 174. Jason Wolf (1989-92) 15 Chris Westberg (1986-90) 156. Tim Garceau (2003-06) 14 Cash Langeness (2000-03) 14 Tom Lawrence (1978-81) 149. Mark Callaway (1986-89) 1310. Jim Johnson (2005-08) 12 Tim Visina (1979-81) 12

DEFENSIVE LEADERS (SEASON)

TOTAL TACKLES UT AT TT1. Marc Achterkirch (LB; 1994) 55 53 108 2. Kevin Westbrock (DB; 2000) 64 43 1073. Kiel Fechtelkotter (LB; 2010) 43 62 1054. Craig Potocnik (LB; 1984) 39 64 1035. Colby Ring (LB; 2011) 51 50 101 Robbie Aurich (LB; 2008) 57 44 1017. Brian DeDominces (DB; 1997) 63 37 1008. Cody Eich (DB; 2011) 47 46 93 Robbie Aurich (LB; 2009) 53 40 93 Brian Potocnik (LB; 1992) 40 53 93SACKS No.1. Russ Rabe (DE; 2003) 15.02. Steve Ahlers (DE; 1984) 12.03. Geoff Fischer (DE; 2004) 10.54. Nate Davis (DE; 2002) 9.55. Nate Miller (DT; 1997) 9.0 Sean Callahan (LB; 1991) 9.07. Cody Ahmann (LB; 2005) 8.0 Russ Rabe (LB; 2004) 8.0 Chad Stoskopf (DE; 1993) 8.010. 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) 7.5INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds TD1. Chris Westberg (1988) 9 278 2 Mike Petrich (1987) 9 151 13. Scott Claflin (1986) 8 74 0 Kelly Fleissner (1977) 8 71 05. 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 0Note: 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 First Meeting Last MeetingAugsburg College 15 10 0 1951 UMD, 16-3 (1975)Augustana College (S.D.) 6 2 0 2004 UMD, 20-12 (2011)Bemidji State 40 10 1 1931 UMD. 26-23 (2011)California U. (Pa.) 1 0 0 2008 UMD, 45-7 (2008)Central Missouri State 0 1 0 2001 CMS, 48-17 (2001)Central Washington 2 2 0 2006 UMD, 35-10 (2010)Chadron State 3 0 0 2004 UMD, 20-10 (2008)Colorado State-Pueblo 1 0 0 2011 UMD, 24-21 (2011)Concordia College (Moorhead) 10 13 2 1950 UMD, 10-6 (1975)Concordia-St. Paul 8 3 0 1999 UMD, 56-0 (2009)Delta State 1 0 0 2010 UMD, 20-17 (2010)Duluth Junior College 3 1 1 1930 UMD, 13-7 (1946)Emporia State 2 0 0 1954 UMD, 13-7 (1955)Eveleth Junior College 2 2 0 1930 UMD, 21-6 (1939)Grand Valley State 1 1 0 2008 GVS, 24-10 (2009)Gustavus Adolphus 8 15 1 1951 UMD, 28-0 (1975)Hamline University 17 6 1 1951 UMD, 38-6 (1975)Hibbing Junior College 3 0 0 1935 UMD, 19-7 (1939)Humboldt State 0 0 1 1990 Tie, 7-7 (1990)Idaho State 1 0 0 1994 ISU, 29-24 (1994)Itasca Junior College 0 0 1 1930 Tie, 0-0 (1930)Luther College (Iowa) 1 0 0 1988 UMD, 24-0 (1988)Macalester College 18 5 1 1950 UMD, 13-7 (1975)Mary (N.D) 5 0 0 2006 UMD, 41-28 (2011)Michigan Tech 13 3 0 1947 UMD, 32-3 (1993)Minnesota (Junior Varsity) 0 2 0 1948 UMJV, 26-13 (1949)Minnesota-Crookston 8 1 0 1999 UMD, 49-7 (2011)Minnesota-Morris 22 5 1 1974 UMD, 44-6 (2002)Minnesota State-Mankato 20 13 1 1932 UMD, 31-19 (2011)Minnesota State-Moorhead 32 17 4 1932 UMD, 49-21 (2011)Missouri Western State 1 1 0 2007 UMD, 47-18 (2008) Montana 0 1 0 1995 UM, 54-6 (1995)Montana State 0 3 0 1991 MSU, 37-0 (1996)Nebraska-Kearney 1 0 0 2009 UMD, 42-7 (2009)Nebraska-Omaha 1 3 0 2004 UNO, 42-17 (2007)North Dakota 0 8 0 1963 UND, 31-14 (2007)North Dakota State 0 1 0 1965 NDSU, 55-8 (1965)Northwest Missouri State 2 1 0 2002 UMD, 17-13 (2010)Northern Arizona 0 2 0 1992 NAU, 40-6 (1997)Northern Iowa 0 1 1 2005 UNI, 49-14 (2005)Northern Michigan 1 11 0 1961 NMU, 24-14 (1998)Northern State (S.D.) 19 10 0 1980 UMD, 37-6 (2011)Northland College 3 2 0 1930 UMD, 31-0 (1947)Northwestern College (Iowa) 3 0 0 1980 UMD, 69-0 (1986)Portland State 0 1 0 1994 PSU, 35-21 (1994)Saginaw Valley State 1 0 0 2011 UMD, 30-27 (2011)St. Cloud State 21 23 0 1933 SCSU, 35-7 (2011)St. Francis (Ill.) 0 2 0 1991 CSF, 42-17 (1992)St. John’s (Minn.) 11 19 0 1936 UMD, 30-7 (1983)St. Mary’s College (Minn.) 4 0 0 1950 UMD, 27-6 (1954)St. Olaf College 2 1 0 1950 UMD, 14-6 (1975)St. Thomas (Minn.) 15 8 1 1950 UMD, 20-0 (1977)South Dakota 3 4 0 2001 USD, 36-22 (2007)South Dakota State 1 1 0 1966 UMD, 12-7 (1967)Southwest Minnesota State 25 5 1 1976 UMD, 34-27 (2009)Truman (Northeast Missouri) State 0 1 0 1983 TSU, 20-19 (1983)Upper Iowa 4 0 0 2004 UMD, 49-22 (2011)Virginia Junior College 2 3 0 1930 UMD, 18-0 (1934)Waldorf College 1 0 0 2003 UMD, 73-6 (2003)Wayne State (Mich.) 0 1 0 2011 WSC, 31-25 (2011)Wayne State (Neb.) 10 1 0 1993 WSC, 7-0 (2011)Western Washington 2 0 0 2006 UMD, 22-14 (2007)Winona State 31 10 0 1931 UMD, 59-17 (2010)Wisconsin-Eau Claire 6 2 0 1937 UWEC, 28-14 (1998)Wisconsin-La Crosse 1 2 0 1996 UWL, 34-13(2004)Wisconsin-Milwaukee 0 1 0 1971 UWM, 13-0 (1971)Wisconsin-Platteville 1 0 0 1984 UMD, 10-0 (1984)Wisconsin-River Falls 1 0 0 1994 UMD, 17-14 (1994)Wisconsin-Stout 2 3 1 1938 UWS, 17-15 (2000)Wisconsin-Superior 37 12 6 1931 UMD, 42-6 (1989)Totals 455 256 24

Boldface Indicates 2012 Opponents

LONGEST PLAYS BY A BULLDOGRun: 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 (10/18/2008)

Joe Beaupre

Gene Giles

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UMD YEARLY RECORDS (OVERALL) (CONFERENCE)YEAR COACH W L T PCT PF PA W L T PCT PF PA Place1930 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 2 1 0 .667 20 29 T1st1933 Lloyd Peterson 3 3 1 .500 85 28 2 1 1 .625 41 14 3rd1934 Lloyd Peterson 6 1 0 .857 105 15 3 1 0 .750 44 3 1st1935 Lloyd Peterson 4 2 0 .667 82 70 2 2 0 .500 38 58 3rd 1936 Lloyd Peterson 4 1 0 .800 57 13 2 1 0 .667 51 13 T2nd1937 Lloyd Peterson 5 2 0 .714 114 51 3 0 0 1.000 70 13 1st1938 Lloyd Peterson 7 0 1 .938 98 28 3 0 0 1.000 26 0 1st1939 Lloyd Peterson 5 1 1 .786 82 39 3 1 0 .750 35 19 T2nd1940 Lloyd Peterson 2 5 0 .286 40 91 2 3 0 .400 33 66 4th1941 Lloyd Peterson 1 6 0 .143 41 146 1 4 0 .200 35 106 5th1942 Lloyd Peterson 2 3 1 .417 32 80 2 3 0 .400 32 80 4th1943-45 no teams1946 Lloyd Peterson 4 1 2 .714 66 34 2 0 2 .750 41 14 T1st1947 Lloyd Peterson 3 4 0 .429 63 67 1 3 0 .333 20 48 T5th1948 Lloyd Peterson 4 3 0 .571 97 90 4 1 0 .800 84 45 T1st1949 Lloyd Peterson 4 3 0 .571 121 1031950 Lloyd Peterson 4 3 0 .571 140 132 3 3 0 .500 114 132 T5th1951 Lloyd Peterson 5 2 1 .688 136 92 5 1 0 .833 111 59 T2nd1952 Lloyd Peterson 0 7 1 .062 47 217 0 6 0 .000 34 176 9th1953 Lloyd Peterson 3 4 0 .429 129 88 3 3 0 .500 116 74 T5th1954 Lloyd Peterson 5 3 0 .625 77 83 4 2 0 .667 50 63 T3rd1955 Lloyd Peterson 3 5 0 .375 62 134 1 5 0 .167 42 127 7th1956 Lloyd Peterson 4 4 0 .500 111 139 3 4 0 .429 66 12 5th1957 Lloyd Peterson 2 5 1 .688 62 137 2 5 0 .286 62 137 6th1958 Jim Malosky 4 4 0 .500 165 167 4 3 0 .571 159 153 4th1959 Jim Malosky 5 2 1 .688 141 101 4 2 1 .643 113 101 3rd1960 Jim Malosky 6 1 1 .813 221 78 6 1 0 .857 215 72 1st1961 Jim Malosky 8 1 0 .889 354 101 7 0 0 1.000 305 60 1st1962 Jim Malosky 6 2 1 .722 151 46 5 1 1 .786 131 39 2nd1963 Jim Malosky 3 6 0 .333 112 187 2 5 0 .400 84 147 6th1964 Jim Malosky 4 5 0 .444 215 114 2 5 0 .400 140 102 5th1965 Jim Malosky 4 5 0 .444 148 197 3 4 0 .429 104 124 5th1966 Jim Malosky 5 3 1 .611 166 105 4 2 1 .643 126 78 3rd1967 Jim Malosky 7 1 1 .833 247 111 5 1 1 .786 167 90 T2nd1968 Jim Malosky 4 6 0 .400 205 170 2 5 0 .286 113 110 7th1969 Jim Malosky 4 6 0 .400 212 202 2 5 0 .286 144 148 6th1970 Jim Malosky 7 2 1 .750 153 117 4 2 1 .643 94 100 3rd1971 Jim Malosky 6 3 1 .650 146 83 5 2 0 .714 122 56 3rd1972 Jim Malosky 5 4 0 .556 193 134 4 3 0 .571 175 120 T3rd1973 Jim Malosky 8 1 0 .889 174 78 6 1 0 .857 138 78 T1st1974 Jim Malosky 7 2 1 .750 123 52 4 2 1 .643 63 27 T3rd1975 Jim Malosky 8 2 0 .800 201 94 6 1 0 .857 129 41 2nd1976 Jim Malosky 6 4 0 .600 251 137 5 2 0 .714 216 86 T2nd1977 Jim Malosky 7 3 0 .700 246 78 4 3 0 .517 172 72 T4th1978 Jim Malosky 7 3 0 .700 248 109 6 2 0 .750 225 74 T2nd1979 Jim Malosky 8 2 0 .800 268 79 7 1 0 .875 219 66 T1st1980 Jim Malosky 10 0 0 1.000 354 76 8 0 0 1.000 281 69 1st1981 Jim Malosky 9 1 0 .900 295 106 5 1 0 .833 169 61 2nd1982 Jim Malosky 7 2 0 .778 298 143 5 1 0 .833 196 75 2nd1983 Jim Malosky 6 4 0 .600 206 141 4 2 0 .667 138 84 T2nd1984 Jim Malosky 6 4 0 .600 169 129 4 2 0 .667 113 68 T3rd1985 Jim Malosky 8 2 0 .800 226 132 6 0 0 1.000 154 47 1st1986 Jim Malosky *8 1 2 .818 361 84 4 0 2 .833 178 21 T1st1987 Jim Malosky *8 3 0 .727 309 147 5 1 0 .833 188 62 1st1988 Jim Malosky 7 4 0 .636 301 123 4 2 0 .667 163 64 3rd1989 Jim Malosky 5 5 0 .500 205 97 3 3 0 .500 108 51 T4th1990 Jim Malosky 9 1 1 .864 266 136 5 1 0 .833 153 86 T1st1991 Jim Malosky 6 4 0 .600 258 192 4 1 0 .800 148 82 3rd1992 Jim Malosky 5 5 1 .500 193 226 4 1 1 .750 117 74 T2nd1993 Jim Malosky 8 3 0 .727 245 188 4 2 0 .667 146 84 T2nd1994 Jim Malosky 4 7 0 .363 229 249 3 3 0 .500 153 99 T4th1995 Jim Malosky 8 2 1 .777 254 195 5 0 1 .917 169 71 T1st1996 Jim Malosky 8 3 0 .727 372 228 6 0 0 1.000 271 99 1st1997 Jim Malosky 4 6 0 .400 250 231 4 2 0 .667 204 111 2nd1998 Vince Repesh/Jim Malosky Jr 4 7 0 .363 238 289 3 3 0 .500 135 156 4th1999 Bob Nielson 3 8 0 .272 198 288 3 5 0 .375 162 180 T6th2000 Bob Nielson 7 4 0 .636 315 256 5 3 0 .625 241 192 T3rd2001 Bob Nielson 9 3 0 .750 408 218 7 2 0 .778 346 132 2nd2002 Bob Nielson 11 1 0 .917 539 216 9 0 0 1.000 431 141 1st2003 Bob Nielson 8 3 0 .727 401 198 6 2 0 .667 281 162 3rd2004 Kyle Schweigert 4 7 0 .363 203 300 1 5 0 .167 105 190 6th2005 Kyle Schweigert 8 4 0 .667 358 301 4 2 0 .667 200 188 T1st2006 Kyle Schweigert 6 4 0 .600 210 231 4 4 0 .500 145 210 4th2007 Kyle Schweigert 4 6 0 .400 225 280 3 5 0 .375 167 221 T5th2008 Bob Nielson 15 0 0 1.000 613 173 10 0 0 1.000 461 111 1st2009 Bob Nielson 11 2 0 .846 498 163 10 0 0 1.000 436 119 1st2010 Bob Nielson 15 0 0 1.000 595 190 10 0 0 1.000 479 120 1st2011 Bob Nielson 11 3 0 .786 412 265 8 2 0 .800 313 174 T1st Totals 455 256 24 .635 16,225 10,857 316 158 13 .662 11,353 7,195

Frank Kovach

Kyle “Bubba” Schweigert

Jim Malosky

Lloyd Peterson

#interim coaches*Later forfeited entire season

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BULLDOGS IN THE NCAA PLAYOFFS

BEARCATS OUTLAST BULLDOGS 45-41 IN NCAA II PLAYOFF THRILLER Bob Nielson couldn’t have put it any better. “It was one of those shootout 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 ral-lied 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 com-bined 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 touch-down 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 touch-downs 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).

UMDvs.

North Dakota

November 12, 2005Grand Forks, N.D.

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 Bull-dogs in rushes (135). “We put up 101 points in our previous two games com-bined 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 outgained 362-282 in total yardage. “We were only a couple of plays away from being on the other side of to-day’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.”

UMDvs.

Northwest Missouri State

November 23, 2002Maryville, Mo.

UMD 0 6 3 3 -- 12 Alerus CenterNorth Dakota 3 14 0 6 -- 23 Attendance: 5,223

Scoring Summary Team Stats UMD UNDUND - (1st) Glas 39-yd FG First Downs 19 18UND - (2nd) Beatty 3-yd run (Glas kick) Rushes/yds 15/-13 43/229UMD - (2nd) Schumacher 26-yd pass Passing yds 295 133 from Schlafke (run failed) Total Plays/yds 79/282 71/362UND - (2nd) Manke 2-yd run (Glas kick) Att-Comp-Int 34-64-2 17-28-0UMD - (3rd) Baumann 35-yd FG Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-3 UND - (4th) Glas 37-yd FG Penalties/yds 6/64 10/89UMD - (4th) Baumann 20-yd FG 3rd Down Conv. 6/21 8/16UND - (4th) - Glas 24-yd FG Poss. Time 30:12 29:48

UMD 7 3 20 11 -- 41 Rickenbrode StadiumNW Missouri State 3 14 21 7 -- 45 Attendance: 7,600

Scoring Summary Team Stats UMD NMSUUMD - (1st) Kuhl 16-yd pass from First Downs 24 29 Fritz (Gerlach kick) Rushes/yds 36/123 433/209NMSU - (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 24-40-2NMSU - (2nd) Roberts 2-yd run (Ibarra kick) Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-2UMD - (2nd) Gerlach 47-yd FG Penalties/yds 8/69 7/65UMD - (3rd) T. Battaglia 34-yd pass 3rd Down Conv. 4/15 5/10 Fritz (Gerlach kick) Poss. Time 31:15 28:45NMSU - (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 FGUMD - (4th) T. Battaglia 66-yd pass from Fritz (Fritz pass)NMSU - (4th) Scaggs 3-yd run (Ibarra kick)

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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 his-tory of its storied football program. UMD, which came into the day averaging 46.2 points per game was un-able to establish consistent offensive rhythm against the Eagles’ tough de-fense, which used a solid pass rush to prevent Schlafke from getting comfort-able 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 pos-session. Sophomore running back Isaac Odim turned in another stellar perfor-mance, 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.

UMDvs.

Grand Valley State

November 29, 2008Allendale, Mich.

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. Se-nior 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 win-ning 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 endone 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 quarterfinalists 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 cred-ited 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 to-gether 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.”

UMDvs.

Chadron State

November 22, 2008Duluth, Minn.

UMD 0 7 6 0 6 -- 19 Lubbers StadiumGrand Valley State 3 3 0 7 0 -- 13 Attendance: 3,548

Scoring Summary Team Stats UMD GVSUGVS - (1st) Carter 28-yd FG First Downs 17 18UMD - (2nd) Odim 16-yd pass from Rushes/yds 42/110 30/109 Schlafke (Nadeau kick) Passing yds 160 160 GVS - (2nd) Carter 36-yd FG Total Plays/yds 68/270 76/269UMD - (3rd) Winfield 34-yd pass from Att-Comp-Int 14-26-3 13-46-3 Schlafke (Nadeau kick blocked) Fumbles-lost 3-0 2-0 GVS - (4th) Matthews 7-yd pass from Penalties/yds 7/50 7/58 Iciek (Carter kick) 3rd Down Conv. 6/16 2/15UMD- (OT) - Odim 2-yd run Poss. Time 33:01 26:59 (Nadeau kick blocked)

Chadron State 0 0 10 0 -- 10 Malosky StadiumUMD 0 7 13 0 -- 20 Attendance: 1,464

Scoring Summary Team Stats CSC UMDUMD - (2nd) Schlafke 6-yd run First Downs 11 21 (Nadeau kick) Rushes/yds 17/8 57/251UMD- (3rd) Pauley 15-yd pass from Passing yds 170 137 Schlafke (Nadeau kick) Total Plays/yds 53/178 82/388UMD- (3rd) Schlafke 3-yd run Att-Comp-Int 23-36-1 10-25-0 (Nadeau kick blocked) Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-0CSC- (3rd) Trevor Hyatt PAT return Penalties/yds 6/94 8/76CSC - (3rd) Harrington 12-yd pass 3rd Down Conv. 3/12 10/20 from Treffer Poss. Time 21:34 38:26

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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 foot-ball 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 foot-ball 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 touch-downs 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 line-backer 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 quarter-back 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.

UMDvs.


December 13, 2008Florence, Ala.

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 score-board first when senior wide receiver Tony Doherty hauled in a 38-yard touch-down 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 onside kick which was smothered by Bulldog senior Luke Schale-kamp 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 sopho-more inside linebacker Robbie Aurich, who was credited with a game-high 13 total tackles. “I thought our defensive coordinator John Steger developed a ter-rific game plan and we just went out and executed it.”

UMDvs.

California University (Pa.)

December 6, 2008California, Pa.

UMD 7 10 14 14 -- 45 Adamson StadiumCU 0 0 7 0 -- 7 Attendance: 3,200

Scoring Summary Team Stats UMD CUUMD - (1st) Odim 1-yd run First Downs 22 15 (Nadeau kick) Rushes/yds 55/310 27/56UMD - (2nd) Odim 6-yd run Passing yds 141 185 (Nadeau kick) Total Plays/yds 76/451 64/241UMD - (2nd) Nadeau 23-yd FG Att-Comp-Int 12-21-0 18-37-3UMD - (3rd) Odim 38-yd pass from Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-1 Schlafke (Nadeau kick) Penalties/yds 4/23 3/16UMD - (3rd) Odim 51-yd run 3rd Down Conv. 8/16 2/13 (Nadeau kick) Poss. Time 35:37 24:23CU - (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)

UMD 0 7 7 7 -- 21 Braly StadiumNW Missouri State 0 0 0 14 -- 14 Attendance: 6,219

Scoring Summary Team Stats UMD NMSUUMD - (2nd) Doherty 38-yd pass from First Downs 17 19 Schlafke (Nadeau kick) Rushes/yds 43/145 32/106UMD - (3rd) Odim 5-yd pass from Passing yds 128 189 Schlafke (Nadeau kick) Total Plays/yds 66/273 62/295UMD - (4th) Odim 4-yd run Att-Comp-Int 14-23-2 18-30-2 (Nadeau kick) Fumbles-lost 0-0 6-2NMSU - (4th) Foster-Rettig 44-yd Penalties/yds 1/12 3/30 interception return (Frevert kick) 3rd Down Conv. 6/15 6/12 NMSU - (4th) Robinson 1-yd pass Poss. Time 34:18 25:42 from Osborn (Frevert kick)

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UMD STRIKES EARLY AND OFTEN IN ROLLING PAST NEBRASKA-KEARNEY The University of Minnesota Duluth picked an opportune time -- the open-ing of the win-or-go-home postseason -- to deliver perhaps its most impressive all-around 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 Uni-versity 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 touch-downs 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 in-terceptions. 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 post-season 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 Lop-ers (11-2 overall) to just 63 yards of total offense through three quarters and 158 for the game.

UMDvs.

Grand Valley State


GRAND VALLEY STATE DASHES UMD’S REPEAT TITLE HOPES There will be no national championship repeat for the University of Minne-sota Duluth. Grand Valley State University saw to that by keeping the high-pow-ered 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 Niel-son, 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 hav-ing 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 Bran-don Wood, free safety Brad Just and noseguard 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.”

UMDvs.

Nebraska-Kearney


Grand Valley State 14 3 7 0 -- 24 Malosky StadiumUMD 10 0 0 0 -- 10 Attendance: 4,211

Scoring Summary Team Stats GVSU UMDUMD- (1st) Odim 91-yd kickoff return First Downs 18 12 (Nadeau kick) Rushes/yds 41/168 32/156GV- (1st) Bass 23-yd pass from Passing yds 225 102 Iciek (Trumble kick) Total Plays/yds 68/393 52/258 GV- (1st) Gates 1-yd run (Trumble kick) Att-Comp-Int 14-27-0 8-20-4UMD- (1st) Nadeau 34-yd FG Fumbles-lost 2-0 0-0GV- (2nd) Trumble 30-yd FG Penalties/yds 4/29 4/30 GV- (3rd) Gay 32-yd pass from 3rd Down Conv. 7/16 2/9 Iciek (Trumble kick) Poss. Time 35:06 24:54

Nebraska-Kearney 0 0 0 7 -- 7 Malosky StadiumUMD 14 14 14 0 -- 42 Attendance: 3,257

Scoring Summary Team Stats UNK UMDUMD - (1st) Odim 6-yd run First Downs 9 24 (Nadeau kick) Rushes/yds 26/130 52/287UMD- (1st) Odim 6-yd run Passing yds 28 141 (Nadeau kick) Total Plays/yds 42/158 72/428UMD- (2nd) Vogler 9-yd run Att-Comp-Int 5-16-2 14-20-0 (Nadeau kick) Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0UMD- (2nd) Winfield 32-yd pass Penalties/yds 4/29 6/44 from Vogler (Nadeau kick) 3rd Down Conv. 2/9 6/12UMD- (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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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 run-ning 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 endzone with just 1:50 to play. The Huskies, however, went three and out and, follow-ing 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, outgained 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.”

UMDvs.

Augustana

December 4, 2010Duluth, Minn.

UMD GRINDS OUT 24-13 PLAYOFF WIN OVER AUGUSTANA Conditions are not generally friendly for football in December. This is emphati-cally 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 reminis-cent 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 specifi-cally at the post-game press conference, noting their performance as a game-chang-er. 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 timeout 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 addded. “Today we were able to do that. It wasn’t easy because we were going up against an awfully good de-fensive 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.”

UMDvs.

St. Cloud State


Augustana 6 0 7 0 -- 13 Malosky StadiumUMD 7 14 3 0 -- 24 Attendance: 3,083

Scoring Summary Team Stats AC UMDAC- (1st) Schulte 34-yd pass First Downs 11 19 from Hanson Rushes/yds 25/50 61/247UMD- (1st) Hanson 4-yd run Passing yds 130 61 (Nadeau kick) Total Plays/yds 53/180 70/308 UMD- (2nd) Foss 1-yd run Att-Comp-Int 28-14-1 9-5-1 (Nadeau kick) Fumbles-lost 2-2 2-1UMD- (2nd) Aurich 23-yd fumble rec. Penalties/yds 0/0 3/30 (Nadeau kick) 3rd Down Conv. 2/12 6/12 UMD- (3rd) Nadeau 42-yd FG Poss. Time 20:44 39:16AC- (3rd) Clark 1-yd run

St. Cloud State 7 0 0 1 0 0 -- 17 Malosky StadiumUMD 0 7 7 3 3 -- 20 Attendance: 2,122

Scoring Summary Team Stats SCSU UMDSCSU- (1st) Steward 1-yd run First Downs 16 19 (Aldridge kick) Rushes/yds 41/88 43/227UMD- (2nd) Vogler 31-yd run Passing yds 176 132 (Nadeau kick) Total Plays/yds 65/264 62/359UMD- (3nd) Hanson 13-yd run Att-Comp-Int 24-16-0 19-12-2 (Nadeau kick) Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-2SCSU- (4th) Aldridge 40-yd FG Penalties/yds 8/51 8/59SCSU- (4th) Klaphake 2-yd run 3rd Down Conv. 1/13 2/9 (Aldridge kick) Poss. Time 30:57 29:03 UMD- (4th) Nadeau 19-yd FGUMD- (OT) Nadeau 24-yd FG

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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 scor-ing 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 Sim-mons’ 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 come-back. 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 rush-ing 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 ele-ments, 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 tradi-tion 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.”

UMDvs.

Delta State

December 18, 2010Florence, Ala.

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, duplicat-ing 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 32-yard 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 run-ning 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 two-yard 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 after-noon with 17 total tackles -- one shy of the school mark.

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Delta State 7 7 0 3 -- 17 Braly StadiumUMD 10 0 0 10 -- 20 Attendance: 4,027

Scoring Summary Team Stats DSU UMDUMD- (1st) Nadaeu 32-yd FG First Downs 20 19DSU- (1st) Moore 8-yd pass from Rushes/yds 31/106 52/240 Davis (Snyder kick) Passing yds 240 118UMD (1st) Helmer 14-yd pass Total Plays/yds 66/346 71/358 from Vogler (Nadaeu kick) Att-Comp-Int 35-24-1 19-11-0DSU- (2nd) Castile 28-yd pass Fumbles-lost 3-3 1-1 from Davis (Snyder kick) Penalties/yds 7/40 3/34UMD- (4th) Foss 12-yd run (Nadeau kick) 3rd Down Conv. 4/12 2/13DSU (4th) Snyder 27-yd FG Poss. Time 26:50 33:10UMD (4th) Nadeau 32-yd FG

Northwest Missouri State 0 6 7 0 -- 13 Malosky StadiumUMD 0 3 7 7 -- 17 Attendance: 3,257

Scoring Summary Team Stats NMSU UMDNMSU - (2nd) Simmons 14-yd pass First Downs 15 15 from Bolles Rushes/Yards 31/108 56/226UMD- (2nd) Nadeau 27-yd FG Passing yds 141 28 NMSU- (3rd) Simmons 1-yd run Total Plays/yds 60/249 68/254 (Adolf kick) Att-Comp-Int 29-19-3 12-4-0UMD- (3rd) Hanson 4-yd run Fumbles-lost 2-0 1-0 (Nadeau kick) Penalties/yds 2/15 2/20UMD- (4th) Vogler 34-yd run 3rd Down Conv. 3/11 6/16 (Nadeau kick) Poss. Time 26:16 33:44

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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 quar-terback 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 matchup 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 com-pared 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 76-yard scoring strike from Jon Jennings to Jeff Jannis -- the longest play from scrim-mage 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 half-time 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 100-yard 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 Con-ference 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 over-time, 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 wideout 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.”

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CSU-Pueblo

November 26, 2011Pueblo, Colo.

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 Min-nesota 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 Bull-dogs past Colorado State University-Pueblo 24-21 , putting the clamps on CSU-Pueb-lo’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 place-kicker 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 Thunder-Wolves (11-1), who were making their first NCAA II postseason appearance ever, re-gained 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 quar-ter. 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 con-fusing 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.”

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Saginaw Valley State


CSU-Pueblo 7 7 7 0 -- 21 DeRose ThunderbowlUMD 3 7 7 7 -- 24 Attendance 9,117

Scoring Summary Team Stats CSUP UMDCSUP- (1st) Mathews 14-yd run First Downs 13 19 (Major kick) Rushes/yds 33/91 56/204 UMD- (1st) Nadeau 46-yd FG Passing yds 133 83UMD- (2nd) Reichert 14-yd pas Total Plays/yds 57/224 70/287 from Vogler (Nadeau kick) Att-Comp-Int 14-24-0 8-14-1CSUP- (2nd) Orth 0-yd fumble recovery Fumbles-lost 0-0 4-1 (Major kick) Penalties/yds 9/58 5/40UMD- (3rd) Hulce 1-yd run 3rd Down Conv. 6/15 7/14 (Nadeau kick) Poss. Time 25:59 34:01CSUP- (3rd) Dausin 18-yd run (Major kick)UMD- (4th) Lucas 1-yd run (Nadeau kick)

Saginaw Valley State 0 7 7 10 3 -- 27 Malosky StadiumUMD 7 10 0 7 6 -- 30 Attendance: 1,012

Scoring Summary Team Stats SVSU UMDUMD- (1st) Vogler 9-yd run First Downs 13 23 (Nadeau kick) Rushes/yds 23/34 61/260SVSU- (2nd) Janis 76-yd pass Passing yds 324 84 from Jennings (Stanford kick) Total Plays/yds 55/358 77/344 UMD- (2nd) Hulce 10-yd run Att-Comp-Int 32-18-0 16-10-0 (Nadeau kick) Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0UMD- (2nd) Nadeau 40-yd FG Penalties/yds 5/55 2/10SVSU- (3rd) Janis 65-yd pass 3rd Down Conv. 5/13 5/17 from Jennings (Stanford kick) Poss. Time 20:22 39:38 SVSU- (4th) Janis 22-yd pass from Jennings (Stanford kick)UMD- (4th) Hulce 22-yd run (Nadeau kick)SVSU- (4th) Stanford 21-yd FGSVSU- (OT) Stanford 42-yd FGUMD- (OT) Vogler 1-yd run

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Wayne State (Mich.)


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 be-fore 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 recep-tion 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 regu-lation. The Bulldogs pulled to within six points at the 6:29 mark when first-year fresh-man wideout 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 season-high five times -- all in the first half -- and wound up completing 16 of 28 pass-es 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 play-off appearances and pieced together two separate 17-game winning streaks.

Wayne State (Mich.) 0 7 17 7 -- 31 Malosky StadiumUMD 3 0 8 14 -- 25 Attendance: 3,659

Scoring Summary Team Stats WSU UMDUMD- (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 202WS- (3rd) Privett 1-yd run (Terleckyj kick) Total Plays/yds 62/293 67/300UMD- (3rd) Winfield 87-yd return Att-Comp-Int 15-21-0 16-29-1 (Olson pass from Vogler) Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-2WS- (3rd) Burrell 38-yd pass from Mohner) Penalties/yds 8/80 4/45 (Terleckyj kick) 3rd Down Conv. 7/16 6/12WS- (3rd) Terleckyj 38-yd FG Poss. Time 31:55 28:05UMD- (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)

THE LAST TIME . . .KICK RETURN FOR TD UMD - D.J. Winfield vs. Wayne State U. (12/3/11), 87 yards OPP - Dennis Carter, MSU-Mankato (11/12/11), 91 yards PUNT RETURN FOR TD UMD - Aaron Roth vs. Minnesota Crookston (11/5/11), 65 yards OPP - Kevin Paulsen, Wayne State (9/17/11), 36 yards -- off a blocked puntINTERCEPTION RETURN FOR TD UMD - Kenny Chowa at Augustana College (9/3/11), 39 yards OPP - Aldin Foster-Rettig, Northwest Missouri State (12/13/08), 44 yardsFUMBLE RECOVERY FOR TD UMD - Robbie Aurich vs. Augustana College (12/04/10), 23 yards OPP - Corey Orth, CSU-Pueblo (11/26/11), 0 yardsEXTRA 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 49, U. of Mary 0 (10/16/10) OPP - Wayne State 7, UMD 0 (9/17/11)OVERTIME GAME UMD 30, Saginaw Valley State 27 (11/19/11)100 RUSHING YARDS Zach Hulce vs. Saginaw Valley State (11/19/11), 123 yards200 RUSHING YARDS Isaac Odim vs. Northern State (10/10/09), 228 yards300 PASSING YARDS Ted Schlafke at St. Cloud State (11/10/07), 350 yards400 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Ted Schlafke at St. Cloud State (11/10/07), 495 yards150 PASS RECEIVING YARDS D.J. Winfield at Central Washington 8/30/10), 160 yardsTWO BULLDOGS RUSHED FOR 100 YARDS Zach Hulce (147) and Chase Vogler (119) vs. MSU-Mankato (11/12/11)

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1930 (0-3-2)Coach: Frank KovachCaptain: Harvey Walsh

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

1931 (1-5-0)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Manley Burns

Northland College ......................L 0-9Winona State .............................W 7-0Virginia JC ..................................L 0-9Duluth JC ...................................L 6-18Bemidji State .............................L 0-14Wisconsin-Superior ....................L 0-26

1932 (3-3-0) (NIC: 2-1; T-1st)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Stan Micolojak

MSU-Mankato ............................L 0-14MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 7-6Virginia JC ..................................W 12-6Eveleth JC ..................................L 0-18Bemidji State .............................W 13-9Wisconsin-Superior ....................L 0-26 ..........................................1933 (3-3-1) (NIC: 2-1-1; 3rd)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Neil Scott

Virginia JC ..................................L 2-6MSU-Moorhead ..........................T 7-7MSU-Mankato ............................W 3-0St. Cloud State ........................... L 0-7Duluth JC ...................................W 35-0Wisconsin-Superior ....................L 7-8Bemidji State .............................W 31-0

1934 (6-1-0) (NIC: 3-1; 1st)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Jack O’Hehir

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

1935 (4-2-0) (NIC: 2-2; 3rd)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Norm Johnson

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

1936 (4-1-0) (NIC: 2-1; T-2nd)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain:

Winona State .............................W 25-0St. Cloud State ...........................L 0-7Bemidji State .............................W 26-6Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 3-0St. John’s ...................................W 3-0

1937 (5-2-0) (NIC: 3-0; 1st)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Babe Nagolski

St. John’s ...................................L 6-16Wisconsin-Superior ....................L 0-13St. Cloud State ..........................W 20-13Wisconsin-Eau Claire .................W 12-7Northland College ......................W 26-0Bemidji State .............................W 31-2Winona State .............................W 19-0

1938 (7-0-1) (NIC: 3-0; T-1st)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Francis Gorham

Eveleth JC ..................................W 21-13Wisconsin-Eau Claire .................W 12-0St. Cloud State ...........................W 6-0Hibbing JC .................................W 20-6Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 19-7Bemidji State .............................W 6-0Wisconsin-Stout .........................T 0-0MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 14-2

1939 (5-1-1) (NIC: 3-1; T-2nd)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Charles Peglow

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

1940 (2-5-0) (NIC: 2-3; 4th)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Eugene Dixon

Wisconsin-Superior ...................L 0-12St. John's ...................................L 7-13St. Cloud State ...........................L 6-19Winona State .............................W 13-7MSU-Mankato ............................W 14-12MSU-Moorhead ..........................L 0-18Bemidji State .............................L 0-10

1941 (1-6-0) (NIC: 1-4; 5th)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Verner Johnson

MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 13-7St. John's ...................................L 6-13Bemidji State .............................L 0-34MSU-Mankato ............................L 9-21Wisconsin-Superior ....................L 0-27St. Cloud State ...........................L 0-13Winona State .............................L 13-31

1942 (2-3-1) (NIC: 2-3; 4th)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Gus Novotney

MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 6-0St. Cloud State ...........................L 7-25Winona State .............................W 19-2MSU-Mankato ............................L 0-19Bemidji State .............................L 0-34Wisconsin-Superior ....................T 0-0

No Teams (1943-1945)

1946 (4-1-2) (NIC: 2-0-2; T-1st)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Gus Novotney

Winona State .............................W 22-7Northland College ......................W 6-0MSU-Moorhead ..........................T 7-7Bemidji State .............................W 12-0Wisconsin-Superior ....................L 6-13Duluth JC ...................................W 13-7MSU-Mankato ............................T 0-0

1947 (3-4-0) (NIC: 1-3; T-5th)Coach: Lloyd Peterson

Northland College ......................W 31-0Wisconsin-Superior ....................L 0-19St. Cloud State ...........................L 7-26Winona State .............................L 0-7MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 6-3Bemidji State .............................L 7-12Michigan Tech ............................W 12-0

1948 (4-3-0) (NIC: 4-1; T-1st)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Dan Devine

Winona State .............................W 19-6Michigan Tech ............................L 13-19Bemidji State .............................W 32-6Minnesota JV .............................L 0-26St. Cloud State ...........................L 14-26MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 6-0MSU-Mankato ............................W 13-7

1949 (4-3-0) Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Olav Lee

MSU-Moorhead ..........................L 6-13Bemidji State .............................W 13-12MSU-Mankato ............................W 18-12St. Cloud State ...........................L 6-7Winona State .............................W 32-6Minnesota JV .............................L 13-26Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 33-27

ALL-TIME UMD RESULTS

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Augsburg ...................................L 6-21Gustavus Adolphus ....................W 7-0Hamline ..........................................W 21-0Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 45-13

1957 (2-5-1) (MIAC: 2-5; 6th)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptains: Dick Forbert, Marv Heikkinen

Wisconsin-Superior .........................T 0-0Hamline .....................................W 18-7Concordia-Moorhead .................L 6-34St. John’s .......................................L 7-17St. Thomas .................................W 12-3Macalester .................................L 19-40Augsburg........................................L 0-10Gustavus Adolphus ..........................L 0-26

1958 (4-4-0) (MIAC: 4-3; 4th)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Dick Ferrera, Clyde Smith

Wisconsin-Superior ....................L 6-14Gustavus Adolphus ....................L 20-34Hamline ..........................................W 22-6Concordia-Moorhead .......................L 30-38St. John’s ...................................L 29-42St. Thomas ......................................W 7-6Macalester .....................................W 24-14Augsburg ...................................W 27-13

1959 (5-2-1) (MIAC: 4-2-1; 3rd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptains: Lino Rauzi, John Drazenovich

Wisconsin-Superior .........................W 28-0Augsburg........................................W 38-25Gustavus Adolphus ..........................L 7-22Hamline .....................................W 14-0St. Thomas .................................T 12-12Macalester .................................W 28-14St. John’s .......................................W 14-6Concordia-Moorhead .................L 0-22

1960 (6-1-1) (MIAC: 6-1; 1st)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Wallace Fontaine

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

1950 (4-3-0) (MIAC: 3-3; T-5th)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Fred Murphy

St. Olaf ......................................W 19-6St. Mary’s ...................................W 20-6St. Thomas .................................L 12-41Macalester .................................L 6-27St. John’s ...................................L 18-33Concordia-Moorhead .................W 39-19Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 26-0

1951 (5-2-1) (MIAC:5-1; T-2nd)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Bob Murray

Wisconsin-Superior ....................T 7-7Bemidji State .............................L 18-26Augsburg........................................W 6-0St. John’s .......................................W 18-6Hamline .....................................W 21-6St. Thomas .................................W 20-14St. Mary’s .......................................W 34-6Gustavus Adolphus ....................L 12-27

1952 (0-7-1) (MIAC: 0-6; 9th)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Ken Johnson

Wisconsin-Superior .........................T 6-6St. John’s .......................................L 7-13Macalester .................................L 0-6Michigan Tech ............................L 7-35Hamline ..........................................L 6-28Gustavus Adolphus .........................L 14-55Augsburg ...................................L 0-32Concordia-Moorhead .................L 7-48

1953 (3-4-0) (MIAC: 3-3; T-5th) Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Roland Cloutier

Wisconsin-Superior ....................L 13-14Macalester .....................................L 9-12Concordia-Moorhead .................L 25-27St. John’s ...................................W 33-6St. Thomas ......................................L 14-16Augsburg........................................W 14-6St. Mary’s ...................................W 21-7

1954 (5-3-0) (MIAC: 4-2; T-3rd)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Dave Erholtz

Augsburg ...................................W 7-6Emporia State .................................W 20-7Macalester .................................W 13-6Hamline ..........................................W 3-0St. Mary’s .......................................W 27-6Concordia-Moorhead .......................L 0-6Gustavus Adolphus ....................L 0-39Wisconsin-Superior .........................L 7-13

1955 (3-5-0) (MIAC: 1-5; 7th)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Wally Aunan

Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 7-0St. John’s .......................................L 6-13Augsburg........................................L 0-6St. Thomas .................................L 0-26Hamline .....................................W 30-27Concordia-Moorhead .................L 6-35Gustavus Adolphus ..........................L 0-20Emporia State ............................W 13-7

1956 (4-4-0) (MIAC: 3-4; 5th)Coach: Lloyd PetersonCaptain: Darrell Warner

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

1961 (8-1-0) (MIAC: 7-0; 1st)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Dave Lindstrom

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

1962 (6-2-1) (MIAC: 5-1-1; 2nd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Bruce Johnson

Wisconsin-Superior ....................L 6-7Northern Michigan ..........................W 14-0St. John’s ...................................L 0-6St. Thomas ......................................W 22-0Macalester .....................................W 14-10Augsburg ...................................W 31-8Gustavus Adolphus ....................W 22-6Hamline ..........................................W 34-7Concordia-Moorhead .......................T 8-8

1963 (3-6-0) (MIAC: 2-5; 6th)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Ken Schloer

Wisconsin-Superior .........................W 28-7North Dakota .............................L 0-33Concordia-Moorhead .................L 16-36St. John’s .......................................L 6-60St. Thomas .................................L 0-14Macalester .................................W 12-0Augsburg........................................L 12-14Gustavus Adolphus ..........................W 26-7Hamline .....................................L 12-16

1964 (4-5-0) (MIAC: 2-5; 5th)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Dick Fisher

Wisconsin-Eau Claire ......................W 29-6Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 46-6Hamline ..........................................W 34-0Concordia-Moorhead .......................L 6-24St. John’s ...................................L 12-21St. Thomas ......................................L 20-22Macalester .....................................W 42-0Augsburg ...................................L 6-14Gustavus Adolphus ....................L 20-21

1965 (4-5-0) (MIAC: 3-4; 5th)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Ray Norsted

Wisconsin-Superior .........................W 38-6North Dakota State ....................L 8-55Gustavus Adolphus ..........................L 6-17Hamline .....................................W 22-16Concordia-Moorhead .................L 12-48St. John’s .......................................L 8-17St. Thomas .................................L 6-20Macalester .................................W 34-6Augsburg........................................W 16-0

1966 (5-3-1) (MIAC: 4-2-1; 3rd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Steve Sands

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


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1975 (8-2-0) (MIAC: 6-1; 2nd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Terry Egerdahl

Wisconsin-Superior .........................W 34-6Minnesota-Morris ...........................W 22-13Gustavus Adolphus ..........................W 28-0St. Cloud State ...........................L 16-34Macalester .................................W 13-7St. John’s .......................................L 10-13Concordia-Moorhead .................W 10-6Augsburg........................................W 16-3Hamline .....................................W 38-6St. Olaf ...........................................W 14-6

1976 (6-4-0) (NIC: 5-2; T-2nd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Pat Kubat

Winona State .............................W 40-0Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 35-7St. Cloud State ................................L 0-10Northern Michigan ....................L 0-44Minnesota-Morris .......................L 6-35Southwest Minnesota State .............W 70-0Bemidji State ..................................W 42-13St. Thomas ......................................W 24-0MSU-Moorhead ..........................L 13-14Michigan Tech ................................W 21-14

1977 (7-3-0) (NIC: 4-3; T-4th)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Dave Nelson

Michigan Tech ............................W 28-6Wisconsin-Superior .........................W 33-0Bemidji State .............................L 18-21St. Cloud State ...........................W 12-0Minnesota-Morris ...........................L 14-17Southwest Minnesota State ........W 49-7MSU-Mankato ............................W 21-6St. Thomas .................................W 20-0MSU-Moorhead ...............................L 8-21Winona State ..................................W 43-0

1978 (7-3-0) (NIC:6-2; T-2nd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Kelly Fleissner

Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 21-14Bemidji State .............................W 42-0Michigan Tech ................................W 24-19Minnesota-Morris .......................L 7-12MSU-Mankato .................................W 26-7Southwest Minnesota State ........W 57-0St. Cloud State ................................L 23-30Wisconsin-Stout .............................L 2-21Winona State ..................................W 14-0MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 32-6

1967 (7-1-1) (MIAC: 5-1-1; T-2nd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Eric Eversley

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

1968 (4-6-0) (MIAC: 2-5; 7th)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Neil Ladsten

Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 33-6MSU-Moorhead ...............................W 36-26St. John’s ...................................L 6-21St. Thomas ......................................L 16-18Macalester .....................................W 26-6 Augsburg ...................................W 23-0 Gustavus Adolphus ....................L 6-10Hamline ..........................................L 22-32Concordia-Moorhead .......................L 14-23MSU-Mankato ............................L 23-28

1969 (4-6-0) (MIAC: 2-5; 6th)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Al Decker

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

1970 (7-2-1) (MIAC: 4-2-1; 3rd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptains: Tom Cady, Slats Fairbanks

Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 20-0MSU-Moorhead ...............................W 23-7Concordia-Moorhead .......................W 14-8St. John’s ...................................L 18-22St. Thomas ......................................W 3-0Macalester .....................................T 14-14Augsburg ...................................W 16-15Gustavus Adolphus ....................L 15-41Hamline ..........................................W 14-0St. Cloud State ...........................W 16-10

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

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

1972 (5-4-0) (MIAC: 4-3; T-3rd)Coach: Jim Malosky Captain: Steve Skildum

Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 12-0MSU-Moorhead ...............................L 6-14Gustavus Adolphus ....................L 12-17Hamline ..........................................W 49-13Concordia-Moorhead .......................W 10-9St. John’s ...................................L 0-34St. Thomas ......................................W 21-19Macalester .....................................W 56-0Augsburg ...................................L 27-28

1973 (8-1-0) (MIAC: 6-1; T-1st)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptains: Darrell McKibbon, Scott Lyons, Eric Kaiser

Wisconsin-Superior .........................W 29-0Michigan Tech ............................W 7-0Augsburg........................................L 12-14Gustavus Adolphus ..........................W 14-13Hamline .....................................W 17-13Concordia-Moorhead .................W 16-13St. John’s .......................................W 28-12St. Thomas .................................W 30-13Macalester .................................W 21-0

1974 (7-2-1) (MIAC: 4-2-1; T-3rd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Mark Johnson

Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 20-14Minnesota-Morris .......................W 20-0Gustavus Adolphus ....................W 22-0St. Cloud State ................................W 20-14Macalester .....................................W 6-0St. John’s ...................................W 15-0Concordia-Moorhead .......................W 14-10Augsburg ...................................L 6-7Hamline ..........................................T 0-0St. Olaf ......................................L 0-7


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1982 (7-2-0) (NIC: 5-1; 2nd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Boyd Hanson

Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 39-3Northern Michigan ....................L 21-48MSU-Mankato .................................W 42-17Southwest Minnesota State .............W 51-13MSU-Moorhead ..........................L 20-30Winona State ..................................W 32-8Minnesota-Morris .......................W 35-17Northern State ................................W 30-7Bemidji State .............................W 28-0

1983 (6-4-0) (NIC: 4-2; T-2nd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Mark Ogren

Wisconsin-Superior .........................W 12-7Northern Michigan .........................L 7-23Northeast Missouri (Truman)State .L 19-20Southwest Minnesota State ........W 30-17MSU-Moorhead ...............................W 20-14Winona State .............................L 14-28Minnesota-Morris ...........................W 42-0Northern State ...........................L 8-10Bemidji State ..................................W 24-15St. John’s# .................................W 30-7

1984 (6-4-0) (NIC: 4-2; T-3rd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Andy Verhel

Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 32-0MSU-Mankato ............................L 0-34Northern Michigan ....................L 14-24Southwest Minnesota State .............W 25-6MSU-Moorhead ..........................L 7-14Winona State ..................................W 16-14Minnesota-Morris .......................L 14-31Northern State ................................W 32-3Bemidji State .............................W 19-0Wisconsin-Platteville# ................W 10-0

1985 (8-2-0) (NIC: 6-0; 1st)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Steve Peterson

Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 28-0St. Cloud State ...........................L 10-24Northern Michigan ..........................L 14-51

1979 (8-2-0) (NIC: 7-1; T-1st)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Roger Ollila

Wisconsin-Superior .........................W 49-0Bemidji State ..................................W 40-3Michigan Tech ............................W 17-7Minnesota-Morris ...........................L 17-19MSU-Mankato ............................W 21-7Southwest Minnesota State .............W 37-0St. Cloud State ...........................W 14-6Wisconsin-Stout .........................L 0-13Winona State .............................W 39-17MSU-Moorhead ...............................W 34-8

1980 (10-0-0) (NIC: 8-0; 1st)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Amory Bodin

Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 49-0Minnesota-Morris .......................W 24-21MSU-Mankato .................................W 38-6Northwestern College .................W 24-7Southwest Minnesota State ........W 28-7St. Cloud State ................................W 35-12Bemidji State .............................W 55-7Winona State ..................................W 38-0MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 32-9Northern State ................................W 31-7

1981 (9-1-0) (NIC: 5-1; 2nd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Tom Lawrence

Wisconsin-Superior .........................W 68-23Minnesota-Morris ...........................W 23-7MSU-Mankato ............................W 21-9Northwestern College......................W 27-6Southwest Minnesota State .............W 32-3St. Cloud State ...........................W 10-7Bemidji State ..................................W 21-3Winona State .............................W 49-10MSU-Moorhead ...............................L 0-29Northern State ...........................W 44-10

Southwest Minnesota State ........W 17-13MSU-Moorhead ...............................W 38-10Winona State .............................W 50-0Minnesota-Morris ...........................W 19-17Northern State ...........................W 20-0Bemidji State ..................................W 10-7#Minnesota-Morris .....................W 20-10

1986 (8-1-2)^ (NIC: 4-0-2; T-1st)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Mark Turcott

Wisconsin-Superior .........................W 27-6St. Cloud State ................................W 27-7Michigan Tech ............................W 31-15MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 28-3Winona State ..................................W 49-0Minnesota-Morris .......................T 7-7Northern State ................................W 56-0Bemidji State .............................T 3-3Northern Michigan .....................L 29-35Southwest Minnesota State .............W 35-8Northwestern (IA)# .....................W 69-0

1987 (8-3-0)^ (NIC: 5-1; 1st)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptains: Mike Louhi, Jim Malosky Jr., Phil PeichelWisconsin-Superior .........................W 16-13St. Cloud State ...........................L 15-22Michigan Tech ................................W 41-10MSU-Moorhead ...............................W 31-14Winona State .............................W 28-10Minnesota-Morris ...........................W 56-3Northern State ..........................W 30-8Bemidji State ..................................W 40-0Northern Michigan ..........................L 10-23Southwest Minnesota State ........L 14-27MSU-Moorhead# .......................W 24-17

1988 (7-4-0) (NIC: 4-2; 3rd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Jeff Dunnell

Wisconsin-Superior ....................W 52-7North Dakota ..................................L 14-28Northern Michigan .....................L 7-24Winona State ..................................W 33-7Minnesota-Morris .......................W 22-10Northern State ................................L 7-17Bemidji State .............................W 43-3Michigan Tech ............................W 41-0Southwest Minnesota State .............W 55-14MSU-Moorhead ..........................L 3-13Luther College# ..........................W 24-0

1989 (5-5-0) (NIC: 3-3; T-4th)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Dale Gessell

Wisconsin-Superior .........................W 42-6North Dakota .............................L 14-17Wisconsin-Eau Claire .................L 10-16Winona State .............................W 54-6Minnesota-Morris ..........................W (OT) 13-10Northern State ...........................L 3-6Bemidji State ..................................W 26-6Michigan Tech ................................W 31-7Southwest Minnesota State ........L 0-7MSU-Moorhead ...............................L 12-16

1990 (9-1-1) (NIC: 5-1; T-1st)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Ron Viaene

St. Cloud State ................................W 17-14Wisconsin-Eau Claire ......................W 35-14Humboldt State .........................T 7-7 Minnesota-Morris .......................W 14-7Northern State ................................L 17-20Bemidji State .............................W 28-17Michigan Tech ............................W 33-15Southwest Minnesota State .............W 19-7MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 34-23Winona State ..................................W 41-12Northern State# .........................W 21-0


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1991 (6-4-0) (NIC: 4-1; 3rd) Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Dale Roehl

Montana State ...........................L 14-30Wisconsin-Eau Claire .................W 21-7St. Cloud State ...........................L 14-17St. Francis ......................................L 33-35Minnesota-Morris ...........................W 34-0Northern State ...........................W 21-14Bemidji State ..................................W 48-19Michigan Tech ................................W 28-21Southwest Minnesota State ........L 7-43MSU-Moorhead ...............................Cancelled (snow)Winona State .............................W 38-6

1992 (5-5-1) (NSIC: 4-1-1; T-2nd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptains: Mark Adler, Bob Schwartz

Wisconsin-Eau Claire ......................W 17-6St. Cloud State ...............................L 0-33St. Francis ..................................L 17-42Northern State ................................W 9-0Bemidji State .............................W 22-13Michigan Tech ............................L 20-40Southwest Minnesota State .............T 18-18MSU-Moorhead ..........................L 6-21Winona State ..................................W 21-0Minnesota-Morris .......................W 41-22Northern Arizona ........................L 22-31

1993 (8-3-0) (NSIC: 4-2; T-2nd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Greg Valaskey

Wisconsin-Eau Claire .................W 24-15St. Cloud State .........................L 0-47Wisconsin-Stout .............................W 14-11Northern State ..........................L 22-26Bemidji State .................................W 20-0Michigan Tech ................................W 32-3Southwest Minnesota State .......W 31-28MSU-Moorhead ..............................W 23-0Winona State ............................L 15-17Minnesota-Morris ...........................W 35-13Wayne State (Neb.)# .................W 29-28

1994 (4-7-0) (NSIC: 3-3; T-4th)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Marc Achterkirch

Montana State ...........................L 7-37St. Cloud State ................................L 7-35Portland State ............................L 21-35Bemidji State .............................W 48-13Wisconsin River Falls ......................W 17-14Southwest Minnesota State .............W 21-9MSU-Moorhead ..........................L 7-17Winona State ..................................L 20-40Minnesota-Morris .......................W 42-0Northern State ................................L 15-20Idaho State ................................L 24-29

1995 (8-2-1) (NSIC: 5-0-1; T-1st)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Brian Potocnik

Wisconsin-Stout .............................W 21-20St. Cloud State ..........................L 23-29Montana ....................................L 6-54Bemidji State .................................W 40-9Wayne State (Neb.) ....................W 22-15Southwest Minnesota State ........W 28-21MSU-Moorhead ...............................T 14-14Winona State .............................W 24-20Minnesota-Morris ...........................W 35-0Northern State ...........................W 28-7Southwest Minnesota State#......W 13-6

1996 (8-3) (NSIC: 6-0; 1st)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Kurt King

MSU-Mankato ............................L 18-34St. Cloud State ...............................L 16-34Montana State ...........................L 0-37Wayne State (Neb.) .........................W 50-21Southwest Minnesota State .............W 28-27MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 39-22Winona State ..................................W 55-30Minnesota-Morris .......................W 52-0Northern State ................................W 48-20Bemidji State .............................W 49-0Wisconsin-La Crosse# ................W 13-6

ALL-TIME UMD RESULTS1997 (4-6) (NSIC: 4-2; 2nd)Coach: Jim MaloskyCaptain: Josh Sandell

Northern Michigan ..........................L 7-24MSU-Mankato ................................L 20-31St. Cloud State ...........................L 13-25Northern Arizona ........................L 6-40Southwest Minnesota State ........L 14-20MSU-Moorhead ...............................W 31-14Winona State .............................L 35-63Minnesota-Morris ...........................W 48-7Northern State ...........................W 35-7Bemidji State ..................................W 41-0

1998 (4-7) (NSIC: 3-3; 4th)Interim Coaches: Vince Repesh, Jim Malosky JrCaptain: Trevor Theelke

MSU-Mankato ............................L 7-31Northern Michigan ....................L 14-24Wisconsin-Eau Claire ......................L 14-28Southwest Minnesota State .............W 13-7MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 37-34Winona State ..................................L 19-27Minnesota-Morris .......................W 41-6Northern State ................................L 7-34Bemidji State .............................L 18-48Wayne State (Neb.)..........................W 41-13MSU-Moorhead# .......................L 27-37

1999 (3-8) (NSIC: 3-5; T-6th)Coach: Bob NielsonCaptain: Jeff Wenngatz

MSU-Mankato .................................L 15-37St. Cloud State ..........................L 0-49Minnesota-Crookston .................W 27-24Southwest Minnesota State .............L 9-14MSU-Moorhead ...............................L 14-20Concordia-St. Paul .....................L 27-35Northern State ................................L 7-16Bemidji State .............................L 26-35Wayne State (Neb.) ....................W 31-19Winona State ..................................W 21-17Wisconsin-La Crosse# ................L 21-22

2000 (7-4) (NSIC: 5-3; T-3rd)Coach: Bob NielsonCaptains: Erik Conner, Chris Markas

MSU-Mankato .................................W 23-18St. Cloud State ...............................W 36-29Minnesota-Crookston ......................W 13-9Southwest Minnesota State ........W 35-24MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 26-7Concordia-St. Paul ..........................L 27-37Northern State ...........................L 26-49Bemidji State ..................................W 38-19Wayne State (Neb.)..........................W 45-13Winona State .............................L (2OT) 31-34Wisconsin-Stout# .......................L 15-17

2001 (9-3) (NSIC: 7-2; 2nd)Coach: Bob NielsonCaptains: Rob Tadych, Kevin Westbrock

MSU-Mankato ............................W 31-28South Dakota .................................W 14-10Minnesota-Morris ...........................W 71-0Minnesota-Crookston .................L 13-17Southwest Minnesota State .............W 51-7MSU-Moorhead ...............................W 35-14Concordia-St. Paul .....................W 19-16Northern State ................................W 48-0Bemidji State .............................W 42-38Wayne State (Neb.) ....................W 37-17Winona State# ...........................L 30-33Central 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 NielsonCaptains: Nate Davis, Ricky Fritz, Peter Lawton

MSU-Mankato .................................W 44-9South Dakota ............................W 23-21Minnesota-Morris .......................W 44-6Minnesota-Crookston ......................W 76-14Southwest Minnesota State ........W 38-7MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 53-27Concordia-St. Paul ..........................W 36-12Northern State ...........................W 48-22Bemidji State ..................................W 52-25Wayne State (Neb.)..........................W 42-3Winona State ..................................W 42-25Northwest Missouri State@ .........L 41-45

2003 (8-3) (NSIC: 6-2; 3rd)Coach: Bob NielsonCaptains: Tim Battalgia, Cash Langeness, Dave Otto, Adam Skinner, Dan Soldner

MSU-Mankato ............................W 40-20South Dakota ............................L 7-10Southwest Minnesota State .............W 39-0Northern State ...........................L 7-46Waldorf College ..............................W 73-6Wayne State (Neb.)..........................W 49-18Minnesota-Crookston .................W 28-0Concordia-St. Paul ..........................W 56-33Bemidji State .............................W 34-21MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 51-20Winona State .............................L 17-24

2004 (4-7) (NCC: 1-5; 6th)Coach: Kyle SchweigertCaptains: Adam Fechhelm, Geoff Fischer, Luke Jipson, Pat Kelly, Russ Rabe, Dave Rufledt

Chadron State.................................W 35-21Concordia-St. Paul ....................L 6-38Wisconsin-La Crosse .......................L 13-34MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 14-10Upper Iowa ....................................W 30-7MSU-Mankato .................................L 13-34Nebraska-Omaha .......................L 24-38North Dakota .............................L 0-26Augustana College ..........................W 47-16South Dakota .............................L 21-48St. Cloud State ................................L 0-28

2005 (8-4) (NCC: 4-2; T1st)Coach: Kyle SchweigertCaptains: Ben Bowditch, Brandon Cooley, Kevin Krenz, Chris Lapakko

Chadron State ............................W 28-17Concordia-St. Paul .........................W 31-10Northern Iowa ............................L 14-49MSU-Moorhead ...............................W 55-7Upper Iowa ...............................W 18-7MSU-Mankato ............................W 28-23Nebraska-Omaha .............................W 38-35North Dakota ..................................L 10-33Augustana College .....................L 23-26South Dakota ..................................W 56-43St. Cloud State ...........................W 45-28North Dakota@ ...........................L 12-23

2006 (6-4) (NCC: 4-4; 4th)Coach: Kyle SchweigertCaptains: Mark Knudsen, Kevin Krenz, Trent Scheidecker, Ted Schlafke

Bemidji State .............................W 23-7U. of Mary ......................................W 42-14South Dakota .............................L 14-27Central Washington .........................W 31-25Western Washington. ..................W 20-10Augustana College ..........................L 7-35MSU-Mankato ...........................W (OT) 16-13Nebraska Omaha .............................L 14-38North Dakota .............................L 14-38St. Cloud State ................................W 29-24

2007 (4-6) (NCC: 3-5; T5th)Coach: Kyle SchweiertCaptains: Nate Fears, Jon Rufledt, Ted Schlafke

Bemidji State ..................................W 31-14Missouri Western State ..................L 27-45South Dakota .............................W 22-36Central Washington ....................L 21-43Western Washington. ......................W 22-14Augustana College .....................W 34-7MSU-Mankato ................................L 14-35Nebraska Omaha .......................L 17-42North Dakota ..................................L 14-31St. Cloud State ...........................W 23-13

2008 (15-0) (NSIC: 10-0; 1st)Coach: Bob NielsonCaptains: Nate Baier, Jim Johnson, Ted Schlafke,Tyler Yelk

Concordia-St. Paul .....................W 40-0Missouri Western State ..............W 47-18Southwest Minnesota State .............W 43-21Augustana College .....................W 40-10U. of Mary. ......................................W 44-7MSU-Moorhead ..........................W 52-10Northern State ...............................W 55-7St. Cloud State ...........................W 38-21Bemidji State ..................................W 48-21Minnesota-Crookston .................W 63-7Winona State ..................................W 38-7Chadron State@ ..............................W 20-10Grand Valley State@ ...................W (OT) 19-13California (Pa.)@ ........................W 45-7Northwest Missouri State+ .........W 21-14

2009 (11-2) (NSIC: 10-0; 1st)Coach: Bob NielsonCaptains: Tobias Lemke, Cole Strilzuk, Brandon Wood

Concordia-St.Paul. ..........................W 56-0Central Washington. ........................L 10-13Southwest Minnesota State ........W 34-27 Augustana College. .........................W 42-21U. of Mary ..................................W 35-7 MSU-Moorhead. ..............................W 76-7Northern State ...........................W 42-0 St. Cloud State. ...............................W 31-7Bemidji State .............................W 35-34 Minnesota-Crookston. .....................W 44-0Winona State .............................W 41-16 Nebraska-Kearney@ ........................W 42-7Grand Valley State@. .......................L 10-24

2010 (15-0) (NSIC: 10-0; 1st)Coach: Bob NielsonCaptains: Isaac Odim, Kiel Fechtelkotter

Central Washington. ...................W 35-10Upper Iowa ................................W 62-13 Wayne State (Neb.)..........................W 42-10Bemidji State ..................................W 44-21 MSU-Mooorhead. .......................W 56-7Winona State ..................................W 59-17 U. of Mary. ......................................W 49-0Northern State ...........................W 27-7 St. St. Cloud State. ...............................W 40-17Minnesota Crookston .................W 55-7 MSU-Mankato ............................W 45-21St. Cloud State@ .............................W(OT) 20-17Augustana College@ .......................W 24-13Northwest Missouri State@ .............W 17-13Delta State@ ..............................W 20-17

2011 (11-2) (NSIC: 8-2; T1st)Coach: Bob NielsonCaptains: Cory Flesch, Rob Huberty

Augustana . ................................W 20-12Upper Iowa .....................................W 49-22 Wayne State (Neb.) ....................L 0-7Bemidji State .............................W 26-23 MSU-Moorhead. ..............................W 49-21Winona State .............................W 24-6 U. of Mary. ..................................W 41-28Northern State ................................W 37-6 St. Cloud State. ..........................L 7-35Minnesota Crookston ......................W 49-7 MSU-Mankato .................................W 31-19Saginaw Valley State@ .....................W (OT) 30-27CSU-Pueblo@ .............................W 24-21Wayne State (Mich.)@ .....................L 25-31

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

2012 umd football yearbook

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northern state university

umd year

minot state university

bemidji state university

cloud state university

university of minnesota

concordia university

university of mary