2009 upper iowa university football media guide

UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY2009 PEACOCK FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE

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8/29 at Lincoln 5:00 P 9/5 at U-Mary 2:30 P 9/12 Northern State 1:00 P9/19 at Southwest Minnesota State 1:00 P9/26 St. Cloud State (Homecoming) 1:00 P10/3 at Wayne State 1:00 P10/10 Winona State 1:00 P10/17 at Augustana 1:00 P10/24 Concordia-St. Paul 1:00 P10/31 Minnesota State 1:00 P11/7 at Minnesota, Crookston 1:00 P

PEACOCK FOOTBALL PEACOCK WOMEN’S SOCCER8/27 at BYU Hawaii 6:30 P

8/29 at Chaminade 5:00 P9/4-9/6 Peacock Classic

9/4 Colorado School of Mines 3:00 P9/6 Missouri S&T 3:00 P

9/9 at Mount Mercy 6:00 P9/16 Waldorf 5:00 P9/19 Minnesota State-Moorhead 1:00 P9/20 UM, Crookston 1:00 P9/25 at Winona State 7:30 P9/26 UW-Superior 2:00 P10/2 Bemidji State 3:00 P10/4 Minnesota-Duluth 1:00 P10/10 at Wayne State 1:00 P10/11 at Augustana 1:00 P10/16 Concordia-St. Paul 3:00 P10/18 St. Cloud State 1:00 P10/19 at Northwestern College 12:00 P10/21 Clarke 4:00 P10/24 at Southwest Minnesota State 1:00 P10/25 at Minnesota State 1:00 P10/31 at Northern State 11:00 A11/1 at U-Mary 1:00 P

8/27 at BYU Hawaii 8:30 P

8/29 at Chaminade 3:00 P9/4-9/6 Peacock Classic

9/4 Colorado School of Mines 5:00 P9/6 UW-Parkside 5:00 P

9/9 at Mount Mercy 8:00 P9/11 at Luther 7:00 P9/16 Waldorf 3:00 P9/19 Cardinal Stritch 3:00 P9/23 Iowa Wesleyan 3:00 P9/25 at St. Mary’s (MN) 4:00 P9/26 UW-Superior 12:00 P10/1 Wartburg 3:00 P10/8 at Truman State 4:00 P10/12 Missouri-St. Louis 1:00 P10/16 U-Mary 1:00 P10/18 Truman State 3:00 P10/19 at Northwestern College 2:30 P10/21 Clarke 2:00 P10/28 Ashford 3:00 P

:00 P11/1 at U-Mary 11:00 A

PEACOCK MEN’S SOCCER

PEACOCK VOLLEYBALL8/28-29 at St. Ambrose Tournament

8/29 9/1 at Ashford 7:00 P9/4-9/5 at St. Cloud State Tournament

9/8 Waldorf 7:00 P9/11-9/12 at Rockhurst Tournament

9/15 Concordia-St. Paul 7:00 P9/18 at Concordia-St. Paul 7:00 P9/19 at St. Cloud State 4:00 P9/25 Minnesota-Duluth 7:00 P9/26 Bemidji State 4:00 P9/29 at Minnesota State 7:00 P10/2 at U-Mary 7:00 P10/3 at Northern State 4:00 P10/9 Minnesota State 7:00 P10/10 Southwest Minnesota State 5:00 P10/16 Augustana 7:00 P10/17 Wayne State 4:00 P10/23 at UM, Crookston 7:00 P10/24 at Minnesota State-Moorhead 4:00 P10/31 Winona State 7:00 P11/6 U-Mary 7:00 P11/7 Northern State 4:00 P11/10 at Winona State 7:00 P11/13 at Minnesota-Duluth 7:00 P11/14 at Bemidji State 3:00 P

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Athletic Department Directory(563 area code)

Director of Athletics David Miller 425-5700Assoc. Director of Athletics/Compliance Kent McElvania 425-5285Assoc. Director of Athletics/External Affairs John Olson 425-5336Senior Women’s Administrator Shari Robertson 425-5763Assoc. Director of Athletics/Internal Affairs Chad Markuson 425-5820Director of Sports Communication Services Howard Thompson 425-5307Director of Athletic Training Education Angie Leete 425-5782Head Athletic Trainer Matt Rueckert 425-5364Assistant Athletic Trainers Evan Bartusek 425-5364 Stephanie Martin 425-5382 Rachel Brinkman 425-5881Recreation Center Co-Director Brent Kuker 425-5370Recreation Center Co-Director Kate Grover 425-5668Director of Athletic Recruiting Melanie DeBoer 425-5700Baseball Mark Danker 425-5290

Assistants Kevin Post/Timm Pint 425-5304Men’s Basketball Brian Dolan 425-5294

Assistants Keven Bradley 425-5329Women’s Basketball Mike Brown 425-5292

Assistant TBA 425-5781Football Tom Shea 425-5313

Assistants Dave Barclay 425-5226 Kevin Loney 425-5828 Allen Conrad 425-5827 Eric Mattson 425-5342 Jesse Montalto 425-5205

Brian Frana 425-5289 Patrick Morris 425-5228Men’s/Women’s Golf Chad Markuson 425-5820Men’s/Women’s Soccer Brian Bahl 425-5369

Assistants Ben Jones/Brian Guetzlaff 425-5369Softball Christina Missildine 425-5295

Assistant Jessica Stephens 425-5705Women’s Tennis Chad Fenwick 425-5206Volleyball Shari Robertson 425-5763

Assistant Chris Pickett 425-5755Wrestling Heath Grimm 425-5291

Assistants Ryan Phillips 425-531729175557

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Table of ContentsAthletic Department Directory 1 2008 Game Recaps 29-32Upper Iowa University 2-5 2008 Final NSIC Standings 33The Legend of Doc Dorman 6 2008 NSIC South Division All-Conference Teams 33Peacock Football History 7 The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference 342009 Season Preview 8 2008 UIU & NSIC Final Statistics 35-43Head Coach Tom Shea 9 Football Record Book 44-45Assistant Coaches 10-11 Football Retired Numbers 46Athletic Trainers 11 Upper Iowa Athletic Hall of Fame 472009 Football Roster 12-13 Broadcaster Bio 48Student-Athlete Bios 14-25 Year-by-Year Coaching Records 49NSIC Preseason Polls 26 I Chose Division II 50 & 59NSIC Member Logos 27 Upper Iowa All-Conference Selections 51Peacock Walk 28 UIU Football Sponsors 52-60

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

• David B. Henderson – First Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from west of the Mississippi

• George Safford Parker – Founder of the Parker Pen Company

• John R. Mott – One of the founders of the Y.M.C.A. movement and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for his work with prisoners of war

• Milo Maltbie – World-renowned economist and municipalities/utilities giant in New York City

• Bill Andres – Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Dayton Hudson Corporation, now Target Corporation

• William Hiller – Retired President/Chief Executive Officer, Agway Inc., Syracuse, New York

• Carleton Magee – Inventor of the parking meter and an investigator of the Teapot Dome Scandal

• Zinita B. Graf – Noted Shakespearean and Hollywood actress of the silent movie era

• John “Doc” Dorman – Set the record for having coached football at one college longer than any other person in the U.S. (over 50 years), and was elected to the Coaches’ Hall of Fame

• John C. Baker – Inventor of enriched flour and Desenex skin care products

• Dr. Arlie V. Bock – Called the founding father of sports medicine because of his research into the physiological effects of exercise

• Dr. William Albright – Instrumental in the deciphering, describing, and dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls

For 150 years, Upper Iowa University has been providing quality education and ranks nationally among the top 10% of colleges for enhancing student learning.

Developing Leaders Since 1857

Upper Iowa University • 605 Washington St., P.O. Box 1859 • Fayette, IA 52142Call: 1-800-553-4150 or visit our website at: www.uiu.edu

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RESIDENTIAL CAMPUSThe Upper Iowa University residential campus is located in picturesque Fayette, which is located in Northeast Iowa and is among the state’s most beautiful land-scapes. At the Fayette campus, students enjoy a complete university experience including athletics, clubs, activities and events, outdoor pursuits and more.

U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL CENTERSOur convenient off-campus center locations are perfect for those who work full-time, part-time or just looking for degree programs in their communities. U.S. center locations in Iowa, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas, and Wisconsin with interna-tional locations in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia.

MILITARY INSTALLATIONSUpper Iowa University has a wide variety of educational opportunities tailored to fit the dynamic lifestyle of today’s military personnel and their families. Our portable learning programs go with you – from home, to the military installa-tion, to the field, sea, or air – no matter where you are.

EXTERNAL DEGREEINDEPENDENT STUDYNo matter where you are in the world, if you have access to e-mail, mail, or fax services, you can begin or continue your studies through this program. No need to put your life on hold – you work at your own pace and on your own sched-ule to earn a degree.

ONLINE PROGRAMUpper Iowa University offers undergraduate and graduate degrees designed to give you the flexibility you need to balance classwork with career work. There is no residency requirement for this degree. If you have access to the Internet, your home or office computer brings the classes directly to you, no matter where you are.

On campus • Online • Independent Study • U.S. & International Centers

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UIU STUDENNT CENTER

The Legend of John “Doc” Dorman

John “Doc” Dorman was a 1900 graduate of Upper Iowa University and a star athlete during, and due to the lack of eligibility rules, even before his collegiate years.

down a contract offer from the Detroit Tigers before returning to Fayette to open a dental practice. For more than half a century, Doc practiced dentistry in the morning then took his place coaching on campus. While in Fayette, Doc’s name would become legendary in athletics, especially in college football.

Doc started coaching the UIU baseball team in 1906 and was asked to become “man-ager” of the football team in 1907. He also coached basketball for a time at UIU. Doc’s

Known as a master of tactics, an innovator in Xs and Os, an inventive genius, Doc liked to pass the ball and often

an early down. Some of the newest and at the time most daring offensive plays and formations originated or were used early on at UIU under Doc, including the shovel pass, trap, shotgun, spread formation and the original version

Always wearing a gray cap while outdoors, Doc coached football at one school longer than any other coach. He -

can (1955), Hall of Fame (1956).

-es named to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame

inducted into the Des Moines Register Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. Doc was also

Upper Iowa University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980.

John “Doc” Dorman passed away on Feb.

to rest in Grandview Cemetery, overlook-ing Upper Iowa University and the city of Fayette. A life-sized statue of Doc stands in the lobby of Dorman Gymnasium.

John “Doc” Dorman with Everett “Eb” Eischeid

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was played. Some of the rules were more similar to those used now. The game paved the way for college football as we know it today.

pleasures of so-called “sporting crowd.” Their resentment was expressed by an intolerance of all frivolous pastimes, of which football was considered.

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Iowa history was played in Fayette against Lenox College of Hopkinton, which no longer exists. Upper Iowa prevailed in that historic

In those days, eligibility rules were virtually nonexistent, and it wasn’t unusual for teams to have non-students playing. UIU had

records showing their academic accomplishments. It is likely those two players were never students at Upper Iowa. Only one of the

In 1903, the “Rules and Regulations Governing Athletics In Upper Iowa University” were adopted, giving some control over the

three college classes, elected by the majority of the members of each class.

known prior to that time. It is believed football was suspended for a few seasons in the early 1900s while the UIU faculty and board of trustees took a long look at the athletic program.

player performed under Doc’s watchful eye. During the early years, Upper Iowa participated in a league called the Hawkeye Confer-

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The man who succeeded Doc as football coach was Everett “Eb” Eischeid. An all-state football player at Oelwein, Eischeid came

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After coaching in the high school ranks, Eischeid returned to UIU in 1955 to serve as Doc’s assistant. He became the head coach

Doc’s love for offense alive as his teams established school records for total offense, most points scored and wins in a season. His

game of the 1968 season because of a heart problem, but he remained on as athletic director until 1977. He did take the team over

Mike Olson took over for Eischeid in the 1968 season and held the title of head coach for two more years. Jim Kilbreath (1971-

coached the 1985 season, Todd Simonsen took over from 1986-88 and Al Fischer (1989-90) served as head coach for two seasons.

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its inaugural Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference season. Under Knoll, the team went 11-33 in four seasons. Now a new coach-

Special thanks to Rich Holm. Excerpts taken from “100 Years of Football 1893-1993” published by the Fayette County Union.7



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HEAD FOOTBALL COACH TOM SHEA

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Kevin LoneyDefensive Line

Dave Barclay Running Backs

Allen ConradWide Receivers

Eric Mattson Defensive Coordinator Linebackers

Daryl SavageSecondary / CornerbacksGraduate Assistant CoachClass of 2007

Conrad SchmittDefensive LineStudent Assistant CoachClass of 2010

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Patrick MorrisSecondary / Safeties

Jesse MontaltoQuarterbacks

Brian FranaOffensive Coordinator Offensive Line

Evan BartusekAssistant Athletic TrainerMS, ATC, LAT

Matt RueckertHead Athletic TrainerMA, ATC, LAT

Dick TimmermanEquipment ManagerUpper Iowa Hall of Fame MemberClass of 2006

1 Brandon Clarke DB 5-9/190 RS SR Ft. Washington, MD (Bowie State University)2 La’Mont Williams WR 6-0/195 RS JR Chicago, IL (Lincoln Park HS)3 Nate Curran DB 6-0/215 RS JR Cedar Falls, IA (University of Northern Iowa)4 Marquise Figueroa DB 5-11/175 JR Fresno, CA (San Jose City College)5 Zach Schaefer WR 6-2/195 RS JR Waterloo, IA (Columbus HS)6 Sam Epsteen RB 5-8/190 SR Corona, CA (Riverside City College)7 Dominique Jackson DB 6-1/200 SR Riviera Beach, FL (Inlet Grove HS)8 Kirby Hovden QB 6-0/190 JR West Union, IA (Winona State)9 Craig Henry DB 5-11/200 RS JR Oakland Park, FL (Northeast HS)10 Antonio Parker WR 6-1/180 SR Sunrise, FL (Fresno City College)11 Ben Curran QB 6-0/205 RS JR Cedar Falls, IA (University of Northern Iowa)12 August Preuss P 5-9/220 JR Hazelton, IA (Independence HS)13 Bobby Davis, Jr. WR 5-10/180 SO Naples, FL (St. John Neumann HS)14 Jessie Hubbard WR 5-10/180 SO West Palm Beach, FL (Inlet Grove HS)15 Craig Burns QB 6-3/220 RS SR Tampa, FL (Sickles HS)

17 Daniel Williams DB 5-11/187 RS SR Boynton Beach, FL (Boynton Beach HS)18 Chris Shannon QB 6-5/215 FR Independence, IA (Independence HS)19 Drew Kaluzny QB 6-1/190 FR Glendora, CA (Glendora HS)20 MC Williams RB 5-5/200 FR East Prairie, MO (East Prairie HS)21 Keith Hunter, Jr. DB 5-8/170 RS FR St. Louis, MO (Ladue Horton Hawkins HS)22 Jordan Otdoerfer RB 5-8/190 SO Strawberry Point, IA (Starmont HS)

24 Eric Silva DB 5-8/180 RS FR Chicago, IL (St. Patrick HS)25 Mike Moser RB 5-10/205 RS SO West Union, IA (St. Cloud State University)26 Marvin Charles Jr. LB 5-8/205 JR Dallas, TX (Cedar Hill HS)27 Casey Popenfoose DB 6-0/200 SO Huntley, IL (Huntley HS)28 Evan Knowlton K/P 5-11/205 FR Sioux City, IA (Bishop Heelan Catholic HS)29 Andre Montgomery LB 5-10/185 FR Apopka, FL (Apopka HS)30 Kinon O’Neal RB 5-10/240 JR Wildomar, CA (Elsinore HS)31 Traimain Johnson LB 5-11/240 SR Coolidge, AZ (Mesa CC)32 Derek Cassell LB 6-1/205 SR Chicago, IL (Luther South HS)35 DeJon Creeks DB 5-8/195 SO Houston, TX (Jersey Village HS)36 Tony Leggett LB 6-1/215 SO Naples, FL (UAB)37 Derrin Ford DB 5-10/185 RS FR Palmdale, CA (Palmdale HS)38 Jharred Millonig RB 5-9/220 FR Grafton, IA (St. Ansgar HS)39 Cody Northern DL 6-0/220 RS FR Cedar Rapids, IA (Jefferson HS)40 Jason Jandrain RB 5-11/205 RS JR De Pere, WI (Notre Dame Academy)41 DaeJohn Love DB 5-10/165 FR Waterloo, IA (East HS)42 Justin Weinand DL 6-0/240 SO Humble, TX (Humble HS)43 Justin Michaels LB 6-0/240 RS JR LaCrosse, WI (Logan HS)44 Eric Addy LB 6-0/215 SO Des Moines, IA (North HS)45 Shane McComb LB 5-10/220 SR Hemet, CA (Riverside City College)48 Vernard Wilkins LB 6-2/205 SR Palmdale, CA (Highland HS)49 Frank Harris LB 6-2/215 SR Lake Elsinore, CA (Mt. San Jacinto College)50 Jordan Smith LB 6-0/245 FR West Burlington, IA (West Burlington HS)51 Josh Baerwald DL 6-4/265 FR Juneau, WI (Dodgeland HS)52 Cory Farrington LB 6-0/205 RS JR Blaine, MN (Centennial HS)53 Sooner Skinner LB 6-1/235 RS FR Simi Valley, CA (Grace Brethren HS)54 Michael McGann DL 6-2/250 RS JR Chino Hills, CA (Ayala HS)55 Jerek Bowe LB 6-0/250 RS FR Naples, FL (St. John Neumann HS)56 Curtis Goddard OL 6-3/295 RS SR West Liberty, IA (West Liberty HS)

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57 Alexander Gonzalez OL 6-2/290 FR Wellington, FL (Palm Beach Central HS)58 Aaron Miller LB 6-0/232 SR Rockford, IL (Harper College)59 Chadd Owen OL 5-11/225 JR Acton, CA (Paraclete HS)60 Calvin Darling LB 6-0/215 FR Miami, FL (Hialeah Miami Lakes HS)

62 Mike Dixson DL 6-2/270 FR Glendale Heights, IL (Glenbard West HS)63 Ahmad Muse DL 6-3/220 FR St. Louis, MO (Vastlon HS)64 Lucas Sharp OL 6-5/280 FR Charles City, IA (Charles City HS)65 Javier Rendon OL 6-3/305 FR Conesville, IA (West Liberty HS)66 Ervin Kehoss OL 6-0/270 RS JR Franksville, WI (Waterford Union HS)

69 Steven Hale DL 6-3/265 SO Gratis, OH (Preble Shawnee HS)70 Ryan Dahl OL 6-4/320 SO Thief River Falls, MN (Northland CTC)71 Justice Clegg OL 6-5/315 RS SR Lompoc, CA (Dixie State College)72 Tremane Wren OL 6-3/270 RS SO Chicago, IL (Curle HS)73 Josh Evans OL 6-2/280 FR Webster City, IA (Webster City HS)74 Nolan Hirota OL 6-1/280 FR Osage, IA (Osage HS)75 Matt Potter DL 6-3/280 FR Davenport, IA (Bettendorf HS)76 Louis Kuisle OL 6-3/300 RS SR Stewertville, MN (Stewertville HS)77 Nahum St. Fort DL 6-3/315 FR Naples, FL (St. John Neumann HS)78 Jacob Wolf OL 6-6/300 RS FR Nashville, IL (Nashville HS)79 Deniz Kutmen DL 6-3/230 FR Rolla,MO (Rolla HS)81 Derek Giesking WR 6-0/190 FR Cedar Rapids, IA (Washington HS)83 John Baldwin WR 6-4/200 JR Indianapolis, IN (Harper College)84 Joe Alanis WR 6-0/195 RS FR Lynxville, WI (Seneca HS)85 Myles Gorham WR 5-11/185 RS FR Duluth, MN (Duluth East HS)86 James Hall WR 6-2/170 RS FR Naples, FL (Immokalee HS)

88 Michael Reddick WR 6-4/200 SR Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Dillard HS)89 Willie Thompson WR 5-9/165 RS JR LaGrange, GA (LaGrange HS)90 Preston Spencer DL 6-1/245 JR Wichita, KS (Independence CC)91 Nick Lepperd DL 6-0/270 SO Rochelle, IL (Rochelle Township HS)92 Wayman Casey DL 6-6/310 RS JR Kansas City, MO (Southwestern CC)93 Isaiah Donnley DL 6-0/235 FR DeKalb, IL (Evergreen Park HS)94 Cameron Copeland DL 6-1/260 SR Mesa, AZ (Mesa Community College)95 Jason Price K 5-8/155 JR Solon, IA (Solon HS)96 Joe Nix DL 6-2/270 RS JR Plato, MN (Holy Trinity HS)97 Ethan Saunders DL 6-4/270 FR Manchester, IA (West Delaware HS)98 Eric Walechka DL 5-11/250 JR Le Center, MN (Rochester Comm. & Technical Coll.)99 Lonnie Stuckey DL 6-0/305 FR St. Louis, MO (Mapelwood Richmond Heights HS)RS Kayden White LB 6-0/210 FR Toronto, ON (Notre Dame C.S.S.)RS Joey Ragan RB 5-8/185 SO Channahon, IL (Minocka HS)RS Mak Kriener DL 6-7/250 FR Calmar, IA (South Winneshiek HS)RS Marcus West RB 5-7/170 FR Apopka, FL (Apopka HS)RS Dominique Montilus Jr. RB 5-9/225 FR Apopka, FL (Apopka HS)RS Bryan Cherryholmes DB 6-0/190 FR Davenport, IA (West HS)RS Duke Ewan DB 5-9/190 FR Clewiston, FL (Clewiston HS)RS LeDonte Simpson RB 5-5/180 FR St. Louis, MO (Ritenour HS)

RS Marcus Prull K 6-2/240 FR Monticello, IA (Monticello HS)

Team Managers include Alex Stepan, Matt Gallagher, Mike Lamb, and

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2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… recorded 51tackles, including 1 for loss… intercepted two pass-es… broke up 6 passes… returned 8 punts for 137yards with a long of 89 for a touchdown.

2007 Season... appeared in eleven games... recorded58 tackles, including two tackles for loss... broke upseven passes and defended twelve... led the NSIC

Crookston, one for a 100+ yard touchdown return...forced one fumble... named Northern Sun SecondTeam All-Conference.

2006 Season… appeared in four games… recorded 12

Personal… Born August 9, 1986… son of MargaretNicholson and Warren Jackson… Sport Management and Fitness Major.

Defensive BackSenior ~ 6-1 ~ 200Riviera Beach, Fla.Inlet Grove High School

#7 DOMINIQUE JACKSON

2008Season...appearedin11games…caught22pass-es for 215 yards with a long of 35… recorded 2 tackles.

2007 Season... appeared in six games... caught4 passes for 48 yards... recorded two tackles onspecial teams.

Personal… Born March 29, 1988… son of Zoe andJohn Schaefer… Marketing Major.

Wide ReceiverRS Junior ~ 6-2 ~ 195Waterloo, IowaColumbus High School

#5 ZACH SCHAEFER

2008 Season... appeared 11 games… caught 33passes for 398 yards with a long of 57 yards and atouchdown… carried 10 times for 74 yards with along of 62 and 2 touchdowns... recorded 2 tackles.

2007 Season... appeared in three games... caughtthree passes for 22 yards... recorded a tackle.

Personal... Born August 16, 1988… son of Jo’LandaWilliams and Larry Brown… Criminology Major.

Wide ReceiverRS Junior ~ 6-0 ~ 195Chicago, Ill.Lincoln Park High School

#2 LA’MONT WILLIAMS

Defensive BackRS Senior ~ 5-9 ~ 190Ft. Washington, Mary.Bowie State UniversityC.H. Flowers High School

#1 BRANDON CLARKE

2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… recorded51 tackles, including 2.5 for loss… broke up 7 pass-es… blocked a kick… returned a kick for 5 yards.

Personal… Born May 24, 1985… son of Eleanorand Gregory Clarke… Communications Major.

Defensive BackJunior ~ 6-0 ~ 215Cedar Falls, IowaUniv. of Northern IowaCedar Falls High School

#3 NATE CURRAN

Running BackSenior ~ 5-8 ~ 190Corona, Cal.Riverside Comm. Coll.La Sierra High School

#6 SAM EPSTEEN

2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… recorded 59tackles… intercepted a pass and returned it 63 yards…broke up 5 passes… forced and recovered a fumble.

2007 Season... appeared in eleven games... record-ed 29 tackles... broke up two passes and defendedfour... intercepted two passes... returned one kick-off for 13 yards.

Personal… Born July 6, 1988… son of LucienneChery and Andre Bellora… Communications Major.

Defensive BackRS Junior ~ 5-11 ~ 190Oakland Park, Fla.Northeast High School

#9 CRAIG HENRY2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… recorded61 tackles (team high), including 3.5 for loss… in-tercepted 2 passes… broke up 9 passes… forced 2fumbles… recovered a fumble… named to UpperIowa Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Personal... Born October 8, 1987… son of Jeff andLinda Curran… Sports Communication Major.

2008 Season... appeared in 11 games…carried 181times for 868 yards and 7 touchdowns averag-ing 4.8 yards per carry and 78.9 rushing yards percontest… caught 15 passes for 108 yards and onetouchdown.

Personal... Born November 23, 1987… son of MaryEpsteen… Marketing Major.

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2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… completed33 of 53 passes for 272 yards and a touchdown…registered a completion percentage of 62.3 andearned a passer rating of 104.1… carried the ball 32times for 91 yards… named to Upper Iowa AthleticDirector’s Honor Roll.

2007 Season... appeared in two games... complet-ed two of three passes for 14 yards... carried theball three times for 17 yards... suffered a seasonending injury in the second game... named to Up-per Iowa’s Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2006 Season… appeared in one game… attempt-ed one carry for -1 yards.

2005 Season… Red shirted season.

Personal… Born January 30, 1987… son of JaniceHeiden and Steve Burns… Marketing Major.

QuarterbackRS Senior ~ 6-3 ~ 220Tampa, Fla.Sickles High School

#15 CRAIG BURNS

Punter / KickerJunior ~ 5-9 ~ 220Hazelton, IowaIndependence High School

#12 AUGUST PREUSS

2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… punted63 times for 2341 yards and a 37.2 yard averageand a long of 68 yards.

2007 Season... appeared in four games... kickedoff 19 times for 862 yards and a 45.4 yard aver-age... punted four times for 155 yards and a 38.8yard average... made the only extra point he at-tempted.

Personal… Born December 1, 1988… son of Lisaand Shayne Preuss… Sports Science Major.

Wide ReceiverSenior ~ 6-1 ~ 180Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.Fresno City CollegePlantation High School

#10 ANTONIO PARKER

QuarterbackJunior ~ 6-0 ~ 205Cedar Falls, IowaUniv. of Northern IowaCedar Falls High School

#11 BEN CURRAN

Wide ReceiverSophomore ~ 5-10 ~ 180Naples, Fla.St. John Neumann High School

#13 BOBBY DAVIS JR.

Wide ReceiverSophomore ~ 5-10 ~ 180West Palm Beach, Fla.Inlet Grove High School

#14 JESSIE HUBBARD

Defensive BackSenior ~ 5-11 ~ 187Boynton Beach, Fla.Boynton Beach High School

#17 DANNY WILLIAMS

2008 Season... appeared in 10 games… caught 10passes for 58 yards… returned 1 kick for 15 yards.

Personal... Born November 17, 1984… son of CarltonHarris and Coreathea Parker… Criminology Major.

2008 Season.. appeared in 11 games…completed142 of 265 passes for 1367 yards with a long of 68yards and 7 touchdowns… registered a completionpercentage of 53.6 and earned a passer rating of99.6… carried the ball 73 times for 126 yards and 4touchdowns… named to Upper Iowa Athletic Direc-tor’s Honor Roll.

Personal... Born October 8, 1987… son of Jeff andLinda Curran… Sports Communication Major.

2008 Season... appeared in four games…

Personal... Born November 23, 1989... son of BobbyDavis Sr. and Emilly Parris... Psychology Major.

2008 Season... appeared in 10 games… caught 11passes for 104 yards with a long of 24 and a touch-down… carried 2 times for 31 yards.

Personal... Born December 13, 1989… son of JessieHubbard and Darlesa Brown… Sports Science Major.

2006 Season… appeared 11 games… recorded 32tackles… intercepted three passes… broke up sixpasses… forced one fumble… recovered one fumble.

2005 Season… appeared in nine games in 2005…recorded eight tackles.

Personal… Born May 5, 1986... son of Rosalind andDaniel Williams… Psychology Major.



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Defensive BackSophomore ~ 6-0 ~ 200Huntley, Ill.Huntley High School

#27 CASEY POPENFOOSE

2008 Season... appeared in 5 games… returned akick for 16 yards… recorded a tackle… named toUpper Iowa Athletic Director’s Honor Roll… namedto Northern Sun Conference All-Academic Team.

2007 Season... played on special teams... record-ed one tackle... named to Upper Iowa AthleticDirector’s Honor Roll.

Personal… Born November 20, 1987… son of Jus-tine and Jeff Jandrain… Management InformationSystems Major.

Running BackRS Junior ~ 5-11 ~ 205De Pere, Wis.Notre Dame Academy

#40 JASON JANDRAIN

LinebackerSenior ~ 5-11 ~ 240Coolidge, Ariz.Mesa Community CollegeCoolidge High School

#31 TRAIMAIN JOHNSON

2008 Season... appeared in 10 games... recorded22 tackles, including .5 for loss.

2007 Season... appeared in two games... record-ed two tackles... suffered a season ending injury

Personal… Born August 4, 1987… son of SheriseDaniels… Sports Science Major.

LinebackerRS Junior ~ 6-1 ~ 205Chicago, Ill.Luther South High School

#32 DEREK CASSELL

2008 Season... appeared in 7 games… recorded3 tackles.

2007 Season... Redshirted this season.

2006 Season… appeared in three games… record-ed four tackles.

Personal… Born July 15, 1988… son of Joan andDavid Cassell… Sports Management Major.

Defensive BackSophomore ~ 5-8 ~ 195Houston, Tex.Jersey Village High School

#35 DEJON CREEKS

Defensive LineSophomore ~ 6-0 ~ 240Humble, Tex.Humble High School

#42 JUSTIN WEINAND

LinebackerJunior ~ 5-8 ~ 205Cedar Hill, Tex.Cedar Hill High School

#26 MARVIN CHARLES JR.

2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… recorded30 tackles, including 2 for loss.

2007 Season... appeared in seven games... re-corded 16 tackles, including two tackles for loss.

Personal… Born September 1, 1989… son of Gun-niga and Marvin Charles… Business Major.

Running BackSophomore ~ 5-8 ~ 190Strawberry Point, IowaStarmont High School

#22 JORDAN OTDOERFER

2008... appeared in 11 games...returned 24 kicksfor 399 yards and a 16.6 average...returned 11punts for 49 yards and a 4.5 average...gained 107yards and scored one touchdown on 18 carries...caught three passes for 15 yards...recorded 9tackles...forced a fumble...named to Upper IowaAthletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Personal... Born April 29, 1990... son of Richard andCaroline Otdoerfer... Agricultural Business Major.

2008... appeared in 10 games...recorded 40 tack-les, including 1.5 for loss...intercepted a pass...broke up 2 passes...named to Upper Iowa AthleticDirector’s Honor Roll.

Personal... Born February 24, 1990... son of Joeland Kim Popenfoose... Physical Education Major.

2008 Season- Appeared in 9 games… recorded 9tackles… forced and recovered a fumble.

Personal… Born August 26, 1989... son of Kirk Simonand Dorothy Creeks-Simon... Criminal Justice Major.

2008... appeared in 8 games... recorded 9 tackles.

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2008 Season... appeared in 4 games… recorded 2 tack-les…namedtoUpper IowaAthleticDirector’sHonorRoll.

2007 Season... played on special teams and de-fense... recorded one tackle... named to UpperIowa Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Personal… Born December 3, 1987… son of MikeMcGann… Sports Communication Major.

LinebackerRS Junior ~ 6-2 ~ 250Chino Hills, Cal.Ayala High School

#54 MICHAEL MCGANN

LinebackerSenior ~ 6-0 ~ 240LaCrosse, Wis.Logan High School

#43 JUSTIN MICHAELS

2008 Season... appeared in 10 games… recorded22 tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss… inter-

fumble… caught 4 passes for 32 yards and a touch-down… returned 3 kicks for 16 yards… named toUpper Iowa Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2007 Season... appeared in seven games... re-corded 12 tackles, including one tackle for loss...

named to Upper Iowa Athletic Director’s HonorRoll.

Personal… Born March 5, 1988… son of Geraldineand Dennis Michaels… Fitness & Wellness Major.

2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… recorded56 tackles, including 5 for loss and a 0.5 sack… in-tercepted a pass… broke up 2 passes… forced andrecovered a fumble.

2007 Season... appeared in eleven games... re-corded 66 tackles, including eight tackles for lossand a sack... broke up one pass and defended two... intercepted one pass.

2006 Season… appeared in nine games… record-ed 32 tackles, including three tackles for loss andtwo sacks… recovered two fumbles… blocked onekick… broke up one pass.

Personal… Born January 9, 1988… son of Teresaand Vincent Wilkins… Psychology Major.

LinebackerSenior ~ 6-2 ~ 205Palmdale, Cal.Highland High School

#48 VERNARD WILKINS

2008Season...appearedin9games…recorded2tackles.

2007 Season... appeared in four games... record-ed three tackles.

Personal… Born January 6, 1988… son of Kristi andJeff Farrington… Sports Science Major.

LinebackerRS Junior ~ 6-0 ~ 205Blaine, Minn.Centennial High School

#52 CORY FARRINGTON

LinebackerSenior ~ 5-10 ~ 220Hemet, Cal.Riverside Comm. Coll.Hemet High School

#45 SHANE MCCOMB

LinebackerSenior ~ 6-2 ~ 215Lake Elsinore, Cal.Mt. San Jacinto Comm. Coll.Temescal Canyon High School

#49 FRANK HARRIS

2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… recorded58 tackles, including 3.5 for loss and a sack…broke up 2 passes… named to Upper Iowa AthleticDirector’s Honor Roll.

Personal… Born June 23, 1988... son of MatthewMcComb and Mary Morell... Criminology Major.

2008 Season... appeared in 5 games… recoded atackle.

Personal… Born June 13, 1988... son of Frank Har-ris... Criminology Major.



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Offensive LineRS Sophomore ~ 6-3 ~ 270Chicago, Ill.Curie High School

#72 TREMANE WREN

2008 Season... appeared in eleven games... partof offensive line that helped UIU score 21.3 ppg,while averaging 171 yards rushing/game and 149yards passing/game... cleared the way for SamEpsteen’s 868 yards rushing.

Personal… October 24, 1988… son of Janet Wren…Graphic Arts Major.

Offensive LineRS Senior ~ 6-5 ~ 315Lompoc, Cal.Dixie State CollegeLompoc High School

#71 JUSTICE CLEGG

2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… recorded a tack-le… named to Upper Iowa Athletic Director’s Honor Rollappeared in eleven games... part of offensive linethat helped UIU score 21.3 ppg, while averaging171 yards rushing/game and 149 yards passing/game... cleared the way for Sam Epsteen’s 868yards rushing.

2007 Season... appeared in two games... suf-fered a season ending injury in the second week...part of offensive line that helped UIU score 28ppg, while averaging 179.1 yards rushing/gameand 219.4 yards passing/game... blocked for T.C.Hicks’ 1370 yards rushing.

Personal… Born October 31, 1985… son of Judith Wherry… Fitness/Wellness Major.

Defensive LineSophomore ~ 6-3 ~ 265Gratis, OhioPreble Shawnee High School

#69 STEVEN HALE

Long SnapperJunior ~ 5-11 ~ 225Acton, Cal.Paraclete High School

#59 CHADD OWEN

2008 Season... appeared in 9 games… recorded 4tackles… named to Upper Iowa Athletic Director’sHonor Roll… named to Northern Sun ConferenceAll-Academic Team.

2007 Season... played on special teams... record-ed one tackle... named to Upper Iowa AthleticDirector’s Honor Roll.

Personal… Born January 25, 1989… son of Jenniferand Steve Owen… Criminology Major.

Offensive LineRS Junior ~ 6-0 ~ 270Waterford, Wis.Waterford Union High School

#66 ERVIN KEHOSS

2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… namedNorthern Sun South Division Honorable MentionAll-Conference… recorded a tackle... appeared ineleven games... part of offensive line that helpedUIU score 21.3 ppg, while averaging 171 yardsrushing/game and 149 yards passing/game...cleared the way for Sam Epsteen’s 868 yards rush-ing.

2007 Season... appeared in eleven games... ap-peared in eleven games... part of offensive linethat helped UIU score 28 ppg, while averaging179.1 yards rushing/game and 219.4 yards pass-ing/game... blocked for T.C. Hicks’ 1370 yardsrushing.

Personal… Born June 27, 1988… son of Linda andErvin Kehoss… Business Major.

2008 Season... appeared in 8 games… recorded10 tackles.

Personal… Born June 21, 1990... son of Monte andBrenda Hale.

2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… part of offen-sive line that helped UIU score 21.3 ppg, whileaveraging 171 yards rushing/game and 149 yardspassing/game... cleared the way for Sam Epsteen’s868 yards rushing.

2007 Season... appeared in eleven games... partof offensive line that helped UIU score 28 ppg,while averaging 179.1 yards rushing/game and219.4 yards passing/game... blocked for T.C. Hicks’1370 yards rushing.

Personal… Born November 9, 1986… son of Bobbiand Jack Goddard… Marketing Major.

Offensive LineRS Senior ~ 6-3 ~ 295West Liberty, IowaWest Liberty High School

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KickerJunior ~ 5-8 ~ 155Solon, IowaSolon High School

#95 JASON PRICE

Defensive LineRS Sophomore ~ 6-0 ~ 270Rochelle, IllinoisRochelle Township High School

#91 NICHOLAS LEPPERD

2008 Season... appeared in 10 games… recorded18 tackles, including 0.5 sacks… named to UpperIowa Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Personal… Born February 22, 1989… son of Darlaand David Lepperd… Graphic Design & IT Major.

2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… kicked off45 times for 2170 yards and a 48.2 yard average…made all 30 extra points attempted to remain per-fect in his 43 collegiate attempts… made 6 of 10

-per Iowa Athletic Director’s Honor Roll… named toNorthern Sun Conference All-Academic Team.

2007 Season... appeared in four games... madeall 13 of his extra point attempts... made his only

-per Iowa Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Personal… Born October 7, 1988… son of Rhondaand Jerry Price… Accounting Major.

Defensive LineRS Junior ~ 6-2 ~ 270Plato, Minn.Holy Trinity High School

#96 JOE NIX

2008 Season... appeared in 11 games… recorded39 tackles, including 4 for loss and 2 sacks… brokeup a pass… forced a fumble.

2007 Season... appeared in ten games... recorded22 tackles, including four tackles for loss and oneand a half sacks.

Personal… Born February 8, 1988… son of Annand Tim Nix… Agricultural Business Major.

Wide ReceiverRS Junior ~ 5-9 ~ 165Lagrange, Geor.Lagrange High School

#89 WILLIE THOMPSON

2008 Season... appeared in eleven games... partof offensive line that helped UIU score 21.3 ppg,while averaging 171 yards rushing/game and 149yards passing/game... cleared the way for SamEpsteen’s 868 yards rushing.

2007 Season... appeared in eleven games... partof offensive line that helped UIU score 28 ppg,while averaging 179.1 yards rushing/game and219.4 yards passing/game... blocked for T.C. Hicks’1370 yards rushing.

2006 Season… appeared in one game... partof offensive line that helped UIU score 22 ppg,while averaging 140.7 yards rushing/game and254.5 yards passing/game... paved the way forT.C. Hicks’ 758 yards rushing.

Personal… Born June 10, 1986... son of Judy andJoe Kuisle… Environmental Science Major.

Offensive LineRS Senior ~ 6-3 ~ 300Stewartville, Minn.Stewartville High School

#76 LOUIS KUISLE

Defensive LineSenior ~ 6-1 ~ 260Tucson, Ariz.Mesa Comm. Coll.Pueblo High School

#94 CAMERON COPELAND

2008 Season... appeared in three games…

Personal... Born November, 16, 1986... son of Jea-nette Thompson... Business Administration Major.

2008 Season... appeared in 5 games… recorded20 tackles, including 3.5 for loss… named to Up-per Iowa Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Personal… Born October 16, 1986... son of Debo-rah Copeland.



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Running BackRS Sophomore ~ 5-9 ~ 180Arlington, Tex.

#16 CRAIG JACKSON JR.

Personal… Born January 1, 2009… son of Shawnaand Craig Jackson… Physical Education Major.

Defensive BackRS Freshman ~ 5-8 ~ 170St. Louis, Mo.L. H. Watkins High School

#21 KEITH HUNTER JR.

Defensive BackRS Freshman ~ 5-8 ~ 180Chicago, Ill.St. Patrick High School

#24 ERIC SILVA

Wide ReceiverRS Freshman ~ 5-11 ~ 185Duluth, Minn.Duluth East High School

#85 MYLES GORHAM

Running BackRS Sophomore ~ 5-10 ~ 205West Union, IowaSt. Cloud State Univ.North Fayette High School

#25 MIKE MOSER

Defensive BackRS Freshman ~ 5-10 ~ 185Palmdale, Cal.Palmdale High School

#37 DERRIN FORD

Defensive LineRS Freshman ~ 6-0 ~ 220Cedar Rapids, IowaJefferson High School

#39 CODY NORTHERN

Wide ReceiverRS Freshman ~ 6-0 ~ 195Seneca, Wis.Seneca High School

#84 JOE ALANIS

LinebackerRS Junior ~ 6-0 ~ 232Rockford, Ill.Harper CollegeJefferson High School

#58 AARON MILLER

LinebackerRS Freshman ~ 6-1 ~ 235Simi Valley, Cal.Grace Brethren High School

#53 SOONER SKINNER

Offensive LineRS Freshman ~ 6-6 ~ 300Nashville, Ill.Nashville Comm. High School

#78 JACOB WOLF

Wide ReceiverRS Freshman ~ 6-2 ~ 170Naples, Fla.Immokalee High School

#86 JAMES HALL

Personal… Born May 31, 1990... son of Keith andBecky Hunter... Graphic Design Major.

Personal… Born March 16, 1990… son of RosaSilva… Communications Major.

Personal… Born July 25, 1989... son of Rick andKathryn Moser... Physical Education Major.

Personal… Born January 9, 1990... son of Wayneand Dawn Ford... Communications Major.

Personal… Born june 21, 1990... son of Fred andFrancis Northern... Education Major.

Personal… Born December 19, 1989... son of Patand Norma Skinner... Criminology Major.

Personal… Son of Robert Miller and Laura Borja...Marketing Major.

Personal… Born June 25, 1990... son of Danny andJama Wolf... Sports Management Major.

Personal… Born July 13, 1990... son of Joe andRuth Alanis... Mathematics Major.

Personal… Born March 12, 1990... son of Billy Gorhamand Mary Andrews... Sports Communication Major.

Personal… Born October 9 , 1988... son of Jamesand Saneitha Hall... Sports Management Major.

History of the Peacocks

They were known as “Doc’s Boys,” “Dormanites,” or “Upper Iowans.” In 1893, Wil-

his teammates to come back from his Christmas holiday in Chicago with an idea forschool colors. Mabry returned to campus with ribbons of peacock blue and white. Since peacock blue was chosen as a school color, senior Henry Dickman and Will

-per Iowa teams were not referred to as the “Peacocks” for another 20 years.

On November 7, 1919, an editorial ap-peared in the school newspaper, TheCollegian, asking students to select anappropriate name for the athletic teams,but a name could not be agreed upon. On September 25, 1920, The Collegian,printed a story which reported that “ThePeacocks will show their plumage on the

-COCKS OPEN GRID SEASON SATUR-DAY WITH NEW OPPONENT.” “UpperIowans” have been known as the “Pea-cocks” since that time.



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Defensive BackJunior ~ 5-11 ~ 175Fresno, Cal.San Jose City CollegeEdison High School

#4 MARQUISE FIGUEROA

QuarterbackFreshman ~ 6-0 ~ 170

Nashua-Plainfield High School

#16 ZACH MUELLER

QuarterbackFreshman ~ 6-1 ~ 190Glendora, Cal.Glendora High School

#19 DREW KALUZNY

KickerFreshman ~ 5-10 ~ 170

#23 TIM EULITZ

LinebackerFreshman ~ 5-10 ~ 185Apopka, Fla.Apopka High School

#29ANDRE MONTGOMERY

LinebackerSophomore ~ 6-1 ~ 215Naples, Fla.Univ. of Alabama-BirminghamPalmetto Ridge High School

#36 TONY LEGGETT



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Offensive LineFreshman ~ 6-2 ~ 290Wellington, Fla.Palm Beach Central High School

#57 ALEX GONZALEZ

Defensive BackFreshman ~ 5-10 ~ 165Waterloo, IowaEast High School

#41 DAEJOHN LOVE

LinebackerSophomore ~ 6-0 ~ 215Des Moines, IowaNorth High School

#44 ERIC ADDY

LinebackerFreshman ~ 6-0 ~ 245West Burlington, IowaWest Burlington High School

#50 JORDAN SMITH

Defensive LineFreshman ~ 6-4 ~ 265Juneau, Wis.Dodgeland High School

#51 JOSH BAERWALD

LinebackerFreshman ~ 6-0 ~ 250Naples, Fla.St. John Neumann High School

#55 JEREK BOWE

QuarterbackJunior ~ 6-0 ~ 190West Union, IowaWinona State UniversityNorth Fayette High School

#8 KIRBY HOVDEN

QuarterbackFreshman ~ 6-5 ~ 215Independence, IowaIndependence High School

#18 CHRIS SHANNON

Running BackFreshman ~ 5-5 ~ 200East Prairie, Mo.East Prairie High School

#20 M.C. WILLIAMS

Kicker/PunterFreshman ~ 5-11 ~ 205Sioux City, IowaBishop Heelan High School

#28 EVAN KNOWLTON

Running BackJunior ~ 5-10 ~ 240Wildomar, Cal.Riverside Comm. Coll.Elsinore High School

#30 KINON O’NEAL

Running BackFreshman ~ 5-9 ~ 220Grafton, IowaSt. Ansgar High School

#38 JHARRED MILLONIG

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Offensive LineFreshman ~ 6-3 ~ 305Conesville, IowaWest Liberty High School

#65 JAVIER RENDON

Defensive LineFreshman ~ 6-0 ~ 225Battle Creek, Mich.

#67 RILEY STORM

Offensive LineFreshman ~ 6-3 ~ 270Nashua, Iowa

#68 JUSTIN SIEFKEN

Offensive LiveSophomore ~ 6-4 ~ 320Thief River Falls, Minn.Northland CTCLincoln High School

#70 RYAN DAHL

Offensive LineFreshman ~ 6-2 ~ 280Webster City, IowaWebster City High School

#73 JOSH EVANS

Offensive LineFreshman ~ 6-1 ~ 280Osage, IowaOsage High School

#74 NOLAN HIROTA

LinebackerFreshman ~ 6-0 ~ 215Miami, Fla.Hialeah Miami Lakes High School

#60 CALVIN DARLING

Defensive LineFreshman ~ 6-2 ~ 230

#61 SEAN WILLIAMS

Deafensive LineFreshman ~ 6-2 ~ 270Glendale Heights, Ill.Glenbard West High School

#62 MICHAEL DIXON

Defensive LineFreshman ~ 6-3 ~ 220St. Louis, Mo.Vastlon High School

#63 AHMAD MUSE

Offensive LineFreshman ~ 6-5 ~ 280Charles City, IowaCharles City High School

#64 LUCAS SHARP

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#75 MATT POTTER

Defensive LineFreshman ~ 6-4 ~ 270Manchester, IowaWest Delaware High School

#97 ETHAN SAUNDERS

Defensive LineJunior ~ 5-11 ~ 250Le Center, Minn.Rochester CTCLe Center High School

#98 ERIC WALECHKA

Defensive LineFreshman ~ 6-0 ~ 305St. Louis, Mo.Mapelwood Richmond Heights High School

#99 LONNIE STUCKEY

Wide ReceiverFreshman ~ 5-11 ~ 235

#87 ALEX HELRIEGAL

Wide ReceiverSenior ~ 6-4 ~ 200Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.Dillard High School

#88 MICHAEL REDDICK

Defeinsive LineJunior ~ 6-1 ~ 245Wichita, Kan.Independence CCGeorge Wythe High School

#90 PRESTON SPENCER

Defensive LineJunior ~ 6-6 ~ 310Kansa City, Mo.Southwestern CCSouth Side High School

#92 WAYMAN CASEY

Defensive LineFreshman ~ 6-0 ~ 235DeKalb, Ill.Evergreen Park High School

#93 ISAIAH DONNLEY

Freshman ~ 6-3 ~ 315Naples, Fla.St. John Neumann High Scool

#77 NAHUM ST. FORT

Defensive LineFreshman ~ 6-3 ~ 230Rolla, Mo.Rolla High School

#79 DENIZ KUTMEN

Wide ReceiverFreshman ~ 6-0 ~ 190Cedar Rapids, IowaWashington High School

#81 DEREK GIESKING

Wide ReceiverJunior ~ 6-4 ~ 200Indianoplis, Ind.Harper CollegeLawrence Central High School

#83 JOHN BALDWIN

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Running BackFreshman ~ 5-7 ~ 170Apopka, Fla.Apopka High School

MARCUS WEST

Running BackFreshman ~ 5-9 ~ 225Apopka, Fla.Apopka High School

DOMINIQUE MONTILU S JR.

Defensive BackFreshman ~ 6-0 ~ 190Davenport, IowaWest High School

BRYAN CHERRYHOLMES

Defensive BackFreshman ~ 5-9 ~ 190Clewiston, Fla.Clewiston High School

DUKE EWAN

Running BackFreshman ~ 5-5 ~ 180St. Louis, Mo.Ritenour High School

LEDONTE SIMPSON

KickerFreshman ~ 6-2 ~ 240Monticello, IowaMonticello High School

MARCUS PRULL

LinebackerFreshman ~ 6-0 ~ 210Toronto, OntarioNotre Dame C.S.S.

KAYDEN WHITE

Running BackSophomore ~ 5-8 ~ 185Channahon, Ill.Minocka High School

JOEY RAGAN

Defensive LineFreshman ~ 6-7 ~ 250Calmar, IowaSouth Winneshiek High School

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The NSIC is a 14-team, 17-sport, NCAA Division II Conference with teams located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

PRESEASON RELEASEFORFF IMMEDII IDD ATEII RELEASE

FOOTBALL RELEASEAUGUST 11, 2009www.northernsun.org

St. Paul, Minn. - The defending Football National Champions of the University of Minnesota Duluth were selected by the league coaches as the overall and north division preseason fa-vorite in the NSIC in 2009. The Bulldogs edged out Minnesota State University, Mankato (the coaches favorite in the south division) by six points to earn the honor. UMD received nine firstplace votes compared to five for the Mavericks.

The Bulldogs will boast the NSIC North Division Offensive Pre-season Player of the Year in running back Isaac Odim and North Division Defensive Preseason Player of the Year in linebacker Robbie Aurich. Minnesota State was picked to win the southand will have the NSIC’s Preseason Defensive Player of theYear in the south in defensive back Kelvin Rodgers. WayneState’s quarterback Silas Fluellen repeated as the South Divi-sion Offensive Preseason Player of the Year.

As in the 2008 season, the NSIC football schedule will be bro-ken into two seven-team divisions (north/south). Each team will play ten conference games that will count towards the NSIC Overall Champion as well as six divisional games that will count towards the NSIC North/South Championships. In all, three league championships will be awarded (Overall Champion, North Division Champion, South Division Champion). Ties will not be broken for overall or division champions.

North Division Points1. Minnesota Duluth (6) ..................... 362. St. Cloud State (1) .......................... 313. University of Mary ......................... 254. Bemidji State .................................. 225. MSU Moorhead.............................. 13 Northern State................................. 13

7. Minnesota, Crookston ..................... 7first place votes in ( )

Preseason Player of the YearyOff. - Isaac Odim - UMD

Def. - Robbie Aurich - UMD

PRESEASON NSIC FOOTBALL COACHES POLL

South Division Points1. Minnesota State (5) ........................352. Augustana (2) .................................283. Wayne State....................................274. Winona State ..................................235. Southwest Minnesota State ............166. Concordia-St. Paul..........................127. Upper Iowa ......................................6first place votes in ( )

Preseason Player of the YearyOff. - Silas Fluellen - WSC

Def. - Kelvin Rodgers - MSU


Overall Points1. Minnesota Duluth (9) .................... 1652. Minnesota State (5) .......................1593. Augustana......................................1354. St. Cloud State............................... 129 Wayne State...................................1296. Winona State ................................. 1147. Southwest Minnesota State ............ 868. University of Mary ......................... 799. Bemidji State .................................. 7710. Concordia-St. Paul........................7111. Northern State............................... 4312. MSU Moorhead............................ 3713. Upper Iowa ................................... 3614. Minnesota, Crookston .................. 14first place votes in ( )




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Make a $100 donation to UIU’s Scholarship/Alumni Fund and a brick will be placed on the Peacock Walk

in your honor.

For more information, contact the UIU Alumni Office at: 1-800-553-4150, Ext. 6 or fill out

a form online at www.uiu.edu/peacockwalk

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score

U-Mary 0 20 7 7 34Upper Iowa 14 7 7 3 31

Drake Holds on to Defeat Upper Iowa

The 2008 Upper Iowa football team traveled toDes Moines, Iowa to open their season against theBulldogs of Drake University, an NCAA Division I-Football Championship Subdivision member. Tonight’sgame was the third meeting between the Bulldogs andPeacocks. The teams met in 2004 and 2006; Drake gotthe better of both outcomes 45-27 and 40-7, respec-tively. Upper Iowa claimed a 10-0 lead, but Drake usedtwo turnovers to score two touchdowns on the way toa 17-13 victory over the Peacocks.

of the game on the foot of sophomore Jason Price.After a 70-yard, 15-play drive that took 7:58 off the

the visitors an early 3-0 lead. The Peacocks were ledby the offensive line and junior running back Sam Eps-teen. After a Bulldog three and out, the Peacocks sentJordan Otdoerfer, the local freshman from StrawberryPoint and Starmont High School, back to return the

Otdoerfer took the punt and returned it nearly 80yards to the goalline, but a block in the back penalty

Both defenses began to play a bit tougher as theoffenses stuggled to gain much ground. In the secondquarter, the Peacock defense held their ground afterthe Bulldogs started their drive in UIU territory. Drakewas forced to punt the ball and Upper Iowa sent juniorDominique Jackson back to return. Jackson, one of thePeacock’s two returning All-NSIC performers, receivedthe ball at the 11 yard line, shot through a hole in the

outsprinted three Bulldogs to the endzone. Jackson’s89-yard touchdown return gave Upper Iowa a 10-0lead three and a half minutes into the second quarter. On the Peacocks’ next possession, Curran threwan interception on second down deep in Upper Iowa’sown territory. The turnover set up the Bulldogs with a

only two plays to cover the twenty yards and get rightback into the game trailing 10-7 with more than half ofthe second quarter to play. Drake’s scoring play cameon a Cole Ingle 8-yard completion to Zach Brower. With 1:49 to play in the half, Upper Iowa sent

mishandled by the Peacock punter. He picked the ball

fumbled the ball on the way down. The Bulldogs’ An-drew Asbell picked the ball up and sprinted into theendzone from 15 yards out. The touchdown put thehome team back into the lead, 14-10.

on third down sophomore Nate Curran intercepted anIngle-pass to the UIU sideline and returned it 7 yardsto the Drake 30-yard line. The Peacocks used three

drive just over the crossbar from 42-yards out to pullUpper Iowa to within one point, 14-13, with 12:26 onthe clock in the third. The Bulldogs turned the offense over to Ingle,their senior quarterback, and he slowly began to move

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completions. The drive stalled out at the UIU 15-yardline as Drake reclaimed their four-point advantage, 17-

home team. The Peacocks lost their season opener to Drake

to one advantage in turnovers and a fourteen to threeadvantage in points off turnovers to take the victory.

carries, while Curran rushed for 31 yards on 9 car-ries. Curran also completed 18 of 31 attempts for 130yards, but threw two interceptions. Hellams pulled inseven catches for 42 yards, while Hosch and La’MontWilliams each caught four passes for 40 and 24 yardsrespectively. The UIU defense was led by CameronCopeland (7 tackles), Dominique Jackson, Shane Mc-Comb, and Marcus Morishige (all with 5 tackles).

Peacock Home Opener Spoiled by Marauder Rally

Upper Iowa hosted the Marauders of the Uni-versity of Mary for their home opener on Saturday

-trol of the game thanks to the offensive line and ahard running Sam Epsteen. UIU led at halftime 21-20, but U-Mary outscored the Peacocks 14-10 in thesecond half and escaped with the victory. UIU jumped out to a 14-0 lead as Epsteenrushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns on the

points on the board early in the second quarter, butUpper Iowa didn’t let the momentum turn as Eps-teen scored his third touchdown of the half and gaveUIU a 21-6 lead. The Marauders offense began to pick up yardsin big chunks and was also aided by Upper Iowa per-sonal fouls. U-Mary scored two more touchdownsin the second quarter including one with just 28 sec-

one point at the break, 21-20. The teams came out of the locker room for the

the season. U-Mary took the opening drive of thehalf in for a touchdown and a 27-21 lead after start-ing at their own 40-yard line. Upper Iowa was able to reclaim the lead on

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on an option play from 26 yards out. The score andextra point gave the Peacocks a 28-27 lead. As play moved to the fourth quarter, UIU

the leg of Jason Price. The kick staked Upper Iowa toa 31-27 lead with 12:14 to play in the game. Unfortunately for Upper Iowa, U-Mary stolea victory away from the Peacocks for the secondstraight year. The Marauders scored a touchdowndespite a UIU defensive goal line stand that lasted

white chalk line. The score gave the visitors a 34-31lead with 2:35 to play. Upper Iowa turned it over on downs on their

losses have come by three points and have endedwith a Peacock turnover. The Upper Iowa offense was lead by Epsteen,a junior from Corona, Cal. Epsteen grinded out 152yards on 24 carries and three touchdowns. Otdo-erfer added 63 yards and a touchdown on 10 car-ries. Red-shirt sophomore quarterback Ben Curran

Hosch caught four of Curran’s passes for 49 yards,while sophomore La’Mont Williams also snatchedfour passes for 18 yards. Fullback Justin Michaelsgrabbed two throws for 24 yards. The Peacock defense was led by VernardWilkins (9 tackles, 1 INT), Shane McComb (8 tack-les, 1 sack), Craig Henry (7 tackles), Cameron Cope-land (7 tackles), and Dominique Jackson (6 tackles,1 INT).

UIU Earns Northern Sun Road Win in Aberdeen

The Peacocks used a second straight huge rushinggame from junior Sam Epsteen and a solid perfor-mance by the Peacock defense who made 10 tackles

Peacocks scored the go-ahead score just two minutesinto the fourth quarter and the defense forced twoturnovers in the quarter to hold the lead and get the

Northern State took the opening kickoff 50 yards

30-yard line and lasted only four plays. But the shortdrive covered 70 yards and ended with a Peacocktouchdown. The drive opened with a 35-yard passfrom Ben Curran to Zach Schaeffer. Running back SamEpsteen then took over and with runs of 20, 9, and 6yards crossed the goalline to give UIU a 7-3 lead. The Wolves took the ensuing short kickoff andreturned it to the NSU 42-yard line. The home team

-lighted by a 45-yard completion from Eric Ellingson toJohn Migdal. The score put NSU on top 10-7. The Wolves moved the ball again on their nextdrive. Northern State started the drive at their 30 andwalked to the line with a 1st down at the UIU 27. The

turnovers when Craig Henry intercepted a pass andreturned it 63 yards to the Northern State 12-yard line.Upper Iowa and Epsteen needed only one play to re-take the lead 14-10. Epsteen took the ball and rumbled12 yards for the go ahead score. Upper Iowa had tacked three points onto theirlead with an 8-play, 38-yard drive that ended with a

The Peacocks did not wait long to put more pointson the board as Craig Henry jarred the ball loose fromEllingson and fell on it himself just inside the Peacocks’30-yard line. Upper Iowa then recorded their secondone-play drive of the night as Curran rolled out on andoption and pitched the ball to Epsteen who sprintedthrough a hole and went untouched for 71 yards anda Peacock 24-10 lead. The play was the Peacocks’ lon-gest offensive play of the season; only a DominiqueJackson punt return of 88 yards against Drake has beenlonger. Northern State did not let Upper Iowa run awayand hide with the two touchdown lead. The home

Iowa headed to the locker room with a 24-20 lead.

for 49 yards using 12 plays and almost 6 minutes ofgame time. The Wolves drive was highlighted by sixcompletions by Ellingson, the NSU quarterback. Theextra point was missed, so the Wolves clung to just atwo-point lead, 26-24. Just over a minute into the fourth quarter, thePeacocks faced a 4th and 3 from the NSU 28-yard line.Ben Curran was able to muscle a pass to a streaking

spiral from Curran found Hosch on his way into the en-dzone for a Peacock touchdown. For the second weekin a row, the UIU offense turned a 4th down into atouchdown. Upper Iowa downed the ball once to claim their

the 2008 season. The Peacock defense was led by Vernard Wilkins(12 tackles, 2 for loss), Nate Curran (11 tackles, 1 forloss, 1 interception), Slaughter (9 tackles, 4 for loss,2 sacks, and 1 int.), Shane McComb (8 tackles), andCraig Henry (8 tackles, 1 fumble recovery, and 1 int.). Upper Iowa’s offense was led by Epsteen whorushed for 172 yards and 3 touchdowns, for the sec-ond straight week, on 24 carries. Ben Curran racked up

on 8 completions in 17 attempts. Hosch, Schaeffer,and Lawrence Hellams all caught two passes for Up-per Iowa. Price remained perfect in his career on kicks




Upper Iowa 3 7 3 0 13Drake 0 14 3 0 17


Upper Iowa 14 10 0 7 31Northern State 10 10 6 0 26 29



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Peacocks Drop Third Close Game of 2008 Season

Upper Iowa and Southwest Minnesota State got

on Saturday in Fayette, Iowa. The teams entered thematch up having each won two games in the series.The combined scores of the four games prior to todaywas 98-93 in favor of Upper Iowa. It should have beenno surprise that the two teams were tied at 31 with 21seconds to play. The big surprise came just 11 secondslater when Josh Shudlick found Sean O’Leary streakingdown the sideline for a game winning, 54-yard touch-down with 10 seconds to play. The Mustangs claimedthe 38-31 victory and improved to 2-2 on the seasonand 2-1 in the NSIC, while the Peacocks fell to 1-3overall and 1-2 in the NSIC. The three losses for Up-per Iowa in 2008 have come by four, three, and sevenpoints.

opening drive. After the score, the momentum wouldturn in the favor of the home team in a huge way. Upper Iowa scored the next 21 points on threetouchdown passes from sophomore quarterback BenCurran. Curran found Sam Epsteen on an 8-yard shovel

12-play, 72-yard drive. The drive was highlighted by a16-yard rush by Zay Shepherd and a 15-yard comple-tion from Curran to Jessie Hubbard. On the ensuing kickoff, DeJon Creeks forced aMustang fumble which was recovered by fellow fresh-man Brad Doerring. Doerring raced down the sideline

the endzone. On the Peacocks second play, Curranfound Justin Michaels, for a short 5-yard touchdown

After the UIU defense forced a SMSU three andout, the offense marched 76 yards in just four playsand 55 seconds. The Peacocks scored on a touchdownpass from Curran to a wide open Shepherd from 19yards out. The drive was fueled by two connectionsbetween Curran and Shepherd and a 20-yard rush byEpsteen. After the score, the Peacocks led 21-3. With the two scores, SMSU cut the UIU lead to21-17. Upper Iowa reestablished their offense midwaythrough the second quarter to push their lead back toeleven points. Curran led a 9-play drive that covered65 yards and ended when the UIU quarterback doveacross the goal line to extend the lead to 28-17. SMSU cut the lead to 28-24 with under a minute

the 5-yard touchdown. After the two teams combined for 52 points in

the second half. The Mustangs scored the only pointsof the third quarter to take a 31-28 lead. That lead held up until the Peacocks’ Jason Price

21 seconds to play in the game. After a short squib kick was returned to the Mus-tang 46-yard line, the Peacocks just needed to defendone more play to force the game into OT. Shudlickwas pushed out of the pocket by a hard charging MikeSlaughter. The Mustang quarterback set himself long

O’Leary got behind the Peacock defense and made atough catch before hopping on one leg twice to main-tain his balance and lay out into the endzone. The Pea-cocks and their fans were stunned. A last Hail Mary

as the Peacocks dropped their third heartbreaking lossof the year, 38-31. The Peacocks were led by Curran on offense,who accounted for four touchdowns on the day; threethrough the air and one on the ground. The UIU defense was led by Shane McComb,who racked up 9 tackles, while Traimain Johnson tal-lied 8 tackles. Slaughter and Andrew Teeter were bothable to make 6 tackles.

UIU Loses NSIC Cross-Division Game

The Peacock football team traveled to St. Cloud

held a 1-3 record but their losses came by four pointsat Drake, three points to U-Mary, and seven pointsto Southwest Minnesota State. On Saturday, UpperIowa was not able to stay with their hosts as they fellto the Huskies of St. Cloud State, 54-28. St. Cloud State jumped out to a 20-0 lead mid-way through the second quarter thanks to a pair of

Brandon Geiss touchdowns. Geiss’ touchdownscame on a 1 yard run and a 65 yard reception fromMitch Watkins. The Peacocks made their mark on the score-

capped off a long, 14-play drive that covered 85yards and 8:31 off the game clock. Shepherd scored

was highlighted by a 35-yard hook up between CraigBurns and Lawrence Hellams. The Huskies jumped

and goal from the 3-yard line. St. Cloud State was able to pull away in the thirdquarter as they scored 27 unanswered points to leadUpper Iowa 47-7 heading to the fourth quarter. TheHuskies took advantage of a fumble and an inter-

quarter. St. Cloud State got scores on one touchdownpass and three touchdown runs including Geiss’ thirdtouchdown of the day. Upper Iowa rallied in the fourth quarter outscor-

-herd added two more touchdowns on the ground forthe Peacocks. The junior scored on runs from 2 and12 yards. The two scores by Shepherd sandwiched anexciting wide receiver reverse by La’Mont Williamsthat covered 62 yards. Upper Iowa’s rally came toolate in the ballgame as the Peacocks fell 54-28.

yards of total offense, while Upper Iowa came awaywith 368 yards. Upper Iowa was led by Shepherd andhis three touchdowns runs. Junior running back SamEpsteen had nine carries for 68 yards. Starting quar-terback Ben Curran was knocked out of the game in

24 passes for 138 yards. Linebacker Shane McCombhad a game-high nine tackles for the Peacocks.

Wayne State Defeats Upper Iowa at Homecoming

Upper Iowa squared off against the Wildcats ofWayne State College in 2008’s installment of Home-coming. The Peacocks did their best to hang withWayne State after falling behind by ten points at half-time, but the Wildcats pushed the lead to 27-7. ABen Curran to Lawrence Hellams connection for 57yards brought UIU within 10. In the end, Wayne Stateproved to be too much as they added another scoreto take the victory 34-14. Logan Masters had 10 catches for 162 yardsand two touchdowns to lead Wayne State. Masters,a junior from Storm Lake, Iowa, opened the scoring

in a 22-yard scoring strike from Silas Fluellen to give

The Wildcats increased their lead to 10-0 midwaythrough the second quarter when Nick Hope booted

Upper Iowa used a ball control drive covering65 yards in 12 plays. The drive took 6:25 off the clockand was capped off as Peacock quarterback Ben Cur-ran scored on a one-yard run to make the score 10-7

Wayne State stole the excitement right out of

struck for another score just before halftime. Wildcatquarterback Silas Fluellen hooked up with Masters ona 25-yard scoring play, putting the visitors in front 17-7 at the intermission. The Wildcats pushed their lead to 20-7 on the

with 10:07 to play in the third quarter for the onlypoints scored by either team in the period. Early in the fourth quarter, the Wildcats used aMario Melvin 44 yard punt return to begin a drive atthe Upper Iowa 15-yard line. Three plays later, EricMeyer scored on a one-yard run to give the Wildcatsa 27-7 lead with 14:20 remaining in the game. Upper Iowa used a big pass play, 57 yards, fromCurran to Hellams, to cut the defecit to 13 points, 27-14, with 13:44 left in the contest, but WSC added aninsurance score later in the quarter as Travis Rhonefound the end zone on a 10-yard run with 8:08 toplay and give Wayne State the 34-14 win. For the game, Wayne State outgained UpperIowa 407 to 283 in total offense and held a 23 to 16

-cocks through the air with 290 yards passing. Sam Epsteen led Upper Iowa on the day with82 all-purpose yards. Epsteen rushed for 56 yardsand caught one ball for 26. Ben Curran had a niceday completing 17 of his 33 pass attempts for 201yards and a touchdown. He also found the end zoneonce with his feet. Lawrence Hellams led the teamwith 2 grabs for 80 yards and a touchdown. CaseyPopenfoose led all Peacock defenders with 12 tacklesincluding 8 solo tackles. On defense, Upper Iowa’s leading tacklers wereCasey Popenfoose (8 solo, 4 assisted), Nate Curran (3solo, 4 assisted), Andrew Teeter (1 solo, 6 assisted),Scott Fader (4 solo, 2 assisted), Michael Slaughter (3solo, 3 assisted), and Domonique Jackson (2 solo, 4assisted).


SW Minnesota State 3 21 7 7 38Upper Iowa 14 14 0 3 31


Wayne State 7 10 3 14 34Upper Iowa 0 7 0 7 14


Upper Iowa 0 7 0 21 28St. Cloud State 13 7 27 7 54

Winona State Runs Away From UIU in Second Half

The Upper Iowa football team played their latestgame yesterday in Winona, Minnesota. The Peacocksvisited the Warriors of Winona State University. Af-

-per Iowa was able to tie the game at 14-14 midwaythrough the second quarter. Winona State scored thenext 14 points before halftime to take a 28-14 leadinto the locker room. Upper Iowa had their chances in

and throwing an interception into the endzone at theend of the second quarter. The Peacocks had the op-portunities to go into the break trailing only 28-24,but hit the intermission down two touchdowns. Thesecond half belonged to the home team as the War-riors added 21 more points to their lead to take thevictory 49-14. With the loss, Upper Iowa’s recorddropped to 1-6 overall and 1-5 in the NSIC, whileWinona State improved to 4-3 overall and 4-2 in theNSIC. The Warriors outgained the Peacocks 598 to380 in total offense and were much more productiveon third downs. WSU converted 9 of their 12 thirddowns, while UIU only converted on 3 of their 14third downs. On the day, Upper Iowa turned the ballover six times on the day... three times on downs andthree times on interceptions. The Peacock defensewas able to force just one Warrior turnover whenNate Curran forced and recovered a fumble.

-sch. The senior from Walker, Iowa and IndependenceHigh School is best described by Head Coach Mike

-tions for Upper Iowa in his four years in Fayette. OnSaturday, he revisited the role of running back for

back corps banged up with injuries, the coaching staffturned to Hosch for some carries. The young man didnot disappoint. Hosch carried the ball 8 times for 93yards including a 51-yard run that put the Peacocks

three passes on the day for 28 yards including a 19-yarder. The Northeast Iowan also returned four kick-offs for 51 yards. Ben Curran completed 21 of his 33 attempts for160 yards, while rushing 8 times for 41 yards and atouchdown. Lawrence Hellams and La’Mont Williamswere the main targets for Curran and back-up CraigBurns, who was 5-12 for 48 yards. Hellams caught 7balls for 73 yards and Williams pulled in 7 passes for64 yards. The Peacock defense was led in tackles by theirfour defensive backs; Craig Henry (8 solo, 1 assist-ed), Nate Curran (7 solo, 1 assisted, 1 forced fumble,1 fumble recovery), Dominique Jackson (7 solo),and Casey Popenfoose (4 solo, 3 assisted). VernardWilkins had 6 tackles (5 solo, 1 assisted) and MikeSlaughter recorded 5 solo tackles including a sack fora six yard loss.

Augustana Dominates Upper Iowa at Home

The Upper Iowa football team played host tothe Vikings of Augustana College on Saturday after-noon in Fayette. Augustana entered the game as the#5 team in the NCAA’s most recent SuperRegionalpoll. The Vikings dominated the Peacocks in all facetsof the game. The visitors built a 33-0 lead at halftimeand cruised to a 40-7 victory at Eischeid Stadium.With the victory, Augustana improved to 6-2 over-all and 6-1 in the NSIC, while Upper Iowa fell to 1-7overall and 1-6 in conference play. Upper Iowa tried an onside kick to open thegame, but failed to recover the ball setting the Vi-

Upper Iowa’s defense was able to hold and forced aturnover on downs when the Vikings’ running backwas stopped for no gain after being stopped by Jus-tin Michaels and Nick Lepperd on fourth down. Thestop was one of only two defensive stops for Upper

the locker room at halftime. The Peacocks opened the second half with a13-play, 73-yard drive that took 7:03 off the gameclock. The drive was capped off by a beautiful throwfrom quarterback Craig Burns to wide receiver JesseHubbard, who ran a stop-and-go route to get behindthe defense. The scoring strike came from 24 yardsout. The drive would be the only scoring drive of theday as the home team turned the ball over four times,twice on downs and twice on fumbles, and puntedseven times. For the game, Augustana outgained Upper Iowa429 to 161 in total offensive yards and held a 21 to 11

balanced as they rushed for 227 yards and threw for202 yards.

-turns, runs, and catches as he attempted to spark arally in the home team. Hosch rushed for 36 yardson seven carries, caught 2 passes for 24 yards, andreturned 7 kickoffs for 148 yards (21+ yards/return).Sam Epsteen carried the ball 17 times for 72 yardsand Lawrence Hellams caught three passes for 13yards. Craig Burns stepped in at quarterback in thesecond half and threw 6 completions in 9 attemptsfor 47 yards and a touchdown and rushed 7 times for11 yards. On defense, Upper Iowa’s leading tacklers wereJustin Michaels (2 solo, 5 assisted), Craig Henry (4solo, 2 assisted), Nate Curran (4 solo, 2 assisted),Vernard Wilkins (4 solo, 1 assisted), DominiqueJackson (3 solo, 2 assisted), and Joe Nix (5 assisted).Scott Fader and DeJon Creeks both recoverd fumblescaused by the defense.

Peacocks Defeated by Golden Bears

The Upper Iowa football team traveled to St.Paul, Minnesota for their ninth game of the sea-son. The Peacocks took the field against the Gold-en Bears of Concordia University. The two teamswere both looking for their first Northern SunSouth Division victory. Upper Iowa struck for thegame’s opening touchdown on their second playfrom scrimmage. Concordia rallied to take a 13-7lead into halftime, but Upper Iowa hit on a secondbig play for a touchdown to take a one-point lead14-13. Much like last year, Upper Iowa held theirlead into the 4th quarter, but couldn’t hang on asthe home team scored the game’s final ten pointsto win 23-14. With the loss, Upper Iowa saw theirrecord drop to 1-8 overall and 1-7 in the NSIC,while Concordia improved to 4-5 overall and 3-5in conference action. Sophomore quarterback Ben Curran hooked

-cock touchdowns. The first connection came onUpper Iowa’s second play of the game. Curran hitHosch for a 68-yard touchdown to give UIU the7-0 lead. After Concordia scored 13 unansweredpoints to take a 13-7 lead into the break, UpperIowa rallied in the third quarter and took a 14-13lead with just 15 seconds to play in the third quar-ter. The second touchdown covered 39 yards. Last season, Upper Iowa held a 17-13 lead atConcordia only to see a late score steal a win fromthe Peacocks. So it must have seemed like déjà vuwhen the Golden Bears scored the only points inthe fourth quarter to take a 23-14 NSIC SouthernDivision win. For the game, CU gained a 30-10 advantagein first downs and a 431 to 227 advantage in totaloffense. The Peacocks had trouble getting out oftheir own way in the game. Upper Iowa commit-ted 11 penalties for 126 yards and turned the ballover three times; twice on downs and once on afumble. The Peacocks could not take advantage ofthe Golden Bear mistakes on the day and it provedto be the difference. Concordia turned the ballover five times (two fumbles, two on downs, oneinterception) and missed a field goal. Curran threw for 186 yards and two touch-downs after completing 14 of his 31 attempts.Hosch caught 4 passes for 129 yards and twotouchdowns, while rushing 3 times for 11 yards.Sam Epsteen led the backs with 12 carries for 52yards. On defense, Upper Iowa was led by BrandonClarke (8 solo tackles), Nate Curran (5 solo, 2 as-sisted tackles), and Scott Fader (4 solo, 3 assist-ed tackles, .5 sack). Justin Michaels and VernardWilkins came up with fumble recoveries for UIU,while Casey Poppenfoose made his first collegiateinterception to stop a Golden Bear drive in the en-dzone.




Upper Iowa 7 7 0 0 14Winona State 14 14 7 14 49


Augustana 23 10 7 0 40Upper Iowa 0 0 7 0 7


Upper Iowa 7 0 7 0 14Concordia-St. Paul 7 6 0 10 23

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Mavericks Rally in Second Half to Defeat Peacocks

The Peacock football team was on the roadfor the second straight week. The latest road tripsent the team to Mankato, Minnesota to face offwith Minnesota State University, Mankato. Up-per Iowa came out on fire and put together theirbest half of the season against the #5 team in theNCAA’s Super Regional 3. The Peacocks took aone-point lead into the halftime break, but thehome team dominated play in the second halfoutscoring UIU 22-0 in the final thirty minutes.With the loss, Upper Iowa’s record fell to 1-9overall and 1-7 in the NSIC. The team finishedtheir inaugural South Division season with an 0-6record. The Peacocks scored touchdowns on theirfirst two possessions of the game as they tooka 14-7 lead just three seconds into the secondquarter. The Peacocks first drive was a 10-playdrive that covered 79 yards and 5:36 off thegame clock. UIU capped off the drive with a

The second drive went 75 yards and took 5:17 offthe clock after 11 plays. The touchdown that putUpper Iowa back in front came on a fourth andgoal from the one-yard line. Running back SamEpsteen leapt over the pile to give UIU a 14-7 ad-vantage. Between the two Peacock scores, MSUput one in the endzone on a run of their own.After Epsteen’s run, the Mavericks scored the fi-nal 28 points to take the NSIC South Division vic-tory. Ben Curran threw for 119 yards after com-pleting 14 of his 23 attempts. La’Mont Williamscaught 5 passes for 18 yards, Zach Schaef-fer made 4 catches for 44 yards, and LawrenceHellams caught three balls for 49 yards. On theground, Epsteen rushed 16 times for 44 yardsand a touchdown. Wide Receiver Jesse Hubbardran two reverses for 31 yards. Hosch made themost of his 22 yards with a touchdown on fourcarries. The Upper Iowa defense was led by MarvinCharles, who racked up 8 tackles (2 for loss). An-drew Teeter and Craig Henry both tallied 7 tack-les, while Casey Popenfoose registered 6 tack-les.

UIU Seniors and Offensive Line Lead Way to Victory

The Upper Iowa football team closed outthe 2008 campaign with a thrilling win at homeon Senior Day in Fayette. The Peacocks fell behindthe Golden Eagles of Minnesota, Crookston 22-3less than six minutes into the game’s action. Up-per Iowa caught its collective breath and was ableto 20 unanswered points to take a 23-22 leadwith 2:04 to play in the third quarter. Minnesota,Crookston retook the lead early in the fourth quar-ter, 30-23, but the Peacocks stormed back onceagain just 55 seconds later to tie the game at 30-30. Neither team could get the winning score inregulation so the game moved to overtime. In overtime, the Peacocks missed a field goalon their first possession, but picked off a GoldenEagle pass to send the contest into double over-time. The Golden Eagles scored a touchdown withjust two plays, but missed the extra point to take a36-30 lead. Upper Iowa faced a 4th and 7 on theirfinal possession, but a pass interference call gavethe home team new life with a fresh set of downs.UIU scored the tying touchdown and added an ex-tra point to take the victory 37-36. Both teams, in some part due to the weath-er, emphasized running the ball. Minnesota,Crookston rushed for 191 yards, fueled by CalvinMcMullen’s 169 yards and three touchdowns. Onany other day, that would seem like a lot of yards,but on this day in Fayette it could not compareto what the Peacock offense produced on theground. UIU rushed for 425 yards and 5 touch-

passes for 41 yards, carried the ball 22 times andgained 199 yards scoring three touchdowns tolead the Peacock comeback. Hosch also had helpfrom Zay Shepherd, who rushed 19 times for 77yards, and Sam Epsteen, who carried 17 times for75 yards. Quarterback Ben Curran rushed 7 timesfor 59 yards and a touchdown and La’Mont Wil-liams carried the ball 3 times for 15 yards and thetouchdown in overtime. The Upper Iowa defense was led by a groupof seniors. Mike Slaughter tallied 13 tackles (5solo) in the game. He accounted for 4.5 tacklesfor loss and 1 sack. Andrew Teeter recorded 7tackles. Doug Akins picked up 5 tackles including1.5 for loss. Scott Fader made 3 tackles including1.5 for loss and 1 sack. Juniors Dominique Jack-son and Justin Michaels picked off Golden Eaglepasses to end UMC drives. Upper Iowa honored 9 seniors prior to the

Andrew Teeter, Dan Hernandez, Joe Warren, JeradJandrain, Lawrence Hellams, Scott Fader, DougAkins. The Peacocks finished the year with a 2-9 record overall and a 2-8 record in NSIC games.After beginning the season as the #14 pick inthe preseason poll, Upper Iowa finished in a tiefor 11th place with MSU Moorhead in the confer-ence.


Upper Iowa 7 7 0 0 14Minnesota State 7 6 15 7 35

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 OT Score

UM, Crookston 22 0 0 8 6 36Upper Iowa 3 7 13 7 7 37

2008 NSIC STANDINGSCONFERENCE RECORD OVERALL RECORD

TEAM W L Win% FOR OPP W L Win % FOR OPP Minnesota Duluth 10 0 1.000 461 111 15 0 1.000 613 173Minnesota State 9 1 .900 339 143 9 3 .750 364 199Wayne State 8 2 .800 319 189 9 3 .750 364 224Augustana 7 3 .700 318 212 8 4 .667 369 255St. Cloud State 7 3 .700 292 159 7 4 .636 309 190Southwest Minnesota State 6 4 .600 309 291 6 5 .545 323 312Winona State 6 4 .600 332 258 6 5 .545 353 284Bemidji State 4 6 .400 201 281 5 6 .455 228 305U-Mary 4 6 .400 191 265 4 7 .364 208 302Concordia-St. Paul 3 7 .300 155 301 4 7 .364 210 314MSU Moorhead 2 8 .200 158 300 2 9 .182 187 330Upper Iowa 2 8 .200 221 369 2 9 .182 234 386Minnesota, Crookston 1 9 .100 146 455 2 9 .182 166 470Northern State 1 9 .100 210 318 1 10 .091 237 356

NSIC South Division All-Conference First Team OffenseNo. Name Pos Yr School Hometown74 MarkBooth LG Sr. Augustana Lakeville,Minn.2 JoeClark RB So., Augustana Rochester,Minn.40 JeremyHuber FB Sr. Augustana SiouxFalls,S.D.16 TylerSchulte WR So. Augustana SiouxFalls,S.D.13 VincentFlurry WR Jr. MinnesotaState Lakeville,Minn.68 AndySchoonover OG Jr. MinnesotaState Boyceville,Wis.7 SilasFluellen QB Jr. WayneState Bellevue,Neb.8 LoganMasters WR Jr. WayneState StormLake, Iowa72 BrianOkonofua OG Sr. WayneState Dallas,Texas86 ToddBurkoth TE Sr. WinonaState ArlingtonHeights, Ill.64 SethHaun C Jr. WinonaState Tomah,Wis.79 NickUrban OT Sr. WinonaState Brookfield,Wis.

NSIC South Division All-Conference First Team DefenseNo. Name Pos Yr School Hometown21 Brian Baumgartner S Sr. Augustana Blaine, Minn.98 Eric Bergman DE So. Augustana Clear Lake, Minn.6 Matt Lien S Sr. Augustana Duluth, Minn.67 Chris Brunkhorst DT Sr. Minnesota State Rochester, Minn.

8 Blake Freese LB Sr. Minnesota State Eden Prairie, Minn.27 Tyler Reed S Sr. SMSU Ottumwa, Iowa93 Darius Davis DT Sr. Wayne State Phoenix, Ariz.

95 Troy Pribnow DE Sr. Wayne State Scribner, Neb.52 Ryan Reeves LB Jr. Wayne State Weston, Neb.

NSIC South Division All-Conference First Team Special TeamsNo. Name Pos Yr School Hometown84 Thomas Schoenberg P So. Concordia-St. Paul Woodbury, Minn.

NSIC South Division All-Conference Second Team OffenseNo. Name Pos Yr School Hometown67 Clinton Berentschot LT Jr. Augustana Inwood, Iowa

72 Matt Gray OG Jr. Minnesota State Fullerton, Calif.70 Jeremy Clark OT So. Minnesota State Waukesha, Wis.12 Josh Shudlick QB Sr. SMSU Tomah, Wis.22 Zach Wysong RB Jr. SMSU Hills, Minn.41 Kyle Hosch TE Sr. Upper Iowa Walker, Iowa2 Frederick Bruno WR So. Wayne State Miami, Fla.56 Collin Prosser OT Sr. Wayne State Vermillion, S.D.63 Jason Enos OG So. Winona State Crystal Lake, Ill.3 Randy Spring RB Sr. Winona State Elgin, Minn.11 Tyree Burks WR Sr. Winona State Chicago, Ill.

NSIC South Division All-Conference Second Team DefenseNo. Name Pos Yr School Hometown7 Jason Donnelly CB Sr. Augustana Elk River, Minn.41 Chris Janisch LB So. Augustana Sioux Falls, S.D.98 Tim Oachs DE Sr. Concordia-St. Paul Mankato, Minn.26 Rojeer Wright LB So. Concordia-St. Paul Minneapolis, Minn.96 Randy Earl DE Jr. Minnesota State Racine, Wis.98 Andrew Franklin DT Sr. Minnesota State St. Paul, Minn.

24 Ryan Weinzierl DB Sr. Minnesota State Savage, Minn.29 Mike Liggins LB Sr. SMSU St. Louis, Mo.

34 Matt Greenway DB Jr. Wayne State Lincoln, Neb.14 Lucas Wolfe DB Fr. Winona State Elmwood, Wis.

NSIC South Division All-Conference Second Team Special TeamsNo. Name Pos Yr School Hometown19 Ryan Grossman P Sr. Augustana Sioux Falls, S.D.

2 Eric Swan RS Fr. Winona State Fennimore, Wis.

NSIC South Division All-Conference Honorable Mention TeamNo. Name Pos Yr School Hometown

17 Mike Vanasek DB Jr. Augustana Lakeville Minn.94 John Borchert DL So. Concordia-St. Paul Champlin, Minn.

19 Dalton Outlaw CB Sr. Concordia-St. Paul St. Paul, Minn.74 Blake Ogletree OG Sr. Concordia-St. Paul Apple Valley, Minn.15 Ryan Fick QB Jr. Minnesota State Davenport, Iowa97 Gerald DeWet P So. Minnesota State Utich, Minn.49 Matt McQuiston LB So. Minnesota State Oakdale, Minn.23 Steve Robinson DB Sr. Minnesota State Milwaukee, Wis.54 Bryan Schmid DE RFr. Minnesota State Menasha, Wis.3 Lionel Lamarre CB Jr. SMSU Dolton, Ill.66 Bill Noethlich OT Jr. SMSU Doland, S.D.11 Blake Wilson WR Jr. SMSU Frankfort, S.D.74 Jerad Jandrain OT Sr. Upper Iowa De Pere, Wis.66 Ervin Kehoss OG So. Upper Iowa Waterford, Wis.

No. Name Pos Yr School Hometown 29 Reno Blomquist LB Sr. Wayne State Chandler, Ariz.74 Joe Bundy OG So. Wayne State Madison, S.D.22 BJ Campbell DB Sr. Wayne State Vermillion, S.D.22 Travis Rhone RB Sr. Wayne State Cedar Rapids, Iowa90 Chauncey Charlson DT Jr. Winona State Woodbury, Minn.

36 Elliott Gaulke LB So. Winona State Belmont, Wis.34 Tony Hill DB Sr. Winona State CoonRapids,Minn.74 Ryan Rothwell DT Jr. Winona State McFarland, Wis.33 Andrew Verbancouer RB Sr. Winona State Green Bay, Wis.

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Founded in 1932, the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (NIC) has en-joyed a varied existence in the upper Midwest region it calls home. In the spring of 1992 the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) was formed out of the merger of the NIC, the men’s conference, and the wom-en’s Northern Sun Conference (NSC). The NSC had existed since 1979. The NSIC is currently made up of institutions from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North and South Dakota. In the 2008-09 academic year, the NSIC expand-ed to a 14-team league with the addition of Augustana College, University of Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State University, Mankato and St. Cloud State University.

Since 1932, various institutions have competed in the NSIC. Bemidji State University, Minnesota State University Moorhead and Winona State Univer-sity are charter members and have remained in the conference for the 76 years of its existence. Minnesota State University, Mankato and St. Cloud State were also charter members, but left the league in 1981 (MSU left the league in 1969 and returned in 1977). The University of Minnesota Duluth, which departed the league in 2005-06 through 2007-08 seasons, was also an original member. Other current members joined in later years: South-west Minnesota State University in 1969, Northern State University in 1978, Wayne State College (Nebraska) in 1998, Concordia University-St. Paul and the University of Minnesota, Crookston in 1999, the University of Mary and Upper Iowa University in 2006 and Augustana College in 2008. The Uni-versity of Minnesota, Morris became a league member in 1966, however, the Cougars opted for the NCAA Division III ranks in 2003. Michigan Tech was part of the NIC from 1969 to 1977 as well.

Before the NSIC became eligible for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship competition in 1995, its member institutions had an extremely rich tradition in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The NIC’s and NSC’s tenure

The NSIC has gained national recognition in recent years as six teams have won National Championships. Winona State men’s basket-ball dynasty made three straight trips to the NCAA Division II National Championship game, winning the 2006 and 2008 games and losing the 2007 game on last second shot. During that period they won an NCAA record 57 consecutive games. Concordia University

Bears lost their opening match, but rallied off 37 straight wins on their way to a second consecutive National Championship. In one of the more surprising runs in all of sports, the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs completed a perfect 15-0 season capped off with the 2008 NCAA DII Football National Championship. The Bulldogs, limited to only 24 scholarships by league rule, defeated multiple fully funded

-sity, Mankato went 32-2 on their way to winning the 2008-09 Women’s Basketball National Championship in a barn-burner, defeating Franklin Pierce 103-94 to set the NCAA DII Women’s Basketball Championship record for total points scored in a game.

back to 1948, the Mineral Water Bowl is hosted by the Quarterback Club of Excelsior Springs, Mo. The game matches the highest-

marked the Mineral Water Bowl’s inaugural year of the Division II era. Winona State defeated Missouri Western State, 43-41, in triple

The league gears up for the upcoming academic year with the annual NSIC Summer Kickoff Event the last weekend in July. The event

The Northern Sun Showcase television program returns to the airwaves again on Fox Sports Net North. Also, the Northern Sun Spot-light radio show will air on stations throughout the Midwest for 20 weeks during 2008-09 sports season.

Over the years the NSIC, comprised of schools of modest size, has provided extremely competitive intercollegiate athletic programs for its members. Although the programs are not designed to be equal to Division I athletics, many former NSIC athletes have distin-guished themselves in national and international competition. Each member school emphasizes the educational, entertainment and unifying value of sports while pointing with pride to the many advantages to be gained by attending these colleges and universities.

• AUGUSTANA COLLEGE • BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY • CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY-ST. PAUL •• UNIVERSITY OF MARY • UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, CROOKSTON •

•UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH • MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO •• MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD • NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY • • SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY • ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY •

• UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY • WAYNE STATE COLLEGE • WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY •

SOUTH DAKOTA

NEBRASKA

MINNESOTA

University of Minnesota, CrookstonCrookston, Minnesota

Bemidji State UniversityBemidji, Minnesota

University of MaryBismarck, North Dakota

IOWA

NORTH DAKOTA

NSIC TERRITORY

University of Minnesota DuluthDuluth, Minnesota

St. Cloud State UniversitySt. Cloud, Minnesota

Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota

Northern State UniversityAberdeen, South Dakota

Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMarshall, Minnesota

Augustana CollegeSioux Falls, South Dakota

Wayne State College Wayne, Nebraska

Concordia University-St. PaulSt. Paul, Minnesota

Minnesota State University, MankatoMankato, Minnesota

Winona State UniversityWinona, Minnesota

Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa



2008 Overall Team Statistics

UIU OPP

SCORING 234 386Points Per Game 21.3 35.1

FIRST DOWNS 190 227Rushing 100 96Passing 71 109Penalty 19 22

RUSHING YARDAGE 1881 1819Yards gained rushing 2180 2086Yards lost rushing 299 267Rushing Attempts 425 393Average Per Rush 4.4 4.6Average Per Game 171.0 165.4TDs Rushing 22 31

PASSING YARDAGE 1639 2722Att-Comp-Int 318-175-10 347-208-9Average Per Pass 5.2 7.8Average Per Catch 9.4 13.1Average Per Game 149.0 247.5TDs Passing 8 18

TOTAL OFFENSE 3520 4541Total Plays 743 740Average Per Play 4.7 6.1Average Per Game 320.0 412.8

KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 66-1078 41-622PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 19-186 29-387INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 9-160 10-123KICK RETURN AVERAGE 16.3 15.2PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 9.8 13.3INT RETURN AVERAGE 17.8 12.3FUMBLES-LOST 19-7 13-7PENALTIES-YARDS 65-654 72-665Average Per Game 59.5 60.5

PUNTS-YARDS 63-2341 43-1739Average Per Punt 37.2 40.4Net punt average 31.0 36.1

TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 29:07 29:493RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 52/162 70/1453rd-Down Pct 32% 48%

4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 12/26 5/154th-Down Pct 46% 33%

SACKS BY-YARDS 13-91 21-164MISC YARDS 0 23TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 31 51FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 6-10 11-14PAT-ATTEMPTS 30-30 41-47ATTENDANCE 5366 15077Games/Avg Per Game 5/1073 6/2513

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

Upper Iowa 69 73 37 48 7 234Opponents 106 118 82 74 6 386

2008 Overall Individual Statistics

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G

Sam Epsteen 11 181 905 37 868 4.8 7 71 78.9Kyle Hosch 11 48 370 2 368 7.7 5 51 33.5Zay Shepherd 11 54 236 31 205 3.8 3 18 18.6Ben Curran 11 73 285 159 126 1.7 4 31 11.5Jordan Otdoerfer11 18 108 1 107 5.9 1 26 9.7Craig Burns 11 32 127 36 91 2.8 0 11 8.3LaMont Williams 11 10 95 21 74 7.4 2 62 6.7Jessie Hubbard 10 2 31 0 31 15.5 0 23 3.1Adam Johnson 1 4 11 0 11 2.8 0 9 11.0Gus Preuss 11 2 12 9 3 1.5 0 12 0.3TM 3 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 -1.0Total.......... 11 425 2180 299 1881 4.4 22 71 171.0Opponents...... 11 393 2086 267 1819 4.6 31 85 165.4

Ben Curran 11 99.60 265-142-8 53.6 1367 7 68 124.3Craig Burns 11 104.05 53-33-2 62.3 272 1 35 24.7

RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G

La’Mont Williams11 40 222 5.6 0 20 20.2Lawrence Hellams11 33 398 12.1 1 57 36.2Kyle Hosch 11 29 426 14.7 3 68 38.7Zach Schaeffer 11 22 215 9.8 0 35 19.5Sam Epsteen 11 15 108 7.2 1 26 9.8Jessie Hubbard 10 11 104 9.5 1 24 10.4Antonio Parker 10 10 58 5.8 0 11 5.8Zay Shepherd 11 7 50 7.1 1 19 4.5Justin Michaels 10 4 32 8.0 1 15 3.2Jordan Otdoerfer11 3 15 5.0 0 6 1.4Warren Gorman 3 1 11 11.0 0 11 3.7Total.......... 11 175 1639 9.4 8 68 149.0Opponents...... 11 208 2722 13.1 18 66 247.5

KICK RETURNS No.Yds Avg TD Lg

Kyle Hosch 29 575 19.8 0 53Jordan Otdoerfer 24 399 16.6 0 36Zay Shepherd 5 44 8.8 0 13Justin Michaels 3 16 5.3 0 8TM 1 0 0.0 0 0Antonio Parker 1 15 15.0 0 15Jason Jandrain 1 16 16.0 0 16Brandon Clarke 1 5 5.0 0 5Andrew Teeter 0 8 0.0 0 8Total.......... 66 1078 16.3 0 53Opponents...... 41 622 15.2 0 56

PUNT RETURNS No.Yds Avg TD Lg

Jordan Otdoerfer 11 49 4.5 0 11Dominique Jackson 8 137 17.1 1 89Total.......... 19 186 9.8 1 89Opponents...... 29 387 13.3 0 44

INTERCEPTIONS No.Yds Avg TD Lg

Dominique Jackson 2 34 17.0 0 34Nate Curran 2 29 14.5 0 22Casey Popenfoose 1 0 0.0 0 0Mike Slaughter 1 28 28.0 0 28Craig Henry 1 63 63.0 0 63Vernard Wilkins 1 6 6.0 0 6Justin Michaels 1 0 0.0 0 0Total.......... 9 160 17.8 0 63Opponents...... 10 123 12.3 0 32



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2008 Overall Individual Statistics (cont.)

Jason Price 0 6-10 30-30 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48Kyle Hosch 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48Sam Epsteen 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48Zay Shepherd 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24Ben Curran 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 24LaMont Williams 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Lawrence Hellams 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Jessie Hubbard 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Justin Michaels 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Jordan Otdoerfer 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Dominique Jackson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6

Ben Curran 11 338 126 1367 1493 135.7Sam Epsteen 11 181 868 0 868 78.9Kyle Hosch 11 48 368 0 368 33.5Craig Burns 11 85 91 272 363 33.0Zay Shepherd 11 54 205 0 205 18.6Jordan Otdoerfer 11 18 107 0 107 9.7LaMont Williams 11 10 74 0 74 6.7Jessie Hubbard 10 2 31 0 31 3.1Adam Johnson 1 4 11 0 11 11.0Gus Preuss 11 2 3 0 3 0.3Total.......... 11 743 1881 1639 3520 320.0Opponents...... 11 740 1819 2722 4541 412.8

FG SEQUENCE Upper Iowa OPPONENTS

Drake University (30),(42) (32)University of Mary (26) -Northern State (29) (33),(31)Southwest Minnesota 42,(24) (20)St. Cloud State - (40),(36),37Wayne State - (33),(36)Winona State 37 -Augustana College - (29),(27)Concordia-St. Paul - 55,(26)Minnesota State - 26Minnesota, Crookston (35),31,41 -

Price,J. 6-10 60.0 0-0 3-3 2-4 1-3 0-0 42 0



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Gus Preuss 63 2341 37.2 68 6 8 11 0Total.......... 63 2341 37.2 68 6 8 11 0Opponents...... 43 1739 40.4 62 7 4 10 0

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn

Price,J. 45 2170 48.2 0 3 15.2 34.4 35Total.......... 45 2170 48.2 0 3 15.2 34.4 35 Opponents...... 70 3832 54.7 1 4 16.3 39.1 30

Kyle Hosch 11 368 426 0 575 0 1369 124.5Sam Epsteen 11 868 108 0 0 0 976 88.7Jordan Otdoerfer 11 107 15 49 399 0 570 51.8Lawrence Hellams 11 0 398 0 0 0 398 36.2Zay Shepherd 11 205 50 0 44 0 299 27.2LaMont Williams 11 74 222 0 0 0 296 26.9Zach Schaeffer 11 0 215 0 0 0 215 19.5Dominique Jackson11 0 0 137 0 34 171 15.5Jessie Hubbard 10 31 104 0 0 0 135 13.5Ben Curran 11 126 0 0 0 0 126 11.5Craig Burns 11 91 0 0 0 0 91 8.3Antonio Parker 10 0 58 0 15 0 73 7.3Craig Henry 11 0 0 0 0 63 63 5.7Justin Michaels 10 0 32 0 16 0 48 4.8Nate Curran 11 0 0 0 0 29 29 2.6Mike Slaughter 10 0 0 0 0 28 28 2.8Jason Jandrain 5 0 0 0 16 0 16 3.2Adam Johnson 1 11 0 0 0 0 11 11.0Warren Gorman 3 0 11 0 0 0 11 3.7Andrew Teeter 11 0 0 0 8 0 8 0.7Vernard Wilkins 11 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.5Brandon Clarke 11 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.5Gus Preuss 11 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.3Total.......... 11 1881 1639 186 1078 160 4944 449.5Opponents...... 11 1819 2722 387 622 123 5673 515.7

2008 Overall Defensive Statistics

3 Nate Curran 11 40 21 61 3.5-11 . 2-29 9 . 1-0 2 . .46 Craig Henry 11 32 27 59 . . 1-63 5 . 1-0 1 . .45 Shane McComb 11 22 36 58 3.0-12 1.0-5 . 2 1 . . . .44 Mike Slaughter 10 30 27 57 14.0-64 5.5-36 1-28 1 . . . . .48 Vernard Wilkins 11 27 29 56 5.0-20 0.5-1 1-6 2 1 1-0 1 . .7 Dominique Jackson11 34 17 51 1.0-9 . 2-34 6 1 . . . .1 Brandon Clarke 11 31 20 51 2.5-5 . . 7 . . . 1 .47 Andrew Teeter 11 20 26 46 0.5-2 . . . . . . . .27 Casey Popenfoose 10 25 15 40 1.5-1 . 1-0 2 . . . . .96 Joe Nix 11 13 26 39 4.0-19 2.0-16 . 1 . . 1 . .90 Scott Fader 11 23 13 36 10.5-47 4.0-33 . . 2 1-0 . . .26 Marvin Charles 11 14 16 30 2.0-8 . . . . . . . .31 Traimain Johnson 10 8 14 22 0.5-0 . . . . . . . .43 Justin Michaels 10 7 15 22 0.5-0 . 1-0 . . 1-0 . . .55 Marcus Morishige 8 7 14 21 0.5-2 . . . . . . . .94 Cameron Copeland 5 11 9 20 3.5-16 . . . . . . . .91 Nick Lepperd 10 5 13 18 . 0.5-0 . . . . . . .80 Brad Doerring 11 8 8 16 . . . . . 1-0 . . .98 Doug Akins 8 2 11 13 3.0-8 . . . . . . . .57 Dan Hernandez 11 1 10 11 0.5-1 . . . . . . . .69 Steven Hale 8 3 7 10 . . . . . . . . .35 DeJon Creeks 9 5 4 9 . . . . . 1-0 1 . .22 Jordan Otdoerfer 11 5 4 9 . . . . . . 1 . .42 Justin Weinand 8 2 7 9 . . . . . . . . .4 Mike Lamb 5 3 1 4 . . . 1 . . . . .59 Chadd Owen 9 1 3 4 . . . . . . . . .32 Derek Cassell 7 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .19 Nick Miller 4 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .50 Dylan Poesch 6 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .17 Warren Gorman 3 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .2 LaMont Williams 11 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .52 Cory Farrington 9 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .54 Mike McGann 4 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .5 Zach Schaeffer 11 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .8 Bryan Trulen 2 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .49 Frank Harris 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .23 Josh Chavez 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .30 Louis Haines 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .39 Cody Northern 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .71 Justice Clegg 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .66 Ervin Kehoss 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .40 Jason Jandrain 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .11 Ben Curran 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .28 Zay Shepherd 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .95 Jason Price 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .41 Kyle Hosch 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .



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2008 Game By Game Team Statistics

Aug 28, 2008 at Drake University.... 40 118 0 22 18 130 0 16 31- 18- 2 130 0 16 3 58 0 37 3 102 1 89 415Sep 6, 2008 UNIVERSITY OF MARY..... 42 227 4 32 13 122 0 26 26- 13- 0 122 0 26 5 61 0 22 3 11 0 5 427Sep 13, 2008 at Northern State...... 34 177 3 71 8 107 1 35 17- 8- 1 107 1 35 5 138 0 53 3 25 0 24 560Sep 20, 2008 SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.... 41 175 1 20 22 228 3 25 37- 22- 0 228 3 25 7 140 0 28 1 -2 0 0 541Sep 27, 2008 at St. Cloud State..... 38 209 4 62 19 159 0 35 30- 19- 2 159 0 35 10 147 0 36 0 0 0 0 515Oct 04, 2008 WAYNE STATE............ 30 79 1 20 18 204 1 57 35- 18- 1 204 1 57 5 72 0 19 1 9 0 9 364Oct 11, 2008 at Winona State........ 31 172 2 51 26 208 0 30 45- 26- 3 208 0 30 7 94 0 21 2 13 0 12 487Oct 18, 2008 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE...... 40 85 0 13 13 76 1 24 22- 13- 0 76 1 24 8 161 0 35 1 0 0 0 322Oct 25, 2008 at Concordia-St. Paul.. 25 91 0 13 14 186 2 68 31- 14- 0 186 2 68 5 52 0 19 0 0 0 0 329Nov 1, 2008 at Minnesota State..... 36 123 2 23 15 129 0 31 23- 15- 0 129 0 31 6 98 0 19 2 1 0 2 351Nov 08, 2008 MINNESOTA, CROOKSTON... 68 425 5 44 9 90 0 28 21- 9- 1 90 0 28 5 57 0 15 3 27 0 11 633

Aug 28, 2008 at Drake University.... 34 20 54 5.0-12 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-7 0 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 13Sep 6, 2008 UNIVERSITY OF MARY..... 24 50 74 3.0-26 2.0-12 0 0-0 2-6 0 6 0 4-4 0 0 0 31Sep 13, 2008 at Northern State...... 44 46 90 10.0-35 2.0-13 1 1-0 3-113 0 10 0 4-4 0 0 0 31Sep 20, 2008 SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.... 31 42 73 6.0-16 1.0-5 1 1-0 0-0 0 5 0 4-4 0 0 0 31Sep 27, 2008 at St. Cloud State..... 43 22 65 2.0-8 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 4-4 0 0 0 28Oct 04, 2008 WAYNE STATE............ 37 44 81 8.0-41 3.0-31 0 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 14Oct 11, 2008 at Winona State........ 57 20 77 1.0-6 1.5-6 1 1-0 0-0 0 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 14Oct 18, 2008 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE...... 35 34 69 6.0-29 0.0-0 3 2-0 0-0 0 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 7Oct 25, 2008 at Concordia-St. Paul.. 43 34 77 2.0-4 1.0-3 0 2-0 1-0 2 6 1 2-2 0 0 0 14Nov 1, 2008 at Minnesota State..... 30 44 74 3.0-11 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2-2 0 0 0 14Nov 08, 2008 MINNESOTA, CROOKSTON... 22 46 68 10.0-37 3.0-21 1 0-0 2-34 0 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 37

Aug 28, 2008 at Drake University.... 6 212 35.3 49 0 1 1 0 0 2-2 42 0 4 214 53.5 0 0Sep 6, 2008 UNIVERSITY OF MARY..... 5 160 32.0 41 0 0 3 0 0 1-1 26 0 6 339 56.5 0 1Sep 13, 2008 at Northern State...... 7 268 38.3 50 0 1 2 1 3 1-1 29 0 5 247 49.4 0 0Sep 20, 2008 SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.... 5 173 34.6 52 0 0 1 1 2 2-1 24 0 6 301 50.2 0 0Sep 27, 2008 at St. Cloud State..... 7 289 41.3 68 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 5 249 49.8 0 0Oct 04, 2008 WAYNE STATE ........... 5 161 32.2 39 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 3 137 45.7 0 0Oct 11, 2008 at Winona State........ 3 122 40.7 48 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 3 151 50.3 0 0Oct 18, 2008 AUGUSTANA COLLEGE...... 7 309 44.1 59 0 1 0 1 1 0-0 0 0 1 43 43.0 0 0Oct 25, 2008 at Concordia-St. Paul.. 7 199 28.4 43 0 1 0 0 3 0-0 0 0 3 126 42.0 0 0Oct 31, 2008 at Minnesota State..... 6 235 39.2 52 0 0 1 1 1 0-0 0 0 3 139 46.3 0 1Nov 08, 2008 MINNESOTA, CROOKSTON... 5 213 42.6 54 0 2 0 2 1 3-1 35 0 6 224 37.3 0 1



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2008 Individual Game Superlatives

Rushes.............. 24 Sam Epsteen vs U-Mary (Sep 6, 2008) & at Northern State (Sep 13, 2008)Yards Rushing....... 199 Kyle Hosch vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)TD Rushes........... 3 Sam Epsteen vs U-Mary (Sep 6, 2008) & at Northern State (Sep 13, 2008) Zay Shepherd at St. Cloud State (Sep 27, 2008) Kyle Hosch vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)Long Rush........... 71 Sam Epsteen at Northern State (Sep 13, 2008)Pass attempts....... 33 Ben Curran vs Wayne State (Oct 04, 2008)& at Winona State (Oct 11, 2008)Pass completions.... 21 Ben Curran at Winona State (Oct 11, 2008)Yards Passing....... 202 Ben Curran vs Southwest Minnesota (Sep 20, 2008)TD Passes........... 3 Ben Curran vs Southwest Minnesota (Sep 20, 2008)Long Pass........... 68 Ben Curran at Concordia-St. Paul (Oct 25, 2008)Receptions.......... 7 Lawrence Hellams at Drake (Aug 28, 2008) & at Winona State (Oct 11, 2008) Zach Schaeffer vs Southwest Minnesota (Sep 20, 2008) LaMont Williams at Winona State (Oct 11, 2008)Yards Receiving..... 129 Kyle Hosch at Concordia-St. Paul (Oct 25, 2008)TD Receptions....... 2 Kyle Hosch at Concordia-St. Paul (Oct 25, 2008)Long Reception...... 68 Kyle Hosch at Concordia-St. Paul (Oct 25, 2008)Field Goals......... 2 Jason Price at Drake (Aug 28, 2008)Long Field Goal..... 42 Jason Price at Drake (Aug 28, 2008)Punts............... 7 Gus Preuss (4 times)Punting Avg......... 44.1 Gus Preuss vs Augustana College (Oct 18, 2008)Long Punt........... 68 Gus Preuss at St. Cloud State (Sep 27, 2008)Long Punt Return.... 89 Dominique Jackson at Drake (Aug 28, 2008)Long Kickoff Return. 53 Kyle Hosch at Northern State (Sep 13, 2008)Tackles............. 13 Mike Slaughter vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)Sacks............... 2.5 Scott Fader vs Wayne State (Oct 04, 2008)Tackles For Loss.... 4.5 Mike Slaughter vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)Interceptions....... 1 9 Times (Dominique Jackson and Nate Curran twice each)

2008 Team Game Superlatives

Rushes.............. 68 vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)Yards Rushing....... 425 vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)Yards Per Rush...... 6.2 vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)TD Rushes........... 5 vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)Pass attempts....... 45 at Winona State (Oct 11, 2008)Pass completions.... 26 at Winona State (Oct 11, 2008)Yards Passing....... 228 vs Southwest Minnesota (Sep 20, 2008)Yards Per Pass...... 6.3 at Northern State (Sep 13, 2008)TD Passes........... 3 vs Southwest Minnesota (Sep 20, 2008)Total Plays......... 89 vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)Total Offense....... 515 vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)Yards Per Play...... 5.8 vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)Points.............. 37 vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)Sacks By............ 3 vs Wayne State (Oct 04, 2008) vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)First Downs......... 26 vs Minnesota, Crookston (Nov 08, 2008)Penalties........... 11 at Concordia-St. Paul (Oct 25, 2008)Penalty Yards....... 126 at Concordia-St. Paul (Oct 25, 2008)Turnovers........... 3 at Drake University (Aug 28, 2008) at St. Cloud State (Sep 27, 2008) at Winona State (Oct 11, 2008)Interceptions By.... 3 at Northern State (Sep 13, 2008)



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Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference 2008 Team Statistics

Minnesota Duluth.... 15 86 73 0 0 8 0 613 40.9Winona State........ 11 47 36 1 0 11 0 353 32.1Augustana College... 12 49 40 0 0 11 1 369 30.8Minnesota State..... 12 51 36 2 0 6 0 364 30.3Wayne State......... 12 46 44 0 0 14 1 364 30.3Southwest Minnesota. 11 43 38 3 0 7 0 323 29.4St. Cloud State..... 11 41 39 0 0 8 0 309 28.1Northern State...... 11 34 24 0 0 3 0 237 21.5Upper Iowa.......... 11 31 30 0 0 6 0 234 21.3Bemidji State....... 11 31 26 1 0 4 1 228 20.7Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 29 24 0 0 4 0 210 19.1University of Mary.. 11 27 23 1 0 7 0 208 18.9MSU Moorhead........ 11 24 15 3 0 6 2 187 17.0Minnesota, Crookston 11 24 14 3 0 0 1 166 15.1

Minnesota Duluth.... 15 21 20 1 1 7 1 173 11.5Minnesota State..... 12 26 21 0 0 6 2 199 16.6St. Cloud State..... 11 26 22 0 0 4 0 190 17.3Wayne State......... 12 29 20 1 0 8 2 224 18.7Augustana College... 12 34 26 2 0 7 0 255 21.2Winona State........ 11 38 33 1 0 7 0 284 25.8University of Mary.. 11 39 36 0 0 10 1 302 27.5Bemidji State....... 11 42 33 1 0 6 0 305 27.7Southwest Minnesota. 11 43 34 0 0 6 1 312 28.4Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 42 38 0 0 8 0 314 28.5MSU Moorhead........ 11 47 35 2 0 3 0 330 30.0Northern State...... 11 47 38 2 0 10 1 356 32.4Upper Iowa.......... 11 51 41 3 0 11 0 386 35.1Minnesota, Crookston 11 65 55 0 0 7 2 470 42.7

Southwest Minnesota. 11 486 300 16 61.7 3189 6.6 31 289.9Northern State...... 11 419 267 18 63.7 2671 6.4 20 242.8Wayne State......... 12 375 222 15 59.2 2902 7.7 16 241.8Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 370 207 23 55.9 2543 6.9 16 231.2Bemidji State....... 11 359 224 8 62.4 2470 6.9 19 224.5MSU Moorhead........ 11 447 230 19 51.5 2332 5.2 14 212.0Minnesota Duluth.... 15 349 222 11 63.6 3132 9.0 37 208.8Winona State........ 11 332 186 9 56.0 2180 6.6 17 198.2University of Mary.. 11 393 191 13 48.6 2086 5.3 15 189.6Minnesota State..... 12 303 170 11 56.1 2146 7.1 14 178.8Augustana College... 12 304 161 13 53.0 2112 6.9 15 176.0St. Cloud State..... 11 265 146 16 55.1 1835 6.9 13 166.8Upper Iowa.......... 11 318 175 10 55.0 1639 5.2 8 149.0Minnesota, Crookston 11 261 119 19 45.6 1404 5.4 11 127.6

St. Cloud State..... 11 310 170 14 54.8 1665 5.4 9 151.4Minnesota Duluth.... 15 491 263 30 53.6 2604 5.3 14 173.6Minnesota, Crookston 11 316 170 12 53.8 2098 6.6 26 190.7University of Mary.. 11 312 173 5 55.4 2103 6.7 17 191.2Augustana College... 12 378 214 18 56.6 2369 6.3 18 197.4Minnesota State..... 12 413 231 27 55.9 2386 5.8 12 198.8Southwest Minnesota. 11 334 191 10 57.2 2249 6.7 21 204.5MSU Moorhead........ 11 321 173 12 53.9 2259 7.0 23 205.4Bemidji State....... 11 352 185 13 52.6 2261 6.4 16 205.5Northern State...... 11 281 182 9 64.8 2263 8.1 22 205.7Wayne State......... 12 443 240 18 54.2 2514 5.7 17 209.5Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 320 182 9 56.9 2334 7.3 20 212.2Upper Iowa.......... 11 347 208 9 59.9 2722 7.8 18 247.5Winona State........ 11 368 233 22 63.3 2793 7.6 20 253.9

PUNTING G No. Yards Avg Ret Yds Avg Net/P

Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 49 1894 38.7 11 62 1.3 37.4Winona State........ 11 49 1824 37.2 17 47 1.0 36.3St. Cloud State..... 11 58 2064 35.6 16 118 2.0 33.6Minnesota Duluth.... 15 46 1629 35.4 21 130 2.8 32.6Minnesota, Crookston 11 73 2625 36.0 31 280 3.8 32.1Augustana College... 12 43 1629 37.9 18 251 5.8 32.0Minnesota State..... 12 41 1408 34.3 16 101 2.5 31.9University of Mary.. 11 68 2389 35.1 29 250 3.7 31.5Upper Iowa.......... 11 63 2341 37.2 29 387 6.1 31.0Southwest Minnesota. 11 47 1504 32.0 16 84 1.8 30.2Wayne State......... 12 57 1838 32.2 19 131 2.3 29.9Northern State...... 11 40 1354 33.8 21 166 4.2 29.7Bemidji State....... 11 68 2401 35.3 32 384 5.6 29.7MSU Moorhead........ 11 66 1957 29.7 22 288 4.4 25.3

Winona State........ 11 15 22 37 5 9 14 +23 2.09Minnesota Duluth.... 15 14 30 44 9 11 20 +24 1.60Minnesota State..... 12 10 27 37 9 11 20 +17 1.42Augustana College... 12 10 18 28 10 13 23 +5 0.42Wayne State......... 12 15 18 33 15 15 30 +3 0.25Bemidji State....... 11 9 13 22 12 8 20 +2 0.18St. Cloud State..... 11 8 14 22 5 16 21 +1 0.09Upper Iowa.......... 11 7 9 16 7 10 17 -1 -0.09Southwest Minnesota. 11 9 10 19 5 16 21 -2 -0.18University of Mary.. 11 7 5 12 4 13 17 -5 -0.45Northern State...... 11 11 9 20 12 18 30 -10 -0.91Minnesota, Crookston 11 7 12 19 12 19 31 -12 -1.09MSU Moorhead........ 11 4 12 16 10 19 29 -13 -1.18Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 6 9 15 13 23 36 -21 -1.91

Minnesota Duluth.... 15 3543 3132 1014 6675 6.6 82 445.0Wayne State......... 12 2052 2902 847 4954 5.8 42 412.8Winona State........ 11 2242 2180 753 4422 5.9 45 402.0Augustana College... 12 2444 2112 840 4556 5.4 46 379.7Southwest Minnesota. 11 908 3189 801 4097 5.1 41 372.5Minnesota State..... 12 2136 2146 846 4282 5.1 44 356.8St. Cloud State..... 11 1958 1835 678 3793 5.6 38 344.8Bemidji State....... 11 1101 2470 742 3571 4.8 31 324.6Upper Iowa.......... 11 1881 1639 743 3520 4.7 30 320.0Northern State...... 11 767 2671 727 3438 4.7 33 312.5Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 870 2543 717 3413 4.8 26 310.3MSU Moorhead........ 11 951 2332 796 3283 4.1 22 298.5University of Mary.. 11 1086 2086 734 3172 4.3 26 288.4Minnesota, Crookston 11 1250 1404 657 2654 4.0 23 241.3

Minnesota Duluth.... 15 921 2604 915 3525 3.9 19 235.0St. Cloud State..... 11 1369 1665 716 3034 4.2 25 275.8Minnesota State..... 12 1245 2386 784 3631 4.6 25 302.6Augustana College... 12 1267 2369 790 3636 4.6 31 303.0Wayne State......... 12 1131 2514 874 3645 4.2 26 303.8University of Mary.. 11 1476 2103 717 3579 5.0 35 325.4Southwest Minnesota. 11 1549 2249 723 3798 5.3 39 345.3MSU Moorhead........ 11 1652 2259 752 3911 5.2 42 355.5Bemidji State....... 11 1675 2261 736 3936 5.3 38 357.8Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 1643 2334 748 3977 5.3 40 361.5Northern State...... 11 1854 2263 702 4117 5.9 45 374.3Winona State........ 11 1568 2793 741 4361 5.9 37 396.5Upper Iowa.......... 11 1819 2722 740 4541 6.1 49 412.8Minnesota, Crookston 11 2771 2098 805 4869 6.0 62 442.6

St. Cloud State..... 11 5 43Minnesota State..... 12 9 71Winona State........ 11 16 110Minnesota Duluth.... 15 16 105Augustana College... 12 20 132Upper Iowa.......... 11 21 164Wayne State......... 12 23 164University of Mary.. 11 25 173Southwest Minnesota. 11 27 195Minnesota, Crookston 11 27 146MSU Moorhead........ 11 33 211Bemidji State....... 11 34 213Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 42 279Northern State...... 11 45 282

Wayne State......... 12 14 17 .824University of Mary.. 11 7 9 .778Winona State........ 11 11 17 .647St. Cloud State..... 11 8 13 .615Upper Iowa.......... 11 6 10 .600Augustana College... 12 11 19 .579Minnesota Duluth.... 15 8 14 .571Southwest Minnesota. 11 7 14 .500Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 4 8 .500Bemidji State....... 11 4 8 .500MSU Moorhead........ 11 6 14 .429Northern State...... 11 3 7 .429Minnesota State..... 12 6 16 .375Minnesota, Crookston 11 0 0 .000

Upper Iowa.......... 11 30 30 1.000Southwest Minnesota. 11 38 39 .974University of Mary.. 11 23 24 .958Wayne State......... 12 44 46 .957St. Cloud State..... 11 39 41 .951Bemidji State....... 11 26 29 .897Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 24 27 .889Minnesota Duluth.... 15 73 83 .880Augustana College... 12 40 46 .870Winona State........ 11 36 43 .837Northern State...... 11 24 29 .828Minnesota State..... 12 36 46 .783MSU Moorhead........ 11 15 20 .750Minnesota, Crookston 11 14 20 .700

Minnesota Duluth.... 15 491:48 32:47Southwest Minnesota. 11 349:43 31:47Minnesota State..... 12 379:35 31:37University of Mary.. 11 339:44 30:53Winona State........ 11 337:36 30:41Bemidji State....... 11 333:41 30:20Augustana College... 12 361:26 30:07Northern State...... 11 321:55 29:15Upper Iowa.......... 11 320:12 29:06Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 316:26 28:46Wayne State......... 12 344:06 28:40St. Cloud State..... 11 310:26 28:13MSU Moorhead........ 11 305:41 27:47Minnesota, Crookston 11 295:48 26:53



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RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G

Minnesota Duluth.... 15 665 3543 5.3 45 236.2Winona State........ 11 421 2242 5.3 28 203.8Augustana College... 12 536 2444 4.6 31 203.7St. Cloud State..... 11 413 1958 4.7 25 178.0Minnesota State..... 12 543 2136 3.9 30 178.0Upper Iowa.......... 11 425 1881 4.4 22 171.0Wayne State......... 12 472 2052 4.3 26 171.0Minnesota, Crookston 11 396 1250 3.2 12 113.6Bemidji State....... 11 383 1101 2.9 12 100.1University of Mary.. 11 341 1086 3.2 11 98.7MSU Moorhead........ 11 349 951 2.7 8 86.5Southwest Minnesota. 11 315 908 2.9 10 82.5Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 347 870 2.5 10 79.1Northern State...... 11 308 767 2.5 13 69.7

RUSHING DEFENSE G No. Yds Avg. TD Yds/G

Minnesota Duluth.... 15 424 921 2.2 5 61.4Wayne State......... 12 431 1131 2.6 9 94.2Minnesota State..... 12 371 1245 3.4 13 103.8Augustana College... 12 412 1267 3.1 13 105.6St. Cloud State..... 11 406 1369 3.4 16 124.5University of Mary.. 11 405 1476 3.6 18 134.2Southwest Minnesota. 11 389 1549 4.0 18 140.8Winona State........ 11 373 1568 4.2 17 142.5Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 428 1643 3.8 20 149.4MSU Moorhead........ 11 431 1652 3.8 19 150.2Bemidji State....... 11 384 1675 4.4 22 152.3Upper Iowa.......... 11 393 1819 4.6 31 165.4Northern State...... 11 421 1854 4.4 23 168.5Minnesota, Crookston 11 489 2771 5.7 36 251.9

KICKOFF RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg

St. Cloud State..... 11 34 825 1 24.3Minnesota State..... 12 39 926 2 23.7Northern State...... 11 60 1193 0 19.9Augustana College... 12 44 872 0 19.8University of Mary.. 11 48 945 0 19.7Minnesota Duluth.... 15 34 668 0 19.6Bemidji State....... 11 52 882 0 17.0Winona State........ 11 52 875 2 16.8Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 52 868 0 16.7MSU Moorhead........ 11 51 844 0 16.5Upper Iowa.......... 11 66 1078 0 16.3Southwest Minnesota. 11 57 905 0 15.9Wayne State......... 12 40 627 0 15.7Minnesota, Crookston 11 68 877 0 12.9

PUNT RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg

Minnesota State..... 12 25 327 2 13.1MSU Moorhead........ 11 22 262 1 11.9Augustana College... 12 22 261 0 11.9Minnesota Duluth.... 15 12 140 1 11.7St. Cloud State..... 11 37 395 0 10.7Upper Iowa.......... 11 19 186 1 9.8Bemidji State....... 11 16 150 0 9.4Northern State...... 11 12 111 1 9.2Winona State........ 11 18 163 0 9.1Southwest Minnesota. 11 19 169 1 8.9Wayne State......... 12 32 227 0 7.1Minnesota, Crookston 11 16 100 0 6.2University of Mary.. 11 14 78 0 5.6Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 16 58 0 3.6

OPPONENT PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G

MSU Moorhead........ 11 76 729 66.3Minnesota State..... 12 70 737 61.4Upper Iowa.......... 11 72 665 60.5Bemidji State....... 11 75 646 58.7Minnesota, Crookston 11 70 615 55.9Augustana College... 12 82 646 53.8Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 71 582 52.9University of Mary.. 11 69 568 51.6Southwest Minnesota. 11 66 566 51.5St. Cloud State..... 11 64 557 50.6Northern State...... 11 72 546 49.6Minnesota Duluth.... 15 86 669 44.6Winona State........ 11 65 466 42.4Wayne State......... 12 57 450 37.5

Minnesota Duluth.... 15 19 28 67.9Southwest Minnesota. 11 17 26 65.4Northern State...... 11 18 34 52.9Winona State........ 11 10 19 52.6Minnesota State..... 12 15 30 50.0Augustana College... 12 11 23 47.8Upper Iowa.......... 11 12 26 46.2St. Cloud State..... 11 6 14 42.9Minnesota, Crookston 11 10 24 41.7Bemidji State....... 11 9 23 39.1University of Mary.. 11 7 19 36.8Wayne State......... 12 6 18 33.3Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 9 28 32.1MSU Moorhead........ 11 7 29 24.1

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Northern State...... 11 26-29 89.7 24 11/13 2-2 1/ 2/ 0/ 0University of Mary.. 11 25-30 83.3 18 8/10 7-8 0/ 1/ 2/ 1Minnesota Duluth.... 15 69-83 83.1 63 40/23 6-11 1/ 4/ 2/ 2Winona State........ 11 47-57 82.5 39 27/12 8-12 0/ 2/ 3/ 1Wayne State......... 12 44-54 81.5 32 20/12 12-14 1/ 3/ 3/ 1Upper Iowa.......... 11 24-31 77.4 19 16/3 5-6 1/ 2/ 3/ 0St. Cloud State..... 11 34-45 75.6 28 21/7 6-11 1/ 3/ 2/ 0Minnesota, Crookston 11 15-20 75.0 15 9/6 0-0 0/ 2/ 3/ 0Southwest Minnesota. 11 38-51 74.5 33 9/24 5-11 0/ 3/ 3/ 1Augustana College... 12 42-59 71.2 34 26/8 8-14 3/ 0/ 4/ 4Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 22-33 66.7 18 10/8 4-7 1/ 5/ 2/ 0Minnesota State..... 12 42-64 65.6 37 29/8 5-14 3/ 1/ 6/ 3Bemidji State....... 11 22-35 62.9 20 11/9 2-6 3/ 3/ 2/ 1MSU Moorhead........ 11 18-31 58.1 13 6/7 5-11 0/ 2/ 4/ 1

Minnesota Duluth.... 15 22-40 55.0 17 5/12 5-12 4/ 3/ 3/ 1Wayne State......... 12 26-43 60.5 20 9/11 6-12 3/ 4/ 4/ 0Augustana College... 12 29-43 67.4 24 12/12 5-10 0/ 3/ 5/ 1St. Cloud State..... 11 22-32 68.8 20 15/5 2-4 0/ 3/ 3/ 2MSU Moorhead........ 11 33-48 68.8 31 16/15 2-10 0/ 2/ 4/ 1Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 32-45 71.1 28 18/10 4-6 2/ 2/ 4/ 3Minnesota State..... 12 21-29 72.4 18 11/7 3-6 0/ 3/ 2/ 0Winona State........ 11 33-43 76.7 27 13/14 6-8 2/ 4/ 2/ 0Bemidji State....... 11 31-40 77.5 26 18/8 5-7 1/ 2/ 4/ 0University of Mary.. 11 32-40 80.0 23 14/9 9-12 0/ 2/ 2/ 1Northern State...... 11 42-52 80.8 33 19/14 9-11 2/ 2/ 2/ 2Minnesota, Crookston 11 57-69 82.6 50 29/21 7-11 2/ 2/ 3/ 1Upper Iowa.......... 11 46-54 85.2 36 26/10 10-12 1/ 1/ 2/ 2Southwest Minnesota. 11 35-37 94.6 31 17/14 4-6 0/ 0/ 0/ 0

Wayne State......... 12 6 26 23.1Augustana College... 12 8 29 27.6Upper Iowa.......... 11 5 15 33.3MSU Moorhead........ 11 8 23 34.8Minnesota Duluth.... 15 12 31 38.7Bemidji State....... 11 9 22 40.9Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 11 25 44.0Minnesota State..... 12 13 27 48.1Southwest Minnesota. 11 12 24 50.0Minnesota, Crookston 11 11 21 52.4Northern State...... 11 10 18 55.6University of Mary.. 11 15 26 57.7St. Cloud State..... 11 13 22 59.1Winona State........ 11 13 20 65.0

Minnesota Duluth.... 15 98 197 49.7Augustana College... 12 74 170 43.5Northern State...... 11 67 155 43.2Minnesota State..... 12 71 168 42.3Wayne State......... 12 67 163 41.1Bemidji State....... 11 66 166 39.8Southwest Minnesota. 11 64 161 39.8University of Mary.. 11 64 170 37.6Winona State........ 11 52 141 36.9Concordia-St. Paul.. 11 54 148 36.5MSU Moorhead........ 11 61 178 34.3Upper Iowa.......... 11 52 162 32.1St. Cloud State..... 11 45 142 31.7Minnesota, Crookston 11 39 148 26.4



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RUSHING Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G

Odim, Isaac......... UMD SO 15 224 1638 7.3 26 109.2 Spring, Randy....... WSU SR 11 187 1086 5.8 5 98.7 Clark, Joe.......... AUGIE SO 12 229 1114 4.9 16 92.8 Wysong, Zach........ SMSU JR 11 234 1016 4.3 9 92.4 Geiss, Brandon...... SCSU FR 10 178 798 4.5 10 79.8 Sam Epsteen......... UIU JR 11 181 868 4.8 7 78.9 Lomax,Jamal......... MARY SO 11 189 834 4.4 9 75.8 Huber, Jeremy....... AUGIE SR 10 106 666 6.3 5 66.6 Rhone, Travis....... WSC SR 12 153 784 5.1 10 65.3 Phipps, Julian...... MSU JR 10 130 599 4.6 8 59.9

PASSING AVG/GAME Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Avg/G

Shudlick, Josh...... SMSU SR 11 477 296 15 62.1 3149 30 286.3 Fluellen, Silas..... WSC JR 12 375 222 15 59.2 2902 16 241.8 Ellingson, Eric..... NSU SO 11 406 260 18 64.0 2572 20 233.8 Edholm, Derek....... BSU SO 10 295 192 5 65.1 2122 17 212.2 Schlafke, Ted....... UMD SR 15 328 213 10 64.9 3018 35 201.2 Fick, Ryan.......... MSU JR 12 278 159 10 57.2 2020 14 168.3 Watkins, Mitch...... SCSU JR 11 260 145 16 55.8 1828 13 166.2 Preston, Greg....... WSU JR 11 249 141 4 56.6 1622 10 147.5 Butler, Luke........ AUGIE JR 12 239 131 8 54.8 1654 10 137.8 Kozak,Jesse......... MARY SR 9 249 119 10 47.8 1233 9 137.0

TOTAL OFFENSE Team Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G

Fluellen, Silas..... WSC JR 12 518 2902 508 3420 285.0 Shudlick, Josh...... SMSU SR 11 -110 3149 523 3039 276.3 Ellingson, Eric..... NSU SO 11 10 2572 501 2582 234.7 Schlafke, Ted....... UMD SR 15 495 3018 461 3513 234.2 Edholm, Derek....... BSU SO 10 195 2122 408 2317 231.7 Fick, Ryan.......... MSU JR 12 221 2020 349 2241 186.8 Watkins, Mitch...... SCSU JR 11 171 1828 314 1999 181.7 Preston, Greg....... WSU JR 11 113 1622 295 1735 157.7 Butler, Luke........ AUGIE JR 12 153 1654 327 1807 150.6 Ennis, Tim.......... UMC SO 9 314 939 229 1253 139.2

RECEPTIONS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Rec/G

TAYLOR, JABARI...... MSUM JR 11 74 666 3 9.0 6.73 Masters, Logan...... WSC JR 12 80 1179 6 14.7 6.67 Kruse,Erik.......... MARY SO 10 60 609 3 10.1 6.00 Wysong, Zach........ SMSU JR 11 64 470 1 7.3 5.82 Wilson, Blake....... SMSU JR 11 61 720 9 11.8 5.55 Jark, Brian......... NSU JR 10 52 484 2 9.3 5.20 Kadlec, George...... BSU SR 11 54 928 14 17.2 4.91

Flury, Vincent...... MSU JR 12 55 715 7 13.0 4.58 Penirian,Roman...... MARY SR 11 49 660 5 13.5 4.45

RECEIVE YDS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Yds/G

Masters, Logan...... WSC JR 12 80 1179 6 14.7 98.2 Kadlec, George...... BSU SR 11 54 928 14 17.2 84.4

Schulte, Tyler...... AUGIE SO 12 46 802 7 17.4 66.8 Wilson, Blake....... SMSU JR 11 61 720 9 11.8 65.5 Kruse,Erik.......... MARY SO 10 60 609 3 10.1 60.9 TAYLOR, JABARI...... MSUM JR 11 74 666 3 9.0 60.5 Penirian,Roman...... MARY SR 11 49 660 5 13.5 60.0 Williams, Fred...... SCSU SO 11 49 659 6 13.4 59.9

ALL PURPOSE Team Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G

Wysong, Zach........ SMSU JR 11 1016 470 11 0 1497 136.1 Odim, Isaac......... UMD SO 15 1638 282 0 114 2034 135.6 Spring, Randy....... WSU SR 11 1086 202 6 105 1399 127.2 Kyle Hosch.......... UIU SR 11 368 426 0 575 1369 124.5 Schulte, Tyler...... AUGIE SO 12 262 802 95 249 1408 117.3 Ponzo, Marty........ NSU JR 11 127 403 58 607 1195 108.6 Clark, Joe.......... AUGIE SO 12 1114 135 0 0 1249 104.1 Rodgers, Kelvin..... MSU JR 11 0 0 239 841 1135 103.2 Geiss, Brandon...... SCSU FR 10 798 113 0 110 1021 102.1 Wilson, Blake....... SMSU JR 11 0 720 117 277 1114 101.3

INTERCEPTIONS Team Cl G Int Yds TD Int/G

SCHAUMBURG, ERIC.... MSUM SR 11 7 192 1 0.64 Wolf, Lucas......... WSU FR 11 6 134 0 0.55 Robinson, Steve..... MSU SR 12 6 77 1 0.50 Phelps, Terrell..... BSU SR 11 5 29 0 0.45 Holiday, Brand...... UMC FR 9 4 126 1 0.44 Donnelly, Jason..... AUGIE SR 12 5 70 1 0.42 Freese, Blake....... MSU SR 12 5 49 0 0.42 Strilzuk, Cole...... UMD JR 15 6 241 1 0.40 Yule, Brent......... WSU SR 11 4 79 0 0.36 Clements, F......... UMD SO 15 5 101 0 0.33

PASS EFFICIENCY Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Eff.

Schlafke, Ted....... UMD SR 15 328 213 10 64.9 3018 35 171.3 Edholm, Derek....... BSU SO 10 295 192 5 65.1 2122 17 141.1 Ross, Amir.......... WSU SO 9 79 45 4 57.0 558 7 135.4 Shudlick, Josh...... SMSU SR 11 477 296 15 62.1 3149 30 132.0 Fluellen, Silas..... WSC JR 12 375 222 15 59.2 2902 16 130.3 Fick, Ryan.......... MSU JR 12 278 159 10 57.2 2020 14 127.7 Ellingson, Eric..... NSU SO 11 406 260 18 64.0 2572 20 124.6 Preston, Greg....... WSU JR 11 249 141 4 56.6 1622 10 121.4 Butler, Luke........ AUGIE JR 12 239 131 8 54.8 1654 10 120.1 Watkins, Mitch...... SCSU JR 11 260 145 16 55.8 1828 13 119.0

PUNT RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg

Rodgers, Kelvin..... MSU JR 11 15 239 2 15.9 Swan, Eric.......... WSU FR 9 14 158 0 11.3 Bruno, Frederick.... WSC SO 10 11 120 0 10.9 JOHNSON, JOE........ MSUM JR 11 14 148 0 10.6 Schultz, Andrew..... BSU SO 11 15 137 0 9.1 Wilson, Blake....... SMSU JR 11 15 117 0 7.8 Woldu, Robel........ UMC SR 11 13 94 0 7.2 Melvin, Mario....... WSC FR 9 17 97 0 5.7 Jordan Otdoerfer.... UIU FR 11 11 49 0 4.5

KICK RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg

Rodgers, Kelvin..... MSU JR 11 31 841 2 27.1 Williams, Fred...... SCSU SO 11 17 442 1 26.0 Ponzo, Marty........ NSU JR 11 27 607 0 22.5 Donnelly, Jason..... AUGIE SR 12 16 348 0 21.8 Schulte, Tyler...... AUGIE SO 12 12 249 0 20.8 Henry, Chris........ NSU FR 9 14 287 0 20.5 Moore, Dario........ CU SR 11 31 632 0 20.4 King, Cornelius..... UMC FR 11 11 223 0 20.3 Kyle Hosch.......... UIU SR 11 29 575 0 19.8

PUNTING Team Cl G Punts Yds Avg

Grossman, Ryan...... AUGIE SR 12 39 1594 40.9 Schoenberg, TG...... CU SO 11 49 1894 38.7 Coulson, Travis..... UMC SR 11 68 2605 38.3 Fahey, Cullen....... WSU FR 11 48 1815 37.8 Gus Preuss.......... UIU SO 11 63 2341 37.2

SCORING Team Cl G TD XPT FG Pts Pts/G

Odim, Isaac......... UMD SO 15 30 0 0 180 12.0 Verbancouer,And..... WSU SR 11 21 0 0 126 11.5 Clark, Joe.......... AUGIE SO 12 17 0 0 102 8.5 Kadlec, George...... BSU SR 11 14 0 0 84 7.6 Hope, Nick.......... WSC JR 12 0 44 14 86 7.2 Nadeau, David....... UMD FR 14 0 69 8 93 6.6 Geiss, Brandon...... SCSU FR 10 11 0 0 66 6.6

SCORING (TDs) Team Cl G TD Rush Pass Ret PAT Pts Pts/G

Odim, Isaac......... UMD SO 15 30 26 4 0 0 180 12.0 Verbancouer,And..... WSU SR 11 21 19 1 1 0 126 11.5 Clark, Joe.......... AUGIE SO 12 17 16 1 0 0 102 8.5 Kadlec, George...... BSU SR 11 14 0 14 0 0 84 7.6 Geiss, Brandon...... SCSU FR 10 11 10 1 0 0 66 6.6

Wysong, Zach........ SMSU JR 11 10 9 1 0 1 62 5.6 Schulte, Tyler...... AUGIE SO 12 11 4 7 0 0 66 5.5

Wilson, Blake....... SMSU JR 11 9 0 9 0 1 56 5.1

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SCORING (KICK) Team Cl G PATs FGs Pts Pts/G

Hope, Nick.......... WSC JR 12 44-46 14-17 86 7.2 Nadeau, David....... UMD FR 14 69-78 8-14 93 6.6 Cristan, Brian...... SCSU SR 11 38-40 8-13 62 5.6 Talcott, Scott...... SMSU SR 11 38-39 7-14 59 5.4 Grossman, Ryan...... AUGIE SR 12 37-43 9-17 64 5.3 Jason Price......... UIU SO 11 30-30 6-10 48 4.4 Thibodeaux,Rett..... MARY JR 11 23-24 7-9 44 4.0 Fahey, Cullen....... WSU FR 11 22-26 6-11 40 3.6 Bjerke, Stephan..... CU JR 11 24-27 4-8 36 3.3 Derheim, Grady...... MSU FR 10 22-29 3-9 31 3.1

FIELD GOALS Team Cl G FG FGA Pct. FG/G

Hope, Nick.......... WSC JR 12 14 17 82.4 1.17 Grossman, Ryan...... AUGIE SR 12 9 17 52.9 0.75 Cristan, Brian...... SCSU SR 11 8 13 61.5 0.73 Thibodeaux,Rett..... MARY JR 11 7 9 77.8 0.64 Talcott, Scott...... SMSU SR 11 7 14 50.0 0.64 Nadeau, David....... UMD FR 14 8 14 57.1 0.57 Jason Price......... UIU SO 11 6 10 60.0 0.55 Fahey, Cullen....... WSU FR 11 6 11 54.5 0.55 JOHNSON, LOGAN...... MSUM FR 11 6 14 42.9 0.55 Abbott, Ryan........ WSU SR 10 5 6 83.3 0.50

PAT KICKING PCT Team Cl G Made Att Pct.

Jason Price......... UIU SO 11 30 30 100.0 Talcott, Scott...... SMSU SR 11 38 39 97.4 Thibodeaux,Rett..... MARY JR 11 23 24 95.8 Hope, Nick.......... WSC JR 12 44 46 95.7 Cristan, Brian...... SCSU SR 11 38 40 95.0 Bjerke, Stephan..... CU JR 11 24 27 88.9 Nadeau, David....... UMD FR 14 69 78 88.5 Grossman, Ryan...... AUGIE SR 12 37 43 86.0 Fahey, Cullen....... WSU FR 11 22 26 84.6 Derheim, Grady...... MSU FR 10 22 29 75.9

TACKLES (All positions) Player Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G Sack

Reeves, Ryan........ WSC JR 12 LB 64 61 125 10.4 2.0 Keel, Andrew........ AUGIE SO 12 LB 48 64 112 9.3 1.5 Ponzo, Anthony...... NSU JR 11 LB 35 63 98 8.9 2.5 Wright, Rojeer...... CU SO 11 LB 58 38 96 8.7 6.0 MILLER, JON......... MSUM SR 11 49 44 93 8.5 2.0 Janisch, Chris...... AUGIE SO 12 LB 41 59 100 8.3 2.0 McQuiston, Matt..... MSU SO 12 LB 44 55 99 8.2 4.0 Hoffman, Luke....... WSC SR 12 LB 48 49 97 8.1 0.0 Freese, Blake....... MSU SR 12 LB 44 48 92 7.7 1.0 Lien, Matt.......... AUGIE SR 12 DB 45 45 90 7.5 3.0 Reed, Tyler......... SMSU SR 11 48 34 82 7.5 0.0 Baumgartner, Brian.. AUGIE SR 12 DB 46 42 88 7.3 1.5 Yule, Brent......... WSU SR 11 LB 53 25 78 7.1 1.0 Blomquist, Reno..... WSC SR 12 LB 44 40 84 7.0 1.0 Eagan, Andrew....... BSU SO 10 LB 35 33 68 6.8 2.0 Aurich, Robbie...... UMD SO 15 LB 57 44 101 6.7 3.5 McLagan, Matt....... SCSU SR 11 LB 48 22 70 6.4 4.5 Anderson, Jake...... BSU JR 11 LB 34 36 70 6.4 4.5 Hunter, Tony........ MSU JR 12 LB 33 43 76 6.3 0.0 Huynh, Duy.......... CU SR 11 LB 33 35 68 6.2 0.0 Kamin, David........ SCSU SR 11 LB 44 24 68 6.2 2.0 Klinkner, Derek..... SMSU FR 11 LB 32 36 68 6.2 2.0 Johnson, Bryar...... NSU SR 11 DL 29 38 67 6.1 5.0 Kunz, Jason......... BSU SR 11 DB 34 31 65 5.9 0.0 Vanasek, Mike....... AUGIE JR 12 DB 43 27 70 5.8 6.0 Melland,Shawn....... MARY SR 11 LB 32 32 64 5.8 6.0 Phelps, Terrell..... BSU SR 11 CB 39 24 63 5.7 0.0 Oachs, Tim.......... CU SR 11 DE 36 27 63 5.7 7.5 Sluzewicz,Dusty..... BSU FR 11 DB 31 32 63 5.7 0.0 Atkinson,Pierre..... MARY SR 11 DE 28 35 63 5.7 6.5 Mike Slaughter...... UIU SR 10 LB 30 27 57 5.7 5.5 Thompson,Caleb...... MARY JR 11 LB 37 25 62 5.6 1.0 Gratzek, Kyle....... UMC FR 11 LB 21 41 62 5.6 2.0 Gaulke, Elliott..... WSU SO 10 LB 26 30 56 5.6 1.0 Nate Curran......... UIU SO 11 CB 40 21 61 5.5 0.0

SACKS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G

Pribnow, Troy....... WSC SR 12 DL 13 2 90 14.0 1.17 Krueger, Tyler...... WSC SR 12 DL 6 4 61 8.0 0.67 Pulczinski,Cale..... SCSU SR 11 DE 6 4 50 8.0 0.73 Oachs, Tim.......... CU SR 11 DE 6 3 46 7.5 0.68 Davis, Darius....... WSC SR 12 DL 5 4 33 7.0 0.58 Fautsch, Drew....... UMD SR 15 DL 6 1 50 6.5 0.43 Loth, Ben........... UMD SR 15 LB 6 1 43 6.5 0.43 Atkinson,Pierre..... MARY SR 11 DE 5 3 33 6.5 0.59 Melland,Shawn....... MARY SR 11 LB 5 2 45 6.0 0.55 Wright, Rojeer...... CU SO 11 LB 6 0 35 6.0 0.55

TACKLES FOR LOSS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G

Pribnow, Troy....... WSC SR 12 DL 18 6 104 21.0 1.75 Oachs, Tim.......... CU SR 11 DE 13 5 68 15.5 1.41 Mike Slaughter...... UIU SR 10 LB 11 6 64 14.0 1.40 Atkinson,Pierre..... MARY SR 11 DE 9 7 43 12.5 1.14 Wright, Rojeer...... CU SO 11 LB 12 1 46 12.5 1.14 Johnson, Bryar...... NSU SR 11 DL 9 6 46 12.0 1.09 Pulczinski,Cale..... SCSU SR 11 DE 9 6 64 12.0 1.09 Melland,Shawn....... MARY SR 11 LB 8 7 56 11.5 1.05 Anderson, Jake...... BSU JR 11 LB 9 5 55 11.5 1.05 Scott Fader......... UIU SR 11 DL 8 5 47 10.5 0.95

FUMBLES FORCED Team Cl G Num

Pribnow, Troy....... WSC SR 12 5 Aurich, Robbie...... UMD SO 15 4 Vanasek, Mike....... AUGIE JR 12 4 Johnson, Bryar...... NSU SR 11 3 Krueger, Tyler...... WSC SR 12 3 Wolf, Lucas......... WSU FR 11 3 Anderson, Jake...... BSU JR 11 3 Reed, Tyler......... SMSU SR 11 3 Nate Curran......... UIU SO 11 2 Quaye, Al........... CU FR 10 2

FUMBLES RCVD Team Cl G Num

Pribnow, Troy....... WSC SR 12 4 Davis, Darius....... WSC SR 12 3 Yewman, Kenzie...... WSU SR 10 2 Outlaw, Dalton...... CU SR 10 2 Kees, Ryan.......... SCSU SR 10 2 Lardinois,Jorda..... BSU SO 11 2 Dolfuss, Mitch...... UMC SR 11 2 Dugan, Tyler........ UMC SR 10 2 Fautsch, Drew....... UMD SR 15 2 Gaulke, Elliott..... WSU SO 10 2

PASSES DEFENDED Team Cl G Brup Int Total

Phelps, Terrell..... BSU SR 11 14 5 19 Strilzuk, Cole...... UMD JR 15 10 6 16 Donnelly, Jason..... AUGIE SR 12 10 5 15 Williams,Greg....... MARY SR 11 11 2 13 Wolf, Lucas......... WSU FR 11 6 6 12 SCHAUMBURG, ERI..... MSUM SR 11 5 7 12 Lamarre, Lionel..... SMSU JR 11 8 3 11 Nate Curran......... UIU SO 11 9 2 11 Wood, Brandon....... UMD JR 15 8 3 11 McGruder, Nate...... NSU SR 11 8 3 11

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PASSINGYards Passing/Game Yds OpponentJesse Willis 477 Central, 1998Andrew Jones 464 UW-Stout, 2006Dedrick Sykes 427 Loras, 2003Dedrick Sykes 407 Dubuque, 2003Dedrick Sykes 392 Coe, 2003Matt Walshire 386 Central, 1994Marshall Richards 382 Buena Vista, 1973Jay Lehman 373 Northern State, 2007Jeff Roth 359 Loras, 1992Jay Lehman 336 NW Okla. State, 2005

Yards Passing/Season Yds YearJeff Roth 2709 1992Jesse Willis 2507 1998Andrew Jones 2194 2006Matt Walshire 2138 1994Dedrick Sykes 2021 2003Jeff Roth 1760 1991Jay Lehman 1637 2005Matt Walshire 1583 1993

Yards Passing/Career Yds YearsJeff Roth 6379 1989-92Jay Lehman 4544 2004-07Ben Jass 3876 1999-02Matt Walshire 3842 1992-94Clarke Campbell 3230 1961-64Andrew Jones 2685 2005-06Marshall Richards 2555 1971-74

TD Passes/Game No. OpponentDedrick Sykes 7 Dubuque, 2003Jesse Willis 5 Coe, 1998Jesse Willis 5 Buena Vista, 1996Jeff Roth 5 Wm. Penn, 1992Jay Lehman 5 Northern State, 2007

TD Passes/Season No. YearJesse Willis 26 1998Jeff Roth 26 1992Dedrick Sykes 16 2003Jesse Willis 15 1997Clarke Campbell 15 1964Jay Lehman 14 2007Terry Stevens 12 1957Ben Jass 11 2000Gary Martin 11 1969Steve Becker 11 1966Clarke Campbell 11 1962Andrew Jones 11 2006

TD Passes/Career No. YearsJesse Willis 48 1995-98Jeff Roth 46 1989-92Jay Lehman 34 2004-07Clarke Campbell 32 1961-64Ben Jass 30 1999-02Matt Walshire 19 1992-94

Completions/Game No. OpponentDedrick Sykes 36 Loras, 2003Andrew Jones 36 UW-Stout, 2006Marshall Richards 33 Buena Vista, 1973Jeff Roth 32 Loras, 1992Jay Lehman 31 NW Okla. State, 2005Jay Lehman 31 Northern State, 2007Matt Walshire 30 Central, 1994

Completions/Season No. YearJeff Roth 231 1992Andrew Jones 180 2006Jesse Willis 181 1998Matt Walshire 179 1994Jeff Roth 167 1991Dedrick Sykes 161 2003Jay Lehman 151 2005Ben Jass 139 2001Jay Lehman 139 2007Matt Walshire 138 1993Ben Jass 128 2000

Completions/Career No. YearJeff Roth 545 1989-92Jay Lehman 407 2004-07Jesse Willis 364 1995-98Ben Jass 350 1999-02Matt Walshire 328 1992-94Marshall Richards 267 1971-74Clarke Campbell 241 1961-64

Attempts/Game No. OpponentDedrick Sykes 63 Loras, 2003Jay Lehman 61 NW Okla. State, 2005Jeff Roth 52 Central, 1992Matt Walshire 51 Central, 1994Matt Walshire 51 Wartburg, 1993Jeff Roth 51 Whitewater, 1992Marshall Richards 50 Buena Vista, 1973

Attempts/Season No. YearJeff Roth 379 1992Matt Walshire 340 1994Jesse Willis 335 1998Jeff Roth 335 1991Andrew Jones 306 2006Jay Lehman 292 2005Dedrick Sykes 290 2003Matt Walshire 274 1993Paul Caton 270 1982Ben Jass 249 2001Marshall Richards 244 1973

Attempts/Career No. YearsJeff Roth 1034 1989-92Jay Lehman 723 2004-07Ben Jass 653 1999-02Matt Walshire 632 1992-94Marshall Richards 502 1971-74Clarke Campbell 494 1961-64Gary Martin 387 1969-72

RECEIVINGReceptions/Game No. OpponentDwayne Croker 14 UW-Stout, 2006Jason Kesten 13 Central, 1992Dwayne Croker 12 South Dakota, 2005Devin Willis 12 Central, 1993Jason Kesten 12 Loras, 1992Devin Willis 11 Luther, 1993Jason Kesten 11 Whitewater, 1992Steve Butters 11 Buena Vista, 1973

Receptions/Season No. YearDane Jako 71 1982Dwayne Croker 66 2006Devin Willis 65 1993Jason Kesten 64 1992Dan Donisthorpe 63 1994Dwayne Croker 61 2005

Receptions/Career No. YearsDwayne Croker 194 2004-07Jackie Bridges 188 1989-92Jesse Montalto 178 2001-04Dane Jako 109 1980-82Dan Donisthorpe 108 1993-94Ryan Hudgins 106 2006-07Jason Kesten 104 1989-92Jay Johnson 103 1987-88

Yards Rec./Season Yards YearDwayne Croker 1023 2006Wesley Bell 890 1998Jason Kesten 880 1992Jesse Montalto 861 2004Dane Jako 846 1982Wesley Bell 821 1997Jay Johnson 807 1988Dan Donisthorpe 787 1994Jackie Bridges 778 1990Jay Johnson 752 1987Jesse Montalto 749 2002

Yards Rec./Career Yards YearsJackie Bridges 2642 1989-92Jesse Montalto 2621 2001-04Dwayne Croker 2552 2004-07Wesley Bell 1711 1997-98Ron Thompson 1629 1997-00Jay Johnson 1559 1987-88Jason Kesten 1427 1989-92

TD Rec./Season No. YearWesley Bell 16 1997Wesley Bell 15 1998Jesse Montalto 11 2004Ron Thompson 11 2000Jason Kesten 11 1992Jay Johnson 11 1988Ron Thompson 8 1998Jackie Bridges 8 1990Four players tied 7

TD Rec./Career No. YearsWesley Bell 31 1997-98Ron Thompson 27 1997-00Jesse Montalto 22 2001-04Jackie Bridges 18 1989-92Jason Kesten 17 1989-92Jay Johnson 17 1987-88

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RUSHINGYards Rushing/Game Yds. OpponentDave Sanger 248 Buena Vista, 1969T.C. Hicks 233 UM, Crookston, 2007Dave Sanger 212 Winona, 1968Dave Sanger 212 Wm. Penn, 1968Mike Hatten 211 Dubuque, 2000Kyle Hosch 199 UM, Crookston, 2008Darnell Avery 199 Luther, 1995T.C. Hicks 198 Waldorf, 2005Mike Hatten 198 Coe, 2000Billy Horace 193 MidAmerica, 1993T.C. Hicks 188 Wayne State, 2007T.C. Hicks 186 SW Minn. St., 2007Warren Pierce 185 Buena Vista, 1966Billy Proctor 180 Loras, 1992Dan Vogeler 180 Dubuque, 1970

Yards Rushing/Season Yards YearMike Hatten 1426 2000T.C. Hicks 1370 2007Darnell Avery 1221 1995Damon Lynch 1201 1997Pat Maddock 1079 1979Billy Proctor 1030 1992Warren Pierce 923 1966Bob Sanger 904 1966

Yards Rushing/Career Yards YearsT.C. Hicks 3198 2004-07Gary Marshall 2731 1972-75Billy Proctor 2365 1990-93Mike Hatten 2352 1999-00Pat Maddock 2349 1978-80Dave Sanger 2178 1966-69Warren Pierce 2126 1964-66Bob Reinert 2050 1961-64

KICKINGPunting Avg./Game #./Avg. OpponentMike Eischeid 7 / 55.3 Luther, 1961

Punting Avg./Season Avg. YearMike Eischeid 44.3 1962

Punting Avg./Career #/Avg. YearsMike Eischeid 182 / 42.4 1958-62

Field Goals/Season No. YearMike DeMuth 6 1990Cory Wenthe 6 1997

Field Goals/Career No. YearsMike DeMuth 10 1988-91Mike Eischeid 9 1958-62

PATS/Season #/Att. YearRandy Welcher 33/50 1966Larry Nemmers 33/46 1964Jason Price 30/30 2008Andy Rocksvold 30/32 1999Derek VanHorn 27/29 2006Cory Wenthe 27/34 1997Kevin Lamb 24/34 1992Jeff Moody 23/31 2000

PATS/Career #/Att. YearsMike DeMuth 54/65 1988-91Larry Nemmers 48/68 1963-64Jason Price 43/43 2007-08

TEAMMost Wins/Season 8 1964, 66Most Points/Season 338 1966Fewest Pts Allowed/Season 54 1964Largest Margin of Victory 65 1931

(65-0 vs. Dubuque)Most Points/Game 68 1999

(68-13 vs. Cornell)Most First Downs/Game 40 1992

(vs. Loras - NCAA Record)Most Touchdowns/Season50 1966Most Rushing Yds/Season 3002 1966

Fewest Rushing Yds/Opp/Game-62 1993(vs. Dubuque)

Most Passing Yds/Season 2871 1992Total Offense/Season 4549 1992Most Interceptions/Season 23 1966, 1972,

&1997Best Offensive Avg/Season 454.9 1992

SCORINGTouchdowns/Game No. OpponentWesley Bell 5 Coe, 1998Wesley Bell 5 Buena Vista, 1997Warren Pierce 5 Wm. Penn, 1966

Touchdowns/Season No. YearWarren Pierce 20 1966Wesley Bell 16 1997Wesley Bell 15 1998Bob Reinert 14 1964Roger Dooley 14 1927Billy Proctor 13 1992Floyd Tate 12 1935Jesse Montalto 11 2004Mike Hatten 11 2000Ron Thompson 11 2000Jason Kesten 11 1992Jay Johnson 11 1988

Touchdowns/Career No. YearsWarren Pierce 34 1964-66Wesley Bell 31 1997-98Ron Thompson 27 1997-00T.C. Hicks 26 2004-07Bob Reinert 24 1961-64Billy Proctor 23 1990-93Jesse Montalto 22 2001-04Mike Hatten 22 1999-00Roger Dooley 21 1925, 1927Jackie Bridges 18 1989-92

Points/Season No. YearWarren Pierce 120 1966Wesley Bell 96 1997Roger Dooley 94 1927Wesley Bell 90 1998Bob Reinert 84 1964Billy Proctor 82 1992Floyd Tate 73 1935

MISC.Interceptions/Game No. OpponentLarry Nemmers 4 IA Wesleyan, 1964Dominique Jackson 4 UM, Crookston, 2007Josh Thomas 3 Simpson, 2003Wes Morrow 3 Wm. Penn, 2000

Total Offense/Season Yards YearJeff Roth 2718 1992Jesse Willis 2545 1998Andrew Jones 2405 2006Matt Walshire 2047 1994Dedrick Sykes 1952 2003Terry Stevens 1914 1957

Total Offense/Career Yards YearsJeff Roth 6235 1989-92Jay Lehman 5008 2004-07Clarke Campbell 3843 1961-64

LONGEST PLAYSScrimmage Run Yds OpponentGary Glasby Jr. 95 Waldorf, 2004Steve Staker 95 Milton, 1966T.C. Hicks 93 Drake, 2006Warren Pierce 90 Dubuque, 1966Tony Fandel 87 Buena Vista, 1997Warren Pierce 85 Simpson, 1965Ron Herdliska 78 UM-Morris, 1963Shawn Corley 77 Cornell, 2003T.C. Hicks 76 Wayne State, 2007Darnell Avery 74 Luther, 1995Billy Proctor 72 Dubuque, 1992Mike Hatten 71 Simpson, 2000Sam Epsteen 71 Northern State, 2008

Touchdown Pass Yds OpponentTerry Stevens-Bob George 95 Dubuque, 1957Wade Boegli-John Langley 93 Wartburg, 1988Wade Boegli-Jay Johnson 89 Simpson, 1988Toney Howell-Don Lyons 86 N’western, 1977Jesse Willis-Ron Thompson 85 Central, 1998Bob Johnson-Denny Brumm 81 Parsons, 1958Dan Hovden-Dennis Knoop 80 Wartburg, 1984Kevin Linnell-Dwayne Croker 80 MSU Moorhead, 2007

Punt Return Yds OpponentJohn Grubb 95 Milton, 1964Dominique Jackson 89 Drake, 2008Larry Nemmers 88 Simpson, 1964Vaughn Blythe 80 Ripon, 1995Gary Linn 80 Buena Vista, 1993Tom Congdon 74 Luther, 1975

Kickoff Return Yds OpponentCarl Hargrave 94 Wartburg, 1972Josh Thomas 90 Cornell, 2003Rob Ambrose 90 1996Art Taylor 89 MidAmerica, 1985Tony Bray 85 1999John Langley 82 Central, 1990

Interception For TD Yds OpponentEd Seery 100+ William Penn, 1973Dominique Jackson 100+ UM, Crookston, 2007Vince Horton 100+ Dubuque, 1917Larry Nemmers 94 Simpson, 1963Josh Thomas 84 Central, 2003Josh Thomas 80 Wartburg, 1956Travis Smith 74 Missouri-Rolla, 2004Joe Kovacevich 71 Wartburg, 1961John Shuety 66 Luther, 1981John Grubb 65 Simpson, 1964Mike Eischeid 65 1962

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#33 Terry Stevens

Stevens, class of 1959, was an All-Conference and Third Team Little All-American quarterback for the Peacocks.

#34 Mike Eischeid

Eischeid was named an All-Americanpunter in 1962 after averaging 44.3 yards per punt. He went on to play professional football for the Minnesota Vikings and Oakland Raiders.

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The idea for an athletic hall of fame was proposed in 1978, but it was not acted upon until 1980 under the Darcy C. Coyle administration when the

-ka. The Hall of Fame members are all displayed in Dorman Gymnasium’s lobby; the new plaques include their picture, name, year of induction, and

forward to inducting many more individuals to our Hall of Fame in the coming years. We thank all of our inductees for many wonderful memories and for their dedication and loyalty, through the good and the tough times, to Upper Iowa University and our athletic teams.

UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

CLASS OF 1980* Dale Alderson (1942)* Wendell Baskerville (1913)

Mike Eischeid (1963)

* Frank Kiple (1931)

David Sanger (1970)Wayne Sawyer (1958)Terry Stevens (1959)

CLASS OF 1981Al Albers (1966)* Roger Dooley (1928)Steve Exline (1971)* Marion Moore (1931)* Floyd Tate (1936)

CLASS OF 1982* William Gutches (1929)* Robert Mullen (1934)Daniel Rourke (1971)

* Paul Tate (1937)* Harry Turner (1948)

CLASS OF 1983Constantine Barbes (1970)* Stephen Everett (1934)* Melvin Harms (1948)* Eugene Harvey (1929)George Richards (1951)* John Rippe (1928)

CLASS OF 1984* Robert Allen (1948)Jim Bushkofsky (1974)Craig Campbell (1971)* Merrill Green (1922)Cecil Spatcher (1940)* R. Fae Tate (1939)Howard Vernon (1957)

CLASS OF 1985* Gayle Farnum (1946)* Charles Hughes (1935)Delbert Hughes (1969)Richard Knipper (1973)* Robert McLeese (1928)* Leonard Shillinglaw (1932)

CLASS OF 1986Calvin Harms (1948)Stan Jack (1956)* Lloyd Pleggenkuhle (1936)* Herbert Raney (1936)* Fred Smith (1949)

CLASS OF 1987* Joe Fortunato* Al Hadar (1942)Mike King (1965)

CLASS OF 1988James Buell (1941)

CLASS OF 1989Frank Kuennen (1976)* Anthony Sungaila (1934)Keith Woolfolk (1985)

CLASS OF 1990

Jerry Eimers (1950)Gene Klinge (1962)* Robert M. Murphy (1949)Bob Rasmussen (1963)

CLASS OF 1991G. Dale Fogle (1949)Gary Korhonen (1964)Patrick Maddlock (1982)Ted Rogers (1969)Robert Sanger (1968)Joseph Smith (1978)

CLASS OF 1992Joseph Brady (1941)Carl Hargrave (1976)Donald Kuehner (1961)Eric Mccoy (1982)Sue (Crafton) Regan (1967)* Charles Sullivan (1927)Bob White (1960)* Norman Wolters (1947)

CLASS OF 1993* Earl Bellis (1956)Dave Broders (1974)Don Dutton (1964)* Dr. Scott LingeLarry Nemmers (1965)David Ripley (1962)Larry Wiebke (1960)

CLASS OF 1994Kevin Andrew (1978)Ronald Herdliska (1965)* Bill Huckstadt (1957)James Rima (1957)Kirk Vidas (1980)

CLASS OF 1995James Day (1967)Rick Dillinger (1976)Frank Nevelle (1968)Grant Peterson (1939)Bill Prochaska (1963)Al Seabrooke (1956)

CLASS OF 1996Vic Belger (1965)* Cecil Kelly (1955)* Dale Kelly (1951)* Francis Kelly (1956)Willy Kelly (1950)Verl Sell (1960)

CLASS OF 1997Dick Arndt (1958)

Freddie Northern (1976)Lowell Tiedt (1971)

CLASS OF 1998Dennis Brumm (1961)Dwain Burkholder (1971)Darrel Lang (1970)Bob Reinert (1965)J. Paul Richards (1960)

CLASS OF 1999Larry Albers (1965)Randy Harvey (1956)Rick Heller (1986)Bob Klieman (1961)Don Lyons (1982)

CLASS OF 2000Dave Barclay (1972)Pat Bollman (1983)

* Mike McCready* Brent Prange (1964)

CLASS OF 2001Mike Exline (1973)Dan Marske (1972)Lori Meyer (1982)John Miller (1968)Steve Staker (1968)

CLASS OF 2002Greg Atkins (1985)Steve Geise (1983)Rich Holm (1968)Bob Horner (1976)Susan Liddy (1974)Jack Schroeder (1970)

CLASS OF 2003Tony DiCecco (1971)

Greg Hutchinson (1974)Joe Kovacevich (1963)Bill Roths (1973)

CLASS OF 2004Tyrone Fambro (1994)Bob Goeller (1991)Mike Vint (1971)

CLASS OF 2005Dick Ingvall (1973)Alan Martindale (1973)John Tierney (1960)Dick Wold (1966)

CLASS OF 2006Dennis Daker (1972)Rick Netolicky (1972)Greg Von Arx (1996)Dick Timmerman

CLASS OF 2007Doug Guilford (1974)*Dr. Vince Horton, M.D. (1919)Travis Mueller (1997)Mike Olson

CLASS OF 2008Dennis Black (1997)* Ronald Jarms (1958)Joe Del Gais (1986)David Kolbe (1976)

CLASS OF 2009Chris BrownKevin Clipperton (1999)Dale KreimeyerKeith Osborn1964 Football Team

(Graduation Year)* Deceased

Joe Stasi ~ Play-by-Play

Joe Stasi will be back in the pressbox for his seventh consecutive year as the Voice of the Peacocks. Stasi, an Upper Iowa University graduate, will broadcast live Peacock football action on AM 950 KOEL. He has served as a play-by-play radio broadcaster since 1997, handling football, basketball, baseball and softball action. Most recently, Stasi was the play-by-play talent for the Iowa Barnstormers, of the Arena Football League (2), the past two springs and summers.

In high school, Stasi was a four-year class President before graduating in 1986. He was a standout athlete, competing in football, basketball, baseball and track. Stasi earned his B.A. in Public Administration from UIU in 1991. He was a three-year letter winner for both the Peacock football and baseball teams. He was the baseball team captain as a senior and led the team with a .383 batting average in conference play.

Joe, his wife Tara, and their daughter Gianna reside in Johnston, Iowa.

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Mike Olson 4-3-0 92 1401969 Mike Olson 4-4-0 174 1181970 Mike Olson 1-6-1 80 1471971 Jim Killbreath 2-6-1 69 1371972 Jim Killbreath 4-5-1 113 2031973 George Richards 1-7-1 104 1641974 George Richards 4-5-0 95 1671975 George Richards 1-9-0 106 261

1977 Dennis Caryl 2-8-0 133 2291978 Dennis Caryl 4-6-0 127 1821979 Dennis Caryl 3-7-0 147 2261980 Don Butterbaugh 3-6-0 130 2261981 Don Butterbaugh 1-7-0 91 2241982 Don Butterbaugh 2-8-0 135 2561983 Don Butterbaugh 2-8-0 147 2991984 Don Butterbaugh 1-9-0 NA NA1985 Steve Fickert 1-9-0 47 3711986 Todd Simonsen 0-9-0 75 3191987 Todd Simonsen 1-9-0 83 2431988 Todd Simonsen 4-6-0 156 2801989 Al Fischer 0-10-0 72 4111990 Al Fischer 4-6-0 231 2871991 Paul Rudolph 2-8-0 173 3021992 Paul Rudolph 6-4-0 326 2311993 Paul Rudolph 3-7-0 179 2281994 Paul Rudolph 7-3-0 176 1881995 Paul Rudolph 4-6-0 166 2701996 Paul Rudolph 3-7-0 153 2541997 Paul Rudolph 7-3-0 280 2491998 Paul Rudolph 5-5-0 299 2021999 Paul Rudolph 6-4-0 291 1772000 Craig Johnston 3-7-0 232 2152001 Craig Johnston 3-7-0 120 2342002 Craig Johnston 2-8-0 150 3182003 Courtney Messingham 1-9-0 188 4022004 Courtney Messingham 2-8-0 211 3262005 Mike Knoll 3-8-0 161 3302006 Mike Knoll 3-8-0 248 3312007 Mike Knoll 3-8-0 308 3702008 Mike Knoll 2-9-0 234 386

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CLASS TIMEOur regionalization philosophyrewards the scheduling oflocal or regional opponents inthe regular season resulting inlimited missed class time forour student-athletes.

TEACHERSAND COACHESMany of our coaches continueto provide other services forour institutions and in thecommunity, including teachingand mentoring.

GRADUATIONRATEOur student-athletegraduation rate is consistently10 to 15 percentage pointshigher than the total studentbody.

PROUD ALUMNIOur former student-athletesinclude governors, senators,entertainers, corporate leadersand professional athletes.

1925Roger Dooley QBVoelkes T1926Roger Dooley FBCharles Sullivan End1927Roger Dooley FB1932Vernon (Tuffy) Myers End1934Bill Shaw EndFloyd Tate OG1935Everett Eischeid HBHerb Raney CFloyd Tate FB1936Everett Eischeid QB1937Everett Eischeid BackOrville Pickering BackFloyd Tate End1938Rex Chamberlain BackCecil Spatcher BackFloyd Tate End1939James Buell HBRex Chamberlain C1942Scott Beasley Back1946Mel Harms EndSam Turner QB1947Bob Murphy CSam Turner QB1950George Richards Back1952Earl Little OT1953Randy Harvey Back1955Francis Kelly OT1956*Leland Boehme C*Terry Stevens HB1957Terry Stevens QB*Robert George End*Ron Goldsmith G*George Cabalka Back#Karl Moe End1958*Dennis Brumm End*Bob Johnson Back

1959*Dennis Brumm End1960Mike Eischeid SDale Kreimeyer OG*Mike Scott HB1961Don Grove DTMike Eischeid DB1962Perry Smith DLMike Eischeid DBJoe Kovacevich DB1963Bob Reinert BackRon Herdliska RB1964Charlie Brown EndFrank Nevelle OTKen Bye OGBob Reinert BackRon Herdliska BackClarke Campbell BackBob Schulte DTLarry Nemmers DB1965Marvin Boehme OLJim Day OLWarren Pierce Back1966Warren Pierce BackSteve Staker BackFrank Nevell DLKen Michelson DLJim Day OL1967Dave Sanger BackDarrell Lang DL1968Gust Barbes LBDarrel Lang DTDave Sanger Back*Del Hughes OT*Bill Long DL*Tom Mueller DB*Ted Rogers End1969Greg Dunlap CSteve Exline OTDave Sanger Back1970Steve Exline OGDan Voegler Back*Larry Borst DL*Skip Feinberg Back1971Wendell Whitcher DB*Larry Borst DT

1972*Randy Bartemeyer DB*Barry Black DL*Larry Borst DL1973Carl Hargrave DB*Jack Frey WR*Rick Gerber DL1974Carl Hargrave DB*Rick Dillinger OL*Gary Marshall RB*Fred Northern DL*Marshall Richards QB1975Carl Hargrave DB*Rick Dillinger OL*Gary Marshall RB*Fred Northern DL1976Sam Giancola TE1977*Vince Savage DB1978Pat Maddock RBBrad Zumbach P*Bill Baier OL*Tim Mauss OL1979Pat Maddock RB*Russ Martin WR1980*Tim Mauss OL1981Steve Giese DLJohn Tardelli DL*Steve Hodges DB1982Steve Giese DLDane Jako WR1983Larry Seals FB*Mike Williams WR1984*Jim Dostal DB1985Darryl Fulgham DB1986Shawn Burt DBRandy Ristau DB*Mike Bengston WR*Mike Himes DE*Mark Smith DB1987Mike Himes DEJay Johnson WR1988Mike Himes DLJay Johnson WR

*Joel Foster DB*Keith Hunter DL1989*Joel Foster DB*Keith Hunter DL1990James Davis LBBob Goeller OL*Jackie Bridges WR1991Jackie Bridges WRRolando Gomez LB*Gary Goeller OL1992Jackie Bridges WRJason Kesten TEBilly Proctor RBJeff Roth (MVP) QB*Chris Burco OL*Gary Goeller OL*Demetrius Hayes LB1993Todd Eiklenborg LBDevin Willis WR1994Dan Donisthorpe TE*Ryan Engel OL*DeVon English WR*Chad Kohagen LB*Dana Mathis DB*Steve Norris DL*Clint Rodgers LB*Kevin Stahle DB*Matt Walshire QB1995Darnell Avery RB*Chad Kohagen ILB*Clint Rodgers DE/LB*Kevin Stahle DB*Casey Van Tuyl OL1996Chad Kohagen LB*Matt Boehm DL*Kevin Stahle DB*Casey Van Tuyl OL1997Matt Boehm DL*Wesley Bell WR*John Quandahl DB*James Rarick OL*Mike Wright LB1998Wesley Bell WRFou Mamea DLJames Rarick OL*John Quandahl DB*Jesse Willis QB1999Ryan Birt LB

Todd Gassman OLKuma Hatten DB*Wilford Lopes DL*Mike Hatten RB*Eric Steinbrecher LB*Corey Washington OL2000Mike Hatten RB2001*Likaki Malaki LB2002*Jon Scranton DL*Jesse Montalto WR2004Gary Glasby Jr. ReturnSam Gorham LB*Calvin Jones DBJay Lehman QBJesse Montalto WR*Travis Smith LB*Josh Thomas DBDerek Turner OL#William Watkins OL2005#Dwayne Croker WRGary Glasby Jr. WR#Gary Glasby Jr. ReturnT.C. Hicks RBAdam Kirksey DLAaron Maar OL*Duran Major DL2006Dwayne Croker WRT.C. Hicks RB*Ryan Hudgins PR#Ryan Hudgins WR#Jerad Jandrain OL#Andrew Jones QB#Chris Spier LB2007T.C. Hicks RB* Dominique Jackson CB# Dwayne Croker WR# Jerad Jandrain OL2008# Jerad Jandrain OL# Ervin Kehoss OLNote: No football was played at UIU from 1943-44 due to WWII… no all-conference teams were selected in 1945and 1948… due to its move to the Division II level, Upper Iowa was not in a conference in 2003… UIU competed inthe Independent FootballAlliance in 2004 and 2005.

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