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SMSU 2016 Schedule/Results4-2 NSIC, 1-1 NSIC South

Sept. 1 *No. 19 Minnesota Duluth W 42-38 Sept. 10 *Northern State L 35-51 Sept. 17 *University of Mary W 47-23 Sept. 24 *Minnesota Crookston W 47-13Oct. 1 *Upper Iowa (Homecoming) W 59-41 Oct. 8 *No. 9 Sioux Falls L 28-48 Oct. 15 *Wayne State (Ag Bowl) 6 p.m. Oct. 20 *Minnesota State 6 p.m. Oct. 29 *Concordia-St. Paul 1 p.m. Nov. 5 *Winona State 1 p.m. Nov. 12 *Augustana 1 p.m.* NSIC game

Game FactsWayne State College (2-4, 1-1 NSIC South) atSouthwest Minnesota State University (4-2, 1-1 NSIC South) Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 • 6 p.m. • Marshall, Minn.Mattke Field at the Schwan Regional Event Center (turf)

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SMSU vs. WSC Series Notes(all-time results listed on page 8)

Southwest Minnesota State and Wayne State meet for the 28th timeon Saturday night with WSC leading 19-8 in a series that started onNov. 1, 1969 ... SMSU is 4-10 all-time in games played in Marshall ...WSC won the last game in Marshall during the 2015 season, 48-45in overtime ... SMSU won 61-3 last season in Wayne ... WSC had aseven-game winning streak in the series from 2005-11 ... WSC haswon 10 of the last 14 meetings since 2002, but SMSU has won threeof the last four meetings.

The Last Time - SMSU vs. WSCSMSU bounced back from its first loss of the 2015 season with adominating 61-3 victory over WSC on Oct. 10, 2015 in Wayne. SMSUexploded with one of its biggest halves in school history—scoring 47first half points—in building a 47-3 halftime lead, scoring on all sixof its possessions. The three points allowed is the fewest by SMSUsince shutting out Waldorf College (Iowa) on Sept. 4, 2004. The 58-point victory is the third largest margin in team history and the high-est ever versus an NSIC team. SMSU finished the game with 618yards of offense, including 322 on the ground. SMSU racked up 32first downs and was 11 of 15 on third down conversions. The SMSUrushing attack was led by Davontay Stevens with 131 yards and onetouchdown on 21 carries, while Divonte Beale added a career-high127 yards and one touchdown. Blake Gimbel completed 16 of 26pass attempts with three touchdown passes. The Mustangs had 10different players record a pass reception, with Raphael Lawson-Gaylefinishing with two receptions for 67 yards and two touchdowns.

SMSU vs. WSC Series InformationOverall:....................................................................WSC leads 19-8In Marshall: ............................................................WSC leads 10-4In Wayne: ..................................................................WSC leads 9-4Neutral Record: ..........................................................................0-0Last SMSU win: ................................................Oct. 10, 2015 (61-3)Last WSC win: ..........................................Oct. 25, 2014 (48-45, ot)Largest win for SMSU: ............................................58 (61-3, 2015)Largest win for WSC: ..............................................49 (49-0, 1969)Longest win streak for SMSU:........................2 (1990-91, 2012-13)Longest win streak for WSC: ........................................7 (2005-11)Current win streak: ............................................................SMSU, 1Sauter vs. WSC: ..........................................................................3-3McLaughlin vs. SMSU: ................................................................8-3

THIS WEEK: Southwest Minnesota StateUniversity (4-2 NSIC, 1-1 NSIC South) contin-ues NSIC South Division play this Saturday,Oct. 15, hosting Wayne State College (2-4 NSIC, 1-1 NSIC South) for the 10th an-nual Ag Bowl at Mattke Field at the Schwan Regional Event Center. Kickoff isslated for 6 p.m. SMSU had its three-game winning streak snapped last weekwith a 48-28 road loss to No. 7/9 Sioux Falls. WSC had its two-game winningstreak snapped with a 44-31 home loss to Augustana.

AG BOWL: Saturday’s game concludes a day of celebration of agriculture inMinnesota and features numerous events for both kids and adults. Proceedsgenerated by the Ag Bowl will fund scholarships and programming for worthySMSU student-athletes and young people who will dedicate their careers tobusiness success in agriculture, environmental science and the food industries.

SMSU ALL-TIME ON AG BOWL: SMSU is 4-5 all-time in Ag Bowl games aftersnapping a three-game losing streak last season with a 34-30 win over BemidjiState.

SENIORS HONORED PRIOR TO GAME: Despite a pair of afternoon homegames remaining on the schedule, the SMSU football program will host “Senior Day” on Saturday night and will rec-ognize its 21 seniors in a ceremony prior to kick off.

A VICTORY FOR SMSU ON SATURDAY WOULD...:•Be its second straight over Wayne State. •Give SMSU a 5-2 overall record for the second straight season. •Give SMSU a 4-0 home record. The last time SMSU was unbeaten at home after four games was in 1991.•Give SMSU a 22-33 all-time record in NSIC South Division games.•Lift SMSU’s all-time record to 192-305-5, including 130-211-5 in conference play.

THE HEAD COACH: Cory Sauter is in his seventh season as head coach at Southwest Minnesota State and has anoverall record of 33-40, including 32-38 in conference games. The 33 victories ranks second all-time among 10 headcoaches in program history. Gary Buer (1979-92), the program leader with 70 victories, recorded 27 victories duringhis first seven seasons as head coach. Sauter was named head coach on March 29, 2010, after serving two seasons asan assistant coach at SMSU. In 2009, Sauter served as the team’s offensive coordinator, while in 2008 he served asquarterbacks coach. A complete bio on coach Sauter can be found on page 24.

MUSTANGS IN THE NCAA STATS: Southwest Minnesota State enters Saturday’s game ranked third in Division II inthird-down conversion pct., fifth in scoring, eighth in total offense, and ninth in passing offense. Blake Gimbel rankssecond in the nation in completions, third in the nation in completion percentage, eighth in passing touchdowns andninth in passing yards. Max Simmons ranks 18th in rushing touchdowns, while Nate Huot ranks 20th nationally in allpurpose yards and 25th in receiving yards. Gene Germain is ranked 20th in solo tackles and 48th in total tackles. Acomplete look of the NCAA stats are located on pages 22-23.

MUSTANGS IN THE NSIC STATS: In the NSIC stats, SMSU’s Blake Gimbel ranks first in passing yards and fifth in totaloffense, Max Simmons ranks fifth in scoring, while Nate Huot ranks second in all purpose yards, fifth in receiving yardsper game and sixth in receptions per game. Gene Germain begins the week ranked seventh in tackles per game. SMSUranks first in the NSIC in passing yards, first in scoring offense, third in total offense, seventh in rushing offense, seventhin pass defense, 14th in rush defense and 14th in total defense. A complete look of the NSIC stats are located on pages20-21.

USF PULL AWAY LATE TO SNAP SMSU’S WINNING STREAK: No. 7/9 University of Sioux Falls remained undefeatedand showed why it ranks first in Division II in total offense and third in rushing in earning a 48-28 victory over SouthwestMinnesota State last Saturday night in Sioux Falls. USF finished the game with 670 yards of offense on 90 plays, including428 yards rushing. SMSU, which entered the game ranked third in Division II in offense, was held to a season-low 331yards on 66 plays with 18 first downs. Blake Gimbel completed 27 of 40 pass attempts for 248 yards and three touch-downs with one interception. Gabe Galamue led the SMSU receiving corps with seven receptions for 52 yards, whileTy Steffensen had six catches for 44 yards and two touchdowns. SMSU was limited to 83 yards rushing with Max Sim-mons leading the way with 58 yards on eight carries with one touchdown.

MUSTANG DEFENSE FORCING TURNOVERS: The Southwest Minnesota State defense has been opportunistic thisseason, forcing at least one turnover in all six games, including three or more in three games. SMSU has forced a com-bined nine turnovers the past three weeks, including five two week’s ago in a win versus Upper Iowa. SMSU had fourinterceptions in the win, which is its highest total since racking up four versus Black Hills State in 2009.

SIMMONS TIES SCHOOL RECORD: Southwest Minnesota State freshman running back Max Simmons tied a schoolsingle-game record in the win at Minnesota Crookston on Sept. 24 recording four rushing touchdowns. He is the fourthplayer in team history to reach the mark, joining Rich Froemling (1974), Robert Lipsey (1990) and Thomas Durham(2004).

2016 NCAA Rankings(170 teams ranked) SMSU WSCScoring Offense 5th 96th Rushing Offense 52nd 108thPassing Offense 9th 82ndPassing Efficiency 20th 97thTotal Offense 8th 100thScoring Defense 134th 109thRushing Defense 155th 60thPass Defense 86th 138thPass Eff. Defense 69th 121stTotal Defense 145th 100thNet Punting 136th 15thPunt Returns 106th 144thKickoff Returns 29th 166thTurnover Margin 53rd 80thFewest Penalty Yards/Gm. 10th 60thTime of Poss. 169th 91st3rd Down Conv. 3rd 15th3rd Down Conv. Defense 156th 158th

Full listing of SMSU and SMSU individuals on pages 21-22

Southwest Minnesota State returns home to face Wayne State forthe annual Ag Bowl and Senior Night

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SMSU HIGH-OCTANE OFFENSE: Since being shutout on Nov. 5, 2011, Southwest Minnesota State has scored 30 ormore points in 31 of its last 52 games dating back to the final game of the 2011 season. Since Nov. 12, 2011, SMSUhas reached 40 points 18 times, 50 points eight times and 60 points once.

NO TIME OF POSSESSION? NO PROBLEM: Southwest Minnesota State begins the week ranked 169th out of 170teams in Division II in time of possession. Despite averaging the ball just 25 minutes and 2 seconds through six games,SMSU ranks fifth nationally in scoring, eighth in total offense and ninth in first downs.

FRESHMEN REACHING CENTURY MARK AGAIN: Freshman Max Simmons and Isley Carrington--two of four truefreshman to play this season for SMSU--have rushed for more than 100 yards in three of the last four games with acombined 11 touchdowns. Simmons made his first career start versus U-Mary in week three and rushed for 101 yardsand two touchdowns, while he gained 112 yards and four touchdowns at Minnesota Crookston in week four. Carringtonrushed for 181 yards and three touchdowns versus Upper Iowa.

DUO REACH 100-YARDS RUSHING: Senior Divonte Beale and freshman Max Simmons both reached 100 yardsrushing in the victory over U-Mary in week three. Beale amassed 164 yards on 27 carries, while Simmons finishedwith 101 on 13 attempts. It’s the first time SMSU had a pair of players reach 100 yards in a single-game since last sea-son’s finale versus Winona State.

SCORING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL: The Southwest Minnesota State defense has recorded a pair of touchdownsthrough six weeks. Sophomore Chance Steward returned a fumble 50 yards for a touchdown at Northern State inweek two, while senior Tyler Flud had a 48-yard interception return for a score in week four at Minnesota Crookston.Flud’s interception return for a touchdown was SMSU’s first since Daryl Thomas had a 27-yard touchdown return atMinnesota State in 2014.

GERMAIN ALL GAME AGAIN: Senior linebacker Gene Germain has led the team in tackles in four of six games thisseason and has amassed a team-high 56 for the season. He begins the week ranked 20th in Division II in solo tacklesand 48th in total tackles. He set a career-high with 12 tackles, including five solo stops in SMSU’s win over MinnesotaDuluth in week one. He ranks 41st nationally in total tackles.

GIMBEL IN THE RECORD BOOK: Junior quarterback Blake Gimbel holds the school single-game record for comple-tions in a game (42, vs. Upper Iowa, 2015 and 2016) and also holds the school single-season record for completionpercentage (66.4) set last season. He begins this week ranked first in the school career record book in completion pct.(67.0), ninth in touchdown passes (45), 10th in total offense (5,099), 10th in completions (472) and 11th in yards(5,260).

GIMBEL CAREER STARTS GAME-BY-GAME: 2015 Opponent Comp. Att. Int TD Yards Long Result S3 at Minot State 23 42 0 2 210 26 W, 21-10 S12 Bemidji State 31 42 1 2 264 22 W,34-30 S19 at St. Cloud State 16 24 0 1 182 33 W, 21-20 S26 MSU Moorhead 18 28 0 5 299 44 W, 48-9 O3 at Augustana 24 37 1 1 332 70 L, 23-48 O10 at Wayne State 16 26 0 3 247 46 W, 61-3 O17 Sioux Falls 38 52 0 3 384 24 L, 26-34 O24 at Upper Iowa 42 56 0 4 454 82 W, 34-19 O31 Minnesota State 24 40 3 1 253 39 L, 17-55 N7 at Concordia-St. Paul 25 35 1 3 243 24 W, 48-24 N14 Winona State 16 29 1 1 185 33 W, 33-38 2016 Opponent Comp. Att. Int TD Yards Long Result S1 Minnesota Duluth 25 42 1 5 397 50 W, 42-38 S10 at Northern State 34 49 2 2 336 41 L, 35-51 S17 University of Mary 15 19 1 4 175 25 W, 47-23 S24 at Minnesota Crookston 20 28 0 1 283 45 W, 47-13 O1 Upper Iowa 42 53 2 3 436 39 W, 59-41 O8 at Sioux Falls 27 40 1 3 248 42 L, 28-48

GIMBEL NAMED NSIC PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Junior quarterback Blake Gimbel was named the NSIC OffensivePlayer of the Week on Sept. 6, earning the award for the third time in his career. Gimbel helped SMSU rally from a 10-point deficit to defeat Minnesota Duluth and earn the program's first-ever win over a Division II Top 25 team. He fin-ished the game completing 25 of 42 pass attempts for 397 yards and tying a career-high with five touchdown passes,including the game-winner with 23 seconds remaining.

GIMBEL TIES OWN RECORD: Junior quarterback Blake Gimbel tied his own school record for completions in a singlegame in the win over Upper Iowa on Oct. 1, completing 42 on 53 pass attempts. The 42 completions ranks tied for thefourth highest total in Division II this season. He also completed 42 passes versus Upper Iowa last season in a victoryin Fayette. In two games versus UIU, Gimbel has completed 84 passes on 109 attempts for 890 yards and seven touch-downs.

CARRINGTON EARNS NSIC HONOR: True freshman running back Isley Carrington was named the NSIC OffensivePlayer of the Week on Oct. 3. Carrington, who was appearing in his first career game, rushed for 181 yards and threetouchdowns on just 11 carries and also caught three passes for 24 yards. His 16.5 yards per rushing attempt set a newSMSU single-game record. He is the second SMSU player (Blake Gimbel) to earn the award this season.

CARRINGTON SETS SINGLE-GAME MARK: True freshman running back Isley Carrington made a big first impressionin his first career game in week five versus Upper Iowa. His 181 yards rushing on 11 carries set a school single-gamerecord for highest average per carry at 16.5, breaking the previous mark of 11.8 set by Barry Meyer in 1998.

HUOT CONTINUES TREND: Junior wide receiver Nate Huot, who led the team in receptions, yards and touchdownsin 2015, has continued his fine play into the 2016 season. He recorded 11 catches for a career-high 182 yards and twotouchdowns two weeks ago versus Upper Iowa and also caught a career-high 12 passes for 117 yards and two touch-downs in the loss at Northern State in week two. He currently leads the team in receptions (38) and yards (580) andhas eight career 100-yard receiving games ranking eighth in team history.

Team Statistics • SMSU vs. WSC SMSU WSC

Scoring 258 (43.0) 204 (40.8)First Downs 154 123

Rushing 58 71Passing 91 46 Penalty 5 6

Rushing Yardage 1,048 (174.7) 1,803 (360.6)Passing Yardage 2,022 (337.0) 1,037 (207.4)Total Offense 3,070 (511.7) 2,840 (569.0)3rd Down Conv. 52-86 (60%) 25-55 (45%)4th Down Conv. 5-10 (50%) 0-3 (0%)Touchdowns 37 29Field Goals/Att. 1-1 1-2

Scoring Defense 214 (35.7) 104 (20.8)Rushing Defense 1,410 (235.0) 615 (123.0)Passing Defense 1,347 (224.5) 1,360 (272.0)Total Defense 2,757 (459.5) 1,975 (395.0)

2016 NSIC StandingsSouth Division South OverallSioux Falls 2-0 6-0Winona State 2-0 5-1Southwest Minnesota State 1-1 4-2Wayne State 1-1 2-4Augustana 1-1 4-2Minnesota State 1-1 4-2Concordia-St. Paul 0-2 2-4Upper Iowa 0-2 1-5

Overall NSICSioux Falls 6-0Bemidji State 5-1Winona State 5-1Minnesota Duluth 5-1Southwest Minnesota State 4-2Augustana 4-2Minnesota State 4-2Northern State 3-3MSU Moorhead 3-3St. Cloud State 3-3Wayne State 2-4Concordia-St. Paul 2-4Minot State 1-5Upper Iowa 1-5U-Mary 0-6Minnesota Crookston 0-6 Saturday, Oct. 15Upper Iowa at Concordia-St. Paul, 12 p.m.U-Mary at Minnesota Crookston, 1 p.m.Minnesota State at Augustana, 1 p.m.Northern State at Minnesota Duluth, 1:05 p.m.Minot State at Bemidji State, 2 p.m.St. Cloud State at MSU Moorhead, 2 p.m.Sioux Falls at Winona State, 2:30 p.m.Minnesota Crookston at MSU Moorhead, 6 p.m.

SMSU Under Sauter When... 2016 Overall Playing at home ..................................................3-0 ..........17-19Playing away........................................................1-2 ..........15-19 Playing at a neutral site ......................................0-0 ..............1-2

Ahead at halftime..............................................2-0 ............22-3 Behind at halftime ............................................1-2 ............8-33 Tied at halftime ................................................1-0 ..............3-4

Ahead after third quarter....................................3-0 ............23-5Behind after third quarter ..................................1-2 ............8-34 Tied after third quarter ......................................0-0 ..............2-1

Scores first ........................................................2-0 ..........20-10Opponent scores first ........................................2-2 ..........13-30

Out-gains the opponent rushing ........................3-1 ............13-5Out-gains or the same opponent passing ..........4-2 ..........18-27Commits fewer turnovers than opponent ........2-0 ............19-8 Commits more turnovers than opponent ........1-1 ............3-24Commits same turnovers as opponent ............1-1 ............11-8

Have same or fewer penalties than opponent....4-0 ..........20-29Have more penalties than opponent ..................0-2 ..........13-11


HUOT TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS: Junior wide receiver Nate Huot has moved to sixth place on the school’s all-time touchdown receptions list with 23. He needs two touchdown reception to move into a tie for fifth place and fiveto move into fourth place. He also has 150 career receptions which ranks 11th in team history and is two shy of movingin to 10th place. SMSU career pass reception TDs 59 Alvin Ashley 1990-93 35 James Ashley 1986-88 29 Anthony Dean 2010-13 28 Wayne Hawkins 1989-91 25 Ray Denson 2002-05 23 Nate Huot 2014-16 23 Blake Wilson 2006-09

SMSU IN THE SOUTH: The NSIC adapted divisional play during the 2008 season. SMSU is a combined 21-33 all-time in South Division games and finishing in the top half of the division just once in eight seasons. SMSU had itshighest finish in 2013 at second place, but has finished fourth three times, fifth once and sixth three times.

U-MARY PASSING HELD IN CHECK: The SMSU defense limited U-Mary to just 85 passing yards on 19 attempts in aweek three victory. It was the first time since Oct. 4, 2014, (vs. Minnesota State, 66 yards) that SMSU held a team toless than 100 yards passing in a game.

SMSU EARNS FIRST-EVER WIN OVER TOP 25 TEAM: Southwest Minnesota State earned its first-ever victory overa Division II Top 25 team on Sept. 1, defeating No. 19 Minnesota Duluth, 42-38, in Marshall.

MUSTANG AND THE AFCA TOP 25: Southwest Minnesota State received 20 points in the Sept. 5 American FootballCoaches Association (AFCA) Top 25 poll, the most points the program has ever received in the weekly poll. SMSU’s 20points ranked 33rd overall. Last season, for the first time since 2008, SMSU received votes in the AFCA poll, receivingtwo votes in each of the polls on Oct. 12, 19 and 26.

GET IN THE “ZONE”: Southwest Minnesota State has scored on 24 of its 26 (92.3) possessions inside the “red zone”this season with 23 touchdowns and one field goal. SMSU opponents are 22 of 25 (88.0) inside “red zone” this seasonwith 17 touchdowns and five field goals. The following is SMSU in the “red zone” since 2010.

Year Red-Zone TD FG2010 22 of 30 (73.3) 22 02011 35 of 41 (85.4) 29 62012 30 of 37 (81.1) 25 52013 49 of 57 (86.0) 40 92014 35 of 43 (81.4) 26 82015 39 of 50 (78.0) 36 32016 24 of 26 (92.3) 23 1

BIG PLAY MUSTANGS: SMSU has recorded 59 offensive/defensive plays or kick/punt returns of 20 or more yardsin 2016, including 37 by the Mustang offense (10 run, 27 pass). For a complete look at the “long” plays and SMSU’s“money” plays for this season, go to pages 16-17. The following is SMSU’s “long plays” since 2010.

“Long” plays (20 yards or more) since 2010Year No. TD Run Pass KR PR IR FR2010 61 14 10 32 18 0 0 12011 60 8 13 22 23 1 1 02012 66 20 18 28 19 1 0 02013 125 30 28 51 41 1 2 22014 71 12 15 27 21 3 5 02015 78 18 13 39 18 5 3 02016 59 14 10 27 19 0 2 1

SPECIAL TEAMS LEADERS: Southwest Minnesota State junior Michael Rivera leads the Mustang special teams witha five tackles this season with all five coming on kickoffs. Redshirt freshman Tyshonn Woodard and sophomore AustinWells each rank second with four tackles apiece.

2016 TEAM CAPTAINS: Four players, two on offense and two on defense, have been named team captains for the2016 season. The team captains were selected by a vote of the Mustang players. The offensive team captains selectedwere senior tackle Grant Greenfield and junior quarterback Blake Gimbel. The defensive team captains named weresenior linebacker Tyler Flud and senior cornerback Dallin Finley. It’s the second straight season Gimbel and Flud havebeen selected a team captain.

MUSTANGS AT HOME: The 2016 season marks the ninth year that Mattke Field at the Schwan Regional EventCenter serves as the home for SMSU football. SMSU, which is 3-0 this season, is 23-25 all-time at the stadium, includingfinishing 3-2 in 2015. Last season was the first winning season in team history at the stadium. The $16 million facilityopened in the fall of 2008 with the first college football game played on Aug. 30 versus Minnesota Crookston.

RECORD ON THE ROAD: SMSU is 1-2 on the road in 2016 following a 48-28 loss to Sioux Falls on Oct. 8. SMSU fin-ished 5-1 in road games last season setting a school record for road wins in a season. Prior to last season, the 1991and 2013 teams held the record of four wins. SMSU is a combined 30-52 in road games since 2000.

GREENFIELD NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN: Senior offensive tackle Grant Greenfield was named a secondteam NCAA Division II preseason All-American by Lindy’s magazine, a noted college football preview publication. Green-field helped the SMSU offense last season lead the NSIC in total offense with 486 yards per game, including rankingfourth in rushing (196.8) and fourth in passing (288.6). Greenfield is one of just five players from the NSIC to earneither first or second team preseason honors by Lindy's.

2016 SMSU Scoring DrivesOpp. Plays Yds Time Scoring PlayUMD 3 75 0:50 Steffensen 14-yard receptionUMD 4 65 1:38 Huot 50-yard receptionUMD 3 16 1:11 Lawson-Gayle 4-yard receptionUMD 6 61 2:17 Shelton 11-yard receptionUMD 8 68 1:45 Beale 1-yard runUMD 5 64 0:27 Steffensen 14-yard receptionNSU 14 73 4:31 Payne 5-yard runNSU 16 75 5:29 Payne 1-yard runNSU 8 86 3:02 Huot 4-yard receptionNSU 13 67 3:12 Huot 14-yard receptionUMARY 11 65 2:41 Beale 12-yard receptionUMARY 11 86 2:39 Lawson-Gayle 12-yard receptionUMARY 5 66 1:30 Lawson-Gayle 25-yard receptionUMARY 5 30 1:30 Steffensen 12-yard receptionUMARY 10 73 3:38 Simmons 2-yard runUMARY 7 79 3:17 Simmons 55-yard runUMARY 3 60 0:37 Busari 58-yard receptionUMC 8 53 2:28 Simmons 9-yard runUMC 8 40 2:19 Simmons 5-yard runUMC 4 71 0:58 Lawson-Gayle 45-yard receptionUMC 5 52 1:28 Simmons 21-yard runUMC 5 51 1:30 Simmons 9-yard runUMC 13 80 5:00 Walton 3-yard runUIU 7 74 2:01 Simmons 1-yard runUIU 1 46 0:10 Huot 46-yard receptionUIU 3 49 0:26 Huot 36-yard receptionUIU 12 77 4:38 Wells 20-yard field goalUIU 6 48 2:39 Galamue 19-yard receptionUIU 3 37 1:01 Carrington 7-yard runUIU 10 78 3:59 Shelton 39-yard receptionUIU 2 78 0:48 Carrington 64-yard runUIU 3 62 0:31 Carrington 55-yard runUSF 7 62 2:03 Steffensen 17-yard receptionUSF 10 50 1:17 Steffensen 5-yard receptionUSF 7 60 2:22 Simmons 6-yard runUSF 6 67 1:17 Lawson-Gayle 42-yard reception

2016 Turnover Breakdown SMSU OPP. FLOST/INT. FLOST/INT. MARGINUMD 1/1 2/1 +1NSU 2/2 1/0 -3U-MARY 1/1 1/0 -1UMC 1/0 0/3 +2UIU 0/2 1/4 +3USF 0/1 0/1 0WSCMSUCSPWSUAUTotals 5/7 5/9 +2

Career/Consecutive Starts The following are the number of career and consecutive starts forMustang players:

Offense Career Cons.Divonte Beale 1 0Ty Bird 6 6Isley Carrington 1 1Gabe Galamue 4 2Blake Gimbel 17 17Grant Greenfield 28 28Nick Guzman 1 0Austin Hilgert 22 9Nate Huot 24 5R. Lawson-Gayle 1 0Hamilton Mateski 3 2Jeb Melson 1 0Chase Onken 1 0Ashanti Payne 3 0Davion Shelton 3 0James Sherrill 5 2Max Simmons 2 0Ty Steffensen 18 6Tommy Steidler 11 0Vernel Wingate 4 0Drake Zabloudil 7 6

Defense Career Cons.Hayden Acker 6 6Wes Bednar 6 6Jordan Clark 3 0Michael Everett 6 6Dallin Finley 12 6Tyler Flud 28 28Gene Germain 8 8Daniel Halverson 5 3Caleb Leichtnam 17 17Elijah McGeehan 1 0Alex Ney 2 0Kevin Rubin 17 17Chance Steward 13 7Alex Werner 21 17


CAA ALL-REGION: Senior offensive tackle Grant Greenfield was named to the 2015 Conference Commissioners As-sociation All-Super Region 3 second team. Super Region 3 consists of schools from the Northern Sun IntercollegiateConference (NSIC), the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA), the Great American Conference(GAC) and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC).

ALL-NSIC RETURNERS: SMSU returns six players this season who earned All-NSIC South Division honors in 2015.Senior offensive tackle Grant Greenfield and senior linebacker Tyler Flud were named both named first team All-NSICSouth, senior safety Caleb Leichtnam was named second team, while junior wide receiver Nate Huot, junior quarter-back Blake Gimbel and junior center Austin Hilgert were named honorable mention.

EIGHT VICTORIES THE HIGHEST AT DIVISION II LEVEL: Southwest Minnesota State finished the 2015 season witheight victories setting a school record for wins at the Division II level (since 1995). SMSU finished 8-3 overall and 4-3in the NSIC South Division, tying for fourth overall in the NSIC and placing fourth in the South Division. It’s just thethird time ever an SMSU team has won eight or more games in a season. The 1991 team finished 9-1, while the 1990squad was 8-3.

THREE-YEAR RUN: Southwest Minnesota State put together one of the best three-year runs in school history en-tering this season (2013-15). SMSU recorded a combined 18 victories from 2013 to 2015, marking its highest three-year victory total since winning 19 games from 1991-93.

SMSU IN THE 2015 NCAA REGION RANKINGS: For the first time in program history, SMSU was ranked in the NCAASuper Region 3 rankings during the 2015 season. SMSU was ranked No. 8 in the first region poll released on Oct. 26and after falling out of the Nov. 2 ranking, SMSU moved back into the poll at No. 9 on Nov. 9.

TURNOVER MARGIN: Southwest Minnesota State is “plus-2” in turnover margin this season following six games.Since the start of the 2004 season (139 games), SMSU has been a “plus” in turnover margin in just 42 games (three in2004, two in 2005, one in 2006, two in 2007, three in 2008, three in 2009, two in 2010, three in 2011, seven in 2012,six in 2013, twice in 2014, five times in 2015 and three times in 2016). In SMSU’s last 116 conference games, whichspans from late in the 2004 season through this season, SMSU is minus-41 in turnover margin. The Mustangs havebeen “even” or “minus” in turnover margin in 78 of their last 116 conference games.

THE 2016 ROSTER: The 2016 SMSU roster features 114 players (as of Oct. 10) with 21 seniors, 19 juniors, 18 soph-omores, 26 redshirt freshmen and 30 freshmen. The roster includes players from 15 different states and Canada. Min-nesota leads the way with 51 players, followed by Iowa (12), Illinois (11), Wisconsin (8), South Dakota (6), California(4), Florida (4), Michigan (3), Oregon (3), Colorado (3), Arizona (3), Nebraska (2), Nevada (1), Georgia (1), Virginia (1)and Ontario (1).

NSIC PRESEASON POLL: SMSU was picked to finish seventh overall and fourth in the South Division in the annual16-team Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll. SMSU received one first place vote inboth the overall and South Division poll. Junior quarterback Blake Gimbel and senior linebacker Tyler Flud werenamed “Players to Watch” in the NSIC this season.

WORKING OVERTIME: SMSU has played in 11 overtime games since the NCAA added the extra session in 1998.SMSU is 4-7 all-time in overtime games, including 1-3 in multi-overtime contests. SMSU’s last overtime game was ahome loss to Wayne State (48-45) on Oct. 25, 2014, while its last overtime win came on Nov. 2, 2013, (51-44) overWinona State. The program’s last multi-overtime game was a 34-31 double overtime loss at Minnesota State on Oct.13, 2012.

FOR OPENERS: Southwest Minnesota State is now 22-27 all-time in season openers following this year’s 42-38 winversus Minnesota Duluth on Sept. 1. SMSU is 3-4 in season openers under head coach Cory Sauter.

MUSTANGS ON HOMECOMING: Southwest Minnesota State is now 22-25 all-time on homecoming following thisseason’s win over Upper Iowa. SMSU has won three straight and four of the last five homecoming games. SMSU is 6-11 on homecoming since 2000.

MUSTANG HISTORY: The 2016 season marks the 49th year of college football at Southwest Minnesota State datingback to 1968. SMSU owns an all-time record of 191-305-5, including 129-211-5 in conference play. SMSU has recorded10 winning seasons, made two NAIA playoff appearances (1987 and 1991) and one Mineral Water Bowl appearance(2013). The program earned its lone conference championship in 1990.

SMSU VERSUS THE NORTH: Since 2012, when the NSIC schedule required each team to play four inter-divisionalgames, SMSU has a record of 11-9 versus NSIC North Division teams. For the first time in program history, SMSU wenta perfect 4-0 versus North Division squads in 2015 and this season finished with a 3-1 record. Since divisional play wasstarted in 2009, SMSU is a combined 20-32 all-time in South Division games.

ABOUT WAYNE STATE: Dan McLaughlin is in his 12th season as head coach at Wayne State with a record of 65-64.He is the program’s all-time leader in coaching victories. He led WSC to six straight winning seasons from 2007-12, in-cluding an NCAA playoff spot in 2008 and a Mineral Water Bowl appearance in 2007. The Wildcats are led by quarter-back Zach Osborn, who has passed for 1,329 yards and 15 touchdowns, completing 118 of 219 passes with seveninterceptions. Wide receiver Nate Rogers has caught a team-high 37 passes for 467 yards and eight touchdowns. Therunning game is paced by Rashad Trimble, who has amassed 434 yards on 109 carries, while Arelious Burns has 257yards and two touchdowns on 56 attempts. The Wildcat defense is led cornerback Cam Montgomery who has a team-high four interceptions and is also the team leader with 38 tackles. Defensive end Randy Bryan has four tackles forloss and 2.5 sacks.

UP NEXT: Southwest Minnesota State has a short week as its travels to Mankato to battle Minnesota State onThursday, Oct. 20, starting at 6 p.m.

MUSTANGS ON RADIO: All SMSU football games during the 2016 season are broadcast on Marshall Radio, 105.1FM KARL. Ryan Rohlik is in his fourth season as the play-by-play voice of SMSU football, while Anthony Rohlik willprovide analysis.

All-Time Top Rushing/Receiving/Passing Games

Rushing 100-yd 200-yd 300-yd HighTyler Tonderum 13 4 1 343Zach Wysong 11 1 0 225Robert Lipsey 10 0 0 156Rich Froemling 9 2 0 235Shad Peckenpaugh 9 1 0 241Warren Matthews 8 0 0 172Ken Sather 8 2 0 211Gannon Moore 6 0 0 159Brent Miller 6 0 0 154Davontay Stevens 5 0 0 164Lionel Bolden 5 0 0 165Ashanti Payne 4 0 0 153Josh Schleusner 4 0 0 192Shawn Cotton 4 1 0 215Barry Meyer 4 0 0 196Mike Vivens 3 1 0 212David Whitten 3 1 0 243Chase Hillesheim 3 0 0 175Don Jennings 3 0 0 158Demario Walton 3 0 0 144Warren Hooks 3 0 0 155Divonte Beale 2 0 0 164Max Simmons 2 0 0 112Tim Henline 2 0 0 195Martez Williams 2 0 0 142Bob Gilmore 2 0 0 136Lamont Powers 2 0 0 140Corwin Acker 2 0 0 132Paul Benesh 2 0 0 119(note 100-yd game totals include the 200-yd games)tied with 1: Isley Carrington, Ray Vega, Bo Scott, Fank Yanik,Cory Jungjohan, Thomas Durham, Corey Johnson, CurtStrasheim, Curt Weber, Kyle Johnston, Brian Meck, John SendenPassing 300-yd 400-yd 500-yd HighJeff Loots 19 12 4 563Josh Shudlick 11 2 0 451Steve Elzenga 11 4 0 451Dan Koster 9 0 0 397Shawn Dupris 8 2 0 431Blake Gimbel 6 2 0 454Ryan Ratekin 6 1 0 425Charlie Kern 4 0 1 512Tyler Peschong 4 0 0 382Curt Strasheim 4 1 0 408Rob Fagnan 4 0 0 374Steve Yakesh 4 0 0 365Adrian Headen 3 0 0 397Chad Boom 2 0 0 390Tyler Engquist 2 0 0 389Scott Beekman 1 1 0 403Earl Rich 1 0 0 336(note 300-yd game totals include the 400 and 500-yd games)Receiving 100-yd 200-yd 300-yd HighAlvin Ashley 19 7 1 320Wayne Hawkins 13 2 0 215James Ashley 13 4 0 248Ray Denson 10 0 0 171Randy Haycraft 10 0 0 172Juan Mitchell 9 0 0 177Preston Cunningham 9 2 0 240Nate Huot 8 0 0 182Herschel Jackson 8 0 0 189Joe Dittrich 6 1 0 202Lamont Powers 6 0 0 127Gary Schleper 6 0 0 135Paul Choudek 6 0 0 132Blake Wilson 5 0 0 171Martez Williams 5 0 0 174Kris Plash 5 0 0 180Anthony Dean 4 0 1 308Dan Linden 4 0 0 153Derek Townsend 3 0 0 139Eddie Williams 3 1 0 202Corey Walker 3 0 0 171Walter Sutton 3 0 0 193Tim Johnson 3 0 0 151Gannon Moore 2 0 0 150Bret Ballantine 2 0 0 118Zach Wysong 2 0 0 138Aaron Strommer 2 0 0 155Josh Schleusner 2 0 0 141Pete Kienholz 2 0 0 117Chad Wyffels 2 0 0 107Adrian Hebig 2 0 0 109several players tied with 1, 100-yard game, including RaphaelLawson-Gayle, Gabriel Galamue (note 100-yd game totals in-clude the 200 and 300-yd games)


2016 Southwest Minnesota State Team Players of the WeekEach week the SMSU coaching staff selects a Player of the Week for their performance during the week of practice and on gameday. The following is a list of this season’s players of the week. Offense Defense Special Teams Scout Offense Scout Defense Scout Special TeamsMinnesota Duluth ........TEAM Kevin Rubin Nate Huot Michael Marchese Pat Rhoads Zack MajkaNorthern State ..............Nate Huot Tyler Flud Michael Rivera Mo Faqui Bilal Louzati Ben SpechtU-Mary..........................Max Simmons Tyler Fuld Esten Weber Luke Naverson Vince Roe Eldridge JoyceMinnesota Crookston....Grant Greenfield Jon Dicke Peyton Sanders Dorian Dear Jacob Falconer Shaylar BurnellUpper Iowa ..................Isley Carrington Michael Everett Austin Wells Jace Bunne Malik Johnson Donny FriedelSioux Falls ....................R. Lawson-Gayle Hayden Acker Michael Rivera Tommy Steidler Zack Majka Keaton RommelWayne State..................Minnesota State............Concordia-St. Paul ........Winona State ................Augustana

Southwest Minnesota State Individual Single-Game HighsRushingPlayer Att. Yards TD Longest RushDivonte Beale 27 vs. U-Mary, 2016 ....................................164 vs. U-Mary, 2016 ................................1, 4x, last vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016 ......56 vs. Concordia-St. Paul, 2015Isley Carrington 11 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ..............................181 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ..........................3 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ..............................64 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016Clawsondy Cayo 9 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016 ................42 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016..............0 ................................................................14 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016Blake Gimbel 8 vs. Sioux Falls, 2015 ..................................20 vs. Minot State, 2015 ............................1, 4x, last vs. Concordia-St. Paul, 2015 ......10, 2x, last vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016Gabe Galamue 1 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ................................8 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ..............................0 ................................................................8 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016Raphael Lawson-Gayle 2 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ................................35 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ............................0 ................................................................31 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016Ashanti Payne 23 vs. Bemidji State, 2015 ............................153 vs. Bemidji State, 2015 ........................1, 6x, last vs. Winona State, 2015 ..............56, 2x, last vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016Max Simmons 18 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016 ..............112 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016............4 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016 ..............55 vs. U-Mary, 2016Hudson Walton 5 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016 ................28 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016..............1 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016 ..............9 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016

PassingPlayer Att. Comp. Yards TD Longest PassBlake Gimbel 56 vs. Upper Iowa, 2015 ....................42, 2x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ....454 vs. Upper Iowa, 2015..................5, 2x, last vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016 ......82 vs. Upper Iowa, 2015Connor Wilkie 6, 3x, last vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016 ..5 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016 ....58 vs. U-Mary, 2016 ..........................1, 2x, last vs. U-Mary, 2016................58 vs. U-Mary, 2016

ReceivingPlayer Receptions Yards TD Longest ReceptionQuadri Busari 1 vs. U-Mary, 2016 ......................................58 vs. U-Mary, 2016 ..........................................1 vs. U-Mary, 2016 ........................................58 vs. U-Mary, 2016Isley Carrington 3 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ................................24 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016....................................0 ....................................................................14 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016Gabriel Galamue 8 vs. Northern State, 2016 ..........................102 vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016 ......................1 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ................................35 vs. Northern State, 2016Nate Huot 12 vs. Northern State, 2016 ........................182 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016..................................2, 7x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ....................71 vs. Winona State, 2014Dalton Jones 2, 2x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2015 ..................13 vs. Upper Iowa, 2015....................................1 vs. Upper Iowa, 2015 ................................10 vs. Upper Iowa, 2015Raphael Lawson-Gayle 6 vs. Upper Iowa, 2015 ................................141 vs. Upper Iowa, 2015..................................2, 2x, last vs. U-Mary, 2016 ..........................82 vs. Upper Iowa, 2015Hamilton Mateski 6 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ................................50 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016....................................0 ....................................................................14 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016Jeb Melson 2 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016 ................15 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016....................0 ....................................................................12 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016Chase Onken 1, 2x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ..................8, 2x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ........................0 ....................................................................8, 2x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016Matt Overgaard 2 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016 ................43 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016....................0 ....................................................................40 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016Ashanti Payne 4 vs. Minot State, 2015 ................................43 vs. Augustana, 2015 ....................................1 vs. Northern State, 2014 ............................28, 2x, last vs. Augustana, 2015Michael Rivera 4 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016 ................47 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016....................1 vs. Wayne State, 2015................................19 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016Davion Shelton 6 vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016 ......................39 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016....................................1, 4x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ....................39 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016Max Simmons 5 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ................................45 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016....................................0 ....................................................................13 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016Ty Steffensen 8, 2x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ....................85 vs. MSU Moorhead, 2015 ............................2, 2x, last vs. Sioux Falls, 2016 ......................34 vs. MSU Moorhead, 2015Tommy Steidler 6, 2x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2015 ..................64 vs. Sioux Falls, 2015......................................1, 3x, last vs. Winona State, 2015 ................37 vs. Northern State, 2014Vernel Wingate 5, 2x, last vs. Concordia-St. Paul, 2015 ........51 vs. Minnesota State, 2015............................2 vs. MSU Moorhead, 2015 ..........................31 vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016

DefensePlayer Tackles Sacks TFL INTHayden Acker 7 vs. Sioux Falls, 2015 ......................................1 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016................................1, 2x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ....................0Randy Anderson 1 vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016 ..........................0 ..................................................................0 ....................................................................0Brad Bahlmann 2, 2x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ......................0 ..................................................................0 ....................................................................0Wes Bednar 7 vs. Sioux Falls, 2016 ......................................0 ..................................................................0.5 vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016 ....................0Webb Bolstad 4 vs. Wayne State, 2015 ..................................0 ..................................................................1 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016..................................0Jordan Clark 3, 2x, last vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016 ............0 ..................................................................1 vs. MSU Moorhead, 2015 ..........................0Jon Dicke 5 vs. U-Mary, 2016 ..........................................1 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016................1, 2x, last vs. Sioux Falls, 2016 ......................0Adam Elliott 6 vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016 ..........................0 ..................................................................0 ....................................................................0Michael Everett 12 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ..................................0 ..................................................................1 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016..................................1, 2x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016Alonzo Fanakos 2 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ....................................0 ..................................................................0 ....................................................................1 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016Drew Fellenz 1 vs. Sioux Falls, 2016 ......................................0 ..................................................................1 vs. Sioux Falls, 2016....................................0Dallin Finley 9 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ....................................0 ..................................................................1, 3x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ......................1, 3x, last vs. Sioux Falls, 2016Tyler Flud 13, 3x, last vs. Augustana, 2015 ......................2 vs. Upper Iowa, 2015................................2.5 vs. Upper Iowa, 2015 ..............................1, 2x, last vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016Gene Germain 12 vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016 ........................0 ..................................................................1, 2x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ....................1, 2x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016Michael Griffin 3 vs. Sioux Falls, 2016 ......................................0 ..................................................................0 ....................................................................0Daniel Halverson 9 vs. U-Mary, 2016 ..........................................1 vs. U-Mary, 2016 ......................................2 vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016 ......................0Malik Johnson 3 vs. U-Mary, 2016 ..........................................0 ..................................................................0 ....................................................................0Dalton Jones 3 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016 ....................0 ..................................................................1 vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016 ......................0Caleb Leichtnam 12, 2x, last vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016 ..........0 ..................................................................2, 2x, last vs. Minnesota Duluth, 2016 ..........1, 6x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016Bilal Louzati 5 vs. St. Cloud State, 2015................................0 ..................................................................0 ....................................................................0Elijah McGeehan 6, 2x, last vs. Sioux Falls, 2016..........................0 ..................................................................0.5 vs. Wayne State, 2015 ............................0Elias Mensah 4 vs. U-Mary, 2016 ..........................................0.5 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ............................0.5 vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ..............................0Alex Ney 7 vs. Concordia-St. Paul, 2015 ..........................0 ..................................................................0.5 vs. Sioux Falls, 2016 ................................0Pat Rhoads 2 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 2016 ....................0 ..................................................................0 ....................................................................0Kevin Rubin 6 vs. Minnesota State, 2015 ............................1, 2x, last vs. Wayne State, 2015 ................1, 4x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ....................0Peyton Sanders 2, 3x, last vs. Northern State, 2016 ..................0 ..................................................................0 ....................................................................1 vs. Concordia-St. Paul, 2015Chance Steward 3, 6x, last vs. Northern State, 2016 ..................1 vs. Concordia-St. Paul, 2015 ....................1.5, 2x, last vs. Northern State, 2016 ............0Esten Weber 2 vs. Minot State, 2015 ....................................0 ..................................................................0 ....................................................................0Alex Werner 4, 4x, last vs. Bemidji State, 2015 ....................1, 2x, last vs. MSU Moorhead, 2015............1, 7x, last vs. Northern State, 2016 ..............0Tyshonn Woodard 5 vs. U-Mary, 2016 ..........................................0 ..................................................................1.5 vs. Northern State, 2016 ........................0

Special TeamsPlayer Longest Field Goal Field Goals Made Longest Punt Blake Gimbel 21, 2x, last vs. Winona State, 2014 ..................2 vs. Winona State, 2014 ............................56, 2x, last vs. Winona State, 2015Austin Wells 26 vs. Augustana, 2015 ....................................1, 4x, last vs. Upper Iowa, 2016 ..................63 vs. Minnesota State, 2015


2016 Game-by-Game Starting Line-UpsOffense WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR WR RB QBUMD Wingate Greenfield Zabloudil Hilgert Bird Sherrill Shelton Steffensen Huot Payne GimbelNSU Galamue Greenfield Zabloudil Hilgert Bird Sherrill Shelton Steffensen Onken Payne GimbelU-MARY Galamue Greenfield Zabloudil Hilgert Bird Sherrill Mateski Steffensen Huot Simmons GimbelUMC Melson Greenfield Guzman Hilgert Bird Zabloudil Shelton Steffensen Huot Beale GimbelUIU Galamue Greenfield Zabloudil Hilgert Bird Sherrill Mateski Steffensen Huot Simmons GimbelUSF Galamue Greenfield Zabloudil Hilgert Bird Sherrill Mateski Steffensen Huot Carrington GimbelWSCMSUCSPWSUAU

Defense DE NG DT DE LB LB LB CB FS SS CBUMD Steward Acker Rubin Werner Germain Flud Clark Finley Bednar Leichtnam EverettNSU Steward Acker Rubin Werner Germain Flud Clark Finley Bednar Leichtnam EverettU-MARY Steward Acker Rubin Werner Germain Flud Clark Finley Bednar Leichtnam EverettUMC Steward Acker Rubin Werner Germain Flud Halverson Finley Bednar Leichtnam EverettUIU Steward Acker Rubin Werner Germain Flud Halverson Finley Bednar Leichtnam EverettUSF Steward Acker Rubin Werner Germain Flud Halverson Finley Bednar Leichtnam EverettWSCMSUCSPWSUAU

Total OffenseOpponent SMSU OPP.Minnesota Duluth 441 539Northern State 476 306U-Mary 514 343Minnesota Crookston 594 307Upper Iowa 715 592Sioux Falls 330 670Wayne StateMinnesota StateConcordia-St. PaulWinona StateAugustana

Rush OffenseOpponent SMSU OPP.Minnesota Duluth 44 243Northern State 140 131U-Mary 281 258Minnesota Crookston 268 146Upper Iowa 233 204Sioux Falls 82 428Wayne StateMinnesota StateConcordia-St. PaulWinona StateAugustana

Pass OffenseOpponent SMSU OPP.Minnesota Duluth 397 296Northern State 336 175U-Mary 233 85Minnesota Crookston 326 1612Upper Iowa 482 388Sioux Falls 248 242Wayne StateMinnesota StateConcordia-St. PaulWinona StateAugustana

Time of PossessionOpponent SMSU OPP.Minnesota Duluth 19:31 40:29Northern State 30:45 29:15U-Mary 20:07 39:53Minnesota Crookston 28:59 31:01Upper Iowa 28:23 31:37Sioux Falls 22:28 37:32Wayne StateMinnesota StateConcordia-St. PaulWinona StateAugustana

3rd Down ConversionsOpponent SMSU OPP.Minnesota Duluth 4-11 10-17Northern State 11-19 5-14U-Mary 8-11 7-16Minnesota Crookston 13-16 7-15Upper Iowa 8-14 9-21Sioux Falls 8-15 8-13Wayne StateMinnesota StateConcordia-St. PaulWinona StateAugustana

4th Down ConversionsOpponent SMSU OPP.Minnesota Duluth 2-3 0-1Northern State 2-4 3-5U-Mary 1-1 2-5Minnesota Crookston 0-1 1-2Upper Iowa 0-1 4-5Sioux Falls 0-0 0-1Wayne StateMinnesota StateConcordia-St. PaulWinona StateAugustana


Individual • Rushing30+ attempts: 34, Davontay Stevens vs. Winona State, 11/14/1540+ attempts: 43, Tyler Tonderum vs. Winona State, 11/8/1450+ attempts: 50, Tyler Tonderum vs. Upper Iowa, 10/26/13100+ yards: 181, Isley Carrington vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16100+ yards by QB: 104, Kyle Johnston vs. Minnesota-Morris, 10/18/86150+ yards: 181, Isley Carrington vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16200+ yards: 282, Tyler Tonderum vs. Upper Iowa, 10/26/13300+yards: 343, Tyler Tonderum vs. MSU Moorhead, 9/14/13Two 100+ rushers: Divonte Beale (164) & Max Simmons (101) vs. U-Mary, 9/17/16Consecutive 100-yard games: Max Simmons (101 vs. U-Mary, 9/17/16 ; 112 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 9/24/16)Three Consecutive 100-yard games: Tyler Tonderum (119 vs. Wayne State, 10/25/14 ; 151 vs. Concordia, 11/1/14 ; 196 vs. Winona State, 11/8/14)Four Consecutive 100-yard games: 5: Tyler Tonderum (282 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/26/13 ; 190 vs. Winona State, 11/2/13 ; 156 vs. Concordia, 11/9/13 ; 115 vs. Augustana, 11/16/13 ; 166 vs. Pittsburg State, 12/7/13)Five Consecutive 100-yard games: Tyler Tonderum (282 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/26/13 ; 190 vs. Winona State, 11/2/13 ; 156 vs. Concordia, 11/9/13 ; 115 vs. Augustana, 11/16/13 ; 166 vs. Pittsburg State, 12/7/13) Consecutive 150-yard games: Tyler Tonderum (151 vs. Concordia, 11/1/14 ; 196 vs. Winona State, 11/8/14)Consecutive 200-yard games: Tyler Tonderum (224 vs. Bemidji State, 9/28/13 ; 271 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/5/13)50+-yard run: 64, Isley Carrington vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/1660+-yard run: 64, Isley Carrington vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/1670+-yard run: 78, Tyler Tonderum vs. Pittsburg State, 12/6/1370+-yard run, QB: 75, Kyle Johnston vs. Minnesota-Morris, 10/18/863 rushing TDs: 3, Isley Carrington vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/164 rushing TDs: 4, Max Simmons vs. Minnesota Crookston, 9/24/163+ rushing TDs by QB: 3, Charlie Kern vs. Minnesota Crookston, 9/13/14

Individual • Passing30+ completions: 42, Blake Gimbel vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/1640+ completions: 42, Blake Gimbel vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16

40+ attempts: 40, Blake Gimbel vs. Sioux Falls, 10/8/1650+ attempts: 53, Blake Gimbel vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/1660+ attempts: 66, Josh Shudlick vs. Minnesota State, 10/25/08300+ yards passing: 436, Blake Gimbel vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16400+ yards passing: 436, Blake Gimbel vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16500+ yards passing: 512, Charlie Kern vs. Sioux Falls, 10/5/13Consecutive 300-yard games: Blake Gimbel (397 vs. Minnesota Duluth, 9/11/16; 336 vs. Northern State, 9/10/16)3-consecutive 300-yard games: Ryan Ratekin (425 vs. Upper Iowa, 9/19/09; 302 vs. Wayne State, 9/26/09; 323 vs. Winona State, 10/3/09)4-consecutive 300-yard games: Josh Shudlick (372 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/13/07; 314 vs. Wayne State, 10/20/07; 327 vs. Bemidji State, 10/27/07; 365 vs. Winona State, 11/3/07)5-consecutive 300-yard games: Josh Shudlick (372 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/13/07; 314 vs. Wayne State, 10/20/07; 327 vs. Bemidji State, 10/27/07; 365 vs. Winona State, 11/3/07; 380 vs. MSU Moorhead, 11/10/07)Consecutive 400-yard games: Jeff Loots (449 vs. Northern State, 10/3/92 & 471 vs. Bemidji State, 10/10/92)70+-yard completion: 82, Blake Gimbel to Raphael Lawson-Gayle vs. Upper Iowa, 10/24/1580+-yard completion: 82, Blake Gimbel to Raphael Lawson-Gayle vs. Upper Iowa, 10/24/1590+-yard completion: 97, Rob Fagnan to Dan Linden vs. Concordia, 11/4/004 TD passes: Blake Gimbel vs. U-Mary, 9/17/165 TD passes: Blake Gimbel vs. Minnesota Duluth, 9/1/166 TD passes: Tyler Peschong vs. Concordia, 11/12/117 TD passes: Jeff Loots vs. Bemidji State, 11/17/913+ interceptions thrown: 3, Blake Gimbel vs. Minnesota State, 10/31/15

Individual • Receiving10+ receptions: 11, Nate Huot vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/1615+ receptions: 19, Preston Cunningham vs. Missouri Western State, 9/3/94 100+ yards: 182, Nate Huot vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16 150+ yards: 182, Nate Huot vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16 200+ yards: 308, Anthony Dean vs. Sioux Falls, 10/5/13 250+ yards: 308, Anthony Dean vs. Sioux Falls, 10/5/13 300+ yards: 308, Anthony Dean vs. Sioux Falls, 10/5/13Two receivers, 100+ yards in one game: Nate Huot (160) & Gaberiel Galamue (102) vs. Minnesota Duluth, 9/1/16Two receivers, 125+ yards in one game: Ryan Schroeder (144) & Ray Denson (135) vs. MSU Moorhead, 10/9/04Consecutive 100-yard games: 2, Nate Huot (115 vs. MSU Moorhead, 9/27/14 & 148 vs. Augustana, 10/3/15) 3 TD receptions: 4, Anthony Dean vs. Sioux Falls, 10/5/13 4 TD receptions: 4, Anthony Dean vs. Sioux Falls, 10/5/13 100+ yards, RB: 118, Gannon Moore vs. Minnesota Crookston, 9/22/1250+ yard reception, RB: 53, Tyler Tonderum vs.Upper Iowa, 10/11/14

Individuals • Rushing/Receiving/Passing 100-yard rusher & 100-yard receiver: Isley Carrington (181 rush) & Nate Huot (182 rec), vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16100-yard rusher & 300-yard passer: Isley Carrington (181 rush) & Blake Gimbel (436 pass), vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16100-yard rusher, 100-yard receiver & 300-yard passer: Isley Carrington (181 rush) & Nate Huot (182 rec) Blake Gimbel (436 pass), vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16200-yard rusher, 200-yard receiver & 300-yard passer: Tyler Tonderum (271 rush) & Anthony Dean (308 rec) & Charlie Kern (512 pass) vs. Sioux Falls, 10/5/13100-yard rushing & 100-yards receiving by one player: Martez Williams (100 rush, 129 rec) vs. Moorhead State, 10/31/92

Individuals • Special Teams/DefenseMade 3 field goals: Mike Wenk vs. Minnesota Crookston, 9/13/14Made a 50-plus yard FG: Eric Oldenkamp, 51 yards vs. Concordia, 10/29/05Returned a kickoff for a TD: Andrew McReynolds, 100 yards vs. Winona State, 11/14/15Returned a punt for a TD: Andrew McReynolds, 89 yards vs. Northern State, 9/27/14Blocked a punt: Raphael Lawson-Gayle vs. Wayne State, 10/10/15Blocked two punts in a game: Yousif Youboty vs. MSU Moorhead, 11/7/09Returned a blocked punt for a TD: Raphael Lawson-Gayle (block), Dallin Finley (TD) vs. Wayne State, 10/10/15Blocked a field goal: Mark Schollmeyer vs. MSU Moorhead, 10/9/10Had two INT: 2, Jared Twedt vs. Minot State, 9/20/13 Returned an INT for a TD: Tyler Flud, 48 yards vs. Minnesota Crookston, 9/24/16Returned a fumble for a TD: Chance Steward, 50 yards vs. Northern State, 9/10/16Scored a defense two-point conversion: Joel Wipperfurth vs. Augustana, 9/11/04Opponent scored a defense two-point conversion: Bemidji State, 9/12/15

Team Played a ranked team: vs. No. 7/9 Sioux Falls, 10/8/16 Beat a ranked team: vs. No. 19 Minnesota Duluth (42-38), 9/1/16Scored 40+ points: 59 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16Scored 50+ points: 59 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16Scored 60+ points: 61 vs. Wayne State, 10/10/15Scored 70+ points: 84 vs. Waldorf, 9/6/03Scored 80+ points: 84 vs. Waldorf, 9/6/03Scored 40+ points and lost: 45 vs. Wayne State, (45-48, ot) 10/25/14Scored 40 points in a half: 47 (1st) vs. Wayne State, 10/10/15

25+ first downs: 31 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16 30+ first downs: 31 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16

Less than 10 first downs: 9 vs. Winona State, 11/4/06 90+ plays: 92 vs. Northern State, 9/10/16 100+ plays: 101 vs. Wayne State, 10/25/14200+ yards rushing: 233 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16300+ yards rushing: 317 vs. Winona State, 11/14/15400+ yards rushing: 416 vs. MSU Moorhead, 9/14/13

400+ yards passing: 482 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16 500+ yards passing: 512 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/5/13

400+ total offense: 715 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16500+ total offense: 715 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16600+ total offense: 715 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16700+ total offense: 715 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16800+ total offense: 828 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/5/13

600+ all-purpose yardage: 875 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16 700+ all-purpose yardage: 875 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16

800+ all-purpose yardage: 875 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16 900+ all-purpose yardage: 1,005 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/5/13 1,000+ all-purpose yardage: 1,005 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/5/13Consecutive 400+ yard total offense by SMSU: 7, (522 vs. Concordia-St. Paul, 11/7/15 ; 502 vs. Winona State,11/14/15 ; 441 vs. Minnesota Duluth, 9/1/16 ; 476 vs. Northern State, 9/10/16 ; 514 vs. U-Mary, 9/17/16 ;594 vs. Minnesota Crookston, 9/24/16 ; 715 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16)Consecutive 500+ yard total offense by SMSU: 2, (522 vs. Concordia, 11/7/15 ; vs. Winona State, 11/14/15)0 or less yards rushing: -7 vs. Augustana, 9/24/11less than 50 yards rushing: 44 vs. Minnesota Duluth, 9/1/16less than 100 yards rushing: 82 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/8/16less than 100 yards passing: 85 vs. Black Hills State, 9/6/08less than 200 yards total offense: 196 vs. Concordia, 11/13/10Allowed 40+ points: 48 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/8/16Allowed 50+ points: 51 vs. Northern State, 9/10/16Allowed 60+ points: 90 vs. Pittsburg State, 12/6/13Allowed 70+ points: 90 vs. Pittsburg State, 12/6/13Allowed 80+ points: 90 vs. Pittsburg State, 12/6/13Allowed 10-less points: 3 vs. Wayne State, 10/10/15 Allowed less than 0 yards rushing: -28 vs. South Dakota Tech, 8/31/09

Allowed less than 50 yards rushing: 7 vs. MSU Moorhead, 11/7/09 Allowed less than 100 yards rushing: 90 vs. Concordia-St. Paul, 11/7/15 Allowed less than 100 yards passing: 85 vs. U-Mary, 9/17/16 Allowed less than 200 yards total offense: 199 vs. Jamestown, 9/8/07

Allowed more than 200 yards rushing: 428 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/8/16Allowed more than 300 yards rushing: 428 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/8/16Allowed more than 400 yards rushing: 428 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/8/16 Allowed more than 300 yards passing: 388 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16

Allowed more than 400 yards passing: 410 vs. Winona State, 11/8/14Allowed 500+ yds offense: 670 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/8/16Allowed 600+ yds offense: 670 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/8/16Allowed 700+ yds offense: 701 vs. Winona State, 11/2/13 Allowed 400+ yds offense in win: 592 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16 Allowed 500+ yds offense in win: 592 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16Allowed 30+ first downs: 37 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/8/16Allowed less than 10 first downs: 9 vs. South Dakota Tech, 8/31/06Scored a safety: vs.U-Mary, 9/6/14 (blocked punt out of end zone)Allowed a safety: vs. Winona State, 10/27/12 (Gannon Moore tackled in end zone)Won when trailing after 2 qtrs: vs. Minnesota Duluth (trailed 23-14, won 42-38), 9/1/16Won when trailing after 3 qtrs: vs. Minnesota Duluth (trailed 35-28, won 42-38), 9/1/16

Lost when leading after 2 qtrs: vs.U-Mary, (led 13-3, lost 19-18), 9/6/14 Lost when leading after 3 qtrs: vs.Wayne State, (led 28-27, lost 48-45 ot), 10/25/14

Come-from-behind-win: vs. U-Mary (14-17, 3rd, 8:34; W 47-23), 9/17/16Rally from 14+ pt. deficit and won: vs. Minnesota Duluth (7-23, 6:11/2nd; W 42-38), 9/1/16

Blew 14+ pt. lead & lost: vs. U-Mary (18-3, 13:29/4th; L 19-18), 9/6/14Had more than 15+ penalties: 15 vs. Augustana, 9/14/02Had less than 5 penalties: 4 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16Had more than 100+ yards in penalties: 127 vs. Minot State, 9/3/15Recorded a shutout: vs. Waldorf (49-0), 9/4/04Recorded a shutout vs. NSIC opponent: vs. Concordia (44-0), 11/6/99Held opponent to zero touchdowns: vs. Wayne State (61-3), 10/10/15

Was shutout by opponent: Minnesota State (38-0), 11/5/11Had consecutive shutouts: 2, (38-0 vs. Peru State, 8/28/04 & 49-0 vs. Waldorf, 9/4/04)Consecutive shutouts by opponent: 2, (0-21 vs. Moorhead State, 9/22/79 & 0-24 vs. Michigan Tech, 9/29/79)Shutout opponent, 1st half: vs. MSU Moorhead (24-0), 10/8/11Shutout opponent, 2nd half: vs. Upper Iowa (20-0), 10/24/15

Was shutout by opponent, 1st half: vs. Minnesota State (10-0), 11/5/11 Was shutout by opponent, 2nd half: vs. Augustana (21-0), 10/3/15

Overtime game: vs. Wayne State, 10/25/14 (L, 48-45/ot)Multi-overtime game: vs. Minnesota State, (34-31/2 ot), 10/13/12 Committed 5 or more turnovers: 7 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/28/14 Forced 4+ turnovers: 5 (1 fum., 4 int.) vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16Had 3+ fumbles recovered: 3 vs. Bemidji State, 9/28/13Had 3+ fumbles lost to opponent: 3 vs. Wayne State, 10/1/11Recorded 3+ interceptions: 4 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16Recorded 4+ interceptions: 4 vs. Upper Iowa, 10/1/16Recorded 5+ interceptions: 5 vs. Upper Iowa, 9/17/05

Threw 5+ interceptions: 5 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/28/14Recorded 5+ sacks: 6 vs. Minot State, 9/20/13

Allowed 5+ sacks to opponent: 6 vs. Sioux Falls, 10/17/15Recorded 10+ tackles for loss: 10 vs. Concordia, 11/13/10Allowed 3+ defensive touchdowns: vs. Northern State, 9/10/16 (2 fumbles, 1 interception)

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OffenseWR 23 Gabriel Galamue (6-3, 190, RFr.) 81 Jeb Melson (6-7, 200, Fr.)LT 71 Grant Greenfield (6-7, 290, Sr.) 65 Zachary Stratmoen (6-6, 298, RFr.)LG 75 Drake Zabloudil (6-5, 304, So.) 58 Zach Thissen (6-6, 293, RFr.)C 67 Austin Hilgert (6-5, 285, Jr.) 60 Ben Kragness (6-2, 285, RFr.)

RG 76 Ty Bird (6-3, 288, Jr.) 62 Nick Guzman (6-4, 290, RFr.)RT 77 James Sherrill (6-6, 338, Sr.) 70 Clay Knox (6-5, 310, RFr.)TE 10 Hamilton Mateski (6-4, 245, Jr.)

8 Davion Shelton (6-2, 222, Sr.)WR 1 Ty Steffensen (5-9, 155, Sr.) 25 Raphael Lawson-Gayle (5-10, 173, Sr.)WR 4 Nate Huot (6-2, 212, Jr.) 87 Chase Onken (6-3, 213, Jr.)RB 28 Max Simmons (5-10, 175, Fr.) 16 Isley Carrington (5-10, 165, Fr.)QB 14 Blake Gimbel (6-4, 210, Jr.) 11 Connor Wilkie (6-6, 224, So.)

Special TeamsP 34 Austin Wells (5-11, 186, So.)PK 34 Austin Wells (5-11, 186, So.)H 4 Nate Huot (6-2, 212, Jr.) LS 95 Aaron Van Dyk (6-7, 235, Jr.) PR 4 Nate Huot (6-2, 212, Jr.) KR 25 Raphael Lawson-Gayle (5-10, 173, Sr.) 4 Nate Huot (6-2, 212, Jr.)

DefenseDE 35 Chance Steward (6-5, 254, So.) 59 Tyshonn Woodard (6-3, 237, RFr.)NG 92 Hayden Acker (6-4, 296, So.) 68 Jon Dicke (6-3, 303, So.)DT 99 Kevin Rubin (6-3, 301, Sr.) 90 Elias Mensah (6-2, 278, Jr.) DE 97 Alex Werner (6-6, 276, Jr.) 93 Webb Bolstad (6-5, 282, So.)LB 57 Gene Germain (6-0, 242, Jr.) 56 Alex Ney (6-2, 232, So.)LB 27 Tyler Flud (6-0, 225, Sr.) 47 Dalton Jones (6-1, 238, So.)LB 32 Daniel Halverson (6-2, 232, Jr.) 55 Pat Rhoads (6-4, 217, Fr.)CB 7 Dallin Finley (5-9, 180, Sr.) 9 Alonzo Fanakos (6-0, 187, So.)FS 24 Wes Bednar (5-11, 195, So.) 20 Adam Elliott (6-4, 215, RFr.)SS 5 Caleb Leichtnam (6-2, 205, Sr.) 45 Michael Griffin (6-1, 203, Fr.)CB 2 Michael Everett (5-11, 182, Sr.) 33 Peyton Sanders (6-1, 193, So.)

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL 102016 Southwest Minnesota State University Roster

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / High School / Previous School 1 Ty Steffensen WR 5-9 155 Sr. Marshalltown, Iowa / Marshalltown 2 Michael Everett DB 5-11 182 Sr. Miami, Fla. / Hialeah Miami Lakes / Henderson State (Ark.) 3 Ashanti Payne RB 5-9 195 Sr. Minneapolis, Minn. / Robbinsdale Cooper 4 Nate Huot WR 6-2 212 Jr. Dawson, Minn. / Dawson-Boyd 5 Caleb Leichtnam DB 6-2 205 Sr. Grand Meadow, Minn. / Grand Meadow HS / Iowa State 6 Divonte Beale RB 5-10 195 Sr. Anaheim, Calif. / Katella / Santa Ana College (Calif.) 7 Dallin Finley DB 5-9 180 Sr. Kennesaw, Ga. / Kennesaw Mountain 8 Davion Shelton TE 6-2 222 Sr. Compton, Calif. / Carson / El Camino College (Calif.) 9 Alonzo Fanakos DB 6-0 187 So. Miami, Fla. / Gulliver Prep 10 Hamilton Mateski TE 6-4 245 Jr. North Bend, Ore./ North Bend / College of Siskiyous (Calif.) 11 Connor Wilkie QB 6-6 224 So. Andover, Minn./ Andover 12 Boyer Bouman QB 6-3 202 RFr. Holland, Minn./ Pipestone Area 13 Quadri Busari WR 5-11 177 RFr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. / Osseo 14 Blake Gimbel QB 6-4 210 Jr. Marshalltown, Iowa / Marshalltown 15 Hunter Cushman DB 6-0 200 So. Spencer, Iowa / Spencer 17 Michael Marchese WR 5-11 197 So. Sun Prairie, Wis. / Sun Prairie 18 Brad Bahlmann DB 6-1 207 RFr. Marshall, Minn. / Marshall 19 Donny Friedel DB 6-0 165 Fr. Geneva, Ill. / Geneva 20 Adam Elliott DB 6-4 215 RFr. Hutchinson, Minn. / Hutchinson 21 Vernel Wingate WR 6-5 221 Sr. Detroit, Mich. / Southeastern / College of the Siskiyous (Calif.) 22 Nate Halverson WR 5-11 190 Jr. Portland, Ore. / Grant / SMU 23 Gabriel Galamue WR 6-1 190 RFr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. / Osseo 24 Wes Bednar DB 6-0 200 Sr. Sioux Falls, S.D. / O'Gorman 25 Raphael Lawson-Gayle WR 5-10 173 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. / Mira Costa / El Camino College (Calif.) 26 Jonathan Johnson LB 6-2 237 Sr. Monroe Mich. / Ypsilanti / Minnesota West C.C. 27 Tyler Flud LB 6-0 225 Sr. St. Paul, Minn. / Cretin Derham Hall 28 Max Simmons RB 5-10 175 Fr. Bloomington, Minn. / Kennedy 29 Josh Bauer DB 5-9 177 RFr. Spring Lake Park, Minn. / Spring Lake Park 30 Hudson Walton RB 6-2 209 So. Cedarburg, Wis. / Cedarburg / Univeristy of North Dakota 31 Michael Rivera WR 5-11 176 Jr. Windom, Minn. / Windom 32 Daniel Halverson LB 6-2 232 Jr. Portland, Ore. / Grant / Scottsdale C.C. (Ariz.) 33 Peyton Sanders DB 6-1 193 So. Chaska, Minn. / Chaska 34 Austin Wells P/K 5-11 186 So. Chandler, Ariz. / Campo Verde / Colorado Mesa University 35 Chance Steward DL 6-5 254 So. Spencer, Iowa / Spencer 36 Esten Weber LB 5-10 217 Sr. Dawson, Minn / Dawson-Boyd HS / Univ. of St. Thomas 37 Clawsondy Cayo RB 5-8 190 Sr. Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. / Northeast / Livingstone College 38 Elijah McGeehan LB 6-0 205 So. St. Paul, Minn. / Tartan 39 Tamarick Holmes DB 6-2 196 Jr. Sopchoppy, Fla. / Wakulla / Scottsdale Community College (Ariz.) 40 Paul Johnson DB 6-1 200 RFr. Sioux Falls, S.D. / Harrisburg 42 Jordan Clark LB 6-2 225 Jr. Circle Pines, Minn. / Centennial HS 44 Tad Steffensen WR 5-11 167 Jr. Marshalltown, Iowa / Marshalltown / Ellsworth Community College (Iowa) 45 Michael Griffin DB 6-1 203 Fr. Cottage Grove, Minn. / Park 46 Stephan Ameyaw LB 6-2 225 RFr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. / Osseo 47 Dalton Jones LB 6-1 238 So. Sioux Falls, S.D. / Lincoln 48 Connor Melz LB 5-11 240 RFr. Lakeville, Minn. / North 49 Saul Eugene DL 5-11 234 So. Plymouth, Minn. / Wayzata 50 Randy Anderson DL 6-3 254 RFr. Albertville, Minn. / St. Michael-Albertville 51 Lukas Johnson LB 6-0 205 RFr. Sioux Falls, S.D. / Harrisburg 52 Bilal Louzati LB 6-1 229 Jr. Fitchburg, Wis. / Verona 53 Corey Castell LB 6-1 255 RFr. Canby, Minn. / Canby 54 Trevor Hess LS 5-10 215 Sr. Gilbert, Ariz. / Campo Verde / Briar Cliff University (Iowa) 55 Pat Rhoads LB 6-4 217 Fr. Stillman Valley, Ill. / Stillman Valley 56 Alex Ney LB 6-2 232 So. Rochester, Minn. / Century 57 Gene Germain LB 6-0 238 Sr. North Las Vegas, Nev. / Durango / Phoenix College (Ariz.) 58 Zach Thissen OL 6-6 293 RFr. Rosemount, Minn. / Rosemount 59 Tyshonn Woodard DL 6-3 237 RFr. Rockford, Ill. / Guilford 60 Ben Kragness OL 6-2 285 RFr. Colfax, Wis. / Colfax 62 Nick Guzman OL 6-4 290 RFr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. / Champlin Park 63 John Oakley OL 6-5 325 Fr. Dakota Dunes, S.D. / Sioux City Heelan 64 Mo Faqhi OL 6-2 281 Sr. Torrance, Calif. / West / El Camino College (Calif.) 65 Zachary Stratmoen OL 6-6 298 RFr. Dawson, Minn. / Dawson-Boyd 67 Austin Hilgert OL 6-5 285 Jr. Bloomington, Minn. / Jefferson 68 Jon Dicke DL 6-3 303 So. Rochester, Minn. / Century 69 Rejean Macon OL 6-3 315 So. Chicago, Ill. / Thornton Township / West Hills College Coalinga (Calif.) 70 Clay Knox OL 6-5 310 RFr. Highmore, S.D. / Highmore 71 Grant Greenfield OL 6-7 290 Sr. Sibley, Iowa / Sibley-Ocheyedan 72 Bailey Playter OL 6-4 300 Fr. Sun Prairie, Wis. / Sun Prairie 73 Joe Gatz OL 6-4 305 RFr. Lake in the Hills, Ill. / Marian Central Catholic 74 Malik Johnson DL 6-0 280 RFr. Cottage Grove, Minn. / St. Agnes

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL 11No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / High School / Previous School 75 Drake Zabloudil OL 6-5 304 So. Cedar Rapids, Iowa / Kennedy 76 Ty Bird OL 6-3 288 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. / North Canyon / Glendale Community College (Ariz.) 77 James Sherrill OL 6-6 338 Sr. Alexandria, Va. / Thomas Edison / Nicholls State (La.) 79 Henry Rosene OL 6-3 306 RFr. Minneapolis, Minn. / Southwest 80 Aaron Murphy WR 6-5 220 RFr. Blaine, Minn. / Spring Lake Park 81 Jeb Melson WR 6-7 200 RFr. Cottage Grove, Minn. / Park 82 Matt Overgaard TE 6-4 241 Jr. Luverne, Minn. / Luverne 83 Jacob Falconer DL 6-6 238 Fr. Marshall, Minn. / Marshall 84 Dorian Dear WR 6-2 201 Sr. East St. Louis, Ill. / Collinsville 85 Jace Bunne WR 5-11 182 RFr. Ostrander, Minn. / LeRoy-Ostrander 86 Trenton McCloud WR 6-1 203 So. South St. Paul, Minn. / South St. Paul 87 Chase Onken WR 6-3 213 Jr. Norwalk, Iowa / Norwalk / Iowa State 89 Tommy Steidler TE 6-5 233 Jr. St. Peter, Minn. / St. Peter 90 Elias Mensah DL 6-2 278 Jr. Brampton, Ont. / Notre Dame / College of the Siskiyous (Calif.) 91 Zachary Kelly-DeLorme DL 6-1 317 Fr. Bayport, Minn. / Stillwater 92 Hayden Acker DL 6-4 296 So. Cross Plains, Wis. / Middleton 93 Webb Bolstad DL 6-5 282 So. Hopkins, Minn. / Hopkins 94 Austin Fisher DL 6-3 271 Jr. Hartland, Wis. / Arrowhead 95 Aaron Van Dyk LS 6-7 235 Jr. Parkersburg, Iowa / Aplington-Parkersburg / Iowa Western C.C. 96 Drew Fellenz DL 6-3 267 RFr. Spring Lake Park, Minn. / Spring Lake Park 97 Alex Werner DL 6-6 276 Jr. Marshall, Minn. / Marshall 98 Jayson Jones K 5-10 182 RFr. Thornton, Colo. / Horizon 99 Kevin Rubin DL 6-3 301 Sr. Detroit, Mich / King HS / Ellsworth C.C. (Iowa) Shaylar Burnell DB 6-0 152 Fr. Rockton, Ill. Hononegah HS Keaton Cain TE 6-6 233 Fr. Bettendorf, Iowa / Bettendorf HS Isley Carrington RB 5-10 165 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. / Spring Lake Park Jacob Frost DL 6-1 328 Fr. Stillman Valley, Ill. / Stillman Valley Shawn Griffin RB 5-9 180 Fr. Bartlett, Ill. / South Elgin Taylor Harden K 6-1 195 Fr. Omaha, Neb. / Westside Hamza Hassan OL 6-3 330 Fr. Savage, Minn. / Burnsville Brady Heftman OL 6-4 270 Fr. Minnesota City, Minn. / Winona Greg Helander LB 6-2 211 Fr. Glenwood, Minn. / Minnewaska Tyus Jackson DL 6-2 294 Fr. Evanston, Ill. / Evanston Township Eldridge Joyce TE 6-7 242 Fr. Champlin, Minn. / Champlin Park Noah Kasbohm QB 6-4 218 Fr. Nebraska City, Neb. / Nebraska City Mark King DL 6-3 197 Fr. Highlands Ranch, Colo. / Highlands Ranch Zack Majka LB 6-4 206 Fr. Batavia, Ill. / Batavia Luke Narveson QB 6-4 195 Fr. Belle Plaine, Minn. / Belle Plaine Bailey Olson WR 6-3 191 Fr. Blue Earth, Minn. / Blue Earth Kyle Richter DL 6-0 243 Fr. Pleasant Prairie, Wis. / Tremper Vince Roe LB 6-2 186 Fr. Highlands Ranch, Colo. / Heritage Keaton Rommel TE 6-4 208 Fr. Davenport, Iowa / West Ben Specht DB 6-0 196 Fr. Marcus, Iowa / Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn D'Khari Whitfield OL 6-9 340 Fr. Crystal, Minn. / Robbinsdale Cooper Cullen Zimprich LB 6-2 205 Fr. Chaska, Minn. / Minnetonka Head Coach: Cory Sauter (7th season)Assistant Coaches: Christian Guenther (defensive coordinator/secondary), Brian Frana (offensive Line/run-game coordinator), Mike Aldrich (assistant head coach/defensiveline/linebackers), Matthew Smith (inside linebackers), Davontay Stevens (running backs), Joe Matheson (tight ends), Nathan Packard (outside linebackers), Taulib Ikharo(wide receivers), Adrian Logan (assistant defensive line), Ashtin Meerpohl (strength & conditioning), Anders Faaren (student assistant), Brody Anderson (equipment man-ager)

Pronunciations: Acker (A-ker)Ameyaw (AH-meow) Beale (beal)Bunne (“bunny”)Castell (cas-TELL)Dallin Finley (DAY-lin)Dicke (DICK-ee)Faqui (FA-key)Huot (Hue-it)Leichtnam (LIGHT-nem)Marchese (MAR-kay-zee)Nye (rhymes with eye)Rosene (ROSE-zeen)Sherrill (SURE-rell)Steidler (STEYED-ler)Thissen (THEE-sin)Zabloudil (Za-BLOW-jul)

Roster by State:Minnesota: 52Iowa: 12Illinois: 10Wisconsin: 8South Dakota: 6 California: 4Florida: 4 Oregon: 3Michigan: 3 Colorado: 3 Arizona: 3Nebraska: 2Georgia: 1Nevada: 1Virginia: 1

Squad Breakdown:Seniors: 22Juniors: 19Sophomores: 18 Redshirt Freshmen: 26 Freshmen: 29


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Minot State......... 6 29 407 0 14.0 Wayne State......... 6 20 286 0 14.3 Upper Iowa.......... 6 25 409 0 16.4 Northern State...... 6 19 338 0 17.8 MSU Moorhead........ 6 25 452 0 18.1 St. Cloud State..... 6 22 399 0 18.1 Minnesota Crookston. 6 35 637 0 18.2 Concordia-St. Paul.. 6 29 531 0 18.3 University of Mary.. 6 32 636 0 19.9 Bemidji State....... 6 21 475 0 22.6 Southwest Minnesota. 6 25 609 0 24.4 Sioux Falls......... 6 11 268 0 24.4 Minnesota Duluth.... 6 23 586 0 25.5 Minnesota State..... 6 13 336 0 25.8 Winona State........ 6 20 539 0 27.0 Augustana........... 6 18 530 0 29.4 KICKOFF RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg

Minnesota Duluth.... 6 198 109 4 55.1 185 Upper Iowa.......... 6 246 161 8 65.4 181 Wayne State......... 6 223 137 9 61.4 161 Sioux Falls......... 6 230 134 11 58.3 160 Northern State...... 6 211 120 12 56.9 156 Minnesota Crookston. 6 153 100 0 65.4 154 University of Mary.. 6 152 100 4 65.8 150 Minnesota State..... 6 220 120 6 54.5 148 Bemidji State....... 6 244 130 11 53.3 138 Southwest Minnesota. 6 204 127 9 62.3 134 Augustana........... 6 174 103 3 59.2 1266 7.3 7 211.0 MSU Moorhead........ 6 1176 1178 465 2354 5.1 22 392 St. Cloud State..... 6 174 98 6 56.3 1259 7.2 14 209.8 Northern State...... 6 752 1569 441 2321 5.3 21 386 Concordia-St. Paul.. 6 163 113 6 69.3 1212 7.4 13 202.0 Sioux Falls......... 6 698 1608 463 2306 5.0 19 384 MSU Moorhead........ 6 198 103 8 52.0 1178 5.9 11 196.3 St. Cloud State..... 6 967 1259 407 2226 5.5 20 371 Minot State......... 6 149 74 4 49.7 1049 7.0 9 174.8 Minnesota State..... 6 668 1488 450 2156 4.8 16 359 Winona State........ 6 173 90 8 52.0 995 5.8 9 165.8 Winona State........ 6 668 995 403 1663 4.1 11 277 PASS DEFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds

University of Mary.. 6 84 39 4 46.4 367 4.4 1 61.2 University of Mary.. 6 737 367 367 1104 3.0 4 18 Minnesota Crookston. 6 172 94 8 54.7 859 5.0 1 143.2 Minnesota Crookston. 6 465 859 399 1324 3.3 5 22 Northern State...... 6 154 86 3 55.8 1037 6.7 8 172.8 Minot State......... 6 457 1405 391 1862 4.8 12 31 Concordia-St. Paul.. 6 167 83 4 49.7 1099 6.6 8 183.2 Concordia-St. Paul.. 6 874 1099 362 1973 5.5 15 32 Sioux Falls......... 6 185 106 8 57.3 1279 6.9 13 213.2 St. Cloud State..... 6 475 1723 432 2198 5.1 21 36 Minnesota State..... 6 185 111 5 60.0 1384 7.5 16 230.7 Wayne State......... 6 799 1403 465 2202 4.7 19 36 Wayne State......... 6 230 125 8 54.3 1403 6.1 16 233.8 Northern State...... 6 1270 1037 444 2307 5.2 20 38 Minot State......... 6 191 116 5 60.7 1405 7.4 6 234.2 MSU Moorhead........ 6 983 1435 475 2418 5.1 23 40 MSU Moorhead........ 6 205 118 7 57.6 1435 7.0 15 239.2 Minnesota State..... 6 1133 1384 429 2517 5.9 25 41 Bemidji State....... 6 202 111 12 55.0 1555 7.7 13 259.2 Upper Iowa.......... 6 1108 1637 508 2745 5.4 21 45 Upper Iowa.......... 6 269 156 15 58.0 1637 6.1 10 272.8 Winona State........ 6 997 1789 430 2786 6.5 29 46 St. Cloud State..... 6 201 118 8 58.7 1723 8.6 13 287.2 Augustana........... 6 899 1972 412 2871 7.0 36 47 Minnesota Duluth.... 6 200 121 4 60.5 1725 8.6 16 287.5 Bemidji State....... 6 1487 1555 476 3042 6.4 33 50 Winona State........ 6 197 120 4 60.9 1789 9.1 17 298.2 Southwest Minnesota. 6 1049 2022 452 3071 6.8 35 51 Augustana........... 6 227 145 7 63.9 1972 8.7 22 328.7 Minnesota Duluth.... 6 1494 1725 492 3219 6.5 32 53 Southwest Minnesota. 6 243 170 7 70.0 2022 8.3 20 337.0 Sioux Falls......... 6 2231 1279 451 3510 7.8 34 58 PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yd

Minnesota Crookston. 6 39 34 0 0 3 2 281 46.8 Minot State......... 6 262 1623 6.2 16 270.5 University of Mary.. 6 39 27 2 0 2 0 271 45.2 University of Mary.. 6 246 1618 6.6 21 269.7 Southwest Minnesota. 6 29 22 0 0 6 0 214 35.7 Southwest Minnesota. 6 273 1410 5.2 16 235.0 Minot State......... 6 29 27 0 0 1 0 204 34.0 Minnesota Crookston. 6 243 1234 5.1 18 205.7 Minnesota Duluth.... 6 29 21 0 0 2 0 201 33.5 Concordia-St. Paul.. 6 273 1224 4.5 10 204.0 Concordia-St. Paul.. 6 25 22 1 0 5 1 191 31.8 MSU Moorhead........ 6 267 1176 4.4 11 196.0 Wayne State......... 6 25 21 1 0 3 0 182 30.3 Augustana........... 6 278 1135 4.1 11 189.2 Upper Iowa.......... 6 24 20 1 0 5 0 181 30.2 Bemidji State....... 6 260 1034 4.0 7 172.3 MSU Moorhead........ 6 22 20 1 0 5 0 169 28.2 St. Cloud State..... 6 233 967 4.2 6 161.2 Northern State...... 6 22 20 0 0 4 0 164 27.3 Upper Iowa.......... 6 236 855 3.6 10 142.5 St. Cloud State..... 6 21 19 0 0 2 0 151 25.2 Wayne State......... 6 217 783 3.6 9 130.5 Augustana........... 6 18 18 0 0 6 0 144 24.0 Northern State...... 6 230 752 3.3 10 125.3 Sioux Falls......... 6 19 15 0 0 1 0 132 22.0 Sioux Falls......... 6 233 698 3.0 7 116.3 Bemidji State....... 6 16 13 1 0 5 0 126 21.0 Minnesota State..... 6 230 668 2.9 7 111.3 Minnesota State..... 6 16 14 0 0 4 0 122 20.3 Winona State........ 6 230 668 2.9 2 111.3 Winona State........ 6 12 10 0 0 1 0 85 14.2 Minnesota Duluth.... 6 162 613 3.8 8 102.2 SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G

University of Mary.. 6 4 3 0 0 2 0 33 5.5 Minot State......... 6 200 457 2.3 6 76.2 Minnesota Crookston. 6 5 3 0 0 6 1 53 8.8 Minnesota Crookston. 6 227 465 2.0 4 77.5 Minot State......... 6 12 11 0 0 0 0 83 13.8 St. Cloud State..... 6 231 475 2.1 8 79.2 Concordia-St. Paul.. 6 17 17 0 0 5 0 134 22.3 University of Mary.. 6 283 737 2.6 3 122.8 St. Cloud State..... 6 21 15 1 0 0 0 143 23.8 Wayne State......... 6 235 799 3.4 3 133.2 Upper Iowa.......... 6 22 19 0 0 1 0 154 25.7 Concordia-St. Paul.. 6 195 874 4.5 7 145.7 Wayne State......... 6 20 19 0 0 5 0 154 25.7 Augustana........... 6 185 899 4.9 14 149.8


Preston, Paul....... SR 6 96 583 6.1 7 97.2 Graham, Carvel...... SCSU JR 6 3 14 0 0.50 Truen, Nicholas..... JR 6 118 609 5.2 6 101.5 Benham, Damon....... BSU SR 6 3 21 1 0.50 Walker, Darren...... SR 6 109 613 5.6 6 102.2 Imperiale, Mike..... WSU JR 6 3 31 0 0.50 Adams, Gena......... SR 6 74 617 8.3 3 102.8 Barber, Channing.... NSU SR 6 3 166 2 0.50

Mickey, Max......... JR 6 86 942 11.0 8 157.0 Montgomery, Cam..... WSC SR 6 4 0 0 0.67 RUSHING Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G INTERCEPTIONS Team Cl G Int Yds TD Int/G 20

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2016 NSIC INDIVIDU UAL LEADERS

0 . UMD SR 6 613 120 0 0 733 122.2 Walker, Darren...... UMD SR 6 8 0 0 48 8.0 . SCSU SR 6 7 747 0 0 754 125.7 Rogers, Nate........ WSC JR 6 8 0 0 48 8.0 . BSU SR 6 617 142 0 0 759 126.5 Nomane, Tahi........ BSU JR 6 8 0 0 48 8.4 . MSUM JR 6 0 752 16 0 768 128.0 Portis,Derrick...... UIU SO 5 7 0 0 42 8.0 . WSU SR 6 0 780 0 0 780 130.0 Johnson, Cameron.... WSU SR 6 9 0 0 54 9.6 . AUGIE SR 6 0 797 0 0 797 132.8 Simmons, Max........ SMSU FR 5 8 0 0 48 9.

0 . WSU SR 6 583 138 0 186 907 151.2 Mickey, Max......... USF JR 6 10 0 0 60 10.0 . SMSU JR 6 0 580 39 353 972 162.0 Papilion, Luke...... USF SR 6 10 0 0 60 10.0 . USF JR 6 942 42 0 0 984 164.0 Gibson, Damon....... MSUM JR 6 10 0 0 60 10.G Team Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G SCORING Team Cl G TD XPT FG Pts Pts/

. UIU SR 6 34 438 0 12.9 73.0 Wiedrich, Jacob..... NSU SO 6 30 1106 36.9 . UMC JR 6 40 450 0 11.2 75.0 Skare,Nate.......... UIU JR 6 29 1076 37.1 . WSC JR 6 37 467 8 12.6 77.8 Russell, Michael.... WSU SO 6 23 858 37.3 . USF SR 6 35 506 2 14.5 84.3 Vanden Heuvel,S..... USF JR 6 19 727 38.3 . UMD JR 6 25 521 4 20.8 86.8 Persick, Ryan....... MSU SO 6 28 1086 38.8 . SMSU JR 6 38 580 5 15.3 96.7 Day, Stephen........ UMC SO 6 34 1359 40.0 . SCSU SR 6 43 747 6 17.4 124.5 Maedke, Sam......... CSP JR 6 26 1056 40.6 . MSUM JR 6 44 752 9 17.1 125.3 Netusil, Cody....... WSC SO 6 27 1144 42.4 . WSU SR 6 41 780 9 19.0 130.0 La Deaux, Aaron..... MINOT SR 6 38 1697 44.7 . AUGIE SR 6 38 797 10 21.0 132.8 Wainman,Lucas....... AUGIE SR 6 18 813 45.2 Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Yds/G PUNTING Team Cl G Punts Yds Avg

. UIU JR 6 35 406 5 11.6 5.83 Huot, Nate.......... SMSU JR 6 14 353 0 25.2 . USF SR 6 35 506 2 14.5 5.83 Richard, Juwaan..... BSU SR 6 11 287 0 26.1 . WSC JR 6 37 467 8 12.6 6.17 Groeneweg, Kyle..... USF JR 6 10 268 0 26.8 . MSUM JR 5 31 245 0 7.9 6.20 Cohen,Darius........ UIU SR 5 9 254 0 28.2 . SMSU JR 6 38 580 5 15.3 6.33 Brent, Corey........ MSU JR 6 10 292 0 29.2

. UMC JR 6 40 450 0 11.2 6.67 Tynes,Avram......... AUGIE SO 6 11 329 0 29.9 . WSU SR 6 41 780 9 19.0 6.83 Welsheimer,Jake..... AUGIE FR 6 6 181 0 30.2 . SCSU SR 6 43 747 6 17.4 7.17 Barber, Channing.... NSU SR 6 6 187 0 31.2 . MSUM JR 6 44 752 9 17.1 7.33 Balliu, Jake........ WSU FR 6 7 227 0 32.4 Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Rec/G KICK RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg

. NSU SR 6 368 1013 213 1381 230.2 . WSC JR 6 86 1329 269 1415 235.8 Roth, Nick.......... WSC SR 6 6 20 0 3.3 . BSU JR 6 319 1322 217 1641 273.5 Tynes,Avram......... AUGIE SO 6 13 105 0 8.1 . SCSU SR 6 34 1651 244 1685 280.8 Torgerson, Lane..... MINOT FR 6 8 66 0 8.2 . WSU SR 6 -43 1732 218 1689 281.5 Esser, Brent........ MSU SR 6 10 91 0 9.1 . SMSU JR 6 -67 1875 251 1808 301.3 Parsley, Joe........ NSU SR 6 9 98 0 10.9 . USF SR 6 640 1207 250 1847 307.8 Groeneweg, Kyle..... USF JR 6 10 123 0 12.3 . UIU SR 5 197 1414 276 1611 322.2 Van Ess, Blair...... BSU FR 5 6 74 0 12.3 . UMD SR 6 459 1630 282 2089 348.2 Ricci, Nate......... UMD JR 6 8 131 1 16.4 . AUGIE SR 6 328 1834 269 2162 360.3 Balliu, Jake........ WSU FR 6 13 304 1 23.4 Team Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G PUNT RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg

3 132.2 . MSUM JR 5 157 90 5 57.3 1007 13 201.4 Carr, Demetrius..... MSUM JR 5 157 90 5 57.3 1007 11 140.3 . MINOT SO 5 141 86 5 61.0 1041 4 208.2 Hein, Jordan........ BSU JR 6 162 96 8 59.3 1322 11 144.1 . BSU JR 6 162 96 8 59.3 1322 11 220.3 Beenken, Darren..... WSU JR 5 7 4 1 57.1 57 2 145.9 . WSC JR 6 219 118 7 53.9 1329 15 221.5 Hodge, Jake......... MSUM SR 5 42 26 2 61.9 389 2 149.9 . UMD SR 6 186 113 4 60.8 1630 16 271.7 Meyer, Nate......... SCSU SR 6 185 113 7 61.1 1651 18 158.4 . SCSU SR 6 185 113 7 61.1 1651 12 275.2 Gimbel, Blake....... SMSU JR 6 231 163 7 70.6 1875 16 158.5 . UIU SR 5 223 129 13 57.8 1414 10 282.8 Bauer, Drew......... UMD SR 6 186 113 4 60.8 1630 16 163.1 . WSU SR 6 189 116 3 61.4 1732 16 288.7 Nelson, Jack........ WSU SR 6 189 116 3 61.4 1732 11 164.4 . AUGIE SR 6 207 129 6 62.3 1834 21 305.7 Heid,Trey........... AUGIE SR 6 207 129 6 62.3 1834 22 169.3 . SMSU JR 6 231 163 7 70.6 1875 18 312.5 Pieruccini, Nick.... MSU SR 6 107 71 2 66.4 887 1

. UMD SR 6 96 459 4.8 4 76.5 Nabak, Dominic...... CSP SR 6 2 80 1 0.33 . USF SR 6 65 489 7.5 3 81.5 Olszewski, Gunner... BSU SO 5 2 -3 0 0.40 . MSUM SO 6 122 503 4.1 4 83.8 Lynch, Sam.......... UMD SO 5 2 3 0 0.40

. WSU SR 6 96 583 6.1 7 97.2 Graham, Carvel...... SCSU JR 6 3 14 0 0.50 . NSU JR 6 118 609 5.2 6 101.5 Benham, Damon....... BSU SR 6 3 21 1 0.50 . UMD SR 6 109 613 5.6 6 102.2 Imperiale, Mike..... WSU JR 6 3 31 0 0.50 . BSU SR 6 74 617 8.3 3 102.8 Barber, Channing.... NSU SR 6 3 166 2 0.50

. USF JR 6 86 942 11.0 8 157.0 Montgomery, Cam..... WSC SR 6 4 0 0 0.67 Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G INTERCEPTIONS Team Cl G Int Yds TD Int/G 016 Northern Intercollegiate Conference Individual Statistics Through games of Oct 08, 2016

Walker, Darren...... Parsons, Jameson.... Adams, Gena......... Gibson, Damon....... Johnson, Cameron.... Heller,Matt.........

Preston, Paul....... Huot, Nate.......... Mickey, Max......... ALL PURPOSE Team Cl G TD XPT FG Pts Pts/

Amis,Jalen.......... Connette, Adam...... Rogers, Nate........ Rose, Brady......... Ricci, Nate......... Huot, Nate.......... Parsons, Jameson.... Gibson, Damon....... Johnson, Cameron.... Heller,Matt......... RECEIVE YDS/GAME Rec Yds TD Avg/C Yds/G PUNTING Team Cl G Punts Yds Avg

Edmonds,Jarred...... JR 6 35 406 5 11.6 5.83 Huot, Nate.......... SMSU JR 6 14 353 0 25.2 Rose, Brady......... SR 6 35 506 2 14.5 5.83 Richard, Juwaan..... BSU SR 6 11 287 0 26.1 Rogers, Nate........ JR 6 37 467 8 12.6 6.17 Groeneweg, Kyle..... USF JR 6 10 268 0 26.8 Braaten, Hunter..... 31 245 0 7.9 6.20 Cohen,Darius........ UIU SR 5 9 254 0 28.2 Huot, Nate.......... 38 580 5 15.3 6.33 Brent, Corey........ MSU JR 6 10 292 0 29.2

Connette, Adam...... JR 6 40 450 0 11.2 6.67 Tynes,Avram......... AUGIE SO 6 11 329 0 29.9 Johnson, Cameron.... SR 6 41 780 9 19.0 6.83 Welsheimer,Jake..... AUGIE FR 6 6 181 0 30.2 Parsons, Jameson.... 43 747 6 17.4 7.17 Barber, Channing.... NSU SR 6 6 187 0 31.2 Gibson, Damon....... 44 752 9 17.1 7.33 Balliu, Jake........ WSU FR 6 7 227 0 32.4 RECEPTIONS/GAME Rec Yds TD Avg/C Rec/G KICK RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg

McAlvain, Christian. SR 6 368 1013 213 1381 230.2 Osborn, Zach........ JR 6 86 1329 269 1415 235.8 Roth, Nick.......... WSC SR 6 6 20 0 3.3 Hein, Jordan........ JR 6 319 1322 217 1641 273.5 Tynes,Avram......... AUGIE SO 6 13 105 0 8.1 Meyer, Nate......... 34 1651 244 1685 280.8 Torgerson, Lane..... MINOT FR 6 8 66 0 8.2 Nelson, Jack........ SR 6 -43 1732 218 1689 281.5 Esser, Brent........ MSU SR 6 10 91 0 9.1 Gimbel, Blake....... -67 1875 251 1808 301.3 Parsley, Joe........ NSU SR 6 9 98 0 10.9 Papilion, Luke...... SR 6 640 1207 250 1847 307.8 Groeneweg, Kyle..... USF JR 6 10 123 0 12.3 Morales, Dimitri.... SR 5 197 1414 276 1611 322.2 Van Ess, Blair...... BSU FR 5 6 74 0 12.3 Bauer, Drew......... SR 6 459 1630 282 2089 348.2 Ricci, Nate......... UMD JR 6 8 131 1 16.4 Heid,Trey........... 328 1834 269 2162 360.3 Balliu, Jake........ WSU FR 6 13 304 1 23.4 TOTAL OFFENSE PUNT RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg

Carr, Demetrius..... 5 157 90 5 57.3 1007 1 Weed, Isaiah........ 4 208.2 Hein, Jordan........ BSU JR 6 162 96 8 59.3 1322 1 Hein, Jordan........ JR 6 162 96 8 59.3 1322 11 220.3 Beenken, Darren..... WSU JR 5 7 4 1 57.1 57 Osborn, Zach........ JR 6 219 118 7 53.9 1329 15 221.5 Hodge, Jake......... MSUM SR 5 42 26 2 61.9 389 Bauer, Drew......... SR 6 186 113 4 60.8 1630 16 271.7 Meyer, Nate......... SCSU SR 6 185 113 7 61.1 1651 1 Meyer, Nate......... 6 231 163 7 70.6 1875 1 Morales, Dimitri.... SR 5 223 129 13 57.8 1414 10 282.8 Bauer, Drew......... UMD SR 6 186 113 4 60.8 1630 1 Nelson, Jack........ SR 6 189 116 3 61.4 1732 16 288.7 Nelson, Jack........ WSU SR 6 189 116 3 61.4 1732 1 Heid,Trey........... 6 207 129 6 62.3 1834 2 Gimbel, Blake....... SR 6 107 71 2 66.4 887 1

Bauer, Drew......... SR 6 96 459 4.8 4 76.5 Nabak, Dominic...... CSP SR 6 2 80 1 0.33 Fulks, Justin....... SR 6 65 489 7.5 3 81.5 Olszewski, Gunner... BSU SO 5 2 -3 0 0.40 Stone, Austin....... 122 503 4.1 4 83.8 Lynch, Sam.......... UMD SO 5 2 3 0 0.40


SMSU Head Coach Cory SauterCory Sauter is in his seventh season as head

coach at Southwest Minnesota State University in2016 and during that time has steadily develop-ment a program that can compete among the topin the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.

Sauter has compiled an overall record of 29-38in six seasons on the sidelines, including 28-36 inNSIC play. During the last three seasons, he has ledthe Mustangs to two of its best season’s in pro-gram history, which include a postseason appear-ance and school-record victories at the Division IIlevel. His career win total ranks second in the 49-year history of the program.

Sauter was named the 10th head coach in pro-gram history on March 29, 2010, after serving amonth as interim head coach. Prior to becominghead coach, he spent two seasons as an assistantcoach at SMSU. Sauter brings six years of profes-sional football playing experience in both the Na-tional Football League and NFL Europe, along withboth collegiate and professional football coaching

experience to the Mustang program.In 2015, SMSU put together one of the best seasons in program history, reaching

heights never seen before in team history and just missing a spot in the NCAA playoffs.SMSU recorded an 8-3 mark, finishing fourth in the NSIC. The eight victories set a schoolrecord for wins in a season at the Division II level (21 seasons)and marked just the third time ever an SMSU squad has woneight or more games in a season.

For the first time in school history, SMSU was twiceranked in the NCAA region rankings, including No. 9 in thefinal regular season poll. The team also received votes in theAFCA Top 25 weekly poll on three occasions. It marked thefirst time SMSU has appeared in the poll since 2008.

The Mustang offense was high-powered again in 2015,leading Division II during the regular season with 312 firstdowns, while scoring 366 points—the fifth highest total inschool history.

SMSU running back Davontay Stevens led the confer-ence in rushing in 2015, racking up 1,066 yards and becomingjust the sixth player in school history to reach 1,000 yards ina season, while quarterback Blake Gimbel completed a schoolrecord 66.4 percent of his pass attempts.

The 2015 season also saw success off the field of play forthe program. Seniors Davontay Stevens and Donovan Woodswere both named CoSIDA first team Academic All-Ameri-cans.13947

In 2014, SMSU had several close games, losing three by three points or less, butstill featured a potent offense and a disciplined team. The Mustang offense, despitefive new starters on the offensive line, ranked among the top 80 nationally in bothrushing offense and passing offense, while the squad finished second in the NSIC and13th in Division II in fewest penalty yards per game. Punter Mike Wenk was namedfirst team All-NSIC and was also a second team All-American honoree.

In 2013, SMSU put together a record-breaking campaign, setting 13 single-seasonteam records and playing a postseason game for the first time since 1990. The Mus-tangs finished with seven victories and placed fourth in the 16-team NSIC. It was the

highest finish for the Mustangs in the NSICsince 1999, and also qualified for the Min-eral Water Bowl for the first time in pro-gram history, appearing in just the thirdpostseason game in team history.

During the 2013 season, SMSU runningback Tyler Tonderum set a school recordwith 2,145 yards rushing—ranking secondin Division II—and became the first playerin program history to be named a nationalfinalist for the Harlon Hill Award, which isgiven to the top player in Division II.

The SMSU offense set a school recordwith 6,295 total yards, averaging a schoolrecord 524.6 per game and also set theNSIC single-season record with 5,892 yardsin NSIC games.

During Sauter’s first season as headcoach in 2010, the Mustangs started theseason 2-0 and were 4-4 after eight weeks,before suffering several injuries to key po-sitions and finishing 4-7 overall. SevenMustang players earned all-conferencehonors, including quarterback RyanRatekin, who became the first SMSU of-

fensive player to earn first teamAll-NSIC honors since 2006.

In 2011, SMSU finished witha 3-8 overall record and had eightplayers earn All-NSIC honors. Jun-ior quarterback Tyler Peschongled the NSIC in passing and totalyards and was named secondteam All-NSIC South Division. TheMustang offense finished the sea-son ranking third in the confer-ence in passing and eighth inscoring.

During his third season atthe helm in 2012, Sauter helpedoversee an offense that set aschool record with 23 rushingtouchdowns, while rushing for1,888 yards, the second highesttotal in program history. The Mus-tang offense – which scored 30 ormore points six times - ranked62nd in the country in scoring and65th in total offense. Senior run-ning back Warren Matthews wasnamed first team All-NSIC, whilesenior running back GannonMoore was named second teamAll-NSIC.

Prior to becoming headcoach, Sauter spent two seasons(2008-09) helping lead a high-powered Mustang offensive at-tack as quarterbacks coach andoffensive coordinator. Serving asoffensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator in 2009, SMSUaveraged 36 points per game, the third highest in school history, and also scored 30 ormore points in eight games tying a school single-season record. Junior quarterbackRyan Ratekin was named the 2009 NSIC Offensive Newcomer of the Year, setting aschool record with a 63.9 percent completion percentage, while passing for 2,963 yardsand 33 touchdowns.

SMSU quarterback Josh Shudlick had a record breaking season during Sauter’sfirst season on the sideline in 2008. Shudlick set a conference record for passing yards,tied the league record for touchdown passes and finished first in the league in bothpassing yards per game and total offense.

Prior to SMSU, Sauter spent several years coaching at both the collegiate and pro-fessional levels. In 2006 he served as quarterbacks/receivers coach for the HamburgSea Devils in NFL Europe and was also a graduate assistant at the University of Min-nesota. In 2007, he was quarterbacks coach for the Berlin Thunder.

A native of Hutchinson, Minn., and a 1997 graduate of the University of Min-nesota, Sauter had a record-setting career at quarterback for the Golden Gophers andspent six seasons in the NFL from 1998-2003. He played four seasons for Minnesota(1994-97), including starting the final 34 games of his collegiate career and playing inthe Blue-Gray All-Star Football Classic following his senior season. He finished his careeras the school's all-time career record holder for pass completions, pass attempts andpassing yards. Sauter earned his master's degree from the University of Minnesota in2003.

Following his collegiate ca-reer Sauter spent six seasons inthe NFL from 1998-2003. Hesigned as a free agent with theArizona Cardinals in 1998 beforespending time with the DetroitLions, Chicago Bears and Indi-anapolis Colts. He appeared inone regular season game in hiscareer completing 6 of 9 passesfor 59 yards in a 2002 game withthe Chicago Bears. Sauter alsoplayed one season for theBarcelona Dragons in NFL Europe.

Cory and his wife Amy, livein Lynd, with their daughters,Berlin and Estella.

Sauter played six seasons in the NFL

The Sauter RecordCoaching Experience2010-16 SMSU (head coach)2009 SMSU (offensive/pass game coordinator/QBs)2008 SMSU (quarterbacks/pass game coordinator)2007 Berlin Thunder (quarterbacks)2006 Hamburg Sea Devils (quarterbacks/receivers)2006 University of Minnesota (defensive backs)

Playing Experience1993-97 University of Minnesota1998 Arizona Cardinals1999-00 Detroit Lions2000 Barcelona Dragons2001-03 Indianapolis Colts2002 Chicago Bears

SMSU Highlights During the Sauter Era-Four players have earned All-American honors-Two players named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans-SMSU was twice ranked in the NCAA region rankings in2015-SMSU’s eight victories in 2015, the highest total inschool history at the Division II level-SMSU led Division II in total first downs during the2015 regular season-RB Tyler Tonderum named a Harlon Hill Finalist in 2013-Mineral Water Bowl appearance in 2013-Set school record in 2013 with 6,295 yards of offense-Has scored 30 or more points in 26 of 46 games sincethe 2012 season-Set school rushing touchdowns record in 2013-Four of top five team single-season rushing totals inschool history have come since 2012-Top five team pass completion pct. in school historyhave been set since Sauter joined the coaching staff in2008

Cory, Amy, Estella and Berlin Sauter

Sauter raises the “Sledge” following SMSU’s victoryover Winona State last season

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