Statistics Summary for 1965 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/10/1965 WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE W 59-20 4500 Fargo, ND
9/18/1965 MINNESOTA-DULUTH W 55-8 5000 Fargo, ND
* 9/25/1965 NORTHERN IOWA W 20-7 7200 Fargo, ND
* 10/2/1965 at South Dakota State W 41-13 4500 Brookings, SD
* 10/9/1965 at Augustana (SD) W 47-7 6464 Sioux Falls, SD
* 10/16/1965 NORTH DAKOTA W 6-3 11500 Fargo, ND Homecoming
10/23/1965 at Montana State W 14-7 8200 Bozeman, MT
* 10/30/1965 SOUTH DAKOTA W 66-8 5500 Fargo, ND
* 11/6/1965 at Morningside W 42-0 4000 Sioux City, IA
11/13/1965 at St. Thomas (MN) W 13-7 3000 St. Paul, MN
p 12/11/1965 vs Grambling W 20-7 8500 Abilene, TX Pecan Bowl
 
*North Central Conference games

Overall: 11-0
Conference: 6-0
Home: 5-0
Away: 5-0
Neutral: 1-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Ken Rota 0 170 893 36 857 5.0 14 0 0.0
Vance Conner 0 156 614 59 555 3.6 7 0 0.0
Rich Mische 0 94 332 1 331 3.5 3 0 0.0
Mike Hasbargen 0 73 293 7 286 3.9 5 0 0.0
George Hennessy 0 18 95 1 94 5.2 0 0 0.0
Ron Evenson 0 21 88 3 85 4.0 2 0 0.0
Mike Belmont 0 23 84 18 66 2.9 1 0 0.0
Mike Ahneman 0 2 16 0 16 8.0 0 0 0.0
Gary Showers 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 0 0.0
Jim Carlson 0 14 20 36 -16 -1.1 0 0 0.0
John Matanich 0 2 8 26 -18 -9.0 0 0 0.0
Terry Hanson 0 22 54 107 -53 -2.4 0 0 0.0
Team totals 10 596 2502 294 2208 3.7 32 0 220.8
Opp totals 10 281 658 500 158 0.6 3 0 15.8
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Terry Hanson 0 39-77-4 50.6 548 8 0 0.0 134.33
Jim Carlson 0 31-60-1 51.7 451 4 0 0.0 133.47
Gary Showers 0 9-15-1 60.0 135 3 0 0.0 188.27
Ken Rota 0 3-7-0 42.9 60 0 0 0.0 114.86
Dave Olson 0 1-3-1 33.3 7 0 0 0.0 -13.73
Vance Conner 0 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Team totals 10 83-163-7 50.9 1201 15 0 120.1 134.59
Opp totals 10 90-252-21 35.7 975 8 0 97.5 62.02
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
L.Linderman 0 29 439 15.1 5 0 0.0
Ken Rota 0 18 207 11.5 2 0 0.0
Andy Knudson 0 9 156 17.3 5 0 0.0
Vance Conner 0 9 141 15.7 1 0 0.0
Mike Hasbargen 0 6 111 18.5 0 0 0.0
Russ Auen 0 4 66 16.5 0 0 0.0
Ron Evenson 0 2 41 20.5 0 0 0.0
Mike Belmont 0 2 17 8.5 1 0 0.0
Jim Clark 0 1 17 17.0 1 0 0.0
Dan Loose 0 1 7 7.0 0 0 0.0
George Hennessy 0 1 6 6.0 0 0 0.0
Rich Mische 0 1 -7 -7.0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 10 83 1201 14.5 15 0 120.1
Opp totals 10 90 975 10.8 8 0 97.5
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Ken Rota 0 16 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 96
Vance Conner 0 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 48
Mike Ahneman 0 0 0-0 37-50 0 0 0 37
Mike Hasbargen 0 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
Andy Knudson 0 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
L.Linderman 0 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
Rich Mische 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Ron Evenson 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Mike Belmont 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Gene Gebhards 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Dan Loose 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Jim Schindler 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Bob Ercolani 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
R.Wallentine 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Jim Clark 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Jim Carlson 0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2
Team totals 10 53 0-0 37-50 1 0 3 363
Opp totals 10 11 1-2 7-7 2 0 0 80
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Ken Rota 0 857 60 917 0.0
Vance Conner 0 555 0 555 0.0
Terry Hanson 0 -53 548 495 0.0
Jim Carlson 0 -16 451 435 0.0
Rich Mische 0 331 0 331 0.0
Mike Hasbargen 0 286 0 286 0.0
Gary Showers 0 5 135 140 0.0
George Hennessy 0 94 0 94 0.0
Ron Evenson 0 85 0 85 0.0
Mike Belmont 0 66 0 66 0.0
Mike Ahneman 0 16 0 16 0.0
Dave Olson 0 0 7 7 0.0
John Matanich 0 -18 0 -18 0.0
Team totals 10 2208 1201 3409 340.9
Opp totals 10 158 975 1133 113.3
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
L.Linderman 19 157 0 0 8.3
Dan Loose 12 153 0 0 12.8
Jim Schindler 1 42 1 0 42.0
Mike Belmont 1 28 0 0 28.0
R.Wallentine 5 27 0 0 5.4
G.Kallenbach 2 6 0 0 3.0
Team totals 40 413 1 0 10.3
Opp totals 21 177 0 0 8.4
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Mike Belmont 10 177 0 0 17.7
Ken Rota 2 42 0 0 21.0
George Hennessy 2 38 0 0 19.0
Mike Hasbargen 2 28 0 0 14.0
Vance Conner 2 25 0 0 12.5
Mike Ahneman 1 13 0 0 13.0
Rich Mische 1 6 0 0 6.0
Ron Hanson 1 2 0 0 2.0
Team totals 21 331 0 0 15.8
Opp totals 61 1050 0 0 17.2
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Rudy Baranko 6 42 0 0 0.1
Gene Gebhards 3 138 2 0 0.0
Dan Loose 3 99 1 0 0.0
R.Wallentine 2 20 1 0 0.1
Ron Hanson 2 4 0 0 0.5
Ron Evenson 1 20 0 0 0.1
Dennis Monack 1 15 0 0 0.1
Ardell Wiegandt 1 2 0 0 0.5
G.Kallenbach 1 1 0 0 1.0
Mike Ahneman 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 21 341 4 63 0.1
Opp totals 7 47 0 0 0.1
 
Fumble returns no. yards td long avg
Bob Ercolani 0 0 1 0 0.0
Team totals 0 0 1 0 0.0
Opp totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
All purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
Ken Rota 0 857 207 0 42 0 1106 0.0
Vance Conner 0 555 141 0 25 0 721 0.0
L.Linderman 0 0 439 157 0 0 596 0.0
Mike Hasbargen 0 286 111 0 28 0 425 0.0
Rich Mische 0 331 -7 0 6 0 330 0.0
Mike Belmont 0 66 17 28 177 0 288 0.0
Dan Loose 0 0 7 153 0 99 259 0.0
Andy Knudson 0 0 156 0 0 0 156 0.0
Ron Evenson 0 85 41 0 0 20 146 0.0
Gene Gebhards 0 0 0 0 0 138 138 0.0
George Hennessy 0 94 6 0 38 0 138 0.0
Russ Auen 0 0 66 0 0 0 66 0.0
R.Wallentine 0 0 0 27 0 20 47 0.0
Jim Schindler 0 0 0 42 0 0 42 0.0
Rudy Baranko 0 0 0 0 0 42 42 0.0
Mike Ahneman 0 16 0 0 13 0 29 0.0
Jim Clark 0 0 17 0 0 0 17 0.0
Dennis Monack 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 0.0
G.Kallenbach 0 0 0 6 0 1 7 0.0
Ron Hanson 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0.0
Gary Showers 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
Ardell Wiegandt 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.0
Jim Carlson 0 -16 0 0 0 0 -16 0.0
John Matanich 0 -18 0 0 0 0 -18 0.0
Terry Hanson 0 -53 0 0 0 0 -53 0.0
Team totals 10 2208 1201 413 331 341 4494 449.4
Opp totals 10 158 975 177 1050 47 2407 240.7
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
John Matanich 43 1621 37.7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 43 1621 37.7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opp totals 77 2798 36.3 0 0 0 0 0 2
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Team totals 0 0 0.0 0 0
Opp totals 1 2 50.0 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Dan Loose 0 0 0 0 - - 3 - 99 - - - - - -
Ron Evenson 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 20 - - - - - -
Gene Gebhards 0 0 0 0 - - 3 - 138 - - - - - -
R.Wallentine 0 0 0 0 - - 2 - 20 - - - - - -
Rudy Baranko 0 0 0 0 - - 6 - 42 - - - - - -
Mike Ahneman 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Dennis Monack 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 15 - - - - - -
G.Kallenbach 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 1 - - - - - -
Ron Hanson 0 0 0 0 - - 2 - 4 - - - - - -
Ardell Wiegandt 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 2 - - - - - -
Bob Ercolani 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 3 - 0 - - -
Team totals 10 0 0 0 - - 21 - 341 - - - - - -
Opp totals 10 0 0 0 - - 7 - 47 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 126 26
1st downs passing 54 49
1st downs penalty 6 7
1st downs total 186 82
Penalties against 57 45
Penalty yards 554 371
Fumbles 25 24
Fumbles lost 20 16
3rd-down convert 0-0 0-0
4th-down convert 0-0 0-0
Time of possession 0:00 0:00
Misc yards 0 0