Statistics Summary for 1970 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/12/1970 EASTERN MICHIGAN T 14-14 10500 Fargo, ND
9/19/1970 at Montana State W 30-8 6000 Bozeman, MT
* 9/26/1970 at South Dakota W 24-21 9800 Vermillion, SD
* 10/3/1970 MORNINGSIDE W 55-7 8700 Fargo, ND
* 10/10/1970 AUGUSTANA (SD) W 45-7 8500 Fargo, ND Homecoming
* 10/17/1970 at North Dakota W 20-3 12600 Grand Forks, ND
* 10/24/1970 at Northern Iowa W 43-10 6520 Cedar Falls, IA
* 10/31/1970 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 35-0 5000 Fargo, ND
11/7/1970 MINN. ST. MANKATO W 60-21 5200 Fargo, ND
p 12/12/1970 vs Montana W 31-16 13177 Sacramento, CA Camellia Bowl
 
*North Central Conference games

Overall: 9-0-1
Conference: 6-0
Home: 4-0-1
Away: 4-0
Neutral: 1-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Dennis Preboski 0 157 789 16 773 4.9 9 64 0.0
Mike Bentson 0 112 566 122 444 4.0 9 37 0.0
Tom Varichak 0 76 328 10 318 4.2 2 23 0.0
Jim Twardy 0 88 277 17 260 3.0 1 29 0.0
Wayne Stevenson 0 34 222 1 221 6.5 3 30 0.0
Bruce Reimer 0 46 236 35 201 4.4 0 20 0.0
Dave Nelson 0 39 162 15 147 3.8 1 14 0.0
Steve Gaedtke 0 5 20 2 18 3.6 1 7 0.0
Dale May 0 5 11 0 11 2.2 0 8 0.0
Dan Smrekar 0 2 6 0 6 3.0 0 4 0.0
Team totals 9 564 2617 218 2399 4.3 26 64 266.6
Opp totals 9 418 1345 357 988 2.4 7 32 109.8
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Mike Bentson 0 74-165-8 44.8 1284 14 52 0.0 128.52
Dale May 0 9-16-0 56.2 144 2 31 0.0 173.10
Don Siverson 0 1-1-0 100.0 36 0 36 0.0 402.40
Team totals 9 84-182-8 46.2 1464 16 52 162.7 133.94
Opp totals 9 94-247-10 38.1 1031 5 54 114.6 71.70
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Pete Lana 0 24 432 18.0 4 42 0.0
Jim Twardy 0 19 289 15.2 5 41 0.0
Ralph Writz 0 8 150 18.8 1 31 0.0
J.Cadwallader 0 7 153 21.9 1 52 0.0
Dave Nelson 0 7 145 20.7 3 33 0.0
Dennis Preboski 0 7 105 15.0 2 26 0.0
Tom Varichak 0 7 103 14.7 0 33 0.0
Bruce Reimer 0 4 51 12.8 0 18 0.0
Dan Smrekar 0 1 36 36.0 0 36 0.0
Team totals 9 84 1464 17.4 16 52 162.7
Opp totals 9 94 1031 11.0 5 54 114.6
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Jim Twardy 0 6 3-7 39-45 0 0 0 84
Dennis Preboski 0 11 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 66
Mike Bentson 0 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 54
Dave Nelson 0 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 26
Pete Lana 0 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 24
Wayne Stevenson 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Tom Varichak 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Bruce Reimer 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Steve Gaedtke 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Ralph Writz 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Ron Banks 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Al Nowak 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Joe Cichy 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
J.Cadwallader 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Team totals 9 46 3-7 39-45 1 0 0 326
Opp totals 9 12 2-8 9-10 2 0 0 91
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Mike Bentson 0 444 1284 1728 0.0
Dennis Preboski 0 773 0 773 0.0
Tom Varichak 0 318 0 318 0.0
Jim Twardy 0 260 0 260 0.0
Wayne Stevenson 0 221 0 221 0.0
Bruce Reimer 0 201 0 201 0.0
Dale May 0 11 144 155 0.0
Dave Nelson 0 147 0 147 0.0
Don Siverson 0 0 36 36 0.0
Steve Gaedtke 0 18 0 18 0.0
Dan Smrekar 0 6 0 6 0.0
Team totals 9 2399 1464 3863 429.2
Opp totals 9 988 1031 2019 224.3
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Bruce Reimer 19 178 1 84 9.4
Dave Nelson 3 28 0 18 9.3
Al Nowak 2 13 0 10 6.5
Joe Cichy 1 12 0 12 12.0
Brad Trom 2 9 0 8 4.5
Gerry Caya 5 -6 0 3 -1.2
Team totals 32 234 1 84 7.3
Opp totals 18 91 0 0 5.1
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Bruce Reimer 11 189 0 36 17.2
Dave Nelson 2 35 0 20 17.5
Gerry Caya 1 7 0 7 7.0
Steve Gaedtke 1 5 0 5 5.0
Team totals 15 236 0 36 15.7
Opp totals 54 936 0 0 17.3
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Brad Trom 3 28 0 10 0.1
Gerry Caya 3 15 0 11 0.2
Al Nowak 1 42 1 42 0.0
Joe Cichy 1 27 1 27 0.0
Tim Marman 1 10 0 10 0.1
Jeff Sheetz 1 4 0 4 0.2
Team totals 10 126 2 42 0.1
Opp totals 8 81 0 0 0.1
 
Fumble returns no. yards td long avg
Ron Banks 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
Dennis Preboski 0 773 105 0 0 0 878 0.0
Bruce Reimer 0 201 51 178 189 0 619 0.0
Jim Twardy 0 260 289 0 0 0 549 0.0
Mike Bentson 0 444 0 0 0 0 444 0.0
Pete Lana 0 0 432 0 0 0 432 0.0
Tom Varichak 0 318 103 0 0 0 421 0.0
Dave Nelson 0 147 145 28 35 0 355 0.0
Wayne Stevenson 0 221 0 0 0 0 221 0.0
J.Cadwallader 0 0 153 0 0 0 153 0.0
Ralph Writz 0 0 150 0 0 0 150 0.0
Al Nowak 0 0 0 13 0 42 55 0.0
Dan Smrekar 0 6 36 0 0 0 42 0.0
Joe Cichy 0 0 0 12 0 27 39 0.0
Brad Trom 0 0 0 9 0 28 37 0.0
Steve Gaedtke 0 18 0 0 5 0 23 0.0
Gerry Caya 0 0 0 -6 7 15 16 0.0
Dale May 0 11 0 0 0 0 11 0.0
Tim Marman 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0.0
Jeff Sheetz 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.0
Team totals 9 2399 1464 234 236 126 4459 495.4
Opp totals 9 988 1031 91 936 81 3127 347.4
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Jim Twardy 47 1585 33.7 48 0 0 0 0 0
Tomm Smail 4 118 29.5 39 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Reimer 1 9 9.0 9 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 53 1736 32.8 48 0 0 0 0 0
Opp totals 80 2782 34.8 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Jim Twardy 3 7 42.9 0 0
Team totals 3 7 42.9 36 0
Opp totals 2 8 25.0 0 4
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Gary Leuer 0 19 82 101 - - - 1 - 1 - 0 - - -
Tim Marman 0 16 82 98 - - 1 - 10 2 - 1 - 0 3 - -
Paul Luehrs 0 18 78 96 - - - 4 - - - 1 -
Joe Cichy 0 33 55 88 - - 1 - 27 12 - 2 - 0 2 - -
Dick Hanson 0 7 78 85 - - - 1 - 1 - 0 2 - -
Brad Trom 0 17 65 82 - - 3 - 28 9 - 1 - 0 - - -
Paul Bothof 0 6 69 75 - - - 1 - 1 - 0 1 - -
Al Nowak 0 35 25 60 - - 1 - 42 10 - 2 - 0 2 4 -
Tom Marman 0 15 45 60 - - - - - 4 - 0 1 - -
Ron Banks 0 11 44 55 - - - 1 - 2 - 0 1 - -
Gerry Caya 0 21 20 41 - - 3 - 15 12 - - - - -
Dave Paul 0 4 27 31 - - - - - - - - -
Bob Backlund 0 3 27 30 - - - - - - 1 - -
Tomm Smail 0 8 12 20 - - - - - - - - -
George Gilmore 0 3 9 12 - - - - - - - - -
Jeff Sheetz 0 5 5 10 - - 1 - 4 1 - - - - -
Steve Armstrong 0 3 7 10 - - - - - - - - -
Wayne Stevenson 0 2 7 9 - - - - - - - - -
Ken A. Johnson 0 5 2 7 - - - 1 - - - - -
Phil Meyer 0 3 2 5 - - - - - - - - -
Bruce Reimer 0 3 2 5 - - - - - - - - -
Lorren Henke 0 1 4 5 - - - - - - - - -
Virgil Schulz 0 0 5 5 - - - - - - - - -
Ron Dobervich 0 1 3 4 - - - 1 - - 2 - -
Don Cole 0 1 3 4 - - - 1 - - - - -
Lyle Anderson 0 0 4 4 - - - - - - - - -
Mark Servent 0 2 1 3 - - - 1 - - - - -
Dan Green 0 2 1 3 - - - - - - - - -
J.Cadwallader 0 2 0 2 - - - - - - - - -
Bill Kiefer 0 0 2 2 - - - - - - - - -
Joe Lindeman 0 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Pat Scherling 0 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Mike Cichy 0 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Jon Hanson 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Bob Erickson 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Steve Gaedtke 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Tim Mattson 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Tom Varichak 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Dave Nelson 0 0 1 1 - - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Tom St. Aubin 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
John Welle 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Pete Lana 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Dennis Preboski 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Jim Twardy 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Team totals 9 220 701 921 - - 10 - 126 58 - 16 - 0 17 5 -
Opp totals 9 0 0 0 - - 8 - 81 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 128 64
1st downs passing 64 45
1st downs penalty 10 16
1st downs total 202 125
Penalties against 54 43
Penalty yards 635 409
Fumbles 25 27
Fumbles lost 16 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