| |
Date |
Opponent |
|
Score |
|
Attend |
|
Site |
Notes |
|
9/11/1971 |
NORTHERN ARIZONA |
W |
42-9 |
|
11600 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
|
9/18/1971 |
MONTANA STATE |
W |
28-12 |
|
9700 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
| * |
9/25/1971 |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
W |
16-15 |
|
11000 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
| * |
10/2/1971 |
at Morningside |
W |
62-0 |
|
13000 |
|
Sioux City, IA |
|
| * |
10/9/1971 |
at Augustana (SD) |
W |
23-7 |
|
3500 |
|
Sioux Falls, SD |
|
| * |
10/16/1971 |
NORTH DAKOTA |
L |
7-23 |
|
12800 |
|
Fargo, ND |
Homecoming |
| * |
10/23/1971 |
NORTHERN IOWA |
W |
23-11 |
|
9000 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
| * |
10/30/1971 |
at South Dakota State |
L |
13-20 |
|
2000 |
|
Brookings, SD |
|
|
11/6/1971 |
at Minn. St. Mankato |
W |
33-7 |
|
2500 |
|
Mankato, MN |
|
*North Central Conference games
Overall: 7-2
Conference: 4-2
Home: 4-1
Away: 3-1
Neutral: 0-0
| Rushing |
g |
att |
gain |
loss |
net |
avg |
td |
long |
avg/g |
| Tom Varichak |
9 |
120 |
553 |
18 |
535 |
4.5 |
8 |
34 |
59.4 |
| Dan Smrekar |
9 |
92 |
426 |
34 |
392 |
4.3 |
2 |
42 |
43.6 |
| Wayne Stevenson |
9 |
75 |
335 |
8 |
327 |
4.4 |
4 |
35 |
36.3 |
| Mike Bentson |
7 |
72 |
322 |
78 |
244 |
3.4 |
5 |
23 |
34.9 |
| Rich Henry |
6 |
40 |
159 |
0 |
159 |
4.0 |
3 |
14 |
26.5 |
| Dave Nelson |
9 |
51 |
173 |
36 |
137 |
2.7 |
1 |
27 |
15.2 |
| Mike Puestow |
9 |
3 |
21 |
0 |
21 |
7.0 |
0 |
15 |
2.3 |
| Dale May |
7 |
41 |
66 |
193 |
-127 |
-3.1 |
2 |
2 |
-18.1 |
| Team totals |
9 |
494 |
2055 |
367 |
1688 |
3.4 |
25 |
42 |
187.6 |
| Opp totals |
9 |
400 |
1399 |
329 |
1070 |
2.7 |
4 |
37 |
118.9 |
| Passing |
g |
comp-att-int |
pct |
yds |
td |
long |
avg/g |
effic |
| Mike Bentson |
7 |
49-107-9 |
45.8 |
894 |
4 |
73 |
127.7 |
111.49 |
| Dale May |
7 |
20-53-3 |
37.7 |
302 |
1 |
34 |
43.1 |
80.51 |
| Tom Varichak |
9 |
1-3-1 |
33.3 |
24 |
1 |
24 |
2.7 |
143.87 |
| Team totals |
9 |
70-163-13 |
42.9 |
1220 |
6 |
73 |
135.6 |
102.01 |
| Opp totals |
9 |
89-242-9 |
36.8 |
1164 |
8 |
64 |
129.3 |
80.65 |
| Receiving |
g |
no. |
yds |
avg |
td |
long |
avg/g |
| Ralph Wirtz |
9 |
23 |
415 |
18.0 |
1 |
73 |
46.1 |
| Dan Smrekar |
9 |
12 |
192 |
16.0 |
1 |
37 |
21.3 |
| Pete Lana |
7 |
11 |
270 |
24.5 |
4 |
72 |
38.6 |
| Tom Varichak |
9 |
10 |
123 |
12.3 |
0 |
21 |
13.7 |
| J.Cadwallader |
9 |
5 |
89 |
17.8 |
0 |
27 |
9.9 |
| Dave Nelson |
9 |
4 |
76 |
19.0 |
0 |
25 |
8.4 |
| Wayne Stevenson |
9 |
3 |
44 |
14.7 |
0 |
25 |
4.9 |
| Mike Puestow |
9 |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
7 |
0.8 |
| Greg Seelhammer |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
3 |
3.0 |
| Team totals |
9 |
70 |
1220 |
17.4 |
6 |
73 |
135.6 |
| Opp totals |
9 |
89 |
1164 |
13.1 |
8 |
64 |
129.3 |
| Scoring |
g |
td |
fg |
k-pat |
2xp |
dxp |
saf |
pts |
| Tom Varichak |
9 |
8 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
| Tom Barnes |
0 |
0 |
3-11 |
28-35 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
| Mike Bentson |
7 |
5 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
| Wayne Stevenson |
9 |
4 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
| Pete Lana |
7 |
4 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
| Rich Henry |
6 |
3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| Dan Smrekar |
9 |
3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| Al Nowak |
0 |
2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
| Dale May |
7 |
2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
| Steve McMillan |
0 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Brad Trom |
0 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Dave Nelson |
9 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Ralph Wirtz |
9 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Team totals |
9 |
35 |
3-11 |
28-35 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
247 |
| Opp totals |
9 |
12 |
8-14 |
6-7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
104 |
| Total offense |
g |
rush |
pass |
total |
avg/g |
| Mike Bentson |
7 |
244 |
894 |
1138 |
162.6 |
| Tom Varichak |
9 |
535 |
24 |
559 |
62.1 |
| Dan Smrekar |
9 |
392 |
0 |
392 |
43.6 |
| Wayne Stevenson |
9 |
327 |
0 |
327 |
36.3 |
| Dale May |
7 |
-127 |
302 |
175 |
25.0 |
| Rich Henry |
6 |
159 |
0 |
159 |
26.5 |
| Dave Nelson |
9 |
137 |
0 |
137 |
15.2 |
| Mike Puestow |
9 |
21 |
0 |
21 |
2.3 |
| Team totals |
9 |
1688 |
1220 |
2908 |
323.1 |
| Opp totals |
9 |
1070 |
1164 |
2234 |
248.2 |
| Punt returns |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Brad Trom |
9 |
144 |
1 |
65 |
16.0 |
| Dave Nelson |
6 |
41 |
0 |
13 |
6.8 |
| Al Nowak |
2 |
33 |
1 |
20 |
16.5 |
| Greg Bentson |
2 |
16 |
0 |
16 |
8.0 |
| Bruce Reimer |
1 |
13 |
0 |
13 |
13.0 |
| Lorren Henke |
1 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
4.0 |
| Team totals |
21 |
251 |
2 |
65 |
12.0 |
| Opp totals |
21 |
159 |
0 |
26 |
7.6 |
| Kick returns |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Mike Puestow |
17 |
381 |
0 |
35 |
22.4 |
| Dan Smrekar |
2 |
43 |
0 |
25 |
21.5 |
| Dave Nelson |
2 |
42 |
0 |
26 |
21.0 |
| Wayne Stevenson |
2 |
33 |
0 |
23 |
16.5 |
| Tom Varichak |
2 |
13 |
0 |
13 |
6.5 |
| Team totals |
25 |
512 |
0 |
35 |
20.5 |
| Opp totals |
41 |
714 |
0 |
44 |
17.4 |
| Interceptions |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Lorren Henke |
3 |
15 |
0 |
15 |
0.2 |
| Al Nowak |
1 |
54 |
1 |
54 |
0.0 |
| Brad Trom |
1 |
45 |
0 |
45 |
0.0 |
| Steve McMillan |
1 |
42 |
1 |
42 |
0.0 |
| Nick Cichy |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Gerry Caya |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Team totals |
9 |
156 |
2 |
54 |
0.1 |
| Opp totals |
13 |
126 |
0 |
22 |
0.1 |
| Fumble returns |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Team totals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
0.0 |
| Opp totals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| All purpose |
g |
rush |
rcv |
pr |
kr |
ir |
total |
avg/g |
| Tom Varichak |
9 |
535 |
123 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
671 |
74.6 |
| Dan Smrekar |
9 |
392 |
192 |
0 |
43 |
0 |
627 |
69.7 |
| Ralph Wirtz |
9 |
0 |
415 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
415 |
46.1 |
| Mike Puestow |
9 |
21 |
7 |
0 |
381 |
0 |
409 |
45.4 |
| Wayne Stevenson |
9 |
327 |
44 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
404 |
44.9 |
| Dave Nelson |
9 |
137 |
76 |
41 |
42 |
0 |
296 |
32.9 |
| Pete Lana |
7 |
0 |
270 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
270 |
38.6 |
| Mike Bentson |
7 |
244 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
244 |
34.9 |
| Brad Trom |
0 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
0 |
45 |
189 |
0.0 |
| Rich Henry |
6 |
159 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
159 |
26.5 |
| J.Cadwallader |
9 |
0 |
89 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
89 |
9.9 |
| Al Nowak |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
54 |
87 |
0.0 |
| Steve McMillan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
42 |
42 |
0.0 |
| Lorren Henke |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
15 |
19 |
0.0 |
| Greg Bentson |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
0.0 |
| Bruce Reimer |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
0.0 |
| Greg Seelhammer |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3.0 |
| Dale May |
7 |
-127 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-127 |
-18.1 |
| Team totals |
9 |
1688 |
1220 |
251 |
512 |
156 |
3827 |
425.2 |
| Opp totals |
9 |
1070 |
1164 |
159 |
714 |
126 |
3233 |
359.2 |
| Punting |
no. |
yds |
avg |
lg |
tb |
fc |
i20 |
50+ |
blk |
| Dave Nelson |
57 |
1962 |
34.4 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Jerry Peterson |
1 |
31 |
31.0 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Team totals |
58 |
1993 |
34.4 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Opp totals |
69 |
2380 |
34.5 |
65 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Field goals |
made |
att |
pct |
long |
blkd |
| Tom Barnes |
3 |
11 |
27.3 |
0 |
0 |
| Team totals |
3 |
11 |
27.3 |
0 |
0 |
| Opp totals |
8 |
14 |
57.1 |
0 |
0 |
| Defensive Statistics |
g |
ua |
a |
tot |
tfl-yds |
sack-yds |
int-yds |
brup |
qbh |
fr-yds |
ff |
blk |
saf |
| Tomm Smail |
0 |
26 |
89 |
115 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4 - 0 |
4 |
- |
- |
| Bob Backlund |
0 |
14 |
96 |
110 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
1 |
- |
- |
| Steve Armstrong |
0 |
17 |
84 |
101 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
3 - 0 |
3 |
- |
- |
| Steve Nelson |
0 |
24 |
73 |
97 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
1 - 0 |
3 |
- |
- |
| Brad Trom |
0 |
23 |
69 |
92 |
- |
- |
1 - 45 |
5 |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Tom Marman |
0 |
8 |
79 |
87 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
1 |
- |
- |
| Steve McMillan |
0 |
12 |
62 |
74 |
- |
- |
1 - 42 |
2 |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Lorren Henke |
0 |
16 |
43 |
59 |
- |
- |
3 - 15 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Al Nowak |
0 |
24 |
26 |
50 |
- |
- |
1 - 54 |
16 |
- |
1 - 0 |
1 |
2 |
- |
| Nick Cichy |
0 |
10 |
36 |
46 |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
3 |
- |
1 - 0 |
2 |
- |
- |
| Pat Simmers |
0 |
6 |
27 |
33 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jeff Sheetz |
0 |
8 |
19 |
27 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Gerry Caya |
0 |
10 |
14 |
24 |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Ron Dobervich |
0 |
1 |
23 |
24 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| George Gilmore |
0 |
8 |
10 |
18 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
2 - 0 |
2 |
- |
- |
| Lee Gunlikson |
0 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Steve Petersen |
0 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tom Varichak |
9 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Paul Sagasar |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Greg Bentson |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Dan Smrekar |
9 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Bob Erickson |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Dave Nelson |
9 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Sanford Qvale |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Phil Meyer |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| John Hanson |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Mike Evenson |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| J.Cadwallader |
9 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Wayne Stevenson |
9 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Pete Lana |
7 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Al Esparza |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tim Mattson |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| John Welle |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Ralph Wirtz |
9 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tom Barnes |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Pat Scherling |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Bill Kiefer |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Barry Trievel |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Team totals |
9 |
199 |
731 |
930 |
- |
- |
9 - 156 |
46 |
- |
16 - 0 |
17 |
2 |
- |
| Opp totals |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
13 - 126 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Team statistics |
Team totals |
Opponent |
| 1st downs rushing |
102 |
64 |
| 1st downs passing |
48 |
45 |
| 1st downs penalty |
12 |
6 |
| 1st downs total |
162 |
115 |
| Penalties against |
55 |
52 |
| Penalty yards |
478 |
493 |
| Fumbles |
23 |
24 |
| Fumbles lost |
16 |
18 |
| 3rd-down convert |
53-146 |
47-163 |
| 4th-down convert |
0-0 |
0-0 |
| Time of possession |
274:11 |
265:49 |
| Misc yards |
0 |
0 |
|