| |
Date |
Opponent |
|
Score |
|
Attend |
|
Site |
Notes |
| * |
9/2/1972 |
MINN. ST. MANKATO |
W |
21-17 |
|
7800 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
|
9/9/1972 |
at Northern Arizona |
W |
14-7 |
|
7963 |
|
Flagstaff, AZ |
|
|
9/16/1972 |
vs Montana State |
L |
24-27 |
|
5500 |
|
Great Falls, MT |
|
|
9/23/1972 |
YOUNGSTOWN STATE |
W |
16-10 |
|
8300 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
| * |
9/30/1972 |
MORNINGSIDE |
W |
48-6 |
|
9100 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
| * |
10/7/1972 |
at Northern Iowa |
W |
42-0 |
|
7300 |
|
Cedar Falls, IA |
|
| * |
10/14/1972 |
AUGUSTANA (SD) |
W |
40-24 |
|
9700 |
|
Fargo, ND |
Homecoming |
| * |
10/21/1972 |
at North Dakota |
W |
22-17 |
|
13500 |
|
Grand Forks, ND |
|
| * |
10/28/1972 |
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE |
W |
34-16 |
|
6100 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
| * |
11/4/1972 |
at South Dakota |
L |
21-35 |
|
10001 |
|
Vermillion, SD |
|
*North Central Conference games
Overall: 8-2
Conference: 6-1
Home: 5-0
Away: 3-1
Neutral: 0-1
| Rushing |
g |
att |
gain |
loss |
net |
avg |
td |
long |
avg/g |
| Rich Henry |
10 |
139 |
730 |
7 |
723 |
5.2 |
5 |
48 |
72.3 |
| Steve McMillan |
10 |
96 |
510 |
31 |
479 |
5.0 |
1 |
25 |
47.9 |
| Bruce Reimer |
9 |
94 |
363 |
27 |
336 |
3.6 |
3 |
32 |
37.3 |
| Dan Smrekar |
8 |
26 |
154 |
3 |
151 |
5.8 |
1 |
34 |
18.9 |
| Dave Nelson |
10 |
19 |
88 |
9 |
79 |
4.2 |
0 |
22 |
7.9 |
| John Reese |
9 |
28 |
78 |
7 |
71 |
2.5 |
3 |
7 |
7.9 |
| Don Siverson |
10 |
72 |
200 |
132 |
68 |
0.9 |
8 |
18 |
6.8 |
| Herb Hudson |
5 |
20 |
92 |
27 |
65 |
3.2 |
2 |
40 |
13.0 |
| Mike Puestow |
10 |
7 |
49 |
7 |
42 |
6.0 |
0 |
19 |
4.2 |
| Steve Krueger |
3 |
4 |
12 |
1 |
11 |
2.8 |
0 |
9 |
3.7 |
| Greg Seelhammer |
9 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
9.0 |
0 |
9 |
1.0 |
| Team totals |
10 |
506 |
2285 |
251 |
2034 |
4.0 |
23 |
48 |
203.4 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
451 |
1804 |
238 |
1566 |
3.5 |
12 |
80 |
156.6 |
| Passing |
g |
comp-att-int |
pct |
yds |
td |
long |
avg/g |
effic |
| Don Siverson |
10 |
90-213-9 |
42.3 |
1442 |
12 |
73 |
144.2 |
109.26 |
| Bruce Reimer |
9 |
2-4-0 |
50.0 |
46 |
0 |
40 |
5.1 |
146.60 |
| Herb Hudson |
5 |
2-5-0 |
40.0 |
39 |
1 |
24 |
7.8 |
171.52 |
| Steve Krueger |
3 |
0-1-1 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
-200.00 |
| Team totals |
10 |
94-223-10 |
42.2 |
1528 |
13 |
73 |
152.8 |
109.98 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
114-267-14 |
42.7 |
1522 |
9 |
55 |
152.2 |
91.22 |
| Receiving |
g |
no. |
yds |
avg |
td |
long |
avg/g |
| Pete Lana |
9 |
29 |
443 |
15.3 |
3 |
47 |
49.2 |
| Steve McMillan |
10 |
17 |
386 |
22.7 |
4 |
73 |
38.6 |
| Mike Puestow |
10 |
16 |
307 |
19.2 |
1 |
40 |
30.7 |
| Bruce Reimer |
9 |
14 |
172 |
12.3 |
2 |
52 |
19.1 |
| Rich Henry |
10 |
5 |
47 |
9.4 |
0 |
21 |
4.7 |
| Dan Smrekar |
8 |
4 |
77 |
19.2 |
2 |
26 |
9.6 |
| Dave Sande |
4 |
4 |
57 |
14.2 |
1 |
24 |
14.2 |
| Dave Nelson |
10 |
3 |
38 |
12.7 |
0 |
17 |
3.8 |
| Don Siverson |
10 |
1 |
6 |
6.0 |
0 |
6 |
0.6 |
| John Reese |
9 |
1 |
-5 |
-5.0 |
0 |
0 |
-0.6 |
| Team totals |
10 |
94 |
1528 |
16.3 |
13 |
73 |
152.8 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
114 |
1522 |
13.4 |
9 |
55 |
152.2 |
| Scoring |
g |
td |
fg |
k-pat |
2xp |
dxp |
saf |
pts |
| Don Siverson |
10 |
8 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
| Tom Barnes |
10 |
0 |
3-10 |
33-36 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
42 |
| Steve McMillan |
10 |
5 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
| Bruce Reimer |
9 |
5 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
| Rich Henry |
10 |
5 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
| Dan Smrekar |
8 |
3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| Pete Lana |
9 |
3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| John Reese |
9 |
3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| Lorren Henke |
10 |
2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
| Herb Hudson |
5 |
2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
| Dave Sande |
4 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Keith Krebsbach |
10 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Mike Puestow |
10 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Team totals |
10 |
39 |
3-10 |
33-36 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
282 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
21 |
5-10 |
18-20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
159 |
| Total offense |
g |
rush |
pass |
total |
avg/g |
| Don Siverson |
10 |
68 |
1442 |
1510 |
151.0 |
| Rich Henry |
10 |
723 |
0 |
723 |
72.3 |
| Steve McMillan |
10 |
479 |
0 |
479 |
47.9 |
| Bruce Reimer |
9 |
336 |
46 |
382 |
42.4 |
| Dan Smrekar |
8 |
151 |
0 |
151 |
18.9 |
| Herb Hudson |
5 |
65 |
39 |
104 |
20.8 |
| Dave Nelson |
10 |
79 |
0 |
79 |
7.9 |
| John Reese |
9 |
71 |
0 |
71 |
7.9 |
| Mike Puestow |
10 |
42 |
0 |
42 |
4.2 |
| Steve Krueger |
3 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
3.7 |
| Greg Seelhammer |
9 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
1.0 |
| Team totals |
10 |
2034 |
1528 |
3562 |
356.2 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
1566 |
1522 |
3088 |
308.8 |
| Punt returns |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Keith Krebsbach |
14 |
158 |
1 |
52 |
11.3 |
| Doug Linden |
15 |
128 |
0 |
36 |
8.5 |
| Lorren Henke |
1 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
11.0 |
| Team totals |
30 |
297 |
1 |
52 |
9.9 |
| Opp totals |
17 |
159 |
0 |
46 |
9.4 |
| Kick returns |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Bruce Reimer |
17 |
390 |
0 |
47 |
22.9 |
| Greg Seelhammer |
5 |
67 |
0 |
22 |
13.4 |
| Keith Krebsbach |
3 |
42 |
0 |
19 |
14.0 |
| Rich Henry |
2 |
40 |
0 |
27 |
20.0 |
| Mike Puestow |
2 |
34 |
0 |
26 |
17.0 |
| John Reese |
2 |
28 |
0 |
19 |
14.0 |
| Steve McMillan |
2 |
25 |
0 |
22 |
12.5 |
| Doug Linden |
1 |
16 |
0 |
16 |
16.0 |
| Bob Erickson |
1 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
5.0 |
| Team totals |
35 |
647 |
0 |
47 |
18.5 |
| Opp totals |
42 |
704 |
0 |
44 |
16.8 |
| Interceptions |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Lorren Henke |
5 |
84 |
2 |
0 |
0.1 |
| Keith Krebsbach |
4 |
49 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
| Greg Bentson |
1 |
25 |
0 |
25 |
0.0 |
| Steve Nelson |
1 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
0.1 |
| Ron Dobervich |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Nick Cichy |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Lee Gunlikson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Pat Simmers |
0 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Team totals |
14 |
196 |
2 |
0 |
0.1 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
139 |
0 |
0 |
0.1 |
| Fumble returns |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Team totals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Opp totals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| All purpose |
g |
rush |
rcv |
pr |
kr |
ir |
total |
avg/g |
| Bruce Reimer |
9 |
336 |
172 |
0 |
390 |
0 |
898 |
99.8 |
| Steve McMillan |
10 |
479 |
386 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
890 |
89.0 |
| Rich Henry |
10 |
723 |
47 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
810 |
81.0 |
| Pete Lana |
9 |
0 |
443 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
443 |
49.2 |
| Mike Puestow |
10 |
42 |
307 |
0 |
34 |
0 |
383 |
38.3 |
| Keith Krebsbach |
10 |
0 |
0 |
158 |
42 |
49 |
249 |
24.9 |
| Dan Smrekar |
8 |
151 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
228 |
28.5 |
| Doug Linden |
10 |
0 |
0 |
128 |
16 |
0 |
144 |
14.4 |
| Dave Nelson |
10 |
79 |
38 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
117 |
11.7 |
| Lorren Henke |
10 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
84 |
95 |
9.5 |
| John Reese |
9 |
71 |
-5 |
0 |
28 |
0 |
94 |
10.4 |
| Greg Seelhammer |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
67 |
0 |
76 |
8.4 |
| Don Siverson |
10 |
68 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
74 |
7.4 |
| Herb Hudson |
5 |
65 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
65 |
13.0 |
| Dave Sande |
4 |
0 |
57 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
57 |
14.2 |
| Pat Simmers |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
28 |
2.8 |
| Greg Bentson |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
25 |
2.5 |
| Steve Krueger |
3 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
3.7 |
| Steve Nelson |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
10 |
1.0 |
| Bob Erickson |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0.5 |
| Team totals |
10 |
2034 |
1528 |
297 |
647 |
196 |
4702 |
470.2 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
1566 |
1522 |
159 |
704 |
139 |
4090 |
409.0 |
| Punting |
no. |
yds |
avg |
lg |
tb |
fc |
i20 |
50+ |
blk |
| Dave Nelson |
70 |
2603 |
37.2 |
67 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Team totals |
70 |
2603 |
37.2 |
67 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Opp totals |
69 |
2641 |
38.3 |
56 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Field goals |
made |
att |
pct |
long |
blkd |
| Tom Barnes |
3 |
10 |
30.0 |
0 |
0 |
| Team totals |
3 |
10 |
30.0 |
40 |
0 |
| Opp totals |
5 |
10 |
50.0 |
0 |
0 |
| Defensive Statistics |
g |
ua |
a |
tot |
tfl-yds |
sack-yds |
int-yds |
brup |
qbh |
fr-yds |
ff |
blk |
saf |
| Steve Nelson |
10 |
35 |
77 |
112 |
- |
- |
1 - 10 |
6 |
- |
1 - 0 |
4 |
- |
- |
| Steve Armstrong |
0 |
27 |
72 |
99 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Tomm Smail |
0 |
26 |
69 |
95 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Nick Cichy |
10 |
37 |
48 |
85 |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
10 |
- |
- |
2 |
1 |
- |
| Pat Simmers |
10 |
27 |
53 |
80 |
- |
- |
0 - 28 |
2 |
- |
1 - 0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
| Lorren Henke |
10 |
30 |
43 |
73 |
- |
- |
5 - 84 |
20 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Greg Bentson |
10 |
27 |
43 |
70 |
- |
- |
1 - 25 |
11 |
- |
1 - 0 |
1 |
2 |
- |
| Jule Berryman |
0 |
23 |
47 |
70 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Keith Krebsbach |
10 |
27 |
35 |
62 |
- |
- |
4 - 49 |
14 |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
1 |
- |
| Kim Garvey |
0 |
20 |
41 |
61 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Lee Gunlikson |
10 |
12 |
37 |
49 |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
1 |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Gregg Hartmann |
0 |
21 |
26 |
47 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Dan Fritsche |
0 |
9 |
27 |
36 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
1 |
- |
- |
| Ron Dobervich |
8 |
6 |
22 |
28 |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
3 |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Jim O'Brien |
0 |
5 |
8 |
13 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Doug Linden |
10 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jay Fiedler |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Sanford Qvale |
0 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Don Hansen |
0 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Steve Petersen |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Keith Rudeen |
0 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Al Esparza |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Bob Erickson |
10 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| John Reese |
9 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Steve McMillan |
10 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Bruce Reimer |
9 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tom Barnes |
10 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Scott Smiley |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Mike Evenson |
10 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Dave Sande |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Mike Puestow |
10 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tim Mattson |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jon Hanson |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Phil Meyer |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Team totals |
10 |
326 |
626 |
952 |
- |
- |
14 - 196 |
77 |
- |
9 - 0 |
11 |
5 |
- |
| Opp totals |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
10 - 139 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Team statistics |
Team totals |
Opponent |
| 1st downs rushing |
106 |
73 |
| 1st downs passing |
62 |
68 |
| 1st downs penalty |
10 |
14 |
| 1st downs total |
178 |
155 |
| Penalties against |
53 |
47 |
| Penalty yards |
570 |
472 |
| Fumbles |
23 |
19 |
| Fumbles lost |
13 |
10 |
| 3rd-down convert |
64-167 |
73-203 |
| 4th-down convert |
0-0 |
0-0 |
| Time of possession |
301:54 |
298:06 |
| Misc yards |
0 |
0 |
|