Statistics Summary for 1977 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/3/1977 NORTHERN MICHIGAN W 38-17 7500 Fargo, ND
* 9/10/1977 at Nebraska-Omaha T 17-17 10000 Omaha, NE
9/17/1977 MONTANA STATE L 17-24 12100 Fargo, ND
* 9/24/1977 NORTHERN IOWA W 58-0 6200 Fargo, ND
* 10/1/1977 at South Dakota State W 27-14 6176 Brookings, SD
* 10/15/1977 at Augustana (SD) W 44-19 6500 Sioux Falls, SD
* 10/22/1977 NORTH DAKOTA W 45-20 13000 Fargo, ND Homecoming
* 10/29/1977 SOUTH DAKOTA W 9-6 5100 Fargo, ND Harvest Bowl
* 11/5/1977 at Morningside W 65-6 579 Sioux City, IA
11/12/1977 at Northern Colorado W 27-3 3763 Greeley, CO
p 11/26/1977 NORTHERN MICHIGAN W 20-6 2200 Fargo, ND NCAA Division II Quarterfinal
p 12/3/1977 at Jacksonville State L 7-31 10000 Anniston, AL Grantland Rice Bowl
 
*North Central Conference games

Overall: 9-2-1
Conference: 6-0-1
Home: 5-1
Away: 4-1-1
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Jim Baudry 10 129 836 21 815 6.3 6 49 81.5
Gordy Sprattler 10 97 577 15 562 5.8 3 37 56.2
Mark Speral 8 99 574 59 515 5.2 11 60 64.4
Ross Baglien 10 65 408 14 394 6.1 3 28 39.4
Steve Campbell 10 92 364 109 255 2.8 3 41 25.5
Mark Rudrud 10 52 233 27 206 4.0 3 27 20.6
Terry Richert 8 32 210 5 205 6.4 3 32 25.6
Pat Trueman 10 29 189 2 187 6.4 1 26 18.7
Mike McTague 10 2 14 0 14 7.0 0 5 1.4
Tom Helms 1 2 12 0 12 6.0 0 10 12.0
Phil Frye 1 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 4.0
Mark Swanson 1 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 2.0
Charles Webster 1 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -2.0
Team totals 10 602 3423 254 3169 5.3 33 60 316.9
Opp totals 10 434 1470 441 1029 2.4 4 0 102.9
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Steve Campbell 10 27-55-2 49.1 515 6 47 51.5 156.47
Mark Speral 8 33-75-3 44.0 456 6 48 57.0 113.47
Mark Rudrud 10 5-15-1 33.3 100 0 41 10.0 76.00
Mike McTague 10 1-2-0 50.0 27 0 27 2.7 163.40
Brian Kraabel 10 1-1-0 100.0 7 0 7 0.7 158.80
Jim Baudry 10 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Team totals 10 67-149-6 45.0 1105 12 48 110.5 125.79
Opp totals 10 137-275-13 49.8 1582 11 0 158.2 101.89
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Mike McTague 10 23 396 17.2 6 48 39.6
Bill Nutton 0 13 294 22.6 2 41 0.0
KP Porter 0 11 230 20.9 3 46 0.0
Lane Brettingen 0 4 48 12.0 0 15 0.0
Jim Baudry 10 4 41 10.2 0 20 4.1
S.VandeVoort 0 3 40 13.3 0 21 0.0
Gordy Sprattler 10 3 1 0.3 0 4 0.1
Ross Baglien 10 2 23 11.5 1 12 2.3
Pat Trueman 10 2 9 4.5 0 7 0.9
Jim Kent 0 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.0
Steve Schmidt 0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.0
Team totals 10 67 1105 16.5 12 48 110.5
Opp totals 10 137 1582 11.5 11 0 158.2
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Mike McTague 10 6 6-8 43-45 0 0 0 97
Mark Speral 8 11 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 66
Jim Baudry 10 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 36
Ross Baglien 10 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 24
Gordy Sprattler 10 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Terry Richert 8 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Mark Rudrud 10 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
KP Porter 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Steve Campbell 10 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Bill Nutton 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Larry Eppard 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Pat Trueman 10 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Team totals 10 46 6-11 43-45 0 0 2 341
Opp totals 10 15 8-10 12-13 0 0 0 126
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Mark Speral 8 515 456 971 121.4
Jim Baudry 10 815 0 815 81.5
Steve Campbell 10 255 515 770 77.0
Gordy Sprattler 10 562 0 562 56.2
Ross Baglien 10 394 0 394 39.4
Mark Rudrud 10 206 100 306 30.6
Terry Richert 8 205 0 205 25.6
Pat Trueman 10 187 0 187 18.7
Mike McTague 10 14 27 41 4.1
Tom Helms 1 12 0 12 12.0
Brian Kraabel 10 0 7 7 0.7
Phil Frye 1 4 0 4 4.0
Mark Swanson 1 2 0 2 2.0
Charles Webster 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0
Team totals 10 3169 1105 4274 427.4
Opp totals 10 1029 1582 2611 261.1
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Ross Baglien 15 77 0 21 5.1
Larry Eppard 4 67 1 64 16.8
Al Soukup 5 27 0 15 5.4
Greg Krueger 2 1 0 2 0.5
Jay Klein 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 27 172 1 64 6.4
Opp totals 25 86 0 0 3.4
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Larry Eppard 9 200 0 36 22.2
Ross Baglien 8 118 0 26 14.8
Jim Baudry 8 98 0 25 12.2
Greg Krueger 5 56 0 19 11.2
Al Soukup 2 21 0 19 10.5
Team totals 33 505 0 36 15.3
Opp totals 48 983 0 0 20.5
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Perry Kozlowski 3 24 0 24 0.1
Mark Zelinski 2 23 0 18 0.1
Al Soukup 2 15 0 15 0.1
G.Scarborough 2 7 0 7 0.3
Greg Krueger 1 17 0 17 0.1
Jerry Rosburg 1 7 0 7 0.1
Paul Newell 1 0 0 0 0.0
Bret Halle 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 13 93 0 24 0.1
Opp totals 6 23 0 0 0.3
 
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
Jim Baudry 10 815 41 0 98 0 954 95.4
Ross Baglien 10 394 23 77 118 0 612 61.2
Gordy Sprattler 10 562 1 0 0 0 563 56.3
Mark Speral 8 515 0 0 0 0 515 64.4
Mike McTague 10 14 396 0 0 0 410 41.0
Bill Nutton 0 0 294 0 0 0 294 0.0
Larry Eppard 0 0 0 67 200 0 267 0.0
Steve Campbell 10 255 0 0 0 0 255 25.5
KP Porter 0 0 230 0 0 0 230 0.0
Mark Rudrud 10 206 0 0 0 0 206 20.6
Terry Richert 8 205 0 0 0 0 205 25.6
Pat Trueman 10 187 9 0 0 0 196 19.6
Greg Krueger 0 0 0 1 56 17 74 0.0
Al Soukup 0 0 0 27 21 15 63 0.0
Lane Brettingen 0 0 48 0 0 0 48 0.0
S.VandeVoort 0 0 40 0 0 0 40 0.0
Perry Kozlowski 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 0.0
Mark Zelinski 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 0.0
Jim Kent 0 0 14 0 0 0 14 0.0
Tom Helms 1 12 0 0 0 0 12 12.0
Steve Schmidt 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 0.0
Jerry Rosburg 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0.0
G.Scarborough 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0.0
Phil Frye 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 4.0
Mark Swanson 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2.0
Charles Webster 1 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -2.0
Team totals 10 3169 1105 172 505 93 5044 504.4
Opp totals 10 1029 1582 86 983 23 3703 370.3
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Brian Kraabel 46 1712 37.2 61 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Baudry 1 37 37.0 37 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 47 1749 37.2 61 0 0 0 0 0
Opp totals 64 2440 38.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Mike McTague 6 8 75.0 0 0
Team totals 6 11 54.5 0 0
Opp totals 8 10 80.0 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Jerry Rosburg 0 32 104 136 7.0 - 28 3.0 - 22 1 - 7 2 - 1 - 0 - - -
Don Hutson 0 20 96 116 7.0 - 39 3.0 - 29 - 8 - 2 - 0 2 - -
Perry Kozlowski 0 21 84 105 2.5 - 5 - 3 - 24 8 - - 2 - -
Mark Zelinski 0 18 74 92 6.5 - 24 2.5 - 20 2 - 23 9 - 1 - 0 2 - -
Dirk Kroeze 0 17 46 63 8.0 - 44 3.0 - 29 - 8 - - 1 - -
Jeff Schale 0 12 43 55 9.0 - 49 5.0 - 35 - 9 - 2 - 0 - - -
G.Scarborough 0 16 38 54 14.5 - 84 8.5 - 60 2 - 7 7 - 2 - 0 1 - -
Don Meyer 0 13 40 53 12.0 - 45 4.0 - 24 - 5 - 2 - 0 4 - -
Al Soukup 0 25 25 50 1.5 - 2 - 2 - 15 12 - - - - -
Paul Newell 0 16 32 48 4.5 - 32 2.0 - 21 1 - 0 1 - 1 - 0 1 - -
Clem Clooten 0 11 35 46 7.0 - 14 0.5 - 1 - 7 - 3 - 0 1 - -
Mike Soukup 0 17 24 41 1.0 - 3 - - 3 - 2 - 0 1 - -
Bret Halle 0 19 17 36 0.5 - 0 - 1 - 0 6 - 1 - 0 2 - -
Tom Kovach 0 6 19 25 3.0 - 22 3.0 - 22 - 1 - - 2 - -
Greg Krueger 0 9 13 22 - - 1 - 17 1 - 1 - 0 1 - -
Russ Shroyer 0 5 13 18 0.5 - 1 - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Larry Eppard 0 6 7 13 - - - 2 - - - - -
S.O'Loughlin 0 4 7 11 0.5 - 1 - - - - - - - -
Mike Lehrer 0 3 7 10 - - - - - - - - -
Jay Klein 0 3 7 10 - - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Tom Rausch 0 0 8 8 0.5 - 3 0.5 - 3 - 2 - - - - -
Robert Spaeth 0 2 5 7 3.0 - 10 2.0 - 9 - - - - - - -
Pat McBride 0 1 6 7 - - - - - - - - -
Pat Trueman 10 3 3 6 - - - - - - 1 - -
Al Flint 0 1 3 4 1.5 - 9 1.5 - 9 - - - - 1 - -
Terry Richert 8 0 4 4 - - - - - - - - -
Bret Milberger 0 0 3 3 - - - - - - - - -
Steve Schmidt 0 0 2 2 - - - - - - - - -
Brian Kraabel 10 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Lee Perkins 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Paul Frye 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Lew Curry 0 0 1 1 - - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Gordy Sprattler 10 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
TEAM 0 0 0 0 1.0 - 4 - - - - - - - -
Team totals 10 252 711 963 85.0 - 419 37.0 - 284 13 - 93 91 - 21 - 0 22 - -
Opp totals 10 0 0 0 - - 6 - 23 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 154 81
1st downs passing 49 68
1st downs penalty 11 6
1st downs total 214 155
Penalties against 63 60
Penalty yards 624 587
Fumbles 38 35
Fumbles lost 20 21
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