| |
Date |
Opponent |
|
Score |
|
Attend |
|
Site |
Notes |
|
9/2/1978 |
NORTHERN ARIZONA |
W |
23-7 |
|
8100 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
|
9/9/1978 |
at Weber State |
W |
49-28 |
|
12062 |
|
Ogden, UT |
|
|
9/16/1978 |
at Montana State |
L |
18-28 |
|
7650 |
|
Bozeman, MT |
|
| * |
9/23/1978 |
at Augustana (SD) |
W |
45-17 |
|
3992 |
|
Sioux Falls, SD |
|
| * |
9/30/1978 |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
L |
14-17 |
|
10050 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
| * |
10/7/1978 |
at Nebraska-Omaha |
L |
12-19 |
|
8200 |
|
Omaha, NE |
|
|
10/14/1978 |
NORTHERN IOWA |
W |
42-14 |
|
9000 |
|
Fargo, ND |
Homecoming |
| * |
10/21/1978 |
at North Dakota |
L |
21-24 |
|
14300 |
|
Grand Forks, ND |
|
| * |
10/28/1978 |
MORNINGSIDE |
W |
56-7 |
|
3100 |
|
Fargo, ND |
Harvest Bowl |
| * |
11/4/1978 |
at South Dakota State |
W |
28-26 |
|
3129 |
|
Brookings, SD |
|
*North Central Conference games
Overall: 6-4
Conference: 3-3
Home: 3-1
Away: 3-3
Neutral: 0-0
| Rushing |
g |
att |
gain |
loss |
net |
avg |
td |
long |
avg/g |
| Gordy Sprattler |
10 |
142 |
1015 |
10 |
1005 |
7.1 |
8 |
73 |
100.5 |
| Jim Baudry |
10 |
172 |
857 |
34 |
823 |
4.8 |
6 |
19 |
82.3 |
| Mark Speral |
8 |
124 |
612 |
106 |
506 |
4.1 |
7 |
32 |
63.2 |
| Mark Rudrud |
10 |
53 |
245 |
44 |
201 |
3.8 |
1 |
24 |
20.1 |
| Pat Trueman |
10 |
18 |
123 |
4 |
119 |
6.6 |
2 |
30 |
11.9 |
| Jim Kent |
10 |
7 |
47 |
0 |
47 |
6.7 |
0 |
19 |
4.7 |
| Bruce Olson |
1 |
3 |
46 |
0 |
46 |
15.3 |
1 |
37 |
46.0 |
| Darrell Rindy |
4 |
13 |
52 |
6 |
46 |
3.5 |
1 |
20 |
11.5 |
| Bethel Parker |
4 |
11 |
47 |
6 |
41 |
3.7 |
0 |
16 |
10.2 |
| Mike Kasowski |
10 |
8 |
41 |
0 |
41 |
5.1 |
0 |
9 |
4.1 |
| Mark Swanson |
6 |
2 |
17 |
3 |
14 |
7.0 |
0 |
17 |
2.3 |
| Tom Helms |
1 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
8 |
8.0 |
| Robert Blakley |
2 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
2.5 |
0 |
4 |
2.5 |
| John Paitl |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
3 |
3.0 |
| Team totals |
10 |
557 |
3118 |
213 |
2905 |
5.2 |
26 |
73 |
290.5 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
461 |
1697 |
409 |
1288 |
2.8 |
9 |
0 |
128.8 |
| Passing |
g |
comp-att-int |
pct |
yds |
td |
long |
avg/g |
effic |
| Mark Speral |
8 |
56-121-3 |
46.3 |
911 |
5 |
81 |
113.9 |
118.20 |
| Mark Rudrud |
10 |
14-27-2 |
51.9 |
237 |
4 |
45 |
23.7 |
159.66 |
| Darrell Rindy |
4 |
5-10-0 |
50.0 |
73 |
0 |
23 |
18.2 |
111.32 |
| Mike McTague |
9 |
0-1-0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
| Jim Baudry |
10 |
0-2-1 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
-100.00 |
| Team totals |
10 |
75-161-6 |
46.6 |
1221 |
10 |
81 |
122.1 |
123.33 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
119-244-8 |
48.8 |
1623 |
14 |
0 |
162.3 |
117.02 |
| Receiving |
g |
no. |
yds |
avg |
td |
long |
avg/g |
| Mike McTague |
9 |
27 |
439 |
16.3 |
4 |
55 |
48.8 |
| Jim Kent |
10 |
23 |
534 |
23.2 |
3 |
81 |
53.4 |
| Lane Brettingen |
0 |
6 |
79 |
13.2 |
1 |
36 |
0.0 |
| Jim Baudry |
10 |
6 |
38 |
6.3 |
0 |
14 |
3.8 |
| Steve Sponberg |
0 |
5 |
84 |
16.8 |
1 |
25 |
0.0 |
| S.VandeVoort |
0 |
4 |
33 |
8.2 |
1 |
12 |
0.0 |
| Gordy Sprattler |
10 |
3 |
11 |
3.7 |
0 |
7 |
1.1 |
| Mike Kasowski |
10 |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
0 |
3 |
0.3 |
| Team totals |
10 |
75 |
1221 |
16.3 |
10 |
81 |
122.1 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scoring |
g |
td |
fg |
k-pat |
2xp |
dxp |
saf |
pts |
| Mike McTague |
9 |
4 |
7-13 |
32-32 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
77 |
| Gordy Sprattler |
10 |
8 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
| Mark Speral |
8 |
7 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
42 |
| Jim Baudry |
10 |
6 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
| Jim Kent |
10 |
3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| Pat Trueman |
10 |
3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| Bruce Olson |
1 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Greg Krueger |
0 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Mark Swanson |
6 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| S.VandeVoort |
0 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Steve Sponberg |
0 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Kevin Hollands |
0 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Darrell Rindy |
4 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Mark Rudrud |
10 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Lane Brettingen |
0 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Stuart Anders |
0 |
0 |
0-0 |
5-6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Team totals |
10 |
40 |
7-14 |
37-38 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
300 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
9 |
4-7 |
21-24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
87 |
| Total offense |
g |
rush |
pass |
total |
avg/g |
| Mark Speral |
8 |
506 |
911 |
1417 |
177.1 |
| Gordy Sprattler |
10 |
1005 |
0 |
1005 |
100.5 |
| Jim Baudry |
10 |
823 |
0 |
823 |
82.3 |
| Mark Rudrud |
10 |
201 |
237 |
438 |
43.8 |
| Pat Trueman |
10 |
119 |
0 |
119 |
11.9 |
| Darrell Rindy |
4 |
46 |
73 |
119 |
29.8 |
| Jim Kent |
10 |
47 |
0 |
47 |
4.7 |
| Bruce Olson |
1 |
46 |
0 |
46 |
46.0 |
| Mike Kasowski |
10 |
41 |
0 |
41 |
4.1 |
| Bethel Parker |
4 |
41 |
0 |
41 |
10.2 |
| Mark Swanson |
6 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
2.3 |
| Tom Helms |
1 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
8.0 |
| Robert Blakley |
2 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
2.5 |
| John Paitl |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3.0 |
| Team totals |
10 |
2905 |
1221 |
4126 |
412.6 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
1288 |
1623 |
2911 |
291.1 |
| Punt returns |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Mark Swanson |
11 |
181 |
1 |
74 |
16.5 |
| Kevin Donnalley |
6 |
31 |
0 |
9 |
5.2 |
| Mark Rudrud |
7 |
30 |
0 |
10 |
4.3 |
| Greg Krueger |
5 |
26 |
0 |
9 |
5.2 |
| Greg Gaughran |
2 |
23 |
0 |
23 |
11.5 |
| Pat Trueman |
1 |
8 |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
| Al Lund |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.0 |
| Team totals |
32 |
276 |
2 |
74 |
8.6 |
| Opp totals |
23 |
168 |
0 |
0 |
7.3 |
| Kick returns |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Greg Krueger |
11 |
296 |
1 |
93 |
26.9 |
| Kevin Donnalley |
8 |
181 |
0 |
28 |
22.6 |
| Mark Swanson |
7 |
108 |
0 |
18 |
15.4 |
| Jim Baudry |
1 |
53 |
0 |
53 |
53.0 |
| Greg Gaughran |
1 |
22 |
0 |
22 |
22.0 |
| Mark Rudrud |
2 |
22 |
0 |
17 |
11.0 |
| Tom Kovach |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3.0 |
| Team totals |
31 |
678 |
1 |
93 |
21.9 |
| Opp totals |
40 |
597 |
0 |
0 |
14.9 |
| Interceptions |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Al Lund |
3 |
39 |
0 |
28 |
0.1 |
| Kevin Hollands |
2 |
52 |
1 |
48 |
0.0 |
| Curt Jones |
1 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
0.1 |
| Don Hutson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Perry Kozlowski |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Team totals |
8 |
105 |
1 |
48 |
0.1 |
| Opp totals |
6 |
20 |
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 |
| Gordy Sprattler |
10 |
1005 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1016 |
101.6 |
| Jim Baudry |
10 |
823 |
38 |
0 |
53 |
0 |
914 |
91.4 |
| Jim Kent |
10 |
47 |
534 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
581 |
58.1 |
| Mark Speral |
8 |
506 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
506 |
63.2 |
| Mike McTague |
9 |
0 |
439 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
439 |
48.8 |
| Greg Krueger |
0 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
296 |
0 |
322 |
0.0 |
| Mark Swanson |
6 |
14 |
0 |
181 |
108 |
0 |
303 |
50.5 |
| Mark Rudrud |
10 |
201 |
0 |
30 |
22 |
0 |
253 |
25.3 |
| Kevin Donnalley |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
181 |
0 |
212 |
0.0 |
| Pat Trueman |
10 |
119 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
127 |
12.7 |
| Steve Sponberg |
0 |
0 |
84 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
84 |
0.0 |
| Lane Brettingen |
0 |
0 |
79 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
79 |
0.0 |
| Kevin Hollands |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
52 |
52 |
0.0 |
| Bruce Olson |
1 |
46 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
46.0 |
| Darrell Rindy |
4 |
46 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
11.5 |
| Greg Gaughran |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
22 |
0 |
45 |
0.0 |
| Mike Kasowski |
10 |
41 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
4.4 |
| Bethel Parker |
4 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
41 |
10.2 |
| Al Lund |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
39 |
40 |
0.0 |
| S.VandeVoort |
0 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
0.0 |
| Curt Jones |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
14 |
0.0 |
| Tom Helms |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8.0 |
| Robert Blakley |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2.5 |
| Tom Kovach |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0.0 |
| John Paitl |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3.0 |
| Team totals |
10 |
2905 |
1221 |
276 |
678 |
105 |
5185 |
518.5 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
1288 |
0 |
168 |
597 |
20 |
2073 |
207.3 |
| Punting |
no. |
yds |
avg |
lg |
tb |
fc |
i20 |
50+ |
blk |
| Jim Baudry |
37 |
1426 |
38.5 |
52 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Team totals |
42 |
1451 |
34.5 |
52 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Opp totals |
68 |
2351 |
34.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Field goals |
made |
att |
pct |
long |
blkd |
| Mike McTague |
7 |
13 |
53.8 |
0 |
0 |
| Team totals |
7 |
14 |
50.0 |
0 |
0 |
| Opp totals |
4 |
7 |
57.1 |
0 |
0 |
| Defensive Statistics |
g |
ua |
a |
tot |
tfl-yds |
sack-yds |
int-yds |
brup |
qbh |
fr-yds |
ff |
blk |
saf |
| Dirk Kroeze |
0 |
32 |
90 |
122 |
21.0 - 92 |
8.0 - 62 |
- |
7 |
- |
2 - 0 |
4 |
1 |
- |
| Perry Kozlowski |
0 |
25 |
95 |
120 |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
4 |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
| Russ Shroyer |
0 |
19 |
100 |
119 |
4.5 - 11 |
0.5 - 2 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
2 |
1 |
- |
| Jeff Schale |
0 |
19 |
56 |
75 |
14.5 - 72 |
6.5 - 55 |
- |
5 |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
| S.O'Loughlin |
0 |
11 |
57 |
68 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
3 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Don Hutson |
0 |
10 |
53 |
63 |
1.0 - 0 |
- |
1 - 0 |
3 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Don Meyer |
0 |
13 |
45 |
58 |
12.0 - 40 |
5.0 - 24 |
- |
8 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Greg Gaughran |
0 |
15 |
36 |
51 |
0.5 - 0 |
- |
- |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Mike McIntyre |
0 |
2 |
43 |
45 |
5.0 - 17 |
2.0 - 9 |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Kevin Hollands |
0 |
22 |
16 |
38 |
- |
- |
2 - 52 |
11 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Bret Milberger |
0 |
9 |
27 |
36 |
5.0 - 19 |
4.5 - 18 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Chris Rood |
0 |
8 |
26 |
34 |
6.5 - 45 |
2.5 - 31 |
- |
5 |
- |
3 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Tom Rausch |
0 |
3 |
26 |
29 |
3.0 - 22 |
3.0 - 22 |
- |
2 |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Al Flint |
0 |
12 |
16 |
28 |
4.5 - 24 |
4.0 - 23 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
| Curt Jones |
0 |
9 |
17 |
26 |
0.5 - 0 |
- |
1 - 14 |
6 |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Al Lund |
0 |
12 |
13 |
25 |
- |
- |
3 - 39 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Greg Krueger |
0 |
5 |
15 |
20 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Ron Grabowski |
0 |
3 |
11 |
14 |
1.0 - 17 |
1.0 - 17 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Todd Lecy |
0 |
2 |
12 |
14 |
0.5 - 1 |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tom Kovach |
0 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
1.0 - 3 |
1.0 - 3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Mike Kasowski |
10 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
1 |
- |
| Dean Johnson |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
1.0 - 3 |
0.5 - 1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jim Kent |
10 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fred Cooperwood |
0 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
1.0 - 3 |
0.5 - 3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Paul Brown |
0 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
1.0 - 1 |
1.0 - 1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jim Lehman |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Pat Trueman |
10 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Kevin Donnalley |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Joel Bladow |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Larry Robinson |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Gordy Sprattler |
10 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tom Meyer |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Pat McBride |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Dave Harmon |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Mark Eidem |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| W.Schluchter |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jeff Giersbrook |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Howard Nevanen |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Mike Lehrer |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| S.Hodenfield |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.0 - 4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Paul Driscoll |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jim Baudry |
10 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Dean Olson |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Dean Parker |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Stuart Davis |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Team totals |
10 |
235 |
743 |
978 |
78.0 - 374 |
37.0 - 271 |
8 - 105 |
83 |
- |
11 - 0 |
18 |
4 |
- |
| Opp totals |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
6 - 20 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Team statistics |
Team totals |
Opponent |
| 1st downs rushing |
139 |
76 |
| 1st downs passing |
46 |
70 |
| 1st downs penalty |
14 |
15 |
| 1st downs total |
199 |
161 |
| Penalties against |
80 |
74 |
| Penalty yards |
911 |
711 |
| Fumbles |
26 |
25 |
| Fumbles lost |
14 |
10 |
| 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 |
|