| |
Date |
Opponent |
|
Score |
|
Attend |
|
Site |
Notes |
|
9/8/1979 |
WEBER STATE |
W |
11-10 |
|
10150 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
|
9/15/1979 |
at Northern Iowa |
L |
10-21 |
|
9500 |
|
Cedar Falls, IA |
|
| * |
9/22/1979 |
at South Dakota |
L |
28-29 |
|
7300 |
|
Vermillion, SD |
|
| * |
9/29/1979 |
NEBRASKA-OMAHA |
W |
35-28 |
|
8100 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
|
10/6/1979 |
at Northern Arizona |
L |
10-21 |
|
16481 |
|
Flagstaff, AZ |
|
| * |
10/13/1979 |
NORTH DAKOTA |
L |
7-14 |
|
12800 |
|
Fargo, ND |
Homecoming |
| * |
10/20/1979 |
at Morningside |
W |
24-0 |
|
3500 |
|
Sioux City, IA |
|
| * |
10/27/1979 |
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE |
W |
38-14 |
|
5800 |
|
Fargo, ND |
Harvest Bowl |
| * |
11/3/1979 |
AUGUSTANA (SD) |
W |
33-20 |
|
2650 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
|
11/10/1979 |
MONTANA STATE |
W |
21-7 |
|
2250 |
|
Fargo, ND |
|
*North Central Conference games
Overall: 6-4
Conference: 4-2
Home: 5-1
Away: 1-3
Neutral: 0-0
| Rushing |
g |
att |
gain |
loss |
net |
avg |
td |
long |
avg/g |
| Robert Blakley |
10 |
93 |
645 |
21 |
624 |
6.7 |
3 |
87 |
62.4 |
| Mike Kasowski |
10 |
121 |
557 |
11 |
546 |
4.5 |
5 |
32 |
54.6 |
| Mark Speral |
10 |
186 |
761 |
235 |
526 |
2.8 |
10 |
60 |
52.6 |
| Steve Conyne |
10 |
38 |
124 |
1 |
123 |
3.2 |
0 |
16 |
12.3 |
| Mark Nellermoe |
2 |
17 |
125 |
8 |
117 |
6.9 |
1 |
27 |
58.5 |
| Thurman Cotton |
8 |
30 |
106 |
2 |
104 |
3.5 |
2 |
12 |
13.0 |
| John Paitl |
5 |
15 |
72 |
0 |
72 |
4.8 |
0 |
16 |
14.4 |
| Mark Rudrud |
10 |
5 |
19 |
6 |
13 |
2.6 |
0 |
11 |
1.3 |
| C.Longnecker |
1 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
7 |
7.0 |
| Bill Peterson |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Team totals |
10 |
516 |
2417 |
284 |
2133 |
4.1 |
21 |
87 |
213.3 |
| Opp totals |
0 |
478 |
2093 |
249 |
1844 |
3.9 |
19 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Passing |
g |
comp-att-int |
pct |
yds |
td |
long |
avg/g |
effic |
| Mark Speral |
10 |
75-160-10 |
46.9 |
1377 |
7 |
64 |
137.7 |
121.10 |
| Mark Rudrud |
10 |
1-7-0 |
14.3 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
0.9 |
25.09 |
| Mark Nellermoe |
2 |
0-1-0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0.00 |
| Team totals |
10 |
76-168-10 |
45.2 |
1386 |
7 |
64 |
138.6 |
116.38 |
| Opp totals |
0 |
84-196-14 |
42.9 |
972 |
3 |
0 |
0.0 |
75.28 |
| Receiving |
g |
no. |
yds |
avg |
td |
long |
avg/g |
| Lane Brettingen |
10 |
18 |
213 |
11.8 |
1 |
31 |
21.3 |
| Steve Sponberg |
10 |
16 |
311 |
19.4 |
2 |
64 |
31.1 |
| Mark Swanson |
6 |
9 |
268 |
29.8 |
1 |
55 |
44.7 |
| Joe Barnes |
10 |
9 |
197 |
21.9 |
1 |
55 |
19.7 |
| Mark Rudrud |
10 |
9 |
152 |
16.9 |
1 |
22 |
15.2 |
| Ray Tidd |
7 |
6 |
132 |
22.0 |
1 |
36 |
18.9 |
| Mike Kasowski |
10 |
5 |
34 |
6.8 |
0 |
13 |
3.4 |
| Robert Blakley |
10 |
4 |
69 |
17.2 |
0 |
26 |
6.9 |
| Team totals |
10 |
76 |
1386 |
18.2 |
7 |
64 |
138.6 |
| Opp totals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scoring |
g |
td |
fg |
k-pat |
2xp |
dxp |
saf |
pts |
| Mark Speral |
10 |
10 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
| Jon Lundberg |
10 |
0 |
5-14 |
24-25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
39 |
| Mike Kasowski |
10 |
5 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
| Robert Blakley |
10 |
3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| Thurman Cotton |
8 |
2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
| Steve Sponberg |
10 |
2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
| Mark Nellermoe |
2 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Greg Gaughran |
10 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Ray Tidd |
7 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Mark Rudrud |
10 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Joe Barnes |
10 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Mark Swanson |
6 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Lane Brettingen |
10 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Team totals |
10 |
29 |
5-14 |
24-25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
213 |
| Opp totals |
0 |
19 |
1-6 |
19-19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
136 |
| Total offense |
g |
rush |
pass |
total |
avg/g |
| Mark Speral |
10 |
526 |
1377 |
1903 |
190.3 |
| Robert Blakley |
10 |
624 |
0 |
624 |
62.4 |
| Mike Kasowski |
10 |
546 |
0 |
546 |
54.6 |
| Steve Conyne |
10 |
123 |
0 |
123 |
12.3 |
| Mark Nellermoe |
2 |
117 |
0 |
117 |
58.5 |
| Thurman Cotton |
8 |
104 |
0 |
104 |
13.0 |
| John Paitl |
5 |
72 |
0 |
72 |
14.4 |
| Mark Rudrud |
10 |
13 |
9 |
22 |
2.2 |
| C.Longnecker |
1 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
7.0 |
| Bill Peterson |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Team totals |
10 |
2133 |
1386 |
3519 |
351.9 |
| Opp totals |
0 |
1844 |
972 |
2816 |
0.0 |
| Punt returns |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Kevin Donnalley |
3 |
31 |
0 |
24 |
10.3 |
| Tim Koehnemann |
9 |
26 |
0 |
10 |
2.9 |
| W.Schluchter |
7 |
21 |
0 |
8 |
3.0 |
| Howard Nevanen |
1 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
4.0 |
| Jim Kent |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.0 |
| Team totals |
21 |
83 |
0 |
24 |
4.0 |
| Opp totals |
27 |
247 |
0 |
0 |
9.1 |
| Kick returns |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Robert Blakley |
11 |
183 |
0 |
25 |
16.6 |
| Mark Swanson |
7 |
118 |
0 |
29 |
16.9 |
| Thurman Cotton |
7 |
88 |
0 |
15 |
12.6 |
| Kevin Donnalley |
2 |
40 |
0 |
27 |
20.0 |
| Steve Conyne |
1 |
13 |
0 |
13 |
13.0 |
| Tom Peters |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| John Paitl |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
-1.0 |
| Team totals |
30 |
441 |
0 |
29 |
14.7 |
| Opp totals |
42 |
493 |
0 |
0 |
11.7 |
| Interceptions |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Greg Gaughran |
6 |
55 |
1 |
20 |
0.1 |
| W.Schluchter |
3 |
59 |
0 |
27 |
0.1 |
| Howard Nevanen |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1.0 |
| Kevin Donnalley |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Ron Grabowski |
1 |
33 |
0 |
33 |
0.0 |
| Team totals |
14 |
149 |
1 |
33 |
0.1 |
| Opp totals |
10 |
29 |
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 |
| Robert Blakley |
10 |
624 |
69 |
0 |
183 |
0 |
876 |
87.6 |
| Mike Kasowski |
10 |
546 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
580 |
58.0 |
| Mark Speral |
10 |
526 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
526 |
52.6 |
| Mark Swanson |
6 |
0 |
268 |
0 |
118 |
0 |
386 |
64.3 |
| Steve Sponberg |
10 |
0 |
311 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
311 |
31.1 |
| Lane Brettingen |
10 |
0 |
213 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
213 |
21.3 |
| Joe Barnes |
10 |
0 |
197 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
197 |
19.7 |
| Thurman Cotton |
8 |
104 |
0 |
0 |
88 |
0 |
192 |
24.0 |
| Mark Rudrud |
10 |
13 |
152 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
165 |
16.5 |
| Steve Conyne |
10 |
123 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
136 |
13.6 |
| Ray Tidd |
7 |
0 |
132 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
132 |
18.9 |
| Mark Nellermoe |
2 |
117 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
117 |
58.5 |
| W.Schluchter |
10 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
59 |
80 |
8.0 |
| John Paitl |
5 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
71 |
14.2 |
| Kevin Donnalley |
10 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
40 |
0 |
71 |
7.1 |
| Greg Gaughran |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
55 |
55 |
5.5 |
| Ron Grabowski |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
33 |
4.1 |
| Tim Koehnemann |
10 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
2.6 |
| C.Longnecker |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7.0 |
| Howard Nevanen |
10 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
0.6 |
| Bill Peterson |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Jim Kent |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.2 |
| Team totals |
10 |
2133 |
1386 |
83 |
441 |
149 |
4192 |
419.2 |
| Opp totals |
0 |
1844 |
0 |
247 |
493 |
29 |
2613 |
0.0 |
| Punting |
no. |
yds |
avg |
lg |
tb |
fc |
i20 |
50+ |
blk |
| Doug Schlosser |
53 |
1961 |
37.0 |
67 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Team totals |
54 |
1961 |
36.3 |
67 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Opp totals |
61 |
2323 |
38.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Field goals |
made |
att |
pct |
long |
blkd |
| Jon Lundberg |
5 |
14 |
35.7 |
0 |
0 |
| Team totals |
5 |
14 |
35.7 |
39 |
0 |
| Opp totals |
1 |
6 |
16.7 |
0 |
0 |
| Defensive Statistics |
g |
ua |
a |
tot |
tfl-yds |
sack-yds |
int-yds |
brup |
qbh |
fr-yds |
ff |
blk |
saf |
| Russ Shroyer |
10 |
28 |
94 |
122 |
1.5 - 8 |
1.0 - 7 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Ron Grabowski |
8 |
22 |
77 |
99 |
4.0 - 5 |
- |
1 - 33 |
9 |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
| Dirk Kroeze |
0 |
21 |
77 |
98 |
13.0 - 63 |
7.0 - 49 |
- |
7 |
- |
2 - 0 |
4 |
1 |
- |
| Tim Biegert |
0 |
16 |
61 |
77 |
8.0 - 43 |
7.0 - 42 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Todd Lecy |
0 |
19 |
54 |
73 |
5.0 - 19 |
2.5 - 16 |
- |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
1 |
- |
- |
| Tom Kovach |
0 |
13 |
58 |
71 |
7.0 - 46 |
5.5 - 43 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| W.Schluchter |
10 |
20 |
39 |
59 |
1.5 - 12 |
1.0 - 11 |
3 - 59 |
2 |
- |
5 - 0 |
1 |
- |
- |
| Kevin Hollands |
0 |
22 |
25 |
47 |
- |
- |
- |
13 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Chris Rood |
0 |
9 |
38 |
47 |
1.5 - 7 |
1.5 - 7 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 - 0 |
1 |
- |
- |
| Greg Gaughran |
10 |
10 |
31 |
41 |
0.5 - 0 |
- |
6 - 55 |
5 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Kevin Donnalley |
10 |
20 |
15 |
35 |
- |
- |
2 - 0 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jim Kent |
5 |
6 |
26 |
32 |
1.0 - 11 |
1.0 - 11 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
| Mike McIntyre |
0 |
6 |
19 |
25 |
0.5 - 3 |
0.5 - 3 |
- |
2 |
- |
2 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Fred Cooperwood |
0 |
4 |
20 |
24 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
1 - 0 |
1 |
- |
- |
| Howard Nevanen |
10 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
- |
- |
2 - 2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Terry Richert |
0 |
3 |
9 |
12 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tim Koehnemann |
10 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Don Dorow |
0 |
2 |
7 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Dick Dahl |
0 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Howard Holmen |
0 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jim Lehman |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tom Rausch |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Mark Swanson |
6 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jack Grundy |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tom Meyer |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Dave Harmon |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jon Lundberg |
10 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| S.Hodenfield |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Mike Ahrendt |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0.5 - 1 |
0.5 - 1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Mike Bakken |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| John Paitl |
5 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Scott Sheldon |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Dean Parker |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tom Peters |
10 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Bill Witcik |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jerry Allen |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Joel Bladow |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Ray Tidd |
7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Team totals |
10 |
222 |
642 |
864 |
42.0 - 218 |
27.0 - 190 |
14 - 149 |
59 |
- |
12 - 0 |
18 |
1 |
- |
| Opp totals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
10 - 29 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Team statistics |
Team totals |
Opponent |
| 1st downs rushing |
114 |
104 |
| 1st downs passing |
60 |
48 |
| 1st downs penalty |
7 |
8 |
| 1st downs total |
181 |
160 |
| Penalties against |
47 |
51 |
| Penalty yards |
458 |
493 |
| Fumbles |
25 |
34 |
| Fumbles lost |
9 |
12 |
| 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 |
|