Statistics Summary for 1980 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/6/1980 NORTHERN MICHIGAN L 0-10 9300 Fargo, ND
9/13/1980 NORTHERN ARIZONA W 27-14 7100 Fargo, ND
* 9/20/1980 at Nebraska-Omaha L 7-28 7200 Omaha, NE
* 9/27/1980 NORTHERN COLORADO W 17-7 7200 Fargo, ND
* 10/4/1980 at North Dakota L 20-38 14500 Grand Forks, ND
* 10/11/1980 MORNINGSIDE W 16-7 7700 Fargo, ND Homecoming
* 10/18/1980 at South Dakota State W 23-16 6499 Brookings, SD
* 10/25/1980 at Augustana (SD) W 26-15 563 Sioux Falls, SD
* 11/1/1980 SOUTH DAKOTA W 49-7 3500 Fargo, ND Harvest Bowl
11/8/1980 at Montana State L 19-21 5121 Bozeman, MT
 
*North Central Conference games

Overall: 6-4
Conference: 5-2
Home: 4-1
Away: 2-3
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Kevin Peters 9 112 732 10 722 6.4 6 60 80.2
Mark Speral 10 187 890 173 717 3.8 10 47 71.7
Mike Kasowski 10 120 635 17 618 5.2 4 40 61.8
John Paitl 9 43 196 4 192 4.5 1 27 21.3
Robert Blakley 5 29 138 13 125 4.3 0 26 25.0
Thurman Cotton 7 24 115 3 112 4.7 0 9 16.0
Mark Nellermoe 4 14 108 5 103 7.4 1 51 25.8
Dan Harris 3 3 15 0 15 5.0 0 7 5.0
Team totals 10 534 2833 226 2607 4.9 22 60 260.7
Opp totals 10 458 2097 341 1756 3.8 16 0 175.6
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Mark Speral 10 61-118-6 51.7 977 5 80 97.7 125.06
Mark Nellermoe 4 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Team totals 10 61-120-6 50.8 977 5 80 97.7 122.97
Opp totals 10 98-193-10 50.8 1253 4 0 125.3 101.79
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Steve Sponberg 10 26 313 12.0 1 19 31.3
Ray Tidd 10 13 179 13.8 1 27 17.9
Mark Swanson 10 12 295 24.6 2 80 29.5
Kevin Peters 9 5 29 5.8 0 7 3.2
Joe Barnes 10 3 111 37.0 1 59 11.1
Thurman Cotton 7 1 28 28.0 0 28 4.0
Mike Kasowski 10 1 12 12.0 0 12 1.2
Team totals 10 61 977 16.0 5 80 97.7
Opp totals 10 98 1253 12.8 4 0 125.3
 
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 6-13 20-21 0 0 0 38
Kevin Peters 9 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 36
Mike Kasowski 10 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 24
Mark Swanson 10 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Mark Nellermoe 4 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
John Paitl 9 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Joe Barnes 10 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Ray Tidd 10 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Steve Sponberg 10 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Team totals 10 27 6-13 20-21 0 0 1 202
Opp totals 10 20 4-14 17-19 0 0 0 149
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Mark Speral 10 717 977 1694 169.4
Kevin Peters 9 722 0 722 80.2
Mike Kasowski 10 618 0 618 61.8
John Paitl 9 192 0 192 21.3
Robert Blakley 5 125 0 125 25.0
Thurman Cotton 7 112 0 112 16.0
Mark Nellermoe 4 103 0 103 25.8
Dan Harris 3 15 0 15 5.0
Team totals 10 2607 977 3584 358.4
Opp totals 10 1756 1253 3009 300.9
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Kevin Donnalley 19 75 0 35 3.9
Mark Swanson 1 24 0 24 24.0
Todd Lecy 1 16 0 16 16.0
Kevin Hollands 1 -5 0 0 -5.0
Team totals 25 127 0 35 5.1
Opp totals 25 223 0 0 8.9
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Mark Swanson 16 326 0 39 20.4
Thurman Cotton 10 192 0 31 19.2
Kevin Donnalley 3 36 0 29 12.0
Jeff Willis 1 16 0 16 16.0
Robert Blakley 1 11 0 11 11.0
Doug Nutton 1 8 0 8 8.0
Team totals 24 432 0 39 18.0
Opp totals 22 382 0 0 17.4
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
S.Hodenfield 3 19 0 7 0.2
W.Schluchter 3 3 0 3 1.0
Kevin Donnalley 1 0 0 0 0.0
Steve Garske 1 0 0 0 0.0
Fred Cooperwood 1 0 0 0 0.0
Todd Lecy 1 -3 0 0 -0.3
Team totals 10 19 0 7 0.5
Opp totals 6 138 0 0 0.0
 
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
Kevin Peters 9 722 29 0 0 0 751 83.4
Mark Speral 10 717 0 0 0 0 717 71.7
Mark Swanson 10 0 295 24 326 0 645 64.5
Mike Kasowski 10 618 12 0 0 0 630 63.0
Thurman Cotton 7 112 28 0 192 0 332 47.4
Steve Sponberg 10 0 313 0 0 0 313 31.3
John Paitl 9 192 0 0 0 0 192 21.3
Ray Tidd 10 0 179 0 0 0 179 17.9
Robert Blakley 5 125 0 0 11 0 136 27.2
Joe Barnes 10 0 111 0 0 0 111 11.1
Kevin Donnalley 10 0 0 75 36 0 111 11.1
Mark Nellermoe 4 103 0 0 0 0 103 25.8
S.Hodenfield 10 0 0 0 0 19 19 1.9
Jeff Willis 1 0 0 0 16 0 16 16.0
Dan Harris 3 15 0 0 0 0 15 5.0
Todd Lecy 8 0 0 16 0 -3 13 1.6
Doug Nutton 5 0 0 0 8 0 8 1.6
W.Schluchter 10 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3
Kevin Hollands 10 0 0 -5 0 0 -5 -0.5
Team totals 10 2607 977 127 432 19 4162 416.2
Opp totals 10 1756 1253 223 382 138 3752 375.2
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Doug Schlosser 46 1866 40.6 63 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 48 1883 39.2 63 0 0 0 0 2
Opp totals 53 1870 35.3 0 0 0 0 0 1
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Jon Lundberg 6 13 46.2 0 0
Team totals 6 13 46.2 45 0
Opp totals 4 14 28.6 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Mark Eidem 0 20 104 124 3.0 - 12 1.0 - 5 - 1 - 1 - 0 - - -
Todd Lecy 8 35 78 113 4.5 - 19 2.0 - 14 1 - -3 5 - 1 - 0 - 1 -
Fred Cooperwood 10 22 67 89 9.0 - 49 3.0 - 26 1 - 0 1 - 1 - 0 - - -
Tim Biegert 0 20 68 88 10.0 - 52 4.0 - 36 - 1 - 1 - 0 2 - -
W.Schluchter 10 28 53 81 - - 3 - 3 7 - - - - -
D.Borgenheimer 0 16 54 70 7.5 - 42 2.0 - 12 - - - - 2 - -
Tom Kovach 0 10 54 64 2.5 - 20 2.0 - 20 - 2 - - - - -
Kevin Donnalley 10 21 29 50 1.5 - 8 0.5 - 2 1 - 0 3 - - 1 - -
S.Hodenfield 10 13 32 45 3.0 - 15 1.0 - 6 3 - 19 5 - - - - -
Kevin Hollands 10 23 20 43 - - - 4 - 1 - 0 - - -
Scott Dowd 0 5 34 39 1.0 - 1 - - - - 1 - 0 1 - -
Chris Rood 0 6 22 28 2.5 - 20 2.5 - 20 - 1 - - - - -
Chris Broome 0 9 15 24 - - - - - - 1 - -
Dean Parker 0 6 16 22 2.5 - 10 1.0 - 2 - - - - - - -
Terry Richert 0 4 5 9 - - - - - - 1 - -
Jon Lundberg 10 2 7 9 - - - - - - - - -
Mike Stratton 0 1 8 9 0.5 - 1 - - - - - - - -
Doug Hushka 0 6 2 8 - - - 1 - - - - -
Don Dorow 0 3 5 8 - - - - - - - - -
Steve Garske 2 2 6 8 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Larry Robinson 0 3 4 7 - - - 1 - - - - -
Dave Harmon 0 2 4 6 0.5 - 1 - - - - - - - -
Jim Kent 1 0 5 5 - - - 1 - - 1 - -
Tim Koehnemann 0 1 3 4 - - - 1 - - - - -
Jim Lehman 0 1 2 3 - - - - - - - - -
Brian Fanfulik 0 0 3 3 0.5 - 2 - - - - - - - -
Joel Bladow 0 2 0 2 - - - - - - 1 - -
Hank Klos 0 1 1 2 1.0 - 8 1.0 - 8 - - - - - - -
Mike Buerkley 0 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - -
Paul Driscoll 0 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - -
Paul Olson 0 0 2 2 - - - - - - - - -
TEAM 0 1 0 1 14.0 - 52 3.0 - 26 - - - - - - -
Marc Braeger 0 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Jay Lindstrom 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - 1 - -
Mark Winkelman 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Team totals 10 244 670 914 63.0 - 312 23.0 - 177 10 - 19 34 - 6 - 0 11 1 -
Opp totals 10 0 0 0 - - 6 - 138 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 125 95
1st downs passing 41 53
1st downs penalty 12 11
1st downs total 178 159
Penalties against 49 45
Penalty yards 507 518
Fumbles 26 14
Fumbles lost 14 5
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