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NORTH DAKOTA STATE FOOTBALL

“This is one game in a big, big season.”

– Craig Bohl, Bison head coach

BISON 25, GRIZZLIES 24

SHOCK IS HERD
Missed field goal sends Bison into frenzy

Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

North Dakota State sophomore defensive back Jake Johnson celebrates the Bison’s upset over Montana Saturday at Washington Grizzly Stadium in Missoula.

NDSU makes Division I Second-half rally does trick

statement with victory By Jeff Kolpack
jkolpack@forumcomm.com
MISSOULA, Mont. – A football stadium
It was one big shocker. The Grizzlies
appeared well on their way to a victory in
taking a 24-2 halftime lead. But the Bison
record crowd. The season home opener. A running game began wearing down Mon-
Missoula, Mont. tana and the Bison began inching into the
big first-half lead.
he importance of Saturday’s victory to North

T MORE COVERAGE It was Mardi Gras at the University of lead – yard by yard.
Dakota State can be summed up by the following Montana. But North Dakota State spoiled “We started to pound it a bit in the third
scene: Dr. Joseph Chapman, the 61-year-old INSIDE quarter,” said Bison quarterback Tony
the biggest party in the state Saturday
president of the university, ran across the floor of the
Montana senior kicker afternoon, taking a 25-24 upset over the No. Stauss.
University of Montana basketball arena and into the Chris Snyder says he 3-ranked Division I-AA Grizzlies before a Stauss was sharp all day completing 22
Bison’s locker room to address the team. doesn’t believe in icing, but it record 23,102 fans. of 31 passes for 165 yards. It was a pass
Make that 61 going on 16. Allen Burrell would have had was the Bison’s success that Chris Snyder’s last-second 40-yard field from Malone, however, that was the differ-
a tough time keeping up to the Runnin’ Prez. The smile put the icing on the cake. E6 goal went wide right, making a 20-yard ence.
MIKE on Chapman’s face was bright enough to penetrate the
Bison notebook: NDSU touchdown pass from Rod Malone to Mike Lined up on the left side, he took the
McFEELY hazy smoke still hanging over the Missoula Valley. sticks with run despite Wieser off a fake field goal with 2:13 pitch as he was running to his right. He ran
“Hey, you guys are good,” the president told the trailing in second half E6 remaining in the game stand up as the a few steps before lofting a pass in the
The Forum jubilant Bison locker room. “You ought to think about

Complete game stats. E6 game-winner. direction of Wieser.
going Division I.” “This is one game in a big, big season,”

More photos from the
MCFEELY: Page E7 game. E7 said NDSU head coach Craig Bohl. BISON: Page E6

Cobbers turn on the juice

By Heath Hotzler Passanante, who transferred torn knee ligaments during a game
Concordia’s
hhotzler@forumcomm.com from Minnesota State Moorhead to against Wisconsin-Stout last sea-
Brian Concordia two years ago, caught son.
Knoblauch It was a Hollywood movie-script
afternoon for Andrew Passanante seven passes for 104 yards and three He missed Concordia’s final four Cobbers 42,
pumps his fist touchdowns to lead the Cobbers to a games and finished with just 13 Dragons 28
Saturday at Jake Christiansen Sta-
after scoring the 42-28 victory over the Dragons in receptions for 176 yards and two
dium.
The story:
Cobbers’ third Power Bowl V. scores. Andrew
The Concordia receiver was “This is sweet,” said Passanante,
touchdown of It was a long road to recovery. Passanante had
returning from major knee surgery who was named the game’s offen- “There were six long months of seven receptions
the game against his former team in one of sive player of the game. “I couldn’t rehab,” he said. “I still work out for 104 yards and
Saturday. the biggest games of the year. have asked for more.” quite a bit to keep it strong.” three TDs
Dave Wallis The senior was nervous, excited – The 6-foot-3, 195-pound junior
Inside:
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BOTTOM LINE

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E6 Sunday, September 7, 2003 COLLEGE FOOTBALL The Forum

Bison Real Standing ‘O’ Nice The

Bison rush are back

After tough season,
deal
At one point in the
for ‘D’
Bison defense shakes
hire, Gene
New coaching staff
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right back itself with a signature
victory.
QB Tony Stauss
completed 13
shutout in the
second half.
Gene Taylor, led by
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First quarter
UM – Jeff Disney 4 run (Chris Snyder kick), 12 min-
utes, 8 seconds remaining.
straight passes. it knows its stuff.
into game Drive: 79 yards, 8 plays, 2:52.
Key plays: Pass interference on Bison cornerback
Bobby Babich on first play puts the Grizzlies at the 36.
J.R. Waller gains 10 yards on second-and-4 to the
Bison 48. Disney hits Tate Hancock twice, the second
By Jeff Kolpack for 19 yards to the 22. On third-and-goal, Disney
jkolpack@forumcomm.com scrambles off a pass play for touchdown.
Score: UM 7, NDSU 0.

Kicking game proves vital

MISSOULA, Mont. – North Dakota
UM – Hancock 36 pass from Levander Segars (Sny-
State went against the grain in mount- der kick), 1:40.
ing a second-half rally Saturday after- Drive: 80 yards, 5 plays, 2:11.
noon. The Bison used the run, and not Key plays: Bison stop Grizzlies on three plays forc-
the pass, to take a 25-24 ing punt. But Jefferson Heidelberger takes short snap
By Jeff Kolpack enough.” and runs 37 yards on a successful fake. On next play,
victory over the Uni- jkolpack@forumcomm.com T In the final two minutes, the Segars, a wide receiver, takes handoff and throws half-
versity of Montana. Bison won the battle of special back pass to a wide open Hancock for touchdown.
Down 24-2 at half-
The definition of an eternity H Score: UM 14, NDSU 0.
was found late Saturday afternoon teams – and the game.
time, the Bison went to
at Washington-Grizzly Stadium.
E They converted the fake field Second quarter
the ground in the sec- goal for the winning touchdown, a UM – FG Snyder 40, 11:45.
Three one-minute timeouts
ond half. call that Bison head coach Craig Drive: 23 yards, 10 plays, 4:28.
seemed like an hour.
“We felt like when we
North Dakota State had just
K Bohl said was made before the sit-
Key plays: Bison quarterback Tony Stauss fumbles
in trying to hand off to Kyle Steffes. Tim Bush returns it
were down that we taken a 25-24 lead with 2:13 left in I uation came up. to Bison 46. Disney hits Hancock for 11 yards to the 23.
weren’t going to aban- Chris
Steffes C Cory
the game on Rod Malone’s 20-yard “We were contemplating it,” On third-and-5, Bison noseguard Isaac Snell sacks
don the running Snyder Disney forcing field goal.
pass to Mike Wieser off a fake Vartanian Bohl said. “It worked well in prac- Score: UM 17, NDSU 0.
game,” said head coach Craig Bohl. field goal. Montana kicker K NDSU kicker tice.”
“That’s a common mistake.” Bohl said the fact Cory Vartani- NDSU – Safety, Waller tackled in end zone by
Running backs Kyle Steffes and Rod
The Grizzlies responded. Start- Made 1 of 2 field E His 43-yard field Dwight Summerville, 7:24.
ing from their 37, on the heels of goals from 40 an was successful on an earlier 43-
Malone had 21 carries for 103 yards four three-plays-and-out out of yards, missing R goal earlier in
the game was yard field goal made selling the
Key plays: Segars fumbles punt, but recovers at the
5. Illegal blocking penalty moves it to 3. On second-
and 13 carries for 63 yards respective- the potential
ly. Steffes had 89 of his yards in the
five second-half series, they
game-winner
S the selling point
of the fake
fake easier. and-11, Summerville bulls through the middle and
stuffs Waller a few yards into the end zone.
mounted their best scoring drive “We wanted to make sure the Score: UM 17, NDSU 2.
second half and Malone 37. Both since the first quarter. field goal was enough of a
backs did not have a carry for lost Quarterback Jeff Disney com- tana kicker Chris Snyder said. weapon,” Bohl said.
UM – Dane Oliver 11 pass from Disney (Snyder
yardage all game. kick), :16.
pleted five straight passes, the last “That was nothing. I just went It was a weapon for the Grizzlies Drive: 82 yards, 12 plays, 1:46.
“That’s a 1-2 punch,” Bohl said. of which reached the Bison 27 over to coach (Bobby) Hauck and earlier, too. Snyder hit a 40-yarder Key plays: Bison safety Jared Essler was flagged
“This is a football team that will have with 57 seconds left. After two relaxed.” in the second quarter. for a late hit after a third-down incomplete pass. Disney
tailback by committee.” runs forced a fourth-and-inches The snap was a bit high, but “But I’m a senior and that’s why
finds Doug Clarke for nine yards on third-and 2. Pass-
They capitalized on a Bison offen- es of 12 and 11 yards, the last to Hancock, reaches the
situation, the Grizzlies let the good. Snyder said he just missed I’m here,” he said of the errant 17. Oliver gets behind Frank Irby on second-and-4 for
sive line that got stronger as the game clock wind down from 26 seconds it. kick. “I visualized my team com- touchdown.
progressed. to three. They called time out. “Everything going into the kick ing at me and mobbing me and not Score: UM 24, NDSU 2.
“I can’t say enough about the offen- Then the Bison called a timeout. was fine,” he said. “Right when I their team rubbing it in my face.” Third quarter
sive line,” said quarterback Tony Then they called another one. hit it, I knew it was starting right. NDSU – Steffes 1 run (Cory Vartanian kick), 6:34.
Readers can reach Forum reporter
Stauss. “I don’t believe in icing,” Mon- It came back a little bit, but not Jeff Kolpack at (701) 241-5546 Drive: 82 yards, 13 plays, 6:06.
Said Montana head coach Bobby Key plays: On second-and-5, Stauss and tight end
Hauck: “They got their backs going Mike Wieser hook up for 12 yards to the UM 37. Steffes
takes the next four plays including an eight-yarder for
and they wore us down a little bit in a first down to the 23. On first-and-10, Steffes runs 11
the second half. They did a nice job of yards to the 1 and scores on next play.
falling forward after contact.” Score: UM 24, NDSU 9.
NDSU – FG Vartanian 43, 1:17.
Hunt brushes off injury Drive: 11 yards, 7 plays, 4:35.
Bison center Rob Hunt, who injured Key plays: Defensive end Jamel Thomas intercepts
Disney pass at the Bison 34 and returns it 29 yards to
his right and snapping hand in last the UM 37. Delay of game penalty on third-and-5
week’s win against Tusculum, forces longer play. After motion penalty nullifies Varta-
snapped with his right Saturday. He nian’s 38-yard field goal, he does it again five yards fur-
was working on his left hand during ther.
Score: UM 24, NDSU 12.
the week and alternated hands in pre-
game warmups. Fourth quarter
He used his right all afternoon. He NDSU – Allen Burrell 11 run (Vartanian kick), 7:09.
said it didn’t bother him. Drive: 87 yards, 10 plays, 3:24.
Key plays: A Stauss pass to Marques Johnson on
“We have to stay on an even medium first down gets nine yards. On second-and-1, Burrell
all game,” Hunt said. takes reverse handoff, gets a block from Stauss, and
outruns Grizzlies to the corner of the end zone.
Bonicelli assists on safety Score: UM 24, NDSU 19.
Bison defensive tackle Dwight Sum- NDSU – Wieser 20 pass from Malone (pass failed),
merville had a monster game, leading 2:13.
Drive: 36 yards, 7 plays, 3:56.
the team with eight tackles, including Key plays: Essler intercepts a Disney pass at the
three for lost yardage. Grizzly 37. Bison overcome two holding penalties on
He also got the Bison on the board the drive. Stauss hits Travis White for 11 yards to the
with a two-point safety in the second 23 on third-and-8. On third-and-17, Steffes runs 10
yards forcing field goal. But Bison fake it, pitching it
quarter. Malone, who hits a diving Wieser in the end zone.
Give NDSU punter John Bonicelli Score: NDSU 25, UM 24.
an assist on the play. He had two first-
half punts that pinned the Grizzlies Team statistics
inside their own 5-yard line. One punt, NDSU UM
First downs 23 18
a 55-yarder, was downed at the 1. Rushes-yards 40-158 32-120
The second led to the Bison safety Yards passing 185 192
when Levander Segars recovered his Associated Press
Passes 23-32-0 21-35-2
own fumble at the 5-yard line after Total yards 343 312
North Dakota State’s bench celebrates a touchdown on a fake field-goal attempt to go ahead of Punts-avg. 6-41.7 4-43.5
bobbling a Bonicelli punt around his Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-0
own 12. Montana 25-24 late in the fourth quarter Saturday. Sacked-yards lost 2-14 2-11
An illegal blocking penalty on the Penalties-yards 9-83 6-47
play moved it to the 3. Running back Possession time 34:35 25:25
J.R. Waller was stopped for a one-yard
loss on first down.
BISON: NDSU blanks Montana after halftime Individual leaders
N.D. State
On second down, Summerville From Page E1 Rushing No. Yds. Long TD
plowed through the middle and Steffes 21 103 11 1
Malone 13 63 13 0
stopped Waller cold a few yards in the Burrell 1 11 11 1
end zone. The two points cut Mon- “I was just hoping No. 52 (linebacker Nick Vella)
Stauss 4 -13 2 -3.2
didn’t pick it off,” said Malone.
tana’s lead to 17-2. Team 1 0 -6 0
Asked if he thought he overthrew it, Malone said, Team totals 40 158 13 4.0
Etc. etc. etc. “For a second, but Wies make a helluva play.” Receiving No. Yds. Long TD
After flying into Helena Friday That touchdown came one series after the Bison Wieser 4 55 20 1
went 87 yards in 10 plays. Allen Burrell got the touch- Burrell 4 37 15 0
because of smoke from wild fires, con- Johnson 4 27 9 0
ditions cleared on Saturday and the down on a reverse handoff. That made it 24-19. White 4 24 14 0
Bison flew out of Missoula. … Corner- “I can appreciate the obstacles they had to over- Belquist 2 15 8 0
come,” said Montana head coach Bobby Hauck. Simmers 2 11 9 0
back Bobby Babich suffered a concus- Malone 2 6 7 0
At that point, the Bison rally was in full stride.
sion in the first quarter and sat the DelaBarre 1 10 10 0
Running back Kyle Steffes was the workhorse in
rest of the game. ... The 23,102 fans Team totals 23 185 20 1
the third quarter. He had 10 carries on a 13-play, 82-
was a stadium record, thanks to an Passing Comp Att Yds Int TD
yard Bison drive that culminated in his 1-yard touch-
addition of 4,000 seats over the sum- Stauss 22 31 165 0 0
down run. Malone 1 1 20 0 1
mer. The old mark was 19,879 vs. Mon-
After defensive end Jamel Thomas intercepted a Team totals 23 32 185 0 1
tana State last year. Both games were Jeff Disney pass on Montana’s ensuing series, the Tackles (solo-assisted-total)
Montana losses. … Jamel Thomas’ Bison turned what once looked to be a safe outcome Summerville 5-3-8, Sheppared 6-1-7, Mock 5-2-7,
interception was the first of his Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor Erenberg 2-4-6, Walter 5-0-5, Gorman 4-0-4, Essler 3-
into doubt.
career. He has nine career pass “I tried scoring a touchdown but I’m a little slow,” NDSU’s Rod Malone rushed for 63 yards and threw 1-4, Irby 3-1-4, Ware 1-3-4, Snell 2-1-3, J. Kittelson 2-
breakups. 0-2, Thomas 1-1-2, Johnson 1-1-2, Kasowski 1-0-1,
said Thomas, who was caught from behind. the game-winning touchdown pass Saturday. Vartanian 1-0-1, C. Kittelson 1-0-1, Babich 0-1-1,
Readers can reach Forum reporter It was the kind of interception Stauss has been Kingsley 0-1-1.
Jeff Kolpack at (701) 241-5546 preaching to Thomas. The 6-foot-3 Thomas hit the Sacks: Summerville 1-6, Snell 1-5.
The killer for the Bison came in the closing Interceptions: Essler 1-0, Thomas 1-28.
pass with one arm and grabbed the deflection. moments of the second quarter. With the Grizzlies Montana
“All spring and all fall camp, he was doing that to pinned deep at their own 15 and having misfired on Rushing No. Yds. Long TD
THE SIDELINE me,” Stauss said. “I told him to do that to somebody a third down-and-10 pass, Bison safety Jared Essler Clarke 1 37 37 0
else.” was flagged for a late hit with 1:46 left. Green 11 35 8 0
PLAYER: Bison quarterback Thomas’s theft turned into a 43-yard Cory Vartani- Waller 8 24 15 0
Montana was efficient from there, taking nine
Tony Stauss, who led two an field goal. Going into the fourth quarter, the Bison Hilliard 4 23 9 0
80-yard-plus second-half plays to score on Dane Oliver’s 11-yard touchdown Disney 8 1 4 1
trailed 24-12. reception with 16 seconds left. That made it 24-2. Team totals 32 139 37 1
scoring drives.
SCORE: “We had a good cushion and we let it go,” said Mon- Disney finished the half 14-of-20 for 118 yards. Receiving No. Yds. Long TD
NDSU 25, tana defensive end Tim Bush. NDSU, meanwhile, had its chances – a precursor to Hanock 10 112 36 1
STAT: Zero. The Bison shut Montana 24 Whereas the Grizzlies were supposed to have the its dominant second half. Oliver 6 49 16 1
out the Grizzlies in the second depth advantage via a 63-36 scholarship edge, it was Heidelberger 3 16 12 0
ATTENDANCE: The Bison didn’t go down with a three-and-out Clarke 1 9 9 0
half. the Bison who looked fresh in the second half. NDSU
23,102
until their first series of the second half. They got to Segars 1 6 6 0
had 136 of its 158 rushing yards in the final two quar- the vicinity of midfield on all six first-half drives, Team totals 21 192 36 2
PLAY: A 20-yard scoring pass ters. with the deepest penetration to the 33 late in the sec- Passing Comp Att Yds Int TD
from Rod Malone to Mike “Look at the stats,” Bush said. “It was obvious they ond quarter. Disney 20 34 156 2 1
Wieser off a fake field goal. Segars 1 1 36 0 1
were running it down our throats.” “We felt like we were establishing the line of
Team totals 21 35 192 2 2
Not right away; it had the makings of a blowout scrimmage in the first half,” Bohl said. “We made
Tackles (solo-assisted-total)
early. The Grizzlies easily marched 79 yards on the some wrinkles at halftime. Then sometimes over the
THE LAST WORD first possession to take a 7-0 lead. course of a game those three-yard runs turn to six-
Thomas 4-5-9, Meyers 4-4-8, Thompson 3-4-7,
Spencer 1-5-6, Polhemus 4-1-5, Dellaselva 3-2-5,
“I’ll think about it a lot more.” Later, the Grizzlies capitalized on two Bison mis- to eight-yard runs.” Bush 4-0-4, Saenz 3-1-4, Smith 2-2-4, Robinson 1-3-4,
takes and turned them into 10 points. The first, a And when it was over, it was NDSU that was run- Hoge 0-4-4, Harris 2-1-3, DeCoite 2-1-3, Horgan 1-2-
– NDSU head coach
3, Vella 1-1-2, Varona 1-1-2, Murhpy 1-1-2, Connors 1-
Craig Bohl fumble by Stauss after he was trying to hand off to ning in a victory celebration. 0-1, Molloy 1-0-1, MacIntyre 1-0-1, Cahill 1-0-1, Hilliard
when asked where this victory ranks Steffes, was picked up by Bush. Readers can reach Forum reporter 1-0-1, Mullan 1-0-1, Palmer 0-1-1, Edwards 0-1-1.
in his coaching career. That led to Snyder’s 40-yard field goal. Jeff Kolpack at (701) 241-5546 Sacks: Bush 2-14.
The Forum COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sunday, September 7, 2003 E7

NDSU’s coaching staff, headed by Craig Bohl, shouts

directions to the team during the second half of the game
against Montana Saturday in Missoula.

Scenes from the Bison

upset in Montana

Photos by Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor

Bison halfback Kyle Steffes steps over Montana’s Tyler
NDSU’s Travis White gets flipped through the air as Rod Malone (17) seeks a block Saturday. Thomas in NDSU’s upset over Montana.

MCFEELY: Bison show

they’re ready for I-AA
From Page E1
Which is exactly, of course,
where NCAA Division II
NDSU is headed next season.
Which is exactly, of course,
why Chapman could’ve flown
back to Fargo without the aid
of an airplane Saturday
evening.
The final score was 25-24 in
favor of the Bison over the
Division I-AA Grizzlies.
Considering the eight
national championships
NDSU won and all those
victories the program has
strung together in the past
four decades, you cannot say
this was The Greatest Victory
in Bison History. But do not
underestimate what this win
means to this program at this
the Bison’s coaching staff,
with halftime adjustments
and creative play-calling,
outdid their counterparts on
the Montana sideline.
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And if Montana had an
advantage in depth with 63
scholarships – compared to 36
for NDSU – the Grizzlies sure
didn’t show it.
Bottom line: There just
wasn’t that much difference
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“This is one game in a big
season, but certainly we think
schools in the Big Sky are
ones that we will align well
with,” Bison coach Craig Bohl
said. “We feel like we have a

point in history.
NDSU’s stunning victory
legitimizes everything
Chapman and Bison athletic
Gene Taylor have been saying
over the past three years
about the move to Division I.
Obviously, the Bison can
compete at the level of
Montana. Obviously, despite a
2-8 season a year ago, the
Bison’s football program is
not as far beneath the top
teams in Division I-AA as
most people thought.
Yes, there is still work to do
on finding a conference. This
win does nothing to alleviate
that sticky situation.
But is anybody thinking
about that today? Heck, no.
Damn the torpedoes – and the
naysayers – and full speed
ahead.
“We are looking forward to
the move to Division I-AA in
the future,” Chapman said.
“This is a great start for us.”
The most surprising aspect
of NDSU’s victory was that
the David vs. Goliath
storyline disappeared the
moment Montana kicked off
good football program, and a
great institution and a super
president, and these are steps
that we need to make.”
All this, remember, from a
program that went 2-8 last
season.
It is now quite clear the
Bison weren’t quite as
pathetic as that record
showed. Many of the players
on the field Saturday were the
same ones who sloughed off
the Fargodome turf after a
season-ending throttling at
the hands of St. Cloud State
last November.
Bohl, his veteran staff and a
handful of transfers (some, to
be completely fair, brought in
by Bob Babich) have
revitalized the Bison. They
must now be considered a
factor in the upcoming North
Central Conference farewell
tour.
But that is short-term
thinking, best saved for
another day. Saturday’s
victory must be looked at in
the bigger picture, with an
eye on where NDSU’s
program is headed in the long
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to the Bison to begin the term. In that context, it is

second half. This was not an
overmatched team using
smoke and mirrors to pull off
an impossible feat. The Bison
dominated the Grizzlies in the
second half. The 23-0
difference on the scoreboard
in the second half doesn’t lie.
NDSU’s offensive line
bullied a good Montana
defensive line. The Bison
defensive line rallied from a
poor showing in the first half
to control Montana’s offense
in the second half. NDSU had
the best quarterback on the
field with Tony Stauss. And
huge.
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