GAME DAY

GUIDE Vs. South Dakota, 1 p.m.

STAT LEADERS
MATCHUPS
QUARTERBACKS DEFENSIVE LINE
NDSU's Cam Miller leads the FCS in Keeping an average USD rushing
completion percentage at 79% with his game intact key for Bison in making
50 of 62 performance to date. Coyotes one-dimensional offense.

RUNNING BACKS LINEBACKERS

USD welcomed the return of Coyotes have two of the best in the
Stoffel Crosa Bouman Thomas breakaway threat Nate Thomas after Missouri Valley in MLB Brock
missing last year with an injury. Mogensen and OLB Stephen Hillis.
BISON
RUSHING No. Yds. Avg. Long TD RECEIVERS
Cole Payton 21 223 10.6
SECONDARY
70 4 Bison tight end Joe Stoffel has USD's Myles Harden was a turnover
TaMerik Williams 31 191 6.2 54 2 developed into the reliable guy that the machine last year before an injury
Cam Miller 30 158 5.3 28 5 position is used to at NDSU. sidelined him after six games.
Barika Kpeenu 16 109 6.8 22 0
PASSING Comp. Att. Yds. Int. TD OFFENSIVE LINE SPECIAL TEAMS
Cam Miller 50 62 526 0 4 Bison senior Griffin Crosa is currently
NDSU has given up four QB sacks in
Cole Payton 6 11 88 0 0 first on school all-time FG percentage
three games and backs are averaging
RECEIVING Rec. Yds. Avg. Long TD a salty 6.6 yards per carry. chart (83.9%) on 26 of 31.
Zach Mathis 11 159 14.5 28 0

PREDICTIONS
Eli Green 8 155 19.4 35 0
Joe Stoffel 8 84 10.5 22 2
RaJa Nelson 7 59 7.0 12 0

COYOTES Jeff Kolpack The Forum Record: 2-1

RUSHING No. Yds. Avg. Long TD
The last pick had a shorter shelf life than "Revenge of the Nerds II." This nerd is getting back on track by
Nate Thomas 26 206 7.9 29 3 going back to the basics: Bison have been solid in all three phases this season. NDSU 34, USD 14
Travis Theis 50 201 4.0 32 2
PASSING Comp. Att. Yds. Int. TD
Aidan Bouman 38 62 447 1 4 Eric Peterson The Forum Record: 3-0
RECEIVING Rec. Yds. Avg. Long TD Bison QB Cam Miller has been completing passes with Swiss precision. He will need to continue that trend
Jack Martens 15 188 12.5 30 1 against a stingy South Dakota defense. NDSU 28, USD 17
Carter Bell 12 150 12.5 25 0
JJ Galbreath 6 63 10.5 20 2 Dom Izzo WDAY-TV Record: 3-0
Travis Theis 2 23 11.5 13 0
NDSU has averaged 48 points per game in the last five meetings with USD. With an offense that is more
PROBABLE STARTERS diversified in 2023, that point total won't be lowered this year against the Coyotes. NDSU 40, USD 17

BISON OFFENSE Record: 3-0

Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Logan Campbell WDAY-TV
WR 0 Zach Mathis................................................... 6-7 203 Sr. The Coyotes are 0-4 against the Bison in NDSU homecoming games. That trend continues as Cam Miller
LT 72 Jalen Sundell.................................................. 6-5 300 Sr. keeps up high efficiency in the passing game. NDSU 42, USD 14
LG 74 Grey Zabel....................................................... 6-6 296 Sr.
C 77 Brandon Westberg...................................... 6-4 295 Sr.
63 Jake Kubas...................................................... 6-4 308 Sr.
RG
RT 73 Mason Miller.................................................. 6-7 300 Sr. Mike McFeely The Forum Record: 3-0
TE 82 Joe Stoffel....................................................... 6-4 242 Sr. Coyotes trying to go a different direction offensively, away from up-tempo style. It’s a process.
WR 3 RaJa Nelson.................................................... 5-9 186 Sr. NDSU 35, USD 13
FB 49 Hunter Brozio................................................ 6-1 233 Sr.
RB 22 TaMerik Williams......................................... 6-1 227 Sr.
QB 7

BISON DEFENSE
Cam Miller....................................................... 6-1 213 Sr.
TEAM SCHEDULES
Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. BISON (3-0) COYOTES (2-1)
DE 95 Dylan Hendricks........................................... 6-3 245 Sr. Date Opponent NDSU Opp. Date Opponent USD Opp.
DT 53 Eli Mostaert.................................................... 6-3 287 Sr. Sept. 2 vs. Eastern Washington Sept. 2 at Missouri 10 35
35 10
NG 58 Javier Derritt................................................. 6-2 280 Sr. Sept. 9 Maine 44 7 Sept. 9 St. Thomas 24 0
DE 54 Jake Kava........................................................ 6-1 247 Sr. Sept. 16 Central Arkansas 49 31 Sept. 16 Lamar 35 6
OLB 43 Logan Kopp.................................................... 6-1 222 So.
MLB 36 Sept. 30 South Dakota Sept. 30 at North Dakota State
Nick Kubitz..................................................... 6-2 226 Sr.
OLB 20 Julian Wlodarczyk....................................... 6-3 211 Sr. Oct. 7 at Missouri State Oct. 7 Murray State
CB 23 Jayden Price................................................... 6-0 184 Sr. Oct. 14 at North Dakota Oct. 14 Youngstown State
SS 31 Cole Wisniewski........................................... 6-4 217 Sr. Oct. 21 Western Illinois Oct. 21 at Indiana State
FS 35 Sam Jung.......................................................... 5-11 193 Sr. Oct. 28 Murray State (Ky.) South Dakota State
Oct. 28
CB 10 Marcus Sheppard......................................... 5-10 190 Sr. Nov. 4 at South Dakota State Nov. 4 at Southern Illinois
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Nov. 11 Southern Illinois Nov. 11 North Dakota

STANDINGS Nov. 18 at Northern Iowa Nov. 18 at Western Illinois

MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

Team Conf. Overall
SCHEDULE MEDIA
MEDIA BLITZ
BLITZ
Illinois State 1-0 3-1
Games Saturday (all games CST) 10-11 a.m.: Gate City Bison Gameday pregame show with Dom Izzo,
South Dakota State
North Dakota State
0-0
0-0
3-0
3-0
 Youngstown State at Northern Iowa, 1 p.m. (PSN TV, Kyle Emanuel, Logan Campbell and Jeff Kolpack on North Dakota
ESPN+) statewide ABC network. (WDAY-Fargo, WDAZ-Grand Forks, KBMY-
Southern Illinois
North Dakota
0-0
0-0
3-0
2-1
 South Dakota at North Dakota State, 1 p.m. (ND Bismarck and Dickinson, KMCY-Williston and Minot). Streaming and
replay on InForum.com.
ABC, ESPN+)
South Dakota
Youngstown State
0-0 2-1  North Dakota at South Dakota State, 2 p.m. (Midco, 1 p.m.: NDSU vs. Eastern Washington with Dom Izzo at the play-by-
0-0 2-1 ESPN+) play and Kyle Emanuel with expert analysis on North Dakota
Missouri State 0-0 1-2  Missouri State at Southern Illinois, 4 p.m. (ESPN+) statewide ABC network and ESPN-Plus.
Murray State 0-0 1-2  Indiana State at Murray State, 6 p.m. (ESPN+) After game: Gate City Media Blog Postgame Show with Logan
Northern Iowa 0-0 1-2 Campbell, Mike McFeely and Jeff Kolpack on InForum.com.
Indiana State 0-0 0-3
Western Illinois 0-1 0-4