When Do the Ndsu Bison Play Again
| North Dakota State Bison football | |||
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| First season | 1894 | ||
| Caput coach | Matt Entz 3rd season, 37–4 (.902) | ||
| Stadium | Fargodome (capacity: xix,000) | ||
| Field | Gate City Bank Field | ||
| Year built | 1992 | ||
| Field surface | AstroTurf Magic Rug II (2012) | ||
| Location | Fargo, N Dakota | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FCS | ||
| Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference (2008–) | ||
| Past conferences | Great W (2004–2007) N Cardinal (1922–2003) | ||
| All-fourth dimension record | 762–375–34 (.665) | ||
| Basin record | five–i (.833) | ||
| Playoff appearances | 27 [1] | ||
| Playoff record | Div. I FCS: 41-3 Div. II: 30–12 [ane] | ||
| Claimed national titles | 17 (Higher Div.): 1965, 1968, 1969 (Div. II): 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990 (Div. I FCS): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 | ||
| Briefing titles | 37 (10 MVFC, i GWFC, 26 NCC) | ||
| Rivalries | South Dakota State (Dakota Mark) North Dakota[two] Northern Iowa | ||
| Colors | Green and yellow[3] | ||
| Fight song | On Bison | ||
| Mascot | Thundar | ||
| Marching band | Aureate Star Marching Band | ||
| Uniform outfitter | Nike | ||
| Website | www.gobison.com | ||
The Due north Dakota State Bison football game plan represents North Dakota State University in college football at the NCAA Sectionalisation I Football Championship Subdivision level and competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The Bison play in the 19,000 seat Fargodome located in Fargo. The Bison take won 17 national championships and 37 conference championships. They have won nine NCAA Sectionalization I FCS National Championships between 2011 and 2021. The Bison concord the tape for most overall NCAA national championships and the record for the most consecutive championship with five titles between 2011 and 2015.
Since 2011, the North Dakota State Bison accept a tape of 149–12 (.925) which included a record 22-game playoff win streak, making them the virtually successful college football game program in Division I FCS this decade. The Bison are 202–39 (.838) since moving to Division I in 2004. Since 1964, the Bison accept had only three losing seasons and an overall record of 551–136–4 (.800) through that 58-yr bridge, one of the best in all of college football. Amid FCS programs, Northward Dakota State has more all-fourth dimension plan wins than any non-Ivy League program, over 750. Of all teams established after 1894, only Oklahoma has won a higher percentage of its games than NDSU. The squad also holds the tape for the longest winning streak in the Football game Championship Subdivision, which stands at 39 sequent games spanning from 2017 to 2021.[4]
In the concluding AP Football Poll of the 2013–xiv flavour; after their tertiary consecutive National Championship, North Dakota State finished with 17 votes which ranked them at #29 in all of D-I football, the highest end-of-season ranking of any team in the history of FCS football. Later on defeating 13th-ranked (FBS) Iowa in 2016, the Bison earned 74 votes and a #27 ranking in the entire D-I field, overtaking their previous tape to go the highest-ranked FCS squad of all time.[5]
Collectively, the Bison have won 37 briefing championships, and 17 national championships. They were selected equally NCAA College Segmentation Ii champions by polling iii times (1965, 1968, 1969), won the NCAA Partition 2 National Football Championship v times (1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990), and take won the NCAA Segmentation I Football Title nine times in eleven seasons (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021).[6] The 2019 Bison are the outset of any Division 1 squad since 1894 Yale to stop sixteen–0. From 2012 to 2014, the Bison had a formerly FCS record of 33 straight wins (which is tied for the third longest in modern NCAA history). They subsequently had a 39-game winning streak that ran from 2017 to 2020.[7]
History [edit]
Early on history (1894–1921) [edit]
First team of the NDSU, 1894
The Bison fielded their first team in 1894 and were originally known as the NDAC Farmers.[8] From the early 1900s to 1921, the nickname of the school then known as North Dakota Agricultural College was the Aggies. The showtime coach for the new NDAC football team was Henry Bolley, who besides fielded the kickoff football program at Purdue Academy in 1887 and was their first Quarterback. He challenged the University of North Dakota to a football match in 1890, but did not have enough players until 1894, the first official twelvemonth of football at NDSU. In 1902, Eddie Cochems, known equally the father of the forward pass was hired as head coach of the Bison where he experimented building an criminal offence around his new technique; which after became legal in the 1906 college football game season; Cochems went 9–i in his 2-twelvemonth stint as head coach. The college hired famed Michigan halfback Paul Magoffin, the first player to always take hold of a forward pass in 1907, every bit caput coach, but he left for the caput coaching position offered to him past George Washington University a yr later. The 1918 flavour was canceled due to the outbreak of the Spanish Flu in conjunction with the start World State of war. The 1943 and 1944 seasons were likewise canceled due to World War Two and the shortage of eligible players. Keeping with their Michigan favoritism, the NDAC hired Stanley Borleske in 1919 to bus the football, basketball, and baseball teams. After half dozen years of on and off coaching. and a 36–36–7 record, Borleske left for Fresno Country but is largely credited with developing the Bison mascot. It was well known he was not a fan of the "Aggies" mascot, wanting something 'potent and trigger-happy' he came up with the 'Bison' which remains the mascot today. He also coined the term "Thundering Herd" which is still a common reference to the NDSU Bison Football game fanbase.[eight]
Division Two (1922–2003) [edit]
October 20th, 1928 – NDAC (NDSU) vs. St. Thomas (View looking SE with Ceres Hall in the distance) Courtesy: NDSU Institute for Regional Studies
In 1921, NDSU became a lease member of the now-defunct Northward Central Conference, which they remained affiliated with for 82 years until 2003. Their primary rival during this time were the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux (at present the Fighting Hawks) whom they competed with to win the Nickel Trophy. As members of Division II, they won viii national championships with an overall tape of 347–94–iv having only ii losing seasons from 1964 to 2003.
Sectionalization I-FCS (2004–present) [edit]
In 2004, all Due north Dakota Country athletic teams moved to Sectionalisation I. From 2004 to 2007, the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. Since 2008 they have been affiliated with the Missouri Valley Football Briefing. Since moving to Sectionalization I, their primary rival are the Due south Dakota State Academy Jackrabbits whom they compete with each year for the Dakota Marker. The team's onetime head bus was Craig Bohl, who led the Bison from 2003 to 2013, holds the schoolhouse record for most wins by a head coach, going 104–32 in his tenure at NDSU. Bohl's successor Chris Klieman went 69–6 in his five seasons (2014–2018). During the Bison's successful run to the 2018 FCS championship, Klieman was named equally the successor to the retiring Bill Snyder as caput coach at Kansas State, though both schools agreed that Klieman would remain at NDSU while the Bison were involved in the FCS playoffs. Bison defensive coordinator Matt Entz took over as head omnibus post-obit that flavour'southward championship game.[nine]
The NDSU Bison are the but FCS programme to e'er be ranked higher than #34 in the AP National Football game Poll. After the 2011 Championship Game, the Bison became but the third team in FCS history to receive votes in the terminal AP Top 25 with ii, putting them at #32 overall (FCS Tape); the others beingness Appalachian Country who receive five votes later on their third consecutive FCS Championship in 2007 and ended at #34 and James Madison Academy after their 2010 upset of then #13 Virginia Tech.[10] After the 2012 season, the Bison once more broke the barrier and became the first ever FCS team to breach the poll twice by receiving 1 vote and ending at #36 in the nation. Due to the overwhelming support and attention NDSU got during this run, ESPN appear that it would host its ESPN College GameDay program in downtown Fargo on September 21, 2013. The Bison ended up beating Delaware State 51–0 later that day. The Bison finished the 2013 regular flavor with an undefeated 11–0 record, their beginning perfect season since 1990. The Bison became the start FCS team to always finish the regular season ranked on the AP Poll at #34 with 1 vote. Afterward a perfect season (xv–0) and winning their third consecutive championship game. After the 2013 season, the Bison were ranked #29 in the National Division I AP Poll, tallying a massive 17 votes, far beyond what any other FCS team had ever received. Later defeating Iowa in 2016 the bison were ranked 27th in the AP Poll with 74 votes, the highest ranking of whatever team in FCS history.
- 2013 season
The 2013 team had a perfect 15–0 season, becoming the first program to do that since Marshall in 1996. They won their third consecutive national title, tying an FCS tape. A majority of the starters played in all iii national championship games and went 43–2 in their three-year stint, a number unrivaled in Partition I FCS football. The Bison only lost 2 games in the three-year span past a combined 6 points. Through 2013, the Bison outscored their opponents by a combined 581–169 (+412) on the flavour. Only two other teams in FCS history accept had a larger betoken spread through a flavor, 1996 Marshall (+448) and 1999 Georgia Southern (+485). Unlike the Marshall and Georgia Southern teams, NDSU'due south defense held their opponents to only 127 points in the regular season (11.5 ppg) and simply 11 signal on average through the playoffs that year. NDSU won its playoff games with an average margin of victory of 32.75 points, which just falls backside the 1996 Marshall team, which averaged a 34-betoken spread. In 2013, the Bison tallied three shutouts, and held ix teams to x points or less, including a streak of nine sequent quarters without allowing a point. The offense was known for a ground-and-pound strategy, which wore opponents down and controlled the time of possession. The team averaged over 34 minutes of possession per game, while assuasive an average of only 250 yards of opposing offense. In the 12 playoff games they played from 2011 to 2013, they immune an average of 9.3 points per game, an FCS record. The just playoff loss the seniors experienced in their four-twelvemonth career was the 38–31 OT loss at eventual champion Eastern Washington in 2010 in the FCS quarterfinals. The bridge of seasons that followed for NDSU in the years later on that overtime loss are hands the best and virtually dominant years Division I football has seen from a unmarried team.[11]
After the 2013 flavour, following three consecutive national titles Caput Coach Craig Bohl was hired away to pb the Mount Westward's Wyoming Cowboys.[12] Bohl finished his time at NDSU having successfully transitioned the programme from Division II to Division I and built into the premier FCS powerhouse in the nation that continues today[13] He finished at NDSU with a career record of 104–32.
Chris Klieman era (2014–2018) [edit]
Following Bohl's departure, defensive coordinator Chris Klieman was promoted to caput passenger vehicle.
In 2014, subsequently beating their 5th consecutive FBS team, Iowa State, and their subsequent game against Weber State; which was their 26th straight victory, ESPN again announced they would bring College GameDay back to downtown Fargo on September 13, 2014 to encompass the Bison's amazing run for the second straight yr. The visit marked beginning time the show has always visited the same FCS school twice and only the 6th fourth dimension they have visited a non-FBS school since 1993.The Bison won an FCS record 33 straight games from 2012 to 2014, which is as well the 3rd longest in the history of Sectionalisation ane NCAA football. From 2010 to 2014, the Bison did not lose a single route game, a span of 22 games. They as well had a winning streak of 26 home games (2012–2015) and have a record streak of 22 wins in the FCS playoffs. The Bison have won 16 straight habitation openers since their 1999 loss to Ferris State and are 21–1 in home openers since the Fargodome opened in 1992. 2015 would start with a surprise loss to #xiii Montana circulate nationally on ESPN, nevertheless the flavour would extend both the MVFC run and National Title run to five consecutive titles culminating in a 37–10 national title game against Jacksonville Land. Afterwards this season, quarterback Carson Wentz was selected 2nd overall past the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2016 NFL Typhoon.
2016 brought about one of the high points in Bison football game history when, in week iii, NDSU defeated #xiii ranked Iowa on the road. Despite the impressive win, 2016 would exist the worst season for the team since 2010. Not just would the team take the fewest wins since 2010 (12), they besides lost the Dakota Marker for the start time since 2009. Ultimately the flavor would bring about the cease of the Bison's historic championship run with a semifinal loss against the eventual champion James Madison Dukes.
2017 would be a return to form for NDSU, merely ii games all season were decided by i possession, the all-time mark since the 2013 season. On December 15, NDSU became the only team in FCS history to brand 7 consecutive semifinal appearances in the playoffs. In the championship match the Bison would go revenge for the previous season defeating James Madison 17–xiii in Frisco.
The 2018 season would arguably top the 2013 season as the all-time in school history. NDSU went 15–0 for the second time in school history and had only one game all flavor decided by less than one touchdown (the Dakota Marker match up confronting #3 Southward Dakota State). NDSU captured their seventh title in viii years and Chris Klieman's fourth in five. The 2018 Bison defeated opponents past an average score of 41.5 – 12.half dozen, skilful for a score differential of 28.9 points. The season saw quarterback Easton Stick finish his college career with a record of 49–3, the highest win total for whatever quarterback in FCS history.[xiv] Right before the semi-concluding matchup confronting South Dakota State Klieman was hired past former Bison athletic managing director Gene Taylor to lead the Kansas Country Wildcats, he was allowed to finish the flavor with NDSU.
On March iv, 2019, President Donald Trump hosted the NDSU football squad at the White Firm. They were served fast food, as was FBS-champion Clemson.[fifteen] Easton Stick presented a number 45 NDSU football jersey to President Trump.[xvi] The visit was orchestrated by Senator John Hoeven.[17]
Matt Entz era (2019–present) [edit]
On December 13, 2018 NDSU announced defensive coordinator Matt Entz would replace Chris Klieman as head coach.[xviii] The Bison started the 2019 season with 57–10 victory over Butler in forepart of record breaking "habitation" crowd of 34,544 at Minneapolis' Target Field. 2019 saw the first friction match game in-state rival Due north Dakota since 2015. The Bison were victorious over the Fighting Hawks 38–seven in front of the largest Fargodome crowd (18,923) since NDSU hosted Northern Iowa for Homecoming in 2015(18,954).[19] On Oct 20, 2019 in was announced that ESPN would be bringing their College GameDay program to Brookings, South Dakota to cover the Dakota Marker featuring #iii South Dakota State and #1 N Dakota State. The Bison defeated SDSU 23–16. On January xi, 2020, NDSU won another FCS championship after defeating James Madison Academy 28–xx, and besides became the first Sectionalization one squad since 1894 Yale to finish 16–0.[7] [xx]
On May 2, 2021 the NDSU Bison, under Entz, ended a 3 championship win streak by losing 24-20 to Sam Houston State University in the Quarter finals of the 2020 FCS Playoffs. This is the offset time since 2010 that the NDSU Bison did not brand the semifinals.[21]
On Oct 2, 2021 the NDSU Bison played in-state rival Due north Dakota in Thousand Forks for the offset fourth dimension since 2003, with NDSU ranked 5th and UND ranked 10th at the time respectively. The Bison won this matchup, sixteen-ten.[22] On November vi, 2021, the 22nd edition of the battle for the Dakota Marking ended with a SDSU victory, 27-19.[23] NDSU was ranked 2nd at the fourth dimension and SDSU ranked 9th, respectively. This marked the first time SDSU had won multiple games in a row in the Marking series since 2007-2009 when the Jacks won 3 straight games against the Bison.
On January 8, 2022, the Bison played the Montana State Bobcats for the FCS championship. They concluded up winning, 38-10, as RB Hunter Luepke ran for three touchdowns in the get-go half.
Championships [edit]
National championships [edit]
Due north Dakota State take won 17 national championships: 3 as a member of the College Partitioning (precursor of Sectionalisation 2), v as a member of Segmentation II, and 9 as a fellow member of Sectionalization I FCS. The Bison have been the runner-up three times (1967, 1981, 1984) and take appeared in a total of 19 national championship games.
| Yr | Bus | Selector | Record | Score | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Darrell Mudra | NCAA College Division by Polling | xi–0 | xx–7 | Grambling |
| 1968 | Ron Erhardt | 10–0 | 23–14 | Arkansas Country | |
| 1969 | Ron Erhardt | 10–0 | 30–three | Montana | |
| 1983 | Don Morton | NCAA DII Playoff | 12–one | 41–21 | Central State |
| 1985 | Earle Solomonson | xi–2–1 | 35–7 | Due north Alabama | |
| 1986 | Earle Solomonson | 13–0 | 27–7 | South Dakota | |
| 1988 | Rocky Hager | 14–0 | 35–21 | Portland State | |
| 1990 | Rocky Hager | 14–0 | 51–11 | IUP | |
| 2011 | Craig Bohl | NCAA DI (FCS) Playoff | 14–i | 17–6 | Sam Houston Land |
| 2012 | Craig Bohl | 14–1 | 39–13 | Sam Houston State | |
| 2013 | Craig Bohl | 15–0 | 35–7 | Towson | |
| 2014 | Chris Klieman | 15–1 | 29–27 | Illinois State | |
| 2015 | Chris Klieman | 13–2 | 37–ten | Jacksonville State | |
| 2017 | Chris Klieman | 14–1 | 17–13 | James Madison | |
| 2018 | Chris Klieman | 15–0 | 38–24 | Eastern Washington | |
| 2019 | Matt Entz | 16–0 | 28–20 | James Madison | |
| 2021 | Matt Entz | fourteen-ane | 38-10 | Montana State |
Conference championships [edit]
North Dakota Land has won 37 briefing championships, 24 outright and 12 shared; N Central Conference (26), Not bad West (1), Missouri Valley (ten)
| Season | Conference | Overall Record | Briefing Record | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925† | Northward Central Briefing | xiii–8–2 | 4–0–ii | Ion Cortright |
| 1932 | North Central Conference | 7–1–1 | four–0 | Casey Finnegan |
| 1935 | Northward Central Conference | 7–i–1 | 4–0–1 | Casey Finnegan |
| 1964† | Due north Central Briefing | 10–1 | 5–1 | Darrell Mudra |
| 1965 | North Central Briefing | 11–0 | vi–0 | Darrell Mudra |
| 1966† | North Central Conference | 8–2–0 | 5–1 | Ron Erhardt |
| 1967 | North Key Conference | 9–1 | 6–0 | Ron Erhardt |
| 1968 | North Key Briefing | 10–0 | six–0 | Ron Erhardt |
| 1969 | North Central Conference | 10–0 | 6–0 | Ron Erhardt |
| 1970 | N Central Conference | 9–0–1 | 6–0 | Ron Erhardt |
| 1972† | N Key Conference | 8–2 | six–1 | Ron Erhardt |
| 1973† | Northward Fundamental Conference | 8–two | vi–1 | Ev Kjelbertson |
| 1974† | North Central Briefing | vii–4 | 5–2 | Ev Kjelbertson |
| 1976 | North Central Conference | 9–3 | half-dozen–0 | Jim Wacker |
| 1977 | North Central Conference | nine–2–1 | half dozen–0 | Jim Wacker |
| 1981 | Northward Central Briefing | 10–3 | 7–0 | Don Morton |
| 1982 | North Central Briefing | 12–ane | seven–0 | Don Morton |
| 1983 | North Central Conference | 12–1 | eight–ane | Don Morton |
| 1984† | Due north Central Briefing | 11–2 | eight–i | Don Morton |
| 1985 | North Central Conference | 11–2–1 | seven–ane | Earle Solomonson |
| 1986 | North Key Conference | 13–0 | ix–0 | Earle Solomonson |
| 1988 | North Central Conference | fourteen–0 | ix–0 | Rocky Hager |
| 1990 | North Primal Briefing | fourteen–0 | 9–0 | Rocky Hager |
| 1991 | North Central Conference | seven–3 | 7–i | Rocky Hager |
| 1992 | Northward Central Conference | 10–2 | 8–1 | Rocky Hager |
| 1994† | North Central Conference | nine–3 | 7–ii | Rocky Hager |
| 2006 | Nifty West Conference | 10–1 | 4–0 | Craig Bohl |
| 2011† | Missouri Valley Football game Conference | fourteen–1 | seven–i | Craig Bohl |
| 2012 | Missouri Valley Football Conference | fourteen–1 | 7–1 | Craig Bohl |
| 2013 | Missouri Valley Football Conference | fifteen–0 | eight–0 | Craig Bohl |
| 2014† | Missouri Valley Football Conference | xv–i | 7–1 | Chris Klieman |
| 2015† | Missouri Valley Football game Conference | 13–2 | vii–1 | Chris Klieman |
| 2016† | Missouri Valley Football Briefing | 12–2 | vii–i | Chris Klieman |
| 2017 | Missouri Valley Football Briefing | xiv–1 | 7–1 | Chris Klieman |
| 2018 | Missouri Valley Football Conference | 15–0 | 8–0 | Chris Klieman |
| 2019 | Missouri Valley Football Conference | sixteen–0 | 8–0 | Matt Entz |
| 2021 | Missouri Valley Football Briefing | 14–1 | 7–1 | Matt Entz |
† Co-champions
Playoff history [edit]
Sectionalisation I FCS [edit]
(2004–nowadays)
North Dakota State has appeared in 12 straight NCAA Division I FCS playoffs. The Bison accept an overall record of 41–3 in postseason play since becoming eligible in 2008, including a record streak of 22 consecutive playoff wins from 2011 to 2016. During the 2010s, NDSU has won all 9 National Title games in which they have played.
| Yr | Seed | Record | Event | Opponent | Score | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sectionalisation I FCS (postseason playoffs with xx-squad subclass) | ||||||
| 2010 | No. 16 | 2–one | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals | Robert Morris No. 4 Montana State No. 5 Eastern Washington | W 43–17 W 42–17 L 31–38 OT | Craig Bohl |
| 2011 | No. 2 | iv–0 | Second Circular Quarterfinals Semifinals Champions | No. 17 James Madison No. half-dozen Lehigh No. 3 Georgia Southern No. i Sam Houston State | W 26–14 W 24–0 W 35–7 W 17–6 | Craig Bohl |
| 2012 | No. 1 | 4–0 | 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Champions | No. 19 South Dakota Country No. 9 Wofford No. 6 Georgia Southern No. 5 Sam Houston State | West 28–3 Due west 14–7 W 23–20 Westward 39–thirteen | Craig Bohl |
| Division I (FCS) (postseason playoffs with 24-team bracket) | ||||||
| 2013 | No. 1 | 4–0 | Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Champions | Furman No. eleven Littoral Carolina No. fifteen New Hampshire No. seven Towson | West 38–7 West 48–fourteen Due west 52–14 W 35–7 | Craig Bohl |
| 2014 | No. ii | four–0 | 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Champions | No. fourteen South Dakota State No. 6 Littoral Carolina No. xix Sam Houston Country No. 5 Illinois Land | West 27–24 West 39–32 W 35–3 W 29–27 | Chris Klieman |
| 2015 | No. three | 4–0 | 2d Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Champions | No. sixteen Montana No. 15 Northern Iowa No. seven Richmond No. 1 Jacksonville Country | Westward 37–6 Westward 23–13 W 33–7 Due west 37–10 | Chris Klieman |
| 2016 | No. 1 | 2–i | 2d Round Quarterfinals Semifinals | No. 24 San Diego No. 8 South Dakota Country No. 4 James Madison | W 45–7 Westward 36–ten L 17–27 | Chris Klieman |
| 2017 | No. ii | four–0 | Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Champions | San Diego No. 8 Wofford No. 6 Sam Houston State No. i James Madison | Westward 38–3 Due west 42–10 W 55–13 Westward 17–13 | Chris Klieman |
| 2018 | No. i | 4–0 | 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Champions | No. 23 Montana Land No. nine Colgate No. 5 South Dakota State No. 3 Eastern Washington | W 52–10 W 35–0 Due west 44–21 West 38–24 | Chris Klieman |
| 2019 | No. one | 4–0 | Second Circular Quarterfinals Semifinals Champions | No. 19 Nicholls State No. 13 Illinois State No. five Montana State No. 2 James Madison | W 37–13 West 9–three W 42–fourteen West 28–20 | Matt Entz |
| 2020 | No. 6 | i–i | First Round Quarterfinals | No. 9 Eastern Washington No. four Sam Houston State | W 42–xx L 20–24 | Matt Entz |
| 2021 | No. 2 | iv-0 | Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Champions | Southern Illinois No. vii Due east Tennessee State No. iii James Madison No. viii Montana State | W 38-vii W 27-3 W twenty-14 Westward 38-ten | Matt Entz |
| 12 | 41–iii | (.932) | 1,456–558 | |||
Division Two [edit]
(1964–2003)
North Dakota State appeared in 23 NCAA Partitioning 2 postseasons from 1964 to 2003. During this stretch NDSU compiled a 347–94–four tape winning near eighty% of their games for four decades and claiming eight Championships forth the fashion. NDSU appeared in seven out of x Championship games from 1981 to 1990; including actualization in four straight Championship games, an unrivaled number in DII equally they posted a 111–16–2 (.875) mark from 1981 to 1990. While this is a startling record, from 1964 to 1973 the Bison went 90–12–1 (.887) which included a 35-game unbeaten streak.
| Twelvemonth | Record | Event | Game | Opponent | Score | Caput Autobus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College Division (rankings via AP writers poll) | ||||||
| 1964 | i–0 | unranked | Mineral Water Bowl | Western Country | Due west fourteen–13 | Darrell Mudra |
| 1965 | 1–0 | AP No. 1 | Pecan Bowl | Grambling State | W 20–7 | Darrell Mudra |
| 1967 | 0–i | AP No. two | Pecan Bowl | Texas-Arlington | 50 x–13 | Ron Erhardt |
| 1968 | 1–0 | AP No. 1 | Pecan Bowl | Arkansas State | Due west 23–14 | Ron Erhardt |
| 1969 | 1–0 | AP No. 1 | Camellia Bowl | Montana | Due west 30–3 | Ron Erhardt |
| 1970 | 1–0 | AP No. 3 | Camellia Basin | Montana | West 31–sixteen | Ron Erhardt |
| Sectionalization II (postseason playoffs with 8-team bracket) | ||||||
| 1976 | 1–ane | third Place | Commencement circular Grantland Rice Bowl | Eastern Kentucky Montana State | Due west ten–7 L iii–10 | Jim Wacker |
| 1977 | i–1 | 3rd Place | Get-go round Grantland Rice Bowl | Northern Michigan Jacksonville State | Westward xx–vi L 7–31 | Jim Wacker |
| 1981 | two–1 | Runner Upwardly | Outset round Semifinals Title | Puget Audio Shippensburg State Southwest Texas State | W 24–10 Due west 18–half dozen L thirteen–42 | Don Morton |
| 1982 | 1–1 | 3rd Place | First round Semifinals | Virginia Union UC Davis | W 21–xx L fourteen–19 | Don Morton |
| 1983 | iii–0 | Champions | Kickoff round Semifinals Title | Towson State UC Davis Central State | W 24–17 W 26–17 West 41–21 | Don Morton |
| 1984 | 2–1 | Runner Up* | Start circular Semifinals Championship | UC Davis Nebraska–Omaha Troy State | W 31–25 Due west 25–14 Fifty 17–18 | Don Morton |
| 1985 | 3–0 | Champions | Beginning round Semifinals Title | UC Davis South Dakota North Alabama | W 31–12 W 16–7 W 35–7 | Earle Solomonson |
| 1986 | 3–0 | Champions | Commencement circular Semifinals Championship | Ashland Primal State Southward Dakota | W fifty–0 Westward 35–12 West 27–7 | Earle Solomonson |
| Division II (postseason playoffs with xvi-team bracket) | ||||||
| 1988 | 4–0 | Champions | Start round Quarterfinals Semifinals Title | Augustana (SD) Millersville Sacramento Land Portland Country | W 41–seven W 36–26 W 42–twenty W 35–21 | Rocky Hager |
| 1989 | 1–one | First round Quarterfinals | Edinboro Jacksonville State | W 45–32 L 17–21 | Rocky Hager | |
| 1990 | iv–0 | Champions | First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship | Northern Colorado Cal Poly–SLO Pittsburg State IUP | W 17–7 W 47–0 W 39–29 W 51–xi | Rocky Hager |
| 1991 | 0–1 | First circular | Mankato State | L 7–27 | Rocky Hager | |
| 1992 | 1–one | Showtime round Quarterfinals | Northeast Missouri State Pittsburg Country | Due west 42–seven 50 37–38 OT | Rocky Hager | |
| 1994 | 1–i | First round Quarterfinals | Pittsburg Land North Dakota | W 18–12 3OT Fifty 7–14 | Rocky Hager | |
| 1995 | 1–i | Commencement round Quarterfinals | N Dakota Pittsburg State | Westward41–10 L 7–9 | Rocky Hager | |
| 1997 | 0–1 | First circular | Northwest Missouri State | L 28–39 | Bob Babich | |
| 2000 | 2–1 | First round Quarterfinals Semifinals | No. 1 Northwest Missouri State No. 5 Nebraska–Omaha No. 11 Delta Country | West 31–17 West 43–21 L 16–34 | Bob Babich | |
| Totals | 35–13 | (.729) | ||||
- At the end of the 1984 championship game NDSU took the lead on a field goal making it 17–15 with 1:36 left; after existence on the Troy State 2-yard line and settling for 3 points. Troy State afterward drove downward the field with no timeouts to the Bison's 33 yard line with :15 remaining. With apparent confusion on the field Troy Country (known since 2005 as only Troy) rushed the field goal team out on the field and freshman kicker Ted Clem kicked the longest field goal in Troy history of 50 yards as time expired to requite the Trojans the victory.
Rivalries [edit]
N Dakota [edit]
Due south Dakota State [edit]
Northern Iowa [edit]
The Bison are 25–xvi against Northern Iowa all fourth dimension.[24] Both Chris Klieman and Matt Entz spend time on the UNI defensive staff before getting hired away to NDSU. Kleiman, in detail, played football at Northern Iowa and spent two divide stints on the Panther coaching staff. The two schools played every season from 1954 to 1979 every bit members of the North Fundamental Conference. The schools were reunited in 2008 when NDSU moved to the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Northern Iowa won the offset iii battles, with the 2009 edition marked past a sideline fight between the two sides.[25]
In the early on 2010s North Dakota State-UNI was regularly 1 of the highest-contour games of the season, and the two considered each other to be top rivals.[26] In 2011 the #3 ranked Bison hosted #2 UNI in front of a near-capacity oversupply of 18,886. The herd won the matchup 27–19 in a game sometimes regarded equally the start of the NDSU dynasty. Two seasons later NDSU would again host UNI in a top-five matchup, the Herd won the game by a narrow margin of 24–23, by far the closest matchup of the 2013 flavor. The following year the Panthers would be the team to end NDSU'south record-breaking 33 game winning streak, thoroughly thrashing the three-time defending champions 23–three.
The 2015 edition of the rivalry was one of the nigh interesting in the series, and is considered one of the greatest games in NDSU history. The game was announced as homecoming before the flavour, the day started with SportsCenter'south "On the Road Bear witness" broadcasting alive from the Fargodome. The #3 Bison trailed about all-game before Carson Wentz hit futurity Greenish Bay Packers receiver Darrius Shepherd (who didn't play most of the first half due to injury) in the endzone for the game-winning touchdown with less than a minute remaining.[27] Recently the rivalry has cooled as the Bison have won six straight in the serial, with the 2018 and 2019 edition being won by a combined score of 102–45.[28]
Head coaches [edit]
Matt Entz is the 31st and current caput coach of the Bison, taking over after the team won the 2018 FCS championship game. He succeeded Chris Klieman, who was named as the replacement for the retiring Bill Snyder equally head jitney of Kansas State University during the 2018 playoff run. Klieman connected to serve equally the Bison's head coach throughout NDSU's playoff run, finishing his five seasons in Fargo (2014–2018) with a 69–6 record and four FCS national championships, declining to win the championship only in 2016. Craig Bohl holds the tape for most wins in school history with 104 in his 11-yr career averaging over ix.5 wins per season. Ron Erhardt holds the record for most conference titles won with half-dozen, followed by Rocky Hager and Klieman with 5 each.
| # | Charabanc | Years active | Record | Conference titles | National championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | Henry Luke Bolley | 1894–1899 | vii–8–1 | No Amalgamation | |
| 2 | Jack Harrison | 1900–1901 | 15–one–one | No Affiliation | |
| 3 | Eddie Cochems | 1902–1903 | 9–i–0 | No Affiliation | |
| 4 | A. L. Marshall | 1904–1905 | 4–7–1 | No Affiliation | |
| 5 | Gil Dobie | 1906–1907 | 7–0–0 | No Affiliation | |
| 6 | Paul Magoffin | 1908 | 2–3–0 | No Affiliation | |
| vii | Arthur Rueber | 1909–1912 | 12–seven–ane | No Amalgamation | |
| viii | Howard Wood | 1913–1914 | five–5–ii | No Affiliation | |
| 9 | Paul J. Davis | 1915–1917 | 10–7–ane | No Affiliation | |
| 10 | Stanley Borleske | 1919–1921, 1923–1924, 1928 | 17–fourteen–4 | 0 | |
| xi | Joe Cutting | 1922 | vi–2–0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ion Cortright | 1925–1927 | 13–eight–2 | i | |
| 13 | Casey Finnegan | 1928–1940 | 57–49–11 | 2 | |
| xiv | Stan Kostka | 1941, 1946–1947 | 8–17–0 | 0 | |
| xv | Robert A. Lowe | 1942–1945 | three–9–2 | 0 | |
| xvi | Howard Bliss | 1948–1949 | 3–16–0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Mac Wenskunas | 1950–1953 | 11–21–i | 0 | |
| eighteen | Del Anderson | 1954–1955 | 1–sixteen–ane | 0 | |
| nineteen | Les Luymes | 1956 | 5–iv–0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Bob Danielson | 1957–1962 | 13–39–two | 0 | |
| 21 | Darrell Mudra | 1963–1965 | 24–6–0 | 2 | 1965 |
| 22 | Ron Erhardt | 1966–1972 | 61–7–1 | 6 | 1968, 1969 |
| 23 | Ev Kjelbertson | 1973–1975 | 17–13–0 | 2 | |
| 24 | Jim Wacker | 1976–1978 | 24–ix–i | 2 | |
| 25 | Don Morton | 1979–1984 | 57–15–0 | 4 | 1983 |
| 26 | Earle Solomonson | 1985–1986 | 24–two–1 | two | 1985, 1986 |
| 27 | Rocky Hager | 1987–1996 | 91–25–1 | 5 | 1988, 1990 |
| 28 | Bob Babich | 1997–2002 | 46–22 | 0 | |
| 29 | Craig Bohl | 2003–2013 | 104–32 | 4 | 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| 30 | Chris Klieman | 2014–2018 | 69–6 | 5 | 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 |
| 31 | Matt Entz | 2019– | 37–four | 2 | 2019, 2021 |
Facilities [edit]
The Fargodome during a North Dakota Land Bison Football game Game
The Bison have played in the Fargodome since it opened in 1993. It holds xviii,700 for football games and over nineteen,000 including standing room only tickets. The record omnipresence at the Fargodome is 19,108 when the Bison played Missouri Country on October 12, 2013. The Bison have only lost ane playoff game in the history of the Fargodome. The tremendous crowd noise caused by the Fargodome's steel roof disrupts many opposing offenses and creates one of the best home field advantages in college football
Football game Records in the Fargodome
- Playoffs: 24–1 (.960)
- Home Openers: 24–i (.960)
- Overall Record: 153–24 (.864)
- Tape Attendance: xix,108 on x-12-2013 vs. Missouri Country
In 2011, the Fargodome was ranked as the 49th best stadium in all of college football.[29] The article cites, "There aren't many indoor venues in college football, but the few that do exist at the non-FBS level are very unfriendly to whatsoever visiting team. That outcome is only amplified in a playoff temper." The Fargodome is routinely ranked as ane of the loudest college football stadiums in the country. In 2016, Stadium Journeying ranked the Fargodome equally the #2 All-time FCS stadium to experience a game in [30] On Dec 10, 2011 in a game confronting Lehigh, the crowd dissonance was measured at 111 decibels, comparable to when the New Orleans Saints play in the Superdome. During the 2011 playoffs, the decibel level spiked by 130 decibels several times but was not an official measurement.[31] [32] On December 14, 2012 in an FCS semifinal game against Georgia Southern, the crowd noise exceeded the 115 decibel mark and was known to exist one of the loudest games in NDSU history. The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead conducted an informal report of Fargodome crowd noise from the press box during a playoff semifinal game, December 2013. The readings showed a high of 111 decibels post-obit a tardily touchdown by quarterback Brock Jensen. The decibel meter consistently read 102–106 throughout that game, according to The Forum. NDSU to report decibel levels at playoff football game During the 2013 Furman playoff game, the oversupply dissonance was measured at 115 decibels.[33] During the 2015 playoffs confronting Montana, the crowd noise measured 120 decibels, the Bison beat the Grizzlies 37–6, avenging their flavor-opening loss in Missoula. The tape for the loudest indoor stadium crowd was set in 2013 at the Sacramento Kings' former home of Sleep Train Arena at 126 decibels. Due to the notorious noise, the Fargodome is sometimes referred to as the "Thunderdome". An instance of this loudness tin can exist institute when the Bison offense advances the ball and gets a "kickoff downwards". The announcer says over the loud speaker, "With that bear/pass, thats another Bison", in which the crowd loudly responds in unison "FIRST Downwardly...AH Move THE Chains". Although an journalist declaring a "first down" is non unique to the Fargodome, the audience's response along with the prompt to move the chains is fairly unique to the Fargodome. This tradition was started back in the days when the squad played in Dacotah Field. The crowd would do the traditional chant subsequently every Bison first down and it was carried over to the FargoDome when the team played its kickoff game in the new facility.
Prior to the Fargodome, the team played at Dacotah Field from 1910 to 1992.
Records and streaks [edit]
FCS records [edit]
- 39 Consecutive Wins (2017–2021)
- 30 Straight Weeks at #i in the FCS Coaches Poll (2012–2014)[34]
- 20 Straight Weeks at #i in the STATS Poll (2012-2013)[35] (xxx weeks at #1 out of 31)
All-Americans [edit]
The listing beneath covers North Dakota Land All-Americans since the 2004 season when the program joined the FCS. This list uses five total selectors, the Associated Press (AP), STATS FCS (once they began coverage in 2015), HERO sports (once they began coverage in 2016), TSN (who began FCS coverage in 2006 and stopped in 2014), and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). [36]
This listing is in progress.
| Yr | Thespian | Position | Starting time squad | Second team | Tertiary team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Colton Heagle | SS | — | — | AP |
| 2013 | Marcus Williams | CB | CONSENSUS | — | — |
| 2013 | Brock Jensen | QB | — | — | AP |
| 2013 | Grant Olson | LB | — | — | AP |
| 2013 | Ryan Drevlow | DT | — | AP | — |
| 2013 | Billy Turner | OT | CONSENSUS | — | — |
| 2014 | Colton Heagle | SS | AP, AFCA | TSN | — |
| 2014 | Ben LeCompte | P | — | TSN | — |
| 2014 | Adam Keller | K | — | — | AP |
| 2014 | Kyle Emanuel | DE | CONSENSUS | — | — |
| 2014 | John Crockett | RB | — | TSN | — |
| 2014 | Andrew Bonnet | FB | — | — | TSN |
| 2014 | Joe Haeg | OL | CONSENSUS | — | — |
| 2015 | Greg Menard | DE | — | — | STATS |
| 2015 | Ben LeCompte | P | STATS | AP | — |
| 2015 | Joe Haeg | OL | AP, STATS | — | — |
| 2015 | Andrew Bonnet | FB | — | STATS | — |
| 2015 | Zack Due west. Johnson | G | — | — | AP |
| 2016 | Greg Menard | DL | — | HERO | AP |
| 2016 | MJ Stumpf | LB | — | — | HERO |
| 2016 | Chase Morlock | FB | — | — | STATS |
| 2016 | James Fisher | LS | — | STATS | — |
| 2016 | Tre Dempsey | DB | AFCA | STATS, HERO | — |
| 2016 | Landon Lechler | OL | AP | — | — |
| 2016 | Zack Johnson | OL | CONSENSUS | — | — |
| 2017 | Robbie Grimsley | DB | — | STATS | — |
| 2017 | James Fisher | LS | STATS | — | — |
| 2017 | Nick DeLuca | LB | CONSENSUS | — | — |
| 2017 | Bruce Anderson | RB | — | HERO | — |
| 2017 | Tre Dempsey | FS | AFCA | HERO | — |
| 2017 | Austin Kuhnhart | G | CONSENSUS | — | — |
| 2018 | Darrius Shepherd | RS | — | — | STATS |
| 2018 | Garret Wegner | P | — | — | AP, STATS |
| 2018 | Zack Johnson | OT | — | STATS, HERO | AP |
| 2018 | Jabril Cox | LB | HERO | AP, STATS | — |
| 2018 | Greg Menard | DL | AFCA | AP | STATS |
| 2018 | Robbie Grimsley | DB | AP, STATS | HERO | — |
| 2018 | Tanner Volson | C | CONSENSUS | — | — |
| 2018 | Easton Stick | QB | AP, HERO | AFCA | STATS |
| 2019 | Dillon Radunz | OT | CONSENSUS | ||
| 2019 | Derrek Tuszka | DE | AP, HERO, STATS | AFCA | |
| 2019 | Zack Johnson | G | HERO | AP | STATS |
| 2019 | Trey Lance | QB | HERO, STATS | AFCA, AP | |
| 2019 | Jabril Cox | LB | HERO | STATS | AP |
| 2019 | Cordell Volson | OT | HERO | ||
| 2019 | James Hendricks | S | HERO | ||
| 2019 | Ben Ellefson | TE | AFCA | HERO, STATS | |
| Key: * First squad; † Second squad; ‡ Third squad. For expansions of abbreviations see the glossary. | |||||
NFL players [edit]
- Billy Turner, Greenish Bay Packers
- Carson Wentz, Indianapolis Colts
- Joe Haeg, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Chris Board, Baltimore Ravens
- Easton Stick, Los Angeles Chargers
- Derrek Tuszka, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Ben Ellefson, Minnesota Vikings
- Trey Lance, San Francisco 49ers
- Dillon Radunz, Tennessee Titans
- Jabril Cox, Dallas Cowboys
Future non-conference opponents [edit]
Announced schedules as of May 25, 2021.[37]
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| at Arizona (Pac-12 - FBS) | vs Primal Arkansas (ASUN - FCS) | at Colorado (Pac-12 - FBS) | vs St. Thomas (PFL - FCS) | vs E Tennessee State (SoCon - FCS) | at Oregon (Pac-12 - FBS) Rescheduled from 2020) | |
| vs Drake (Pioneer - FCS) (Rescheduled from 2020) | vs Maine (CAA – FCS) | at Due east Tennessee State (SoCon - FCS) | at Key Arkansas (ASUN - FCS) (Rescheduled from 2025) | |||
| vs North Carolina A&T (Large S - FCS) (Rescheduled from 2020) | vs Towson (CAA - FCS) | vs Austin Peay (ASUN - FCS) |
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External links [edit]
- Official website
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota_State_Bison_football
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