GAME DAY

BREAKDOWN
STAT LEADERS
MATCHUPS
QUARTERBACKS DEFENSIVE LINE
ISU's Zack Annexstad is a veteran Redbirds in their 3-4 alignment start
transfer from Minnesota who started three on defensive line who have
as a true frosh walkon in 2018. combined to play 78 career games.

RUNNING BACKS LINEBACKERS

Bison should have everybody back ISU fifth-year player Zeke
Eubanks Hart Annexstad Taula healthy and ready to go, rare for the Vandenburgh dangerous in the blitz
eighth game of the season. game, leads team with 7.5 QB sacks.
BISON
RUSHING No. Yds. Avg. Long TD
538
RECEIVERS SECONDARY
Hunter Luepke 88 6.1 47 8 Phoenix Sproles left team in bye week,
266 NDSU is fourth in Division I FCS
TaMerik Williams 30 8.9 38 3 but means more chances for DJ Hart,
216 statistics in passing yards allowed at
Dominic Gonnella 30 7.2 27 1 Zach Mathis and Braylon Henderson.
214 just 135.6 yards per game.
Kobe Johnson 33 6.5 23 2
PASSING Comp. Att. Yds. Int. TD OFFENSIVE LINE SPECIAL TEAMS
Cam Miller 84 119 1033 1 8 Bison depth tested this season with a Redbirds like to play field position
RECEIVING Rec. Yds. Avg. Long TD couple of injuries, but unit has passed game with punter Jack Takerian, who
Zach Mathis 16 266 16.6 40 3 those obstacles with no issues. has 17 of 37 punts inside 20-yard line.
Hunter Luepke 12 165 13.8 31 3

PREDICTIONS
Joe Stoffel 11 116 10.5 21 0
DJ Hart 10 94 9.4 29 1
Braylon Henderson 8 120 15.0 41 0

REDBIRDS Jeff Kolpack The Forum Record: 6-1

RUSHING No. Yds. Avg. Long TD
Wenkers Wright 96 413 4.3 48 1 This is a huge tipping point of the season for the Bison to show if they're a serious playoff-run contender or
Nigel White 40 149 3.7 20 0 pretender. I'm on the fence on that one. Dome field advantage wins it. NDSU 23, ISU 17
Ph'leak Brown 27 105 3.9 13 0
PASSING Comp. Att. Yds. Int. TD Eric Peterson The Forum Record: 6-1
Zack Annexstad 146 236 1548 6 10
Bison get back on track after the bye week with an efficient run game and quarterback Cam Miller. NDSU
RECEIVING Rec. Yds. Avg. Long TD 28, ISU 17
Tanner Taula 25 254 10.2 31 1
Jalen Carr
Daniel Sobkowicz
24
17
254
215
10.6
12.6
56
35
1 Dom Izzo WDAY-TV Record: 7-0
2
The Bison have perfected the formula to play well after a bye. They will need that today as Illinois State
PROBABLE STARTERS comes to town red hot, with some impressive QB play. Look for the NDSU secondary to step up and make
two interceptions today. NDSU 27, ISU 17
BISON OFFENSE
Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Mike McFeely The Forum Record: 7-0
WR 0 Zach Mathis.................................................. 6-6 205 Sr.
llinois State always plays good defense and has better QB play this year. NDSU 21, ISU 20.
LT 70 Cody Mauch.................................................. 6-6 303 Sr.
LG 66 Nash Jensen................................................... 6-4 329 Sr.
C 77 Brandon Westberg...................................... 6-4 286 Jr.
RG 63 Jake Kubas..................................................... 6-4 304 Sr. Logan Campbell WDAY-TV Record: 7-0
RT 73 Mason Miller................................................ 6-6 296 Jr.
TE Joe Stoffel....................................................... 6-3 245 Jr.
A re-energized Bison team will get one step closer to playing a complete game of football in all three phases.
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WR 9 DJ Hart............................................................. 5-11 191 Jr. NDSU 28, ISU 21
FB 44 Hunter Luepke.............................................. 6-1 236 Sr.
RB 22 TaMerik Williams......................................... 6-1 229 Sr.
QB 7

BISON DEFENSE
Cam Miller....................................................... 6-1 208 Jr.
TEAM SCHEDULES
Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. BISON (5-2) REDBIRDS (5-2)
DE 99 Spencer Waege............................................ 6-5 282 Sr.
Date Opponent NDSU Opp. Date Opponent ISU Opp.
DT 91 Will Mostaert................................................. 6-2 260 Jr.
Sept. 3 Drake 56 14 Sept. 3 at Wisconsin 0 38
NG 58 Javier Derritt................................................. 6-1 279 Jr.
DE 90 Tony Pierce.................................................... 6-1 242 Sr. Sept. 10 North Carolina A&T 43 3 Sept. 10 Valparaiso 28 21
OLB 26 James Kaczor................................................. 6-0 215 Sr. Sept. 17 at Arizona 28 31 Sept. 17 Eastern Illinois 35 7
MLB 47 Luke Weerts................................................... 6-1 218 Jr. Sept. 24 at South Dakota 34 17 Oct. 1 Southern Illinois 14 19
OLB 20 Julian Wlodarczyk....................................... 6-3 207 Sr. Oct. 1 Youngstown State Oct. 8 at Northern Iowa 23
27 14 21
CB 6 Destin Talbert................................................ 6-0 187 Sr. Oct. 8 Oct. 15 South Dakota
at Indiana State 31 26 12 10
SS 25 Michael Tutsie...............................................5-11 189 Sr.
Oct. 15 South Dakota State 21 23 Oct. 22 at Indiana State 27 21
FS 2 Dawson Weber............................................ 6-2 190 Sr.
CB 1 Oct. 29 Illinois State Oct. 29 at North Dakota State
Courtney Eubanks.......................................5-10 187 Jr.
Nov. 5 at Western Illinois Nov. 5 Youngstown state
Nov. 12 Nov. 12 at South Dakota State

STANDINGS
at Southern Illinois
Nov. 19 North Dakota Nov. 19 Western Illinois

MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

Team
South Dakota State
Conf.
5-0
Overall
7-1
SCHEDULE MEDIA BLITZ
Southern Illinois 4-1 5-3 Games Saturday 10-11 a.m. : Bison Gameday pregame show with Dom Izzo, Kyle
North Dakota State 3-1 5-2  Northern Iowa at Southern Illinois, noon (ESPN3) Emanuel, Logan Campbell and Jeff Kolpack on North Dakota statewide
 South Dakota at Youngstown State, 1 p.m. (ESPN+)
Illinois State 3-1 5-2
 Western Illinois at Missouri State, 2 p.m. (ESPN+)
ABC network. (WDAY-Fargo, WDAZ-Grand Forks, KBMY-Bismarck
North Dakota
Northern Iowa
3-2
3-2
4-3
4-4
 Indiana State at South Dakota State, 2 p.m. (Midco,
and Dickinson, KMCY-Williston and Minot).

ESPN+) 2:15 p.m.: Gate City Bison Social Media Flow on InForum.com.
Youngstown State 2-2 4-3  Illinois State at North Dakota State, 2:30 p.m. (ND
ABC, ESPN+, WDAY+)
South Dakota
Missouri State
1-3
0-4
2-5
2-5
 Abilene Christian at North Dakota, 3 p.m. (Midco After game: Gate City Media Blog Postgame Show with Mike
McFeely, Dom Izzo and Jeff Kolpack on Inforum.com.
Two, ESPN+)
Indiana State 0-4 1-6
Western Illinois 0-4 0-7