Statistics Summary for 1953 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/19/1953 at Marquette L 13-46 - Milwaukee, Wis.
* 9/26/1953 IOWA TEACHERS W 52-19 - Brookings, S.D.
* 10/3/1953 at North Dakota T 13-13 - Grand Forks, N.D.
* 10/10/1953 at Augustana W 55-0 - Sioux Falls, S.D.
10/17/1953 ST. JOHN'S (MINN.) L 13-26 - Brookings, S.D. Hobo Day
* 10/24/1953 NORTH DAKOTA STATE W 32-14 - Brookings, S.D.
* 10/31/1953 SOUTH DAKOTA W 25-0 - Brookings, S.D.
* 11/7/1953 at Morningside W 31-29 - Sioux City, Iowa
11/14/1953 at Wichita State L 13-39 - Wichita, Kan.
 
Overall: 5-3-1
Conference: 5-0-1
Home: 3-1
Away: 2-2-1
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Jerry Welch 0 116 850 47 803 6.9 10 0 0.0
Roger Denker 0 132 643 9 634 4.8 9 0 0.0
Marlin Radtke 0 39 251 14 237 6.1 2 0 0.0
KennethMcKenzie 0 28 196 6 190 6.8 1 0 0.0
Kenneth Ashmore 0 17 158 4 154 9.1 5 0 0.0
Bill McDonald 0 22 137 7 130 5.9 0 0 0.0
Virgil Riley 0 35 122 34 88 2.5 2 0 0.0
Jim Carter 0 17 77 2 75 4.4 1 0 0.0
Anderberg 0 8 57 2 55 6.9 1 0 0.0
Ron Erickson 0 6 49 0 49 8.2 0 0 0.0
Dick Steiner 0 8 46 0 46 5.8 0 0 0.0
Philip Edwards 0 27 78 40 38 1.4 1 0 0.0
Buck Osborne 0 4 33 0 33 8.2 0 0 0.0
Pete Franz 0 3 14 0 14 4.7 0 0 0.0
Don Nehowig 0 2 2 0 2 1.0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 9 464 2713 165 2548 5.5 31 0 283.1
Opp totals 9 396 2065 359 1706 4.3 22 0 189.6
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Philip Edwards 0 17-42-6 40.5 335 2 0 0.0 94.62
Jerry Welch 0 7-25-5 28.0 146 1 0 0.0 50.26
Marlin Radtke 0 4-6-0 66.7 115 1 0 0.0 282.67
Virgil Riley 0 12-24-3 50.0 106 1 0 0.0 75.85
Kenneth Ashmore 0 2-4-1 50.0 38 0 0 0.0 79.80
KennethMcKenzie 0 1-2-0 50.0 13 0 0 0.0 104.60
Pete Franz 0 0-3-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Ron Erickson 0 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Anderberg 0 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Bill McDonald 0 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Team totals 9 45-111-15 40.5 772 6 0 85.8 89.77
Opp totals 9 68-150-14 45.3 991 6 0 110.1 95.36
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Stanton Uhlir 0 9 125 13.9 0 0 0.0
Homer Englund 0 8 231 28.9 2 0 0.0
Jerry Welch 0 8 104 13.0 2 0 0.0
Kenneth Ashmore 0 5 79 15.8 0 0 0.0
Bill McDonald 0 3 40 13.3 0 0 0.0
Harold Backlund 0 2 46 23.0 0 0 0.0
Marlin Radtke 0 2 31 15.5 0 0 0.0
Roger Denker 0 2 18 9.0 0 0 0.0
Philip Edwards 0 2 8 4.0 0 0 0.0
Adrian Kool 0 1 36 36.0 1 0 0.0
KennethMcKenzie 0 1 35 35.0 0 0 0.0
Anderberg 0 1 11 11.0 1 0 0.0
Buck Osborne 0 1 8 8.0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 9 45 772 17.2 6 0 85.8
Opp totals 9 68 991 14.6 6 0 110.1
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Jerry Welch 0 12 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 72
Roger Denker 0 9 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 54
Kenneth Ashmore 0 5 0-0 3-3 0 0 0 33
Marlin Radtke 0 3 0-0 5-12 0 0 0 23
Homer Englund 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Virgil Riley 0 2 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 12
KennethMcKenzie 0 1 0-0 6-9 0 0 0 12
Anderberg 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Philip Edwards 0 1 0-0 1-3 0 0 0 7
Jim Carter 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Adrian Kool 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Buck Osborne 0 0 0-0 2-4 0 0 0 2
Don Nehowig 0 0 0-0 2-3 0 0 0 2
Team totals 9 37 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 222
Opp totals 9 28 0-0 16-28 0 0 0 184
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Jerry Welch 0 803 146 949 0.0
Roger Denker 0 634 0 634 0.0
Philip Edwards 0 38 335 373 0.0
Marlin Radtke 0 237 115 352 0.0
KennethMcKenzie 0 190 13 203 0.0
Virgil Riley 0 88 106 194 0.0
Kenneth Ashmore 0 154 38 192 0.0
Bill McDonald 0 130 0 130 0.0
Jim Carter 0 75 0 75 0.0
Anderberg 0 55 0 55 0.0
Ron Erickson 0 49 0 49 0.0
Dick Steiner 0 46 0 46 0.0
Buck Osborne 0 33 0 33 0.0
Pete Franz 0 14 0 14 0.0
Don Nehowig 0 2 0 2 0.0
Team totals 9 2548 772 3320 368.9
Opp totals 9 1706 991 2697 299.7
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Jerry Welch 13 176 0 0 13.5
Kenneth Ashmore 3 54 0 0 18.0
Marlin Radtke 2 45 0 0 22.5
Marlin Radtke 2 45 0 0 22.5
Philip Edwards 1 20 0 0 20.0
KennethMcKenzie 1 12 0 0 12.0
Anderberg 1 10 0 0 10.0
Adrian Kool 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 22 317 0 0 14.4
Opp totals 8 47 0 0 5.9
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Jerry Welch 10 306 0 0 30.6
Marlin Radtke 5 138 0 0 27.6
Marlin Radtke 5 138 0 0 27.6
Bill McDonald 3 80 0 0 26.7
Stanton Uhlir 5 74 0 0 14.8
KennethMcKenzie 2 33 0 0 16.5
Jerry Acheson 1 18 0 0 18.0
Harold Backlund 2 17 0 0 8.5
Homer Englund 4 10 0 0 2.5
Philip Edwards 1 10 0 0 10.0
Jim Carter 1 8 0 0 8.0
Team totals 34 694 0 0 20.4
Opp totals 44 789 0 0 17.9
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Roger Denker 2 48 0 0 0.0
Marlin Radtke 1 80 1 0 0.0
Marlin Radtke 1 80 0 0 0.0
Virgil Riley 1 28 0 0 0.0
Anderberg 1 3 0 0 0.3
Jerry Welch 1 0 0 0 0.0
Pete Franz 1 0 0 0 0.0
Arlin Anderson 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 11 193 0 0 0.1
Opp totals 15 157 0 0 0.1
 
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
Jerry Welch 0 803 104 176 306 0 1389 0.0
Roger Denker 0 634 18 0 0 48 700 0.0
Marlin Radtke 0 237 31 45 138 80 531 0.0
Kenneth Ashmore 0 154 79 54 0 0 287 0.0
KennethMcKenzie 0 190 35 12 33 0 270 0.0
Marlin Radtke 0 0 0 45 138 80 263 0.0
Bill McDonald 0 130 40 0 80 0 250 0.0
Homer Englund 0 0 231 0 10 0 241 0.0
Stanton Uhlir 0 0 125 0 74 0 199 0.0
Virgil Riley 0 88 0 0 0 28 116 0.0
Jim Carter 0 75 0 0 8 0 83 0.0
Anderberg 0 55 11 10 0 3 79 0.0
Philip Edwards 0 38 8 20 10 0 76 0.0
Harold Backlund 0 0 46 0 17 0 63 0.0
Ron Erickson 0 49 0 0 0 0 49 0.0
Dick Steiner 0 46 0 0 0 0 46 0.0
Buck Osborne 0 33 8 0 0 0 41 0.0
Adrian Kool 0 0 36 0 0 0 36 0.0
Jerry Acheson 0 0 0 0 18 0 18 0.0
Pete Franz 0 14 0 0 0 0 14 0.0
Don Nehowig 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Team totals 9 2548 772 317 694 193 4524 502.7
Opp totals 9 1706 991 47 789 157 3690 410.0
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Jerry Welch 11 343 31.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philip Edwards 7 218 31.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
KennethMcKenzie 4 120 30.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenneth Ashmore 2 66 33.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 24 747 31.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opp totals 43 1397 32.5 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Team totals 0 0 0.0 0 0
Opp totals 0 0 0.0 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Jerry Welch 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Virgil Riley 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 28 - - - - - -
Anderberg 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 3 - - - - - -
Pete Franz 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Arlin Anderson 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Marlin Radtke 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 80 - - - - - -
Marlin Radtke 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 80 - - - - - -
Roger Denker 0 0 0 0 - - 2 - 48 - - - - - -
Team totals 9 0 0 0 - - 11 - 193 - - - - - -
Opp totals 9 0 0 0 - - 15 - 157 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 127 90
1st downs passing 30 36
1st downs penalty 6 4
1st downs total 163 130
Penalties against 37 34
Penalty yards 318 237
Fumbles 39 28
Fumbles lost 27 22
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