Statistics Summary for 1959 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/12/1959 MONTANA STATE L 0-27 - Brookings, S.D.
9/19/1959 COLORADO STATE TEACHERS L 0-22 - Brookings, S.D.
9/26/1959 KANSAS STATE L 12-28 - Brookings, S.D.
* 10/3/1959 at Augustana L 0-13 - Sioux Falls, S.D.
* 10/10/1959 at North Dakota W 6-0 - Grand Forks, N.D.
* 10/17/1959 SOUTH DAKOTA W 12-7 - Brookings, S.D. Hobo Day
* 10/24/1959 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L 6-8 - Brookings, S.D.
* 10/31/1959 at Morningside L 32-34 - Sioux City, Iowa
* 11/7/1959 IOWA TEACHERS L 12-14 - Brookings, S.D.
 
Overall: 2-7
Conference: 2-4
Home: 1-5
Away: 1-2
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Joe Thorne 0 86 400 5 395 4.6 3 0 0.0
Jerry Klocker 0 57 259 22 237 4.2 1 0 0.0
Jim Vacura 0 83 263 56 207 2.5 1 0 0.0
Dave Acheson 0 29 127 4 123 4.2 0 0 0.0
Howie Rice 0 43 153 32 121 2.8 1 0 0.0
Brent Wika 0 39 128 24 104 2.7 2 0 0.0
Jon Horning 0 21 90 14 76 3.6 2 0 0.0
Dennis Wolfe 0 31 87 15 72 2.3 0 0 0.0
Jim DeVaney 0 2 34 0 34 17.0 0 0 0.0
Ray Gaul 0 8 23 2 21 2.6 0 0 0.0
Judd Cooney 0 3 4 0 4 1.3 0 0 0.0
Milan Nelson 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 0 0.0
Pat Kern 0 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0.0
John Meek 0 12 31 38 -7 -0.6 1 0 0.0
Team totals 9 416 1602 213 1389 3.3 11 0 154.3
Opp totals 9 455 2284 173 2111 4.6 20 0 234.6
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Jim Vacura 0 10-32-3 31.2 264 0 0 0.0 81.80
John Meek 0 14-36-5 38.9 197 1 0 0.0 66.24
Howie Rice 0 7-29-1 24.1 86 1 0 0.0 53.53
Jerry Klocker 0 3-3-0 100.0 45 0 0 0.0 226.00
Ray Gaul 0 1-3-0 33.3 7 0 0 0.0 52.93
Dennis Wolfe 0 0-2-1 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 -100.00
Brent Wika 0 0-4-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.00
Team totals 9 35-109-10 32.1 599 2 0 66.6 65.98
Opp totals 9 47-108-11 43.5 589 2 0 65.4 75.07
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Jerry Klocker 0 6 142 23.7 0 0 0.0
Jim Vacura 0 5 97 19.4 1 0 0.0
Dennis Wolfe 0 5 83 16.6 0 0 0.0
Brent Wika 0 3 92 30.7 1 0 0.0
Dan Cunningham 0 3 61 20.3 0 0 0.0
Dick Knudsen 0 3 57 19.0 0 0 0.0
Jake Krull 0 2 27 13.5 0 0 0.0
Ken Hanify 0 2 11 5.5 0 0 0.0
Jon Horning 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
John Wolff 0 1 18 18.0 0 0 0.0
Bill Green 0 1 12 12.0 0 0 0.0
Jim Koster 0 1 10 10.0 0 0 0.0
Mike Plinske 0 1 -11 -11.0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 9 35 599 17.1 2 0 66.6
Opp totals 9 47 589 12.5 2 0 65.4
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Brent Wika 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Joe Thorne 0 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Jim Vacura 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Jon Horning 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Jerry Klocker 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
John Meek 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Howie Rice 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Team totals 9 13 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 78
Opp totals 9 22 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 132
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Jim Vacura 0 207 264 471 0.0
Joe Thorne 0 395 0 395 0.0
Jerry Klocker 0 237 45 282 0.0
Howie Rice 0 121 86 207 0.0
John Meek 0 -7 197 190 0.0
Dave Acheson 0 123 0 123 0.0
Brent Wika 0 104 0 104 0.0
Jon Horning 0 76 0 76 0.0
Dennis Wolfe 0 72 0 72 0.0
Jim DeVaney 0 34 0 34 0.0
Ray Gaul 0 21 7 28 0.0
Judd Cooney 0 4 0 4 0.0
Milan Nelson 0 3 0 3 0.0
Pat Kern 0 -1 0 -1 0.0
Team totals 9 1389 599 1988 220.9
Opp totals 9 2111 589 2700 300.0
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Team totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
Opp totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Team totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
Opp totals 0 0 0 0 0.0
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Jim Vacura 2 33 0 0 0.1
Pat Kern 2 8 0 0 0.2
Brent Wika 1 56 0 0 0.0
Dick Gaughran 1 16 0 0 0.1
Howie Rice 1 12 0 0 0.1
Ken Holm 1 6 0 0 0.2
Jerry Klocker 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 9 131 0 0 0.1
Opp totals 10 47 0 0 0.2
 
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
Joe Thorne 0 395 0 0 0 0 395 0.0
Jerry Klocker 0 237 142 0 0 0 379 0.0
Jim Vacura 0 207 97 0 0 33 337 0.0
Brent Wika 0 104 92 0 0 56 252 0.0
Dennis Wolfe 0 72 83 0 0 0 155 0.0
Howie Rice 0 121 0 0 0 12 133 0.0
Dave Acheson 0 123 0 0 0 0 123 0.0
Jon Horning 0 76 0 0 0 0 76 0.0
Dan Cunningham 0 0 61 0 0 0 61 0.0
Dick Knudsen 0 0 57 0 0 0 57 0.0
Jim DeVaney 0 34 0 0 0 0 34 0.0
Jake Krull 0 0 27 0 0 0 27 0.0
Ray Gaul 0 21 0 0 0 0 21 0.0
John Wolff 0 0 18 0 0 0 18 0.0
Dick Gaughran 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 0.0
Bill Green 0 0 12 0 0 0 12 0.0
Ken Hanify 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 0.0
Jim Koster 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0.0
Pat Kern 0 -1 0 0 0 8 7 0.0
Ken Holm 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.0
Judd Cooney 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
Milan Nelson 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
John Meek 0 -7 0 0 0 0 -7 0.0
Mike Plinske 0 0 -11 0 0 0 -11 0.0
Team totals 9 1389 599 0 0 131 2119 235.4
Opp totals 9 2111 589 0 0 47 2747 305.2
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Dennis Wolfe 22 767 34.9 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jon Horning 6 200 33.3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Judd Cooney 5 177 35.4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Vacura 4 131 32.8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Klocker 1 28 28.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Howie Rice 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Team totals 39 1303 33.4 0 0 0 0 0 1
Opp totals 34 1111 32.7 0 0 0 0 0 1
 
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
Jim Vacura 0 0 0 0 - - 2 - 33 - - - - - -
Jerry Klocker 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Dick Gaughran 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 16 - - - - - -
Pat Kern 0 0 0 0 - - 2 - 8 - - - - - -
Ken Holm 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 6 - - - - - -
Howie Rice 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 12 - - - - - -
Brent Wika 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 56 - - - - - -
Team totals 9 0 0 0 - - 9 - 131 - - - - - -
Opp totals 9 0 0 0 - - 10 - 47 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 83 104
1st downs passing 22 26
1st downs penalty 5 5
1st downs total 110 135
Penalties against 34 55
Penalty yards 229 393
Fumbles 32 40
Fumbles lost 21 21
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