Statistics Summary for 1961 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/9/1961 at Bemidji State W 34-8 - Bemidji, Minn.
9/16/1961 COLORADO STATE TEACHERS W 36-13 - Brookings, S.D.
9/23/1961 ST. CLOUD STATE W 73-0 - Brookings, S.D.
9/30/1961 at Montana State L 12-17 - Bozeman, Mont.
* 10/7/1961 at Augustana W 41-14 - Sioux Falls, S.D.
* 10/14/1961 at North Dakota L 13-14 - Grand Forks, N.D.
* 10/21/1961 SOUTH DAKOTA W 34-6 - Brookings, S.D. Hobo Day
* 10/28/1961 NORTH DAKOTA STATE W 41-12 - Brookings, S.D.
* 11/4/1961 at Morningside W 56-0 - Sioux City, Iowa
* 11/11/1961 IOWA TEACHERS W 36-13 - Brookings, S.D.
 
Overall: 8-2
Conference: 5-1
Home: 5-0
Away: 3-2
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Joe Thorne 0 174 964 6 958 5.5 12 0 0.0
Wayne Rasmussen 0 71 397 10 387 5.5 3 0 0.0
Jim Dwyer 0 74 389 2 387 5.2 3 0 0.0
Casper Klucas 0 66 383 17 366 5.5 7 0 0.0
Doug Peterson 0 26 177 0 177 6.8 4 0 0.0
Jim DeVaney 0 31 125 0 125 4.0 5 0 0.0
Daryl Martin 0 13 114 1 113 8.7 1 0 0.0
Mike Plinske 0 14 94 3 91 6.5 0 0 0.0
John Stone 0 21 85 1 84 4.0 1 0 0.0
Dean Koster 0 41 122 94 28 0.7 2 0 0.0
Doug Tschetter 0 2 18 0 18 9.0 0 0 0.0
Denny Moller 0 6 13 3 10 1.7 1 0 0.0
Mike Raffety 0 3 8 2 6 2.0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 10 542 2889 139 2750 5.1 41 0 275.0
Opp totals 10 436 1505 286 1219 2.8 10 0 121.9
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Dean Koster 0 68-118-5 57.6 1147 11 0 0.0 161.57
Denny Moller 0 6-11-1 54.5 89 1 0 0.0 134.33
Doug Peterson 0 1-2-0 50.0 45 1 0 0.0 404.00
Mike Raffety 0 2-2-0 100.0 18 1 0 0.0 340.60
Mike Plinske 0 1-1-0 100.0 16 0 0 0.0 234.40
Team totals 10 78-134-6 58.2 1315 14 0 131.5 166.16
Opp totals 10 52-153-10 34.0 725 3 0 72.5 67.19
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Roger Eischens 0 27 470 17.4 4 0 0.0
Darrell Tramp 0 12 282 23.5 2 0 0.0
Wayne Rasmussen 0 12 232 19.3 5 0 0.0
Joe Thorne 0 9 55 6.1 0 0 0.0
Jim DeVaney 0 3 71 23.7 0 0 0.0
Bob Naatjes 0 3 33 11.0 0 0 0.0
Les Hansen 0 2 19 9.5 2 0 0.0
Dan Cunningham 0 2 15 7.5 0 0 0.0
Casper Klucas 0 1 57 57.0 1 0 0.0
Daryl Martin 0 1 41 41.0 0 0 0.0
Jim Dwyer 0 1 15 15.0 0 0 0.0
ArdenMackenthun 0 1 8 8.0 0 0 0.0
Doug Peterson 0 1 5 5.0 0 0 0.0
Dick Gaughran 0 1 2 2.0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 10 76 1305 17.2 14 0 130.5
Opp totals 10 62 800 12.9 4 0 80.0
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Joe Thorne 0 12 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 74
Casper Klucas 0 8 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 50
Wayne Rasmussen 0 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 48
John Stone 0 1 0-0 30-36 1 0 0 38
Jim DeVaney 0 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
Doug Peterson 0 4 0-0 2-6 0 0 0 26
Roger Eischens 0 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 26
Jim Dwyer 0 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 20
Dean Koster 0 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 14
Les Hansen 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Darrell Tramp 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Daryl Martin 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Denny Moller 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Rodney Fawcett 0 0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 2
Team totals 10 55 0-0 34-44 6 0 0 376
Opp totals 10 14 1-0 4-6 3 0 0 97
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Dean Koster 0 28 1147 1175 0.0
Joe Thorne 0 958 0 958 0.0
Wayne Rasmussen 0 387 0 387 0.0
Jim Dwyer 0 387 0 387 0.0
Casper Klucas 0 366 0 366 0.0
Doug Peterson 0 177 45 222 0.0
Jim DeVaney 0 125 0 125 0.0
Daryl Martin 0 113 0 113 0.0
Mike Plinske 0 91 16 107 0.0
Denny Moller 0 10 89 99 0.0
John Stone 0 84 0 84 0.0
Mike Raffety 0 6 18 24 0.0
Doug Tschetter 0 18 0 18 0.0
Team totals 10 2750 1315 4065 406.5
Opp totals 10 1219 725 1944 194.4
 
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
Wayne Rasmussen 3 54 0 0 0.1
Joe Thorne 2 70 0 0 0.0
Doug Peterson 1 47 0 0 0.0
Daryl Martin 1 12 0 0 0.1
Les Hansen 1 10 0 0 0.1
Mike Plinske 1 3 0 0 0.3
Team totals 9 196 0 0 0.0
Opp totals 5 69 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
Joe Thorne 0 958 55 0 0 70 1083 0.0
Wayne Rasmussen 0 387 232 0 0 54 673 0.0
Roger Eischens 0 0 470 0 0 0 470 0.0
Casper Klucas 0 366 57 0 0 0 423 0.0
Jim Dwyer 0 387 15 0 0 0 402 0.0
Darrell Tramp 0 0 282 0 0 0 282 0.0
Doug Peterson 0 177 5 0 0 47 229 0.0
Jim DeVaney 0 125 71 0 0 0 196 0.0
Daryl Martin 0 113 41 0 0 12 166 0.0
Mike Plinske 0 91 0 0 0 3 94 0.0
John Stone 0 84 0 0 0 0 84 0.0
Bob Naatjes 0 0 33 0 0 0 33 0.0
Les Hansen 0 0 19 0 0 10 29 0.0
Dean Koster 0 28 0 0 0 0 28 0.0
Doug Tschetter 0 18 0 0 0 0 18 0.0
Dan Cunningham 0 0 15 0 0 0 15 0.0
Denny Moller 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
ArdenMackenthun 0 0 8 0 0 0 8 0.0
Mike Raffety 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
Dick Gaughran 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.0
Team totals 10 2750 1305 0 0 196 4251 425.1
Opp totals 10 1219 800 0 0 69 2088 208.8
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Wayne Rasmussen 29 932 32.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 29 932 32.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opp totals 66 2268 34.4 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Team totals 0 0 0.0 0 0
Opp totals 1 0 0.0 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Wayne Rasmussen 0 0 0 0 - - 3 - 54 - - - - - -
Doug Peterson 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 47 - - - - - -
Daryl Martin 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 12 - - - - - -
Mike Plinske 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 3 - - - - - -
Les Hansen 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 10 - - - - - -
Joe Thorne 0 0 0 0 - - 2 - 70 - - - - - -
Team totals 10 0 0 0 - - 9 - 196 - - - - - -
Opp totals 10 0 0 0 - - 5 - 69 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 139 63
1st downs passing 47 34
1st downs penalty 2 7
1st downs total 188 104
Penalties against 40 32
Penalty yards 358 235
Fumbles 37 35
Fumbles lost 22 18
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