Statistics Summary for 1978 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/2/1978 ST. CLOUD STATE W 43-3 - Brookings, S.D.
9/9/1978 at Louisville L 7-54 - Louisville, Ky.
9/16/1978 MOORHEAD STATE L 7-12 - Brookings, S.D. Shrine Game
* 9/23/1978 MORNINGSIDE W 41-17 - Brookings, S.D. Beef Bowl
* 9/30/1978 at North Dakota W 30-19 - Grand Forks, N.D.
* 10/7/1978 at Augustana W 19-7 - Sioux Falls, S.D.
* 10/14/1978 SOUTH DAKOTA L 7-24 - Brookings, S.D. Hobo Day
* 10/21/1978 at Omaha L 13-16 - Omaha, Neb.
10/28/1978 at Northern Iowa W 10-9 - Cedar Falls, Iowa
* 11/4/1978 NORTH DAKOTA STATE L 26-28 - Brookings, S.D.
11/18/1978 at Portland State L 21-42 - Portland, Ore.
 
Overall: 5-6
Conference: 3-3
Home: 2-3
Away: 3-3
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Gary Maffett 0 210 1183 300 883 4.2 8 93 0.0
Roger Hofer 0 112 470 14 456 4.1 2 26 0.0
Chuck Benson 0 103 457 4 453 4.4 1 27 0.0
Jon Bly 0 60 264 21 243 4.1 1 18 0.0
Dan Johnson 0 55 206 11 195 3.5 2 15 0.0
Sam Harris 0 16 58 2 56 3.5 0 10 0.0
Barry Hermanson 0 4 27 0 27 6.8 0 11 0.0
Will James 0 3 26 1 25 8.3 0 23 0.0
Mike Moller 0 3 10 0 10 3.3 0 7 0.0
Lionel Macklin 0 3 11 2 9 3.0 0 9 0.0
Kerry Pearson 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.0
Steve Cron 0 1 0 14 -14 -14.0 0 0 0.0
C. Hohenthaner 0 25 53 93 -40 -1.6 2 8 0.0
Team 11 0 0 50 -50 0.0 0 0 -4.5
Team totals 11 598 2772 512 2260 3.8 16 93 205.5
Opp totals 11 533 2676 533 2143 4.0 18 0 194.8
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Gary Maffett 0 70-139-8 50.4 1049 5 66 0.0 114.11
C. Hohenthaner 0 49-103-11 47.6 722 8 40 0.0 110.73
Mike Moller 0 2-5-0 40.0 28 1 25 0.0 153.04
Team totals 11 121-247-19 49.0 1799 14 66 163.5 113.49
Opp totals 11 88-207-8 42.5 1407 9 0 127.9 106.23
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Lionel Macklin 0 51 882 17.3 4 49 0.0
Roger Hofer 0 20 217 10.9 2 46 0.0
Kerry Pearson 0 13 229 17.6 3 33 0.0
Jerome Garry 0 9 174 19.3 0 66 0.0
Dan Johnson 0 7 95 13.6 2 33 0.0
Jon Bly 0 6 29 4.8 1 10 0.0
Link Ellingson 0 5 80 16.0 0 29 0.0
Chuck Benson 0 5 34 6.8 1 24 0.0
Sam Harris 0 3 52 17.3 1 30 0.0
Will James 0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.0
Barry Hermanson 0 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.0
Team totals 11 121 1799 14.9 14 66 163.5
Opp totals 11 88 1407 16.0 9 0 127.9
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Steve Cron 0 0 0-10 24-29 0 0 0 24
Team totals 11 0 0-10 24-29 0 0 1 26
Opp totals 11 0 0-0 18-0 2 0 1 24
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Gary Maffett 0 883 1049 1932 0.0
C. Hohenthaner 0 -40 722 682 0.0
Roger Hofer 0 456 0 456 0.0
Chuck Benson 0 453 0 453 0.0
Jon Bly 0 243 0 243 0.0
Dan Johnson 0 195 0 195 0.0
Sam Harris 0 56 0 56 0.0
Mike Moller 0 10 28 38 0.0
Barry Hermanson 0 27 0 27 0.0
Will James 0 25 0 25 0.0
Lionel Macklin 0 9 0 9 0.0
Kerry Pearson 0 2 0 2 0.0
Steve Cron 0 -14 0 -14 0.0
Team 11 -50 0 -50 -4.5
Team totals 11 2260 1799 4059 369.0
Opp totals 11 2143 1407 3550 322.7
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Todd Richards 20 73 0 13 3.7
Randy Jones 1 13 0 13 13.0
Jerome James 1 7 0 7 7.0
Paul Kippley 1 4 0 4 4.0
Steve Cron 1 3 0 3 3.0
Team totals 24 100 0 13 4.2
Opp totals 33 245 0 41 7.4
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Dan Johnson 16 233 0 28 14.6
Kerry Pearson 9 133 0 25 14.8
Will James 4 85 0 26 21.2
Barry Hermanson 4 47 0 17 11.8
Marty Higgins 3 42 0 19 14.0
Chuck Benson 2 33 0 18 16.5
Roger Hofer 1 29 0 29 29.0
Team totals 39 602 0 29 15.4
Opp totals 43 865 1 83 20.1
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Paul Kippley 2 19 0 19 0.1
Randy Jones 2 3 0 3 0.7
Todd Richards 2 0 0 0 0.0
Steve Cron 1 10 0 10 0.1
Mike Breske 1 3 0 3 0.3
Team totals 8 35 0 19 0.2
Opp totals 19 181 1 48 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
Lionel Macklin 0 9 882 0 0 0 891 0.0
Gary Maffett 0 883 0 0 0 0 883 0.0
Roger Hofer 0 456 217 0 29 0 702 0.0
Dan Johnson 0 195 95 0 233 0 523 0.0
Chuck Benson 0 453 34 0 33 0 520 0.0
Kerry Pearson 0 2 229 0 133 0 364 0.0
Jon Bly 0 243 29 0 0 0 272 0.0
Jerome Garry 0 0 174 0 0 0 174 0.0
Will James 0 25 4 0 85 0 114 0.0
Sam Harris 0 56 52 0 0 0 108 0.0
Link Ellingson 0 0 80 0 0 0 80 0.0
Barry Hermanson 0 27 3 0 47 0 77 0.0
Todd Richards 0 0 0 73 0 0 73 0.0
Marty Higgins 0 0 0 0 42 0 42 0.0
Paul Kippley 0 0 0 4 0 19 23 0.0
Randy Jones 0 0 0 13 0 3 16 0.0
Mike Moller 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
Jerome James 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0.0
Mike Breske 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.0
Steve Cron 0 -14 0 3 0 10 -1 0.0
C. Hohenthaner 0 -40 0 0 0 0 -40 0.0
Team 11 -50 0 0 0 0 -50 -4.5
Team totals 11 2260 1799 100 602 35 4796 436.0
Opp totals 11 2143 1407 245 865 181 4841 440.1
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Steve Cron 54 1966 36.4 53 0 0 0 0 0
C. Hohenthaner 5 193 38.6 48 0 0 0 0 0
Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Team totals 60 2179 36.3 53 0 0 0 0 1
Opp totals 62 2372 38.3 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Steve Cron 6 10 60.0 44 0
Team totals 6 10 60.0 44 0
Opp totals 8 0 0.0 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Rick Reese 0 55 71 126 3.0 - 0 - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Mickey Reed 0 38 67 105 2.0 - 0 - - 2 - - - - -
Mark Dunbar 0 38 35 73 21.0 - 0 - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Dana Dykhouse 0 22 38 60 10.0 - 0 - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Mark Sanders 0 26 32 58 1.0 - 0 - - 1 - 1 - 0 - - -
Paul Kippley 0 32 23 55 3.0 - 0 - 2 - 19 3 - 3 - 0 - - -
Nat Weems 0 21 34 55 5.0 - 0 - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Jim Peterson 0 21 23 44 2.0 - 0 - - - - 3 - 0 - - -
Jay Eliason 0 15 25 40 - - - - - - - - -
Steve Cron 0 19 18 37 - - 1 - 10 4 - 1 - 0 - - -
Todd Richards 0 19 15 34 - - 2 - 0 6 - 2 - 0 - - -
Colin Keller 0 10 24 34 - - - 2 - - - - -
Eric Cohen 0 17 13 30 4.0 - 0 - - - - 3 - 0 - - -
Randy Jones 0 10 11 21 - - 2 - 3 2 - 1 - 0 - - -
Doug Decker 0 6 8 14 2.0 - 0 - - - - - - - -
Jerome James 0 4 10 14 - - - - - - - - -
Brian Hermanson 0 7 4 11 - - - 2 - 3 - 0 - - -
Greg Anderson 0 5 2 7 - - - - - - - - -
Al Hojer 0 5 1 6 - - - - - - - - -
Dave Knowlton 0 3 2 5 - - - - - - - - -
Mike McKnight 0 3 1 4 - - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Jerome Garry 0 2 1 3 - - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Mike Sixta 0 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Mike Breske 0 0 0 0 - - 1 - 3 - - - - - -
Team totals 11 0 0 0 - - 8 - 35 - - - - - -
Opp totals 11 0 0 0 - - 19 - 181 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 121 108
1st downs passing 77 59
1st downs penalty 8 7
1st downs total 206 174
Penalties against 0 0
Penalty yards 0 0
Fumbles 0 0
Fumbles lost 0 0
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