Statistics Summary for 1979 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/1/1979 at St. Cloud State W 28-7 - St. Cloud, Minn.
9/8/1979 WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER W 27-7 - Brookings, S.D.
* 9/22/1979 NORTH DAKOTA L 0-13 - Brookings, S.D.
* 9/29/1979 AUGUSTANA W 28-26 - Brookings, S.D. Beef Bowl
10/6/1979 SOUTH DAKOTA W 26-21 - Brookings, S.D.
* 10/13/1979 at Nebraska-Omaha W 31-14 - Omaha, Neb.
10/20/1979 NORTHERN IOWA W 14-7 - Brookings, S.D.
* 10/27/1979 at North Dakota State L 14-38 - Fargo, N.D.
* 11/3/1979 at Morningside W 24-0 - Sioux City, Iowa
* 11/10/1979 at South Dakota W 33-28 - Vermillion, S.D.
11/17/1979 IDAHO W 27-13 - Moscow, Idaho
p 11/24/1979 at Youngstown State L 7-50 - Youngstown, Ohio
 
Overall: 9-3
Conference: 4-2
Home: 5-1
Away: 4-2
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Dan Johnson 0 155 819 5 814 5.3 4 44 0.0
Gary Maffett 0 163 831 192 639 3.9 5 36 0.0
Jerry James 0 92 447 25 422 4.6 4 27 0.0
Brian Bunkers 0 96 421 20 401 4.2 4 45 0.0
Lionel Macklin 0 12 153 7 146 12.2 2 36 0.0
Jarvis DeBerg 0 5 44 0 44 8.8 0 14 0.0
Darryl James 0 8 28 7 21 2.6 0 10 0.0
Dave Nissen 0 5 20 1 19 3.8 1 9 0.0
Barry Hermanson 0 4 8 0 8 2.0 0 3 0.0
Al Hojer 0 9 20 19 1 0.1 1 8 0.0
Kevin Breland 0 2 1 4 -3 -1.5 0 1 0.0
Team totals 11 551 2789 277 2512 4.6 21 45 228.4
Opp totals 11 506 2045 498 1547 3.1 0 0 140.6
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Gary Maffett 0 118-231-10 51.1 1429 10 46 0.0 108.67
Al Hojer 0 5-7-0 71.4 70 0 23 0.0 155.43
Team totals 11 123-238-10 51.7 1499 10 46 136.3 110.05
Opp totals 11 116-244-13 47.5 1456 9 49 132.4 99.18
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
Lionel Macklin 0 46 649 14.1 5 46 0.0
Brian Bunkers 0 31 342 11.0 2 37 0.0
Jerry James 0 14 94 6.7 1 19 0.0
Dan Johnson 0 13 148 11.4 2 48 0.0
Link Ellingson 0 6 107 17.8 0 46 0.0
Kerry Pearson 0 5 58 11.6 0 21 0.0
Paul Reynen 0 4 55 13.8 0 17 0.0
Randy Smith 0 3 50 16.7 0 32 0.0
Mark Kool 0 1 -4 -4.0 0 252 0.0
Team totals 11 123 1499 12.2 10 48 136.3
Opp totals 11 116 1456 12.6 9 49 132.4
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Tony Harris 0 0 12-18 28-28 0 0 0 64
Lionel Macklin 0 7 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 44
Dan Johnson 0 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 36
Brian Bunkers 0 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 36
Jerry James 0 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
Gary Maffett 0 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 30
Dave Nissen 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Al Hojer 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Team totals 11 31 12-18 28-28 1 0 0 252
Opp totals 11 10 4-9 20-21 1 0 0 94
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Gary Maffett 0 639 1429 2068 0.0
Dan Johnson 0 814 0 814 0.0
Jerry James 0 422 0 422 0.0
Brian Bunkers 0 401 0 401 0.0
Lionel Macklin 0 146 0 146 0.0
Al Hojer 0 1 70 71 0.0
Jarvis DeBerg 0 44 0 44 0.0
Darryl James 0 21 0 21 0.0
Dave Nissen 0 19 0 19 0.0
Barry Hermanson 0 8 0 8 0.0
Kevin Breland 0 -3 0 -3 0.0
Team totals 11 2512 1499 4011 364.6
Opp totals 11 1547 1456 3003 273.0
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Dave Nissen 8 51 0 21 6.4
Todd Richards 11 34 0 9 3.1
Jerry James 1 4 0 4 4.0
B. Christensen 1 3 0 3 3.0
Team totals 21 92 0 21 4.4
Opp totals 23 239 1 46 10.4
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Dave Nissen 7 95 0 20 13.6
Darryl James 6 72 0 22 12.0
Jerry James 5 70 0 29 14.0
Ron Schneider 3 32 0 15 10.7
Jarvis DeBerg 1 26 0 26 26.0
Kevin Breland 1 10 0 10 10.0
Link Ellingson 1 2 0 2 2.0
Team totals 24 307 0 29 12.8
Opp totals 47 865 0 53 18.4
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Mike Breske 6 94 0 23 0.1
B. Christensen 2 78 0 68 0.0
Dan Dummermuth 2 29 0 29 0.1
Mark Dunbar 1 16 0 16 0.1
Milton Stuckey 1 7 0 7 0.1
Brian Hermanson 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 13 224 0 68 0.1
Opp totals 10 94 0 34 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
Dan Johnson 0 814 148 0 0 0 962 0.0
Lionel Macklin 0 146 649 0 0 0 795 0.0
Brian Bunkers 0 401 342 0 0 0 743 0.0
Gary Maffett 0 639 0 0 0 0 639 0.0
Jerry James 0 422 94 4 70 0 590 0.0
Dave Nissen 0 19 0 51 95 0 165 0.0
Link Ellingson 0 0 107 0 2 0 109 0.0
Mike Breske 0 0 0 0 0 94 94 0.0
Darryl James 0 21 0 0 72 0 93 0.0
B. Christensen 0 0 0 3 0 78 81 0.0
Jarvis DeBerg 0 44 0 0 26 0 70 0.0
Kerry Pearson 0 0 58 0 0 0 58 0.0
Paul Reynen 0 0 55 0 0 0 55 0.0
Randy Smith 0 0 50 0 0 0 50 0.0
Todd Richards 0 0 0 34 0 0 34 0.0
Ron Schneider 0 0 0 0 32 0 32 0.0
Dan Dummermuth 0 0 0 0 0 29 29 0.0
Mark Dunbar 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 0.0
Barry Hermanson 0 8 0 0 0 0 8 0.0
Kevin Breland 0 -3 0 0 10 0 7 0.0
Milton Stuckey 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0.0
Al Hojer 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Mark Kool 0 0 -4 0 0 0 -4 0.0
Team totals 11 2512 1499 92 307 224 4634 421.3
Opp totals 11 1547 1456 239 865 94 4201 381.9
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Mike Maule 57 2097 36.8 56 0 0 0 0 2
Brian Bunkers 1 31 31.0 31 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 60 2131 35.5 56 0 0 0 0 2
Opp totals 63 2307 36.6 63 0 0 0 0 1
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Tony Harris 12 18 66.7 0 0
Team totals 12 18 66.7 0 0
Opp totals 4 9 44.4 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Mike Breske 0 52 38 90 3.0 - 0 - 6 - 94 8 - - - - -
Mark Dunbar 0 30 60 90 4.0 - 0 4.0 - 0 1 - 16 3 - - - - -
Mike Sixta 0 29 41 70 4.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Al Hojer 0 26 43 69 2.0 - 0 4.0 - 0 - 2 - 2 - 0 - - -
Al Hojer 0 26 43 69 2.0 - 0 4.0 - 0 - 2 - 2 - 0 - - -
Dan Dummermuth 0 29 32 61 1.0 - 0 - 2 - 29 5 - - - - -
B. Christensen 0 23 36 59 - - 2 - 78 5 - 1 - 0 - - -
Jay Eliason 0 25 33 58 3.0 - 0 9.0 - 0 - 1 - - - - -
Eric Cohen 0 28 28 56 11.0 - 0 - - 1 - - - - -
Mike McKnight 0 23 33 56 2.0 - 0 3.0 - 0 - - - 2 - 0 - - -
Doug Decker 0 22 20 42 4.0 - 0 8.0 - 0 - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Todd Richards 0 21 15 36 1.0 - 0 - - 9 - - - - -
Brian Hermanson 0 17 17 34 - - 1 - 0 - - 1 - 0 - - -
Paul Kippley 0 13 15 28 - 2.0 - 0 - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Mark Sanders 0 12 15 27 1.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 - - -
Dave Knowlton 0 3 8 11 1.0 - 0 - - - - - - - -
Milton Stuckey 0 9 1 10 - - 1 - 7 - - - - - -
Jarvis DeBerg 0 2 7 9 - - - - - - - - -
Jack Lundie 0 2 7 9 1.0 - 0 - - - - - - - -
Dave Larsen 0 3 5 8 - - - - - - - - -
Randy Smith 0 1 5 6 - - - - - - - - -
Randy Witt 0 2 1 3 - - - - - - - - -
Mike Daiss 0 1 2 3 - - - - - - - - -
Bob Price 0 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - -
Mark Kool 0 1 1 2 - - - - - - - - -
Randy Saxton 0 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Jason Speros 0 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Lionel Macklin 0 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Mike Martin 0 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Dave Nissen 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Steve Markham 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Paul Reynen 0 0 1 1 - - - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Jim Beatty 0 0 1 1 - - - 1 - - - - -
Team totals 11 0 0 0 - - 13 - 224 - - - - - -
Opp totals 11 0 0 0 - - 10 - 94 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 129 87
1st downs passing 64 70
1st downs penalty 10 11
1st downs total 203 168
Penalties against 76 57
Penalty yards 781 622
Fumbles 33 22
Fumbles lost 13 12
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