Statistics Summary for 1985 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/7/1985 at Northern Arizona L 20-24 10,225 Flagstaff, Ariz.
9/14/1985 at South Dakota L 18-33 8,000 Vermillion, S.D.
* 9/21/1985 NEBRASKA-OMAHA W 45-28 4,744 Brookings, S.D.
* 9/28/1985 NORTH DAKOTA W 29-23 3,096 Brookings, S.D. Beef Bowl
* 10/5/1985 at Morningside W 25-14 7,150 Sioux City, Iowa
* 10/12/1985 at North Dakota State L 7-41 15,000 Fargo, N.D.
* 10/19/1985 SOUTH DAKOTA W 24-12 16,193 Brookings, S.D. Hobo Day
* 10/26/1985 AUGUSTANA W 31-19 3,343 Brookings, S.D.
* 11/2/1985 at Mankato State L 31-38 2,637 Mankato, Minn.
* 11/9/1985 ST. CLOUD STATE W 28-21 479 Brookings, S.D.
* 11/16/1985 at Northern Colorado W 23-14 623 Greeley, Colo.
 
Overall: 7-4
Conference: 7-2
Home: 5-0
Away: 2-4
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Dan Sonnek 11 303 1540 22 1518 5.0 12 33 138.0
D. Johnson 9 49 223 6 217 4.4 2 21 24.1
Paul Prout 5 36 111 0 111 3.1 0 11 22.2
Kevin Hofer 6 13 55 1 54 4.2 0 9 9.0
Jay Parker 11 10 31 0 31 3.1 0 7 2.8
Vince Mendez 11 5 26 0 26 5.2 0 9 2.4
Randy Jones 11 2 5 0 5 2.5 0 5 0.5
Ted Wahl 4 2 1 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0
Mike Busch 11 77 161 199 -38 -0.5 4 17 -3.5
Team totals 11 497 2153 234 1919 3.9 18 33 174.5
Opp totals 11 506 2525 237 2288 4.5 20 60 208.0
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Mike Busch 11 173-339-19 51.0 2554 17 55 232.2 119.66
Ted Wahl 4 7-15-1 46.7 79 0 25 19.8 77.57
Team totals 11 180-354-20 50.8 2633 17 55 239.4 117.87
Opp totals 11 142-286-18 49.7 1774 15 89 161.3 106.47
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
J. Tiefenthaler 0 54 1056 19.6 13 45 0.0
Dennis Thomas 0 47 640 13.6 1 34 0.0
Scott Schaefer 0 20 301 15.1 0 52 0.0
Dan Sonnek 11 20 232 11.6 0 55 21.1
Vince Mendez 11 11 136 12.4 1 29 12.4
D. Johnson 9 6 62 10.3 0 19 6.9
Paul Prout 5 6 22 3.7 0 9 4.4
Jay Parker 11 5 57 11.4 0 24 5.2
Dan Convey 0 4 53 13.2 1 25 0.0
Mike Perkins 0 4 47 11.8 1 18 0.0
Kevin Hofer 6 3 27 9.0 0 24 4.5
Team totals 11 180 2633 14.6 17 55 239.4
Opp totals 11 142 1774 12.5 15 89 161.3
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
J. Tiefenthaler 0 13 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 82
Dan Sonnek 11 12 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 74
KC Johnson 0 0 11-14 26-28 0 0 0 59
Mike Busch 11 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 24
D. Johnson 9 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 12
Dennis Thomas 0 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 8
Mike Perkins 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Dan Convey 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Vince Mendez 11 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Team totals 11 35 11-16 26-29 4 0 2 281
Opp totals 11 36 5-12 26-29 3 0 2 267
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Mike Busch 11 -38 2554 2516 228.7
Dan Sonnek 11 1518 0 1518 138.0
D. Johnson 9 217 0 217 24.1
Paul Prout 5 111 0 111 22.2
Ted Wahl 4 0 79 79 19.8
Kevin Hofer 6 54 0 54 9.0
Jay Parker 11 31 0 31 2.8
Vince Mendez 11 26 0 26 2.4
Randy Jones 11 5 0 5 0.5
Team totals 11 1919 2633 4552 413.8
Opp totals 11 2288 1774 4062 369.3
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Vince Mendez 10 49 0 11 4.9
Fran Ruesink 1 37 0 37 37.0
Dan Convey 4 12 0 7 3.0
Dan Ziegler 1 5 0 5 5.0
Team totals 16 103 0 37 6.4
Opp totals 19 197 0 44 10.4
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
Vince Mendez 29 515 0 36 17.8
Randy Jones 7 96 0 20 13.7
Dan Convey 4 23 0 18 5.8
Kevin Hofer 1 8 0 8 8.0
Team totals 41 642 0 36 15.7
Opp totals 47 908 0 35 19.3
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Gregg Schmidt 3 31 0 31 0.1
Howard Lansman 3 22 0 22 0.1
Tom Sieh 2 25 0 16 0.1
Kevin Michels 2 24 0 24 0.1
Dean Dierks 2 4 0 4 0.5
Darrin Thurston 2 0 0 0 0.0
Matt Stanley 1 20 0 20 0.1
B. Klosterman 1 8 0 8 0.1
Jim Kaufman 1 0 0 0 0.0
JJ Weems 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 18 136 0 31 0.1
Opp totals 20 161 1 28 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 Sonnek 11 1518 232 0 0 0 1750 159.1
J. Tiefenthaler 0 0 1056 0 0 0 1056 0.0
Vince Mendez 11 26 136 49 515 0 726 66.0
Dennis Thomas 0 0 640 0 0 0 640 0.0
Scott Schaefer 0 0 301 0 0 0 301 0.0
D. Johnson 9 217 62 0 0 0 279 31.0
Paul Prout 5 111 22 0 0 0 133 26.6
Randy Jones 11 5 0 0 96 0 101 9.2
Kevin Hofer 6 54 27 0 8 0 89 14.8
Jay Parker 11 31 57 0 0 0 88 8.0
Dan Convey 0 0 53 12 23 0 88 0.0
Mike Perkins 0 0 47 0 0 0 47 0.0
Fran Ruesink 0 0 0 37 0 0 37 0.0
Gregg Schmidt 0 0 0 0 0 31 31 0.0
Tom Sieh 0 0 0 0 0 25 25 0.0
Kevin Michels 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 0.0
Howard Lansman 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 0.0
Matt Stanley 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 0.0
B. Klosterman 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0.0
Dan Ziegler 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0.0
Dean Dierks 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.0
Mike Busch 11 -38 0 0 0 0 -38 -3.5
Team totals 11 1919 2633 103 642 136 5433 493.9
Opp totals 11 2288 1774 197 908 161 5328 484.4
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Randy Jones 30 1042 34.7 49 0 0 0 0 0
Wade Hoffman 17 615 36.2 56 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Bidinger 3 124 41.3 49 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals 52 1761 33.9 56 0 0 0 0 1
Opp totals 53 2401 45.3 62 0 0 0 0 0
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
KC Johnson 11 14 78.6 38 0
Tim Day 0 2 0.0 0 0
Team totals 11 16 68.8 38 0
Opp totals 5 12 41.7 0 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Darrin Thurston 0 50 65 115 4.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 2 - 0 4 - 2 - 0 - - -
Tom Sieh 0 31 54 85 2.0 - 0 - 2 - 25 6 - 1 - 0 - - -
Kevin Michels 0 36 38 74 - - 2 - 24 4 - - - - -
Brian Sisley 0 23 40 63 3.0 - 0 5.0 - 0 - - - 2 - 0 - - -
JJ Weems 0 31 31 62 2.0 - 0 0.5 - 0 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Howard Lansman 0 23 36 59 1.0 - 0 - 3 - 22 9 - 2 - 0 - - -
Jim Kaufman 0 22 35 57 1.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 1 - 0 - - - - - -
Dan Jackson 0 21 36 57 - 2.5 - 0 - 1 - - - - -
Dean Dierks 0 16 39 55 - - 2 - 4 3 - - - - -
Matt Stanley 0 18 32 50 1.0 - 0 - 1 - 20 1 - 1 - 0 - - -
B. Klosterman 0 23 22 45 8.0 - 0 3.5 - 0 1 - 8 6 - 1 - 0 - - -
Gregg Schmidt 0 17 25 42 - - 3 - 31 2 - - - - -
Darwin Bishop 0 15 27 42 1.0 - 0 4.0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 - - -
Ted Ortale 0 13 22 35 1.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - - - - - - -
Ken Kraft 0 12 20 32 1.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Brian Webster 0 12 14 26 1.0 - 0 1.5 - 0 - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Tom Slattery 0 12 11 23 1.0 - 0 2.0 - 0 - - - 1 - 0 - - -
Greg Farley 0 5 16 21 2.0 - 0 1.0 - 0 - 1 - - - - -
Todd Thompson 0 8 8 16 1.0 - 0 - - - - - - - -
Mark Stanley 0 5 6 11 - - - - - - - - -
John DeMers 0 3 5 8 - - - - - - - - -
Steve Rentz 0 3 2 5 - - - - - - - - -
Fran Ruesink 0 2 3 5 - - - - - - - - -
Wade Hoffman 0 2 1 3 - - - - - - - - -
Dan Niehus 0 2 1 3 - - - 1 - - - - -
Barry Nagel 0 0 2 2 - - - - - - - - -
Jim Buck 0 1 0 1 - 1.0 - 0 - - - - - - -
Dave Bidinger 0 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Team totals 11 0 0 0 - - 18 - 136 - - - - - -
Opp totals 11 0 0 0 - - 20 - 161 - - - - - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 112 128
1st downs passing 116 85
1st downs penalty 19 9
1st downs total 247 222
Penalties against 63 71
Penalty yards 528 661
Fumbles 20 30
Fumbles lost 10 13
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