Statistics Summary for 1997 
 

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
9/13/1997 at UC Davis W 17-7 5,155 Davis, Calif.
* 9/20/1997 at North Dakota L 7-28 6,874 Grand Forks, N.D.
* 9/27/1997 MANKATO STATE L 7-21 6,874 Brookings, S.D. Beef Bowl
* 10/4/1997 at South Dakota L 3-21 10,300 Vermillion, S.D.
* 10/11/1997 ST. CLOUD STATE W 20-16 9,789 Brookings, S.D. Hobo Day
* 10/18/1997 at Nebraska-Omaha L 21-31 7,600 Omaha, Neb.
* 10/25/1997 NORTH DAKOTA STATE W 34-27 3,205 Brookings, S.D. Cereal Bowl
* 11/1/1997 at Augustana L 22-28 2,503 Sioux Falls, S.D.
* 11/8/1997 NORTHERN COLORADO L 7-17 2,134 Brookings, S.D.
* 11/15/1997 MORNINGSIDE W 35-20 1,157 Brookings, S.D.
 
Overall: 4-6
Conference: 3-6
Home: 3-2
Away: 1-4
Neutral: 0-0


Rushing g att gain loss net avg td long avg/g
Brian Jost 7 104 392 35 357 3.4 4 22 51.0
Matt Brechler 6 46 180 9 171 3.7 0 23 28.5
Josh Ranek 3 27 172 11 161 6.0 0 23 53.7
Noel Bouche 7 59 236 160 76 1.3 1 21 10.9
Matt Nehl 8 10 70 3 67 6.7 0 44 8.4
AndyRennerfeldt 4 29 119 82 37 1.3 0 36 9.2
NateMillerbernd 10 2 9 0 9 4.5 0 8 0.9
Tory Noll 3 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 2.0
Ryan Richardson 10 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 0.5
Chris Paul 2 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 2.5
Tom O'Brien 10 1 28 28 0 0.0 0 228 0.0
Team totals 10 281 1196 328 868 3.1 6 44 86.8
Opp totals 10 520 2637 339 2298 4.4 21 80 229.8
 


Passing g comp-att-int pct yds td long avg/g effic
Noel Bouche 7 105-204-8 51.5 1242 12 47 177.4 114.18
AndyRennerfeldt 4 45-73-2 61.6 42 2 30 10.5 70.04
Team totals 10 150-277-10 54.2 1663 14 47 166.3 114.04
Opp totals 10 110-203-10 54.2 1029 5 80 102.9 95.04
 
Receiving g no. yds avg td long avg/g
NateMillerbernd 10 44 458 10.4 4 42 45.8
Brett Beran 10 40 483 12.1 3 39 48.3
Steve Heiden 10 39 441 11.3 3 31 44.1
Brock Beran 10 15 193 12.9 3 47 19.3
Greg Niederauer 10 6 41 6.8 1 21 4.1
Br. Helmstetter 10 2 33 16.5 0 29 3.3
Brian Jost 7 2 9 4.5 0 9 1.3
Josh Ranek 3 1 4 4.0 0 4 1.3
Matt Brechler 6 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.2
Team totals 10 150 1663 11.1 14 47 166.3
Opp totals 10 110 1029 9.4 5 80 102.9
 
Scoring g td fg k-pat 2xp dxp saf pts
Brett Gorden 10 0 4-7 21-23 0 0 0 33
Brian Jost 7 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 24
NateMillerbernd 10 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 24
Brock Beran 10 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Brett Beran 10 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Steve Heiden 10 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 18
Vic Sosa 10 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 8
Jason Melcher 10 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Corey Wulf 10 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Greg Niederauer 10 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Noel Bouche 7 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 6
Team totals 10 21 4-7 21-23 0 1 0 161
Opp totals 10 30 5-14 23-26 2 0 0 222
 
Total offense g rush pass total avg/g
Noel Bouche 7 76 1242 1318 188.3
Brian Jost 7 357 0 357 51.0
Matt Brechler 6 171 0 171 28.5
Josh Ranek 3 161 0 161 53.7
AndyRennerfeldt 4 37 42 79 19.8
Matt Nehl 8 67 0 67 8.4
NateMillerbernd 10 9 0 9 0.9
Tory Noll 3 6 0 6 2.0
Ryan Richardson 10 5 0 5 0.5
Chris Paul 2 5 0 5 2.5
Team totals 10 868 1663 2531 253.1
Opp totals 10 2298 1029 3327 332.7
 
Punt returns no. yards td long avg
Brett Beran 13 124 0 30 9.5
Brock Beran 1 6 0 6 6.0
Team totals 14 130 0 30 9.3
Opp totals 26 353 2 86 13.6
 
Kick returns no. yards td long avg
NateMillerbernd 15 251 0 40 16.7
Brett Beran 12 217 0 51 18.1
Grady Wachal 1 9 0 9 9.0
Team totals 28 477 0 51 17.0
Opp totals 23 494 1 96 21.5
 
Interceptions no. yards td long avg
Mike Struck 3 19 0 17 0.2
Sterne Akin 1 21 0 21 0.0
Jason Melcher 1 15 0 15 0.1
Lee Munger 1 13 0 13 0.1
Corey Wulf 1 8 0 8 0.1
Mike Hunter 1 6 0 6 0.2
Vic Sosa 1 0 0 0 0.0
Thad Amundson 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 10 82 0 21 0.1
Opp totals 10 129 1 43 0.1
 
Fumble returns no. yards td long avg
Jason Melcher 1 57 1 57 57.0
Corey Wulf 1 54 1 54 54.0
Dan Pravecek 3 52 0 52 17.3
Vic Sosa 0 15 1 15 0.0
Mike Hunter 1 10 0 10 10.0
Ryan Miller 1 0 0 0 0.0
Team totals 10 57 1 57 5.7
Opp totals 16 59 0 0 3.7
 
All purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
Brett Beran 10 0 483 124 217 0 824 82.4
NateMillerbernd 10 9 458 0 251 0 718 71.8
Steve Heiden 10 0 441 0 0 0 441 44.1
Brian Jost 7 357 9 0 0 0 366 52.3
Brock Beran 10 0 193 6 0 0 199 19.9
Matt Brechler 6 171 1 0 0 0 172 28.7
Josh Ranek 3 161 4 0 0 0 165 55.0
Noel Bouche 7 76 0 0 0 0 76 10.9
Matt Nehl 8 67 0 0 0 0 67 8.4
Greg Niederauer 10 0 41 0 0 0 41 4.1
AndyRennerfeldt 4 37 0 0 0 0 37 9.2
Br. Helmstetter 10 0 33 0 0 0 33 3.3
Sterne Akin 10 0 0 0 0 21 21 2.1
Mike Struck 10 0 0 0 0 19 19 1.9
Jason Melcher 10 0 0 0 0 15 15 1.5
Lee Munger 10 0 0 0 0 13 13 1.3
Grady Wachal 4 0 0 0 9 0 9 2.2
Corey Wulf 10 0 0 0 0 8 8 0.8
Tory Noll 3 6 0 0 0 0 6 2.0
Mike Hunter 10 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.6
Chris Paul 2 5 0 0 0 0 5 2.5
Ryan Richardson 10 5 0 0 0 0 5 0.5
Team totals 10 868 1663 130 477 82 3220 322.0
Opp totals 10 2298 1029 353 494 129 4303 430.3
 
Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk
Tom O'Brien 50 2242 44.8 73 0 0 0 0 0
Thad Amundson 2 76 38.0 42 0 0 0 0 0
Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Team totals 53 2318 43.7 73 0 0 0 0 1
Opp totals 46 1601 34.8 57 0 0 0 0 0
 
Field goals made att pct long blkd
Brett Gorden 4 7 57.1 52 0
Team totals 4 7 57.1 52 0
Opp totals 5 14 35.7 55 0
 
Defensive Statistics g ua a tot tfl-yds sack-yds int-yds brup qbh fr-yds ff blk saf
Sterne Akin 10 55 38 93 1.5 - 3 - 1 - 21 2 - - - - -
Geoff Wilber 8 42 36 78 6.0 - 20 8.0 - 0 - 1 - - 1 - -
Corey Wulf 10 34 29 63 6.0 - 28 2.0 - 18 1 - 8 - - 1 - 54 1 - -
Vic Sosa 10 44 11 55 2.5 - 0 - 1 - 0 6 - 0 - 15 1 - -
Mike Struck 10 37 18 55 - - 3 - 19 1 - - - - -
Jeff Wolgamott 10 41 13 54 24.5 - 142 11.5 - 78 - 4 7 - 2 - -
Jason Melcher 10 30 22 52 - - 1 - 15 2 - 1 - 57 1 - -
Zach Carter 10 27 19 46 9.5 - 69 2.5 - 19 - - 4 - 1 - -
Mike Hunter 10 36 8 44 3.0 - 14 - 1 - 6 3 - 1 - 10 1 - -
Dan Pravecek 10 26 16 42 4.0 - 19 - - 3 1 3 - 52 - - -
Willi Pung 10 20 9 29 2.0 - 8 - - - - - - - -
Ryan Miller 10 18 11 29 12.5 - 23 5.0 - 13 - - - 1 - 0 1 - -
Dan Wilkinson 10 18 11 29 0.5 - 4 - - - - - - - -
Thad Amundson 10 18 10 28 1.0 - 6 - 1 - 0 2 - - - - -
Brad Peterson 10 15 13 28 9.5 - 36 2.0 - 13 - - - - - - -
Lance Zell 10 15 5 20 1.0 - 2 - - - 1 2 - 0 - - -
Chris Reiner 10 14 6 20 - - - - - - - - -
Lee Munger 10 9 3 12 3.0 - 2 1.5 - 12 1 - 13 - - - - - -
C. Frederickson 10 2 7 9 - - - - - - - - -
Keith Knuppe 10 2 5 7 - - - - - - - - -
Adam Booth 10 6 0 6 - - - - - - - - -
Matt Sutton 10 5 1 6 - - - - - - - - -
Tr. Lindekugel 10 3 3 6 0.5 - 9 0.5 - 9 - - - - - - -
Rob Hillman 10 4 1 5 - - - - - - - - -
Steve Heiden 10 4 0 4 - - - - - - - - -
BrandonPeterson 10 0 4 4 - - - 1 1 - - - -
Josh Ranek 3 3 0 3 - - - - - - - - -
Luke Smith 4 2 1 3 - - - - - - - - -
Dale Heiden 5 1 2 3 - - - - - - - - -
Tory Noll 3 2 0 2 - - - - - - - - -
Brent Herrboldt 2 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Brett Beran 10 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Matt Nehl 8 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Greg Niederauer 10 1 0 1 - - - - - - - - -
Mark Wilkinson 2 0 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Team totals 10 537 303 840 83.0 - 435 25.0 - 162 10 - 82 27 17 10 - 57 17 - -
Opp totals 10 359 156 515 65.0 - 389 29.0 - 225 10 - 129 27 14 3 - 59 16 - -
 
Team statistics Team totals Opponent
1st downs rushing 54 134
1st downs passing 72 50
1st downs penalty 13 7
1st downs total 139 191
Penalties against 53 52
Penalty yards 433 486
Fumbles 16 17
Fumbles lost 16 10
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