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2012 Game Day Preview 

Game 2 • Sept. 8, 2012 • 1 p.m. 

Dakota Wesleyan (1-0) at Concordia (0-1) 

Bulldog Stadium • Seward, Neb. 

DAKOTA WESLEYAN (0-0, 1-0) 

S1 DAKOTA STATE .............. W, 40-14 

S8 

S15 

S29 

O6 

A25 No. 23 BENEDICTINE ........ L, 37-45 

S8 

at Concordia ..........................1 p.m. 

BRIAR CLIFF ...................... 1 p.m. 

at (RV) Hastings ...................1 p.m. 

DORDT ................................ 1 p.m. 

O13 at No. 8 Morningside .............2 p.m. 

O20 No. 21 DOANE..................... 7 p.m. 

O27 No. 10 NORTHWESTERN ... 7 p.m. 

N3 at Nebraska Wesleyan .........1 p.m. 

N10 

MIDLAND ............................. 1 p.m. 

CONCORDIA (0-0, 0-1) 

DAKOTA WESLEYAN ......... 1 p.m. 

S15 at (RV) Hastings ...................6 p.m. 

S22 DORDT ..................................1 p.m. 

S29 at Dakota State .....................4 p.m. 

O6 at Briar Cliff ...........................1 p.m. 

O13 No. 10 NORTHWESTERN ....1 p.m. 

O20 at Nebraska Wesleyan .........1 p.m. 

O27 MIDLAND ..............................1 p.m. 

N3 at No. 8 Morningside .............1 p.m. 

N10 at No. 21 Doane ....................1 p.m. 

TIGERS ON THE RADIO 

Tiger fans can catch all of Dakota 

Wesleyan’s football games locally on 

KMIT Radio (105.9 FM) with Tim Smith 

and Bob Sprang calling the action. 

Games can also be heard online at 

www.kmit.com 

Tigers start GPAC season against Concordia 

The Dakota Wesleyan University football team opens its Great Plains 

Athletic Conferencec schedule Saturday, Sept. 8, when it travels to 

Seward, Neb., to take on the Concordia University Bulldogs. 

The game can be heard on the radio locally at Hot Country KMIT 105.9 

FM or online at www.kmit.com. It will also be broadcast live by Concordia 

University at http://www.cune.edu/athletics/sports-information-office/ 

concordia-sports-network/. 

Dakota Wesleyan enters Saturday’s game looking for its second win 

of the year. The Tigers are also hoping to repeat their success from the 

beginning of the 2011 season, which saw DWU jump to a 5-0 start for the 

first time in league history. DWU got on its way with a 40-14 win against 

in-state rival Dakota State University last week. The game marked the 

Tigers’ first home night game in several seasons. 

Concordia is 0-1 so far in 2012. This will be the first GPAC game of the 

season for the Bulldogs. Concordia started the season with a 45-37 loss to 

No. 23 Benedictine College at home last week. 

The Coaches 

Dakota Wesleyan head coach Ross Cimpl 

officially begins his first season at the helm 

of Tiger football today. Cimpl was hired to 

take over the head coaching position in 

January after serving as the team’s defensive 

coordinator for the past two seasons. Before 

coming to DWU, Cimpl coached and played 

at the University of Sioux Falls. 

Vance Winter enters his fourth season 

with Concordia in 2012. After back-to-back 4- 

7 campaigns in 2010 and 2011, Winter has 

coached the Bulldogs to an 0-1 start in 2011. 

Before becoming the head coach at Concordia, Winter served as a 

defensive coordinator and linebackers’ coach for the team. He has also 

coached at Peru State, Wayne State and Dakota State, his alma mater. 

DAKOTA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 

SPORTS INFORMATION 

Leah Rado, Sports Information Director (lerado@dwu.edu) 

1200 W. University Ave. Mitchell, S.D. 

605-995-2854 (office) -- 605-995-2150 (fax) 

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Tigers open GPAC season against Concordia.................................................... page 2 

2012 GPAC Standings 

Team ..................... GPAC Overall 

DOA ...................... 1-0 1-0 

DWU ..................... 0-0 1-0 

MOR ...................... 0-0 1-0 

NWU ..................... 0-0 1-0 

NOR ...................... 0-0 1-0 

HAS ....................... 0-0 0-0 

MID ....................... 0-0 0-0 

CNC ...................... 0-0 0-1 

DOR ...................... 0-0 0-1 

BCU....................... 0-1 0-1 

Sept. 8 Schedule: 

NWU @ MID, Noon 

Graceland @ BCU, 1 p.m. 

DWU @ CNC, 1 p.m. 

HAS @ DOR, 1 p.m. 

NOR @ MOR, 7 p.m. 

DSU @ DOA, 7 p.m. 

Last Week’s Results: 

Morningside 49, Valley City 7 

Northwestern 49, Southwestern 0A 

Dakota Wesleyan 40, Dakota State 14 

Waldorf 43, Dordt 7 

Nebraska Wesleyan 25, St. Mary 20 

Doane 41, Briar Cliff 28KOTA 

WESLEYAN (0-0, 1-0) 

GPAC Weekly Honors 

Offensive POW: 

Davis Bloemendaal, QB, NOR 

Defensive POW: 

Anthony Cervantes, LB, DWU 

Special Teams POW: 

Jordan Delbaugh, ST, NWU 

The DWU-Concordia series 

This will be the 13th meeting between Dakota Wesleyan and 

Concordia in football. The Bulldogs hold a 7-5 advantage in the series. 

When the two teams met last season at Joe Quintal Field, the Tigers 

came away with a 41-17 win. DWU is has won the past two games against 

the Bulldogs. Prior to that, the two teams hadn’t played since the 2007 

season. 

Coming out swinging 

Sophomore linebacker Anthony Cervantes started his third season 

with the DWU defense with a career night on Saturday. Not only did he 

lead the team with nine tackles, he also had a game-high 4.5 tackles for a 

loss, 1.5 sacks and an interception return for a touchdown. 

Cervantes, a Burbank, Calif., native, recorded just four tackles for a 

loss all season in 2011. Saturday, he had 4.5 for a total loss of 22 yards. 

He also picked off Dakota State and ran the pass back 25 yards for a 

touchdown - his first as a Tiger - to help put the game away. For his 

performance, he was named the GPAC Defensive Player-of-the-Week - the 

first league honor of his career. 

Start of a big season 

Senior running back Josh Endres seemed to put the team on his 

shoulders early on Saturday night as he scored three times - all in the first 

quarter - to help give Dakota Wesleyan the momentum after the Trojans 

scored on their first two drives of the game. 

Endres, an Ethan, S.D., native, scored the Tigers’ first touchdown of 

the game 29 seconds in on a 75-yard run to tie the game at seven. Later in 

the quarter, he scored again on a 7-yard run to make it a 14-14 game, and 

he helped put Dakota Wesleyan up for good on a 69-yard touchdown run 

with 24 seconds left in the first quarter. He appeared to have a fourth 

touchdown in the the third quarter on a 60-yard run, but it was called back 

due to a holding penalty. 

Endres ended the night with 213 rushing yards, 183 of which came in 

the first quarter alone. 

First-time scorers 

Cervantes’ touchdown Saturday night was the first of his Dakota 

Wesleyan career, and he wasn’t the only Tiger to find the end zone for the 

first time. Sophomore running back Arthur Brown also scored the first 

touchdown of his DWU career and wide receiver Michael Brown scored 

for the first time in a Tiger uniform Saturday night as well. 

Brown’s touchdown came on an 11-yard pass from Jon Bane with just 

under five minutes left to play in the first quarter, and Brown ended a twoquarter 

scoring drought when he caught a 60-yard touchdown pass from 

Bane with 29 seconds gone from the final quarter against the Trojans. 

Stopping forward motion 

The Tiger defense seemed determined to keep Dakota State from 

making any forward progress Saturday night as nine players got in on a 

tackle for a loss and DSU quarterback Brandon Large was sacked five 

times. Cervantes led the way with 4.5 tackles for a loss, and Craig 

Henglefelt finished with 2.5. Brady Bonte and Matt Tuttle also had 1.5 

tackles for a loss, and Cervantes, Henglefelt and Bonte all had a hand in at 

least one sack. 

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2006 Individual DWU TEAM Comparison CAPTAINS 

Total Offense G Yds Yds/G 

J. Endres, DWU (5) 1 213 213.0 

V. Thomas, CNC (3) 1 226 226.0 

Rushing G Yds Yds/G 


V. Thomas, CNC (7) 1 69 69.0 

Passing G Yds Yds/G 

J. Bane, DWU (4) 1 211 211.0 

V. Thomas, CNC (6) 1 157 157.0 

Receiving G Yds Yds/G 

M. Brown, DWU (2) 1 94 94.0 

N. Smith, CNC (5) 1 71 71.0 

Scoring G Pts Pts/G 


C. Quinabo, CNC (8) 1 8 8.0 

Punting No. Yds Yds/P 

D. Carlson, DWU (1) 5 246 49.2 

J. Marshall, CNC (4) 4 153 38.3 

Total Tackles G Tkl Tkl/G 

A. Cervantes, DWU (T5) 1 9.0 9.0 

N. Evans, CNC (1) 1 13 13.0 

(GPAC Ranking) 

About the Concordia Bulldogs 

The Concordia University Bulldogs finished with just four wins in 2011 

in Vance Winter’s third season as head coach, but they are hoping that 

talent and some new coaches will help them improve on that mark. 

Concordia is 11-22 in Winter’s three-plus seasons. 

The Bulldogs finished with a 4-7 mark in 2011, and are 0-1 to start 

2012. Concordia, of Seward, Neb., lost 45-37 to Benedictine College (Kan). 

Benedictine was ranked No. 23 in the NAIA Top 25 Preseason Poll. 

One key for the Bulldogs this offseason was hiring offensive coordinator 

Curran White. White comes to Seward after six seasons at Missouri 

Valley College, and his presence was felt in Concordia’s first game of the 

year as it lost in a shootout to Benedictine. 

Leading the offense for Concordia this season is sophomore quarterback 

Von Thomas.He threw for 189 yards and one touchdown as a 

freshman, and started the year with a 157-yard, two-touchdown performance 

against Benedictine. Colten Quinabo is the team’s top returning 

receiver, and he caught four passes for 34 yards last weekend. 

Also back for the Bulldogs is running back Aaron Gillory, who sat out 

part of 2011 with an ACL injury. Four starters are back from the Bulldogs’ 

offensive line, and they helped Concordia pile up nearly 300 yards of total 

offense last week. 

Defensively, Nakemm Evans paced the Bulldogs with 13 tackles, 

including one for a loss, against Benedictine. He, along with returners 

Dylan Heithoff and Michael Voelker, are Concordia’s go-to defensive 

players this season. 

Joe Marshall will have punting duties this year, and he averaged 38.3 

yards in four punts last week. Kenny Zoeller kicked three field goals and 

two extra points against Benedictine. 

2012 NAIA Top 25 Preseason Coaches’ Poll [Released Aug. 6] 

No. School (1st votes) W-L* Pts Pvs^ This Week Last Week 

1. Saint Xavier (Ill.) 14-1 236 1 vs. No. 7 St. Francis (Ill.) def. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), 41-12 

2. Carroll (Mont.) 13-2 227 2 at Montana Tech lost to Portland State (Ore.), 38-20 

3. Marian (Ind.) 12-1 217 3 at Siena Heights (Mich.) def. T-11 Bethel (Tenn.), 31-7 

4. Georgetown (Ky.) 12-1 209 4 vs. Faulkner (Ala.) def. Bluefield (Va.), 77-9 

5. MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 10-2 201 5 vs. No. 9 Missouri Valley def. Central Methodist (Mo.), 34-14 

6. Saint Francis (Ind.) 9-3 185 6 vs. No. 20 St. Ambrose def. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 39-31 

7. St. Francis (Ill.) 11-3 178 7 at No. 1 Saint Xavier (Ill.) lost to Ferris State, 35-24 

8. Morningside (Iowa) 9-3 168 8 vs. No. 10 Northwestern (Iowa) def. No. 17 Valley City (N.D.), 49-7 

9. Missouri Valley 9-2 163 9 at No. 5 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) def. McPherson (Kan.), 27-13 

10. Northwestern (Iowa) 9-2 142 14 at No. 8 Morningside (Iowa) def. Southwestern (Kan.), 49-0 

11. Ottawa (Kan.) 9-3 140 10 at Kansas Wesleyan idle 

11. Bethel (Tenn.) 8-3 140 12 idle lost to No. 3 Marian (Ind.), 31-7 

13. Benedictine (Kan.) 9-3 137 11 idle def. Sterling (Kan.), 59-6 

14. William Penn (Iowa) 9-2 136 13 vs. Luther College def. Bethel (Kan.), 54-0 

15. Grand View (Iowa) 8-4 100 16 at Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) lost to Drake (Iowa), 28-8 

16. Eastern Oregon 8-3 91 17 vs. (RV) Montana-Northern def. Montana Tech, 26-23 

17. Valley City State (N.D.) 9-2 83 15 vs. Mayville State (N.D.) lost to No. 8 Morningside (Iowa), 49-7 

18. Baker (Kan.) 7-3 75 19 vs. Evangel (Mo.) def. Peru State (Neb.), 34-13 

19. Cumberlands (Ky.) 7-3 62 22 at No. 22 Cumberland (Tenn.) def. Belhaven (Miss.), 21-10 

20. St. Ambrose (Iowa) 7-3 61 20 idle def. Trinity International (Ill.), 43-6 

21. Doane (Neb.) 8-2 58 18 vs. Dakota State (S.D.) def. Briar Cliff (Iowa), 41-28 

22. Cumberland (Tenn.) 7-3 53 23 vs. No. 19 Cumberlands (Ky.) def. Kansas Wesleyan, 31-10 

22. Langston (Okla.) 7-3 53 21 vs. Bacone (Okla.) lost to Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 17-14 

24. Bethany (Kan.) 8-3 38 24 vs. McPherson (Kan.) def. SAGU (Texas), 13-12 

25. Campbellsville (Ky.) 7-5 16 RV vs. Union (Ky.) lost to Pikeville (Ky.), 14-7 

Others Receiving Votes: Friends (Kan.), 11; Montana State-Northern, 11; Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 10; Hastings (Neb.), 3 

*2011 final records ^Ranking in 2012 Spring Poll (April 18) 

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Team Comparison 

Scoring Offense G Pts Pts/G 

Dakota Wesleyan (4) 1 40 40.0 

Concordia (5) 1 37 37.0 

Scoring Defense G Pts Pts/G 


Concordia (7) 1 42 42.0 

Total Offense G Yds Yds/G 


Concordia (6) 1 295 295.0 

Total Defense G Yds Yds/G 


Concordia (5) 1 407 407.0 

Rushing G Yds Yds/G 


Concordia (6) 1 138 138.0 

Rushing Defense G Yds Yds/G 


Concordia (7) 1 207 207.0 

Passing G Yds Yds/G 


Concordia (6) 1 157 157.0 

Passing Defense G Yds Yds/G 


Concordia (3) 1 200 200.0 

Punt Returns No. Yds Yds/R 


Concordia (1) 2 56 28.0 

Kickoff Returns No. Yds Yds/R 


Concordia (5) 7 207 29.6 

Turnovers G Margin Avg 

Dakota Wesleyan (1) 1 +2 2.0 

Concordia (T2) 1 +1 1.0 

Penalties No Yds Avg/G 


Concordia (1) 9 80 80.0 

2012 Dakota Wesleyan Scoreboard 

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total 

DWU 27 0 0 13 - 40 

Opponents 14 0 0 0 - 14 

Special teams coming together 

The Tiger special teams units held their own Saturday night, and the 

veterans and newcomers both had solid games. Senior punter Derek 

Carlson leads the GPAC and is second in the nation after averaging 49.2 

yards per punt in five punts against Dakota State. He had one touchback. 

In his first-ever collegiate football game, freshman Dan Porter took 

over kicking duties for the Tigers. He kicked off seven times for 406 yards 

for an average 58 yards per kickoff. He also went 4-for-6 in extra-point 

attempts. 

With return specialist Anthony Muilenburg on the sidelines, junior 

Francois Barnaud took over return duties. He returned two punts for a 

total of 13 yards and one kickoff for 52 yards. 

Tiger Notes 

• Quarterback Jon Bane kicked off his junior season with a 211-yard 

performance that included two touchdowns and no interceptions. He went 

16-for-23 with a long of 60 yards. Last season, Bane set the school record 

for single-season passing yards with 2,817 

• With one game in the books, Endres leads the GPAC and the nation 

in rushing yards per game (213) and scoring per game (18). Heading into 

his senior season, he was sixth on the school’s career rushing chart and 

third on the all-time scoring chart. He currently needs 722 rushing yards to 

become just the third Tiger athlete to run for more than 3,000 yards in a 

career. 

• The Tiger defense was hard on Dakota State’s running game 

Saturday night. Dakota Wesleyan gave up just 74 rushing yards in 37 

attempts, and allowed the Trojans an average 2.0 yards per rush. Thanks 

to the Tiger defense, the Trojans lost 52 rushing yards throughout the 

game. 

• The DWU defense is looking for a calmer start to this week’s game. 

The Tigers gave up 14 points in the first 1:58 of the game against Dakota 

State - including a touchdown in the first 19 seconds - but didn’t give up 

any points after that. 

(GPAC Ranking) 

Dakota Wesleyan Red Zone Statistics 

Attempts TDs FGs MFGs Turnover Downs End Half 

DWU 

Offense 

2-3 2 0 0 0 0 0 

(.667) 

DWU 

Defense 

0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

(.000) 

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DWU 40, DSU 14 (9/1/12) 

Dakota Wesleyan (1-0) 27 0 0 13 – 40 

Dakota State (0-2) 14 0 0 0 – 14 

First Quarter 

DSU – Zach Ely 81 pass from Carl Curtis (Nic 

Behrens kick) [1-81, :14] 

DWU – Josh Endres 75 run (Dan Porter kick) [1-75, 

:10] 

DSU – Stacey Berg 82 pass from Brandon Large 

(Behrens kick) [3-82, 1:23] 

DWU – Endres 7 run (Porter kick) [13-0, 6:09] 

DWU – Arthur Brown 11 pass from Jon Bane (Porter 

kick) [3-0, 1:34] 

DWU – Endres 69 run (kick failed) [4-80, 2:02] 

Fourth Quarter 

DWU – Michael Brown 60 pass from Bane (Porter 

kick) [3-0, :52] 

DWU – Anthony Cervantes 25 interception return 

(kick failed) 

Dakota Wesleyan Statistical Leaders 

Rushing 

Josh Endres, 24 carries, 221 yards, 3 TDs 

Passing 

Jon Bane, 16-23, 211 yards, 2 TDs 

Receiving 

Arthur Brown, 7 catches, 40 yards, 1 TD 

Michael Brown, 4 catches, 94 yards, 1 TD 

Defensive 

Anthony Cervantes, 9 T, 4.5 TFL, 1 INT, 1.5 sacks 

Brady Bonte, 9 T, 1.5 TFL, 1 sack 

Jeff Maassen, 8 T, 0.5 TFL 

Craig Henglefelt, 8 T, 2.5 TFL, 1.5 sacks 

Last Week’s Action - Dakota Wesleyan & Concordia 

Dakota Wesleyan 40, Dakota State 14 

Joe Quintal Field • Mitchell, S.D. 

MITCHELL, S.D. – The Dakota Wesleyan University football team opened the 2012 

season with a big win when it defeated in-state rival Dakota State University 40-14 in a 

nonconference night game at Joe Quintal Field. 

Both teams seemed eager to find the end zone early as they combined to score 14 

points in the first 29 seconds. The Trojans scored on their first play from scrimmage 

when Carl Curtis threw an 81-yard pass to Zach Ely 19 seconds into the game, but DWU 

answered with a 75-yard touchdown run by Josh Endres 10 seconds later. 

Dakota State went up 14-7 when Brandon Large threw an 82-yard touchdown pass to 

Stacey Berg less than two minutes laterr. The Tigers tied the score with just under seven 

minutes to play in the first quarter on a seven-yard touchdown run by Endres, and 

Andrew DeVaney recovered a Trojan fumble on their next possession to help set up an 

11-yard touchdown pass from Jon Bane to Arthur Brown to put DWU up for good. 

The Tigers added one last first-quarter touchdown with 24 seconds left in the quarter 

when Endres ran for his third score of the game, this time on a 69-yard run. 

Bane connected with Michael Brown for a 60-yard touchdown pass with less than 30 

seconds gone from the fourth quarter to put the Tigers up 34-14. Anthony Cervantes 

ended the scoring with a 25-yard interception return for a touchdown on Dakota State’s 

next possession. 

Endres finished the game with 213 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Bane went 

16-for-23 for 211 yards and two touchdown passes. Michael Brown led all receivers with 

94 yards on four catches and Brown added 40 yards on seven catches. 

BEN 45, CNC 0 (8/25/12) 

Concordia (0-1) 6 10 7 14 – 37 

Benedictine (1-0) 7 10 14 14 – 45 

First Quarter 

BC – Brad Lorang 1 run (Zach Keenan kick) 

CNC – Kenny Zoeller 27 field goal 

CNC – Zoeller 40 field goal 

Second Quarter 

CNC – Zoeller 42 field goal 

BC – Hayden Smith 0 fumble return (Keenan kick) 

CNC – Will Cox 9 pass from Von Thomas (Zoeller 

kick) 

BC – Keenan 37 field goal 

Third quarter 

BC – Geoff Akpom 45 pass from Bill Noonan 

(Keenan kick) 

BC – Cameron Fore 18 run (Keenan kick) 

CNC – Colten Quinabo 15 pass from Thomas (Zoeller 

kick) 

Fourth quarter 

BC – Fore 2 run (Keenan kick) 

BC – Kevon McGrew 6 run (Keenan kick) 

CNC – Thomas 8 run (Quinabo pass from Thomas) 

CNC – Derek Blessing 56 punt return (pass failed) 

Concordia Statistical Leaders 

Rushing 

Von Thomas, 11 carries, 69 yards, 1 TD 

Passing 

Von Thomas, 15-32, 157 yards, 2 TD 

Receiving 

Smith, 5 catches, 71 yards 

Quinabo, 4 catches, 34 yards, 1 TD 

No. 23 Benedictine 45, Concordia 37 

Bulldog Stadium • Seward, Neb. 

ATCHISON, Kan. – The Bulldogs went toe-to-toe with 13 th -ranked Benedictine (Kan.) 

but, ultimately, high-powered Benedictine was too much and won 45-37. 

Concordia’s Derek Blessing scored on a 56-yard punt return with 2:56 remaining in 

the game brought the Bulldogs within eight. However, the ensuing onside kick was 

recovered by the Ravens. 

The Ravens appeared to be on cruise control after running back Cameron Fore 

plowed into the end zone from two yards out to give Benedictine a seemingly 

commanding lead at 45-23 with 11:14 left in the contest. But Thomas scored on an eightyard 

run with 9:39 to go to make the score 45-29. 

The Bulldogs, outgained 407-295 in the game, played evenly with Benedictine 

throughout the first half as a multitude of errors plagued the Ravens. After grinding out a 

62-yard, 14-play drive on their first possession to go up 7-0, the visitors served up a 

prime scoring opportunity for head coach Vance Winter’s squad. 

A snap high over Raven punter Dylan McGuire’s head trickled all the way to the 

Benedictine 18-yard line, setting the Bulldogs up in the red zone. Concordia failed to 

record a first down and settled for a Kenny Zoeller 27-yard field goal. 

A fumbled kick return and an interception thrown by Benedictine quarterback Bill 

Noonan set up two more Zoeller field goals to give the Bulldogs a 9-7 lead. The Ravens 

fumbled the ball into the end zone and offensive lineman Hayden Smith pounced on top, 

putting the Ravens up 14-9. 

The Bulldogs answered with a touchdown pass from Thomas to fullback Will Cox 

before Benedictine closed the half with a Zach Keenan 37-yard field goal to take a 17-16 

lead into the locker room. 

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DAKOTA 2009 WESLEYAN Tiger OFFENSE Scoreboard 

QB 11 Jon Bane (6-4, 185, Jr.) 

5 Steven Batista (6-3, 230, Jr.) 

TB 22 Josh Endres (6-2, 215, Sr.) 

21 Francois Barnaud (5-10, 205, Jr.) 

H 1 Arthur Brown (6-1, 200, So.) 

81 Dalton Kleinschmidt (6-2, 205, So.) 

SE 2 Dimitri Fahey (6-2, 165, So.) 

80 Greyson Wooten (6-3, 210, Fr.) 

FL 15 Michael Brown (5-9, 190, Jr.) 

23 Mitch Breen (5-8, 175, So.) 

TE 84 Trevor Schroeder (6-3, 200, Fr.) 

40 Cody Duerksen (6-2, 210, Jr.) 

LT 60 Nathan Little (6-3, 290, Sr.) 

62 Ryan Zdroik (6-0, 285, Fr.) 

LG 75 Kyle Hencke (6-3, 260, So.) 

53 Taylor Haley (6-0, 235, Fr.) 

C 68 Eric Witte (6-0, 270, Jr.) 

56 Jonathan Knight (5-11, 240, Fr.) 

RG 72 Skyler Eriksen (6-0, 260, Jr.) 

74 Jake Verry (6-1, 260, Jr.) 

RT 79 Spencer Bloch (6-8, 320, So.) 

73 Austin Schroeder (6-7, 265, Fr.) 

CONCORDIA OFFENSE 

QB 10 Von Thomas (6-2, 190, So.) 

12 Justin Haun (6-1, 215, Fr.) 

RB 34 Aaron Gillory (5-11, 230, Jr.) 

27 Victor Brown (5-11, 185, Fr.) 

FB 44 Will Cox (6-3, 240, Sr.) 

31 Jared Leifeld (5-9, 205, Fr.) 

FL 4 Colten Quinabo (6-0, 190, Sr.) 

3 Noah Smith (5-10, 200, Jr.) 

SE 5 Jeff Balz (5-11, 180, Sr.) 

87 Derek Klaus (6-0, 185, Jr.) 

TE 82 Jimmie Bunting (6-3, 240, Jr.) 

47 Josh Slechta (6-4, 230, Fr.) 

LT 77 Charlie Oberkrom (6-3, 310, So.) 

79 Mitchell Cherney (6-7, 315, Jr.) 

LG 62 Adam Faulstich (6-2, 275, Sr.) 

75 Ben Balduc (6-2, 315, Fr.) 

C 63 Dylan Klassen (6-1, 275, Jr.) 

53 Adam Aschenbrenner (6-0, 260, So.) 

RG 50 Josh Powell (6-0, 265, So.) 

68 Glennon Manninger (6-2, 260, So.) 

RT 58 Micah Pomerenke (6-3, 270, Sr.) 

64 Alex Callan (6-3, 270, Sr.) 

CONCORDIA DEFENSE 

DL 57 Michael Voelker (6-3, 265, Sr.) 

93 Adam Borne (5-8, 245, So.) 

DL 59 Cody Hawk (6-2, 270, Jr.) 

92 Kyle Rakow (6-2, 250, So.) 

DL 98 Alex Melius (6-3, 245, So.) 

96 Michael Gill (6-0, 245, Fr.) 

LB 39 Tom Malander (6-0, 215, Sr.) 

7 Avery Oliver (6-1, 210, Fr.) 

LB 56 Dylan Heithoff (6-5, 250, Jr.) 

40 Tyler Broekemeier (6-0, 220, Jr.) 

LB 52 Kyle Little (6-2, 235, Sr.) 

54 Colton Schneider (6-3, 225, Jr.) 

LB 42 Langston Jones (6-2, 225, Jr.) 

2 Nakemm Evans (6-2, 230, So.) 

CB 9 Darnell Woods (6-4, 210, Jr.) 

1 John Hunter (5-10, 180, Jr.) 

CB 21 Derek Blessing (5-11, 195, Jr.) 

10 Trey Haggerty (5-11, 170, Fr.) 

S 33 Drew Baxter (5-11, 205, Jr.) 

29 Tait Sibbel (6-2, 190, Fr.) 

S 11 Ryan Coffey (6-0, 190, Jr.) 

3 Landon Oelke (6-0, 190, So.) 

DAKOTA WESLEYAN DEFENSE 

DL 91 Eric Gruis (6-2, 265, Jr.) 

82 Ben Hatcher (6-3, 215, Jr.) 

DL 93 Matt Tuttle (6-2, 290, Jr.) 

38 Preston Liebelt (6-0, 270, Jr.) 

DL 90 Craig Henglefelt (6-6, 250, Jr.) 

96 Calvin Hunhoff (6-3, 250, Fr.) 

LB 48 Jeff Maassen (6-2, 225, So.) 

17 Chris Ferera (6-2, 205, Sr.) 

LB 42 Brady Bonte (6-2, 205, Fr.) 

49 Jordan Hermanson (6-0, 225, Jr.) 

LB 36 Mike Barnaud (5-10, 220, Sr.) 

44 Tyler Severson (6-2, 215, Sr.) 

LB 24 Anthony Cervantes (6-1, 210, So.) 

50 Francisco Rangel (5-9, 200, RS-Fr.) 

DB 20 Tanner Munk (5-10, 160, Fr.) 

7 Andrew DeVaney (5-11, 175, RS-Fr.) 

DB 13 Dustin Bergmeier (6-0, 190, Sr.) 

26 Josh Fiedler (6-0, 200, So.) 

DB 27 Matt McManus (6-0, 175, Jr.) 

6 Austin Letcher (5-11, 205, So.) 

DB 3 Josh Thompson (5-10, 170, Jr.) 

29 Levi Sheldon (5-10, 155, Fr.) 

CONCORDIA SPECIAL TEAMS 

K 86 Kenny Zoeller (6-1, 185, Sr.) 

7 Zach Moje (6-0, 180, Fr.) 

P 36 Joe Marshall (6-0, 195, Jr.) 

32 Taylor Dudley (6-0, 180, Fr.) 

K 9 Dan Porter (6-0, 185, Fr.) 

31 Gus Haskell (5-9, 155, Fr.) 

P 88 Derek Carlson (6-4, 215, Sr.) 

81 Dalton Kleinschmidt (6-2, 205, So.) 

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2012 Dakota Wesleyan Football 

Dakota Wesleyan Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 01, 2012) 

All games 

TEAM STATISTICS DWU OPP 

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SCORING....................... 40 14 

Points Per Game............. 40.0 14.0 

FIRST DOWNS................... 15 14 

Rushing..................... 5 6 

Passing..................... 7 8 

Penalty..................... 3 0 

RUSHING YARDAGE............... 241 74 

Yards gained rushing........ 255 126 

Yards lost rushing.......... 14 52 

Rushing Attempts............ 34 37 

Average Per Rush............ 7.1 2.0 

Average Per Game............ 241.0 74.0 

TDs Rushing................. 3 0 

PASSING YARDAGE............... 211 278 

Att-Comp-Int................ 23-16-0 25-12-2 

Average Per Pass............ 9.2 11.1 

Average Per Catch........... 13.2 23.2 


TDs Passing................. 2 2 

TOTAL OFFENSE................. 452 352 

Total Plays................. 57 62 

Average Per Play............ 7.9 5.7 


KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 2-82 6-91 

PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 2-13 2-4 

INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 2-30 0-0 

KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 41.0 15.2 

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 6.5 2.0 

INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 15.0 0.0 

FUMBLES-LOST.................. 3-1 2-1 

PENALTIES-YARDS............... 10-61 7-68 


PUNTS-YARDS................... 5-246 7-308 

Average Per Punt............ 49.2 44.0 

Net punt average............ 44.4 39.3 

TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 30:01 29:59 

3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 7/14 4/15 

3rd-Down Pct................ 50% 27% 

4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 0/1 1/4 

4th-Down Pct................ 0% 25% 

SACKS BY-YARDS................ 5-39 0-0 

MISC YARDS.................... 0 0 

TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 6 2 

FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 0-0 0-0 

ON-SIDE KICKS................. 0-0 0-0 

RED-ZONE SCORES............... 2-3 67% 0-0 0% 

RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS........... 2-3 67% 0-0 0% 

PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 4-6 67% 2-2 100% 

ATTENDANCE.................... 2150 0 

Games/Avg Per Game.......... 1/2150 0/0 

Neutral Site Games.......... 0/0 

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total 

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Dakota Wesleyan..... 27 0 0 13 - 40 

Opponents........... 14 0 0 0 - 14 

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Dakota Wesleyan Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 01, 2012) 

All games 

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G 

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Endres, Josh 1 24 221 8 213 8.9 3 75 213.0 

Brown, Arthur 1 5 16 0 16 3.2 0 8 16.0 

Barnaud, Franco 1 2 15 0 15 7.5 0 15 15.0 

Bane, Jon 1 3 3 6 -3 -1.0 0 3 -3.0 

Total.......... 1 34 255 14 241 7.1 3 75 241.0 

Opponents...... 1 37 126 52 74 2.0 0 18 74.0 

PASSING GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G 

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Bane, Jon 1 175.32 16-23-0 69.6 211 2 60 211.0 

Total.......... 1 175.32 16-23-0 69.6 211 2 60 211.0 

Opponents...... 1 151.81 12-25-2 48.0 278 2 82 278.0 

RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G 

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Brown, Arthur 1 7 40 5.7 1 11 40.0 

Brown, Michael 1 4 94 23.5 1 60 94.0 

Fahey, Dimitri 1 2 12 6.0 0 7 12.0 

Breen, Mitch 1 1 47 47.0 0 47 47.0 

Duerksen, Cody 1 1 11 11.0 0 11 11.0 

Barnaud, Franco 1 1 7 7.0 0 7 7.0 

Total.......... 1 16 211 13.2 2 60 211.0 

Opponents...... 1 12 278 23.2 2 82 278.0 

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long 

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Brown, Arthur 1 30 30.0 0 30 

Barnaud, Franco 1 52 52.0 0 52 

Total.......... 2 82 41.0 0 52 

Opponents...... 6 91 15.2 0 23 

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long 

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Barnaud, Franco 2 13 6.5 0 8 

Total.......... 2 13 6.5 0 8 

Opponents...... 2 4 2.0 0 4 

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long 

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Cervantes, Anth 1 25 25.0 1 25 

Sheldon, Levi 1 5 5.0 0 5 

Total.......... 2 30 15.0 1 25 

Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long 

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DeVaney, Andrew 1 0 0.0 0 0 

Total.......... 1 0 0.0 0 0 

Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd 

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Carlson, Derek 5 246 49.2 59 1 0 1 0 

Total.......... 5 246 49.2 59 1 0 1 0 

Opponents...... 7 308 44.0 61 1 1 2 0 

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Dakota Wesleyan Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 01, 2012) 

All games 

|——— PATs ———| 

SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points 

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Endres, Josh 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 

Cervantes, Anth 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 

Brown, Arthur 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 

Brown, Michael 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 

Porter, Dan 0 0-0 4-6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 4 

Total.......... 6 0-0 4-6 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 40 

Opponents...... 2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 14 

TOTAL OFFENSE 

G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G 

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Endres, Josh 1 24 213 0 213 213.0 

Bane, Jon 1 26 -3 211 208 208.0 

Brown, Arthur 1 5 16 0 16 16.0 

Barnaud, Franco 1 2 15 0 15 15.0 

Total.......... 1 57 241 211 452 452.0 

Opponents...... 1 62 74 278 352 352.0 

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G 

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Endres, Josh 1 213 0 0 0 0 213 213.0 

Brown, Michael 1 0 94 0 0 0 94 94.0 

Barnaud, Franco 1 15 7 13 52 0 87 87.0 

Brown, Arthur 1 16 40 0 30 0 86 86.0 

Breen, Mitch 1 0 47 0 0 0 47 47.0 

Cervantes, Anth 1 0 0 0 0 25 25 25.0 

Fahey, Dimitri 1 0 12 0 0 0 12 12.0 

Duerksen, Cody 1 0 11 0 0 0 11 11.0 

Sheldon, Levi 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 5.0 

Bane, Jon 1 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -3.0 

Total.......... 1 241 211 13 82 30 577 577.0 

Opponents...... 1 74 278 4 91 0 447 447.0 

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Dakota Wesleyan Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 01, 2012 

All games 

|————Tackles————| |-Sacks-| |—Pass Def—| |-Fumbles-| Blkd 

DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 

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24 Cervantes, Anth 1 4 5 9 4.5-22 1.5-16 1-25 . . . . . . 

42 Bonte, Brady 1 3 6 9 1.5-8 1.0-6 . . . . . . . 

48 Maassen, Jeff 1 3 5 8 0.5-0 . . . . . . . . 

90 Henglefelt, Cra 1 1 7 8 2.5-9 1.5-8 . . . . . . . 

13 Bergmeier, Dust 1 4 3 7 1.0-1 . . 1 . . 1 . . 

36 Barnaud, Mike 1 1 5 6 . . . . . . . . . 

27 McManus, Matt 1 1 3 4 . . . 1 . . . . . 

93 Tuttle, Matt 1 . 4 4 1.5-7 0.5-4 . . . . . . . 

49 Hermanson, Jord 1 1 3 4 0.5-1 . . . . . . . . 

20 Munk, Tanner 1 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . . 

7 DeVaney, Andrew 1 2 1 3 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 

3 Thompson, Josh 1 . 3 3 0.5-1 . . 1 . . . . . 

17 Ferera, Chris 1 1 2 3 0.5-5 0.5-5 . . . . . . . 

26 Fiedler, Josh 1 . 2 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 

91 Gruis, Eric 1 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 

82 Hatcher, Ben 1 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . 

16 Thiel, Zach 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 

44 Severson, Tyler 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 

19 Ljunggren, Dyla 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 

96 Hunhoff, Calvin 1 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . 1 . . 

29 Sheldon, Levi 1 . 1 1 . . 1-5 . . . . . . 

38 Liebelt, Presto 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 

23 Breen, Mitch 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 

Total.......... 1 24 60 84 13-54 5-39 2-30 5 . 1-0 2 . . 

Opponents...... 1 29 34 63 2-11 0-0 . . . 1-0 1 . . 

2012 DWU TEAM CAPTAINS 

Dakota Wesleyan players voted on team 

captains during preseason camp. The 

2012 DWU captains are: 

#10 Anthony Muilenburg, Sr., WR 

#13 Dustin Bergmeier, Sr., DB 

#22 Josh Endres, Sr., RB 

#27 Matt McManus, Jr., DB 

#48 Jeff Maassen, So., LB 

#68, Eric Witte, Jr., OL 

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