BISON  GAME  DAYThe Forum Saturday, November 9, 2013 5

RUSHINGNo. Yds. Avg. Long TD

BISONSam Ojuri 109 673 6.2 66 3John Crockett 107 593 5.5 35 7Brock Jensen 58 212 3.7 24 4

REDBIRDSMarshaun Coprich 171 736 4.3 72 8Collin Keoshian 65 204 3.1 15 6

PASSINGCom. Att . Yds. Int . TD

BISONBrock Jensen 119 178 1448 4 17

REDBIRDSBlake Winkler 106 175 1455 5 11Jared Barnett 27 48 415 5 3

RECEIVINGNo. Yds. Avg. Long TD

BISONRyan Smith 36 370 10.3 31 3Zach Vraa 33 624 18.9 56 8Trevor Gebhart 9 58 6.4 15 1Carey Woods 8 66 8.2 23 1Eric Perkins 7 79 11.3 33 0Kevin Vaadeland 6 61 10.2 33 3

REDBIRDSPhil Dudley 33 290 8.8 43 1Cameron Meredith 19 348 18.3 73 5Chick Chatham 14 234 16.7 41 1Anthony Warrum 12 324 27.0 62 3

PLACE KICKINGEPm EPa FGm FGa Lg

BISONAdam Keller 38 40 5 6 41

REDBIRDSNick Aussieker 32 31 7 8 35

PUNTINGNo. Avg. Lg. I -20

BISON

NDSU (8-0) NDSU OppAug. 30 at Kansas State 24 21Sept. 7 Ferris State (Mich.) 56 10Sept . 14 Open dateSept. 21 Delaware State 51 0Oct. 28 at South Dakota State 20 0Oct. 5 Northern Iowa 24 23Oct. 12 Missouri State 41 26Oct. 19 at Southern Illinois 31 10Oct. 26 at Indiana State 56 10Nov. 2 Open dateToday Illinois Stat eNov. 16 at Youngstown StateNov. 23 South Dako ta

ISU (5-4) ISU OppAug. 29 at Ball State 28 51Sept. 7 Open dateSept. 14 at Eastern Illinois 24 57Sept. 21 Abilene Christian 31 17Sept. 28 at Missouri State 10 37Oct. 5 Western Illinois 35 21Oct. 12 at Youngstown State 21 59Oct. 19 Indiana State 55 14Oct. 26 South Dakota 28 14Nov. 2 Northern Iowa 13 3Today at North Dako ta StateNov. 16 at Southern I ll inoisNov. 23 Open dat e

stat leaders probable starters

Jeff Kolpack (7-1)The ForumThat 12-1 NDSU record aftera bye week under head coachCraig Bohl is too hard to ignore.

NDSU 31, ISU 10

Dom Izzo (7-1)WDAYThe Fargodome crowd will beready to welcome back NDSUafter nearly a month away.Redbirds haven’t won on theroad yet this year.

NDSU 31, ISU 13

Eric Peterson (7-1)The ForumThe Bison should be healthyand ready to roll coming offa bye week, and the Redbirdsare starting a redshirt freshman

Kevin Schnepf (6-2)The ForumWhen the Bison have twoweeks to prepare, that’s notgood news for the opponent.Bison avoid looking aheadto Youngstown State.

NDSU 35, ISU 7

schedules

staff predictions

BISON OFFENSEPos.No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr.

TE 85 Kevin Vaadeland 6-4 245 Sr.

LT 77 Billy Turner 6-6 314 Sr.LG 66 Zack Johnson 6-4 317 So.

C 64 Josh Colville 6-2 270 So.RG 71 Tyler Gimmestad 6-2 304 Sr.

RT 59 Joe Haeg 6-6 293 So.WR 4 Ryan Smith 5-7 175 Sr.

WR 82 Zach Vraa 6-2 203 Jr.

RB 22 Sam Ojuri 6-0 212 Sr.FB 40 Andrew Grothmann 6-1 232 Sr.

QB 16 Brock Jensen 6-3 225 Sr.

BISON DEFENSEPos.No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr.

DE 53 Kyle Emanuel 6-3 246 Jr.

DT 69 Leevon Perry 6-4 282 Sr.NG 60 Ryan Drevlow 6-4 281 Sr.

DE 93 Cole Jirik 6-5 248 Sr.LB 52 Travis Beck 6-0 214 Jr.

LB 34 Grant Olson 6-0 228 Sr.LB 38 Carlton Littlejohn 6-1 216 Jr.

CB 6 C.J. Smith 5-11 183 So.

FS 35 Christian Dudzik 5-10 188 Jr.SS 20 Colten Heagle 5-11 202 Jr.

CB 1 Marcus Williams 5-11 192 Sr.

Ojuri   Vraa Winkler

conference schedule

Missouri Valley Football Conference

Team Conference OverallNorth Dakota State 5-0 8-0Youngstown State 5-0 8-1Illinois State 4-2 5-4Missouri State 4-2 4-6Southern Illinois 3-2 5-4South Dakota 3-3 4-5South Dakota State 2-3 5-4Western Illinois 1-5 3-7Northern Iowa 0-5 4-5Indiana State 0-5 1-8

Games todayMontana at South Dakota,

1 p.m.Indiana State at South

Dakota State, 2 p.m.Missouri State at Southern

Illinois, 2 p.m.Illinois State at NDSU,

2:30 p.m.Youngstown State at Norther n Iowa, 4 p.m.

NDSU’s Brock Jensen, a veteran senior,versus Blake Winkler, a redshirt freshmanexposed to Fargodome noise for first time.

Quarterbacks

matchups

ISU’s Marshaun Coprich 736 yards rushingis impressive, but Bison have too muchwith one-two punch of Ojuri and Crockett.

Running backs Advantage

 

The Bison passing game has cometo life in recent weeks as Zach Vraahas become the big-play guy.

Receivers Advantage

 

A healthy Bison line continues to eat upthe clock. Bison ranks first nationallyin time of possession, 34:37.

Offensive line Advantage

 

The Bison line is a big reason thedefense ranks first nationally in rushing(78.5) and total yards allowed (245.3).

Defensive line Advantage

 

NDSU’s big three – Grant Olson, TravisBeck and Carlton Littlejohn – havecombined for 127 tackles this season.

Linebackers Advantage

 

With veterans like Williams, Heagleand Dudzik, the Bison rank thirdnationally in passing efficiency defense.

Secondary Advantage

 

PICKOFF ARTIST

 When: 2:37 p.m. (CST) today

 Where: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700)

  TV: North Dakota NBC Network, Fox Sports North (not in North Dakota)

  Radio: 790-AM, 101.9-FM

  Online: Check out The Forum’s live blog during the game atbisonmedia.areavoices.com or at www.inforum.com. Media BlogPregame with WDAY’s Dom Izzo and The Forum’s Kevin Schnepf andEric Peterson on the web at about noon.

  Game conditions: AstroTurf GameDay Grass. Outside, Mostly cloudy,breezy and cool with an expected high of 40 degrees.Illinois State at No. 1 North Dakota State

Advantage

 

Record8-0

Points/game37.9

Pointsallowed/game

12.5

Rush yds./game229.2

Pass yds/game200.6

Record5-4

Points/game27.2

Pointsallowed/game

30.3

Rush yds./game136.1

Pass yds/game209.3

 

1. Adrion Smith, Missouri State, 1990-03, 24

2. Jeff Smith, Illinois State, 1985-88, 21

3. Marcus Williams, NDSU, 2010-present, 20

4. Ty Talton, Northern Iowa, 1995-98, 18

4. Dre Dokes, Northern Iowa, 2003-06, 18

6. Frank Spraggins, Western Illinois, 1994-97, 17

7. Mike McElroy, Southern Illinois, 2007-11, 15

8. R.L. Reynolds, Eastern Illinois, 1986-89, 14

8. Korey Lindsey, Southern Illinois, 2007-10, 14

NDSU’s Marcus Williams

ranks third on this list on the

list of Missouri Valley

Football Conference

interceptions. He is the NCAA

all-divisions active leader in

career interceptions.

Missouri Valley Football Conferencecareer leaders in interceptions

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BISONBen LeCompte 31 43.5 75 14

REDBIRDSCJ Laros 57 40.6 63 24

are starting a redshirt freshmanat quarterback.

NDSU 24, ISU 14The Bison now rank second nationallyin punt return average (18.7) and fourthin kickoff return average (26.3).

Special teams Advantage