2024 North Dakota State Bison football team

2024 North Dakota State Bison football
2024 North Dakota State Bison football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 MVFC)
Head coach	Tim Polasek (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Jake Landry (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Nick Goeser (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Grant Olson (1st season)
Home stadium	Fargodome
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Illinois State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Indiana State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Missouri State*	0	–	0	0	–	0
Murray State	0	–	0	0	–	0
North Dakota	0	–	0	0	–	0
North Dakota State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Northern Iowa	0	–	0	0	–	0
South Dakota	0	–	0	0	–	0
South Dakota State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Southern Illinois	0	–	0	0	–	0
Youngstown State	0	–	0	0	–	0
* Ineligible for 2024 FCS playoffs due to transition to the FBS

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of August 1, 2024 Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2024 North Dakota State Bison football team will represent North Dakota State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison will be led by first-year head coach Tim Polasek. Polasek joins the Bison after being an offensive coordinator at North Dakota State, Iowa, and most recently, Wyoming. Polasek will be assisted by first0year offensive coordinator Jake Landry,^[1] who joins the Bison from St. Thomas, as well as co-defensive coordinators Grant Olson and Nick Goeser.^[2] The Bison play home games at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV
August 29	7:00 pm	at Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ESPN
September 7	2:30 pm	Tennessee State*	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ABC ND/ESPN+
September 14	4:30 pm	at East Tennessee State*	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN	ABC ND/ESPN+
September 21	1:00 pm	Towson*	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ABC ND/ESPN+
September 28	2:00 pm	at Illinois State	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ABC ND/ESPN+
October 5	2:30 pm	North Dakota	Fargodome Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)	ABC ND/MidcoSN/ESPN+
October 12	2:00 pm	at Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN+
October 19	TBA	South Dakota State	Fargodome Fargo, ND (Dakota Marker)	ESPN Network
October 26	1:00 pm	at Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	ABC ND/ESPN+
November 2	2:30 pm	Northern Iowa	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ABC ND/ESPN+
November 16	2:30 pm	Missouri State	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ABC ND/ESPN+
November 23	1:00 pm	at South Dakota	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ABC ND/ESPN+
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Regular season

Colorado (FBS)

North Dakota State Bison (0–0) vs. Colorado Buffaloes (0–0)

Period	1	2	Total
Bison			0
Buffaloes			0

at Folsum Field, Boulder, CO

Date: August 29, 2024
Game time: 7:00 pm
Game weather: TBA
TV: ESPN

Tennessee State

Tennessee State Tigers (–) vs. North Dakota State Bison (–)

Period	1	2	Total
Tigers			0
Bison			0

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

Date: September 7, 2024
Game time: 2:30 pm
Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
TV: ESPN+

East Tennessee State

North Dakota State Bison (–) vs. East Tennessee State Buccaneers (–)

Period	1	2	Total
Bison			0
Buccaneers			0

at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium, Johnson City, TN

Date: September 14, 2024
Game time: 4:30 pm
Game weather: TBD
TV: ESPN+

Towson

Towson Tigers (–) vs. North Dakota State Bison (–)

Period	1	2	Total
Tigers			0
Bison			0

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

Date: September 21, 2024
Game time: 1:00 pm
Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
TV: ESPN+

Illinois State

North Dakota State Bison (–) vs. Illinois State Redbirds (–)

Period	1	2	Total
Bison			0
Redbirds			0

at Hancock Stadium, Normal, IL

Date: September 28, 2024
Game time: 2:00 pm
Game weather: TBA
TV: ESPN+

North Dakota

North Dakota Fighting Hawks (–) vs. North Dakota State Bison (–)

Period	1	2	Total
Fighting Hawks			0
Bison			0

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

Date: October 5, 2024
Game time: 2:30 pm
Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
TV: ESPN+

Southern Illinois

North Dakota State Bison (–) vs. Southern Illinois Salukis (–)

Period	1	2	Total
Bison			0
Salukis			0

at Saluki Stadium, Carbondale, IL

Date: October 12, 2024
Game time: 2:00 pm
Game weather: TBA
TV: ESPN+

South Dakota State

South Dakota State Jackrabbits (–) vs. North Dakota State Bison (–)

Period	1	2	Total
Jackrabbits			0
Bison			0

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

Date: October 19, 2024
Game time: TBA
Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
TV: TBD

Murray State

North Dakota State Bison (–) vs. Murray State Racers (–)

Period	1	2	Total
Bison			0
Racers			0

at Roy Stewart Stadium, Murray, KY

Date: October 26, 2024
Game time: 1:00 pm
Game weather: TBA
TV: ESPN+

Northern Iowa

Northern Iowa Panthers (–) vs. North Dakota State Bison (–)

Period	1	2	Total
Panthers			0
Bison			0

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

Date: November 2, 2024
Game time: 2:30 pm
Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
TV: ESPN+

Missouri State

Missouri State Bears (–) vs. North Dakota State Bison (–)

Period	1	2	Total
Bears			0
Bison			0

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

Date: November 16, 2024
Game time: 2:30 pm
Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
TV: ESPN+

South Dakota

North Dakota State Bison (–) vs. South Dakota Coyotes (–)

Period	1	2	Total
Bison			0
Coyotes			0

at DakotaDome, Vermillion, SD

Date: November 23, 2024
Game time: 1:00 pm
Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
TV: ESPN+

Roster

2024 North Dakota State Bison football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Braylon Henderson	Sr
WR	`2`	Kellen Entz	So
WR	`3`	RaJa Nelson	Sr
RB	`4`	Owen Johnson	Jr
WR	`5`	Bryce Lance	Jr
WR	`6`	Tyler Terhark	Sr
QB	`7`	Cam Miller	Sr
RB	`8`	Barika Kpeenu	Jr
QB	`9`	Cole Payton	Jr
QB	`10`	Trey Drake	Fr
WR	`11`	Jackson Williams	Fr
QB	`12`	Nathan Hayes	So
WR	`15`	Mekhi Collins	So
WR	`17`	Isiah St. Romain	Fr
QB	`18`	Jacob Kilzer	Fr
WR	`19`	Chris Harris	Jr
RB	`25`	CharMar Brown	Fr
RB	`26`	Brady Wavrunek	Fr
RB	`28`	TK Marshall	Sr
RB	`30`	Kelly Watson	Fr
FB	`33`	Logan Hofstedt	Sr
RB	`34`	Jonathan Harvey	So
FB	`35`	Ryland Satter	Fr
RB	`36`	McClain Miller	Fr
TE	`40`	Kaden Zenzen	So
TE	`42`	Reis Kessel	Fr
TE	`43`	Carter Zeller	Fr
TE	`44`	Luke Kokat	So
FB	`46`	Truman Werremeyer	Jr
FB	`47`	Dylan Klancher	Fr
FB	`49`	Hunter Brozio	Sr
OL	`57`	Noah Stommes	Fr
C	`59`	Hayden Johnston	Sr
G	`60`	Isaac Zatechka	Jr
OL	`61`	Gage Schmidt	Fr
G	`62`	Griffin Empey	Fr
C	`63`	Trent Fraley	So
C	`66`	Jack Liwienski	Fr
G	`67`	Kaden Chadwick	So
OL	`68`	Coy Okeson	Fr
G	`69`	Devin Lockerby	So
OT	`70`	Beau Johnson	Fr
OL	`71`	Nate Tastad	Fr
OT	`72`	Nate Schneckloth	Fr
OT	`73`	Mason Miller	Sr
G	`74`	Grey Zabel	Sr
OL	`75`	Josh Magin	So
OT	`76`	Hunter Poncius	Sr
G	`77`	Austin Schultz	Fr
OT	`78`	Jake Rock	Sr
WR	`80`	John Gores	So
WR	`81`	Carter Kriewaldt	Fr
TE	`82`	Joe Stoffel	Sr
WR	`83`	Cade Osterman	Fr
WR	`84`	Logan Conklin	Fr
TE	`85`	Jett Zabel	Fr
WR	`86`	Cedric Wall	So
TE	`87`	Nate Forystek	So
TE	`88`	Carson Williams	Jr
TE	`89`	Finn Diggins	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`0`	Marcus Gulley	Sr
S	`4`	Jaylin Crumby	Fr
CB	`10`	Marcus Sheppard	Sr
LB	`11`	Oscar Benson	Sr
CB	`13`	Najee Nelson	Fr
LB	`14`	Enock Sibomana	Jr
CB	`17`	Jailen Duffie	Fr
CB	`18`	Jaquise Alexander	So
CB	`19`	Will Rosenmeyer	Fr
S	`20`	Reese Sheldon	Fr
S	`21`	Noah Taylor	Fr
S	`22`	Hudson Artz	So
CB	`23`	Kegan Huber	So
CB	`24`	Anthony Chideme-Alfaro	Jr
LB	`25`	Ray James	Fr
S	`26`	Taylen Eady	Fr
S	`27`	Ryan Jones	Jr
S	`28`	Will Steil	Fr
S	`29`	Darius Givance	So
S	`31`	Cole Wisniewski	Sr
LB	`32`	Austin Altepeter	So
CB	`33`	Termaine Turner	Fr
CB	`34`	Will Washington	Fr
S	`35`	Sam Jung	Sr
LB	`36`	Nick Kubitz	Sr
S	`37`	Will Frattalone	Fr
LB	`41`	Peder Haugo	Fr
LB	`42`	Jaiden Pickett	Fr
LB	`43`	Logan Kopp	Jr
LB	`44`	Brit Senftner	So
LB	`47`	Luke Weerts	Sr
DE	`49`	Matthew Stenbroten	Fr
DT	`50`	Kody Huisman	Jr
LB	`51`	Donovan Woolen	Fr
LB	`52`	Nathaniel Staehling	So
DT	`53`	Eli Mostaert	Sr
DE	`54`	Payton Bodine	Fr
DE	`55`	Kole Menz	Jr
DE	`56`	Loshiaka Roques	Sr
LB	`57`	Oliver Lucht	Fr
DT	`58`	Keenan Wilson	Fr
DT	`64`	Jaxon Duttenhefer	Jr
DT	`65`	Bryce Friday	Sr
DT	`66`	Jack Hansen	Fr
DE	`69`	Zach Vanderpool	Fr
DE	`90`	Wyatt Osterbauer	Fr
DT	`91`	Will Mostaert	Sr
DE	`92`	Kelton McCaslin	So
DE	`93`	Toby Anene	So
DT	`94`	Logan Larson	So
DE	`95`	Dylan Hendricks	Sr
DE	`96`	Abraham Myers	Fr
DE	`97`	Victor Isele	Fr
DT	`98`	Brennan Palmer	Fr
DE	`99`	Hunter Zenzen	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`22`	Aaron Bickerton	Jr
K	`37`	Drew Klein	So
K	`38`	Eli Ozick	Fr
K	`39`	Griffin Crosa	Fr
P	`41`	Kaedin Steindorf	Sr
LS	`45`	Grant Knodle	Fr
LS	`48`	Caleb Bowers	So

Head coach

Tim Polasek (head coach)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Randy Hedberg (associate HC / quarterbacks)
Jake Landry (offensive coordinator / running backs)
Grant Olson (co-defensive coordinator / linebackers)
Nick Goeser (co-defensive coordinator / defensive tackles)
Joe Beschorner (special teams coordinator / tight ends / fullbacks)
Dan Larson (running game coordinator / offensive line)
Steve Crutchley (wide receivers)
Will Johnson (cornerbacks)
Devin Klieman (safties)
Carlton Littlejohn (defensive ends)
Jack Plumb (offensive quality control)
Brett Bostad (offensive analyst)
Jared Taylor (defensive quality control)
David Wienke (defensive anaylst)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 1, 2024

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
STATS
Coaches

References

^ "Jake Landry named NDSU Offensive Coordinator". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. February 2, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
^ "Bison football promotes Grant Olson to defensive coordinator". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. December 21, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
^ "2024 Football Schedule". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
^ "North Dakota State Bison Schedule 2024". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

[1] "Jake Landry named NDSU Offensive Coordinator". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. February 2, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.

[2] "Bison football promotes Grant Olson to defensive coordinator". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. December 21, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2024.

[3] "2024 Football Schedule". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved December 29, 2023.

[4] "North Dakota State Bison Schedule 2024". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

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