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2020 North Dakota State Bison football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTyler Roehl (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDavid Braun (2nd season)
Home stadiumFargodome
(Capacity: 19,000)
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 South Dakota State +^   5 – 1     8 – 2  
No. 12 Missouri State +^   5 – 1     5 – 5  
No. 7 North Dakota ^   4 – 1     5 – 2  
No. 6 North Dakota State ^   5 – 2     7 – 3  
No. 14 Southern Illinois ^   3 – 3     6 – 4  
Northern Iowa   3 – 4     3 – 4  
South Dakota   1 – 3     1 – 3  
Illinois State†   1 – 3     1 – 3  
Western Illinois†   1 – 5     1 – 5  
Youngstown State   1 – 6     1 – 6  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Indiana State opted out of the spring season.
    † – Illinois State and Western Illinois opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 21 and April 5, 2021, respectively.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 North Dakota State Bison football team will represent North Dakota State University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by second-year head coach Matt Entz. The team plays in the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota, for the 28th season as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They entered the season as defending national champions, having won eight of the prior nine FCS titles.

Previous season

Main article: 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team

In 2019, the Bison finished the regular season 12–0, the second consecutive undefeated Bison season, and won their ninth consecutive MVFC title. They received an automatic qualifying bid to the FCS Playoff Tournament and were seeded as the No. 1 team. The Bison then went 4–0 in the FCS playoffs to finish 16–0 as FCS champions, becoming the first team at any level of college football to finish a season 16–0 since Yale in 1894. They also extended their FCS-record winning streak to 37 games.

Preseason

MVFC poll

Preseason All–MVFC team

Schedule

NDSU had games scheduled against Oregon (September 5), Drake (September 12), and North Carolina A&T (September 19) that were cancelled before the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3][4]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26 at Northern Iowa
October 3 Illinois Statedagger
October 10 at Indiana State
October 17 South Dakota State
October 24 Youngstown State
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
October 31 at Missouri State
November 14 North Dakota
November 21 at South Dakota

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Personnel

Roster

2020 North Dakota State Bison Football

Quarterback

  •  5 Trey Lance - Sophomore (6′3, 224)
  •  7 Jayden Johannsen - Redshirt Freshman (6′2, 193)
  •  8 Zeb Noland - Senior (6′2, 222)
  • 10 Logan Graetz – Redshirt Freshman (6′4, 209)
  • 16 Noah Sanders - Junior (6′3, 217)
  • - Cam Miller - Freshman (6′1, 205)

Tailback

  • 18 Adam Cofield - Senior (5′11, 207)
  • 21 Jalen Bussey - Redshirt Freshman (5′5, 159)
  • 22 Seth Wilson - Junior (5′10, 195)
  • 24 Kobe Johnson - Sophomore (5′9, 183)
  • 30 Saybein Clark – Sophomore (6′1, 206)
  • - TK Marshall - Freshman (5'11, 189)
  • - Dominic Gonnella - Freshman (5′11, 190)
  • - Nathan Goldade - Freshman (5′10, 202)

Fullback

  • 44 Hunter Luepke - Sophomore (6′1, 246)
  • 49 Logan Hofstedt - Redshirt Freshman (6′1, 246)
  • - Jesse Hastings - Freshman (5′11, 229)

Wide Receiver

  •  1 Christian Watson – Junior (6′3, 206)
  •  6 Giancarlo Volpentesta - Redshirt Freshman (6′0, 193)
  • 11 Phoenix Sproles – Junior (5′11, 188)
  • 12 Braylon Henderson – Redshirt Freshman (5′8, 179)
  • 15 Kaden Kuntz – Redshirt Freshman (5′8, 176)
  • 17 Phoenix Sproles – Sophomore (6′6, 194)
  • 22 Jake Lippe – Redshirt Freshman (6′2, 204)
  • 29 Adrian Adams – Redshirt Freshman (6′0, 172)
  • 32 DJ Stewart – Sophomore (5′11, 190)
  • 80 Andy Voyen – Junior (6′2, 208)
  • 84 Trevor Heit - Senior (5′9, 180)
  • 86 Peter Isais - Junior (5′11, 181)
  • 89 Cole Jacob - Senior (6′1, 201)
  • - RaJa Nelson - Freshman (5′8, 175)
  • - DJ Hart - Freshman (6′0, 180)
  • - Joseph Deyak - Freshman (6′2, 190)
  • - Tyler Terhark - Freshman (6′2, 192)

Tight End

  • 40 Travis Yohnke – Redshirt Freshman (6′4, 252)
  • 43 Zach Gottwalt – Redshirt Freshman (6′5, 218)
  • 46 Austin Avery – Junior (6′3, 248)
  • 81 Josh Babicz – Junior (6′6, 252)
  • 85 Jaden Klabo – Redshirt Freshman (6′4, 211)
  • 87 Noah Gindorff – Junior (6′6, 266)
  • - Joe Stoffel - Freshman (6′3, 234)
  • - Jack Bram - Freshman (6′3, 215)
  • - Andre Carrier - Freshman (6′3, 197)
  

Offensive Lineman

  • 57 Zach Willis - C – Senior (6′3, 300)
  • 58 Josh Howieson - OT - Senior (6′5, 310)
  • 59 Karson Schoening - C - Senior (6′5, 302)
  • 61 Zach Kubas - OG - Senior (6′4, 298)
  • 63 Jake Kubas - OG - Sophomore (6′3, 298)
  • 64 Jake Rock - OT - Redshirt Freshman (6′6, 294)
  • 66 Nash Jensen - OG – Junior (6′4, 331)
  • 67 Cordell Volson - OT - Senior (6′6, 312)
  • 68 Nick Radunz - OL - Junior (6′4, 288)
  • 69 Quinn Alo - OG - Senior (6′2, 301)
  • 70 Cody Mauch - OT - Junior (6′4, 286)
  • 71 Brandon Westberg - C - Redshirt Freshman (6′3, 283)
  • 72 Jalen Sundell - OT - Sophomore (6′5, 293)
  • 75 Dillon Radunz - OT - Senior (6′6, 301)
  • 76 Hunter Poncius - OT - Redshirt Freshman (6′8, 293)
  • 77 Bryan Nohava - OG - Sophomore (6′4, 290)
  • - Mason Miller - OT - Freshman (6′6, 232)
  • - Grey Zabel - OT - Freshman (6′5, 247)
  • - Hayden Johnston - OL - Freshman (6′1, 259)

Defensive Lineman

  • 54 Jake Kava – DE - Sophomore (6′1, 236)
  • 56 Justice Kelly – DE - Senior (6′3, 239)
  • 60 Lane Tucker – DT - Junior (6′4, 278)
  • 62 Dylan Evans – DT - Sophomore (6′4, 287)
  • 64 Reed Ryan – DE - Redshirt Freshman (6′2, 238)
  • 73 Eli Mostaert – DT - Redshirt Freshman (6′3, 275)
  • 74 Will Mostaert – DE - Redshirt Freshman (6′3, 253)
  • 90 Tony Pierce – DE - Sophomore (6′0, 228)
  • 93 Logan McCormick – DE - Junior (6′2, 247)
  • 94 Costner Ching – DT - Junior (6′3, 282)
  • 95 Brendan Cook – DE - Sophomore (6′3, 244)
  • 96 Javier Derritt – DT - Redshirt Freshman (6′1, 280)
  • 97 Bartholomew Ogbu – DE - Junior (6′2, 246)
  • 98 Matt Biegler - DT - Senior (6′3, 283)
  • 99 Spencer Waege – DE - Junior (6′5, 270)
  • - Seth Anderson - DE - Freshman (6′5, 253)
  • - Nolan Jacobs - DT - Freshman (6′2, 243)
  • - Loshiaka Roques - DE - Freshman (6′3, 215)
  • - Bryce Friday - DT - Freshman (6′4, 240)
  • - Joe Kava - DT - Freshman (5′11, 229)
  • - Trey Steinbach - DE - Freshman (6′3, 220)
  

Linebacker

  • 31 Jasir Cox - Junior (6′0, 205)
  • 34 Juanye Tillman – Sophomore (5′11, 238)
  • 43 Beau Pauly - Senior (6′2, 218)
  • 45 Mitchell Kartes - Sophomore (5'11, 208)
  • 47 Luke Weerts - Sophomore (6'1, 217)
  • 48 Mark Stumpf - Sophomore (6'2, 221)
  • 49 Nick Kubitz - Redshirt Freshman (6'2, 213)
  • 50 Dylan Hendricks - Redshirt Freshman (6′3, 231)
  • 51 Mason Hofstedt – Junior (6′0, 218)
  • 52 Jackson Hankey – Junior (6′1, 220)
  • 55 Aaron Mercadel - Senior (5′11, 218)
  • - Oscar Benson - Freshman (6′0, 180)
  • - Cole Wisniewski - Freshman (6′3, 189)

Cornerbacks

  • 13 Anthony Coleman - Redshirt Freshman (5′9, 176)
  • 14 Josh Hayes - Senior (5′11, 186)
  • 33 Destin Talbert - Junior (5′11, 182)
  • 35 Jayden Price - Sophomore (6′0, 187)
  • 39 Jenaro Wathum-Ocama - Redshirt Freshman (6′0, 188)
  • - Courtney Eubanks - Freshman (5′10, 175)
  • - Marques Sigle - Freshman (5′10, 170)

Safeties

  • 10 Dom Jones - FS - Redshirt Freshman (6′2, 189)
  • 18 Cam Smith - FS - Redshirt Freshman (5′11, 182)
  • 20 Julian Wlodarczyk - SS - Sophomore (6′3, 204)
  • 25 Michael Tutsie - SS - Junior (5′10, 197)
  • 26 James Kaczor - SS - Junior (6′0, 207)
  • 27 Dawson Weber - FS - Junior (6′2, 189)
  • 46 Caleb Beebe - SS - Redshirt Freshman (5′10, 179)
  • - Tyson Gordon - Freshman (6′2, 177)
  • - Ty Satter - Freshman (6′1, 167)
  • - Sam Jung - Freshman (5′10, 175)

Placekicker

  • 15 Will Cardinal - Redshirt Freshman (6′2, 192) (+P)
  • 36 Griffin Crosa – Sophomore (6′1, 170)
  • 37 Jake Reinholz – Junior (6′2, 217)
  • - Nathan Whiting - Freshman (5′11, 201)

Punter

  • 38 Garret Wegner - Senior (6′0, 196)

Long Snappers

  • 41 Ross Kennelly - Senior (5′11, 223)
  • 85 Hunter Brozio - Redshirt Freshman (6′0, 232)

Recruiting Class

Game summaries

at Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0
Panthers 0
See also: 2020 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–26 2019 W, 46–14

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
Redbirds 0
Bison 0
See also: 2020 Illinois State Redbirds football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–2 2019 W, 37–3

at Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0
Sycamores 0
See also: 2020 Indiana State Sycamores football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–1 2017 W, 52–0

South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Jackrabbits 0
Bison 0
See also: 2020 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
61–40–5 2019 W, 23–16

Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 0
Bison 0
See also: 2020 Youngstown State Penguins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–4 2019 W, 56–17

at Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0
Bears 0
See also: 2020 Missouri State Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–2 2019 W, 22–0

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 0
Bison 0
See also: 2020 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
47–62–3 2019 W, 38–7

at South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 0
Coyotes 0
See also: 2020 South Dakota Coyotes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
54–25–3 2019 W, 49–14

Ranking movements

AP Poll
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Coaches

References

  1. ^ Peterson, Eric. "Bison football game at Oregon canceled after Pac-12 Conference moves to conference-only play for multiple fall sports". INFORUM. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. ^ Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. ^ "MEAC suspends all fall sports for indefinite period". ESPN.com. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  4. ^ Kelley, Kevin (27 July 2020). "Pioneer Football League to play conference-only football schedule in 2020". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 North Dakota State Football Schedule". gobison.com. Retrieved July 10, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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