COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY
MINNESOTA STATE-MOORHEAD DRAGONS AT MINNESOTA DULUTH BULLDOGS
r What: UMD HALL OF FAME FOOTBALL GAME
R WHEN: 6 P.M. TODAY
R WHERE: MALOSKY STADIUM (4,500 CAPACITY, ARTIFICIAL TURF)
R FORECAST: SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 54 AND 9 MPH WIND
R LIVE BLOG: DULUTHNEWSTRIBUNE.COM
R WEBCAST: WWW.PENNATLANTIC.COM
R TV/RADIO: MY9/KQDS-AM 1490 (105.5 AND 106.7 FM ON THE IRON RANGE); WWW.FAN1490.COM
R RECORDS: MOORHEAD 2-2 OVERALL, 1-2 NORTHERN SUN INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE; UMD 3-1, 2-1
R NATIONAL RANKINGS: MOORHEAD ISN'T RANKED; UMD IS NO. 10 IN THE AFCA NCAA DIVISION II AND D2FOOTBALL.COM POLLS.
R SERIES: THIS IS THE 53RD MEETING BETWEEN THE TEAMS, WITH UMD HOLDING A 31-17-4 LEAD IN A SERIES THAT DATES TO 1932 -- THE SECOND SEASON OF INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL AT UMD. THE BULLDOGS HAVE WON NINE STRAIGHT AGAINST THE DRAGONS, INCLUDING A 56-7 VICTORY LAST FALL IN MOORHEAD.
R COACHES: STEVE LAQUA IS 2-2 IN HIS FIRST SEASON AT MOORHEAD; BOB NIELSON, WHO TURNED 52 ON WEDNESDAY, IS 82-22 IN HIS NINTH SEASON AT UMD.
R OUTLOOK: MOORHEAD PREVAILED 29-22 IN OVERTIME LAST WEEK AGAINST MINNESOTA-CROOKSTON AS SENIOR RUNNING BACK E'BONI LUCIOUS-WEST RAN 15 TIMES FOR 103 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS. SENIOR LINEBACKER JEFF SCHUETTE HAD 16 TACKLES AND FORCED THE GAME-WINNING FUMBLE TO EARN NSIC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS. ... LAST WEEK UMD RESPONDED TO ITS FIRST LOSS IN 18 GAMES WITH A GRIND-IT-OUT 26-23 VICTORY AT THEN-24TH RANKED BEMIDJI STATE AS SENIOR KICKER DAVID NADEAU TIED A SCHOOL RECORD WITH FOUR FIELD GOALS. JUNIOR QUARTERBACK CHASE VOGLER COMPLETED 17 OF 21 PASSES FOR 199 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN, AND SOPHOMORE LINEBACKER COLBY RING LED THE DEFENSE WITH 12 TACKLES IN JUST HIS FOURTH COLLEGIATE START. THE BULLDOGS HELD A 384-215 ADVANTAGE IN YARDAGE WHILE CONTROLLING THE FOOTBALL NEARLY TWICE AS LONG (39:35 TO 20:25). ... VOGLER, WHO IS 28-2 AS A STARTER SINCE PLAYING AS A TRUE FRESHMAN IN 2009, IS NOW FOURTH IN UMD CAREER PASSING YARDAGE (4,067) AND THIRD IN TOTAL OFFENSE (5,534). ... THE BULLDOGS ARE 166-52-4 IN 222 APPEARANCES AT MALOSKY STADIUM (75.2 PERCENT) AND HAVE WON 21 OF THEIR LAST 23 GAMES THERE, INCLUDING NINE STRAIGHT.
JON NOWACKI, NEWS TRIBUNE
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