2020 North Dakota State Bison football team

The 2020 North Dakota State Bison football team will represent North Dakota State University in the 2020–21 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.

2020 North Dakota State Bison football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
2020 record1–0 (0–0 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTyler Roehl (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDavid Braun (2nd season)
Home stadiumFargodome
(Capacity: 19,000)
2020 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Dakota State   –     1 –0  
Southern Illinois   –     1 –0  
Illinois State   –      –  
North Dakota   –      –  
Northern Iowa   –      –  
South Dakota   –      –  
South Dakota State   –      –  
Western Illinois   –      –  
Youngstown State   –      –  
Missouri State   –     0 –3  
As of January 30, 2021; Rankings from STATS Poll

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

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 canceled before the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2][3][4]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
October 32:30 p.m.Central Arkansas*No. 1
ESPN+W 39–28471
February 212:30 p.m.Youngstown State
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND (Harvest Bowl)
ESPN+
February 272:30 p.m.at Southern Illinois
ESPN+
March 62 p.m.at Missouri State
ESPN+
March 132:30 p.m.Illinois State
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
ESPN+
March 202:30 p.m.North Dakota
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
ESPN+
March 272 p.m.at South Dakota
ESPN+
April 32:30 p.m.South Dakota State
ESPN+
April 104:00 p.m.at Northern Iowa
ESPN+

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Personnel

Roster
2020 North Dakota State Bison Football

Quarterback

  •  5 Trey Lance - Sophomore (6′3, 224)
  •  7 Jayden Johannsen - Freshman (6′2, 193)
  •  8 Zeb Noland - Senior (6′2, 222)
  • 10 Logan Graetz – 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 - 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 - Freshman (6′1, 246)
  • - Jesse Hastings - Freshman (5′11, 229)

Wide Receiver

  •  1 Christian Watson – Junior (6′3, 206)
  •  6 Giancarlo Volpentesta - Freshman (6′0, 193)
  • 11 Phoenix Sproles – Junior (5′11, 188)
  • 12 Braylon Henderson – Freshman (5′8, 179)
  • 15 Kaden Kuntz – Freshman (5′8, 176)
  • 17 Phoenix Sproles – Sophomore (6′6, 194)
  • 22 Jake Lippe – Freshman (6′2, 204)
  • 29 Adrian Adams – 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 – Freshman (6′4, 252)
  • 43 Zach Gottwalt – Freshman (6′5, 218)
  • 46 Austin Avery – Junior (6′3, 248)
  • 81 Josh Babicz – Junior (6′6, 252)
  • 85 Jaden Klabo – 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 - 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 - Freshman (6′3, 283)
  • 72 Jalen Sundell - OT - Sophomore (6′5, 293)
  • 75 Dillon Radunz - OT - Senior (6′6, 301)
  • 76 Hunter Poncius - OT - 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 - Freshman (6′2, 238)
  • 73 Eli Mostaert – DT - Freshman (6′3, 275)
  • 74 Will Mostaert – DE - 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 - 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 - Freshman (6'2, 213)
  • 50 Dylan Hendricks - 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 - 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 - Freshman (6′0, 188)
  • - Courtney Eubanks - Freshman (5′10, 175)
  • - Marques Sigle - Freshman (5′10, 170)

Safeties

  • 10 Dom Jones - FS - Freshman (6′2, 189)
  • 18 Cam Smith - FS - 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 - 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 - 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 - Freshman (6′0, 232)

Game summaries

Central Arkansas
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 3 3 14 8 28
Bison 0 10 8 21 39
See also: 2020 Central Arkansas Bears football team

Ranking movements
AP Poll
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP
FCS polls
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
STATS FCS  
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.
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