Football Plays Crucial NSIC North Division Contest Against MSU Moorhead This Weekend

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - The St. Cloud State University football team (3-3, 2-0 NSIC North) is on the road to Moorhead, Minn. this weekend to take on MSU Moorhead (3-3, 1-1 NSIC North) on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 2 p.m. at Scheel Field at Nemzek Stadium in a key NSIC North Division contest.

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Scouting MSU Moorhead

The Dragons defeated Minnesota Crookston by a 41-12 score last weekend to even their division record at 1-1 and season record at 3-3
MSU Moorhead gained 240 yards on the ground and 201 yards through the air for 441 yards as a team against the Golden Eagles.
The Dragons' defense limited Crookston to just eight total rushing yards on 44 attempts.
Austin Stone led the MSU Moorhead rushing attack with 79 yards and a touchdown.
Demetrius Carr connected on nine of 16 passes for 162 yards and four touchdowns.
Damon Gibson caught all four touchdowns for the Dragons as he totaled 140 receiving yards.
Ryan Dahleen led the team with eight tackles, 3.5 stops for loss and two sacks.
Miles Baggett also totaled eight tackles along with 2.5 stops for loss.
MSU Moorhead is averaging an impressive 29 points per game this season and have topped the 40-point mark twice.
The defense has totaled 41 tackles for loss including 20 sacks plus eight interceptions.
The program is also 3-0 at home this season.
Stone leads the team in rushing with 503 yards and four touchdowns.
His rushing total is seventh in the league
Carr has served as the primary quarterback and is 90-for-157 for 1,007 yards and 13 touchdowns.
He also has 98 yards rushing and two touchdowns.
Gibson ranks highly among the leaders in the NSIC in receiving.
He leads the league in receptions per game (7.3), is second in receiving touchdowns (9) and is third in receiving yards (752).
Gibson also is averaging 17.1 yards per catch, while serving as the primary punter and averaging 29 yards per kick on his 22 attempts.
Hunter Braaten is second on the team with his 31 catches, while Cory Ambrose has five receiving touchdowns.
Abe Roehrich leads the defense with 49 tackles.
Roehrich also has five tackles for loss, two sacks and two interceptions.
Aaron Bohl has accumulated 40 tackles, 4.5 stops for loss and 3.5 sacks.
Jake Busse has 4.5 tackles for loss.

Prior Meetings

SCSU is 35-23-2 all-time against MSU Moorhead in the previous 60 meetings
MSU Moorhead won the first game played between the schools by a 27-17 count in 1920.
SCSU has won nine of the last 10 meetings including last year's 59-21 victory over the Dragons in St. Cloud.
The last road meetings between the schools was in 2014 with St. Cloud State winning 55-27.

Listen To The Game

J.W. Cox and Dave Overlund will call all SCSU football live on AM 1240 WJON during the 2016 season. Fans can also listen to the contest on wjon here.
Cox, a familiar voice to the program, makes a return to the booth as the Huskies' play-by-play broadcaster and SCSU alum Overlund is in his first year as the color analyst. Fans can hear all 11 games this season on AM 1240 WJON – the new broadcast home for Huskies football this season. The SCSU football pre-game show begins 30 minutes prior to kick-off for all games this season.

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Listen To the Scott Underwood Show

The Scott Underwood Show is held at 7 p.m. weekly on Mondays during the football season at the Green Mill Restaurant in downtown St. Cloud. Fans are invited to come out and listen to the show live at the Green Mill and enjoy some great menu discounts available during the show on Monday. The show is hosted by the voice of the Huskies, J.W. Cox and airs on AM 1390 The Fan from 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Read This Week's Game Notes

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Notables

The Huskies defeated University of Mary by a 41-7 score last weekend.
The 41 points are the most scored this season and the most for the program since scoring 42 against Mary last season (11/14/15).
The home win was the first for the program since beating MSU Moorhead last season (10/31/15)
The program has now beaten the Marauders in all 11 games in the series.
The program is on a two-game winning streak for the first time since beating Winona State (9/26) and Minnesota Crookston (10/3) last season.
The two straight wins is only the third time since the start of the 2014 season that SCSU has won consecutive games or more.
The Huskies are now 2-0 in the NSIC North Division for the first time since the 2013 season.
The team has reached 20 points in the last three games and in 15 of the last 17 games.
The one touchdown allowed was the 18th time since the start of the 1995 season (241 games) that SCSU, after allowing only seven points to Minnesota Crookston the previous week, has allowed one score in back-to-back games.
Nate Meyer led the offense with 243 yards passing, three touchdown passes and two touchdowns runs.
The rushing scores were his first two of the season after he totaled 16 rushing touchdowns his first two years.
Meyer's five total touchdowns was the fifth time in his career where he has accounted for four or more touchdowns in a game.
He has now thrown at least one touchdown in 13 straight games and in 22 of his 28 career contests.
It was Meyer's third straight game with multiple touchdown passes.
Jameson Parsons caught three passes for 102 yards and a touchdown.
The game was his 12th career 100-yard receiving game.
Parsons has scored at least one receiving touchdown in five straight games and in 10 of his last 13 contests.
Jaden Huff ran for a touchdown for the 17th time over the last two seasons.
Joe Blando ran for 50 yards.
Nick Greenlund had a strong all-around performance with six catches for 86 yards and two touchdowns plus 17 yards as a punt returner, 17 yards on the ground and 12 as kickoff returner.
The touchdown catches were the first two of Greelund's career.
Jack Horter led the team with his career-high 12 tackles.
The SCSU defense gave up 78 yards rushing and 111 yards passing for a total of 189 yards.
The 78 yards allowed to Mary on the ground was the least amount given up by the team since the end of last year when the Marauders ran for 67 yards (11/14/15).
The 111 passing yards allowed was the fewest the program has given up since surrendering 100 against Minnesota Crookston during the 2013 season (10/12/13).
The total of 189 yards allowed was the lowest amount since Augustana accumulated 162 yards of total offense during the 2013 season (9/28/13 – 39 games ago).
The Huskies rank among the top six teams in the NSIC in passing yards per completion (2nd – 14.60), fewest penalties (4th – 32), fewest penalties per game (4th – 5.33), first down defense (2nd – 106), fumbles recovered (3rd – 7), time of possession (3rd – 32:42), passing offense (5th – 287.2), scoring defense (6th – 25.2), total defense (3rd – 371.0) and passing efficiency (6th).
Parsons is second in the league in receptions (7.2), fourth in receiving yards and receiving yards (747.0) and receiving yards per game (124.5), sixth in touchdowns (6) and seventh in all-purpose yards (125.67).
Meyer is second in passing yards per completion (14.61) and passing yards per attempt (8.92), fourth in passing yards (1,651), fifth in passing yards per game (275.2) and completion percentage (61.1), sixth in completions per game (18.83) and passing efficiency (149.9).
Adam Josephson leads the conference and nation in fumbles forced (0.67 per game).
Brady Westart is tied for first in the conference and ninth nationally in fumbles recovered (2) along with Jeremy Koffi.
Carvel Graham is fourth in the conference in interceptions (3).

Next Week

Next, the Huskies play again on the road and travel to Aberdeen, S.D. to take on Northern State at Swisher Field at 1 p.m.
The Huskies are 14-4 all-time against the Wolves in a series that began in 1946.
SCSU lost to the Wolves by a 31-24 score last season at home.
The Huskies dropped the last game at Northern State on the road by a 45-23 margin during the 2014 season.