Football Traveling To Minnesota Duluth For Thursday Night Midco TV Game

Thursday, September 28

Duluth, MN

7 p.m.

St. Cloud State

University of Minnesota Duluth

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Football Traveling To Minnesota Duluth For Thursday Night Midco TV Game

9/27/2017 10:54:00 AM | Football

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - The St. Cloud State University football team (3-1) begins NSIC North play with a trip to Minnesota Duluth (2-2) to take on the Bulldogs on Thursday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m.

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The annual contest is being titled as the "Battle for The Bone" and will be played for a bone shaped inaugural travel trophy named the "Dog Bone".

Scouting Minnesota Duluth

Minnesota Duluth won an overtime thriller over Wayne State on the road last week by a 34-31 score.
UMD's Don Brager knocked in the game-winning 27-yard field goal in overtime.
Ben Everhart led the offense for Minnesota Duluth by completing 27 passes for 422 yards.
Jason Balts caught nine passes for 217 yards and a touchdown.
On the season, Anthony Woods in the leading rusher with 33 carries for 162 yards and two touchdowns.
Austin Slyvester has 115 yards rushing and a touchdown.
Everhart is a dual threat quarterback with 68 yards and two touchdowns on the ground and 56 completions for 805 yards and three touchdowns through the air.
The program has already used three different quarterbacks this season.
Balts has been the top receiver with 28 catches for 481 yards and two touchdowns.
Gus Wedig is the team's defensive leader with 26 tackles, five tackles for loss and three passes defended.
Zach Bassuener leads the team in sacks with 2.5 and has a pair of fumble recoveries.
Karl Finkel has four tackles for loss among his 10 stops this season.
The Bulldogs have 32 tackles for loss on the season.
Both of the team's losses this season have to come to programs that are currently ranked in the top 10 nationally in Sioux Falls and Minnesota State

Prior Meetings

UMD holds a slight 25-24 edge in the all-time series.
St. Cloud is looking for its first win over the Bulldogs since the 2012 season and only the third victory over UMD in the last 10 meetings.
The Huskies jumped out to a 27-14 lead over Minnesota Duluth last season, but were outscored 34-7 in the second half.
The game was tied at 34 early in the fourth quarter, but UMD scored a pair of touchdowns less than a minute apart to take control.
John Pass caught a 72-yard touchdown pass in the contest.
Jameson Parsons hauled in five passes for 64 yards.
Jaden Huff recorded 107 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.
Nate Meyer completed 11 passes for 175 yards and two touchdowns.
Gary Koehring led the SCSU defense with 15 tackles.
Nick Greenlund had an 86-yard kick-off return touchdown
UMD's Drew Bauer completed 27 passes for 388 yards and three touchdowns plus ran for 95 touchdowns and two more scores.
The series started during the 1933 season with SCSU winning 6-0

Listen To The Game

J.W. Cox and Dave Overlund will call all SCSU football live on AM 1240 WJON during the 2017 season. Fans can also listen to the contest on wjon here.
Fans can hear all 11 games this season on AM 1240 WJON – the home for Huskies football this season. The SCSU football pre-game show will begin 30 minutes prior to kick-off for all games this season.

Live Stats Anyone?

The live stats for the game can be found by clicking on the link on SCSU's football schedule page or by following this link

Watch The Game Online

Fans around the world can watch the games online through Stretch Internet's SCSU Portal.

Listen To the Scott Underwood Show

The Scott Underwood Show is held at 7 p.m. weekly regularly 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 Granite City Sports (1390granitecitysports.com) from 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Read This Week's Game Notes

A complete collection of interesting game notes, stats, rosters and records is available weekly in SCSU Football Notes Package.

Notables

St. Cloud State defeated Augustana by a 26-14 score last weekend, Sept. 23, in a rainy contest that featured two lighting delays.
The Huskies scored the first 26 points of the game.
The program ended up 3-1 against the NSIC South Division this season and are 13-11 against the NSIC South since the start of the 2012 season.
Adam Stage knocked in both his field goal attempts against the Vikings.
His 46-yard made field goal was the longest for the program since Eric Mielke also made a 46-yard field goal during the 2014 season.
In the last 11 years only Brian Cristan's 47-yard made field goal has been longer for SCSU.
Stage has now made five field goals on the season which is one more than the team had the last two years combined.
Linebacker Graham Miller led the defense against AU with his five tackles, a pair of stops for loss and a 29-yard interception return for a touchdown.
For his efforts, Miller was named the NSIC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, Sept. 25, for the first time in his career.
He is the first SCSU player to capture a weekly award from the league office since Brett Wainright was named the Special Teams Player of the Week during the 2014 campaign.
The SCSU defense forced three turnovers with Carvel Graham and Gary Koehring picking off passes.
Justin Czech started at quarterback against Augustana and was just the third SCSU player to start at quarterback in the last 37 games.
Czech connected on 10 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown against the Vikings.
Gregory Lewis ran for 58 yards and a touchdown.
Lewis has scored at least a rushing touchdown in three of the team's four games this season.
John Pass hauled in four passes for 63 yards and a touchdown and also had a pair of rushing attempts for 14 yards.
SCSU limited Augustana to 45 yards rushing in the game and held the ball for 37:05.
The Huskies are ranked second nationally in rushing defense (40.5 yards per game) and time of possession (37:57).
SCSU is 3-1 or better on the season for the ninth time since 2002.

Next Week

St. Cloud State return home to host Minnesota Crookston on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 1 p.m. at Husky Stadium
The program defeated the Golden Eagles by a 28-7 score last season on the road.
The SCSU defense limited UMC to 227 total yards in the contest.
Jaden Huff ran for 65 yards and a touchdown.
Joe Blando picked up 49-yards rushing and a touchdown.
Jameson Parsons hauled in seven passes for 125 yards and a touchdown.
Anthony Carver picked up three catches for 30 yards and a touchdown.
Jake Schley led the defense with his seven tackles.
Brady Westart had six tackles including a sack.
Graham Miller had five tackles including two stops for loss.
SCSU is 13-0 all-time against Minnesota Crookston since the start of the series in 2003.