Blue Hawks look to defend home field as Kansas Wesleyan invades for FCS First Round
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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Kansas Wesleyan (7-5) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
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Dickinson State (ND) (10-1) | 10 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
THIS WEEK IN DICKINSON STATE FOOTBALL...
Saturday, Nov. 23 – Biesiot Activities Center – Dickinson, N.D. – 1:00 pm MT
#14 Dickinson State (9-1, 8-0 NSAA) vs #19 Kansas Wesleyan (7-4, 5-0 KCAC)
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FCS FIRST ROUND
For the second consecutive season Dickinson State will play in the NAIA Football Championship Series First Round. This year, the Blue Hawks will host KCAC Bissell Division Champion, and 19 seed, Kansas Wesleyan. Last season #16 DSU travel to #17 Montana Tech in the first round and beat the Orediggers, 35-28, to advance to the NAIA FCS Second Round. This will be the first home playoff game for Dickinson State since their hosted a pair of games in the 2004 season, beating Montana Tech, 30-13, in the First Round before falling to eventual national champion Carroll College in the Quarterfinals.
THE SERIES
vs KWU: KWU leads 1-0, series tied 0-0 in Dickinson
Last: KWU 43-40 (11/24/18 in Salina) / Streak: KWU 1
Notes: The teams have met just once, in the NAIA FCS Quarterfinals in 2018. Kansas Wesleyan won, 43-40, scoring with under a minute to go to take the lead.
SOARING HAWKS
Jayden Heartwell x2 – NSAA Defensive Player of the Week (Wk. 1,7)
Semaj Clark x2 – NSAA Offensive Player of the Week (Wk. 3,7)
Will Madler x2 – NSAA Offensive Player of the Week (Wk. 5,10)
Braden Zuroff x2 – NSAA Offensive Player of the Week (Wk. 6,8)
Chase Miller x3 – NSAA Special Teams Player of the Week (Wk. 10,11,12)
Jackson Simonson – NSAA Offensive Player of the Week (Wk. 11)
SCOUTING THE COYOTES
Points Per Game: KWU 27.45 | Opponents 20.91
Rushing Yards Per Game: KWU 209.2 | Opponents 157.9
Passing Yards Per Game: KWU 118.36 | Opponents 190.09
Total Yards Per Game: KWU 327.5 | Opponents 348.0
Penalty Yards Per Game: KWU 73.91 | Opponents 54.09
Avg. Time of Possession Per Game: KWU 27:06 | Opponents 32:32
PLAYOFF PICTURE
Top 12 Qualifiers
|
Seed |
Institution |
2024 Season Record |
|
1 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
9-0 |
|
2 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
10-0 |
|
3 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
10-1 |
|
4 |
Montana Western |
9-1 |
|
5 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
9-1 |
|
6 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
10-1 |
|
7 |
Montana Tech |
9-2 |
|
8 |
Texas Wesleyan |
10-0 |
|
9 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
9-2 |
|
10 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
8-2 |
|
11 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
8-2 |
|
12 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
9-1 |
First Round Matchups
(Teams listed in Bold are home)
|
Rank |
Institution |
Record |
|
Rank |
Institution |
Record |
|
13 |
Baker (Kan.) |
9-1 |
vs. |
20 |
Pikeville (Ky.) |
5-5 |
|
14 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
9-1 |
vs. |
19 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
7-4 |
|
15 |
Southwestern (Kan.) |
10-1 |
vs. |
18 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
8-3 |
|
16 |
Friends (Kan.) |
10-1 |
vs. |
17 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
8-1 |