SATURDAY
For the first and only time this season, the University of Mary football team plays at home for a second straight week. Fresh off a homecoming win, the Marauders host St. Cloud State University for Military Appreciation Day on Saturday, Sept. 21. Kickoff between the Marauders and the visiting Huskies is 3:30 pm at the MDU Resources Community Bowl in Bismarck, ND.

THE RECORDS
The Marauders are 1-6 overall and in the Northern Sun and 1-2 in the NSIC North... The Huskies are 5-2 overall and in the Northern Sun and 2-1 in the NSIC North.  

LAST WEEK
The Marauders defeated Minnesota Crookston 30-6 to highlight UMary's 2017 homecoming... The Huskies defeated the visiting Dragons 31-7.
 
LAST YEAR
The Marauders finished the 2016 season 1-10 overall and in the Northern Sun and 1-6 in the NSIC North division, placing 15th overall in the conference and sixth in the North division... The Huskies finished 5-6 overall and in the Northern Sun and 4-3 in the NSIC North.

MILITARY APPRECIATION GAME
Saturday is Military Appreciation Day for Marauders football. To honor and recognize their service to our nation, Military Service members and a guest will be admitted to the Marauders-Huskies football game for free with their military ID or proof of service. Additionally, the Marauders will wear camouflage jerseys during the game, courtesy of the North Dakota National Guard.

THANK YOU
Three Marauders are veterans of the United States Navy and served together on the USS Anchorage, one of the country's newest vessels. Jordan Beaty and Daquavian Ross are redshirt freshmen this season after joining the Marauders last season. Chris Davis joined the Marauders this season. Additionally redshirt freshman linebacker Dylan Anthony is a member of the North Dakota National Guard.

GAME SPONSOR: FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK AND TRUST
First International Bank & Trust is the UMary football game sponsor when the Marauders host St. Could State University on Saturday, Oct. 21. Complimentary tickets to the Marauders-Huskies game are available at local First International Bank & Trust locations. Beginning at noon on Saturday, Marauders Alley tailgate sponsor TruMoo is providing free chocolate milk and First International Bank & Trust will grill and provide free Cloverdale hotdogs for all fans.


FIVE + 1 NUMBERS TO KNOW
417 The Marauders set an NCAA era team record for rushing yards with 417 in the 30-6 homecoming win over UMC. The previous mark was 364 yards against MSU Moorhead in 2011. The school record is 445 yards against then-Jamestown College in 1989.

235.4 The Marauders are second in the Northern Sun in rushing offense with 235.4 yards per game, despite already facing three of the top five run defenses in the conference (Sioux Falls, Minnesota State, Bemidji State) in the first seven games.

69 The Marauders ran the ball a school-record 69 times against Minnesota Crookston on Saturday. The previous high was 64 earlier this season at Upper Iowa. Entering the year the high was 60, set against UMC in 2011 and 2016.

30 This is the 30th season of Marauders football. After playing a junior varsity schedule in 1987, head coach Jim Driscoll led the 1988 squad to a 27-18 home win in the program's first varsity game. UMary honored the members of the 1988 team - known as The Originals - during the Minot State game.

2.0 One week after posting a career-high 2.5 sacks at Bemidji State, senior captain and defensive tackle Brock Pittsley followed with two sacks against Minnesota Crookston. Now with five sacks on the season - all in the last three weeks - Pittsley ranks third in the NSIC in sacks... Also junior DT Jackson Grad posted a career-best two sacks in the game.

- 35 The Marauders set an NCAA era mark for fewest rushing yards allowed in a game after holding UMC to -35 yards on the ground in 20 attempts. Helping the cause was eight sacks for -47 yards. The previous NCAA era low was 41 yards against Minot State in 2014. The school record is -51 yards done twice, the last time against Azusa Pacific in the 2003 playoffs.

HEAD COACHES
Josh Kotelnicki is in his fourth season as the head coach of the University of Mary. He is just the fifth varsity head coach in school history as the team begins its 30th season. Kotelnicki directed the Marauders to a 5-6 record in his first season in 2014 and is 8-34 lifetime (four years). Kotelnicki joined Mary after serving as the associate head coach at NCAA FCS University of North Dakota for two seasons (2012-13) and as UND's defensive coordinator in 2013. A native of Litchfield, Minn., Kotelnicki won an NCAA Division II title as a player at North Dakota and has been on winning teams as a coach at the NCAA FBS, FCS, and Division II levels. After starting his coaching career at UND, he has also worked at Murray State, Truman State, and NCAA FBS Kansas State before returning to UND... In his tenth season leading the St. Cloud State University football program, Scott Underwood posted a winning record in each of his first eight years and owns a career mark of 74-38 overall and 69-32 in Northern Sun games. He was named the 2011 NSIC Coach of the Year after leading the Huskies to a share of the conference title and getting SCSU to a second straight NCAA playoff berth. Underwood has taken SCSU to the NCAA playoffs in three of the last seven years and is second all-time in wins at SCSU. The 1988 graduate of Augustana College was the SCSU defensive coordinator prior to earning the head job.

YEAR IN YEAR OUT
This is the 12th straight season the Marauders have played the Huskies. St. Cloud State is one of five teams Mary has faced every season since beginning NCAA play in 2006. The first two meetings (2006, 2007) were non-conference games. SCSU rejoined the Northern Sun in 2008. Bemidji State, Minnesota Crookston, Northern State and MSU Moorhead are the other four teams.

THE MARAUDERS-HUSKIES SERIES HISTORY
(SCSU leads the series 11-0)
An annual contest for the Marauders since beginning NCAA Division II play in 2006, Mary has faced SCSU 11 times with the Huskies winning all... 2006: In the first meeting between the two schools, the Marauders used scoring runs of 81 yards by Justin Fleck and seven yards by Blair Sandy to take a 14-13 lead in the third quarter. The Huskies exploded for 21 points in the fourth to take a 37-14 win. Matt Wall caught six passes for 100 yards and Fleck ran for 99... 2007: Brian Christan booted the game-winning field goal with 55 seconds left in the game from 36 yards in a SCSU 16-13 win. Sandy threw for 230 yards and Roman Penirian had five catches for 127 yards to lead Mary....  2008: Darius Dotch returned an interception 30 yards for the winning touchdown with three minutes left in the game in a 14-7 SCSU win. Mary pulled even in the third when Jesse Kozak connected with Erik Kruse from 15 yards out. Lamal Lomax ran for 77 yards to pace the Marauders offense. RB Brandon Geiss gained 124 of SCSU's 193 yards in the game... 2009: Joey Bollinger threw for 267 yards in his first collegiate start and Lomax scored two touchdowns but SCSU ran for 371 yards in a 35-17 Huskies win. Stripling led SCSU with 154 yards and two TDs, one of three Huskies to run for over 100 yards... 2010: John Oyloe returned an interception for a TD and Mo Burrough blocked a punt that was returned for a score by Marcus Parence for the only Marauders points in a 30-14 loss at SCSU. The Huskies ran for 291 of their 403 yards. Burrough also knocked down three passes... 2011: Mary intercepted four passes and held #18 SCSU to 99 yards passing but the Huskies ran for 354 and scored the last 14 points in a 45-24 road win. The Marauders led 14-7. Dante Steward led SCSU with 134 yards rushing, Michael Walker added 101 and Geiss had 87 yards and two touchdowns. Craig Bagnell threw for 235 yards and a score to Bryan Sandy. Mo Burrough and Andrew Richter each had two interceptions with Burrough returning one for a score... 2012: SCSU turned four Mary interceptions into 28 second quarter points in a 55-13 home win. Elby Pope (UM) caught seven passes for 81 yards and a TD. Dariouse Gravely ran for 68 yards, including a 24-yard score. SCSU rushed for 307 yards, led by Michael Walker with 166, including an 80 yard TD run. Phillip Klaphake was 12-of-14 for 187 yards and four TDs... 2013: Mary lost two fumbles  in a 20-13 SCSU win. The first fumble led to a Huskies TD. A Phil Klaphake TD pass doubled the SCSU lead to 14-0. UM then fumbled at the SCSU 5 yard line. Tyler Ryan hit a 34-yard field goal before Walker scored from the 1 yard line for the 2nd time, building a 20-3 lead with 7:14 left in the game. Craig Bagnell hit Jeremy Mayfield for a TD pass and another Ryan field goal with 1:59 left pulled UM within a touchdown but the Marauders never got the ball back. Troy Guptill had 3 sacks and 4 tackles for loss. Grant Singer added 3 tackles for loss. Bagnell passed for 269 yards and a score... 2014: Zach Roberson completed 40-of-64 passes for 505 yards (all school records) and five TDs and Elby Pope caught 11 passes for 199 yards and two TDs to become Mary's all-time leading receiver in a 55-44 Marauders loss at SCSU. Down 34-10 at half Mary could never catch up. Myron Baldoz-McArn caught seven catches for 99 yards and 1 TD and Jake East posted a line of 7-99-1. Troy Guptill had two tackles for loss, including a sack. Nate Meyer was 18-of-22 passing for 232 yards and 2 TDs for SCSU and Jaden Huff ran for 128 yards and 3 TDs... 2015: Caleb Buck was 38-of-55 passing for 260 yards, including a 1st quarter TD pass to Connor Graves that tied the game 7-7. SCSU took a 14-7 lead in the 2nd quarter and posted 28 points in the 4th for a 42-7 road win. Zack Graves caught 10 passes for 85 yards. Adam Woroniecki caught 10 passes for 37 yards and ran for 41 yards. Preston Tescher had 11 tackles, intercepted a pass and recovered a fumble. Meyer passed for 234 yards and two TDs and ran for 71 yards and two TDs to lead SCSU. Jameson Parsons caught three passes for 120 yards and two TDs... 2016: Sam Mackedanz caught three passes for 47 yards, including a 17-yard touchdown from Colton Farmer, to highlight the Marauders efforts in a 41-7 road loss at St. Cloud State. Farmer passed for 111 yards. Zach Podoll ran for 45 yards. Noah Krebs had nine tackles. SCSU scored four second quarter touchdowns 41 straight points. Nate Meyer passed for 243 yards and three TDs and also ran for two scores for SCSU. Parsons caught three passes for 102 yards.        

PAST MARAUDERS-HUSKIES MEETINGS (Huskies leads 11-0)
2006        SCSU 37                 Mary 14                St. Cloud, MN
2007        SCSU 16                 Mary 13                Bismarck, ND
2008        SCSU 14                 Mary   7                Bismarck, ND
2009        SCSU 35                 Mary 17                St. Cloud, MN
2010        SCSU 30                 Mary 14                 St. Cloud, MN
2011        SCSU 45                 Mary 24                Bismarck, ND
2012        SCSU 55                 Mary 13                St. Cloud, MN
2013        #25 SCSU 20        Mary 13                Bismarck, ND
2014        SCSU 55                Mary 44                St. Cloud, MN
2015        SCSU 42                Mary   7                Bismarck, ND
2016        SCSU 41                Mary   7                St. Cloud, MN    

QUICK LOOK AT THE ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY HUSKIES
After seeing a streak of eight straight winning seasons snapped last year (5-6), the Huskies are close to starting another streak with five wins in seven games... SCSU's two losses are at home to now #11 Winona State and to previously nationally-ranked and NSIC North leading Minnesota Duluth... SCSU is 4th nationally and 1st in the NSIC in time of possession (34:53)... 52 of the Huskies players are from Wisconsin, 22 are from Minnesota... Greg Lewis leads SCSU in rushing with 469 yards. He averages 5.5 yards/carry and has scored six touchdowns... In his first year starting, Soph. QB Dwayne Lawhorn has completed 55.6 percent of his passes for 1,111 yars and 13 TDs with just four interceptions... John Pass has caught 26 passes for 429 yards and seven TDs... Carvel Graham has intercepted four passes, two returned for TDs... Adam Satge is 7-of-10 on FGs and made all 29 extra point attempts... Graham Miller has two picks with one returned for a TD... Jack Horter has 4.0 sacks... Gary Koehring leads SCSU with 44 tackles and has 6.0 TFL... Brady Westart was 7.0 tackles for loss... SCSU is +6 in turnovers and ranks 4th in NSIC in total defense (299.1 yards allowed/game)

WEEK 7 REWIND
UMary dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball for a 30-6 homecoming win over Minnesota Crookston. Offensively the Marauders ran for an NCAA era school record of 417 yards and the UMary defense allowed -35 yards rushing, also an NCAA era best. UMary set a school record with 69 rushing attempts in the contest. A total team effort, DeShawn Gay led all Marauders with 88 yards rushing and had a TD. Gay was one of seven Marauders who gained at least 25 yards on the ground. Paul Guptill added 86. Garrett Weissinger found freshman Luke Little in the end zone for scoring strikes of 6 and 11 yards in Little's first collegiate game. Led by two sacks each from Brock Pittsley and Jackson Grad, the Marauders dropped Golden Eagles QB Joseph Nava eight times for losses of 47 yards. Cameron Goetz scored the only 1st half points on a 26 yard field goal. Gay and Little both scored TDs in the 3rd quarter for a 17-0 lead before Nava scored on a 10 yard run. Little and Devin Hope scored 4th quarter TDs to seal the Marauders first win of the season.
 
SACK ATTACK
The eight sacks against UMC was an NCAA era high. The previous best was seven, which happened three times (the last vs. Bemidji State in 2013). Brock Pittsley and Jackson Grad both had two sacks each. Casey Uhler, Luther Missoh and Devon Macias each had a sack and Chris Kraft and Daniel Hudrlik shared one.

TURNOVERS TAMED
The Marauders have not committed a turnover in each of their last two games, winning the turnover battle both times. Three times this season the Marauders have held the turnover advantage.

LITTLE NAME, BIG GAME
In his first collegiate game, true freshman Luke Little caught touchdown passes of 6 and 11 yards. Pressed into action due to injuries among wide receivers, the Bismarck, ND, native went over the top and pulled the ball away from the Golden Eagles defender on the second score.

PINPOINT PRECISION
Soph. P Bailey Meyer is second in the NSIC in punting at 40.7 yards/attempt. Twelve of his 38 attempts have been downed inside the 20 with just three rolling into the end zone for touchbacks. There have been six fair catches called.

BIG HITTER
Freshman DeShawn Gay leads the Marauders in rushing with 363 yards and three touchdowns in 56 carries, a stellar average of 6.5 yards/carry. He had a season-high 144 at Wayne State College, including a 59 yard scoring burst. Gay has two receptions for 87 yards w/ a 72 yard TD vs. BSU.  

BIG HITTER 2
Noah Krebs is 10th in the NSIC in tackles with 58 (34 solo).