THIS WEEK
Back home for the first of two straight home games, the University of Mary hosts #14 University of Sioux Falls on Military Appreciation Day. Kickoff between the Marauders and the Cougars is 2 pm from the MDU Resources Bowl in Bismarck, ND.  
 
THE RECORDS/LAST WEEK
The Marauders are 1-5 overall and in the NSIC and 1-1 in the NSIC North division. UMary dropped a 49-14 decision at the University of Minnesota Duluth... Sioux Falls is the lone undefeated team in the NSIC at 6-0 overall and 2-0 in the NSIC South. The Cougars defeated Southwest Minnesota State 35-17 in their last game.
 
FOLLOW LIVE

• Voice of the Marauders Jesse Rostvedt and former UMary athletic director and Hall of Fame football coach Roger Thomas team up to broadcast Marauders games on KFYR 550 AM. The game is also streamed online at www.kfyr.com.
• Free video streaming of Marauders home and Northern Sun games is available  https://nsicnetwork.com/goumary and at www.GoUMary.com/coverage 
• Live stats for Saturday's games are available online at www.GoUMary.com/coverage

 
QUICK HITTER STORY LINES                  

• Saturday is the Marauders annual Military Appreciation Game, saluting the servicemembers for their service and dedication to the United States
• The Cougars are the last NSIC South division squad UMary will face this season
• #14 Sioux Falls is the second nationally ranked team the Marauders will play this year. UMary faced #23 Minnesota State earlier this year.
• The Marauders edged Northern State 27-26 in overtime in UMary's last home game
• Five of the Marauders six games this season have been one possession games
• Over the last two seasons UMary has played eight contests that have been decided by one possession (8 or fewer points)
• UMary owned second half leads this season against Wayne State, Winona State and #23 Minnesota State. Wayne State scored the winning touchdown with 1:46 left in the game and Minnesota State with 1:57 remaining
• The combined record of the Marauders first seven opponents is 26-10 and none have a losing record (USF 6-0, WSC 5-1, UMD 4-2, SMSU 4-2, WSU 4-2, NSU 3-3)
• A potent Marauders offense has scored 27 or more points in 8 of their last 10 games and thrown for 300 or more yards in 8 of 11 games
• The 2021 NCAA D2 leader in passing yardage, the Marauders have had 300+ yards passing three times in six games this season (300 v WSC, 307 v SMSU, 317 at MSU)

 
WEEK 7 RECAP | Minnesota Duluth 49 UMary 14

• Dave Small Jr. scored a rushing TD for the 6th straight game. He also ran for 87 yards to tie his season-high
• Freshman WR Traivon Dyson caught a 22 yard TD pass in the 4th quarter, his 1st collegiate touchdown
• Devyn Charles has a monster day on defense for the Marauders. He made 14 tackles (11 solo), posted 3.5 tackles for loss and had a sack. The total tackles was the most for the Marauders since Jarad Zittleman had 18 in 2018. The 3.5 tackles for loss was the most since Paul Guptill and Isaiah Hubbard had the same total in 2019 against Upper Iowa for Homecoming.
• UMD jumped out to a 21-0 lead before Small scored just before half.
• Jesse Forknell connected with Dyson early in the 4th quarter for the Marauders other touchdown
• Adam Brown had 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack
• William Federson also had a sack for UMary
• UMD outgained the Marauders 568-207 as Kyle Walljasper ran for 125 yards and 4 TDs
• The Bulldogs have won all 15 meetings with the Marauders

 
MILITARY APPRECIATION GAME SET FOR OCTOBER 15
Marauders football honors the service and dedication of United States military servicemembers during the October 15 game. All current and former servicemembers and a guest will be admitted to the game free with their military ID. Servicemembers will be honored prior to the game.
 
FARSTAD OIL ON THE RUN SUPERPUMPER IS MARAUDERS FOOTBALL OCTOBER 15 GAMEDAY SPONSOR
Farstad Oil On the Run Superpumper convenience stores are the sponsor for the Marauders-Cougars football game on Saturday, October 15. Kickoff is set for 2 pm. Complimentary tickets to the October 15 UMary football game are available at On the Run Superpumper locations in Bismarck and Mandan, ND.
 
GAME DAY LINEUP | OCT. 15 V SIOUX FALLS
10 AM | Tailgating in the Prairie Farms Dairy Marauders Alley officially starts at 10 am in the North Parking Lot of the MDU Resources Community Bowl. Laughing Sun Brewing and Norm's Eatery will have food for purchase in the tailgate area.
 
11:30 AM | Marauders football team arrives in the Prairie Farms Dairy Marauders Alley to greet the fans.
 
1 PM | Gates to the MDU Resources Community Bowl open to the public. Purchase tickets online for a reduced rate at www.UMaryTickets.com
 
1 PM | The Laughing Sun Brewing Marauders Bay beer garden inside the MDU Resources Community Bowl. Adults are welcome in the Marauders Bay and can enjoy a Laughing Sun Brewing beverage while watching the Marauders until the end of the third quarter.
 
2 PM | KICKOFF
The Marauders-Cougars football game kicks off at 2 pm.
 
MARAUDERS-COUGARS SERIES HISTORY

• This is the 15th meeting between the Marauders and the Cougars
• USF leads the series 10-4
• UMary is 3-5 at home
• The series started in 1988, the first Marauders football season
• After USF won the first two meetings, UMAry won the next three, including an NAIA playoff game in 1995
• The two programs met five times in the NAIA playoffs, the last time in 2002
• UMary won the first NCAA D2 meeting between the schools 17-10 in 2013. Craig Bagnell threw for 323 yards and a TD to Nick Jolliffe. Vince Ferrante ran for the winning TD with under five minutes to play.

 
NOSE FOR THE GOAL LINE
Dave Small Jr. has ran for a touchdown in six straight games. This is the longest individual consecutive game streak scoring a touchdown for the Marauders since Danny Kittner caught TD passes in the first six games of the 2021 season... Matt Wall caught a touchdown pass in the final six games of the 2006 season... Jamal Lomax scored in eight straight games stretching from the end of the 2009 season into 2010. However the Marauders all-time leading rusher missed four games during that run so his run was not consecutive UMary games.
 
KITTNER KNOWLEDGE BITES

• Danny Kittner has passed the century mark in receiving yards three times in six games this season
• The All-American has had 100+ yards receiving in 12 of his last 17 games and 15 times in his career
• Kittner is 6th in NCAA Division II in receptions/game (7.8) and 16th in receiving yards/game (100.7)

 
KITTNER GAME BY GAME 2022
Game 1 v WSC | 8 catches for 114 yards and 1 TD | 1-for-1 passing for 29 yards
Game 2 at WSU | 7-78 and 1 TD
Game 3 v SMSU | 9-152-0
Game 4 at MSU | 14-161-0 | 5 yard TD pass
Game 5 v NSU | 5-41-0
Game 6 at UMD | 4-58-0
Season Total | 47-604-2 TDs
 
RECORD WATCH | KITTNER
Danny Kittner, the Marauders all-time leading receiver with 248 catches and 3,269 yards, has caught 26 touchdown passes to trail only Jake Pfau (34) and Tyler Steffan and Luke Little (30). Kittner broke the career record for receptions in the final game of last season and the career yardage record in game two at Winona State.
 
NSIC RECORD WATCH | KITTNER
With 248 catches for 3,269 yards, Danny Kittner has a shot as breaking the Northern Sun career records in both categories.
 
NSIC Catches:
1. 269 Nate Huot (Southwest Minnesota State University 2014-17)
2. 248 Danny Kittner
 
NSIC Receiving Yards:
1. 3,428 Shane Zylstra (Minnesota State)
2. 3,360 Matt Heller (Augustana)
3. 3,304 Nate Huot (Southwest Minnesota State)
4. 3,269 Danny Kittner (UMary)
 
KITTNER IMPACT
All-American Danny Kittner may be best known for leading all levels of NCAA football in receptions and receiving yardage and leading NCAA D2 in all purpose yardage in 2021. But Kittner impacts the Marauders in far more ways than just running routes: 

• Threw his first career TD pass against Minnesota State. For his career he has completed 4-of-7 passes for 107 yards
• Holds for extra points and field goals
• Returns punts and kickoffs
• Scored a 2-point conversion in 2021
• Recovered an onside kick in 2021

 
CLIMBING THE CHARTS | NELSON

• Logan Nelson moved into 3rd place in career passing yardage at UMary with 5,748 yards, passing both Paul Cronin (4,990) and Tim Garcia (5,154) this fall... Craig Bagnell is the all-time leader (9,170), followed by Chris Schwab (7,786)
• Nelson is 5th in TD passes with 54. Craig Bagnell leads with 75, followed by Chris Schwab (73), Tim Garcia (58) and Paul Cronin (55).

 
1K
Dave Small Jr. is the 15th Marauder to crack 1,000 career rushing yards. In just over two seasons (17 games) at UMary Small has run for 1,171 yards. He has also rushed for 12 TDs. Small is now 10th all-time at UMary after passing Evan Gross (1,023), Mike Brunner (1,053), Josh Murray (1,095), Bayland Rippenkroger (1,106) and James Barrrett (1,133). Next on the list is #9 Dariouse Gravely (1,248).
 
TOPSY TURNOVERS
The Marauder have committed multiple turnovers just twice in their last nine games while forcing multiple turnovers four times.
 
NCAA TOP 50 RANKINGS | INDIVIDUAL
Danny Kittner

• Receptions/game - 6th (7.8)
• Receiving yards/game - 16th (100.7)
• All purpose yards - 24th (137.7)

Logan Nelson

• Passing yards/game - 49th (204.6)

Dave Small Jr.

• Rushing TDs - 34th (6)

Devyn Charles

• Forced fumbles/game - 28th (0.33)

Collin Gapen

• Receiving TDs - 21st (5)

Ian Kopf

• Blocked kicks - 3rd (2)

 
NCAA TOP 50 RANKINGS | TEAM
5th - Blocked kicks (4)
14th - Fumbles Lost (3)
40th - Passing Offense (247/game)
46th - Passing Yards allowed (185.5/game)
33rd - Fewest Penalty yards/game (45.8)
46th - Red Zone Offense (.842)
45th - 4th down percentage (.562)
51st - passing yards/completion (13.2)
 
DEBUTS
Several scholar-athletes made their collegiate debuts for the Marauders this year. Among those wearing the Blue & Orange for the first time were transfers Adam Brown, Sonny Brown, Jordan Duson, Korvin Feagins, Caden Green and Xavier Lewis, redshirt freshmen Tre Gola-Callard, Braydon Evertsen, Jaxon Feller, Raphael Hamilton, Eli Heinrich, Ian Kopf, Gabe Levy, Mason Phillips, and Carter Smith and true freshmen Jaxon Young and Traivon Dyson. 
 
FAMILY MATTERS
Twins Ty'Rese Gibson and Th'Rhae Gibson and Alex Godfrey and Norman Godfrey are the two sets of brothers on the Marauders this season... Ryan Woroniecki and Jacob Thomsen both have had brothers play for UMary... Dave Small Jr. and Tylen Small are cousins... Devin Beck's father was a member of the Marauders "Originals" first football team. 
 
NSIC NAMES FORKNELL, KOPF PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Jesse Forknell and Ian Kopf earned Northern Sun Player of the Week honors for their tremendous impact in the University of Mary's 27-26 overtime victory over Northern State University. Forknell was selected on offense with Kopf claiming special teams recognition... Making his first collegiate start, Forknell rallied the Marauders to the victory as UMary twice trailed by 14 points in the contest. The sophomore from Fargo, ND, completed 18-of-30 passes for 264 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions... All three touchdown passes came in the second half, including a 19 yard scoring strike to Collin Gapen to tie the game at 20-20 with 3:42 to play in the fourth quarter. With the Marauders down 26-20 in overtime, Forknell hit Gapen in the back right corner of the end zone to tie the game. Kevin Powell then kicked the extra point to give the Marauders their first win of the season after four losses by one possession each... Kopf made the Marauders win possible by blocking two Northern State extra point attempts. The first block by the redshirt freshman from Walla, Walla, WA, came in the second quarter to limit the Wolves lead to 20-6... The second block by Kopf was even more impactful and came after the Wolves scored on the opening possession of overtime to take a 26-20 lead. The block allowed the Marauders to win the game on the Gapen touchdown and Powell extra point off the snap by Josh Zakavec and the hold by Danny Kittner... This is the first time the Marauders have had multiple NSIC players of the week for the same game since Paul Guptill captured defensive honors and Brody Riggs was cited for his special teams work in the 2019 season finale against Minnesota Crookston... It was also the second straight season a Marauders quarterback won NSIC offensive honors for their play against the Wolves as Logan Nelson was recognized after UMary's road win at Northern State in 2021.
 
TICKETING FAQs

• Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets online at www.umarytickets.com or via the HomeTown Fan App for iOS and Android mobile devices
• Save money by purchasing tickets online
• $5 discount (minus fees) on tickets purchased online vs. purchases at the gate
• Tickets purchased at the gate are CASH ONLY transactions | ATMs are located near the main ticketing gates for Marauders home game
• Debit and credit card purchases are online only at www.umarytickets.com or via the HomeTown Fan App
• UMary students and faculty and staff with their MCard are admitted FREE
• Youth 12 and younger with an adult are admitted FREE
• Any youth 12 and under unaccompanied by an adult are charged a $5 admission fee at the gate (cash only)
• All ticket sales are FINAL at time of purchase, whether online or at the gate

MARAUDERS FOOTBALL HOME GAME TICKET PRICES

• Adults | $15 + fees online and $20 (CASH ONLY) at the gate
• Seniors (65+) and youth 13-18 | $7.50 + fees online and $10 (CASH ONLY) at the gate
• Children 12 and under accompanied by an adult | Free
• Children 12 and under with no adult present| $5

 
KITTNER EARNS PRESEASON HONORS

• Senior WR Danny Kittner has earned several preseason accolades after earning unanimous All-American honors in 2021:
• Lindy's College Football Preview 1st team preseason All-American
• D2Football.com Elite 100 1st team
• East West Shrine Bowl 1000
• NSIC 2022 Preseason Offensive Player of the Year

 
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