THIS WEEK
The University of Mary hosts MSU Moorhead in the Marauders 2022 Homecoming game and annual Battle for the Paddle trophy game on Saturday, October 22. Kickoff between the Marauders and the Dragons is slated for 2 pm at the MDU Resources Community Bowl.   

THE RECORDS/LAST WEEK
The Marauders are 1-6 overall and in the NSIC and 1-1 in the NSIC North division. UMary dropped a 41-27 decision at home to #11 Sioux Falls... The Dragons are 2-5 overall and 1-2 in the NSIC North... MSUM lost to visiting Bemidji State 47-7. 

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 

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• This is Homecoming week for the University of Mary. Including the home football game, six different UMary teams are competing at home this weekend.
• This is also the 16th Battle for the Paddle meeting between the Marauders and the Dragons
• After playing teams with winning records the first seven games of the season, the Dragons (2-5) are the first team the Marauders have faced this season with a losing record
• MSU Moorhead is one of three teams UMary has faced every season since joining the Northern Sun in 2006. The other two are Bemidji State and Northern State.
• Five of the Marauders seven 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 in losses to Wayne State, Winona State, #23 Minnesota State and #14 Sioux Falls. 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 30-12 and all own winning records (USF 7-0, WSC 5-2, UMD 5-2, SMSU 4-3, WSU 5-2, NSU 4-3) 
• A potent Marauders offense has scored 27 or more points in 9 of their last 11 games and thrown for 300 or more yards in 8 of 12 games
• The 2021 NCAA D2 leader in passing yardage, the Marauders have had 300+ yards passing three times this season (300 v WSC, 307 v SMSU, 317 at MSU)

MARAUDERS-DRAGONS SERIES HISTORY

• This is the 16th meeting between the Marauders and the Dragons
• UMary leads the series 8-7
• The Marauders won the first seven meetings and the Dragons the last six
• The two schools first met in 2006, which was the start of the Paddle Trophy
• 12 times in 15 games the winning team has scored 30 or more points
• Five times the losing team has cracked 30 points and twice scored 40
• UMary is 5-2 at home and 3-5 at MSUM

PADDLE TROPHY
The first-ever gridiron match-up between the University of Mary and Minnesota State University Moorhead took on a little extra edge in 2006 as both schools battled for The Paddle Trophy in this "River Rivalry" game. UMary is located on the Missouri River and MSU Moorhead is on the Red River. Both are Northern Sun North Division rivals... The Paddle Trophy was developed by the student governments of the two colleges. The team that wins each year is responsible for the safekeeping and delivery of the Paddle Trophy and its case to each game between the Marauders and Dragons. The home team's student body representative will award the Paddle Trophy, which has each school's logo on opposite sides of the blade, with the score of each game being added to the winning team's side after the game... UMary won the first seven paddle games, grabbing initial possession with a 21-20 win in Bismarck in 2006. Marauders linebacker Brian Finnegan preserved the initial UMary win when he deflected a Dragons pass on a two-point conversion attempt with 1:08 remaining in the game. MSUM captured the paddle in 2013 for the first time with a 48-41 win. 

TWO TRAVELING TROPHIES
The Marauders play two games annually for travelling trophies. Combined the Marauders are 11-12 in trophy games. The Marauders are 8-7 in the "Battle for the Paddle" with MSU Moorhead and 3-5 in the "Battle for the Big Lake" against Minot State. 

WEEK 8 RECAP | #14 University of Sioux Falls 41 UMary 27

• Marauders built a pair of 14 point leads (20-6, 27-13) against their toughest foe of the year in the 14th ranked Cougars
• Traivon Dyson caught a 16 yard TD pass on opening drive of the game from Logan Neson. It was the 2nd straight game in which Dyson, a true freshman, has caught a TD. 
• In the 2nd quarter Luke Bodine caught a 22 yard TD pass and Danny Kittner a 3 yard TD pass from Nelson. 
• Gabe Levy blocked his second punt of the year to set up the Kittner TD
• Dave Small Jr. caught an 11 yard TD pass from Nelson in he 3rd quarter for a 27-13 lead.
• It was the 7th consecutive UMary game in which Small scored a TD, a UMary NCAA era record
• USF's Thuro Reisdorfer scored touchdowns in the 3rd and 4th quarters to lead the USF rally. Reisdorfer ran for 219 yards and 3 TDs on 36 carries to win NSIC player of the week honors.
• Nelson finished 21-of-31 for 196 yards and a season-high 4 TDs
• Small ran for 45 yards and caught 3 passes for 18 yards
• Kittner finished with 11 catches for 98 yards and 1 TD
• Bodine had 4 catches for 42 yards and a TD
• Devin Beck had a team leading 10 tackles with 1 for loss
• USF posted 422 yards of offense (95 passing) and 22 1st downs
• UMary had 294 yards of offense and 19 1st downs

US BANK IS MARAUDERS FOOTBALL OCTOBER 22 GAMEDAY SPONSOR
US Bank is the sponsor for the UMary football homecoming game as the Marauders take on the Dragons in the Battle for the Paddle trophy game on Saturday, October 22. Kickoff is set for 2 pm. Complimentary tickets to the homecoming game are available at local US Bank locations. . 

HOMECOMING GAME DAY LINEUP | OCT. 22 V MSU MOORHEAD
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-Dragons football game kicks off at 2 pm.

NOSE FOR THE GOAL LINE
Dave Small Jr. has ran for a touchdown in seven straight UMary games. This is the longest individual consecutive game streak scoring a touchdown for the Marauders since joining the NSIC and the NCAA in 2006... 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 this season and just missed against USF with 98 yards
• The All-American has had 100+ yards receiving in 12 of his last 18 games and 15 times in his career
• Kittner is 8th in NCAA Division II in receptions/game (8.3) and 14th in receiving yards/game (100.3)

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
Game 7 v USF | 11-98-1
Season Total | 58-702-3 TDs

RECORD WATCH | KITTNER
Danny Kittner, the Marauders all-time leading receiver with 259 catches and 3,377 yards, has caught 27 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 259 catches for 3,367 yards, Danny Kittner is rapidly closing in on the Northern Sun career records in both categories. He needs 10 catches to tie Nate Huot (269) for receptions and 61 yards to equal Shane Zylstra (3,428) for receiving yards. 

NSIC Catches:
1. 269 Nate Huot (Southwest Minnesota State University 2014-17)
2. 259 Danny Kittner

NSIC Receiving Yards:
1. 3,428 Shane Zylstra (Minnesota State)
2. 3,367 Danny Kittner (UMary) 
3. 3,360 Matt Heller (Augustana)
4. 3,304 Nate Huot (Southwest Minnesota State)

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 5,944 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 tied for 4th in career TD passes with 54. Craig Bagnell leads with 75, followed by Chris Schwab (73). Nelson is now tied with Tim Garcia (58) and just passed Paul Cronin (55). 

1K
Dave Small Jr. is the 15th Marauder to crack 1,000 career rushing yards. In just over two seasons (18 games) at UMary Small has run for 1,222 yards and 12 TDs on 267 carries. He has also caught 22 passes for 187 yards and 1 TD... 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 Barrett (1,133) this fall. Next on the list is #9 Dariouse Gravely (1,248) and #8 Eric Chinn (1,450). 

TOPSY TURNOVERS
The Marauder have committed multiple turnovers just twice in their last ten games while forcing multiple turnovers four times. 
NCAA TOP 50 RANKINGS | INDIVIDUAL 
Danny Kittner 
Receptions/game - 4th (8.3)
Receiving yards/game - 14th (100.3)
All purpose yards - 27th (135.4)

Logan Nelson
Passing yards/game - 47th (203.2)
Completions/game - 46th (16.8)

Dave Small Jr. 
Rushing TDs - 45th (6)

Devyn Charles
Forced fumbles/game - 37th (0.29)

Collin Gapen
Receiving TDs - 35th (5)

Ian Kopf
Blocked kicks - 3rd (2)

Gabe Levy
Blocked kicks - 3rd (2)

Ty'Rhae Gibson
Interceptions/game - 33rd (0.4)

NCAA TOP 50 RANKINGS | TEAM 
5th - Blocked kicks (5)
10th - Blocked punts (2)
10th - Fumbles Lost (2)
14th - Fewest Penalties/game (4.7)
16th - Fewest Penalty yards/game (42.9)
35th - Passing Yards allowed (172.6/game)
41st - Passing Offense (241.7 yards/game)
43rd - 4th down percentage (.571)

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 (Logan Nelson 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