THIS WEEK
After spending the last two weeks at home, the University of Mary now embarks on a pair of road games. This week the Marauders take on Concordia-St. Paul on Saturday, October 29. Game time is 12 noon at Sea Foam Stadium in St. Paul, MN. 

THE RECORDS/LAST WEEK
The Marauders are 1-7 overall and in the NSIC and 1-2 in the NSIC North division. UMary dropped a narrow 40-38 decision in the 16th Battle for the Paddle with MSU Moorhead... The Golden Bears are 0-8 overall in the NSIC and 0-3 in the NSIC North. Concordia-St. Paul fell 49-20 last Saturday at Northern State. 

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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• The Marauders open up a 2-game road trip with a visit to St. Paul, MN, to take on the Golden Bears of Concordia-St. Paul
• UMary is coming off two straight home games
• The Golden Bears are searching for their first win of the  season
• This is only the second time in nine games this season the Marauders opponent has a losing record
• UMary hasn't played at Sea Foam Stadium in St. Paul since 2016
• CSP and UMary have played two of the toughest schedules in the nation... CSP has yet to play an opponent with a losing record. The CSP opponents are a combined 37-19 and the opponent's winning percentage .661 is the 5th toughest in the nation.
• UMary has played one opponent with a losing record. The Marauders opponents have a combined record of 35-21 and the combined winning percentage of .625 gives the Marauders the nation's 9th toughest schedule. 
• Six of the Marauders eight games this season have been one possession games
• Over the last two seasons UMary has played nine 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, #14 Sioux Falls and MSU Moorhead. Wayne State scored the winning touchdown with 1:46 left in the game and Minnesota State with 1:57 remaining. 
• A potent Marauders offense has scored 27 or more points in 10 of their last 12 games and thrown for 300 or more yards in 8 of 13 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-GOLDEN BEARS SERIES HISTORY

• This is the 10th meeting between the Marauders and the Golden Bears
• UMary leads the series 5-4
• Visiting teams won the first five meetings and six of nine
• UMary is 3-1 in St. Paul
• It has been six years since UMary visited CSP (2016)
• Five times the winning team has scored 22 or fewer points
• The Marauders 42-17 win last season featured a 179 yard receiving day by Danny Kittner, 332 yards and four TDs passing and one TD rushing for Logan Nelson and two receiving TDs by Luke Little.

WEEK 9 RECAP | MSU Moorhead 40 UMary 38

• Game featured five lead changes - three in the 4th quarter - and a tie
• UMary rallied from a 10-0 deficit to take a 21-20 lead at intermission
• UMary took its last lead at 38-34 with 6:46 to play on a Danny Kittner 5 yard pass from Logan Nelson
• MSUM scored the winning touchdown with 4:43 to play on a Gage Florence 16 yard TD reception from Jack Stand
• Johnny Tillman posted two interceptions and had seven solo tackes. It was the 1st time a UMary intercepted two passes in a game since Scott Maldonado in 2013. 
• The Marauders intercepted four passes, the most since picking off four Minnesota Crookston passes on Nov. 16, 2019 
• A Jamire Jackson interception set up a late field goal for a 31-30 lead
• Korvin Feagins had the other UMary interception and also blocked an extra point
• Kittner set a UMary single game record with 381 all purpose yards (131 receiving, 236 kick returns, 14 punt return)
• Kittner returned the 2nd half kickoff 92 yards for a TD and also caught two TDs
• Additionally Kittner caught 13 passes for 131 yards
• In addition to the school all purpose yardage game record Kittner also broke the NSIC career records for career receiving yards and career receptions
• Dave Small Jr. ran for 130 yards and a TD, scoring a TD in an 8th straight game
• Nelson threw for 211 yards and 4 TDs in the game
• Collin Gapen had eight catches for 72 yards and a TD
• UMary finished with 18 first downs and 378 total yards, including 164 yards rushing, on 68 plays. MSUM totaled 32 first downs with 513 yards of offense (423 passing) on 95 plays.
• MSUM's Florence set an NSIC single game record for catches with 21. He had 215 receiving yards and three TD catches 
• MSUM evened the Battle for the Paddle series at 8-8

KITTNER NAMED NSIC, D2FOOTBALL.COM SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Danny Kittner won conference and national honors as he was named both the Norther Sun and the D2Football.com Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts in the MSU Moorhead game. Kittner returned eight kicks for 236 yards - including a 92 yard return for a TD - and two punts for 14 yards.. He also caught 13 passes for 131 yards and two TDs to accumulate 381 all purpose yards that broke his own school record. The All-American also broke two Northern Sun career records for receptions and receiving yards... This is the first time he has earned NSIC weekly honors... It is the second team D2Football.com has bestowed national honors on Kittner, naming the Gilbert, AZ, standout the Offensive Player of the Week after he broke school single game records for catches (19) and yardage (284) and tied the mark for touchdowns (4) in the Marauders 2021 season finale at Bemidji State.

KITTNER BECOMES ALL-TIME NSIC LEADER IN CATCHES, RECEIVING YARDS 
Danny Kittner broke the Northern Sun career records for both receptions and receiving yards on the Marauders October 22 homecoming game against MSU Moorhead. With three games remaining in his UMary career, Kittner owns 272 catches and 3,498 yards receiving. He broke the old marks of 269 catches by Nate Huot of Southwest Minnesota State (2014-17) and 3,428 yards by Shane Zylstra (Minnesota State). 

KITTNER KNOWLEDGE BITES

• Danny Kittner has passed the century mark in receiving yards four times this season and just missed against USF with 98 yards
• The All-American has had 100+ yards receiving in 13 of his last 19 games and 16 times in his career
• Kittner is 2nd in NCAA Division II in receptions/game (8.9) and 11th in receiving yards/game (104.1)

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
Game 8 v MSUM | 13-131-2  | 92 yard kick return TD
Season Total | 71-833-5 TDs

RECORD WATCH | KITTNER
Danny Kittner, the Marauders all-time leading receiver with 272 catches and 3,498 yards, has caught 29 touchdown passes to trail only Jake Pfau (34) and Tyler Steffan and Luke Little (30)... with 32 total touchdowns Kittner trails only Bobby Wagner (37) and Jake Pfau (34)... Kittner broke the career record for receptions in the final game of last season and the career yardage record in game two this season at Winona 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 and has scored TDs on both
• 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 this season at UMary with 6,155 yards, passing both Paul Cronin (4,990) and Tim Garcia (5,154)... Craig Bagnell is the all-time leader (9,170), followed by Chris Schwab (7,786).
• Nelson is also 3rd all-time at UMary in career passing touchdowns with 61... Craig Bagnell leads with 75, followed by Chris Schwab (73). Nelson passed Tim Garcia (58) and Paul Cronin (55) this season. 

NOSE FOR THE GOAL LINE
Dave Small Jr. has scored a touchdown in eight 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. 

1K
Dave Small Jr. is the 15th Marauder to crack 1,000 career rushing yards. In just over two seasons (19 games) at UMary Small has run for 1,352 yards and 13 TDs on 286 carries. He has also caught 26 passes for 198 yards and 1 TD... Small is now 9th all-time in career rushing at UMary. Next on the chart at #8 is Eric Chinn (1,450)... Small's next touchdown run will tie him for 6th in school history. 

TOPSY TURNOVERS
The Marauder have committed multiple turnovers just three times in their last 11 games while forcing multiple turnovers five times.

PICK CITY
The Marauders nine interceptions this season are the most by the UMary defense since posting 12 in 2018... the four interceptions against MSU Moorhead on Saturday was the most for UMary since making four against Minnesota Crookston in the 2019 season finale.  
 
NCAA TOP 50 RANKINGS | TEAM 
1st- Blocked Kicks and Punts allowed (0)
4th - Blocked kicks (6)
12th - Blocked punts (2)
19th - Fumbles Lost (3)
25th - Fewest Penalties/game (5.1)
20th - Fewest Penalty yards/game (42.9)
35th - Passing Yards allowed (172.6/game)
38th - Red Zone offense (.857)
39th - Kickoff returns (22.2)
40th - Passes Intercepted - 40th (9)
45th - Passing Offense (238.2 yards/game)

NCAA TOP 50 RANKINGS | INDIVIDUAL 
Danny Kittner 

• Receptions/game - 2nd (8.9)
• Receiving yards/game - 11th (104.1)
• All purpose yards - 7th (166.1)
• Kick returns - 30th (25.8)

Logan Nelson

• Passing yards/game - 49th (204.3)
• Completion percentage - 48th (.600)
• Completions/game - 35th (18)
• Passing TDs - 44th (13)

Dave Small Jr. 

• Rushing TDs - 42nd (7)
• Total TDs - 47th (8)

Devyn Charles

• Forced fumbles/game - 47th (0.25)
• Solo Tackles - 37th (5.1)

Collin Gapen

• Receiving TDs - 25th (6)

Ian Kopf

• Blocked kicks - 5th (2)

Gabe Levy

• Blocked kicks - 5th (2)

Ty'Rhae Gibson

• Interceptions/game - 49th (0.4)

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.