North Dakota State Bison football

North Dakota State Bison football
North Dakota State Bison football
Current season
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First season 1894
Head coach Craig Bohl
9th year, 63–30  (.677)
Home stadium Fargodome
Year built 1992
Stadium capacity 19,001
Stadium surface AstroTurf
Location Fargo, North Dakota
League NCAA Division I FCS
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Past conferences NCC (1922–2003)
Great West (2004–2007)
All-time record 616–363–34 (.625)
Postseason bowl record 7–5
Playoff appearances 18
Playoff record 30–12 (NCAA D-II)
2–1 (NCAA D-I)
Claimed national titles 8
Conference titles 24
Colors Green and Yellow            
Fight song On Bison
Mascot Thundar
Rivals North Dakota Fighting Sioux
South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Website gobison.com

The North Dakota State Bison football program represents North Dakota State University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level and competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. From 2004 to 2007, the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference, before which they were a NCAA Division II program in the North Central Conference. The team's current head coach is Craig Bohl, who has led the Bison since 2003. During the 2006 season, North Dakota State compiled a record of 10–1 and won the Great West Football Conference title. The Bison have won eight national championships. They were selected as NCAA College Division champions by polling three times (1965, 1968, 1969) and won the NCAA Division II National Football Championship fives times (1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990).

Contents

History

Championships

College Division National

  • 1965, 1968, 1969

Division II National

  • 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990[1]

Division II runners-up

  • 1981, 1984

Conference championships

  • North Central Conference (23): 1965, 1966 (co-champion), 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 (three-way), 1973 (co-champion), 1974 (three-way), 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983 (co-champion), 1984 (co-champion), 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 (co-champion)
  • Great West Football Conference (1): 2006

Playoff history

2010
First Round vs. Robert Morris, won 43–17
Second Round vs. Montana State, win 42–17
Quarterfinal vs. Eastern Washington, lost 31–38 (OT)[2]

Year Playoff record Finish Coach
2010[2] 2–1 Quarterfinals Craig Bohl
Playoff record 2–1

Bowl games

Season Bowl Champion Runner-Up
1964 Mineral Water Bowl North Dakota State 14 Western State 13
1965 Pecan Bowl North Dakota State 20 Grambling State 7
1967 Pecan Bowl Texas-Arlington 13 North Dakota State 0
1968 Pecan Bowl North Dakota State 23 Arkansas State 14
1969 Camellia Bowl North Dakota State 30 Montana 3
1970 Camellia Bowl North Dakota State 31 Montana 16
1976 Grantland Rice Bowl Montana State 10 North Dakota State 3
1977 Grantland Rice Bowl Jacksonville State 31 North Dakota State 7
1981 Palm Bowl Texas State 42 North Dakota State 13
1983 Palm Bowl North Dakota State 41 Central State 21
1984 Palm Bowl Troy 18 North Dakota State 17
1985 Palm Bowl North Dakota State 35 North Alabama 7

Head coaching history

# Name Tenure
1 Henry Luke Bolley 1894–1899
2 Jack Harrison 1900–1901
3 Eddie Cochems 1902–1903
4 A. L. Marshall 1904–1905
5 Gil Dobie 1906–1907
6 Paul Magoffin 1908
7 Arthur Reuber 1909–1912
8 Howard Wood 1913–1914
9 Paul J. Davis 1915–1917
10 Stanley Borleske 1919–1921, 1923–1924, 1928
11 Joe Cutting 1922
12 Ion Cortright 1925–1927
13 Casey Finnegan 1928–1940
14 Stan Kostka 1941, 1946–1947
15 Robert A. Lowe 1942–1945
16 Howard Bliss 1948–1949
17 Mac Wenskunas 1950–1953
18 Del Anderson 1954–1955
19 Les Luymes 1956
20 Bob Danielson 1957–1962
21 Darrell Mudra 1963–1965
22 Ron Erhardt 1966–1972
23 Ev Kjelbertson 1973–1975
24 Jim Wacker 1976–1978
25 Don Morton 1979–1984
26 Earle Solomonson 1985–1986
27 Rocky Hager 1987–1996
28 Bob Babich 1997–2002
29 Craig Bohl 2003–present

Notable players

Stadiums

The Fargodome

References

External links


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