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2024 North Dakota State Bison football team

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2024 North Dakota State Bison football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 2
FCS CoachesNo. 2
Record2–1 (0–0 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJake Landry (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Co-defensive coordinatorNick Goeser (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorGrant Olson (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumFargodome
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 17 Illinois State   0 – 0     2 – 1  
No. 10 North Dakota   0 – 0     2 – 1  
No. 2 North Dakota State   0 – 0     2 – 1  
No. 25 Northern Iowa   0 – 0     2 – 1  
No. 1 South Dakota State   0 – 0     2 – 1  
No. 7 Southern Illinois   0 – 0     2 – 1  
No. 6 South Dakota   0 – 0     1 – 1  
Indiana State   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Missouri State*   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Murray State   0 – 0     1 – 2  
Youngstown State   0 – 0     1 – 2  
* Ineligible for 2024 FCS playoffs due to transition to the FBS
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
As of September 19, 2024
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2024 North Dakota State Bison football team represents North Dakota State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison are led by first-year head coach Tim Polasek. Polasek joined the Bison after being an offensive coordinator at North Dakota State, Iowa, and most recently, Wyoming. Polasek is assisted by first-year offensive coordinator Jake Landry,[1] who joins the Bison from St. Thomas, as well as co-defensive coordinators Grant Olson and Nick Goeser.[2] The Bison play home games at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 297:00 pmat Colorado*No. 2
ESPNL 26–3149,438
September 72:30 pmTennessee State*No. 2
ABC ND/ESPN+W 52–316,811
September 144:30 pmat East Tennessee State*No. 2
ABC ND/ESPN+W 38–3511,040
September 211:00 pmTowson*daggerNo. 2
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
ABC ND/ESPN+
September 282:00 pmat Illinois State
ABC ND/ESPN+
October 52:30 pmNorth Dakota
ABC ND/MidcoSN/ESPN+
October 122:00 pmat Southern Illinois
ESPN+
October 19TBASouth Dakota State
ESPN Network
October 261:00 pmat Murray State
ABC ND/ESPN+
November 22:30 pmNorthern Iowa
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
ABC ND/ESPN+
November 162:30 pmMissouri State
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND
ABC ND/ESPN+
November 231:00 pmat South Dakota
ABC ND/ESPN+
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

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Regular season

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Colorado (FBS)

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See also: 2024 Colorado Buffaloes football team
No. 2 North Dakota State Bison (0–0) vs. Colorado Buffaloes (0–0)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
No. 2 Bison 10 10 0626
Buffaloes 14 3 7731

at Folsum Field, Boulder, CO

  • Date: August 29, 2024
  • Game time: 7:00 pm
  • Game weather: Clear; 75 °F (24 °C)
  • Game attendance: 49,438
  • Referee: Stephen Baron
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Mark Jones (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst), and Quint Kessenich (sideline reporter)
  • [1]
Statistics North Dakota State Colorado
First downs 25 22
Plays–yards 69–449 57–504
Rushes–yards 43–157 23–59
Passing yards 292 445
Passing: comp–att–int 20–26–0 26–34–1
Time of possession 36:44 23:16
Team Category Player Statistics
North Dakota State Passing Cam Miller 18/22, 277 yds, TD
Rushing Cam Miller 16 car, 81 yds, TD
Receiving Braylon Henderson 5 rec, 72 yds
Colorado Passing Shedeur Sanders 26/34, 445 yds, 4 TD, INT
Rushing Dallan Hayden 9 car, 20 yds
Receiving Jimmy Horn Jr. 7 rec, 198 yds, TD
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP NDSU CU
1st 12:12 6 57 2:48 NDSU 36-yard field goal by Griffin Crosa (#39) 3 0
1st 9:31 6 75 2:42 CU Travis Hunter (#12) 41-yard touchdown reception from Shedeur Sanders (#2), Alejandro Mata (#16) kick good 3 7
1st 3:59 10 75 5:32 NDSU Joe Stoffel (#82) 7-yard touchdown reception from Cam Miller (#7), Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good 10 7
1st 3:15 2 75 0:44 CU Jimmy Horn Jr. (#5) 69-yard touchdown reception from Shedeur Sanders (#2), Alejandro Mata (#16) kick good 10 14
2nd 12:07 10 77 6:02 NDSU Cam Miller (#7) 7-yard touchdown run, Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good 17 14
2nd 4:33 11 21 5:36 NDSU 31-yard field goal by Griffin Crosa (#39) 20 14
2nd 0:00 8 89 0:56 CU 27-yard field goal by Alejandro Mata (#16) 20 17
3rd 7:45 5 72 2:04 CU Travis Hunter (#12) 13-yard touchdown reception from Shedeur Sanders (#2), Alejandro Mata (#16) kick good 20 24
4th 7:57 17 80 8:10 CU Travis Hunter (#12) 3-yard touchdown reception from Shedeur Sanders (#2), Alejandro Mata (#16) kick good 20 31
4th 2:19 11 75 5:38 NDSU Cam Miller (#7) 20-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass incomplete 26 31
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 26 31

Tennessee State

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See also: 2024 Tennessee State Tigers football team
Tennessee State Tigers (1–0) vs. No. 2 North Dakota State Bison (0–1)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Tigers 0 0 033
No. 2 Bison 14 21 31452

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

  • Date: September 7, 2024
  • Game time: 2:30 pm
  • Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
  • Game attendance: 16,811
  • Referee: David Hergert
  • TV: ESPN+
  • [2]
Statistics Tennessee State North Dakota State
First downs 12 21
Plays–yards 55–200 64–436
Rushes–yards 30–72 41–226
Passing yards 128 210
Passing: comp–att–int 17–25–0 17–23–1
Time of possession 29:46 30:14
Team Category Player Statistics
Tennessee State Passing Draylen Ellis 17/25, 128 yds
Rushing Draylen Ellis 11 car, 27 yds
Receiving Jalal Dean 3 rec, 51 yds
North Dakota State Passing Cam Miller 14/18, 181 yds, 3 TD
Rushing Nathan Hayes 1 car, 51 yds, TD
Receiving Bryce Lance 7 rec, 106 yds, 2 TD
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP TNST NDSU
1st 6:47 12 77 6:21 NDSU Cam Miller (#7) 24-yard touchdown run, Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good 0 7
1st 2:20 6 69 2:22 NDSU Bryce Lance (#5) 14-yard touchdown reception from Cam Miller (#7), Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good 0 14
2nd 9:37 4 4 2:02 NDSU CharMar Brown (#25) 3-yard touchdown run, Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good 0 21
2nd 3:13 8 76 4:04 NDSU John Gores (#80) 12-yard touchdown reception from Cam Miller (#7), Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good 0 28
2nd 0:16 8 60 1:00 NDSU Bryce Lance (#5) 6-yard touchdown reception from Cam Miller (#7), Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good 0 35
3rd 8:33 4 7 2:02 NDSU 51-yard field goal by Eli Ozick (#38) 0 38
4th 13:32 4 30 1:30 NDSU Mekhi Collins (#15) 19-yard touchdown reception from Cole Payton (#9), Eli Ozick (#38) kick good 0 45
4th 10:46 3 57 1:00 NDSU Nathan Hayes (#12) 51-yard touchdown run, Eli Ozick (#38) kick good 0 52
4th 5:34 9 74 5:12 TNST 19-yard field goal by James Lowery (#99) 3 52
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 3 52

East Tennessee State

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See also: 2024 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
No. 2 North Dakota State Bison (1–1) vs. East Tennessee State Buccaneers (1–1)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
No. 2 Bison 14 3 61538
Buccaneers 7 14 7735

at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium, Johnson City, TN

  • Date: September 14, 2024
  • Game time: 4:30 pm
  • Game weather: Clear; 79 °F (26 °C); Wind: E 10 mph
  • Game attendance: 11,040
  • Referee: Bruce Austin
  • TV: ESPN+
  • [3]
Statistics North Dakota State East Tennessee State
First downs 28 20
Plays–yards 78–481 54–383
Rushes–yards 44–231 38–270
Passing yards 250 113
Passing: comp–att–int 21–34–0 6–16–1
Time of possession 36:41 23:19
Team Category Player Statistics
North Dakota State Passing Cam Miller 21/33, 250 yds, TD
Rushing CharMar Brown 11 car, 65 yds
Receiving Mekhi Collins 4 rec, 67 yds
East Tennessee State Passing Jaylen King 6/15, 113 yds, TD, INT
Rushing Bryson Irby 15 car, 147 yds, 3 TD
Receiving Cameron Lewis 5 rec, 73 yds, TD
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP NDSU ETSU
1st 9:58 9 82 4:57 NDSU Bryce Lance (#5) 18-yard touchdown run, Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good 7 0
1st 5:32 10 75 4:26 ETSU Bryson Irby (#7) 3-yard touchdown run, Ewan Johnson (#15) kick good 7 7
1st 1:12 8 75 4:20 NDSU Joe Stoffel (#82) 5-yard touchdown reception from Cam Miller (#7), Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good 14 7
2nd 13:13 6 75 2:59 ETSU Ty Anderson (#10) 1-yard touchdown run, Ewan Johnson (#15) kick good 14 14
2nd 10:26 5 16 2:37 NDSU 54-yard field goal by Eli Ozick (#38) 17 14
2nd 8:55 5 75 1:31 ETSU Bryson Irby (#7) 61-yard touchdown run, Ewan Johnson (#15) kick good 17 21
3rd 8:21 14 75 6:39 ETSU Bryson Irby (#7) 10-yard touchdown run, Ewan Johnson (#15) kick good 17 28
3rd 1:08 13 57 7:06 NDSU Cam Miller (#7) 1-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass incomplete 23 28
4th 8:39 4 63 2:23 ETSU Cameron Lewis (#0) 19-yard touchdown reception from Jaylen King (#2), Ewan Johnson (#15) kick good 23 35
4th 1:59 6 51 0:50 NDSU TK Marshall (#28) 3-yard touchdown run, Griffin Crosa (#39) kick good 30 35
4th 0:50 6 58 1:07 NDSU Cam Miller (#7) 11-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass to Bryce Lance (#5) good 38 35
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 38 35

Towson

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See also: 2024 Towson Tigers football team
No. RV Towson Tigers (1–2) vs. No. 2 North Dakota State Bison (2–1)
Quarter 1 2 Total
No. RV Tigers 0
No. 2 Bison 0

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

  • Date: September 21, 2024
  • Game time: 1:00 pm
  • Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
  • TV: ESPN+

Illinois State

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See also: 2024 Illinois State Redbirds football team
North Dakota State Bison (–) vs. Illinois State Redbirds (–)
Quarter 1 2 Total
Bison 0
Redbirds 0

at Hancock Stadium, Normal, IL

  • Date: September 28, 2024
  • Game time: 2:00 pm
  • Game weather: TBA
  • TV: ESPN+

North Dakota

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See also: 2024 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team and Nickel Trophy
North Dakota Fighting Hawks (–) vs. North Dakota State Bison (–)
Quarter 1 2 Total
Fighting Hawks 0
Bison 0

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

  • Date: October 5, 2024
  • Game time: 2:30 pm
  • Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
  • TV: ESPN+

Southern Illinois

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See also: 2024 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
North Dakota State Bison (–) vs. Southern Illinois Salukis (–)
Quarter 1 2 Total
Bison 0
Salukis 0

at Saluki Stadium, Carbondale, IL

  • Date: October 12, 2024
  • Game time: 2:00 pm
  • Game weather: TBA
  • TV: ESPN+

South Dakota State

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See also: 2024 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team and Dakota Marker
South Dakota State Jackrabbits (–) vs. North Dakota State Bison (–)
Quarter 1 2 Total
Jackrabbits 0
Bison 0

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

  • Date: October 19, 2024
  • Game time: TBA
  • Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
  • TV: TBD

Murray State

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See also: 2024 Murray State Racers football team
North Dakota State Bison (–) vs. Murray State Racers (–)
Quarter 1 2 Total
Bison 0
Racers 0

at Roy Stewart Stadium, Murray, KY

  • Date: October 26, 2024
  • Game time: 1:00 pm
  • Game weather: TBA
  • TV: ESPN+

Northern Iowa

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See also: 2024 Northern Iowa Panthers football team
Northern Iowa Panthers (–) vs. North Dakota State Bison (–)
Quarter 1 2 Total
Panthers 0
Bison 0

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

  • Date: November 2, 2024
  • Game time: 2:30 pm
  • Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
  • TV: ESPN+

Missouri State

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See also: 2024 Missouri State Bears football team
Missouri State Bears (–) vs. North Dakota State Bison (–)
Quarter 1 2 Total
Bears 0
Bison 0

at Fargodome, Fargo, ND

  • Date: November 16, 2024
  • Game time: 2:30 pm
  • Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
  • TV: ESPN+

South Dakota

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See also: 2024 South Dakota Coyotes football team
North Dakota State Bison (–) vs. South Dakota Coyotes (–)
Quarter 1 2 Total
Bison 0
Coyotes 0

at DakotaDome, Vermillion, SD

  • Date: November 23, 2024
  • Game time: 1:00 pm
  • Game weather: Indoors; 70 °F (21 °C)
  • TV: ESPN+

Roster

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2024 North Dakota State Bison football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 1 Braylon Henderson (C)  Sr
WR 2 Kellen Entz  So
WR 3 RaJa Nelson Injured  Sr
RB 4 Owen Johnson  Jr
WR 5 Bryce Lance  Jr
WR 6 Tyler Terhark  Sr
QB 7 Cam Miller (C) Sr
RB 8 Barika Kpeenu  Jr
QB 9 Cole Payton  Jr
QB 10 Trey Drake  Fr
WR 11 Jackson Williams Fr
QB 12 Nathan Hayes  So
WR 15 Mekhi Collins  So
WR 16 Silas Evans  Fr
WR 17 Isiah St. Romain Fr
QB 18 Jacob Kilzer Fr
WR 19 Chris Harris  Jr
RB 25 CharMar Brown  Fr
RB 26 Brady Wavrunek  Fr
RB 28 TK Marshall Sr
RB 30 Kelly Watson  Fr
FB 33 Logan Hofstedt  Sr
RB 34 Jonathan Harvey  So
FB 35 Ryland Satter Fr
RB 36 McClain Miller Fr
TE 40 Kaden Zenzen  So
TE 42 Reis Kessel Fr
TE 43 Carter Zeller Fr
TE 44 Luke Kokat  So
FB 46 Truman Werremeyer  Jr
FB 47 Dylan Klancher  Fr
FB 49 Hunter Brozio Injured  Sr
OL 57 Noah Stommes Fr
C 59 Hayden Johnston  Sr
G 60 Isaac Zatechka  Jr
OL 61 Gage Schmidt Fr
G 62 Griffin Empey  Fr
C 63 Trent Fraley So
C 66 Jack Liwienski  Fr
G 67 Kaden Chadwick  So
OL 68 Coy Okeson Fr
G 69 Devin Lockerby  So
OT 70 Beau Johnson  Fr
OL 71 Nate Tastad Fr
OT 72 Nate Schneckloth  Fr
OT 73 Mason Miller Sr
G 74 Grey Zabel (C) Sr
OL 75 Josh Magin  So
OT 76 Hunter Poncius  Sr
G 77 Austin Schultz  Fr
OT 78 Jake Rock  Sr
WR 80 John Gores  So
WR 81 Carter Kriewaldt  Fr
TE 82 Joe Stoffel Sr
WR 83 Cade Osterman  Fr
WR 84 Logan Conklin Fr
TE 85 Jett Zabel Fr
WR 86 Cedric Wall  So
TE 87 Nate Forystek  So
TE 88 Carson Williams  Jr
TE 89 Finn Diggins  Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 0 Marcus Gulley Sr
S 4 Jaylin Crumby  Fr
CB 10 Marcus Sheppard Sr
LB 11 Oscar Benson  Sr
CB 13 Najee Nelson  Fr
LB 14 Enock Sibomana  Jr
CB 17 Jailen Duffie  Fr
CB 18 Jaquise Alexander  So
CB 19 Will Rosenmeyer Fr
S 20 Reese Sheldon  Fr
S 21 Noah Taylor  Fr
S 22 Hudson Artz  So
CB 23 Kegan Huber  So
CB 24 Anthony Chideme-Alfaro Jr
LB 25 Ray James Fr
S 26 Taylen Eady Fr
S 27 Ryan Jones  Jr
S 28 Will Steil Fr
S 29 Darius Givance  So
S 31 Cole Wisniewski Injured Sr
LB 32 Austin Altepeter  So
CB 33 Termaine Turner  Fr
CB 34 Will Washington Fr
S 35 Sam Jung Sr
LB 36 Nick Kubitz  Sr
S 37 Will Frattalone  Fr
LB 41 Peder Haugo Fr
LB 43 Logan Kopp  Jr
LB 44 Brit Senftner  So
LB 47 Luke Weerts (C)  Sr
DE 49 Matthew Stenbroten Fr
DT 50 Kody Huisman  Jr
LB 51 Donovan Woolen Fr
LB 52 Nathaniel Staehling  So
DT 53 Eli Mostaert (C)  Sr
DE 54 Payton Bodine  Fr
DE 55 Kole Menz  Jr
DE 56 Loshiaka Roques  Sr
LB 57 Oliver Lucht  Fr
DT 58 Keenan Wilson  Fr
DT 64 Jaxon Duttenhefer  Jr
DT 65 Bryce Friday  Sr
DT 66 Jack Hansen Fr
DE 69 Zach Vanderpool Fr
DE 90 Wyatt Osterbauer Fr
DT 91 Will Mostaert  Sr
DE 92 Kelton McCaslin  So
DE 93 Toby Anene  So
DT 94 Logan Larson  So
DE 95 Dylan Hendricks (C)  Sr
DE 96 Abraham Myers  Fr
DE 97 Victor Isele  Fr
DT 98 Brennan Palmer  Fr
DE 99 Hunter Zenzen  Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 22 Aaron Bickerton Jr
K 37 Drew Klein  So
K 38 Eli Ozick  Fr
K 39 Griffin Crosa  Sr
P 41 Kaedin Steindorf  Sr
LS 45 Grant Knodle Fr
LS 48 Caleb Bowers  So


Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Randy Hedberg (associate HC / quarterbacks)
  • Jake Landry (offensive coordinator / running backs)
  • Grant Olson (co-defensive coordinator / linebackers)
  • Nick Goeser (co-defensive coordinator / defensive tackles)
  • Joe Beschorner (special teams coordinator / tight ends / fullbacks)
  • Dan Larson (running game coordinator / offensive line)
  • Steve Crutchley (wide receivers)
  • Will Johnson (cornerbacks)
  • Devin Klieman (safties)
  • Carlton Littlejohn (defensive ends)
  • Jack Plumb (offensive quality control)
  • Brett Bostad (offensive analyst)
  • Jared Taylor (defensive quality control)
  • David Wienke (defensive anaylst)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 9, 2024

Rankings

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Further information: 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
STATS2 (3)2 (11)2 (6)2 (5)
Coaches22 (5)2 (2)2 (1)

References

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  1. ^ "Jake Landry named NDSU Offensive Coordinator". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. February 2, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "Bison football promotes Grant Olson to defensive coordinator". inforum.com. Forum of Fargo/Moorhead. December 21, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 Football Schedule". gobison.com. North Dakota State Bison. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  4. ^ "North Dakota State Bison Schedule 2024". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
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