2010 North Dakota State Bison football team

2010 North Dakota State Bison football
NCAA Division I Quarterfinal, L 31–38 vs. Eastern Washington
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 9
FCS Coaches	No. 9
Record	9–5 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach	Craig Bohl (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brent Vigen (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Scottie Hazelton (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Fargodome
Seasons ←  2009 2011  →

2010 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 19 Northern Iowa $^		6	–	2					7	–	5
No. 17 Western Illinois ^		5	–	3					8	–	5
No. 9 North Dakota State ^		4	–	4					9	–	5
Indiana State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Illinois State		4	–	4					6	–	5
South Dakota State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Missouri State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Southern Illinois		4	–	4					5	–	6
Youngstown State		1	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2010 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison were led by eighth-year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at the Fargodome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 9–5 overall and 4–4 in MVFC play to finish tied for third place. They received an at-large qualifier bid into the FCS playoffs, their first FCS playoff bid in school history since moving to Division I in 2004 and being eligible for the playoffs in 2008. ^[1]

The Bison were not expected to make the playoffs but managed enough votes to get in. NDSU punched above their seeding when then beat Robert Morris, 43–17, in the First Round and knocked off #4 Montana State in the Second Round, 42–17. In the Quarterfinals, the Bison lost on a last second fumble against #5 seeded Eastern Washington, 38–31, in overtime during a snowy game in Spokane, Washington. The Bison were driving down the field and were on the 5-yard line when quarterback Brock Jensen ran and appeared to be down at the 1-yard line; the play was called a fumble and recovered by Eastern Washington.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	6:10 pm	at Kansas *		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS	FCS	W 6–3	48,417	[2]
September 11	6:30 pm	at No. 14 Northern Iowa	No. 21	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA		L 9–16	14,422	[3]
September 18	6:00 pm	Morgan State *	No. 23	Fargodome Fargo, ND		W 35–9	17,340	[4]
September 25	6:10 pm	No. 21 South Dakota	No. 18	Fargodome Fargo, ND		W 38–16	18,248	[5]
October 2	1:00 pm	Western Illinois	No. 13	Fargodome Fargo, ND		L 16–28	18,701	[6]
October 9	4:10 pm	at Youngstown State	No. 18	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH		W 34–29	15,068	[7]
October 16	2:00 pm	at Illinois State	No. 15	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL		L 24–34	10,131	[8]
October 23	3:10 pm	Indiana State		Fargodome Fargo, ND (Harvest Bowl)		W 27–15	15,245	[9]
November 6	3:10 pm	Southern Illinois	No. 25	Fargodome Fargo, ND		W 20–6	12,834	[10]
November 13	3:10 pm	South Dakota State	No. 24	Fargodome Fargo, ND (Dakota Marker)		W 31–24	17,037	[11]
November 20	1:00 pm	at Missouri State	No. 17	Plaster Sports Complex Springfield, MO		L 0–3	4,837	[12]
November 27	6:05 pm	Robert Morris *	No. 25	Fargodome Fargo, ND (NCAA Division I First Round)		W 43–17	12,202	[13]
December 4	12:05 pm	at No. 6 Montana State *	No. 25	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT (NCAA Division I Second Round)		W 42–17	14,277	[14]
December 11	12:35 pm	at No. 1 Eastern Washington *	No. 25	Roos Field Cheney, WA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)		L 31–38 OT	4,060	[15]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Rankings

Further information: 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS	—	21	23	18	13	18	15	RV	RV	25	24	17	25	9
FCS Coaches	—	21	23	19	13	17	14	24	22	20	20	17	21	9

Game summaries

At Kansas

See also: 2010 Kansas Jayhawks football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	0	3	3	0	6
Jayhawks	3	0	0	0	3

Statistics	NDSU	KU
First downs	10	14
Total yards	168	293
Rushing yards	73	96
Passing yards	95	197
Turnovers	1	3
Time of possession	31:05	28:55

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
North Dakota State	Passing	Jose Mohler	12/22, 95 yards, INT
	Rushing	D. J. McNorton	15 rushes, 58 yards
	Receiving	Titus Mack	4 receptions, 46 yards
Kansas	Passing	Kale Pick	13/22, 138 yards, INT
	Rushing	Daymond Patterson	3 rushes, 63 yards
	Receiving	Daymond Patterson	4 receptions, 66 yards

At No. 14 Northern Iowa

See also: 2010 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Bison	3	0	0	6	9
No. 14 Panthers	6	3	7	0	16

Statistics	NDSU	UNI
First downs	16	16
Total yards	207	434
Rushing yards	-40	262
Passing yards	247	172
Turnovers	3	3
Time of possession	32:20	27:40

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
North Dakota State	Passing	Jose Mohler	20/35, 247 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Mike Sigers	4 rushes, 5 yards
	Receiving	Titus Mack	2 receptions, 74 yards
Northern Iowa	Passing	Tirrell Rennie	10/20, 172 yards, INT
	Rushing	Carlos Anderson	11 rushes, 158 yards, TD
	Receiving	Terrell Sinkfield	3 receptions, 85 yards

Morgan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	9	0	0	9
No. 23 Bison	7	7	0	21	35

Statistics	MORG	NDSU
First downs	11	16
Total yards	207	251
Rushing yards	81	128
Passing yards	126	123
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	37:00	23:00

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Morgan State	Passing	Donovan Dickerson	12/24, 126 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Jourdan Brooks	19 rushes, 65 yards
	Receiving	Chuka Okakpu	5 receptions, 73 yards
North Dakota State	Passing	Brock Jensen	8/17, 117 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	D. J. McNorton	14 rushes, 58 yards, TD
	Receiving	Landon Smith	2 receptions, 40 yards

No. 21 South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Coyotes	7	6	0	3	16
No. 18 Bison	7	0	21	10	38

Statistics	SDAK	NDSU
First downs	19	21
Total yards	322	530
Rushing yards	165	348
Passing yards	157	182
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	31:17	28:43

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
South Dakota	Passing	Dante Warren	19/33, 157 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Dante Warren	19 rushes, 83 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Will Powell	4 receptions, 49 yards
North Dakota State	Passing	Brock Jensen	9/19, 182 yards, TD
	Rushing	D. J. McNorton	20 rushes, 250 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Warren Holloway	3 receptions, 109 yards, TD

Western Illinois

See also: 2010 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leathernecks	7	14	7	0	28
No. 13 Bison	3	3	10	0	16

Statistics	WIU	NDSU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Western Illinois	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
North Dakota State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

At Youngstown State

See also: 2010 Youngstown State Penguins football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 18 Bison	0	21	7	6	34
Penguins	10	10	0	9	29

Statistics	NDSU	YSU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
North Dakota State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Youngstown State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

At Illinois State

See also: 2010 Illinois State Redbirds football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 15 Bison	10	7	0	7	24
Redbirds	7	3	14	10	34

Statistics	NDSU	ILST
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
North Dakota State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Illinois State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Indiana State

See also: 2010 Indiana State Sycamores football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sycamores	3	9	0	3	15
Bison	0	7	14	6	27

Statistics	INST	NDSU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Indiana State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
North Dakota State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Southern Illinois

See also: 2010 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	0	3	3	0	6
No. 25 Bison	10	0	3	7	20

Statistics	SIU	NDSU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Southern Illinois	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
North Dakota State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jackrabbits	0	7	7	10	24
No. 24 Bison	7	7	7	10	31

Statistics	SDSU	NDSU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
South Dakota State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
North Dakota State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

At Missouri State

See also: 2010 Missouri State Bears football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 17 Bison	0	0	0	0	0
Bears	0	0	3	0	3

Statistics	NDSU	MOST
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
North Dakota State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Missouri State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

Robert Morris (NCAA Division I First Round)

See also: 2010 Robert Morris Colonials football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonials	7	0	7	3	17
No. 25 Bison	3	3	14	23	43

Statistics	RMU	NDSU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Robert Morris	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
North Dakota State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

At No. 6 Montana State (NCAA Division I Second Round)

See also: 2010 Montana State Bobcats football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 25 Bison	0	7	7	28	42
No. 6 Bobcats	0	7	3	7	17

Statistics	NDSU	MTST
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
North Dakota State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Montana State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

At No. 1 Eastern Washington (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)

See also: 2010 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
No. 25 Bison	0	10	14	7	0	31
No. 1 Eagles	14	3	7	7	7	38

Statistics	NDSU	EWU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
North Dakota State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Eastern Washington	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

References

1. "2010 NDSU football schedule". North Dakota State Athletics. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
2. "North Dakota State humbles Kansas". The Wichita Eagle. September 5, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Defense does its job in Panthers' victory". The Des Moines Register. September 12, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Jensen steps up in relief". The Bismarck Tribune. September 19, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
5. "North Dakota State shuts down Coyotes". Argus-Leader. September 26, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Western remains perfect in Valley". The Pantagraph. October 3, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Bison battle back". The Bismarck Tribune. October 10, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Redbird resiliency, ISU rebounds, upsets No. 14 N. Dakota St". The Pantagraph. October 17, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
9. "North Dakota State 27, Indiana 15". The Times. October 24, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
10. "SIU assured of losing record". Southern Illinoisan. November 7, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Jacks turn marker over to Bison". Rapid City Journal. November 14, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
12. "Bears end on high note with shutout". The Springfield News-Leader. November 21, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
13. "Robert Morris dumped from Div. I-AA playoffs". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 28, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
14. "Bison run over Bobcats". Great Falls Tribune. December 5, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
15. "EWU overcomes odds". The Spokesman-Review. December 12, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2021– via Newspapers.com.