Great West Football Conference

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1 Great West Football Conference About the Great West Football Conference All-Great West Teams Great West Football Conference Standings/Statistics Great West Football Teams...44

2 40 Great West FB Conference Great West Football Conference Enters Second Season The Great West Football Conference is entering its second season in Cal Poly captured the league s first team championship by tallying a 4-1 record in The league is made up of six intercollegiate institutions that have ranging geographically from North Dakota to Utah to California, have announced the formation of the Great West Football Conference. Charter members of the Great West Football Conference are California Polytechnic State University; University of California, Davis; North Dakota State University; University of Northern Colorado; South Dakota State University; and Southern Utah University. Conference competition began on Sept. 4, 2004 with UC Davis scoring a 52-0 win over South Dakota State and Northern Colorado notching a win over North Dakota State. Each of the member institutions are scheduled to compete against each other again in Great West members Cal Poly and Southern Utah remain at-large candidates for NCAA I-AA post-season playoff consideration. UC Davis and Northern Colorado will become eligible for at-large consideration in 2007, while South Dakota State and North Dakota State become candidates in The conference has recently submitted its application for formal recognition to the NCAA. The Great West Football Conference recognizes student-athletes on both a weekly and full-season basis. Individual awards will include Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week; All-Conference teams; an Academic All- Conference team; and Player, Newcomer and Coach of the Year awards. The league also crowns a team champion following the conclusion of conference competition. The governance of the Great West Football Conference remains primarily with the member institutions. Each member institution is represented on the President s Council by its respective CEO. Dr. Steven Bennion (Southern Utah) will serve as the initial Chair with Dr. Warren Baker of Cal Poly as Vice Chair. The general operations and management of the Conference will be conducted by the Directors of Athletics (Director s Council). Three Athletic Directors will comprise the Executive Committee and be responsible for the overall administrative functions of the Conference. The initial Great West Executive Committee includes Tom Douple (Southern Utah) as Chair, Alison Cone (Cal Poly) as Vice- Chair and Greg Warczeka (UC Davis) as Treasurer. Jay S. Hinrichs (Northern Colorado) will chair the External Relations Committee and Gene Taylor (North Dakota State) will chair the Coaches Committee. Scheduling of contests, assignment of officials and certain media relations functions will remain with member institutions. Providing these student-athletes with the opportunity to compete for a conference championship makes all of this effort so worthwhile, Douple noted. I am certain that all the coaches will also use the opportunity to compete for a conference championship to motivate their players and to attract recruits. This is great for all of the athletes, coaches and institutions involved, as well as each university s entire community. League members have earned impressive GPI ratings over the past few seasons, including a No. 14 by Northern Colorado and No. 19 by Cal Poly in In the national I-AA Top 25 poll, Cal Poly reached No. 14 while Northern Colorado achieved a No. 19 ranking. In 2004, Cal Poly was ranked No. 14, while North Dakota State rose as high as No. 18 in the final poll. The six member schools are spread out of over five Western states and three time zones, giving each school added exposure both in terms of media and recruiting in new destinations. The conference affiliation is also expected to generate much interest within the six schools substantial alumni base, which numbers nearly 400,000 combined.

3 Great West FB Conference 2005 Great West Special Awards Offensive Player of the Year Vincent Jackson (UNC) Defensive Player of the Year Jordan Beck (Cal Poly) Freshman of the Year Braden Godfrey (SUU) First Team Offense Rob Hunt, C, Sr., North Dakota State Marc Manfredda, C, Sr., UC Davis Ben Cobian, OL, Sr., Cal Poly Cory Lekkerkerker, OL, Sr., UC Davis Nick Zilka, OL, Sr., North Dakota State Tim Popowski, OL, Jr., North Dakota State Daniel Fells, TE, Jr., UC Davis Jerome Eason, WR, Jr., Southern Utah Darrell Jones, WR, Sr., Cal Poly Vincent Jackson, WR, Sr., Northern Colorado Jon Grant, QB, So., UC Davis Kyle Steffes, RB, So., North Dakota State Anthony Watson, RB, So., South Dakota State Andre Wilson, RB, So., Northern Colorado First Team Defense Isaac Snell, DL, Sr., North Dakota State Joey Abell, DL, Sr., South Dakota State Sitiveni Tuivai, DL, Sr., Southern Utah Chris Gocong, DL, Jr., Cal Poly Nick DiPadova, OLB, Sr., Southern Utah Marques Harris, OLB, Sr., Southern Utah Jordan Beck, ILB, Sr., Cal Poly Chris Coauette, ILB, Sr., South Dakota State Craig Dahl, DB, So., North Dakota State Karl Ivory, DB, Sr., Cal Poly Reed Doughty, DB, Jr., Northern Colorado Charles Barrett, DB, Sr., Northern Colorado Dan Reece, DB, Sr., UC Davis First Team Specialist Neal Bainbridge, P, So., South Dakota State Justin Zaitz, PK, Jr., Northern Colorado Jesse Oliva, RS, Sr., UC Davis Special Teams Player of the Year Jesse Oliva (UC Davis) Coach of the Year Rich Ellerson (Cal Poly) 2004 All-Great West Conference Team 2005 Great West All-Academic Team Offense Jeff Anderson, UC Davis, Sr., OL, 3.42, Comm./Reg. Development Collin Ash, SUU, Sr., RB, 3.322, Communication Waylon Bond, SUU, Sr., TE, 3.297, Business Manatement Johnny Frank, NDSU, Sr., FB, 3.20, Physical Education Jeff Davis, SDSU, Sr., OL, 3.344, Economics Jake Gable, UNC, R-Fr., OL, 3.49, Business - Management Jon Grant, UC Davis, So., QB, 3.34, History Vincent Jackson, UNC, Sr., WR, 3.21, Business - General Brian Janecek, SDSU, Sr., WR, 3.618, Economics Tim Popowski, NDSU, Jr., OT, 3.52, Elementary Education Tony Stauss, NDSU, Sr., QB, 4.00, Mathematics Ilaisa Tuiaki, SUU, Sr., RB, 3.319, Physical Education Jahir Waterman, UNC, So., RB, 3.38, Criminal Justice Justin Zaitz, UNC, Jr., PK, 3.93, Business Finance Defense Travis Ahrens, SDSU, So., DL, 3.489, History Landon Allred, SUU, Jr., DL, 3.364, Biology Luis Amaral, UC Davis, So., FS, 3.31, Economics Bobby Babich, NDSU, Jr., CB, 3.56, Business Administration Charles Barrett, UNC, Sr., DB, 3.27, Sport & Exercise Science Jonathan Barsi, UC Davis, So., FS, 3.42, Exercise Biology Scott Breyfogle, SDSU, So., DB, 3.767, Mathematics Chris Coauette, SDSU, Sr., LB, 3.276, HPER Naveen Daftari, UC Davis, So., DT, 3.54, Electrical Engin. Craig Dahl, NDSU, So., SS, 3.40, Mechanical Engineering Second Team Offense Iosefa Robins, OL, Sr., Southern Utah Beau Finato, OL, Jr., Cal Poly Taylor Murray, OL, So., South Dakota State Shaun Farner, OL, Jr., Northern Colorado Paul Keiser, TE, Jr., North Dakota State AJ Smith, WR, Sr., Southern Utah Kevin Freeman, WR, Sr., UC Davis Jonah Russell, WR, Jr., Cal Poly Travis White, WR, Jr., North Dakota State Casey Rehrer, QB, Sr., Southern Utah Geno Randle, RB, Sr., Cal Poly Second Team Defense Dwight Summerville, DL, Sr., North Dakota State Levi Erickson, DL, So., Southern Utah Ryan Sharp, DL, Jr., UC Davis Pila Fatukala, DL, Jr., UC Davis Brian Erenberg, OLB, Sr., North Dakota State Jayd Kittelson, OLB, Sr., North Dakota State Mike OVerly, ILB, Sr., Southern Utah Dan Elbanna, ILB, Jr., UC Davis Hank McCall, DB, Jr., South Dakota State Steve Smith, DB, Jr., Southern Utah Joey Warren, DB, Sr., Cal Poly Brandon Perkins, DB, Jr., Southern Utah Second Team Specialist Tim Chicoine, P, Fr., Cal Poly Steve Pulver, PK, So., Southern Utah Darrell Jones, RS, Sr., Cal Poly Nick DiPadova, SUU, Grad., LB, 3.315, MBA Reed Doughty, UNC, Jr., DB, 4.00, SES Levi Erickson, SUU, So., DL, 3.315, General Studies Jared Essler, NDSU, Sr., FS, 3.83, Social Science & P.E. Aaron Hammon, Cal Poly, Jr., LB, 3.55, Business Admin. Aaron Henderson, UNC, R-Fr., DB, 3.63, Psychology Kyle Ihry, NDSU, Sr., SS, 3.71, Pharmacy Jon Jensen, SUU, Grad., LB, 3.700, Master of Education Chris Jones, UC Davis, Sr., DT, 3.95, Bio-Chem. & Melecular Bio. Jayd Kittelson, NDSU, Sr., LB, 3.70, Microbiology Mitch Klein, SDSU, Jr., LB, (Electrical Engineering Brian Kofoed, SUU, So., CB, 3.656, General Studies Marty Krantz, SDSU, So., LB, 3.378, HPER Hank McCall, SDSU, Jr., DB, (History Jake Mossawir, UC Davis, Sr., DE, 3.34, Politcal Science Justen Peek, Cal Poly, So., LB, 3.31, Civil Engineering Greg Peitz, SDSU, Sr., TE, 3.795, Pharmacy John Perry, SDSU, Jr., DB, 3.712, Landscape Design Kent Sheridan, UC Davis, Sr., DE, 3.67, Neurobiology, Phys. & Behavior Jeff Spletzer, UNC, Sr., DL, 3.22, SES Steve Smith, SUU, Jr., SS, 3.400, Communication Kyle Tarp, UC Davis, Jr., CB, 3.79, Exercise Biology Jared Wallen, UNC, Sr., DL, 3.48, SES Aaron Williams, Cal Poly, Jr., DB, 3.37, Business Kole Zimmerman, NDSU, Jr., LB, 3.8, History Education 2005 Great West Composite Schedule Thursday, Sept. 1 Southern Utah at Idaho State, TBA Arkansas-Monticello at North Dakota State, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 Cal Poly at Troy, TBA Colorado Mines at Northern Colorado, 1 p.m. New Hampshire at UC Davis, 6 p.m. Wisconsin-LaCrosse at South Dakota State, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 North Dakota State at Northwestern State, 6 p.m. Southern Utah at Texas State, 6 p.m. Sacramento State at Cal Poly, 6 p.m. Portland State at UC Davis, 6 p.m. Northern Colorado at Western Illinois, 7 p.m. Valparaiso at South Dakota State, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 Southern Utah at Northern Arizona, TBA Southeastern Louisiana at Northern Colorado, 1 p.m. South Dakota State at Montana, 1:05 p.m. Weber State at North Dakota State, 6 p.m. Montana State at Cal Poly, 6 p.m. UC Davis at Stanford, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 North Dakota State at Montana State, 2:05 p.m. UC Davis at Sacramento State, 2:05 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Southern Utah, 6 p.m. Northern Colorado at Portland State, 6 p.m. Cal Poly at South Dakota State*, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 Cal Poly at Northern Colorado*, 1 p.m. Nicholls State at North Dakota State, 6 p.m. South Dakota State at Texas State, 6 p.m. Southern Utah at McNeese State, 7 p.m. UC Davis - BYE/OPEN Saturday, Oct. 8 UC Davis at South Dakota State*, 1 p.m. North Dakota State at Cal Poly*, 6 p.m. Northern Colorado, Southern Utah - OPEN/BYE Saturday, Oct. 15 Southern Utah at UC Davis*, 6 p.m. Cal Poly, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, South Dakota State - OPEN/BYE Saturday, Oct. 22 UC Davis at North Dakota State*, 1 p.m. Cal Poly at Montana, 1:05 p.m. Missouri-Rolla at South Dakota State, 2 p.m. Northern Colorado at Southern Utah*, 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29 Georgia Southern at South Dakota State, 1 p.m. Fort Lewis at Northern Colorado, 1 p.m. Cal Poly at UC Davis*, 1 p.m. North Dakota State at Southern Utah*, 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 Northern Colorado at North Dakota State*, 1 p.m. Southern Utah at South Dakota State*, 1 p.m. UC Davis at Stephen F. Austin, 2 p.m. Eastern Washington at Cal Poly, 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 Sam Houston State at Northern Colorado, 12 p.m. Southern Utah at Cal Poly*, 6 p.m. South Dakota State at North Dakota State*, 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 Northern Colorado at South Dakota State*, 1 p.m. UC Davis at Eastern Washington, 2:05 p.m. North Dakota State at Southern Illinois, 3 p.m. Weber State at Southern Utah, 3 p.m. Idaho State at Cal Poly, 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 Northern Colorado at UC Davis*, 1 p.m. Cal Poly, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Southern Utah - OPEN/BYE *- Great West Football Conference Contest All times local. 41

4 42 Great West FB Conference 2004 Great West Football Conference FINAL STANDINGS GWFC Overall Cal Poly UC Davis North Dakota State Southern Utah South Dakota State Northern Colorado GREAT WEST FOOTBALL CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Aug. 30 Kyle Steffes, NDSU Craig Dahl, NDSU Shamen Washington, NDSU Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Jon Grant, UC Davis Reed Doughty, UNC Justin Zaitz, UNC Brad Nelson, SDSU Jordan Beck, Cal Poly Shamen Washington, NDSU Darrell Jones, Cal Poly Brian Erenberg, NDSU Parker Douglass, SDSU Vincent Jackson, UNC Nick DiPadova, SUU Ryan Ramey, UC Davis Vincent Jackson, UNC Craig Dahl, NDSU Darrell Jones, Cal Poly Brad Nelson, SDSU Karl Ivory, Cal Poly Trevor Ward, SUU Anthony Garnett, Cal Poly Jordan Beck, Cal Poly Cory Vartanian, NDSU Casey Rehrer, SUU Karl Ivory, Cal Poly Tim Chicoine, Cal Poly Jon Grant, UC Davis Jordan Beck, Cal Poly Mike Dragosavich, NDSU Kyle Steffes, NDSU James Epps, SDSU Justin Zaitz, UNC Darrell Jones, Cal Poly; Casey Rehrer, SUU; Steve Walker, NDSU Nick DiPadova, SUU Neal Bainbridge, SDSU Casey Rehrer, SUU Chris Couaette, SDSU Jason Lee, SUU 2004 Great West Team Statistics Total Offense G Rush Pass Plays Yds. Avg/P TD Yds/G Southern Utah UC Davis Cal Poly North Dakota State South Dakota State Northern Colorado Rushing Offense G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G North Dakota State Cal Poly Southern Utah South Dakota State UC Davis Northern Colorado Pass Offense G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg. TD Yds/G UC Davis Southern Utah Northern Colorado South Dakota State Cal Poly North Dakota State Scoring Offense G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf PTS Avg. UC Davis North Dakota State Cal Poly Southern Utah South Dakota State Northern Colorado Total Defense G Rush Pass Plays Yds. Avg/P TD Yds/G North Dakota State Southern Utah Cal Poly South Dakota State UC Davis Northern Colorado Rushing Defense G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G Cal Poly Southern Utah UC Davis South Dakota State North Dakota State Northern Colorado Pass Defense G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg. TD Yds/G North Dakota State Southern Utah South Dakota State UC Davis Northern Colorado Cal Poly Scoring Defense G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf PTS Avg. North Dakota State Cal Poly UC Davis Southern Utah South Dakota State Northern Colorado

5 Great West FB Conference 2004 Great West Individual Statistics 43 Total Offense School Yr G Rush Pass Plys Total Yds/G Casey Rehrer SUU Sr Jon Grant UCD So Brad Nelson SDSU Sr Tony Christensen UNC Jr Tony Stauss NDSU Sr Andre Wilson UNC So Anthony Watson SDSU So Kyle Steffes NDSU So Steve Walker NDSU Fr Geno Randle CP Fr Rushing School Yr G Att Yds. Avg. TD Yds/G Andre Wilson UNC So Anthony Watson SDSU So Kyle Steffes NDSU So Geno Randle CP Fr Cinque Chapman NDSU Fr Casey Rehrer SUU Sr Ryan Filipe SUU Jr Pass Efficiency School Yr G Att Cmp Int Pct Yds TD Eff. Steve Walker NDSU Fr Jon Grant UCD So Casey Rehrer SUU Sr Tony Stauss NDSU Sr Brad Nelson SDSU Sr Cordel Webb CP Fr Nick Hager UNC Jr Tony Christensen UNC Jr Pass Avg/Game School Yr G Att Cmp Int Pct Yds TD Avg/G Casey Rehrer SUU Sr Jon Grant UCD So Brad Nelson SDSU Sr Tony Christensen UNC Jr Tony Stauss NDSU Sr Steve Walker NDSU Fr Nick Hager UNC Jr Cordel Webb CP Fr Receptions/Game School Yr G Rec Yds. TD Avg/C Rec/G Vincent Jackson UNC Sr AJ Smith SUU Sr Darrell Jones CP Fr Jerome Eason SUU Jr Travis White NDSU Jr Josh Davis SDSU Jr Brian Janecek SDSU Sr Kevin Freeman UCD Sr Tony Kays UCD So Jesse Oliva UCD Sr Rec. Yards/Game School Yr G Rec Yds. TD Avg/C Yard/G Vincent Jackson UNC Sr Darrell Jones CP Fr Jerome Eason SUU Jr Travis White NDSU Jr Kevin Freeman UCD Sr Josh Davis SDSU Jr AJ Smith SUU Sr Brian Janecek SDSU Sr Tony Kays UCD So Jonah Russell CP Fr Punt Returns School Yr G Ret Yds. TD Avg Darrell Jones CP Fr Shamen Washington NDSU Fr Vincent Jackson UNC Sr Dusty Snyders SDSU So Kickoff ReturnsSchoolYr G Ret Yds. TD Avg Ryan Filipe SUU Jr Kevin Freeman UCD Sr Darrell Jones CP Fr Vincent Jackson UNC Sr Aaron HendersonUNC Fr Interceptions SchoolYr G Int Yds TD Int/G Kenny Chicoine CP Fr Reed Doughty UNC Jr Karl Ivory CP Fr Matt Gorman NDSU Sr James Epps SDSU Jr Jordan Beck CP Fr Chris Coauette SDSU Sr Jonathan Barsi UCD So Wade Sumpter UNC Sr Craig Dahl NDSU So All Purpose SchoolYr G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G Vincent Jackson UNC Sr Darrell Jones CP Fr Ryan Filipe SUU Jr Kevin Freeman UCD Sr Andre Wilson UNC So Anthony Watson SDSU So Kyle Steffes NDSU So Jesse Oliva UCD Sr Jerome Eason SUU Jr Cinque ChapmanNDSU Fr Scoring SchoolYr G TD XPT FG Pts Pts/G Kyle Steffes NDSU So Vincent Jackson UNC Sr Cory Vartanian NDSU Jr Byungwoo Yoon CP Fr Parker Douglass SDSU Fr O.J. Swanigan UCD Jr Steve Pulver SUU So Justin Zaitz UNC Jr Travis White NDSU Jr E. Benjamin UCD Fr Punting SchoolYr G Punt Yds Avg Neal Bainbridge SDSU So Trevor Ward SUU Fr Mike Dragosavich NDSU Fr Chris Shibel UCD Sr Tim Chicoine CP Fr Chad Harter UNC Sr Field Goals School Yr G FG FGA Pct FG/G Justin Zaitz UNC Jr Parker Douglass SDSU Fr Byungwoo Yoon CP Fr Steve Pulver SUU So Cory Vartanian NDSU Jr E. Benjamin UCD Fr Sacks School Yr G SOLOAST YDS TOT Avg/G Chris Gocong CP Jr Marques Harris SUU Sr Kelly Turbin CP Fr Jordan Beck CP Sr Levi Erickson SUU So Aaron Williams CP Fr Joey Abell SDSU Sr Pila Fatukala UCD Jr Jason McMillan UNC Sr Mike Overly SUU Sr Tackles School Yr G UA A Total Avg/G Sack Jordan Beck CP Sr Nick DiPadova SUU Sr Ryan Palmer UNC Sr Reed Doughty UNC Jr Chris Coauette SDSU Sr Thomas Smith UNC Jr Mike Blackbourn SDSU Sr Dan Elbanna UCD Jr Kyle Shotwell CP Fr Jayd Kittelson NDSU Sr

6 44 Great West FB Conference Cal Poly 1 Grand Ave. San Luis Obispo, CA Phone: (805) Fax: (805) CalPolyMustangs.com UC Davis One Shields Ave. Davis, CA Phone: (530) Fax: (530) UCDavisAggies.com North Dakota State Bison Sports Arena P.O. Box 5600 Fargo, ND Phone: (701) Fax: (701) GoBison.com Northern Colorado Butler-Hancock Hall Room 208 Greeley, CO Phone: (970) Fax: (970) UNCBears.com South Dakota State P.O. Box 2820 Brookings, SD Phone: (605) Fax: (605) Southern Utah 351 West Center Street Cedar City, UT Phone: (435) Fax: (435) President:... Dr. Warren J. Baker Location:... San Luis Obispo, Calif. Established: Nickname:... Mustangs Colors:... Forest Green & Gold Director of Athletics:... Alison Cone Head Coach:... Rich Ellerson Chancellor:... Dr. Larry Vanderhoef Location:... Davis, Calif. Established: Nickname:... Aggies Colors:... Yale Blue & Gold Director of Athletics:... Greg Warzecka Head Coach:...Bob Biggs President:... Dr. Joseph A. Chapman Location:... Fargo, N.D. Established: Nickname:... Bison Colors:... Green & Yellow Director of Athletics:... Gene Taylor Head Coach:...Craig Bohl President:... Kay Norton Location:... Greeley, Colo. Established: Nickname:... Bears Colors:...Blue & Gold Director of Athletics:... Jay S. Hinrichs Head Coach:...O. Kay Dalton President:... Dr. Peggy Gordon Miller Location:...Brookings, S.D. Established: Nickname:... Jackrabbits Colors:... Yellow & Blue Director of Athletics:... Fred Oien Head Coach:... John Stiegelmeier President:... Dr. Steven D. Bennion Location:... Cedar City, Utah Established: Nickname:...Thunderbirds Colors:...Scarlet & White Director of Athletics:... Tom Douple Head Coach:... Wes Meier