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North Dakota State Bison football 
Current season
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 JackrabbitsWebsite 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
- Jeff Bentrim
- Tyrone Braxton
- Craig Dahl
- Mike Dragosavich
- Josh Gatlin
- Lamar Gordon
- Phil Hansen
- Kole Heckendorf
- Ramon Humber
- Joe Mays
- Steve Nelson
- Stacy Robinson
- Tyler Roehl
- Nick Schommer
Stadiums
The Fargodome
- Dacotah Field, 1910–1992
- Fargodome, 1993–present
References
- ^ National Championships "Division II Football Championship History at NCAA.com". NCAA. September 20, 2011. http://www.ncaa.com/history/football/d2 National Championships.
- ^ a b "Football - 2010 Schedule". North Dakota State University. September 20, 2011. http://www.gobison.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=11844&SPID=695&DB_OEM_ID=2400&Q_SEASON=201.
External links
North Dakota State University Campus Media School songs Athletics Athletic teams 2008 NDSU football team 2008–09 North Dakota State Bison men's basketball teamCategories:- North Dakota State Bison football
- Sports clubs established in 1894
- College football stubs
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