North Dakota State Bison football

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The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I-AA program that competes in the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North Central Conference until moving to Division I-AA in 2004. The current head coach is Craig Bohl.

NDSU is known for its intense athletic rivalry with the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. In the past, the football teams of the two schools would compete for the "Nickel Trophy" - an oversized replica of an "Indian Head Nickel". The front of the trophy has a Native American representing the UND Sioux team and the obverse has an American bison representing the NDSU team. The coin is dated 1889, the year North Dakota gained statehood. However, with NDSU's move to Division I athletics and UND's decision to stay in Division II for the time being, the athletic rivalry between the two campuses is at a standstill. However, the rivaly will soon resume as UND has voted to become a Division I-AA program beginning in 2007. NDSU Bison fans have begun to regard South Dakota State University, another Division I-AA school and opponent for over a century, as a new major rival for NDSU. The two schools now compete for the Dakota Marker - a replica of the original stone border markers between North Dakota and South Dakota.

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[edit] College Division National Championships

  • 1965, 1968, 1960, 1970, 1972

[edit] Division II National Championships

  • 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990[1]

[edit] Division II Runners-Up

  • 1981, 1984

[edit] Head Coaches


# Name Term
1 H.L. Bolley 1894–1899
2 Jack Harrison 1900–1901
3 Ed 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 Stan Borleske 1919–1921
11 Joe Cutting 1922
12 Stan Borleske 1923–1924
13 Ion J. Cortright 1925–1927
14 Paul J. Davis 1919–1925
15 Ferdinand Rockwell 1926–1927
16 C.C. "Casey" Finnigan 1928–1940
17 Stan Kostka 1941
18 Robert Lowe 1942–1945
19 Stan Kostka 1946–1947
20 Howard Bliss 1948–1949
21 Mac Wenskunas 1950–1953
22 Del Anderson 1954–1955
23 Les Luymes 1956
24 Bob Danielson 1957–1962
25 Darrell Mudra 1963–1965
26 Ron Erhardt 1966–1972
27 Ev Kjelbertson 1973–1975
28 Jim Wacker 1976–1978
29 Don Morton 1979–1984
30 Earle Solomonson 1985–1986
31 Rocky Hager 1987–1996
32 Bob Babich 1997–2002
32 Craig Bohl 2003–

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Stadiums

  • Fargodome 1993-present
  • Dacotah Field 1910-1992

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Championships

[edit] External links

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