North Dakota State Bison football

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North Dakota State Bison football
Logo
Head Coach	Craig Bohl
Home Stadium	Fargodome Capacity 19,001 - FieldTurf
Conference Affiliation
NCC (1922-2004) Great West (2004-2007) Missouri Valley (2008-present)
Team Records
All-Time: 586-343-33 (.609)[1]
Championships
National Championships (College Division) (3) 1965, 1968, 1969
National Championships (Division II) (5) 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990
North Central Conference Championships (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 championship (1) 2006
Pageantry
Colors	Yellow and Green
Fight Song	On Bison
Mascot	Thundar
Rivals	SDSU Jackrabbits

The North Dakota State Bison football team is a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program that competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Prior to the 2008 season the Bison were members of the Great West Football Conference. The Bison were a Division II program in the North Central Conference until moving to Division I in 2004. The current head coach is Craig Bohl. During the 2006 Season, the Bison had a record of 10-1 and won the Great West Football Conference Championship.

Contents 1 College Division National Championships 2 Division II National Championships 3 Division II Runners-Up 4 Head coaches 5 Notable players 6 Stadiums 7 References 8 External links

[edit] College Division National Championships

• 1965, 1968, 1969

[edit] Division II National Championships

• 1969, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990^[1]

[edit] Division II Runners-Up

• 1981, 1984

[edit] Head coaches

#	Name	Tenure
1	Henry Luke 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	Stanley 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

• Jeff Bentrim
• Tyrone Braxton
• Craig Dahl
• Lamar Gordon
• Phil Hansen
• Steve Nelson
• Joe Mays
• Mike Dragosavich
• Stacy Robinson

[edit] Stadiums

• Fargodome 1993-present
• Dacotah Field 1910-1992

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bison Football
• Great West Football Conference

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