2021 Missouri Valley Football Conference season explained

2021 Missouri Valley Football Conference season
Color:	DF373E
League:	NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Sport:	Football
Duration:	September 1, 2022 through January 8, 2023
No Of Teams:	11
Draft:	2022 NFL Draft
Draft Link:	2022 NFL Draft
Top Pick:	Trevor Penning, OT, Northern Iowa
Picked By:	New Orleans Saints (round 1, pick 19)
Season:	Regular season
Season Champ Name:	Champion Playoff Participants
Season Champs:	North Dakota State Missouri State Southern Illinois South Dakota South Dakota State Northern Iowa
Seasonslistnames:	Football
Prevseason Year:	2020
Nextseason Year:	2022

The 2021 Missouri Valley Football Conference football season was the 36th season of college football play for the Missouri Valley Football Conference and part of the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. This was the MVFC's 2nd straight season with 11 teams.
North Dakota State made it to the National Championship and won their 9th FCS title in program history.^[1] South Dakota State made the playoffs unseeded, and won their way into the semifinals where they lost to 8th seeded Montana State.^[2] Southern Illinois also made it to the playoffs, and beat fellow MVFC member South Dakota in the first round, but would fall to eventual champion North Dakota State in the second round.^[3] Northern Iowa also made it to the playoffs, but lost to Eastern Washington in the first round.^[4]

Previous season

The 2020 season was a spread out season after the conference schedule and FCS playoffs were postponed to the spring due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In the modified Spring 2021 season, South Dakota State made it to the National Championship for the first time in program history, but fell to Sam Houston State. North Dakota State also made the playoffs and beat Eastern Washington in the first round, but fell to eventual champion Sam Houston State in the quarterfinals. Southern Illinois made the playoffs as well and beat Weber State in the first round before falling to South Dakota State in the quarterfinals. North Dakota made the playoffs as well and beat fellow MVFC member, Missouri State, in the first round but fell to James Madison in the quarterfinals.

Preseason

MVFC Media Day

Preseason Poll

The annual preseason poll; voted on by conference coaches, athletic directors, and media members.^[5]

1	South Dakota State	454 (24)
2	North Dakota State	435 (18)
3	North Dakota	357
4	Southern Illinois	345
5	Northern Iowa	311 (1)
6	Missouri State	256
7	Illinois State	196
8	South Dakota	163
9	Youngstown State	126
10	Indiana State	112
11	Western Illinois	83

Preseason Awards

Individual awards

First Team Offense	Tommy Schuster	North Dakota	QB	RS So.
	Pierre Strong Jr.	South Dakota State	RB	Jr.
	Otis Weah	North Dakota	RB	RS Jr.
	Hunter Luepke	North Dakota State	FB	Jr.
	Zach Heins	South Dakota State	TE	So.
	Avante Cox Jr.	Southern Illinois	WR	Jr.
	Dennis Houston	Western Illinois	WR	Sr.
	Christian Watson	North Dakota State	WR	Sr.
	ZeVeyon Furcron	Southern Illinois	OL	Sr.
	Garret Greenfield	South Dakota State	OL	So.
	Cody Mauch	North Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Cordell Volson	North Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Matt Waletzko	North Dakota	OL	Sr.
	Javon Williams Jr.	Southern Illinois	AP	So.
First Team Defense	Jordan Berner	Southern Illinois	DL	Sr.
	Jared Brinkman	Northern Iowa	DL	GS
	Caleb Sanders	South Dakota State	DL	Jr.
	Spencer Waege	North Dakota State	DL	Sr.
	Logan Backhaus	South Dakota State	LB	Sr.
	Spencer Cuvelier	Northern Iowa	LB	Sr.
	Grant Dixon	Youngstown State	LB	Sr.
	James Kaczor	North Dakota State	LB	Sr.
	Montrae Braswell	Missouri State	DB	So.
	Qua Brown	Southern Illinois	DB	Sr.
	James Caesar	Southern Illinois	DB	Sr.
	Don Gardner	South Dakota State	DB	Sr.
	Michael Tutsie	North Dakota State	DB	Sr.
First Team Special Teams	Brady Schutt	South Dakota	P	Sr.
	Matthew Cook	Northern Iowa	PK	Jr.
	Dalton Godfrey	South Dakota	LS	Jr.
	Christian Watson	North Dakota State	RS	Sr.

Second Team Offense	Stone Labanowitz	Southern Illinois	QB	Sr.
	Isaiah Davis	South Dakota State	RB	Fr.
	Jaleel McLaughlin	Youngstown State	RB	Sr.
	Jacob Garrett	Southern Illinois	FB	Jr.
	Noah Gindorff	North Dakota State	TE	Sr.
	Jaxon Janke	South Dakota State	WR	So.
	Tony Tate	Western Illinois	WR	Sr.
	Caleb Vander Esch	South Dakota	WR	Sr.
	Landon Bebee	Missouri State	OL	Jr.
	Dan Becker	Youngstown State	OL	Sr.
	Wes Genant	South Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Mason McCormick	South Dakota State	OL	So.
	Trevor Penning	Northern Iowa	OL	Sr.
	Deion McShane	Northern Iowa	AP	Sr.
Second Team Defense	Kevin Ellis	Missouri State	DL	Sr.
	Eric Johnson	Missouri State	DL	Sr.
	Anthony Knighton	Southern Illinois	DL	Sr.
	Eli Mostaert	North Dakota State	DL	So.
	Devon Krzanowski	North Dakota	LB	Sr.
	Brock Mogensen	South Dakota	LB	So.
	Bryson Strong Jr.	Southern Illinois	LB	Jr.
	Tylar Wiltz	Missouri State	LB	Sr.
	Omar Brown	Northern Iowa	DB	Jr.
	Austin Evans	Northern Iowa	DB	GS
	Evan Holm	North Dakota	DB	Sr.
	Zaire Jones	Youngstown State	DB	Sr.
	Kyriq McDonald	Missouri State	DB	Sr.
Second Team Special Teams	Jack Colquhoun	Southern Illinois	P	Sr.
	Jose Pizano	Missouri State	PK	Jr.
	Bradey Sorenson	South Dakota State	LS	Sr.
	Tony Tate	Western Illinois	RS	Sr.

Honorable Mention Offense	Will McElvain	Northern Iowa	QB	Jr.
	Connor Sampson	Western Illinois	QB	Sr.
	Tyler Hoosman	Northern Iowa	RB	Sr.
	Tim McCloyn	Illinois State	FB	Sr.
	Josh Babicz	North Dakota State	TE	Sr.
	Dante Hendrix	Indiana State	WR	RS Jr.
	Isaiah Weston	Northern Iowa	WR	Sr.
	Isaiah Edwards	Indiana State	OL	RS Sr.
	Mason Scheidegger	South Dakota	OL	Sr.
	William Waddell	Western Illinois	OL	Sr.
	Christian Turner	Youngstown State	AP	Sr.
Honorable Mention Defense	James Jackson	Youngstown State	DL	Sr.
	Jacob Matthew	South Dakota	DL	Sr.
	Inoke Moala	Indiana State	DL	RS Sr.
	Reece Winkelman	South Dakota State	DL	Jr.
	Jack Cochrane	South Dakota	LB	Sr.
	Jaxson Turner	North Dakota	LB	Sr.
	Jordan Canady	North Dakota	DB	Sr.
	Myles Harden	South Dakota	DB	Fr.
	Benny Sapp III	Northern Iowa	DB	Sr.
Honorable Mention Special Teams	Adam Fellner	Western Illinois	P	Sr.
	Nico Gualdoni	Southern Illinois	PK	Sr.
	Dan Heilbron	Southern Illinois	LS	Jr.
	Luke Skokna	North Dakota	RS	Jr.

^[6]

Rankings

See main article: 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings.

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		No change in ranking from previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
Illinois State	STATS Perform	RV	RV
	AFCA Coaches		RV		RV	RV
Indiana State	STATS Perform
	AFCA Coaches
Missouri State	STATS Perform	24	23	17	18	16	15	20	17	17	17	16	14	12	14
	AFCA Coaches	RV	25	19	18	16	16	23	18	20	20	14	14	10	14
North Dakota	STATS Perform	8	9	11	10	10	13	22	RV	RV			RV
	AFCA Coaches	7	7	14	13	11	15	24	RV	RV
North Dakota State	STATS Perform	4	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	2	2	5	4	3	1
	AFCA Coaches	3	4	4	5	5	5	3	3	2	2	6	4	3	1
Northern Iowa	STATS Perform	21	21	18	17	15	16	16	20	16	13	20	RV	RV	23
	AFCA Coaches	16	15	15	14	13	12	17	24	17	15	24	RV	25	25
South Dakota	STATS Perform				RV	RV	RV	21	15	21	23	19	16	17	18
	AFCA Coaches		RV	RV	RV		RV
South Dakota State	STATS Perform	3	2	2	2	2	2	7	6	10	9	4	12	11	4
	AFCA Coaches	4	3	3	3	3	3	8	7	13	12	7	13	11	5
Southern Illinois	STATS Perform	7	8	8	7	7	8	4	4	3	7	15	17	21	16
	AFCA Coaches	10	9	9т	8	7	7	4	4	3	9	16	15	23	17
Western Illinois	STATS Perform
	AFCA Coaches
Youngstown State	STATS Perform							RV	RV
	AFCA Coaches	RV	RV

Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
MVFC member won
MVFC member lost
MVFC teams in bold

All times Central time.

† denotes Homecoming game
^ denotes AP Poll ranking for FBS teams

Regular season schedule

Week 12

Postseason

In 2021, six teams made the FCS playoffs. North Dakota State (No. 2) received a first bye. Missouri State, Southern Illinois, South Dakota, South Dakota State, and Northern Iowa were all unseeded and played in the first round. Below are the games in which they played.

Index to colors and formatting
MVFC member won
MVFC member lost
MVFC teams in bold

All times Central time.Tournament seedings in parentheses

National Championship

See also: 2022 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game.

MVFC records vs other conferences

2021-22 records against non-conference foes (through January 8, 2022):

FCS Power Conferences	Record
Big Sky	4–2
CAA	2–0
FCS Power Total	6–2
Other FCS Conferences	Record
ASUN	2–0
Big South	None
Ivy League	None
MEAC	None
Northeast	None
OVC	3–0
Patriot	None
PFL	5–0
SoCon	None
Southland	1–0
SWAC	None
WAC	2–0
Other FCS Total	13–0
FCS Total	19–2
FBS Opponents	Record
Football Bowl Subdivision	1–9
Other NCAA Divisions	Record
Division II	1–0
Total Non-Conference Record	21–11

Post Season

FCS Power Conferences	Record
Big Sky	3–2
CAA	2–0
FCS Power Total	5–2
Other FCS Conferences	Record
ASUN	None
Big South	None
Ivy League	None
MEAC	None
Northeast	None
OVC	0–1
Patriot	None
PFL	None
SoCon	1–0
Southland	None
SWAC	None
WAC	None
Other FCS Total	1–1
Total Postseason Record	6–3

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Special Teams			Freshman
	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team	Player	Position	Team
Week 1 (Sept. 5) ^[7]	Jaleel McLaughlin	RB	YSU	Michael Thomas	DB	INST	Colt McFadden	PK	YSU	Jason Shelley	QB	MOST
	Nic Baker	QB	SIU							Chris Oladokun	QB	SDSU
Week 2 (Sept. 12)^[8]	Xavier Lane	WR	MOST	Spencer Cuvelier	MLB	UNI	Montrae Braswell	CB	MOST	Xavier Lane	WR	MOST
Week 3 (Sept. 19)^[9]	Connor Sampson	QB	WIU	Braydon Deming	DE	ILST	Hunter Lunsford	DB	INST	Phazione McClurge	WR	INST
Week 4 (Sept. 26)^[10]	Pierre Strong Jr.	RB	SDSU	Darius Joiner	DB	WIU	Izaiah Hartrup	WR	SIU	Jason Shelley	QB	MOST
Week 5 (Oct. 3)^[11]	Tobias Little	RB	MOST	Spencer Cuvelier	LB	UNI	Jake Reinholz	K	NDSU	Nate Thomas	RB	USD
Week 6 (Oct. 10)	Nic Baker	QB	SIU	Inoke Moala	DE	INST	Jack Colquhoun	P	SIU	Demeatric Crenshaw	QB	YSU
Week 7 (Oct. 17)^[12]	Isaiah Smith	RB	UND	Jack Cochrane	LB	USD	Steven Ward	LB	MOST	Quincy Patterson	QB	NDSU
Week 8 (Oct. 24)^[13]	Cole Mueller	RB	ILST	JJ Henderson	DB	INST	Matthew Cook	PK	UNI	Cole Mueller	RB	ILST
Week 9 (Oct. 31)^[14]	Jason Shelley	QB	MOST	Ferrin Manuleleua	LB	MOST	Nate Murphy	P	UNI	Jason Shelley	QB	MOST
Week 10 (Nov. 7)^[15]	Pierre Strong Jr	RB	SDSU	Zeke Vandenburg	LB	ILST	JT Bohlken	P	ILST	Nate Thomas	RB	USD
Week 11 (Nov. 14)^[16]	Jason Shelley	QB	MOST	David Miller	CB	SIU	Cade Peterson	P	UND	Jeremiah Webb	WR	USD
Week 12 (Nov. 21)^[17]	Jaleel McLaughlin	RB	YSU	Riley Van Wyhe	LB	UNI	Jose Pizano	PK	MOST	Kevon Latulas	RB	MOST

Players of the Year

On November 29, 2021, the Missouri Valley Football Conference released their Players of the Year and All-Conference Honors.^[18]

Offensive Player of the Year

• Jason Shelley, QB (RS-Jr, Missouri State)

Defensive Player of the Year

• Jared Brinkman, DL (RS-Sr, Northern Iowa)

Newcomer of the Year

• Jason Shelley, QB (RS-Jr, Missouri State)

Freshman of the Year

• Demeatric Crenshaw, QB (RS-Fr, Youngstown State)

Coach of the Year

• Matt Entz (North Dakota State)

All-Conference Teams

First Team Offense	Jason Shelley	Missouri State	QB	RS-Jr.
	Jaleel McLaughlin	Youngstown State	RB	Sr.
	Pierre Strong Jr.	South Dakota State	RB	Sr.
	Hunter Luepke	North Dakota State	FB	Jr.
	Tucker Kraft	South Dakota State	TE	So.
	Dennis Houston	Western Illinois	WR	Sr.
	Tyrone Scott	Missouri State	WR	RS-So.
	Christian Watson	North Dakota State	WR	Sr.
	Zeveyon Furcron	Southern Illinois	OL	Sr.
	Cody Mauch	North Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Trevor Penning	Northern Iowa	OL	RS-Jr.
	Cordell Volson	North Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Matt Waletzko	North Dakota	OL	Sr.
	Christian Watson	North Dakota State	AP	Sr.
First Team Defense	Jared Brinkman	Northern Iowa	DL	RS-Sr.
	Kevin Ellis	Missouri State	DL	Jr.
	Inoke Moala	Indiana State	DL	RS-Sr.
	Brayden Thomas	North Dakota State	DL	Sr.
	Logan Backhaus	South Dakota State	LB	Sr.
	Adam Bock	South Dakota State	LB	So.
	Jack Cochrane	South Dakota	LB	Sr.
	Spencer Cuvelier	Northern Iowa	LB	RS-Jr.
	Montrae Braswell	Missouri State	DB	So.
	Qua Brown	Southern Illinois	DB	Sr.
	Darius Joiner	Western Illinois	DB	Sr.
	Benny Sapp III	Northern Iowa	DB	Jr.
	Michael Tutsie	North Dakota State	DB	Sr.
First Team Special Teams	Grant Burkett	Missouri State	P	RS-Fr.
	Matthew Cook	Northern Iowa	PK	So.
	Montrae Braswell	Missouri State	RS	So.
	Dalton Godfrey	South Dakota	DS	Jr.

Second Team Offense	Connor Sampson	Western Illinois	QB	Sr.
	Otis Weah	North Dakota	RB	Jr.
	Javon Williams Jr.	Southern Illinois	RB	So.
	Tim McCloyn	Illinois State	FB	Sr.
	Josh Babicz	North Dakota State	TE	Sr.
	Jaxon Janke	South Dakota State	WR	Jr.
	Landon Lenoir	Southern Illinois	WR	Sr.
	Isaiah Weston	Northern Iowa	WR	RS-Jr.
	Landon Bebee	Missouri State	OL	So.
	Wes Genant	South Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Alex Jensen	South Dakota	OL	Jr.
	Aron Johnson	South Dakota State	OL	Sr.
	Mason McCormick	South Dakota State	OL	Jr.
	Isaiah Weston	Northern Iowa	AP	RS-Jr.
Second Team Defense	Eric Johnson	Missouri State	DL	Sr.
	Anthony Knighton	Southern Illinois	DL	Sr.
	Caleb Sanders	South Dakota State	DL	Sr.
	Reece Winkelman	South Dakota State	DL	Sr.
	Jasir Cox	North Dakota State	LB	Sr.
	Jackson Hankey	North Dakota State	LB	Sr.
	Bryce Notree	Southern Illinois	LB	Sr.
	Tylar Wiltz	Missouri State	LB	Jr.
	Don Gardner	South Dakota State	DB	Sr.
	Evan Holm	North Dakota	DB	Sr.
	Clayton Isbell	Illinois State	DB	So.
	Michael Lawson	Western Illinois	DB	Sr.
	Elijah Reed	South Dakota	DB	Sr.
Second Team Special Teams	Brady Schutt	South Dakota	P	Sr.
	Jose Pizano	Missouri State	PK	So.
	Jayden Price	North Dakota State	RS	Jr.
	Bradey Sorenson	South Dakota State	DS	Sr.

All-Newcomer Team

All-Newcomer Team Offense	Demeatric Crenshaw	Youngstown State	QB	RS-Fr.
	Theo Day	Northern Iowa	QB	RS-So.
	Bryson Deming	Illinois State	TE	Jr.
	Xavier Lane	Missouri State	WR	RS-Sr.
	Cole Mueller	Illinois State	RB	RS-Fr.
	Chris Oladokun	South Dakota State	QB	GS
	Quincy Patterson	North Dakota State	QB	Jr.
	Tyrone Scott	Missouri State	WR	RS-So.
	Jason Shelley	Missouri State	QB	RS-Jr.
	Isaiah Smith	North Dakota	RB	RS-Fr.
	Nate Thomas	South Dakota	RB	Fr.
	Tamerik Williams	North Dakota State	RB	Jr.
All-Newcomer Team Defense
	Geoffrey Brown	Indiana State	LB	Fr.
	Braydon Deming	Illinois State	DL	Jr.
	Nick Gaes	South Dakota	DT	RS-Fr.
	Josiah Ganues	South Dakota	DB	Fr.
	JJ Henderson	Indiana State	DB	GS
	Darius Joiner	Western Illinois	DB	Sr.
	Allen Love	Missouri State	DL	RS-So.
	Ben McNaboe	North Dakota	DL	So.
	David Miller	Southern Illinois	CB	Fr.
	Loshiaka Roques	North Dakota State	DE	RS-Fr.
	Marques Sigle	North Dakota State	CB	RS-Fr.
	Siale Suliafu	Missouri State	DL	Fr.

Source:^[19]

National Awards

On December 7, 2021, STATS Perform released their list of finalists for the Walter Payton Award, Buck Buchanan Award, and the Jerry Rice Award, respectively.

Walter Payton Award

The Walter Payton Award is given to the best FCS offensive player. Here are the MVFC finalists:^[20]

• Pierre Strong Jr. (RB - South Dakota State)
• Trevor Penning (OT - Northern Iowa)
• Jason Shelley (QB - Missouri State)

Buck Buchanan Award

The Buck Buchanan Award is given to the best FCS defensive player. Here are the MVFC finalists:^[21]

• Darius Joiner (S - Western Illinois)
• Adam Bock (LB - South Dakota State)

Jerry Rice Award

The Jerry Rice Award is given to the best FCS freshman player. Here are the MVFC finalists:^[22]

• Demeatric Crenshaw (QB - Youngstown State)

All-Americans

Home attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Game 9	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Illinois State	Hancock Stadium	13,391	8,148	N/A	12,416†	6,000	2,890					29,454	7,363	55.0%
Indiana State	Memorial Stadium	12,764	5,540	6,652†	3,943	5,479	3,265					24,879	4,975	38.9%
Missouri State	Robert W. Plaster Stadium	17,500	11,247	12,738	14,336†	8,372	9,173	5,072‡				60,938	10,156	58.0%
North Dakota	Alerus Center	12,283	10,143	12,846†	8,807	8,441	8,068					48,305	9,661	78.7%
North Dakota State	Fargodome	18,700	15,156	15,118	18,536†	15,559	14,383	16,252	12,557‡	11,794‡	16,550‡	135,905	15,100	80.8%
Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome	16,324	5,124	8,771†	7,202	5,902	6,785					33,784	6,756	41.4%
South Dakota	DakotaDome	9,100	5,247	6,267	5,304	5,415	9,068†	3,597‡				34,898	5,816	63.9%
South Dakota State	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium	19,340	15,162	14,473	12,216	16,889	18,122†	8,135	3,681‡			88,678	12,668	65.5%
Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium	15,000	7,338	8,618	10,644†	7,176	4,935					38,711	7,742	51.6%
Western Illinois	Hanson Field	17,128	5,385†	4,107	2,827	2,118	1,972					16,409	3,281	19.2%
Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium	20,630	8,637	13,751†	12,444	9,423	8,307					52,562	10,512	51.0%

Bold - Exceed capacity
†Season High
‡FCS Playoff Game

2022 NFL Draft

See main article: 2022 NFL draft. The following list includes all MVFC players who were drafted in the 2022 NFL draft.

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team	Notes
Trevor Penning	OT	Northern Iowa	1	19	19	New Orleans Saints	from Philadelphia
Christian Watson	WR	North Dakota State	2	2	34	Green Bay Packers	from Detroit via Minnesota
Pierre Strong Jr.	RB	South Dakota State	4	22	127	New England Patriots
Cordell Volson	OT	North Dakota State	4	31	136	Cincinnati Bengals
Matt Waletzko	OT	North Dakota	5	12	155	Dallas Cowboys	from Cleveland
Eric Johnson	DT	Missouri State	5	16	159	Indianapolis Colts
Andrew Ogletree	TE	Youngstown State	6	13	192	Indianapolis Colts	from Minnesota
Chris Oladokun	QB	South Dakota State	7	20	241	Pittsburgh Steelers

Undrafted Free Agents

Player	Position	School	Team
Aron Johnson	OT	South Dakota State	Baltimore Ravens
Don Gardner	CB	South Dakota State	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Michael Griffin	S	South Dakota State	Tennessee Titans
Josh Babicz	TE	North Dakota State	Carolina Panthers
Brayden Thomas	OLB	North Dakota State	Los Angeles Rams
Isaiah Weston	WR	Northern Iowa	Cleveland Browns
Jack Cochrane	LB	South Dakota	Kansas City Chiefs

Source:^[28]

Head coaches

Through January 8, 2022

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	MVFC record	MVFC titles	FCS Playoff appearances	FCS Playoff record	National Titles
Illinois State	Brock Spack	13	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		2	5	data-sort-value=		0
Indiana State	Curt Mallory	4	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		0	0	data-sort-value=		0
Missouri State	Bobby Petrino	2	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		1	2	data-sort-value=		0
North Dakota	Bubba Schweigert	8	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		0	3	data-sort-value=		0
North Dakota State	Matt Entz	3	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		2	3	data-sort-value=		2
Northern Iowa	Mark Farley	21	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		7	13	data-sort-value=		0
South Dakota	Bob Nielson	6	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		0	2	data-sort-value=		2
South Dakota State	John Stiegelmeier	25	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		2	11	data-sort-value=		0
Southern Illinois	Nick Hill	6	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		0	2	data-sort-value=		0
Western Illinois	Jared Elliott	4	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		0	0	data-sort-value=		0
Youngstown State	Doug Phillips	2	data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		data-sort-value=		0	0	data-sort-value=		0

Notes and References

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2. Web site: South Dakota State University's football playoff run ends at Montana State. argusleader.com. Sioux Falls Argus Leader. December 18, 2021. May 18, 2023.
3. Web site: North Dakota State beats Southern Illinois to advance to quarterfinals. bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report. December 4, 2021. May 18, 2023.
4. Web site: EWU's defense leads playoff victory over Northern Iowa, sets up rematch with Montana in round of 16. spokesman.com. The Spokesman-Review. November 27, 2021. May 18, 2023.
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