Beavers journey to Duluth to tackle No. 13/10 Bulldogs Saturday

Football
11/3/2025 12:49:00 PM

Kristin Farris

Bemidji State hopes to get again into win column throughout remaining highway journey of the season

BEMIDJI, Minn. — Bemidji State University Football heads on the highway for the ultimate time Saturday. The Beavers will face off in opposition to the No. 13/10 University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs with a 12 p.m. kickoff from James S. Malosky Stadium in Duluth, Minn. 
 
Bemidji State Notes

• Bemidji State enters the weekend at 3-6 general with a 3-5 report within the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. October hosted a three-game successful streak for the Beavers, however this streak got here to an in depth final Saturday in Moorhead, Minn. when BSU fell to Minnesota State University Moorhead, 49-21, within the Battle Axe Rivalry Game.
• The Beavers are available in at tenth within the NSIC and fourth within the North Division with two North Division video games left this season.
• On the bottom, the Beaver offense is led by quarterback Connor Carver who ranks seventh within the NSIC for speeding touchdowns, eighth in speeding yards and yards per sport. This has helped the Beaver offense to rank forty fourth within the NCAA, seventh within the NSIC, for speeding offense.
• Caden Bolte leads the protection this season, rating 53rd within the NCAA for solo tackles and 149th in complete tackles. Bolte can also be forty sixth within the NCAA for passes defended with eight thus far this season.
• Drayton Lehman has shot to the highest of the chief board for punt returns within the NSIC, averaging 8.9 yards per return. He can also be thirty first within the NCAA for this effort.
• Connor Mantelli moved to 86th within the NCAA for subject targets after his first missed kick of the season final weekend. On the opposite hand, Mantelli is now twenty eighth within the nation for punting, averaging 41.1 yards per punt.
• Quarterback Bart McAninch stays in tenth within the NCAA for completion share for the second week. McAninch has posted a .674 completion share with 95 completions on 141 makes an attempt with seven interceptions. McAninch has thrown 9 of the Beavers’ 13 touchdowns.
• The Beavers shut the common season subsequent week, internet hosting the University of Mary at Chet Anderson Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. and is on the market on the NSIC Network and Beaver Radio Network.

 
Minnesota Duluth Notes

• The Bulldogs maintain a .889 win share this season, sitting at 8-1 general and 7-1 within the convention, holding the highest spot within the North and second general within the convention.
• Last week, the Bulldogs downed the University of Jamestown Jimmies, 45-29. The staff’s solo loss got here on Oct. 11 at Northern State University when UMD fell 34-31.
• Redshirt senior quarterback Kyle Walljasper leads the Bulldogs’ offense with 530 speeding yards, 11 speeding touchdowns and 58.89 speeding yards per sport. Through the air, Walljasper has posted the fifth-best completion share within the NCAA at .710 with 1916 yards. He hosts the very best passing effectivity within the nation at 195.0. Adding to his stat sheet, Walljasper is ranked fourth within the NCAA for passing touchdowns, third for factors liable for and first in passing yards per move try.
• The Bulldogs’ particular groups return unit is led by Jonathan Shrum who has posted the No. 14 kickoff return efforts within the nation. He leads the convention in KOR touchdowns and KORs.
• On the receiving finish of Walljasper’s passes, Luke Dehnicke leads the nation in receiving yards with 918, taking third in yards per sport and fifth in receptions per sport.
• Defensively, Wojo Weerts ranks second within the NSIC with 0.63 sacks per sport. Additionally, Brock Unger is averaging 0.38 interceptions per sport, taking twenty fifth within the NCAA and fourth within the convention.
• The Bulldogs will shut the common season at Minot State University subsequent Saturday at 1 p.m. They will then look in direction of the NCAA Division II Football playoffs for the primary time since their 48-14 first-round loss to Angelo State University in 2021.

 
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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic packages with NCAA Division I males’s and girls’s hockey membership within the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Western Collegiate Hockey Association, whereas its 13 NCAA Division II packages maintain membership within the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).