ON TAP
North Dakota heads to California for a road tilt at Sacramento State. The Fighting Hawks make the trek to California to take on Sacramento State on Oct.  20. The Hornets find themselves in an 0-3 start in conference play after close losses to Montana, Cal Poly and a 48-27 loss at Southern Utah last week. 

UP NEXT
UND will host another ranked foe as the Weber State Wildcats come calling to the Alerus center on Oct. 27. Weber State is ranked 7th in the FCS STATS poll after knocking off Eastern Washington last week. 

LAST TIME OUT
Three first-half takeaways all turned into touchdowns as host North Dakota routed 22nd-ranked Montana at the Alerus Center on Oct. 13. The defense set the tone early. Deion Harris picked off Montana's third play from scrimmage and returned it 35 yards to set UND up inside the 10. Nate Ketteringham found Noah Wanzek for a 10-yard strike and North Dakota had a quick 7-0 advantage with the game just 70 seconds old. 

Nate Ketteringham finished with 17 completions on 25 attempts for four touchdowns and a pair of interceptions for a season-high 254 yards. It marked the fifth four-touchdown game of Ketteringham's career (all previous at Sacramento State) and first as a Fighting Hawk. Junior James Johannesson registered his second 100-yard rushing game with 108 yards on 16 carries and a score. 

Evan Holm led the UND defense with eight tackles and a fumble recovery. 

THE SERIES VS SACRAMENTO STATE
UND has a slim 3-2 lead in the all-time series, with a 2-2 mark between the schools in the Division I era. The road team has been victorious in each of the last four matchups. 

POLLING PLACE
North Dakota remains just outside the Top 25 in both polls, topping the list of schools also receiving votes in each ranking.

NATE THE GREAT
Nate Ketteringham tied a career high with four touchdown passes in the win over Montana on Oct. 13. It marked his fifth four-TD game and first as a Fighting Hawk. His 254 passing yards were the most for him as a UND player.

STAN THE MAN
Luke Stanley made his first catch since 2016 with a two-yard reception in the win over Montana Oct. 13. He had his 2017 season and first five games of 2018 wiped out due to injury. 

SACK STATE
North Dakota has racked up two dozen sacks in six games (4.0/game). Conversely, the UND offensive line has squandered just a half dozen quarterback sacks (1.0/game) all season.

50!
Head coach Bubba Schweigert collected career win No. 50 in the 41-14 win over No. 22 Montana on Oct. 13. 

LARGE AND IN CHARGE
UND's 27-point win over 22nd-ranked Montana marked the largest margin of victory for the Fighting Hawks as an FCS school. North Dakota is now 8-23 all-time against ranked schools in FCS play, including a 2-0 mark this season.  

POSSESSION IS 9/10th OF THE LAW
UND's time of possession is an average of 34:31 per game. The Fighting Hawks have held the control of the clock in five of the six games this season including a pair of dominating performances in the last two weeks. North Dakota owned the ball for a whopping 38:51 in the win at Northern Colorado then piled up 38:32 in TOP against Montana. 

FARGO FREIGHT TRAIN ON THE EXPRESS ROUTE
Junior James Johannesson piled up a career high 141 yards rushing in the convincing win at Northern Colorado. Johannesson ripped off a 34-yarder to highlight a 22-carry day as UND amassed 351 total rushing yards. He registered another 100-yard game a week later with 108 yards against Montana. 

THREE-HEADED MONSTER
North Dakota's backfield has logged six 100-yard rushers in six games, two each by three different backs. James Johannesson took on extra carries over the last two weeks and has filled in nicely, piling up 259 yards in that span. Brady Oliveira registered his 10th career 100-yard rushing game in the win at Northern Colorado. Senior all-American John Santiago has 17 career 100-yard rushing games. 

ON THE GROUND IN GREELEY
North Dakota rushed 61 times in the win at Northern Colorado, tied for the most-ever rushing attempts by a team at Nottingham Field. UND's 351 net rushing yards ranked second all-time as the Fighting Hawks scored all five of their touchdowns on the ground, two each from Brady Oliveira and Nate Ketteringham to go along with true freshman Otis Weah's first career score. 

OUT OF THE WE-AH!
Freshman Otis Weah got his first career touches in the blowout win at Northern Colorado on Sept. 29. The Moorhead, N.D., native rumbled for 18 yards on his first carry to get it inside the three-yardline. Then, he'd push forward through both lines to find paydirt and his first collegiate score. He helped the Fighting Hawks rack up 351 net rushing yards in the win. 

BENNETT BEASTING
Junior Mason Bennett logged another 1.5 sacks in the win at Northern Colorado to give him 6.5 for the season. It marks the third game in which he's had multiple sacks already this season. 

LEACH HITS HIS LONGEST
Freshman Brady Leach knocked through a 37-yarder in the opening drive of the win at Northern Colorado, his longest career field goal. Leach has now converted on each of his last three field goal attempts and is a perfect 16-for-16 on PAT attempts. 

CADE GOES KA-BOOM
Freshman punter Cade Peterson unleashed his longest punt of his career, a 50-yarder at Northern Colorado. For the day, Peterson hit five punts for 199 yards, including four of those inside the 20-yardline. 

SPREADING THE RESPONSIBILITY
The North Dakota defense held Northern Colorado to just 201 yards of total offense. Only one defender had as many as four tackles (Austin Cieslak- 4) with six others checking in with three tackles (Tanner Palmborg, Tykeise Johnson, Hayden Blubaugh, Quentin Seguin, Jaxson Turner and Mason Bennett). 

A MILLION TIMES, THANK YOU!
The University of North Dakota welcomed its one-millionth fan into the Alerus Center during the Homecoming game against Idaho State. In the 17 seasons since it opened in 2001, UND has seen 1,003,811 fans come through the doors at the Alerus Center, including 10,428 fans per game on average last season, the second-highest average attendance in the building's history.

JAXSON TURNER OVERDRIVE
Sophomore Jaxson Turner blocked his first career kick, a big fourth-quarter block that gave UND one final chance on offense in the waning minutes of the game vs. Idaho State. 

MOORE ENSHRINED
Former UND standout runningback Phillip Moore was enshrined in the UND Athletics Hall of Fame on Sep. 21. The Grand Forks Central grad rushed for a school-record 5,697 yards in his four seasons (1995-98) and added 51 rushing touchdowns, also a school record that still stands. 

PLAYING 21
North Dakota's win at No. 5 Sam Houston State Sept. 15 snapped the nation's longest home winning streak at 21 games, handing the Bearkats their first loss at home in nearly three years (Sept. 19, 2015 to Lamar).

ROAD RANKED RIGHTEOUSNESS
With the win at SHSU, the Fighting Hawks also captured their first triumph against a ranked foe since Oct. 1, 2016 vs. Cal Poly and the first away from Grand Forks since Oct. 3, 2015 at Portland State.
GIMME FIVE
That Sept. 15 win at No. 5 Sam Houston State marked the highest-ranked opponent that North Dakota has defeated in the DI era (2008-present). UND is 7-23 against ranked opponents in its Division I era.

IZZY GOT BIZZY
Sophomore Izzy Adeoti finished the night with a career-high 82 yards receiving in the win at Sam Houston State. His 48-yard catch in the fourth quarter setup the game-winning score. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BUBBA
Saturday's win at No. 5 Sam Houston State was a fun birthday for UND head coach Bubba Schweigert as it was his 56th birthday.

EVAN-ESCENCE
Junior Evan Holm was part of a stiff defense at SHSU that helped produce an upset. Holm and the Fighting Hawk defense forced the Bearkats to attempt field goals rather than find paydirt on multiple occasions. Holm was credited with four pass break-ups, including several in the endzone as the Hawks held the Bearkats to its lowest scoring output at home since 2014. 
 
JOHN JUMPING UP THE CHARTS
Senior John Santiago sits third all-time in rushing yardage at UND and is sixth in rushing touchdowns. Here's what's in front of him midway through his final campaign:

RUSHING
1.    Phillip Moore (1995-98)    5,697
2.    Shannon Burnell (1990-93)    4,710
3.    John Santiago (2015-pres.)    3,626
4.    Bill Deutsch (1973-76)    3,345

ALL-PURPOSE
1.    Weston Dressler (2004-07)    7,072
2.    John Santiago (2015-pres.)    6,321
3.    Phillip Moore (1995-98)    5,857

TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS
1.    Phillip Moore (1995-98)    53
2.    Weston Dressler (2004-07)    44
3.    Shannon Burnell (1990-93)    41
4.    Dale Kasowski (1972-75)    37
    Mike Deutsch (1970-72)    37
6.    Greg Hardin (2010-13)    35
7.    Ryan Chappell (2006-07)    32
    John Santiago (2015-pres.)    32 
8.    Ron Gustafson (1971-74)    31

RUN TO THE JOHN
Senior John Santiago piled up 139 rushing yards Sept. 8 at Washington, including a big 69-yard romp on the way to 260 all-purpose yards. Santiago's 69-yard scamper marked the fifth-longest run of his career and the eighth of 50 yards or more. 

Santiago runs of 50 yards or more
Yds    Game
81    Sept. 31, 2017 at UC Davis
81    Nov. 14, 2015 vs. Northern Colorado
80    Oct. 24, 2015 at Montana
75    Oct. 31, 2015 vs. Montana State
69    Sept. 8, 2018 at Washington
64    Oct. 21, 2017 at Sacramento State
63    Nov. 4, 2017 at Southern Utah
52    Sept. 5, 2015 at Wyoming

NO BS AGAINST FBS
Santiago has compiled some of his best games against the top talent. In his four games against FBS opponents in his career, the Andover, Minn., native has rushed for 426 yards with three 100-yard games. Here's a look at his outings against FBS foes:

Santiago vs. FBS schools
2018      18-139 at Washington
2017      10-20 at Utah
2016      18-119 at BGSU
2015      24-148 at Wyoming
TOTAL   70-426

HEY HEY, HAYDEN HAYDEN
Hayden Blubaugh and Hayden Galvin each registered their first career interceptions Sept. 8 at Washington. 

CLEAN SHEET
North Dakota was not penalized Sept. 8 at Washington. UND was penalized eight times for 76 yards in the opener. 

HIGHEST RANK
Washington marked the highest-ranked team that North Dakota has  ever faced in the FBS ranks. The Huskies were ranked ninth heading into the week two tilt. A week later, UND headed to No. 5 Sam Houston State and earned the program's first win over a top-five team since joining the FCS.

QUITE A DEBUT
Junior transfer Nate Ketteringham made a solid debut for the Fighting Hawks, throwing for 3 TDs and 225 yards without a turnover in the 35-7 win against Mississippi Valley State. Ketteringham found three different receivers for scores and added a rushing touchdown himself to account for four of UND's five scores. 

SACK CITY
North Dakota officially racked up seven quarterback sacks in the season-opening win against Mississippi Valley State on August 30. The Fighting Hawks had 10 total tackles for loss in the win. 

METHODIC
UND scored in all four quarters in the win over Mississippi Valley State. North Dakota got going quickly with a score in the first three minutes, adding another in the 1st quarter, en route to a 21-0 halftime lead. 

PUNTING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
North Dakota needed just two punts the entire game in the season-opening win. UND scored on five possessions, missed two FGs, punted twice and had one turnover in addition to ending both halves with the football. 

OWNING THE CLOCK IN THE MIDDLE FRAMES
North Dakota had the ball for over 19 minutes combined in the second and third quarters, owning the time of possession battle in the win over Mississippi Valley State. UND would finish with 33:35 of possession in the win. 

3RD and CONVERTED
North Dakota cashed in 10 third-down attempts vs. Mississippi Valley State on 16 attempts. In one of the six failed conversions, UND got the first on a fourth down late in the first half. 

WELCOME BACK CORNER
The injury bug hit North Dakota pretty hard last season. UND welcomed back corners Deion Harris (missed all 11 games) and Evan Holm (7 missed) into the starting lineup after injuries a year ago. 

NORTH DAKOTA BY THE NUMBERS
•26    Number of conference championships won by UND 
•59    Wins at the Division I level for UND 
•649    Number of all-time wins for UND (649-407-30)
•3,626    John Santiago's career rushing total (3rd all-time at UND)
•6,321    Santiago's all-purpose yardage (2nd all-time at UND)

UND AGAINST THE FBS
North Dakota is 1-10 all-time against the FBS with the lone win coming to open the 2015 season at Wyoming. Three of those losses have come by single digits, including a 2016 one-point loss at Bowling Green. Last season, Utah became the first Power Five program UND faced since opening the 2009 season with a 38-13 loss at Texas Tech. Current outside linebackers coach Joel Schwenzfeier tied a UND single-game record with three interceptions against the Red Raiders.

CAPTAINS
UND named five players captains for the season: seniors Tanner Palmborg and John Santiago were previously named captains with senior Austin Cieslak, senior Adam Stiner and junior Andrew Zimmerman joining them before the season's start. 

MAAG-A
True freshman Garett Maag got into the endzone in his first game, and on his first collegiate catch, a 9-yard strike from Nate Ketteringham to give UND a 21-0 lead in the first half of the win over Mississippi Valley State on Aug. 30. 

FOUR-GAME REDSHIRT RULE
This season, a new rule has been instituted by the NCAA Division I Council which will allow players to participate in up to four games in a season while maintaining their redshirt status starting this fall. Previously, only players who did not play a snap in a season or were sidelined by injury before playing in more than four games were generally granted redshirts by the NCAA. This rule would allow those four games to be played anywhere throughout the season, leaving some flexibility for coaching staffs around the nation. 

RED JARRETT WAY
University of North Dakota officials announced the renaming of the road in front of the High Performance Center to be dubbed "Red Jarrett Way" in honor of the legendary student-athlete, coach and athletics director.

Jarrett, who was enshrined in UND Athletics' Hall of Fame in 1975, was named the football program's first All-American in 1930 and also excelled in basketball and track and field. He lettered three times in each of those sports and would also be the head coach of all three of those programs at various times throughout a stretch from 1946-1958 where he served as the athletics director.

FIGHTING HAWKS ONLINE
Visit the newly-redesigned FightingHawks.com for all of the latest information on your UND Fighting Hawks sports teams. Here you can find schedules, rosters, photos, game notes, game recaps and more. 

FIGHTING HAWKS ON TV
Every UND home game will air live on Midco Sports Network and will be available free online via PlutoTV. All games against Big Sky Conference teams are also streamed on PlutoTV. UND's trip to Washington will air on PAC-12 Network while the trek to Sam Houston State can be seen on WDAY/Z Xtra, the KX Network across the state and ESPN3. 

FIGHTING HAWKS ON RADIO
Jack Michaels returns for another season of UND football action, joined in the booth by Hall Of Fame Coach Mike Berg and sideline reporter Paul Ralston on the Home of Economy Radio Network across the state and region. The flagship for UND football is 96.1 The Fox in Grand Forks.