Football Opens 2010 Season at Kansas
8/30/2010 6:01:00 PM | Football
North Dakota State University (3-8, 2-6 Valley Football) is scheduled to play the University of Kansas (5-7, 1-6 Big 12 North) at 6:10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, at Kivisto Field at Memorial Stadium (Field Turf/50,071) in Lawrence ... The coaching matchup features a pair of former Nebraska Cornhuskers ... NDSU head coach Craig Bohl and Kansas head coach Turner Gill both played and coached at Nebraska ... While Saturday's game is the first meeting in football, the schools squared off in the opening round of the 2009 NCAA men's basketball tournament.
TICKETS: Tickets for the Kansas game are available online at kuathletics.com, by calling 800-34-HAWKS, or in-person at the Allen Fieldhouse Ticket Office ... Tickets for North Dakota State home football games are available in advance at the Bison Sports Arena ticket office, online at GoBison.com/tickets, or toll free at (888) 231-NDSU.
FOR OPENERS: North Dakota State University will open the season away from Fargo for the second time since 1987 when the Bison lost 10-6 at Northern Michigan University ... NDSU lost 34-17 at Iowa State in 2009 ... NDSU is 76-30-7 in season openers ... Kansas is the 51st opening game opponent for the Bison since 1894 ... In the opener, the Bison are 59-17-4 at home and 17-13-3 on the road ... With an away game at UNI on Sept. 11, North Dakota State opens with a pair of road games for the second time since 1985 (at Northern Michigan, W 26-10, and at Cal Poly, L 29-35) ... The Bison lost at Iowa State and at Sam Houston State in 2009.
ON THE ROAD: North Dakota State University has five road games this season ... The Bison were 2-4 on the road in 2009 ... NDSU is 22-16 since head coach Craig Bohl took over 2003.
SERIES RECORD: This is the first meeting between North Dakota State and Kansas ... North Dakota State is 0-3-1 against current members of the Big 12 (L 6-19 at Kansas State, 1931; T 20-20 at Texas Tech, 1934; L 0-42 at Missouri, 1956; L 17-34 at Iowa State, 2009) ... Kansas is 9-0 all-time against current members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference ... The Jayhawks are 3-0 vs. Southern Illinois, 2-0 vs. Indiana State and Missouri State and 1-0 vs. Illinois State and South Dakota State ... The last time KU played a MVC football team was its 44-24 victory against Missouri State in 2002.
AGAINST THE FBS: Since moving to the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, formerly I-AA), North Dakota State has a 3-3 record against Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS, formerly I-A) teams since 2006 ... The Bison are 1-1 against Minnesota, 1-0 against Ball State, 1-0 against Central Michigan, 0-1 against Wyoming and 0-1 against Iowa State ... All games have been played on the road.
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