2003 Bemidji State Football
BSU History: All-Time Results 1991 (2-7 / 1-4 NIC / 5th) Head Coach: Kris Diaz Captains: Mike Bakke, Mike Skinner S7 - - St. John’s (Minn.) h L 0 29 S14 - - Mayville St. a W 14 10 S21 - - Wayne St. (Neb.) a ccd-a S28 - - ^ Northern St. h L 10 12 O5 - - Michigan Tech +h L 0 35 O12 - - ^ UM-Duluth a L 19 48 O19 - 2 ^ Southwest St. h L 28 60 O26 - - ^ Moorhead St. a L 7 42 N2 - - ^ Winona St. h ccd-b N9 - - ^ UM-Morris a W 28 25 N17 - - Southwest St 1 L 46 47 + homecoming ^ NIC contest 1 Metrodome Classic; Minneapolis, Minn. a- “scheduling conflicts” b- weather 1992 (2-8 / 2-4 NSIC / t-5th) Head Coach: Kris Diaz Captains: Dana Graveson, Les Bragg, Marty Follis, Chad Postal S12 - - St. John’s a L 8 35 S19 - - Wayne St. (Neb.) h L 7 44 S26 - - Michigan Tech a L 7 47 O3 - - ^ UM-Duluth +h L 13 22 O10 - - ^ Southwest St. a L 39 53 O17 - - ^ Moorhead St. h W 28 27 O24 - - ^ Winona St. a L 12 14 O31 - - ^ UM-Morris h W 34 7 N7 - - ^ Northern St. a L 10 17 N14 - - Neb. - Kearney 1 L 21 31 + homecoming ^ NSIC contest 1 Metrodome Classic; Minneapolis, Minn. 1993 (0-10 / 0-6 NSIC / 7th) Head Coach: Kris Diaz Captains: Matt Juhl, Brian Murray S11 - - South Dakota a L 3 S18 - - Wayne St. (Neb.) a L 7 S25 - - Michigan Tech h L 23 O2 - - ^ UM-Duluth a L 0 O9 - - ^ Southwest St. +h L 8 O16 - - ^ Moorhead St. a L 16 O23 - - ^ Winona St. h L 3 O30 - - ^ UM-Morris a L 7 N6 - - ^ Northern St. h L 20 N13 - - Neb. - Kearney 1 L 3 + homecoming ^ NSIC contest 1 Metrodome Classic; Minneapolis, Minn.
Football Records
1994 (1-8 / 1-5 NSIC / 6th) Head Coach: Kris Diaz Captains: Bert Brandt, Roger Capannelli S10 - - North Dakota a L 6 S17 - - UW-Stout h L 21 S24 - - ^ UM-Duluth h L 13 O1 - - ^ Southwest St. a L 20 O8 - - ^ Moorhead St. +h L 6 O15 - - ^ Winona St. a L 14 O22 - - ^ UM-Morris h W 33 O29 - - ^ Northern St. a L 12 N5 - - Wayne St. (Neb.) h L 22 + homecoming ^ NSIC contest 1995 (3-7 / 3-3 NSIC / t-3rd) Head Coach: Kris Diaz Captains: Jay Nelson, Matt Gay S9 - - North Dakota h L 0 S16 - - UW-Stout a L 17 S23 - - ^ UM-Duluth h L 9 S30 - - ^ Southwest St. a L 6 O7 - - ^ Moorhead St. a L 20 O14 - - ^ Winona St. +h W 25 O21 - - ^ UM-Morris a W 16 O28 - - ^ Northern St. h W 25 N4 - - Wayne St. (Neb.) a L 14 N12 - - Winona St 1 L 15 + homecoming ^ NSIC contest 1 Metrodome Classic; Minneapolis, Minn.
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42 22 48 28 33 63 12 21 53
63 49 40 8 32 14 12 24 55 29
Jeff Tesch 1996 - present 8th year / 40-34 (.541) NSIC: 29-23 (.558) 1996 (2-8 / 1-5 NSIC / 6th) Head Coach: Jeff Tesch Captains: Matt Juhl, Brian Murray S7 - - St. John’s (Minn.) a L 2 S14 - - UW-Stout h L 13 S21 - - UW-Stevens Point h L 7 S28 - - ^ Southwest St a L 7 O5 - - ^ Moorhead St. +h L 27 O12 - - ^ Winona St a L 28 O19 - - ^ UM-Morris h W 19 O26 - - ^ Northern St. a L 14 N9 - - ^ UM-Duluth h L 0 N17 - - Southwest St 1 W 28 + homecoming ^ NSIC contest 1 Metrodome Classic; Minneapolis, Minn.
20 28 52 32 29 35 15 52 49 14
1997 (2-8 / 1-5 NSIC / t-6th) Head Coach: Jeff Tesch Captains: Ty Houglum, Eric Zajkowski, Eric Morris, Randy Qual S6 - - St. John’s (Minn.) h W 25 21 S13 - - UW-Stout a L 6 43 S20 - - UW-Stevens Pt a L 0 47 S27 - - ^ Southwest St. +h L 0 16 O4 - - ^ Moorhead St. a L 17 36 O11 - - ^ Winona St. h L 14 58 O18 - - ^ UM-Morris a L 28 45 O25 - - ^ Northern St. h W 25 22 N8 - - ^ UM-Duluth a L 0 41 N16 - - UM-Morris 1 L 34 41 + homecoming ^ NSIC contest 1 Metrodome Classic; Minneapolis, Minn. 1998 (6-4 / 4-2 NSIC / 3rd) Head Coach: Jeff Tesch Captains: Ben McAninch,. Chris Meyer S5 - - UM-Crookston a L 30 S12 - - St. Thomas (Minn.) h W 25 S19 - - Mayville St. a W 32 S26 - - ^ Moorhead St. +h W 22 O3 - - ^ Winona St. a L 19 O10 - - ^ UM-Morris .h W 48 O17 - - ^ Northern St. a L 6 O31 - - ^ UM-Duluth h W 48 N7 - - ^ Southwest St. a W 28 N14 - - UW-River Falls 1 L 14 + homecoming ^ NSIC contest 1 Metrodome Classic; Minneapolis, Minn. 1999 (8-3 / 6-2 NSIC / t-2nd) Head Coach: Jeff Tesch Captains: Chris Meyer, Ben Morie, Ben Hudson, Rob Sutera S4 - - Minot St. h W 28 S11 - - St. Thomas (Minn.) a W 24 S18 - - ^ Wayne St. +h W 52 S25 - - ^ Northern St. a L 17 O2 - - ^ Concordia-St. Paul h W 54 O9 - - ^ Southwest St. a W 13 O16 - - ^ Moorhead St. h L 25 O23 - - ^ UM-Duluth h W 35 O30 - - ^ UM-Morris a W 53 N6 - - ^ UM-Crookston a W 38 N14 - - UW-Stevens Point 1 L 23 + homecoming ^ NSIC contest 1 Metrodome Classic; Minneapolis, Minn.
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2000 (9-2 / 6-2 NSIC / 2nd) Head Coach: Jeff Tesch S2 - - Minot State a W 25 S9 - - St. Thomas h W 32 S16 - - ^ Wayne St. (Neb.) a W 24 S23 - - ^ Northern St. h W 39 S30 - - ^ Concordia-St. Paul a L 8 O7 - - ^ Southwest St.# +h W 65 O14 - - ^ MSU-Moorhead a W 28 O21 - - ^ UM-Duluth a L 19 O28 - - ^ UM-Morris h W 70 N4 - - ^ UM-Crookston h W 34 N10 - - UW-River Falls 1 W 23 + homecoming ^ NSIC contest 1 Metrodome Classic; Minneapolis, Minn. # four-overtime game 2001 (7-4 / 5-4 NSIC / 4th) Head Coach: Jeff Tesch S1 - - Minot State a W 39 S8 - - St. Thomas (Minn.) a W 26 S15 - - ^ Winona State h L 35 S22 - - ^ Wayne State (Neb.) a L 7 S29 - - ^ Northern State# a W 47 O6 - - ^ Concordia-St. Paul h L 27 O13 - - ^ Southwest State a W 52 O20 - - ^ MSU-Moorhead h W 28 O27 - - ^ UM-Duluth h L 38 N3 - - ^ UM-Morris a W 69 N10 - - ^ UM-Crookston 1 W 47 + homecoming ^ NSIC contest 1 Metrodome Classic; Minneapolis, Minn. # two-overtime game 2002 (6-5 / 6-3 NSIC / 4th) Head Coach: Jeff Tesch A29 - - MSU-Mankato a S7 - - Minot State h S21 - - ^ Winona State a S28 - - ^ Wayne St. (Neb.) h O5 - - ^ Northern State +h O12 - - ^ Concordia-St. Paul a O19 - - ^ Southwest State h O26 - - ^ MSU-Moorhead# a N2 - 15 ^ Minn.-Duluth a N9 - - ^ Minn.-Morris h N16 - - ^ Minn.-Crookston a + homecoming ^ NSIC contest # two-overtime game
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Coaching Records Seasons Coached 17 H.J. Erickson .............. 1938-’54 10 C.A. Anderson .. 1955-’60/1962-’65 7 John Peterson ............ 1982-’88 7 Kris Diaz...................... 1989-’95 7 Jeff Tesch ...............1996-pres. Games Coached 111 H.J. Erickson .............. 1938-’54 82 C.A. Anderson .. 1955-’60/1962-’65 74 Jeff Tesch ...............1996-pres. 73 John Peterson ............ 1982-’88 68 Kris Diaz...................... 1989-’95 Coaching Victories 53 H.J. Erickson .............. 1938-’54 43 C.A. Anderson .. 1955-’60/1962-’65 40 Jeff Tesch .................... 1996-pres. 30 John Peterson ............ 1982-’88 15 James Malmquist ....... 1969-’73 Winning Percentage .555 C.A. Anderson .. 1955-’60/1962-’65 .541 Jeff Tesch ...............1996-pres. .491 H.J. Erickson .............. 1938-’54 .432 John Peterson ............ 1982-’88 .363 James Malmquist ....... 1969-’73 Conference Victories 29 Jeff Tesch ...............1996-pres. 25 H.J. Erickson .............. 1938-’54 25 C.A. Anderson .. 1955-’60/1962-’65 13 John Peterson ............ 1982-’88 9 three coaches min. 5 seasons coached
below: Jeff Tesch on the sidelines during his inaugural 1996 season.