THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 2013
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FOOTBALL GAMEDAY PREVIEW
MAX GOODWIN
mgoodwin@kansan.com
OFFENSE
The South Dakota Coyotes scored just 10 points in a win over UC-Davis last week. Second year quarterback Josh Vander Maten threw for just 91 passing yards, going 9-for-17. The Coyotes have two redshirt freshmen at halfback that are nearly identical in size, and combined for 171 yards in the team's first game. The biggest strength of the offense is the size on the offensive line.
STARTING LINEUP
POSITION NAME NO. YEAR
QB Josh Vander Maten 7 Jr.
HB Trevor Bouma 21 R-Fr.
FB Tom Manning 34 Jr.
WR Terrance Terry 6 Jr.
WR Austin Koch 83 Sr.
TE Tyler Wilhelm 15 Sr.
LT Matt Huffer 70 Jr.
LG Marc Murtha 77 Sr.
C Cody O'Neill 67 Sr.
RG Andrew Schofield 72 Jr.
RT Derek Chancellor 65 So.
DEFENSE
SPECIAL TEAMS
Freshman kicker Miles Bergner was named the Missouri Valley Conference special teams player of the week after he made a 39 yard field goal in the fourth quarter of the Coyotes' first game. Starting cornerback Dyllon Knox will return punts while running backs Trevor Bouma and Jordan Roberts return the kick offs.
Defense: South Dakota starts an experienced secondary, with three seniors and a junior. The Coyote defense kept UC-Davis scoreless for 56 minutes before letting up a one-yard touchdown. Weis said that linebacker Tyler Starr is the best player on this side of the ball for South Dakota
POSITION NAME NO. YEAR
DE Emilious Davis 51 Sr.
DT Nick Jacobs 56 So.
DE Drew Iddings 94 So.
SLB Tyler Starr 11 Sr.
ILB Kyle Guziec 54 Jr.
ILB Austin Johnson 1 Jr.
WLB Keyen Lage 33 So.
CB Dyllon Knox 7 Sr.
CB Steve Tellefsen 17 Jr.
FS Aaron Swift 9 Sr.
SS Devin Taverna 2 Sr.
PLAYER TO WATCH
Senior linebacker Tyler Starr was singled out by Charlie Weis as the player that he views as the key for the South Dakota defense. Starr plays the buck position, as it is known in the Kansas defense, which is a hybrid of linebacker and defensive lineman.
SOUTH DAKOTA
AT A GLANCE
South Dakota entered the 2013 season in a situation very similar to Kansas. Last season, the Coyotes won just one game in Joe Glenn's first season as head coach. Glenn's team has already equaled that win by beating UC-Davis 10-7 in the season opener.
COACHING
Joe Glenn had an incredibly successful career as a head coach before returning to his alma mater, South Dakota, in 2011. Between his 11 years at Northern Colorado and three years at Montana, Glenn has three national championships under his belt. His first season at South Dakota was a rocky one, as the team finished at 1-10 and went 0-8 against Missouri Valley teams.
MOMENTUM
The Coyotes come into Saturday's game with one win already and a chance to make adjustments in their second game of the season.
BY THE NUMBERS
1 The number of wins that both South Dakota and Kansas had a season ago.
91 The number of passing yards the Coyotes had in the first game of the season.
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Edited by Jessica Mitchell
3 The number of national championships that coach Joe Glenn has had in his college coaching career.
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