THIS WEEK
•Southwest Minnesota State University (4-4, 1-3 NSIC South) returns to NSIC South Division play this Saturday, Oct. 27, facing Winona State University (5-3, 2-2 NSIC South) starting at 1 p.m. at Altra Federal Credit Union Stadium in Winona, Minnesota.
•SMSU, which has won four of its last five games, is coming off a 35-7 home win over Northern State on Saturday night.
•Three of SMSU's four losses have come to nationally ranked teams.
•WSU, which last season played in the NCAA playoffs, suffered a home loss to No. 5 Minnesota Duluth last Saturday.
•WSU enters the game with the third ranked passing defense and the sixth overall defense in the NSIC.
•SMSU's Blake Gimbel ranks second in the NSIC in passing yards averaging 283.8 per game.  
•A preview on WSU is located on page 4.

    "BATTLE FOR THE SLEDGE" TROPHY GAME
•Saturday's game will be the fourth annual "Battle for the Sledge", presented by BIG Athletics and adidas.
•The trophy is a seven-foot tall Sledge Hammer. In addition to the sledge trophy, BIG Athletics will also be providing two MVP trophies to be awarded to a player on each team.
•Here is the history behind the naming of the trophy game, "Battle for the Sledge": During the 2008 season, during warm-ups of the WSU/SMSU game on Oct. 4, 2008, a WSU player brought a sledgehammer to mid-field while SMSU players looked on. SMSU went on to earn a 35-28 victory over WSU, snapping the Warriors' seven-game winning streak in the series. Following the game, SMSU players ran over to the WSU sideline and grabbed the sledgehammer, celebrating the victory at midfield. With emotions running high for both teams, a WSU player went over to the SMSU sideline to get its sledgehammer back. SMSU eventually gave the sledgehammer back and a rivalry was born.  

Game Facts
Southwest Minnesota State University (4-4, 1-3 NSIC South) at
Winona State University (5-3, 2-2 NSIC South)  
Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 • 1 p.m. • Winona, Minn.
Altra Federal Credit Union Stadium (turf)

Broadcasts
Radio Broadcast: 105.1 FM KARL
Internet Radio: marshallradio.net
Internet Video Broadcast: SMSUmustangs.com/watchnow
Live Statistics: SMSUmustangs.com

SMSU vs. WSU Series Notes
(all-time results listed on page 5)
Southwest Minnesota State and Winona State meet for the 49th time on Saturday with WSU leading 28-20 in a series that started on Oct. 10, 1970 ... WSU has won the last two meeting after SMSU won three straight from 2013-15 ... WSU leads 17-8 in games played in Winona ... WSU has won 12 of the last 13 meetings in Winona with SMSU's lone win coming in 2014 ... WSU has won 19 of the last 24 meetings overall since 1994 ... WSU has scored 30 or more points in 15 of the last 17 games including 40 or more 12 times ... SMSU won seven straight in the series from 1987-93 ... WSU won 13 of 14 games from 1994 to 2007 ... WSU leads 2-1 since the "Battle for the Sledge" trophy game was started in 2015.

The Last Time - SMSU vs. WSU
No. 18 ranked Winona State displayed why it had one of the top defensive units in the country in 2017, forcing five turnovers and limiting SMSU to 178 yards of offense, in earning a 45-7 victory on Nov. 4, 2017, in Marshall. WSU finished the game with 315 yards offense and retained the "Battle for the Sledge" traveling trophy for the second straight season. WSU's Owen Burke completed 11 of 20 pass attempts for 126 yards and two touchdowns to pace the Warriors offense. Eric Birth racked up 82 yards rushing on 16 attempts while teammate Isaiah Frandsen caught a team-high four passes for 46 yards. SMSU was held to less than 200 yards of offense for the first time since 2010. The five turnovers was the most committed by SMSU since the 2014 season. Boyer Bouman completed 20 of 33 passes for 67 yards with Max Simmons and Nate Huot each catching five passes for the Mustangs. Ashanti Payne led the SMSU rushing attack with 61 yards and one touchdowns on 13 carries.
 
SMSU vs. WSU Series Information
Overall:    WSU leads 28-20
In Marshall:    SMSU leads 12-11
In Winona:    WSU leads 17-8
Last SMSU win:    Nov. 14, 2015 (33-28)
Last WSU win:    Nov. 4, 2017 (45-7)
Largest win for SMSU:    33 (47-14, 1991)
Largest win for WSU:    56 (56-0, 1975)
Longest win streak for SMSU:    7 (1987-93)
Longest win streak for WSU:    7 (2001-07)
Current win streak:    WSU, 2
Sauter vs. WSU:    3-5
Sawyer vs. SMSU:    17-5

    OPENING DRIVE TIDBITS
•SMSU finished 3-1 versus NSIC North teams this season and are 12-4 versus the North Division in the last four seasons.
•SMSU finished with a season-high in both yards (556) and first downs (29) in last week's victory.
•SMSU has held two of its last three opponents to seven on less points. The 2015 season was the last time SMSU limited two opponents to single digits. The last time SMSU held three teams to single digits in a single season came in 2004.
•SMSU's first touchdown drive last week versus Northern State lasted seven minutes and 18 seconds and took 17 plays, which is the longest drive in both plays and time this season.
•Junior transfer wide receiver Daniel Davis has four 100-yard receiving games in the last six weeks. He finished with a career-high 162 yards on 10 catches last week
•Senior Blake Gimbel recorded his 11th career 300-yard passing game and third 400-yard game in last week's victory.
•Gimbel has passed for 9,419 yards in his career. He is 697 yards behind the all-time leader Jeff Loots (1990-92).
•Gimbel ranks first in team history with 859 completions surpassing Josh Shudlick's (2005-08) school record of 769. Gimbel set the record in SMSU's road win over UMary on Sept. 29.
•Gimbel ranks seventh in Division II in completions per game (24.8) and is eighth in passing yards (2,270) and eighth in touchdowns (20).
•Senior linebacker Shane Ratkovich has led the team in tackles in six games this season. He has a team-high 81 tackles and ranks second in the NSIC and 27th in Division II with 10.1 per game.
•Ratkovich has 15 tackles for loss this season ranking tied for 10th in team single-season history and ranks seventh in Division II (1.9). Jason Jacobs (1999) and Paul Petan (1985) hold the school record with 19.
•SMSU did not force a turnover in last week's win over Northern State, but did force a combined 13 turnovers in the previous four games. SMSU is tied for second in the NSIC in turnover margin (+5).
•SMSU ranks seventh in Division II with five blocked kicks this season, including a combined three blocked field goals the last three weeks.
•Junior Max Simmons (1,813) moved into 10th place on the school's all-time rushing list. He is 15 yards shy of moving to ninth all-time and 83 from sliding into eighth.
•Junior cornerback Cory Hollowell ranks 20th in Division II in passes defended with 1.5 per game.
•Redshirt freshman running back Trey Sachs, who started and led the team in rushing the first two games of the season, was injured in week three and will miss the remainder of the season.    

    SMSU/WSU IN THE NCAA RANKINGS
•The following is where SMSU and WSU rank in the current NCAA statistics.
•A full listing of SMSU in the weekly NSIC and NCAA statistics can be found on pages 20-23.
    (167 teams ranked)    SMSU    WSU    
    Scoring Offense    69th     51st    
    Rushing Offense    140th     86th    
    Passing Offense    21st    63rd
    Total Offense    106th    80th
    Scoring Defense    88th    65th
    Rushing Defense    103rd    63rd
    Pass Defense    104th    70th
    Pass Efficiency Defense    101st    48th
    Total Defense    106th    58th
    Net Punting    112th    40th
    Punt Returns    91st    20th
    Kickoff Returns    147th    58th
    Turnover Margin    34th    68th
    Fewest Penalty Yards/Gm.    16th    46th
    Time of Possession    72nd    119th
    3rd Down Conversions    54th    76th        
    3rd Down Conv. Defense    83rd    24th













    SMSU CRUISES PAST NORTHERN STATE
•SMSU put together a strong defensive performance and used a potent offensive attack to earn a 35-7 victory over Northern State last Saturday night.
•SMSU built a 28-0 lead late in the third quarter and held NSU (2-6) to 4 of 15 on third down conversions and 0 for 6 on fourth down.
•Blake Gimbel completed 29 of 42 passes for 449 yards and two touchdowns for SMSU.
•Gimbel's top target was Daniel Davis, who finished with 10 receptions for a career-high 162 yards, while Connor Wilkie caught six passes for a career-high 85 yards and one touchdown.
•Shane Ratkovich led the SMSU defense with 13 tackles, including three for loss and one sack.
•Alex Ney recorded 12 tackles, with 1.5 for loss and one pass break-up.

    MUSTANG DEFENSE FORCING TURNOVERS
•SMSU has forced three or more turnovers in four of eight games this season, including five in a week two loss to Wayne State and six in a win over Minnesota Crookston in week six.
•SMSU has forced 18 total turnovers which ranks 22nd in Division II.
•SMSU forced 22 turnovers last season and recorded at least one in 10 of 11 games.

    SMSU HEAD COACH
•Cory Sauter is in his ninth season as head coach and has an overall record of 40-57, including 39-55 in conference games.
•Sauter's 40 victories rank second in program history among 10 head coaches.
•Sauter was named head coach on March 29, 2010, after serving two seasons as an assistant coach at SMSU.
•In 2009, Sauter served as the team's offensive coordinator, while in 2008 he served as quarterbacks coach.
•A complete bio on Sauter can be found on page 24.

    DAVIS MAKING GREAT FIRST IMPRESSION
•Junior transfer wide receiver Daniel Davis has four 100-yard receiving games in the last six weeks. He finished with a career-high 162 yards on 10 catches last week.
•Davis has a team-high 824 receiving yards this season and needs 176 yards to become the eighth player in team history to reach 1,000 in a season and the first since 2013.
•Davis ranks eighth in Division II with nine touchdown receptions, 11th in receiving yards (824) and 12th in receptions per game (7.1).
•Davis ranks tied for second in the NSIC in receptions, second in receiving yards and second in all purpose yards.

    FROM THE HARDWOOD TO THE GRIDIRON
•Senior tight end Carter Kirk, a four-year standout for the SMSU men's basketball, is the team's starting tight end.
•He caught his first career touchdown in the win at UMary and has 22 receptions for 254 yards on the season.  

    POSITION SWITCH IS NO PROBLEM FOR WILKIE
•Fifth-year senior wide receiver Connor Wilkie spent the first four seasons at SMSU as a quarterback, including making four starts a season ago.
•He ranks second on the team with 24 receptions for 279 yards and three touchdowns.

    THREE TRUE FRESHMEN PLAY
•Three true freshmen have played for SMSU this season.
•Linebacker Onte Burns has started all eight games and has 34 tackles, including two fumble recoveries and one interception.
•Running back Arthur Cox has played on both offense and special teams and has 34 rush attempts for 150 yards and has caught seven passes.
•Running back Codie Meinen has played in three games and has a 52-yard touchdown run versus UMC.

    SPECIAL TEAMS LEADERS
•Ben Specht leads the team with 10 special teams tackles with five on punt returns and five on kick returns.
•Dakota Jaeschke ranks second with seven tackles and one fumble recovery.   

    GET IN THE "ZONE"
•SMSU is 23 for 29 (79.3) inside the "red zone" with 21 touchdowns and two field goals.
•SMSU opponents are 20 of 25 (80.0) inside "red zone" with 19 touchdowns and one field goal.
•The following is SMSU in the "red zone" since head coach Cory Sauter took over in 2010.
    Year    Red-Zone    TD    FG
    2010    22 of 30 (73.3)    22    0
    2011    35 of 41 (85.4)    29    6
    2012    30 of 37 (81.1)    25    5
    2013    49 of 57 (86.0)    40    9
    2014    35 of 43 (81.4)    26    8
    2015    39 of 50 (78.0)    36    3
    2016    38 of 45 (84.4)    37    1
    2017    24 of 37 (64.9)    18    6
    2018    20 of 25 (79.3)    21    2

    BIG PLAY MUSTANGS
•SMSU has recorded 49 offensive/defensive plays or kick/punt returns of 20 or more yards in 2018, with 40 coming from the offense (7 run, 33 pass).
•For a complete look at the "long" plays and SMSU's "money" plays for this season, go to pages 18-19.
•The following are SMSU's "long plays" since 2010.
"Long" plays (20 yards or more) since 2010
    Year    No.    TD    Run    Pass    KR    PR    IR    FR
    2010    61    14    10    32    18    0    0    1
    2011    60    8    13    22    23    1    1    0
    2012    66    20    18    28    19    1    0    0
    2013    125    30    28    51    41    1    2    2
    2014    71    12    15    27    21    3    5    0
    2015    78    18    13    39    18    5    3    0
    2016    93    21    15    40    33    1    3    1
    2017    68    10    12    28    25    1    1    1
    2018    49    11    7    33    5    2    2    0
    
    DAVIS NAMED NSIC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
•Junior wide receiver Daniel Davis was named the NSIC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 8 following his performance in SMSU's win over UMC.
•Davis tied the program single-game record with four touchdown receptions with scoring receptions of 18, 32, 19 and 30 yards. He finished the night with a game-high six receptions for 134 yards.  

    GIMBEL NAMED NSIC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
•Senior quarterback Blake Gimbel was named the NSIC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 1 following his performance in a victory at UMary.
•Gimbel completed 21 of 31 passes for 356 yards and tied a career-high with five touchdown passes, while also rushing for a one-yard touchdown. He completed touchdown passes of 38, 64, 10, 18 and 16 yards—all in the first half—in helping SMSU earn its second straight victory.
•It is the fifth time in his career he has earned the weekly award.


    DICKE RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MAJOR AWARDS
•Senior defensive tackle Jon Dicke was recognized for two major awards last month for his work in the classroom and community.
•On Sept. 13, Dicke was named one of 22 college football players in the country named to the AFCA Allstate Good Works Team.
•The prestigious award, which has played a prominent role in collegiate sports for more than 25 years, celebrates student-athletes for their extraordinary commitment to making a lasting impact off the field.
•For his selection to the Good Works Team®, Dicke will be honored at halftime of the 2019 Allstate® Sugar Bowl® in New Orleans on Jan. 1, 2019.
•Dicke is the third Mustang football student-athlete to be selected to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team in program history, joining Russ Barclay (1999) and Tyler Fischer (2007).
•On Sept. 26, he was named one of 179 semifinalist for the 2018 National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) William V. Campbell Trophy presented by Fidelity Investments.
•The NFF will announce 12-14 finalists on Oct. 31, and each of them will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 60th NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class.

    2018 TEAM CAPTAINS
•Four players--two on offense and two on defense--serve as team captains for the 2018 season.
•The offensive team captains selected were senior wide receiver Connor Wilkie and senior quarterback Blake Gimbel.
•The defensive team captains are senior linebacker Alex Ney and senior defensive lineman Jon Dicke.
•It's the fourth straight season Gimbel has been selected a team captain.
•The team captains were selected by a vote of the Mustang players.

    DICKE NAMED 2017 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN
•Senior defensive lineman Jon Dicke was named a 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-American.
•Dicke is the 20th SMSU student-athlete in school history to earn CoSIDA Academic All-America® honors and just the seventh to earn first team accolades.
•He is the fifth SMSU football player to earn CoSIDA Academic All-American honors.
•Dicke carries a 4.0 cumulative GPA in exercise science.
    
    GIMBEL IN THE RECORD BOOK
•Senior quarterback Blake Gimbel ranks first in school history in completing percentage (66.0), first in completions (859), second in passing touchdowns (78) and second in passing yards (9,419).
•Gimbel also holds the school single-game record for completions in a game (42, vs. Upper Iowa, 2015 and 2016 and vs. Augustana, 2016) and twice has set the school single-season record for completion percentage (69.2).  
GIMBEL CAREER STARTS GAME-BY-GAME
    2015    Opponent    Comp    Att    Int    TD    Yards    Result
    S3    at Minot State    23    42    0    2    210    W, 21-10
    S12    Bemidji State    31    42    1    2    264    W, 34-30
    S19    at St. Cloud State    16    24    0    1    182    W, 21-20
    S26    MSU Moorhead    18    28    0    5    299    W, 48-9
    O3    at Augustana    24    37    1    1    332    L, 23-48
    O10    at Wayne State    16    26    0    3    247    W, 61-3
    O17    Sioux Falls    38    52    0    3    384    L, 26-34
    O24    at Upper Iowa    42    56    0    4    454    W, 34-19
    O31    Minnesota State    24    40    3    1    253    L, 17-55
    N7    at Concordia    25    35    1    3    243    W, 48-24
    N14    Winona State    16    29    1    1    185    W, 33-28    

    2016    Opponent    Comp    Att    Int    TD    Yards    Result
    S1    Minnesota Duluth    25    42    1    5    397    W, 42-38
    S10    at Northern State    34    49    2    2    336    L, 35-51
    S17    U-Mary    15    19    1    4    175    W, 47-23
    S24    at Minn. Crookston    20    28    0    1    283    W, 47-13
    O1    Upper Iowa    42    53    2    3    436    W, 59-41
    O8    at Sioux Falls    27    40    1    3    248    L, 28-48
    O15    Wayne State    24    35    1    2    256    L, 39-41
    O20    at Minnesota State    30    45    1    1    245    L, 20-35
    O29    Concordia    9    17    0    1    122    W, 28-14
    N5    at Winona State    19    31    0    0    170    L, 27-42
    N12    Augustana    42    56    2    2    362    L, 20-35

    2017    Opponent    Comp    Att    Int    TD    Yards    Result
    A31    St. Cloud State    25    39    2    2    285    L, 26-41
    S7    at MSU Moorhead    32    44    0    5    389    W, 51-35
    S16    Minot State    6    7    0    0    54    W, 28-20
    S23    at Bemidji State    1    2    0    0    6    L, 22-40
    S30    Sioux Falls            DNP - injured
    O7    at Wayne State            DNP - injured
    O14    at Augustana            DNP - injured
    O19    Minnesota State            DNP - injured
    O28    at Upper Iowa            DNP - injured
    N3    Augustana            DNP - injured
    N10    at Concordia            DNP - injured

    2018    Opponent    Comp    Att    Int    TD    Yards    Result
    A30    at Minnesota State    34    49    0    1    279    L 13-49
    S8    Wayne State    19    35    0    1    137    L 14-23
    S15    at Sioux Falls    24    42    1    2    301    L 21-39
    S22    Upper Iowa    27    50    3    3    252    W 21-20
    S29    at UMary    21    31    0    5    356    W 54-24
    O6    Minn. Crookston    24    34    0    4    280    W 55-6
    O13    at Minn. Duluth    21    38    2    2    216    L 13-42
    O20    Northern State    29    42    1    2    449    W 35-7

    SIMMONS IN THE RECORD BOOK
•Junior Max Simmons ranks third in team history with 26 rushing touchdowns, is also tied for seventh in total touchdowns (30) and is 10th in rushing yards (1,813).
•Simmons' 18 rushing touchdowns in 2016 rank second in team single-season history. The 18 rushing touchdowns was a school single-season record by a freshman.  
•Simmons also twice tied the school single-game record for rushing touchdowns (4) during the  2016 season at Minnesota Crookston and at Winona State.

    SMSU HIGH-OCTANE OFFENSE
•Since being shutout on Nov. 5, 2011, Southwest Minnesota State has scored 30 or more points in 36 of its last 76 games dating back to the final game of the 2011 season.
•Since Nov. 12, 2011, SMSU has scored 40 or more points 21 times, 50 or more points 11 times and 60 or more points once.  
•SMSU hasn't been as prolific scoring in the last two-plus seasons, having reached the 30-point plateau just four times in its last 23 games since Oct. 20, 2016, but three of those games have come this season.

    TURNOVER MARGIN BY THE NUMBERS
•SMSU is "plus-5" in turnover margin this season.
•SMSU finished "plus-9" in turnover margin in 2017.
•Since the start of the 2004 season (163 games), SMSU has been a "plus" in turnover margin in just 52 games (three in 2004, two in 2005, one in 2006, two in 2007, three in 2008, three in 2009, two in 2010, three in 2011, seven in 2012, six in 2013, twice in 2014, five times in 2015, five times in 2016, six times in 2017 and twice in 2018).
•The Mustangs have been "even" or "minus" in turnover margin in 92 of their last 140 conference games.

    SMSU IN SOUTH DIVISION PLAY
•Since the NSIC adapted divisional play prior to the 2008 season, SMSU is 23-47 all-time in South Division games and has finished in the top half of the division three times in 10 seasons.
•SMSU had its highest finish in 2013 at second place and has finished fourth three times, fifth twice, sixth three times and seventh once.  

    SMSU VERSUS THE NORTH
•Since 2012, when the NSIC schedule had each team playing four inter-divisional games, SMSU has a record of 16-12 versus NSIC North Division teams.
•SMSU is 12-4 versus North Division teams since 2015.
•SMSU went a perfect 4-0 versus North Division squads in 2015, finished 3-1 in 2016, 2-2 last season and was 3-1 this season.  

    MUSTANGS AT HOME
•The 2018 season is the 11th year that Mattke Field at the Schwan Regional Event Center has served as the home for SMSU football.
•SMSU, which is 28-32 all-time at the stadium, is 3-1 this season after finishing 1-4 a season ago.
•SMSU recorded a 4-2 record at home in 2016.
•SMSU recorded back-to-back winning seasons in 2015 and 2016 for the first time since having four straight winning seasons from 1989-92.
•The $16 million facility opened in the fall of 2008 with the first college football game played on Aug. 30 versus Minnesota Crookston.  

    RECORD ON THE ROAD
•SMSU is 1-3 in road games this season and 3-12 in road games since the 2016 season.
•SMSU went 5-1 in road games in 2015 setting a school record for road wins in a season.
•SMSU is a combined 32-62 in road games since 2000.

    NSIC PRESEASON POLL
•SMSU was picked to finish 12th overall and seventh in the South Division in the annual 16-team NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll.
•Senior quarterback Blake Gimbel and senior linebacker Alex Ney were named "Players to Watch" in the NSIC this season.

    WORKING OVERTIME
•SMSU has played in 11 overtime games since the NCAA added overtime in 1998, recording a 4-7 record.
•SMSU is 1-3 in multi-overtime contests.
•SMSU's last overtime game was a home loss to Wayne State (48-45) on Oct. 25, 2014, while its last overtime win came on Nov. 2, 2013, (51-44) over Winona State.
•The program's last multi-overtime game was a 34-31 double overtime loss at Minnesota State on Oct. 13, 2012.

    SMSU VERSUS RANKED OPPONENTS
•SMSU is 1-23 versus Division II Top 25 teams since the 2008 season including 0-3 this season.
•SMSU's lone victory versus a Division II Top 25 team came in team history came in the 2016 season opener versus No. 19 Minnesota Duluth (42-38) in Marshall.

    FOR OPENERS
•Southwest Minnesota State is 22-29 all-time in season openers following this season's loss at Minnesota State.  
•SMSU is 3-6 in season openers under head coach Cory Sauter.

    MUSTANGS ON HOMECOMING
•SMSU is 23-26 all-time on homecoming following this season's 55-6 win over Minnesota Crookston.
•SMSU has won four straight and five of the last six homecoming games.
•SMSU is 7-12 on homecoming since 2000.

    MUSTANG HISTORY
•The 2018 season marks the 51st year of college football at Southwest Minnesota State dating to 1968.
•SMSU owns an all-time record of 198-322-5, including 136-228-5 in conference play.
•SMSU has recorded 10 winning seasons, two NAIA playoff appearances (1987 and 1991) and one Mineral Water Bowl appearance (2013).
•The program earned its lone conference championship in 1990.

    ABOUT WINONA STATE
•WSU, 5-3 overall, 2-2 NSIC South, is coming off a 37-17 home loss to No. 5 Minnesota Duluth last Saturday afternoon.   
•Sophomore quarterback Owen Burke has completed 125 of 238 pass attempts for 1,770 yards with 16 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
•Sophomore running back Sam Santiago-Lloyd has rushed for a 436 yards and five touchdowns on 99 carries.
•Senior wide receiver Isaiah Frandsen has caught a team-high 27 passes for 550 yards and five touchdowns.
•Junior wide receiver Tanner Gran has 19 receptions for 241 yards and five touchdowns.
•Sophomore cornerback Isaiah Hall has racked up 43 tackles, including 5.5 for loss to pace the Warriors defense.
•Junior cornerback Cole Monckton has 42 tackles and 11 pass break-ups.
•Tom Sawyer is in his 23rd season as head coach with a record of 179-81. He has led the Warriors to six 10-win seasons, six NCAA playoff appearances and three Mineral Water Bowl games.     

    MUSTANGS ON RADIO
•All SMSU football games during the 2018 season will be broadcast on 105.1 FM KARL.
•Ryan Rohlik is in his sixth season as the play-by-play voice of SMSU football.