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15th annual Crystal Bowl at Moorhead
State
Sept. 5, 1998, 1:35 Kickoff.
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| Series Record: Concordia leads
44-20-12 |
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9/11| Concordian
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9/5 Cobbers lose at Moorhead State 41-26 as
Dragons rush for 530 yards. Dragon QB Tony Duerr had 5 TDs and 242 yards
rushing. Concordia QB Ethan Pole completed 16 of 30 passes for 193
yards and one interception on the day. The Cobbers ran for 120 yards.
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9/1/98
Cobber Pregame notes
By Jerry Pyle, Concordia SID
The 15th annual Crystal Bowl between Concordia and Moorhead State Sept. 5th will open the 1998 Cobber season. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:35. The Crystal Bowl game is sponsored by Crystal Sugar.
Concordia leads the series with the Dragons 44-19-12 and won last year's game 17-7.
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- Concordia won its 400th game in school history last year with the regular-season finale win over Carleton. The Cobbers lost to Augsburg in the first round of last year's NCAA Playoffs to cap an 8-3 season, 7-2 and tied for second in the MIAC.
- Cobber starting QB Ethan Pole completed 10 of 18 passes against the Dragons last year for 96 yards, 1 TD and no interceptions.
- The Cobber defense held MSU's outstanding runningback Grover Moore to just 35 yards in last year's game and the Dragons completed just 4 of 18 passes.
- Cobber injury notes:
Returning starting fullback Len Crouse
has been nursing a back injury so Chad
Sauvegeau is listed as the starting
fullback,
though Crouse may still play this week.
At left tackle Corey Hyde has been
in
the mix to start but he is battling knee problems.
At middle linebacker, Travis Boyd
has
been expected to play but he too is
questionable with a knee injury.
- Multisport Cobbers
Among the Cobbers on the 2-deep depth chart are several multisport
athletes.
- Wide out Chris Howell, a starting outfielder for the baseball team, hit .267 last year with 11 stolen bases.
- Slot back Rob Nick is a sprinter on the Track team.
- QB Ethan Pole was baseball's No. 1 pitcher last year.
- Sophomore defensive tackle Joel Nelson took 3rd in the MIAC Track Meet last year in both the hammer and the shot put.
- Linebacker Nels Paulson was 7th in the MIAC Decathlon last year for the Track team.
- Linebacker Scott Holthusen placed in both the Javelin and Hammer at the MIAC Track Meet last year.
- Fullback Len Crouse was 8th in last year's MIAC Decathlon.
- Offensive tackle Scott Jorgenson placed on both the javelin and hammer at the MIAC Track Meet last year.
- Backup receiver Adam Strainer won last year's MIAC Triple Jump and set a school record of 47 4 1/2.
- Backup fullback Nathan Reiff is an MIAC Champion and a three time NCAA qualifier in wrestling.
- Among other Cobbers who also play varsity baseball are CB Paul Goldmann, DE Jamie Aanenson, kicker Clayton Horgan, and CB Eric Wold.
- Starting center Bob Zacher enters the 1998 season as Concordia's top returning offensive lineman. He has started at center for the Cobbers since midway through his sophomore season. He helped Concordia lead the league in rushing yardage in 1997. Bob has a 3.75 GPA as a Math and Physics double major.
- Other returning Cobbers who earned Academic All-MIAC honors last year include
Scott Holthusen , Nels Paulson, and Aric Rhen.
Four first time starters, all underclassmen, will join seniorenter
Bob
Zacher (6-3, 250) in the Cobbers' interior offensive line:
76 Chris Kvarnlov, Jr. LT, 6-4, 290
65 Craig Smaagaard, Jr. LG, 6-2, 250
74 Scott Jorgensen, So.RG, 6-3, 265
75 Jake Estenson, Jr. RT, 6-5, 265
This crew averages 269 pounds.
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