ST. PAUL, Minn. - This Saturday, Concordia-St. Paul football (2-7, 2-6 NSIC) will host Minnesota Duluth (5-4, 4-4 NSIC) for its final home game of the 2024 season, honoring 28 seniors with a 12 p.m. kickoff at Sea Foam Stadium. Senior day is being presented by game sponsor American Family Insurance Nygard Agency & Associates, LLC.

WEATHER OUTLOOK
Saturday in St. Paul has a forecast for a 52 degree high, warming from a 38 degree overnight low on Friday, with cloudy conditions, a SE wind at 9mph and a 24 percent chance of rain.

WATCH ONLINE – NSIC NETWORK
All Golden Bear NSIC football games will be available to watch online, free of charge, powered by the NSIC Network, and supported by BlueFrame Technology.
 
Visit nsicnetwork.com/cspbears on a laptop or desktop computer, download the NSIC Network app on your mobile device or watch on your supported OTT provider such as Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV. Search "NSIC Network" and download the app for the league's full sport and team lineups. NSIC NETWORK FAQ

All home games will feature the play-by-play broadcasting provided by Dan Flanagan, the voice of the Golden Bears for over a decade. The St. Paul, Minnesota native studied broadcasting at Fordham University (N.Y.) where he was the voice of the Rams' football and basketball teams in the NCAA Division I Patriot League.

DOWNLOAD THE APP
Fans can download the CSP Bears fan app, free of charge and available in the App Store or on Google Play. The app contains rosters, schedules, scores, stats, news, social media and more! Customize your options to get notifications to your favorite teams, as well. Search "CSP Bears" in the app store to stay up-to-date on Golden Bear athletics.

LISTEN TO THE COACHES SHOW
The Coaches Show with Shannon Currier is back on the Twin Cities airwaves for a fifth season, once again hosted by Wally Langfellow of Minnesota Score. The show airs following the Minnesota high school football game of the week, typically on Friday evenings in the 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. hour on KYCR 1440 AM radio, available in the Twin Cities metro area.
 
The show typically features two segments with Coach Currier along with a segment with Langfellow joined by a pair of student-athletes. This week's radio interview guests are senior wide receiver Drew Enke and junior linebacker Richard Wauer.
 
For fans who miss the show or are outside of the radio station's Twin Cities reach, the entire show is accessible via the CSP Bears Podcast, available in Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Google Play Music. It will typically be uploaded late Friday night (after the initial air time) or Saturday morning prior to the game. Search 'CSP Bears' into your favorite podcast provider!

2024 TEAM CAPTAINS
CSP head coach Shannon Currier features rotating team captains each week for the sixth year in a row in 2024. Captains are selected by the coaching staff based on performance on the field and as a leader in practice, meetings and day-to-day activities.

This week's game captains are senior guards Taylon Hensley and Jac Carver on offense, and senior linebacker Brayden Hilgemann and senior cornerback McKinley Egland-Young on defense.

Honorary captains for this week, representing American Family Insurance and the Greg Nygard Agency & Associates, LLC: Greg Nygard and Connor Ifkewitsch.

SERIES HISTORY: UMD 13, CSP 3
The Golden Bears will attempt to halt a 10-game losing streak to the Bulldogs, entering the 17th meeting between the programs dating back to CSP's entry into the Division II and NSIC fold in 1999.

Concordia's last win over UMD was a 38-6 win at Griffin Stadium in 2004, a win that evened the series at 3-3.

The Golden Bears are 2-5 against UMD at home, but seeking their first win at Sea Foam Stadium in UMD's fourth trip to the stadium that brought football back to campus in 2009. Prior to Sea Foam Stadium, CSP held a 2-2 record against UMD at Griffin Stadium.

Head coach Shannon Currier holds a 1-8 record against UMD, topping the Bulldogs 37-27 in 2000 at Griffin Stadium during his first term at CSP.
 

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ABOUT THE BULLDOGS
UMD has won its last two games to go from one game under .500 to a a winning 5-4 overall record with two games to play. The Bulldogs also went from 2-4 in the NSIC to a .500 league record at 4-4 with the 35-21 win over Minot State and 42-38 win at Winona State.

Prior to pulling out the 4-point win over WSU last week, the Bulldogs had been on the wrong end of four 1-score games, falling by one to MSU Moorhead (29-30), four to Augustana (24-28) and a pair of 21-24 losses to Northern State and Sioux Falls.

Coming off of a 9-2 campaign in 2023, the Bulldogs were the league favories entering the 2024 season, securing eight (of 12) first place votes.

UMD is led by the reigning D2Football.com National Player of the Week, quarterback Kyle Walljasper, who led the NSIC with 420 yards of total offense including 236 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns, averaing 9.1 yards per carry. He also passed for 184 and a 74-yard TD pass.
Walljasper is the NSIC's third-leading rusher on the year with 630 yards and eight TDs, leads the NSIC with a 179.3 pass efficiency with 1,613 yards, 16 TD passes and three INTs with a 67.5 completion percentage. Walljasper also ranks second in the NSIC behind MSU Moorhead's Jack Strand in total offense with 280.4 yards per game.

His top target is DaShaun Ames with 29 catches for 614 yards and 8 TDs while Jimmy Durocher adds 30-417 and three TDs.

Defensively, Drew Hennessey and Matt Weerts have recorded 9.0 TFLs and Landon Carter has added 8.5 TFLs with Andrew Klopp securing 7.5, giving UMD four of the league's top 16 in TFLs.

Hennessey also has 5.0 sacks, Weerts 4.5 and Carter 3.5.

UMD kicker Curt Cox has converted 6-10 FGs and his 6.4 points per game leads all NSIC kickers.