ST. PAUL, Minn. - This Saturday, Concordia-St. Paul (1-6, 1-5 NSIC, 0-2 South) heads to Winona State (3-4, 3-3 NSIC, 1-2 South) for a 2 p.m. kickoff in NSIC South Division play at Maxwell Field. 

Concordia is looking for its second road win of the season, its first NSIC South Division victory, and aiming to snap WSU's three-game home winning streak as the Warriors have opened the year 3-0 at home.

WEATHER OUTLOOK
Saturday's game time from 2pm to 5pm will feature a temperature ranging from 50-to-51 degrees with cloudy conditions at kickoff giving way to a chance at some sun with partly cloudy skies by 3pm and 4pm with a SE wind at 8mph. The afternoon in Winona includes a 15 percent chance of rain from 12pm to 5pm, down from higher rain chances in the morning (56% at 7am), with lower chances in the evening (2% by 6pm).

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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 Hudl (formerly 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

COACHES SHOW RETURNS TO TWIN CITIES RADIO
The Coaches Show with Shannon Currier is back on the Twin Cities airwaves for a sixth 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. 

During last week's bye, CSP featured redshirt freshman kicker Kenny Steffen and senior running back Daniel Hornacek. This week leading up to the WSU game, Langfellow welcomed a pair of freshmen: tight end Anthony Hickman and safety Aydin Buchanan.

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 YouTube podcasts. 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!

2025 TEAM CAPTAINS
CSP head coach Shannon Currier features rotating team captains each week for the seventh year in a row in 2025. 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 center Caydon Christensen (4x) and junior wide receiver Carter Zezulka (6x) on offense, on defense junior safety Hudson Jean (2x) and freshman safety Aydin Buchanan. 

SERIES HISTORY: WSU 21, CSP 4
The Golden Bears aim to snap an 8-game losing streak to the Warriors including a 4-game road skid.

Concordia's last win over Winona State was a road win, 31-28 in 2014, its only road victory at WSU in 11 trips. 

Coach Currier holds a 1-10 career record against the Warriors, securing a 23-20 overtime win at home at Griffin Stadium in 2003 in CSP's first NSIC Championship season. 

Concordia is 0-6 in road games at Winona State under Coach Currier, who has led the program from 2000-03 and again from 2016-present.

LAST MEETING, 2024: WINONA STATE 31, CSP 14
In its home opener, CSP rushed for over 200 yards behind Jaylin Richardson's 131 yards on 6.6 per carry in a 31-14 loss to Winona State.

It was Concordia's second loss in home openers under head coach Shannon Currier, who is now 10-3 in home openers with 2025's result against UMD.

CSP's offensive line paved the way for a team effort that included 33 carries for 211 rushing yards, a 6.4 team average.

That was the tone CSP set on its opening drive as Richardson ripped off runs of 16, 10 and 33 yards on the first three plays of the game, setting up a 4-yard TD run by wide receiver Troy Ellison. 

CSP's opening drive was seven plays, 75 yards and 3:50, but the Warriors responded with a 16-play, 75-yard drive that spanned eight minutes and including one key third down along with a fourth down conversion to keep it alive, tying the game with 3:10 to play in the quarter.

The teams then traded TDs again in the second quarter, with WSU converting an 11-play, 63-yard, 6:01 drive for a TD with 10:31 to play until half, followed by a Daniel Hornacek 1-yard TD run as CSP cashed in on an 8-play, 75-yard march on a 4:40 drive.

The Warriors were able to take the lead on a 38-yard FG by Jacob Scott with two seconds to play.

Richardson had topped 100 rushing yards by halftime while Hornacek had 4-46 rushing by his side. CSP only needed to pass four times in the first half as a result of the dominant rushing effort. 

In the second half, CSP opened with a big defensive play, with linebacker Brayden Hilgemann forcing a fumble recovered by cornerback McKinley Egland-Young, but CSP came up empty on downs, unable to capitalize on the momentum.

The defense came through on the next drive, as well, with linebacker Ben Rehl getting a first-down sack followed by Isaiah Wray's third-down sack to force a three-and-out, and Caden Baarts' near-blocked punt rushed WSU into a short 16-yard punt to give CSP the ball at the WSU 45-yard line.

But another three-and-out by the offense, this time a first down negated by a holding penalty, gave WSU the ball back with a 17-14 lead.

At this point, WSU continued its trend of scoring one TD per quarter, scoring on a 9-play, 80-yard drive with 4:08 to play in the third quarter for a 24-14 lead.

CSP's defense came through with another big stop, with QB Reed Styer executing a drive into WSU's territory, getting inside the 30-yard line before coming up empty on a 43-yard FG attempt that would have made it a one-possession game.

In the fourth quarter, WSU came through with a decisive 8-play, 75-yard drive with 5:08 to play in the game to put the game away, 31-14, as the WSU defense held CSP scoreless in the second half. The drive included a big 3rd-and-11 pickup from their own 35-yard line, and scored the big TD on a 3rd-and-3 from the 32.

Styer completed 14-25 for 91 yards on the day, and added 5-12 rushing. He targeted 10 different options, finding Carter Ryan for 3-20. 

Richardson finished 20-131 while Hornacek was 5-51.

The CSP defense was led by Rehl's nine tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a sack while Cyrus McClure had eight tackles with 0.5 TFL.

Cole Stenstrom led WSU by completing 21-27 for 257 yards, connecting with Sylvere Campbell for 8-136.  Cair'ron Hendred led WSU's ground game with 15-99 and two TDs while Ty Gavin had 12-54 and two TDs. 

ABOUT THE WARRIORS
The 2024 Warriors finished ninth in the 13-team NSIC with a 5-5 record in a season in which WSU went 5-6 overall. 

The Warriors entered 2025 picked ninth in the 14-team NSIC Preseason Coaches' Poll and fifth in the 7-team NSIC South Division. 

Winona State is having a similar season to its 2024 campaign, as well, with a 3-4 overall record, 3-3 NSIC record (t-6th) and a 1-2 NSIC South Division record (t-4th). 

WSU has alternated losses and wins each week so far this season, opening the year with a 35-7 loss at a neutral site to Minnesota Duluth at TCO Stadium in Eagan, Minnesota. 

Since then, WSU has played every other game at home, holding a 3-0 home record with wins over Bemidji State (21-17), Minot State (35-25) and Wayne State (21-14) while allowing at least 34 points in all four games away from Maxwell Field including the neutral game. WSU's road losses are at MSU Moorhead (21-45), Augustana (26-34) and at Minnesota State (21-47). 

The Warrior defense disrupting opposing backfields has been a strength of the 2025 team. The Warriors rank third in the conference with 2.57 sacks per game and second in the conference wtih 6.6 tackles for loss per game. 

Connor Haggerty leads the charge with 0.79 sacks per game, second-most in the NSIC, and leads WSU with 6.0 TFLs, ranking eighth in the league, followed by David Nies (5.5) and Ethan Doucette (5.0). 

Blake Schraufnagel leads the team with 51 total tackles, ranking seventh in the NSIC, followed by Doucette (42) and Griffin Wiegel (40). 

Doucette also adds 3.5 sacks, sixth-most in the NSIC, with Nies adding 2.5, 13th in the league. 

Offensively, Jackson Flottmeyer is the league's fifth-leading passer with 183.9 yards per game with his 13 touchdown passes tied for second. He completes 57.8 percent of his passes and has a 13-7 TD-INT ratio. 

Flottmeyer has spread the ball out to his top three targets: Nolan Ginskey (30-392, 4), Joe Sikma (31-306, 3) and Jake Schultz (17-232, 2). Ginskey ranks 12th in the NSIC in receiving yards and seventh in receiving TDs while Sikma is 10th in catches followed by Ginskey in 11th.

Anthony Powell leads the Warrior run game with 403 yards, a 4.5 average and five rushing touchdowns. He's the league's 11th-leading rusher.

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