TIGERS FOOTBALL SET FOR BATTLE AGAINST NO. 19 DORDT ON THE ROAD
Mitchell, S.D. – Dakota Wesleyan football takes to the road for their second to last away game of the 2021 season this weekend. DWU football will face No. 19 Dordt, making it the first top-25 team the Tigers will see this season.
ABOUT THE TIGERS
- Dakota Wesleyan carries a 3-3 overall record, 3-2 GPAC record, and 1-2 away record with them this weekend.
- Through six games, the Tigers are averaging 286.7 total yards per game, 163.5-yards are passing yards per contest, and they are averaging 123.2-yards on the ground.
- Dakota Wesleyan offensive line has kept quarterback Kiel Nelson protected, only allowing 19 sacks.
- DWU's defense has 419 total tackles this season, 22 of which have been sacks.
- Nelson has a 99.0 efficiency rating while completing 50.0% of his passing attempts.
- Nelson is averaging 142 passing yards per game with six passing touchdowns on the season.
- Jamin Arend has rushed for a total of 446 yards through his six games, averaging 74.3 yards per game with two touchdowns.
- Jakob Oxos and Garrett Determan lead the wide receiver group, with a mean of 43.7 yards and 45.3 yards per contest, respectively.
- Oxos has 19 receptions with three touchdowns, while Determan has 12 receptions and one touchdown.
- Cody Reichelt continues to dominate on the defensive side of the ball, notching 60 total tackles, six sacks for a loss of 36-yards, and ten total tackles for a loss of 46 yards.
- Dominick Warmbien has tallied three sacks on the season for a loss of 20-yards and 7.5 tackles of a loss totaling 32-yards.
ABOUT THE NO. 19 DEFENDERS
- No. 19 Dordt welcomes DWU to Open Space Park with a 4-1 overall record and 4-1 GPAC record.
- DU currently sits sixth in the country for yards per game, averaging 500.2-yards, and second in the nation in first downs per game with 27.6.
- The Defenders' leading quarterback Tyler Reynolds is averaging 90.5 passing yards per game, with a 72.4 percent completion rate.
- Reynolds has thrown six touchdown passes while only giving up two interceptions through his four games in the pocket.
- Anthony Trojahn leads the running backs, with a mean of 86.8 yards per game on the ground with 67 total carries on the season notching, five touchdowns.
- Levi Jungling tops the wide receivers list, averaging 99.0 yards per game and five touchdowns on the season.
- Jungling is averaging 6.4 receptions per contest with 32 total receptions.
- On the defensive side of the ball, Brayton Van Kekerix leads in total tackles with 34; 23 of which are solo.
- Linebacker Drew Daum leads the defensive group in total sacks with four, notching a loss of 27 yards and seven tackles for a loss totaling 38-yards.
- Joel Penner leads Defenders' football in his fifth year at the helm.
LAST MEETING
- The Tigers are 10-3 all-time against the Defenders.
- Last season, DWU fell to Dordt at home in the third game of the season 47-10.
- Dakota Wesleyan gave up 557-yards of total offense a year ago while collecting 298 total yards of offense for themselves.
- Nelson threw for 97-yards last year against Dordt and completed 4-of-8 passes; Nelson was also the leading rusher with 32-yards on the ground.
- Tate Larson led the returning receivers with 31 yards on one reception.
- Samuel Krestschmar notched nine total tackles against Dordt last season.