at Minnesota State		Wayne State
Not Ranked	National Ranking (AFCA)	Not Ranked
Not Ranked	National Ranking (D2football.com)	Not Ranked
Northern Sun Intercollegiate	Conference	Northern Sun Intercollegiate
5-2 (5-1 NSIC)	2011 Record (Conf.)	5-2 (5-1 NSIC)
Todd Hoffner (30-12)	Head Coach (Record at school)	Dan McLaughlin (44-31)
3-0	Head Coaches’ Record against opponent	0-3
www.msumavericks.com	Home Page	www.wscwildcats.com
defeated Upper Iowa, 32-14	Last Week	lost to Concordia, 27-24
374.7	Total Offense Per Game	347.0
299.3	Total Defense Per Game	397.4
32.0	Points Per Game	29.4
19.1	Points Allowed Per Game	22.1

What Lies Ahead:  The Minnesota State football team opens its final homestand of the season Saturday as it plays Wayne State in its first of two football games over six days.  The game also represents Parents Day for the football team as the parents of the program will be honored at halftime.  Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.

Pink and Purple:  The Minnesota State football program urges fans who are attending Saturday to wear the color pink along with their Maverick gear to the game as MSU plans to pay tribute to breast cancer awareness month.  

A Little History Lesson: The 2011 season marks the school's 85th season playing football.  The Mavericks are 378-374-28 (.503) in 780 games since their inception as a varsity sport in 1922.  Minnesota State is in its fourth season in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and owns a 28-7 record in league action.  Over the course of its history, MSU has claimed 17 conference championships including 15 NIC titles.

What's in a Win:  A win would give MSU its 379th win in school history...A victory would be the 30th victory for head coach Todd Hoffner at MSU and the 76th victory of his career...A win would give MSU its 28th victory in the Northern Sun Conference...A win would give MSU a 4-0 record all-time against Wayne State, including a 2-0 mark in the city of Mankato...It would also secure MSU's 46th winning season in program history.

The Last Time:  The last time Minnesota State recorded four consecutive winning seasons came from the 1991-94 seasons under then head coach Dan Runkle...MSU's longest streak of consecutive winning seasons came from 1967 to 1974 when Bob Otto and John Coatta combined to coach seven straight winning programs.

Scouting Wayne State:  Wayne State enters the weekend owners of a 5-2 record and join Minnesota State as one of the five teams tied for the NSIC lead with a 5-1 mark.

Last weekend, the Wildcats suffered their conference loss of the year as they fell to Concordia, 27-24 in St. Paul.

For the season, Wayne State is averaging 29.4 points per game while giving up 22.1 and offensively it has been outgained on average, 397.4 to 347.  

Junior running back Nick Pulscher leads the team in rushing averaging 77.6 yards per game and 4.2 yards per carry.  He also has a team-high six touchdowns.  Redshirt freshman quarterback Nate Most has completed 64-of-126 passes for 841 yards and nine touchdowns and is averaging 120.1 yards per game in the air.  Senior wideout Mitch Montgomery has caught 27 passes for a team-high 534 yards and is averaging 76.3 yards per game and 19.8 yards per catch to go with his four touchdowns.
  
Defensively, redshirt freshman Nick Monzu leads the team with 55 stops to go with an interception, forced fumble, fumble recovery and 2.5 tackles for a loss.  The Wildcats are coached by Dan McLaughlin.

Series Notes:  Minnesota State leads the all-time series, 3-0, which is still in its infant stages...Offensively, junior wideout Dennis Carter has rushed once for eight yards and caught three passes for 26 yards in his career against Wayne State while returning two kicks for 64 yards...Junior wideout Adam Thielen has caught five passes for 77 yards in his one career game against Wayne State while sophomore wideout/quarterback Jon Wolfhas rushed seven times for 38 yards against Wayne State...Defensively sophomore defensive end Chris Schaudt leads MSU with six tackles, while senior defensive back Tory Garrett and juniors Ross Jirgl and Austin Schachtner each have three tackles...Sophomore defensive end Drew Schaeppi has one tackle against WSC and senior defensive back Andre LaGrone has an interception and two pass deflections...Wayne State head coach Dan McLaughlin served as Minnesota State's offensive coordinator for Minnesota State in 2004...Additionally, WSC's defensive backs coach Alex Wood coached at Minnesota State from 1999-2002 where he was the defensive line coach and special team's coordinator.

Weather Report:  According to weather.com, Saturday's high in Mankato is calling for a high of 58 degrees with a 10 percent chance of rain.    

Radio Show and Weekly Luncheons: The Todd Hoffner Radio Show will air live on AM 1230 KYSM, the Fan Mankato from 7-7:30 at the downtown Buffalo Wild Wings location.  The show will be hosted by Mike Sullivan and/or Casey Lloyd, the voices of the Maverick football program and will feature head coach Todd Hoffner as the Mavericks will recap the previous week's contest and look ahead at their next opponent.  Each week a special guest will also make an appearance during the show.
    
For fans who cannot make it to Buffalo Wild Wings or cannot tune in live, they can listen to the show each week on www3.mnsu.edu/athletics.
    
Additionally, the Loose Moose will host the Maverick Football Luncheon on the Friday before each home game. Each luncheon will feature comments from Coach Hoffner as well as players and are open to everyone.  The Loose Moose will have lunch menu items available to order during this time.


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