12 consecutive seasons of unprecedented success
BSU has averaged over 7 wins/season since 1996
2009 Beaver Football Recap

  • BSU finishes 8-3 on the year

    •     narrowly defeated to 2 play-off teams:

      • 1 in OT, the other by 1 point after a missed extra point

  • Beavers defeat MSU-Moorhead to retain the "Battle Axe"

  • Gang Green Defense ranks 7th nationally in run defense, 14th in scoring defense

  • LB Jake Anderson (Karlstad, MN) is named All-American

    •    leads NSIC is sacks

  • Coach Tesch leads Beavers to a seven-plus wins season for a record 9th time

2007 Beaver Football Recap

  • 10th consecutive winning season, BSU goes 7- 4 on the year

  • 5 Beavers named Pre-season All-American honors

  • BSU receives top 20 national ranking during the year

  • Beavers defeat MSU-Moorhead for 8th consecutive season to retain the "Battle Axe"

  • Anthony Schreiber sets several school receiving records

  • Jeremiah Johnson moves up to #2 all time in tackles

  • Zach Christ named ESPN the Magazine Academic All District

  • Zach Stafford in named NSIC Defensive Player of the Year

  • Beavers lead the NSIC in Scoring Defense, and Run Defense

    •    run defense ranks 6th nationally (72 yards/game)

    •    scoring defense ranks 13th nationally (17 ppg)

2006 Beaver Football Recap

  • Beavers finish 8-0 in conference play, win outright NSIC Championship

  • BSU selected to play in NCAA II post-season bowl game: Mineral Water Bowl

  • Beavers finish ranked 19th nationally by D2football.com (top 25 in 3 polls)

  • Beavers defeat MSU-Moorhead for 7th consecutive season to retain the "Battle Axe"

  • BSU's Gang Green defense leads the nation in rushing defense by registering 96 tackles for loss, including 40 sacks

    • Defense also ranked 3rd in sacks and 8th in interceptions (22) nationally

  • Head Coach Jeff Tesch named NSIC Coach of the Year

  • John Keaveny
2nd team NW Region Daktronics, 1st team NW Region, 3rd team All American Don Hanson
Zach Stafford
2nd team NW Region, HM All American Don Hanson
Justin Guy
2nd team NW Region Daktronics, 3rd team NW region Don Hanson Football Gazette
Anthony Schrieber
2nd team NW Region (All Purpose) Don Hanson
Zach Christ
3rd team NW Region Don Hanson
2005 Beaver Football Recap

  • Beavers finish 7-3, go undefeated at home in Chet Anderson Stadium

  • Beavers defeat NCC foe Minnesota State University - Mankato for 3rd straight season

  • Beavers defeat MSU-Moorhead for 6th consecutive season to retain the "Battle Axe" on Homecoming and take the traditional "victory plunge" in Lake Bemidji

  • QB Nate Sannes receives the NSIC's Glen Galligan Award for the Outstanding Graduating Student-Athlete

  • Sannes lead the NSIC in passing/game (264) and passing TD's

  • Sannes sets BSU records for

    • career TD passes (51)

    • career total offense (5,782 yds)

    • career completions (368)

    • consecutive games with a TD pass (21)

    • total offense in a season (2,869 yds)

    • passing TD's in a season (27)

    • passing attempts for a season (320)

    • completions in a season (186)
       

  • Sophomore Safety Jeremiah Johnson lead the NSIC is tackles with 8.2 tackles/game

  • Senior DE James Midboe is selected to play in the the Cactus Bowl, the NCAA II All-Star game held in Kingville, TX on January 6th.

2004 Beaver Football Recap

  • Beavers finish 8-3, #2 in the NSIC, #11 in DII Midwest Region

    • school record: 7th consecutive season with 6 or more wins

  • Head Coach Jeff Tesch became BSU's all-time victory leader in just his 9th season

  • WR Adam Noble broke BSU's career TD reception record with 25

  • BSU sets single season school records for:

    • Points scored           422    (38.4 points/game)

    • Rushing TD's             33

    • Rushing Yards       2,519  (229 yards/game)

    • 1st downs                 270

  • Kicker Michael McDonald sets single season records for PAT's (53) and points scored by a kicker (68)

  • WR Michael Nordyke sets the BSU single season record by averaging 6.3 catches per game

  • Beavers lead NSIC in the following team categories:
    • scoring defense, interceptions, turnovers, rushing defense, red zone defense, 
    • turnover margin, red zone offense, fewest penalties & fewest sacks allowed
  • The following Beaver players were NSIC leaders:
    • DE James Midboe: QB sacks
    • DB Torry Joubert: pass break ups
    • DB Cory Brewer: interceptions
    • QB Nate Sannes: TD passes

    Blaine Thomas named NSIC's Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete

    Blaine Thomas, Torry Joubert, Michael Nordyke named to d2football.com All-Region Team

    Blaine Thomas & Mitch Feierabend named Academic All-District

    Recent Record Breakers

2003 Beaver Football Recap
2002 Beaver Football Recap
Career Records
Eddie Acosta: 1st BSU player to score 50 rushing TDs
Reception yardage: Ryan Welle (2,676)
Receptions: Ryan Welle (168, tie)
Touchdown receptions: Ryan Welle (24, tie)
TDs: Eddie Acosta (59, tied)
Scoring, kicker: Neil Collier (155), PAT's (110) & attempts (136)
Jeff Tesch, school record for wins vs Conference opponents (29)
Third BSU head coach to win 40 games with the program
Single-season Records
Touchdown receptions: Ryan Welle (10, tie)
Receptions per game: Ryan Welle (5.82)
Rushing attempts: Karl Michelon at MSU-Moorhead (43, tie)
Team record streaks extended:
- 5th consecutive winning season
- 5th consecutive season with six or more wins
- 4th consecutive season with 1,800 or more rushing yards
- 5th consecutive season with 2,000 or more passing yards
- 4th consecutive season with 20 or more passing touchdowns
- 4th consecutive season with 4,000 or more yards of offense
- 4th consecutive season with 60 or more TDs responsible for
- 5th consecutive season averaging more than 360 yards of offense per game
- 5th consecutive season with more than 5,000 all-purpose yards
- 4th consecutive season with 300 or more points scored
- 4th consecutive season with 40 or more TDs scored

2001 Beaver Football Recap

  • Beavers record 3rd consecutive 7+ win season (7-4, 8-3, 9-2)

    • set 35 school records 

    • lead the NSIC with seven 1st Team All NSIC selections

  • Eddie Acosta named NSIC Offensive MVP, All-Region, All-American   

  • 6 Beaver Football players named to NSIC All-Academic Team 

Records set during the 2001 season

Eddie Acosta

  • Rushing Yards, season: 1,710
  • Points scored, season: 152
  • Touchdowns, season: 25
  • Rushing Touchdowns, season 21
  • Rushing attempts, season: 688
  • Rushing Yards, career: 4,327
  • Points scored, career: 286
  • Touchdowns, career: 58
  • Rushing Touchdowns, career: 49
 

Geoff Martinson

  • Total offense, season: 2,827

  • Passing Yards, season: 2,789

  • Passing completions, season: 185

  • Passing Touchdowns, season: 26

  • Completion Pct game, season: .627

  • Total offense, career: 5,548

  • Passing Yards, career: 5,312

  • Passing completions, career: 360

  • Passing Touchdowns, career: 51

  • Completion Pct game, career: .586

Team

  • First downs, season: 247
  • Rushing yards, season: 2,257
  • Pass completions, season: 188
  • Passing yards, season: 2,864
  • Total offense, season: 5,181
  • Touchdowns, game: 10 at UM-Morris
  • Touchdowns, season: 61
  • Points scored, season: 415

Jason Leden

  • Receiving Yards, career: 2,270

  • Receptions, career: 168

  • Receiving TD's, career: 24

  • Returns punt returns, career: 83

  • Punt returns yards, career: 1,047

  • Kickoff returns, career: 81

  • Kickoff return yardage, career: 2,030

Ryan Welle

  • Receiving Yards, season: 1,045

2000 Beaver Football Recap

click here for a week-by-week recap of the winningest team in school history

•Most wins in a season - 9
•Most points scored in a season - 367
•Most yards in a season – 4,584
•Most rushing yards in a season – Eddie Acosta 1,690
•Most rushing TD’s in a season – Eddie Acosta 18
•Most touchdowns in a season – Eddie Acosta 22
•Most points in a season – Eddie Acosta 134
•Most TD passes in a season – Geoff Martinson 25
•Most yards in a game – Geoff Martinson 430 vs Southwest State
•Most pass completions in a season – Geoff Martinson 165
•Best completion % in a game – Geoff Martinson 75% vs Minot State (15-20)
•Most career pass receptions – Jason Leden 135
•Most career receiving yards – Jason Leden 1,764
•Most career receiving TD’s – Jason Leden 18

1999 Beaver Football Recap

Ben Morie

Chris Meyer

1998 Beaver Football Recap

Chris Meyer

Jay Hanson

 Ben Morie

Beaver offense sets school record with 3,985 total yards