Dakota State Trojans football

The Dakota State Trojans football team represents Dakota State University, competing as a member of the Frontier Conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The school's first football team was fielded in 1908. The Trojans play their home games at Brian Kern Family Stadium. Their current head coach is Josh Anderson.

History

Conference affiliations

• South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (1917–2000)
• Dakota Athletic Conference (2000–2011)
• NAIA independent (2011–2013)
• North Star Athletic Association (2013–2025)
• Frontier Conference (2025–present)

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Conference championships

Dakota State has won 5 conference championships.

Bowl games

Dakota State has played in one postseason bowl game. The Trojans have an all-time record of 1–0–0 in bowl games.

Coaches

Current coaching staff

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Head coaches

Rivalries

Dakota Wesleyan

The Chamber of Commerce Traveling Cup is a traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the annual game between the Dakota State Trojans and the Dakota Wesleyan Tigers, who are members of the Great Plains Athletic Conference. The traveling trophy was introduced in 2017. Dakota State currently holds a series lead of 6–2.

Stadiums

• unknown (1908–1967)
• Trojan Field (1968–2022)
• Dan Beacom Track Complex (2023)
• Brian Kern Family Stadium (2024–present)

Individual awards and honors

All-Americans

NAIA

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SDIC honors

All-Conference

• "Ronnie" Best (1930)
• "Art" Johnson (1930)
• "Bud" O'Dell (1930)
• "Red" Olsbo (1930)
• "Buster" Seitz (1955)
• Larry Dirks (1958)
• Bob Nangle (1958)
• John Rath (1958)
• Arlo Sorheim (1959)
• Dick Anderson (1962–63)
• Denny Halseth (1963–64)
• Dick Greenwood (1965–66)
• Loren McKinney (1965–66)
• Tom Petersen (1965–66)
• Gene Elrod (1965–67)
• Paul Tanke (1965–67)
• Dan Meadows (1967)
• Leo Heilman (1969–70)
• Dennis Ziebarth (1969–70)
• Dave Hanneman (1970 and 1972)
• Pat Behrns (1971–72)
• Mike Reed (1971–72)
• Dan Stratton (1971–72)
• Cliff Anderson (1971–73)
• Randy Berlin (1972)
• Darwin Robinson (1972–73)
• Wayne Stowell (1972–73)
• Craig Ebert (1973)
• Deny Lather (1973)
• Mick Twiss (1973)
• Toney Blanks (1973–75)
• Bob Casagrande (1973–75)
• David Roe (1974)
• Jeff Rodman (1974–76)
• Kevin Stormo (1975)
• Bruce Breese (1975)
• Ron Estacion (1975)
• Rick Rodman (1977)
• Mike Freidel (1976–77)
• Russ Schwartz (1977–78)
• Joe Arthur (1978–79)
• Brian Leighton (1978–80)
• Todd Payer (1979)
• Lynn Schuett (1978–79)
• Jim Janssen (1978–79)
• Dale Martin (1979)
• Brian Jacobsen (1980–81)
• Mark Hughes (1982)
• Gene Wockenfuss (1982)
• Clay Amick (1982–83)
• Tim Ramey (1982–83)
• Eugene Tetzlaff (1982–83)
• Rod Kopfman (1982–84)
• Tony Wrice (1982–84)
• Mark Jacobsen (1983–84)
• Bruce Johannes (1983)
• Keith Stifter (1983–84)
• Bryan Lund (1984)
• Mike Thorpe (1984)
• Bill Nelson (1984)
• Sylvester Clark (1984)
• Paul Minor (1984)
• Brian Kern (1986–87)
• Tom Cummings (1989)
• Jeff Rensch (1989–91)
• Earl Berglund (1991–92)
• Dave Colberg (1991–92)
• Mike Katen (1991–92)
• Mike Mason (1991–92)
• Paul Naughton (1991–92)
• Don Simon (1991–93)
• Scott Millett (1991–93)
• Ben Button (1992 and 1994)
• Jason Smidt (1994)
• Tard Smith (1993–95)
• Max Hodgen (1992–95)
• Adam McVane (1994)
• Chad Ostrem (1994)
• Josh Anderson (1994–95)
• Chris Martin (1995)
• Larry Voss (1996–98)
• Derek Bush (1998)
• Steve Eide (1998)
• Jon Knutson (1998)
• Rich Nolte (1998)
• Troy Williamson (1998)
• Kyle Jellema (1998–99)
• Craig Jones (1998–99)
• Jared Peterreins (1998–99)
• Malcom Spaulding (1999)
• Justin Thielke (1999)
• Scot Namanny (1999)

DAC honors

All-Conference

• Jared Peterreins (2000)
• Craig Jones (2000)
• Justin Thielke (2000)
• Scot Namanny (2001)
• Jeremy Javers (2000–01)
• Brad Callahan (2001)
• Mark Maples (2001)
• Paul Lutu-Carroll (2001–02)
• Jesse Zwetzig (2001–02)
• BJ Podhradsky (2001–02)
• Tommy Hofer (2003–05)
• Ben Buisker (2003)
• Mike Sonne (2003–04)
• Tom Nielsen (2003)
• Blake Klinger (2004)
• Art Solis (2005)
• Nick Podhradsky (2005)
• Donald Strand (2005–08)
• Derek Barrios (2005)
• Derek Gosch (2005 and 2007)
• Gaven Davis (2007)
• Toby Ball (2007)
• Noah Sanderson (2007)
• Aaron Aylward (2008)
• Andrew Fatten (2008)
• Austen Hanten (2008)
• T.J. Simmons (2008)
• Ryan Poss (2009)
• Joe Whealy (2009–10)

NSAA honors

First-team All-NSAA

• Zach Ely (2013)
• Josh Licht (2013)
• Ronnie Jorgenson (2013)
• Zac Woods (2013–14)
• Perry King (2013)
• Cole Potter (2014–16)
• Ben Kullos (2014–15)
• Bobby Tisch (2015)
• Jason Grady (2015)
• Jacob Giles (2016–17)
• Robert Johnson (2016)
• Austin Opdahl (2016–17)
• Justin Pontarelli (2016–17)
• Greg Rodriguez (2016–17)
• Nic Behrens (2016)
• Curt Boeke (2017–18)
• Ryan Dozier (2017–18)
• Dereck DeVries (2017)
• Kaden Hight (2017)
• Brodie Frederiksen (2018–19)
• Brandon Schmit (2018–19)
• Mason Leighton (2018)
• Caleb Nielsen (2018–21)
• John Trout (2019)
• Marcus Vanden Bosch (2019–21)
• Noah Guse (2020–21)
• Devonte Murphy (2021 and 2023)
• Mose Timteo (2022)
• Cody Brown (2022)
• Jeremiah 'JJ' Beck (2022–23)
• Noah Karwacki (2022)
• Braxton Lacher (2023)
• Tyce Ortman (2024)
• Tyler Kjetland (2024)
• Caleb Dwyer (2024)
• Taron Serr (2024)
• Deveon Moses (2024)

Second-team All-NSAA

• Jeremy Christner (2014–15)
• Zach Ely (2014)
• Steven Gram (2014–15)
• Trevor Kenobbie (2014)
• Austin Ross (2014)
• Brendon Waldner (2014)
• Robert Johnson (2015)
• Austin Opdahl (2015)
• Greg Rodriguez (2015)
• Bronson Arguello (2015)
• DaVeon Banks (2015)
• Mitchell Galloway (2016)
• Andrew Adlersberg (2016)
• Thomas Romack (2016)
• Nic Behrens (2016)
• Brodie Frederiksen (2017 and 2019)
• John Trout (2017–18)
• Baily Edwards (2017)
• Danny Jordan (2017)
• Marcus Vanden Bosch (2018)
• Xavier Perez (2019)
• Riley Janke (2019)
• Noah Guse (2019)
• Conner Tordsen (2020–21)
• Braeden Wallenstein (2020)
• Jason Sakamoto (2020)
• Caleb Nielsen (2020)
• Mose Timteo (2021)
• Zach Rohrbach (2021)
• Gustavo Bonilla (2021)
• Jay Skogerboe (2021–22 and 2024)
• Tyce Ortman (2022–24)
• Devonte Murphy (2022)
• Max Sonne (2022)
• Noah Karwacki (2022)
• Tyler Kjetland (2023)
• Uziel Ruiz (2024)
• Melek Ford (2024)
• Austin Lake (2024)
• Collin Bruggeman (2024)
• Carson Sauseda (2024)

Honorable mention All-NSAA

• Austin Ross (2013)
• Bobby Tisch (2013)
• Ben Kullos (2013)
• Cole Whisenhunt (2013)
• Chad John (2013)
• Darion Office (2016)
• Curt Boeke (2016)
• Dereck DeVries (2016)
• Alvin Reels Jr. (2016)
• Brendon Waldner (2017)
• Michael Cleveland (2017–18)
• Brandon Schmit (2017)
• Brywn Ractliffe (2017)
• David Bond (2018)
• Mitchell Galloway (2018)
• Alexander Maxey (2018 and 2020–21)
• Wyatt Sanford (2019)
• Cole McCarty (2019–20)
• Karson Lindblad (2019)
• Braedon Wallenstein (2019)
• Riley Janke (2020)
• Jacob Hirsch (2020)
• Nico Feroni (2021)
• Jason Sakamoto (2021)
• Edward Fritzler (2021)
• Joshua Shaffer (2022)
• Gustavo Bonilla (2022)
• Travis Rebstock (2022)
• Cooper McDermott (2022)
• Tray Hettick (2023)
• Cole Sylliaasen (2023)
• Caleb Dwyer (2023–24)
• Marcis Hausman (2023)
• Chris Guipi-Bopala (2024)
• Brooks Jansen (2024)
• Kaden Eng (2024)
• Joseph Taylor (2024)

Frontier honors

First-team All-Frontier East Division

• Preston Iverson (2025)
• Tyler Kjetland (2025)
• Uziel Ruiz (2025)
• Jordan Cooper (2025)
• Deveon Moses (2025)

Second-team All-Frontier East Division

• Tray Hettick (2025)
• Melek Ford (2025)
• Caleb Dwyer (2025)
• Brooks Jansen (2025)
• Taron Serr (2025)

Honorable mention All-Frontier East Division

• Maddox Kihne (2025)
• Kacey Cauley (2025)
• Adrian Villanueva (2025)
• Tamareon Foster (2025)

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NFL Players

• Darwin Robinson – Washington Redskins, Seattle Seahawks
• Danny Stratton – Cleveland Browns

CFL Players

• Tommy Hofer – Toronto Argonauts

References

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