MEDIA INFORMATION Date Sat., Oct. 26 | 6 p.m. MT Location St. George, UT | Hansen Stadium (5,000) TV CEC-Television Radio ESPN SportsRadio 106.1 FM Online Audio Dixie State All-Access Live Stats Dixie State Live Stats Ticket Info Purchase Tickets Game Notes Dixie State Notes  Humboldt State Preview Twitter @DixieAthletics #DixieFB DIXIE STATE - HSU SERIES Series Humboldt State leads, 10-5 At DSU Humboldt State leads, 4-3 At HSU Humboldt State leads, 6-2 First Meeting Sept. 23, 2006 - Humboldt State, 48-28 Last Meeting Sept. 28, 2013 - Dixie State, 49-24 DIXIE STATE RED STORM Record 2-5, 2-4 GNAC Ranking NR Last Game Oct. 16, 2013 (lost to W. Oregon, 46-34) Head Coach Scott Brumfield (Brigham Young, 1992) Career: 8-31 (4th season) DSU Record: Same HUMBOLDT STATE JACKS Record 0-7, 0-6 GNAC Ranking NR Last Game Oct. 16, 2013 (lost to Azusa Pacific., 21-13) Head Coach Rob Smith (Washington, 1981) Career: 140-91-1 (23rd year) HSU Record: 31-29 (6th year)

"A WHOLE NEW U" HOMECOMING GAME

Dixie State celebrates its first Homecoming week as a university this week and closing out the festivities under the theme "A Brand New U" is the Red Storm's second meeting of the year against Humboldt State. The contest will kick off at 6:05 p.m. from Hansen Stadium. Broadcast coverage includes ESPN SportsRadio 106.1 FM and CEC-Television on Baja channel 22. 

RED STORM VS. THE JACKS

The Red Storm broke a seven-game losing streak to the Jacks with a 49-24 win at the Redwood Bowl on Sept. 28. HSU still holds the all-time advantage winning 10 of 15 games since Dixie State became an NCAA school in 2006. A win for the home team would even up the series at four games each. The Jacks won the first overall meeting in 2006, played at Hansen, 48-28. Dixie State took the next three home matchups in 2007 (17-10), 2008 (16-6) and 2009 (24-20) before surrendering the next three to HSU in blowouts (49-14, 45-30, 49-13). 

WOLVES WIN OFFENSIVE BATTLE IN ST. GEORGE

Ryan Bergman passed for more than 400 yards for the second time this season against Dixie State and Western Oregon won a shootout that featured 1,109 yards in total offense before 4,022 fans at Hansen Stadium. WOU never trailed in winning its fourth game in its last five outings.  The Wolves led 40-20 midway through the third quarter, but had to fight off a comeback by the Red Storm, who pulled to within six points early in the fourth quarter after back-to-back touchdown passes from Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork) to Mitch Frei (Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon) of 22 and 24 yards. WOU, however, was able to put together an 11-play, 80-yard drive for the clinching touchdown with 2:11 remaining.  Devauntee Hoffman got the score on a 10-yard run. Robles completed 38 of 56 passes for a GNAC-season high 460 yards.  Tight end Joe Don Duncan (Corona, CA/Notre Dame) had 14 receptions for 170 yards and Frei had seven for 103.  Duncan is the third player this fall in the GNAC to have 14 catches in a game. Western Oregon finished with a 567-542 advantage in total offense, out rushing Dixie 160-82. Defensive lineman Jake Miller (Tremonton, UT/Bear River), DB Zac Christian (Plain City, UT/Fremont) and linebacker Jake Duncan (Corona, CA/Notre Dame) all had six tackles for the Red Storm.  Christian also intercepted two passes. 

NOTABLES FROM THE WOU GAME:

Dixie State scored in all four quarters for the first time since Oct. 22, 2011, a home loss against Central Washington. A fourth quarter field goal block by K.J. Boyer (St. George, UT/Pine View) was the first since Sean Gibson (Herriman, UT/Riverton) had one in the 2012 home finale versus Azusa Pacific (Nov. 3, 2012). Griff Robels became only the thrid DSU quarterback to throw for over 400 yards in a game – his record-setting 453 yards was 30 yards better than an effort from Stefan Cantwell against WOU on Oct. 20, 2011 and Judd Thompson's 417 yards at Montana State on Sept. 12, 2009. Joe Don Duncan (Corona, CA/Notre Dame) and Mitch Frei (Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon) each surpassed 100 yards receiving for the second consecutive game.

A WIN BY DIXIE STATE WOULD...

• Be the first season sweep of a GNAC opponent since 2010 - Simon Fraser.

• Match the win total from the 2012 season, when the Red Storm went 3-8.

• Be the 11th win in the month of October since the NCAA D-II transition in 2006; DSU is 10-23 in October games

GNAC RED LION PLAYERS OF THE WEEK:

Offense – Tyrell Williams, Western Oregon

Defense – Austin Schnizler, Central Washington

Special Teams – Matt Burke, Central Washington

Honorable Mention – Terrell Watson, Azusa Pacific; Jordan Todd, Central Washington;  AJ Hull, Western Oregon; and Joe Don Duncan (Corona, CA/Notre Dame), Dixie State (TE, 6-4, 279, Sr., Corona, CA – Notre Dame/El Camano) caught 14 passes for 170 yards equaling a GNAC season-high for receptions and falling just one catch shy of the GNAC single-game record of 15.

GNAC NATIONAL RANKINGS:

Team (Top 30): Total Defense – 25. Central Washington 313.3. Scoring Defense – 8. Central Washington 14.7. Rushing Defense – 11. Central Washington 86.7. Passing Offense – 11. Dixie State 327.7; 25. Western Oregon 295.1.  Passing Defense – 29. Simon Fraser 188.7.  Passing Efficiency Defense – 11. Central Washington 101.5.  Kick Returns – 13. Central Washington 25.5. Kick Return Defense – 24. Western Oregon 16.7. Punt Returns – 22. Central Washington 13.76. Punt Return Defense – 19. Central Washington 3.44. Pass Sacks – 22. Central Washington 3.0. Takeaways – 22. Central Washington 1.00.  Net Punting – 28. Humboldt State 36.5.  

Individuals (Top 30): All-Purpose – 30. Chase Krivashei, HSU, 152.4. Rushing – 16. Jordan Todd, CWU, 127.0.  Passing – 12. Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork), DSU, 305.6; 18. Ryan Bergman, WOU, 292.9. Total Offense – 6. Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork), DSU, 356.9. Receptions – 5. Chase Krivashei, HSU, 8.9; 15. JD Duncan, DSU, 8.0. Receiving Yards – 23. JD Duncan, DSU, 108.4. Punt Returns -  12. Isaiah Davis, CWU, 14.6. Field Goals –17. Matt Bruder, HSU, 1.33; 23. Chad Heerspink, SFU, 1.17.  Interceptions – 4. Isaiah Davis, CWU, 0.7; 30. Casey Chin, SFU, 0.5. Kickoff Returns – 23. Patrick Tepea, WOU, 28.2. Total Tackles – 7. Casey Chin, SFU, 12.5.  Solo Tackles – 7. Casey Chin, SFU, 6.8. Pass Sacks – 23. Timothy Ehinger, DSU, 0.9.  Forced Fumbles – 6. Kraig Akins, WOU, 0.43; 24. Eric Murphy, SFU, 0.33. Fumbles Recovered – 19. Mitchell Barnett, SFU, 0.33.  Passes Defended – 8. Isaiah Davis, CWU, 1.7.

INDIVIDUAL STELLAR GAMES:

100-Yard Rushing Games: 6 – Jordan Todd, CWU; Terrell Watson, APU.  3 – Chris Tolbert, SFU. 2 - Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork), DSU; Myles Burton (Berkeley, CA/Rodriguez), DSU.  1 – Kyle Morris, HSU; Jamarie Sanders, HSU; Joe Harris, WOU.

200-Yard Passing Games: 7 – Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork), DSU.  6 – Ryan Bergman, WOU. 4  -  Kyle Morris, HSU. 3 - Ryan Stanford, SFU. 1 – Spencer Phillips, HSU.

300-Yard Passing Games: 3 – Griff Robles (Spanish Fork, UT/Spanish Fork), DSU. 2 – Ryan Bergman, WOU. 1 – Kyle Morris, HSU; Ryan Stanford, SFU.

100-Yard Receiving Games: 3 - Joe Don Duncan (Corona, CA/Notre Dame), DSU; Mitch Frei (Santa Clara, UT/Snow Canyon), DSU; Tyrell Williams, WOU. 2 -  Chase Krivashei, HSU; Kelechi Nwadibia, HSU; 1 - Lemar Durant, SFU; Michael Reeve, WOU; Jesse Zalk, CWU; Robert Borcky, SFU.

ALL-AMERICAN DUNCAN

Senior tight end Joe Don Duncan (Corona, CA/Notre Dame) (Corona, CA) returns for his highly anticipated final year holding a prestigious accolade. Duncan was named to the D2Football.com Preseason All-American List on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Two seasons ago, Duncan earned all-league, all-region and multiple All-American honors after leading the country in receptions and yardage for a tight end. Phil Steele listed him as the 27th best draft eligible TE available and Lindy's Sports Annuals "Look Ahead" named Duncan as the ninth best TE in the country.