The Dordt Defender football team will host Briar Cliff on Saturday, October 4 with kickoff at 1pm.

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BRIAR CLIFF
2025 Record Overall/GPAC: 4-1/3-1
Results

• Aug. 30 def.  St. Ambrose 35-23
• Sept. 6 lost to Morningside 58-17
• Sept. 13 def. Hastings 20-16
• Sept. 20 def. Mount Marty 34-20
• Sept. 7 def. Dakota Wesleyan 21-7

The Numbers

• Points Per Game/Points Per Game Allowed: 25.4/24.8
• Yards Per Game/Yards Per Game Allowed:  357/352
• Yards Rushing Per Game/Yards Rushing Per Game Allowed:  78/130
• Yards Passing Per Game/Yards Passing Per Game Allowed: 279/222
• Turnovers Committed/Turnovers Forced: 8/11
• Sacks By/Sacks Allowed: 14/13

Individual Leaders

• Brock Saya | 108-158 68% passing | 279 ypg | 6int | 10td
• Kymani Fleurme | 32 catch | 14.3ypc | 2td
• Steven Whiting | 23 catch | 12.9ypd | 4td
• Chase Thomas | 76 rushes | 204 yards | 2.7 yards per carry
• Jacob Myers | 22 punts | 34.0 yards per punt | 3-4 fg | long of 30 | 14-17 pat
• Max Rascon Jr | 40 tackles | 2.5 sacs | 4.0 tfl
• Kyle Gibson | 24 tackles | 1 int
• Dayton Harrell | 22 tackles | 2 int
• Joseph Casarez | 13tackles | 2.5 sacks

 
DORDT
2025 Record Overall/GPAC:  3-0/3-0
Results

• Sept. 6  def. Dakota Wesleyan 66-7
• Sept. 13 def. Doane 41-0
• Sept. 27 def. Northwestern 21-20
• Oct. 4 Briar Cliff
• Oct. 11 @ Waldorf
• Oct. 18 Mount Marty
• Oct. 25 Midland
• Nov. 1 @ Hastings
• Nov. 8 Concordia
• Nov. 15 @ Morningside

The Numbers

• Points Per Game/Points Per Game Allowed: 42.7/9.0
• Yards Per Game/Yards Per Game Allowed:  473/222
• Yards Rushing Per Game/Yards Rushing Per Game Allowed: 241/65
• Yards Passing Per Game/Yards Passing Per Game Allowed: 232/157
• Turnovers Committed/Turnovers Forced: 4/4
• Sacks By/Sacks Allowed:6/1

Individual Leaders

• Noah Strickfaden | 43-75 passing | 221ypg | 5td | 20rush | 9.4 avg | 1td
• Daniel Dickerson | 27 rush | 4.9 yards per carry | 4td
• Preston McCoy | 11 rush | 8.1 yards per carry
• Keenan Valverde | 14 rush | 4.6 yards per carry | 2td | 5punt returns | 15.2return avg
• Connor Dodd | 19 rush | 5.6 yards per carry
• Eliot Beal | 15 receptions | 19.1 per |1td
• Rhett Williams | 7 receptions | 21.6 per | 1td
• Ivan Orozco | 7 punts | 39.9 per
• Stephen Leinen | 3-4 fg | 51 long | 17-17 pat
• Josh Henderson | 14 tackles
• Isaac Kacmarynski | 21 tackles | 1 sack
• Ethan Mills | 11 tackles
• Zach Quiring | 15 tackles | 1 sack | 1 interception
• Elijah Dougherty | 3.5tfl | 1 sack
• Nolan Buckholtz | 2.5 tfl | 2 sacks

 
LAST TIME
Dordt overcame a 17-0 first half deficit to beat Northwestern 21-20 on Saturday, September 17 in Orange City. Dordt scored the winning touchdown with :13 left in regulation, capping a 93 yard drive with a Strickfaden to Dodd four yard pass.

• Dordt outgained Northwestern 412-257
• Dordt outrushed Northwestern 153-95
• Noah Strickfaden | 17-29 passing | 245 yards | 10 carries for 68 yards
• Eliot Beal | 5 catches | 89 yards
• Thomas Fritz | 3 catches | 60 yards
• Connor Dodd | 13 rushes | 46 yards
• Ethan Mills | 6 tackles
• Trey Van Hauen | 5 tackles
• Zach Quiring | 8  tackles
• Isaac Kacmarynksi | 10 tackles

 
Briar Cliff scored 11 first quarter points and then punctuated the game with 10 points in less than a minute in the fourth quarter to beat Dakota Wesleyan 21-7.

• Dakota Wesleyan outgained Briar Cliff 350-331.
• Dakota Wesleyan passed for 284 yards to 269 for Briar Cliff.
• Briar Cliff forced four turnovers and gave up two.
• Brock Saya completed 16-31 passes for 269 yards and two touchdowns
• Jayden Westbrook | 5 receptions | 22  yards per catch
• Kymani Fleurme | 5 receptions | 16.4 yards per catch
• Michael Casarez | 2 sacks
• Max Rascon Jr | 11 tackles
• Kyle Gibson | 2 forced fumbles | 1 interception

THE SERIES
Dordt leads the series with Briar Cliff 9-8 and Dordt has won nine games in a row in the series dating back to the 2016 season.   Dordt scored 21 points in the second quarter last year in Sioux City on November 2 and added another 20 in the third quarter on the way to a 55-7 win.
 
THE NUMBERS

• Dordt outgained Briar Cliff 566-287
• Dordt ran for 310 yards and Briar Cliff 26
• Dordt passed for 256 yards to Briar Cliff's 261

 
BRIAR CLIFF LEADERS

• Luke Davies | 19-44 passing | 186 yards
• Kymani Fleurme | 9 receptions | 122 yards
• Brett Tinker | 7 tackles
• Max Rascon | 1 interception

 
DORDT LEADERS

• Kolson Kruse | 15-21 passing | 193 yards
• Daniel Dickerson | 9 rushes | 106 yards
• Thomas Fritz | 6 rushes | 72 yards
• Kaden Harken | 10 catches | 142 yards
• Ben Flora | 3 catches | 35 yards
• Eliot Beal | 3 catches | 20 yards
• Kaden Harken | 4 catches | 53 yards

 

Date	Winner	Score		Site
11/2/2024	Dordt	55 - 7	Box Score	Sioux City
10/28/2023	Dordt	49 - 0	Box Score	Sioux Center
9/3/2022	Dordt	35 - 13	Box Score	Sioux City
11/6/2021	Dordt	58 - 0	Box Score	Sioux Center
11/21/2020	Dordt	64 - 0	Box Score	Sioux City
11/9/2019	Dordt	43 - 7	Box Score	Sioux Center
10/27/2018	Dordt	36 - 30	Box Score	Sioux Center
11/11/2017	Dordt	58 - 37	Box Score	Sioux Center
10/1/2016	Dordt	38 - 10	Box Score	Vermillion
9/26/2015	Briar Cliff	28 - 38	Box Score	Sioux City
9/27/2014	Briar Cliff	20 - 35	Box Score	Sioux Center
9/28/2013	Briar Cliff	14 - 54	Box Score	Sioux City
9/29/2012	Briar Cliff	29 –33	Box Score	Sioux Center
10/1/2011	Briar Cliff	10 - 16	Box Score	Sioux City
10/2/2010	Briar Cliff	7 - 17	Box Score	Sioux Center
10/31/2009	Briar Cliff	3 - 30	Box Score	Sioux Center
11/1/2008	Briar Cliff	6 - 27	Box Score	Sioux City

 
2025 GPAC STANDINGS AND GPAC SCHEDULE

Morningside 3-0 3-1 Dordt 3-0 3-0 Concordia 3-0 3-0 Briar Cliff 3-1 4-1 Mount Marty 2-1 3-1 Northwestern 2-2 2-2 Midland 2-2 2-3 Hastings 2-3 2-3 Doane 1-3 1-3 Dakota Wesleyan 0-4 1-4 Waldorf 0-5 0-5   Saturday, September 6 Dordt def. Dakota Wesleyan 66-7 Midland def.  Hastings 24-9 Morningside def. Briar Cliff 58-17 Mount Marty def.  Waldorf 35-10 Concordia def. Doane 35-7   Saturday, September 13 Mount Marty def. Dordt 24-14 Briar Cliff def. Hastings 20-16 Midland def. Waldorf 53-0 Concordia def. Dakota Wesleyan 27-22 Dordt def. Doane 41-0   Saturday, September 20 Morningside def. Midland 55-37 Hastings def. Waldorf 42-0 Briar Cliff def. Mount Marty 34-20 Northwestern def. Dakota Wesleyan 23-0 Saturday, September 27 Doane def. Midland 19-18 Morningside def. Hastings 41-31 Concordia def.  Waldorf  54-0 Briar Cliff def. Dakota Wesleyan 21-7 Dordt def.  Northwestern 21-20   Saturday, October 4 Briar Cliff @ Dordt Dakota Wesleyan @ Doane Concordia @ Mount Marty Waldorf @ Morningside Hastings @ Northwestern   Saturday, October 11 Northwestern @ Briar Cliff Midland @ Concordia Dordt @ Waldorf Morningside @ Dakota Wesleyan Mount Marty @ Doane   Saturday, October 18 Mount Marty @ Dordt Morningside @ Northwestern Briar Cliff @ Midland Concordia @ Hastings   Saturday, October 25 Concordia @ Morningside Midland @ Dordt Doane @ Briar Cliff Waldorf @ Dakota Wesleyan Hastings @ Mount Marty   Saturday, November 1 Dordt @ Hastings Dakota Wesleyan @ Mount Marty Morningside @ Doane Northwestern @ Midland Briar Cliff @ Concordia   Saturday, November 8 Doane @ Northwestern Concordia @ Dordt Midland @ Dakota Wesleyan Briar Cliff @ Waldorf Mount Marty @ Morningside   Saturday, November 15 Dordt @ Morningside Northwestern @ Concordia Hastings @ Dakota Wesleyan Doane @ Waldorf Mount Marty @ Midland