The Dordt Defender football team will travel to Crete, Nebraska to face Doane on Saturday, September 13 with kickoff at 6pm.

COVERAGE
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DOANE
2025 Record Overall/GPAC: 0-2/0-2
Results

• Aug. 30 lost to Hastings 20-7
• Sept. 6 lost @ Concordia 35-7

The Numbers

• Points Per Game/Points Per Game Allowed: 27.5/7
• Yards Per Game/Yards Per Game Allowed:  296/500
• Yards Rushing Per Game/Yards Rushing Per Game Allowed:  43/318
• Yards Passing Per Game/Yards Passing Per Game Allowed: 253/182
• Turnovers Committed/Turnovers Forced: 3/3
• Sacks By/Sacks Allowed: 1/10

Individual Leaders

• Sam Hartman | 50-76 passing | 465 yards | 1td | 3int
• Rian Green | 16 rushes | 3.1 avg
• Sam Hartman | 30 rushes | 30 yards | 1td
• Andrew Waido | 11 receptions | 16.3 yards per
• John DeRiso | 16 receptions | 10.3 yards per
• Ivar De Jong | 2-2 PAT
• Garrett Pap | 13 punts | 39.2 yards per punt
• Andrew Brown | 17 tackles | 1 int
• Tanner Simdorn | 26 tackles | 1 sack
• Reece Zutavern | 26 tackles 

DORDT
2025 Record Overall/GPAC:  1-0/1-0
Results

• Sept. 6  def. Dakota Wesleyan 66-7
• Sept. 13 @ Doane
• Sept. 27 @ Northwestern
• 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: 66/7
• Yards Per Game/Yards Per Game Allowed:  528/253
• Yards Rushing Per Game/Yards Rushing Per Game Allowed: 247/96
• Yards Passing Per Game/Yards Passing Per Game Allowed: 281/147
• Turnovers Committed/Turnovers Forced: 1/3
• Sacks By/Sacks Allowed:1/1

Individual Leaders

• Noah Strickfaden | 12-19 passing | 275 yds | 3td
• Daniel Dickerson | 14 rush | 5.9 yards per carry | 2td
• Preston McCoy | 5 rush | 11.6 yards per carry
• Keenan Valverde | 5 rush | 7.0 yards per carry | 1td
• Eliot Beal | 6 receptions | 24.3 per
• Rhett Williams | 3 receptions | 22.7 per | 1td
• Ivan Orozco | 3 punts | 36.7 per
• Stephen Leinen | 1-1 fg | 28 long | 9-9 pat
• Elijah Dougherty | 5 tackles | 2.5tfl | 1 sac
• Cole Johnson | 1int
• Devin Emdel | 1 int
• Zach Quiring | 1int

LAST TIME
 
Dordt jumped on Dakota Wesleyan right away and secured a 17-0 lead after one quarter and 45-0 at halftime. 

• Dordt outgained Wesleyan 528-423
• Dordt outrushed Wesleyan 247-96
• Noah Strickfaden | 12-9 passing | 275 yards | 3td | 0 interceptions | 6 rushes | 32 yards
• Eliot Beal | 6 catches | 146 yards
• Daniel Dickerson | 14 rushes | 83 yards
• Elijah Dougherty | 5 tackles | 2.5tfl | 1 sack

 
Doane lost to Concordia 35-7 on September 6 after trailing 21-0 at halftime. The Tigers scored on their first possession of the second half to get within 21-7 but Concordia scored the final two touchdowns. 71 of Doane's 252 yards came on the scoring drive.

• Concordia outgained Hastings 401-252.
• Concordia had a 123-9 rushing edge.
• Sam Hartman was 30-48 passing for 201 yards
• John De Riso caught 11 passes for 85 yards
• Reece Zutavern was in on 19 tackles.

 
THE SERIES
Dordt trails Doane 11-6 in the series and Dordt has won five of the last six games in the matchups. Doane won a September 24, 2022 meeting 13-10 in Sioux Center.
 
Dordt scored first after forcing a Doane punt and marched 95 yards on 13 plays, finishing the drive with a one yard pass from Kolson Kruse to Cade Rohwer for the senior's first touchdown catch of the season.  Dordt's defense remained stout but Doane's punt game didn't allow Dordt good field position.  Eliot Beal caught a five yard pass from Kruse with 5:11 left in the half to end a 75 yard drive that took 11 plays and 6:11 off the clock.

The Defenders managed to add a 30 yard Stephen Leinen field goal and a Daniel Dickerson one yard run for a 24-0 halftime lead.

Dordt extended the lead with a pair of Kaden Harken touchdown grabs to finish drives of 75 and 97 yards.  Harken had 10 grabs on the afternoon and had over 200 yards in receptions.  Doane dodged the shutout with a field goal with under a minute left in the game.

THE NUMBERS

Dordt ran for 226 yards and passed for 323.  Doane ran for 34 yards and passed for 75 as the Defenders had a 559-109 yards gained edge and a 30-8 first downs gained advantage.

Dordt Leaders

• Kolson Kruse | 18-29 passing | 318 yards | 4 TD | 10 carries | 61 yards
• Nick Wellen | 14 carries | 105 yards
• Daniel Dickerson | 7 carries | 47 yards | 1 TD
• Kaden Harken | 10 catches | 217 yards | 2 TD
• Ethan Snieder | 2 catches | 48 yards
• Tyler Wieringa | 5 solo tackles | 2 tackles for loss
• Ian MacDonald | 5 solo tackles
• Isaac Kacmarynski | 1 sack
• Jamin Stuhr | 1 sack
• Dan Jungling | 1 interception

 
The Meetings

10/5/2024            Sioux Center, Iowa       W 38 - 3             Preview              Recap Box Score
9/2/2023               Crete, NE                         W 49 - 7     Preview              Recap Box Score
9/24/2022            Sioux Center, Iowa    L 10 - 13                                             Recap Box Score
9/25/2021            Crete, Nebraska         W 27 - 7                                                             Box Score
10/17/2020         Sioux Center, Iowa    W 44 - 19                                                          Box Score
10/19/2019         Crete, Neb.                      W 61 - 0                                                             Box Score
9/15/2018            Sioux Center, Iowa    L 21 - 24                                                             Box Score
10/7/2017        Crete, Neb.                      W 21 - 16                                                          Box Score
10/29/2016     Crete, Neb.                      L 21 - 59                                                             Box Score
10/31/2015     Crete, Neb.                      L 0 - 73                                                               Box Score
11/1/2014        Sioux Center, Iowa     L 7 - 33                                                               Box Score
11/2/2013        Crete, Neb.                      L 13 - 56                                                             Box Score
11/3/2012        Sioux Center, Iowa     L 6 - 55                                                               Box Score
11/5/2011        Crete, Neb.                      L 26 - 63                                                             Box Score
9/11/2010        Crete, Neb.                      L 10 - 36                                                             Box Score
10/24/2009     Crete, Neb.                      L 12 - 24                                                             Box Score
10/25/2008     Sioux Center, Iowa     L 0 - 43                                                               Box Score
 
2025 GPAC STANDINGS AND GPAC SCHEDULE

Northwestern 1-0 1-0 Dordt 1-0 1-0 Mount Marty 1-0 2-0 Morningside 1-0 1-1 Midland 1-0 1-1 Concordia 1-0 1-0 Hastings 1-1 1-1 Briar Cliff 0-1 1-1 Dakota Wesleyan 0-1 1-1 Waldorf 0-2 0-2 Doane 0-2 0-2   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 Northwestern @ Mount Marty Hastings @ Briar Cliff Waldorf @ Midland Dakota Wesleyan @ Concordia Dordt @ Doane   Saturday, September 20 Midland @ Morningside Waldorf @ Hastings Briar Cliff @ Mount Marty Northwestern @ Dakota Wesleyan