The Dordt Defenders will host Briar Cliff on Saturday, October 17 with kickoff at 1pm.
 
COVERAGE
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THE NUMBERS 
DORDT (4-2/4-1)
SCHEDULE
Aug. 28 @ Indiana Wesleyan 38-31 Loss Box Score
Sept. 5  Hastings Win 41-7 Box Score  
Sept. 19 Morningside Loss 35-31  Box Score
Sept. 26 @ Concordia Win 51-21 Box Score
Oct. 3 @ Midland Win 42-17 Box Score 
Oct. 10 Doane Win 38-3 Box Score
Oct. 17 Briar Cliff
Oct. 24 @ Mount Marty
Oct. 31 Waldorf
Nov. 7 @ Dakota Wesleyan
Nov. 14 @ Northwestern
 
COMPARISON

• Points Per Game/Points Per Game Allowed: 39/20.2  
• Yards Per Game/Yards Per Game Allowed:  454/381    
• Yards Rushing Per Game/Yards Rushing Per Game Allowed: 194/174
• Yards Passing Per Game/Yards Passing Per Game Allowed:  258/208
• Turnovers Committed/Turnovers Forced:1/6
• Sacks By/Sacks Allowed: 6/1

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 

• Noah Strickfaden: 93-145 passing | 1501 yards | 15 touchdowns | 22 carries | 101 yards | 2TD
• Thomas Fritz Jr.: 42 carries | 303 yards | 1TD | 7.2 per carry
• Zane Farney: 61 carries | 296 yards | 5TD | 4.9 per carry
• Tyler Mantel: 38 carries | 211 yards | 5TD | 5.6 per carry
• Kaden Harken: 40 catches | 686 yards | 11 TD | 17.1 yards per catch
• Cole Snyder: 18 catches | 237 yards | 2 TD
• Elliot Beal: 15 catches | 282 yards | 1 TD | 18.8 per catch
• Rhett Williams: 6 catches | 136 yards | 22.7 per catch
• Stephen Leinen: 6-6 field goals (50 long) | 30-31 PAT
• Connor Stephens: 11 punts | 42.2 yards per punt
• Cole Johnson: 52 tackles
• Isaac Kacmarynski: 71 tackles
• Nathan Feldmann: 42 tackles | 2 pass breakups | 1 int
• Zach Quiring: 28 tackles | 2 sacks | 5tfl
• Ethan Mills: 25 tackles | 1 interception | 7 pass breakups
• Thomas Walder | 7 pass breakups | 23 tackles
• Joe Johnson: 18 tackles | 2 sacks | 3tfl
• Brody Peissig: 12 tackles | 4.5tfl | 1.5 sacks

BRIAR CLIFF (1-5/1-4)
SCHEDULE
Aug. 29 Mayville State 29-22 Loss Box Score
Sept, 5  @ Mount Marty 49-35 Loss Box Score
Sept. 12 Midland 35-7 Loss Box Score 
Sept. 19 @ Dakota Wesleyan 37-3 Loss Box Score
Oct. 3    Waldorf 38-7 Win Box Score
Oct. 10  Northwestern  52-0 Loss Box Score  
Oct. 17 @ Dordt    
Oct. 24 @ Doane
Oct. 31  Hastings
Nov. 7  Concordia
Nov. 14 @ Morningside
 
COMPARISON

• Points Per Game/Points Per Game Allowed:17.5/34.8
• Yards Per Game/Yards Per Game Allowed: 281/382
• Yards Rushing Per Game/Yards Rushing Per Game Allowed: 94/159
• Yards Passing Per Game/Yards Passing Per Game Allowed: 188/225
• Turnovers Committed/Turnovers Forced: 6/11
• Sacks By/Sacks Allowed: 7/14 

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

• Brock Saya | 91-173 passing | 1,120 yards | 9 TD | 8 Int | 40 rushes | 1.0 per carry
• Chase Thomas | 68 rushes | 3.5 per rush | 16 receptions | 8.6 per catch | 1 TD
• Kymani Fleurme | 19 catches | 15.6 per catch | 5TD
• Ezra Heiner | 15 catches | 15 catches | 15.4 per catch | 1 TD
• Tegen Hoffman | 49 tackles | 2TFL
• Cameron Cayou | 43 tackles | 2TFL
• Dayton Harrell | 2 int 

LAST TIME
Dordt beat Doane last week  

• Total Yards/Total Yards Allowed: 404/193    
• Rushing Yards/Rushing Yards Allowed: 174/131  
• Passing Yards/Passing Yards Allowed: 230/62
• Turnovers Committed/Turnovers Forced: 0/2
• Sacks By/Sacks Allowed: 2/0

Dordt Leaders

• Noah Strickfaden | 11-17 passing | 225 passing yards | 3TD
• Zane Farney | 13 carries | 78 yards | 6.0 per carry
• Tyler Mantel | 7 carries | 43 yards | 6.1 per carry
• Kaden Harken | 7 receptions | 165 yards | 23.6 reception yards | 3 TD
• Isaac Kacmarynski | 12 tackles
• Jayden Weinzetl | 9 tackles | 1 fumble recovery
• Nathan Feldmann | 8 tackles | 1 interception
• Stephen Leinen | 1-1 fg | 5-5 PAT 

Briar Cliff lost to Northwestern on Saturday, October 10, 52-0.

• Total Yards/Total Yards Allowed: 512/167   
• Rushing Yards/Rushing Yards Allowed: 188/89
• Passing Yards/Passing Yards Allowed: 324/78
• Turnovers Committed/Turnovers Forced: 1/2
• Sacks By/Sacks Allowed: 2/1

Briar Cliff Leaders

• Brock Saya | 10-24 passing | 78 yards
• Chase Thomas | 10 carries | 31 yards
• Terrance Topete | 11 carries | 30 yards
• Chase Thomas | 2 catches | 9.0 yards per catch
• Dayton Harrell | 9 tackles
• Michael Casarez | 7 tackles  

THE SERIES  
Dordt leads the series with Briar Cliff 10-8 and Dordt has won the last 10 meetings
 
2025 Game Box Score    

• Dordt outgained Briar Cliff 442-186
• Dordt had a 294-76 rushing yards edge
• Dordt had a 148-110 passing advantage

Dordt Leaders

• Noah Strickfaden | 10-25 passing | 114 yards | 8 rushes | 57 yards
• Preston McCoy | 3 rushes | 112 yards
• Eliot Beal | 4 catches | 64 yards
• Isaac Kacmarynski | 12 tackles | 1 sack
• Ethan Mills | 6 tackles
• Nolan Buckholtz | 3tfl | 2 sacks

Briar Cliff Leaders

• Brock Saya | 17-31 passing | 110 yards
• Chase Thomas | 18 carries | 61 yards | 5 receptions | 35 yards
• Dayton Harrell | 11 tackles
• Max Rascon | 7 tackles | 1 sack   

NAIA POLL
 

RANK	LAST	INSTITUTION [FIRST PLACE VOTES]	RECORD
1	1	College of Idaho [9]	5-0
2	2	Keiser (Fla.) [4]	4-1
3	4	Benedictine (Kan.)	5-1
4	5	Grand View (Iowa)	5-1
5	6	Montana Tech	6-1
6	7	Morningside (Iowa)	6-1
7	8	Friends (Kan.)	6-0
8	10	Marian (Ind.)	5-1
9	9	St. Thomas (Fla.)	6-0
10	3	Indiana Wesleyan	5-1
11	12	Carroll (Mont.)	5-1
12	14	McPherson (Kan.)	6-0
13	13	Campbellsville (Ky.)	5-1
14	15	Dordt (Iowa)	4-2
15	16	Louisiana Christian	6-1
16	17	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	5-0
17	22	Georgetown (Ky.)	4-2
18	11	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	5-2
19	19	Midland (Neb.)	5-1
20	20	Northwestern (Iowa)	5-2
21	18	William Penn (Iowa)	5-1
22	21	Southeastern (Fla.)	4-1
23	24	Baker (Kan.)	5-1
24	25	Evangel (Mo.)	4-2
25	RV	Cumberland (Tenn.)	3-2

 
Receiving Votes:Cumberlands (Ky.), Dakota State (S.D.), Kansas Wesleyan, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), OUAZ (Ariz.), Southwestern (Kan.), Taylor (Ind.)
 
NEXT
Dordt will face Mount Marty on October 24 in Yankton, South Dakota.
 
GPAC STANDINGS AND SCHEDULE

Team	GPAC	Overall
Morningside	5-1	6-1
Northwestern	5-1	5-2
Dordt	4-1	4-2
Midland	4-1	5-1
Hastings	3-2	3-2
Dakota Wesleyan	3-3	3-4
Concordia	3-3	3-3
Mount Marty	2-4	3-4
Doane	1-4	2-4
Briar Cliff	1-4	1-5
Waldorf	0-7	0-7

 
Saturday, October 17
Midland @ Mount Marty
Dakota Wesleyan @ Hastings
Doane @ Northwestern
Briar Cliff @ Dordt
 
Saturday, October 24
Northwestern @ Waldorf
Briar Cliff @ Doane
Concordia @ Morningside
Hastings @ Midland
Dordt @ Mount Marty
 
Saturday, October 31
Hastings @ Briar Cliff
Waldorf @ Dordt
Morningside @ Midland
Doane @ Concordia
Northwestern @ Dakota Wesleyan
 
Saturday, November 7
Midland @ Doane
Morningside @ Hastings
Concordia @ Briar Cliff
Dordt @ Dakota Wesleyan
Mount Marty @ Waldorf
 
Saturday, November 14
Dakota Wesleyan @ Mount Marty
Briar Cliff @ Morningside
Midland @ Concordia
Dordt @ Northwestern
Hastings @ Doane
 
Thursday, August 27
Midland def. Dickinson State 31-0
Western Illinois def. Northwestern 65-14
 
Friday, August 28
Indiana Wesleyan def. Dordt 38-31
 
Saturday, August 29
Mount Marty def. Clarke 55-6
Morningside def. Benedictine 35-28
Mayville State def.  Briar Cliff 29-22
Concordia def. Waldorf 77-7
Dakota State def. Dakota Wesleyan 35-27
 
Saturday, September 5
Dordt def. Hastings 41-7
Dakota Wesleyan def. Doane 34-21
Mount Marty def. Briar Cliff 49-35
Northwestern def. Morningside 43-35
Midland def. Waldorf 69-10
 
Saturday, September 12
Morningside def. Doane 70-10
Hastings def. Concordia 38-27
Midland def. Briar Cliff 35-7
Dakota Wesleyan def. Waldorf 40-21
Northwestern def. Mount Marty 35-33
 
Saturday, September 19
Hastings def. Waldorf 34-17
Concordia def. Mount Marty 42-24
Dakota Wesleyan def. Briar Cliff 37-3
Morningside def. Dordt 35-31
Midland def. Northwestern 28-16
 
Saturday, September 26
Doane def. Waldorf 35-7
Midland def. Dakota Wesleyan 49-0
Northwestern def. Hastings 33-26
Dordt def. Concordia 51-21
Morningside def. Mount Marty 42-7
 
Saturday, October 3
Dordt def. Midland 42-17
Briar Cliff def. Waldorf 38-7
Mount Marty def. Doane 36-16
Morningside def. Dakota Wesleyan 56-20
Northwestern def. Concordia 38-24
 
Saturday, October 10
Dordt def. Doane 38-3
Northwestern def. Briar Cliff 52-0
Morningside def. Waldorf 72-19
Concordia def. Dakota Wesleyan 24-21
Hastings def. Mount Marty 35-31