The Minot State Beavers football team is an NCAA Division II program that represents Minot State University in North Dakota. The Beavers are members of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and home games are played on campus in Minot at Herb Parker Stadium.

Conferences Classifications 1955–1969: NAIA 1970–1996: NAIA Division II 1997–2010: NAIA 2011–present: NCAA Division II

Conference affiliations 1925–1930: Independent 1931–1999: North Dakota College Athletic Conference 2000–2010: Dakota Athletic Conference 2011: Division II Independent 2012–present: Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference

Postseason appearances NAIA Minot State made seven appearances in the NAIA playoffs, with a combined record of 3–7.

1970 Semifinals Anderson (IN) L, 14–20 1991 First Round Dickinson State L, 21–26 1992 First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinals Dakota WesleyanHardin–SimmonsLinfield W, 31–0W, 21–14L, 12–47 1993 First Round Mary (ND) L, 20–31 1994 First RoundQuarterfinals Sioux FallsNorthwestern (IA) W, 20–13L, 26–28 2002 First Round Mary (ND) L, 18–21 2009 First Round Sioux Falls L, 21–63

Head coaches

# Name Term1 Carl E. Bublitz 1925–19262 James W. Coleman 1927–19353 William D. Allen 1936–19424 Bill Richter 19465 Herb Parker 1947–19496 Ev Faunce 19507 Herb Parker 19518 Frank Good 19529 George Mellem 195310 Ted Keck 1954–195611 Vence Elgie 1957–196412 Bill Schaake 196513 Hank Hettwer 1966–196814 Ken Becker 1969–197415 Bert Leidholt 1975–198116 Randy Hedberg 1982–198917 Dave Hendrickson 1990–199918 Mike Sivertson 2000–200619 Paul Rudolph 2007–201320 Tyler Hughes 2014–201621 Mike Aldrich 2017–202222 Ian Shields 2023–present

NFL players Quarterback Randy Hedberg of Parshall was selected in the eighth round of the 1977 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and started four games as a rookie then was on injured reserve in 1978. He later returned to Minot State as the head coach for eight seasons (1982–1989). Ron Marsh of Plentywood Montana was a 2x all American DE/OLB, played At MSU from (1978–1982) was signed UDF by the Denver Broncos.

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