The 2023 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of South Dakota in the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Coyotes competed as members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference and were led by eighth-year head coach Bob Nielson. They played home games at the DakotaDome in Vermillion, South Dakota.
Schedule
Game summaries at Missouri (FBS)
Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants
Statistics USD MIZZ First downs 14 22 Total yards 60–194 66–437 Rushes/yards 35–38 40–211 Passing yards 156 266 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 15–25–0 20–26–1 Time of possession 30:58 29:02 Team Category Player StatisticsSouth Dakota Passing Aiden Bouman 15–25, 156 yards, 1 TD Rushing Travis Theis 7 carries, 26 yards Receiving Jack Martens 8 receptions, 88 yards Missouri Passing Brady Cook 17–21, 172 yards, 1 TD Rushing Cody Schrader 18 carries, 138 yards, 1 TD Receiving Luther Burden III 7 receptions, 96 yards, 1 TD
St. Thomas
Lamar
Statistics Statistics LamarSouth Dakota First downs 22 22 Total yards 274 401 Rushing yards 105 305 Passing yards 169 96 Turnovers 2 2 Time of possession 31:41 28:19 Team Category Player StatisticsLamar Passing Robert Coleman 14/24; 144 yds; 1 Int; long 25 yds; sack 7 Rushing Khalan Griffin 15 attempts; 63 yds; long 10 Receiving Kyndon Fuselier 4 receptions; 37 yds; long 12South Dakota Passing Aidan Bouman 7/9; 96 yds; 1 Int; 1 TD; long 29 yds Rushing Nate Thomas 19 attempts; 164 yds; long 29; 2 TDs Receiving Jack Martens 2 receptions; 34 yds; long 29
at No. 2 North Dakota State
Murray State
No. 23 Youngstown State
at Indiana State
No. 1 South Dakota State
Source: Box Score
Statistics SDSUUSD First downs 25 13 Total yards 473 183 Rushing yards 266 50 Passing yards 207 133 Turnovers 1 2 Time of possession 35:59 24:01
Team Category Player StatisticsSouth Dakota State Passing Mark Gronowski 13/19, 207 yards, INT Rushing Isaiah Davis 17 carries, 69 yards Receiving Jaxon Janke 3 receptions, 93 yardsSouth Dakota Passing Aidan Bouman 17/31, 133 yards, 2 INT Rushing Travis Theis 9 carries, 29 yards Receiving JJ Galbreath 8 receptions, 65 yards
at No. 10 Southern Illinois
No. 10 North Dakota
at Western Illinois
FCS Playoffs No. 15 Sacramento State – Second Round
Statistics SACUSD First downs 18 15 Total yards 350 368 Rushing yards 148 194 Passing yards 202 174 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 17–30–1 11–17–0 Time of possession 27:13 32:47 Team Category Player StatisticsSacramento State Passing Carson Camp 14/23, 168 yards, TD Rushing Marcus Fulcher 13 carries, 67 yards, 2 TD Receiving Anderson Grover 3 receptions, 79 yardsSouth Dakota Passing Aidan Bouman 11/16, 174 yards, 2 TD Rushing Charles Pierre Jr. 13 carries, 123 yards Receiving JJ Galbreath 1 reception, 75 yards, TD
No. 8 North Dakota State – Quarterfinal
Coaching staff South Dakota Coyotes Name Position Consecutive season at South Dakota in current position Previous position USD profile Bob Nielson Head coach 8th Western Illinois head coach (2013–2015) Travis Johansen Associate head coach and defensive coordinator 5th Grand View defensive coordinator (2013–2018) Josh Davis Offensive coordinator 1st South Dakota State pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach (2022) Dante Warren Running backs coach 6th Augustana (IL) graduate assistant (2016–2017) Miles Taylor Defensive pass game coordinator and defensive backs coach 4th Iowa graduate assistant (2018–2019) Elijah Hodge Inside linebackers coach 2nd N/A Jeff Nady Offensive line coach 1st Nevada offensive line coach (2022) Craig Bagnell Wide receivers coach 1st Mary head coach (2018–2022) Rob Snyder Defensive line coach 1st Jesuit HS (LA) defensive coordinator and defensive line coach (2022) Tim Morrison Tight ends coach 1stUpper Iowa assistant head coach and offensive coordinator (2021–2022) Steve Ferentz Outside linebackers coach 2ndMiami Dolphins assistant linebackers coach (2020–2021)Reference:
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