Northwest Football game notes vs. Minnesota Duluth

FULL GAME NOTES

Records:
Northwest Missouri State (12-1) at Minnesota Duluth (13-0) Date / Time: Sat., Dec. 11 at 5 p.m. CST Location: Duluth, Minn. (Malosky Stadium/4,500) TV: CBS College Sports HD

Radio:
Bearcat Radio Network (John Coffey and Matt Gaarder), KXCV (90.5 FM, Maryville), KVVL (97.1 FM, Maryville), KRNW (88.9 FM, Chillicothe), KKWK (100.1 FM, Cameron), KMA (960 AM, Shenandoah)

Polls:
Northwest is ranked 3rd in both the AFCA and D2Football.com polls / Duluth is ranked 1st in both polls

Coaches:
Northwest’s Mel Tjeerdsma (27th year as a head coach: 242-81-4 / 17th year at Northwest: 183-42) and Duluth’s Bob Nielson (18th year as a head coach: 147-54-1 / 8th year at Duluth: 77-21)

Series:
Tied 1-1 Last Meeting: Duluth won 21-14 in the 2008 national championship game in Florence, Ala. ... Duluth took a 21-0 lead into the fourth quarter and held on to capture its first national title ... the Bulldogs picked off two passes ... Northwest fumbled six times (lost two)