{"id":239272,"date":"2021-11-16T14:55:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T20:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=239272"},"modified":"2021-11-16T14:55:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T20:55:25","slug":"vikings-football-sets-ties-school-records-2021-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=239272","title":{"rendered":"Vikings Football sets, ties school records 2021 season"},"content":{"rendered":"

(VCSU<\/a>)\u00a0 The Valley City State University football team set or tied nine different school records this season, and its defense finished the season ranked Top 10 in the nation in several categories.<\/p>\n

The Vikings wrapped up their season Nov. 6, finishing the year with an 8-2 overall record and a 6-2 mark in conference play. VCSU received votes in the final NAIA Top 25 Poll on Nov. 14,\u00a0coming in 27th overall. The NAIA playoffs are limited to 16 teams.<\/p>\n

The eight wins by VCSU is the program’s most since going 9-2 and advancing to the playoffs in 2014. Below is a summary of the records and national rankings the 2021 Viking football team achieved this season.<\/p>\n

INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL RECORDS<\/strong><\/u>
\nJalen Pfeifer<\/strong><\/a>
\nCareer Passing Yards \u2013 9,519
\nCareer TDs responsible for \u2013 99 (80 pass, 19 rush)
\nCareer pass completions – 756
\nCareer pass attempts \u2013 1,337
\nTotal Offense \u2013 10,545 yards (9,519 passing, 1,026 rushing)<\/p>\n

Riley Gerhardt<\/a><\/strong>
\nTied single-game sacks \u2013 3<\/p>\n

Jahidi West<\/a><\/strong>
\nTied single-game INT record \u2013 3
\nTied single-season INT record \u2013 8<\/p>\n

TEAM SCHOOL RECORDS<\/strong><\/u>
\nSingle season INT record \u2013 21
\n12.9 PPG allowed \u2013 lowest since at least 2000<\/p>\n

TOP 10 NATIONAL RANKINGS – TEAM<\/strong><\/u>
\n1st – Interceptions – 21
\n3rd – Points\/game allowed – 12.9
\n4th – Yards\/game allowed – 246
\n5th – Rush yards\/game allowed – 66.3
\n8th – Sacks – 35
\n8th – Defensive TDs – 4<\/p>\n

INDIVIDUAL TOP 10 NATIONAL RANKINGS<\/strong><\/u>
\nJahidi West<\/a><\/strong>
\n1st \u2013 Interceptions – 8<\/p>\n

Riley Gerhardt<\/a><\/strong>
\n5th\u00a0\u2013 Sacks \u2013 10
\n5th\u00a0\u2013 Sack Yards \u2013 72
\n8th\u00a0\u2013 Tackles For Loss – 18
\n6th\u00a0\u2013 Tackles for loss Yards – 93<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(VCSU)\u00a0 The Valley City State University football team set or tied nine different school records this season, and its defense finished the season ranked Top 10 in the nation in several categories. The Vikings wrapped up their season Nov. 6, finishing the year with an 8-2 overall record and a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=239272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239273,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239272\/revisions\/239273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=239272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=239272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=239272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}