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Jackrabbits complete record-setting season
12/12/2016 3:12:00 PM | Football
The South Dakota State University football team set or tied 28 different school records during the 2016 season.
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Sophomore quarterback Taryn Christion accounted for 11 individual single-game or single-season records. The Sioux Falls native and 2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Year set new Jackrabbit single-season standards for completions (229), attempts (434) and yards passing (3,714), while tying Ryan Berry's single-season touchdown passes mark of 30, first set in 2008.
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Junior wide receiver Jake Wieneke etched his name into the record book with his 4,192 career receiving yards and 43 career touchdown receptions —totals that both stand as MVFC career marks. Wieneke also tied his own single-season record for touchdown receptions with 16 and set a new Jackrabbit career mark with a touchdown reception in 26 career games.
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Tight end Dallas Goedert's 92 receptions set a new Jackrabbit single-season record, as did Chase Vinatieri's 56 extra points.
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A full listing of Jackrabbit records established during the 2016 season is below.
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TEAM RECORDS
Passing Attempts – Game: 63, at Illinois State, 10-29-2016
Passing Attempts – Season: 444
Passing Completions – Season: 285
Passing Yards – Game: 466, at Southern Illinois, 10-8-2016
Passing Yards – Season: 3,803
Passing Touchdowns – Season: 33
Total Points – Season: 431
Passing First Downs – Game: 20, at Illinois State, 10-29-2016 (tied record)
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
Passing Attempts – Game: 63, by Taryn Christion, at Illinois State, 10-29-2016
Passing Attempts – Season: 434, by Taryn Christion
Passing Completions – Season: 279, by Taryn Christion
Passing Yards – Game: 466, by Taryn Christion, at Southern Illinois, 10-8-2016
Passing Yards – Season: 3,714, by Taryn Christion
Passing Touchdowns – Season: 30, by Taryn Christion (tied record)
Total Offense Attempts – Game: 76 (63 pass, 13 rush), by Taryn Christion, at Illinois State, 10-29-2016
Total Offense Attempts – Season: 565 (434 pass, 131 rush), by Taryn Christion
Total Offense Yards – Game: 475 (466 passing, 9 rushing), by Taryn Christion, at Southern Illinois, 10-8-2016
Total Offense Yards – Season: 4,049 (3,714 passing, 335 rushing), by Taryn Christion
Total Offense Yards – Season Average: 311.5, by Taryn Christion
Receptions – Season: 92, by Dallas Goedert
Touchdown Receptions – Game: 4, by Dallas Goedert, vs. Western Illinois, 10-1-2016 (tied school and MVFC records)
Touchdown Receptions – Season: 16, by Jake Wieneke (tied school and MVFC records)
Touchdown Receptions – Career: 43, by Jake Wieneke (tied school and MVFC records)
Games with a Touchdown Reception – Career: 26, by Jake Wieneke
Receiving Yards – Career: 4,192, by Jake Wieneke (also set MVFC record)
Extra Points – Season: 56, by Chase Vinatieri
Most Consecutive Extra Points – Season: 56, by Chase Vinatieri
Best Extra-Point Percentage Season: 1.000 (56-of-56) by Chase Vinatieri (Note: SDSU kickers have had a perfect percentage with 20 or more attempts five other times in a season)
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Fans also attended Jackrabbit football games in record numbers during the inaugural season of play at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. SDSU drew a total of 96,268 fans to seven home games for an average of 13,753 per game.
South Dakota State ended the 2016 season with a 9-4 overall record, including winning a share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference regular season title with a 7-1 mark in league play. The Jackrabbits reached the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs for the fifth consecutive season and advanced to the quarterfinal round for the first time in program history.
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Sophomore quarterback Taryn Christion accounted for 11 individual single-game or single-season records. The Sioux Falls native and 2016 Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Year set new Jackrabbit single-season standards for completions (229), attempts (434) and yards passing (3,714), while tying Ryan Berry's single-season touchdown passes mark of 30, first set in 2008.
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Junior wide receiver Jake Wieneke etched his name into the record book with his 4,192 career receiving yards and 43 career touchdown receptions —totals that both stand as MVFC career marks. Wieneke also tied his own single-season record for touchdown receptions with 16 and set a new Jackrabbit career mark with a touchdown reception in 26 career games.
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Tight end Dallas Goedert's 92 receptions set a new Jackrabbit single-season record, as did Chase Vinatieri's 56 extra points.
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A full listing of Jackrabbit records established during the 2016 season is below.
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TEAM RECORDS
Passing Attempts – Game: 63, at Illinois State, 10-29-2016
Passing Attempts – Season: 444
Passing Completions – Season: 285
Passing Yards – Game: 466, at Southern Illinois, 10-8-2016
Passing Yards – Season: 3,803
Passing Touchdowns – Season: 33
Total Points – Season: 431
Passing First Downs – Game: 20, at Illinois State, 10-29-2016 (tied record)
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
Passing Attempts – Game: 63, by Taryn Christion, at Illinois State, 10-29-2016
Passing Attempts – Season: 434, by Taryn Christion
Passing Completions – Season: 279, by Taryn Christion
Passing Yards – Game: 466, by Taryn Christion, at Southern Illinois, 10-8-2016
Passing Yards – Season: 3,714, by Taryn Christion
Passing Touchdowns – Season: 30, by Taryn Christion (tied record)
Total Offense Attempts – Game: 76 (63 pass, 13 rush), by Taryn Christion, at Illinois State, 10-29-2016
Total Offense Attempts – Season: 565 (434 pass, 131 rush), by Taryn Christion
Total Offense Yards – Game: 475 (466 passing, 9 rushing), by Taryn Christion, at Southern Illinois, 10-8-2016
Total Offense Yards – Season: 4,049 (3,714 passing, 335 rushing), by Taryn Christion
Total Offense Yards – Season Average: 311.5, by Taryn Christion
Receptions – Season: 92, by Dallas Goedert
Touchdown Receptions – Game: 4, by Dallas Goedert, vs. Western Illinois, 10-1-2016 (tied school and MVFC records)
Touchdown Receptions – Season: 16, by Jake Wieneke (tied school and MVFC records)
Touchdown Receptions – Career: 43, by Jake Wieneke (tied school and MVFC records)
Games with a Touchdown Reception – Career: 26, by Jake Wieneke
Receiving Yards – Career: 4,192, by Jake Wieneke (also set MVFC record)
Extra Points – Season: 56, by Chase Vinatieri
Most Consecutive Extra Points – Season: 56, by Chase Vinatieri
Best Extra-Point Percentage Season: 1.000 (56-of-56) by Chase Vinatieri (Note: SDSU kickers have had a perfect percentage with 20 or more attempts five other times in a season)
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Fans also attended Jackrabbit football games in record numbers during the inaugural season of play at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. SDSU drew a total of 96,268 fans to seven home games for an average of 13,753 per game.
South Dakota State ended the 2016 season with a 9-4 overall record, including winning a share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference regular season title with a 7-1 mark in league play. The Jackrabbits reached the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs for the fifth consecutive season and advanced to the quarterfinal round for the first time in program history.
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