2024 Ferris State Bulldogs football team

2024 Ferris State Bulldogs football
2024 Ferris State Bulldogs football
GLIAC champion
NCAA Division II playoffs
Conference	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Ranking
AFCA	No. 1
Record	11–1 (7–0 GLIAC)
Head coach	Tony Annese (13th season);
Offensive coordinator	Steve Annese (13th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Ryan Hodges (10th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Top Taggart Field
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Ferris State $^	7	–	0	10	–	1
No. 5 Grand Valley State ^	6	–	1	10	–	1
Davenport	4	–	3	7	–	4
Michigan Tech	4	–	3	7	–	4
Saginaw Valley State	4	–	3	7	–	4
Wayne State (MI)	2	–	5	2	–	9
Roosevelt*	1	–	6	1	–	9
Northern Michigan	0	–	7	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant * – Roosevelt ineligible for postseason play due to transition from NAIA Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2024 Ferris State Bulldogs football team represents Ferris State University as a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) during the 2024 NCAA Division II football season. In their 13th season under head coach Tony Annese, the Bulldogs have compiled an record of 11–1 record and were ranked No. 1 in the D2Football.com poll at the end of the regular season. After losing the season opener on the road against Pittsburg State, the Bulldogs finished the regular season with nine consecutive victories and a GLIAC championship. Ferris State participated in the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs, beating Central Oklahoma in the second round and defending national champion Harding in the semifinals.

The Bulldogs set a new program single-game scoring record with 84 points against American International.^[1] They also scored 78 points (the most ever by Ferris State in a playoff game) and tallied 688 yards of total offense against Central Oklahoma in a second-round playoff game.^[2]

Key players include junior quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, junior running back Kannon Katzer, senior slot receiver Emari O'Brien, and junior linebacker Iosefa Saipaia.

GLIAC preseason poll

In the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference preseason media poll released on August 1, 2024 Ferris State was projeced to finish first in the conference.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	7:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Pittsburg State*	No. 3	Carnie Smith Stadium Pittsburg, KS	L 3–19	10,189	^[4]^[5]
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Lake Erie*	No. 3	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI	W 56–3	6,317	^[6]
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Ashland*	No. 5	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI	W 43–3	5,406	^[7]
September 28	12:00 p.m.	at American International*	No. 5	Ronald J. Abdow Field Springfield, MA	W 84–7	1,468	^[1]
October 5	2:00 p.m.	Roosevelt	No. 5	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI	W 55–13	5,712	^[8]
October 12	6:00 p.m.	at Wayne State (MI)	No. 4	Adams Field Detroit, MI	W 27–14	2,121	^[9]
October 19	1:00 p.m.	Michigan Tech	No. 4	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI	W 51–13	4,720	^[10]
October 26	3:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Grand Valley State	No. 3	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI (Anchor–Bone Classic)	W 34–7	16,332	^[11]
November 2	1:00 p.m.	at Northern Michigan	No. 2	Superior Dome Marquette, MI	W 55–9	1,873	^[12]
November 9	1:00 p.m.	Saginaw Valley State	No. 2	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI	W 27–24	2,856	^[13]
November 16	1:00 p.m.	Davenport	No. 2	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI (Calder City Classic)	W 24–9	2,149	^[14]
November 30	12:00 p.m.	No. 8 Central Oklahoma*	No. 2	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI (NCAA Division II second round)	W 78–17	1,245	^[2]^[15]
December 7	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 Harding*	No. 2	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI (NCAA Division II quarterfinal)	W 41–7	4,120	^[16]^[17]
December 14	3:30 p.m.	No. 11 Slippery Rock*	No. 2	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI (NCAA Division II semifinal)
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
AFCA	3 (1)	3 (1)*	7	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2
D2 Football	3	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	2	1	1	1

* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Game summaries

At No. 6 Pittsburg State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 Bulldogs	0	3	0	0	3
No. 6 Gorillas	3	3	10	3	19

Statistics	FSU	PSU
First downs	7	19
Total yards	171	316
Rushing yards	38	110
Passing yards	133	206
Turnovers	4	1
Time of possession	21:07	38:53

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Ferris State	Passing	Trinidad Chambliss	13/20, 133 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Carson Gulker	8 rushes, 31 yards
	Receiving	Tyrese Hunt-Thompson	3 receptions, 68 yards
Pittsburg State	Passing	Chad Dodson Jr.	22/33, 206 yards, INT
	Rushing	Cleo Chandler Jr.	11 rushes, 49 yards, TD
	Receiving	Jack Roberts	4 receptions, 41 yards

Lake Erie

	1	2	3	4	Total
Storm	3	0	0	0	3
No. 3 Bulldogs	35	14	0	7	56

Statistics	LEC	FSU
First downs	10	27
Total yards	144	654
Rushing yards	67	283
Passing yards	77	371
Turnovers	2	3
Time of possession	28:46	31:14

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Lake Erie	Passing	Alec Lewis	5/9, 50 yards
	Rushing	Nick Mosley	17 rushes, 55 yards
	Receiving	Tyrone Lindsey	2 receptions, 34 yards
Ferris State	Passing	Trinidad Chambliss	16/22, 246 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Carson Gulker	2 rushes, 67 yards
	Receiving	Kannon Katzer	3 receptions, 61 yards, TD

Ashland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	0	0	0	3
No. 5 Bulldogs	14	22	7	0	43

Statistics	ASH	FSU
First downs	13	30
Total yards	145	530
Rushing yards	36	197
Passing yards	109	333
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	24:09	35:51

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Ashland	Passing	Trevor Bycznski	9/23, 109 yards, INT
	Rushing	Ty'aris Stevenson	11 rushes, 27 yards
	Receiving	Tony Pannunzio	4 receptions, 40 yards
Ferris State	Passing	Trinidad Chambliss	23/30, 286 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Markel King	9 rushes, 63 yards
	Receiving	Emari O'Brien	4 receptions, 85 yards

At American International

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 5 Bulldogs	35	21	14	14	84
Yellow Jackets	0	0	7	0	7

Statistics	FSU	AIC
First downs	33	10
Total yards	744	110
Rushing yards	486	-18
Passing yards	258	128
Turnovers	4	4
Time of possession	31:09	28:51

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Ferris State	Passing	Trinidad Chambliss	14/24, 166 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	James Coby	12 rushes, 110 yards, TD
	Receiving	Emari O'Brien	2 receptions, 93 yards, TD
American International	Passing	Lukas Kasko	15/29, 128 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Jadye Foxworth	5 rushes, 12 yards
	Receiving	Amiyn Hanks	4 receptions, 35 yards

Roosevelt

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lakers	0	10	3	0	13
No. 5 Bulldogs	7	21	14	13	55

Statistics	RUL	FSU
First downs	18	25
Total yards	270	448
Rushing yards	90	212
Passing yards	180	236
Turnovers	3	1
Time of possession	35:34	24:26

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Roosevelt	Passing	Carson Budke	21/35, 180 yards, 3 INT
	Rushing	Cyrus Zuell	22 rushes, 78 yards
	Receiving	Keonta Nixon	5 receptions, 82 yards
Ferris State	Passing	Trinidad Chambliss	18/30, 224 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Kannon Katzer	8 rushes, 69 yards
	Receiving	Kannon Katzer	4 receptions, 83 yards, TD

At Wayne State (MI)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Bulldogs	3	14	7	3	27
Warriors	0	0	14	0	14

Statistics	FSU	WSU
First downs	24	18
Total yards	505	234
Rushing yards	275	103
Passing yards	230	131
Turnovers	1	3
Time of possession	31:37	28:23

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Ferris State	Passing	Trinidad Chambliss	21/37, 211 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Trinidad Chambliss	16 rushes, 148 yards, TD
	Receiving	Cam Underwood	2 receptions, 58 yards
Wayne State	Passing	Champion Edwards	15/27, 131 yards, TD, 3 INT
	Rushing	D'Marco Singleton	15 rushes, 46 yards, TD
	Receiving	Myles McKatherine	6 receptions, 70 yards, TD

Michigan Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	13	0	0	13
No. 4 Bulldogs	20	10	14	7	51

Statistics	MTU	FSU
First downs	18	23
Total yards	269	577
Rushing yards	91	178
Passing yards	178	399
Turnovers	0	1
Time of possession	33:37	26:23

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Michigan Tech	Passing	Alex Fries	20/46, 158 yards, TD
	Rushing	Jake Rueff	6 rushes, 42 yards
	Receiving	Darius Willis	10 receptions, 68 yards, TD
Ferris State	Passing	Trinidad Chambliss	18/30, 383 yards, 6 TD
	Rushing	Trinidad Chambliss	10 rushes, 90 yards
	Receiving	Emari O'Brien	5 receptions, 144 yards, 2 TD

At No. 1 Grand Valley State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 3 Bulldogs	3	10	14	7	34
No. 1 Lakers	0	0	7	0	7

Statistics	FSU	GVSU
First downs	18	14
Total yards	363	229
Rushing yards	249	155
Passing yards	114	74
Turnovers	0	3
Time of possession	34:33	25:27

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Ferris State	Passing	Trinidad Chambliss	11/19, 114 yards
	Rushing	Trinidad Chambliss	22 rushes, 122 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Emari O'Brien	3 receptions, 42 yards
Grand Valley State	Passing	Avery Moore	2/6, 49 yards, INT
	Rushing	Cody Tierney	2 rushes, 52 yards, TD
	Receiving	Darrell Johnson	3 receptions, 37 yards

At Northern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 2 Bulldogs	7	20	21	7	55
Wildcats	0	2	0	7	9

Statistics	FSU	NMU
First downs	20	10
Total yards	507	246
Rushing yards	325	122
Passing yards	182	124
Turnovers	1	2
Time of possession	29:20	30:40

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Ferris State	Passing	Trinidad Chambliss	7/15, 141 yards
	Rushing	Kannon Katzer	5 rushes, 126 yards, TD
	Receiving	Taariik Brett	1 reception, 53 yards
Northern Michigan	Passing	Jake Bilitz	2/8, 105 yards, TD
	Rushing	Jahi Wood	15 rushes, 48 yards
	Receiving	Michael Love	2 receptions, 92 yards, TD

Saginaw Valley State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	7	10	7	0	24
No. 2 Bulldogs	7	13	7	0	27

Statistics	SVSU	FSU
First downs	13	21
Total yards	292	388
Rushing yards	105	171
Passing yards	187	217
Turnovers	0	2
Time of possession	29:42	30:18

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Saginaw Valley State	Passing	Mason McKenzie	11/24, 187 yards, TD
	Rushing	Mason McKenzie	18 rushes, 90 yards, TD
	Receiving	Joseph Walker	3 receptions, 74 yards, TD
Ferris State	Passing	Trinidad Chambliss	14/28, 159 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Trinidad Chambliss	15 rushes, 87 yards, TD
	Receiving	James Gilbert	3 receptions, 60 yards, TD

Davenport

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	3	6	0	0	9
No. 2 Bulldogs	0	7	7	10	24

Statistics	DAV	FSU
First downs	24	20
Total yards	307	362
Rushing yards	137	228
Passing yards	170	134
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	32:06	27:54

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Davenport	Passing	Mac VandenHout	19/33, 170 yards, INT
	Rushing	Kendall Williams	9 rushes, 56 yards
	Receiving	Hakeem Harris	5 receptions, 56 yards
Ferris State	Passing	Trinidad Chambliss	13/20, 116 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Kannon Katzer	10 rushes, 88 yards, TD
	Receiving	Brady Rose	4 receptions, 56 yards, TD

No. 8 Central Oklahoma (NCAA Division II second round)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Bronchos	7	10	0	0	17
No. 2 Bulldogs	7	34	28	9	78

Statistics	UCO	FSU
First downs	19	26
Total yards	442	688
Rushing yards	207	485
Passing yards	234	203
Turnovers	4	1
Time of possession	31:15	28:45

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Central Oklahoma	Passing	Jett Huff	9/14, 146 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	William Mason	14 rushes, 86 yards
	Receiving	Jacob Delso	3 receptions, 66 yards
Ferris State	Passing	Trinidad Chambliss	9/18, 203 yards, TD
	Rushing	Kannon Katzer	12 rushes, 200 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	James Gilbert	3 receptions, 105 yards

No. 4 Harding (NCAA Division II quarterfinal)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Bisons	0	0	0	7	7
No. 2 Bulldogs	13	7	14	7	41

Statistics	HAR	FSU
First downs	11	24
Total yards	193	452
Rushing yards	130	287
Passing yards	63	165
Turnovers	2	0
Time of possession	28:13	31:47

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Harding	Passing	Cole Keylon	5/7, 63 yards, INT
	Rushing	Blake Delacruz	10 rushes, 43 yards
	Receiving	Dane Romberger	2 receptions, 36 yards
Ferris State	Passing	Trinidad Chambliss	18/27, 145 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Taariik Brett	3 rushes, 89 yards
	Receiving	Brady Rose	7 receptions, 45 yards

No. 11 Slippery Rock (NCAA Division II semifinal)

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 11 Slippery Rock					0
No. 2 Bulldogs					0

Statistics	SR	FSU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Slippery Rock	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Ferris State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

References

^ ^a ^b Josh Van Dyke (September 29, 2024). "Ferris State football scores 84 points, sets new school record in road rout". Mlive.com.
^ ^a ^b "Playoff Win! Ferris State Dominates Central Oklahoma To Reach Regional Title Game". Ferris State Bulldogs. November 30, 2024. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
^ "Ferris State football selected as GLIAC favorite for 2024 season". Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. August 1, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
^ Josh Van Dyke (September 1, 2024). "Turnovers plague No. 3 Ferris State in season-opening loss to No. 6 Pitt State". Mlive.com.
^ John Raffel (August 31, 2024). "Ferris State offense stymied in 19-3 loss at Pittsburg State". Big Rapids Pioneer.
^ Josh Van Dyke (September 8, 2024). "Fast start helps Ferris State football roll past Lake Erie in home opener". Mlive.com.
^ John Raffel (September 14, 2024). "Ferris erupts over Ashland 43-3". Big Rapids Pioneer.
^ Remi Monaghan (December 7, 2024). "No. 5 Ferris State notches homecoming victory with win over Roosevelt". Fox 17 West Michigan.
^ Josh Van Dyke (October 13, 2024). "Ferris State football overcomes weather delay, pesky Wayne State in road win". Mlive.com.
^ Josh Van Dyke (October 20, 2024). "Six-touchdown effort powers No. 4 Ferris State football past Michigan Tech". Mlive.com.
^ Lenny Padilla (October 26, 2024). "No. 3 Ferris State crushes No. 1 GVSU football in Anchor-Bone Classic". Holland Sentinel.
^ "Northern Michigan University Wildcats football takes it on chin again, 55-9 to national No. 2 Ferris State, in final home game of season". The Mining Journal. November 4, 2024.
^ John Raffel (November 9, 2024). "Whew! Ferris football team survives major scare". Big Rapids Pioneer.
^ Josh Van Dyke (November 17, 2024). "Ferris State football clinches GLIAC title with Calder Cup Classic win over Davenport". Mlive.com.
^ Josh Van Dyke (December 1, 2024). "Ferris State football scores 78 points in D2 playoff rout of Central Oklahoma". Mlive.com.
^ Tony Paul (December 5, 2024). "Ferris State football braces for quarterfinal clash with defending champ Harding". The Detroit News.
^ "Ferris State crushes defending champion Harding to reach semifinal". The Detroit News. December 7, 2024.
^ "2024 Ferris State Football Schedule". Ferris State University. Retrieved December 7, 2024.

[amint-1] Josh Van Dyke (September 29, 2024). "Ferris State football scores 84 points, sets new school record in road rout". Mlive.com.

[UCO-2] "Playoff Win! Ferris State Dominates Central Oklahoma To Reach Regional Title Game". Ferris State Bulldogs. November 30, 2024. Retrieved December 7, 2024.

[3] "Ferris State football selected as GLIAC favorite for 2024 season". Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. August 1, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[4] Josh Van Dyke (September 1, 2024). "Turnovers plague No. 3 Ferris State in season-opening loss to No. 6 Pitt State". Mlive.com.

[5] John Raffel (August 31, 2024). "Ferris State offense stymied in 19-3 loss at Pittsburg State". Big Rapids Pioneer.

[6] Josh Van Dyke (September 8, 2024). "Fast start helps Ferris State football roll past Lake Erie in home opener". Mlive.com.

[7] John Raffel (September 14, 2024). "Ferris erupts over Ashland 43-3". Big Rapids Pioneer.

[8] Remi Monaghan (December 7, 2024). "No. 5 Ferris State notches homecoming victory with win over Roosevelt". Fox 17 West Michigan.

[9] Josh Van Dyke (October 13, 2024). "Ferris State football overcomes weather delay, pesky Wayne State in road win". Mlive.com.

[10] Josh Van Dyke (October 20, 2024). "Six-touchdown effort powers No. 4 Ferris State football past Michigan Tech". Mlive.com.

[11] Lenny Padilla (October 26, 2024). "No. 3 Ferris State crushes No. 1 GVSU football in Anchor-Bone Classic". Holland Sentinel.

[12] "Northern Michigan University Wildcats football takes it on chin again, 55-9 to national No. 2 Ferris State, in final home game of season". The Mining Journal. November 4, 2024.

[13] John Raffel (November 9, 2024). "Whew! Ferris football team survives major scare". Big Rapids Pioneer.

[14] Josh Van Dyke (November 17, 2024). "Ferris State football clinches GLIAC title with Calder Cup Classic win over Davenport". Mlive.com.

[15] Josh Van Dyke (December 1, 2024). "Ferris State football scores 78 points in D2 playoff rout of Central Oklahoma". Mlive.com.

[16] Tony Paul (December 5, 2024). "Ferris State football braces for quarterfinal clash with defending champ Harding". The Detroit News.

[17] "Ferris State crushes defending champion Harding to reach semifinal". The Detroit News. December 7, 2024.

[18] "2024 Ferris State Football Schedule". Ferris State University. Retrieved December 7, 2024.

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Venues	Top Taggart Field
Bowls & rivalries	Davenport: Calder City Classic Grand Valley State: Anchor–Bone Classic
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v t e Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football champions
NAIA	Northwood (1973) Ferris State & Northwood (1974) Wayne State (1975) Northwood (1976) Grand Valley State (1977) Grand Valley State (1978) Saginaw Valley State (1979) Hillsdale (1980) Grand Valley State (1981) Hillsdale (1982) Saginaw Valley State (1983) Saginaw Valley State (1984) Hillsdale (1985) Hillsdale (1986)
NCAA Division II	Northern Michigan (1987) Hillsdale (1988) Grand Valley State (1989) No football (1990–1998) Ferris State & Northwood (1999) Northwood & Saginaw Valley State (2000) Grand Valley State (2001) Grand Valley State (2002) Saginaw Valley State (2003) Michigan Tech & Northwood (2004) Grand Valley State (2005) Grand Valley State (2006) Grand Valley State (2007) Grand Valley State (2008) Grand Valley State (2009) Grand Valley State (2010) Hillsdale (2011) Ashland (2012) Ohio Dominican (2013) Ferris State (2014) Ashland & Ferris State (2015) Grand Valley State (2016) Ashland (2017) Ferris State (2018) Ferris State (2019) No champion (2020) Ferris State (2021) Grand Valley State (2022) Grand Valley State (2023) Ferris State (2024)
National championships in bold