Bison Playoff History
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PLAYOFF HISTORY BISON PLAYOFF HISTORY PLAYOFF HISTORY BISON POSTSEASON FACTS 1964 Mineral Bowl Number of Years In Postseason Play: 26 EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo.—The Bison became Total Games Played: 59 the first team in North Dakota history to receive Record: Won 45, Lost 14 an invitation to play in a postseason bowl game and the Thundering Herd made the best of the (10-1 in FCS, 40-13 in NCAA playoffs overall) occasion to post a 14-13 win and cap an out- 1964 Mineral Water Bowl: NDSU 14, Western State (Colo.) 13 standing 10-1 season. That first bowl opponent 1965 Pecan Bowl: NDSU 20, Grambling 7 was Western State of Colorado. 1967 Pecan Bowl: Texas-Arlington 13, NDSU 0 After a scoreless first quarter, NDSU got on 1968 Pecan Bowl: NDSU 23, Arkansas State 14 the scoreboard with a six-yard pass from QB 1969 Camellia Bowl: NDSU 30, Montana 3 Pierre DuCharme to halfback Bruce Airheart. 1970 Camellia Bowl: NDSU 31, Montana 16 1976 NCAA Quarterfinals: NDSU 10, Eastern Kentucky 3 Minutes later, the Bison's Rudy Baranko inter- 1976 NCAA Semifinals: Montana State 10, NDSU 3 cepted a pass in the end zone and returned it to 1977 NCAA Quarterfinals: NDSU 20, Northern Michigan 6 the NDSU 43. Three plays later Airheart went 43 1977 NCAA Semifinals: Jacksonville State 31, NDSU 7 yards to score his second TD of the day. 1981 NCAA Quarterfinals: NDSU 24, Puget Sound 10 Western State, 9-0 during the regular season, 1981 NCAA Semifinals: NDSU 19, Shippensburg State 6 1981 NCAA Championship: SW Texas State 42, NDSU 13 scored in the second period and tallied again 1982 NCAA Quarterfinals: NDSU 21, Virginia Union 20 in the fourth quarter to close the gap to 14-13 1982 NCAA Semifinals: UC Davis 19, NDSU 14 with 2:48 left. The Mountaineers attempted the 1983 NCAA Quarterfinals: NDSU 24, Towson State 17 2-point conversion, but it failed as a heavy rush 1983 NCAA Semifinals: NDSU 26, UC Davis 17 broke up the pass. NDSU's Airheart was named 1983 NCAA Championship: NDSU 41, Central State (Ohio) 21 1984 NCAA Quarterfinals: NDSU 31, UC Davis 23 the MVP of the game. 1984 NCAA Semifinals: NDSU 25, Nebraska-Omaha 14 Statistics NDSU WSC 1984 NCAA Championship: Troy State 18, NDSU 17 First Downs 18 8 1985 NCAA Quarterfinals: NDSU 31, UC Davis 12 Yds. Rush 243 129 1985 NCAA Semifinals: NDSU 16, South Dakota 7 Yds. Pass 87 124 1985 NCAA Championship: NDSU 35, North Alabama 7 Passes 9-14-1 10-29-1 1986 NCAA Quarterfinals: NDSU 50, Ashland (Ohio) 0 Punts 7-28.8 7-35.5 1986 NCAA Semifinals: NDSU 35, Central State (Ohio) 12 Penalties 9-83 8-80 1986 NCAA Championship: NDSU 27, South Dakota 7 Fumbles/Lost 4-4 4-3 1988 NCAA First Round: NDSU 49, Augustana (S.D.) 7 Western State 0 7 0 6 -- 13 1988 NCAA Quarterfinals: NDSU 36, Millersville (Pa.) 26 NDSU 0 14 0 0 -- 14 1988 NCAA Semifinals: NDSU 42, Cal State-Sacramento 20 NDSU--Airheart 6 pass from DuCharme (DuCharme kick) 1988 NCAA Championship: NDSU 35, Portland State 21 NDSU--Airheart 43 run (DuCharme kick) 1989 NCAA First Round: NDSU 45, Edinboro (Pa.) 32 WSC--Wilson 1 run (Simmons kick) 1989 NCAA Quarterfinals: Jacksonville State 21, NDSU 17 WSC--Wilson 15 pass from Novak (pass failed) 1990 NCAA First Round: NDSU 17, Northern Colorado 7 A--6,000 1990 NCAA Quarterfinals: NDSU 47, Cal Poly 0 1990 NCAA Semifinals: NDSU 39, Pittsburg State 29 1990 NCAA Championship: NDSU 51, Indiana (Pa.) 11 1991 NCAA First Round: Mankato State 27, NDSU 7 1992 NCAA First Round: NDSU 42, NE Missouri State 7 1992 NCAA Quarterfinals: Pittsburg State 38, NDSU 37 (OT) 1994 NCAA First Round: NDSU 18, Pittsburg State 12 (3 OT) 1994 NCAA Quarterfinals: North Dakota 14, NDSU 7 1995 NCAA First Round: NDSU 41, North Dakota 10 1995 NCAA Quarterfinals: Pittsburg State 9, NDSU 7 1997 NCAA First Round: NW Missouri State 39, NDSU 28 2000 NCAA First Round: NDSU 31, NW Missouri State 17 2000 NCAA Quarterfinals: NDSU 43, Nebraska-Omaha 21 2000 NCAA Semifinals: Delta State 34, NDSU 16 2010 NCAA First Round: NDSU 43, Robert Morris 17 2010 NCAA Second Round: NDSU 42, Montana State 17 2010 NCAA Quarterfinals: Eastern Washington 38, NDSU 31 (OT) 2011 NCAA Second Round: NDSU 26, James Madison 14 2011 NCAA Quarterfinals: NDSU 24, Lehigh 0 2011 NCAA Semifinals: NDSU 35, Georgia Southern 7 2011 NCAA Championship: NDSU 17, Sam Houston State 6 2012 NCAA Second Round: NDSU 28, South Dakota State 3 2012 NCAA Quarterfinal:NDSU 14, Wofford 7 2012 NCAA Semifinal:NDSU 23, Georgia Southern 20 The Bison ran for 243 yards to 2012 NCAA Championship: NDSU 39, Sam Houston State 13 dominate action in their first Championship Breakdown: bowl appearance. National Championships: 10 (1965, 1968, 1969, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2011, 2012) National Runners-up: 3 (1967, 1981, 1984) National Third-Place Finishes: 5 (1970, 1976, 1977, 1982, 2000) FOOTBALL **Championships & placings prior to 1973 were determined by AP or UPI polls...Championships & runnerup finishes after that were through the NCAA playoff format...Third-place finishes after 1973 were the result of semifinal losses in the playoff system. BISON 2013 110 PLAYOFF HISTORY 1965 Pecan Bowl 1967 Pecan Bowl 1968 Pecan Bowl ABILENE, Texas—A determined NDSU ABILENE, Texas—The cold and the ice of P.E. ARLINGTON, Texas—Paul Hatchett ran for 106 football team posted a convincing 20-7 Pecan Shotwell Stadium combined with the stiff de- yards and a touchdown as North Dakota State's Bowl victory over famed Grambling College here fense of the Texas-Arlington Rebels to pin a 13-0 awesome offense rolled to 23 first-half points to to cap a perfect 11-0 season and take firm hold Pecan Bowl loss on the previously undefeated stop Arkansas State University 23-14 here in the of the No. 1 national rating in College Division North Dakota State Bison. fifth annual Pecan Bowl football game. football. The result allowed both teams to finish 10-1 The Bison, ranked No. 1 in the nation, looked The Bison, one of the best defensive teams for the season as the Bison pulled in second and to make it a runaway in the opening two periods in the nation, allowed Grambling just 97 yards in the Rebels third in the national wire service poll. when Joe Roller, Hatchett, Ken Blazei and Bruce total offense. The Bison opened up scoring by The Bison rushing machine was limited to just Grasamke combined for the three TDs and a marching the opening kickoff 80 yards with Ken 106 yards, 61 of them by back Tim Mjos. field goal. Roller caught an 11-yard pass from Rota going the final five. The Bison upped the Arlington scored first after a 54-yard bomb Grasamke and Hatchett traversed 18 yards for margin to 13-0 in the second quarter with Jim moved the ball deep into NDSU territory. first-quarter TDs. Carlson passing 68 yards to Lowell Linderman for The 6-0 score held up until just two minutes Blazei then booted a 30-yard field goal and the score. remained in the game when an intercepted pass Grasamke ran in from four yards out before Grambling collected its only score on a led to the final TD. the halftime gun. The Indians got two fourth- 93-yard kickoff return to open the second half. The Bison threatened on numerous occa- quarter TDs but had little other success against NDSU fullback Roger Mische plunged two yards sions, reaching the Rebel 21, 16, 12 and 7-yard the Herd. Hatchett was voted the outstanding in the final quarter to finish the scoring. Rota lines before being stopped. offensive player of the game. gained 96 yards on 22 carries and was named Statistics NDSU UTA Statistics NDSU ASU the outstanding back. Linderman was picked as First Downs 12 14 First Downs 17 19 the outstanding lineman. Yds. Rush 106 96 Yds. Rush 236 53 Yds. Pass 94 118 Yds. Pass 66 173 Statistics NDSU Grambling Passes 8-25-2 11-28-0 Passes 8-18-2 13-36-2 First Downs 13 4 Punts 7-39.4 9-39.1 Punts 6-26.8 8-33.9 Yds. Rush 206 90 Penalties 5-60 3-24 Penalties 2-16 7-61 Yds. Pass 107 16 Fumbles/Lost 1-1 4-2 Fumbles/Lost 2-1 1-1 Passes 4-12-0 2-12-1 Punts 7-14.5 9-31.2 Texas-Arlington 0 6 0 7 -- 13 Arkansas State 0 0 0 14 -- 14 Penalties 2-10 6-40 NDSU 0 0 0 0 -- 0 NDSU 14 9 0 0 -- 23 Fumbles/Lost 0-0 0-0 UTA--Griffin 1 run (kick failed) NDSU--Roller 11 pass from Grasamke (Blazei kick) UTA--Luft 5 run (Butler kick) NDSU--Hatchett 18 run (Blazei kick) Grambling 0 0 7 0 -- 7 A--1,000 NDSU--FG Blazei 30 NDSU 6 7 0 7 -- 20 NDSU--Grasamke 45 run (kick failed) NDSU--Rota 5 run (kick failed) ASU--Hamilton 10 run (Casey pass from LaGrone) NDSU--Linderman 68 pass from Carlson (Aheman kick) ASU--Hamilton 1 run (run failed) G--Smith 93 kickoff return (Bean kick) A--7,200 NDSU--Mische 2 run (Ahneman kick) A--8,500 Snow, cold, and empty seats greeted North Dakota State's entry into the 1967 Pecan Bowl. Steve Irgens (83) puts the heavy hit on Gram- bling's QB in the 1965 Pecan Bowl victory as Ardell Wiegandt (60) and another unidentified 2013 Bison come to his aid.