MAY 2, 2021 - 5 P.M. QUARTERFINALS Harrisonburg, Va . Bridgeforth Stadium Series: First Meeting Last Meeting: N/A Complete Series Info on Page 7 THE MATCHUP NO. 7 NORTH DAKOTA PxP: Matt Barrie Analyst: Mike Golic Jr . NO. 1 JAMES MADISON FIGHTING HAWKS 5-1, 4-1 Missouri Valley Football Conference DUKES 6-0, 3-0 Colonial Athletic Association Head Coach: . Bubba Schweigert (Jamestown, 1985) PxP: Jack Michaels Analyst: Tom Dosch Head Coach: . Curt Cignetti (Carroll College, 1982) Record at UND (7th season): . 42-33 ( .560) Local: 96 .1 FM Record at James Madison (2nd season): . 20-2 ( .909) Career Record (10th season): . 64-54 ( .542) Web: FightingHawks.com Career Record (10th season): . 87-28 ( .756) vs . James Madison . 0-0 Home of Economy Radio Network vs . UND: . 0-0 BY THE #’S INSIDE THE GAME BREAKDOWN NO. 7 NORTH DAKOTA SET FOR QUARTERFINAL SHOWDOWN RUSHING North Dakota: Otis Weah 89 for 637 (7 .1 ypc), 8 TDs 660 WITH NO. 1 JAMES MADISON JMU: Percy Agyei-Obese 94 for 491 (5 .2 ypc), 6 TDs All-time wins as a North Dakota will be playing football into May . For the first time in program history, the PASSING program (since 1894) No . 7 Fighting Hawks will play in the FCS quarterfinals against No . 1 James Madison on Sunday at 5 p .m . from Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg, Va . Fans can watch the contest North Dakota: Tommy Schuster 113-of-171, 1,215 yds, 10 TDs/3 INTs on ESPN2 with Matt Barrie and Mike Golic Jr . on the call or tune into the Home of Economy JMU: Cole Johnson 79-of-123, 1,111 yds, 6 TDs/6 INTs Radio Network with Jack Michaels and Tom Dosch . RECEIVING 27 North Dakota: Garett Maag 19 for 436, 2 TDs Conference titles in UND made Missouri State's first appearance in the FCS playoffs since 1990 a rather JMU: Antwane Wells Jr . 19 for 371, 3 TDs program history (3 in short stay, handing the Bears their worst loss in postseason history, 44-10, last Saturday at DEFENSE DI era) the Alerus Center in the opening round . The 34-point margin of victory was the worst for North Dakota: Devon Krzanowski 15 solo, 22 asst, 37 tot tkls, 4 .0 TFLs, 2 FR, INT the Bears against an FCS opponent this season and improved the Fighting Hawks to 11-1 JMU: Kevin Azanama 23 solo, 15 asst, 38 tot tkls, 4 .5 TFLs, 2 .5 sacks inside the Alerus Center in the postseason . UND TEAM JMU 31 .3 SCORING/GAME 33 .3 8 The Fighting Hawks were dominant on all sides of the ball, scoring a touchdown on 195 .5 RUSHING/GAME 248 .3 Rushing touchdowns by offense, defense and special teams in the win . It marked the first time since Oct . 28, 2017 at 115-177-3 PASSING (C-A-INT) 86-137-6 Otis Weah (leads MVFC) Portland State that UND has scored at least one score on all three sides of the ball . 209 .8 PASSING/GAME 199 .5 405 .3 TOTAL OFFENSE/GAME 447 .8 UND will now turn its attention to the top-ranked team in the country, and No . 3 seed, +7 TURNOVER MARGIN 0 James Madison . While the Dukes don't hold the overall No . 1 seed, the top ranking marks 18 8. PTS ALLOWED/GAME 12 2. 44 the sixth time that North Dakota has played a team in the postseason holding the No . 1 Points vs . Missouri State, 124 .2 OPP . RUSH YDS/GAME 57 .3 ranking in the polls . The green and white are 0-5 in those games, with two losses coming 114-200-8 OPP . PASSING (C-A-INT) 93-178-8 tied for second-most in to Pittsburg State (1992, 2004) and three to Grand Valley State (2005, 2006, 2007) . 219 .0 OPP . PASS YDS/GAME 156 .2 UND playoff history 343 .2 OPP . TOTAL OFFENSE/GAME 213 .5 2020-21 SCHEDULES NORTH DAKOTA JAMES MADISON Overall (Missouri Valley): 5-1 (4-1) Home: 4-0 Road: 1-1 Ntrl: 0-0 Overall (Colonial): 6-0 (3-0) Home: 4-0 Road: 2-0 Ntrl: 0-0 Rank Opponent (Rank) Time/Result TV Attend. Rank Opponent (Rank) Time/Score TV Attend. February February 20 (4) Morehead State W, 52-0 NBC Washington 250 20 (RV) Southern Illinois (24)* W, 44-21 MidcoSN 3,176 27 (2) Robert Morris W, 36-16 NBC Washington 250 27 (14) South Dakota State (3)* W, 28-17 MidcoSN2 3,638 March 6 (1) at Elon* W, 20-17 FloFootball 1,147 March 27 (1) at William & Mary* W, 38-10 FloFootball 1,000 4 (4) South Dakota* (20) W, 21-10 MidcoSN 3,491 April 13 (3) at Western Illinois* W, 38-21 ESPN+ 658 17 (1) Richmond* (12) W, 23-6 NBC Washington 5,713 20 (2) at North Dakota State* (4) L, 13-34 MidcoSN 9,121 24 (1) VMI# (11) W, 31-24 ESPN# 6,011 27 (6) at Youngstown State* Postponed MVFC TV May April 2 (1) North Dakota# (7) 6 p .m . ESPN2 3 (6) Missouri State* Canceled MVFC TV 10 (6) at Illinois State* No Contest All times Eastern Rankings: Stats Perform *Denotes CAA game 17 (6) at Youngstown State* Canceled ESPN+ #Denotes FCS Playoff game 24 (7) Missouri State# (12) W, 44-10 ESPN3 3,074 May 2 (7) at James Madison# (1) 5 p .m . ESPN2 All times Central Rankings: Stats Perform *Denotes MVFC game #Denotes FCS Playoff game www.facebook.com/UNDFootball @UNDFootball www.youtube.com/user/UNDAthletics @UNDFootball MEDIA CONTACT: Alec Stocker Johnson - 701 .412 .6169 (cell); 701 .777 .2986 (office); alec .stocker .johnson@und .edu; @UNDfootball, @smartalec_nd 2 2020-21 NORTH DAKOTA FOOTBALL PROGRAM NOTES NINE FIGHTING HAWKS SELECTED TO ALL-MVFC TEAMS WINNING RECORD After capturing its 27th conference crown and becoming the first team in the Missouri Valley Football Conference to do so in North Dakota holds an all-time program mark of 660-426- its first year in the league, nine North Dakota student-athletes were named to the conference's all-league teams on Thursday . 30 over its 125 previous seasons of football . Over that time, The voting was conducted by the MVFC and featured coaches, sports information directors and select media from each school . UND has won 27 conference championships, three bowl invitations, 17 NCAA postseason appearances, and the 2001 The Fighting Hawks, who played as an FCS Independent during the 2018 and 2019 seasons, saw two players earn All-MVFC First Division II National Championship . Team selections for the first time in their careers . ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Running back Otis Weah led the conference in nearly every rushing category, pacing the league in yards per game (114 .0), yards A total of 213 student-athletes have received academic all- per carry (7 .50) and total touchdowns (7) . The redshirt sophomore found pay dirt in every game this season, including a pair of conference nods (145 NCC, 49 GWC, 13 BSC, 6 MVFC) and two-score games in the wins over South Dakota State and South Dakota . five nationally recognized scholar-athlete awards . UND has placed at least one student-athlete on the NFF and College Offensive lineman Nathan Nguon paved the way for his running back by helping the UND offense rank second in total offense Football Hall of Fame Hampshire Honor Society since moving (413 .6), scoring offense (28 .8), rushing offense (206 .4) and fourth in passing offense (207 .2) . Nguon also serves as a team captain . to Division I in 2008 . ONE OF NATION’S TOUGHEST HOME VENUES The duo become the first teammates to earn first team honors since four Fighting Hawks were selected in 2016, the last time Over a million fans have seen UND post an 96-27 record at UND won a conference title . the Alerus Center in its 19 seasons of existence . That mark includes an 11-1 postseason record and a school-record 23- UND also had four players earn All-MVFC Second Team honors, with two on each side of the ball . game home winning streak from 2002 to 2005 . Quarterback Tommy Schuster showed no signs of freshman jitters in his first season at the helm, finishing inside the top-4 in every passing category and leading the league with eight touchdown passes . His pair of 300-yard games helped the Fighting QUICK FACTS Hawks start the season 4-0 and his three passing scores in the win at Western Illinois earned him MVFC Offensive Player of the Week honors in March . UNIVERSITY Offensive lineman Matt Waletzko battled back from an injury that sidelined him for a majority of 2019 to help anchor one of School .......................University of North Dakota the top offensive lines in the nation at left tackle . The junior and his unit allowed just one sack on the season, a number ranking Location .......................Grand Forks, ND (58202) third in the nation and tops in the league . He also helped in the running game, with the Fighting Hawks leading the FCS with Founded ........................................ 1883 only 16 negative plays allowed all season . Enrollment .....................................13,581 Linebacker Devon Krzanowski made a name for himself in his first year at UND after transferring from St . Cloud State . The junior School Colors ......................Kelly Green & White led the team in total tackles (31), tackles for loss (4 .0) and fumble recoveries (2) . His pair of fumble recoveries led the conference Home Arena (Capacity) ...........Alerus Center (12,283) and was second in the nation, with his first recovery going for a touchdown in the season opener vs .