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North Dakota State BISON FootbalL Missouri Valley Football Conference Champions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 NCAA Division I FCS National Champions 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 2016 Schedule MVFC, CAA Champs North Dakota State, James Madison 12-1 overall, 7-1 MVFC (1st, tie) Date Opponent Time A27 #7/6 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W, 24-17 (ot) Meet in Friday Night FCS Semifinal on ESPN2 S10 #8/8 EASTERN WASHINGTON W, 50-44 (ot) THIS WEEK: Champions of the Missouri Valley S17 at #13/11 Iowa W, 23-21 Football Conference and Colonial Athletic Association O1 *#18/20 ILLINOIS ST. (Homecoming) W, 31-10 meet this week when No. 1 seed North Dakota State O8 *at Missouri State W, 27-3 O15 *#11/14 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. (Dakota Marker) L, 17-19 (12-1) hosts No. 4 seed James Madison (12-1) in the NORTH DAKOTA STATE JAMES MADISON O22 *at #12/13 Western Illinois W, 21-13 semifinal round of the NCAA Division I Football Cham- BISON DUKES O29 *at Northern Iowa W, 24-20 pionship at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Gate City Bank (12-1, 7-1 MVFC) (12-1, 8-0 CAA) N5 *#15/13 YOUNGSTOWN ST. (Harvest Bowl) W, 24-3 Field at the Fargodome (18,700). The winner advances N12 *INDIANA STATE W, 41-17 to the Jan. 7 national championship game in Frisco, Rank: 4/3 (STATS/Coaches) Rank: 5/5 (STATS/Coaches) Texas, against the winner of Saturday’s semifinal fea- Last Game: Dec. 10 def. Last Game: Dec. 9 def. N19 *at South Dakota W, 28-21 South Dakota St. 36-10 Sam Houston St. 65-7 D3 ^#24/25 SAN DIEGO W, 45-7 turing Youngstown State (11-3) at No. 2 seed Eastern Streak: Won 7 Streak: Won 10 D10 ^#7/7 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W, 36-10 Washington (12-1). At Home: 7-1 (Won 4) On Road: 4-1 (Won 4) D16 ^#5/5 JAMES MADISON 6 p.m. Coach: Chris Klieman Coach: Mike Houston *MVFC games ^FCS playoffs #STATS/FCS Coaches (AP/FBS Coaches) TELEVISION: ESPN2 will televise the game live Record: 40-4 (3rd) Record: 12-1 (1st) Quick Facts with Anish Shroff play-by-play, Ahmad Brooks ana- Location: Fargo, ND 58102 (pop. 105,925) lyst and Cole Cubelic sidelines. Video streaming will be available on WatchESPN.com and the Founded: 1890 ESPN app through participating television providers. Enrollment: 14,432 (fall 2016) Nickname: Bison RADIO: Coverage begins at 5:30 p.m. on KPFX-FM 107.9 The Fox and the Peterson Farms Colors: Yellow and Green (PMS 123, 343) Seed Bison Radio Network with Jeff Culhane play-by-play, NDSU and Buffalo Bills Hall of Famer Home Field: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome (18,700) Phil Hansen analyst, and NDSU’s Jeremy Jorgenson sidelines. A free live audio stream of the Surface: AstroTurf GameDay Grass Bison Radio Network broadcast is available on GoBison.com/allaccess. Extended coverage on Affiliation: NCAA Division I FCS 107.9 The Fox and Bison 1660 includes “Bison Game Day” from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and “Bison Ho- Conference: Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) tline” for 2 hours following the network broadcast with hosts Keith Brake, Chris Hanson and Last Year’s Record: 13-2 overall, 7-1 MVFC (1st, tie) former NDSU safety Christian Dudzik. Lettermen Returning/Lost: 48/15 Starters Returning: 14 (6 offense, 8 defense) THE SERIES: This is the second meeting between North Dakota State and James Madi- Basic Offense: Pro Style Basic Defense: 4-3 son. NDSU won 26-14 in Fargo in the second round of the 2011 FCS playoffs. The Bison are 4-0 President: Dr. Dean L. Bresciani (Humboldt State, 1984) Director of Athletics: Matt Larsen (Stony Brook, 1996) against CAA teams including wins over New Hampshire in the 2013 semifinals (52-14), Towson Athletic Department Phone: (701) 231-8981 in the 2013 championship (35-7), and Richmond in the 2015 semifinals (33-7). Ticket Office Phone: (888) 231-6378 NDSU STOPS SDSU IN QUARTERFINALS: North Dakota State rushed for 302 yards and Football Staff held South Dakota State to 30 yards of total offense in the final three quarters of a 36-10 quar- Head Coach: Chris Klieman (Northern Iowa, 1990) terfinal victory. NDSU rebounded from its first double-digit deficit in more than a year with 36 Record at NDSU: 40-4 (3rd season) Career: 43-11 (3rd) unanswered points. King Frazier carried 15 times for 101 yards and Lance Dunn finished with Assistant Coaches/Staff: 13 carries for 91 yards including a 49-yard TD run. Quarterback Easton Stick had 16 carries Matt Entz (Wartburg, 1995) ........................ Defensive Coordinator/LBs for 83 yards and two TDs and went 12 of 21 passing for 188 yards including a 67-yard passing *Tim Polasek (Concordia Wisconsin, 2002) ...Offensive Coordinator/RBs Atif Austin (Iowa State, 2003) ............. Special Teams Coordinator/WRs TD to Darrius Shepherd, who had four catches for a career-high 105 yards all in the second Jamar Cain (New Mexico State, 2002) ...........................Defensive Ends half. Greg Menard had five tackles including a strip sack and fumble recovery, Tre Dempsey *Nick Goeser (Wis.-Eau Claire, 2003) ...........DTs/Recruiting Coordinator intercepted his sixth pass of the season, defensive tackle Grant Morgan scored on a safety, *Randy Hedberg (Minot State, 1977) ...............................Quarterbacks and Caleb Butler had a pair of sacks. It was NDSU’s third win over SDSU in three FCS playoff *Joe Klanderman (Minn. St. Mankato, 2001) ...............Defensive Backs rematches. The Bison held the ball for a season-high 40:55 including a 20-play, 82-yard, 12:09 Conor Riley (Omaha, 2003) .............................................Offensive Line Tyler Roehl (NDSU, 2009) ..................................... Tight Ends/Fullbacks scoring drive in the second quarter to go ahead 14-10. Bryan Shepherd (NDSU, 2015) ............................... Defensive Assistant *Kody Morgan (Wis.-Stevens Point, 2012) .....Offensive Quality Control BISON BEAT SAN DIEGO IN SECOND ROUND: Easton Stick passed for 208 yards and an Jake Otten (Cal Poly, 2013) ........................................Video Coordinator NDSU postseason-record three TDs to lead NDSU to a 45-7 victory over San Diego in the second Hank Jacobs (NDSU, 2014) ...........................Dir. of Football Operations round. Chase Morlock caught touchdowns of 16 and 49 yards, RJ Urzendowski caught an 11- Jim Kramer (Wis.-La Crosse, 1989) ............ Dir. of Athletic Performance Nathan Bjoralt (NDSU, 2013) ........................Dir. of Equipment Services yard TD, and running backs Lance Dunn and Bruce Anderson scored on fourth-quarter runs of *press box on game day 56 and 61 yards, respectively, to put an exclamation point on NDSU’s 21st straight postseason victory. The Bison averaged 9.6 yards per carry and rushed for 299 yards against the top-ranked Athletic Communications defense in FCS. MJ Stumpf had eight tackles plus a 40-yard interception return TD. Contact: Ryan Perreault Office: (701) 231-8331 Mobile: (701) 793-0521 SEVEN STRAIGHT POSTSEASONS: This is NDSU’s seventh straight FCS playoff appear- Email: [email protected] Website: GoBison.com ance and 30th postseason trip overall. The Bison are 59-14 in the postseason and 54-13 in the NCAA playoff format since 1973. NDSU has won 22 straight FCS playoff games since the 2010 /ndbison /ndsufootball /ndsuathletics quarterfinal loss in overtime at Eastern Washington, the eventual national champion that year. BISON FOOTBALL 2016 NCAA SEMIFINAL vs. JAMES MADISON PAGE 2 TEAM COMPARISONS NORTH DAKOTA STATE (12-1, 7-1 MVFC) JAMES MADISON (12-1, 8-0 CAA) NCAA RANKINGS TEAM STATS BISON OPP TEAM STATS DUKES OPP NDSU JMU Points/Game 30.1 15.8 Points/Game 49.6 22.1 Scoring Offense 37th 1st First Downs 249 220 First Downs 350 238 Rushing Offense 9th 4th Rushing/Game 249.2 99.2 Rushing/Game 291.0 138.2 Passing Offense 99th 36th Passing/Game 163.3 211.0 Passing/Game 241.0 209.8 Total Offense 30th 3rd Total Offense/Game 412.5 310.2 Total Offense/Game 532.0 348.0 Passing Eff. 19th 1st Had Intercepted 9 18 Had Intercepted 8 20 Scoring Defense 3rd 24th VALLEY FOOTBALL STANDINGS Fumbles-Lost 12-6 15-7 Fumbles-Lost 13-4 15-8 Rushing Defense 8th 38th VALLEY OVERALL Penalties-Avg. Yards 78-55.3 62-38.1 Penalties-Avg. Yards 87-61.5 67-44.8 Pass Defense 52nd 51st W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Net Punt Avg. 35.5 39.0 Net Punt Avg. 38.2 31.5 Total Defense 9th 31st x–North Dakota State 7-1 .875 12-1 .923 Time of Possession/Game 31:47 28:13 Time of Possession/Game 32:19 27:41 Pass Eff. Defense 29th 7th 3rd Down Conversions 47% 41% 3rd Down Conversions 53% 33% Net Punting 56th 14th xy–South Dakota State 7-1 .875 9-4 .692 4th Down Conversions 7/10 8/24 4th Down Conversions 12/21 10/21 Punt Returns 16th 1st Youngstown State 6-2 .750 11-3 .786 Kickoff Returns 37th 52nd Northern Iowa 4-4 .500 5-6 .455 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Turnover Margin 15th 7th Illinois State 4-4 .500 6-6 .500 RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG RUSHING Att Net Avg TD YPG Fewest Penalty YPG 48th 74th Western Illinois 3-5 .375 6-5 .545 Lance Dunn 156 940 6.0 6 72.3 Khalid Abdullah 249 1528 6.1 20 117.5 Time of Poss. 22nd 16th South Dakota 3-5 .375 4-7 .364 King Frazier 171 835 4.9 10 69.6 Trai Sharp 103 593 5.8 5 45.6 3rd Down Conv.