BISON PLAYOFF HISTORY - North Dakota State University Athletics

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BISON IN THE PLAYOFFS
1988 NCAA Championship
FLORENCE, AL--The 1980s will be remembered
as the "Decade of the Bison" in NCAA
Division II football.
North Dakota State won its fourth national
championship in six years with a 35-21 victory
over Portland State. The triumph capped a
14-0 season for the Bison,
the most victories
in school history.
The game was tied
14-14 at halftime, but
North Dakota State
took the second-half
kickoff and drove 63
yards for the go-ahead
score.
"We decided to ...
Satter's 70-yard run
was a classic.
put the game in the
hands of the players
who brought us to the
party, and that's our offensive line," said Hager
about his team's second-half performance.
Running back Tony Satter, who rushed for 151
yards and two TDs, capped that fi rst drive of
the second half with a spinning, slipping dive
into the end zone from 10 yards out.
Quarterback Chris Simdorn scored one of
his two TDs a short time later after a Todd
Zabel pass interception to give the Bison command.
Statistics PSU NDSU
First Downs 18 19
Yds. Rushing 95 339
Yds. Passing 333 26
Total Offense 428 365
Passes 22-35-1 2-4-0
Punts 2-36.5 5-20.8
Penalties 4-30 1-15
Fumbles/Lost 2-1 2-0
Portland State 0 14 0 7 -- 21
NDSU 7 7 14 7 -- 35
NDSU--Simdorn 1 run (Boe kick)
PSU--Evers 45 pass from Crawford (Brumfi eld kick)
NDSU--Satter 70 run (Boe kick)
PSU--Corrigan 16 pass from Crawford (Brufi eld kick)
NDSU--Satter 10 run (Boe kick)
NDSU--Simdorn 1 run (Boe kick)
NDSU--Toshner 11 run (Boe kick)
PSU--Naone 11 pass from Crowford (Brufi eld kick)
A--6,763
Top Individuals
Rushing--Satter (NDSU) 11-151; Delgardo (PSU) 13-80; Simdorn
(NDSU) 13-65; Lloyd (NDSU) 14-62
Passing--Crawford (PSU) 22-35-1, 333 yds.; Owen (NDSU) 1-3-
0, 17 yds.; Simdorn (NDSU) 1-1-0, 9 yds.
Receiving--Delgardo (PSU) 6-76; Corrigan (PSU) 5-125; Naone
(PSU) 4-60; Evers (PSU) 3-55
1989 NCAA First Round
FARGO, ND--If one enjoyed an offensive
explosion, then this NCAA Division II opening
round game was the place to be.
The two clubs combined for 77 points,
666 yards rushing, and 916 yards total
offense as North Dakota State advanced
with a 45-32 win over eastern foe Edinboro
University.
Bison quarterback Chris Simdorn, bothered
by both a broken foot and turf toe,
managed just 16
yards in 20 carries,
but he scored two
TDs. However, the
rest of the Bison
running back corps
(fi ve) combined to
average eight yards
per carry.
Junior Tony Satter
(138 yards and
two TDs) and freshman
Pete Erickson
(116 yards and
one TD) split time
slicing up the Edinboro defense. Satter did
virtually all his damage in the fi rst half before
suffering an ankle injury while Erickson
took up the banner in the second half and
recorded his fi rst career 100-yard effort.
Statistics EU NDSU
First Downs 19 26
Yds. Rushing 41-231 72-435
Yds. Passing 155 95
Total Offense 386 530
Passes 11-34-3 4-11-0
Punts 3-37.3 4-39.7
Penalties 3-35 8-90
Fumbles/Lost 2-1 3-1
Erickson charted his
fi rst career 100-yard
game.
Edinboro 0 12 8 12 -- 32
NDSU 16 7 14 8 -- 45
NDSU--Gunning 30 run (kick wide)
NDSU--FG Herbel 28
NDSU--Satter 3 run (Herbel kick)
EU--Cole 1 run (run failed)
NDSU--Satter 33 run (Herbel kick)
EU--Conway 47 run (pass failed)
NDSU--Erickson 1 run (Herbel kick)
EU--Conway 85 kickoff return (Priester pass from Galupi)
NDSU--Simdorn 1 run (Herbel kick)
EU--Cole 18 run (pass failed)
EU--Cole 10 run (run failed)
NDSU--Simdorn 1 run (Oden run)
A--8,400
Top Individuals
Rushing--Satter (NDSU) 14-138; Cole (EU) 28-125; Erickson
(NDSU) 16-116; Sieh (NDSU) 11-85; Gunning (NDSU)
6-56
Passing--Galupi (EU) 11-24-3, 155 yds.; Simdorn (NDSU)
4-11-0, 95 yds.
Receiving--Priester (EU) 5-100; Cole (EU) 3-14; Oden
(NDSU) 2-41; Stone (EU) 2-36; Goettl (NDSU) 1-34;
Stockstad (NDSU) 1-20
Tackles--Wayne (EU) 10-5=15; Williams (EU) 7-6=13;
Hartwig (NDSU) 0-12=12; Willis (EU) 8-3=11; Hansen
(NDSU) 2-8=10
1989 NCAA Quarterfi nals
JACKSONVILLE, AL--North Dakota
State's last-gasp rally fell just a fi ngertip
short as the Bison season came to an end
on a cool and cloudy afternoon at the hands
of Jacksonville State, 21-17.
The Bison controlled much of the football
game but two critical lapses cost the Herd.
Down 21-3, the Bison regrouped in the
fourth quarter, reaching the JSU 34 without
scoring before Simdorn scored on the next
possession from 15 yards out with 5 1/2 minutes
remaining. The next possession also
resulted in a score but the 92-yard, 14-play
drive may have taken too much time.
Simdorn hit Troy Stockstad over the
middle for a 21-yard TD pass with 58 seconds
left to close to 21-17.
Jacksonville State coach Bill Burgess
called the Bison scoring drive "the best I've
seen in my 26 years of coaching."
NDSU's last chance was an onside kick
that touched a Bison player's fi ngers before
the Gamecocks covered the ball.
Statistics JSU NDSU
First Downs 12 21
Yds. Rushing 46-174 63-253
Yds. Passing 46 87
Total Offense 220 340
Passes 2-8-1 6-18-1
Punts 6-40.2 5-34.4
Penalties 8-84 4-55
Fumbles/Lost 3-1 3-2
NDSU 0 3 0 14 -- 17
Jacksonville St. 0 7 14 0 -- 21
JSU--Carpenter 1 run (Stinnett kick)
NDSU--FG Herbel 22
JSU--Gulledge 1 run (Stinnett kick)
JSU--Gulledge 29 run (Stinnett kick)
NDSU--Simdorn 15 run (Satter run)
NDSU--Stockstad 21 pass from Simdorn (run failed)
A--8,500
Top Individuals
Rushing--Satter (NDSU) 25-128; Carpenter (JSU) 17-63;
Gulledge (JSU) 13-62; Simdorn (NDSU) 19-54; Erickson
(NDSU) 8-49; Stevenson (JSU) 7-22
Passing--Simdorn (NDSU) 6-17-0, 87 yds.; Gulledge (JSU)
2-8-1, 46 yds.
Receiving--Stockstad (NDSU) 3-41; Oden (NDSU) 2-41;
Sanders (JSU) 1-32; Blue (JSU) 1-14; Goettl (NDSU)
1-5
Tackles--Clark (NDSU) 6-11=17; Heichel (NDSU) 4-6=10;
Hartwig (NDSU) 0-9=9; Goodwin (JSU) 8-0=8
Chris Simdorn