BISON PLAYOFF HISTORY - North Dakota State University Athletics

1992 NCAA Quarterfi nals
PITTSBURG, KS--NDSU's dream of a ninth
national grid championship died just an
inch short of the goal line as the Bison fell
38-37 in overtime to defending national
champion Pittsburg State.
Billed as a classic confrontation between
the two clubs that had won the last two national
crowns, this game did not disappoint.
The two clubs each mounted a pair of
long fi rst-half drives to go into the locker
room at 14-all. NDSU opened up 24-14 and
31-20 leads in the second half before Pitt
State tied the contest on Ronnie Moore's
fourth TD of the game and a 39-yard fi eld
goal by Jeff Wood with two seconds left.
Moore scored again in the overtime, the
fi rst ever played by a Bison team, but NDSU
closed to within one at 38-37 on Arden
Beachy's 26-yard pass to Craig Geren. The
Bison opted for the win with a two-point
conversion try but were stopped short up
the middle.
But a penalty against PSU gave the Herd
a second chance and Mark Hansen's desperation
dive for the goal line wide right on
the pitch came up an agonizing inch short.
Statistics PSU NDSU
First Downs 24 23
Yds. Rushing 59-261 57-268
Yds. Passing 154 119
Total Offense 415 387
Passes 10-17-1 9-13-0
Punts 1-24.0 3-27.0
Penalties 7-37 4-35
Fumbles/Lost 3-1 0-0
Pittsburg State 7 7 6 11 7 -- 38
NDSU 7 7 10 7 6 -- 37
NDSU--Erickson 4 run (Millfors kick)
PSU--Moore 2 run (Wood kick)
PSU--Moore 1 run (Wood kick)
NDSU--Beachy 3 run (Millfors kick)
NDSU--Carlson 30 run (Millfors kick)
NDSU--FG Millfors 26
PSU--Moore 1 run (kick failed)
NDSU--Carlson 18 run (Millfors kick)
PSU--Moore 13 run (Moore run)
PSU--FG Wood 39
PSU--Moore 1 run (Wood kick)
NDSU--Geren 26 pass from Beachy (run failed)
A--5,200
Top Individuals
Rushing--Moore (PSU) 31-151; Hutchins (PSU) 18-77; Carlson
(NDSU) 9-73; Beachy (NDSU) 24-70; Sanchez
(NDSU) 7-51; Hansen (NDSU) 12-51
Passing--Hutchins (PSU) 10-17-1, 154 yds.; Beachy (NDSU)
9-13-0, 119 yds.
Receiving--Staten (PSU) 7-105; Geren (NDSU) 4-62; Mc-
Donald (NDSU) 3-21; Cahill (NDSU) 2-36; Sparkman
(PSU) 2-35
Tackles--Wilson (PSU) 6-10=16; Schaffner (NDSU) 1-13=14;
Brown (PSU) 4-10=14; Hegerle (NDSU) 7-5=12;
Steinberg (NDSU) 1-11=12
1994 NCAA First Round
PITTSBURG, KS--In what is rapidly becoming
a classic series, North Dakota State and
Pittsburg State met for the fourth time in
the last fi ve years, this time in the opening
round of the NCAA playoffs. It took three
overtimes before a jubilant Bison squad
prevailed 18-12 in a sea of rain and mud.
Field conditions were poor at best during
pre-game warmups and rapidly deteriorated
as a driving rain continued. Pitt State,
undefeated and ranked third in the nation,
drew fi rst blood late in the fi rst quarter.
But, on a day when the kicking game was
impossible, the PAT kick failed.
NDSU put together a long drive that consumed
the fi nal 8 1/2 minutes of the third
period and tied the game on Rob Hyland's
1-yard run on the fi rst play of the fourth
quarter.
The Bison could have won the game in
regulation after Mikel Kallenbach's pass
interception with 1:26 left, but it was impossible
to handle the fi eld goal snap in the
sea of mud on the 23-yard attempt.
Both teams scored in the second overtime
with NDSU's TD coming on a fourthdown
pass from Hyland to Swanson from
seven yards out.
The Bison collected the winner in the
third overtime when Hyland hit Kelly Artz
with a 21-yard completion to the 1-yard
line. Hyland scored three plays later and
the Bison secondary batted down a Pitt State
desperation fourth-down pass at the goal
line to end the game.
Statistics PSU NDSU
First Downs 15 13
Yds. Rushing 67-243 45-105
Yds. Passing 5 102
Total Offense 248 207
Passes 1-6-1 10-27-2
Punts 3-36.0 5-30.8
Penalties 4-30 3-28
Fumbles/Lost 6-2 4-1
Pittsburg State 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 -- 12
NDSU 0 0 0 6 0 6 6 -- 18
PSU--Moreland 3 run (kick failed)
NDSU--Hyland 1 run (kick failed)
PSU--Moreland 2 run (pass failed)
NDSU--Swanson 7 pass from Hyland (kick failed)
NDSU--Hyland 1 run (run failed)
A--5,000
Top Individuals
Rushing--Hyland (NDSU) 29-87; Mayfi eld (PSU) 21-84;
Fairchaild (PSU) 15-83; Moreland (PSU) 21-44; Scott
(PSU) 7-29
Passing--Hyland (NDSU) 10-27-2, 102; Moreland (PSU)
1-6-1, 5
Receiving--Artz (NDSU) 6-71; Swanson (NDSU) 3-20; Holm
(NDSU) 1-11; Hudson (PSU) 1-8
Tackles--Sweet (PSU) 3-13=16; Boeshans (NDSU) 3-10=13;
Carson (PSU) 1-12=13; Bradbury (PSU) 3-9=12; Gossard
(NDSU) 2-9=11; Jones (NDSU) 2-9=11; Harris
(PSU) 2-9=11; Brown (PSU) 3-8=11
BISON IN THE PLAYOFFS
1994 NCAA Quarterfi nals
GRAND FORKS, ND--The University of
North Dakota came up with a crucial fumble
recovery on the North Dakota State 17-yard
line late in the fi rst half and converted it
into the winning score for a 14-7 victory in
the quarterfi nals of the NCAA playoffs.
It was the fi rst time since 1945 that the
two arch-rivals had met twice in the same
season and the fi rst ever postseason meeting
between the Bison and the Sioux.
The Bison scored fi rst as they marched
66 yards in 11 plays to score on Rob Hyland's
1-yard dive. UND put together a long drive
at the beginning of the second quarter to
tie the contest before coming up with the
vital miscue.
NDSU drove into UND territory on its
fi rst four possessions of the second half but
came away with nothing after being stopped
on downs twice and turning the ball over on
pass interceptions twice.
Statistics UND NDSU
First Downs 15 12
Yds. Rushing 41-137 55-172
Yds. Passing 102 55
Total Offense 239 227
Passes 9-20-1 4-14-2
Punts 4-31.0 3-37.3
Penalties 1-2 4-28
Fumbles/Lost 2-2 1-1
North Dakota 0 14 0 0 -- 14
NDSU 7 0 0 0 -- 7
NDSU--Hyland 1 run (Millfors kick)
UND--Almlie 4 run (Gomez-Tagle kick)
UND--Leingang 1 pass from Wagner (Gomez-Tagle kick)
A--10,060
Top Individuals
Rushing--Almlie (UND) 32-128; Hyland (NDSU) 24-86;
Roller (NDSU) 12-40; Miller (NDSU) 12-28; Wilson
(NDSU) 6-15
Passing--Wagner (UND) 9-20-1, 102; Hyland (NDSU) 4-14-2,
55
Receiving--Leingang (UND) 3-43; McElroy (UND) 3-31;
Holm (NDSU) 2-31; Swanson (NDSU) 1-19; Langer
(UND) 1-12
Tackles--Callahan (UND) 4-8=12; Mooney (UND) 5-5=10;
Tibesar (UND) 6-3=9; Boeshans (NDSU) 3-4=7; Jones
(NDSU) 7-0=7
NDSU's Jason Miller (27) gains
yardage.
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