BISON PLAYOFF HISTORY - North Dakota State University Athletics

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BISON IN THE PLAYOFFS
1995 NCAA First Round
GRAND FORKS, ND--Behind a pair of
freshmen backs, North Dakota State dominated
the fi nal three quarters of play and
romped to a 41-10 NCAA opening round win
over arch-rival North Dakota.
The win avenged a 21-7 loss during the
regular season to the Sioux two weeks earlier
on this same fi eld. A 14-play, 62-yard
drive that started late in the fi rst period
and fi nished more than 8 1/2 minutes later
with a Kevin Feeney 2-yard touchdown run
turned this contest around.
The Sioux jumped to a 10-0 lead in the
opening two possessions but garnered just
84 yards the rest of the way against a spirited
Bison defense.
The Feeney touchdown midway through
the second quarter was the fi rst of four
scored by the Bison freshman quarterback.
Another Bison yearling, running back Reggie
Scott, ran for 155 yards and two scores
including a 22-yarder that put the Bison
ahead for good later in the second quarter.
NDSU put up 413 yards of total offense
including 376 in the fi nal three periods.
Feeney toted the ball 27 times for 135
yards and completed 10 of 11 passes for
another 116 yards in earning National
Offensive Player of the Week honors in Division
II.
Statistics UND NDSU
First Downs 8 23
Yds. Rushing 25-85 55-297
Yds. Passing 115 116
Total Offense 200 413
Passes 9-19-0 10-11-0
Punts 5-26.8 2-31.5
Penalties 2-10 3-15
Fumbles/Lost 0-0 0-0
North Dakota 10 0 0 0 -- 10
NDSU 0 14 14 13 -- 41
UND--FG Gomez-Tagle 20
UND--Moore 4 run (Gomez-Tagle kick)
NDSU--Feeney 2 run (Marma kick)
NDSU--Scott 22 run (Marma kick)
NDSU--Feeney 3 run ((Marma kick)
NDSU--Scott 25 run (Marma kick)
NDSU--Feeney 1 run (kick failed)
NDSU--Feeney 5 run (Marma kick)
A--5,595
Top Individuals
Rushing--Scott (NDSU) 23-155; Feeney (NDSU) 27-135;
Moore (UND) 16-75
Passing--Feeney (NDSU) 10-11-0, 116 yds.; Klancher (UND)
9-19-0, 115 yds.
Receiving--Scott (NDSU) 4-21; Ostby (UND) 3-72; McElroy
(UND) 3-15; Swanson (NDSU) 2-35; Gidley (NDSU)
2-13
Tackles--Hillesheim (UND) 11-0=11; Tibesar (UND) 8-1=9;
Mitchell (UND) 7-2=9; Witt (NDSU) 3-6=9; Fredricks
(NDSU) 3-4=7; Kallenbach (NDSU) 3-4=7
1995 NCAA Quarterfi nals
PITTSBURG, KS--It was billed as another
classic between two traditionally strong
foes, and it lived up to its billing. Defense
and kicking were the orders of the day and
the Gorillas' kicking game proved to be the
difference in a 9-7 win.
Freshman punter Brian Moorman kept
the Bison pinned deep in their own territory
for much of the game. He nailed four inside
the 20 including second-half punts to the
Bison 13-, 1- and 19-yard lines.
The Gorillas scored on their fi rst possession
and marched to the Bison 20 on the
second possession before the Bison came up
with a fumble recovery on the 10.
NDSU countered with a 94-yard, eightplay
scoring drive in the second quarter as
backup quarterback Craig Aamot stepped in
on the fi nal two plays of the drive to score
from two yards out.
North Dakota State's best opportunity in
the second half came on its fi rst possession,
driving to the PSU 21-yard line and coming
up one yard short on fourth down.
The game was won in the fi nal quarter
when a Bison punt from the NDSU 39 was
blocked out of the end zone for a safety.
NDSU had one fi nal chance to move the ball
but never got beyond its own 20-yard line.
Statistics PSU NDSU
First Downs 16 10
Yds. Rushing 57-206 40-151
Yds. Passing 73 83
Total Offense 279 234
Passes 6-16-1 6-13-0
Punts 4-40.3 7-33.1
Penalties 5-36 7-46
Fumbles/Lost 1-1 0-01-0
Pittsburg State 7 0 0 2 -- 9
NDSU 0 7 0 0 -- 7
PSU--Fairchild 2 run (Barcus kick)
NDSU--Aamot 2 run (Marma kick)
PSU--Safety, punt blocked through end zone
A--5,800
Top Individuals
Rushing--Johnson (PSU) 21-84; Moreland (PSU) 15-70; Scott
(NDSU) 17-59; Roller (NDSU) 7-55; Feeney (NDSU)
13-44
Passing--Feeney (NDSU) 6-13-0, 83 yds.; Moreland (PSU)
6-15-1, 73 yds.
Receiving--Gidley (NDSU) 3-70; Aiken (PSU) 3-46; Fairchild
(PSU) 3-27; Artz (NDSU) 2-1
Tackles--McGivern (PSU) 3-15=18; Fredricks (NDSU) 2-
11=13; Brown (PSU) 5-8=13; Parks (PSU) 3-9=12;
Kallenbach (NDSU) 6-5=11; Jacobsen (NDSU) 6-4=10
1997 NCAA First Round
MARYVILLE, MO--North Dakota State
won two thirds of the game (offense and
defense) but lost the special teams play and
that was the difference as the third-ranked
Bearcats of Northwest Missouri State ended
NDSU's season in a wild affair, 39-28.
The Bison had leads of 7-0, 14-3 and
21-12 and that could have been more except
for an inadvertant whistle that nullifi ed a
Jeff McKinnon pass interception that was
returned for a touchdown.
But four turnovers, a poor punt snap that
resulted in a safety, and two long kickoff
returns were the blows that hurt the most.
A 53-yard return late in the fi rst half set
up a Bearcat TD just before intermission and
an 86-yard return by Tony Miles for a score
late in third quarter changed the momentum
of the game. A 36-yard pass interception
return for a TD in the fi nal 12 seconds of the
game was icing as the Bison were attempting
a desperation drive at the end.
Senior running back Jake Morris concluded
a great career for the Bison with 155
yards and two TDs, although he was unavailable
at the end of the game due to an ankle
injury.
Statistics NWMSU NDSU
First Downs 14 22
Yds. Rushing 31-47 61-250
Yds. Passing 251 124
Total Offense 298 374
Passes 15-31-2 10-23-3
Punts 6-30.5 6-37.0
Penalties 7-66 4-40
Fumbles/Lost 0-0 3-1
NW Missouri 3 7 16 13 -- 39
NDSU 7 7 7 7 -- 28
NDSU--Morris 4 run (Johnson kick)
NWMSU--FG Purnell 43
NDSU--Morris 64 run (Johnson kick)
NWMSU--Hanson 19 pass from Greisen (Purnell kick)
NWMSU--Safety, ball snapped out of end zone
NDSU--Strehlow 5 pass from Feeney (Johnson kick)
NWMSU--Miles 86 kickoff return (Purnell kick)
NWMSU--Lane 29 run (Purnell kick)
NWMSU--Becker 2 pass from Greisen (Purnell kick)
NDSU--Nelson 4 pass from Feeney (Johnson kick)
NWMSU--Nelson 36 interception return (kick wide)
A--7,500
Top Individuals
Rushing--Morris (NDSU) 28-155; Lane (NWMSU) 17-59; Feeney
(NDSU) 15-55; Dietrich (NDSU) 12-41; Johnson
(NDSU) 1-24
Passing--Greisen (NWMSU) 15-31-2, 251 yds.; Feeney (NDSU)
10-23-3, 124 yds.
Receiving--Hanson (NWMSU) 5-117; Miles (NWMSU) 4-52;
Strehlow (NDSU) 4-38; Becker (NWMSU) 3-44; Swanson
(NDSU) 2-44
Tackles--Nelson (NWMSU) 7-2=9; Crowe (NWMSU) 6-3=9;
Keys (NWMSU) 4-4=8; Combs (NWMSU) 4-4=8; McCullum
(NDSU) 3-3=6