BISON PLAYOFF HISTORY - North Dakota State University Athletics

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2009 BISON FOOTBALL 110 PLAYOFF HISTORY Bison Have Won Eight National Championships Since 1965 North Dakota State had one of the most successful and envious football records in all of America over four decades. The list includes eight national championships, 22 years in the top 20 of the national polls, and an awesome 352-94-4 record over a 40-year period. North Dakota Stat appeared in seven of the 23 national championship games in NCAA Division II football including four straight appearances from 1983 through 1986. NDSU won fi ve of those title affairs (1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1990) with only a 50-yard fi eld goal by a freshman kicker with no time on the clock remaining in the 1984 championship game stopping the Bison from winning four straight NCAA championships. North Dakota State made 18 appearances in the NCAA national rankings since the playoff system began in 1973 and the Bison appeared in the national playoffs during 17 of those seasons. Interestingly enough, the fi nal poll position and the actual playoff fi nish have gone like this: 1976 (10th in the poll, semifi nalist in playoff); 1977 (1st, semifi nalist); 1981 (6th, 2nd); 1982 (2nd, semifi nalist); 1983 (5th, 1st); 1984 (1st, 2nd); 1985 (7th, 1st); 1986 (1st, 1st); 1988 (1st, 1st); 1989 (17th, quarterfi nalist); 1990 (1st, 1st); 1991 (7th, opening round); 1992 (2nd, quarterfi nalist); 1993 (20th, not selected); 1994 (15th, quarterfi nalist); 1995 (13th, quarterfi nalist); 1997 (unranked, opening round); 2000 (4th or 5th, semifi nalist). The Bison claimed three national championships via the wire service polls in the 1960s -- 1965, 1968 and 1969. The Associated Press accorded the Bison those honors all three years while the United Press International selected the Bison in 1965 and 1969. The Herd was second to San Diego State in 1967 in both wire service polls. The 1983 Bison, led by All-American center Greg Hagfors (64), celebrate a national title. From 1965 through 1970, the Bison were in every AP or UPI poll. The UPI discontinued its poll after 1970 but the NDSU team reappeared in the AP poll again in 1973 with a 14th position. The AP poll also died out and was replaced the following year by the NCAA's national rankings.
BISON POSTSEASON FACTS Number of Years In Postseason Play: 23 Total Games Played: 48 Record: Won 35, Lost 13 (30-12 in NCAA playoff action) 1964 Mineral Water Bowl: NDSU 14, Western State (Colo.) 13 1965 Pecan Bowl: NDSU 20, Grambling 7 1967 Pecan Bowl: Texas-Arlington 13, NDSU 0 1968 Pecan Bowl: NDSU 23, Arkansas State 14 1969 Camellia Bowl: NDSU 30, Montana 3 1970 Camellia Bowl: NDSU 31, Montana 16 1976 NCAA Quarterfi nals: NDSU 10, Eastern Kentucky 3 1976 NCAA Semifi nals: Montana State 10, NDSU 3 1977 NCAA Quarterfi nals: NDSU 20, Northern Michigan 6 1977 NCAA Semifi nals: Jacksonville State 31, NDSU 7 1981 NCAA Quarterfi nals: NDSU 24, Puget Sound 10 1981 NCAA Semifi nals: NDSU 19, Shippensburg State 6 1981 NCAA Championship: SW Texas State 42, NDSU 13 1982 NCAA Quarterfi nals: NDSU 21, Virginia Union 20 1982 NCAA Semifi nals: UC Davis 19, NDSU 14 1983 NCAA Quarterfi nals: NDSU 24, Towson State 17 1983 NCAA Semifi nals: NDSU 26, UC Davis 17 1983 NCAA Championship: NDSU 41, Central State (Ohio) 21 1984 NCAA Quarterfi nals: NDSU 31, UC Davis 23 1984 NCAA Semifi nals: NDSU 25, Nebraska-Omaha 14 1984 NCAA Championship: Troy State 18, NDSU 17 1985 NCAA Quarterfi nals: NDSU 31, UC Davis 12 1985 NCAA Semifi nals: NDSU 16, South Dakota 7 1985 NCAA Championship: NDSU 35, North Alabama 7 1986 NCAA Quarterfi nals: NDSU 50, Ashland (Ohio) 0 1986 NCAA Semifi nals: NDSU 35, Central State (Ohio) 12 1986 NCAA Championship: NDSU 27, South Dakota 7 1988 NCAA First Round: NDSU 49, Augustana (S.D.) 7 1988 NCAA Quarterfi nals: NDSU 36, Millersville (Pa.) 26 1988 NCAA Semifi nals: NDSU 42, Cal State-Sacramento 20 1988 NCAA Championship: NDSU 35, Portland State 21 1989 NCAA First Round: NDSU 45, Edinboro (Pa.) 32 1989 NCAA Quarterfi nals: Jacksonville State 21, NDSU 17 1990 NCAA First Round: NDSU 17, Northern Colorado 7 1990 NCAA Quarterfi nals: NDSU 47, Cal Poly 0 1990 NCAA Semifi nals: NDSU 39, Pittsburg State 29 1990 NCAA Championship: NDSU 51, Indiana (Pa.) 11 1991 NCAA First Round: Mankato State 27, NDSU 7 1992 NCAA First Round: NDSU 42, NE Missouri State 7 1992 NCAA Quarterfi nals: Pittsburg State 38, NDSU 37 (OT) 1994 NCAA First Round: NDSU 18, Pittsburg State 12 (3 OT) 1994 NCAA Quarterfi nals: North Dakota 14, NDSU 7 1995 NCAA First Round: NDSU 41, North Dakota 10 1995 NCAA Quarterfi nals: Pittsburg State 9, NDSU 7 1997 NCAA First Round: NW Missouri State 39, NDSU 28 2000 NCAA First Round: NDSU 31, NW Missouri State 17 2000 NCAA Quarterfi nals: NDSU 43, Nebraska-Omaha 21 2000 NCAA Semifi nals: Delta State 34, NDSU 16 Championship Breakdown: National Championships: 8 (1965, 1968, 1969, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990) National Runners-up: 3 (1967, 1981, 1984) National Third-Place Finishes: 5 (1970, 1976, 1977, 1982, 2000) **Championships & placings prior to 1973 were determined by AP or UPI polls...Championships & runnerup fi nishes after that were through the NCAA playoff format...Third-place fi nishes after 1973 were the result of semifi nal losses in the playoff system. PLAYOFF HISTORY 2009 BISON FOOTBALL 111
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