No. 3 seed North Dakota State hosts No. 7 Incarnate Word on Friday in one of the FCS semifinal games. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. CT and it will air on ESPN2.
How do the two teams stack up on paper?
Here’s a tale of the tape breakdown of the teams statistically.
| NDSU | Stats | UIW |
| 11-2 | Record | 12-1 |
| 17th | SOS | 29th |
| 0.542 (2nd) | 3rd down Conv % | 0.533 (3rd) |
| 0.403 (58th) | 3rd down Conv % D | 0.359 (27th) |
| 5.23 (37th) | Fewest Penalties Per Game | 7.92 (110th) |
| 14 (15th) | Def. Interceptions | 17 (2nd) |
| 135.5 (118th) | Passing Offense | 372.6 (2nd) |
| 160.1 (4th) | Pass Defense | 212.7 (48th) |
| 11.76 (72nd) | Yards Per Completion | 15.18 (6th) |
| 0.882 (109th) | Red Zone Defense | 0.815 (60th) |
| 0.898 (8th) | Red Zone Offense | 0.829 (44th) |
| 139.5 (39th) | Rushing Defense | 155.4 (55th) |
| 269.1 (3rd) | Rushing Offense | 211.8 (15th) |
| 2.77 (15th) | Sacks Per Game | 3.23 (5th) |
| 0.85 (5th) | Sacks Allowed Per Game | 1.31 (20th) |
| 17.4 (4th) | Scoring Defense | 23.9 (37th) |
| 35.3 (17th) | Scoring Offense | 53.0 (1st) |
| 5.8 (59th) | TFLs Per Game | 9.4 (1st) |
| 299.6 (4th) | Total Defense | 368.1 (54th) |
| 404.5 (35th) | Total Offense | 584.5 (2nd) |
| 21 (27th) | Turnovers Gained | 27 (4th) |
| 12 (14th) | Turnovers Lost | 14 (28th) |
NEXT: SDSU vs. Montana State Tale of the Tape
