No. 1 seed South Dakota State hosts No. 4 Montana State on Saturday in one of the FCS semifinal games. Kickoff is at 3 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.
| SDSU | Stat | MSU |
| 12-1 | Record | 12-1 |
| 4th | SOS | 13th |
| 0.463 (14th) | 3rd down Conv % | 0.459 (17th) |
| 0.343 (17th) | 3rd down Conv % D | 0.345 (18th) |
| 6.46 (89th) | Fewest Penalties Per Game | 5.31 (40th) |
| 16 (4th) | Def. Interceptions | 13 (19th) |
| 198.8 (76th) | Passing Offense | 179.23 (91st) |
| 176.9 (9th) | Pass Defense | 222.0 (61st) |
| 12.07 (60th) | Yards Per Completion | 13.43 (26th) |
| 0.696 (5th) | Red Zone Defense | 0.893 (114th) |
| 0.965 (3rd) | Red Zone Offense | 0.838 (39th) |
| 85.2 (1st) | Rushing Defense | 129.2 (32nd) |
| 169.6 (44th) | Rushing Offense | 332.4 (1st) |
| 2.62 (23rd) | Sacks Per Game | 2.46 (28th) |
| 1.38 (22nd) | Sacks Allowed Per Game | 1.08 (11th) |
| 15.2 (3rd) | Scoring Defense | 25.7 (46th) |
| 33.0 (27th) | Scoring Offense | 44.8 (3rd) |
| 5.3 (81st) | TFLs Per Game | 5.5 (73rd) |
| 262.1 (2nd) | Total Defense | 351.2 (41st) |
| 368.5 (64th) | Total Offense | 511.6 (3rd) |
| 23 (13th) | Turnovers Gained | 28 (2nd) |
| 10 (8th) | Turnovers Lost | 12 (14th) |
NEXT: NDSU vs. UIW Tale of the Tape
