No. 2 Montana State hosts No. 3 Montana in the FCS semifinals on Saturday. The two rivals met late November in the Brawl of the Wild, with MSU winning 31-28 at Montana.
Kickoff is 3 p.m. CT on ABC.
The winner heads to Nashville for the national championship game and will face the winner of Illinois State at No. 12 Villanova.
How do Montana State and Montana stack up to each other on paper?
Below is a tale of the tape breakdown of the teams statistically.
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Figures via NCAA statistics and PFF
Montana State vs. Montana
| Montana State | Stats | Montana |
| 12-2 | Record | 13-1 |
| 5th | Massey SOS | 15th |
| 0.475 (10th) | 3rd Down Conv % | 0.463 (17th) |
| 0.335 (13th) | 3rd Down Conv % D | 0.402 (65th) |
| 5.93 (57th) | Fewest Penalties PG | 5.43 (44th) |
| 15 (6th) | Def. Int. | 21 (2nd) |
| 202.1 (70th) | Passing Off. | 287.9 (6th) |
| 199.9 (36th) | Pass Def. | 261.3 (115th) |
| 0.791 (36th) | Red Zone Def. | 0.756 (20th) |
| 0.903 (14th) | Red Zone Off. | 0.918 (6th) |
| 234.1 (4th) | Rushing Off. | 176.9 (32nd) |
| 117.4 (14th) | Rushing Def. | 135.0 (39th) |
| 2.07 (53rd) | Sacks PG | 2.21 (38th) |
| 2.00 (62nd) | Sacks Allowed PG | 1.43 (28th) |
| 37.4 (9th) | Scoring Off. | 42.3 (3rd) |
| 17.6 (6th) | Scoring Def. | 23.8 (33rd) |
| 5.9 (46th) | TFLs PG | 5.3 (71st) |
| 436.2 (17th) | Total Off. | 464.9 (4th) |
| 317.3 (11th) | Total Def. | 396.3 (86th) |
| 26 (4th) | TOs Gained | 26 (4th) |
| 10 (10th) | TOs Lost | 12 (25th) |
| +16 (3rd) | TO Margin | +14 (5th) |
| PFF Grades | ||
| 5th | Offense | 7th |
| 19th | Passing | 17th |
| 9th | Pass-Blocking | 39th |
| 18th | Receiving | 6th |
| 2nd | Rushing | 10th |
| 4th | Run-blocking | 40th |
| 13th | Defense | 40th |
| 26th | Rush Defense | 63rd |
| 72nd | Tackling | 71st |
| 42nd | Pass Rush | 65th |
| 16th | Coverage | 20th |
