No. 2 seed Montana hosts unseeded North Dakota State in the second of two FCS semifinal games.
Kickoff is 3:30 p.m. CT Saturday on ESPN2.
How do the two teams stack up on paper?
New Customer Offers at BetMGM
Bonus Bets Expire in 7 Days. One New Customer Offer Only. Add’l Terms
Here’s a tale of the tape breakdown of the teams statistically.
Figures via NCAA statistics and PFF.
Montana vs. NDSU
| Montana | Stats | NDSU |
| 12-1 | Record | 11-3 |
| 31st | SOS | 6th |
| 0.431 (30th) | 3rd down Conv % | 0.515 (3rd) |
| 0.292 (3rd) | 3rd down Conv % D | 0.325 (13th) |
| 6.77 (94th) | Fewest Penalties PG | 6.0 (54th) |
| 16 (5th) | Def. Int. | 21 (1st) |
| 199.6 (69th) | Passing Off. | 201.5 (67th) |
| 212.4 (65th) | Pass Def. | 187.9 (27th) |
| 0.700 (9th) | Red Zone Def. | 0.912 (116th) |
| 0.833 (40th) | Red Zone Off. | 0.938 (2nd) |
| 97.2 (9th) | Rushing Def. | 116.0 (22nd) |
| 190.8 (17th) | Rushing Off. | 241.8 (4th) |
| 2.38 (30th) | Sacks PG | 2.50 (22nd) |
| 2.54 (88th) | Sacks Allowed PG | 1.21 (16th) |
| 15.8 (4th) | Scoring Def. | 19.1 (15th) |
| 32.3 (14th) | Scoring Off. | 38.8 (3rd) |
| 6.1 (36th) | TFLs PG | 5.3 (75th) |
| 309.6 (18th) | Total Def. | 303.9 (10th) |
| 390.5 (31st) | Total Off. | 443.3 (7th) |
| 22 (15th) | TOs Gained | 27 (2nd) |
| 12 (25th) | TOs Lost | 10 (7th) |
| +10 (6th) | TO Margin | +17 (1st) |
| PFF Grades | ||
| 18th | Offense | 2nd |
| 46th | Passing | 1st |
| 19th | Pass-Blocking | 5th |
| 26th | Receiving | 1st |
| 4th | Rushing | 6th |
| 45th | Run-blocking | 5th |
| 15th | Defense | 18th |
| 6th | Rush Defense | 32nd |
| 20th | Tackling | 92nd |
| 37th | Pass Rush | 2nd |
| 41st | Coverage | 37th |
