No. 2 seed North Dakota State hosts No. 3 seed South Dakota State in the FCS semifinals.
Kickoff is 11 a.m. CT Saturday on ABC.
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How do the two teams stack up on paper? Here’s a tale of the tape breakdown of the teams statistically.
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Figures via NCAA statistics and PFF
NDSU vs. SDSU
| NDSU | Stats | SDSU |
| 12-2 | Record | 12-2 |
| 3rd | SOS | 6th |
| 0.534 (4th) | 3rd down Conv % | 0.509 (5th) |
| 0.410 (72nd) | 3rd down Conv % D | 0.287 (5th) |
| 5.71 (46th) | Fewest Penalties PG | 5.00 (22nd) |
| 11 (44th) | Def. Int. | 14 (17th) |
| 229.3 (36th) | Passing Off. | 197.5 (72nd) |
| 196.5 (38th) | Pass Def. | 191.3 (31st) |
| 0.722 (15th) | Red Zone Def. | 0.690 (6th) |
| 0.928 (6th) | Red Zone Off. | 0.869 (27th) |
| 118.6 (22nd) | Rushing Def. | 89.1 (5th) |
| 195.8 (17th) | Rushing Off. | 243.8 (3rd) |
| 2.36 (34th) | Sacks PG | 2.29 (41st) |
| 1.29 (25th) | Sacks Allowed PG | 0.50 (1st) |
| 17.5 (9th) | Scoring Def. | 12.9 (1st) |
| 39.1 (2nd) | Scoring Off. | 37.8 (4th) |
| 5.8 (56th) | TFLs PG | 6.1 (39th) |
| 315.1 (18th) | Total Def. | 280.4 (5th) |
| 425.1 (17th) | Total Off. | 441.3 (10th) |
| 24 (13th) | TOs Gained | 21 (25th) |
| 6 (1st) | TOs Lost | 12 (17th) |
| +18 (1st) | TO Margin | +9 (15th) |
| PFF Grades | ||
| 3rd | Offense | 14th |
| 3rd | Passing | 31st |
| 3rd | Pass-Blocking | 29th |
| 4th | Receiving | 40th |
| 9th | Rushing | 4th |
| 8th | Run-blocking | 39th |
| 27th | Defense | 1st |
| 21st | Rush Defense | 6th |
| 119th | Tackling | 27th |
| 2nd | Pass Rush | 70th |
| 66th | Coverage | 2nd |
