No. 1 seed South Dakota State hosts No. 5 seed UAlbany in the first of two FCS semifinal games.
Kickoff is 6 p.m. CT Friday and it will air on ESPN2.
How do the two teams stack up on paper?
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Here’s a tale of the tape breakdown of the teams statistically.
Figures via NCAA statistics and PFF.
SDSU vs. UAlbany
| SDSU | Stats | UAlbany |
| 13-0 | Record | 11-3 |
| 20th | SOS | 30th |
| 0.543 (1st) | 3rd down Conv % | 0.443 (16th) |
| 0.346 (28th) | 3rd down Conv % D | 0.371 (48th) |
| 6.77 (94th) | Fewest Penalties PG | 6.57 (84th) |
| 15 (9th) | Def. Int. | 16 (5th) |
| 217.1 (48th) | Passing Off. | 243.0 (28th) |
| 159.2 (7th) | Pass Def. | 227.7 (86th) |
| 0.633 (3rd) | Red Zone Def. | 0.680 (6th) |
| 0.960 (1st) | Red Zone Off. | 0.824 (50th) |
| 94.7 (4th) | Rushing Def. | 78.1 (1st) |
| 231.3 (5th) | Rushing Off. | 125.9 (80th) |
| 1.69 (78th) | Sacks PG | 3.57 (1st) |
| 0.77 (6th) | Sacks Allowed PG | 2.43 (81st) |
| 10.5 (1st) | Scoring Def. | 17.2 (6th) |
| 36.8 (7th) | Scoring Off. | 30.4 (29th) |
| 4.7 (102nd) | TFLs PG | 7.0 (16th) |
| 253.9 (1st) | Total Def. | 305.9 (13th) |
| 448.4 (6th) | Total Off. | 368.9 (50th) |
| 22 (15th) | TOs Gained | 28 (1st) |
| 11 (13th) | TOs Lost | 18 (74th) |
| +11 (5th) | TO Margin | +10 (6th) |
| PFF Grades | ||
| 1st | Offense | 47th |
| 6th | Passing | 15th |
| 4th | Pass-Blocking | 90th |
| 2nd | Receiving | 14th |
| 1st | Rushing | 65th |
| 3rd | Run-blocking | 119th |
| 1st | Defense | 4th |
| 16th | Rush Defense | 1st |
| 4th | Tackling | 13th |
| 25th | Pass Rush | 6th |
| 1st | Coverage | 13th |
