No. 1 seed Montana State hosts No. 4 seed South Dakota in the FCS semifinals.
Kickoff is 2:30 p.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
Montana State vs. South Dakota
| MSU | Stats | USD |
| 14-0 | Record | 11-2 |
| 17th | SOS | 7th |
| 0.565 (1st) | 3rd down Conv % | 0.462 (17th) |
| 0.321 (14th) | 3rd down Conv % D | 0.409 (69th) |
| 4.86 (19th) | Fewest Penalties PG | 5.77 (50th) |
| 9 (64th) | Def. Int. | 14 (17th) |
| 186.6 (83rd) | Passing Off. | 219.8 (45th) |
| 186.9 (27th) | Pass Def. | 204.5 (46th) |
| 0.813 (54th) | Red Zone Def. | 0.765 (31st) |
| 0.967 (1st) | Red Zone Off. | 0.882 (16th) |
| 114.4 (17th) | Rushing Def. | 107.9 (10th) |
| 307.1 (2nd) | Rushing Off. | 222.2 (6th) |
| 2.43 (29th) | Sacks PG | 2.23 (47th) |
| 0.71 (5th) | Sacks Allowed PG | 0.85 (7th) |
| 17.1 (7th) | Scoring Def. | 16.6 (4th) |
| 42.1 (1st) | Scoring Off. | 37.2 (5th) |
| 5.9 (46th) | TFLs PG | 4.6 (101st) |
| 301.4 (10th) | Total Def. | 312.5 (16th) |
| 493.7 (1st) | Total Off. | 441.9 (9th) |
| 16 (67th) | TOs Gained | 20 (28th) |
| 9 (4th) | TOs Lost | 9 (4th) |
| +7 (28th) | TO Margin | +11 (12th) |
| PFF Grades | ||
| 2nd | Offense | 1st |
| 6th | Passing | 1st |
| 53rd | Pass-Blocking | 28th |
| 47th | Receiving | 3rd |
| 2nd | Rushing | 1st |
| 3rd | Run-blocking | 1st |
| 34th | Defense | 11th |
| 55th | Rush Defense | 3rd |
| 30th | Tackling | 1st |
| 11th | Pass Rush | 79th |
| 44th | Coverage | 26th |
