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#22
December 6th, 2014: South Dakota State @ North Dakota State (2nd round of the FCS playoffs)
The 3-time defending FCS champion and #2 seeded Bison had beaten the rival Jackrabbits earlier in the year handily in the Fargodome but they faced a much different SDSU squad in the playoffs. The game was close the entire way peppered by dubious calls by the CAA officiating crew going both ways but the Bison found themselves down 4 late in the 4th quarter in the first playoff game for starting QB Carson Wentz and head coach Chris Klieman. This was the game that Legendowski was born as true freshman WR RJ Urzendowski had 109 receiving yards and 2 TDs in the game including an epic over-the-shoulder TD grab brilliantly placed by Wentz to give the Bison the lead with less than a minute to play. The game was sealed by another freshman, CB Tre Dempsey, when he picked off SDSU QB Austin Sumner's pass on the ensuing drive in front of a re-awakened and raucous Fargodome crowd. This marked the 7th straight win for the Bison over SDSU as they advanced to the quarterfinals.
Game highlights:
Game box score: https://gobison.com/sports/football/.../boxscore/6859
Game recap: https://gobison.com/news/2014/12/6/FB_1206143514.aspx
Bisonville GDT: http://www.bisonville.com/forum/show...FCS-2nd-Round)
Game replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iBztCZUKO8
Previously highlighted games:
23. SHSU (2007) 1/29
24. Cal Poly (2007) 1/28
25. UNI (2015) 1/27
HM. Montana (2003) 1/27
Last edited by Professor Chaos; 01-30-2021 at 03:09 PM.
#21
December 4th, 2010: North Dakota State @ Montana State (2nd round of the FCS playoffs)
The Bison came to snowy Bozeman, MT in the 2nd round of the 2010 playoffs as a decided underdog against the 4th seeded Bobcats after barely squeaking into the playoffs with a 7-4 regular season. QB Brock Jensen was knocked out of this game but his backup Jose Mohler filled in nicely and it was controlled by an absolutely dominant NDSU offensive line and RB DJ McNorton as they ran for 376 yards and 6 TDs as a team with McNorton accounting for 209 yards and 4 TDs on his own. The Bison scored 28 unanswered points in the 4th quarter to bury the Bobcats 42-17. This was the focal win in the 2010 playoff run that ignited an FCS dynasty. It also spawned perhaps the greatest thread in the history of Bisonville (clear at least the next hour in your schedule and check the Hall of Fame if you're not familiar). With the win the Bison advanced to the FCS quarterfinals for the first time.
Game highlights:
Dom has a bit more extended version of the highlights on his Twitter: https://twitter.com/DomIzzoWDAY/stat...39267285667840
Game box score: https://gobison.com/sports/football/.../boxscore/1429
Game recap: https://gobison.com/news/2010/12/4/26872.aspx
Bisonville GDT: http://www.bisonville.com/forum/show...-State-12-3-10
Game replay: None that I could find.
Previously highlighted games:
22. SDSU playoffs (2014) 1/30
23. SHSU (2007) 1/29
24. Cal Poly (2007) 1/28
25. UNI (2015) 1/27
HM. Montana (2003) 1/27
Last edited by Professor Chaos; 01-31-2021 at 02:32 PM.
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I blame myself for the quarterfinal loss that year. Me and a few friends went to Chubs to watch this Montana St game and the next week for the EWU game we were planning to go to the Chubs and sit at the same table but by the time we got there it was too packed to find a spot so we went to Labbys instead... haven't watched a Bison football game at Labbys since.