(); : I think that administration had some pressure to look at him a little bit and Triplett was really successful. Murray I was blessed enough to knock the ball loose and Todd DeBates recovered it, which I think, if they wouldve scored there, we wouldve been down 14-0. Lance was most outstanding player in his first championship game appearance, finishing with 166 rushing yards, including a 44-yard touchdown run to put NDSU up 28-13 to start the fourth quarter. Tech. It wasnt a bad team that tied the Bison at 18 that year. Murray Rocky came over to take over the defense. He went on to hire his staff and I was technically out of a job for a couple weeks, because they made a national search for the job and I was the one guy sitting down the long hallway, in the Fieldhouse, with the light on still trying to do some recruiting and keep things moving. Stick made history in the win, becomingthe program leader in passing yards (8,693) and the all-time FCS starting quarterback wins leader(49), surpassing Jensen in both categories. Bentrim I think they were (the number one seed). T-1. One of those first two bad losses was to South Dakota, I think we all knew we wanted to meet them again and wed play them down there again any day of the week. The championship game win marked North Dakota State's 24th straight win, then tying the all-time FCS record. I cant remember if Don shed a tear or two, I think he might have. Cloud, Morningside was trying to develop a good team. Kolpack The NCC (North Central Conference), it was a pretty good year for the NCC. 1974-Gary Keck, Si Tanka-Huron. The two emotional kinds of pressures of getting in the playoffs, beating USD as almost redemption, we just kept the momentum going through to the final game in the Palm Bowl. That just fielded the motivation to play better in that game for the ultimate opportunity to win the title. But still, again, it was a brief surge for Morningside and tying the Bison was a big moral victory and Earle basically viewed it as a loss. Their offense did a pretty good job on our defense, too; we had some injuries on the defensive line. . 08-01-2007, 11:53 PM. I do recall all of us having a respect thought process for the University of South Dakota. Cloud Club. NDSU--Bentrim 4 run (Kubisz kick) Tom played safety on the 1990 championship team. But Im in the woods hunting and my mother had driven down from Superior, Wis. to the cabin. Jerry Dahl (1973-74): 35.5 The 2017 Bison are going to be remembered as a group of guys that had great resolve, smacks adversity right in the face when adversity hit us and, lo and behold, we became national champions for the sixth time in seven years.". The defense intercepted I think four passes that day. 4696 - Lamar Gordon (782-4696) - 1998-01: 2. My mom had stayed home for some reason. The official 1986 Football Roster for the North Dakota State Bison . We have to consistently get positive yards play after play and when theyre able to have a play where we get negative or zero yardage, it really puts us in a bad situation. I think we had a little chip on our shoulder and we knew we were way better than what we showed earlier in the year down there. Derrek Tuszka (2016-19): 29.5, 1. Kolpack They were supposedly a lot quicker and thats what the Bison were worried about. Cloud State, 35-19 Won, 5-2 (4-1). 1971-Bill Demaray, North Dakota State. The win marked Klieman's fourth and final national championship in five years at the helm of the Bison. Marcus Williams (2010-13): 21 The Bison defeated the North Alabama Lions 357 in the National Championship Game en route to the program's second NCAA Division II Football Championship.[2]. GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM If he makes the field goal, were not talking about the 30th anniversary of the 85 championship team for sure. The 1988 team came off a 64 record from the previous season. He finished with 319 offensive yards and five total touchdowns in his final game. There had to be a lot of factors and it was just a perfect storm I guess. Rushing--Bentrim (NDSU) 20-111; Lloyd (NDSU) 16-78; Toshner (NDSU) 9-66; Jones (USD) 19-51 The priority was: Lets win this game and then win the national championship. Tracy I remember it was probably Monday or Tuesday of the week after the last game, Earle called us together for a meeting. So we knew how to prepare and focus on the task at hand for each playoff game. And offensively we just struggled. 4. DeBates The year Morningside tied us, they actually werent bad that year. You remember the 1984 championship game against Troy. NDSU never trailed Eastern Washington in a38-24 national championship game victory. Haeg is an. The 1988 North Dakota State football team represented North Dakota State University during the 1988 NCAA Division II football season, and completed the 92nd season of Bison football. Stark Thats North Dakota State. We cant just run four, five, six different things. You watch it live and youre almost amazed that the ref didnt blow it dead. WALTER PAYTON AWARD: Complete history of the FCS top offensive honor. But 86 is special because we learned our lesson in 85; most of us were coming back. Wentz finished his final collegiate game 16-of-29 with a passing touchdown and two rushing scores en route to being named most outstanding player again. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Were going to have to run a few more coverages, were going to have to run a few more schemes, maybe blitz some more. They did change things up. Individual Career Records Individual Career Records : RUSHING. I dont recall any of us having a revenge thought process. A--11,506, Top Individuals Youre over it by that time. They got the best defense against this play. And yet Chad scored. We were playing such a basic defense; it wasnt too hard for Cal Poly to do really anything they wanted to do with us. Jensen put the Bison in front for good with a 1-yard score midway through the third quarter. They could, but at this point in time were not expecting to make a move in the ranking and get in the Top 8 so why dont you get your gear organized and get it set up in the locker room so we can start to shelf it for next year. He only attempted 10 passes (6-of-10) as the Bison racked up 281 yards on the ground. "I wish to hell they would get out of Division II," said South Dakota head coach Dave Triplett following the game. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. It (the playoffs) was definitely dwindling at that point. Again, trying to get comfortable with different styles of players, coaching, etcetera. North Dakota State's defense held the top-seeded Dukes toa season-low 241 yards and 13 points, helped by three forced turnovers. He got hurt and then (Gary) Barta finished it off. 1976-Jerry Schmitz, St. Stark We knew they were good. I think at that point we had confidence because the previous two years, we had success. NDSU became the first undefeated FCS champion since 1996 Marshall. I dont know if the personnel was a big change because, in 1984, we were quite young and in 85, we had pretty much most everybody coming back. I know we all thought their defensive line play was pretty strong, no doubt about it. He did have tears in his eyes and he said, I just want you to know, that its guys like you that have helped me get this invite from Coach Morton to go to this next level, because you have helped me prove that I can recruit. Which were trying to comprehend this, not only losing Morton, and we didnt work with Engle, but he was our recruiting coach. I told Don that were going to stay here and that were going to go after the North Dakota State job, and there were certainly some tense moments after that because they left. That streak would end at 33 the following season, which now ranks second behind NDSU's current run of 37 consecutive wins entering 2020-21. It looked like he was going to be down, hes parallel to the ground and has the ball, he flipped it out somehow. The guy from Cal-Davis was on the line with us and he said, Just so you understand, you guys do not deserve to be in the playoffs. I cant even remember his name, but that was something that was shared with our players and of course, we go to Cal Davis to play them, and we went out and played our best game of the season. Theres no way we would have made the playoffs with that extra loss. USD NDSU Then I took a big hit in the third quarter and it was a bad play on my part. Bentrim I remember thinking, Oh geez, whats going to happen now. We lost a few players, but we still had a lot of players coming back from the 1984 team. Jeff Bentrim I do remember that there were rumors after the season that he was getting interests from other schools and that he was interested in another job. Greg Menard (2014-16; 2018): 33.5 It was literally learning how to respond to coaching direction. Paul Murray I think everybody has different emotions when youre recruited by someone, and you make an investment as a young person. Typically, if theyre eliminating that then Benny should be able to get outside, but they were making sure the edge was contained too. North Dakota State surpassed Georgia Southern for most titles in FCS history with its seventh in 2018. Kyle Emanuel (2011-14): 35.5 They had spent the whole offseason trying to figure out a way to stop the veer. Then a few minutes later, I think it was Rocky who called me at my buddies place (laughed), and he said, You better get your ass up here., Tracy I came home that week before the Saturday deer-hunting opener. The official 1986 Football schedule for the North Dakota State Bison [1] in Div. November 2, 1985 @Nebraska-Omaha, 13-12 Won, 6-2-1 (5-1-1). "It gets better every time. He was named Bill Snyder's successor at Kansas State prior to North Dakota State's semifinal matchup. North Dakota State University Football Career History. Steve Krumrei (1967-69): 16 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. C. 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I was in the woods and I remember my dad driving out down the roads and blasting the horn on a consistent basis just honking the horn, honking the horn, and of course anybody in the woods was thinking, What the hell is going on? I exit the woods and he sees me starting to exit the woods and he put the truck into park and steps out and says, You made a move in the rankings; you guys are going to the playoffs. Stark That game was the difference between the Midwest and some of the schools on the Coast. March 25, 1985 Don Morton Abruptly Takes Job At Tulsa. He still believed in us as a coach and had confidence in us, but were going to keep working and keep pushing. Again, the transition to the new coaching staff on the defensive side as well, learning strengths and weaknesses for not only the players but also the coaches. They probably got better athletes position by position, for the most part, but the team concept seemed like it gelled more in the Midwest than it does on the Coast. ); : If that wouldve happened under Morton, Morton wouldve probably chewed us out and been very emotional and very on point about execution and fundamentals. North Dakota State had its first perfect season of the FCS era in 2013, going 15-0 en route to its third straight national title. We defeated our archrival. In 11 seasons as the Bison's head coach, Bohl won 104 games, highlighted by those three consecutive national titles. Hats off to the side judge for not blowing the whistle there. You gotta go back! And Im like, What? Youre in the playoffs, she said. Is this real?. Photo Gallery [4 photos of 26 players] Regular Season Playoffs Vitals # Player Name Pos. It was a low point for us because at the time, it just didnt do anything for us. Cloud, it was very painful. Updated college football stats can always be found here. The true NDSU Bison Nation knows the name of it is The Block That Led to the Pitch. I know how you guys like to keep things short. Kolpack I think everybody was done. (); : The Official Athletic Website of North Dakota State University Athletics. 2 overall pick by the Philadelphia Eagles three months later in the 2016 NFL Draft. Its the players that play the game and we had an underlining feeling and thought of emotion that this is a pretty good group of guys. I was piled on, I remember my back crank and Im thinking I could barely move because there were a couple guys on me, but I heard a cheer. They had incredible athletes, but they just tried to do too many individual things and the veer, there isnt any better team concept than the veer because you have to work together. Passes 6-13-1 4-6-1 That was the difference with those schools I think, especially North Alabama because they were awfully confident coming into the game just with the talk. And so, I knew there was something and I kept thinking that we had to do something. I dont know if I would say they didnt stand a chance against us, but I felt confident that we were going to play well. I believe the only touchdown they scored, I think Chris Servais, I think it was a long pass route and he just got his feet tangled up with the receiver and that was it. I didnt even see him pitch the ball when I was watching it live. But watching it at that building you look down from where we were, you look at the replay and obviously hes not. Morningside had the best possible defense setup against it. I think most people thought that the backups were capable and you still had Stark and Molstre. 2 overall seed in the 20-team postseason bracket. It was an old cabin, hunting shack and we didnt have a phone in the hunting shack and she had driven down there and told my dad, They made the playoffs. "The way it went back and forth on this kind of stage was pretty special.". I dont know if I can elevate one over the other. Bentrim It was THE play of the game, no question. Visit ESPN to view the North Dakota State Bison team stats for the 2022 season. Lets do our jobs and well look at the scoreboard after the game. Truthfully, sure there was a little bit of desperation. : NDSU has won six straight games against FBS teams since 2010. 1977-Jerry Schmitz, Unattached. NDSU 0 14 6 7 -- 27 2. The 2019 season marked a changing of the guard for North Dakota State with first-year head coach Matt Entz and redshirt freshman quarterback Trey Lance. In the third quarter, I took another hit and it separated even more. That was Bentrim at his very best. 1970-Results Unavailable. That game was almost a microcosm of that year, too. The streak started with a 6-3 win at Kansas in 2010. It was lingering, aggravated it in the first quarter against St. Looking at the scores before and after that its 63-0. This time we met inside the Bison Sports Arena, right outside where the old weight room used to be and just sat in the stands there and he told us that, listen, we dont know how things are going to change the ranking. We were stunned. I really thought, and most people thought, the Bison were going to go down there and win that game. 4309 - John Crockett (752-4309) - 2012-14: 3. The priority was to win the game, but Id be lying if I said there wasnt a little bit of redemption thought on our side of the ball. Theres a lot more talk back there than there ever was and it was really a feeling out process for the defense and them getting comfortable with it. But again, I think it was USDs Super Bowl. The NCC was good and the Bison in the rankings were slipping and I dont think people had given up at that point. It's not easy to do. You guys hung in there hard. And they went home. Bentrim I separated my shoulder in the first quarter but kept playing, iced it at halftime and kept playing. So when that came to be, I think it was a matter of being exactly what I said, resilient. Earle Solomonson I was offered the coordinators job in Tulsa. I was so slow they could converge on me. The 1985 team came off an 112 record from the previous season. Wentz was named most outstanding player after completing 15-of-22 passes and recording two touchdowns. "One thing we talk about all the time is leaving a legacy,"Klieman said after the game, according to the AP. On offense, NDSU quarterback Brock Jensen finished with two total touchdowns, including a 1-yard rushing score with 8:45 remaining in the fourth quarter to ice the game. It was a very basic defense we were running against Cal Poly and they took complete advantage of us that game. Here are the men thatd like to tell you their version of the story: The following is a compilation of seven individual interviews conducted over the phone and in person. Tied at 10 at halftime, NDSU outscored SHSU 29-3 over the final two quarters. I think we were on our third string quarterback. After a 2020-21 spring season that didn't end in a North Dakota State national championship a rarity since the start of the Bison's run in the 2011 season NDSU responded to Sam Houston winning the 2020-21 FCS title with the Bison going 14-1 and claiming their ninth FCS championship in the last 11 seasons. 2019 REWIND: Watch the full championship game | Extended highlights of NDSU's 8th title. Weve got to get you home and get you back to Fargo. I just remember myself, standing there thinking, Are you kidding me? October 26, 1985 Morningside, 18-18 Tie, 5-2-1 (4-1-1), Solomonson Were down by a touchdown later in the ball game and we called a play for Chad Stark who was going to run an option cut play and Barta was going to hand it off to him. We knew that the season was not indicative to how good we were. And Im thinking this is some kind of joke. James Hendricks (2016-19): 14. Despite all of North Dakota State's team success this decade, it took until 2019 for NDSU to nabits first Walter Payton Award winner. Solomonson I remember it was probably the greatest play that Ive ever seen. With the help of seven characters that lived, played, bled, wrote and battled through the 1985 season, we revisit thewild year that concluded with NDSU raising itsfifth national championship. I remember trying to throw passes and I was throwing side arm. stunned the reigning national champs, 2023 NC skiing championship selections announced. ; Bentrim (NDSU) 4-6-1, 47 yds. Todd DeBates A good core of the coaches that came in, we knew. I watch that Ed Schultz documentary that shows that play and about three-quarters of the way through the run I was down the far sidelines and just ecstatic and emotion and proud of our team and fans and all the above. I just think it was a rare year all around. Im not going to waste any time. 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