GRIFFIN CROSA - Redshirt junior. In 11 seasons as the Bison's head coach, Bohl won 104 games, highlighted by those three consecutive national titles. North Dakota State is one of five FCS programs to win titles in at least two consecutive seasons, and the Bison ownthe longest streak at five in a row (2011-15). It was a low point for us because at the time, it just didnt do anything for us. 4309 - John Crockett (752-4309) - 2012-14: 3. Not all of our secrets, but he wasnt with us at the time. Kolpack The NCC (North Central Conference), it was a pretty good year for the NCC. Marcus Williams (2010-13): 21 Division II National Championship Game: December 14, 1985 North Alabama, 35-7 Won, 11-2-1 (7-1-1). He was named the game's most outstanding player for a second straight year. They had a field goal at the end to win it, with no time left. 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. ); : I dont know if I can elevate one over the other. The NCC was good and the Bison in the rankings were slipping and I dont think people had given up at that point. Tracy I remember it was probably Monday or Tuesday of the week after the last game, Earle called us together for a meeting. NDSU became the first undefeated FCS champion since 1996 Marshall. Rushing yards; 1. Statistics The 1983 North Dakota State football team represented North Dakota State University during the 1983 NCAA Division II football season, and completed the 87th season of Bison football. Find the COLLEGE-FOOTBALL North Dakota State Bison player roster for this season on FOX Sports. Appalachian State (2005-07), Georgia Southern (1985-86,1989-90, 1999-00) and Youngstown State (1993-94) are the other schools to repeat. 1986 North Dakota State Bison football team, 1986 North Dakota State Bison footballNCAA Division II national champions, 1986 North Central Conference football standings, "North Dakota St Bison College Football Scores, Schedules, and Analytics", "Hobo Day ambush: N.D. State tames Jacks 49-7", "Bentrim has 3-touchdown day as Bison trample UNO 25-3", "Bison clinch share of title with 25-0 win", "North Dakota State Wallops Ashland 50-0", "Central State's bid for title falls short", "North Dakota State routs South Dakota for crown", "Final 1986 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1986_North_Dakota_State_Bison_football_team&oldid=1132286330, 1986 North Central Conference football season, North Dakota State Bison football seasons, North Central Conference football champion seasons, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using CFB schedule with an unlinked gamename, Pages using CFB schedule with named parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 8 January 2023, at 04:27. It was like, Crap, we had a chance, but it is what it is. Then, we got new life. Inside techniques and those type of things that screwed up Bennys reads and then defensive ends coming hard in so we had a tough time as backs getting the outside shoulder, so Bentrim could get the edge. North Dakota State became the first FCS school to repeat as national champion since Appalachian State's three-peat from 2005-07. Wentz broke his wrist in October and missed eight weeks in 2015, leaving freshman Easton Stick to step in under center to lead the Bison to a fifth straight FCS championship game appearance in Frisco. I think Owen started and Barta finished. [2], Senior quarterback Jeff Bentrim was awarded the inaugural Harlon Hill Trophy, which honors the best football player in Division II, at the end of the season. 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. ); The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. That was pretty close to that South Dakota loss. T-1. If he makes the field goal, were not talking about the 30th anniversary of the 85 championship team for sure. After Stick paced NDSU to an 8-0 record as a starter, including three playoff wins, Wentz returned from injury to start the Jan. 9 title game against No. But Im in the woods hunting and my mother had driven down from Superior, Wis. to the cabin. The streak started with a 6-3 win at Kansas in 2010. 1986 NCAA Division II Football National Championship Game FLORENCE, Ala.--North Dakota State captured its third national NCAA Division II football title in the last four years on a cool December day at Braly Stadium with a sound 27-7 win over North Central Conference rival South Dakota. Rushing--Bentrim (NDSU) 20-111; Lloyd (NDSU) 16-78; Toshner (NDSU) 9-66; Jones (USD) 19-51 And, again, the key to the Bison success rested with quarterback Jeff Bentrim. Tracy Im giving you my perspective, which is the offensive line perspective. 08-01-2007, 11:53 PM. 1985 was supposed to be the Bisons year. North Dakota State has gone undefeated in three of its nine national championship seasons. I think we were on our third string quarterback. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. It wasnt like, Gosh, who are all these guys? To be honest with you, Rocky (Hager) was one of the guys we didnt know and he came in from Augustana, but I think he had GAd at NDSU before we were there. Coming off that 84 season, which was obviously a heartbreak for the team, and you have a whole new staff in whole new positions, and even though you have spring practices and spring ball, it just took players a little bit of time to respond to styles of coaching. But again, I think it was USDs Super Bowl. 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. "How are you going to be remembered? But 86 is special because we learned our lesson in 85; most of us were coming back. We certainly felt rejuvenated and we also knew we had a chance at redemption. (Laughs). Here are the nine FCS football programs with the most all-time wins. in Div. NDSU qualified for its first FCS playoffs appearance in 2010, falling in the quarterfinals, before starting its run of five straight national titles from 2011-15. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Yds. Photo Gallery [4 photos of 26 players] Regular Season Playoffs Vitals # Player Name Pos. The top-seeded Bison cruised past 7-seed Towson in the title game, scoring 28 unanswered points from the second quarter on. We talked about overcoming all these hurdles of adversity, and we got lucky that game because their guy missed a field goal to win it at the end of the game. Indiv Season Records; Team Season Records Individual Season Records : RUSHING. I had a glimpse, he pulled off, I was falling down, still had a moment to get rid of the ball. First Downs 14 19 Phil Hansen (1987-90): 35 Jerry Dahl (1973-74): 35.5 5. Certainly, on the defensive side, giving up 38 points wasnt a proud moment in the year. He was somewhere at the time and he showed them how our veer works and how our reads work, not to do anything bad, but just as a teaching lesson. I still remember the day, Ade Sponberg (athletic director) called and said, Earle do you want to go to the playoffs? I said, No, Im going out recruiting. Stark Thats North Dakota State. Latest on North Dakota State Bison running back Kobe Johnson including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN Their only loss of the season came to rival South Dakota State, which was ranked in the top 10 at the time, and their four opponents in the FCS Playoff scored just a combined 34 points, with only No. Yds. 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.". This revised billboardin Florence said it all. I really think I heard it on the radio. Stark We knew they were good. DeBates I remember it perfectly. 2019 REWIND: Watch the full championship game | Extended highlights of NDSU's 8th title. He was selected as the No. There were some questions like, Okay what do we do? They were playing him at some wide receiver I think. We thought that the season, in terms of the playoffs, were over. When you get down in that area, youre basically going to start firing on all cylinders. The 1986 North Dakota State football team represented North Dakota State University during the 1986 NCAA Division II football season, and completed the 90th season of Bison football. So we all took off to head home for our Thanksgiving Break. NDSU--Bentrim 4 run (Kubisz kick) Crosa is about to enter his fourth year on the Bison football roster, having enrolled early at NDSU in the winter of 2019. FLORENCE, Ala.--North Dakota State captured its third national NCAA Division II football title in the last four years on a cool December day at Braly Stadium with a sound 27-7 win over North Central Conference rival South Dakota. The team finished the regular season with an undefeated 100 record and made the NCAA Division II playoffs. November 9, 1985 @Augustana, 25-0 Won, 7-2-1 (6-1-1), November 16, 1985 North Dakota, 49-0 Won, 8-2-1 (7-1-1). Player Register. Were trying get out of our own way, were trying to get going, were stuck in the mud with anything offensively. Once we got rolling, and again so many things played into this, too. I think all the expectations were that the Bison were going to go down there and knock them off their perch. I think (Len) Kretchman had a touchdown from either Barta or Owen. 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. NDSU 0 14 6 7 -- 27 Solomonson We had lots of pressure that Cal Poly game. 1 - Ken Muckenhirn - 1986: 1 - Aaron Skyberg - 1998: 1 - Steve McMillan - 1971: 1 - Mark Roshell - 1989: 1 - Zach Colvin - 2013: 1 - Robbie Grimsley - 2017: 1 - Al Nowak - 1971: Those types of things are an opportunity to get better when crap hit the fan and we were down that much because I dont think we were ever down by that much at any time. 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. September 21, 1985 Minnesota State-Mankato, 35-16 Won, 2-1 (1-0), September 28, 1985 @South Dakota, 14-38 Loss, 2-2 (1-1). Haeg is an. The Bison played their home games at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota. Solomonson We were at 2-2, which put us in a tough spot. "That was the last time I'll put on a Bison jersey but man, it's been a fun ride.". 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. There had to be a lot of factors and it was just a perfect storm I guess. (); : 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. 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. NDSU had a 13-game postseason winning streak stretching back to 2017 before losing to Sam Houston in the 2020-21 FCS quarterfinals. "I wish to hell they would get out of Division II," said South Dakota head coach Dave Triplett following the game. But he had turned that team into an NAIA powerhouse. It was at the end of the year that people were thinking that they might be in trouble if things didnt start happening here. Stark I was just thinking, its frickin Benny making a play again. We lost 35-29, but it probably shouldve been 36-35, but we lost that game. USD NDSU Thats a part of the game. Plus, explore all of your favorite teams' player rosters on FOXSports.com today! 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. 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. They got the best defense against this play. And yet Chad scored. Greg Menard (2014-16; 2018): 33.5 I seem to recall him stutter- stepping around that block. While former quarterback Trey Lance was getting ready to start in the final week of the NFL's 2021-22 regular season, Cam Miller made his eighth start of the season in the 2021-22 FCS national championship, going an efficient 9-for-13 for 126 yards and a touchdown, while the Bison rushed for 393 yards and four touchdowns in their win over Montana State. Live Stats Radio Network Television Coverage Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Spotify TikTok Pinterest Social Media Directory Bison Mail Mobile App RSS Feeds Photo Galleries NDSU Wallpapers NDSU Facebook . It doesnt matter the score, were going to push you, were going to keep going and were going to right the ship. I think that was the perfect thing to say to our group of guys. 4696 - Lamar Gordon (782-4696) - 1998-01: 2. Fumbles/Lost 2-2 1-0, North Dakota State 27, South Dakota 7 We cant just run four, five, six different things. 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. Bentrim Did he say its The Block He Missed so I had to go around the guy (laughs)? The 1983 team came off a 121 record from the previous season. Cross Country. It (the playoffs) was definitely dwindling at that point. Stick's top target,Darrius Shepherd, was named the most outstanding player with five receptions for 125 yards and two touchdowns. (); : A--11,506, Top Individuals I thought he was down and the next thing I see is Molstres back sprinting to the end zone. Here are the 13 former Bison to be selected since 2004, NDSU's first season as an FCS program. I think at that point we had confidence because the previous two years, we had success. Bentrim It was THE play of the game, no question. Cloud. "Our guys wanted to make sure we returned Bison football to national prominence. 2 overall seed in the 20-team postseason bracket. North Dakota State ran for 300 yards and Jensen had three rushing scores as the Bison pulled away from Sam Houston State for the second straight year in the national championship game. He finished with 319 offensive yards and five total touchdowns in his final game. The Bison defeated the Portland State, 3521, in the National Championship Game en route to the program's fourth NCAA Division II Football Championship. NDSU has won six straight games against FBS teams since 2010. Total Offense 253 360 I think most people thought that the backups were capable and you still had Stark and Molstre. Theres no way we would have made the playoffs with that extra loss. Here's everything to know about the Bison's dynasty, including season-by-season records, notable players and breakdowns of every one of NDSU's championship runs. Then I took a big hit in the third quarter and it was a bad play on my part. It was from an injury I got in 84. II playoff", "Final 1983 Cumulative Football Statistics Report", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1983_North_Dakota_State_Bison_football_team&oldid=1132286252, 1983 North Central Conference football season, North Dakota State Bison football seasons, North Central Conference football champion seasons, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using CFB schedule with an unlinked gamename, Pages using CFB schedule with named parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 8 January 2023, at 04:26. It was an unbelievable football play. It was a very basic defense we were running against Cal Poly and they took complete advantage of us that game. You gotta go back! And Im like, What? Youre in the playoffs, she said. The team finished the regular season with a 91 record and made the NCAA Division II playoffs. Football. In a split second I decided, well, nobody is covering James. 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