FARGO, N.D. — Easton Stick threw three touchdown passes and North Dakota State beat San Diego 45-7 on Saturday and took another step toward winning a sixth consecutive NCAA Football Championship Subdivision championship.
The top-seeded Bison (11-1) will get a chance to avenge their only loss when they host to South Dakota State in the quarterfinals next week. South Dakota State beat North Dakota State 19-17 on the last play of the game in the regular-season meeting at Fargo.
Stick completed 12 of 20 passes for 208 yards and ran 4 times for 99 yards.
The Toreros (10-2) finally scored on Anthony Lawrence’s 1-yard touchdown pass to Ross Dwelley with 6:56 left in the third quarter.
In other FCS playoff games, Jody Webb rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns, including a 50-yarder in the third quarter, and Youngstown State (10-3) knocked off third-seeded Jacksonville State (10-2) 40-24 in Jacksonville, Fla. The Penguins led 27-17 before Josh Clemons scored on a 2-yard run to get the Gamecocks within 27-24 with 4:07 left in the third quarter, but the Penguins answered 23 seconds later on Martin Ruiz’s 8-yard scoring run to pull away. … Bryan Schor threw for 371 yards and five touchdowns and fourth-seeded James Madison (11-1) rolled into the quarterfinals by blowing past New Hampshire (8-5) 50-22 in Harrisonburg, Va. Schor completed 30 of 37 passes and tied the school mark for touchdown passes for the second time. … South Dakota State’s Chase Vinatieri banked a 42-yard field goal off the right upright with 1:21 left to lift the Jackrabbits (10-3) to a 10-7 victory over Villanova (9-4) in Brookings, S.D. South Dakota State struggled on offense until Taryn Christion found Dallas Goedert for 33 yards with less than two minutes to get the Jackrabbits in field-goal range. … Jeremiah Briscoe threw for 363 yards and five touchdowns and fifth-seeded Sam Houston State held off Tennessee-Chattanooga 41-36 in Huntsville, Texas. Briscoe’s fifth touchdown pass, a 26-yarder to Nathan Stewart with 9:02 to play, put the Bearkats (11-0) up 41-33. The Mocs (9-4) drove back for a 29-yard field goal and after holding on defense, got the ball back on their 38 with 2:38 to play. They reached the Bearkats’ 25 before turning the ball over on downs with 17 seconds left. … Joe Newman scored on a 36-yard run early in the fourth quarter, and Devin Watson returned an interception 62 yards for a touchdown in the final minute as Wofford (10-3) upset sixth-seeded The Citadel (10-2) 17-3 in Charleston, S.C. The Bulldogs (10-2), who won the regular-season matchup of Southern Conference rivals 24-21, had 359 yards of total offense — 102 more than Wofford — but only managed a 23-yard field goal by Cody Clark midway through the first quarter. … Griffin Trau kicked an 18-yard field goal as time expired, capping a 17-point comeback and sending Richmond (10-3) to a 27-24 victory over seventh-seeded North Dakota (9-3) in Grand Forks, N.D. The Spiders (10-3) got into field goal range thanks to a 54-yard pass from Kevin Johnson to Tyler Wilkins on third-and-14 earlier on the drive. Richmond moved the ball 17 yards in the next three plays before Trau’s game-winner
Sports on 12/04/2016