FCS Playoffs Spring 2021: Semifinal games schedule, TV, bracket
Photo: Sam Houston State University
The 2021 FCS Playoffs continue this weekend with two semifinal games on the schedule. Both contests are slated for Saturday.
Semifinal round action on Saturday, May 8 kicks off at noon ET with the top-seeded South Dakota State Jackrabbits hosting the unseeded Delaware Blue Hens at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium in Brookings, S.D. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN.
South Dakota State enters the contest at 7-1 (5-1 Missouri Valley), with the lone blemish on its schedule coming over two months ago at North Dakota. The Jackrabbits turned away Holy Cross, 31-3, in the first playoff round, before holding off Southern Illinois in a 31-26 result last week.
North Dakota State University logo.
North Dakota State’s spring season came to a close on Sunday with a 24-20 loss against Sam Houston in the quarterfinal round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
The Bearkats scored 10 points off 3 Bison turnovers and limited NDSU to a season-low 229 yards of offense from Elliott T. Bowers Stadium.
Sam Houston quarterback Eric Schmid passed for 227 yards and 1 touchdown while adding 36 yards rushing and 1 touchdown.
Cam Miller went 7-of-18 for 90 yards passing and 2 interceptions for NDSU.
Sam Houston (8-0 overall) will host James Madison or North Dakota in the semifinals.
NDSU (7-3 overall) fails to make the semifinals for the first time since the 2010 postseason.