COLLEGE FOOTBALL : NCAA Playoffs : N.D. State Reigns in Division II

Tony Satter rushed for 151 yards and 2 touchdowns and Chris Simdorn also scored twice as North Dakota State won its fourth National Collegiate Athletic Assn. Division II football championship in 6 years with a 35-21 victory over Portland State Saturday at Florence, Ala.

“It feels awfully good, especially when you have a team with 18 seniors,” North Dakota State Coach Rocky Hager said.

North Dakota State (14-0) offset a 333-yard passing performance by Portland State quarterback Chris Crawford, who completed 22 of 35 passes with 3 touchdowns.

Portland State, which lost for the second straight year in the title game, finished 11-3-1.

The game was tied, 14-14, at halftime, but North Dakota State took the second-half kickoff and drove 63 yards for the go-ahead touchdown. Satter capped the drive with a 10-yard run.

North Dakota State won national championships in 1983, 1985 and 1986 and was runner-up in 1981 and 1984. Portland State reached the title game last year in its first trip to the playoffs but was defeated by Troy State, 31-17.

DIVISION I-AA

Raymond Gross ran for 152 yards and a touchdown to lead Georgia Southern to a 21-17 victory over Eastern Kentucky in a Division 1-AA semifinal at Statesboro, Ga.

Georgia Southern will play Furman next week for the title at Pocatello, Ida.

Georgia Southern (12-2) extended its home winning streak to 26 games.

At Greenville, S.C., Furman had little trouble beating Idaho, 38-7. Furman (12-2) scored all the points it needed in the first half on a 2-yard touchdown run by John Bagwell and a 37-yard field goal by John Connally.

Idaho (11-2) played without starting quarterback John Friesz, who suffered a severe ankle sprain last week. Freshman Andy Beitia replaced Friesz and completed 15 of 36 passes for 149 yards.

DIVISION III

At Phenix City, Ala., Paul Parker rushed for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns, and Mike Scott returned a kickoff 84 yards for another touchdown to lead Ithaca to a 39-24 win over Central College of Iowa in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.

Parker scored on runs of 23, 26 and 4 yards as the Bombers (13-1) won their second national championship.

Lance Kooiker, converted from tight end to quarterback when Central lost its top two quarterbacks to injury, completed 14 of 35 passes for 233 yards and 2 touchdowns.