North Dakota State made it two in a row over the University of Montana in the Camellia Bowl by whipping the Grizzlies 31-16 to cap NDSU's third straight undefeated season...It was NDSU's fifth victory in six bowl games over a seven-year span...The Bison took advantage of five Montana fumbles and the play of quarterback Mike Bentson, who totaled 208 yards of total offense and scored three touchdowns on runs of 4, 1 and 5 yards...Dennis Preboskiscored from 5 yards out and Jim Twardy booted a 34-yard field goal for the Bison...NDSU led 28-3 in the second quarter and was never seriously threatened...The Bison finished the year 9-0-1 with the only blemish a 14-14 tie with Eastern Michigan in the season opener...The Bison won their seventh straight North Central Conference championship and finished third in the AP poll and fourth in the UPI poll.
