Ochs passes Montana into semifinals of I-AA

Craig Ochs passed for 251 yards and three touchdowns, and Lex Hilliard ran for 107 yards and two more scores to lead Montana to a 47-17 victory over New Hampshire in the NCAA Division I-AA football quarterfinals at Missoula, Mont., on Saturday.

Montana (11-2) will host Sam Houston State.

Ochs completed 16 consecutive passes during a stretch from late in the first quarter to early in the third quarter to help Montana (11-2) take a 37-3 lead.

Jefferson Heidelberger caught seven passes for 107 yards and a TD for Montana, and Levander Segars also caught a scoring pass. Hilliard scored on runs of 7 and 4 yards and Justin Green had a 1-yard TD run.

Ricky Santos passed for 347 yards and a TD for New Hampshire (10-3).

William & Mary 44, Delaware 38 (2OT): Jon Smith scored on a 7-yard run in the second overtime to lift the Tribe (11-2) past the 2003 champion Blue Hens (9-4) at Williamsburg, Va.

William & Mary, down 31-10 at halftime, forced overtime on Lang Campbell’s 15-yard TD pass to Joe Nicholas with 1:56 left in regulation.

Campbell was 30-of-53 for 342 yards and three touchdowns. Dominique Thompson caught nine passes for 185 yards, and Nicholas had 11 receptions for 94 yards.

William & Mary will play James Madison at 7 p.m. Friday in Williamsburg in a semifinal.

James Madison 14, Furman 13: Raymond Hines’ 1-yard TD run on fourth down tied the game with 28 seconds left, and David Rabil added the winning extra point as the Dukes (11-2) defeated the Paladins (10-3) at Greenville, S.C.

Justin Rascati was 5 of 8 on the winning 74-yard drive, with passes of 16 and 11 yards to D.D. Boxley.

Furman’s Scott Beckler lined up for a 43-yard field goal with five minutes remaining, but Demetrius Shambley blocked the low kick.