Zach Vraa, Nick DeLuca, Carson Wentz and Chris Klieman walked into the post game press conference with their white and gray ball caps on. The letters on the cap read, “2015 National Champions.”

It’s not the first time North Dakota State has worn those hats, either.

In fact, this season was the fifth straight time NDSU has won in Frisco.

Saturday, the Bison won their fifth straight national championship after dismantling Jacksonville State 37-10 at Toyota Stadium.

And scoring 21 points in the second quarter helped in making history.

“I can’t put (it) into words,” Klieman, NDSU’s head football coach, said about winning five straight titles, something no other team at any other level has done. “I’m hoping some day I’ll be able to, but it’s remarkable what these guys have done.”

And it’s quite remarkable what Wentz did in his last game in a Bison uniform as he flies to California tonight for the Senior Bowl.

After freshman kicker Cam Pedersen connected on a 29-yard field goal with 8:36 left in the first quarter to give NDSU the early 3-0 lead, Wentz threw and ran for NDSU’s next two scores.

With 12:39 left in the second quarter Wentz found Andrew Bonnet for an eight-yard score to give NDSU a 10-0 lead. It was Wentz’s first touchdown pass since Oct. 17.

And then on NDSU’s next possession Wentz ran to the left side of the field passed a JSU defender and dove into the end zone for his first rushing touchdown of the day.

“The rust, people might have wanted to talk about it. I didn’t think I showed that,” Wentz said after making his first start since October.

Wentz finished the game 16-for-29 with one passing touchdown and two interceptions, also throwing for 197 yards.

On the ground he ran for two scores on nine carries for 79 yards.

As King Frazier scored NDSU’s last first half touchdown (a one-yard touchdown run), NDSU extended its lead to 24-0 on the team that led the FCS in total offense.

“We jumped on them quickly, which we thought was a real big key,” Klieman said about the 24 first half points. “Time of possession is huge, and I know we really owned that the first half, which allowed us to get a big lead.”

But there was still another half of football to play before JSU was going to be written off.

Gamecocks erased a 24-0 deficit in the third quarter after JSU scored in just under four minutes on an Eli Jenkins 6-yard touchdown run to pull within 17 points.

And minutes later Brandon Bender intercepted a Wentz pass and returned it 54 yards, which set up a 26-yard field goal by Connor Rouleau for the Gamecocks.

The fans could smell a comeback, but NDSU’s defense wasn’t going to let that happen.

DeLuca and NDSU’s defense held JSU’s offense to 204 total yards and 57 passing yards.

NDSU forced four turnovers and turned them into 21 points.

Coming into this title game JSU was averaging 41 points per game, DeLuca said NDSU’s defense was able to stop them due to all the preparation they did on the Gamecocks and Klieman said his defense is one of the best in the FCS.

“I don’t think our defense gets enough credit for being athletic and fast,” Klieman said about NDSU’s defense. “You know, we’re from North Dakota. All these explosive offenses that we’ve played in the playoffs and stuff, our defense can fly. That’s as good a defensive effort as I’ve seen from a four-game stretch in the playoffs.”

After scoring 10 points in the third quarter, JSU wasn’t able to find the end zone the rest of the game.

However, NDSU tagged on a few more.

Pedersen knocked in two more field goals in the second half, and Wentz had a one-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Pedersen was 3-for-3 on the day, and didn’t miss an extra point. The Bison freshman has been up and down through the season, but shined on the biggest stage.