Boise State Smothers Montana State, 35-7

Quarterback Tony Hilde threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third score as host Boise State defeated Montana State 35-7 in the Broncos’ final home Big Sky Conference game Saturday.

Hilde complete 19 of 30 passes for 263 yards as the Broncos won their fifth straight, raising their record to 4-2 in league, 7-3 overall, heading into next week’s showdown with arch rival Idaho.

Montana State, which dropped its third straight, fell to 2-4 in league and 5-5 overall heading into the traditional game against Montana next Saturday.

Boise St. 35, MSU 7

Montana St. 0 7 0 0 - 7

Boise St. 7 7 7 14 - 35

BSU-Ikebe 4 pass from Hilde (Erickson kick)

MSU-Ephriam 1 run (Groshelle kick)

BSU-Edwards 1 run (Erickson kick)

BSU-Hilde 3 run (Erickson kick)

BSU-Graven 2 run (Erickson kick)

BSU-C.Johnson 1 pass from Hilde (Erickson kick)

A-23,327.

MSU BSU First downs 14 18 Rushes-yards 41-103 41-161 Passing 99 264 Return Yards 22 -1 Comp-Att-Int 11-20-0 19-30-0 Punts 7-40 4-32 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2 Penalties-Yards 1-16 5-39 Time of Possession 29:03 30:57

Individual statistics

RUSHING - MSU, Engelking 28-129, Ephriam 2-6, Crump 2-1. BSU, Adams 19-65, Graven 7-42, Hilde 7-25.

PASSING - MSU, Compson 11-20-0-99. BSU, Hilde 19-30-0-263.

RECEIVING - MSU, Hopkins 4-47, Mayer 3-18, Hobbs 1-22. BSU, Ikebe 8-166, Richmond 6-67, Graven 3-27.

Weber St. 20, N. Arizona 14

At Ogden, Utah, the Wildcats (6-4, 4-2) defense shut down the Lumberjacks (7-4, 4-3) in the second half and Clemente Sainten added 154 yards rushing to lead Weber State.

N. Arizona 14 0 0 0 - 14

Weber St. 0 7 7 6 - 20

NAU-Amerson 3 run (O’Leary kick)

NAU-Torrey 25 run (O’Leary kick)

WSU-Sainten 6 run (Shields kick)

WSU-Pelagio-Williams 42 pass from Cook (Shields kick)

WSU-FG Shields 22

WSU-FG Shields 41

A-7,133.

NAU WSU First downs 15 16 Rushes-yards 47-252 32-170 Passing 113 216 Return Yards 7 9 Comp-Att-Int 14-22-1 19-36-0 Punts 7-46 7-40 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1 Penalties-Yards 7-67 6-57 Time of Possession 31:57 28:03

Individual statistics

RUSHING - NAU, Amerson 28-156, Torrey 14-77, Partridge 3-14; WSU, Sainten 21-154, Robinson 8-19, Cook 3-(3).

PASSING - NAU, Partridge 14-21-1-113; WSU, Cook 19-36-0-216.

RECEIVING - NAU, Hess 7-49, Pearsall 1-20 and Marshall 2-19; WSU, Eckford 5-62, Pelagio-Williams 2-47 and Young 2-38.

N. Texas 41, Idaho St. 38

At Denton, Texas, Phillip Littlejohn’s interception at the 4 killed Idaho State’s potential game-winning rally with under two minutes to play, and Cedric Cromer followed with a 95-yard touchdown run the next play to give North Texas (2-8) the win.