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Associated Press

Brian Ah-Yat passed for 302 of his 341 yards in the first half, and Montana built a 24-7 halftime lead on the way to a 37-7 win over Portland State on Saturday night at Portland.

The Grizzlies ran up 444 total yards, and the Vikings couldn’t generate the scoring punch they had produced in successive wins over Montana State and Sacramento State.

Ah-Yat threw for two touchdowns in the first half and scored on a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter. Ah-Yat hit Brian Gales on the first TD pass, and later hooked up with freshman Jim Farris for a school-record 93-yard pass play.

Ah-Yat’s touchdown run with 4:38 left in the game was his first rushing score of the season after being hobbled by injuries.

Montana 37, Portland St. 7

Montana 10 14 6 7 - 37

Portland St. 0 7 0 0 - 7

Mon-FG Heppner 21 Mon-Gales 4 run (Heppner kick) Mon-Gales 12 pass from Ah Yat (Heppner kick) Mon-Farris 93 pass from Ah Yat (Heppner kick) PSU-Bryant 10 pass from Blanchard (Lund kick) Mon-FG Heppner 21 Mon-FG Heppner 38 Mon- Ah Yat 1 run (Heppner kick) A-12,387

Mon PSU First downs 17 20 Rushes-yards 34-103 33-104 Passing 341 225 Comp-Att-Int 24-41-2 21-1-0 Return Yards 57 120 Punts-Avg. 7-37.7 9-35.1 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-3 Penalties-Yards 11-116 10-92 Time of Possession 31:17 28:43

RUSHING-Montana, Sanders 14-58, Gales 9-32, Pacheco 1-6, Ah-Yat 8-4, Branen 2-3. Portland St., Dunn 21-100, Johnson 3-14, Bryant 1-1, Blanchard 8-(minus 11).

PASSING-Montana, Ah-Yat 21-41-2-341. Portland St., Blanchard 21-51-225.

RECEIVING-Montana, Walker 6-85, Pacheco 5-55, Gales 5-23, Farris 4-125, Branen 2-3, Olsen 1-41, Paffhausen 1-9. Portland St., Conners 5-68, Bryant 5-54, Williams 3-48, Allen 3-32, Johnson 2-6, Harris 1-7, Dunn 1-5, Gallop 1-5.

Weber St. 52, Sacramento St. 14

In Ogden, Utah, Morgan Welch and Derrick Poole each ran for two touchdowns and Josh Heupel threw for another in his first start as the Wildcats (5-4, 3-3) whipped the Hornets (1-8, 1-6).

Sacramento St 0 0 0 14 - 14

Weber St 7 24 7 14 - 52

WEB-Poole 2 run (Shields kick) WEB-Ruben 3 run (Shields kick) WEB-Poole 2 run (Shields kick) WEB-Shields 37 interception return (Shields kick) WEB-FG Shields 24 WEB-Quayle 27 pass from Heupel (SHields kick) CSS-Williams 3 run (kick failed) WEB-Welch 24 run (Shields kick) CSS-Anderson 22 run (Taylor pass from Bernhardt) WEB-Welch 55 run (Shields kick) A-4,011.

SAC WEB First downs 16 27 Rushes-yards 38-149 34-221 Passing 123 335 Comp-Att-Int 14-29-4 25-49-0 Return Yards 8 100 Punts-Avg. 7-38 3-42 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-35 11-105 Time of Possession 33:50 26:55

RUSHING-SAC, Solis 7-48, Anderson 5-46, Roberts 20-41, Mitchell 2-22, Webb 1-7, Williams 1-3, Bernhardt 1-(-)-8, Carrillo 1-(-)10; WEB, Welch 8-118, Rubin 15-74, Poole 8-16, Fassel 1-7, Heupel 2-6.

PASSING-SAC, Bernhardt 12-24-4 104, Carrillo 2-5-0 19; WEB, Heupel 24-45-0 321, Fassel 1-4-0 14.

RECEIVING-SAC, Messer 2-32, Morrissey 2-25, Solis 3-22, Kool 2-16, Taylor 3-15, Smith 2-13; WEB, McGhee 7-93, Quayle 6-85, Clarke 4-57, Harlan 4-52, O’Donnell 1-15, DeGroot 1-14, Rubin 1-13, English 1-6.

CSU Northridge 31, Idaho St. 22

The Matadors led 28-6 at halftime, but allowed the Bengals to get to within six points when Kevin McCarthy scored a fourth-quarter touchdown to make the score 28-22.

Northridge outgained the Bengals 443-242 on offense and drove 62 yards to ice the game with a 34-yard Manny Marquez field goal.

The Matador attack was once again led by quarterback Aaron Flowers, who finished the game with 24 completions for 288 yards. Four ballcarriers combined to compile Northridge’s 155 yards rushing.

Idaho St. 0 6 9 7 - 22

CS Northridge 14 14 0 3 - 31

CS Northridge-Arnold 28 pass from Flowers (Marquez kick) CS Northridge-Harvey 3 run (Marquez kick) Idaho St.-McCarthy 1 run (Ferrell kick blocked) CS Northridge-Arnold 40 pass from Ogas (Marquez kick) CS Northridge-Schatz 5 pass from Flowers (Marquez kick) Idaho St.-TM safety Idaho St.-Elgaaen 2 run (Ferrell kick) Idaho St.-McCarthy 1 run (Ferrell kick) CS Northridge-Marquez 34 field goal A-2,718.

ISU CSN First downs 18 24 Rushes-yards 43-110 27-155 Passing 132 288 Comp-Att-Int 10-29-3 24-38-0 Return Yards 7 33 Punts-Avg. 3-39.3 2-46.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-3 Penalties-Yards 8-70 12-108 Time of Possession 35:11 24:41

RUSHING-Idaho St., Elgaaen 20-66, Nkeyasen 10-56, Baird 1-1, Whitworth 1-(-1), McCarthy 11-(-12). CS Northridge, J. Arnold 11-64, Harvey 5-45, Clarke 6-28, Flowers 4-18, Henry 1-0.

PASSING-Idaho St., McCarthy 29-10-3 132. CS Northridge, Flowers 37-23-0 248, Ogas 1-1-0 40.

RECEIVING-Idaho St., Delancy 4-93, Ernst 3-18, Farris 1-12, McBride 1-6, Baird 1-3. CS Northridge, A. Arnold 7-100, Henry 5-33, 4-59, J. Arnold 2-29, Schatz 2-15, Smith 2-4, Ogas 1-25, Clarke 1-23.

Cal Poly SLO 20, MSU 9

With the wind at his back and the game on the line, Alan Beilke kicked a 50-yard field goal with six seconds remaining to lift Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo over Montana State in Bozeman, Mont.

The field goal capped a nine-play, 58-yard drive that started on the Cal Poly 9-yard-line following a botched field-goal attempt by MSU (5-4) with 1:59 remaining.

Cal Poly, an independent team, is ranked 23rd in the NCAA Division I-AA poll.

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