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Last-Second Field Goal Lifts Griz

Associated Press

Kris Heppner kicked a 37-yard field goal with no time left Saturday to lift Montana to a 27-25 win over Montana State at Bozeman, Mont.

Montana State had taken a 25-24 lead on a 3-yard run by Eric Kinnaman with 22 seconds to play. The two-point conversion failed, allowing the Grizzlies an opportunity for the game-winner.

Brian Ah Yat hit Justin Olsen on a 46-yard pass with 8 seconds to play to set up Heppner’s heroics.

Montana, which defeated its archrival for the 12th consecutive time, took a 21-7 halftime lead after Ah Yat hit Raul Pacheco on a 40-yard scoring pass with no time left on the first-half clock.

Ah Yat completed 29 of 45 passes for 335 yards. Kinnaman rushed 28 times for 113 yards for Montana State and Rob Compson completed 17 of 29 passes for 197 yards.

Montana 27, Montana St. 25

Montana 7 14 3 3 - 27

Montana St. 7 0 6 12 - 25

Mont-Paffhausen 7 pass from Ah Yat (Heppner kick) MSU-Morgan 42 pass from Compson (Groshelle kick) Mont-Branen 10 run (Heppner kick) Mont-Pacheco 40 pass from Ah Yat (Heppner kick) MSU-Kinnaman 14 run (kick failed) Mont-FG Heppner 37 MSU-N. Smith 4 pass from Compson (pass failed) MSU-Kinnaman 3 run (run failed) Mont-FG Heppner 37 A-13,507.

Mont MSU First downs 21 19 Rushes-yards 25-70 47-146 Passing 335 207 Comp-Att-Int 29-45-0 17-29-0 Return Yards 31 34 Punts-Avg. 9-45.5 9-40.9 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-30 3-40 Time of Possession 27:01 32:59 RUSHING-Montana, Branen 13-72, Sanders 3-15, Ah Yat 8-(-20). Montana State Kinnaman 28-113, Wright 5-31, Compson 9-(-10).

PASSING-Montana, Ah Yat 29-45-0-335. Montana State, Compson 17-29-0-197.

RECEIVING-Montana, Olsen 6-118, Pacheco 4-48, Walker 5-42, Paffhausen 4-38.

Northridge 21, N. Arizona 13

At Northridge, Calif, Aaron Flowers completed 28 of 42 for 298 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Matadors over the Lumberjacks.

A 41-yard touchdown pass from Flowers to Aaron Arnold with 7:46 remaining opened the lead to eight points for the Matadors.

Kino Carson paced the Lumberjacks with 200 yards rushing on 34 carries. He also scored Northern Arizona’s only touchdown, on a 30-yard run.

Safety Jeremy Golden had 22 tackles for Northridge to tie a school record.

N. Arizona 7 3 3 0 - 13

CS Northridge 7 7 0 7 - 21

NAU-Carson 30 run (Goldstein kick) CSN-Hill 17 pass from Flowers (Marquez kick) NAU-FG Goldstein 34 CSN-Henry 10 pass from Flowers (Marquez kick) NAU-FG Goldstein 42 CSN-A. Arnold 41 pass from Flowers A-4,329.

NA CSN First downs 22 18 Rushes-yards 44-211 23-2 Passing 000 000 Comp-Att-Int 17-30-0 28-42-0 Return Yards 24 4 Punts-Avg. 5-35 7-39 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-40 6-39 Time of Possession 47:11 25:51 RUSHING-N. Arizona, Carson 34-200, McDonnell 4-10, Shelton 1-9, Brown 5-(-)8. CS Northridge, Clarke 13-31, J. Arnold 1-4, Flowers 9-(-)33.

PASSING-N. Arizona, Brown 17-30-0-186. CS Northridge, Flowers 28-42-0-298.

RECEIVING-NAU, Pearsall 6-71, Carson 5-38, Flores 3-46, Lockett 1-12, Weske 1-10, Black 1-9. CS Northridge, Henry 8-76, A. Arnold 6-86, Clarke 5-45, Ogas 4-46, Hill 4-44, J. Arnold 1-1.

Weber St. 26, Idaho St. 7

At Ogden, Utah, Steve Buck passed for two TDs and rushed for another to lead the Wildcats over the Bengals.

Buck took charge in the second quarter, throwing two touchdown strikes, 35 yards to Jason English and 67 yards to Taurus McGhee.

Idaho St. 0 0 0 7 - 7

Weber St. 6 20 0 0 - 26

WSU-FG Shields 21 WSU-FG Shields 27 WSU-English 35 pass from Buck (Shields kick) WSU-Buck 1 run (Shields kick) WSU-McGhee 67 pass from Buck (kick failed) ISU-Morita 2 run (Farrell kick) A-3,712.

ISU WSU First downs 13 20 Rushes-yards 46-95 33-195 Passing 53 278 Comp-Att-Int 7-18-0 15-24-0 Return Yards 102 00 Punts-Avg. 9-34.5 3-38.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-70 13-121 Time of Possession 33:24 26:36 RUSHING-ISU, Whitworth 8-43, Elgaaen 8-34, Nkeyasen 15-31, Spoklie 1-3, Morita 1-2 and McCarthy 13-(-18); WSU, Buck 9-93, Rubin 13-60, Poole 8-35, Welch 2-8 and Heupel 1-(-1).

PASSING-ISU, McCarthy 7-18-0-53; WSU, Buck 12-19-0-243 and Heupel 3-5-0-35.

RECEIVING-ISU, McBride 3-15, Ernst 1-28, Whitworth 1-4, Elgaaen 1-3 and Nkeyasen 1-3; WSU, Quayle 7-96, McGhee 3-95, Harlan 2-21, English 1-35, DeGroot 1-17 and Clarke 1-14.

Cal Poly SLO 45, Sacramento St. 0

At San Luis Obispo, Calif., Antonio Warren rushed for 111 yards and three touchdowns as the Mustangs (10-1) completed their best season since going 10-1 in 1990.

Warren, who carried 17 times, opened the scoring with a 17-yard touchdown run in the opening 5 minutes of play. He also scored on runs of 14 and 12 yards in the third period.

Warren has surpassed the 100-yard mark in rushing 12 times in his career.

xxxx BIG SKY STANDINGS League Overall W L PF PA W L E.Wash. 7 1 264 147 10 1 Montana 6 2 282 135 8 3 Montana St. 5 3 158 145 6 5 N.Arizona 4 4 219 212 6 5 Weber St. 4 4 188 182 6 5 Northridge 4 4 205 210 6 6 Portland St. 3 5 170 192 4 7 Idaho St. 2 6 128 215 3 8 Sac. St. 1 7 146 303 1 10

Saturday’s results Montana 27, Montana St. 25 Weber St. 26, Idaho St. 7 Cal Poly-SLO 45, Sacramento St. 0 CS Northridge 21, N. Arizona 13