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Ah Yat Leads Grizzlies Over Bengals

Associated Press

Big Sky

Brian Ah Yat threw three touchdown passes and Montana set two school records in routing winless Idaho State 48-0 at Pocatello, Idaho, on Saturday.

Kris Heppner set a school record for Montana (4-1 overall, 3-0 Big Sky) with a 54-yard field goal that put the Grizzlies up 45-0 late in the third quarter.

The Bengals (0-5, 0-3) reached the UM 1 in the second quarter but a fumble was returned a record 95 yards for a TD by Justin Gaines.

Montana 48, Idaho St. 0

Montana 7 21 17 3 - 48

Idaho St. 0 0 0 0 - 0

Montana-Branen 1 run (Heppner kick), 3:27

Montana-Gaines 95 fumble return (Heppner kick), 9:27

Montana-Watkins 31 pass from Ah Yat (Heppner kick), 5:49

Montana-Walker 9 pass from Ah Yat (Heppner kick), 1:20

Montana-Pacheco 4 pass Ah Yat (Heppner kick), 10:13

Montana-Manzanarez 6 interception return (Heppner kick), 8:53.

Montana-FG Heppner 54, :19

Montana-FG Heppner 22, 5:14

A-7,596.

UM ISU

First downs 15 10

Rushes-yards 35-106 32-44

Passing 237 124

Comp-Att-Int 20-31-0 9-25-3

Return Yards 83 117

Punts-Avg. 5-37.0 8-36.5

Fumbles-Lost 2-2 4-2

Penalties-Yards 10-80 8-54

Time of Possession 30:01 29:59

RUSHING-UM, Branen 12-43, Gilbraith, 8-29, Gales 4-20, Rowell 2-11, Sanders 5-10, Ah Yat 1-6 and Davis 3-1; ISU, Burford 7-26, Whitworth 7-21, Elgaaen 7-20, Nkeyasen 6-18, Morita 1-6, Anderson 3-4 and Spoklie 1-1.

PASSING-UM, Ah Yat 18-27-0-234, Rowell 1-2-0-8 and Davis 1-2-0-11; ISU, Burford 9-17-2-124 and Anderson 0-8-1-0.

RECEIVING-UM, Watkins 3-103, Pachecho 6-61, Farris 3-33, Walker 6-28, Sil 1-11 and Branen 1-1; ISU, Nkeyasen 2-49, Ernst 3-22, McBride 1-19, Spoklie 1-19, McCaskill 1-9 and Heuseveldt 1-6.

NAU 14, Montana State 13

NAU’s Samaji Akili intercepted Montana State QB Rob Compson with 1:08 left in the game, sealing the Lumberjacks’ (4-2, 2-1 Big Sky) victory over the Bobcats (3-2, 2-1) at Flagstaff, Ariz.

Montana State 3 10 0 0 - 13

N. Arizona 0 7 7 0 - 14

MSU-FG Groshelle 43, 5:24

MSU-Harry 8 pass from Compson (Groshelle kick), 14:55

NAU-St. Paul 14 pass from Brown (Goldstein kick), 11:05

MSU-FG Groshelle 43, 8:02

NAU-Brown 1 run (Goldstein kick), 10:18

MSU NAU

First downs 15 23

Rushes-yards 26-47 37-110

Passing 177 253

Comp-Att-Int 16-25-1 22-32-1

Return Yards 103 29

Punts-Avg. 5-42.8 6-35.8

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0

Penalties-Yards 4-35 7-72

Time of Possession 23:28 36:32

RUSHING-MSU: Wright 7-25, Tyler 7-22, Kinnaman 4-14, Morgan 1-8, Vallez 1-6, Compson, 6-(minus 28); NAU: Carson 24-88, McDonnald 6-32, T. Brown 4-(minus 10).

PASSING-MSU: Compson 16-25-1-177; NAU: Brown 22-32-1-253.

RECEIVING-MSU: Vallez 3-50, Harry 4-47, Morgan 5-46, Kinnaman 2-29, Galle 1-4, Crump 1-1; NAU: Pearsall 8-108, St. Paul 8-54, Lamos 1-34, Black 1-30, Florez, 2-17, Lockett 1-6, Carson 1-4.

CS Northridge 30, Weber St. 20

At Los Angeles, Josh Fiske passed for 264 yards and one touchdown to help the Matadors (3-3, 1-1 Big Sky) defeat the Wildcats (3-3, 1-2).

Weber St. 0 13 0 7 - 20

CS Northridge 14 0 3 13 - 30

CSN-N.Clarke 1 run (Marquez kick), 6:14

CSN-Ogas 16 pass from Fiske (Marquez kick), 1:56

WSU-R.Clarke 13 pass from Buck (Shields kick), 10:35 seconds

WSU-FG Shields 47, 2:14 WSU-FG Shields 30, :00

CSN-FG Marquez 32, 1:44

WSU-Quayle 2 pass from Buck (Shields kick), 12:58

CSN-N.Clarke 1 run (kick blocked), 9:55

CSN-Fiske 6 run (Marquez kick), :54

A-3,856.

WSU CSN

First downs 20 23

Rushes-yards 29-179 40-124

Passing 248 264

Comp-Att-Int 17-42-1 29-43-0

Return Yards 89 70

Punts-Avg. 9-29.1 7-32.1

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0

Penalties-Yards 5-66 4-30

Time of Possession 25:12 34:48

RUSHING-Weber St., Buck 10-110, Poole 11-55, Rubin 6-11, Welch 2-3. CS Northridge, Arnold 17-85, N.Clarke 11-24, Harvey 4-7, Fiske 8-8.

PASSING-Weber St., Buck 17-42-1-248. CS Northridge, Fiske 29-43-0-264.

RECEIVING-Weber St., Harlan 5-107, McGhee 4-37, Quayle 4-36, R.Clarke 3-36, Hazel 1-32. CS Northridge, Henry 13-156, Hill 5-43, Ogas 4-38, N.Clarke 4-21, Schatz 2-6, Harvey 1-0.

Portland St. 35, St. Mary’s 21

At Portland, Tyson Parsons passed for two touchdowns and Orshawante Bryant ran a kickoff back for 95 yards as the Vikings (2-4) defeated the Gaels (2-4) in a non-conference game.