Bobcats Rush Past Matadors

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Eric Kinnaman and Travis Wright each rushed for 100 yards and Rob Compson threw three touchdown passes to lead Montana State to a 31-20 victory over visiting Cal State Northridge on Saturday.

The Montana State (4-2, 3-1) defense also picked off five Northridge (3-4, 1-2) passes, and MSU running back Kenyatte Morgan returned a kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown.

It was the first time this season an MSU running back reached the century mark. Wright had 25 carries and Kinnaman 22.

The Bobcats picked up 380 net yards - 228 on the ground and 152 in the air. Compson completed 12 of 23 passes.

Compson got Montana State on the board early in the second quarter with a 32-yard touchdown pass to Tony Vallez, and hit Terrence Crump from three yards out later in the period.

Montana St. 31, CS Northridge 20

CS Northridge 3 0 14 3 - 20

Montana St. 0 14 7 10 - 31

CSN-FG Marquez 39, 6:33.

MSU-Vallez 32 pass from Compson (Groshelle kick), 11:38

MSU-Crump 3 pass from Compson (Groshelle kick), 3:29

CSN-J. Henry 3 pass from Fiske (Marquez kick), 5:52

MSU-Harry 6 pass from Compson (Groshelle kick), 2:42

CSN-A. Arnold 18 pass from Fiske (Marquez kick), 0:18

CSN-FG Marquez 44, 11:33

MSU-Morgan 91 kickoff return (Groshelle kick), 11:15

MSU-FG Groshelle 24, 7:45

A-9,357.

CSN MSU First downs 25 24 Rushes-yards 28-110 55-228 Passing 295 152 Comp-Att-Int 30-47-5 12-23-2 Return Yards 104 138 Punts-Avg. 4-43.0 4-44.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 3-20 3-16 Time of Possession 28:40 31:20

RUSHING-CS Northridge, Harvey 13-76, J.Arnold 5-18, Clarke 6-13, Fiske 4-3. Montana St., Wright 25-100, Kinnaman 22-100, Compson 6-18, Morgan 2-10.

PASSING-CS Northridge, Fiske 30-47-5 295. Montana St., Compson 12-23-2 152.

RECEIVING-CS Northridge, Hill 13-153, Ogas 6-66, J.Arnold 5-53, J.Henry 4-23, Harvey 2-0. Montana St., Galle 2-56, Vallez 3-43, Harry 4-34, Crump 2-12, Kinnaman 1-7.

Weber St. 16, Portland St. 7

At Ogden, Utah, Scott Shields kicked three field goals and sparked the Wildcat (4-3, 2-2) defense.

On offense, Shields hit field goals from 42, 51 and 32 yards. He also averaged 44 yards on six punts, with a long punt of 66. On defense, he played free safety as the Wildcats held the Vikings (2-5, 1-3) to 171 yards of total offense.

PSU 0 0 7 0 - 7

WSU 7 6 0 3 - 16

WSU-Poole 8 run (Shields kick), 7:16

WSU-Shields 42 FG, 6:55

WSU-Shields 55 FG, 00:45

PSU-Connors 32 pass from Parsons (Lund kick), 1:10

WSU-Shields 32 FG, 3:06

A-9,111.

PSU WSU First downs 14 11 Rushes-yards 39-83 38-61 Passing 88 195 Comp-Att-Int 10-36-2 10-23-1 Return Yards 38 68 Punts-Avg. 9-37.2 9-42.3 Fumbles-Lost 6-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 9-104 13-118 Time of Possession 30:11 29:49

RUSHING-PSU, Dunn 25-97, McVeigh 6-7, Parsons 7-minus-2, Team-minus-19; WSU, Poole 20-59, Reuben 6-43, Buck 12-minus-41.

PASSING-PSU, Parsons 10-36-2-88. WSU, Buck 10-23-1-195.

RECEIVING-PSU, Connors 3-40, Harris 3-24, Bryant 2-15, Jakubowski, 2-9. WSU, McGhee 3-66, Reuben 2-23, Harlan 2-22, Quayle 2-12, Clark 1-72.

N. Arizona 48, Sacramento St. 25

Travis Brown threw for 438 yards and two touchdowns, leading the Lumberjacks (5-2, 3-1) past the Hornets (1-5, 1-3) at Sacramento, Calif.

Kino Carson scored three touchdowns for the Lumberjacks, rushing for 95 yards on 21 carries.

Sacramento State could manage only 75 yards on 33 carries.

N. Arizona 12 14 15 7 - 48

Sacramento St. 3 7 7 8 - 25

NAU-St. Paul 35 pass from T. Brown (kick failed), 10:23

Sac St.-FG S. Brown 28, 6:01

NAU-Carson 2 run (kick failed), :00.

NAU-McDonnell 2 run (House kick), 11:53

Sac St.-Taylor 21 pass from Carillo (S. Brown kick), 9:59

NAU-Carson 4 run (House kick), 6:45.

NAU-Carson 7 run (Flores pass), 11:14

NAU-Lemos 6 pass from T. Brown (House kick), 8:59

Sac St.-Kool 9 pass from Towne (S. Brown kick), 4:56.

Sac St.-Solis 24 pass from C. Smith (pass failed), 13:46

NAU-T. Brown 1 run (House kick), 6:19

Sac St.-Safety, D. Smith, 3:32.

A-3,020.

NAU Sac St. First downs 44 19 Rushes-yards 41-162 33-075 Passing 455 295 Comp-Att-Int 31-53-3 18-43-0 Return Yards 151 192 Punts-Avg. 4-24.5 8-40.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 9-93 15-135 Time of Possession 32:17 27:43

RUSHING-NAU, Carson 21-95, McDonnell 13-74, St. Paul 3-2, Shelton 2-(-3), T. Brown 2-(-6). Sac St., Roberts 19-48, Mitchell 1-20, Towne 9-13, Solis 1-3, Carillo 3-(-9).

PASSING-NAU, T. Brown 30-51-3-438, C. Brown 1-2-0-17. Sac St., Towne 9-25-0-167, Carillo 7-16-0-73, Kool 1-1-0-31, C. Smith 1-1-0-24.

RECEIVING-NAU, Pearsall 9-148, St. Paul 6-98, Black 6-80, Lemos 4-58, Lockett 3-47, Mosier 1-17, Flores 1-7, McDonnell 1-0. Sac St., Taylor 4-76, Kool 3-62, Solis 3-35, Webb 2-41, Messer 2-30, Carillo 1-31, Smith 1-10, Mitchell 1-6, Roberts 1-4.

Idaho State 46, Southern Utah 31

James Ferrell hit five field goals for a school record while leading the Bengals (1-5) to a non-league win over the Thunderbirds (4-3) at Pocatello, Idaho.