By the Associated Press | Posted: Saturday, October 22, 2011 11:18 pm
GREELEY, Colo. - DeNarius McGhee threw two second-half touchdown passes as Montana State kept Northern Colorado winless with a 31-21 win on Saturday.
McGhee finished 16 for 23 for 188 yards and two interceptions passing. Frenchtown's Cody Kirk ran for a touchdown and career high 202 yards for Montana State (6-0 Big Sky, 7-1 overall), which extended its winning streak to seven games.
Seth Lobato completed 20 of 39 passes for 258 yards and two TDs. Patrick Walker caught nine passes for 100 yards and two scores for Northern Colorado (0-6, 0-8). The last time the Bears started 0-8 was in 2006.
Leading 24-21, McGhee threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Tanner Bleskin with 8:37 left in the game to seal the 10-point Montana State victory.
The Bears were within three points of Montana State twice in the second half. Dave Eden kicked a 40-yard field goal to get them within 17-13 early in the third quarter.
The Bobcats responded with a 10-play, 72-yard drive culminated by a 6-yard TD toss to Elvis Akpla with 7:07 left in the third quarter. Akpla, who had six catches for 57 yards, outjumped two defenders in the end zone to grab the ball.
Labato put together an impressive drive of his own: 11 plays spanning 80 yards. He found Walker on a 5-yard slant-pass play followed by a two-point conversion to Chris Morris with 2:07 remaining in the third quarter.
The Bobcats led 17-10 at the half despite two interceptions thrown by McGhee and Kirk fumbling the ball into the end zone.
Montana State piled up 260 yards of total offense in the half, 73 of which came on the game's first drive. Kirk walked untouched into the end zone from four yards out to cap the scoring drive.
Montana St. 7 10 7 7 - 31
N. Colorado 0 10 11 0 - 21
First Quarter
MtSt-Kirk 4 run (Cunningham kick), 9:45.
Second Quarter
NoCo-FG Eden 40, 12:11.
MtSt-Gilbert 6 run (Cunningham kick), 9:34.
MtSt-FG Cunningham 31, 5:20.
NoCo-P.Walker 20 pass from Lobato (Eden kick), 2:27.
Third Quarter
NoCo-FG Eden 30, 11:17.
MtSt-Akpla 6 pass from McGhee (Cunningham kick), 7:07.
NoCo-P.Walker 5 pass from Lobato (Morris pass from Lobato), 2:07.
Fourth Quarter
MtSt-T.Bleskin 11 pass from McGhee (Cunningham kick), 8:31.
A-5,301.
MtSt NoCo
First downs 26 22
Rushes-yards 49-308 27-88
Passing 188 258
Comp-Att-Int 16-23-2 20-39-0
Return Yards 26 4
Punts-Avg. 1-45.0 5-37.4
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1
Penalties-Yards 11-113 10-107
Time of Possession 29:01 28:27
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Montana St., Kirk 29-202, Gilbert 4-37, Robinson 10-33, McGhee 4-30, Ellis 1-8, Team 1-(-2). N. Colorado, Hildreth 13-57, Lobato 14-31.
PASSING-Montana St., McGhee 16-23-2-188. N. Colorado, Lobato 20-39-0-258.
RECEIVING-Montana St., Akpla 6-57, Ellis 3-41, Gilbert 2-51, Robinson 2-27, T.Bleskin 1-11, Salanoa 1-8, Kirk 1-(-7). N. Colorado, P.Walker 9-100, Stimphil 3-69, Gunn 3-40, Morris 2-21, Hildreth 2-16, Burnley 1-12.
BYU 56, Idaho State 3
At Provo, Utah, Riley Nelson passed for 215 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 62 yards and another TD to lead BYU past Idaho State.
Nelson completed 11 of 17 passes, including scoring throws of 15, 7 and 19 yards. The latter two went to Cody Hoffman, who had five catches for 71 yards.
Nelson's 16-yard scoring run in the second quarter put BYU (6-2) ahead 28-3 and was one of four rushing touchdowns for the Cougars. Michael Alisa added 66 yards on eight carries, including a 42-yard touchdown run, as BYU ran for 290 yards and had 572 yards of total offense.
Idaho State (2-6) has now lost 16 straight games to FBS opponents. Kevin Yost completed 26 of 46 passes for 174 yards for the Bengals. Roderick Rumble had 10 catches for 88 yards.
Idaho St. 3 0 0 0 - 3
BYU 14 21 14 7 - 56
First Quarter
BYU-Apo 15 pass from Nelson (J.Sorensen kick), 12:16.
IdSt-FG Garcia 34, 5:09.
BYU-Alisa 42 run (J.Sorensen kick), 3:35.
Second Quarter
BYU-Di Luigi 12 run (J.Sorensen kick), 8:23.
BYU-Nelson 16 run (J.Sorensen kick), 3:57.
BYU-Hoffman 7 pass from Nelson (J.Sorensen kick), :41.
Third Quarter
BYU-Hoffman 19 pass from Nelson (J.Sorensen kick), 10:41.
BYU-D.Sorensen 30 interception return (J.Sorensen kick), 2:26.
Fourth Quarter
BYU-Quezada 8 run (J.Sorensen kick), 6:46.
A-60,043.
IdSt BYU
First downs 17 33
Rushes-yards 19-20 44-290
Passing 231 282
Comp-Att-Int 34-60-3 19-27-1
Return Yards 0 123
Punts-Avg. 6-41.7 2-43.5
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-2
Penalties-Yards 8-65 9-90
Time of Possession 30:16 29:44
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Idaho St., Prier 1-21, Daniels 5-6, Arias 2-3, Yost 11-(-10). BYU, Alisa 8-66, Nelson 7-62, Quezada 11-59, Di Luigi 6-42, Foote 4-30, Kariya 4-22, Folsom 2-5, Heaps 2-4.
PASSING-Idaho St., Yost 26-46-1-174, Arias 8-14-2-57. BYU, Nelson 11-17-0-215, Heaps 8-10-1-67.
RECEIVING-Idaho St., Rumble 10-83, Hill 6-36, D.Graves 5-47, Daniels 5-31, Boyles 4-17, Austin 2-13, Prier 1-4, A.Graves 1-0. BYU, Apo 5-71, Hoffman 5-71, Jacobson 2-25, Falslev 2-20, Cutler 2-10, Di Luigi 1-57, Holt 1-18, Friel 1-10.
Southern Utah 35, Weber State 28
At Ogden, Utah, Southern Utah scored 25 straight points to rally from an 11-point third-quarter deficit and defeat Weber State 35-28 in the in-state rivals' final meeting as non-conference foes.
Austin Minefee ran for two touchdowns, caught a TD pass and made a tackle in the end zone after an interception for a safety to lead the Thunderbirds (4-4), who snapped a three-game losing streak.
Southern Utah will leave the Great West Conference to join Weber State (3-4) in the Big Sky Conference next year.
Mike Hoke completed 27 of 40 passes for 288 yards with a touchdown and interception for the Wildcats.
Minefee rushed 24 times for 88 yards and added 86 yards receiving.
Brad Sorensen was 18 of 21 passing for 201 yards and a TD with an interception for the Thunderbirds.
S. Utah 0 3 16 16 - 35
Weber St. 0 14 7 7 - 28
Second Quarter
SUt-FG Cook 39, 13:37.
Web-E.Walker 5 pass from Hoke (McClain kick), 2:39.
Web-Hoke 3 run (McClain kick), :07.
Third Quarter
SUt-Sorensen 2 run (Cook kick), 12:33.
Web-Hinds 5 run (McClain kick), 12:27.
SUt-Minefee 25 pass from Sorensen (Cook kick), 7:08.
SUt-Safety, 1:18.
Fourth Quarter
SUt-Minefee 2 run (Sorensen run), 13:33.
SUt-Minefee 1 run (Pedersen pass from Sorensen), 6:18.
Web-Booker 6 run (McClain kick), 4:48.
A-8,657.
SUt Web
First downs 19 22
Rushes-yards 41-147 33-141
Passing 201 288
Comp-Att-Int 18-31-1 27-40-1
Return Yards 34 2
Punts-Avg. 6-42.0 5-38.6
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards 9-79 11-77
Time of Possession 47:18 27:42
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-S. Utah, Minefee 24-88, Alexander 2-17, Sorensen 7-16, H.Brown 3-13, Team 2-7, Tagliaferri 2-4, D.Brown 1-2. Weber St., Booker 11-74, Hinds 12-48, Hoke 7-18, Collins 3-1.
PASSING-S. Utah, Sorensen 18-31-1-201. Weber St., Hoke 27-40-1-288.
RECEIVING-S. Utah, Minefee 6-86, H.Brown 3-18, Moala 2-29, D.Brown 2-28, Measom 2-15, Ursua 1-15, Aiono 1-7, Alexander 1-3. Weber St., Kehano 6-71, Booker 4-44, X.Johnson 3-37, Raught 3-35, Tuckett 3-23, Jankowski 2-22, Collins 2-13, Francisco 1-16, Hinds 1-16, Tolutau 1-6, E.Walker 1-5.
Portland State 36, Willamette 10
At Portland, Ore., Connor Kavanaugh had 162 yards passing and three touchdowns in the first half for Portland State.
Kavanaugh completed 9 of 12 passes as Portland State (4-3) built a 29-3 halftime lead, then sat out the second half after establishing a season high for yards and tripling his season total for touchdowns. His scoring passes went for 39 yards to Nevin Lewis, 20 yards to Justin Monahan and 7 yards to Shaquille Richard, who also scored on a 3-yard run.
Willamette (3-4), a Division III team, helped Portland State's cause with two fumbles and a failed fake punt attempt in the first half. The Vikings converted those miscues into 10 points.
The Bearcats scored their lone touchdown midway through the final quarter on a 9-yard scramble by quarterback Brian Widing.
Willamette 0 3 0 7 - 10
Portland St. 16 13 7 0 - 36
First Quarter
Port-Richard 3 run (Brown kick), 9:58.
Port-N.Lewis 39 pass from Kavanaugh (kick blocked), 6:32.
Port-FG Brown 33, 3:35.
Second Quarter
Port-Monahan 20 pass from Kavanaugh (pass failed), 13:50.
WILL-FG Rowan 40, 4:56.
Port-Richard 7 pass from Kavanaugh (Brown kick), :55.
Third Quarter
Port-Noa 22 pass from Hubel (Cope kick), 11:07.
Fourth Quarter
WILL-Widing 9 run (Derby kick), 8:39.
A-5,491.
WILL Port
First downs 12 20
Rushes-yards 45-149 46-230
Passing 63 255
Comp-Att-Int 8-14-0 14-25-2
Return Yards 7 17
Punts-Avg. 6-39.3 1-45.0
Fumbles-Lost 6-3 3-1
Penalties-Yards 7-60 12-104
Time of Possession 30:41 29:19
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Willamette, Dean 10-64, Abney 11-38, D.Jones 6-29, Widing 4-12, Williams 4-4, Turner 5-4, Plummer 1-3, Brown 2-2, Wyman 1-(-2), Knecht 1-(-5). Portland St., Richard 22-85, Griffin 10-61, Kavanaugh 5-37, Lilley 6-32, Engstrom 2-17, Hubel 1-(-2).
PASSING-Willamette, Widing 7-12-0-55, Dean 1-1-0-8, Rowan 0-1-0-0. Portland St., Kavanaugh 9-12-0-162, Hubel 3-8-1-54, Engstrom 2-4-0-39, Duyndam 0-1-1-0.
RECEIVING-Willamette, Knecht 3-29, Williams 3-29, Gilmore 1-6, Turner 1-(-1). Portland St., N.Lewis 3-57, Loftin 2-32, Noa 2-26, Richard 2-12, Tatum 1-39, Baker 1-34, Anderson 1-30, Monahan 1-20, McMillin 1-5.
Eastern Washington 42, Sacramento State 35, OT
At Sacramento, Calif., Jordan Talley ran in from a yard out for the winning touchdown in overtime as Eastern Washington beat Sacramento State 42-35 on Saturday night.
The game was sent to overtime when Bo Levi Mitchell threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Nicholas Edwards and Mike Jarrett kicked the extra point with 55 seconds left in regulation.
In all, Mitchell and Edwards connected for four touchdowns, including two others in the fourth quarter that helped the Eagles (4-4, 4-2 Big Sky) climb back from a 28-13 deficit. Mitchell completed 29 of 45 for 357 yards. Edwards made 11 catches for 197 yards.
Tommy Edwards threw 18 for 26 for 223 yards and two touchdowns for the Hornets (3-4, 2-3). Garrett Safron, Bryan Hilliard and Stephen Tezanos-Pinto each added a touchdown for the Hornets.
Mike Jarrett added a pair of field goals for the Eagles.
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