McGhee powers Bobcats over Weber

By the Associated Press | Posted: Saturday, November 5, 2011 11:55 pm
OGDEN, Utah - DeNarius McGhee threw for 310 yards and three touchdowns as Montana State continued its dominance over Weber State with a 44-24 victory at Stewart Stadium Saturday. The Bobcats have won seven straight in Ogden dating back to 1996 and 13 of the last 15 in the series.
McGhee was intercepted on his first two pass attempts of the game and No. 2 Montana State (7-0 Big Sky, 9-1) turned the ball over four times in the first half, but the Bobcats scored 24 unanswered points in a second half in which Weber State (3-3, 3-6) was held scoreless.
"I felt that we were fortunate to be only down by four at halftime as poorly as we played in the first half," said MSU coach Rob Ash. "We needed to take care of the ball and we needed to fit the run gaps better, and we took care of those issues."
The Bobcats have a bye next week and will be undefeated in conference play when they take on Montana in the annual Brawl of the Wild on Nov. 19.
Josh Booker rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns for Weber State. MSU held Weber State to just 329 total yards and forced three turnovers.
Montana St. 10 10 10 14 - 44
Weber St. 7 17 0 0 - 24
First Quarter
Web-Tuckett 5 run (McClain kick), 8:57.
MtSt-FG Cunningham 32, 3:35.
MtSt-Kr.Siewing 26 pass from McGhee (Cunningham kick), 1:31.
Second Quarter
Web-Booker 39 run (McClain kick), 13:33.
Web-Booker 8 run (McClain kick), 9:16.
MtSt-Robinson 1 run (Cunningham kick), 1:39.
Web-FG McClain 37, :38.
MtSt-FG Cunningham 46, :00.
Third Quarter
MtSt-S.Foster 6 pass from McGhee (Cunningham kick), 7:10.
MtSt-FG Cunningham 26, :08.
Fourth Quarter
MtSt-Robison 37 pass from McGhee (Cunningham kick), 6:25.
MtSt-Kirk 13 run (Cunningham kick), 2:04.
A-6,505.
MtSt Web
First downs 22 18
Rushes-yards 36-158 42-186
Passing 310 143
Comp-Att-Int 21-32-2 13-26-1
Return Yards 12 3
Punts-Avg. 1-36.0 2-40.5
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-2
Penalties-Yards 7-65 7-51
Time of Possession 31:59 28:01
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Montana St., Kirk 14-74, Robinson 13-59, McGhee 8-25, Team 1-0. Weber St., Booker 17-121, Collins 10-46, Tuckett 4-12, Hoke 10-5, Tolutau 1-2.
PASSING-Montana St., McGhee 21-32-2-310. Weber St., Hoke 13-26-1-143.
RECEIVING-Montana St., Bleskin 5-52, Akpla 3-94, Ellis 3-26, Kirk 2-20, Robinson 2-18, Gilbert 2-16, Robison 1-37, Kr.Siewing 1-26, Salanoa 1-15, S.Foster 1-6. Weber St., Kehano 6-83, Nakamura 3-33, Booker 2-7, Raught 1-12, Tuckett 1-8.
Portland State 29, Sacramento State 20
At Portland, Ore., Connor Kavanaugh passed for a touchdown and ran for a touchdown to lead Portland State to victory.
Kavanaugh's 28-yard rushing touchdown late in the third quarter gave Portland State (4-2 Big Sky, 6-3) a 26-14 lead. Kavanagh finished with 271 yards passing and 89 rushing.
Sacramento State (2-5, 3-6) managed to close the gap to 26-20 on an 8-yard touchdown run by quarterback Jeff Fleming. Portland State sealed the win on a field goal by Zach Brown on the ensuing possession and an interception on the Hornets' final drive.
Sacramento State gained only 87 yards in the first half, but Portland State's offense kept the Hornets in the game with two crucial turnovers: an interception touchdown return by Kyle Monson and a fumble by Kavanagh at the Portland State 1 that led to a touchdown.
Sacramento St. 0 14 0 6 - 20
Portland St. 9 7 10 3 - 29
First Quarter
Port-Griffin 30 run (run failed), 11:06.
Port-FG Brown 46, 4:22.
Second Quarter
Sac-Monson 24 interception return (pass failed), 10:14.
Port-Anderson 16 pass from Kavanaugh (Brown kick), 8:17.
Sac-Fleming 1 run (Hendershott pass from Fleming), :23.
Third Quarter
Port-FG Brown 45, 4:10.
Port-Kavanaugh 28 run (Brown kick), 1:09.
Fourth Quarter
Sac-Fleming 8 run (pass failed), 14:27.
Port-FG Brown 22, 7:54.
A-4,635.
Sac Port
First downs 14 19
Rushes-yards 27-178 48-150
Passing 129 271
Comp-Att-Int 19-32-1 12-25-1
Return Yards 24 10
Punts-Avg. 8-35.4 2-43.0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1
Penalties-Yards 7-60 10-89
Time of Possession 27:27 32:33
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Sacramento St., Fleming 13-78, Hilliard 5-58, McCowan 5-33, Croxdale 4-9. Portland St., Griffin 25-92, Kavanaugh 15-89, Cookman 1-(-1), Richard 3-(-3), Team 3-(-5), Gaulke 1-(-22).
PASSING-Sacramento St., Fleming 19-30-1-129, Safron 0-2-0-0. Portland St., Kavanaugh 12-25-1-271.
RECEIVING-Sacramento St., Norrise 6-27, Howard 4-45, D.Carter 3-35, Hendershott 3-14, Chastain 1-10, Maciel 1-3, Croxdale 1-(-5). Portland St., Monahan 6-154, Anderson 3-53, Richard 1-31, Cookman 1-20, Griffin 1-13.
Northern Arizona 34, Northern Colorado 14
At Flagstaff, Ariz., Zach Bauman tallied 245 total yards and three touchdowns as Northern Arizona notched its ninth straight victory over winless Northern Colorado.
Bauman rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries and added five catches for 121 yards and another score. The sophomore running back's 10th career 100-yard rushing game moved him into sixth place on the Lumberjacks' all-time rushing yardage list with 2,211 yards.
Cary Grossart was 18 for 24 for 264 yards and a touchdown for the Lumberjacks (3-4 Big Sky, 4-5), who won back-to-back games for the first time this season.
Northern Colorado (0-7, 0-10) trailed 27-0 after three quarters. Seth Lobato threw fourth-quarter touchdowns to Patrick Walker and Dominic Gunn and finished with 254 yards passing.
Walker, who set a conference single-game record with 315 receiving yards last week, had nine catches for 125 yards. Bears linebacker Clarence Bumpas registered 18 tackles.
N. Colorado 0 0 0 14 - 14
N. Arizona 7 10 10 7 - 34
First Quarter
NAz-Bauman 4 run (Myers kick), 2:39.
Second Quarter
NAz-Bauman 5 run (Myers kick), 13:31.
NAz-FG Myers 34, 3:20.
Third Quarter
NAz-Umodu 19 pass from Grossart (Myers kick), 7:51.
NAz-FG Myers 47, :58.
Fourth Quarter
NoCo-P.Walker 15 pass from Lobato (Eden kick), 12:06.
NAz-Bauman 39 pass from Paden (Myers kick), 11:53.
NoCo-Gunn 14 pass from Lobato (Eden kick), 2:02.
A-3,417.
NoCo NAz
First downs 17 22
Rushes-yards 16-39 40-145
Passing 254 338
Comp-Att-Int 23-45-0 21-28-2
Return Yards 37 9
Punts-Avg. 9-40.1 3-50.0
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 10-89 10-96
Time of Possession 20:02 39:58
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-N. Colorado, Burnley 6-23, Lobato 10-16. N. Arizona, Bauman 28-124, Saldana 6-12, Grossart 3-6, Cartwright 2-4, Team 1-(-1).
PASSING-N. Colorado, Lobato 23-45-0-254. N. Arizona, Grossart 18-24-2-264, Cartwright 2-3-0-35, Paden 1-1-0-39.
RECEIVING-N. Colorado, P.Walker 9-125, Morris 6-65, Gunn 3-24, Burnley 2-0, Holland 1-28, Stewart 1-11, Stimphil 1-1. N. Arizona, Bauman 5-121, Paden 5-46, Umodu 4-52, Dang 3-40, Rickert 2-47, D.Walker 2-32.