Montana State's Jabez Woods Returns a Kickoff 100 Yards in 51-24 Win
Butler kicked a field goal to tie it at 3-3 with 25 seconds left in the first quarter. Fourteen seconds later it was 10-3, because Jabez Woods took the kickoff back 100 yards. Butler never led, and once it was 16-3 the Bobcats never let it get closer than 13. Montana State won 51-24.
The Bobcats took a 3-0 lead on a 45-yard Myles Sansted field goal, and after the return they poured it on in the second quarter. Adam Jones scored from a yard out (the two-point try failed), Justin Lamson ran one in from a yard out with 1:47 left, and Lamson found Dane Steel from 29 yards with 22 seconds to go. That made it 30-3 at the half, and Taco Dowler's 20-yard catch early in the third made it 37-3.
Butler did not go away quietly. Gabe Passini hit Nick Munson from 3 yards at 5:33 of the third and Desmin Jackson scored from a yard out at 4:04, so Montana State led 37-17 entering the fourth. Then Jared White ran in a 2-yarder and Woods caught a 35-yard touchdown from Patrick Duchien, a reminder that Woods got into the end zone by two different routes. Jarrin Alley added a late Butler touchdown with 37 seconds left.
Montana State had 498 total yards to Butler's 273, and threw one interception while Butler turned it over zero times. A 100-yard kickoff return is worth seven points on its own, and the rest of the stat sheet was lopsided enough without it. The Bobcats are 2-0, Butler is 0-1.
For fantasy, Lamson led the way at 27.9, with Dowler at 23 and Jones at 16.