Portland State Kicks past Weber State 44-41 on the Last Play
Weber State threw for 488 yards, gave the ball away six times, came back from 21 down to tie it, and still lost on a field goal as time ran out. Portland State beat the Wildcats 44-41, and the kick was a 41-yarder from Joshua Hossmann Lees at 0:00 of the fourth quarter.
Portland State led from the first score. Delon Thompson ran 35 yards for a touchdown, Zui Shelton returned a kickoff 95 yards for another, and Thompson added a 1-yard run. Terence Loville caught a 58-yard pass in the second quarter, and it was 28-7. Weber State's Marvin Session answered with a 31-yarder and an 80-yarder from Nate Dahle in the last two minutes of the half, which made it 28-21.
In the third quarter Lees kicked a 42-yard field goal and Thompson ran for 33 yards to make it 38-21. Weber State kept coming: Session scored from 27 yards (the two-point try failed) and Noah Kjar scored from 16 to make it 38-34. Lees hit a 31-yard field goal, Kjar caught a 30-yard touchdown pass with 1:53 left to tie it at 41, and Lees kicked the winner.
The turnover column is the strange part. Weber State threw 3 interceptions and lost 3 fumbles, six giveaways to Portland State's two (one interception, one fumble). The Wildcats finished with 703 total yards to 410. Portland State ran for 249 of its yards.
Portland State is 1-2, Weber State is 2-2. Fantasy owners saw Nate Dahle score 50.7 points in a loss, Session scored 40.5, and Thompson 39.3. Kjar, with 34.7, was just outside the top three.