Cal Poly Stuns Idaho State 25-24 on a Late Touchdown
Forty seconds. That is how much was left when Cal Poly finally got in front, and it was the only time in the fourth quarter the Mustangs led. Cal Poly beat Idaho State 25-24 on a five-yard touchdown from Anthony Grigsby Jr. to Misa Paiau, after trailing 24-18.
Idaho State built that lead out of kicks. Mason Lindberg made five field goals (27, 45, 50, 43 and 30 yards), for 15 points, a Jordan Cooke eleven-yard touchdown pass to Julian Mason in the second quarter added seven, and a team safety in the third added two. That was 24 points with exactly one touchdown. Cal Poly had three of them. Grigsby ran in from 18 yards in the first, then ran in from four in the third and added the two-point conversion himself to tie it at 18-18. Josue Lopez had kicked a field goal at 0:42 of the second quarter to make it 10-10 earlier. Lindberg gave Idaho State a 21-18 lead with 14:55 left and a 24-18 lead with 9:43 left, and then nothing else happened until the very end. Cal Poly needed 9:03 of game clock after that second kick to find the winning drive, and found it with 40 seconds to spare, which is about as tight as a game gets without overtime.
The game changed hands three times and was tied twice. Idaho State threw two interceptions, Cal Poly none. Both teams had exactly 120 rushing yards, and each sacked the other three times. The records are 3-2 for both. For fantasy, Grigsby was the pick, and Idaho State's Tommy Poe had 108 yards and no score to show for them.