Idaho Outlasts Montana 42-35 in a Shootout
Montana tied this game three times and never led it. Idaho answered every one, and the last answer, a 2-yard run by Israel Carter at 10:07 of the fourth, was the final score.
Idaho started 14-0, on a 10-yard pass from Joshua Wood to Zack Card at 10:05 of the first quarter and a 14-yarder to Ryan Jezioro at 1:35. Montana got on the board with an 18-yard Keali'i Ah Yat pass to Brooks Davis, Wood scored from two yards for 21-7, and Ah Yat and Davis connected from five yards with 1:05 left in the half to make it 21-14. Davis's 33-yard touchdown at 12:23 of the third tied it at 21-21, Jezioro answered with a 13-yarder at 7:37, and Ah Yat found Landon Ransom-Goelz from 22 yards at 5:57 to tie it at 28-28. Hayden Kincheloe's 6-yard run with 10 seconds left in the third made it 35-28. Eli Gillman caught a 3-yard pass at 11:53 of the fourth to tie it again at 35-35, and Carter's run 1:46 later was the last score.
Montana had 338 passing yards and Idaho 335. Idaho outgained Montana 496 to 483 in total, and the two quarterbacks went 30 of 38 (Wood, with one interception) and 25 of 31 (Ah Yat). Montana lost a fumble. After Carter's run, neither team scored, which left Montana a little over ten minutes to find an answer it did not find.
Idaho is 2-4 and Montana is 5-2. Fantasy owners got both quarterbacks: Wood had 45.9 points and Ah Yat had 44.4, with Davis's three touchdown catches worth 36.4.