Weber State Rallies past Idaho State in the Fourth
Weber State won this one 27-20, and it did it after spotting Idaho State a pick-six in the first quarter. Trehsyn Fesili took an interception back 50 yards, and a little over four minutes later Weber State had answered with a 68-yard punt return from Robert Young. Two touchdowns, zero offensive drives required. Nobody asked for that kind of start, and everybody got it.
Idaho State pushed the lead to 14-6 on a 32-yard pass from Davis Harsin to Julian Mason in the second quarter, and that was the biggest hole Weber State had to climb out of. Seth Rigtrup's 2-yard run cut it to 14-12 early in the third, and Nate Dahle hit Noah Kjar from 14 yards to put the Wildcats up 19-14. Jordan Cooke answered with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Parker Graham, and a failed two-point try on each side left Idaho State up 20-19 after three quarters.
Spencer Ferguson settled it. His 2-yard run with 1:10 left put Weber State ahead, and Dahle found Tate Kjar on the two-point try to make it a one-score game the other way, 27-20. The ground game was the difference on paper: 186 rushing yards on 37 carries for Weber State against 125 on 36 for Idaho State. Total yards were 359 to 323. Each team threw one interception and Weber State lost the game's only fumble, so the turnovers do not explain it.
Weber State moves to 5-2. Idaho State falls to 3-3 and can point at the first quarter, where 14 points came from a pick-six and a punt return and neither offense had much say. For fantasy purposes, the lesson is that a running back who gets the goal-line carries at the end of a close game is worth the roster spot.