Montana State Erases a 10-Point Deficit, Holds Off Weber State 38-33
Weber State led 27-17 with a minute left in the first half. From there to the final two seconds, Montana State outscored the Wildcats 21-0. Montana State won 38-33 and is 6-1. Weber State drops to 5-3.
The first half was a pinball machine. Weber State kicked a field goal, Jared White answered with a 57-yard touchdown run, Ammon Munyer caught a 2-yard pass from Nate Dahle, and Rylan Schlepp caught a 2-yard pass from Justin Lamson to make it 14-10. Then Dyson Parker took the kickoff back 100 yards for a touchdown, just 14 seconds later, and Weber State led 17-14. Montana State tied it at 17-17 on a field goal. Seth Rigtrup ran 31 yards for a touchdown and a David Dellenbach field goal made it 27-17 at the half.
The second half belonged to the Bobcats. Jordan Reed caught a 12-yard touchdown from Lamson in the third to make it 27-24, and Rocky Lencioni plunged in from the 1 with 14:57 to play for a 31-27 lead, its first lead since the second quarter. Adam Jones then ripped off a 27-yard run with 1:54 left for the 38-27 cushion. Dahle connected with Robert Young from 11 yards out with two seconds to go, but the two-point try failed, so it stayed a five-point game.
The ground game made the difference: Montana State ran for 278 yards to Weber State's 124 and outgained the Wildcats 510 to 364. Both teams lost two fumbles (neither threw an interception).
The fantasy win belonged to the quarterbacks. Dahle's 25.0 was the best of the day even with two lost fumbles, and Lamson's 23.8 was right behind it.