Idaho State Cruises Past Portland State After Early 24-0 Lead
It was 24-0 at halftime, and the second half was a formality. Idaho State beat Portland State 38-8, improving to 4-3, while Portland State dropped to 2-4. Idaho State never trailed, and Portland State never got closer than 16.
The home team started with a 41-yard Mason Lindberg field goal, then Jordan Cooke hit Tommy Poe from 38 yards for a 10-0 lead. Cooke ran in from a yard out early in the second quarter, and Tytan Mason scored from seven yards to make it 24-0 before the half. Portland State finally got on the board in the third quarter with a 4-yard Delon Thompson run (the two-point pass failed) and a team safety, which made it 24-8. Cooke added a 4-yard run midway through the fourth, and Carson Sudbury's 2-yard run with 38 seconds left capped the scoring.
The yardage is lopsided. Idaho State gained 488 yards, 334 of them passing, against 276 for Portland State, which ran 22 times for just 56 yards. Portland State did not throw an interception, but it lost two fumbles. Idaho State threw one interception and lost no fumbles. Portland State's defense had three sacks to Idaho State's two, which is the kind of number that looks nice on a losing team's stat sheet.
For fantasy, Cooke was the star: 35.1 points on 29 of 45 passing and two rushing touchdowns, against the one he threw through the air. Poe and Julian Mason each topped 21 points as the receivers, and Mason did it without scoring.