Montana State Scores 18 Seconds in and Buries Cal Poly 61-7
Montana State scored 18 seconds into the game on a 98-yard kickoff return, and the rest of the afternoon was a formality. The final was 61-7, and Cal Poly never scored in the second half.
Carter Dahlke's return came at 14:42 of the first quarter. Justin Lamson ran 20 yards for a touchdown at 10:30, threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Dahlke at 4:10, and found Luvens Valcin from 2 yards with 0:55 left. That was 27-0 after one quarter, and the extra point on that last score was blocked, the only blemish on that half. Lamson added a 1-yard run and a 5-yard touchdown pass to Dane Steel, and Adam Jones scored from a yard out to make it 48-0.
Cal Poly finally got on the board with 0:17 left in the second quarter, when Bo Kelly threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Tayvion McCoy. That made it 48-7 at the half. Colson Coon ran in from 9 yards in the third quarter, and Patrick Duchien threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Reed as the quarter expired for 61-7. Nobody scored in the fourth, so the whole game was over in three quarters.
The numbers are as lopsided as the score. Montana State had 518 yards to Cal Poly's 258, ran 41 times for 285 yards, and did not turn the ball over. Cal Poly threw three interceptions. Montana State is 7-1 and Cal Poly is 3-5.
For fantasy, Lamson scored five touchdowns in three quarters of work, and that was good for 39.1 points.