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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | DANIEL SULLIVAN

IT’S ALL IN THE

FEET Heisman in his blood, Sullivan always more interested in kicking the ball than throwing it

size as his Heisman-winning uncle, wasn’t as interested in football until near the end of ‌On the east side of Jordan- his high school stay. Soccer was the fixation of choice.

Hare Stadium, the 87,000“Soccer was it pretty much seat jewel of SEC football in Auburn, Alabama, three men until senior year of high school when I finally decided built of bronze stand guard. to take football a little more They are the memories seriously,” Daniel said. “... of Auburn football, whose names transform grown men I started to realize I had an opportunity to go play at the into the children they once next level and probably didn’t were, peering down at the have the same opportunity game from the upper decks. with soccer.”

They are Heisman Trophy

winners, now 8-foot trophies On an April afternoon, as themselves.

Pat Sullivan: he is Montana Grizzly football players trickled out onto the synthetic Grizzlies kicker Daniel Sullivan’s connection to college turf in Washington-Grizzly Stadium, a handful of fútbol football immortality. players occupied the north“There’s three statues outside the stadium: Bo Jack- west section of the field.

Daniel, at 5 feet, 10 inches son, Cam Newton and my brother,” said Daniel’s father, and 165 pounds in the way roster numbers can be generBill Sullivan. “It’s a pretty ously fudged, juggled a socbig shadow.”

Quarterbacking runs deep cer ball on cleats meant for World Cups, not bowl games. in the Sullivan blood. Of He was just having a little fun course there was Pat “Super Sully,” who piloted the Tigers before football practice.

Soccer was the 22-yearto the New Year’s Day Sugar old’s first love, despite Bowl after being named the his lineage. country’s most outstanding “I always played (football), football player in 1971. A few years later came Joe Sullivan, but if there was a conflict between soccer and football, another Auburn QB. The soccer was always gonna be next generation there was the priority,” he said.

Patrick Jr. His skills translated from Yet Daniel, a native Norwegian (we’ll get to that) who wasn’t blessed with the same See SULLIVAN, Page A4 AJ MAZZOLINI ajmazzolini@missoulian.com‌

Montana kicker Daniel Sullivan, left, walks off the field after a successful kick against UC Davis last week at Aggie Stadium in Davis, California.

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | DANIEL SULLIVAN

Sullivan

“She was funny when the boys were growing Continued from Page A2 up, all she talked about is our boys are not playing football,” Bill remembered. pitch to gridiron. Before “She just thought it was his senior year at Mill the dumbest thing ever.

Creek’s Jackson High in “‘There’s rules against suburban Seattle, Sullivan him being hit?’” he conimpressed at a kicking camp at Boise State run by tinued, replaying his wife’s NFL pro Billy Cundiff. He outer monologue. “‘They started his final prep sea- can all be kickers then.’”

Palma met her future son 8 of 10 on field goals husband in San Francisco and even drew the attenwhile she was working tion of the Seattle Times. as an au pair for a friend In came the interested of Bill’s. After they got college coaches — Boise engaged, made a stop State, Washington, Air back in Alabama and Force, Portland State then moved to the Seattle and Samford, where area, Palma flew home in uncle Pat was then head the fall of 1992 at seven coach, among them. Not months pregnant. included? Montana.

Bill was a frequent The high schooler traveler for work and signed with Wyoming, Palma wanted to be with a place that met two key her family in Ålesund needs for the kicker. A for Daniel’s birth. The scholarship spot on the newborn spent as much football team and the time in Norway those first chance to win the startfew years as he did the ing job.

United States.

He made starter his “I actually learned Norfreshman year in 2011. wegian first when I was “It was fun, though a little kid,” he said. “I’m maybe in hindsight a probably not as fluent as I redshirt year might have used to be, but I’ll be there been helpful,” joked Sulfor like five days ... and the livan this week from Griz first couple days would practice. “It’s different going from playing in front be a little rusty. Then it would all come back. of nobody to having big guys from Nebraska trying People wouldn’t even know I wasn’t from there.” to rip your head off.

Sullivan visited the “I remember the first kickoff I took and I looked coastal European town most summers after movup as I was walking back before my approach to the ing to the States, though ball and saw myself on the he hasn’t been back since 2013. He’s got a trip Jumbotron. It was such a planned this winter for his weird experience.” grandmother’s birthday,

though “it kind of depends Palma Vatne wasn’t on when the season ends, so keen on her son playso hopefully not for a ing football. She grew while,” he said. up in Ålesund, Norway,

a small town with a view After a fairly successof the Norwegian Sea and ful freshman season at inland mountains and far Wyoming — Daniel made 7 removed from America’s of 11 field-goal tries — the violent game. promising kicker’s career Then she married took a frightening turn. into an Auburn football While at a kicking camp royal family.

in Wisconsin in July 2012, the 19-year-old suffered an unpredictable stroke.

To this day the family is still rather unsure of the emergency’s origin, Bill said, and Daniel prefers not to speak about that time in his life.

“It was a medical issue that scared the death out of you,” Bill said. “... It gave him an appreciation for (life and football); it gave us such a perspective on raising our other two boys.”

Daniel redshirted that fall season while recovering. When fellow Cowboy Stuart Williams latched onto the starting spot in his absence, Daniel transferred to Washington State where he sat out 2013 per NCAA transfer rules.

A bad ankle sprain ahead of his tryout to walk on with the Cougars in the summer of 2014 derailed yet another stop and Daniel turned his hopes east. It was awfully last-second, he said, but Montana had a spot for him.

He beat out a crowded position group by the fourth game of the 2014 season and finished 11 of 14 on field goals.

“You’re really looking for game experience and consistency in live situations,” said Montana first-year special teams coordinator and secondary coach Jason Semore, who stuck with Daniel as starter this fall. “There’s no substitute for that.”

Among the subjects Daniel would like to avoid is also his performance this season. That includes the highs and lows.

“I’d just prefer to focus on having good kicks,” he said, whisking away any semblance of distraction. “I don’t want to miss. Ever.”

makes lead the FCS. All nine were from 28 No. 5 yards or closer, which may speak more to the GrizPosition: zlies’ red-zone offense K than Daniel’s booting.

Year: Sr. But not all close kicks Height: are automatic, Semore 5-10 pointed out. Daniel has missed a pair of PATs in Weight: 13 tries.

165 “He needs to approach Hometown: Mill Creek, those the same way he Wash. does a 50-yard field goal,” Semore said. “It’s a hard mental focus that you’re His misses are few and far between — to a historic looking for in your kickers. ... Obviously the hardest extent even. part about that in games Daniel leads all Grizzly is your surroundings. It’s kickers (minimum 25 attempts) with an 80-per- like playing golf but with 30,000 people yelling cent success rate. That at ya.” includes besting all-time A kicker’s memory is greats like Dan Carpenter short, said Griz punter (72.8 percent) and Chris Chris Lider, and the Snyder (66.7). Of course special teams guys lean on both those fellas have each other for support in about four times as many attempts, but it’s still fact. those moments that need Daniel is 20 for 25 for his forgetting.

“Daniel and I have career, including a 9-of-11 gone through very similar mark this fall. Those nine

DANIEL SULLIVAN

things,” said Lider, one of the kickers whom Daniel beat out last fall before the former’s transition to punter. “Anything that’s going on this year, we talk about it.

“We make sure on the sideline if I have a good punt, he has a good kick, we always congratulate each other. If I have a bad punt, he has a bad kick, we quickly talk about it, maybe 5 seconds, and after that it’s on to the next one.”

And the next and the next and the next.

A kicker’s life is repetition. And though success at even a historic rate won’t net him a Heisman Trophy, a continued tear like that he’s on could bring in a second-straight honor named for one of the first families of Griz football.

The Hauck Special Teams Player of the Year award.

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | Q & A

Sanders finding his fit after injury, transfer JOSH THOMAS for the Missoulian‌

I‌ magine gearing up to head off to college for your first year of playing a collegiate-level sport.

It takes true mental and physical preparation to play a sport in the first place, and to take it up to the next level, it places demands on athletes at which the fans don’t always get a clear inside look.

Then imagine your old “college try” didn’t work out. Do you give up on your dream of pursuing your sport, or do you keep working toward the next opportunity?

University of Montana redshirt freshman cornerback Markell Sanders is a bit familiar with this process. After developing into one of Eastside Catholic (Washington) High School’s best players and becoming team captain his senior year, Sanders suffered a shoulder injury that ended his prep football career on a down note.

Not deterred from making a strong recovery, Sanders made the journey back and got noticed

by Washington State, joining the team for a stint in the 2014 season. After struggles with his injury recovery, Sanders wasn’t fitting into WSU’s scheme, and he knew he needed a change of scenery.

Enter Griz football. With a hunger to return to the gridiron glory he once experienced, Sanders is eager to prove to Griz Nation — and himself — that he has what it takes to be an impact player at the college level.

The Missoulian spoke with Sanders before an early-October practice to discuss his journey to Missoula, how he has transitioned thus far and more.

Q: What is your major and what drove you to chose that?

A: I’m studying psychology and I chose that because I’m trying to stay into sports. Sports psychology interests me and I’d love to be able to help athletes

MARKELL SANDERS No. 1 Position: CB Year: R-Fr. Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Hometown: Renton, Wash. about each other and I think that’s the most important part of a team. It kind of feels like high school. I can just come out and play my game and enjoy myself without other worries.

Being here, I want to continue developing with my teammates every day.

Q: The defense has been locked in recently, kicking off in the NAU game especially. What has gone right for you guys that has allowed you to lock down on defense?

A: Our focus and how we want to operate as a team helps us. You look to your left and you know your teammate and trust him. The trust we build among one another is great because if you don’t have that trust you TOM BAUER/Missoulian‌ can’t operate as a unit. EveryMontana’s Markell Sanders (1) grabs a Montana punt away from UC Davis’ Chris Martin near the goal body just has to take a second to line last Saturday at Davis, Calif. think and play the game the way they know how to.

Q: Entering the Weber game what drove you to make the out any way I could. Everything season-ending injury your on a two-game win streak, what transfer change? senior year of high school as a that psychology has to offer A: Coming off the injury, it was is the team keying in on and team captain had to have been drew me in. tough. I had to greyshirt starting where is the mindset? tough. What did that teach you Q: Where did you go to high A: We just have to keep it rolloff (in 2013) and then getting into and did it change you? school and how would you A: It was obviously hard deal- the swing of things was difficult. ing. Keep doing your job is the describe your prep experience?

A: I went to Eastside Catholic ing with that my last year. I got to It wasn’t the fit for me and things biggest part of everything. You have to focus on what’s going on didn’t work out how I hoped. I play the first two games. I stuck High School, kind of a small with you and not everybody else. needed to explore other options private school in Washington. It around the team and helped out Q: Favorite spot around as much as I could. I tried to help and have the opportunity to start was a great experience for me; out fresh again. The opportunity Missoula? out the young guys that were all my friends I grew up with A: I haven’t been able to really going to be taking my spot, and it here came along, and I took it. stuck around me. The football Q: What does it mean to you to get out and hang around the helped me realize that the game experience started off a little town yet, but I definitely plan on rough, we weren’t so great start- is precious and you have to enjoy have that second chance, and to ing out, but we developed as the every minute of it. Going into my be able to do it in front of a foot- getting to know it better.

Q: Favorite artist/song? college career, it just put me in a ball community like Missoula? years went on. I played defense A: Honestly, anything by Drake A: The team and the reputaplace of being humble and to be the whole time, and being out right now. He speaks with a lot of tion here helped me decide to able to get back on the field is a on the field with my friends, I passion and stuff in his songs has come. It’s a great atmosphere got to enjoy the sport. It helped true blessing. and the fans are wonderful. The a way of being relatable. I also Q: Starting your career off me become who I am now really. teammates, everyone here cares listen to a bit of Chris Brown too. at WSU, what was that like and Q: Dealing with a

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | CONFERENCE CAPSULES

AROUND THE BIG SKY Weber State at Montana‌ Saturday, 2:05 p.m.

Washington-Grizzly Stadium (25,217 SprinTurf) Cowles Media WatchBigSky.com

Series History: Montana holds a 39-13 all-time record in the series.

The Records: Weber State is 2-3 (1-1 BSC), while Montana is 3-2 (2-0 BSC).

Last Meeting: Jordan Canada rushed for a careerhigh 189 yards and two touchdowns to lead Montana to a 42-6 win over Weber State in 2013. The Grizzlies piled up 461 yards of total offense, with John Nguyen, Marlon Miles and Shay Smithwick-Hann each rushing for a TD. The Coaches: Weber State coach Jay Hill is 4-13, and 3-7 in BSC play. Montana coach Bob Stitt is 3-2, and 2-0 in BSC play.

Notes: Weber State had six turnovers in a 44-0 loss to Southern Utah, including five interceptions...

For the second straight game, the Wildcats used a two-quarterback system (Jadrian Clark and Justin Shaw)... Montana defensive tackle Caleb Kidder earned Defensive Player of the Week honors from the Big Sky, after he recovered a fumble and had an interception... This is the second consecutive week the Grizzlies have won the Defensive Player of the Week award... Montana leads the nation in sacks, with 22 through five games, nine belonging to defensive end Tyrone Holmes.

Idaho State at North Dakota‌ Saturday, 12:05 p.m.

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Series History: North Dakota holds a 4-0 lead in the series.

The Records: Idaho State is 1-4 (0-2 BSC), while North Dakota is 4-1 (2-0 BSC).

Last Meeting: Dayo Idowu forced a fumble and Ben Peters recovered it in the end zone for the deciding touchdown as North Dakota turned back Idaho State 28-25.

The Coaches: Idaho State coach Mike Kramer is 92-111, and 15-36 at ISU. Kramer is 8-26 in BSC play at ISU. North Dakota coach Bubba

Montana running back Jordan Canada rushes for yards against Weber State in 2013.

Schweigert is 9-8 at UND, and 5-5 in conference play.

Notes: UND kicker Reid Taubenheim was named Special Teams Player of the Week... North Dakota is 2-0 inside the Alerus Center this season, with wins over Drake and UC Davis... North Dakota linebacker Will Ratelle is averaging 8.6 tackles a game, and has 2.5 sacks on the season... Ratelle is second in the conference in tackles for loss, with 7.5... This will be Idaho

State’s fourth consecutive road game... The Bengals have been outscored 190-34 over the past three games... UND has the league’s best rushing defense (allowing 69.2 ypg.

Cal Poly at Eastern Washington‌ Saturday, 2:05 p.m.

Cheney, Washington Roos Field (8,600 Red SprinTurf) SWX WatchBigSky.com

Series History: Eastern Washington holds a 5-2 advantage in the series.

MICHAEL GALLACHER, Missoulian‌

The Records: Cal Poly is 2-3 (1-1 BSC), while Eastern Washington is 2-2 (1-0 BSC).

Last Meeting: Cooper Kupp had eight receptions for 139 yards and two touchdowns as Eastern Washington defeated Cal Poly 35-22.Vernon Adams hit Kupp on touchdown passes of 32 and 24 yards.

The Coaches: Cal Poly coach Tim Walsh

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | STRENGTHS

THE EDGE ‌Missoulian reporter AJ Mazzolini assess the strengths of both teams

QUARTERBACK: Weber has been experimenting with two quarterbacks, trying to get freshman Justin Shaw some experience along with junior Jadrian Clark. Together they have nine interceptions in five games, all while UM’s Chad Chalich seems to be getting more comfortable.

OFFENSIVE LINE: The snaps from center Robert Luke were better last week and McCauley Todd was switched into the starting lineup at left guard. Yes the Griz unit has improved, but there’s still too much uncertainty compared to a Weber line centered by four-year starter Joe Hawkins.

RUNNING BACK: The Griz are down a couple bodies but the running game hasn’t looked this good all season with true freshman Jeremy Calhoun bringing a spark to the Griz backfield. Weber on the other hand has two guys rushing for only about 50 yards a game.

WIDE RECEIVERS/TE: Both Chase Naccarato and Jamaal Jones have more receptions by themselves (35) than any two Wildcat receivers. That’s enough to win over the pass catchers despite Montana’s propensity to drop a few too many in recent weeks.

DEFENSIVE LINE: Two different Griz linemen have earned Big Sky Conference Defensive Player of the Week awards in the last two weeks. It might be enough to sway this category to Montana even if only Caleb Kidder and Tyrone Holmes suited up Saturday.

LINEBACKERS: A lot has been made about that stout Grizzly defensive line, but the linebackers aren’t bad either.

Kendrick Van Ackeren has two fumble recovers, a blocked kick and 57 tackles just by himself. Fellow starters Jeremiah Kose and Herbert Gamboa each have a sack and a half in blitz formation as well.

CB/SAFETY: Weber has a pretty good pass defense and some ballhawks in the secondary, though Big Sky interceptions co-leader Jawian Harrison is a little banged up right now. Considering the Griz D-line has more picks than its secondary, it feels right to give the Wildcats a little love here.

SPECIAL TEAMS: Griz kicker Daniel Sullivan missed another PAT last week, his second on the season, and still has yet to make a kick longer than 28 yards. Meanwhile, Weber’s Eric Wilkes is averaging 30 yards per kick return and has taken one to the house already this season.

INTANGIBLES: The Griz are averaging well over 26,000 fans per home game this season and while Weber State may not be the same draw that North Dakota State or homecoming were, it’ll still be plenty loud in Missoula on Saturday.

Here’s expecting the Griz to pull off their third victory in a row.

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AROUND THE BIG SKY

Montana runner John Nguyen breaks a tackle attempt by Cal Poly defensive back R.J. Mazolewski earlier this season.. is 89-74 all-time, and is 66-55 in Big Sky play.

Eastern Washington coach Beau Baldwin is 79-30 overall, and is 52-13 in Big Sky play.

Notes: Eastern Washington receiver Cooper Kupp is already the Big Sky’s leader in receiving touchdowns (47), but he’s also in line to break the all-time receptions mark 268), the receptions-pergame mark (7.7), and the all-time career receiving yards mark (4,140)... Cal Poly is leading the nation in rushing, averaging 363.8 ypg... Eastern Washington leads the conference in total offense, averaging 590.5 ypg... Cal Poly and Eastern

Washington are the league’s two worst teams in total defense... Cal Poly and EWU lead the league in 4th-down conversion.

Northern Arizona at UC Davis‌ Saturday, 5 p.m.

Davis, California Aggie Stadium

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(10,743 Sportexe Synthetic Turf) WatchBigSky.com

Series History: Northern Arizona holds a 3-0 series advantage.

The Records: Northern Arizona is 3-2 (1-1 BSC), while UC Davis is 0-5 (0-2 BSC).

Last Meeting: Lucky Dozier lived up to his name, as his 78-yard interception return for a touchdown helped Northern Arizona to a 21-10 win over UC Davis. With 1:56 left, Marcus Alford sealed the win for Northern Arizona (1-1) with a

47-yard interception return to provide the final margin.

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AROUND THE BIG SKY The Coaches: Northern Arizona coach Jerome Souers is 103-95 all-time, and is 68-65 in Big Sky play. UC Davis coach Ron Gould is 7-21 overall, and is 6-12 in Big Sky play.

Notes: Northern Arizona running back Casey Jahn earned Offensive Player of the Week... The Lumberjacks have allowed 16 sacks this season... UC Davis has converted 13-of-14 red zone opportunities this season, good for second in the Big Sky behind Montana State... NAU quarterback Case Cookus is second in the Big Sky in passing efficiency... Northern Arizona is 0-1 in Big Sky road games this season... UC Davis has the league’s secondranked passing defense (allowing 179 ypg)... UC Davis is last in rushing offense in the Big Sky (98 ypg).

Sacramento State at Montana State‌ Saturday, 5:05 p.m.

Bozeman, Montana Bobcat Stadium (20,767 FieldTurf) ROOT SPORTS/DirecTV’s Audience Network WatchBigSky.com

Series History: Montana State holds a 16-6 advantage in the

series.

The Records: Sacramento State is 1-4 (0-2 BSC), while Montana State is 2-2 (1-1 BSC).

Last Meeting: Dakota Prukop piled up 488 total yards and accounted for eight touchdowns — including a 4-yard scoring pass to Mitchell Herbert with 4 seconds left.

Prukop completed 23 of 34 passes to 10 different receivers for 348 yards and five scores and added 140 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 16 carries.

The Coaches: Sacramento State coach Jody Sears is 11-28 overall, and 7-19 in Big Sky play. Montana State coach Rob Ash is 67-34 overall, and is 47-19 in Big Sky play.

Notes: Montana State is leading the league in scoring offense (45.2 ppg)... The Bobcats are the second-ranked rushing offense, averaging 226 yards. Sacramento State has the league’s thirdranked rushing defense, allowing 125.2 yards... MSU quarterback Dakota Prukop leads the Big Sky in total offense, averaging 425.8 yards a game... Sacramento State linebacker Darnell Sankey averages 14.2 tackles a game.

Montana State running back Chad Newell moves upfield during the Bobcats’ win over Fort Lewis earlier this year.

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | LAST WEEK

AROUND THE BIG SKY

Montana’s Caleb Kidder chases after UC Davis’ Ramon Vargas last week at Aggie Stadium in Davis, California.

Compiled by AJ MAZZOLINI, Missoulian

‌Montana beats UC Davis on ROOT Sports: The Montana Grizzlies overcame a slow start to win their first road game in the Bob Stitt era.

Two Brady Stuart field goals gave UC

Davis a 6-0 lead with 4:46 to go in the first quarter, until Montana’s Ben Roberts scored on a 20-yard pass from Chad Chalich to give the Grizzlies a 7-6 lead to end the first quarter. UC Davis reclaimed the lead, 13-7, on a Ben Scott-to-Derek Baljeu touchdown

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four Aggies turnovers, including two early in the second quarter, but the score was quickly countered as Chalich interceptions by defensive linemen.

found Jamaal Jones on a 42-yard scorSouthern Utah downs in-state ing pass to give the Grizzlies a 14-13 rival Weber State: The Thunderbirds halftime lead. Chalich completed 29-of-49 passes for 265 yards and three See BIG SKY, Page A16 touchdowns. The Griz defense forced

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Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Year Hometown Treshawn Favors RB 5-9 190 R-So. Glendale, Ariz.

Markell Sanders CB 6-2 185 R-Fr. Renton, Wash.

Ryan McKinley CB 6-1 188 R-So. Anthem, Ariz.

Brady Gustafson QB 6-7 235 R-Jr. Billings, Mont.

Eric Johnson S 6-2 180 Sr. San Francisco, Calif.

Chris Parker CB 6-0 185 R-So. Sioux Falls, S.D. Holden Ryan WR 6-3 225 Fr. Billings, Mont.

Chase Naccarato WR 5-7 166 R-Jr. Spokane, Wash.

Daniel Sullivan K 5-10 165 Sr. Mill Creek, Wash.

Jamaal Jones WR 6-1 191 R-Sr. Spanaway, Wash.

Ellis Henderson WR 6-0 195 R-Jr. Vancouver, Wash.

Jeremy Calhoun RB 6-0 190 Fr. Long Beach, Calif.

Manu Rasmussen S 6-0 180 R-Fr. Tigard, Ore. Justin Calhoun WR 5-10 175 Fr. Long Beach, Calif.

Yamen Sanders S 6-4 210 R-Jr. Inglewood, Calif.

Eric Prater QB 6-2 205 R-Fr. Lake Havasu City, Ariz.

Connor Strahm LB 6-0 235 R-So. Eugene, Ore. Chad Chalich QB 6-0 205 Jr. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Nate Harris CB 5-10 180 R-Sr. Chino, Calif.

Danny Peoples K 6-0 185 Fr. Butte, Mont.

Willy Pflug QB 6-0 185 Fr. Portland, Ore. Josh Janssen WR 6-0 195 R-So. Missoula, Mont.

Josh Sandry S 6-1 190 Fr. Bigfork, Mont.

Will Weyer QB 6-5 208 R-Fr. Bozeman, Mont.

RETIRED IN HONOR OF DAVE DICKENSON Dalton Daum WR 6-2 180 Fr. Butte, Mont.

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John Nguyen RB 5-7 180 Jr. Seattle, Wash.

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RETIRED IN HONOR OF TERRY DILLON Caleb Lyons WR 5-9 175 R-Fr. Lakewood, Wash.

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Carl Johnson RB 6-0 180 R-Fr. Hardin, Mont.

Jerrin Williams S 6-2 220 Fr. Vancouver, Wash.

Brody Martinez RB 5-10 196 Fr. Federal Way, Wash.

Evan Epperly S 5-10 180 R-Fr. Kalispell, Mont.

Justin Whitted S 6-1 195 R-Sr. Los Angeles, Calif.

Zach Vis LB 6-3 205 R-So. Lyden, Wash.

Connor Lebsock LB 6-2 205 R-Sr. Billings, Mont.

Jamal Wilson DT 5-11 270 R-Sr. Fontana, Calif.

Kendrick Van Ackeren LB 6-1 220 Sr. Bellevue, Wash.

Herbert Gamboa LB 6-1 215 Sr. San Clemente, Calif.

Caleb Kidder DT 6-5 275 R-Jr. Helena, Mont.

Tyrel Garner CB 6-2 190 Jr. Henderson, Nev. Jeffrey Salamon WR 5-11 180 Fr. Riverside, Calif.

Jake Dallaserra S 5-11 180 R-Sr. Butte, Mont.

David Fa’atuiese LB 6-3 240 Fr. Vista, Calif.

Mick Delaney S 6-0 193 R-So. Bozeman, Mont.

Josh Buss LB 6-2 203 R-Fr. Boise, Idaho Nate Bradley DT 5-10 260 R-So. Billings, Mont.

Nolan Timmons S 6-1 250 Fr. Billings, Mont.

Jeremiah Kose MLB 6-2 230 Sr. Oceanside, Calif.

Austin Chadderdon DE 6-2 200 R-Fr. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Derek Crittenden DE 6-3 240 R-Sr. Whitefish, Mont.

Donald Bedell DE 6-4 245 R-Sr. Fair Haven, N.J. Jesse Sims DE 6-4 235 Fr. Stevensville, Mont.

Aaron Held Snaps 6-1 193 R-Jr. Sacramento, Calif.

Tucker Schye DE 6-4 225 R-So. Malta, Mont.

Nick Mertes DE 6-3 235 R-Fr. Edina, Minn.

Dante Olson LB 6-3 220 Fr. Medford, Ore. Gage Smith LB 6-3 215 R-Fr. Whitefish, Mont.

Kyle Davis DT 6-1 245 R-Fr. San Diego, Calif.

Alex Thomas LB 6-0 215 R-Fr. Great Falls, Mont.

Shayne Cochran LB 6-1 210 R-Fr. Culbertson, Mont.

Tyler Richtmyer DE 6-2 215 R-Fr. Missoula, Mont.

Cy Sirmon LB 6-3 225 Fr. Wenatchee, Wash.

Jackson Thiebes OL 6-5 280 R-Jr. Kalispell, Mont.

Colin McGillivray OL 6-7 278 Fr. Portland, Ore. Cody Meyer OL 6-3 270 Fr. San Marcos, Calif.

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Joe Paolina OL 6-7 290 Fr. Poway, Calif.

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Zach Hollenback WR 5-11 185 R-Fr. Missoula, Mont.

Keenan Curran WR 6-2 200 Fr. Federal Way, Wash.

Jerry Louie-McGee WR 5-9 170 Fr. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Ryan Burke WR 6-4 190 R-Jr. Billings, Mont.

Donovan Rooks WR 6-4 185 Fr. Yuma, Ariz.

Reese Carlson WR 6-4 215 R-Fr. Gig Harbor, Wash.

Ben Roberts WR 6-4 205 R-Sr. Missoula, Mont.

Chris Lider K/P 6-1 199 R-Sr. Bellevue, Wash.

Colin Bingham WR 6-3 220 Fr. Missoula, Mont.

Tim Semenza K 5-7 155 Fr. San Diego, Calif.

Tyrone Holmes DE 6-4 245 Sr. Eagle Point, Ore. Zach Peevey DT 6-3 255 R-Jr. Missoula, Mont.

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Ryan Johnson DE 6-3 255 R-Jr. Vancouver, Wash.

Mike Ralston DE 6-5 245 R-So. Eugene, Ore. Reggie Tilleman DE 6-4 195 R-Fr. Genesee, Idaho

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H-back 86 Ben Roberts, R-Sr.

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LT 74 John Schmaing, R-Sr.

RB 20 John Nguyen, Jr.

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WR 13 Chase Naccarato, R-Jr.

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MONTANA BACKUPS ON OFFENSE QB 17 RB 1 H-B 85 WR 18 WR 83 WR 23

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OLB 36 Herbert Gamboa, Sr.

CB 11 Nate Harris, R-Sr.

DE 47 Derek Crittenden, Sr.

MLB 45 Jeremiah Kose, R-Sr.

DT 37 Caleb Kidder, R-Jr.

SS 9 Yamen Sanders, R-Jr.

OLB 35 Kendrick Van Ackeren, Sr.

DT 34 Jamal Wilson, R-Sr.

DE 91 Tyrone Holmes, Sr.

CB 18 JR Nelson, R-Jr.

P 87 Chris Lider, Sr.

MONTANA BACKUPS ON DEFENSE DE 51 DT 43 DT 93 DE 97 OLB 33 MLB 10

Tucker Schye, R-So. Nate Bradley, R-So. Zach Peevey, Jr. Ryan Johnson, R-Jr. Connor Lebsock, R-Sr. Connor Strahm, R-So.

OLB 42 CB 2 FS 3 SS 8 CB 1

Josh Buss, R-Fr. Ryan McKinley, R-So. Eric Johnson, Sr. Manu Rasmussen, R-Fr. Markell Sanders, R-Fr.

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | PICKS

HOW WE SEE THE BIG SKY a run game like that, NoDak will be able to keep the ball away from the Bengals’ potentially-dangerous passing attack.

AJ: North Dakota 21, Idaho State 13.

Bob: North Dakota 42, Idaho State 24.

Kyle: ISU 27, UND 17 Bill: NoDak 28, Bengals 21.

No. 25 Portland State and FBS North Texas: This might be the toughest game of them all to peg this week.

The Mean Green are 0-4 under former the past three-plus seasons is 8-32. This Iowa State coach Dan McCarney. But AJ BOB KYLE BILL year the Mildcats are especially mediocre they’ve played SMU, Rice, Iowa and MAZZOLINI MESEROLL SAMPLE SPELTZ Southern Miss. The Vikings, on the on offense, averaging a league-low 18.2 points per game. AJ: Montana 30, Weber other hand, were rolling along nicely State 3. Bob: Montana 45, Weber State 0. with a perfect record until last week’s home loss to North Dakota. AJ: Portland Kyle: Montana 45, Weber 10 Bill: GrizState 27, North Texas 24. Bob: North zlies 31, Wildcats 3.

Texas 24, Portland State 17. Kyle: North Cal Poly at No. 7 Eastern WashFour games are tough to peg this week, BILL SPELTZ ington: Running out of the triple option, Texas 17, PSU 14 Bill: Mean Green 17, including Idaho State at North Dakota, bill.speltz@missoulian.com‌ Cal Poly at Eastern Washington, Portland the Mustangs lead the country in rushing Vikings 14.

Sacramento State at No. 18 Monwith an average of 364 yards per game.

State at North Texas and Northern Ari‌The race for Missoulian sports progTo put that in perspective, it’s more than tana State: The Hornets have dropped zona at UC Davis. nosticator of the year heated up last four straight games and last week were 130 more per game than any other team The Grizzlies shouldn’t have much Saturday when Kyle Sample went against beaten at home by Northern Colorado. the grain and picked North Dakota to win trouble with Weber State. Last month the in the Big Sky. The Eagles, on the other It just doesn’t seem logical to pick them hand, are a passing juggernaut. Neither Wildcats were throttled at No. 3 North at Portland State. team has played particularly well defen- in Bozeman. AJ: Montana State 70, Sac Dakota State, 41-14, and last week they Defending champion Bob Meseroll is no doubt feeling the heat now with three had six turnovers in a 44-0 home loss to sively so this one should be a barnburner. State 35. Bob: Montana State 54, Sac AJ: Eastern Washington 56, Cal Poly 38. State 27 . Kyle: Montana State 66, Sac unranked Southern Utah. co-workers breathing down his neck.

State 28 Bill: Cats 44, Hornets 24.

Bob: Eastern Washington 99, Cal Poly Without further ado, here are this He’s been pacing the office lately with Northern Arizona at UC Davis: The 98. Kyle: Eastern Washington 45, Cal week’s games: sweat pouring off his brow.

Jacks are coming off a thrilling 49-41 Poly 42 Bill: Eagles 55, Mustangs 50.

These races always seem to boil down win over Montana State in Flagstaff. The Idaho State at No. 23 North Weber State at No. 12 Montana: It to which picker has the guts to follow Aggies have yet to win. AJ: Northern wasn’t that long ago the Wildcats repre- Dakota: The Green and White are his nose when he smells an upset. Last Arizona 27, UC Davis 13. Bob: Northern coming off a confidence-building win sented the Grizzlies’ toughest competiweek was not a good one for the MisArizona 33, UC Davis 13. Kyle: NAU 28, at Portland State, 19-17. In that game soulian sports staffers, with three of four tion in the Big Sky Conference. Those UC Davis 13 Bill: Jacks 41, Aggies 31.

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | LAST WEEK

AROUND THE BIG SKY Big Sky Continued from Page A11

were the aggressors early and often, as Southern Utah climbed to a 44-0 road shutout over Weber State at Stewart Stadium in Ogden. Southern Utah forced six turnovers, including five interceptions. The Thunderbirds also limited Weber State to 4-of-16 third-down conversions, and stopped the Wildcats on a pair of fourth-down conversions. The two teams were scoreless late into the first quarter, until Southern Utah’s Naia Ursua had a 68-yard punt return to give the Thunderbirds a 7-0 lead. Then, early in the second quarter, LeShaun Sims had a 26-yard interception return for a touchdown. Southern Utah held a 17-0 lead at halftime.      North Dakota edges Portland State: North Dakota kicker Reid Taubenheim hit four field goals, with Jerome Souers earned his 68th Big Sky Conference win when his Northern Arizona team defeated Montana State last Saturday.

That ties him for the all-time league record with former Nevada coach Chris Ault, who won 68 conference games before the Wolf Pack moved up to the FBS level in 1992.

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a long of 41 yards, to lift UND to a 4-1 record, and a 2-0 mark to open conference play. It didn’t start well for UND, as Portland State jumped out to a 7-0 lead on a 76-yard scoring pass from Alex Kuresa to Paris Penn. The Vikings would hold a 10-6 lead going into halftime. However, in the second half, North Dakota took a 16-10 lead on a 32-yard run by quarterback Keaton Studsrud. Portland State responded with a one-yard Nate Tago run to take a 17-16 lead into the fourth quarter. It was ultimately a 29- yard Taubenheim field goal that gave UND its final advantage.

North Dakota rushed for 260 yards in the win.      Northern Arizona upsets Montana State at home: Northern Arizona quarterback Case Cookus threw for 244 yards and four touchdowns, as the Lumberjacks picked up their first conference win of the season. The Lumberjacks took a 42-14 lead in the third quarter, as R.J. Rickert scored

on a ten-yard pass from Alex Holmes.

The game was tied at 14-14 early in the second quarter, after Montana State’s Dakota Prukop scored a rushing touchdown. However, NAU closed the half on a 14-0 scoring run, and scored the first 14 points of the second half.

Prukop completed 22-of-35 passes for 399 yards and four touchdowns, with one interception. Montana State outgained Northern Arizona in offensive yards, 572-506.      Big plays lift Northern Colorado to a win over Sacramento State: Three big plays allowed Northern Colorado a chance to gain the program’s first conference win of the season. First, Hakeem Deggs returned the opening kickoff 100 yards, allowing Northern Colorado to take a 7-0 lead seconds into the game. Then, with the two teams tied at 20-20, Trevor Douglass returned a fumble 58 yards for a touchdown.

It was the second fumble recovery touchdown of the night for the Bears.

A.J. Battle returned a third-quarter fumble 26 yards for a touchdown.

Northern Colorado held a 20-10 lead entering the fourth quarter, before Sacramento State scored 10 quick points to tie the game. Sacramento State outgained Northern Colorado in total offense, 438- 179, during the game.      Cal Poly runs to Homecoming victory over Idaho State: Cal Poly rushed for 499 yards in a Homecoming win over Idaho State. Mustangs quarterback Chris Brown completed 5-of-7 passes for 95 yards and two touchdowns, and Kori Garcia rushed for three touchdowns. Cal Poly jumped out to a 28-7 lead, after a 41-yard touchdown run by Chris Brown, before Idaho State scored two touchdowns to bring the halftime score to 28-20.

However, Cal Poly’s ability to dominate time-of-possession (39:24) allowed the Mustangs to control the clock and keep the Bengals off-balance on both sides of the ball.

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY | ACROSS THE DIVIDE

MSU’s Prukop, Sac State’s Sankey a clash of excellence count last year,” Prukop said.

“Not that I normally ‌BOZEMAN – Last year, count, but you can always remember a few plays.

Montana State quarAfter it was over I was terback Dakota Prukop thinking maybe four or accounted for a schoolfive, and then I realized record eight touchdowns during the postgame in a 59-56 victory on interviews that it was the road at Sacramento eight. I’d never heard of State. But Prukop’s own something like that. math deviates from the “That’s what their official record. defense gave us last year.

“Nine touchdowns,” If their defense gives the junior from Austin, us that this year, I’m Texas, said. cool with it. I’ve got no Prukop, of course, is adding in the interception complaints. But I can’t imagine it’s going to be he served up on the second play of the game that like that. You’re probably going to see the ball cornerback Josh Armevenly spread across strong returned 31 yards the board.” for a touchdown and an Under the direction early Hornets lead.

“Nine touchdowns last of second-year head coach (and defensive year against Sac – eight for my own team,” Prukop coordinator) Jody Sears, said slyly. “My dad likes to Sacramento State puts a lot of pride in its defense. say that.”

The Hornets have lost That opening-drive four consecutive games, gaffe was quickly forgotbut you can’t put all the ten, as Prukop threw five touchdowns, ran for three blame on the defense.

Last week, in a 27-20 more and accounted for 488 total yards. His short loss to Northern Colotouchdown pass to Mitch- rado, their defense gave ell Herbert with 4 seconds up just two field goals.

UNC scored on a 100left gave the Bobcats yard kickoff return and the win. also brought two Sac State It was a performance fumbles back for touchthat put Prukop on the downs. map nationally. But he The ringleader of the is not expecting similar results when Sacramento Hornets’ D is middle linebacker Darnell Sankey, State visits Bobcat a preseason first-team Stadium for a rematch All-American who is tied on Saturday. for the FCS lead in tackles “You cannot predict at 14.2 per game. that. I remember I lost GREG RACHAC for the Missoulian‌

“Sac State is going to be the best defense we’ve played to this point in the season,” Bobcats offensive coordinator Tim Cramsey said.

“Sankey, to me, is the best I’ve seen so far in this league. They do a really good job on the D-line of keeping people off of him.

They do enough moving up front so that it’s hard to get to Sankey and get a body on him. So that’s something we’re trying to get to this week and really get a body on him, force him to get off blocks so that he doesn’t have free runs.

“Coach Sears does a good job of never really putting himself in a bad situation. They held Eastern (Washington) to 28 points, so they’re good. They lost a game last week but they didn’t give up (an offensive) touchdown. They’re a very good defense, and we better come and play a clean game.”

The biggest matchup pits Prukop versus Sankey, two of the Big Sky Conference’s best players.

Prukop, a third-team preseason All-American, is the top dual-threat quarterback in the league He leads the nation in total offense with an average of 425.8 yards per game and has thrown for 399 yards in each of his past two outings.

DEAN HENDRICKSON, for the Missoulian‌

Dakota Prukop launches a pass downfield during Montana State’s loss at Northern Arizona last week.

Sankey, a physical specimen who checks in at 6-foot-2 and 250 pounds, tried in vain to contain Prukop in when they clashed last year.

Sankey finished with 21 tackles in the losing effort.

Prukop said he and Sankey developed a friendship when both attended the Big Sky

Kickoff media event in Park City, Utah, in July.

“Stud player. Awesome to play against. A great challenge,” Prukop said.

“It’s fun to play (against) a player of that skill level that is equally a great character guy. I’m really excited and looking forward to it.

“He’s a guy that will knock you down and give

110 percent effort on every play. He’s a mean, vicious player between the whistles, but after the whistle’s blown he’s the same guy that’s going to help you up. He’s a good dude and I’m excited to play against him. We have a tremendous amount of respect for each other on an athletic and a personal level.”

A18 — Missoulian, Saturday, October 10, 2015

GRIZZLY GAME DAY | STAT PACK

BIG SKYNUMBERS CONFERENCE STATISTICS

BY THE Team comparisons for games through Oct. 3, 2015 SCORING

POINTS ALLOWED

Montana State* Eastern Washington* Northern Arizona Southern Utah Cal Poly Montana Northern Colorado Portland State* North Dakota Idaho State UC Davis Sacramento State Weber State

106 104 103 98 95 91

128 123

160 151 148 147

RUSHING/PASSING YARDS Eastern Washington* Montana State* Montana Cal Poly Northern Arizona Idaho State Northern Colorado Sacramento State Southern Utah UC Davis Weber State North Dakota Portland State*

497 608

904

709 697 653 603 797 490 666 805 822

444

1,865 1,409 1,613 1,819 335 1,340 1,319 1,102 1,151 943 1,168 860 664

181

Portland State* Southern Utah North Dakota Montana Northern Colorado Weber State Montana State* Sacramento State Cal Poly UC Davis Eastern Washington* Northern Arizona Idaho State

Total 2,362 2,313 YARDS 2,221 2,154 2,049 Rushing 2,016 1,755 Passing 1,754 1,740 1,658 *Through 4 1,526 games. Others 1,469 have played 1,266 5 games.

50

77

106 113

132 142 146 156 159 163 169 174

RUSHING/PASSING YARDS ALLOWED Portland State* North Dakota Southern Utah Montana Montana State* Weber State UC Davis Sacramento State Northern Colorado Eastern Washington* Idaho State Northern Arizona Cal Poly

452 346

821

1,164 968 967 1,039 817 903 1,003 1,081 895 626 1,383 1,007 1,154 1,252 1,016 1,669 657 1,075 1,348 938 1,565 752 821

224 Total 1,273 1,510 1,720 1,788 1,856 1,906 1,976 2,009 2,161 2,268 2,326 2,423 2,503 Missoulian staff

‌MONTANA (3-2) STATISTICS

Griz Opp Scoring average 25.6 22.6 First downs 110 86 Rushing yards 608 821 Avg./Rush 3.4 3.3 Passing 146-258-5 69-128-3 Passing yards 1613 967 Average per pass 6.3 7.6 Total offense 2221 1788 Plays per game 87.4 74.8 Average per play 5.1 4.8 3rd-down conv. 28-93 27-88 4th-down conv. 10-20 9-17 Time of possession 26:11 33:49 Fumbles-lost 9-5 14-6 Kick returns 12-20.2 20-21.1 Punt returns 10-7.7 8-0.5 Punting 28-38.5 36-38.7 Sacks by-yards 22-131 13-101 Montana 34 43 21 30 – 128 Opponents 34 38 24 17 – 113

‌Offensive Leaders Rushing John Nguyen 62-271 (4.4 ypc), long 41, 1 TDs Joey Counts 22-104 (4.7), long 45, 1 TD Chad Chalich 40-60 (1.5), long 20, 1 TD Passing Brady Gustafson 77-132-4, 841 yards, long 62, 4 TDs Chalich 72-122-1, 772 yards, long 70, 5 TD Receiving Jamaal Jones 35-547 (15.6 ypc), long 70, 3 TD Chase Naccarato 35-216 (6.2), long 25, 1 TDs Ellis Henderson 23-352 (15.3), long 62, 3 TD Ben Roberts 17-175 (10.3), long 38, 2 TD Nguyen 15-87 (5.8), long 19, 0 TDs ‌Defensive leaders Tackles K. Van Ackeren 57, 20 solo Jeremiah Kose 48, 15 solo Tyrone Holmes 41, 15 solo

Jamal Wilson 26, 4 solo Caleb Kidder 24, 8 solo Tackles for loss Holmes 10.5-48 Herbert Gamboa 3.0-7 Ryan Johnson 3.0-14 Sacks Holmes 9.0-45 Kidder 2.5-24 R. Johnson 2.0-13 Interceptions Y. Sanders 1-0 Kidder 1-0 R. Johnson 1-0 Fumbles forced-recovered Holmes 1-0 Henderson 1-1 E. Johnson 1-0 Wilson 1-0 Van Ackeren 0-2 Kidder 0-1 Markell Sanders 0-1 Tucker Schye 0-1 Pass breakups JR Nelson 4 Nate Harris 3 Blocked kicks Van Ackeren 1 Schye 1 Connor Strahm 1 ‌Special teams leaders PATs/Field goals Daniel Sullivan 11-13/9-11, long 28, 0 blocked, 38 points Punting Chris Lider 28-38.5, long 60, 6 inside 20, 0 blocked Punt returns Nguyen 7-6-6, long 16, 0 TDs Kickoff returns Henderson 9-21.9, long 40, 0 TDs Jones 2-16.0, long 17, 0 TDs

‌WEBER STATE (2-3) STATISTICS

Weber Opp Scoring average 18.2 28.4 First downs 80 105 Rushing yards 666 905 Avg./Rush 3.9 4.2 Passing 76-159-9 87-156-4 Passing yards 860 1000 Average per pass 5.4 6.4 Total offense 1526 1905 Plays per game 66.0 74.4 Average per play 4.6 5.1 3rd-down conv. 19-73 34-84 4th-down conv. 3-8 5-9 Time of possession 28:07 31:52 Fumbles-lost 4-1 4-1 Kick returns 21-25.7 5-16.6 Punt returns 6-3.8 8-14.9 Punting 31-40.6 27-41.1 Sacks by-yards 8-67 6-33 Weber 23 16 24 28 – 91 Opponents 14 37 45 46 – 142

‌Offensive Leaders Rushing Treshawn Garrett 62-264 (4.3 ypc), long 20, 1 TD Eric Wilkes 65-261 (4.0), long 17, 0 TDs Cory Thomson 7-46 (6.6), long 27, 1 TD Passing Jadrian Clark 67-142-6, 722 yards, long 68, 3 TDs Justin Shaw 5-10-3, 8 yards, long 46, 1 TD Receiving Cam Livingston 20-249 (12.4), long 68, 1 TD Drew Batchelor 13-162 (12.5), long 30, 1 TD Tui Satuala 13-111 (8.5), long 26, 1 TD Darryl Denby 10-108 (10.8), long 37, 0 TDs Thomson 5-69 (13.8), long 28, 0 TDs

‌Defensive leaders Tackles K. Liljenquist 41, 19 solo Josh Burton 34, 14 solo

Jared Afalava 31, 12 solo Emmett Tela 31, 12 solo Tre’von Johnson 26, 11 solo Tackles for loss Tela 4.5-8 Johnson 4.0-8 Vince Coleman 3.5-18 Sacks LeGrand Toia 2-10 Xequille Harry 1-14 Devonte Johnson 1-10 Interceptions Jawian Harrison 3-39 Burton 1-8 Fumbles forced-recovered Mitch Tulane 1-1 Tr. Johnson 1-0 Clark 1-0 Pass breakups D. Johnson 6 Taron Johnson 4 Harrison 1 Blocked kicks none ‌Special teams leaders PATs/Field goals Josh Kealamakia 10-10/5-8, long 48, 1 blocked 25 points Punting Kealamakia 30-40.5, long 56, 5 inside 20, 0 blocked Punt returns Darryl Denby 6-3.8, long 10, 0 TDs Kickoff returns Wilkes 12-30.7, long 100, 1 TD Batchelor 5-19.4, long 24, 0 TDs

Missoulian, Saturday, October 10, 2015 — A19

GRIZZLY GAME DAY | STAT PACK

BIG SKY CONFERENCE STATISTICS ‌TEAM LEADERS SCORING OFFENSE

G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg Montana St. 4 25 20 1 0 3 0 181 45.2 E. Washington 4 23 22 0 0 0 0 160 40.0 N. Arizona 5 19 19 0 0 6 0 151 30.2 S. Utah 5 18 16 0 0 8 0 148 29.6 Cal Poly 5 20 18 0 0 3 0 147 29.4 Portland St. 4 13 13 0 0 5 0 106 26.5 Montana 5 14 11 1 0 9 2 128 25.6 N. Colorado 5 16 15 0 0 4 0 123 24.6 N. Dakota 5 12 11 0 0 7 0 104 20.8 Idaho St. 5 15 11 1 0 0 0 103 20.6 UC Davis 5 11 11 0 0 7 0 98 19.6 Sac State 5 11 11 0 0 6 0 95 19.0 Weber St. 5 11 10 0 0 5 0 91 18.2 SCORING DEFENSE

G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg Portland St. 4 5 5 0 0 5 0 50 12.5 S. Utah 5 9 9 0 1 4 0 77 15.4 N. Dakota 5 13 11 0 0 5 1 106 21.2 Montana 5 14 14 0 0 5 0 113 22.6 N. Colorado 5 15 15 0 0 9 0 132 26.4 Weber St. 5 16 16 0 0 10 0 142 28.4 Sac State 5 20 18 0 0 6 0 156 31.2 Cal Poly 5 22 19 0 0 2 1 159 31.8 UC Davis 5 21 19 0 0 6 0 163 32.6 N. Arizona 5 23 20 1 0 4 1 174 34.8 Montana St. 4 21 20 0 0 0 0 146 36.5 E. Washington 4 22 19 0 0 6 0 169 42.2 Idaho St. 5 30 29 0 0 5 0 224 44.8 TOTAL OFFENSE

G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G E. Washington 4 497 1865 293 2362 8.1 23 590.5 Montana St. 4 904 1409 323 2313 7.2 25 578.2 Montana 5 608 1613 437 2221 5.1 14 444.2 Cal Poly 5 1819 335 426 2154 5.1 20 430.8 N. Arizona 5 709 1340 331 2049 6.2 19 409.8 Idaho St. 5 697 1319 383 2016 5.3 14 403.2 N. Colorado 5 653 1102 343 1755 5.1 12 351.0 Sac State 5 603 1151 348 1754 5.0 10 350.8 S. Utah 5 797 943 355 1740 4.9 14 348.0 UC Davis 5 490 1168 349 1658 4.8 11 331.6 Portland St. 4 822 444 255 1266 5.0 12 316.5 Weber St. 5 666 860 330 1526 4.6 9 305.2 N. Dakota 5 805 664 315 1469 4.7 12 293.8 TOTAL DEFENSE

G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G N. Dakota 5 346 1164 297 1510 5.1 13 302.0 Portland St. 4 452 821 289 1273 4.4 5 318.2 S. Utah 5 752 968 357 1720 4.8 8 344.0 Montana 5 821 967 374 1788 4.8 14 357.6 Weber St. 5 903 1003 371 1906 5.1 13 381.2 UC Davis 5 1081 895 332 1976 6.0 20 395.2 Sac State 5 626 1383 341 2009 5.9 16 401.8 N. Colorado 5 1007 1154 402 2161 5.4 14 432.2 Montana St. 4 1039 817 267 1856 7.0 21 464.0 Idaho St. 5 1669 657 377 2326 6.2 28 465.2 N. Arizona 5 1075 1348 391 2423 6.2 23 484.6 Cal Poly 5 938 1565 382 2503 6.6 22 500.6 E. Washington 4 1252 1016 331 2268 6.9 21 567.0 RUSHING OFFENSE

G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G Cal Poly 5 360 1819 5.1 14 363.8 Montana St. 4 183 904 4.9 11 226.0 Portland St. 4 190 822 4.3 10 205.5 N. Dakota 5 209 805 3.9 7 161.0 S. Utah 5 180 797 4.4 9 159.4 N. Arizona 5 207 709 3.4 5 141.8 Idaho St. 5 169 697 4.1 2 139.4 Weber St. 5 171 666 3.9 4 133.2 N. Colorado 5 183 653 3.6 7 130.6 E. Washington 4 120 497 4.1 5 124.2 Montana 5 179 608 3.4 5 121.6 Sac State 5 159 603 3.8 4 120.6 UC Davis 5 176 490 2.8 3 98.0 RUSHING DEFENSE

G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G N. Dakota 5 147 346 2.4 2 69.2 Portland St. 4 142 452 3.2 1 113.0 Sac State 5 167 626 3.7 8 125.2 S. Utah 5 213 752 3.5 5 150.4 Montana 5 246 821 3.3 5 164.2 Weber St. 5 215 903 4.2 5 180.6 Cal Poly 5 191 938 4.9 11 187.6 N. Colorado 5 218 1007 4.6 7 201.4

N. Arizona 5 204 1075 5.3 13 215.0 UC Davis 5 194 1081 5.6 11 216.2 Montana St. 4 186 1039 5.6 6 259.8 E. Washington 4 196 1252 6.4 11 313.0 Idaho St. 5 277 1669 6.0 20 333.8 PASS OFFENSE

G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G E. Washington 4 173 124 4 71.7 1865 10.8 18 466.2 Montana St. 4 140 90 2 64.3 1409 10.1 14 352.2 Montana 5 258 149 5 57.8 1613 6.3 9 322.6 N. Arizona 5 124 83 4 66.9 1340 10.8 14 268.0 Idaho St. 5 214 118 9 55.1 1319 6.2 12 263.8 UC Davis 5 173 109 6 63.0 1168 6.8 8 233.6 Sac State 5 189 104 5 55.0 1151 6.1 6 230.2 N. Colorado 5 160 89 5 55.6 1102 6.9 5 220.4 S. Utah 5 175 106 2 60.6 943 5.4 5 188.6 Weber St. 5 159 76 9 47.8 860 5.4 5 172.0 N. Dakota 5 106 55 2 51.9 664 6.3 5 132.8 Portland St. 4 65 32 1 49.2 444 6.8 2 111.0 Cal Poly 5 66 32 2 48.5 335 5.1 6 67.0 PASS DEFENSE

G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G Idaho St. 5 100 58 2 58.0 657 6.6 8 131.4 UC Davis 5 138 79 2 57.2 895 6.5 9 179.0 Montana 5 128 69 3 53.9 967 7.6 9 193.4 S. Utah 5 144 72 12 50.0 968 6.7 3 193.6 Weber St. 5 156 87 4 55.8 1003 6.4 8 200.6 Montana St. 4 81 55 1 67.9 817 10.1 15 204.2 Portland St. 4 147 81 8 55.1 821 5.6 4 205.2 N. Colorado 5 184 109 3 59.2 1154 6.3 7 230.8 N. Dakota 5 150 88 1 58.7 1164 7.8 11 232.8 E. Washington 4 135 84 2 62.2 1016 7.5 10 254.0 N. Arizona 5 187 116 3 62.0 1348 7.2 10 269.6 Sac State 5 174 103 2 59.2 1383 7.9 8 276.6 Cal Poly 5 191 120 6 62.8 1565 8.2 11 313.0 FIRST DOWNS

G Rush Pass Pen Total Cal Poly 5 99 17 3 119 Montana St. 4 51 57 6 114 Idaho St. 5 39 62 11 112 Montana 5 35 66 9 110 Sac State 5 35 58 8 101 E. Washington 4 21 69 7 97 N. Colorado 5 39 50 8 97 S. Utah 5 43 49 5 97 UC Davis 5 32 53 6 91 N. Arizona 5 36 45 7 88 Weber St. 5 36 35 9 80 N. Dakota 5 40 29 6 75 Portland St. 4 44 18 2 64 3RD-DN CONVERSIONS

G Conv Att Pct Montana St. 4 35 65 53.8 Cal Poly 5 43 98 43.9 N. Colorado 5 34 79 43.0 UC Davis 5 32 78 41.0 E. Washington 4 22 54 40.7 Sac State 5 27 70 38.6 N. Dakota 5 25 72 34.7 Portland St. 4 19 56 33.9 N. Arizona 5 22 70 31.4 Montana 5 28 93 30.1 Idaho St. 5 22 78 28.2 S. Utah 5 22 78 28.2 Weber St. 5 19 73 26.0 OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT

G Conv Att Pct Portland St. 4 18 68 26.5 Montana 5 27 88 30.7 N. Dakota 5 22 71 31.0 Sac State 5 25 73 34.2 S. Utah 5 32 87 36.8 UC Davis 5 21 57 36.8 N. Arizona 5 31 81 38.3 E. Washington 4 21 54 38.9 Idaho St. 5 30 76 39.5 N. Colorado 5 37 89 41.6 Weber St. 5 36 85 42.4 Montana St. 4 23 54 42.6 Cal Poly 5 38 76 50.0 4TH-DN CONVERSIONS

G Conv Att Pct E. Washington 4 7 8 87.5 Cal Poly 5 19 27 70.4 N. Arizona 5 4 6 66.7 N. Dakota 5 2 3 66.7

Montana St. 4 8 13 61.5 S. Utah 5 3 6 50.0 Montana 5 10 20 50.0 Portland St. 4 2 4 50.0 UC Davis 5 4 8 50.0 Idaho St. 5 6 14 42.9 Weber St. 5 3 8 37.5 N. Colorado 5 2 8 25.0 Sac State 5 1 4 25.0 TIME OF POSSESSION

G Total Time Avg/G UC Davis 5 168:58 33:47 Cal Poly 5 168:36 33:43 Montana St. 4 134:01 33:30 Sac State 5 156:55 31:23 N. Dakota 5 156:20 31:16 Portland St. 4 122:18 30:34 N. Arizona 5 144:35 28:55 E. Washington 4 115:02 28:45 Weber St. 5 140:40 28:08 S. Utah 5 136:47 27:21 N. Colorado 5 132:55 26:35 Idaho St. 5 132:55 26:35 Montana 5 130:55 26:11 TURNOVER MARGIN

Gained Lost

G Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Mar Per/G S. Utah 5 2 12 14 1 2 3 +11 2.20 Portland St. 4 3 8 11 2 1 3 +8 2.00 Cal Poly 5 4 6 10 2 2 4 +6 1.20 Montana St. 4 2 1 3 0 2 2 +1 0.25 N. Colorado 5 5 3 8 2 5 7 +1 0.20 Montana 5 6 3 9 5 5 10 -1 -0.20 N. Dakota 5 3 1 4 4 2 6 -2 -0.40 E. Washington 4 2 2 4 2 4 6 -2 -0.50 N. Arizona 5 0 3 3 2 4 6 -3 -0.60 Sac State 5 3 2 5 5 5 10 -5 -1.00 Weber St. 5 1 4 5 1 9 10 -5 -1.00 UC Davis 5 3 2 5 5 6 11 -6 -1.20 Idaho St. 5 0 2 2 6 9 15 -13 -2.60

‌INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING

Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Long Yds/G Casey Jahn NAU SR 4 84 468 5.6 2 56 117.0 Joe Protheroe CP SO 4 98 433 4.4 2 36 108.2 Chris Brown CP SR 5 96 529 5.5 6 60 105.8 Jordan Robinson SAC JR 5 87 450 5.2 3 69 90.0 Dakota Prukop MSU JR 4 69 355 5.1 3 25 88.8 John Santiago UND FR 5 83 442 5.3 4 52 88.4 Chad Newell MSU JR 4 61 334 5.5 7 27 83.5 Jabari Wilson EWU JR 4 56 313 5.6 5 62 78.2 Kori Garcia CP JR 5 73 367 5.0 4 37 73.4

Xavier Finney ISU SR 5 83 348 4.2 2 17 69.6 PASSING AVG/GAME

Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Avg/G Jordan West EWU JR 4 134 97 3 72.4 1543 15 385.8 Dakota Prukop MSU JR 4 131 84 2 64.1 1348 13 337.0 Case Cookus NAU FR 5 101 69 2 68.3 1149 12 229.8 Ben Scott UCD JR 5 164 103 6 62.8 1088 8 217.6 Michael Sanders ISU JR 5 161 89 7 55.3 1073 11 214.6 Daniel Kniffin SAC SO 4 137 73 5 53.3 823 4 205.8 Ammon Olsen SUU SR 5 172 105 2 61.0 937 5 187.4 Jacob Knipp UNC FR 4 109 60 3 55.0 678 3 169.5 Jadrian Clark WSU JR 5 142 67 6 47.2 722 3 144.4 Keaton Studsrud UND SO 5 106 55 2 51.9 664 5 132.8 RECEIVE YDS/GAME

Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Long Avg/C Yds/G Cooper Kupp EWU JR 4 46 759 10 73 16.5 189.8 Emmanuel Butler NAU SO 5 23 587 8 62 25.5 117.4 Jamaal Jones UM SR 5 35 547 3 70 15.6 109.4 Kendrick Bourne EWU JR 4 24 430 5 98 17.9 107.5 Madison Mangum ISU SR 5 29 401 5 47 13.8 80.2 Nic Sblendorio EWU SO 4 17 310 1 78 18.2 77.5 Chris Martin UCD JR 5 17 358 4 75 21.1 71.6 Ellis Henderson UM JR 5 23 352 3 62 15.3 70.4 Beau Sandland MSU SR 4 14 260 3 63 18.6 65.0 Shane Harrison SAC SR 5 24 308 0 49 12.8 61.6 SCORING

Team Cl G TD XPT FG 2XP Pts Pts/G Cooper Kupp EWU JR 4 10 0 0 0 60 15.0 Chad Newell MSU JR 4 7 0 0 0 42 10.5 Emmanuel Butler NAU SO 5 8 0 0 0 48 9.6 Daniel Sullivan UM SR 5 0 11 9 0 38 7.6 Kendrick Bourne EWU JR 4 5 0 0 0 30 7.5 Jabari Wilson EWU JR 4 5 0 0 0 30 7.5 Ryan Hawkins NAU SR 5 0 19 6 0 37 7.4 Keita Calhoun SUU SO 5 0 16 7 0 37 7.4 Luke Daly MSU SO 4 0 20 3 0 29 7.2 Chris Brown CP SR 5 6 0 0 0 36 7.2 SACKS

Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G T. Holmes UM SR 5 DE 8 2 45 9.0 1.80 Z. McDonnell NAU SR 5 DL 3 0 18 3.0 0.60 C. Kidder UM JR 4 DT 2 1 24 2.5 0.62 A. Cieslak UND FR 5 DL 2 1 22 2.5; 0.50 W. Ratelle UND JR 5 LB 2 1 21 2.5 0.50 K. Morris UNC SO 5 DE 2 1 16 2.5 0.50 A. Kacmarcik EWU FR 4 LB 2 0 14 2.0 0.50 B. Dranka UND SO 5 DL 2 1 13 2.5 0.50 D. Dade PSU SO 4 DE 2 0 11 2.0 0.50 K, Calhoun EWU FR 4 LB 2 0 9 2.0 0.50

A20 — Missoulian, Saturday, October 10, 2015

GRIZZLY GAME DAY

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Montana wide receiver Chase Naccarato runs for yards against UC Davis last week in Davis, California.

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Missoulian, Saturday, October 10, 2015 — A21

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A22 — Missoulian, Saturday, October 10, 2015

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Montana running back Lorenzo Logwood rushes for yards against UC Davis last week at Davis, California.

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