Dotson lights up Northern Colorado’s win over Idaho State

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Elijah Dotson broke a tie with a brief landing run and adopted it up with a protracted punt return for a rating to spark Northern Colorado’s 35-14 victory over Idaho State on Saturday.

The Bears broke the sport open within the fourth quarter, scoring three touchdowns within the first 6-plus minutes of the interval. Dotson’s 2-yard landing run gave Northern Colorado a 21-14 lead with 14:23 remaining. After the Bears compelled a punt, Dotson returned the kick 82 yards for a rating. Northern Colorado struck once more on Idaho State’s subsequent possession when Elijah Anderson-Taylor returned a fumble 47 yards for one more rating and a 35-14 lead.

Dotson had 211 all-purpose yards — 102 speeding and 27 receiving to go along with the 82-yard punt return.

Dylan McCaffrey accomplished 23 of 28 passes for 234 yards with one landing for the Bears (2-2, 1-0 Huge Sky). Alec Pell caught six passes for 86 yards.

Raiden Hunter had 111 yards on the bottom for the Bengals (0-4, 0-1). Hunter Hays was 25-of-34 passing for 264 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Xavier Guillory had seven receptions for 120 yards. Hays and Guillory linked on a 51-yard move that tied the rating at 14 heading to halftime.

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