Montana holds off Idaho State 28-20

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Lucas Johnson threw for a landing and ran for one more and Montana added a landing off a trick play to show again Idaho State 28-20 on Saturday, the Grizzlies 14-straight win within the sequence.

Main 21-6 within the third quarter, Lucas threw a backwards go to receiver Mitch Roberts who threw the ball into the end zone where a well-covered Cole Grossman got here down with the ball for a 28-yard landing.

Montana, ranked second within the FCS coaches ballot, obtained the room it wanted for its extremely ranked protection with a pair of scores simply earlier than halftime.

An interception by Charles Ike, who led the best way with 12 tackles, set the Grizzlies (5-0, 2-0 Large Sky Convention) up on the ISU 30. 4 performs later Marcus Knight bulled in from the two for a 14-6 lead 2:52 earlier than halftime.

After a fast three-and-out, Montana went 86 yards in 10 performs with Johnson discovering a wide-open Keelan White for a 24-yard score.

The Griz protection, permitting simply 214 yards and 9 factors a recreation, allowed the Bengals (0-5, 0-2) to attain twice within the fourth quarter with 185 yards as Montana’s offense stalled out.

Sagan Gronauer hit Christian Fredrickson for a 26-yard with 5 minutes to go and rating on a 1-yard sneak with lower than a minute to play.

Knight ran for 109 yards for Montana. Gronauer was 23 of 44 for 260 yards passing for Idaho State.

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