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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State football team plays its second straight ranked opponent in as many weeks as thet Bengals play at No. 19 Cal Poly. Kickoff is at 7:05 (MST) with
Jerry Miller and Don Neves calling the action on 102.5 KMGI.
No. 19 Cal Poly (7-2, 5-1 Big Sky), which opened the 2012 season with seven straight wins, seeks to snap a two game losing streak Saturday night as the Mustangs play their final regular-season home game. Cal Poly is scoring 34.7 points a game and averaging 315.4 rushing yards a contest. Deonte Williams is rushing for 132.7 yards a contest and defensively, Kennith Jackson has a team-best 82 tackles on the season.
Cal Poly leads the overall series11-6. This year is the first meeting between the two schools since 2008 when the Mustangs beat the Bengals, 49-10 at Cal Poly. ISU is 3-5 at home vs. Cal Poly and 3-6 on the road.
Offense Trending Upward
Since the 2011 season when
Mike Kramer was named head coach, the Bengal offense has shown steady improvement each year. Here is a look at the Bengal offensive numbers since 2009.
Points Per Game Passing Yards Total Yards
2009 12.9 198 240.9
2010 15.6 169.5 225.7
2011 18.5 301.9 330
2012 22.2 358.4 409
YOST MAYBE WITH THE MOST
With two games remaining this season, Idaho State's
Kevin Yost is on pace to set Big Sky single-season records for pass completions and pass attempts. Yost has 287 completions, jsut 31 shy of tying the record of 318 set by EWU's Bo Levi Mitchell last season. Yost is averaging 31.9 completions per game. Yost has attempted 455 passes, and needs just 50 more to tie Mitchell's record of 515 set in 2010 when he played in 15 games. Yost is currently averaging 301.35 passing yards per game in his two-season career. If he maintains those numbers over the final two games, he will finish his career fourth in Big Sky history in passing yards per game.
We Are Your Bengals
