Oct. 8, 2005
Final Stats
Pocatello, ID --- Idaho State head football coach Larry Lewis addressed the media after Idaho State's 32-10 loss to #4 Montana on Saturday evening.
Quotes from Head Coach Larry Lewis
"As you look at the numbers, they were tilted towards the opposition today. I thought we were very fortunate to be in the first half with as many mistakes that happened with turnovers and the blocked punt, and the amount of third down conversions that we had."
"We need to play better for four quarters rather than just one."
"I thought that Montana was a very, very physical ball club, and if you look up front, they were able to run the ball and we weren't."
"A very big stat was turnovers, they got them and we didn't. They got big plays, we got a few, but not nearly enough."
"Montana is a very good team up front, however, I thought our kids would play better than they did."
"We felt going into the game that Montana probably has as good a front line as there is (offensively). Those guys move their feet well and they are big. I think three weeks ago when we played Eastern we were a little fresher, and maybe now we are wore out a bit. Give Montana credit for the job they did versus our pressure, although I thought at times we did put some good pressure on their quarterback."
On switching quarterbacks
"Matt was getting a little frustrated at that point, and we needed to get him out and get him focused a little bit. Plus, we need to give Luke some opportunities."
"We'll take a look at it. I thought Luke came in and gave us a spark, but it might provide us an opportunity to go to Luke a little more."
