Sept. 18, 2010
Final Stats
Media Booklet: Idaho State 21, Northern Colorado 35 
GREELEY, Colo. - A four-touchdown performance by Northern Colorado's slippery quarterback Dylan Orms overcame an ISU-record all-purpose running effort by Tavoy Moore as the Bears prevailed 35-21.
Orms, a 6-1, 195-pound junior, completed 18 of 24 passes for 188 yards and two scores and had touchdown runs of four and one yards.
That offset Moore's 318-yard all-purpose running effort that included a 91 yard return of the opening kickoff to give ISU a 7-0 lead and an 81-yard punt return with 9:34 left in the game to get ISU back in the game 28-21. He returned three kickoffs for 128 yards, two punts for 109 yards, caught five passes for 57 yards and rushed twice for 24 yards.
The previous school record was 310 all-purpose yards by Alfredo Anderson at Montana State in 1994.
ISU's last kickoff return for a touchdown was a 100-yarder by J.D. Ponciano in 2007 vs. Montana.
The story of the game for ISU was missed opportunities.
In one sequence near the end of the first half, Moore had yet another scoring punt return called back by off-setting penalties, the re-kick of only six yards went out-of-bounds on the Bears 13 , then Brendan Garcia missed a 25-yard field goal wide right with 0:47 left.
Deep in UNC territory late in the third quarter , running back Corey White ripped off a nifty 11-yard gain but fumbled on the UNC 15. On the ensuing possession, Orms marched the Bears 72 yards, climaxed by his 26-yard TD pass to wide receive Jace Davis.
On ISU's next possession, quarterback Russel Hill, who relieved starter Kyle Morris on the last series of the first half, hit wide receiver Rodrick Rumble wide open with a 30-yarder that the latter bobbled then dropped with no one between him and the goal line.
The final score is misleading. Ahead 28-21, Bear punter Cameron Kaman buried a 57-yard punt out of bounds on the ISU 1 with 2:33 left. ISU had to try for the first down on fourth and eight, the Bears held and two plays later punched in their final score from the one.
Defensive end Sean Rutten led a defensive effort that limited the Bears to 322 yards. Rutten recorded four quarterback sacks, his first sacks of the year, among his 11 tackles. He neared the school one-game record of 5.5 sacks by Josh Hays set in a 1994 game vs. Boise State.
Linebackers Basim Hudeen and A.J. Storms had a game-high 14 stops each. Defensive linemen Jake Rouser and Justin Vae'ena each had a sack and safety Dustin Tew intercepted a pass.
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