Box Score
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A.J. Storms became the Idaho State all-time leading tackler on Saturday evening by tying his career high in tackles with 20 in a 24-9 loss at Sacramento State. The Bengal senior now has 417 career tackles in his four years as a Bengal, passing Mike Calley's 414 tackles he had from 1984-87.
The loss drops Idaho State to 2-8 and 1-6 in Big Sky play while Sacramento State improved to 4-6 and 3-5 in conference play.
The Bengal offense had 200 yards of total offense with
Kevin Yost passing for 182 yards.
Luke Austin had a career-night as he had seven receptions for 76 yards.
Rodrick Rumble caught nine passes for 62 yards.
Along with Storms 20 tackles he also recovered two fumbles and had one pass break up.
Tanner Davis had seven tackles while
Basim Hudeen had six tackles, three being for losses. The Bengal defense recovered three fumbles but the offense also turned the ball over three times.
Thanks to 29, 32 and 23 yard field goals by
Brendon Garcia, Idaho State led 9-8 with 6:37 left in the third quarter.
Sacramento State took the lead for good at 16-9 when it took advantage of a blocked punt and five plays later quarterback Garrett Safron scored on a 34-yard run to take the lead. The lead went to 24-9 after the Bengals fumbled a punt with five minutes left in the game.
The Bengals close out the 2011 season Saturday, Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. against the 2010 National Champions Eastern Washington. It is Senior Day and all Idaho State faculty and staff can purchase tickets for $6.
Game Notes
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Jarrod Daniels had a career-high nine rushes. He rushed for 19 yards. Daniel's previous career-high for receptions was six at Montana State.
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Luke Austin had a career-high 7 receptions for 76 yards. His previous career-high was four receptions vs. Northern Colorado this year. That same game he had 67 yards receiving and a touchdown.
- Former Bengal star Mike Calley was in attendance at the game calling the game on 930 KSEI with
Brad Bugger. Calley had 414 career tackles during his time as a Bengal from 1984-87.
- A. J. Storms 20 tackles ties his career high as he also recorded that mark two times last year.
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Rodrick Rumble now has 107 career receptions for 1,286 yards. He is the only receiver in the history of the Big Sky Conference to have 100 receptions or more in a season.
Mike Kramer Quotes
“We did a nice job throughout the game. We gave up that long drive to begin the game. We put ourselves in bad field position. The field position led to catastrophic lack of communication between myself and
David Harrington. We had a fake punt called but not if we were inside the 20 going out. I neglected getting a hold of David and all of a sudden they had six points.”
“For the rest of the game we could not generate touchdowns. One major error caused by me led to a touchdown. We overcame it and we had a 9-8 lead.”
“We got a punt block and that led to a go-ahead touchdown and we dropped a punt after we got a three and out. The kicking game has been dragons' breath the whole season.”
“I thought our seniors played outstanding defensively.”
“This was probably our best game against a running team. We did enough things defensively to win the game. We did enough things in the kicking game to lose five games. Offensively we have to score touchdowns. There is not much more you can say.”
“I think that is really cool. Michael is one of the classiest guys who have ever played football for ISU. It is a long standing record that a lot of football players have wanted to break. It is cool that AJ broke that record but hopefully that record will not be broken again because we will be good on defense and never have to a person like Michael Calley or AJ Storms carry the fort again.
"We saw some nice catches by
Luke Austin a walkin who is now a scholarship player. He did a really nice job. The cool thing for Luke is that he is patient. When we come back to Sacramento State in a couple of years we will be a much better football team."
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