Bengals End Season With Loss at Weber State

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OGDEN, Utah- The Idaho State football team closed out the 2013 football season with a 32-7 loss at Weber State on Saturday afternoon at Stewart Stadium. Throughout the entire game wind gusts of up to 50 miles an hour swept through the stadium causing the goal posts and press box to sway back and forth.

The Bengals finished the season 3-9 and 1-7 in Big Sky Conference play while Weber State improved to 2-10 and 1-7 in league.

The win forced the Bengals to rush the ball 47 times for 131 yards and pass the ball for 80 yards on 24 attempts and 11 completions. The Bengals turned the ball over five times in the game.

Xavier Finney rushed for 104 yards on 27 carries and KW Williams caught three passes for 47 yards. Mitch Beckstead had a season-high 18 tackles while Tanner Davis and PJ Gremaud each had 12.

Weber State opened the game with touchdown and the Bengals tied the contest at seven with 4:29 left in the first quarter. The Wildcats led 20-7 at halftime and Weber State scored 12 points in the final quarter to put the game away.

Four of the five ISU turnovers resulted in Wildcat touchdowns.

Mike Kramer Post Game Quotes
On his seniors
"They are a wonderful group of kids who were here when this program got driven into the dirt. They withstood the test of the time and have represented us well academically, socially and in how they practiced."

"We said throughout the week that we needed to maintain possession and we didn't do it. We allowed Weber State to rise up and do something they haven't been able to do all year, which is have hope."

"We didn't take care of the ball. When we got to the fourth quarter when we had a little momentum we fumbled the snap."

Post Game Notes
- Justin Arias set an Idaho State and Big Sky Conference record for passing attempts as he finished the season with 574. He passed Kevin Yost who had 553 in 2012.
-  Xavier Finney rushed for 103 yards and finished the season with 868 rushing yards, the third most by a Bengal since the 2004 season.
- Mitch Beckstead had a season-high 18 tackles.