Box Score Photo Gallery
DAVIS, Calif.- A late rally fell short as UC Davis scored two late fourth quarter touchdowns too beat Idaho State 30-13 on Saturday evening at Aggie Stadium.
The Bengals trailed 16-0 at halftime and cut their deficit to 16-13 with 7:08 left in the game but UC Davis scored the final two touchdowns of the game to earn the 30-13 victory.
The Idaho State offense had 326 total yards to UC Davis' 455. The Bengals had 112 yards rushing and 214 passing.
Luke Austin caught six passes for 62 yards and scored one touchdown while
Xavier Finney had 19 carries for 94 yards, a new career-high.
Justin Arias was 19-45-1 and one touchdown.
Mitch Beckstead and
Tanner Davis each had 10 tackles to lead the Bengal defense.
Trailing 16-0 going into the fourth quarter ISU scored its first points of the game on a
Brendon Garcia 24-yard field goal and
Luke Austin later scored on a five-yard touchdown reception.
UC Davis then fumbled the ensuing kickoff but the Bengal offense was held to another 24-yard field goal by Garcia to make the score 16-13 with 7:08 to play in the game. UC Davis then scored two touchdowns on the next two possessions to put the game away.
Idaho State returns to the field this upcoming Saturday, Oct. 5 at 2 p.m. vs. North Dakota in Holt Arena.
Mike Kramer Post Game Quotes
"We have to make sure
Luke Austin gets alot of touches. He is a senior. He is experienced and he is savvy.
Luke Austin has to have the ball in his hands. He is a good player. It is great to have him back. He is at full speed. We just have to make sure we feature him alot more."
"We didn't play well tonight. We were 4-15 at halftime passing and we can't do that. That is really the tail of the tape."
"The major issue is that our tackling continues to evade us. We don't have great eyes in the backfield and we are turning guys loose too many times. While we crawled back and gave a great effort, we went first down and ran the ball and all of a sudden they stoned us. Our young offensive front got run up the middle pretty hard."
"The one thing about UC Davis is that three weeks ago they played Northern Arizona. It took interception returns by NAU here to win the game. This is a pretty good football team Ron has. They play well at home. We didn't play as well as we needed to play early. We dug ourselves in a whole."
"We had three or four straight series of three-and outs with our defense."
We have to have every single facet working effectively if we ever think we are going to win at home and on the road."
We Are Your Bengals
