SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.- The Idaho State football team lost 58-26 to Cal Poly on Saturday evening at Alex Spanos Stadium in front of a crowd of 7,523. The Bengals trailed 28-20 at halftime but committed two mistakes early in the third quarter to allow Cal Poly to blow the game open. Idaho State is 1-4 and 0-2 in Big Sky Conference play while Cal Poly improved to 2-3 and 1-1 in league.
Idaho State tallied 474 total yards while Cal Poly finished with 605.
Michael Sanders was 19-29 for 285 yards, three touchdowns and one interception.
Xavier Finney carried the ball 21 times for 103 yards and one touchdowns and
Madison Mangum caught six passes for 94 yards and two touchdowns.
KW Williams caught two passes for 65 yards and one touchdown.
Idaho State had 185 yards on the ground and 297 in the air.
The Cal Poly offense had 499 rushing yards.
Jake Pettit led the Bengal defense with 12 tackles while
Hayden Stout and
Cody Sorensen finished with 11.
Tyler Kuder and
Kamino Ward each had 10.
ISU trailed 28-7 with 7:20 left in the first half. The Bengals then marched down the field on an 11 play, 86-yard drive that was capped off by a Mangum three-yard touchdown reception. After the Bengal defense forced the Mustangs to punt on their ensuing possession, Mangum tallied his second touchdown of the game on a 13-yard reception with 32 seconds left until halftime.
Idaho State fumbled on its opening possession of the third quarter. The turnover resulted in a Mustang touchdown. ISU then did not recover the ensuing kickoff, allowing Cal Poly to recover the ball and score three plays later. The Mustangs led 49-20 before
KW Williams scored on a 60-yard touchdown pass from Sanders.
Idaho State concludes its four-game road trip on Saturday, Oct. 10, North Dakota. Kickoff is at 12 p.m. mountain time. ISU then returns home to host Eastern Washington Oct. 17 at 2:30 p.m.
Mike Kramer Post Game quotes"When one of the best players in the history of your program fumbles and the rest of the team can't pick it up you are probably going to end up getting white washed and we got white washed in the second half."
"The fumble and the three personal fouls in about five minutes changed the complexity of the game and the complexity of the game. Those personal fouls are complete selfishness on the guys."
"We were going to return serve to start the third quarter and this game was going to go down to the last possession. We foot falled it and lost serve and all of a sudden it was over with. "
"I focus on the fact that we are not playing this offense this year. They are going to score the ball on a lot of people. That is why they are the number one rushing team in the nation. We are not good enough defensively. We are out manned and we are going to be out manned because those three guys we penciled in as starters are not going to play. I am going to say it every week until the season gets over with."
"Our offense has to be so dynamic that will not punt. I felt every single time we had to punt the ball tonight was because we did something self-inflicted. We are not yet offensively where we are going to be by the end of the season."
"Our protection was outstanding again. We caught the ball well tonight. We really only had one drop on the night. We threw the ball up the middle pretty good. A great pitch and catch to Kyle showed what kind of speed we have at wide receiver other than just Madison."
Notes- Today's game captains were
Xavier Finney,
CJ Hatchett,
Kurt Karstetter and
Khary Livingston-Coleman.
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Xavier Finney's rushing touchdown gives him 24 for his career and moves him into a tie for third place with Bus Connor (1951-53) and Alfredo Anderson (1993-96).
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Madison Mangum's two receiving touchdowns gives him 15 for his career, moving him into a tie for 9
th place for most receiving touchdowns. Charles Ewing (1980-81) and Carlis Harris (1968-70) both finished their careers with 15.
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KW Williams 60-yard touchdown reception from
Michael Sanders was the longest offensive play of the season and the 11
th longest play in the
Mike Kramer era.
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