Bengals Fall to the Broncos 52-0

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BOISE, Idaho- The Idaho State football team had a strong defensive first half but the Boise State offense scored 28 third quarter points en route to a 52-0 win on Friday night at Albertsons Stadium in front of a crowd of 33,868.

The Bengals tallied 298 total yards while BSU had 598. Michael Sanders was 21-42 with one interception and 169 yards. Tanner Gueller was nine-for-17 with 93 yards passing.

Madison Mangum caught seven passes for 98 yards and Josh Cook caught seven balls for 52 yards. Xavier Finney carried the ball 14 times for 38 yards.

Cody Sorensen had 15 tackles, Kamino Ward 11 and Tyler Kuder had 10 tackles, one sack, two tackles for loss and one pass break up.

The Bengals had three sacks and nine tackles for loss.

Boise State led 14-0 after the first quarter and 21-0 at halftime. The Broncos scored 28 points in the third quarter to break the game open.

Idaho State had two drives in the Boise State red zone that they were not able to score on. At the end of the first half the Bengals had the ball at the Bronco four-yard line but the Bengals over threw the pass in the end zone. ISU also missed a field goal in the third quarter.

Idaho State plays at UNLV on Saturday, September 26 at 7 p.m. mountain time.

Notes
- Game captains were Tyler Wright, Madison Mangum, Chris Edwards and Tyler Graves.
- Five of Idaho State's eight first downs in the first half came on the final first half drive.
- Xavier Finney is now third all-time for rushing attempts with 582.  Merril Hoge ranks second with 591 rushing attempts.
- Attendance was 33,868.
- Hagen Graves 31 yard kickoff return was the third longest return since the start of the 2014 season. Daniel McSurdy had a 49 yard return vs. Chadron State and a 37-yard return at Portland State. In the first two games of the season ISU had only return one kick off and that was a 24-yarder vs. Black Hills State. On Friday, Graves returned five kickoffs.
- Madison Mangum had a season-high 98 receiving yards on seven receptions.  
- Josh Cook's seven receptions was a season-high and one off his career high of eight.
- Kamino Ward had a career-high 11 tackles.
- Cody Sorensen had a season-high 15 tackles.
- Freshman Rasheed Williams had a season-best four tackles, two for a loss and one sack.

Mike Kramer Post-Game Quotes
"I liked how we played defensively in the first half without much support from our offense, who couldn't find a way to generate much. In the second we were able to generate a little bit of offense but the defense had spilled it. That is not representative of us in the second half, especially on defense."

"It is a nonconference September game. We will be all right. We are still trying to recover from the loss of two great players. That is an obvious fact on every play."

"I saw some improvement, especially at quarterback where we played a little bit better. He was a little errant and high during the middle of the game but he played with pretty good poise in keeping the rush off of him. We have to be able to finish drives."

"Our in ability to score in the first half was the key point in the ball game. Give Boise State a lot of credit. They are pretty good and they play well at home.  I hope there starting quarterback is ok. They played a plethora of quarterbacks and they got better with each one."

"We didn't play well in the second half at all on defense."

"We have to get better on defense and find a way to finish drives. It was bad coaching on my part when it comes to finishing drives. The plays we called down there are inadequate for us to finish drives. That is one me. We had zero points and we were in the red zone a couple of times."