LAS VEGAS- The Idaho State football team lost 80-8 to UNLV on Saturday night in front of a crowd of 16,717 at Sam Boyd Stadium. This was the Bengals final nonconference game.
Idaho State turned the ball over six times. UNLV led 52-8 at halftime and cruised to the 80-8 victory.
UNLV had 626 total yards while ISU finished with 292. The Bengals had 201 passing yards and 91 on the ground.
Madison Mangum had eight receptions for 97 yards and
Xavier Finney carried the ball 15 times for 59 yards.
Cody Sorensen had nine tackles while
Tyler Kuder finished with seven.
The Bengals never led in the game and trailed 35-0 after first quarter before getting on the scoreboard in the first minute of the second quarter when Hatchett caught a 25-yard pass from Sanders. Hatchett also connected with Sanders on the two-point conversion.
Idaho State returns to the field on Saturday, Oct. 3, for a 7 p.m. (MDT) kick off at Cal Poly.
Notes- Tonight's game captains were
Kamino Ward,
Tavonte Jackson,
Christian Diehm,
Xavier Finney.
- Temperature is 99 degrees at kickoff.
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Sean Cheney saw his first collegiate action as a punter and he also handled kickoff duties after
Zak Johnson became unavailable. Cheney had five punts for an average of 30.4 yards a kick.
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CJ Hatchett has caught 13 passes in his career at ISU. Four have been for touchdowns and he caught the two-point conversion on ISU's first score.
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Madison Mangum had a season high receiving yards with 98.
- ISU is 0-24 vs. FBS opponents since beating Utah State 27-24 at Logan in in 2000.
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Josh Cook has caught a pass in 23 straight games.
Mike Kramer Post Game Quotes- "This was awful. Six turnovers. Just miserable; in all facets. Miserable in the kicking game to begin with. Miserable on defense to end it. Eight points won't be the end of it."
- "It's pretty obvious. The blocked field goal happened when they were starting to cave us in. We were just guessing what we could do after that because we left our other kicker at home. I have never seen a team lose a kicker."
- "We can't stop stretch and that is the most basic play in football. We can't get a line to it. We can't get off blocks so we can't even stop it when their two's are running. It's awful."
- "Two of these back to back will gut your program if you are not careful. I have to be careful how I handle this. I need every ounce of coaching ability I have to rally us now because we are back to square one."
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