DAVIS, Calif.- No. 14 UC Davis rallied to a 44-37 overtime win over Idaho State on Saturday afternoon at Aggie Stadium in front of a record crowd of 10,849.
The Bengals led 37-22 with 13:35 left in the game but the Aggies scored 15 fourth quarter points to tie the game and then scored a touchdown in overtime to earn the win.
Both teams combined for 1,094 yards with ISU finishing with 562 and UC Davis with 532.
ISU rushed for 243 yards on 56 attempts while
Tanner Gueller completed 19 passes on 30 attempts for 319 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.
James Madison rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns on 33 carries.
Ty Flanagan carried the ball 11 times for 92 yards and one touchdown.
Mitch Gueller caught eight passes for 175 yards and
Michael Dean scored two touchdowns and had 36 yards receiving.
UC Davis quarterback Jake Maier was 40-51 with five touchdowns and 382 yards. He was picked once.
Kody Graves had 13 tackles and
Christian Holland had 10.
The Big Sky Conference shoot out was a game of spurts. UC Davis jumped out to a 7-0 on the teams opening possession.
The Bengals then scored 23 straight points to take a 23-7 lead with 4:17 left in the second half.
Campbell Sheidow put the Bengals on the board with a 32-yard field goal with 8:15: left in the quarter. Madison followed with a 10-yard touchdown run with 13:22 left in the second quarter and a one-yard run with 6:51 remaining in the half.
Flanagan then had a career-long touchdown run of 58-yards to put the Bengals on top 23-7. The Aggies added a touchdown a minute before halftime to cut the ISU lead to 23-14 at the break.
Both teams exchanged touchdowns in the second half. Deans caught a 25- yards touchdown pass from
Tanner Gueller a minute into the third quarter and then with 3:37 left in the third UC Davis cut the ISU lead to 30-22.
Dean scored his second touchdown on a three-yard reception with 13:35 to play to up the ISU lead to 37-22. UC Davis cut the deficit to 37-29 with 8:30 remaining when Ulonzo Gilliam caught a seven-yard touchdown reception.
UC Davis tied the game at 37 with 1:09 left in regulation. Idaho State then drove the ball to the UC Davis 10-yard line but a potential game-winning field goal was wide right, sending the game into overtime.
In the extra stanza Gilliam scored a touchdown on the Aggies opening possession and then the ISU offense was unable to score to tie the game.
Idaho State returns to the field for a nonconference matchup at FBS foe Liberty. Kickoff is at 12 p.m. mountain time.
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 Notes
- 14 first half points is the fewest UC Davis has scored in the first half this year since scoring three in a loss at Stanford.
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Matt Peterson had a career-long 25-yard reception.
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Ty Flanagan had a career-long 58-yard touchdown run.
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Adkin Aguirre now has five career interceptions.
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Mitch Gueller surpassed the 2,000 yard receiving mark with his 175 yards on eight receptions. He now has 2,140 yards and ranks ninth all-time in the Idaho State record book for most receiving yards.
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James Madison's two rushing touchdown moved him into a tied for ninth place for most career rushing touchdowns with 16.
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James Madison moved into seventh place for career-rushing yards with 1,733. He passed Kennedy Nkeyasen (1994-98) who had 1,665.
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Tanner Gueller has 61 career touchdown passes and is four away from breaking the school record of 64, held by Justin Arias (2011, 2013-14).
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James Madison had a season-high 147 receiving yards.
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Christian McFarland had a season-high nine tackles.
 - The last overtime game was a 33-27 loss to Montana in Pocatello in 2015.
Idaho State Defensive Coordinator Roger Cooper
On UC Davis
"They are very talented. There skill players on offense are great and they flew around on defense. They are a good team with great players. We knew they were good. The Big Sky is all about matchups. It is what you do well and what the other team does well."
"They have a very talented receiver and they made some plays. The plays that we took away in the first half to get them off the field they made them in the second half. It is my job to put them in better situations."
On ISU
"They worked so hard and are so improved. We were really never in it last year. The guys forgot what it was like to lose. It is hitting them pretty hard. It is tough to see but it really shows how much they care and opportunity is still a head of us to win a lot of games."
"People need to understand how much better we are. Nothing changes with us. We stay the course. These kids just forgot what it was like to lose."
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