Game 5 Preview: Idaho State vs. Idaho

Football | 10/2/2018 7:57:00 AM

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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State football team continues its home stand with a 3:35 p.m. kickoff vs. Idaho on Saturday, Oct. 6 in Holt Arena. Jerry Miller will call the action live on 102.5 KMGI. Live video, stats and audio are available through isubengals.com. Fans are encouraged to wear orange or black based on the section your tickets are in.

Fans should wear orange if their tickets are in A, C, E, G, J, M, O, Q, S, U.
Fans should wear black if their tickets are in B, D, F, H, K, L, N, P, R, T.

About Idaho
Idaho is 2-2 and 1-1 in Big Sky Conference play. The Vandals are coming off a 20-7 win over Portland State. Idaho is scoring 27.5 points a game and giving up 35. The Vandals rush for 126 a game and give up 186.5. Idaho passes for 227.8 and averages 353.8 yards of total offense. Isaiah Saunders leads the rushing attack with an average of 84 yards a game. He has carries the ball 77 times for 337 yards and two touchdowns. David Ungerer has caught 23 passes for 256 yards and two touchdowns. Quarterback Mason Petrino has thrown for 695 yards and five touchdowns and four interceptions.  Ed Hall leads the defense with 31 tackles.

Series vs. Idaho
Idaho leads the series 28-11. ISU is 6-13 vs. the Vandals in Pocatello. Idaho has won four straight meetings with the last meeting being a 42-27 win in Moscow in 2008. This is the first meeting between the Vandals and Bengals in Pocatello since Sept. 13, 1997, a game Idaho won 43-0.  Idaho State's last win over Idaho was 26-21 on Sept. 30, 1995. Idaho is a former member of the Big Sky Conference who left the league in 1995 to compete at the FBS level.

Post Game NAU Notes
- 3-1 start is the best since 2005.
- This is the first time ISU has started conference play 2-0 since 1995.
- The win snapped a 10-game losing streak against NAU. The last ISU win was 24-17 in Pocatello in 2004.
- Idaho State has won three straight Homecoming games and four out of the last five.
- Tanner Gueller moved into fourth place in the ISU record books for career-passing yards. He now has 6,824 yards, passing Kevin Yost (2011-12) with 6,663.
- James Madison moved into ninth place in the ISU record book for career-rushing yards. He has 1,559 yards and sits in ninth place. Craig Joseph (1994-98) is in eighth with 1,570 and Kennedy Nkeyasen (1994-98) is in seventh with 1,665 yards.
- ISU's 315 rushing yards tied for the sixth most rushing yards in a game since the 2007 season.
- The 56 points scored tied for the third most points in a game since 2002.
- The 9,129 fans was the fifth largest crowd to watch a Bengal football game in Holt Arena since 2005.
- Tanner  Gueller had a career-high 84 rushing yards and a career-high two rushing touchdowns.
- Christian Holland had a career-best 11 tackles.
- The Bengal defense forced four turnovers and have now forced 11 turnovers in four games.
- 146 rushing yards by James Madison is a season-high.
- Aren Manu and Hunter Eborn had  season-best six tackles.

A Look At The Overall Numbers in Big Sky
                                ISU                Idaho
Rushing Offense        3rd- 240.5        12th, 126
Scoring                    4th, 37.2            7th, 27.5
Scoring Defense        6th, 29.5            10th, 35
Rushing Defense        2nd, 140.8        8th,186.5
Total Offense            4th, 464.5        11th, 353.8
Pass Offense            9th, 224            8th, 227.8
Total Defense            2nd, 379.8        3rd, 391.8
Passing Defense        3rd, 205.2        7th, 239

Bengals on Third Down
Here is a look at how the Bengals fare on third down conversions. ISU is 21-52 on third down conversions.
3-1: 2-3
3-2: 4-6
3-3: 3-5
3-4: 0-6
3-5: 1-6
3-6: 1-5
3-7: 3-6
3-8: 0-1
3-9: 2-4
3-10: 2-4
3-11: 1-3
3-12: 1-1
3-13: 1-1
3-14: 0-1
3-15: 0-1
3-16: 0-2
3-17: 0-1
3-18: 0-1
3-22: 0-1
3-25: 0-1

Big Play Mitch
Mitch Guelller has 89 receptions in his career and 29 are for longer than 20 yards. Here is a look at his top 10 receptions.
1- 97 vs. Portland State (2017)
2- 75 vs. Weber State (2016)
3- 75 vs. Montana (2017
4- 70 vs. Cal Poly (2017)
5- 67 at UND (2018)
6- 63 at Cal (2018)
7- 57 at NAU (2016)
8- 54 at Cal (2018
9- 46 at Northern Colorado (2017)
10- 42 vs. Western State (2018)

Individual NCAA Stat Rankings
- Tanner Gueller ranks 27th in passing yards per completion at 13.71.
- Mitch Gueller ranks 22nd in receiving yards with 401.
- Mitch Gueller ranks 19th in receiving yards per game at 100.3.
- Mitch Gueller ranks sixth in yards per reception at 23.59.
- James Madison rnaks third in rushing touchdowns with seven.
- James Madison ranks 23th in rushing yards with 429.
- James Madison ranks 19th in yards per game at 107.3.
- James Madison ranks seventh in scoring at 10.5.
- James Madison ranks sixth in total touchdowns with seven.
- Kody Graves ranks sixth in tackles at 11.3.
- Campbell Sheidow ranks 15th in field goals per game at 1.50.

Team NCAA Stat Rankings
- 4th in defensive touchdowns with two.
- 14th in scoring at 37.3
- 9th in turnover margin at 1.50.
- 13th in turnovers gained at 11.

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