Game 8: Idaho State vs. Montana State

Football | 10/23/2018 10:40:00 AM

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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State football team returns to Big Sky Conference play and Holt Arena for a contest vs. Montana State on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 3:35 p.m. The game will be televised on Eleven Sports and Pluto TV. Jerry Miller and Mark Liptak will call the action live on 102.5 KMGI. To follow the game online with live stats, audio and video fans can log onto isubengals.com.

About Montana State
Montana State comes into Saturday's game with a 4-3 record and a 2-2 mark in Big Sky Conference play. The Bobcats are scoring 27.9 points a game and giving up 29.4 points. MSU rushes for 186.3 yards and gives up 181.3 yards a game. Quarterback Troy Andersen leads the rushing attack with an average of 111.1 yards a game and 10 touchdowns. He has thrown for 488 yards and one touchdown. The Bobcats average 339.7 yards of total offense and give up 405.3 yards. MSU has scored 24 touchdowns and given up only 25. Brayden Konkol leads the defense with 45 tackles.

Series vs. Montana State
Montana State leads the series 47-30-3. The Bobcats have won 11 straight, with the Bengals last win being 23-17 in Bozeman on Oct. 11, 2003. ISU also won in Pocatello, 18-14, on Oct. 12, 2002. Last year, Montana State beat the Bengals 28-14 in Bozeman and the last time the two schools met in Pocatello in 2015, MSU won 44-20. This is only the third meeting in Pocatello since 2010.

Post Game Liberty Notes
- Ty Flanagan 59-yard second quarter run was a career-long. His 136 yards on 12 carries was a career-high.
- Austin Campbell has four receiving touchdowns this season.
- Trey Bell 49-yard kickoff return in the second quarter was the longest return by a Bengal since Jakori Ford returned a kickoff 49-yards on Sept. 3, 2016 vs. Simon Fraser.
- Koby Lowe career-high xx tackles.
- Adking Aguirre now has six career interceptions.
- Mitch Gueller's second quarter touchdown moved him into a tie for 10th place for career touchdown receptions with 16. He finished with two for the game and has 17 for his career. Tom Hoffmann is in ninth with 18.
- Mitch Gueller moved into seventh place in career receiving yards with 2,265. KW Williams is in sixth with 2,365.
- 633 total yards in a game is the 10th most since 2004.
- The 234 rushing yards is the sixth time this season the Bengals have rushed for over 200 yards in a game.
- Christian McFarland tied his season-high in tackles with nine.
- Adkin Aguirre had a season-high 10 tackles.
- Mitch Gueller now has three straight 100 plus yard receiving games.
- Koby Lowe had a career-high 10 tackles.
- Anthony Ricks had his first career sack.
- Michael Dean now has seven touchdowns in three games.

Did you Know
- ISU has rushed for over 200 yards in six of seven games.

Big Play Bengals
ISU has tallied 25 plays of 30 yards or more. In 2017, ISU had 27 plays of 30 yards or more. In 2014, the Bengals had 35 plays of 30 yards or more. Of those 25 plays of 30 yards or more this year, 12 have gone for more than 50 yards. The 2016 team had 10 plays go for 50 yards or more in 2016.

A Look At The Overall Numbers
                                ISU            Montana State
Rushing Offense        239.3            186.3
Scoring                     41.3            27.9
Scoring Defense        34                29.4
Rushing Defense        163.1            181.3
Total Offense            543.6            339.7
Pass Offense            304.3            153.4
Passing Defense        281.7            224
Touchdowns Scored    38                24

Bengals on Third Down
Here is a look at how the Bengals fare on third down conversions. ISU is 39-102 on third down conversions.
3-1: 5-7
3-2: 4-7
3-3: 4-7
3-4: 1-10
3-5: 1-7
3-6: 3-9
3-7: 5-9
3-8: 1-3
3-9: 6-9
3-10: 5-9
3-11: 1-3
3-12: 1-3
3-13: 1-1
3-14: 0-3
3-15: 2-3
3-16: 0-4
3-17: 0-1
3-18: 0-3
3-22: 0-1
3-25: 0-1
3-27: 0-1

Big Play Mitch
Mitch Guelller has 112 receptions in his career and 40 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- 52 vs. Idaho (2018)
10- 46 at Northern Colorado (2017)

Individual NCAA Stat Rankings
- Mitch Gueller ranks 18th in receiving touchdowns with six.
- Mitch Gueller ranks fourth in receiving yards with 885.
- Mitch Gueller ranks 29th in receptions per game at 5.7.
- Mitch Gueller ranks 5th in receiving yards per competion at 22.13.
- Tanner Gueller ranks 10th in passing efficiency at 156.9.
- Tanner Gueller ranks 5th in passing touchdowns with 18.
- Tanner Gueller ranks 9th in passing yards with 2,072.
- Tanner Gueller ranks 10th in passing yards per game at 296.
- Tanner Gueller ranks 3rd in passing yards per completion at 17.12.
- Tanner Gueller ranks 5th in total offense at 330.7.
- Michael Dean ranks 13th in receiving touchdowns with 7.
- Ty Flanagan ranks 11th in rushing yards per carry at 6.90.
- James Madison ranks 5th in rushing touchdowns with 10.
- James Madison ranks 17th in rushing yards with 741.
- James Madison ranks 21st in scoring at 8.6.
- James Madison ranks 17th in rushing yards per game at 105.9.
- James Madison ranks 12th in total touchdowns with 10.
- Campbell Sheidow ranks 20th in scoring at 8.7.
- Kody Graves ranks 13th in tackles per game at 10.2.