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POCATELLO, Idaho- The Idaho State football team takes to the road for a game at Cal of the Pac 12 Conference on Saturday, Sept. 15. Kickoff is at 4 p.m. mountain.
Jerry Miller and
Mark Liptak will call the action on 102.5 KMGI with the pregame show starting at 3 p.m. For information on how to follow the game log onto isubengals.com. The game will be televised through the Pac 12.
About Cal
Cal is 2-0 and coming off wins over North Carolina and BYU. Cal is averaging 22.5 points a game and giving up only 17.5 points. The offense is averaging 338.5 yards a game and holding opponents to 294. Patrick Laird leads the running attack with 39 carries for 125 yards. Chase Garbers has seen the majority of time at quarterback. He has thrown for 230 yards, completing 25 passes on 41 attempts with three touchdowns and one interception. Kanawai Noa has caught 10 passes for 108 yards and one touchdown. Evan Weaver leads the defense with 26 tackles.
Series vs. Cal
This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Bengals Against the Pac 12
Since 2009 the Bengals have played Pac 12 schools on a regular basis. Cal is the seventh Pac 12 program the Bengals have played since 2009.
2016- Sept. 10 at Colorado, L 56-7
2016- Sept. 17 at Oregon State, L 37-7
2014- Aug. 28 at Utah L 56-14
2013- Sept. 21 at No. 17 Washington L 56-0
2011- Sept. 3 at Washington State L 64-21
2009- Sept. 5 at Arizona State LÂ 50-3
Post Game Western State Notes
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Paea Moala had a career-high 13 tackles.
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Caleb Brown and
Kennon Smith had their first career interceptions. Brown scored his first career touchdown on a 28-yard interception return.
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Matt Peterson,
Isaiah Brimmer and
Demonte Horton caught their first career passes. As a true freshman Horton caught four passes for 47 yards.
- Freshman kickers
Kevin Ryan and
Campbell Sheidow saw their first action as Bengals. Ryan had four punts for an average of 41 yard a kick while Sheidow was perfect on extra points and made a 36-yard field goal.
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Tanner Gueller surpassed the 6,000 yard mark for career passing yards. He now has 6,173 yards and trails
Kevin Yost, who is in fourth place in the ISU career record books, with 6,663 yards.
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Caleb Brown's interception return for a touchdown was the first since
Nikko Taylor on Sept. 4, 2016. It was a four-yard return vs. Sacramento State.
- Prior to
James Madison's three touchdowns, the last time a Bengal had exactly three rushing touchdowns in a game was
Daniel McSurdy on Oct. 25, 2014 at Northern Colorado.
- Prior to
James Madison's 114 rushing yards the last time a Bengal rushed for over 100 yards was Madison's 160 and
Ty Flanagan's 108 vs. Portland State in 2017.
Bengals on Third Down
Here is a look at how the Bengals fare on third down conversions. ISU is 7-14 on third down conversions.
3-2: 1-2
3-4: 0-1
3-5: 1-1
3-6: 1-2
3-7: 2-2
3-9: 0-1
3-10: 1-2
3-11: 0-1
3-13: 1-1
3-15: 0-1
Big Play Mitch
Mitch Guelller has 76 receptions in his career and 24 are for longer than 20 yards. Here is a look at his top 11 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- 57 at NAU (2016)
6- 46 at Northern Colorado (2017)
7- 42 vs. Western State (2018)
8- 39 at Northern Colorado (2017)
9- 37 at Montana State (2017)
10- 36 at Montana (2016)
11- 36 at Montana (2016)
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