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Western Carolina Catamounts at Montana Grizzlies

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Ah Yat runs for 4 touchdowns, Gillman runs for 175 yards as Montana tops Western Carolina 46-35

After falling behind 17-0 and trailing 27-21 in an offensive first half, Montana's defense held the Catamounts, who had 305 yards of offense at the break, to 172 in the second half.

Ah Yat scored his fourth touchdown, a Grizzly record for quarterbacks, to make it 35-27 with 3:01 to play in the third quarter but was shaken up earlier and didn't return after the TD.

That left the offense up to Logan Fife, and after the Catamounts (1-3) closed within 38-35 with 8:22 to go on Cole Gonzales' short TD pass and two-point conversion run, Fife came through. Fife led a 15-play, 75-yard drive that took up 6:38 with Nick Ostmo scoring on a 12-yard run. Fife flipped a two-point conversion for an 11-point lead with just 1:44 left.

Gonzales was 25-of-37 passing for 340 yards and two touchdowns, one to De'Andre Tamarez, who had eight receptions for 229 yards. Branson Adams had 91 yards rushing and two first-quarter touchdowns.

Gilman had a 66-yard touchdown run for the first score for the Grizzlies (3-1). Montana finished with 349 yards on the ground and 552 yards of total offense.

The 1,779-mile roadtrip was the second-longest ever for Western Carolina.

How To Watch

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Scoring Summary

WCU TD 1st Period 11:43 Branson Adams 5 Yd Run (Christian Lowery Kick)
WCU TD 1st Period 7:35 Branson Adams 1 Yd Run (Christian Lowery Kick)
WCU FG 2nd Period 13:52 Christian Lowery 33 Yd Field Goal
MONT TD 2nd Period 13:20 Eli Gillman 66 Yd Run (Ty Morrison Kick)
WCU FG 2nd Period 7:03 Christian Lowery 30 Yd Field Goal
MONT TD 2nd Period 3:05 Keali'i Ah Yat 1 Yd Run (Ty Morrison Kick)
WCU TD 2nd Period 1:47 De'Andre Tamarez 61 Yd pass from Cole Gonzales (Christian Lowery Kick)
MONT TD 2nd Period 0:53 Keali'i Ah Yat 9 Yd Run (Ty Morrison Kick)
MONT TD 3rd Period 5:28 Keali'i Ah Yat 6 Yd Run (Ty Morrison Kick)
MONT TD 3rd Period 3:01 Keali'i Ah Yat 1 Yd Run (Ty Morrison Kick)
MONT FG 4th Period 12:12 Ty Morrison 34 Yd Field Goal
WCU TD 4th Period 8:22 AJ Colombo 3 Yd pass from Cole Gonzales (Cole Gonzales Run for Two-Point Conversion)
MONT TD 4th Period 1:44 Nick Ostmo 12 Yd Run (Sawyer Racanelli Pass to Logan Fife for Two-Point Conversion)

Statistics

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25 1st Downs 29
6-15 3rd down efficiency 8-16
0-1 4th down efficiency 2-3
477 Total Yards 552
374 Passing 203
26/48 Comp/Att 23/39
7.8 Yards per pass 5.2
103 Rushing 349
27 Rushing Attempts 48
3.8 Yards per rush 7.3
11-100 Penalties 12-101
1 Turnovers 1
0 Fumbles lost 0
1 Interceptions thrown 1
27:30 Possession 32:30

Game Information

Washington-Grizzly Stadium

Location: Missoula, MT
Attendance: 25,720 · Capacity:
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