College Football

Montana State Bobcats

FCS Championship
YES!
Montana State Bobcats beat the Illinois State Redbirds
Illinois State Redbirds12-5 34 – 35 Montana State Bobcats14-2
Final/OT · Mon, Jan 5

Game Details

FirstBank Stadium (Nashville) · 24,105 fans · ESPN View tournament bracket →
FirstBank Stadium
FirstBank Stadium · Nashville

Line Score

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ILST 077146 34
MTST 714707 35

Win Probability · Montana State Bobcats

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Game Leaders

Illinois State Redbirds
Montana State Bobcats

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Scoring

OT 0:00 TD Taco Dowler 14 Yd pass from Justin Lamson (Myles Sansted Kick)34–35
OT 0:00 TD Dylan Lord 10 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Michael Cosentino PAT blocked)34–28
Q4 5:10 TD Dylan Lord 25 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Michael Cosentino Kick)28–28
Q4 10:13 TD Daniel Sobkowicz 4 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Michael Cosentino Kick)21–28
Q3 3:18 TD Taco Dowler 22 Yd Run (Myles Sansted Kick)14–28
Q3 5:32 TD Logan Brasfield 0 Yd Run (Michael Cosentino Kick)14–21
Q2 0:18 TD Dane Steel 33 Yd pass from Justin Lamson (Myles Sansted Kick)7–21
Q2 0:54 TD Scotty Presson Jr. 6 Yd pass from Tommy Rittenhouse (Michael Cosentino Kick)7–14
Q2 10:49 TD Justin Lamson 2 Yd Run (Myles Sansted Kick)0–14
Q1 4:51 TD Justin Lamson 3 Yd Run (Myles Sansted Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Illinois State RedbirdsMontana State Bobcats
Offense
471 Total Yards 381
311 Passing Yards 280
160 Rushing Yards 101
33 First Downs 20
Efficiency
7-14 3rd Down 3-9
2-2 4th Down 1-1
33/46 Completions 18/27
Turnovers & Clock
0 Turnovers 0
5-55 Penalties 14-93
39:41 Possession 20:19

Box Score

Illinois State Redbirds ▾
Passing
PlayerC/ATTYDSAVGTDINT
Tommy Rittenhouse33/463116.840
Team33/463116.840
Rushing
PlayerCARYDSAVGTDLONG
Victor Dawson291264.3021
Tommy Rittenhouse6203.306
Seth Glatz2136.5012
Wenkers Wright111.001
Logan Brasfield000.010
Team381604.2121
Receiving
PlayerRECYDSAVGTDLONG
Dylan Lord1316112.4233
Daniel Sobkowicz55210.4120
Victor Dawson5336.6010
Javon Charles2189.0012
Scotty Presson Jr.2168.0110
Eddie Kasper3165.307
Luke Mailander11212.0012
Wenkers Wright155.005
Seth Glatz1-2-2.000
Team333119.4433
Fumbles
PlayerFUMLOSTREC
Victor Dawson100
Team100
Defense
PlayerTOTSOLOSACKSTFLPDQB HURTD
Jack Dwyer8401000
CJ Richard Jr.8301010
Patrick Bauer5400110
Mason Kaplan5211200
Tye Niekamp511.51.5100
Cam Wilson4200000
Shadwel Nkuba II3200200
Reese Edwards3100010
Doreon Dubose3100000
Matt Maldonado2100000
La'Shavion Brown2100000
Travis Jones2000100
Dexter Niekamp2000010
Scotty Presson Jr.1100000
Garret Steffen100.50.5000
Christian Lorenzo1000000
Rylan Crawford1000000
Jacob Anderson1000000
Anthony Corona1000000
Nate Kraus1000000
Aidan Crews1000000
Nio Espinoza1000000
Logan Brasfield0000001
Team612335740
Kick Returns
PlayerNOYDSAVGLONGTD
Mar'Quan Gary23618.0200
Chris Taylor23417.0220
Team47017.5220
Punt Returns
PlayerNOYDSAVGLONGTD
Eddie Kasper2-1-0.500
Team2-1-0.500
Kicking
PlayerFGPCTLONGXPPTS
Michael Cosentino0/00.004/44
Team0/00.004/44
Punting
PlayerNOYDSAVGTBIn 20LONG
Hayden Futch416040.02143
Team416040.02143
Montana State Bobcats ▾
Passing
PlayerC/ATTYDSAVGTDINT
Justin Lamson18/2728010.420
Team18/2728010.420
Rushing
PlayerCARYDSAVGTDLONG
Adam Jones5469.2017
Justin Lamson12302.5217
Julius Davis5234.6011
Taco Dowler12222.0122
Team1-20-20.000
Team241014.2322
Receiving
PlayerRECYDSAVGTDLONG
Taco Dowler811113.9138
Chris Long25527.5033
Dane Steel24120.5133
Jabez Woods24120.5021
Rocky Lencioni11616.0016
Adam Jones3165.308
Team1828015.6238
Fumbles
PlayerFUMLOSTREC
Team100
Team100
Defense
PlayerTOTSOLOSACKSTFLPDQB HURTD
Cole Taylor16400.5010
Colter Petre10200000
Bryant Meredith9400000
Bryce Grebe9200000
Paul Brott7100000
Taki Uluilakepa6400000
Kenneth Eiden IV6200010
Tayden Gray6100.5000
Jhase McMillan4300100
Hunter Parsons4100010
Carson Williams3300100
Xavier Ahrens3100000
Neil Daily2200000
Takhari Carr2200000
Seth Johnson2100010
Alec Eckert2000000
Zack Black2000000
Dominic Solano2000000
Zac Crews2000010
Kory Boyd1100000
Seth Brock1100000
Caden Dowler1000000
Colson Coon1000000
Talon Marsh1000000
Mason Dethman1000000
Brody Johnson1000000
Carter Curnow1000000
Team1053501250
Kick Returns
PlayerNOYDSAVGLONGTD
Jabez Woods411428.5350
Team411428.5350
Kicking
PlayerFGPCTLONGXPPTS
Myles Sansted0/00.005/55
Team0/00.005/55
Punting
PlayerNOYDSAVGTBIn 20LONG
Colby Frokjer519639.20250
Team519639.20250

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