GAME 7 AT SACRAMENTO STATE Henderschott for a touchdown pass for the sec­ Montana 45, at Sac State 30 ond time in the game, cutting the Grizzly lead to 28-21. Oct. 24,2009 at Sacramento, Calif. UM SAC On its next drive, Montana took the ball • Temperature: 77 • Scattered clouds • Attendance: 7,629 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 13 6 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 2 of 3 down to the Sac 31-yard line and then success­ Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total fully completed a fake field goal, as holder Jeff Montana 7 14 14 10 45 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 2-3 Larson ran for 14 yards to the Hornet 17 for a Sacramento State 7 7 7 9 30 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-8 2-20 key first down. Two plays later Brooks-Fletcher Qtr Time Scoring play RUSHING: Montana-Brooks-Fleteher 22-133; Chase Reynolds 20- scored on a 17-yard run, making it 35-21 UM 1st 08:19 UM - Marc Mariani 18 pass from Andrew Selle with 1:07 left in the third stanza. (Brody McKnight kick), 10-80 4:05 112; Jeff Larson 1-14; Peter Nguyen 1-0; Dan Moore 1-0; 04:49 SAC - Terrance Dailey 3 yd run (Chris Diniz kick), TEAM 1-minus 2; Andrew Selle 3-minus 9; Justin Roper The trick play kept Montana driving. Two 10-793:23 2-minus 13. plays later, Thomas Brooks-Fletcher ran for a 2nd 14:13 SAC - J. Hendershott 25 pass from Jason Smith Sac State-Terrance Dailey 19-90; Sam McCowan 7-35; Ja­ 17-yard touchdown, giving the Grizzlies a 35- (Chris Diniz kick), 8-74 3:32 son Smith 4-minus 5. 21 lead. The score was Brooks-Fletcher’s first 06:34 UM - Chase Reynolds 2 run (McKnight kick), 8-66 PASSING: touchdown of the season. 3:09 Montana-Andrew Selle 9-15-0-109; Justin Roper 9-11-1- On Sac’s first drive of the fourth quarter, Griz 02:06 UM - Reynolds 1 run (McKnight kick), 9-49 4:26 127. safety Mike Cummings picked off a pass at the 3rd 09:32 UM - Reynolds 5 run (McKnight kick), 1-5 0:05 Sac State-Jason Smith 31-46-2-323. UM 24, and the Grizzlies then put together an 05:52 SAC - Hendershott 18 pass from Smith (Diniz RECEIVING: kick), 8-74 3:34 11-play, 56-yard drive that took almost five min­ Montana-Jabin Sambrano 4-114; Marc Mariani 4-36; 01:07 UM - Brooks-Fletcher 17 run (McKnight kick), 13- utes (4:53), and Griz kicker Brody McKnight Steve Pfahler 2-21; Sam Gratton 2-18; Dan Beaudin 2-15 904:37 gave his team a three-score lead, connecting on Tyler Palmer 1-14; Chase Reynolds 1-8; Rob Overton 1-5; 4th 08:04 UM - McKnight 38 field goal, 11-56 4:53 a 38-yard field goal. McKnight’s three-pointer Brooks-Fletcher 1-5. 05:06 SAC - Brett Willis 28 pass from Smith (Diniz kick), Sac State-Brandyn Reed 10-111; Dylan Lane 6-54; J. Hen­ gave the Griz a 38-21 lead with 8:04 left to play. 12-672:58 dershott 4-63; Sam McCowan 4-27; Ron Richardson 2-22; Sac State cut Montana’s lead to 38-28 on a 03:35 UM - J. Sambrano 57 pass from Justin Roper (McK­ Matt Larson 2-8; Brett Willis 1-28; Brian Heath 1-8; Mark 28-yard TD pass from Smith to Brett Willis with night kick), 4-801:30 Lavey 1-2. 5:06 remaining on the clock. 00:53 SAC-TEAM safety Sophomore wide receiver Jabin Sambrano UM INTERCEPTIONS: SAC helped extend the Grizzlies lead with a 57-yard FIRST DOWNS 29 26 Montana-Caleb McSurdy 1-17; Mike Cummings 1 -0. RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 51-235 30-120 Sac State-Zach Schrader 1-12. touchdown reception on a screen play, giving PASSING YDS (NET) 236 323 SACKS (UA-A): Montana a 45-28 advantage with 3:35 left. Passes Att-Comp-Int 26-18-1 46-31-2 Montana-Tyler Hobbs 1-0; Brandon Dodson 1-0. The Hornets scored the final points of the TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 77-471 76-443 Sac State-Kevin Moore 1-0; Christian Clark 1-0. game with a safety, giving Sac State two points Punt Returns-Yards 1-54 1-3 TACKLE LEADERS (UA-A): and the ball, and the Hornets still had hope, but Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-58 7-134 Montana-Donny Lisowski 6-1; Brandon Dodson 5-2; linebacker Caleb McSurdy sealed the victory for Interception Returns-Yards 2-17 1-12 Shawn Lebsock3-4; Brandon Fisher 4-1; Josh Stuberg 1-4; Montana with an interception. Punts (Number-Avg) 3-44.0 4-40.5 Jace Palmer 2-2; S. Schillinger 1-3; Cole Lockwood 2-2. Montana finished the game with 471 yards of Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1 Sac State-Peter Buck 6-12; Geoff Warner 2-8; Zach Penalties-Yards 6-42 4-59 total offense. Quarterback Andrew Selle started Schrader 2-8; Greg Johnson 3-5; Kevin Moore 2-6. Possession Time 31:46 28:14 the game and was 9-of-15-0 for 109 yards and a touchdown. Justin Roper rotated at QB, going SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - Chase back possessions. The go-ahead touchdown was 9-of-ll-l for 127 yards and a score. Reynolds and Thomas Brooks-Fletcher com­ set up by a successful on-side kick which was re­ Brooks-Fletcher had 22 carries for a career- bined for 245 rushing yards and four touch­ covered by redshirt freshman quarterback Ger­ high 133 yards - his fourth career 100-yard downs to lead the second-ranked Grizzlies (7- ald Kemp on the Sac 49-yard line. game. Reynolds had 20 totes for 112 yards and 0/4-0) to a 45-30 win. The two touchdown runs by Reynolds were three TDs, and he now has 11 career 100-yard On the opening drive for Montana, Andrew 2-and 1-yarders, the second giving the Griz a rushing games and has rushed for 11 TDs this Selle found Marc Mariani over the middle for an 21-14 lead with 2:06 left in the half, and Mon­ season. 18-yard TD pass. tana led the rest of the way. Mariani had four catches for 36 yards and a The Grizzlies’ early 7-0 lead didn’t last long, Reynolds scored his third touchdown of the TD, while Sambrano had four grabs for a team- though, as the Hornets (2-5/2-3) marched down game and 13th of the season after Marc Mari­ high 114 yards, and tight ends Dan Beaudin and the field, scoring a touchdown on a 3-yard run ani returned a Hornet’s punt 54 yards to the Sac Steve Pfahler had two grabs each. by halfback Terrance Dailey. 5-yard line. Reynolds’ third touchdown run of Cornerbacks Donny Lisowski and Brandon With a 7-7 tie to start the second quarter, Sac the afternoon came on the first play from scrim­ Dodson had a team-high seven tackles each, as State completed a 25-yard touchdown pass from mage after Mariani’s punt return, and gave Mon­ did linebacker Shawn Lebsock. Dodson also had quarterback Jason Smith to receiver John Hen­ tana a 28-14 advantage with 9:32 left in the third a sack, a forced fumble and PD. dershott, giving the Hornets a 14-7 lead at the quarter. Sac’s Smith was 31-of-46-2 for 323 yards and 14:13 mark of the second quarter. Sac State responded with an eight-play scor­ three TDs. Junior receiver Brandyn Reed led the The Grizzlies answered with two touchdowns ing drive to pull within a score, as quarterback Hornets with 10 catches for 111 yards. Dailey by running back Chase Reynolds on back-to- Jason Smith connected with wide receiver John rushed 19 times for 90 yards and a score. Line­ backer Peter Buck had a game-high 18 tackles. 2010 Grizzly Football 72 i O i GAME 8 WEBER STATE Kicker Brody McKnight gave Montana a 20- At M ontana 31, W eber State 10 point cushion with 14:09 left on a 42-yard field goal, making it 23-3 Grizzlies. Oct. 31,2009 at Missoula, Mont. RUSHING: Attendance: 25,811 Weber State-Trevyn Smith 20-64; Bo Bolen 3-13; Cam­ WSU scored its only TD of the game on a Temperature: 55 • Wind: 5-10 W • Weather: Partly eron Higgins 3-minus 21. flea-flicker play, as halfback Bob Bolen took a Sunny Montana-Chase Reynolds 33-241; Brooks-Fletcher hand-off, pitched the ball back to Higgins, and 9-28; Andrew Selle 4-22; Dan Moore 3-4; Gerald Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Total Higgins lofted a 59-yard scoring pass to Mike Kemp 2-minus l;Justin Roper 1-minus 6. Weber State 0 3 0 7 10 Phillips, cutting the UM lead to 23-10 with 11:15 Montana 13 0 7 11 31 PASSING: to go. Qtr Time Scoring play Weber State-Cameron Higgins 16-34-4-243. After a three-and-out by both teams, Mon­ 1st 09:04 UM - Dan Beaudin 3 pass from Andrew Selle Montana-Andrew Selle 13-26-0-214; Justin Roper tana put together another impressive scoring (Brody McKnight kick), 10-75 4:53 1-4-0-4.