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GRIZZLY GAME DAY / Cover Story: Steven Pfahler

Going all in

Frenchtown grad blows past many goals that he sets By FRITZ NEIGHBOR of the Missoulian

Six years ago football wasn’t the be-all, end-all for Steven Pfahler. He could take it or leave it. Now, as he and his fellow Montana Grizzlies prepare for an FCS playoff game against South Dakota State, the game is different for Pfahler. “I didn’t really like football,” the senior tight end says of his high school days. “I loved my coach – Coach (Tim) Racicot was just awesome – but I was planning on throwing the javelin from basically sophomore year on.” Long Beach State was calling about track and field, and football was on the back burner. But by the time Pfahler had hauled in 24 career touchdown passes at Frenchtown High, the Griz were on the trail along with Washington State and some other schools. Upheaval on the coaching staff at Long Beach State helped steer Pfahler more toward Missoula. He was told he’d have to put on pounds to play tight end in college, and that hard work was in store. Steven took some convincing. But then, like his smokejumper brother Sam, he leaped in with both feet. Not that football is his whole life; far from it. With 14 credits this semester and a goal to graduate in four years this coming spring, school pretty much takes up all of his time. The Sprinturf on the floor of Washington-Grizzly Stadium is where he gets away. “This year and last year were just, I don’t know, it’s been a lot of stress,” says Pfahler, who has 20 catches for 270 yards and

hunting or fishing or picking up a blitz or ... roping? The Pfahlers lived in Big Timber for a time, and then moved to Helena, where the neighbors down the road were the Tryans. By the time the family moved to Frenchtown when Steven was in third grade, the youngest boy was roping with Chase Tryan, who now competes in rodeo for Montana State. Almost needless to say, Steven was good at it. “I’m thinking if we’d stayed there, we’d be spending $50,000 on a dogging horse, something like that,” said Tim Pfahler. In Frenchtown, Steven picked up a javelin and started throwing it over 200 feet. He picked up a basketball and helped the Broncs into the State A championship game. And now he’s had the rare effect of changing the Pfahler fall itinerary. “We were more of a hunting family before,” Jean Ann said. “Now he’s pretty much turned everybody’s life around. Not too much hunting, now.” On Saturday the Pfahlers will band together to watch the Griz TOM BAUER/Missoulian take on the Jackrabbits. Sam’s Heading into Saturday’s playoff game against South Dakota young daughter Lucy will be State, Steven Pfahler has 62 career catches for 552 yards and four there. touchdowns. “We’ll ask, ‘Where’s Uncle Steve?’ ” Jean Ann says. “And she’ll point out at the field.” three touchdowns for the 11-0 English teacher was the late Bob There, big No. 88 could be Griz. “I’ve been trying to enjoy Hauck, Bobby’s father. my senior year, but school and Tim Pfahler worked the family showing off his excellent hands or sealing a linebacker, helping other things have brought stress. ranch. His stint in the Navy the Griz win yet another game. “Coming to football practice and Jean Ann’s nomadic college Pfahler is among 19 seniors on is what’s gotten me through this education – UM, then Montana semester. It gets me through the State, then dental hygiene school Montana who’ve won 48 of 53 games in their careers. day.” in Sheridan, Wyo. – kept them “It’s just fun to have him here, apart for a time. fun to have him with the Griz,” Jean Ann Pfahler met Now they have raised three says his mom, who along with her husband Tim when they boys: Sam, Scott – he played both were in Big Timber: She basketball at Montana Tech and Tim thought UM football was the graduated from Sweet Grass is an engineer – and Steven. They perfect fit. “I don’t think he had High School, Griz coach Bobby seem to be three peas in a pod. any idea how much he was going Hauck’s alma mater, in 1970; her They get after it, whether its to love it.”

Pfahler weighed around 195 when his senior basketball season ended at Frenchtown. That he weighed 240 pounds six months later, when the Griz opened their 2006 season at Iowa, is nothing short of remarkable. Not that he ever wants to go through that process again. “Eating was just a job,” Pfahler said. “My summer was miserable. I basically wanted to throw up the whole time.” “‘I told him I thought he’d look good at 240,” says Jean Ann, but 240 wasn’t even a rest stop. He kept gaining through the season, until he weighed 265 heading into his first winter conditioning. In a bit of irony, the teammate the Griz call “Beef” – linebacker Shawn Lebsock – started harping on him. Pfahler now stays in the 245-250 range. It was like everything else he’s done: He sets a goal and gets after it. “He’s got a plan and he doesn’t stray too far from it,” says his mom. “I’m not sure where he gets it; I don’t know that either one of us are that driven.” To graduate in four years in exercise science is pretty rare for a football player. His life, not surprisingly, consists of class, practice, film, study, sleep, repeat. With a lot of carbs thrown in. “These guys are all busy,” Hauck says. “They’ve got school, they’ve got weightlifting, they’ve got treatment, they’ve got practice and they’ve got studying. “But he’s always been a real focused kid. He was unbelievable in that regard out of high school. He didn’t have to learn how to manage his time. Which is unusual.” His work in the weight room See Pfahler, Page G22

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY / Stat pack

BY THE NUMBERS MONTANA (11-0) Scoring average Rushing yards Avg./Rush Passing Passing yards Average per pass Total offense Average per play 3rd-down conversions Time of possession Fumbles-lost Kick returns Punt returns Punting Sacks by-yards Montana Opponents

39 50

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34.5 173.5 4.2 210-341-7 431.7 8.3 431.7 6.0 79-165 30:02 15-7 34-23.1 29-18.7 39-40.3 15-85

17.9 87.1 3.0 275-458-16 341.2 6.1 341.2 4.8 59-168 29:58 13-5 59-18.8 8-6.2 65-37.2 12-81

123 46

87 124 38 63

7 0

DE Severin Campbell 46, 17 unassisted DT Austin Mullins 43, 9 unassisted CB Keith Thompson 35, 21 unassisted CB Trumaine Johnson 35, 20 unassisted DE Jace Palmer 29, 7 unassisted Tackles for loss DE Severin Campbell 7.5-26 DE Jace Palmer 6-21 DT Tyler Hobbs 5-18 DE Bobby Alt 3.5-7 DE Ryan Fetherston 3-10 CB Keith Thompson 3-10 CB Trumaine Johnson 3-6

– 380 – 197

Offensive leaders Rushing Chase Reynolds 251-1159 (4.6 ypc.), long 54, 15 TDs Thomas Brooks-Fletcher 83-332 (4.0 ypc.), long 18, 2 TDs Peter Nguyen 24-148 (6.2 ypc.), long 57, 1 TD Andrew Selle 34-91 (2.7 ypc.), long 34, 0 TDs Justin Roper 20-78 (3.9 ypc.), long 22, 0 TDs Gerald Kemp 15-67 (4.5 ypc.), long 15, 0 TDs Passing Andrew Selle 140-221-3 for 1,941 yards, long 68, 18 TDs Justin Roper 70-118-3 for 899 yards, long 84, 8 TDs Gerald Kemp 0-1-1 for 0 yards Receiving Marc Mariani 50-980 (19.6 ypc.), long 84, 9 TDs Tyler Palmer 28-352 (12.6 ypc.), long 25, 3 TDs Chase Reynolds 27-248 (9.2 ypc.), long 36, 2 TDs Jabin Sambrano 23-370 (16.1 ypc.), long 57, 1 TD Dan Beaudin 21-253 (12.0 ypc.), long 61, 3 TDs Stephen Pfahler 20-270 (13.5 ypc.), long 33, 3 TDs Sam Gratton 20-173 (8.6 ypc.), long 45, 2 TDs Thomas Brooks-Fletcher 6-75 (12.5 ypc.), long 20, 1 TD

Defensive leaders Tackles LB Shawn Lebsock 73, 31 unassisted SS Erik Stoll 63, 25 unassisted LB Brandon Fisher 53, 19 unassisted FS Shann Schillinger 51, 22 unassisted LB Alex Shaw 48, 15 unassisted

Sacks DT Tyler Hobbs 3-15 DE Severin Campball 2.5-14 DE Jace Palmer 2.5-12 DE Josh Harris 2-17 DT Bryan Waldhauser 2-15 Interceptions CB Trumaine Johnson 4-14, long 11, 0 TDs CB Andrew Swink 3-18, long 9, 0 TDs FS Shann Schillinger 2-0, 0 TDs DE Jace Palmer 1-57, 1 TD SS Erik Stoll 1-29, 0 TDs LB Brock Coyle 1-26, 0 TDs Fumbles forced-recovered LB Jordan Tripp 0-2 DT Tyler Hobbs 1-1 DT Austin Mullins 1-1 Pass breakups CB Trumaine Johnson 10 DE Jace Palmer 5 DT Austin Mullins 5 FS Shann Schillinger 5

Special teams leaders PATs/Field goals Brody McKnight 45-46/11-20, long 54, 2 blocked, 78 points Punting Sean Wren 36-39.7, long 60, 9 inside 20, 0 blocked Punt returns Marc Mariani 23-18.8, long 82, 1 TD Sam Gratton 1-31, 0 TDs Jabin Sambrano 1-26, 0 TDs Peter Nguyen 4-13.0, long 33, 0 TDs Kickoff returns Jabin Sambrano 18-25.7, long 50, 0 TDs

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South Dakota State (8-3) Scoring average Rushing yards Avg./Rush Passing Passing yards Average per pass Total offense Average per play 3rd-down conversions Time of possession Fumbles-lost Kick returns Punt returns Punting Sacks by-yards South Dakota State Opponents

SDSU

Opp

25.9 132.9 3.8 204-336-9 209.9 6.9 342.8 5.3 64-156 29:37 12-6 34-23.2 28-8.2 54-40.6 26-183

13.5 108.4 3.2 209-366-16 172.0 5.2 280.4 4.2 58-167 30:23 10-4 41-16.9 23-6.6 66-36.6 18-102

61 39

81 68

76 17

67 24

Jackrabbits’ schedule Sept. 12......................... GA. SOUTHERN (W, 44-6) Sept. 19.......................... INDIANA STATE (W, 41-0) Sept. 26.............................. at Illinois State (W,38-7) Oct. 3...................................... at Cal Poly (L, 14-21) Oct. 10......................... at Missouri State (W, 24-17) Oct. 17............. NORTH DAKOTA STATE (W, 28-13) Oct. 24...................... NORTHERN IOWA (W, 24-14) Oct. 31..................... at Youngstown State (W, 17-3) Nov. 7................... SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (L, 15-34) Nov. 14............................... at Minnesota (L, 13-16) Nov. 21......................... at Western Illinois (W, 27-7)

– 285 – 148

Offensive leaders

Sacks DE Danny Batten 9-64 DE Jake Steffen 3-22 DT Steven Bazata 2.5-14 DE Antonio Thompson 2.5-14

Rushing Kyle Minett 235-1173 (5.0 ypc.), long 64, 14 TDs Tyler Duffy 71-251 (3.5 ypc.), long 22, 2 TDs Tyrel Kool 14-88 (6.3 ypc.), long 26, 0 TDs Adam Monke 7-31 (4.4 ypc.), long 19, 0 TDs Jordan Paula 8-30 (3.8 ypc.), long 7, 1 TD Passing Thomas O’Brien 112-193-6 for 1250 yards, long 63, 8 TDs Ryan Crawford 92-143-3 for 1059 yards, long 62, 6 TDs Receiving Glen Fox 60-718 (12.0 ypc.), long 63, 4 TDs Mike Steffen 37-655 (17.7 ypc.), long 62, 4 TDs Saunders Montague 37-337 (9.1 ypc.), long 23, 2 TDS Colin Cochart 22-212 (9.6 ypc.), long 37, 2 TDS

Defensive leaders

Special teams leaders Punting Dean Priddy 53-41.2, long 64, 17 inside 20, 0 blocked Punt returns Saunders Montague 24-9.0, long 49, 0 TDs

Tackles for loss DE Danny Batten 17-88 LB Derek Domino 8-38 DE Jake Steffen 7.5-45

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Interceptions LB Derek Domino 5-8.4, long 22, 2 TDs SS Conrad Kjerstad 4-15.5, long 40, 0 TDs CB General Parnell 4-24.0, long 63, 0 TDs Pass breakups SS Conrad Kjerstad 4 CB Rodkem Matthews 3 CB Cole Brodie 3 FS Anthony Wise 3

PATs/Field goals Peter Reifenrath 20-20/9-11, long 34, 0 blocked, 47 points Kyle Harris 11-11/7-14, long 49, 0 blocked, 32 points

Tackles LB Derek Domino 88, 40 unassisted DE Danny Batten 82, 38 unassisted SS Conrad Kjerstad 76, 43 unassisted LB Chris Johnson 71, 33 unassisted CB Cole Brodie 59, 31 unassisted LB Jimmy Rogers 59, 25 unassisted

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DE Antonio Thompson 5-20 LB Jimmy Rogers 5-16 DT Steven Bazata 4-17 LB Isaiah Jackson 3.5-17

Kickoff returns Adam Monke 10-20.1, long 44, 0 TDs Cole Brodie 7-29.7, long 51, 0 TDs Tyrel Kool 5-35.6, long 84, 0 TDs

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY / Grizzly Q&A

Brock Coyle

Bozeman native makes quick impression for? A: That I’m at a great university with a great fan base and it has Montana linebacker Brock a great campus. And that I’m in Coyle is providing another reason a town like Missoula and I get to for Griz fans to be thankful for the spend four more years here. future. Q: What’s your favorite part of Coyle is one of five true a Thanksgiving meal? freshman contributing for the A: Probably has to be the top-ranked Grizzlies this season. turkey. You can’t beat a turkey The Bozeman native has 15 tackles with gravy and mashed potatoes. in 10 games, including two in last And the stuffing of course. Saturday’s 33-19 victory over Q: What are your plans for Montana State. Thanksgiving? Coyle also snared an A: My plans are to go home and interception against Portland spend the dinner with my family State. He was well on his way to and come back and get ready for a lengthy return before a run-in South Dakota State. with a teammate inadvertently Q: What was you initial jarred the ball loose. reaction when you found out the “Andrew Swink gave me a Griz would host South Dakota nice strip drill,” said Coyle, who State in the opening round of the recovered the fumble 13 yards playoffs? later. “He was running beside me A: I was very excited. I knew and knocked it out. I landed on whoever we were going get that it. Bottom line is that I coughed it we were in for a challenge. It’s my up.” first year and we’re excited. We’re Cole said he and Swink were playing good football. able to laugh about the play. Q: What do you know about “Absolutely,” he said. “We had South Dakota State? a good laugh about it. It was great A: They seem like a good we got that turnover and for our football team. They seem welloffense to get back on the field.” coached. They look like they have some good players. Q: What is something from this Q: You’re a Bozeman native season that you are thankful for? who played in your first Brawl of A: As a whole I’m thankful we the Wild in your hometown last had an undefeated regular season. Saturday. What was that like? We worked really hard for it. We A: It was really exciting. To go have our sights set really high. home in the stadium where I grew Q: What is something nonup watching Griz-Cat games was football related you’re thankful By SCOTT JOHNSON for the Missoulian

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amazing. I was really happy to be a part of it. Q: Did you have a lot of people try to get tickets from you? A: Just my family. I was really happy I was able to get tickets for them. Q: Had you ever attended any Cat-Griz, or Griz-Cat if you prefer, games before as a fan? A: I went to both stadiums to watch the games. Always a great atmosphere. It brings out the best of both teams. I loved being a part of that game. It’s one of the best feelings I’ve ever had. Q: How many games had you seen in person as a fan? A: I want to say about five. Q: Beside a misguided appreciation for the colors blue and gold, what’s the biggest difference between your hometown Bozeman and Missoula? A: I feel Missoula is a an awesome college town and also Missoula doesn’t get as much snow as the Bozeman area, which is also nice until ski season comes around. Q: Are you a skier or a snowboarder? A: I grew up skiing. I have skied all my life. Q: What’s your favorite place to ski in Montana. A: Big Sky. I’ve skied there since I was a little guy. Q: Have you ever skied Snowbowl?

A: I used to ski in a lot races. I was up there for some races. Q: You played running back in high school. If you had the option of playing running back or linebacker for the Griz, which would you prefer? A: Linebacker hands down. It’s a fun position and I like being on the defensive end rather the offensive side. I like tackling rather than being tackled. Q: When did you find out that you weren’t going to redshirt this year? A: At the end of fall camp the coaches told me. I was thrilled and excited. That was big goal of mine to come in and compete and help this team win as much as possible. Q: Has the transition from high school to college been easier than you expected? A: The speed of the game and physical aspect has definitely increased, but you learn that it’s the same game you’ve been playing for the past four years. With good preparation and hard work, it’s been a good transition. Q: You were a second-team, all-state selection at kicker during your junior year in high school. Did you kick as a senior? A: I did, yeah. I think I was allstate second team as a senior too, but I can’t remember. Q: Could you be counted on to fill in if Griz kicker Brody McKnight was unable to perform See Coyle, Page G22

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The Jackrabbits have the best pass efficiency defense in the nation and are No. 5 in yards allowed. I don’t foresee the Griz throwing it a bunch against these guys, so we’ll get to see how they are as run-stoppers.

Unless there’s a reincarnation of former Jacks’ kicker Adam Vinatieri on this year’s squad then the special teams nod goes to Montana in a big way. By the way, Vinatieri’s great-great grandfather Felix Vinatieri served as Gen. George Armstrong Custer’s bandmaster, though he was spared from the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

Head coach Bobby Hauck, the Big Sky’s coach of the year, guided his Grizzlies to a seventh straight playoff appearance. The Jackrabbits are making just their second ever playoff appearance. I have a sneaky suspicion Hauck is in the running for the Eddie Robinson Award too.

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY / Big Sky picks

HOW WE SEE THE BIG SKY Season record: Fritz 51-8, Bill 47-12, Nick 48-11, Michael 49-10

By NICK LOCKRIDGE of the Missoulian

Congratulations, Fritz. There I said it. Or at least I typed it, which is easier than telling the guy to his face. The Neighbor-ator (like Terminator) destroyed the picks column competition this season and thus earned the title as the Missoulian’s best fooball prognosticator – Fritz’s first win since 2006, which was the last year he and Rial Cummings went cranium-to-cranium. Fritz misfired on only eight picks this fall. That’s pretty impressive, especially when you consider the dude was seeing Tweety Birds seven weeks ago when he was hit in the head by a wayward pigskin after the Cal Poly game at WashingtonGrizzly Stadium. Don’t believe me? Check out the Fritz Blitz video online to see for yourself. Neighbor has been on fire since getting nailed in the noggin. He’s picked only four games wrong (24-4 overall) since then, while last year’s winner Bill Speltz went 23-5 over that same span to recover from an abysmal 24-7 start. Our rookie bookie Michael Heinbach went 226 down the stretch and finished second. On the other hand, I went 20-8 since

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hitting Fritz with the football, err, I mean since he was hit. I’m now 0-for-3 in years that I’ve competed in the picks column. My inability to correctly judge Portland State’s football program – as well as picking against the Griz a few times – has been my downfall. After a second straight soul-searching journey to Wibaux, I believe I’ll get it right next year. Perhaps somebody will hit me in the head with a football. Any takers? Something tells me Fritz is at the front of that line, too. That wraps up this year’s edition of “How We See the Sky.” Without further ado, here are the postseason picks we’ve included just for fun. Happy Thanksgiving Griz Nation. Enjoy the playoffs.

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12 Stephen F. Austin: I don’t think I’m alone on this, but I think Eastern received a good draw here. Maybe I just want to see another barnburner between EWU and UM, or a rematch of Taiwan Jones and Chase Reynolds. Can you blame me? Fritz: EWU 44, SFA 40. Michael: SFA 28, EWU 21. Nick: EWU 23, SFA 17. Bill: EWU 38, SFA 35 n No. 9 Elon at No. 4 Richmond:

The defending national champs begin their march toward another title game appearance as they welcome in Elon University (Hint: it’s in Elon, North Carolina). If it sounds like a mismatch, that’s because it is. Fritz: Spiders 22, Elon 20. Michael: Spiders 30, Elon 12. Nick: Spiders 40, Elon 16. Bill: Spiders 21, Elon 10.

n No. 10 New Hampshire at No. 8 McNeese State: I don’t know the Cowboys fanbase all that well, so I better tread lightly here, but I just find it funny how they say Mac-Neese rather than McNeese. That said ... Fritz: Mac-Neese 27, UNH 17. Michael: UNH 19, Mac-Neese 17. Nick: UNH 31, Mac-Neese 30. Bill: Mac-Neese 41, UNH 30. n No. 19 Eastern Illinois at No. 1 Southern Illinois: Anybody else confused as to which direction this game is going? That’s what I thought. I thought I saw Bill Speltz wearing a Salukis hat the other day, maybe he can help anybody that gets lost. Fritz: Salukis 33, EIU 16. Michael: Salukis 42, EIU 21. Nick: Salukis 43, EIU 13. Bill: Salukis 24, EIU 17.

n No. 15 Weber State at No. 6 William & Mary: The Big Sky Conference The picks 5 Appalachian State: South Carolina should be proud of getting three teams in n No. 11 South Dakota State at No. State is one of four teams in the FCS the FCS playoffs. But as the only four-loss 3 Montana: The Jackrabbits and Griz playoffs with only one loss on their record. team in the field, Weber doesn’t appear to have some memorable regular season But the Bulldogs didn’t have a fun trip to have the backing from our office like it did meetings. Now they meet for the first time Boone, N.C., last year when they lost in the from the Big Sky’s. in the playoffs. This one might not be so first round. Fritz: Weber 27, Bill ’n Mary 14. memorable for South Dakota State. Fritz: App State 38, SC State 22. Michael: Bill ’n Mary 24, Weber 21. Nick: Fritz: Griz 30, SoDak St. 10. Michael: Michael: App State 35, SC State 21. Bill ’n Mary 36, Weber 23. Bill: Bill ’n Mary Griz 24, SoDak St. 13. Nick: Griz 34, SoDak Nick: App State 37, SC State 13. Bill: App 31, Weber 21. St. 17. Bill: Griz 28, SoDak St. 21. State 35, SC State 31.

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GRIZZLY GAME DAY / Big Sky focus

Final Big Sky Conference statistics

n Team statistics Through Nov. 21 SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2X DX FG Saf Montana 11 49 45 2 0 11 2 EWU 11 52 47 0 0 4 0 Weber 11 43 36 2 0 12 2 NAU 11 39 36 2 0 17 1 Sac State 11 34 30 1 0 12 1 MSU 11 31 25 0 0 14 2 PSU 11 25 22 1 0 18 2 UNC 11 24 21 2 0 11 0 ISU 11 16 15 1 0 9 1 USHING OFFENSE R G Att Montana 11 454 MSU 11 413 EWU 11 356 NAU 11 360 Weber 11 368 Sac State 11 387 UNC 11 339 PSU 11 326 ISU 11 298

Avg 34.5 33.7 30.7 29.7 24.9 23.4 21.1 18.4 12.9

Yds Avg TD Yds/G 1909 4.2 20 173.5 1619 3.9 15 147.2 1557 4.4 19 141.5 1440 4.0 16 130.9 1390 3.8 10 126.4 1341 3.5 14 121.9 1190 3.5 12 108.2 1184 3.6 8 107.6 472 1.6 3 42.9

CORING DEFENSE S G TD XP 2X DX FG Montana 11 23 22 0 0 11 Weber 11 27 19 1 0 13 MSU 11 29 27 0 0 13 EWU 11 35 27 2 0 12 UNC 11 37 34 0 0 10 NAU 11 40 38 1 0 15 Sac 11 49 46 2 0 9 PSU 11 49 45 2 0 9 ISU 11 51 48 0 0 22 USHING DEFENSE R G Att MSU 11 377 Montana 11 320 NAU 11 363 PSU 11 401 EWU 11 394 Sac State 11 378 Weber 11 405 UNC 11 425 ISU 11 408 ASS OFFENSE P G Att Cp Int EWU 11 393 261 5 NAU 11 420 276 8 WSU 11 423 275 17 UM 11 341 210 7 PSU 11 384 210 23 Sac 11 361 209 14 UNC 11 398 237 7 MSU 11 372 214 10 ISU 11 413 215 15

Pts 380 371 338 327 274 257 232 202 142

S 2 0 2 4 1 1 0 1 2

Pts 197 222 244 285 288 327 371 372 424

Avg 17.9 20.2 22.2 25.9 26.2 29.7 33.7 33.8 38.5

Yds Avg TD Yds/G 907 2.4 2 82.5 958 3.0 6 87.1 1377 3.8 13 125.2 1455 3.6 18 132.3 1545 3.9 17 140.5 1608 4.3 27 146.2 1647 4.1 10 149.7 1902 4.5 16 172.9 2331 5.7 27 211.9

Pct. Yds Avg TD 66.4 3394 8.6 30 65.7 3394 8.1 23 65.0 3228 7.6 31 61.6 2840 8.3 26 54.7 2723 7.1 14 57.9 2509 7.0 18 59.5 2506 6.3 11 57.5 2359 6.3 14 52.1 2178 5.3 13

P/G 308.5 308.5 293.5 258.2 247.5 228.1 227.8 214.5 198.0

OTAL OFFENSE T G Run Pass Plays Yds Avg TD EWU 11 1557 3394 749 4951 6.6 49 NAU 11 1440 3394 780 4834 6.2 39 UM 11 1909 2840 795 4749 6.0 46 Weber 11 1390 3228 791 4618 5.8 41 MSU 11 1619 2359 785 3978 5.1 29 PSU 11 1184 2723 710 3907 5.5 22 Sac 11 1341 2509 748 3850 5.1 32 UNC 11 1190 2506 737 3696 5.0 23 ISU 11 472 2178 711 2650 3.7 16

P/G 450.1 439.5 431.7 419.8 361.6 355.2 350.0 336.0 240.9

ASS DEFENSE P G Att Cp Int UNC 11 352 217 12 Weber 11 322 165 11 ISU 11 407 246 11 UM 11 458 275 16 MSU 11 423 242 13 NAU 11 395 241 10 EWU 11 430 264 14 PSU 11 373 210 5 Sac 11 402 269 10

Yds Avg TD 2264 6.4 21 2455 7.6 13 2727 6.7 18 2795 6.1 17 2876 6.8 27 2970 7.5 25 3034 7.1 17 3090 8.3 28 3155 7.8 20

P/G 205.8 223.2 247.9 254.1 261.5 270.0 275.8 280.9 286.8

OTAL DEFENSE T G Run Pass Plays Yds Avg TD Montana 11 958 2795 778 3753 4.8 23 MSU 11 907 2876 800 3783 4.7 29 Weber 11 1647 2455 727 4102 5.6 23 UNC 11 1902 2264 777 4166 5.4 37 NAU 11 1377 2970 758 4347 5.7 38 PSU 11 1455 3090 774 4545 5.9 46 EWU 11 1545 3034 824 4579 5.6 34 Sac 11 1608 3155 780 4763 6.1 47 ISU 11 2331 2727 815 5058 6.2 45

P/G 341.2 343.9 372.9 378.7 395.2 413.2 416.3 433.0 459.8

Pct. 61.6 51.2 60.4 60.0 57.2 61.0 61.4 56.3 66.9

ICKOFF RETURNS K G Ret Yds TD Avg Weber State 11 36 863 0 24.0 Portland State 11 60 1432 1 23.9 Montana 11 34 786 0 23.1 Sacramento State 11 48 1085 0 22.6 Idaho State 11 68 1425 0 21.0 Northern Arizona 11 43 888 0 20.7 Northern Colorado 11 38 742 0 19.5 Eastern Washington 11 50 938 0 18.8 Montana State 11 43 789 0 18.3 PUNT RETURNS Weber State Montana Northern Arizona Portland State Northern Colorado Eastern Washington Montana State Sacramento State Idaho State

G Ret 11 20 11 29 11 16 11 12 11 22 11 17 11 20 11 16 11 21

PUNTING No. Weber 44 Montana 39 ISU 79 PSU 49 EWU 54 UNC 61 MSU 60 Sac State 53 NAU 52

Avg 41.3 40.3 42.3 37.2 39.4 38.5 40.9 39.0 36.8

Yds 1818 1572 3339 1825 2130 2346 2452 2067 1914

ASS EFFICIENCY P G Att Cp EWU 11 393 261 Montana 11 341 210 NAU 11 420 276 Weber 11 423 275 Sac State 11 361 209 UNC 11 398 237 MSU 11 372 214 PSU 11 384 210 ISU 11 413 215

Yds TD Avg 407 2 20.4 542 1 18.7 123 0 7.7 91 0 7.6 152 0 6.9 110 0 6.5 111 1 5.6 76 0 4.8 71 0 3.4

PR Avg TB Net 31 0.7 2 39.7 50 1.3 2 38.0 419 5.3 3 36.2 80 1.6 5 33.6 203 3.8 6 33.5 148 2.4 8 33.4 365 6.1 6 32.8 281 5.3 3 32.6 211 4.1 1 32.4

Pct Int Yds TD Effic 66.4 5 3394 30 161.6 61.6 7 2840 26 152.6 65.7 8 3394 23 147.9 65.0 17 3228 31 145.3 57.9 14 2509 18 125.0 59.5 7 2506 11 118.0 57.5 10 2359 14 117.8 54.7 23 2723 14 114.3 52.1 15 2178 13 99.5

URNOVER MARGIN T Gained Lost G Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot EWU 11 14 14 28 10 5 15 Montana 11 5 16 21 7 7 14 NAU 11 8 10 18 7 8 15 UNC 11 7 12 19 9 7 16 Weber 11 8 11 19 5 17 22 ISU 11 15 11 26 16 15 31 MSU 11 5 13 18 14 10 24 Sac State 11 7 10 17 11 14 25 PSU 11 9 5 14 11 23 34

Mar +13 +7 +3 +3 -3 -5 -6 -8 -20

P/G 1.18 0.64 0.27 0.27 -0.27 -0.45 -0.55 -0.73 -1.82

ASS DEFENSE EFFICIENCY P G Att Cp Int Pct Yds TD Effic Montana 11 458 275 16 60.0 2795 17 116.6 Weber 11 322 165 11 51.2 2455 13 121.8 ISU 11 407 246 11 60.4 2727 18 125.9 EWU 11 430 264 14 61.4 3034 17 127.2 UNC 11 352 217 12 61.6 2264 21 128.5 MSU 11 423 242 13 57.2 2876 27 129.2 NAU 11 395 241 10 61.0 2970 25 140.0 Sac State 11 402 269 10 66.9 3155 20 144.3 PSU 11 373 210 5 56.3 3090 28 148.0 FIRST DOWNS Weber State E. Washington Montana Northern Arizona Montana State Sacramento State Northern Colorado Portland State Idaho State

G Rush Pass Pen Total 11 77 145 17 239 11 79 143 15 237 11 94 126 15 235 11 78 140 16 234 11 94 101 23 218 11 87 107 12 206 11 73 110 16 199 11 66 103 16 185 11 36 97 25 158

RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 3 G Conv Montana 11 79 Weber State 11 82 Eastern Washington 11 62 Northern Colorado 11 66 Sacramento State 11 62 Northern Arizona 11 60 Portland State 11 52 Montana State 11 54 Idaho State 11 35

Att 165 172 146 161 156 156 151 164 161

Pct 47.9 47.7 42.5 41.0 39.7 38.5 34.4 32.9 21.7

PPONENT 1ST DOWNS O G Rush Pass Pen Total Weber State 11 84 102 19 205 Montana 11 63 131 12 206 No. Arizona 11 68 129 13 210

No. Colorado Montana State Portland State E. Washington Sac State Idaho State

11 11 11 11 11 11

102 73 77 84 89 116

97 126 127 134 141 119

PP 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS O G Conv Weber State 11 46 Montana State 11 55 Montana 11 59 Eastern Washington 11 62 Idaho State 11 59 Northern Colorado 11 71 Sacramento State 11 62 Portland State 11 76 Northern Arizona 11 77

18 18 23 18 17 19 Att 147 169 168 167 149 165 142 170 169

217 217 227 236 247 254 Pct 31.3 32.5 35.1 37.1 39.6 43.0 43.7 44.7 45.6

SACKS BY Montana State Eastern Washington Portland State Weber State Sacramento State Northern Arizona Northern Colorado Montana Idaho State

G Sacks Yards 11 31 185 11 26 170 11 24 161 11 22 132 11 22 136 11 19 115 11 18 121 11 15 85 11 8 54

SACKS AGAINST Montana Weber State Montana State Northern Arizona Northern Colorado Sacramento State Eastern Washington Portland State Idaho State

G Sacks Yards 11 14 87 11 17 104 11 18 125 11 18 122 11 19 124 11 21 139 11 27 137 11 28 165 11 31 213

PENALTIES Sacramento State Montana State Northern Arizona Weber State Idaho State Eastern Washington Northern Colorado Portland State Montana

G 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

OPPONENT PENALTIES G Sacramento State 11 Montana State 11 Northern Arizona 11 Portland State 11 Idaho State 11 Northern Colorado 11 Weber State 11 Montana 11 Eastern Washington 11

No Yds 64 531 63 552 55 573 75 658 88 699 77 702 83 718 74 727 76 821 No 12 14 17 18 9 11 12 11 4

Yds Avg/G 13 .923 18 .778 24 .708 26 .692 13 .692 16 .688 20 .600 20 .550 8 .500

IME OF POSSESSION T G Total Time Weber State 11 349:15 Sacramento State 11 330:22 Montana 11 330:18 Northern Arizona 11 328:00 Portland State 11 323:16 Montana State 11 321:28 Eastern Washington 11 319:48 Northern Colorado 11 310:18 Idaho State 11 308:42 ICKOFF COVERAGE K G No. Yds ISU 11 36 2401 Weber 11 65 4170 Montana 11 69 4273 Sac State 11 56 3429 PSU 11 53 3472 MSU 11 57 3599 UNC 11 44 2744 NAU 11 67 4187 EWU 11 70 4242

Avg 48.3 50.2 52.1 59.8 63.5 63.8 65.3 66.1 74.6

Avg Retn 66.7 412 64.2 1098 61.9 1107 61.2 845 65.5 1058 63.1 878 62.4 772 62.5 1122 60.6 1267

Avg 31:45 30:02 30:01 29:49 29:23 29:13 29:04 28:12 28:03 TB 17 11 7 8 6 14 7 17 14

Net 45.8 43.9 43.9 43.3 43.3 42.8 41.6 40.7 38.5

 Individual statistics RUSHING Henderson,NAU Reynolds, UM TJones, EWU TSmith, Weber Mason, MSU Harris, UNC

G Att Yds Avg TD Lg Avg 11 253 1166 4.6 12 69 106.0 11 251 1159 4.6 15 54 105.4 11 147 1095 7.4 14 96 99.5 10 221 979 4.4 7 49 97.9 9 128 618 4.8 5 26 68.7 11 145 646 4.5 7 45 58.7

Palmer, MSU Knickrehm, ISU Bolen, Weber McClintock,PSU

11 115 10 140 11 88 11 87

INTERCEPTIONS G MJohnson, EWU 11 TJohnson, UM 8 Schrader, Sac 11 Rider, MSU 11 Bignell, MSU 10 Askew, UNC 11 Brown, Weber 11 Hewitt, UNC 11 Shead, PSU 11 Hatch, EWU 11 Retoriano, MSU 10

510 434 442 420

4.4 3.1 5.0 4.8

5 2 3 2

31 31 35 27

46.4 43.4 40.2 38.2

Int Yds TD Lg Int/G 6 58 1 33 0.55 4 35 0 14 0.50 4 78 0 24 0.36 4 12 0 12 0.36 3 3 0 3 0.30 3 112 1 88 0.27 3 65 0 34 0.27 3 54 0 39 0.27 3 49 1 31 0.27 3 0 0 0 0.27 2 53 0 53 0.20

PASSING YARDS Att Cp Int Nichols, EWU 382 255 5 Herrick, NAU 407 270 8 Higgins, WSU 414 268 16 Waggener,NC 385 231 7 Selle, UM 221 140 3 Smith, Sac 247 142 9 Iddins, MSU 195 113 6 Kempt, MSU 173 100 4 Roper, UM 118 70 3 B-Thmpsn,Sac 110 64 5

Pct. 66.8 66.3 64.7 60.0 63.3 57.5 57.9 57.8 59.3 58.2

PASS EFFICIENCY Att Cp Int Nichols, EWU 382 255 5 Selle, UM 221 140 3 Herrick, NAU 407 270 8 Higgins, WSU 414 268 16 Roper, UM 118 70 3 Smith, Sac 247 142 9 Kempt, MSU 173 100 4 B-Thmpsn,Sac 110 64 5 Waggener,NC 385 231 7 Iddins, MSU 195 113 6

Pct. Yds TD Eff. 66.8 3369 30 164.1 63.3 1941 18 161.3 66.3 3356 22 149.5 64.7 3154 30 144.9 59.3 899 8 140.6 57.5 1707 12 124.3 57.8 1108 9 124.1 58.2 746 4 118.1 60.0 2410 9 116.7 57.9 1217 5 112.7

Yds TD P/G 3369 30 306.3 3356 22 305.1 3154 30 286.7 2410 9 219.1 1941 18 176.5 1707 12 170.7 1217 5 135.2 1108 9 123.1 899 8 89.9 746 4 82.9

TOTAL OFFENSE G Run Pass Plays Nichols, EWU 11 85 3369 444 Herrick, NAU 11 -75 3356 438 Higgins, Weber 11 -95 3154 444 Waggener,NC 11 61 2410 446 Selle, UM 11 91 1941 255 Smith, Sac 10 -73 1707 277 Iddins, MSU 9 18 1217 234 Kempt, MSU 9 84 1108 203 Hendersn, NAU 11 1166 0 253 Reynolds, UM 11 1159 0 251

Tot P/G 3454 314.0 3281 298.3 3059 278.1 2471 224.6 2032 184.7 1634 163.4 1235 137.2 1192 132.4 1166 106.0 1159 105.4

PUNT RETURNS Ret Yds TD Long Toone, Weber 18 382 2 95 Mariani, Montana 23 433 1 82 Lutz, NC 21 146 0 24 Richardson, Sac 16 76 0 15 KICK RETURNS Ret Yds TD Long J. Hendershott, Sac 14 366 0 43 Sambrano, Montana 18 463 0 50 Woods, PSU 53 1314 1 97 Bolen, Weber 32 790 0 67 Nguyen, Montana 12 296 0 61 McCowan, Sac 18 414 0 75 Shanks, NAU 28 599 0 57 Gilbert, MSU 23 478 0 39 T. Jones, EWU 27 557 0 52 Ponciano, ISU 36 741 0 46 RECEIVING Berry, NAU Toone, Weber Mariani, UM Fry, PSU Thompson, NC Meadows, NAU Davis, EWU Reed, Sac Phillips, Weber Kirven, PSU

G Rec Yds TD Lg 11 75 1075 7 81 11 77 1058 10 52 11 50 980 9 84 11 67 904 3 56 11 71 864 7 80 11 72 843 4 78 11 67 833 1 50 10 46 731 7 48 10 37 676 6 80 11 37 660 5 91

PUNTING Vanderwielen, ISU Fisher, MSU Snoy, Weber Wren, Montana Zuber, EWU Kaman, NC Heath, Sac Duyndam, PSU Rauschert, NAU

No. 74 46 44 39 37 60 53 44 52

Avg 14.3 13.7 19.6 13.5 12.2 11.7 12.4 15.9 18.3 17.8

Yds Lg 3308 76 1958 77 1818 66 1572 65 1477 64 2344 66 2067 57 1693 65 1914 54

Avg 21.2 18.8 7.0 4.8 Avg 26.1 25.7 24.8 24.7 24.7 23.0 21.4 20.8 20.6 20.6 P/G 97.7 96.2 89.1 82.2 78.5 76.6 75.7 73.1 67.6 60.0 Avg 44.7 42.6 41.3 40.3 39.9 39.1 39.0 38.5 36.8

ALL PURPOSE YARDS G Run Rcv PR KR TJones, EWU 11 1095 493 0 557 Woods, PSU 11 -2 535 82 1314 Toone, Weber 11 2 1058 382 69 Henderson,NAU 11 1166 315 0 0 Bolen, Weber 11 442 242 0 790 Mariani, UM 11 0 980 433 21 Ponciano, ISU 9 11 393 15 741 Reynolds, UM 11 1159 248 0 0 TSmith, Weber 10 979 270 0 0 Gilbert, MSU 11 151 556 10 478

Yds 2145 1929 1511 1481 1474 1434 1160 1407 1249 1195

SCORING G TD XPT FG 2XP Pts TJones, EWU 11 18 0 0 0 108 Reynolds, UM 11 17 0 0 0 102 Myers, NAU 11 0 36 17 0 87 Henderson, NAU 11 14 0 0 0 84 McKnight, UM 11 0 45 11 0 78 Brown, PSU 11 0 21 18 0 75 Cunningham,MSU 10 0 25 14 0 67 Overbay, EWU 11 12 0 0 0 72 Toone, Weber 11 12 0 0 0 72 Snoy, Weber 11 0 32 12 0 68 FIELD GOALS G FG FGA Pct. Brown, PSU 11 18 25 72.0 Myers, NAU 11 17 24 70.8 Cunningham, MSU 10 14 18 77.8 York, NC 10 11 16 68.8 Diniz, Sac State 11 12 13 92.3 Snoy, Weber 11 12 18 66.7 McKnight, Montana 11 11 20 55.0 Huk, ISU 11 9 13 69.2 Jarrett, EWU 11 4 8 50.0 TACKLES (All positions) G Pos Solo Ast Sherritt, EWU 11 LB 65 89 Storms, ISU 11 LB 58 62 Arias, ISU 11 LB 36 77 Schrader, Sac 11 DB 49 53 Sedillo, Weber 11 LB 34 65 MJohnson,EWU 11 DB 49 43 King, NC 11 LB 39 52 JBrown, Weber 11 DB 39 51 Borden, EWU 10 LB 26 50 Holmesly,ISU 11 DB 38 44 Fletcher, MSU 9 DE 41 25 Tew, ISU 11 DB 46 34 Buck, Sac 11 LB 39 41 Bignell, MSU 10 LB 27 44 Estrada, NAU 11 DB 47 31 Thomas, NAU 11 LB 34 41 Hewitt, NC 11 DB 38 36 Askew, NC 11 CB 47 27 Lebsock, UM 11 LB 31 42 Julio, NAU 11 DB 35 38 Rau, PSU 11 LB 34 38 Hadley, Weber 11 DB 38 33 Rider, MSU 11 DB 40 31 Gordan, Sac 11 DB 39 29 Zabel, NC 11 LB 21 46 Michon, NC 11 DB 38 28 GJohnson, Sac 10 LB 25 34 Stoll, UM 11 DB 25 38 Owens, MSU 11 LB 29 32 Worthen, PSU 11 DB 32 27 Fisher, UM 10 LB 19 34 Linehan, Weber 11 DE 26 31 Hatch, EWU 11 DB 30 27 Pedersen, PSU 11 LB 32 25 Craney, MSU 11 DB 31 26 Pleasant, ISU 11 DB 22 35 Washburn,EWU 11 LB 17 40 SACKS Clark, Sac Bond, NAU Fletcher, MSU Williams, EWU Linehan, Weber Vance, NAU Ogden, Weber Hernon, NC Kragt, EWU Rau, PSU

Tot 154 120 113 102 99 92 91 90 76 82 66 80 80 71 78 75 74 74 73 73 72 71 71 68 67 66 59 63 61 59 53 57 57 57 57 57 57

G Pos Solo Ast Yds 11 DL 10 0 64 11 DE 8 1 47 9 DE 5 3 50 11 DL 6 1 58 11 DE 6 1 47 11 DE 6 0 35 11 DL 4 3 27 11 DE 4 2 25 11 DE 4 1 20 11 LB 4 0 26

ACKLES FOR LOSS T G Pos Solo Ast Yds Fletcher, MSU 9 DE 13 8 73 Clark, Sac 11 DL 14 3 75 Linehan, Weber 11 DE 12 1 67 Williams,EWU 11 DL 10 3 72 Sherritt, EWU 11 LB 9 5 20 Bond, NAU 11 DE 9 4 56 Rau, PSU 11 LB 7 6 38 RPederson,PSU 11 LB 9 1 33 Jacobs, PSU 11 DT 8 3 29 Ogden, MSU 11 DL 6 4 34

P/G 195.0 175.4 137.4 134.6 134.0 130.4 128.9 127.9 124.9 108.6 P/G 9.8 9.3 7.9 7.6 7.1 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.2 P/G 1.64 1.55 1.40 1.10 1.09 1.09 1.00 0.82 0.36

P/G Sack 14.0 0.0 10.9 0.0 10.3 0.0 9.3 0.0 9.0 0.0 8.4 1.0 8.3 3.0 8.2 0.0 7.6 0.0 7.5 0.0 7.3 6.5 7.3 1.0 7.3 1.0 7.1 2.5 7.1 0.0 6.8 1.0 6.7 0.0 6.7 0.0 6.6 1.0 6.6 0.0 6.5 4.0 6.5 0.0 6.5 0.0 6.2 0.0 6.1 0.0 6.0 1.0 5.9 0.0 5.7 0.0 5.5 0.5 5.4 0.0 5.3 0.0 5.2 6.5 5.2 0.0 5.2 4.0 5.2 0.0 5.2 1.0 5.2 0.0 Tot 10.0 8.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0

P/G 0.91 0.77 0.72 0.59 0.59 0.55 0.50 0.45 0.41 0.36

Tot 17.0 15.5 12.5 11.5 11.5 11.0 10.0 9.5 9.5 8.0

P/G 1.89 1.41 1.14 1.05 1.05 1.00 0.91 0.86 0.86 0.73

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No. Name Pos Hgt Wgt Year Hometown 2 – Trumaine Johnson CB 6-3 197 So. Stockton, Calif. 3 – Andrew Swink CB 5-9 175 Sr. Rowland Heights, Calif. 4 – Erik Stoll S 6-2 203 Jr. Sandpoint, Idaho 5 – Donny Lisowski CB 5-11 195 So. Seattle 6 – Aaron Roberts WR 5-11 170 Fr. Spokane, Wash. 7 – Jeff Larson WR 6-4 210 Jr. Cut Bank 8 – Sam Gratton WR 6-0 197 Fr. Billings 9 – Mike McCord S 6-0 195 So. Phoenix 10 – Shawn Lebsock LB 6-0 225 Sr. Billings 11 – Brandon Dodson CB 5-8 170 Jr. Tulare, Calif. 12 – Andrew Selle QB 6-2 219 Jr. Billings 13 – Josh Pelczar CB 5-9 180 Fr. Billings 14 – D.J. Zapata QB 6-3 175 Fr. San Marcos, Calif. 14 – Steven Rominger S 5-10 185 Fr. Missoula 15 RETIRED IN HONOR OF DAVE DICKENSON 16 – Jabin Sambrano WR 5-11 170 So. Oceanside, Calif. 17 – Gerald Kemp QB 6-2 215 Fr. San Diego 18 – Justin Roper QB 6-6 215 Jr. Buford, Ga. 19 – Sean Murray CB 6-1 190 Fr. Corona, Calif. 20 – Nick Haynes CB 5-10 180 So. Butte 21 – Keith Thompson CB 5-9 175 Sr. Porterville, Calif. 22 RETIRED IN HONOR OF TERRY DILLON 23 – Levi Buckles WR 6-2 215 Fr. Post Falls, Idaho 24 – Thomas Brooks-Fletcher RB 5-10 210 Sr. Bellevue, Wash. 25 – Brandon Fisher SLB 5-10 205 Sr. Franklin, Tenn. 26 – Russell Schey K 6-1 190 So. Billings 27 – Tel Reynolds RB 6-0 190 Fr. Drummond 28 – Peter Nguyen RB 5-8 175 Fr. Seattle 29 – Bryce Carver WR 6-1 170 Fr. Dillon 30 – Mike Cummings SS 6-1 200 So. Scottsdale, Ariz. 31 – Tim Anderson SS 6-0 205 Sr. Missoula 32 – Alex Shaw LB 6-1 232 So. Spokane, Wash. 33 – Cole Lockwood SLB 6-1 215 So. Missoula 34 – Chase Reynolds RB 6-0 195 Jr. Drummond 35 – Dan Moore RB 5-11 225 So. Tucson, Ariz. 36 – Sean Connors S 6-0 185 Fr. Seattle 37 – Carson Bender DT 6-4 280 Jr. Deer Lodge 38 – Ryan Nelson SS 5-11 200 Sr. Wright, Wyo. 39 – Shann Schillinger FS 6-1 199 Sr. Baker 40 – Caleb McSurdy LB 6-1 245 So. Boise, Idaho 41 – Kurt Stoll RB 5-11 180 So. Sandpoint, Idaho 42 – Jace Palmer DE 6-3 240 Sr. Missoula 43 – Brooks Nuanez DB 6-2 205 Fr. Missoula 44 – Jordan Tripp LB 6-2 210 Fr. Missoula 45 – Beau Donaldson RB 6-1 233 So. Missoula 46 – Clay Pierson S 6-3 212 Fr. Twin Bridges 47 – Severin Campbell DE 6-4 210 Jr. Denver 49 – Kevin Klaboe FB 6-2 225 Sr. Billings 50 – Bryan Waldhauser DT 6-4 242 So. Huntley Project 51 – Chris Bradford DT 6-2 255 Fr. San Bernardino, Calif. 52 – Ty Timmer LB 6-2 205 Fr. Great Falls 53 – Josh Stuberg SLB 6-2 216 Fr. Helena 54 – Austin Mullins DT 6-2 273 Sr. Great Falls 55 – Ethan Tweet OG 6-2 270 Fr. Fort Benton 56 – Brock Coyle LB 6-2 215 Fr. Bozeman 57 – Charles Burton OG 6-5 310 So. Long Beach, Calif. 58 – Andrew Glueckert DE 6-3 225 Fr. Helena 60 – Blake Lebeau C 6-5 285 Fr. Union City, Calif. 61 – Jake Raynock OG 6-2 255 Fr. Billings 63 – Brett Brauer G 6-2 260 Fr. Missoula 65 – Ty Rogers G 6-2 240 Fr. Missoula 66 – Russell Piette G 6-4 310 Jr. Vancouver, Wash. 70 – David Arndt OT 6-5ﬁ 280 So. Highlands Ranch, Colo. 71 – Alex Verlanic C 6-2 282 Jr. Drummond 72 – Levi Horn OT 6-7 315 Sr. Spokane, Wash. 73 – Bob DeBruycker OL 6-5 235 Fr. Choteau 74 – Jon Opperud G 6-7 305 So. Portland, Ore. 75 – Chris Dyk OT 6-8 297 Sr. Dillon 77 – Terran Hillesland G 6-7 320 Sr. Sidney 78 – Kyle Kmet C 6-5 271 Fr. Bonita, Calif. 79 – Kyle Hoffman OT 6-4 280 Fr. Orcas Island, Wash. 80 – Marc Mariani WR 6-0 185 Sr. Havre 81 – Tyler Palmer WR 6-3 210 Sr. Missoula 82 – Jacob Haas TE 6-5 225 Fr. Portland, Ore. 83 – Brody McKnight K 6-0 194 So. Vancouver, B.C. 84 – Bobby Hirsch TE 6-4 210 Fr. Belgrade 85 – Connor Smith WR 6-3 198 Fr. Missoula 86 – Greg Hardy TE 6-5 245 Fr. Fairview 87 – Dan Beaudin TE 6-5 252 Sr. Noxon 88 – Steven Pfahler TE 6-5 246 Sr. Frenchtown 89 – Robert Overton TE 6-6 240 Jr. San Leandro, Calif. 90 – Ryan Fetherston DE 6-4 218 So. Helena 91 – Bobby Alt DE 6-3 260 So. Ontario, Calif. 92 – George Mercer DE 6-3 241 Sr. Libby 93 – Braydon Schilling DT 6-2 270 So. Gillette, Wyo. 94 – Sean Wren P 6-6 210 So. Yorba Linda, Calif. 95 – Ray DeBruycker DE 6-4 210 Fr. Choteau 96 – Josh Harris DE 6-5 231 Fr. Kalispell 97 – Mike Sylvestre DT 6-2 275 Fr. Phoenix 98 – Brett Hutter DT 6-3 260 So. Ontario, Calif. 99 – Tyler Hobbs DT 6-4 265 Jr. Spokane, Wash.

LT 72 Levi Horn LG 74 Jon Opperud

QB 12 Andrew Selle

K 83 Brody McKnight

C 71 Alex Verlanic

RG 77 Terran Hillesland RT 75 Chris Dyk

WR 80 Marc Mariani

TE 88 Steven Pfahler

OFFENSIVE BACKUPS

DE 54 Danny Batten

CB 21 Cole B

QB 17 Gerald Kemp WR 23 Levi Buckles WR 7 Jeff Larson WR 8 Sam Gratton LT 70 David Arndt LG 57 Charles Burton

C 18 Justin Roper RG 66 Russell Piette RT 79 Kyle Hofmann RB 24 T. Brooks-Fletcher TE 87 Dan Beaudin

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WR 17 Glen Fox

CB 3 Andrew Swink

WLB 32 Alex Shaw

DE 42 Jace Palmer DT 99 Tyler Hobbs

SS 4 Erik Stoll MLB 10 Shawn Lebsock

DT 54 Austin Mullins

DE Se Ca

P 94 Sean Wren

DEFENSIVE BACKUPS DE 91 Bobby Alt LB 56 Brock Coyle DT 37 Carson Bender DE 90 Ryan Fetherston MLB 40 Caleb McSurdy SLB 53 Josh Stuberg

FS 39 Shann Schillinger

SLB 25 Brandon Fisher

WLB 44 Jordan Tripp CB 21 Keith Thompson CB 11 Brandon Dodson FS 9 Mike McCord SS 30 Mike Cummings

MATCHUPS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE STARTING DEFENSE

WR 16 Jabin Sambrano

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South dakota state ROSTER LB 39 Derek Domino

DE 46 Jake Steffen DT 95 Steven Bazata

MLB 43 Chris Johnson

NT 98 Ross Basham

LB 3 Jimmy Rogers

FS 22 Anthony Wise P 51 Dean Priddy

SS 18 Conrad Kjerstad

Brodie Antonio Thompson 91 DE Andy Mink 52 DT Brian Fischer 94 NT Eric Wood 92 DE Dirk Kool 48 LB

DEFENSIVE BACKUPS

Isaiah Jackson 36 LB Erich Feller 11 LB Julian Wagner 20 CB Skyler Luxa 37 SS Corey Jeske 7 FS Joseph Blackman 6 CB

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE STARTING OFFENSE TE 89 Alex Beyer

K 99 Peter Reifenrath

RT 67 Jon Fick RG 77 Casey Bender C 60 Ryan McKnight

QB 4 Thomas O’Brian

RB 30 Kyle Minett

LG 73 Nate Koskovich

LT 70 Casey Knips

E 47 everin ampbell

WR 82 Mike Steffen TE 87 Colin Cochart

CB 2 Trumaine Johnson Ryan Crawford 12 QB Tyler Duffy 30 RB Saunders Montague 81 WR Brandon Gant 83 WR Matt Hylland 24 WR

OFFENSIVE BACKUPS

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No. 11 South Dakota St. (8-3) at No. 3 Montana (11-0) Radio: KVWE FM 101.5; KGVO AM 1290; KERR AM 750. TV: KPAX Kickoff: 12:05 p.m. Venue: Washington-Grizzly Stadium (25,200) Forecast: Cloudy with a high of 38 and 30 percent chance of precipitation. The matchup: The teams have one common opponent. Montana beat Cal Poly in Missoula, 35-23, on Oct. 10. South Dakota State lost to Cal Poly, 2113, on Oct. 3 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. ... Montana ranks ninth in the nation in total offense (431.8 ypg) and South Dakota State ranks 57th (352.8 ypg) ... South Dakota State is first in the nation in pass efficiency defense and fifth in scoring defense (13.5 ppg) ... Montana ranks 19th in scoring defense (17.9 ppg) ... The Griz are averaging 34.6 points per game and the Jacks 25.9 ... Montana enters the playoffs as the only undefeated team in the FCS ... The Grizzlies have a perfect 6-0 record against South Dakota State ... The Jackrabbits are making their first FCS playoff appearance. They finished second in the Missouri Valley Conference, earning

is 4-3 against Missouri Valley teams in the playoffs ... Montana is 24-6 in playoff games at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. Five of the losses have come in the first round, including 2003, 2005 and 2007 … Montana has won 116 games this decade, more than any team in NCAA Division I football.

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Montana quarterback Andrew Selle scrambles for yards against Montana State last Saturday at Bobcat Stadium. one of the eight at-large bids ... Besides Cal Poly, the Jacks lost to Southern Illinois (34-15) and Minnesota (16-13) ... Montana and South Dakota State played each other most recently in 2005 and 2006 with both games in Missoula. Montana won the 2005 game, 7-0, and the 2006 contest, 36-7 ... Montana junior running back Chase Reynolds has 1,159 yards rushing and 15 touchdowns this season ... Kyle Minett has rushed for 1,173 yards and 14 touchdowns for

the Jacks ... Griz quarterback Andrew Selle ranks sixth in the FCS in passing efficiency (161.29) ... SDSU has two quarterbacks who have thrown for over 1,000 yards, including Thomas O’Brien (1,250) and Ryan Crawford (1,059) ... Montana coach Bobby Hauck is 8-6 in the playoffs with championship game appearances in 2004 and 2008 and a semifinal appearance in 2006 ... South Dakota State coach John Stiegelmeier is 83-59 in his 13th season ... Montana

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Moses has thrown for 3,488 yards and 36 touchdowns with 14 interceptions … Eastern quarterback Matt Nichols has thrown for 3,369 yards with 30 touchdowns and five interceptions. He needs 53 passing yards to become the Big Sky’s all-time leader. He enters the game with 12,155 … The Lumberjacks beat Texas College, 92-0, on Sept. 12 … The Eagles’ J.C. Sherritt leads the league in tackles at 14 per game … The Lumberjacks claimed the automatic bid from the Southland Conference. SFA’s losses came from SMU and Texas State ... The Lumberjacks lead the series, 2-1 ... Stephen F. Austin is 5-15 all-time against Big Sky teams ... Eastern Washington coach Beau Baldwin is 14-8 in his second season ... Jacks coach J.C. Harper is 1321 in his third season. SFA went 0-11 in Erin Hooley/Associated Press Weber State’s Bo Bolen (8) breaks away from Cal Poly defenders during their game in his first season and 4-8 in his second. Ogden, Utah, last Saturday.

No. 15 Weber St. (7-4) at No. 6 William & Mary (9-2) Kickoff: 11:05 (MDT) Venue: Zable Field (12,259), Williamsburg, Va. Forecast: Sunny with a high of 56. The matchup: William & Mary leads the nation in rushing defense, is third in total defense and seventh in scoring defense ... The Tribe also ranks second in the nation in sacks per game

at 3.55 … Weber State is sixth in the nation in passing offense and 13th in total offense. Quarterback Cameron Higgins has thrown for 3,154 yards and 30 touchdowns … Weber running back Trevyn Smith needs 21 rushing yards to reach 1,000 for the fourth straight season … William & Mary’s Adrian Tracy is tied for eighth in the nation in sacks and is fifth in tackles for loss per game … The Wildcats have won five of their last six games … Weber State’s Tim Toone has exactly 200 career catches, which ranks 10th in Big Sky history ... The Wildcats earned one of the eight atlarge bids to the playoffs. Weber opened the season with back-to-back losses to Wyoming and Colorado State of the

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weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game ... South Carolina State has averaged 32 ppg while holding the opposition to 15.2 ppg ... Ford leads SCSU with 1,066 yards rushing. Quarterback Malcolm Long has thrown for 2,314 yards and 20 touchdowns.

No. 9 Elon (9-2) at No. 4 Richmond (101) Kickoff: 11 a.m. (MST) Venue: Richmond Stadium (21,319), Richmond, Va. Forecast: Sunny with a high of 54. The matchup: The Spiders and Phoenix have met twice previously, with Richmond winning at Elon in 1934 and again at Elon last season, 28-10 ... Richmond is the only team in the FCS to reach the semifinals in each of the last two seasons ... With 15 tackles federal

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No. 17 Holy Cross (9-2) at No. 2 Villanova (10-1) Kickoff: 10 a.m. (MST) Venue: Villanova Stadium (12,500),

Philadelphia Forecast: Partly cloudy with a high of 49. The matchup: Villanova handed the defending FCS champion Richmond Spiders their only loss in Richmond on Nov. 7, 21-20 ... Villanova is led by an offense that averages 222.2 rushing yards per game. Individually, the Wildcats have three players with over 450 rushing yards this season, led by junior quarterback Chris Whitney with 728 yards ... Whitney finished with the top passer efficiency rating in the CAA with a mark of 155.94. He is 123-for-185 for 1,413 yards with 16 touchdowns and a mere three interceptions ... Villanova is forcing more than two turnovers per game and has garnered 23 turnovers for the year, including 17 interceptions and six fumble recoveries ... Holy Cross senior quarterback Dominic Randolph has thrown for 13,108 yards and 114 scores in his career. Earlier this season, he broke the Holy Cross and Patriot League records for career passing yards, while becoming the first player in school or conference history to throw for over 10,000 career yards ... The Crusaders have averaged 32.5 points and 437.3 yards of total offense per game on the year. ... Holy Cross is making its first playoff appearance in 26 seasons.

No. 10 New Hampshire (92) at No. 8 McNeese State (9-2) Kickoff: 1 p.m. (MST) Venue: Cowboy Stadium (17,410), Lake Charles, La. Forecast: Partly cloudy with a high of 68. The matchup: McNeese State has won six straight games to end the regular season, not including a 40-35 win over Appalachian State in early September ... The Cowboys are led at quarterback by Derrick Fourroux, who has passed for 20 touchdowns and run for five more. He has completed 64 percent of his passes and passed for an average of 209.7 yards per game ... At running back, McNeese Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Todd Pendland checks in with 17 rushing touchdowns and he is averaging just about 100 yards per contest ... See Playoffs, Page G19

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McNeese spreads the field and has had nine different receivers score touchdowns, led by Corday Clark with five ... New Hampshire has a less than impressive record of 4-7 in the FCS playoffs ... The Wildcats led the CAA in points per game this season with an average of 32.5. That mark is also good for 14th in the nation ... New Hampshire defeated FBS Ball State earlier this season, 23-16 ... The Wildcats led the CAA with 20 pickoffs. Leading the team in interceptions are junior corner Dino Vasso and senior safety Terrence Klein with five interceptions each ... New Hampshire will be playing McNeese for the first time in the program’s history.

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119.2 rushing yards per game and have not allowed a 100-yard rusher all season long ... Eastern Illinois averages 25.0 points per game and puts up an average of 326.5 yards of total offense. Senior quarterback Jake Christensen has thrown for 2,191 yards this season with 19 touchdowns and 10 interceptions ... Christensen spreads the ball out well, with six different receivers who have caught 19 or more passes ... Southern Illinois is making its seventhstraight playoff appearance, which is the second longest streak in the nation behind Montana’s 17 consecutive postseason trips ... Southern Illinois coach Dale Lennon is making his seventh straight playoff appearance and he enters the 2009 postseason with a 14-8 career playoff record as a head coach. Five of those postseason berths came when he was at North Dakota. In six of the previous seven postseasons, his squads made it at least to the

Kickoff: Noon (MST) Venue: McAndrew Stadium (17,324), Carbondale, Ill. Forecast: Sunny with a high of 54. The matchup: The Salukis, ranked No. 1 in the Sports Network Poll, enter the playoffs on a 10-game winning streak ... This contest matches up the Panthers, who only lost once on the road (at Penn State), with the Salukis, who have a 40-5 record at home since 2003 ... Saluki senior running back Deji Karim leads the nation with 1,512 rushing yards and he has scored 16 rushing touchdowns. But the Panthers have allowed an average of only

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lack of family time. If he had more time, he says, he’d have learned to fly a helicopter: Tim is Continued from Page G2 a “retired” inspector pilot. If he could, he’d spend more time with has also been singular. Hauck his brothers and their kids. would like to ban the term, “I’m kind of spoiled,” he adds. “over-training,” but Pfahler “My dad would do anything for tends to bring it back into the me, and he just loves the football, vernacular. and loves trying to be part of “It applies to him,” Hauck said. “You have to keep an eye on everything. I’ve got it pretty good.” him so he doesn’t overdo it.” By extension, so do the Griz. They struggled mightily in Only one thing has slowed Pfahler’s absence at Idaho State, Pfahler, and that was a bout needing a last-second field goal with the H1N1 virus in early November. He was for once inert, to beat the then-winless Bengals. Call it coincidence if you like. while around him was a flurry “I didn’t think it was going of anti-bacterial wipe-downs to be that exciting of a game,” and roommate quarantines he said with a laugh. “But I (quarterback Andrew Selle just really wished I could’ve was quickly, and temporarily, been there with the team, relocated). “My mom,” he says. “She was celebrating.” All this from a guy who didn’t just in there every night cooking care for football, and whose first for me. Two or three trips from experience with a Griz-Cat game Frenchtown to Missoula a day. came in 2006 – when he played I just hung out in my chair and in it. didn’t move.” Now he’s been in four of them, It gave him time to think, all wins. He’s built friendships perhaps. His only stated regret about his career at UM is the with the Palmer twins, and

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Lebsock, and Selle. “The team joke is we’re Tony Romo and Jason Whitten,” said Pfahler of his QB housemate. “I don’t know what that’s about.” Then came a sobering thought. “We had our senior banquet the other day, and yesterday we had our team banquet,” he said Monday. “If you have four more games or one more game, it’s coming to an end pretty quick.” What will he do? Study some more, perhaps. Train for a possible shot in the NFL. “If I stay healthy and things go right, we’ll see what happens,” Pfahler says. The trick is to enjoy the moment, even if it’s 7-on-7 or “inside zone.” He’s done that. And then soon it’ll be Saturday, the day Pfahler loves the most. “It never gets old, running out of the tunnel,” he says. “It actually gets better and better, every time.” Fritz Neighbor can be reached at 523-5247 or at fneighbor@ missoulian.com.

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his kicking duties? A: You know, Brody is an unbelievable kicker. If we lost him to an injury, Russell Schey is a good backup. Q: (interrupting) OK, my bad. No disrespect intended for Russell. Let’s say both of them suddenly had torn hamstrings or something. A: I haven’t kicked since senior season. I played soccer for a good eight years. I guess if they needed me I could go in and do the best I could possibly do. Q: Speaking as a former kicker, how impressive was it when UM student Matthew Brenner kicked two 45-yard field goals to win $10,000? A: It’s pretty cool. Watching the fan come down out of the stands to make those kicks was impressive. To do that with all that pressure and money at stake is impressive. Q: Has anyone ever told

you your name sounds like you should be an athlete? A: No, no one has. Q: You’re name totally sounds like someone who plays linebacker. A: That’s good. I wouldn’t want it to sound like any other position. Q: What’s your favorite restaurant in Bozeman? A: Montana Ale Works. Q: What’s your favorite class? A: Anthropology. Q: What do you like to do in your free time? A: I’ve grown up in Montana, so I’ve grown up hunting and fishing. I like to go out in the woods hunting and getting on the river fly fishing. Q: If you had access to a time machine, what would you do with it? A: I would hold on to it until I absolutely need to use it. Q: What do you see yourself doing in 10 years? A: I see myself in a career that I love with a family that I love.

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