Montana State's scoring drought ended Saturday in a hail of second-half touchdown passes.
The Bobcats had been held scoreless for the previous six quarters until Rob Compson hit Tony Vallez with the first of three long-yardage scoring strikes early in the third quarter in Montana State's 28-14 victory over Weber State."We were driving, but we weren't putting it in the end zone," said MSU coach Cliff Hysell.
Weber State (4-4 overall, 2-3 Big Sky) led 7-0 at halftime after a 32-yard touchdown pass from Steve Buck to Taurus McGhee with two seconds left in the first quarter.
Compson connected with Vallez on a 55-yard scoring strike on the first series of the second half to tie the game, and hit Vallez again from 24 yards out with 6:19 remaining in the period to give Montana State (5-3, 4-2) a 14-7 lead.
Travis Wright scored on a 1-yard run with 2:38 left in the third quarter to put MSU up 21-7.
"Montana State kept playing hard and kept coming at us," said WSU coach Dave Arslanian. "Our defense did a really good job in the first half and didn't in the second half."
Compson hit Vallez with a 60-yard touchdown pass early in the final period.
Vallez finished the game with a school record 221 yards receiving on 11 catches. The old mark of 195 yards was set by Rob Tesch in 1990.
WSU backup John Fassel threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to tight end Cam Quayle to set the final score.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Big Sky standings
Conf. Overall
Team W L W L
E. Wash. 6 1 8 1
N. Arizona 4 2 6 3
Montana St. 4 2 5 3
Montana 3 2 5 3
Portland St. 3 3 4 5
Weber St. 2 3 4 4
CS-North. 1 3 3 5
CS-Sacra. 1 4 1 6
Idaho St. 1 4 2 6
Saturday's games
Montana 21, CS Northridge 10
Idaho St. 41, N. Arizona 24
Portland St. 27, CS Sacramento 13
Montana St. 28, Weber St. 14
E. Washington 24, Idaho 21