Bobcats Lose to Grizzlies
11/20/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
In a showdown between two high-powered offenses Montana's had a little more octane on Saturday, out-racing the Bobcats for a 38-22 win in the annual Bobcat-Grizzly battle in Missoula. Montana's win clinched a share of the Big Sky title for the seventh straight year for Montana.
Montana took control of the game late in the first quarter, when Lex Hilliard's one-yard run gave UM a 14-7 lead. Hilliard scored from five yards out for a 21-7 UM lead in the second quarter, before EJ Cochrane trimmed the lead to 11 at the intermission with a 27-yard field goal.
Montana quarterback Craig Ochs was nearly flawless on the day, throwing 280 yards on 22-for-29 passing. Lex Hilliard rushed for 120 yards. Montana's only offensive blemishes came on a fumble and a pair of interceptions. Jonathan Molock picked one pass off, and recovered the fumble.
Travis Lulay threw for 356 yards for MSU.
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Montana State....... 7 3 6 6 - 22 Record: (6-5,4-3)
Montana............. 14 7 10 7 - 38 Record: (9-2,6-1)
Scoring Summary:
1st 09:13 UM - J. Heidelberger 15 yd pass from Craig Ochs (Dan Carpenter kick), 5-71 1:38, MSU 0 - UM 7
06:18 MSU - Rick Gatewood 38 yd pass from Travis Lulay (EJ Cochrane kick), 6-80 2:55, MSU 7 - UM 7
03:54 UM - Lex Hilliard 1 yd run (Dan Carpenter kick), 8-65 2:24, MSU 7 - UM 14
2nd 06:06 UM - Lex Hilliard 5 yd run (Dan Carpenter kick), 5-46 1:19, MSU 7 - UM 21
00:19 MSU - EJ Cochrane 27 yd field goal, 7-62 0:46, MSU 10 - UM 21
3rd 09:36 MSU - Justin Domineck 2 yd run (EJ Cochrane kick blockd), 16-85 5:17, MSU 16 - UM 21
05:26 UM - Dan Carpenter 22 yd field goal, 12-75 4:10, MSU 16 - UM 24
01:59 UM - J. Heidelberger 14 yd pass from Craig Ochs (Dan Carpenter kick), 5-48 2:23, MSU 16 - UM 31
4th 09:18 UM - JR Waller 33 yd run (Dan Carpenter kick), 8-78 4:09, MSU 16 - UM 38
06:42 MSU - Rick Gatewood 2 yd run (Rick Gatewood rush failed), 8-80 2:36, MSU 22 - UM 38
MSU UM
FIRST DOWNS................... 26 30
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 25-43 48-244
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 386 280
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 57-27-0 30-22-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 82-429 78-524
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 1-0 3-32
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 4-67 1-5
Interception Returns-Yards.... 2-0 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 5-35.6 2-39.0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards............... 5-41 6-60
Possession Time............... 26:54 33:06
Third-Down Conversions........ 6 of 18 7 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 2 of 3 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 3-4 5-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 4-31 5-30
RUSHING: Montana State-Justin Domineck 12-38; Rick Gatewood 2-4;
Travis Lulay 11-1. Montana-Lex Hilliard 25-120; JR Waller 5-61; Craig Ochs
9-20; Tate Hancock 2-18; Justin Green 5-16; Brady Green 1-9; Team 1-0.
PASSING: Montana State-Travis Lulay 27-56-0-386; TEAM 0-1-0-0.
Montana-Craig Ochs 22-29-1-280; JR Waller 0-1-1-0.
RECEIVING: Montana State-Rick Gatewood 13-235; Blake Wolf 5-54; Eddie
Sullivan 3-48; Chaz Guinn 3-40; Justin Domineck 3-9. Montana-J. Heidelberger
9-131; Levander Segars 8-106; Tate Hancock 4-33; Colt Palmer 1-10.
INTERCEPTIONS: Montana State-Epikopo King 1-0; Jonathan Molock 1-0.
Montana-None.
FUMBLES: Montana State-Ryan Force 1-0. Montana-Lex Hilliard 1-0;
Craig Ochs 1-1.
Stadium: Washington-Grizzly Attendance: 23867
Kickoff time: 12:05 pm End of Game: 3:32 Total elapsed time: 3:27
Officials: Referee: Rich Rose; Umpire: Edgar Malepeai; Linesman: Ken Leland;
Line judge: Jim Wolfe; Back judge: Randy Wilke; Field judge: Tim Davis;
Side judge: Tom Frazier; Scorer: David Feeley;
Temperature: 35 Wind: 10 SE Weather: Sunny
Montana took control of the game late in the first quarter, when Lex Hilliard's one-yard run gave UM a 14-7 lead. Hilliard scored from five yards out for a 21-7 UM lead in the second quarter, before EJ Cochrane trimmed the lead to 11 at the intermission with a 27-yard field goal.
Montana quarterback Craig Ochs was nearly flawless on the day, throwing 280 yards on 22-for-29 passing. Lex Hilliard rushed for 120 yards. Montana's only offensive blemishes came on a fumble and a pair of interceptions. Jonathan Molock picked one pass off, and recovered the fumble.
Travis Lulay threw for 356 yards for MSU.
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
----------------- -- -- -- -- -----
Montana State....... 7 3 6 6 - 22 Record: (6-5,4-3)
Montana............. 14 7 10 7 - 38 Record: (9-2,6-1)
Scoring Summary:
1st 09:13 UM - J. Heidelberger 15 yd pass from Craig Ochs (Dan Carpenter kick), 5-71 1:38, MSU 0 - UM 7
06:18 MSU - Rick Gatewood 38 yd pass from Travis Lulay (EJ Cochrane kick), 6-80 2:55, MSU 7 - UM 7
03:54 UM - Lex Hilliard 1 yd run (Dan Carpenter kick), 8-65 2:24, MSU 7 - UM 14
2nd 06:06 UM - Lex Hilliard 5 yd run (Dan Carpenter kick), 5-46 1:19, MSU 7 - UM 21
00:19 MSU - EJ Cochrane 27 yd field goal, 7-62 0:46, MSU 10 - UM 21
3rd 09:36 MSU - Justin Domineck 2 yd run (EJ Cochrane kick blockd), 16-85 5:17, MSU 16 - UM 21
05:26 UM - Dan Carpenter 22 yd field goal, 12-75 4:10, MSU 16 - UM 24
01:59 UM - J. Heidelberger 14 yd pass from Craig Ochs (Dan Carpenter kick), 5-48 2:23, MSU 16 - UM 31
4th 09:18 UM - JR Waller 33 yd run (Dan Carpenter kick), 8-78 4:09, MSU 16 - UM 38
06:42 MSU - Rick Gatewood 2 yd run (Rick Gatewood rush failed), 8-80 2:36, MSU 22 - UM 38
MSU UM
FIRST DOWNS................... 26 30
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 25-43 48-244
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 386 280
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 57-27-0 30-22-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 82-429 78-524
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 1-0 3-32
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 4-67 1-5
Interception Returns-Yards.... 2-0 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 5-35.6 2-39.0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards............... 5-41 6-60
Possession Time............... 26:54 33:06
Third-Down Conversions........ 6 of 18 7 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 2 of 3 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 3-4 5-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 4-31 5-30
RUSHING: Montana State-Justin Domineck 12-38; Rick Gatewood 2-4;
Travis Lulay 11-1. Montana-Lex Hilliard 25-120; JR Waller 5-61; Craig Ochs
9-20; Tate Hancock 2-18; Justin Green 5-16; Brady Green 1-9; Team 1-0.
PASSING: Montana State-Travis Lulay 27-56-0-386; TEAM 0-1-0-0.
Montana-Craig Ochs 22-29-1-280; JR Waller 0-1-1-0.
RECEIVING: Montana State-Rick Gatewood 13-235; Blake Wolf 5-54; Eddie
Sullivan 3-48; Chaz Guinn 3-40; Justin Domineck 3-9. Montana-J. Heidelberger
9-131; Levander Segars 8-106; Tate Hancock 4-33; Colt Palmer 1-10.
INTERCEPTIONS: Montana State-Epikopo King 1-0; Jonathan Molock 1-0.
Montana-None.
FUMBLES: Montana State-Ryan Force 1-0. Montana-Lex Hilliard 1-0;
Craig Ochs 1-1.
Stadium: Washington-Grizzly Attendance: 23867
Kickoff time: 12:05 pm End of Game: 3:32 Total elapsed time: 3:27
Officials: Referee: Rich Rose; Umpire: Edgar Malepeai; Linesman: Ken Leland;
Line judge: Jim Wolfe; Back judge: Randy Wilke; Field judge: Tim Davis;
Side judge: Tom Frazier; Scorer: David Feeley;
Temperature: 35 Wind: 10 SE Weather: Sunny
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