Saturday, October 4
Sacramento, CA
7:05 pm MT/6:05 pm PT
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Bobcat quarterback Dakota Prukop leads the Cats to Sacramento
Photo by: Kelly Gorham
Bobcats Head to Steamy Sacramento for Saturday Showdown
10/2/2014 10:24:00 AM | Football
MSU faces heat, Hornets in Superior California this weekend
After spending September exclusively in Bobcat Stadium, Montana State opens October at Sacramento State in a showdown of explosive quarterbacks and noisy offenses. This game features two teams scoring around 38 points and piling up around 450 yards a game. Hornets quarterback Garrett Safron throws for 237.4 yards a game while completing 59.0% of his passes, while Bobcat sophomore Dakota Prukop averages 230.0 yards passing with a 68.1% completion rate. Safron's cast of weapons includes potent receiving duo, Nnamdi Agude and DeAndre Carter, and talented running back Jordan Robinson. Prukop's offensive infrastructure continues to evolve, with starting receiver Brian Flotkoetter lost but youngsters Justin Paige and Mitchell Herbert stepping up.
MSU Game Notes
THIS WEEK'S GAME
KICKOFF: 6:07 pm PT/7:07 pm MT
SITE: Sacramento, CA
STADIUM: Hornet Stadium
RADIO: Bobcat Radio Network (Jay Sanderson, Dan Davies, Riley Corcoran)
TELEVISION: SWX Montana (Chris Byers, Mike Callaghan, Rob Jesselson)
2014 MSU SCHEDULE
Aug 30 at Arkansas State, L, 10-37
Sept 6 Black Hills State, W, 57-10
Sept 13 Central Arkansas, W, 43-33
Sept 20 Eastern Wash., L, 51-52
Sept 27 *North Dakota (HC, W, 29-18
Oct 4 *at Sacramento St 6:05 pm PT
Oct 11 *at UC Davis 4:10 pm PT
Oct 18 *Weber State 3:35 pm
Oct 25 Open
Nov 1 *at Cal Poly 6:05 pm PT
Nov 8 *Portland State 2:05 pm
Nov 15 *Idaho State 1:40 pm
Nov 22 *at Montana 3:10 pm
ON THE RECORD
• Montana State's net punting average of 44.3 yards per punt leads the FCS
• Alex Singleton's third career blocked kick moves into a fifth-place tie in MSU history
STADIUM STUFF
• MSU has three three-point wins at Hornet Stadium in the last eight years
• The Cats average 428.3 yards and 33.6 points a game on their seven-year old turf field
BIG SKY BULLET POINTS
• Saturday's game matches the teams ranked second (MSU, 38.0) and third (Sac State, 37.6) in scoring and third (MSU, 453.8) and fourth (Sac State, 447.6) in yards in the BSC
• Shawn Johnson's 166.0 all-purpose yards a game leads the Big Sky
• MSU's Luke Daly (1st, 1.6) and Sac's Brad Cornish (2nd, 1.4) lead the Big Sky in FGs
HIGHLIGHTS
• Bobcat coach Rob Ash logged his 60th win at MSU (and therefore in the Big Sky) on Saturday, as did Eastern Washington's Beau Baldwin, moving the two into the league's all-time top eight in wins.
• Trevor Bolton averaged 43.8 yards on five punts vs. UND, three of them into the Saturday's 25-mph winds
• Rob Ash's Cats stand 31-1 when holding the opponent under 20 points
STREAKS
• The Cats have won all 19 games under Rob Ash when the defense scores
• After five straight games with two sacks or less, the Bobcats have logged at least three sacks in three straight
MILESTONES
• Khari Garcia's pick-six Saturday was MSU's first since Craig Ashworth's in the 2013 season opener
• Rob Ash (89 games) has passed Cliff Hysell into second place in games coached at MSU. Schubert Dyche coached 98.
SHINING
• Luke Daly is 8-for-10 on FGs this year, and for his 3-for-3 effort Saturday was named Big Sky Player of the Week
• Odin Coe's two sacks against UND was a career high
• Dakota Prukop has accounted for 14 touchdowns (six rushing, eight passing) in the last four games
MSU Game Notes
THIS WEEK'S GAME
KICKOFF: 6:07 pm PT/7:07 pm MT
SITE: Sacramento, CA
STADIUM: Hornet Stadium
RADIO: Bobcat Radio Network (Jay Sanderson, Dan Davies, Riley Corcoran)
TELEVISION: SWX Montana (Chris Byers, Mike Callaghan, Rob Jesselson)
2014 MSU SCHEDULE
Aug 30 at Arkansas State, L, 10-37
Sept 6 Black Hills State, W, 57-10
Sept 13 Central Arkansas, W, 43-33
Sept 20 Eastern Wash., L, 51-52
Sept 27 *North Dakota (HC, W, 29-18
Oct 4 *at Sacramento St 6:05 pm PT
Oct 11 *at UC Davis 4:10 pm PT
Oct 18 *Weber State 3:35 pm
Oct 25 Open
Nov 1 *at Cal Poly 6:05 pm PT
Nov 8 *Portland State 2:05 pm
Nov 15 *Idaho State 1:40 pm
Nov 22 *at Montana 3:10 pm
ON THE RECORD
• Montana State's net punting average of 44.3 yards per punt leads the FCS
• Alex Singleton's third career blocked kick moves into a fifth-place tie in MSU history
STADIUM STUFF
• MSU has three three-point wins at Hornet Stadium in the last eight years
• The Cats average 428.3 yards and 33.6 points a game on their seven-year old turf field
BIG SKY BULLET POINTS
• Saturday's game matches the teams ranked second (MSU, 38.0) and third (Sac State, 37.6) in scoring and third (MSU, 453.8) and fourth (Sac State, 447.6) in yards in the BSC
• Shawn Johnson's 166.0 all-purpose yards a game leads the Big Sky
• MSU's Luke Daly (1st, 1.6) and Sac's Brad Cornish (2nd, 1.4) lead the Big Sky in FGs
HIGHLIGHTS
• Bobcat coach Rob Ash logged his 60th win at MSU (and therefore in the Big Sky) on Saturday, as did Eastern Washington's Beau Baldwin, moving the two into the league's all-time top eight in wins.
• Trevor Bolton averaged 43.8 yards on five punts vs. UND, three of them into the Saturday's 25-mph winds
• Rob Ash's Cats stand 31-1 when holding the opponent under 20 points
STREAKS
• The Cats have won all 19 games under Rob Ash when the defense scores
• After five straight games with two sacks or less, the Bobcats have logged at least three sacks in three straight
MILESTONES
• Khari Garcia's pick-six Saturday was MSU's first since Craig Ashworth's in the 2013 season opener
• Rob Ash (89 games) has passed Cliff Hysell into second place in games coached at MSU. Schubert Dyche coached 98.
SHINING
• Luke Daly is 8-for-10 on FGs this year, and for his 3-for-3 effort Saturday was named Big Sky Player of the Week
• Odin Coe's two sacks against UND was a career high
• Dakota Prukop has accounted for 14 touchdowns (six rushing, eight passing) in the last four games
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