Saturday, November 1
San Luis Obispo, CA
7:05 pm MT/6:05 pm PT
Montana State University
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at Cal Poly
Odin Coe and the MSU defense take aim at a top-flight Cal Poly offense
Photo by: Kelly Gorham
Bobcats Visit Powerful Cal Poly for Crucial Conference Contest
10/29/2014 3:04:00 PM | Football
MSU battles nation's top ground game
Montana State (4-0 Big Sky, 6-2 overall) faces its most important showdown to date, travelling to California for a showdown with Cal Poly in a game pitting two of the top three teams in the Big Sky standings. Cal Poly (4-0, 5-3 overall), inexplicably unranked after drilling then-No. 7 Montana 41-21, rushed for 421 yards against the Grizzlies. The Mustangs' top-ranked ground game rolls up 347.6 yards a game, with quarterback and reigning FCS player of the week Chris Brown (107.0 per game) engineering the attack. Kori Garcia (77.8) and bruising fullback Brandon Howe (70.8) form a dynamic tandem, while Buck Buchanan candidate Nick Dzubnar anchors a stingy defense. Sophomore QB Dakota Prukop leads MSU with 252.4 yards passing and 83.5 yards rushing per game.
THIS WEEK'S GAME
KICKOFF: 7:07 pm MT/6:07 pm PT
SITE: San Luis Obispo, CA
STADIUM: Mustang 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, W, 59-56
Oct 11 *at UC Davis, W, 77-37
Oct 18 *Weber State, W, 23-13
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
• Dakota Prukop is the only MSU QB to rush for over 100 yards in three separate games
• In his first eight career starts, Dakota Prukop has produced two of the four biggest total offense games in Montana State history
STADIUM STUFF
• The Cats average 428.3 yards and 33.6 points a game on their seven-year old turf field
• MSU has never played in Alex G. Spanos Stadium, but was 2-5 in Mustang Stadium
BIG SKY BULLET POINTS
• Cal Poly (347.6) and MSU (243.5) are the Big Sky's top-ranked rushing teams
• Saturday's opposing quarterbacks, Chris Brown (107.0) of Cal Poly and MSU's Dakota Prukop (83.7) are second and third in the Big Sky in rushing
HIGHLIGHTS
• Montana State makes its third trip of the season to California Saturday, all for Big Sky Conference games
• MSU's 43.6 points a game in 2014 is the top mark in the Big Sky and fourth in the FCS
STREAKS
• MSU has won all 20 games under Rob Ash when the defense scores
• Montana State has rushed for over 300 yards in two straight games for the first time since games eight and nine in 2011
MILESTONES
• Dakota Prukop's 2,678 yards of total offense this season is the seventh-best campaign in school history, and that figure is already within 1,000 yards of the school's career top 10
• MSU's first two games in California this season have produced two of the three largest combined point totals in Bobcat football history
SHINING
• Alex Singleton has two blocked kicks this season (and four in his career), making him the third Bobcat ever to block two kicks in two different seasons (with Dane Fletcher and Brad Daly)
• Tia Salanoa, MSU's senior tight end, has at least one catch in each 2014 game
• Dakota Prukop has accounted for 28 TDs (11 rushing, 17 passing) in the last seven games
THIS WEEK'S GAME
KICKOFF: 7:07 pm MT/6:07 pm PT
SITE: San Luis Obispo, CA
STADIUM: Mustang 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, W, 59-56
Oct 11 *at UC Davis, W, 77-37
Oct 18 *Weber State, W, 23-13
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
• Dakota Prukop is the only MSU QB to rush for over 100 yards in three separate games
• In his first eight career starts, Dakota Prukop has produced two of the four biggest total offense games in Montana State history
STADIUM STUFF
• The Cats average 428.3 yards and 33.6 points a game on their seven-year old turf field
• MSU has never played in Alex G. Spanos Stadium, but was 2-5 in Mustang Stadium
BIG SKY BULLET POINTS
• Cal Poly (347.6) and MSU (243.5) are the Big Sky's top-ranked rushing teams
• Saturday's opposing quarterbacks, Chris Brown (107.0) of Cal Poly and MSU's Dakota Prukop (83.7) are second and third in the Big Sky in rushing
HIGHLIGHTS
• Montana State makes its third trip of the season to California Saturday, all for Big Sky Conference games
• MSU's 43.6 points a game in 2014 is the top mark in the Big Sky and fourth in the FCS
STREAKS
• MSU has won all 20 games under Rob Ash when the defense scores
• Montana State has rushed for over 300 yards in two straight games for the first time since games eight and nine in 2011
MILESTONES
• Dakota Prukop's 2,678 yards of total offense this season is the seventh-best campaign in school history, and that figure is already within 1,000 yards of the school's career top 10
• MSU's first two games in California this season have produced two of the three largest combined point totals in Bobcat football history
SHINING
• Alex Singleton has two blocked kicks this season (and four in his career), making him the third Bobcat ever to block two kicks in two different seasons (with Dane Fletcher and Brad Daly)
• Tia Salanoa, MSU's senior tight end, has at least one catch in each 2014 game
• Dakota Prukop has accounted for 28 TDs (11 rushing, 17 passing) in the last seven games
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Wednesday, May 03
