BOBCATS BY THE NUMBERS: 64 Days Left Until Kickoff!
6/28/2019 3:00:00 PM | Football
The Cats scored 64 points in a wild 2010 win at Sacramento State
June 28: In addition to a quick look at players wearing the jersey number corresponding to the number of days remaining until Montana State's season opener at Texas Tech on August 31, Bobcats by the Numbers brings you another tidbit or two aligning with that number.
#64
Ethan Ormes, OL: Ethan Ormes participated in spring ball, and the Gilford, New Hampshire, product is part of a group of big, young offensive linemen that the Cats hope to develop into the next generation of great Bobcat O-linemen. He played three years of varsity football at Gilford High.
64 – Points scored by the Cats in a 64-61 overtime win at Sac State in 2010.
In one of the wildest games in recent memory, Montana overcame a furious Sacramento State comeback to beat the Hornets 64-61 on a steamy night in California. The Bobcats led 37-10 when Orenzo Davis scored 31 seconds before halftime, but Sac State scored 28 straight points in the first nine minutes of the second half to take a 38-37 lead. The teams traded scores for the rest of regulation, with DeNarius McGhee finding Julius Lloyd on an eight-yard touchdown pass with 1:17 to play to send the game to overtime. Jason Cunningham hit a short 25-yard field goal after the first extra period's initial drive to give MSU a 64-62 lead. At that point Jody Owens (tackle-for-loss on first down), Zach Minter (quarterback hurry leading to an incompletion on second down) and Michael Rider (third-down pass breakup) set the stage for Hornets kicker Chris Diniz. Off to a spectacular start on the season – Diniz had yet to miss a kick – Sac State's reliable kicker missed a 43-yarder, and Montana State had a wild win and its first 4-1 start to a season since 2007. McGhee threw for 385 yards, while Lloyd caught eight passes for 177 yards and three touchdowns. CJ Palmer (131 yards) and Orenzo Davis (95) combined for 226 rushing yards.
Chronology: Greg Dufek (1957-59), Howard Ross (1961-63), John Jernberg (1964-66), Garth Forney (1967-68), Mike Cronquist (1969), Allan Young (1970-72), Dave Mueller (1973-76), J. Daly (1977-79), Charles White (1980), Bruce Brockmann (1982-85), Kevin Elliott (1986-90), John Arias (1991), Andy Hauser (1992), Brian Archdale (1994-98), Jason Keyser (1999), Jeff Bolton (2002-05), Richard Boggs (2006), Nate Brooks (2007), Casey Dennehy (2008), Andy Austin (2009-13), Joey Marinello (2014), Lane Knows His Gun (2016), Ethan Ormes (2019-)
Other #64 Notes: One of the best players ever to wear the Blue and Gold, Jeff Bolton is clearly one of the best to wear #64. He was named the nation's top FCS center in 2005 in spite of playing only eight games at the position, and that came after earning All-America honors at guard the year before…. Instant gratification was not Brian Archdale's thing. He came to Montana State in the fall of 1994 as an offensive line prospect from Wolf Point, and redshirted. The next year, he saw sparing action as a reserve guard, and in 1996 played in five games. So to summarize his career to that point – three seasons of MSU football, not enough games played on scrimmage plays to have to take your shoes off to count. But Archdale was one of the players who bought into Cliff Hysell's system, and that began paying off in 1997. MSU won six games and Archdale started all 11 at guard. The Cats won seven games in '98, and again Archdale held down a guard position. He traded three years of hard work for two years as a starting offensive lineman on MSU's first back-to-back winning teams since the early '80s. Archdale is married to Bobcat volleyball legend Brandy Anderson, and they live in Minnesota.
#64
Ethan Ormes, OL: Ethan Ormes participated in spring ball, and the Gilford, New Hampshire, product is part of a group of big, young offensive linemen that the Cats hope to develop into the next generation of great Bobcat O-linemen. He played three years of varsity football at Gilford High.
64 – Points scored by the Cats in a 64-61 overtime win at Sac State in 2010.
In one of the wildest games in recent memory, Montana overcame a furious Sacramento State comeback to beat the Hornets 64-61 on a steamy night in California. The Bobcats led 37-10 when Orenzo Davis scored 31 seconds before halftime, but Sac State scored 28 straight points in the first nine minutes of the second half to take a 38-37 lead. The teams traded scores for the rest of regulation, with DeNarius McGhee finding Julius Lloyd on an eight-yard touchdown pass with 1:17 to play to send the game to overtime. Jason Cunningham hit a short 25-yard field goal after the first extra period's initial drive to give MSU a 64-62 lead. At that point Jody Owens (tackle-for-loss on first down), Zach Minter (quarterback hurry leading to an incompletion on second down) and Michael Rider (third-down pass breakup) set the stage for Hornets kicker Chris Diniz. Off to a spectacular start on the season – Diniz had yet to miss a kick – Sac State's reliable kicker missed a 43-yarder, and Montana State had a wild win and its first 4-1 start to a season since 2007. McGhee threw for 385 yards, while Lloyd caught eight passes for 177 yards and three touchdowns. CJ Palmer (131 yards) and Orenzo Davis (95) combined for 226 rushing yards.
Chronology: Greg Dufek (1957-59), Howard Ross (1961-63), John Jernberg (1964-66), Garth Forney (1967-68), Mike Cronquist (1969), Allan Young (1970-72), Dave Mueller (1973-76), J. Daly (1977-79), Charles White (1980), Bruce Brockmann (1982-85), Kevin Elliott (1986-90), John Arias (1991), Andy Hauser (1992), Brian Archdale (1994-98), Jason Keyser (1999), Jeff Bolton (2002-05), Richard Boggs (2006), Nate Brooks (2007), Casey Dennehy (2008), Andy Austin (2009-13), Joey Marinello (2014), Lane Knows His Gun (2016), Ethan Ormes (2019-)
Other #64 Notes: One of the best players ever to wear the Blue and Gold, Jeff Bolton is clearly one of the best to wear #64. He was named the nation's top FCS center in 2005 in spite of playing only eight games at the position, and that came after earning All-America honors at guard the year before…. Instant gratification was not Brian Archdale's thing. He came to Montana State in the fall of 1994 as an offensive line prospect from Wolf Point, and redshirted. The next year, he saw sparing action as a reserve guard, and in 1996 played in five games. So to summarize his career to that point – three seasons of MSU football, not enough games played on scrimmage plays to have to take your shoes off to count. But Archdale was one of the players who bought into Cliff Hysell's system, and that began paying off in 1997. MSU won six games and Archdale started all 11 at guard. The Cats won seven games in '98, and again Archdale held down a guard position. He traded three years of hard work for two years as a starting offensive lineman on MSU's first back-to-back winning teams since the early '80s. Archdale is married to Bobcat volleyball legend Brandy Anderson, and they live in Minnesota.
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