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BOBCAT FOOTBALL SUNDAY NOTEBOOK: MSU Hit Offensive, Kicking Benchmarks at Wyoming
9/5/2021 4:02:00 PM | Football
A look back at Montana State's season opener in Laramie
NOTES
• Isaiah Ifanse rushed for 103 yards at Wyoming, his ninth career 100-yard game and the first by a Bobcat against an FBS opponent since Chad Newell at Idaho in 2016. That performance by Newell also came in a head coaching debut (by Jeff Choate).
• After allowing Texas Tech 35 first downs in the 2019 season opener, the Bobcats surrendered just 17 to Wyoming on Saturday.
• The 19 points Montana State allowed at Wyoming was the fewest against an FBS opponent since Montana State's 19-10 win at Colorado in 2006.
• The Cats now stand 6-14 against Wyoming all-time, 0-4 in season openers, and 0-2 when opening a campaign after not playing the previous year.
• Blake Glessner's 53-yard field goal at Wyoming is tied as the sixth-longest in Bobcat history, and is the school's longest by a freshman.
• Jeffrey Manning's interception Saturday marked the third time this century that a Bobcat making his program debut picked off a pass (joining CJ Adkins in 2000 and Jahque Alleyne in 2018).
STAT SNIPPETS
Matthew McKay's 200 passing yards Saturday marked the first time a Bobcat has hit that benchmark in a season opener since Dakota Prukop threw for 258 against Fort Lewis in 2015, and the first time against Division I competition since DeNarius McGhee's 268 yards as a senior in 2013 against Monmouth. McKay's 200 yards is the ninth-most by a Bobcat signal caller in his starting debut in the last 30 years, and the third-most against an FBS/I-A foe (Cory Carpenter, 228 vs. Colorado, 2006, and Kelly Sherwin, 217 vs. Washington State, 1986).
PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINATIONS
DEFENSE: Troy Andersen, LB (6-4, 240, Sr, Dillon, Montana)
Troy Andersen led the Bobcats with 11 tackles at Wyoming, and added a pass breakup.
FIRST LOOK: Montana State vs. Drake
Game Details: Date – September 11, 2021 Site – Bobcat Stadium Kickoff – 6 pm Special Promotions – Gold Rush Record – 0-1 overall, 0-0 in the Big Sky Audio – Statewide on the Bobcat Radio Network and msubobcats.com (Zach Mackey, Mikey Rider, Dan Davies) Video– Fox stations across Montana, and NBC in Billings Streaming – ESPN+
Team Stats
MSU 7, WYO 0
MSU - McCutcheon,Lance 15 yd pass from McKay,Matthew (Glessner,Blake kick) 1 plays, 15 yards, TOP 00:04
MSU 7, WYO 3
WYO - Hoyland,John 37 yd field goal 8 plays, 40 yards, TOP 03:55
MSU 7, WYO 9
WYO - Valladay,Xazavian 2 yd run (), 8 plays, 52 yards, TOP 03:31
MSU 10, WYO 9
MSU - Glessner,Blake 53 yd field goal 7 plays, 40 yards, TOP 03:13
MSU 10, WYO 12
WYO - Hoyland,John 25 yd field goal 13 plays, 67 yards, TOP 06:20
MSU 16, WYO 12
MSU - Pickering,Treyton 1 yd pass from McKay,Matthew () 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:46
MSU 16, WYO 19
WYO - Welch,Treyton 21 yd pass from Chambers,Sean (Hoyland,John kick) 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:30
