Sean Chambers ran for three touchdowns on Saturday against UC Davis
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Chambers, Bobcats roll past UC Davis
10/1/2022 11:59:00 PM | Football, General
As the rain was stopping in Bozeman on Saturday evening, Sean Chambers was just getting started, leading Montana State to a 41-24 win over California Davis under the lights at Bobcat Stadium.
The rain that fell all day finally let up as the game started around 8:25 p.m. On the Bobcats second offensive play, Chambers followed the blocking of Derryk Snell and Ravi Alston around the right side, streaking 78 yards untouched to put MSU on the scoreboard first. Davis took a short-lived lead 10-7 before Chambers led MSU to another touchdown. A 37-yard pass to Ravi Alston and another 37-yarder to Elijah Elliott set up a 3-yard scoring run by Chambers to put the fourth-ranked Bobcats up 14-10. MSU wouldn't trail again.
Chambers, a junior transfer from Wyoming, made his first start as a Bobcat due to an injury a week earlier to Tommy Mellott in a win at Eastern Washington. In front of a sellout crowd of 21,637, Chambers finished with 203 yards rushing and 227 yards passing, both career bests. Late in the second quarter, Chambers hit Willie Patterson down the left sideline for an 18-yard score. Blake Glessner's field goal as the first half ended gave the Bobcats (4-1 overall, 2-0 Big Sky) a 24-13 edge. Chambers accounted for five touchdowns, three on the ground and two through the air.
It was more of the same in the second half for the Bobcats. Shortly after Marqui Johnson returned a kickoff 67 yards, Clevan Thomas hauled in a Chambers pass for a 29-yard score and the quarterback later followed Thomas and Snell on a run similar to his first score, this time racing 65 yards down the right sideline to put the game out of reach, 38-24. A late Glessner field goal of 30 yards accounted for the final score and kept MSU in a tie for first place in the Big Sky Conference.
MSU's 41 points was the most allowed this season by UCD. Ulonzo Gilliam led the Aggies (1-4, 0-2) with 127 yards rushing. He also threw for a score and ran for another, giving the senior a school record 41 touchdowns. UCD plays host to Northern Arizona this week.
The Bobcats, who have won a FCS-best 15 consecutive home games, play host this week to Idaho State for their annual homecoming contest. The Bobcats finished with 552 yards to 476 for the Aggies. The game's only turnover came on a second-quarter interception by MSU's James Campbell, the first of his career. Linebackers Callahan O'Reilly and Danny Uluilakepa combined for 21 tackles for MSU.
The rain that fell all day finally let up as the game started around 8:25 p.m. On the Bobcats second offensive play, Chambers followed the blocking of Derryk Snell and Ravi Alston around the right side, streaking 78 yards untouched to put MSU on the scoreboard first. Davis took a short-lived lead 10-7 before Chambers led MSU to another touchdown. A 37-yard pass to Ravi Alston and another 37-yarder to Elijah Elliott set up a 3-yard scoring run by Chambers to put the fourth-ranked Bobcats up 14-10. MSU wouldn't trail again.
Chambers, a junior transfer from Wyoming, made his first start as a Bobcat due to an injury a week earlier to Tommy Mellott in a win at Eastern Washington. In front of a sellout crowd of 21,637, Chambers finished with 203 yards rushing and 227 yards passing, both career bests. Late in the second quarter, Chambers hit Willie Patterson down the left sideline for an 18-yard score. Blake Glessner's field goal as the first half ended gave the Bobcats (4-1 overall, 2-0 Big Sky) a 24-13 edge. Chambers accounted for five touchdowns, three on the ground and two through the air.
It was more of the same in the second half for the Bobcats. Shortly after Marqui Johnson returned a kickoff 67 yards, Clevan Thomas hauled in a Chambers pass for a 29-yard score and the quarterback later followed Thomas and Snell on a run similar to his first score, this time racing 65 yards down the right sideline to put the game out of reach, 38-24. A late Glessner field goal of 30 yards accounted for the final score and kept MSU in a tie for first place in the Big Sky Conference.
MSU's 41 points was the most allowed this season by UCD. Ulonzo Gilliam led the Aggies (1-4, 0-2) with 127 yards rushing. He also threw for a score and ran for another, giving the senior a school record 41 touchdowns. UCD plays host to Northern Arizona this week.
The Bobcats, who have won a FCS-best 15 consecutive home games, play host this week to Idaho State for their annual homecoming contest. The Bobcats finished with 552 yards to 476 for the Aggies. The game's only turnover came on a second-quarter interception by MSU's James Campbell, the first of his career. Linebackers Callahan O'Reilly and Danny Uluilakepa combined for 21 tackles for MSU.
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