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Tucker Rovig threw for 197 yards and two touchdowns and caught one touchdown pass and Montana State beat Southern Utah 42-7 on Saturday. The Bobcats (6-3, 3-2 Big Sky Conference) raced to a 42-0 halftime lead and held the Thunderbirds scoreless until 5:06 remaining in the game. MSU linebacker Troy Andersen had two sacks, three tackles for loss, an interception and batted down a pass at the line of scrimmage. He also ran for 16 yards on the first play of the game. "Defensively, we stood tall today," MSU coach Jeff Choate said. "We played aggressive and we played to win."

Chris Helbig completed 14 of his first 15 passes for the Thunderbirds (2-8, 1-5), but was intercepted on the lone incompletion by Amandre Williams, who returned it to the SUU 13-yard line. Lane Sumner ran for 90 yards and two touchdowns on just 13 carries. He also caught two passes for 35 yards. Rovig's 2-yard TD catch of a pass by Kevin Kassis was a career first and his two TD passes were career-first TD receptions for Jaden Smith and Derryk Snell. Smith's covered 47 yards, while Snell's was 10 yards. "Those guys performed when their number was called," Choate said. "That's what creates more opportunities for them." MSU's final score was the Kassis pass to Rovig. Kassis, a wide receiver, lined up at quarterback with Rovig split out to the left. Kassis took the snap and ran right before stopping and throwing back to Rovig, who was in the back corner of the end zone on his knees to make the catch. - AP College Football

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QB Tucker Rovig, Montana State
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10/19/19 - Sean Chambers, rSr/2024, Montana State, 6-3, 225 (DS#70 RB) + More +

Sean Chambers passed for a touchdown and ran for another, Xazavian Valladay added 187 yards and a score and Wyoming led from the get-go defeating New Mexico 23-10 on Saturday. Chambers scored from the 1 as the first quarter ended, boosting Wyoming (5-2, 2-1 Mountain West Conference) to a 7-0 lead and the Cowboys never trailed. Valladay was the workhorse, pounding out 187 yards on 33 carries, his 3-yard touchdown run staking the Cowboys to a 13-0 lead in the third quarter after the point-after kick failed. Chambers passed to Josh Hartman for a 15-yard score and Cooper Rothke added a 36-yard field goal, both in the fourth quarter. Chambers passed 9 of 15 for 86 yards. Valladay and Chambers each rushed for more than 100 yards, Chambers gaining 117, and Wyoming out-gained New Mexico 259 to 169. Tevaka Tuioti passed for 60 yards in relief of Sheriron Jones and pulled the Lobos (2-5, 0-3) to 20-10 with a 21-yard toss to Aaron Molina. - Wyoming/AP College Football

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10/06/19 - Travis Jonsen, rSr/2020, Montana State, 6-3, 211 (DS#135 WR) + More +

Travis Jonsen ran in the game-winning touchdown from 9 yards and Montana State blew a 21-point lead but hung on to beat Cal Poly 34-28 in overtime on Saturday night. Cal Poly (2-3, 1-1 Big Sky Conference) had the ball first in OT, but Colton Theaker missed a 48-yard field goal attempt. Montana State (5-1, 2-0) needed three plays, all Jonsen runs, to get to the end zone for the win.

Drew Hernandez's 3-yard run tied it at 28 for Cal Poly with 7:05 left in regulation. The teams traded punts, Montana State's Tristan Bailey then missed a 50-yard field goal attempt and Jalen Hamler threw an interception that ended Cal Poly's drive at the Montana State 39 with 8 seconds left. The Bobcats ran two plays, failing to score. The Bobcats scored 28 straight points capped by Jonsen's first TD run, a 13-yarder that made it 28-7 with 2:19 left in the third quarter. The Mustangs erased the deficit with three fourth-quarter touchdowns. Jonsen ran 11 times for 85 yards and two TDs for Montana State. Hamler passed for two TDs and ran for another for Cal Poly. - AP College Football

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WR Travis Jonsen, Montana State
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09/29/19 - Sean Chambers, rSr/2024, Montana State, 6-3, 225 (DS#70 RB) + More +

Sean Chambers passed for two touchdowns and ran for two more as Wyoming beat UNLV 53-17 in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams on Saturday night. Chambers was 5 of 12 for 124 yards with no interceptions and ran 12 times for 102 yards. Titus Swen had 136 yards rushing and a touchdown on 14 carries, Brett Brenton ran seven times for 82 yards and Xazavian Valladay rushed 13 times for 58 yards and two scores. The Cowboys (4-1) had 374 yards rushing and 498 yards of total offense. The Rebels (1-3) opened the scoring on Daniel Gutierrez's 40-yard field goal and took a 10-7 lead on Armani Rogers' 54-yard pass to Giovanni Fauolo Sr. late in the first quarter. Wyoming scored 26 points in the second quarter to lead 33-10 at the half. After a scoreless third quarter, the Cowboys outscored the Rebels 20-7 in the fourth. - Wyoming/AP College Football

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RB Sean Chambers, Montana State
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09/28/19 - Travis Jonsen, rSr/2020, Montana State, 6-3, 211 (DS#135 WR) + More +

Travis Jonsen ran for 105 yards and two touchdowns to lead Montana State back from a 21-0 first-half deficit to a 49-31 win over Northern Arizona in a Big Sky Conference opener on Saturday. The sixth-ranked Bobcats (4-1) still trailed 31-14 midway through the third quarter, but they rattled off 35 unanswered points behind a prolific run game that produced 244 yards in the second half. MSU ran 22 straight rushing plays at one point during the second half. NAU (2-3) scored the first three touchdowns, with two coming off MSU turnovers, including Taylor Powell's pick-6 off Tucker Rovig to spot the Lumberjacks a 7-0 lead. MSU's Logan Jones fumbled the ball two possessions later and NAU marched 56 yards to go up 21-0.

MSU cut the lead to 21-14 before halftime, but Case Cookus led the Lumberjacks on an 85-yard drive for a score just before the end of the first half to put NAU up 28-14. NAU got a 48-yard field goal into a brisk wind from Luis Aguilar to go up 31-14. The Bobcats methodically got on track in the third quarter and they still trailed by 10 at the start of the fourth but exploded for 28 points, including 14 points in an 18-second span after NAU fumbled on a kickoff return. MSU held NAU star quarterback Case Cookus to just 26-for-50 passing for 273 yards and one touchdown. Shane Perry rushed for 67 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries for MSU. Logan Jones pitched in with 74 yards on 18 carries. MSU finished with 340 yards rushing. - Montana State/AP College Football

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WR Travis Jonsen, Montana State
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09/21/19 - Bryce Sterk, Sr/2020, Montana State, 6-4, 262 (DS#20 DE) + More +

Tucker Rovig, a last-minute substitution at quarterback, threw for 221 yards and four touchdowns to lead Montana State to a 56-21 win over Norfolk State on Saturday afternoon. Ranked No. 8 in the Football Championship subdivision, the Bobcats (3-1) had three players rush for more than 100 yards. Logan Jones had 104, all in the first half. Lane Sumner had 113 and Shane Perry added 111. Rovig started in place of freshman Casey Bauman, who started the first three games of the season. Rovig started two games in 2018, but lost the starting job to Bauman.

MSU pressured Norfolk State's Juwan Carter all day. Bryce Sterk led the way with 3.5 sacks and five tackles-for-loss. The Bobcats had 12 tackles-for-loss on the day. Carter finished completing 21 of 32 passes for 243 yard and two touchdowns. The Bobcats amassed 369 yards of offense in the first half and after the Spartans scored the first touchdown, they answered with 21 straight points. Perry and Jones carried the run game and Rovig consistently found open receivers. The Bobcats finished with 670 total yards. Kevin Johnson rumbled 84 yards for a Spartan touchdown in the third quarter. It was the longest touchdown run in school history and the second longest touchdown run in Bobcat Stadium history. - AP College Football

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DE Bryce Sterk, Montana State
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09/17/19 - Tristan Bailey, Sr/2020, Montana State, 6-0, 210 (DS#999 K) + More +

WEEK 3 BIG SKY FOOTBALL SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Montana State's Tristan Bailey converted three field goals, two in the final 12 minutes, to aide in Montana State's 23-14 win at Western Illinois on Saturday. Bailey nailed a 41-yarder with 11:13 to play to push the Bobcat lead to 20-14, then hit a 47-yarder with 2:40 remaining to give the Bobcats a two-possession lead. The senior kicked both the fourth-quarter field goals into a prevailing wind as strong as 15 mph. Bailey finished the day 3-for-3 on field goals, 2-for-2 on extra points, and he averaged 62.7 yards on his six kickoffs, with a pair of touchbacks and one other pin inside the 25-yard line. Others Nominated - Special Teams: Luis Aguilar, NAU; Daniel Whelan, UCD; Dre Dorton, EWU; Cade Coffey, UI; Trey Tuttle, WSU; Adam Wilson, UM. - Big Sky Football

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K Tristan Bailey, Montana State
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09/14/19 - Brayden Konkol, Sr/2020, Montana State, 6-2, 216 (DS#15 SS) + More +

Logan Jones ran for 167 yards and two touchdowns and Montana State defeated Western Illinois 23-14 on Saturday. Jones, a senior who more than doubled his career rushing total of 152 yards, started in place of injured Isaiah Ifanse. Jones opened the scoring with a 14-yard run in the first quarter and added MSU's only other touchdown on an 87-yard jaunt in the third quarter. The game was tied at 7 at halftime before MSU (No. 15 in FCS Coaches' Poll) scored the first 10 points of the third quarter, the touchdown coming on Jones' long run. Western Illinois cut it to 17-14 on a 3-yard run by Jared Drake that capped an 8-play, 75-yard drive.

Western Illinois (0-3) drove toward a go-ahead score and reached the MSU 25 before the Bobcats' Damien Washington intercepted a pass by Connor Sampson. Montana State (2-1) drove deep into Leathernecks territory but WIU held for a field goal and again drove for the potential go-ahead score. The Leathernecks reached the MSU 13-yard line, but offensive holding and two incomplete passes left them facing 4th-and-14 from the 18. They settled for a 35-yard field-goal attempt that was missed by Nathan Erickson. Montana State took possession with 6:57 remaining and drove to the WIU 30, facing 4th-and-5 with 2:45 to go. Tristan Bailey, who was good on all three of his tries, kicked a 47-yard field goal for the final margin. Sampson was 18 of 35 for 281 yards with a touchdown and an interception. MSU's Casey Bauman was 16 of 30 for 149 yards. - AP College Football

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SS Brayden Konkol, Montana State
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09/10/19 - Bryce Sterk, Sr/2020, Montana State, 6-4, 262 (DS#20 DE) + More +

After going into the half tied, then-No. 19 Montana State came out strong to start the third quarter. Following 28 unanswered points, the Bobcats had done everything they needed to do to secure the 38-17 upset victory over then-No. 13 Southeast Missouri State. The Bobcats win propelled them up four spots to No. 15 in this weeks' AFCA FCS Coaches' Top 25 Poll. North Dakota State received all 26 first place votes and remained the No. 1 team in the nation. The rest of the top five also remained unchanged with James Madison, South Dakota State, UC Davis and Eastern Washington sitting at spots two through five.

This week saw two teams jump into the top 25 for the first time this season. Villanova checks in at No. 23 following their 38-10 victory over Lehigh to improve to 2-0 on the season. Southeastern Louisiana checks in at No. 24 following an unexpected off-week due to Hurricane Dorian and will be back in action on September 14 at Mississippi. Week 3 features a trio of top 25 matchups as No. 1 North Dakota State travels to No. 18t Delaware. No. 5 Eastern Washington will also hit the road and travel to Alabama to take on No. 16 Jacksonville State. Last but not least, No. 9 Maine will look to bounce back against No. 8 Towson in a Colonial Athletic Association matchup. - American Football Coaches Association

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DE Bryce Sterk, Montana State
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09/09/19 - Bryce Sterk, Sr/2020, Montana State, 6-4, 262 (DS#20 DE) + More +

SEPT 9 BIG SKY DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Montana State Defensive end Bryce Sterk registered six tackles in the 38-17 victory over No. 12 Southeast Missouri State. Included in his tackles were a trio of sacks for a loss of 13 yards, as Montana State held SEMO to 245 yards and 12 first downs. Sterk's 2.0 sacks per game rank second in the FCS through two weeks and his 2.0 tackles-for-loss per game is 15th in the FCS. He leads the Big Sky in both categories. Others Nominated - Defense: Auston, Tesch, WSU; Robby Hauck, UM; Calin Criner, EWU; Marcus Hawkins; SAC; Oshea Trujillo, ISU; Kyle Hannemann, SUU; Kenton Bartlett, PSU. - Big Sky Football

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DE Bryce Sterk, Montana State
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09/08/19 - Troy Andersen, Sr/2022, Montana State, 6-4, 243 (DS#4 OLB) + More +

Troy Andersen ran for two touchdowns and had two tackles for loss to lead Montana State to a 38-17 win over Southeast Missouri State on Saturday night. After an error-filled first half, the Bobcats (1-1) scored 28 points in the third quarter accumulating 240 yards in the process. Andersen ran for 102 yards on just six carries. Isaiah Ifanse had 114 yards rushing in the first half, but sat out the second half with an undisclosed injury. "He's a special, selfless dude," MSU wide receiver Kevin Kassis said of Andersen. "We wouldn't be the same without him."

MSU, which came into the game one-spot behind SEMO at No. 13 in the FCS poll, got off to a hot start with Andersen running for a 38-yard touchdown on the Bobcats second play of the game. The Bobcats drove 63 yards for a field goal on their second possession, but struggled for the rest of the half. SEMO scored after picking up a fumbled snap on a punt attempt. The Redhawks (1-1) found the end zone three plays later when Daniel Santacaterina hit Kristian Wilkerson with a 5-yard pass. Kendrick Tiller connected on a 55-yard field goal for the Redhawks with no time remaining that tied the game 10-10 at halftime that was set up by a roughing the quarterback penalty. - AP College Football

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OLB Troy Andersen, Montana State
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08/15/19 - Mitch Brott, Sr/2020, Montana State, 6-5, 300 (DS#48 OT) + More +

2019 PRESEASON PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT ALL-FCS THIRD TEAM: Mitch Brott, Montana St, Sr.,...Brott has started all 35 games during his time at MSU, and was Second Team All-Big Sky a season ago. Brott led an offensive line that helped MSU lead the league in fewest sacks allowed while compiling the third-most rushing yards in the conference. - Montana State Football

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OT Mitch Brott, Montana State
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08/15/19 - Troy Andersen, Sr/2022, Montana State, 6-4, 243 (DS#4 OLB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT ALL-FCS FOURTH TEAM: Troy Andersen, Montana St, Jr.,...Andersen rushed for 1,412 yards and threw for 1,195 last season, and his 21 rushing touchdowns in 2018 set an MSU single-season record. His 1,927 rushing yards is already 12th in Bobcat history. - Montana State Football

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OLB Troy Andersen, Montana State
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08/15/19 - Bryce Sterk, Sr/2020, Montana State, 6-4, 262 (DS#20 DE) + More +

2019 PRESEASON PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT ALL-FCS SECOND TEAM: Bryce Sterk, Montana St, Sr.,...Sterk finished second in the league in sacks and tackles-for-loss in 2018 as MSU's Buck, a hybrid linebacker-defensive end position, and earned preseason all-league honors as an outside linebacker. - Montana State Football

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DE Bryce Sterk, Montana State
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08/01/19 - Troy Andersen, Sr/2022, Montana State, 6-4, 243 (DS#4 OLB) + More +

2019 PRESEASON STATS FCS PAYTON AWARD WATCHLIST: Troy Andersen, Montana State, ATH, Jr., 6-3, 215,...Andersen earned First Team All-Big Sky honors at quarterback in 2018, and was named to the 2019 Preseason All-Big Sky team as a fullback. The Payton Award Watch List calls Andersen's position Athlete, which MSU head coach Jeff Choate says is appropriate. "I've talked about this," he said, "but we have to open our minds to not putting Troy in a box. We're going to use him (on offense) in ways that he'll be able to positively impact any given game the most. He could line up at running back, he'll take some snaps, he may play with Isaiah (Ifanse) in two-back sets, he may line up at tight end, he may split out as a receiver."

A 6-4, 228 lb junior from Dillon, Montana, Andersen also opens the 2019 as the projected starting Sam linebacker. He rushed for 1,412 yards and threw for 1,195 last season, and his 21 rushing touchdowns in 2018 set an MSU single-season record. His 1,927 rushing yards is already 12th in Bobcat history. He is one of five Big Sky Conference selections on the 25-player list. - Montana State Football

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OLB Troy Andersen, Montana State
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