2-5 , 0-4
Montana State
5-1 , 3-0
Team Stats
CPM 0, MSU 7
MSU - McCullouch,Ty 65 yd punt return (Hall,Brendan kick)
CPM 6, MSU 7
CPM - Woods,Giancarlo 16 yd pass from Huard,Sam () 5 plays, 36 yards, TOP 01:32
CPM 6, MSU 14
MSU - Chambers,Sean 8 yd run (Hall,Brendan kick), 5 plays, 55 yards, TOP 02:15
CPM 6, MSU 21
MSU - Chambers,Sean 64 yd run (Hall,Brendan kick), 2 plays, 69 yards, TOP 00:39
CPM 6, MSU 28
MSU - Snell,Derryk 12 yd pass from Mellott,Tommy (Hall,Brendan kick) 6 plays, 84 yards, TOP 03:07
CPM 6, MSU 31
MSU - Hall,Brendan 44 yd field goal 4 plays, 3 yards, TOP 01:05
CPM 13, MSU 31
CPM - Burkhart,Evan 41 yd pass from Huard,Sam (Serna,Noah kick) 4 plays, 60 yards, TOP 02:10
CPM 13, MSU 38
MSU - White,Jared 17 yd pass from Mellott,Tommy (Hall,Brendan kick) 6 plays, 87 yards, TOP 02:03
CPM 19, MSU 38
CPM - Fairly-Diyem,Tyrece 23 yd pass from Huard,Sam () 8 plays, 65 yards, TOP 02:51
CPM 19, MSU 45
MSU - Chambers,Sean 9 yd run (Hall,Brendan kick), 8 plays, 76 yards, TOP 03:13
CPM 19, MSU 52
MSU - Elliott,Elijah 10 yd run (Hall,Brendan kick), 10 plays, 76 yards, TOP 05:58
CPM 19, MSU 59
MSU - Jones,Adam 49 yd run (Hall,Brendan kick), 3 plays, 60 yards, TOP 01:48
Players Mentioned
Cal Poly Falls Saturday Evening at No. 2 Montana State
10/14/2023 8:32:00 PM | Football
Huard's completion total included touchdown passes to juniors Giancarlo Woods (above) and Evan Burkhart and freshman Tyrece Fairly-Diyem for the Mustangs (2-5, 0-4), who cut their deficit to 38-19 midway through the third quarter against Big Sky Conference leader Montana State (5-1, 3-0) – Cal Poly's third successive ranked opponent.
Montana State, however, accumulated 578 total yards of offense, scoring 21 unanswered points to close the matchup.
Burkhart finished with a career high 86 receiving yards for Cal Poly, which also enjoyed a game leading nine tackles from safety Brian Dukes, Jr.
Cal Poly resumes action on Saturday, Oct. 21, hosting Northern Colorado at Mustang Memorial Field Presented by French Hospital. Kickoff on ESPN+ is 5:02 p.m.
Each side forced the other to punt on Saturday's initial drives with Montana State opening the scoring after junior Ty McCullouch returned a 49-yard punt from Mustang sophomore Ryan Collins 65 yards for a 7-0 lead.
Cal Poly punted once more on its second drive, but the kick from Collins clipped off Montana State's Devin Davis before being recovered by Mustang sophomore Michael Briscoe at the Bobcat 36-yard line. Five plays and 92 seconds later, Huard found Woods from 16 yards out to cut Montana State's lead to 7-6 (extra point blocked).
The Bobcats, however, scored on their next two drives with Sean Chambers first rushing from eight yards away before scoring on a 64-yard run to further Montana State's lead to 21-6 with five minutes remaining in the opening quarter.
Montana State quarterback Tommy Mellott then opened the second quarter by finding tight end Derryk Snell from 12 yards for a 28-6 advantage.
Huard, with 133 first-half passing yards, helped get Cal Poly back on the scoreboard two-and-a-half minutes before halftime, arcing a 41-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Evan Burkhart.
Montana State scored once more to close the first half, but the Mustangs struck back midway through the third with Huard picking out Fairly-Diyem from 21 yards to complete Cal Poly's scoring.
